News - Book Launches

News - Book Launches

10% HAPPIER by Dan Harris

Called by George Stephanopoulos, “A spiritual adventure from a master storyteller.” 10% HAPPIER takes readers on a ride from the outer reaches of neuroscience to the inner sanctum of network news to the bizarre fringes of America’s spiritual scene, and leaves them with a takeaway that could actually change their lives. The book is already in its fifth printing and the author has been interviewed in The New York Time Bits blog and by The Huffington Post. IT books published the book March 11, 2014.

10% HAPPIER by Dan Harris

In 10% HAPPIER, Dan Harris, an anchor on ABC’s Nightline tells the story of how having an on-air panic attack led to an unexpected, hilarious, and deeply skeptical odyssey through the strange worlds of spirituality and self-help to discover a way to get happier that is truly achievable. The book was recently featured in a piece on Nightline and excerpted on the ABC News website. IT books published the book March 11, 2014.

CHANCE by Kem Nunn

CHANCE by Kem Nunn was called one of “10 Titles to Pick Up Now” in the March 2014 issue of O magazine. The book was also reviewed in the Los Angeles Times which called it “a disturbing and provocative novel.” Scribner published the book February 18, 2014.

CELL by Robin Cook

CELL deputed at number 11 on the New York Times Hardcover Bestseller list for the week of February 23, 2014 and the book was featured in the “Inside the List” column. Robin Cook also published (with Eric Topol) an Op-Ed called “How Digital Medicine Will Soon Save Your Life” in the February 22-23 Wall Street Journal. The book was featured in the PW Bestsellers column for the week February 3-February 9, 2014. Putnam published the book February 13, 2014.

YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS by Robert Wagner & Scott Eyman

An excerpt from Robert Wagner’s new memoir, YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS: Life and Style in Hollywood’s Golden Age, appears in the March 2014 issue of Vanity Fair. Penguin will publish the book on March 11, 2014.

CHANCE by Kem Nunn

CHANCE by Kem Nunn is a Publisher Weekly pick for the week of February 17, 2014. PW calls the book a “brilliant and cerebral psychological thriller.” Scribner will publish the book on February 18, 2014.

ALL OUR NAMES by Dinaw Mengestu

Dinaw Mengustu’s ALL OUR NAMES is a Top 10 Literary Fiction Pick by Publishers Weekly, saying, “Mengestu portrays the intersection of cultures experienced by the immigrant with unsettling perception.” The book will be published by Knopf on March 5, 2014.

JOHN WAYNE: THE LIFE AND LEGEND by Scott Eyman

The February 10, 2014 issue of Publishers Weekly gives JOHN WAYNE: THE LIFE AND LEGEND a starred review. “In this compulsively readable biography, Eyman examines closely Wayne’s major films, from The Searchers and The Shootist to Sands of Iwo Jima and True Grit to depict the actor who ‘came to symbolize the American man throughout the world, whether he was wearing a soldier suit or a cowboy hat.’” Simon and Schuster will publish the book on April 1, 2014.

EXTREME MEDICINE by Kevin Fong

Kevin Fong was interviewed on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross about EXTREME MEDICINE, which was also excerpted in Wired and reviewed in the March issue of Discover Magazine. Discover said, "Fong...weaves firsthand, nail-biting ER experiences with gripping historical narrative...He offers tantalizing ideas about surviving long-term space travel and other possibilities that await us in our relentless quest to explore." The book was published by Penguin on February 6, 2014.

THE KEPT by James Scott

James Scott was interviewed on WNYC's the Leonard Lopate show for his debut novel THE KEPT. The book was published by Harper on January 7, 2014.