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Rockin' Dog Studio's publishing imprint, Rocndog Books, introduces an exciting array of both new works and second-editions of award-winning books. Everything on this page is already in production.
Paleontology: Two long-awaited second editions. Bones Rock! tells everything you need to know to work in the field, the lab, and in your mind. Suitable for kids of all ages—and written so that even adults can understand it. With a STEM-compliant study guide. Plus, IPPY Gold-medal-winner Rex Appeal2 reveals the inside scoop on the story of Sue and Stan—the most famous T. rex specimens ever—with 100 additional pages of updated and expanded content since the first edition more than 20 years ago. This is the book that inspired Todd Douglas Miller's Emmy®-winning documentary, Dinosaur 13.
Spies: The past foreshadowed the present when the first Cold War espionage case went to court in 1949. Judith Coplon caught the public's attention in one of the first "paparazzi" stories ever; her story also paved the way for illegal wiretaps, disputes over government overreach, and public divisions over political beliefs. The research into this story also stimulated author Marcia Mitchell to create a fictional FBI agent, Maggie Sachet. The first of her mystery series is also on this list.
A culinary love letter: The daughter of a beloved baker revives her father’s famous recipes, and in the process discovers not only her family’s fierce love—but also its secrets.
A Self-Help companion book to a Mind, Body, Spirit trilogy... introducing revolutionary ideas that are detailed in the newest, freshest text±—which is inspiring international audiences to change their worlds. And the world we all share.
An international novel—a "techno-thriller" that takes us around the world and to the edge. This book is an important link to a daring media franchise set to take the world by storm.
A real-world, seemingly impossible endeavor —the rock sculpture called Crazy Horse Memorial, which will be the largest such creation in the world. We go behind the scenes with the only person who can tell the story, someone who knows the family, the legacy, and the hardship. Get ready to be inspired.
In order of release date...
Bones Rock!
Everything You Need To Know To Be A Paleontologist
Children's Science
Peter Larson & Kristin Donnan
Available now — Links below!
From School Library Journal
Starred Review. In this practical guide, Larson shares his obvious passion for his work, discussing scientific methods and a wide variety of fossil-hunting techniques. The conversational style of the writing, filled with plenty of challenging questions and easy-to-follow analogies, effectively brings readers into this fascinating world. While most will probably never get the opportunity to prepare fossils in a lab, the basic instructions convey what it would be like if the chance should arise. The value of finding a mentor–someone with more experience who can make fossil finding more interesting (and safe) for young beginners–is stressed. Though Larson asserts that anyone can hunt fossils in one way or another, he also makes it clear that it can be hard and time-consuming work: "It takes about 25,000 hours of skilled preparation to clean a whole T. rex." Many of the examples used come from the author's own finds, and notable discoveries made by kids and teens are also highlighted. A teacher's guide is appended. Illustrations include high-quality color photographs and helpful diagrams and drawings. There's fascinating information here, and Larson's enthusiasm and sound advice give plenty of encouragement to young scientists.
Second Edition: This edition includes updated science, and the Teacher's / Independent Study Guide has been expanded by a STEM professional.
Publisher: Rocndog Books, an imprint of Rockin' Dog Studio, LLC
Museum / Science Center Distributor: Black Hills Institute
Global Distributor: Lakeside Books
Publication: March 17, 2026
Language: English
Page Count: 280 pages
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-7352228-3-7
Dimensions: 8x10 in.
BISAC: SCI054000 SCIENCE / Paleontology
JNF037050 JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Fossils
YAN050070 YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Earth Sciences
EDU029030 EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Science & Technology
A Baker's Daughter
Recipes & Memories From a Family Bakery
Narrative Cookbook
Marcy Brenner & Kristin Donnan
Available now — Links below!
What happens when a devoted daughter begins to revive her famous-baker-dad’s recipes, and instead uncovers a hidden family history? In this case, a narrative cookbook—about people. Marcy Brenner’s devotion to her dad, Max, is evident from the first line to the last, but her journey of discovery goes back in time, to long before she tasted her first Chocolate Top Cookie. As she teaches herself to bake like a pro—by decoding Max’s cryptic, commercial recipe cards—she follows the story of generations of bakers who used love as their primary ingredient.
