2004 News Archive

Conservative Book Club picks Harbor House title

AUGUSTA, Ga. - The Conservative Book Club has selected Harbor House's lead Spring nonfiction title, Welcome to the Ivory Tower of Babel: Confessions of a Conservative College Professor, as an alternate feature for its members.

Based in Washington, D.C., the club is the nation's leading political book club, acquiring only the best titles by the most prominent and distinguised authors. Previous authors selected include Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity, Michael Savage and Bill O'Relly.

Mike Adams, a professor of criminal justice at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington, spent 10 months researching and writing Welcome to the Ivory Tower, a sassy satire that pokes fun at liberalism's "iron grip" on the nation's college campuses. The book challenges the notion that diversity has been healthy for American society and provides page after page of examples of liberal excesses in academia.

"We're so proud of Mike and how well this book is being received all across the nation," said Carrie McCullough, marketing director for Harbor House. "But being named to the prestigious Conservative Book Club is a special honor and opportunity we didn't expect."

Welcome to the Ivory Tower, scheduled to be released May 15, has already sold through its initial print run and will probably go back to press by its official publishing date, according to publisher E. Randall Floyd.

Part of the value of being selected to the Conservative Book Club is the recognition and publicity such a selection generates.

"We couldn't afford this kind of free publicity," Floyd added. "Plus, it's a big honor to
be chosen by any book club, especially one of the size and quality of the Conservative Book Club, the leading book club in the country."

Author Mike Adams gained national attention last year defending himself against a charge of libel in a high-profile free-speech controversy that landed him on top-ranked national television and radio shows, including Rush Limbaugh, CNN and Hannity and Colmes.

For more information, please contact Carrie McCullough, associate publisher, at carriemccullough@bellsouth.net or (706) 738-0354.