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Stone of Kings by Gerard Helferich

Selected for the December 2011 Indie Next List

“An absorbing and exciting story about a stone that ancient Mesoamericans prized above gold. The search for the sources of this mysterious rock reads like detective fiction...but it’s all true.”

Michael D. Coe, author of Breaking the Maya Code

Now You See It by Cathy Davidson

Chosen by Publishers Weekly as one of the “Top Ten Science Books” of Fall 2011

“A stunning new vision for the future... an exceptional and critically important book, one that is all but impossible to put down and likely to shape discussions for years to come.”

Publishers Weekly, starred review

The Secret Life of Pronouns by James Pennebaker

“Lively and accessible....uncovering traces of our social identity and individual psyche in everyday language use.... Pennebaker [is] an indefatigable guide to the little words that he boldly calls ‘keys to the soul.’”

The New York Times Book Review

EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think, To Create the World We Want by Frances Moore Lappé

Chosen by Publishers Weekly as one of the “Top Ten Science Books” of Fall 2011

“Powerful and inspiring, EcoMind will open your eyes and change your thinking. I want everyone to read it.”

Jane Goodall

Red-Robed Priestess by Elizabeth Cunningham

“A storyteller as crafty as J.K. Rowling.... Cunningham, always excellent when detailing bloody battles and earthy sex, exercises well her skills with description, history, and myth in and out of the Bible, character, poetry, and song....ends the Maeve Chronicles befittingly and beautifully.”

Publishers Weekly

The Fossil Chronicles by Dean Falk

“Dean Falk debunks some modern myths in her brilliant book, The Fossil Chronicles, by comparing the case histories of two famous fossils.... That it sparkles with scholarship and wit is icing on the cake.”

Nature

The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron by Howard Bryant

Chosen by Dwight Garner of The New York Times as one of the “Ten Best Books of the Year”
New York Times Book Review “Notable Book” of 2010
Finalist for SABR's 2010 Casey Award

“No one was more important to the game of baseball in the last half of the 20th Century than Henry Aaron and no one writes about that supremely talented man...better than Howard Bryant.”

Ken Burns

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough by Ruth Pennebaker

“Bold, funny, and irreverent....Pennebaker’s wit and themes of sisterly solidarity and growth are likely to resonate with fans of humorous women’s authors like Rebecca Wells, Nancy Thayer, and Jennifer Weiner.”

Library Journal

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James Pennebaker’s Secret Life of Pronouns is a finalist for the 2011 Books for a Better Life Award in Psychology
Astrobiologist Caleb Scharf narrates the #1 International Book App Journey to the Exoplanets
Cathy Davidson’s Now You See It and Frances Moore Lappé’s EcoMind among Publishers Weekly’s Top Ten Science Books for Fall 2011
Howard Bryant’s The Last Hero chosen by Dwight Garner at The New York Times as one of the Top Ten Books of 2010 and a Notable Book of 2010 by The New York Times Book Review
Richard Kim and Betsy Reed's New York Times-bestselling Going Rouge featured in USA Today, The New Yorker, Entertainment Weekly, GQ, The Altantic, LA Times, San Francisco Chronicle, "Countdown" with Keith Olberman, NPR's "Morning Edition," ET's "The Insider," MSNBC's "Morning Joe," "Talking Points Memo" on Fox, Huffington Post, CNN, and much more
Stanislao Pugliese's Bitter Spring nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award and critically acclaimed in The New York Times Book Review
Peter Mancall, author of Fatal Journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson, appears on "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart
Mark Wyman's Hoboes: Bindlestiffs, Fruit Tramps, and the Harvesting of the West chosen as one of Amazon's Best Books of the Month
Scott Reynolds Nelson's Steel Drivin' Man is Winner of the National Award for Arts Writing, Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Prize and Winner of the Merle Curti Award of the Organization of American Historians

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