Meanwhile, she delivers the goods for generations of Brenner’s Bakery fans who have been waiting for years for “kitchen-sized” recipes that would make their favorites come back to life. Her chapters have names like “Miss Charlotte,” and “Sisters.” The narrative format also intermingles dozens of recipes with moving stories of Marcy’s parents’ deep Southern humanity, her grandparents’ struggles—and a Jewish ancestry buried by fear.
"Whenever you needed a loaf of marble rye, a bagful of molasses cookies (my favorite) or a birthday cake for someone special, you went to Brenner's in Alexandria, Virginia. And it was easy to find excuses to stop there for all the in-between times too. Part cookbook, part ode to her father Max, Marcy Brenner weaves love, joy and warm aromas into one satisfying volume."
— Susan Stuck, Food writer and former Alexandria resident
Publisher: Rocndog Books, an imprint of Rockin' Dog Studio, LLC
Global Distributor: Lakeside Book Company
Publication Date: May 12, 2026
Language: English
Page Count: 300
Paperback ISBN: 978-7352228-4-4
Dimensions: 8.5 x 8.5 in.
BISAC: CKB004000 COOKING / Methods / Baking.
BIO029000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Culinary
The Spy Who Seduced America
Lies and Betrayal in the Heat of the Cold War
The Judith Coplon Story
Counterintelligence / Nonfiction
Marcia Mitchell & Thomas Mitchell
Available now — Links below!
From Library Journal
At the height of the Cold War in 1949, Judith Coplon was arrested and charged with spying for the Soviets. Despite having to endure two trials whose results were inconclusive, followed by two different appeals court rulings, and finally a decision by the Supreme Court in 1952 not to hear the case, Coplon remained under the shadow of further legal action until the government dropped its charges in 1967. This fascinating case, the first spying trial of the Cold War, is recounted in sprightly fashion by the husband-and-wife team of Marcia and Thomas Mitchell. At the outset, Marcia believed Coplon innocent, while her husband, who spent 17 years as an FBI agent, was equally certain of Coplon's guilt. The narrative records the day-to-day court proceedings as well as the general anti-Communist hysteria of the period. The FBI used questionable tactics, such as illegal wiretaps, to obtain its evidence, which ultimately led to difficulties in the courts. As it turns out, information that recently became available from the Venona Project (the National Security Agency's program to decrypt Soviet KGB and GRU messages) shows conclusively that Coplon was indeed a Soviet agent. Despite Coplon's guilt, her case revealed how the FBI exceeded its legal limitations in the search for spies. This is an important study that sheds light not only on Cold War spying but also on the FBI's counterespionage activities in the late 1940s. For most collections.
Second Edition (First Edition 2002 by Invisible Cities Press)
Publisher: Rocndog Books, an imprint of Rockin' Dog Studio, LLC
Global Distributor: Lakeside Book Company
Publication Date: May 12, 2026
Language: English
Page Count: 420
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-7352228-5-1
eBook ISBN: 978-1-7352228-6-8
Dimensions: 6x9 in.
BISAC: POL036000 POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage
Rex Appeal
The Real Story—and Legacy—of the Most Famous T. rexes on Earth
Expanded Second Edition, Paperback
Award-Winning Science Nonfiction
Peter Larson & Kristin Donnan
Available now — Links below!
From Library Journal
"Provides the personal, behind-the-scenes drama that only someone who lived it could provide. Highly recommended."
From The Denver Post
"Riveting. A highly readable adventure story. Tough, if not impossible, for fossil fans to put down."
“A riveting saga, tailor-made for the movies. Here is all the sweat and adventure of dinosaur collecting, along with fascinating scientific detective work that brings these old bones to life. Most of all, here is a gripping account of a horrific episode in American paleontology that should never be allowed to happen again.”
