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THE RETURN by NICHOLAS SPARKS
In the romantic tradition of Dear John, #1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks returns with the story of an injured Navy doctor and a beautiful deputy, whose secrets will change the course of his life.
Trevor Benson never intended to move back to New Bern, NC. But when a mortar blast outside the hospital where he worked as an orthopedic surgeon sent him home from Afghanistan with devastating injuries, the dilapidated cabin he inherited from his grandfather seemed as good a place to regroup as any.
Tending to his grandfather's beloved beehives while gearing up for a second stint in medical school, Trevor isn't prepared to fall in love with a local . . . and yet, from their very first encounter, his connection with Natalie Masterson can't be ignored. But even as she seems to reciprocate his feelings, she remains frustratingly distant, making Trevor wonder what she's hiding. Further complicating his stay in New Bern is the presence of a sullen teenage Grand Central Publishing girl, Callie, who lives in the trailer park down the road from his grandfather's cabin. Claiming to be 19, she works at the local sundries store and keeps to Little, Brown UK herself. When he discovers she was once befriended by his grandfather, Trevor hopes Callie can shed light on the mysterious circumstances of his grandfather's September 2020 death, but she offers few clues -- until a crisis triggers a race that will uncover Format: manuscript the true nature of Callie's past, one more intertwined with the elderly man's passing than Trevor could ever have anticipated. Dutch Meulenhoff In his quest to unravel Natalie and Callie's secrets, Trevor will learn the true French Michel Lafon meaning of love and forgiveness . . . and that in life, to move forward, we German Heyne must often return to the place where it all began. Italian Sperling & Kupfer • Author of twenty New York Times bestsellers Lithuanian Balto Leidybos • Over 108 million copies of his novels sold worldwide Polish Albatros Praise for previous book, Every Breath: Portuguese (Bra) Sextante Portuguese (Port) Leya “Sparks is known for crafting sweeping romances that make readers feel deeply and believe in the power of love…Sparks confirms his gifts…in this thoughtfully Slovak Ikar researched and spellbinding story of love that defies time, a tale both Turkish Dogan Kitap heartbreaking and heartwarming.” —Booklist
With over 100 million copies of his books sold, Nicholas Sparks is one of the world’s most beloved storytellers. His novels include fifteen #1 New York Times bestsellers, and all of his books, including Three Weeks With My Brother, the memoir he wrote with his brother, Micah, have been New York Times and international bestsellers, and were translated into more than fifty languages. Eleven of Nicholas Sparks’s novels—The Choice, The Longest Ride, The Best Of Me, Safe Haven, The Lucky One, The Last Song, Dear John, Nights In Rodanthe, The Notebook, A Walk To Remember, and Message In A Bottle—have been adapted into major motion pictures.
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IF I HAD YOUR FACE by FRANCES CHA
In this riveting debut novel set in contemporary Seoul, four young women make their way in a world defined by impossibly high standards of beauty, secret room salons catering to wealthy men, strict social hierarchies, and K-pop fan mania.
Kyuri is a heartbreakingly beautiful woman with a hard-won job at a "room salon," an exclusive bar where she entertains businessmen while they drink. Though she prides herself on her cold, clear-eyed approach to life, an impulsive mistake with a client may come to threaten her livelihood. Her roommate, Miho, is a talented artist who grew up in an orphanage but won a scholarship to study art in New York. Returning to Korea after college, she finds herself in a precarious relationship with the super-wealthy heir to one of Korea's biggest companies.
Down the hall in their apartment building lives Ara, a hair stylist for whom two preoccupations sustain her: obsession with a boy-band pop star, and a best friend who is saving up for the extreme plastic surgery that is commonplace. And Wonna, one floor below, is a newlywed trying to get pregnant with a child that she and her husband have no idea how they can afford to raise and educate in the cutthroat economy.
Together, their stories tell a gripping tale that's seemingly unfamiliar, yet unmistakably universal in the way that their tentative friendships may be their saving grace.
• One of British Vogue’s “Gripping Novel and Memoirs To Curl Up With This Spring” • One of the Evening Standard’s “best books to look forward to in 2020” • One of OprahMag’s “Most Anticipated Books of 2020” Ballantine • One of Grazia’s 2020 “Books We Cannot Wait to Read” Viking UK Advance praise for IF I HAD YOUR FACE: April 2020 “With unblinking focus, [Cha] confronts some of the darkest consequences of contemporary gender inequity by targeting the erasure of female individuality by oppressive beauty standards and expectations.” —Booklist, starred review ★ “Cha's empathetic portraits allow readers to see the impact of economic inequity, entrenched classism, and patriarchy on her hard-working characters' lives. . . Multifaceted portraits of working women in Seoul reveal the importance of female friendships amid inequality.” —Kirkus Reviews
“It’s difficult to believe this is Frances Cha’s first novel—she’s a masterful storyteller. I was riveted reading about a world I knew nothing about, and from the first page, it was clear Cha was the best possible guide.” —Ann Napolitano, NYT bestselling author of Dear Edward
“Make way for Frances Cha, an entrancing new voice who guides us into the complexities and contradictions of modern-day Seoul, a dissonant, neon world that is ripped open to bare the same universal and human challenges that face us all. I devoured it in a single sitting.” —Janice Y. K. Lee, New York Times bestselling author of The Piano Teacher
“Few American novelists know Seoul the way Frances Cha does and in her intimate, panoramic debut, she brings that dazzling city to life. There are voices here you haven’t heard before. . . . An enthralling read from the very first page.” —Ed Park, author of Personal Days
"Absolutely stunning…Assured, bold, and electrifying, IF I HAD YOUR FACE marks the entrance of a bright new voice in fiction." —Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six
“A provoking, ultimately inspiring tale of women pushing back against oppressive customs both traditional and new. Frances Cha, like her quartet of narrators, has a rebel’s heart.” — Jonathan Dee, author of The Locals
Frances Cha is a graduate of Dartmouth College and the Columbia MFA program, and a former travel & culture reporter for CNN in Seoul. She currently lives in New York City with her UK family.
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THE LIES THAT BIND by EMILY GIFFIN
In the irresistible new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of All We Ever Wanted and Something Borrowed, a young woman falls hard for an impossibly perfect man before he disappears without a trace. . . .
