Recent deals and press for our clients

https://www.newyorker.com/best-books-2024

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2412521-the-top-10-movies-about-the-multiverse-according-to-a-physicist/

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-evangelical-are-iowas-evangelicals-real-definition-trump-voter-africa-asia-americas-1688d348

Author of WHY DO SO MANY INCOMPETENT MEN BECOME LEADERS? and I, HUMAN Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic’s DON’T BE YOURSELF!: DEBUNKING THE AUTHENTICITY CULT, about how the glorification of authenticity inadvertently promotes antisocial and self-centered behaviors, arguing that emotional intelligence, self-control, and empathy are both inversely related to authenticity and integral for effective interpersonal relations, leadership, diversity and inclusion, and moral behavior, to Kevin Evers at Harvard Business Review Press.

Executive coach, coauthor of OWN THE ROOM, and host of the Coaching Real Leaders podcast Muriel Maignan Wilkins’s LEADERSHIP UNLOCKED, providing a framework for leaders to identify key beliefs that hold them back from reaching their full potential and tools to overcome them, to Courtney Cashman at Harvard Business Review Press.

Author of TWO AWESOME HOURS Josh Davis, PhD, and lawyer and entrepreneur Greg Prosmushkin’s WHY NOT ME? AND SIX OTHER BELIEFS FROM NLP TO MAKE YOU LIMITLESS, demystifying the teachings of neurolinguistic programming and showing readers how to use them to read situations and people, change limiting beliefs, build rapport, establish trust, choose their state of mind, and let go of old triggers, to Joel Fotinos at St. Martin’s Essentials.

MIT Sloan School’s Nelson Repenning and Donald Kieffer’s There’s Got to Be a Better Way: The Stuff That Gets in the Way of Doing Your Job – and What to Do About It, based on their pioneering principles  of dynamic work design, a holistic approach for overcoming the obstacles and everyday chaos that forces leaders to “fight fires” and “herd cats” and  keeps organizations from attaining long-term priorities. World English rights to John Mahaney at PublicAffairs.

Entrepreneur Pat Flynn’s STRONG ON!, guiding readers on how to optimize their kettlebell training and achieve their top fitness goals with “choose your own fitness adventure” programming that hits everything from strength to lean muscle building and more, to Glenn Yeffeth at BenBella Books.

Journalist and author of THE CALCULUS WARS Jason Socrates Bardi’s MATHEMATICIANS IN WARTIME: AN EPIC ODYSSEY OF PEACE LOVE, INFINITY, AND HORROR, about the discovery of multiple infinities and the resulting Pandora’s box of logical paradoxes and mind-bending problems that triggered a pivotal and turbulent era in the history of mathematics known as the “foundational crisis,” which played out against the backdrop of some of history’s most turbulent times and involving an unlikely set of characters, to T.J. Kelleher at Basic Books.

Veteran science journalist Jennifer Frazer’s THE SLIME MOLD’S GUIDE TO WORLD DOMINATION, an investigation of slime molds, examining the organism’s fascinating natural history, unique biology, and stunning, spooky abilities—including solving mazes and driving robots—ultimately arguing that many cells have the capacity to be intelligent, to Stephen Morrow at Dutton.

Pediatric neurosurgeon and professor of neurological surgery at Stony Brook University Michael Egnor and journalist Denyse O’Leary’s THE HUMAN SOUL: WHAT NEUROSCIENCE SHOWS US ABOUT THE BRAIN, THE MIND, AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO, drawing on extensive new evidence and a lifetime working with brains in trauma to make a counter-materialist argument for the existence of a soul imbued with free will that survives death, to Ryan Peterson at Worthy.

Work futurist and author of RESTORING THE SOUL OF BUSINESS Rishad Tobaccowala’s RETHINKING WORK, revealing how organizations can alter existing structures to reimagine every assumption we possess about work today, to Donya Dickerson at McGraw-Hill.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/01/12/opinion/how-many-things-are-there-entire-universe-this-is-trick-question/

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-one-review-platonic-particles-and-waves-of-history-11673628851

https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780063075719

https://davidbentleyhart.substack.com/p/a-conversation-with-rainn-wilson?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email#play

Professor of History at Baylor University and author of THE MAKING OF BIBLICAL WOMANHOOD Beth Allison Barr’s BECOMING THE PASTOR’S WIFE, a history of how the role of pastor’s wife rose to prominence at the same time that women’s ordination became forbidden in many Protestant circles, and LOSING OUR MEDIEVAL RELIGION, tracing church history to show the depth of amnesia within the American church about the Bible, ordination, the Trinity, Jesus, and other core elements of Christian faith, and the impact it has had on contemporary theology and theology and practice, sold to Katelyn Beaty at Brazos.