— Niles Eldredge, American Museum of Natural History
“Here at last is the story of the man who stood in the center of the unbelievable tornado of events surrounding Sue. A well-told saga worthy of the ancient Greeks, complete with the science behind the story.”
Dr. Philip J. Currie, Professor of Paleontology, University of Alberta in Edmonton
Second Edition Paperback (Special Anniversary Second Edition Hardcover released 2024 / sold by Black Hills Institute; First Edition 2002 by Invisible Cities Press)
Publisher: Rocndog Books, an imprint of Rockin' Dog Studio, LLC
Global Distributor, Paperback: Lakeside Book Company
Museum / Science Center Distributor (2024 Special Edition hardback): Black Hills Institute
Publication Date: Paperback May 19, 2026
Language: English
Page Count: 480
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-7352228-2-0
eBook ISBN: (to come)
Dimensions: 6.375 x 9.25 in.
BISAC: SCIENCE / Paleontology; LAW / Natural Resources; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology
The Special Edition hardcover of Rex Appeal2 won a Gold Medal in Science in the 2024 IPPY Awards.
Watch for our next Macnamara offering:
Australia's Wholehearted Revolution also
will be made more widely available by
Rocndog Books!
Healing: It's Not About You
When Personal Courage Shapes the World We Share
Self-Help Nonfiction
Kate Macnamara
Publication Date:August 18, 2026
Healing: It's Not About You is the second book written by counselor and transformative psychotherapist Kate Macnamara. It’s a companion to her inspiring, multi-leveled trilogy, Wholehearted Revolution—the product of a nine-year odyssey through her own spiritual and trauma-healing journey. Her work reflects a skillful combination of professional training and personal experience—but its message of healing extends well beyond the needs of individual clients.
At a time when humanity stands at a critical threshold, this valuable message reveals a powerful truth at the heart of personal transformation: Your healing is not only for you—instead, it contributes to something far greater.
Drawing on decades of therapeutic experience, the wisdom of trauma-informed understanding, the raw truth of personal healing, and the magnificence of mystical encounters, Macnamara reveals how personal healing becomes a catalyst for empowered presence and wholehearted participation in humanity's evolution. Every fear you transform, every wound you heal, every pattern you transcend contributes to a rising global movement that the world urgently needs-one moving us toward equity, peace, and wholehearted unity.
This crucial companion is a call to rise—to embody our innate wholeness, reclaim our true purpose, and participate in humanity's evolution. Inspiring, grounded, and deeply hopeful, it offers a path toward a more compassionate, empowered, and unified world.
Publisher: Rocndog Books, an imprint of Rockin' Dog Studio, LLC
Global Distributor: Lakeside Book Company
Publication Date: August 18, 2026
Language: English
Page Count: (to come)
Paperback ISBN: (to come)
Dimensions: (to come)
BISAC: BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Inspiration & Personal Growth; SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Happiness; BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Healing; SELF-HELP / Personal Growth
The Wolf Particle
A Techno-Thriller
Tyler McKenzie
Publication Date: August 25, 2026
In this international novel, McKenzie hews a thrilling trail across three continents, one that reminds us how close we came. And how close we might come again. In the aftermath of COVID-19, crack epidemiologist Ilsa Kivi—a former, high-flying CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service officer—grieves her child, struggles to fund her small Seattle research business, and is looking down the barrel of bankruptcy. The last thing she needs: a cryptic note from a Wuhan scientist, tucked into the day’s stack of past-due notices.
Ilsa isn’t the only Kivi in the business. Her estranged father, Laur, is the top infectious disease expert in the Baltic States. In order to rebuild her life—past and present—Ilsa joins him in her native Estonia. The last thing she expects: two mysterious bodies that have floated onto a Tallinn shoreline. Somehow they are tied to her, and to that Wuhan envelope. To unravel the mystery, she partners with a team led by a FBI special agent and friend; together, they sort through her nightmares, a mysterious connection to a Swedish pharmaceutical billionaire, and a father’s sin. She suddenly finds herself in a race against time. If she does not bring it all into focus—to find the creator of The Wolf Particle—if she makes one false step, then she might take humanity down with her.
