THE TIN TICKET, Deborah J. Swiss
New in Audio! From Tantor, the story of the convict women who built a continent. Historian Deborah J. Swiss tells the heartbreaking, horrifying, and ultimately triumphant story of the women exiled from the British Isles and forced into slavery and savagery—who created the most liberated society of their time. “A moving and fascinating story.”—Adam Hochschild, author […]
THE BEAUTIFUL ONE: The Life and Legacy of Plotinus, Mark D. Usher
The first biography to explore the ideas of the Platonist philosopher who believed that humanity can live in productive harmony with one another and nature. His far-reaching influence on thinkers, writers and poets has lasted for centuries and couldn’t be more applicable to our world today. (World Rights, Princeton University Press, 2026)
THE GREEN SAHARA: Paradise Regained, John Gaudet
How the Sahara Desert can be returned to its former glory and also supply the world’s energy needs, by ecologist John Gaudet (author of Papyrus and The Pharaoh’s Treasure), in a fascinating blend of environmental science and ancient history. (World English rights, Rowman & Littlefield/Bloomsbury, Fall 2025)
MINDFULNESS FOR LIFE, Willem Kuyken PhD
“This book is a trustworthy and user-friendly roadmap for navigating the ups and downs of life with increasing degrees of intentionality, wisdom, and, above all, agency. By listening deeply to and implementing even some of the vast repertoire of offerings here, you can come home to and befriend the unique beauty of who you are […]
It’s Banned Books Week – September 22-29, 2024
It’s Banned Book Week! There are many ways that you can fight and support banned books. Here are a few: *Read banned books. By purchasing banned books, you support authors, their literary estates and their publishers. You also encourage vendors to promote banned books and make them more visible within their offerings. Check out a […]
New in audio!
NEWBORN 101: Secrets from Expert Nurses on Preparing and Caring for Your Baby at Home, Carole Arsenault’s excellent award-winning guide from The Experiment is now available in audio (Echo Point). A new edition of the book and audio will be released in 2025, but in the meantime, this is the perfect gift for new parents, […]
MINDFULNESS FOR LIFE, Willem Kuyken
“A trustworthy and user-friendly roadmap for navigating the ups and downs of life with increasing degrees of intentionality, wisdom, and, above all, agency. By listening deeply to and implementing even some of the vast repertoire of offerings here, you can come home to and befriend the unique beauty of who you are and the life […]
Celebrating 25 Years Strong for Our Agency
25 years ago, in the Fall of 1999, after an exciting corporate publishing career in editorial, I launched Joelle Delbourgo Associates, a boutique agency. In truth, I had no idea what I was doing. Yes, I had a lot of experience as a former editor and executive at HarperCollins and Ballantine Books, but starting a […]
KIDS THRIVE AT EVERY SIZE, Jill Castle
For every parent who’s worried about their child’s weight or size, this insightful book offers an approach to health that focuses on the whole child—not just the growth chart. KIDS THRIVE AT EVERY SIZE: How to Nourish Your Big, Small, or In-Between Child for a Lifetime of Health and Happiness (Workman, August 2024) provides a […]
BETWEEN THE WIRES: The Janowska Camp and the Holocaust in Lviv, Waitman Wade Beorn
BETWEEN THE WIRES: The Janowska Camp and the Holocaust in Lviv, by Waitman Wade Beorn (University of Nebraska Press, August 2024) tells for the first time the history of the Janowska camp in Lviv, Ukraine. Located in a city with the third-largest ghetto in Nazi-occupied Europe, Janowska remains one of the least-known sites of the […]