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https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/

ct-opinion-ukraine-russia-war-moldova-20220308-phkxahoqcvftnpmv7rcwqnvzye-story.html

Professor of religious studies at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington, and author of AMERICAN COSMIC D.W. Pasulka’s ENCOUNTERS WITH NON-HUMAN INTELLIGENCE, about the startling findings of the scientists who drive the contemporary search for extraterrestrial life, sold to Joel Fotinos at St. Martin’s Essentials.

https://hbr.org/2022/01/the-upside-of-feeling-uncertain-about-your-career

https://www.fastcompany.com/90703511/obsessing-about-generations-at-work-is-a-total-waste-focus-on-this-instead

https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-302294-2

Therapist and adjunct clinical instructor at Stanford University Caroline Fleck PhD’s VALIDATION: THE NEW APPROACH TO CHANGE THAT WILL TRANSFORM HOW YOU LOVE, LEAD, AND LIVE, about the counterintuitive concepts and self-improvement techniques used in DBT therapy, which can be learned and employed by anyone, but have been largely unknown outside a therapist’s office, sold to Caroline Sutton at Avery.

Assistant professor of classics and religious studies at the University of Nebraska and author of RACE AND THE MAKING OF THE MORMON PEOPLE Max Mueller’s untitles biography of the Ute leader Wakara, whose pivotal role in the creation of the American West, and whose wily dealings with the Mormons, have but all been erased, sold to Brian Distelberg at Basic Books.

https://hbr.org/2021/08/how-to-ask-a-colleague-to-mask-up?ab=hero-subleft-2

https://blogs.sciencemag.org/books/2021/08/17/flashes-of-creation/

https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-do-we-shout-when-we-argue-lack-of-confidence-11629518461

http://https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2021/07/16/jesus-and-john-wayne-evangelicals-surprise-bestseller/

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Author of EINSTEIN’S DICE AND SCHODINGER’S CAT Paul Halpern’s THE SPARKLE OF THE MULTIVERSE: Exploring the Controversial History of Parallel Universes, the first comprehensive look at debates over the existence of parallel universes that have been raging from ancient times until the present day, placing modern theories from Quantum Mechanics within the context of a longstanding discourse that reaches from Plato to Nietzsche to Everett and Feynman, and which are showing up in all kind of contemporary pop culture like the MCU’s Loki, sold to TJ Kellerer at Basic.

Professor of Philosophy at Calvin University Matthew C. Halteman’s THE VEGAN IMAGINATION: Envisioning the Promise of a New Vegan Normal,  a passionate and arresting argument for veganism, making the case for a capacious, imaginative vision of a good, true, and beautiful world that can motivate and sustain vegan commitments, sold to TJ Kellerer at Basic.

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Director of the Northwestern University Bilingualism and Psycholinguistics Research Lab Viorica Marian’s THE POWER OF LANGUAGE: HOW THE CODES WE USE TO THINK, SPEAK, AND WORK TRANSFORM OUR MIND, an exploration of effects of multilingualism on our brains—including changes to executive function, creativity, and health—and how languages from English and Russian to math and poetry shape society, sold to Stephen Morrow at Dutton.

Artist and author of Do Your Laundry or You’ll Die Alone, Becky Blades’ START MORE THAN YOU CAN FINISH, an ignition switch to unleash your creative forces, giving the reader powerful examples and permission to begin – right where you are and master the art of the start, with the author’s original artwork throughout, sold to Cara Bedick at Chronicle Prism.

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David Bentley Hart and philosopher Trevor Logan’s CHRISTIAN SOCIALISM, a collection of writings by Christian thinkers laying the ethical, social, and religious foundations of Christian socialist ideals, from the Hebrew Bible to the present day, sold to Jennifer Banks at Yale University Press.

Historian at Calvin University and author of JESUS AND JOHN WAYNE Kristin Du Mez’s LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE, a cultural history of modern white Christian womanhood, examining how religious consumer culture has promoted an ideal of beauty, femininity, and domesticity that reinforces conservative political ideologies and covers white supremacy with a veneer of innocence and benevolence, sold to Dan Gerstle at Liveright.