It’s 2 A.M. on a Saturday night in the spring of 2001, and twenty-eight-year-old Cecily Gardner sits alone in a dive bar in New York’s East Village, questioning her life. Feeling lonesome and homesick for the Midwest, she wonders if she’ll ever make it as a reporter in the big city—and whether she made a terrible mistake in breaking up with her longtime boyfriend, Matthew.
As Cecily reaches for the phone to call him, she hears a guy on the barstool next to her say, “Don’t do it—you’ll regret it.” Something tells her to listen, and over the next several hours—and shots of tequila—the two forge an unlikely connection. That should be it, they both decide the next morning, as Cecily reminds herself of the perils of a rebound relationship. Moreover, their timing couldn’t be worse—Grant is preparing to quit his job and move overseas. Yet despite all their obstacles, they can’t seem to say goodbye, and for the first time in her carefully constructed life, Cecily follows her heart instead of her head. Ballantine Then Grant disappears in the chaos of 9/11. Fearing the worst, Cecily spots his face on a missing-person poster, and realizes she is not the only one searching for him. Her June 2020 investigative reporting instincts kick into action as she vows to discover the truth. But the questions pile up fast: How well did she really know Grant? Did he ever really love her? And is it possible to love a man who wasn’t who he seemed to be? Format: manuscript
THE LIES THAT BIND is a mesmerizing and emotionally resonant exploration of the never-ending search for love and truth—in our relationships, our careers, and deep Portuguese (Bra) Sextante within our own hearts.
• ALL WE EVER WANTED spent 8 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List • #1 New York Times bestselling author Praise for previous book, ALL WE EVER WANTED:
“This satisfying novel will appeal to readers looking for a nuanced, thoughtful take on family and social dynamics.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review ★ Backlist publishers,
“A compelling portrait of a woman facing the difficult limits of love.”—Kirkus Reviews All We Ever Wanted: Chinese (sim) Modern “Truly excellent…Giffin’s novel has style and substance—a worthy addition to your summer reading stack.” —The Washington Post Press Croatian Znanje “A page-turning exploration of wealth and privilege.” —Entertainment Weekly Estonian Rahva Raamat “Emily Giffin’s irresistible ALL WE EVER WANTED will sink its teeth into you Korean Mirae Jihyang immediately and refuse to let go until the novel’s thrilling conclusion.” —PopSugar Norwegian Cappelen “A compelling family story that brings up plenty of issues ripe for book group Damm discussions.” —Library Journal Polish Otwarte “Emily Giffin is back, and she’s here to make your summer reading list complete. ALL Romanian Grup Media WE EVER WANTED is a summer read with substance that will seriously make you think.” —Hello Giggles Litera Russian AST Emily Giffin is the author of nine internationally bestselling novels: Something Borrowed, Something Blue, Baby Proof, Love the One You’re With, Heart of the Turkish Epsilon Matter, Where We Belong, The One & Only, First Comes Love, and All We Ever Wanted. A graduate of Wake Forest University and the University of Virginia School of Law, she Ukrainian Vivat lives in Atlanta with her husband and three children. UK Arrow
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YOU CAN’T CATCH ME by CATHERINE MCKENZIE
A riveting new novel of suspense about a disgraced young journalist caught up in a grifter’s game, and the trail of identically named victims she uncovers, from the instant bestselling author of I’ll Never Tell and The Good Liar.
Do you want to play a game?
Twelve years ago Jessica Williams escaped a cult. Thanks to the private detective who rescued her, she reintegrated into society, endured an uncomfortable notoriety, and tried to put it all behind her. Then, at an airport bar, Jessica meets a woman with an identical name and birth date. It appears to be just an odd coincidence—until a week later, when Jessica finds her bank account drained and her personal information stolen.
Following a trail of the grifter’s victims, each with the same name, Jessica gathers players—one by one—for her own game. According to her plan, they’ll set a trap and wait for the impostor to strike again. But plans can go awry, and trust can fray, and as Jessica tries to escape the shadows of her childhood, the risks are greater than she imagined. Now, confronting the casualties of her past, Jessica can’t help but wonder…
Who will pay the price? Lake Union Praise for previous book, I’LL NEVER TELL: Simon & Schuster Canada “Riveting… Twists and turns and plenty of red herrings keep the reader guessing. June 2020 McKenzie once again delivers the thriller goods.” —Publishers Weekly
“I’LL NEVER TELL is an engrossing and complex story of psychological suspense told Format: galleys with McKenzie’s trademark deftness and surety” —Authorlink
“If you’re always up for a good murder mystery, reach for I’LL NEVER TELL.” Backlist publishers, —Good Housekeeping I’ll Never Tell: “I’LL NEVER TELL is an atmospheric thriller that takes the reader on a harrowing Croatian Mozaik journey through one family’s quest for the truth no matter the cost. McKenzie’s characters leap from the page in this compulsive, riveting tale filled with twisty family English (CA) Simon & Schuster secrets, suspect loyalties, and deadly encounters. I’LL NEVER TELL will leave you Korean Mirae Jihyang guessing until the very end.” -Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author of The Weight Polish Napoleon V / of Silence and Not a Sound Wydawnictwo Niezwykłe
“When it comes to psychological thrillers, lies and dark family secrets are the very best Russian Eksmo kind, and . . . McKenzie handles them both with skill in I’LL NEVER TELL , a riveting story of siblings linked by long-ago tragedy. Suspicions swirl, and the truth is revealed in steady, page-turning increments that culminate in a whopper of an ending. A smart and surprising story you won’t want to miss.” —Kimberly Belle, bestselling author of Three Days Missing and The Marriage Lie
“Part compelling mystery, part absorbing family drama, I’LL NEVER TELL is a cleverly crafted, heart-wrenching tale of obsession, regret, and the devastating effects of keeping secrets for far too long. . . . McKenzie has spun another powerful and poignant page-turner.” —A. J. Banner, #1 Amazon and USA Today bestselling author of The Good Neighbor and The Twilight Wife
Catherine McKenzie was born and raised in Montreal, Canada. She is a graduate of McGill University and McGill Law School, and practices law in Montreal where she lives with her husband. She blogs for The Huffington Post, and her previous novels I’ll Never Tell, Spin, Arranged, Forgotten, Hidden, Smoke, Fractured and The Good Liar are all international bestsellers that have been translated into multiple languages. www.catherinemckenzie.com - @CEMcKenzie1 - @CEMcKenzie1 Canada 7
THE FIRE IN HIS WAKE by SPENCER WOLFF
Spencer Wolff’s debut novel THE FIRE IN HIS WAKE tells the parallel stories of an African refugee and a hapless UN worker in Morocco, spinning a fine web of modern trauma and hope.
