Promotions - Title Listings - New Publications, June 4, 2012

In this twenty-fourth book in the bestselling Butch Karp/Marlene Ciampi series from Robert K. Tanenbaum, Butch Karp takes an ailing boy's religious parents to court for refusing to get their son medical help.

Here is a compulsively readable and gorgeously crafted tale of power, loyalty, and love in the royal court of sixteenth-century Iran.

Michael McGarrity has crafted a richly authentic epic adventure of rough-hewn men and courageous women set in the hard country of the frontier American Southwest.

It is 1923. Evangeline English and her sister Lizzie are missionaries heading for the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar. Though Lizzie is on fire with her religious calling, Eva's motives are not quite as noble, but with her green bicycle and a commission from a publisher to write A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar, she is ready for adventure.

New York, 2007: A young Wall Street analyst, Kate Wilson, learned to rely on logic and cynicism. So why does she fall so desperately in love with Julian Laurence, a billionaire with a mysterious past?

A betrayal and murder in pro-Nazi Spain spark a struggle for power that grips a family for generations in this sweeping historical thriller.

In this final book of a trilogy that began with The Secret River, Kate Grenville returns to the youngest daughter of the Thornhills and her quest to uncover, at her peril, the family's hidden legacy.

It's Berlin, 1932. Forced to lead a double life when her father and boyfriend become Nazi collaborators, Sophie reserves her dreams of becoming an actress for her beloved elderly neighbor, Isaac Zarco, and his friends, most of whom are Jews working against the government in a secret group called the Ring.

When a Swedish cave diver discovers a dead body wearing an ancient ankh, religious symbol expert Don Titelman is wrongly accused of the cave diver's subsequent murder, which reveals ties to the 1897 Arctic crash of a hydrogen balloon and 1942 experiments on concentration camp victims.

A rumor that the Chinese secret service is trying to assassinate the Dalai Lama spirals out of control and provokes a series of crises involving the White House, the CIA, and a strangely sympathetic and vulnerable Chinese president, with both countries veering perilously close to war.

When a retired academician witnesses a lovely young woman snatched off the street, he is unsatisfied by the police response and vows to find her on his own.

Suffering public contempt after the Metropolitan Police's failure to capture Jack the Ripper, Walter Day, a member of Victorian London's recently formed 'Murder Squad,' partners with Scotland Yard's first forensic pathologist to track down a killer who is targeting their colleagues.

A legendary CIA spy and counterterrorism expert tells the spellbinding story of his high-risk, action-packed career while illustrating the growing importance of America's intelligence officers and their secret missions.

Beginning with Ben Franklin's kite and leading all the way to the current TV hit American Idol, Jack Hitt argues that the nation's love of self-invented obsessives has always driven the country to rediscover the true heart of the American dream.

Jackson Galaxy shares the inspiring story of one petite gray and white cat who turned his life around--as well as his singular advice for living with, caring for, and loving your own special feline friend.

James Fallows evaluates China's plan to rival America as a leading aerospace power, revealing the nation's considerable investments in airports and airplane construction while making recommendations for how the United States should respond.

In this book, Robert A. Sirico shows why free-market capitalism is not only the best way to ensure individual success and national prosperity but is also the surest route to a moral and socially just society.

Eric Blehm offers this inspiring story of faith, courage, and ultimate sacrifice of SEAL Team 6 warrior Adam Brown.

In A Golden Voice, Ted Williams finally puts all the pieces together to give an unforgettable, searingly honest account of life on the streets. Nothing is held back, as Williams takes readers through theft, crack houses, and homeless shelters in a search, ultimately, for redemption and hope.

With the same unremitting intensity he brought to his first memoir, Jarhead, Anthony Swofford describes his search for identity, meaning, and a reconciliation with his dying father in the years after he returned from serving as a sniper in the Marines.

Here comes martial arts pioneer Urijah 'The California Kid' Faber's guide to mental dominance in and outside the cage, drawing on his experiences as a world champion MMA fighter and top UFC draw to provide readers with an unconventional path to personal success.

Taking readers on a figurative trip through time and a literal journey across America, this book details an ordinary guy's attempt to relearn history by experiencing the world of historical reenactment.

Kevin Bleyer turns his formidable wit to the most ambitious literary project ever attempted by an individual: a complete rewrite of the United States Constitution.

Here is an astonishing, game-changing account of experiments from the lab to the jungle that reveal for the first time why we are both good and evil.

The star of The Bachelor, Dancing with the Stars, and special correspondent for Good Morning America shares her story with warmth, enthusiasm, and humor.

This book presents the life and career of Bernard Lewis, the Middle East specialist, from his professional relationships with world leaders to his accomplishments in world politics, and offers the author's analysis of the political transformation of the region.

From the bloating to the belching to the baby story marathons that might just drive you crazy, prime-time star and new mom Tia Mowry delivers the lowdown in a frank, hilarious guide to modern pregnancy.

