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new booksnew books for socal studies course use & adoption

fall 2013

I’m Jim Dassise, West Coast College Field Sales Manager. You can contact me with any questions or requests

at [email protected]

PENGUIN GROUP (USA)

PENGUIN GROUP (USA)

for course use & adoption

PENGUIN GROUP (USA)

new bookssummer 2013

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Diaries of an Unfinished Revolution: The Voices from Tunis to DamascusEdited by Matthew Cassel • Translated by Robin Moger and Georgina Collins • 978-0-14-312515-0 $16.00 • PB • Jan 2014 • Penguin • An English PEN Award-winning collection of writing on the Arab Spring with moving personal tesimony composed by journalists and participants in the revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Yemen, Bahrain, Saudia Arabia, and Syria and edited by a journalist and photographer who covers the Middle East for Al Jazeera. • “If ever there is a book that should be championed, it is Diaries of an Unfinished Revolutuion ... Among the most moving, inspiring, and revealing pieces of non-fiction we’ve come across in some time.”—The National

This Machine Kills Secrets: Julian Assange, the CypherPunks, and their Fight to EmpowerAndy Greenberg • 978-0-14-218049-5 • $16.00 • PB • Oct 2013 • Plume • The first full account of the cypherpunks who are changing our world, by the Forbes reporter whose work has made global headlines. • “Greenberg’s book is the story of a revolution in societal transparency. It’s an exposé of the characters that have put secrets in peril. For those that seek transparency, it’s a riveting tale. For those that must keep secrets, be warned: this book holds up a mirror to your worst fears.”—Hugh Thompson, Chief Security Strategist, Adjunct Professor of Computer Science Columbia University and Florida Institute of Technology

Secret Warriors: The Inside Story of Blackwater and the Unsung Heroes of the War on Terror.Erik Prince • 978-1-59184-721-2 • $29.95 • HC • Sep 2013 • Porfolio • The founder of Blackwater offers the gripping, previously untold story of the world’s most controversial military contractor. Prince’s narrative includes newly-revealed details aout many controversial events. It debunks myths that may have been spread by TV shows and movies. It honors our armed forces while challenging the Pentagon’s top leadership. Above all, it will make people rethink exactly who the “good guys” and “bad guys” have been since 9/11.

Floating City: A Rogue Sociologist Lost and Found in New York’s Underground Economy Sudhir Venkatesh • 978-1-59420-416-6 • $27.95 • HC • Sep 2013 • Penguin Press • The bestselling author of Gang Leader for a Day reveals the secrets of New York’s underground economy in this memoir of sociological investigation. follows Venkatesh’s journeys through the “vast invisible continent” of New York’s underground economy, an unseen world linking and strengthening the enormous diversity of a new global city in the throes of becoming. Floating City reveals the real winners and losers of the new economy, the thriving elites who pull the levers of power and the desperate laborers who always risk falling off the bottom. Propelled by Venkatesh’s interviews with hundreds of prostitutes, madams, drug dealers, and immigrants, Floating City is the ultimate journey into the true workings of America’s most diverse and influential city.

POlItICAl SCIENCE

Glass Houses: Privacy, Secrecy, and Cyber Insecurity in a Transparent WorldJoel Brenner • 978-0-14-312211-1 • $17.00 • PB • Sep 2013 • Penguin • A former top-level National Security Agency insider goes behind the headlines to explore America’s next great battleground: digital security. • “Rich in facts, stories, and analysis, the book is a clarion call for more effective cyber policies and practices in both the government and private sector.”—Ambassador Henry A. Crumpton, former CIA officer, former U.S. Coordinator for Counterterrorism

Double Down: Game Change 2012Mark Halperin and John Heilemann • 978-1-59420-440-1 • $29.95 • HC • Nov 2013 • Penguin Press • From the authors of the New York Times bestseller Game Change, an explosive account of the 2012 presidential election, pulling back the curtain to reveal the exhilarating, news-breaking story behind the headlines for the first time.

The Party Is Over: How Republicans Went Crazy, Democrats Became Useless, and the Middle Class Got ShaftedMike Lofgren • 978-0-14-312421-4 • $15.00 • PB • Sep 2013 • Penguin • The New York Times–bestselling manifesto about America’s broken political system and how it got that way, written by a refreshingly skeptical insider. • “A pungent, penetrating insider polemic.” —Mary Carroll, Booklist (starred review) • “A scrupulously bipartisan diagnosis of the sick state of American politics and governance…Lofgren has crafted an angry but clear-sighted argument that...deserves attention.”—Publishers Weekly

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AmERICAN HIStORy

WilsonA. Scott Berg • 978-0-399-15921-3 $40.00 • HC • Sep 2013 • Putnam • The Pulitzer Prize–winning, New York Times–bestselling author gives us the definitive—and revelatory—biography of one of the great American figures of modern times. • “A thorough, entertaining account of our 28th president…[an] excellent biography.”—Library Journal (starred review)

Act of War: Lyndon Johnson, North Korea, and the Capture of the Spy Ship PuebloJack Cheevers • 978-0-451-46619-8 • $26.95 • HC • Dec 2013 • NAL • A tale of human endurance against the backdrop of an international diplomatic poker game, Act of War offers lessons on the perils of covert intelligence operations.

JFK’s Last Hundred Days: The Transformation of a Man and the Emergence of a Great PresidentThurston Clarke • 978-1-59420-425-8 • $29.95 • HC • July 2013 • Penguin Press • A revelatory, minute-by-minute account of JFK’s last hundred days that asks what might have been. • “Clarke has done the seemingly impossible: he has found a revealing new angle of vision on John F. Kennedy that brings the president and his times back to vivid life. This is excellent narrative history.”—Jon Meacham, author of Thomas Jefferson

American Empire: The Rise of a Global Power, the Democratic Revolution at Home, 1945-2000Joshua Freeman • 978-0-14-312349-1 • $20.00 • PB • Aug 2013 • Penguin • A landmark history of postwar America and the second volume in the Penguin History of the United States series.

Savage Will: The Daring Escape of Americans Trapped Behind Nazi LinesTimothy M. Gay • 978-0-451-41913-2 • $26.95 • HC • Sep 2013 • NAL • The true tale of the American medics and nurses who endured two months in Nazi-occupied Albania—and the fearless citizens and Allied intelligence officers who risked all to save them.

Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War IIWil S. Hylton • 978-1-59448-727-9 • $27.95 • HC • Nov 2013 • Riverhead • The gripping story of the search for a missing World War II crew, their bomber plane, and their legacy. • “An astonishing, kaleidoscopic book—part mystery, thriller, and ghost story that happens to be true. I read it with goosebumps, convinced that Vanished will take its place among the classics of World War II literature. Hylton is a storyteller extraordinaire.”—Michael Paterniti, author of The Telling Room • “A breathtaking work of literary journalism and a dazzling debut. Vanished unfolds like a cinematic mystery while exploring the eternal questions of war, love, and loss. Hylton is a master storyteller.”—Philipp Meyer, author of American Rust

This Indian Country: American Indian Activists and the Place They MadeFrederick Hoxie • 978-0-14-312402-3 • $20.00 • PB • Dec 2013 • Penguin • A comprehensive history of the heroic men and women who led the struggle for Indian rights. • “Meticulous... enlightening.”—Booklist • “A master historian at his very best, Hoxie deftly turns a series of evocative biographies into a compelling new synthesis of American Indian political resistance.” —Philip J. Deloria, author of Playing Indian

More Than Freedom: Fighting for Black Citizenship in a White Republic, 1829-1889Stephen Kantrowitz • 978-0-14-312344-6 • $20.00 • PB • Aug 2013 • Penguin • From an award-winning historian, a new account of the North-ern movement to establish African Americans as full citizens before, during, and after the Civil War. • “A groundbreaking and beautifully written book that rewrites the history of the Civil War and Reconstruction by tracing Afri-can Americans’ long struggle for human digni-ty and what Kantrowitz calls a ‘citizenship of the heart.’ Not only does More Than Freedom redefine a crucial era in American history, it challenges basic assumptions about freedom and democratic citizenship.”—Danielle L. Mc-Guire, author of At the Dark End of the Street

George Washington’s Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American RevolutionBrian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger • 978-1-59523-103-1 • $27.95 • HC • Nov 2013 • Sentinel • The true story of the anonymous spies who helped win the Revolutionary War.

The Smithsonian’s History of America in 101 ObjectsRichard Kurin • 978-1-59420-529-3 • $50.00 • HC • Nov 2013 • Penguin Press • A history of the United States told through 101 treasures from the Smithsonian’s collections. • Illustrated with color photographs.

Argo: How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in HistoryAntonio Mendez and Matt Baglio • 978-0-14-750973-4 • $16.00 • PB • Sep 2013 • Penguin • The true, declassified account of CIA operative Tony Mendez’s daring rescue of American hostages from Iran that inspired the critically-acclaimed film. • “Mendez fills Argo with the drama, pressure and tension of one of the CIA’s most spectacular rescue operations. Argo is proof that espionage reality is more riveting than spy fiction.”—Robert Wallace, former director, CIA Office of Technical Service

The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. KennedyDavid Nasaw • 978-0-14-312407-8 • $20.00 • PB • Sep 2013 • Penguin • The celebrated historian’s “brilliant, compelling” (The New York Times Book Review) biography of Joseph P. Kennedy, selected by the New York Times as one of the Ten Best Books of the Year and a 2013 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Biography. • “Engrossing and perceptive….Nasaw delves deep into archives, reconstructing virtually from scratch a multifaceted and ambiguous portrait of a figure who was for decades near the center of power in Hollywood and Washington, finance and diplomacy.”— David Greenberg, The Washington Post

1775: A Good Year for RevolutionKevin Phillips • 978-0-14-312399-6• $18.00 • PB • Sep 2013 • Penguin • The contrarian historian and analyst upends the conventional reading of the American Revolution. • “Impressively authoritative….[A] deeply researched, meticulously argued, multidimensional history.”—Kirkus (starred review) • “A feisty, fearless, edgy book, blissfully bereft of academic jargon, propelled by the energy of an author with the bit in his teeth.”—The New York Times Book Review

The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and FreedomMarcus Rediker • 978-0-14-312398-9 • $17.00 • PB • Dec 2013 • Penguin • The riveting account of the slave ship rebellion told for the first time from the slaves’ perspective. • “Rediker takes a fresh approach to the Amistad rebellion by focusing on the Africans who revolted rather than on the American political and judicial response, which takes the central place in most previous works.”—Library Journal • “Spectacularly researched and fluidly composed, this latest study offers some much needed perspective on a critical yet often overlooked event in America’s history.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to TodayThomas E. Ricks • 978-0-14-312409-2 • $18.00 • PB • Nov 2013 • Penguin • A history of the decline of American military leadership from the bestselling author of Fiasco. • A Washington Post 2012 Notable Work of Nonfiction • “Demonstrates how everything from strategic doctrine to personnel policies create a mediocre, rigid, morally derelict army leadership….Ricks presents an incisive, hard-hitting corrective to unthinking veneration of American military prowess.” —Publisher’s Weekly (starred review)

Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of SafetyEric Schlosser • 978-1-59420-227-8 • $36.00 • HC • Sep 2013 • Penguin Press • The famed in-vestigative journalist excavates a deadly secret at the heart of the American government. • “Mixing expert commentary with hair-raising details...the author makes the convincing case that our best control systems are no match fo human error, bad luck and ever increasing technological complexity.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review

Patriot’s History® of the Modern World, Vol. II: From the Cold War to the Age of Entitlement, 1945-2012Larry Schweikart and Dave Dougherty • 978-1-59523-104-8 • $32.95 • HC • Dec 2013 • Sentinel • The second of two volumes, an in-depth look at the status of America and its ideals after World War II and into the 21st century, by the bestselling coauthor of The Patriot’s History of the United States.