THE FIRE IN HIS WAKE recounts the journey of Arès Sbigzenou, a Congolese refugee left for dead in the wake of ethnic violence. Arès' fate, like the fate of millions, sends him on a kinetic flight across McSweeney’s (WE) northern Africa with Europe as his goal. He reaches Rabat, Morocco, where he binds himself to a desperate community of exiles, and meets May 2020 Simon, a young UN worker, whose journey is altogether different but no less fraught. Format: manuscript While Arès struggles to rebuild his life and come to terms with his past, Simon grapples with the moral compromises inherent in his profession and position. Part sweeping portrait of life in the Maghreb, part epic tale of hope and perseverance, THE FIRE IN HIS WAKE carries the reader from the administrative reckonings of the UN staff to the daily hazards faced by the refugees in the streets and on their risky crossings to Europe. When a storm gathers at the UNHCR, and the ghosts of the Congo’s violence unexpectedly surface in Rabat, the two men find themselves on a collision course, setting the stage for the novel’s unforgettable and genre-busting ending.
Spencer Wolff is a former UN worker in Rabat, Morocco, who has worked directly with refugee populations and has witnessed firsthand the pain and frustration of displaced persons. In Rabat, Spencer spent several months meeting with refugees, interviewing and evaluating their claims for asylum, and then recommending several for resettlement. It was this work that prompted him to write his first novel. A photographer and filmmaker, Spencer is the recipient of an Overseas Press Club Award for his work at The New York Times, and his feature-length documentary STOP premiered at DOC NYC and was awarded a Silver Gavel by the American Bar Association. He holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from Yale University. He speaks French, Spanish, Italian, and German fluently, and is proficient in Portuguese. Spencer splits his time between New York and Paris.
www.spencerwolff.com - @spencerwwolff - @spencerwwolff 8 * NEW CECELIA AHERN NOVEL * Coming Fall 2020
POSTSCRIPT by CECELIA AHERN
The long-awaited sequel to PS, I LOVE YOU It's been seven years since Holly Kennedy's husband died – six since she read his final letter, urging Holly to find the courage to forge a new life.
She’s proud of all the ways in which she has grown and evolved. But when a group inspired by Gerry's letters, calling themselves the PS, I Love You Club, approaches Holly asking for help, she finds herself drawn back into a world that she worked so hard to leave behind.
Reluctantly, Holly beings a relationship with the club, even as their friendship threatens to destroy the peace she believes she has achieved. As each of these people calls upon Holly to help them leave something meaningful behind for their loved ones, Holly will embark on a remarkable journey – one that will challenge her to ask whether embracing the future means betraying the past, and what it means to love someone forever…
• A Sunday Times Bestseller HarperCollins UK • PS, I LOVE YOU was a multi-million copy blockbuster book and movie Grand Central Publishing • 25 million copies of Cecelia’s books sold worldwide September 2019 Praise for POSTSCRIPT: Albanian Pegi "Readers will want to have plenty of tissues on hand for this lovely, touching, Catalan Columna heartwarming sequel." ―Booklist Croatian Profil
“[Ahern has a gift] for creating clever and original ideas, intriguing plot Danish People’s Press developments and unexpected twists." —Irish Times Dutch Luitingh-Sijthoff Finnish Gummerus “Fans of PS I LOVE YOU are in for a treat… Warmth emanates from the pages French Bragelonne of this lovely, uplifting novel.” —Good Housekeeping German Fischer
“Wise and uplifting – but keep a box of tissues at the ready. You’ll need it.” Hungarian Athenaeum —Sunday Express Magazine Italian DeAgostini Norwegian Bazar “Another weepy about grief and the enduring power of love.” —Sunday Mirror Polish Muza Portuguese (Port) PRH Portugal Cecelia Ahern is the author of the international bestsellers PS, I LOVE YOU; LOVE, ROSIE; IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW; THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HERE; and Romanian Editura Allfa ROAR. Her novels have been translated into thirty-five languages and have sold Russian Atticus-Azbooka more than twenty-five million copies in over fifty countries. Two of her books Serbian Laguna have been adapted as major films and she has created several TV series in the Slovenian Ucila US and Germany. She lives in Dublin with her family. Spanish Ediciones B www.cecelia-ahern.com - @Cecelia_Ahern - @official_ceceliaahern Ukrainian Ridna Mova Next installment in the Victor Lessard series 9 WITHOUT BLOOD Coming October 2020 NEVER FORGET by MARTIN MICHAUD
From the acclaimed “master of the Quebec thriller” comes an action-packed, breakneck mystery featuring Montreal police detectives Victor Lessard and Jacinthe Taillon, who race to track down a ruthless killer.
When a homeless man jumps to his death in Old Montreal, the police discover two wallets in his possession: one belonging to a retired psychiatrist who was recently murdered in a bizarre ritual, the other to a powerful corporate lawyer who has vanished. As Montreal police detective Victor Lessard and his partner, Jacinthe Taillon, work to solve the separate mysteries, a dark history begins to emerge.
While the pressure builds and the bodies accumulate, dark and disturbing secrets come to light about a pivotal moment in political history. But will Lessard and Taillon crack the case in time to prevent the killer from striking again?
• Over 300,000 copies of the Victor Lessard series have sold in Québec • ZDF acquired world syndication and distribution rights of TV series • the television show based on the series, is one of the most successful in Clun Illico history, with over 6 million viewers over the first three seasons.