Director of the University of Michigan’s Sport, Health, and Activity Research and Policy Center and author of NO SWEAT Michelle Segar PhD’s SNAP!: BREAKING THE RULES OF BEHAVIOR CHANGE SO WE CAN CHANGE OUR BEHAVIOR FOR GOOD, an “anti-habit” approach to make major lifestyle changes and bring joy, flexibility, and control back to our lives, sold to Dan Ambrosio at Hachette Go.

Creator of Energy Medicine Yoga Lauren Walker’s RISE UP: OVERCOMING STRESS, TRAUMA, AND SUFFERING WITH ENERGY MEDICINE YOGA, combining a new way of understanding negative emotions as blockages in our energy ecosystem and treating them with physical and philosophical practices to promote healing in the body and mind, sold to Angela Wix at Llewellyn

Professor of psychology at the University of Missouri Ken Sheldon’s untitled book on the psychology of free will, arguing that not only do we have free will, but that acknowledging and exercising free will is an essential component of psychological well-being, to Eric Henney at Basic.

https://www.salon.com/2020/09/09/how-the-evangelical-movement-became-trumps-bitch–and-yes-i-know-what-that-word-signifies/

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/religion/article/83903-no-more-playing-defense-a-progressive-christian-claps-back.html

https://www.christianitytoday.com/scot-mcknight/2020/july/manning-up-americas-evangelicalism.html

https://newrepublic.com/article/158539/truth-trumps-evangelical-support-sarah-posner-jesus-john-wayne-book-review

The Price of White Evangelical Patriarchy

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https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/7/9/21291493/donald-trump-evangelical-christians-kristin-kobes-du-mez

Psychologist and CBT therapist Seth Gillihan PhD’s THINK ACT BE, about how his model of CBT therapy connects our actions and thoughts to our deep spiritual needs, and how this practice can enable us to feel our presence in the world, connect with the people around us, become aware of our bodies’s needs, and find meaningful work to nurture our souls, sold to Michael Maudlin at Harper One.

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/23/881992622/jesus-and-john-wayne-explores-christian-manhood-and-how-belief-can-bolster-trump

Business thought leader David Burkus’s LEADING FROM ANYWHERE: UNLOCK THE POWER AND PERFORMANCE OF REMOTE TEAMS, a guide to leading remote teams, tackling challenges that managers face—from hiring and onboarding new members from afar to building culture remotely, tracking productivity, communicating speedily, and retaining star employees, sold to Olivia Bartz at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Founder of Regenerative & Sports Medicine in Santa Monica, Dr. Rand McClain’s CHEATING DEATH: HOW TO LIVE LONGER, HEAL QUICKER, AND LOOK BETTER, a guide to new treatments to improve quality of life and the ability to prevent, detect, and heal disease, sold to Glenn Yeffeth at BenBella Books.

Contributing editor at Harvard Business Review Amy Gallo’s GET ALONG: EIGHT TYPES OF DIFFICULT PEOPLE AND HOW TO WORK WITH THEM, drawing on over a decade of research on the challenges of interpersonal conflict at work to provide invaluable insights and immediately actionable strategies that can help us understand, and get along with the most difficult of our colleagues…and be happier, saner, and more productive because of it, sold to Jeff Kehoe at Harvard Business Review Press.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/all-the-days-are-blurring-together-how-to-battle-burnout-and-find-a-healthy-work-life-balance-during-the-pandemic-2020-05-13

https://hbr.org/2020/05/the-upside-of-perfectionism-creativity

Author of WHY DO SO MANY INCOMPETENT MEN BECOME LEADERS? Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic’s HOW TO BE HUMAN IN THE AGE OF AI, about how can we reclaim our humanity to express our most virtuous and adaptive side and avoid being alienated and dehumanized by technology, sold to Kevin Evers at Harvard Business Review Press.

Historian and author of KINGDOM OF NAUVOO Benjamin Park’s THE AMERICAN RELIGION, a new history of Mormonism weaving together the broader story of American belief with the trajectory of the LDS tradition, sold to Dan Gerstle at Liveright.

New York Times bestselling author of NO EGO, speaker, podcaster, and leadership thought leader Cy Wakeman’s LIFE’S MESSY, LIVE HAPPY, about how readers can dramatically change their level of happiness by applying her unconventional philosophy to their daily lives at home and at work, sold to George Witte at St. Martin’s.