The Emergency State: America’s Pursuit of Absolute Security at All CostsDavid C. Unger • 978-0-14-312297-5 • $17.00 • PB • Sep 2013 • Penguin • From the New York Times’s veteran foreign policy editorialist, a lucid analysis of the harm caused by America’s increasingly misdirected national security state. • “Unger lays bare the pathologies that have disfigured U.S. national security policy over the course of many decades. The result is a thoughtful, judicious, immensely readable, and vitally important book.”— Andrew J. Bacevich, author of Washington Rules

Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965Juan Williams • Introduction by Julian Bond • 978-0-14-312474-0 • $23.00 • PB • Sep 2013 • Penguin • The 25th-anniversary edition of Williams’s celebrated account of the tumultuous early years of the civil rights movement. • “A fascinating, fast-moving overview.”—The New York Times Book Review • “Skillfully combines written and oral sources with the historical narrative.”— Boston Globe

EUROPEAN ANd WORld HIStORy

There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra Chinua Achebe • 978-0-14-312403-0 • $17.00 • PB • Sep 2013 • Penguin • From the legendary author of Things Fall Apart comes a long-awaited memoir about coming of age with a fragile new nation, and its destruction in a tragic civil war. • “A meditation on the condition of freedom. It has the tense narrative grip of the best fiction. It is also a revelatory entry into the intimate character of the writer’s brilliant mind and bold spirit. Achebe has created here a new genre of literature.” —Nadine Gordimer, Nobel Prize winning author • “More than memoir or history, this book is an argument that literature must bear witness.”—Library Journal

Finding Arthur: The True Origins of the Once and Future KingAdam Ardrey • 978-1-4683-0689-7 • $26.95 • HC • Oct 2013 • Overlook • Based on astounding new research, the author of Finding Merlin reveals the true history of King Arthur.

No Silent Night: The Christmas Battle for BastogneLeo Barron and Don Cygan • 978-0-451-41485-4 • $16.00 • PB • Nov 2013 • NAL • Fea-turing interviews with the soldiers who were there, as well as never-before-seen or translated documents, No Silent Night is a chronicle of one day that changed the course of the World War II—and the world. • “New sources, inter-views and thorough documentation grace this book, which will be a boon for those seeking to understand how Americans prevailed in one of their most famous World War II victories.” —Danny S. Parker, author of Fatal Crossroads

A History of the World in 12 MapsJerry Brotton • 978-0-670-02339-4 • $40.00 • HC • Nov 2013 • Viking • An original examination of maps that have epitomized the times in which there were made—from Ancient Greece to Google Earth—and how we can explore past worlds through them. •”[A] fascinating and panoramic new history of the cartographer’s art….Brotton’s idea of tracing within maps the patterns of human thought is a wonderful one.”—Tom Holland, Guardian

Small Wars, Faraway Places: Global Insurrection and the Making of the Modern World, 1945-1965Michael Burleigh • 978-0-670-02545-9 • $36.00 • HC • Sep 2013 • Viking • A sweeping history of the Cold War’s many “hot” wars born in the last gasps of empire.

Year Zero: A History of 1945Ian Burum • 978-1-59420-436-4 • $29.95 • HC • Oct 2013 • Penguin Press • A global history of the pivotal year 1945 as a new world emerged from the ruins of World War II and a work of enormous range and stirring human drama, conjuring both the Asian and European theaters with equal fluency.

Taste of War: World War II and the Battle for FoodLizzie Collingham • 978-0-14-312301-9 • $22.00 • PB • Aug 2013 • Penguin • A New York Times Notable Book of 2012 • A sweeping history, showing the surprising role that food played in World War II, and its aftermath. • “Superb…breathtaking in its breadth and scope, global in coverage and yet anchored in detailed research.”—Richard J. Evans, The Nation • “A definitive work of World War II scholarship.”—Kirkus

The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?Jared Diamond • 978-0-14-312440-5 • PB • $18.00 • Nov 2013 • Penguin • The bestselling author of Collapse surveys the history of human societies to answer the question: What can we learn from traditional societies that can make the world a better place for all of us? • “Ambitious and erudite….Diamond is a Re-naissance man, a serious scholar and an auda-cious generalist, with a gift for synthesizing data and theories.”—The Chicago Tribune • “Powerful and captivating, Diamond’s lucid in-sights challenge our ideas about human nature and culture, and will likely provoke heated con-versations about the future of our society.”—BookPage

The Family: Three Journeys into the Heart of the Twentieth CenturyDavid Laskin • 978-0-670-02547-3 • $32.00 • HC • Oct 2013 • Viking • The author of the The Children’s Blizzard delivers an epic work of twentieth century history through the riveting story of one extraordinary Jewish family. • “A vivid, utterly compelling exploration of the forces that have shaped modern history….An extraordinary achievement.”—Stephen Greenblatt, New York Times bestselling author of The Swerve: How the World Became Modern

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Notes on a Century: Reflections of a Middle East HistorianBernard Lewis with Buntzie Ellis Churchill • 978-0-14-312422-1 • $18.00 • PB • Dec 2013 • Penguin • The memoirs of the preeminent his-torian of the Middle East and bestselling author of What Went Wrong? from his wartime service in Cairo to the Arab Spring. • “In episodic, wit-tily composed chapters, Lewis addresses salient events in his career as a historian of the Near and Middle East….He writes frankly of his long tenure at Princeton, the dicey Israel-Pales-tinian crisis, and the eclipse of secularism in the Muslim world.”—Kirkus Reviews • “An ex-traordinary work: erudite, witty, and pro-found….Lewis has produced a book that will engage, inform, and entertain the scholar and layman alike.”—Henry Kissinger

The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot Robert Macfarlane • 978-0-14-750979-6 • $17.00 • PB • Oct 2013 • Penguin • From the acclaimed author of The Wild Places, an exploration about the relationship between paths, walking, and the imagination. • “With a steady command of the literature and history of each place he visits, [Macfarlane] tries ‘to read landscapes back into being.’ His sentences bristle with the argot of cartographers, geologists, zoologists, and botanists.”—The New Yorker A History of the World in 100 Objects Neil MacGregor • 978-0-14-312415-3 • PB • $30.00 • Nov 2013 • Penguin • A kaleidoscopic history of humanity told through things we have made from the most renowned museum director in the world. • “MacGregor has done more to capture the magic and importance of history than any number of academic monographs. We are swept from Africa two million years ago to the dawn of the 21st century on a whistle-stop tour that avoids most of the obvious destinations but still feels enormously satisfying.”—Sunday Times, History Book of the Year

Shakespeare’s Restless World: A Portrait of an Era in Twenty ObjectsNeil MacGregor • 978-0-670-02634-0 • $36.00 • HC • Oct 2013 • Viking • The New York Times bestselling author of A History of the World in 100 Objects brings the world of Shakespeare and the Tudor era of Elizabeth I into focus, capturing aspects of that pivotal moment when the modern world came into being. • “Another brilliant vindication of MacGregor’s understanding of how physical objects enter deep into our forefathers’ mental and spiritual world.” —Christopher Hart, Sunday Times (London)

Venice: A New HistoryThomas F. Madden • 978-0-14-750980-2 • $20.00 • PB • Nov 2013 • Penguin • Using long-buried archival material and a wealth of newly translated documents, Madden weaves a portrait of one of the world’s most beloved cities. • “Engaging… a readable overview backed by solid research.”—Booklist (starred review) • “Plenty of books focus on Venice the romantic ruin. This one offers a welcome reminder of its historic role over a millennium in the development of a modern economic system and the maintenance of the global balance of power.”—Kirkus

Bound in Venice: The Serene Republic and the Dawn of the BookAlessandro Marzo Magno • 978-1-60945-139-4 • $16.00 • PB • Oct 2013 • Europa • The compelling story of Aldo Manuzio and the birth of publishing and the printed book.

