In times of upheaval and transition, our pets act as a reminder of normalcy, of comfort, and the certainty of a particular type of love that can get you through. Though my daughter Emily may be loathed to admit it, deep down she knows her father’s love for her remains no different from her beloved dog’s – unwavering and unconditional.
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Frank Brady on Bobby Fischer’s Remarkable Rise and Fall
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
As someone who knew Bobby Fischer from the time he was quite young, I’ve been asked hundreds of times, “What was Bobby Fischer really like?” This book is an attempt to answer that question. But a warning to those who turn these pages: Paradoxes abound. Bobby was secretive, yet candid; generous, yet parsimonious; naive, yet well informed; cruel, yet kind; religious, yet heretical. His games were filled with charm and beauty and significance. His outrageous pronouncements were filled with cruelty and prejudice and hate. And though for a period of decades he poured most of his energy and passion into a quest for chess excellence, he was not the idiot savant often portrayed by the press.
Stephan Talty Reveals Surprises in Escape from the Land of Snows
Monday, December 27th, 2010
Bestselling author Stephan Talty travels the world researching great untold stories that he brings to life with a journalist’s precision and a novelist’s empathy. His works of nonfiction read like page-turning novels full of unforgettable characters. He is the New York Times bestselling author of Empire of Blue Water and The Illustrious Dead. His newest book, Escape from the Land of the Snows, tells the thrilling story of the young Dalai Lama’s harrowing escape from Tibet. Readers who are new to the Dalai Lama’s life story will be amazed. Readers who know the story well will be surprised.
Press Release: Oprah: A Biography by Kitty Kelley
Monday, April 12th, 2010
Internationally Acclaimed Investigative Biographer Kitty Kelley Tackles Her Most Fascinating Subject Yet—a Woman of Unparalleled Power and Influence in American Society
OPRAH: A Biography
by Kitty Kelley
For the past three decades, master investigative biographer Kitty Kelley has made her mark by writing penetrating examinations of living cultural icons, without their cooperation and independent of their control. Each of her four previous books—on Frank Sinatra, Nancy Reagan, the British royals, and the Bush family dynasty—was a number one bestseller and made international news. Now with OPRAH: A Biography (Crown Publishers; April 13, 2010) she tackles her most fascinating and formidable subject yet, delivering a comprehensive, rigorously researched, and compulsively readable portrait of a unique American personage who transcends celebrity and who has left an indelible imprint on our society, even as she has sought to change it.
Press Release: Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Why is it so hard to make lasting changes in our companies, in our communities, and in our own lives? In SWITCH, the Heaths bring together decades of counterintuitive research in psychology, sociology, and other fields to shed new light on how we can effect transformative change.
Antarctica 2041 Expedition Begins
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
Robert Swan, author of Antarctica 2041, leads his ninth team to Anarctica. Currently in Ushuaia, Argentina (Patagonia) preparing for the expedition to depart. Today the team scouted out the glacier.
Check out the video from the official expedition website: Scouting out Ushuaia and the Martial Glaciar
Free eBooks From Author David Bach
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
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International Antarctica Treaty Expedition to Depart November 16
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 On November 16, Robert Swan, author of Antarctica 2041: My Quest to Save the Earth’s Last Wilderness will depart for his ninth Inspire Antarctic Expedition — this time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty. On the trip, eighty teachers, students, corporate leaders, and environmental experts will come together from around the world to gain first-hand knowledge, observe Antarctica’s fragile ecosystems, and take part in Swan’s Leadership on the Edge Program. Visit www.2041.com/antarctic-expeditions for more on the trip and 2041.com on Nov. 16 to begin following the expedition’s blog.
Press Release: The Greatest Trade Ever by Gregory Zuckerman
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Written by the award-winning reporter who broke the story in The Wall Street Journal-among the paper’s most popular article of 2008 THE GREATEST TRADE EVER: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History by Gregory Zuckerman (Broadway Business; On sale: November 3, 2009) is a fast-paced, behind-the-scenes tale of how John Paulson outwitted Richard Fuld, Stanley O’Neal and Wall Street’s titans to make financial history.
Press Release: K2 by Ed Viesturs
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
A new book, K2: Life and Death on the World’s Most Dangerous Mountain by bestselling authors Ed Viesturs and David Roberts (Broadway Books, on sale October 13, 2009), compiles the astonishing and compelling stories of this magnificent mountain and grants readers remarkable insight into the minds of the talented climbers who have tried to conquer it. Compiling narratives from the climbers’ own accounts, diary entries, and some of the great books on mountaineering, Viesturs weaves a sprawling narrative that chronicles the tragic and glorious history of K2, where the difference between recklessness and courage is a matter of outcome.
