Chasing Medical Miracles: The Promise and Perils of Clinical Trials

“Americans have long been mystified about how new drugs are developed. Though the term ‘clinical trial’ has entered the popular lexicon, most people still don’t know what goes on behind the scenes. Chasing Medical Miracles tells the truth about the byzantine world of clinical trials. O’Meara exposes the ethics of medical research both in the U.S. and abroad. Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how new medicines are developed.”—Joe Graedon, M.S., and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D., authors of The People's Pharmacy

Talk of the Nation host Neal Conan and author Tom Standage spent some quality time discussing Tom's new book An Edible History of Humanity. Listen to the interview.

Read the fascinating interview with Tom in the Los Angeles Times. Buy Now.

Feeling Stressful Lately? Rita Emmett has Some Help!

Rita Emmett's new book Manage Your Time To Reduce Your Stress couldn't be timelier.

Cheryl Nason, the Dallas Book Diva, will be interviewing Rita in mid June. Just check the link above for tips on stress management. Buy now.



Cleopatra and Antony without the Myths

Diana Preston's done it again and this time her subject is Cleopatra and Antony. Jonathan Yardley of The Washington Post says"... Her research is careful and deep; her prose is lively and graceful...If there is a better book about Cleopatra for today's reader, I don't know what it is...It's a very good book." Buy now.

The Last Days of Old Beijing for Intelligent Travelers

The Last Days of Old Beijing by Michael Meyer is featured in National Geographic Traveler with a wonderful piece on their Intelligient Travel Blog. Michael shares an intimate glimpse of life in his hutong neighborhood. Buy now.



The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher Wins Book of the Year Award

Congratulations to Kate Summerscale for winning The 2009 Galaxy Book of the Year Award for The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher. Galaxy British Book Awards are considered the Oscars of the book world.

Visit www.mrwhicher.com for a chilling look at this eerie tale which is also the winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction. Out now in paperback. Buy now.

Levittown Author on NPR

David Kushner, author of Levittown was recently featured on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday. Listen to feature.
“In “Levittown,” a vigorous and often surprising narrative, David Kushner journeys into the racially charged heart of what newspapers once trumpeted as ‘the most perfectly planned community in America.’ The core of Mr. Kushner’s story focuses on the campaign to desegregate Levittown, Pa., in 1957. He deftly spliced together the experiences of two families at the center of what became a terrifying ordeal.”—Wall Street Journal.


Boston Globe for Now the Drum of War

Now The Drum of War by Robert Roper, got a rave review in the Boston Globe. "A novelist and nonfiction writer, Roper has produced a biography that is also impressively teeming, weaving in Whitman's siblings and his mother, quoting from their letters and presenting through their eyes Brooklyn, Washington, D.C., and the ravages of the war...Roper is often a cinematic writer, deftly shifting point of view to reveal telling physical details as well as large psychological ones."—Alyssa Haywoode, Boston Globe Read full review