A History of the Middle East, Fourth EditionPeter Mansfield • Revised and Updated by Nicolas Pelham • 978-0-14-312190-9 • PB • $20.00 • Sep 2013 • Penguin • The definitive history of the Middle East, thoroughly revised and updated through 2012. • “The best overall survey of the politics, regional rivalries, and economics of the contemporary Arab world.” —The Washington Post Book World

Governing the World: The History of an Idea, 1815 to the PresentMark Mazower • 978-0-14-312394-1 • $18.00 • PB • Sep 2013 • Penguin • A narrative reckoning with the forces that have shaped the nature and destiny of the world’s governing institutions. • A Financial Times Best Politics Book of 2012 • “Profound, relevant, and morally instructive—and a pleasure to read.” —Fritz Stern • “Impressive…a significant contribution to historical scholarship.” —Paul Kennedy, Financial Times

Verdun: The Lost History of the Most Important Battle of World War I, 1914-1918John Mosier • 978-0-451-41462-5 • $26.95 • HC • Oct 2013 • NAL • Using numerous ac-counts of military analysts, serving officers, and eyewitnesses, including French sources that have never been translated, Mosier offers a re-assessment of the Great War’s most important battle.

Islands of Destiny: The Solomons Campaign and the Eclipse of the Rising SunJohn Prados • 978-0-451-41482-3 • $16.00 • PB • Oct 2013 • NAL • Includes a combination of battle action and intelligence reports from both sides • “A fresh and compelling account of the true turning point of the Pacific War.”—Evan Thomas • “Authoritative…Islands of Destiny serves as a powerful reminder of the geography, the strategy, and the ferocity of the Solomons campaign.”—The Wall Street Journal

The Siege: 68 Hours Inside the Taj HotelCathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy • 978-0-14-312375-0 • PB • $28.00 • HC • Nov 2013 • Penguin • In the tradition of Black Hawk Down, the definitive account of the 2008 Taj Mahal Palace Hotel terrorist attacks in Mumbai.

Empire of Secrets: British Intelligence, the Cold War, and the Twilight of EmpireCalder Walton • 978-1-4683-0715-3 • $35.00 • HC • Nov 2013 • Overlook • Based on newly declassified information, the startling exploration of the extraordinary role of MI5 in shaping the course of the Cold War. • “Walton’s pioneering use of MI5’s imperial security files has unearthed a museum-full of historical treasures previously unknown to or neglected by both intelligence historians or end-of-empire scholars.”—Peter Hennessy, author of The Secret State: Whitehall and the Cold War

Army of Evil: A History of the SSAdrian Weale • 978-0-451-41475-5 • $17.00 • PB • Sep 2013 • NAL • A definitive historical narrative of the birth, legacy, and demise of one of the most feared political and military organizations ever known. • “In this landmark history, Weale tells the twenty-year story of the SS with much brio and authority, and presents a story rich in drama and horror. This is a major achievement by a historian at the top of his game.”—Guy Walters, Literary Review (UK) • “Riveting…a chilling examination of the SS makeup, structure, and ideology.”—Kirkus Reviews

Churchill and the King: The Wartime Alliance of Winston Churchill and George VIKenneth Weisbrode • 978-0-670-02576-3 • HC • $26.95 • Nov 2013 • Viking • For fans of The King’s Speech, the intriguing bond between monarch and prime minister and its crucial role during World War II.

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Uncharted: Big Data as a Lens on Human CultureErez Aiden and Jean-Baptiste Michel • 978-1-59448-745-3 • $27.95 • HC • Jan 2014 • Riverhead • Two young Harvard scientists who teamed up with Google examine how Big Data is rewriting our history and how we understand the world. • “One of the most exciting develop-ments from the world of ideas in decades, pre-sented with panache by two frighteningly bril-liant, endearingly unpretentious, and endlessly creative young scientists.”—Steven Pinker

Saving the Schools: One Woman’s Fight for the Kids That Education Reform Left BehindMicael Brick • 978-0-14-312361-3 • $16.00 • PB • Aug 2013 • Penguin • “A compelling, enlightening account of a school community rising to save itself in the unforgiving, data-driven, often nonsensical world bequethed to public education.”—The Washington Post

Letters to an Incarcerated Brother: Encouragement, Hope, and Healing for Inmates and Their Loved OnesHill Harper • 978-1-59240-724-8 • $26.00 • HC • Nov 2013 • Gotham • Inspired by the numerous inmates who write to him seeking guidance, Harper offers advice and inspiration in the face of despair along with encouraging words for restoring a sense of self-worth in this latest addition to his bestselling series.

Future Perfect: The Case for Progress in a Networked AgeSteven Johnson • 978-1-59463-184-9 • $16.00 • PB • Oct 2013 • Riverhead • The New York Times bestselling author maps the ways a connected world will be both different and better. • “Fascinating and compelling….Stimulating and challenging, Johnson’s thought-provoking ideas steer us steadily into the future.”—Publishers Weekly • “Forceful argument for a new politics modeled on the structure of the Internet. A thought-provoking, hope-inspiring manifesto.”—Kirkus Reviews

Slimed!: An Oral History of Nickelodeon’s Golden AgeMathew Klickstein • 978-0-14-219685-4 • PB • $20.00 • Sep 2013 • Plume • The behind-the-scenes story of the network that shaped a generation, straight from the mouths of those who built it.

