Preview: HOLY GHOSTS

While we can be spooked by noises in the night, we always find a reasonable explanation for them. Gary Jansen, a devout Catholic and respected editor at Random House, had also found a reasonable explanation, blaming the strange noises in his home on creaky... Read more

Hot New Books for Spring/Summer 2010

Look out for these Tarcher titles this Spring.           Every Dog Has a Gift: True Stories of Dogs that Bring Hope and Healing Into Our Lives by Rachel McPherson (on sale, March 18) From the founder and director of the Good Dog Foundation, this... Read more

Keep Your Brain Fit with Train the Brain

Dr. Gareth Moore’s new book, Train the Brain: Use It or Lose It: Exercises Tests and Puzzles to Keep Your Brain Super-Fit, is an easy way to sharpen your mind, improve your memory and slow down the brain’s aging process. Research shows that your brain... Read more

Tarcher Brings Cash and Kindness to New Yorkers

New Yorkers and those who work in Manhattan can make an easy buck during lunchtime on Wednesday, September 30. Tarcher/Penguin will take to the bookstores of New York City to literally hand out cash to book browsers—one crisp dollar per person, no coupons... Read more

Preview Tarcher Talks: Season II

We’re about to launch “Season II” of Tarcher Talks, with episodes on key topics such as 2012, Freemasonry and how to Think & Grow Rich. We’ll also have a special At Home episode with Julia Cameron, who provides useful insight... Read more

Tarcher Talks TV – A New Online Series

If you’re seeking tips on how to lead a more meaningful life, have happier relationships, or just a peek behind the Tarcher curtain (to see who’s hard at work producing these books), you need look no further. “Tarcher Talks” is a new online TV... Read more

Goodbye, Internet!

It has been one year, almost exactly, since the birth of the Tarcher blog. I know this not only because our hosting service recently emailed me saying “it’s been a year! We’d like more money, please,” but also because creating... Read more

Neil Fiore: Keeping Motivation Up When the Economy’s Got You Down

Dr. Neil Fiore, author of The NOW Habit, is offering a seminar at The Smithsonian (S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive, SW, Washington, DC) on Saturday June 13 called “Ignite Your Motivation & Achieve Your Goals: Keep Motivation... Read more

What Are You Passionate Enough About to Scavenge?

From joemason.files.wordpress.com I never really thought of myself as a scavenger until I was reading Anneli Rufus and Kristan Lawson’s The Scavengers’ Manifesto. I tended to think of scavengers as people who dumpster dive and pick up things... Read more

Happy, happy. Joy joy.

Photo from Camilla (http://www.myspace.com/camillaasplen) My family is pretty evenly divided between two types of people: the positive thinkers and the more “realistic,” (some might call it “pessimistic”) sort.  I fall squarely... Read more

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