Selected praise and prizes for the VICTOR LESSARD SERIES: • 2010 Literary Discoveries of the Year, La Presse (Il ne faut pas parler dans l’ascenseur) Dundurn Press (WE) • Top 5 Crime Novels for 2014, La Presse (Violence à l’origine) January 2020 • One of the Top 50 books for 2012, La Presse (Je me souviens)
Praise for NEVER FORGET: French (Fra) Kennes Editions “French Canadian author Michaud makes his English-language debut with this raucous crime thriller" —Publishers Weekly French (Quebec) Editions
“A fine crime novel featuring a cast of well-delineated characters and a plot that demands Goelette the reader's undivided attention." —Booklist German Hoffman & Campe
“NEVER FORGET is a crackerjack read. Michaud artfully constructs the world of the Montreal police and a broad cast of characters while keeping his eye steady on ways to rachet up the tension at every turn...there is much in Never Forget to recommend, even to the casual mystery reader." —Quill & Quire
“Michaud is a master of twisty storytelling and compelling atmosphere. This kept me on the edge of my seat from start to finish. I can't wait to read Lessard's next case!" —Catherine McKenzie, bestselling author of I’ll Never Tell and The Good Liar
“It will leave you bloodless, and I mean that in the nicest possible way." --Alan Bradley, bestselling author of the Flavia de Luce Mysteries
“Why settle for Scandinavian authors when the man people are rightly calling the new master of Quebec crime fiction is right here under our noses?” —L’actualité
Martin Michaud is a former lawyer, musician, screenwriter, and novelist. Critically acclaimed as the “master of the Quebec thriller,” his work has been compared to the novels of bestselling international authors Michael Connelly, Ian Rankin, Harlan Coben, Jo Nesbø, Henning Mankell, and Fred Vargas. Martin’s series featuring Detective Sergeant Victor Lessard of the Montreal police—a tormented, rebellious cop with high morals—was an overnight literary success and earned him recognition as one of Quebec’s top crime novelists. The TV series based on the novels, Victor Lessard, has been one of the most successful in Club Illico history, with millions of views. www.michaudmartin.com - @martinmichaudauteur 10 NEW TAYLOR JENKINS REID NOVEL MALIBU BURNING Coming March 2021 DAISY JONES & THE SIX by TAYLOR JENKINS REID
A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous breakup.
Everyone knows Daisy Jones & the Six, but nobody knows the reason behind their split at the absolute height of their popularity . . . until now.
Daisy came of age in LA in the late sixties, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go Go. The sex and drugs were thrilling, but it was the rock‘n’roll she loved the most. By the time she’d turned twenty, her voice was getting noticed, and she had the kind of heedless beauty that made people do crazy things. The Six, led by the brooding Billy Dunne, was also rising through the ranks of the LA music scene. On the eve of their first tour, Billy’s girlfriend becomes pregnant, prompting him to go a little wild on the road under the pressure of impending fatherhood and fame. Daisy and Billy crossed paths when a producer realized the key to supercharged success was to put the two together. What happened next became the stuff of legend.
The making of that legend is chronicled in this riveting and unforgettable novel, written as an oral history of one of the biggest bands of the seventies. Brilliantly capturing a place and time in an utterly distinctive voice, Taylor Jenkins Reid takes her work to a new level with DAISY JONES AND THE SIX. • A New York Times and Sunday Times Best Seller Ballantine • GoodReads Choice Award 2019 for Historical Fiction • Reeses’s Book Club x Hello Sunshine March 2019 pick Hutchinson • Amazon Studios and Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine will be producing a 13- episode limited TV series starring Riley Keough March 2019 • March 2019 Indie Next pick; Barnes & Noble Top Book of the Month • An Entertainment Weekly, Cosmopolitan Most Anticipated Book of 2019 Bulgarian Locus • An Elle One to Watch in 2019; PopSugar Must Read Book of 2019 Croatian Vorto • A Glamour Best Book of 2019 Czech Dobrovsky • An Amazon June Best Book of the Year So Far; Indigo Best Book of the Year So Far Dutch Ambo Anthos French Leduc Praise for DAISY JONES AND THE SIX: German Ullstein Greek Aiolos “Reid delivers a stunning story of sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll in the 1960s and ’70s in this expertly wrought novel.. . . Reid creates both story line and character gold. The book’s prose Hungarian Könyvmolyképző is propulsive, original, and often raw. . . . Reid’s gift for creating imperfect characters and Italian Sperling & Kupfer taut plots courses throughout this addictive novel.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review Lithuanian Alma Littera ★ Macedonian ARS Lamina Taylor Jenkins Reid is the author of six novels, most recently DAISY JONES AND THE SIX. A Polish Wydawnictwo Poznańskie full-time film and TV writer in addition to prolific novelist, she lives in Los Angeles. Portuguese (Bra) Companhia das Letras Romanian Corint Russian Exmo Slovak Slovensky spisovatel Slovenian Ucila Spanish Blackie Books Swedish Bookmark Turkish Penguen Kitap
Netherlands Slovenia Germany Bulgaria UK France
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ROAR by CECELIA AHERN
A Story for Every Woman.
