News - Book Launches

News - Book Launches

PAUL SIMON by Robert Hilburn

The biography of Paul Simon from the acclaimed biographer of Johnny Cash was named one of the Best Books of the Month by Amazon in the Biography & Memoir category. Simon & Schuster will publish the book on May 8, 2018.

ALTERNATIVE REMEDIES FOR LOSS by Joanna Cantor

The debut novel by Joanna Cantor was named one of the Best Books of the Month by Amazon in the Literature & Fiction category. Bloomsbury Publishing will publish the book on May 8, 2018.

PARTY GIRLS DIE IN PEARLS by Plum Sykes

The New York Times bestselling author of BERGDORF BLONDES takes us back to the decadent 1980s in this comic murder mystery set in the tony world of Oxford University. Oprah picked Plum’s novel as a top twenty books to read last summer and now it is available in paperback. Harper Paperbacks will publish this on May 8, 2018.

FAILURE IS AN OPTION by H. Jon Benjamin

Our society is largely failure averse – but more acceptance of failure would go a long way to making the world a better place. H. Jon Benjamin (actor, voice actor and stand-up comedian) has written a book which explores a wide variety of things that he has failed at and from which society can learn a thing or two. Dutton will publish the hardcover edition on May 1, 2018.

PAUL SIMON: The Life by Robert Hilburn

Paul Simon himself not only opened up to acclaimed biographer Robert Hilburn (who was chief pop-music critic for the Los Angeles Times for more than three decades) for what has amounted to more than one hundred hours, he also urged his family and friends to speak. This is the biographer’s dream: total access and total editorial control. Simon & Schuster will publish the hardcover edition May 8, 2018.

TOUCHING THE DRAGON by James Hatch and Christian D’Andrea

A book for anyone who has fought a battle in life. Hatch writes of the horrific wound to his leg; of having no choice but to end his military career; of coming home to the country he’d spent his life defending; of the ordeal of getting well physically (eighteen surgeries; twelve months of recovery; learning to walk again); of having to find out who he was as a man apart from the chaotic world of special operations missions;

THE LAST COWBOYS by John Branch

An unforgettable book by one of the finest reporters of our time, The Last Cowboys is a moving tribute to an American way of life. Pulitzer Prize winner, John Branch has written a gripping portrait of one family’s gamble that rodeo and ranching are the future of the West—and not just its past. W.W. Norton will publish the hardcover May 15, 2018.

SOCIAL CREATURE by Tara Isabella Burton

Tara Isabella Burton’s debut thriller was named by Barnes & Noble as one of the Summer 2018 Discover Great New Writers Selections by Barnes & Noble. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group will publish the book on June 5, 2018.

BEARSKIN by James A. McLaughlin

James A. McLaughlin’s debut novel was named by Barnes & Noble as one of the Summer 2018 Discover Great New Writers Selections by Barnes & Noble. HarperCollins will publish the book on June 12, 2018.

INTERIOR PORTRAITS By Leslie Williamson

Showcasing thirteen unique homes from the rugged coast of Big Sur to the sunlight-filled modernist structures of Los Angeles and San Diego, this book is a journey through the very best that California design has to offer. Rizzoli published the hardcover on February 20,2018.