Berrett-Koehler 2018 Rights Guide
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2018 Rights Guide Connecting people and ideas to create a world that works for all Welcome to the London Book Fair! To inquire about rights availability and request sample copies, please contact us! Maria Jesus Aguilo Director of Subsidiary Rights, [email protected] (left) and Catherine Lengronne Senior Manager, Subsidiary Rights, [email protected] (right) Berrett–Koehler Publishers Connecting people and ideas to create a world that works for all Table of Contents PERSONAL GROWTH Palmer, On the Brink of Everything ...................................................... 2 van Dernoot Lipsky, Overwhelmed ....................................................... 4 LEADERSHIP Jolles, Why People Don’t Believe You .................................................. 6 Schein & Schein, Humble Leadership .................................................. 8 WORKPLACE CULTURE Jana, Mejias & Stoney, Erasing Institutional Bias .................................10 Miller & Katz, Safe Enough to Soar .....................................................12 Slade, Going Horizontal .....................................................................14 Sherwin & Sherwin, Turning People into Teams .......................................... 16 CAREER DEVELOPMENT Nasher, Convinced! ...........................................................................18 Pearce, Be a Project Motivator .......................................................... 20 Wong, Eight Essential People Skills for Project Management ............... 22 SOCIAL ISSUES Qazi, Invisible Martyrs ..................................................................... 24 Stout, Gramitto & Belinfanti, Citizen Capitalism .................................. 26 Villanueva, Decolonizing Wealth ....................................................... 28 Wadhwa & Salkever, Your Happiness Was Hacked .............................. 30 COMMUNITY Block, Community, Second Edition .................................................... 32 Stavros & Torres, Conversations Worth Having .................................... 34 The Anasazi Foundation, The 5 Legends ............................................ 36 White, The Shift .............................................................................. 38 SUSTAINABILITY Carlson & Koch, Building a Successful Social Venture ......................... 40 Szaky, The Future of Packaging ......................................................... 42 GLOBAL ECONOMY Khanna, Trust ................................................................................. 44 Nair, The Sustainable State .............................................................. 46 On the Brink of Everything Subtitle: Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old Parker J. Palmer TARGET CONSUMER: Parker Palmer's many loyal readers (100,000s to millions) Readers of Richard Rohr's Falling Upward, Joan Chittister's The Gift of Years, the work of Brene Brown. Therapists From beloved and bestselling author Parker J. Palmer (Let Your Life Speak, The Courage to Teach, Healing the Heart of Democracy), comes a beautiful book of reflections on what we can learn as we move closer to "the brink of everything." Drawing on eight decades of life -- and his career as a writer, teacher, and activist -- Palmer explores the questions age raises and the promises it holds. "Old," he writes, "is just another word for nothing left to lose, a time to dive deep into life, not withdraw to the shallows." ON SALE 6/26/2018 st But this book is not for elders only. It was written to encourage adults of Announced 1 Print: 30,000 all ages to explore the way their lives are unfolding. It's not a how-to-do-it book on aging, but a set of meditations in prose and poetry that turn the BERRETT-KOEHLER PUBLISHERS prism on the meaning(s) of one's life, refracting new light at every turn. HC: 9781523095438 / $19.95/$25.95 BISAC 1: Self-Help - Aging From beginning to end, the book is laced with humor as well as gravitas -- BISAC 2: Self-Help - Personal Growth - Happiness beautifully enhanced by three free downloadable songs from the gifted BISAC 3: Self-Help - Motivational & Inspirational singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer, written in response to themes in the book. Page Count: 240 Trim Size: 5 x 7 Carton Count: 12 Bestselling author: All of Parker Palmer's books are perennial bestsellers--for example, Let Your Life Speak, published in 1999, has Bookscan sales of 202,683 YTD and sold 7,000 copies in the first half of 2017. Massive potential audience: This book is squarely aimed at the 70-80 million Boomers for Publicity and Marketing whom aging is a prime concern. Feature Site: http://www.couragerenewal.org/ National media campaign: Kelly Hughes Publicity, Parker's longtime publicist, will