A Wilderness of Error: The Trials of Jeffrey MacDonaldErrol Morris • 978-0-14-312369-9 • $18.00 • PB • Oct 2013 • Penguin • The Academy Award–winning filmmaker and former private detec-tive examines the nature of evidence and proof in one of the most notorious and mysterious murder trials of the twentieth century. • “A beautifully written book, and it has the poten-tial to change the way the country thinks about a justice system that has obviously lost its way.”—Michael Shaub, NPR • “A brilliant book about the vulnerability of justice to the precon-ceptions of prosecutors and the power of cer-tain narratives to crowd out all others, even highly plausible ones.”—Wall Street Journal

The Cool School: Writings from America’s Hip UndergroundEdited by Glenn O’Brien • 978-1-59853-256-2 • $27.95 • HC • Oct 2013 • Library of America • A first-of-its-kind anthology of the raucous, often subversively hilarious writings of the original hipsters. Drawing on memoirs, poems, novels, comedy routines, letters, essays, and song lyrics, O’Brien creates an unparalleled literary mix tape bringing together Henry Miller, Miles Davis, Jack Kerouac, Lenny Bruce, Bob Dylan, Andy Warhol, and dozens more.

The New Soft War on Women: How the Myth of Female Ascendance Is Hurting Women, Menand Our EconomyCaryl Rivers and Rosalind C. Barnett • 978-0-399-16333-3 • $26.95 • HC • Oct 2013 • Tarcher • Respected experts on gender issues and the psychology of women argue that an in-sidious war of subtle biases and barriers is being waged that continues to marginalize women.

Lost at Sea: The Jon Ronson MysteriesJon Ronson • 978-1-59463-195-5 • $16.00 • PB • Oct 2013 • Riverhead • From the New York Times bestselling author of The Psychopath Test, an uncanny look at how deep our collective craziness lies, now with new material. • “A sterling collection of amazing stories from an offbeat journalist at the top of his game.” —Kirkus Reviews

The End of Men: And the Rise of WomenHanna Rosin • 978-1-59463-183-2 • $17.00 • PB • Sep 2013 • Riverhead • A conversation-changing look at the upended state of gender roles and relations. • “Refreshing....Rosin’s book may be the most insightful and readable cultur-al analysis of the year, bringing together find-ings from different fields to show that econom-ic shifts and cultural pressures mean that in many ways, men are being left behind....The End of Men is not really about a crisis for men; it’s a crisis of American opportunity.”—The Los Angeles Times • “In this bold and inspired dis-patch, Rosin upends the common platitudes of contemporary sexual politics with a deeply re-ported meditation from the unexpected fron-tiers of our rapidly changing culture.”—Katie Roiphe, author of The Morning After

The Injustice System: A Murder in Miami and a Trial Gone WrongClive Stafford Smith • 978-0-14-312416-0 • PB • $17.00 • Dec 2013 • Penguin • A true crime tale from the defense attorney who inspired John Grisham’s The Chamber. • An Atlantic Book of the Year and finalist for the Orwell Prize • “A moving tale of devotion….The Injustice System reveals the deep gap between cherished ideals and harsh reality in a country addicted to incarceration.”—The New York Times Book Review

Smarter Than You Think: How Technology is Changing Our Minds for the BetterClive Thompson • 978-1-59420-445-6 • $27.95 • Sep 2013 • Penguin Press • An accessible argument for the way technology boosts our cognitive abilities—making us smarter, more productive, and more creative. • “We should be grateful to have such a clear-eyed and lucid interpreter of our changing technological culture….An important, insightful book about who we are, and who we are becoming.”—Joshua Foer, author of Moonwalking with Einstein • “An eye-opening exploration of the ways computers think better with humans attached, and vice-versa.”—Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody

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PSyCHOlOGy

Mind Over Mind: The Surprising Power of ExpectationsChris Berdik • 978-1-59184-657-4 • $16.00 • PB • Sep 2013 • Penguin • A look at the frontiers of expectations research, revealing how our assumptions bend reality. • “Fascinating, illuminating, and full of surprises, Mind Over Mind will forever change the way you think—about the way you think.”—Toby Lester, author of Da Vinci’s Ghost • “Berdik’s vivid portrait of the placebo effect and related phenomena reveals that our brains are the clumsiest of time travelers, altering life in the present by anticipating outcomes in the future.”—Michael Erard, author of Babel No More

I Don’t Know: In Priase of Admitting Ignorance and Doubt (Except When You Shouldn’t)Leah Hager Cohn • 978-1-59463-239-6 • $17.95 • HC • Aug 2013 • Riverhead • A short, concise book in favor of honoring doubt and admitting when the answer is: I don’t know. But it’s more than just encouraging readers to con-fess their ignorance—Cohen proposes that we have much to gain by embracing uncertainty. Three little words can in fact liberate and em-power, and increase the possibilities for true communication. So much becomes possible when we honor doubt. • “Remarkable and insightful...a parable of understanding...Ms. Cohen has given us reporting that feels like a love story—as intimate, tender, and troubling... as you are likely to find.”—The New York Times Book Review

The Trauma of Everyday Life Mark Epstein • 978-1-59420-513-2 • $25.95 • HC • Aug 2013 • Penguin Press • The re-nowned psychiatrist and author of Thoughts Without a Thinker uncovers the transforma-tional potential of trauma, revealing how it can be used for the mind’s own development. • “Written with Epstein’s characteristic lucidity and passion, this inspired and illuminating book clarifies a lot of our presuppositions about trauma and, indeed, about everyday life.”—Adam Phillips, author of Missing Out and Win-nicott

The Psychopath Inside: A Neuroscientist’s Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the BrainJames Fallon • 978-1-59184-600-0 • $27.95 • HC • Nov 2013 • Current • The memoir of a neuroscientist whose passing interest in the brains of serial killers took a bizarre turn into a disturbing self-discovery.

New: Understanding Our Need for Novelty and ChangeWinifred Gallagher • 978-0-14-312374-3 • $17.00 • PB • Oct 2013 • Penguin • An exploration of how humans respond to novelty from the New York Times–bestselling author of Rapt. • “An accessible, well-researched work that crosses a variety of disciplines and will satisfy scientifically curious readers. It will appeal to those who enjoy Stephen Jay Gould and Oliver Sacks.”—Library Journal

What Makes a Hero?: The Surprising Science of SelflessnessElizabeth Svoboda • 978-1-59184-528-7 • $27.95 • HC • Sep 2013 • Current • An entertaining investigation into the biology and psychology of why we sacrifice for other people. Researchers are now applying the lens of science to study heroism for the first time. Using dozens of fascinating real-life examples, Elizabeth Svoboda explains how our genes compel us to do good for others, how going through suffering is linked to altruism, and how acting heroic can greatly improve your mental health.

