Current Releases
Ascend Books specializes in publishing exciting media-driven books for events, celebrities, and organizations across the country.

Each year organizations, associations, celebrities, charities and teams celebrate significant anniversaries, events or accomplishments worthy of a custom book project.
    
Recent Releases:

Between The Lies
By Marv Levy

The Los Angeles Leopards and the Portland Pioneers are on a collision course toward the Super Bowl Championship. One team is led by a take-no-prisoners head coach; the other by a cerebral, slow-and-steady coach who has been thrust into the spotlight because of a tragedy. A tense showdown is about to unfold before the world’s football fans.
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The Shame of Me :  One Man’s Journey to Depression and Back
By Ryan Lefebvre  with Jeffrey Flanagan

Kansas City Royals’ broadcaster Ryan Lefebvre seems to have it all – a dream sports job of announcing Major League Baseball, a huge house on a lake, plenty of expensive toys, good looks, and the admiration of friends and fans. But depression is seldom deterred by such superficial trappings. And depression’s grip on Ryan was so strong and so unyielding that he nearly ended his life.
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The 300 Club :  Have We Seen the Last of Baseball’s 300-Game Winners?
By Dan Schlossberg
Foreword by Wayne Hagin
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Coming in April: Since the beginning of Major League Baseball in 1876, only two dozen pitchers have won 300 games. And because of new philosophies about pitch counts, the role of relief pitchers, shrinking strike zones, and fi ve-man rotations, there’s a good chance that the 300 Club has admitted its last member.
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The Curse :  Cubs Win! Cubs Win! ... or do They?
By Andy Van Slyke  with Rob Rains

Could this finally be the Cubs’ season? The team is in first place and playing well as the All-Star break approaches.
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Rising to New Heights :  Inside the Jayhawks Huddle
By Todd Reesing  with Kent Pulliam

For years, football at the University of Kansas was nothing more than a time-filler while students and alumni awaited the start of basketball season.
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Trust Your Next SHOT :  A Guide to a Life of Joy
By Meadowlark Lemon  with Lee Stuart

He overcame the racial prejudice of the American South, a broken home, and the heartache of failed relationships to travel the world and play for kings, presidents, and popes.
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Dickie V’s ABCs and 1-2-3s :  A Great Start for Young Superstars
By Dick Vitale  Illustrated by Craig Lueck

Do you know a young superstar who’s old enough to begin learning their alphabet and numbers? A budding basketball fan who’s ready to take on the world of reading and hoops?
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Many Happy Returns The Story of Henry Bloch, America’s Tax Man
By Tom Bloch  Introduction by Henry Bloch

Does the very thought of preparing your annual tax returns give you a headache?
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Reed All About It: Driven to Be a Jayhawk
By Tyrel Reed  with Tully Corcoran Foreword by Cole Aldrich

Of all the wonderful players who have worn the crimson and blue for the University of Kansas basketball program through the years, only one can claim to be the “winningest” Jayhawk of all – Tyrel Reed.
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Kansas Jayhawks ABCs and 1-2-3s
By Rob Peters

Kansas Jayhawks ABCs and 1-2-3sK is an alphabet and counting book that teaches kids ages 2-7 all about KU!
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Coming Soon:


Attention Media: Special “Tax Season” Author Tour 2012 with Author Tom Bloch

Interview and media copy requests should be made by calling (913) 948-7635 or email cdrummond@ascendbooks.com. Relevant interview topics include; the on-going debate on tax code simplification, ramifications of proposed tax cuts and commonly missed tax deductions. Please provide your mailing address and daytime phone number.
Watch Meadowlark Lemon,
author of Trust Your Next SHOT
"The Curse, Cubs, Win, Cubs Win! ... Or Do They"
author Andy Van Slyke appears
On The Monsters & Money
Dickie V’s ABCs and 1-2-3s: A Great Start for Young Superstars
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