CEO of Equality Illinois Brian C. Johnson’s CITIZEN DIVIDEND: REDISCOVERING THE SOUL OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY AND WHY IT MATTERS, about a radical solution to address the income inequality that continues to grow at an unprecedented pace in America, sold to Lil Copan at Broadleaf Books.

Chief Executive Officer of Anaplan Frank A. Calderoni’s first book, drawing on 35 years in the C-suite to show how establishing Positive Company Character, the qualities and behaviors a company is known for, can lead directly to greater share-price increase, greater employee productivity, reduction in employee turnover, and increase in customer satisfaction, sold to Zachary Schisgal at Wiley.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/04/14/is-your-partner-up-3-am-coronavirus-stress-is-real-heres-how-help/

https://hbr.org/2020/04/3-tips-to-avoid-wfh-burnout

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/04/02/conservative-evangelicals-coronavirus-tough-guys/

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https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/03/30/how-joseph-smith-and-the-early-mormons-challenged-american-democracy

https://www.rachaelrayshow.com/articles/amber-light-bulbs-for-better-sleep

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https://hbr.org/2020/03/how-to-spot-an-incompetent-leader

https://hbr.org/2020/03/dont-let-perfection-be-the-enemy-of-productivity

https://www.wsj.com/articles/politics-from-church-to-city-to-nation-a-beacon-of-freedom-11582327412

https://www.wsj.com/articles/kingdom-of-nauvoo-review-the-sojourn-before-salt-lake-11582303122

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/condemned-to-salvation-considering-universalism-with-david-bentley-hart/

Author of BRIGHAM YOUNG: PIONEER PROPHET and THEY KNEW THEY WERE PILGRIMS: PLYMOUTH COUNTY AND THE CONTEST FOR AMERICAN LIBERTY John Turner’s JOSEPH SMITH: AMERICAN PROPHET, the story of the complex man who inaugurated a distinctly American religion, from his bursting on the scene with the publication of the Book of Mormon in 1830 to his June 1844 murder, sold to Jennifer Banks at Yale University Press.

American philosopher and theologian David Bentley Hart’s a philosophical essay arguing that if there is consciousness, intention, reason, and will, the only explanation is the reality of God’s existence, sold to Jennifer Banks at Yale University Press.

Philosopher David Fideler’s guide to the timeless life lessons of the Stoic philosopher Seneca, sold to Quynh Do at Norton.

https://www.christiancentury.org/review/books/david-bentley-hart-s-polemic-against-alleged-doctrine-eternal-hell

Professor of cognitive psychology and artificial intelligence at Tilburg University Max Louwerse’s KEEPING THOSE WORDS IN MIND: HOW LANGUAGE CREATES MEANING, drawing on his research to show a radically different explanation for our ability to understand language, one that inverts the accepted understanding of cause and effect when it comes to language and the mind, and answers the question of how humans and computers are able to extract meaning from language so easily, sold to Jake Bonar at Prometheus.

Author of the NYTs bestseller GENIUS FOODS Max Lugavere’s GENIUS KITCHEN, a cookbook that features nutrient-dense recipes that can also support and enhance brain health and function, sold to Karen Rinaldi at Harper Wave.

Professor of theoretical physics at the Technical University of Dortmund Heinrich Pas’s ONE: THE 3,000 YEAR OLD IDEA BENEATH THE UNIVERSE AND THE NEW PHYSICS BEYOND SPACE AND TIME, exploring how the ancient and radical idea of monism has danced through history and coincided with great intellectual, artistic, and cultural moments and shifts, and showing how it could now upend and resolve the paradoxes of modern particle physics, sold to TJ Kellherer at Basic Books.

University of Kentucky historian and foremost scholar on John Dickinson Jane Calvert’s FIRST AMONG EQUALS: THE LIFE OF JOHN DICKINSON, a biography of one of America’s most influential yet misunderstood figures of the Founding Era, author of the Articles of Confederation and an advocate for the abolition of slavery (paying reparations to those he himself freed), the rights of women, and education for the poor, sold to Tim Bent at Oxford University Press.

Darden School of Business professor and organizational behaviorist James (Jim) Detert’s CHOOSING COURAGE, a guide for getting out of your comfort zone and embracing risk at work, based on the author’s research, sold to Kevin Evers at Harvard Business Review Press.

Author of THE ANXIETY TOOLKIT Alice Boyes’s untitled book, arguing that time management plans, life hacks, and habits aren’t the key to productivity, but a kind of self-knowledge is; about how we can harness this to become the most effective and visionary versions of ourselves, sold to Lauren Appleton at Tarcher Perigee.