PHIlOSOPHy / RElIGION

Band of Angels: The Forgotten World of Early Christian WomenKate Cooper • 978-1-4683-0740-5 • $27.95 • HC • Oct 2013 • Overlook • In this new history of the early Christian movement, the award-winning historian reveals a vivid picture of the triumphs and hardships of the first mothers of the infant church. • “This remarkable book is the best sort of engaged history, looking at fa-miliar texts in new ways, while also revealing unfamiliar personalities and sources….It makes an elegant and enjoyable contribution to unrav-elling centuries of unwarranted assumptions about the role of women in ministry and Chris-tian life.”-—Diarmaid MacCulloch, author of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years

Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and ThemJoshua Greene • 978-1-59420-260-5 • $29.95 • HC • Nov 2013 • Penguin Press • A pathbreaking neuroscientist reveals the perpetual conflict between the rational and emotional brain, and how this conflict underlies the stark sociopolitical divisions in America today. • “It’s rare to come across a genuinely new idea on the nature of morality....Greene combines neuroscience with philosophy...as an expert in both fields, and his synthesis is interdisciplinary in the best sense of using all available conceptual tools to understand a deep phenomenon. Moral Tribes is a landmark in our understanding of morality and the moral sense.”—Steven Pinker, author of How the Mind Works • “Brilliant and enlightening....Greene suggests a common moral currency that can serve as a basis for cooperation between people who are otherwise deeply divided on matters of morality.”—Peter Singer, Professor of Bioethics, Princeton University

Jonathan Edwards: Writings from the Great AwakeningEdited by Philip Gura • 978-1-59853-254-8 • $40.00 • HC • Oct 2013 • Library of America • Early America’s foremost evangelical on the great religious revivals he helped ignite. In-cludes the sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” and Faithful Narrative of the Sur-prising Work of God in the Conversion of Many Hundreds of Souls, the work that first publicized the awakenings.

Silence: A Christian HistoryDiarmaid MacCulloch • 978-0-670-02556-5 • $27.95 • HC • Sep 2013 • Viking • A provocative history of the role of silence in Christianity by the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author and historian.

Am I a Jew?: My Journey Among the Believers and Pretenders, the Lapsed and the Lost, in Search of Faith (Not Necessarily My Own), My Roots, and Who Knows, Even MyselfTheodore Ross • 978-0-14-218039-6 • $16.00 • PB • Sep 2013 • Plume • A memoir tackling a fundamental question both religious and personal: what makes someone Jewish? • “A brilliant American odyssey, one that is both inside and outside of traditions both national and religious; it’s also often very funny, and always very empathic.”—Rivka Galchen, author of Atmospheric Disturbances

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The Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration DateSamuel Arbesman • 978-1-59184-651-2 • $16.00 • PB • Sep 2013 • Penguin • Arbesman shows us how knowledge in most fields evolves systematically and predictably, and how this evolution unfolds in a fascinating way that can have a powerful impact on our lives. • “Easily one of the best books of the year on science.”—Bloomberg • “Arbesman’s enthusiasm and humor maintains our interest in subjects many readers may not have encountered before…[The Half-Life of Facts] does what popular science should do—both engages and entertains.”—Kirkus Reviews

Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search for Life Among the StarsLee Billings • 978-1-61723-006-6 • $27.95 • HC • Oct 2013 • Current • An intimate history of Earth and the quest for life beyond the solar system. • Since its formation nearly five billion years ago, our planet has been the sole living world in a vast and silent universe. Now, Earth’s isolation is coming to an end. Over the past two decades, astronomers have discovered thousands of “exoplanets” orbiting other stars, including some that could be similar to our own world. In a firsthand account of this unfolding revolution, Billings draws on interviews with top researchers and reveals how the search for other Earth-like planets is not only a scientific pursuit, but also a reflection of our culture’s timeless hopes, dreams, and fears.

The Particle at the End of the Universe: How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World Sean Carroll • 978-0-14-218030-3 • $16.00 • PB • Sep 2013 • Plume • “With his trademark wit and lucidity, Carroll delivers the story of the search for the elusive Higgs boson… Whether explaining complex physics like field theory and symmetry or the workings of particle accelerators, Carroll’s clarity and unbridled enthusiasm reveal the pure excitement of discovery as much as they illuminate the facts.”—Publishers Weekly • “Carroll keeps it real, getting at the complex guts of cutting-edge cosmology in discussions that will challenge fans of Hawking’s A Brief History of Time.”—The Washington Post

Octopus!: The Most Mysterious Creature in the SeaKatherine Harmon Courage • 978-1-59184-527-0 • $27.95 • HC • Nov 2013 • Current • A fascinating look at the octopus through its life, death, robotic replicas, and delicious dinners.

Before Galileo: The Birth of Modern Science in Medeival EuropaJohn Freely • 978-1-4683-0699-6 • $16.95 • Sep 2013 • Overlook • The physicist and historian examines the pioneering research of the first European scientists. • “Valuable…introduces us to the monks and friars who kept scienti fic inquiry alive.”—The Wall Street Journal • “Freely traces this ‘tenuous Ariadne’s thread’ of learning that unspooled from Egypt through Byzantium and the Islamic world.”—Nature

The Story of Earth: First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living PlanetRobert M. Hazen • 978-0-14-312364-4 • $17.00 • PB • Aug 2013 • Penguin • Hailed by The New York Times for writing “with wonderful clarity about science...that effortlessly teaches as it zips along,” nationally bestselling author Robert M. Hazen offers a radical new approach to Earth history in this intertwined tale of the planet’s living and nonliving spheres. • “With infectious enthusiasm for his subject, Hazen introduces readers to Earth’s defining moments.”—Susan Yitbaretk, Discover

How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed Ray Kurzweil • 978-0-14-312404-7 • $17.00 • PB • Sep 2013 • Penguin • The bold futurist and bestselling author explores the limitless potential of reverse engineering the human brain. • “Unique and inspiring…a visionary work that is also accessible and entertaining.”—Rafael Reif, president, MIT • “Just as Chanute’s Progress in Flying Machines ushered in the era of aviation over a century ago, this book is the harbinger of the coming revolution in artificial intelligence that will fulfill Kurzweil’s own prophecies about it.”—Dileep George, AI scientist; pioneer of hierarchical models of the neocortex; cofounder of Numenta and Vicarious Systems

Me, Myself, and WhyJennifer Ouellette • 978-0-14-312165-7 • $16.00 • PB • Sep 2013 • Penguin • From the acclaimed science writer, an extraordinary book that examines each of our tiniest pixels and reassembles them into a new and vastly richer portrait of the human self.