From one of our most respected and well-known political commentators, here is a passionate argument about who we are as a nation, what is tearing us apart, and what can be done to restore our sense of confidence.

World renowned Rao's restaurant now takes on barbecuing with a new cookbook that gets you out of the kitchen and onto the patio.

Selecting a President explains the nuts and bolts of our presidential electoral system while drawing on rich historical anecdotes from past campaigns.

In this provocative book, Peter Edelman, a former top aide to Senator Robert F. Kennedy and a lifelong antipoverty advocate, offers an informed analysis of how this country can be so wealthy yet have a steadily growing number of unemployed and working poor.

From John Smoltz, one of the best Major League pitchers of the last 25 years--and current Atlanta Braves commentator, comes Starting and Closing, a powerful memoir illustrating what he loves about playing baseball, the strength of his faith, and the changes baseball needs to become great again.

In Stillpower, Garret Kramer reveals the innate principles behind consistent performance and success. In his accessible style, Kramer highlights the misalignment between the experiences of athletes and the strategies of the coaches, psychologists, and performance experts who are trying to help them.

Leonard Mlodinow gives us a startling and eye-opening examination of how the unconscious mind shapes our experience of the world and how we often misperceive our relationships with family, friends, and business associates, misunderstand the reasons for our investment decisions, and misremember important events.

Here is the first full account of how a loosely assembled global group of hackers formed a new kind of insurgency, rocking governments and corporations alike, and were brought down by the ultimate betrayal of one of their own.

Daniel Chamovitz gives readers a rare look at what life is really like for the grass we walk on, the flowers we sniff, and the trees we climb. This book offers us a greater understanding of science and our place in nature.

Here is a sweeping look at contemporary Chinese consumer behavior, how its cultural influences separate it from the West, and how marketers and businesses can harness the natural strengths of this age-old civilization to succeed there.

Based on her extremely popular article on Huffington Post, Tracy McMillan gives readers a no-holds-barred, in-your-face guide to finding a mate and getting married.

In this life changing book, John Osteen shows believers how to put the power of God's Word into daily practice in their lives.

Gail Jarrow shines the spotlight on this nearly forgotten magical wizard and his dazzling illusions. Working with experts and relying on Kellar's own words and promotional posters, she reveals a man who is still celebrated and respected by magician's today.

After a fateful meeting in the woods with a witch who turns Prince Riley into a beast, his family has two months to find a girl who will willingly dance with him or the spell will remain.

Thirteen-year-old Egggbert, a planter's son on a pirate-infested Caribbean island, is on the run from a wealthy and powerful villain trying to kill him. The only people who can help him sort out the mystery of why he's been marked for death are sharp-tongued Millicent and a one-handed, possibly deranged cabin boy.

Here is an imaginative story of a little boy who conquers his fear of thunder.

Dragon Keepers Jesse and Daisy help their dragon, Emmy, as she tries to protect an egg which holds her baby brother. Their adventures take them into the Watery Realms, a world filled with mer-people, selkies, and water zombies.

Here is the first book in a magnificent new series about a girl who can navigate between the worlds of the living and the dead.

When the coach's son, Shawn O'Brien, is chosen to play quarterback, eleven-year-old Ben McBain is not surprised--but when he tries to be a good teammate and help the inconsistent Shawn, he is startled to learn that his new friend does not really want the position.

In this book for young readers, two feline friends travel to New York City, where Moon bets Ollie that she can make him laugh.

Two teenaged aspiring journalists who are dating solve a mystery at the 2012 Olympic Games while one simultaneously competes for a gold medal in swimming.

Alpha Bryn's humanity becomes a bigger problem as she takes her place in the werewolf Senate and tries to address a new threat to the pack.

Washed ashore as a baby in tiny Tupelo Landing, North Carolina, Miss Moses LoBeau, now eleven, and her best friend Dale Earnhardt Johnson III turn detective when the amnesiac Colonel, owner of a cafe and co-parent of Moses with his cook, Miss Lana, seems implicated in a murder.

In this new and exciting Traction Man escapade, the can-do action toy and his faithful pet Scrubbing Brush are headed to the Wide Ocean. There's a picnic to defend (a quiche to protect), colossal waves, giant seaweed, an elusive rockpool, and new friends to meet.

When Jaide and Jack are unexpectedly sent to live with their mysterious Grandma X, they're thrust in to a world where cats talk and strange weather comes out of nowhere. There they learn that they're troubletwisters, with powers they must use to stop the Evil from taking over our world.

Find out all the different ways in which diggers, dump trucks, snow plows, tractors and more spend their bedtime rituals in surprisingly familiar ways.

Ride a rocket to the stars as astronauts go zooming, booming, flying, and guiding their way through the solar system. Watch as they make moon landings, explore a new terrain, repair a satellite, and more in this exciting early introduction to all things outer space!