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TO EXPLAIN THE WORLD by Steven Weinberg

The Financial Times has chosen Steven Weinberg’s TO EXPLAIN THE WORLD: THE DISCOVERY OF MODERN SCIENCE as one of its Best Books of 2015. Harper published the book February 17, 2015....

A NONE’S STORY by Corinna Nicolaou

Publishers Weekly interviewed author Corinna Nicolaou about the inspiration for her tour of the major world religions, A NONE’S STORY. Columbia University Press will publish the book on March 29, 2016.

THE SHANNARA CHRONICLES on MTV / Terry Brooks

THE SHANNARA CHRONICLES on MTV has been nominated a Saturn Award for “Best Fantasy TV Series”. The Saturn Awards, now in its 42nd year, is presented annually to films and television shows by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. This year’s ceremony will take place in June in Burbank, California.

NEUROLOGIC by Eliezer Sternberg

Slate.com has excerpted a chapter about schizophrenia from Eliezer Sternberg’s latest book, NEUROLOGIC, which describes the many different ways the brains uses its own logic in seemingly illogical situations. Pantheon published the book on January 12, 2016...

10% HAPPIER by Dan Harris

Dan Harris’s book is back on the New York Times bestseller list in the E-book non-fiction category. In addition, Dan Harris was interviewed on the Nice Guys on Buisness podcast. IT books published the book in paperback December 30, 2014....

RUST: The Longest War  by Jonathan Waldman

Jonathan Waldman’s acclaimed book RUST was named a LA Times Book Prize Finalist in the category of SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.
Simon and Schuster published the hardcover Mar 10, 2015....

NEUROLOGIC by Eliezer J. Sternberg

In conjunction with the release of his latest book, NEUROLOGIC, Eliezer Sternberg has written articles for the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post about dementia and the “Jennifer Aniston” neuron. Pantheon published the book on January 12, 2016....

WHERE WE WANT TO LIVE by Ryan Gravel

The New York Times article, “What Happened to the Great Urban Design Projects?” gives an overview Ryan Gravel’s ground-breaking work with the Atlanta Beltline as one of the few modern investments in large scale urban design. Ryan’s book on the subject, WHERE WE WANT TO LIVE, will be published by St. Martin’s Press on March 15,2016....

WAYS TO DISAPPEAR by Idra Novey

Idra Novey’s WAYS TO DISAPPEAR was named in Vogue and Elle as a best upcoming book this year and was named one of the “27 Most Exciting Books Coming in 2016 by Buzzfeed. Vogue called it a “sleek literary farce.” In addition Idra Novey was named one of Interview Magazine’s, “16 Faces of 2015.” Little, Brown publishes the book on February 9, 2016.

RUST by Jonathan Waldman

Mr. Waldman’s insightful book is referenced in this article about the infrastructure crisis. Simon and Schuster published the hardcover Mar 10, 2015....