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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/09/the-end-of-evangelical/598423/

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TEDx speaker, experimental social psychologist at Wake Forest University, and self-proclaimed expert on bullshit John Petrocelli’s THE LIFE-CHANGING SCIENCE OF SPOTTING BULLSHIT, an exploration through storytelling and original empirical research on how bullshit works, how to skillfully detect it, and how to thwart its unwanted effects, sold to Pronoy Sarkar at St. Martin’s.

https://people.com/health/mom-dies-dementia-66-son-makes-his-mission-protect-others/

Associate professor of history and religion and Howard W. Hunter Chair in Mormon Studies at Claremont Graduate University Matthew Bowman’s INTERRUPTED JOURNEYS: THE ABDUCTION OF BETTY AND BARNEY HILL AND THE FRAGMENTATION OF AMERICA, using the first widely publicized case of an alien abduction in American history as a window into the wrenching social and political transformations at work in the turbulent decade of the 1960s, to Jennifer Banks at Yale University Press.

Distinguished professor of history at Baylor University Thomas Kidd’s new biography of the founding father, exploring three tensions that defined Jefferson’s moral life: democracy versus slavery, republican virtue versus dissolute consumption, and veneration for Jesus versus radical skepticism, to Jennifer Banks at Yale University Press.

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https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/best-foods-help-sleep-according-162437491.html

Professor of organizational psychology at Cornell Vanessa Bohns’s untitled book on influence, a counterintuitive treatment of the subject showing that we have far more than we realize, and the simple ways we can own our powers of persuasion, sold to Quynh Do at Norton.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/12/nyregion/how-the-author-of-genius-foods-spends-his-sundays.html

Cognitive neuroscientist and science journalist Bobby Azarian’s THE ROMANCE OF REALITY: HOW COMPLEXITY SCIENCE IS SHAPING A NEW COSMIC NARRATIVE, an account of the revolution that is breaking down the boundaries between the sciences, and which carries implications for how we think about the universe and our place in it, sold to Glenn Yeffeth at BenBella Books.

Leader in therapeutic sound and the human biofield Eileen Day McKusick’s RAISE YOUR VOLTAGE: THINKING ELECTRICALLY TO UPGRADE YOUR ENERGY, DITCH YOUR BAGGAGE AND RECLAIM YOUR GREATNESS, a manifesto for personal empowerment based on her fundamentally electrical view of the human body, human potential, and life itself, offering an exploration of the electrical nature of life and health, and simple practices, sold to Joel Fotinos at St. Martin’s Essentials.

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https://www.businessinsider.com/my-boss-is-incompetent-signs-personality-science-expert-2019-3

https://hbr.org/2019/03/4-reasons-talented-employees-dont-reach-their-potential

https://hbr.org/ideacast/2019/03/why-are-we-still-promoting-incompetent-men

J. Jay Gerber Distinguished Professor of Dispute Resolution and Organizations at Northwestern/Kellogg Leigh Thompson’s FINDING THE SWEET SPOT: WIN-WIN HACKS FOR BUSINESS AND LIFE, about how people can use a set of powerful techniques to leverage their interests, needs, and desires in a way that creates maximum value for themselves and their business partners, spouses, and friends, sold to Tim Bugard at Harper Leadership.

https://hbr.org/2019/02/how-to-stop-obsessing-over-your-mistakes

Integrative veterinarian Dr. Marty Goldstein’s THE SPIRIT OF ANIMAL HEALING, the follow-up to his 1999 THE NATURE OF ANIMAL HEALING, in which he continues to turn the traditional approach to animal care upside down, providing readers with the most up-to-date tools and knowledge they need to keep their dogs and cats healthy, and to prevent disease from occurring in the first place, sold to Daniela Rapp at St. Martin’s.

https://www.fnlondon.com/articles/book-review-why-do-so-many-incompetent-men-become-leaders-20190121

Life coach, podcaster, and columnist for Forbes Magazine Ashley Stahl’s YOU TURN: A MILLENNIAL WOMAN’S GUIDE TO THE 11 MIND SHIFTS THAT TURN ANXIETY INTO CONFIDENCE, about how readers can use radical moments of honesty to recognize the limiting beliefs that keep them stuck, raise their confidence in their abilities and potential, and to pursue what they truly want out of life, sold to Lisa Cheng at Hay House.

https://hbr.org/2019/01/the-future-of-ai-will-be-about-less-data-not-more

NYT bestselling author Jay Richards’s EAT, FAST, FEAST: How a Fasting Lifestyle Can Heal Your Body Feed Your Soul and Supercharge Your Mind, an exploration of monastic wisdom and modern scientific research on the benefits of fasting for spiritual and physical wellbeing, sold to Michael Maudlin at Harper One.