In this singular and imaginative story collection, Cecelia Ahern illuminates the myriad ways in which women overcome adversity with wit, resourcefulness and compassion. Exploring dilemmas and aspirations that women everywhere will relate to, these unforgettable tales blend magical realism and familiar scenarios with startling and often hilarious results. In matters ranging from marriage and childrearing to politics and careers, the heroines of these thought-provoking stories confront problems both mysterious and mundane: one woman is tortured by sinister bite marks that appear on her skin; another is swallowed up by the floor during a mortifying presentation; yet another resolves to return and exchange her boring husband at the store where she originally acquired him. HarperCollins UK As they wrestle with obstacles of all kinds, their reality is shaped by how others perceive them—and November 2018 ultimately, how they perceive the power within themselves. Grand Central By turns sly, whimsical and affecting, these thirty short stories are an inspiring examination of what Publishing it means to be a woman today. April 2019
Television adaption in development by Nicole Kidman and Per Saari’s Blossom Films Czech Dobrovsky Dutch Luitingh Sijthoff Finnish Gummerus “A sharp, breathtaking collection of [stories.]” -Kirkus Reviews French Milady German Fischer “Witty, playful, entertaining but also thought-provoking, salutary and empowering.”-Daily Mail Hungarian Athenaeum Polish Muza Portuguese (Por) PRH Portugal www.cecelia-ahern.com - @Cecelia_Ahern - @official_ceceliaahern Romanian Allfa Russian Atticus-Azbooka Spanish Ediciones B
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I’LL NEVER TELL by CATHERINE MCKENZIE What happened to Amanda Holmes? Twenty years ago, she was found bludgeoned in a rowboat at the MacAllister family’s Camp Macaw, but no one was ever charged with a crime. Now, after their parents’ sudden death, the MacAllister siblings return to camp to read the will and decide what to do with the prime real estate occupied by their family’s camp. Ryan needs to sell the property; Mary wants to keep the camp alive; Kate and Liddie—the twins—have opposing views; and Margo hasn’t made up her mind. And Sean Booth, the groundskeeper, just hopes he still has a home when all is said and done. But it’s more complicated than a simple vote. Until they unravel the mystery of what happened to Amanda, they can’t settle the estate. Any one of them could have done it, and each one is holding Lake Union a piece of the truth. Will they work together to finally discover what happened, or will their secrets finally tear the family apart? June 2019
A GoodReads Hottest Book of the Summer Croatian Mozaik A Toronto Star bestseller English (CA) Simon & A Globe and Mail bestseller Schuster TV rights optioned by Paramount TV Korean Mirae Jihyang “Riveting… Twists and turns and plenty of red herrings keep the reader guessing. McKenzie once Polish Napoleon V / again delivers the thriller goods.” —Publishers Weekly Russian AST Catherine McKenzie was born and raised in Montreal, Canada. She is a graduate of McGill University and McGill Law School, and practices law in Montreal where she lives with her husband. She blogs www.catherinemckenzie.com for The Huffington Post, and her previous novels Spin, Arranged, Forgotten, Hidden, Smoke, @CEMcKenzie1 Fractured and The Good Liar are all international bestsellers that have been translated into multiple languages. @CEMcKenzie1 12
THE LONELY HEART OF MAYBELLE LANE by KATE O’SHAUGHNESSY
Maybelle Lane is looking for her father, but on the road to Nashville she finds so much more: courage, brains, heart—and true friends.
Eleven-year-old Maybelle Lane collects sounds. She records the Louisiana crickets chirping, Momma strumming her guitar, their broken trailer door squeaking. But the crown jewel of her collection is a sound she didn't collect herself: an old recording of her daddy's warm-sunshine laugh, saved on an old phone's voicemail. It's the only thing she has of his, and the only thing she knows about him.
Until the day she hears that laugh—his laugh—pouring out of the car radio. Going against Momma's wishes, Maybelle starts listening to her radio DJ daddy's new show, drinking in every word like a plant leaning toward the sun. When he announces he'll be the judge of a singing contest in Nashville, she signs up. What better way to meet than to stand before him and sing with all her heart?
But the road to Nashville is bumpy. Her starch-stiff neighbor Mrs. Boggs offers to drive her in her RV. And a bully of a boy from the trailer park hitches a ride, too. These are not the people May would have chosen to help her, but it turns Knopf Books for Young out they're searching for things as well. And the journey will mold them into Readers (WE) the best kind of family--the kind you choose for yourself. March 2020
Advance praise for THE LONELY HEART OF MAYBELLE LANE: Format: galleys “A rich and rewarding debut.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review ★
“Lyrical and full of heart, this road trip story gets to the core of what it means to create family, to be brave, and to accept the flaws of being human.” Chinese (sim) Beijing White Horse —Publishers Weekly, starred review German dtv junior ★
“Perfectly paced with a few surprise twists, this novel layers themes of resilience and finding love in unexpected places. ... this novel will be welcomed into the hearts of many readers.” —School Library Journal
“O’Shaughnessy creates a whimsical world where words and sounds carry everyday magic. Hand to fans of Kate DiCamillo.” —Booklist
“There is healing in this book, and laughter, and grace, and surprising love. Don’t read it with a box of tissues—just cry, then smile and grow.” —Gary D. Schmidt, author of The Wednesday Wars, a Newbery Honor Winner
Kate O’Shaughnessy’s love of reading and writing stories began in early childhood and only grew stronger. She has been a chef, earned a fellowship with the Yale Sustainable Food Program, and backpacked around the world. She is a graduate of Yale University and lives with her husband in Berkeley, California. THE LONELY HEART OF MAYBELLE LANE is her debut novel.
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WE DIDN’T ASK FOR THIS by ADI ALSAID
Central International School’s annual lock-in is legendary. Bonds are made. Contests are fought. Stories are forged that will be passed down from student to student for years to come.
This year’s lock-in begins normally enough. Then a group of students led by Marisa Cuevas stage an ecoprotest and chain themselves to the doors, vowing to keep everyone trapped inside until their list of demands is met.
Some students rally to their cause…but others are aggrieved to watch their own plans fall apart.
Amira has trained all year to compete in the school decathlon on her own terms. Peejay intended to honor his brother by throwing the greatest party CIS has ever seen. Kenji was looking forward to making a splash at his improv showcase. Omar wanted to spend a little time with the boy he’s been crushing on. Celeste, adrift in a new country, was hoping to connect with someone—anyone. And Marisa, once so certain of her goals, must now decide how far she’ll go to attain them.
Every year, lock-in night changes lives. This year, it might just change the world.
Praise for WE DIDN’T ASK FOR THIS: “Packed with quips and insights, the wry narrative captures the intense yearnings Inkyard Press (WE) of young adulthood; the ridiculous spectrum of clueless, controlling, and (sometimes) cooperative adults; and the overwhelming inertia of institutions . . . April 2020 A droll, engrossing exploration of privileged teens striving to do better.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review ★
“In a timely novel featuring a large cast from around the globe, Alsaid (Brief Chronicle of Another Stupid Heartbreak) underlines ecological issues while showing the positive impact of creative problem solving and collaboration.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review ★
“The novel progresses with a light-hearted tone at a rapid pace, deftly exploring timely issues such as ecology and preservation, and Alsaid weaves in discussions about all forms of identity—nationality, race, religion, language, gender, sexual orientation…expertly blurs the line between right and wrong.” —Booklist
Praise for prior book, NEVER ALWAYS SOMETIMES: "There is a kernel of truth in every cliché, and Alsaid cracks the teen-lit trope of friends becoming lovers wide open, exposing a beautiful truth inside. He also perfectly captures the golden glow of senioritis, a period when teens are bored and excited and wistful and nostalgic all at once. Everything is possible in this handful of weeks, including making up for squandered time." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review ★
Adi Alsaid was born and raised in Mexico City, where he spilled hot sauce on things. Along with writing and traveling the world, Adi has coached high school and elementary school basketball. In addition to Mexico, he has lived in Tel Aviv, Las Vegas, Monterey and Chicago. He’s the author of Let’s Get Lost, a YALSA Best of YA 2015 nominee; Never Always Sometimes, a Kirkus Reviews Book of the Year nominee; North of Happy; Brief Chronicle of Another Stupid Heartbreak; and WE DIDN’T ASK FOR THIS.
