Fumbling
Publisher Doubleday, September 2004 I was a pilgrim the summer I was twenty-five. It was a year after my father died, and I was halfway through Harvard Divinity School. As I walked through the forests and fields of northern Spain […] |
Stalking the Divine
Publisher Hyperion, August 2003 In STALKING THE DIVINE, a Cleveland woman attends Christmas Mass at an old city church seeking holiday cheer and comfort in the trappings of a faith she abandoned more than 30 years ago. Instead, she finds […] |
My Losing Season
Publisher Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, October 2002 In 1954, in Orlando, Florida, nine-year-old Pat Conroy discovered the game of basketball. Orlando was another new hometown for a military kid who had spent his life transferring from one home to another. He […] |
Leap Days
Chronicles of a Midlife Move Publisher Springboard/Warner Books, October 2006 An insightful collection of essays about starting over in midlife from a fresh and funny new voice. Katherine Lanpher officially moved to Manhattan on a leap day, transferring from a […] |
Prisoner of Trebekistan
Publisher Crown/Random House, September 2006 Welcome to a world where obscure information is crucial to survival, vast sums of cash are at stake, and mere milliseconds can change not just a game, but the course of your life. Prisoner of […] |
Waking: A Memoir of Trauma and Transcendence
Publisher Rodale, June 2006 Matt Sanford’s life and body were irrevocably changed at age thirteen on a snowy Iowa road. On that day, his family’s car skidded off an overpass, killing Matt’s father and sister and leaving him paralyzed from […] |
Anatomy of a Secret Life: The Psychology of Living a Lie
ANATOMY OF A SECRET LIFE: The Psychology of Living a Lie by Gail Saltz, MD Publisher Morgan Road Books/Broadway, April 2006 Everyone has a part of himself that no one else knows about. In a teenager, it’s a healthy move […] |
The Diet Code
Revolutionary Secrets of DaVinci and the Golden Ratio Publisher Warner Books, April 2006 As a master baker, painter and woodworker, Stephen Lanzalotta has been using the mathematical principles of The Golden Ratio (an integral plot element in The Da Vinci […] |
The Power of Purpose: Living Well By Doing Good
Publisher Harmony/Random House, publication March 2006 THE POWER OF PURPOSE begins with a simple but remarkable statement: “The more you focus on helping others, the more you will succeed in reaching your own goals.” Peter S. Temes builds on this […] |