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Birth doulas and owners of the NYC-based practice Brilliant Bodies, and co-Founders of CYCLES + SEX Natalia Hailes and Ashley Spivak’s WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME THIS?!: A HILARIOUS, ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO WHAT THE BLEEP HAPPENS IN BIRTH (AND THE POSTPARTUM PERIOD), a picture book that uses the magic of science, art, and humor to build trust in the most ordinary of extraordinary experiences: birth, sold to Shannon Connors Fabricant at Running Press.

https://aeon.co/essays/is-time-a-linear-arrow-or-a-loopy-repeating-circle

https://hbr.org/2018/10/3-ways-to-build-a-data-driven-team

https://hbr.org/2018/10/why-people-arent-motivated-to-address-climate-change

David Bentley Hart’s THAT GOD MAY BE ALL IN ALL: THE QUESTION OF UNIVERSAL SALVATION, a reexamination of universal salvation, based on a close reading of early Christian sources, arguing that God is merciful, hell is never everlasting, and that in the end all will be saved and joined to God in Christ, sold to Jennifer Banks at Yale University Press

https://hbr.org/2018/09/4-ways-busy-people-sabotage-themselves

https://hbr.org/2018/09/research-simple-prompts-can-get-women-to-negotiate-more-like-men-and-vice-versa

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/how-to-become-comfortable-asking-for-help/

https://hbr.org/ideacast/2018/08/networking-myths-dispelled

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/20/smarter-living/how-to-ask-for-help-and-actually-get-it.html

https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-morning-report/08082018-us-edition

https://hbr.org/2018/08/why-even-ai-powered-factories-will-have-jobs-for-humans

https://hbr.org/2018/08/5-things-to-do-when-you-feel-overwhelmed-by-your-workload

https://hbr.org/2018/07/how-to-cure-your-dread-of-public-speaking

https://hbr.org/2018/07/are-you-productive-enough

https://hbr.org/2018/07/5-mistakes-companies-make-about-growth-mindsets

https://hbr.org/2018/07/take-control-of-your-learning-at-work

https://www.doctoroz.com/episode/startling-link-between-sugar-and-alzheimer-s?video_id=5804953448001

https://hbr.org/2018/07/how-to-focus-on-whats-important-not-just-whats-urgent

https://hbr.org/2018/06/too-much-team-harmony-can-kill-creativity

“Allowing others to help you by knowing how and being willing to ask for it may just aid them as much as you, and makes the world around you a better, more helpful, more joyous place in the process. “It brings out the best—and the best feelings—in all of us,” writes Heidi Grant. Her Reinforcements will help you do just that.”  More here.

https://hbr.org/ideacast/2018/06/getting-people-to-help-you

https://hbr.org/2018/06/drowning-in-work-heres-how-to-ask-a-colleague-for-help

https://hbr.org/2018/06/what-to-do-when-your-boss-wont-advocate-for-you

“irresistible, and Ms Grant’s concise counsel amply fulfils its promise”  More here.

“Wisdom is the recovery of innocence at the far end of experience.”

Professor of history at Calvin College Kristin Kobes Du Mez’s ONWARD CHRISTIAN WARRIORS, offering an understanding of American Evangelicalism as a hypermasculine cultural movement and community of consumption united in a defense of patriarchal power, sold to Katie Henderson Adams at Liveright.

Leader in the fields of personal and spiritual development and senior teacher with the Art of Living Foundation Rajshree Patel’s VITAL FORCE: Ancient Energy Secrets For Modern Life, about how a series of simple techniques, practiced in as little as 20 minutes each day, can enable us to tap the energy that flows within us and around us, and create confidence, charisma, connection and flow, sold to Anne Barthel at Hay House.

Paul Halpern’s SYNCHRONICITY, about the millenia-old debate over instant versus delayed connections in nature, and FLASHES OF CREATION, about the clash between Fred Hoyle and his “Steady State” theory of the origin of the universe and George Gamow and the Big Bang Theory that became the majority view, sold to T.J. Kelleher at Basic.