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SPLINTERS OF SCARLET by EMILY BAIN MURPHY
Enchantée meets Downton Abbey in this atmospheric YA historical fantasy set in nineteenth-century Denmark, where secrets can kill and magic is a deadly gift.
For Marit Olsen, magic is all about strategy: it flows freely through her blood, but every use leaves behind a deadly, ice-like build-up within her veins called the Firn. Marit knows how dangerous it is to let too much Firn build up—after all, it killed her sister—and she has vowed never to use her thread magic. But when Eve, a fellow orphan whom Marit views like a little sister, is adopted by the wealthy Helene Vestergaard, Marit will do anything to stay by Eve’s side. She decides to risk the Firn and uses magic to secure a job as a seamstress in the Vestergaard household.
But Marit has a second, hidden agenda: her father died while working in the HMH Books for Young Vestergaards’ jewel mines—and it might not have been an accident. The closer Marit gets to the truth about the Vestergaard family, the more she realizes she Readers (WE) and everyone she’s come to love are in danger. When she finds herself in the Pushkin Press middle of a treacherous deception that goes all the way up to the king of Denmark, magic may be the only thing that can save her—if it doesn’t kill her July 2020 first. Backlist publishers, Advance praise for SPLINTERS OF SCARLET: The Disappearances: “Emily Bain Murphy weaves an exquisite tale of mystery, enchantment and valor. I loved this spellbinding book!” Russian AST —Rebecca Ross, author of The Queen’s Rising Turkish Penguen Kitap Kaset “Splinters of Scarlet is beautifully atmospheric, and paints a gorgeous picture of a young woman striving to protect her only family. . .This is a decadent novel that makes you want to curl up by a crackling fire with a hot beverage.” —Emily Hall Schroen, bookseller at Main Street Books
Praise for previous book, The Disappearances: “Sumptuous worldbuilding, richly developed characters, and a swoon-worthy romance elevate this delightful, fantasy-tinged mystery.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review ★ • A 2018 Bank Street “Best Children’s Book of the Year” • Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize • Longlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal • An Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the NCTE (ALAN) Pick for November/December 2016 • A 2017 Google Play “Best of Summer Reading” title
Emily Bain Murphy was born in Indiana and raised in Hong Kong and Japan. She graduated from Tufts University and has also called Massachusetts, Connecticut, and California home. She is the author of The Disappearances and lives in the St. Louis area with her husband and two children. UK www.emilybainmurphy.com - @EBain - @ebmwrites 15
DIAMOND CITY (duology) by FRANCESCA FLORES
DIAMOND CITY is an action-packed young adult fantasy by debut author Francesca Flores about a girl who perseveres through poverty, violence, and loss to achieve a future for herself.
Good things don't happen to girls who come from nothing...unless they risk everything.
Meet Aina Solís. Pulled off the streets when she was twelve years old, Aina was trained to become one of the most powerful and dangerous assassins in Sumerand, a kingdom founded by immigrants, built by magic, and still reeling from an industrial revolution that’s led to all-out civil war. Fearless and willing to risk everything―and with nothing left to lose―Aina is ready to leave her wretched past behind and accept a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: to kill a wealthy industrialist named Kouta. But this career-defining move won't come easy. She will have to act against her boss Kohl, who doesn't tolerate his assassins working against him. What will be the price for her betrayal? Meanwhile, the closer Aina gets to her target, the more she craves an answer to the questions an assassin is never meant to ask: Who wants Kouta dead? And why was Aina chosen for this mission? Wednesday Books (WE)
Now, in a city full of dark forces and hidden agendas, old rivalries and a whole January 2020 new world of enemies, it's up to Aina to unravel a conspiracy that could rewrite Sumerand's history and her own future. Is it too late to save her city―and Russian Eksmo herself? Is courage born or is it bred? And what must Aina sacrifice for a second chance to begin a better, brighter life?
• Sold in a three-book mid six-figure pre-emptive deal to Eileen Rothschild at Wednesday Books
Advance praise for DIAMOND CITY:
“Full of action sequences that will compel readers to keep turning pages, this book is ideal for those who enjoy fast-paced stories ... Give to fans of dystopian stories similar to Suzanne Collins’s Hunger Games trilogy or James Dashner’s Maze Runner series.” —School Library Journal
“An entertaining and action-driven tale of assassins and magic.” —Kirkus Reviews
“A thrilling adventure, through a vibrant city as alive as any character, about a girl willing to do anything to better her circumstances. I love a book with a body count.” —Emily A. Duncan, New York Times bestselling author of Wicked Saints
“Just like the metropolis for which it’s named, DIAMOND CITY is full of shadows, secrets, and heart-stopping surprises. An absolutely electric debut!” —Crystal Smith, author of Bloodleaf
Francesca Flores is a writer, traveler and linguist. Raised in Pittsburgh, she read every fantasy book she could get her hands on and started writing her own stories at a young age. She began writing DIAMOND CITY while working as a corporate travel manager. When she's not writing or reading, Francesca enjoys traveling, dancing ballet and jazz, practicing trapeze and contortion, and visiting parks and trails around San Francisco, where she currently resides.
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BLOODLEAF trilogy: BLOODLEAF, GREYTHORNE, EBONWILDE by CRYSTAL SMITH
A roar of a dark and luscious epic fantasy that’s layered with heady romance, bloodthirsty magic, and ghostly intrigue—an absolutely wicked delight.
Princess Aurelia is a prisoner to her crown and the heir that nobody wants. Surrounded by spirits and banned from using her blood-magic, Aurelia flees her country after a devastating assassination attempt. To escape her fate, Aurelia disguises herself as a commoner in a new land and discovers a happiness her crown has never allowed. As she forges new bonds and perfects her magic, she begins to fall for a man who is forbidden to rule beside her. But the ghosts that haunt Aurelia refuse to abandon her, and she finds herself succumbing to their call as they expose a nefarious plot that only she can defeat. Will she be forced to choose between the weight of the crown and the freedom of her new life?