Publisher: Rocndog Books, an imprint of Rockin' Dog Studio, LLC
Global Distributor: Lakeside Book Company
Publication Date: August 25, 2026
Language: English
Page Count: (to come)
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-7352228-7-5
eBook ISBN: 978-1-7352228-8-2
Audiobook ISBN: 978-1-7352228-9.9
Dimensions: 6 x 9 in.
BISAC: Fiction / Thrillers / Technological; Fiction / Thrillers / Medical; Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense
Crazy Horse Memorial
The Story & People Behind the Dream
Nonfiction
Frederick G. Tully, MSW
Publication Date: September 15, 2026
Meticulously researched, Crazy Horse Memorial: The Story Behind the Dream dives into North America’s Westward Expansion—and brings an unexpected message of enduring hope.
Surviving and interpreting the brutal displacement of indigenous peoples, a Lakota child named Henry Standing Bear set out to change the world. He grew up to lobby in Washington for Native rights—and imagined the largest rock carving in the world. The other half of the Crazy Horse Memorial equation—Korczak Ziolkowski—also was a product of his environment. Orphaned, abused, adopted, and indentured in Boston, he grew strong, stubborn, and very, very talented. Eventually he assisted Gutzon Borglum on Mount Rushmore and also won first prize for stone sculpture at the 1939 New York World’s Fair.
Henry asked Korczak to carve an impossibly huge sculpture to celebrate that “the red man has great heroes, too,” and Korczak said yes. For the first time, we understand the crucial role of Korczak’s first wife, violinist Dorothy Comstock, to his early adulthood and successes—and her support of the monument long after their divorce. She knew as well as anyone that project assistant Ruth Ross was a better fit for Korczak’s new life on the mountain. This inspirational story is one of brotherhood, competition, and deep commitment to a vision that outlasts one’s own existence. It defined Ziolkowski’s life—and Ruth’s, and the lives of their ten children, and their grandchildren after that.
Publisher: Rocndog Books, an imprint of Rockin' Dog Studio, LLC
Global Distributor: Lakeside Book Company
Publication Date: September 15, 2026
Language: English
Page Count: (to come)
Hardcover ISBN: 9781968518189
eBook ISBN: 9781968518196
Audiobook ISBN: 9781968518202
Dimensions: 6 x 9 in.
BISAC: ART / American / Native American; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / General; HISTORY / Indigenous / Colonial History & Interaction
Murder Comes in Threes
#1 in a Maggie Sachet Mystery Series
Marcia Mitchell
Publication Date: October 13, 2026
IMitchell draws heavily on her own experiences as an investigative journalist and author of award-winning nonfiction books on little-known spy cases, co-written with her late husband, a former FBI agent. Like spy/chef Julia Childs herself, Mitchell knows how to juggle the demands of a KGB debriefing in the morning with an elegant dinner party in the evening, and her experience shows. Murder Comes in Threes launches an enchanting new must-read series for mystery fans.
— Sara Bernstein, Screenwriter, Official Secrets, Trial and Error
In this pilot book in a deftly crafted mystery series, Mitchell presents three murders—of a Hollywood filmmaker, a South Dakota judge, and a Washington, DC, evangelist. All three cases, seemingly disconnected and without clues, end up in cold storage—until they land on the desk of quirky FBI agent Maggie Sachet. Her investigation, "with more twists and surprises than a Mediterranean pasta salad," leads her to wonder if the deaths might be connected. Before long, these cold cases heat up—and lead Maggie into her own life-and-death dilemma. This story, like the others in the series, were vetted for accuracy by Mitchell's FBI advisors—agents who had worked on her past real cases and contributed to her research.
Publisher: Rocndog Books, an imprint of Rockin' Dog Studio, LLC
Distributor: Lakeside Book Company
Publication Date: Fall 2026
Language: English
Page Count: (to come)
Paperback ISBN: 9781968518110
Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 in.
BISAC: FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural; FICTION / Thrillers / Crime
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