reach out National media campaign to lifestyle and to lifestyle and spirituality media--in the past he's been covered in On Being (where he has a spirituality media, including On Being weekly column), Brain Pickings (which has covered three of Palmer's books), as well as (where he has a weekly column), Brain HuffPost, ExploreFaith, PopTech, YES magazine, Utne Reader, AARP, BeliefNet, Tikkun, Pickings (which has covered three of Commonweal etc. Strong organizational backing: Center for Courage & Renewal, founded by Palmer, will Palmer's books), as well as HuffPost, promote the book heavily--they have a 17,000 name email list, 11,000 Twitter followers, ExploreFaith, PopTech, YES magazine, and 300 facilitators who will promote the book. Utne Reader, AARP, BeliefNet, Tikkun, Strong social media profile: Parker Palmer's Facebook author page has 73,000 likes. Commonweal Promotion via the Center for Courage & Praise from Parker's previous books: Renewal, founded by Palmer, through "This book penetrates the soul, and it will definitely stir you to explore more of your own their 17,000 contact email list, 11,000 inner territory. What an extraordinary achievement."--Jim Kouzes, coauthor, The Leadership Twitter followers, and 300 facilitators who Challenge "This beautifully written book deserves a wide audience that will benefit from discussing will promote the book it."-Publishers Weekly (starred review) Social media promotion through Parker Palmer's Facebook page of 73,000 likes Author Bio: Parker J. Palmer is a writer, speaker, and activist who focuses on Work closely with Kelly Hughes Publicity, issues in education, community, leadership, spirituality and social change. He is Parker's chosen firm founder and Senior Partner of the Center for Courage & Renewal, which offers Barnes and Noble large store promotion Amazon promotion TBD (Parker's books long-term retreat programs for people in the serving professions, including are all consistently sales-ranked in the teachers, administrators, physicians, philanthropists, non-profit leaders and single-digit thousands.) clergy. He is the author of nine books--including several award-winning titles-- Trade advertising (PW, Shelf Awareness, that have sold over 1.4 million copies and been translated into ten languages. other?) Residence: Madison, WI Author Site: http://www.facebook.com/parkerjpalmer Marketing through the Center for Courage Social: https://www.facebook.com/parkerjpalmer/ and Renewal Sales at author appearances Outreach to AARP 2 On the Brink of Everything Parker J. Palmer + Trade advertising in PW, Baker & Taylor Table of contents, annotated by the author Prelude (A few words of self-introduction, some comments on why I wrote this book, an overview of what's in the pages ahead, and expressions of gratitude for various individuals and events that helped make the book what it is.) I. The View from the Brink (The gift of being able to look back, around, and ahead from the vantage point of age, with a fresh sense of appreciation and gratitude.) II. The Dance of the Generations (The importance of engaging creatively with the rising generation for the sake of young and old alike.) III. From Illusion to Reality ("Penetrating illusion in order to touch reality" is the core meaning of the spiritual life for me--and an especially vital task in old age.) IV. A Life in Writing (While this section explores my vocation as a writer, it lifts up the importance of having a calling even after one no longer has a job.) V. Keep Reaching In (As age limits one's ability to journey outward, it offers more opportunities to journey inward--and self-knowledge is vital to aging well.) VI. Keep Reaching Out (Staying connected with what's happening in the world, and responding to it, is as vital to aging well as the inner journey.) VII. Over the Edge (Death is the ultimate horizon of old age, so in this section I answer the age-old question of where we go when we die. If you want the answer, you'll have to buy the book--that, in a nutshell, is my marketing plan!) Article: http://tinyurl.com/ya6bhqk5 Article: https://onbeing.org/author/parker-j-palmer/ Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCvIZpMo8aY Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CGn2eG-jmo Video: https://youtu.be/eWxgvY5j0HY Author Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/couragerenewal/?ref=ts Author Social Media: https://twitter.com/parkerjpalmer Author's Previous Titles (Sales Track) ISBN OS Publisher Price US/Can. IN GR LTD GR LTD NT LTD R 12m RM POS Let Your Life Speak/Parker J. Palmer/HC 9780787947354 9/99 Jossey-Bass $18.95 203.2k Healing the Heart of Democracy/Parker J. Palmer/PB 9781118907504 10/14 Jossey-Bass $17.95 10.2k The Heart of Higher Education/Parker J. Palmer and Arth... 9780470487907 7/10 Jossey-Bass $29.95 8.9k The Courage to Teach/Parker J. Palmer/HC 9781119413042