• TV rights optioned by Cavalry Media
Praise for BLOODLEAF: “[R]omance, danger, and magic make for a winning combination that will keep readers HMH Books for Young glued to the pages long after bedtime.” —School Library Journal Readers (WE) "A multifaceted scheme, mistaken identity, and a simmering romance will keep readers riveted and dying to know how it all unfolds. The exploration of the land’s religion and June 2020 people’s conflicting understandings of it seems to be a reflection of the real world, lending the story a deeper commentary without sidelining the main plot. An excellent choice for fans of smart, independent female leads, intriguing fantasy worlds, and a Czech Albatros race against the clock to defeat evil." —Booklist German Piper "The plot is breathlessly fast, complete with creepy spirits, a satisfying romance, and Italian Mondadori complex but clear political twists and turns....Political, romantic, magical, timely, yet Polish SQN also traditionally appealing." —Kirkus Romanian Epica "Debut author Smith explores the power of sacrifice in this darkly romantic reimagining Russian AST of the Brothers Grimm’s 'The Goose Girl.'" —Publishers Weekly Slovak Albatros “Eerie, immersive, and fascinating, BLOODLEAF feels like a classic in the making. Readers will be pulled deep into Aurelia’s world, and lose sleep alongside her as the Spanish Oceano deadly mysteries close in.” —Sara Holland, New York Times bestselling author of Everless
Crystal Smith is a writer, photographer, and artist who developed an early love of storytelling in a family of voracious readers. She married her high school sweetheart in 2005, and they now reside in Utah with their two sons. When she isn’t writing or creating, she can be found re-watching Jane Eyre or reading ghost stories with all the lights on. BLOODLEAF is Crystal’s debut novel.
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@crysrensmith - @crysrensmith SEQUEL TO BLOOD HEIR 17 RED TIGRESS Coming November 2020 BLOOD HEIR (trilogy) by AMÉLIE WEN ZHAO This hot debut is the first book in an epic new series about a princess hiding a dark secret and the con man she must trust to clear her name for her father's murder.
In the Cyrilian Empire, Affinites are reviled. Their varied gifts to control the world around them are unnatural—dangerous. And Anastacya Mikhailov, the crown princess, has a terrifying secret. Her deadly Affinity to blood is her curse and the reason she has lived her life hidden behind palace walls.
When Ana’s father, the emperor, is murdered, her world is shattered. Framed as his killer, Ana must flee the palace to save her life. And to clear her name, she must find her father’s murderer on her own. But the Cyrilia beyond the palace walls is far different from the one she thought she knew. Corruption rules the land, and a greater conspiracy is at work—one that threatens the very balance of her world. And there is only one person corrupt enough to help Ana get to its core: Ramson Quicktongue.
A cunning crime lord of the Cyrilian underworld, Ramson has sinister plans— though he might have met his match in Ana. Because in this story, the princess Delacorte might be the most dangerous player of all. HarperVoyager
• 2019-2020 IndieNext Pick November 2019
Praise for BLOOD HEIR: Czech Albatros German Heyne “BLOOD HEIR is cinematic storytelling at its best. A stunning new voice in YA, Amélie Wen Zhao has drawn characters who are as complex and captivating as Hungarian Maxim the fantastical world she’s built. With a thrilling, slow-burn romance and a Romanian Epica layered, twisty plot that hits the ground running, this spectacular debut Russian Eksmo delivers. Get ready for a retelling like you’ve never seen before.” —Adrienne Young, New York Times bestselling author of Sky in the Deep Slovak Albatros Spanish Montena "BLOOD HEIR is everything I love in a fantasy - a lush new world to lose myself in, complex characters that make and break your heart, and breathtaking action sequences. What really makes it stand out are the moral complexities of the two main protagonists. Amelie is a master of character, and I fell in love with this dark, beautiful pair.” —Natasha Ngan, NYT bestselling author of Girls of Paper and Fire
“This dark Anastasia retelling captivated me on the first page. Amélie’s prose is sumptuous and her story sings of a brave heroine, a conflicted conman, enthralling magic, intricate schemes and a bloody world on the cusp of metamorphosis. BLOOD HEIR is a glorious debut, one that has me beyond eager for the sequel.” —Rebecca Ross, author of the Queen’s Rising UK Born in Paris, raised in a multicultural community in Beijing, and currently living in New York City, Amélie Wen Zhao has a bone-deep love for traveling and immersing herself in new worlds and cultures.
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THE LAST TRUE POETS OF THE SEA by JULIA DRAKE
From a stunning new voice in YA literature comes an epic, utterly unforgettable contemporary novel about a lost shipwreck, a missing piece of family history, and weathering the storms of life.
The Larkin family isn't just lucky-they persevere. At least that's what Violet and her younger brother, Sam, were always told. When the Lyric sank off the coast of Maine, their great-great-great-grandmother didn't drown like the rest of the passengers. No, Fidelia swam to shore, fell in love, and founded Lyric, Maine, the town Violet and Sam returned to every summer. But wrecks seem to run in the family: Tall, funny, musical Violet can't stop partying with the wrong people. And, one beautiful summer day, brilliant, sensitive Sam attempts to take his own life.
Shipped back to Lyric while Sam is in treatment, Violet is haunted by her family's missing piece-the lost shipwreck she and Sam dreamed of discovering when they were children. Desperate to make amends, Violet embarks on a wildly ambitious mission: locate the Lyric, lain hidden in a watery grave for over a century. She finds a fellow wreck hunter in Liv Stone, an amateur local historian whose sparkling intelligence and guarded gray eyes make Violet ache in an exhilarating new way. Whether or not they find the Lyric, the journey Violet takes-and the bridges she builds along the way-may be the start of something like survival. Epic, funny, and sweepingly romantic, THE LAST TRUE POETS OF THE SEA is an Little, Brown BFYR (WE) astonishing debut about the strength it takes to swim up from a wreck.