Drinking Water: A HistoryJames Salzman • 978-1-4683-0711-5 • $16.95 • PB • Nov 2013 • Overlook • The Duke University professor and environmental policy expert shows how drinking water highlights the most pressing issues of our time—from globalization and social justice to terrorism and climate change—and how humans have been wrestling with these problems for centuries. • “[A] surprising, delightful, fact- filled book.”—Jared Diamond, Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel • “ The scope of Salzman’s book is impressive, encompassing everything from the construction of Roman aqueducts to subsidized water purification in Zambia.” —New Scientist

Ordinary Geniuses: How Two Mavericks Shaped Modern ScienceGino Segrè • 978-0-14-312130-5 • $17.00 • PB • Dec 2013 • Penguin • A fascinating tribute to Max Delbruck and George Gamow, the forefathers of two of today’s most exciting scientific fields. • “An exuberant dual biography that integrates developments in quantum physics, cosmology and genetics since the 1920s with the lives of these two scientists.”—Kirkus Reviews

Life at the Speed of Light: From the Double Helix to the Dawn of Digital LifeJ. Craig Venter • 978-0-670-02540-4 • $26.95 • Oct 2013 • Viking • The renowned scientist and author of A Life Decoded examines the creation of life in the new field of synthetic genomics.

The Moral Molecule: How Trust WorksPaul J. Zak • 978-0-14-219690-8 • $17.00 • PB • Dec 2013 • Plume • “Zak tells the remarkable story of how he discovered and explored the biochemistry of sympathy, love and trust with the narrative skill of a novelist. Philosophy, economics and biology have rarely been so entertaining.”—Matt Ridley, author of Genome • “An ancient mammalian molecule prods us to bond with others. Zak offers a most engaging account of this important discovery, bound to overthrow traditional thinking about human behavior, including economics and morality.” —Frans de Waal, author of The Age of Empathy

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The Heights: Anatomy of a SkyscraperKate Ascher • 978-0-14-312408-5 • $22.00 • PB • Nov 2013 • Penguin • From the author of The Works, a graphic tour of the inner workings of skyscrapers, illustrating every system and mechanism from top to bottom. • “In this lushly illustrated book, Ascher meticulously and lucidly deconstructs the design of manmade towers from the foundation on up to the imperatives of physical and psychological security in a terror-conscious society.”—New York Times

In a Forest, Dark and DeepNeil LaBute • 978-1-4683-0704-7 • $14.95 • PB • Sep 2013 • Overlook • In this play of secrets and sibling rivalry, which had its premiere in London’s West End in 2011, LaBute explores the dark territory beyond, as one of the main character’s sneeringly says, “the lies you tell yourself to get by.” • “The play twists continually, and the truth is always one twist away. LaBute is such a skillful writer—edgy, funny, outrageous.”—Financial Times

Eminent HipstersDonald Fagen • 978-0-670-02551-0 • $26.95 • HC • Oct 2013 • Viking • A revealing, sharply written work of memoir and criticism by the cofounder of Steely Dan.

What Are You Looking At?: The Surprising, Shocking, and Sometimes Strange Story of 150 Years of Modern ArtWill Gompertz • 978-0-14-218029-7 • $20.00 • PB • Sep 2013 • Plume • In the tradition of Eats, Shoots & Leaves, art history with a sense of humor. • “An insightful love letter to modern art and an irreverent rejection of the notion that its pleasures are reserved for a chosen few….Each [chapter] hums with engaging his-tory and entertaining anecdotes, cheeky asides and accessible, illuminating criticism.”—NPR

Mozart: A LifePaul Johnson • 978-0-670-02637-1 • $25.95 • HC • Nov 2013 • Viking • An illuminating short biography of Mozart with insights about his music and times by the eminent historian.

Leonard Maltin’s 2014 Movie Guide: The Modern EraLeonard Maltin • 978-0-14-218055-6 • $25.00 • PB • Sep 2013 • Plume • The defi nitive New York Times bestselling guide to the movies. • “The go-to choice for both film geeks and casual couch potatoes.”—The New York Times Book Review

American Musicals: The Complete Books and Lyrics of 16 Classic Broadway Shows, 1927-1969Edited by Lawrence Maslon • 978-1-59853-257-9 • $75.00 • Nov 2013 • Library of America • A deluxe boxed set with reader’s editions of Show Boat; As Thousands Cheer; Pal Joey; Oklahoma!; On the Town; Finian’s Rainbow; Kiss Me, Kate; South Pacific; Guys and Dolls; The Pajama Game; My Fair Lady; Gypsy; A Funny Thing; Fiddler on the Roof; Cabaret; and 1776. Includes rare and previously unpublished material including lost songs, alternate scenes, and more.

SPORtS

Wheelmen: Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France, and the Greatest Sports Conspiracy EverReed Albergotti and Vanessa O’Connell • 978-1-592-40848-1 • $27.50 • Oct 2013 • Gotham • The first in-depth look at Lance Armstrong’s doping scandal, the phenomenal business success built on the back of fraud, and the greatest conspiracy in the history of sports.

The Numbers Game: Why Everything You Know About Soccer Is WrongChris Anderson and David Sally • 978-0-14-312456-6 • $16.00 • PB • Aug 2013 • Penguin • Moneyball meets Freakonomics in this myth-busting guide to understanding—and winning—the most popular sport on the planet. • “[This] is the book that could change the game forever.”—The Times (London) • “By any standards, this is a landmark book, scrupulously researched and bound to be influential.”—Booklist (starred review)

Orr: My StoryBobby Orr • 978-0-399-16175-9 • $27.95 • Oct 2013 • Putnam • One of the greatest sports figures of all time breaks his silence in a memoir as unique as the man himself. Orr: My Story is more than a book about hockey—it is about the making of a man.

