HBO and Playtone partners Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman have acquired the rights to David McCullough’s book about Wilbur and Orville Wright. This is the second time HBO and Playtone have teamed up to produce a miniseries based on Mr. McCullough’s work; the first being the Golden Globe and Emmy-winning JOHN ADAMS starring Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney. Simon & Schuster will publish the book on May 5, 2015.

In the 10th week on the New York Times paperback bestseller list, Mr. Harris’ true story is ranked 10th. IT Books published the book in paperback December 30, 2014.

HOT PURSUIT, the most recent Stone Barrington novel by Stuart Woods, will debut on the New York Times Bestsellers list for the week of April 26, 2015 at #4 for hardcovers, #2 on the eBook list, and #3 on combined print and eBook. HOT PURSUIT was published by Putnam on April 7th, 2015.

You don’t want to miss the Spring salad recipe from April Bloomfield’s new cookbook in Vogue. Ecco will publish the Hardcover on April 21st.

Roxanna Robinson’s, SPARTA was shortlisted for the IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award. The award is notable for being the most valuable literary award for a single work of fiction in English with a price of €100,000 going to the winner. Farrar, Straus & Giroux first published the book on June 4, 2013.

An excerpt from Jonathan Waldman’s, RUST: THE LONGEST WAR was published in Men’s Journal from his book RUST: The Longest War. The book was also reviewed in the Wall Street Journal which called it “Compelling” and also said “Mr. Waldman does a masterful job of interweaving elements of the science and technology…” Simon & Schuster published the hardcover on March 10, 2015.

The Dorito Effect is a book that explores the relationship of flavor in the obesity epidemic, and argues that we need to grow better tasting food. Simon & Schuster will publish the book on May 5, 2015.