BUSINESS / ECONOmICS

The Age of Oversupply: Overcoming the Greatest Challenge to the Global EconomyDaniel Alpert • 978-1-59184-596-6 • $27.95 • HC • Oct 2013 • Portfolio • The noted banker and financial analyst looks at the historical underpinnings of the global economic collapse of 2008 and outlines a plan to repair American capitalism and the economies of other developed countries.

Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and BetrayalNick Bilton • 978-1-59184-601-7 • $28.95 • HC • Nov 2013 • Portfolio • The dramatic, behind-the-scenes story of how Twitter, built on betrayal and battles for power, accidentally changed the world.

Adversaries into Allies: Win People Over Without Manipulation or CoercionBob Burg • 978-1-59184-636-9 • $26.95 • HC • Oct 2013 • Portfolio • The bestselling coauthor of The Go-Giver explores what it means to be truly influential.

The Hour Between Dog and Wolf: Risk Taking, Gut Feelings, and the Biology of Boom and BustJohn Coates • 978-0-14-312340-8 • $17.00 • PB • Oct 2013 • Penguin • A successful Wall Street trader turned neuroscientist reveals how risk taking and stress transform our body chemistry, driving us to dangerous extremes. • Financial Times Best Books of 2012 • “[A] scintillating treatise on the neurobiology of the business cycle….A provocative and entertaining take on the irrational exuberance—and anxiety—of the modern economy.”—Publishers Weekly

SmartTribes: How Teams Become Brilliant TogetherChristine Comaford • 978-1-59184-648-2 • $26.95 • HC • Available now • Portfolio • An expert in corporate culture shows leaders how to build a “SmartTribe” that outperforms the competition. • “Incredible insights on how to create an environment of inclusive ness, trust, and clear communication….SmartTribes shows leaders how to consistently outperform by capi-talizing on the same basic need that has made social enterprises take off in the first place: our need to belong.”—Vala Afshar, CMO and Chief Customer Officer, Enterasys Networks

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Average Is Over: Powering America Beyond the Age of the Great StagnationTyler Cowen • 978-0-525-95373-9 • $26.95 • HC • Sep 2013 • Dutton • Widely acclaimed as one of the world’s most influential economists, Cowen returns with his groundbreaking follow-up to the New York Times bestseller The Great Stagnation. • “Tyler Cowen may very well turn out to be this decade’s Thomas Friedman.” —Kelly Evans, The Wall Street Journal

The Effortless Experience: Conquering the New Battleground for Customer LoyaltyMatthew Dixon, Nick Toman and Rick DeLisi • 978-1-59184-581-2 • $29.95 • HC • Sep 2013 • Portfolio • From the bestselling author of The Challenger Sale comes the definitive guide on how to win company loyalty by forgetting the bells and whistles and just solving the customer’s problems.

Bargain Fever: How to Shop in a Discounted WorldMark Ellwood • 978-1-59184-580-5 • $26.95 • HC • Oct 2013 • Portfolio • A spirited investigation into the phenomenon of bargain hunting and the psychology of markdowns, with insights into how a smart business takes advantage of our obsession with deals and how consumers can game the system.

Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone ElseChrystia Freeland • 978-0-14-312406-1 • PB • $17.00 • Sep 2013 • Penguin • A groundbreak-ing examination of wealth disparity, income in-equality, and the new global elite. • A Financial Times Best Book of the Year • Shortlisted for the Lionel Gelber Prize • “The world’s wealthy elite, is more wealthy, more knit together, more separate from their fellow citizens and probably more powerful than ever before. This very im-portant book describes their lives and more im-portant how their lives affect all of ours. It should be read by anyone concerned with how their world is being shaped and how it will evolve.”—Lawrence Summers, Former U.S. Treasury Secretary; Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard University

The Map and the Territory: Risk, Human Nature, and the Future of ForecastingAlan Greenspan • 978-1-59420-481-4 • $36.00 • HC • Oct 2013 • Penguin Press • An explora-tion of the limits and possibilities of economic forecasting and risk management, analyzing the lessons of the recent financial crisis and draw-ing from history and behavioral economics to build a better model for the future.

Monster Loyalty: How Lady Gaga Turns Followers into FanaticsJackie Huba • 978-1-59184-650-5 • $24.95 • HC • Available now • Portfolio • An acclaimed marketing expert pinpoints the loyalty strategies behind Lady Gaga’s unique path to success. • “The juxtaposition of Lady Gaga’s outré antics with Jackie’s useful, detailed, and actionable insights make for a breakthrough.”—Seth Godin, author of The Icarus Deception

Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple’s Greatest ProductsLeander Kahney • 978-1-59184-617-8 • $27.95 • HC • Nov 2013 • Portfolio • The bestselling author of Inside Steve’s Brain takes us behind the scenes of Apple once again to look at the company’s legendary chief designer, Jonathan Ive, and his influence on our culture. Tap Dancing to Work: Warren Buffet on Practically Everything, 1966-2013 Carol Loomis • 978-1-59184-680-2 • $18.00 • PB • Dec 2013 • Portfolio • Warren Buffett built Berkshire Hathaway into something remarkable—and Fortune journalist Carol Loomis had a front-row seat for it all.

The Curve: How Smart Companies Use Freeloaders to Find Superfans Nicholas Lovell • 978-1-59184-663-5 • $27.95 • HC • Oct 2013 • Portfolio • A big idea marketing book about the challenge of online pricing.

To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others Daniel H. Pink • 978-1-59463-190-0 • $16.00 • Dec 2013 • Riverhead • The #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller that explores the power of selling in everyone’s life. • “Artfully blend(s) anecdotes, insights, and studies from the social sciences into a frothy blend of utility and entertainment.” —Bloomberg • “Excellent...radical, surprising, and undeniably true.”—Harvard Business Blog

Springboard: Launching Your Personal Search for SuccessG. Richard Shell • 978-1-59184-547-8 • $26.95 • HC • Aug 2013 • Portfolio • From the creator of the extremely popular Success Course at the Wharton School of Business comes an inspirational roadmap to redefine success on your own terms.

The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire WildcattersGregory Zuckerman • 978-1-59184-645-1 • $29.95 • HC • Nov 2013 • Portfolio • The untold story of the tycoons behind the US fracking controversy and how their battle for independent energy and huge profits is transforming the world.

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