• A 2019 BookExpo Editors’ Buzz Selection October 2019 • Six starred reviews ★★★★★★ • A Publishers Weekly 2019 “Flying Start” Author Dutch Moon
Praise for THE LAST TRUE POETS OF THE SEA: French Gallimard Italian Rizzoli "Against the evocative backdrop of rugged coastal Maine, Drake’s suspenseful novel offers three strands of high drama . . . Violet emerges as a genuine, sympathetic protagonist struggling to create something new from the wreckage of her life.” —Publisher’s Weekly, starred review ★ “A warm, wise, strange meditation on developing the strength to be vulnerable.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review ★ “Echoes of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and the barest touches of magical realism give shape to the story, which precisely and profoundly maps the ebbs and flows of surviving through trauma.” —Booklist, starred review ★ “This contemporary romance has relatable characters on journeys of self-discovery and healing. A must-buy for all YA collections.” —School Library Journal, starred review ★ “Julia Drake has drawn all her characters richly. . . The seaside setting is vividly evoked, and readers will feel fully transported to the small town of Lyric. . . THE LAST TRUE POETS OF THE SEA explores themes of identity, mental health, romance and family with grace and gravitas.” —BookPage, starred review ★ “The sensibility and touch of magic may draw fantasy fans usually skittish about realism, and readers who love a good complicated romance and family story will be delighted to spend their summer with Vi.” —Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, starred review ★ “This book delves into many contemporary issues . . . in a way that feels natural, draws you in, and pulls you along for the ride. . . an epic novel that will find a place in any high school collection. Highly recommended.” —School Library Connection
THE LAST TRUE POETS OF THE SEA is Julia Drake’s debut novel. She received her MFA in fiction from Columbia University, and her short fiction has appeared in McSweeney’s Internet Tendency and The Gettysburg Review.
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A PHOENIX FIRST MUST BURN: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, And Hope Edited by PATRICE CALDWELL
Sixteen tales by bestselling and award-winning authors that explore the Black experience through fantasy, science fiction, and magic.
Evoking Beyoncé’s Lemonade for a teen audience, these authors who are truly Octavia Butler’s heirs, have woven worlds to create a stunning narrative that centers Black women and gender nonconforming individuals. A PHOENIX FIRST MUST BURN will take you on a journey from folktales retold to futuristic societies and everything in between. Filled with stories of love and betrayal, strength and resistance, this collection contains an array of complex and true-to-life characters in which you cannot help but see yourself reflected. Witches and scientists, sisters and lovers, priestesses and rebels: the heroines of A Phoenix First Must Burn shine brightly. You will never forget them Viking BFYR (WE)
• Features Elizabeth Acevedo, NYT bestselling author of Poet X Hot Key Books • Features Ibi Zoboi, author of National Book Award Finalist March 2020 American Street • Features Rebecca Roanhorse, whose short stories have previously been awarded the Hugo Award for Best Short Story and the Nebula Award for Best Short Story • Features Dhonielle Clayton, author of the Belles
Praise for A PHOENIX FIRST MUST BURN: “All these well-spun tales are enjoyable and accessible to readers of any background. Magical and real, this collection lives up to its goal with stories as diverse as the black experience.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review ★
“Thiis book is a wonderful assortment of genre-bending narratives. The stories allow readers to view racism and gender conformity through the prism of science fiction and fantasy, and the collection infuses the genre with color and complexity.” —School Library Journal
Patrice Caldwell is a graduate of Wellesley College and the founder and fundraising chair of People of Color in Publishing—a grassroots organization dedicated to supporting, empowering, and uplifting racially and ethnically marginalized members of the book publishing industry. Born and raised in Texas, Patrice was a children's book editor before shifting to writing full-time.
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INDIVISIBLE by DANIEL ALEMAN There is a word Mateo Garcia and his younger sister Sophia have been taught to fear for as long as they can remember: deportation. Over the past few years, however, the concern that their undocumented immigrant parents could be sent back to Mexico has started to fade to the back of their minds. And why wouldn't it, when their Ma and Pa have been in the United States for so long, they have American-born children, and they’ve built a life for themselves here?
But when two ICE agents come looking for Pa, the Garcia family realizes that the lives they've built could well come crumbling down. Then, Mateo returns from school one day to find that their worst nightmare realized: his parents have been detained.
With his Ma and Pa being held in separate detention centers, Mateo must step-up and learn how to look after his sister and himself. The choices Mateo makes, and the people he turns to for help, might reunite his family…or tear them apart for good. With his parents’ fate and his own future hanging in the balance, Little, Brown Mateo must figure out who he is and what he is capable of, even as he’s forced to question what it means to be an American teenager in a country that rejects his own mom and dad. BFYR (WE)
Daniel Aleman’s INDIVISBLE is a remarkable and timely story—both powerful in its explorations of Spring 2021 immigration in American and deeply intimate in its portrait of a teen boy driven by his fierce, protective love for his parents and his sister. @Dan_Aleman Sold to Laura Schreiber in a two-book, mid six-figure pre-empt @danaleman Daniel was born and raised in Mexico City; his family moved to the United States when he was a teenager, and Daniel now lives in Toronto, where he went to college. This story is partially inspired by the separation, difficulties, and ultimately, the great opportunities his family encountered since making the decision to immigrate to the U.S. and Canada.
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THE SPICE ROAD by Maiya Ibrahim In the hidden desert city of Qalia, sixteen-year-old Imani dreams of joining the Council of Al-Zahim— the leaders who harness and protect her tribal nation’s secret tea magic. In neighboring Taeel-Sa, an orphan named Kazi has become an assassin to realize humbler dreams: regular food and a place to sleep. So when he’s offered unimaginable wealth to help a foreigner usurp Taeel-Sa’s throne, he jumps at it. What he doesn’t realize is he’s about to change the continent of Alqibah forever—and turn Imani’s dreams into a nightmare.
Upon seizing the throne, the new King invades Qalia, ruthlessly pursuing the source of the magic: a limitless power sealed in a magical vault beneath the city. The Council entrusts Imani with smuggling the vault’s key far away from the besieged city, thwarting Kazi’s attempts to secure it on behalf of the King. Furious, the King gives Kazi one chance to redeem himself: he must kill Imani and return the key. Delacorte But there are others who plot to steal it. If Imani and Kazi are to triumph, they’ll both need help— and maybe magic of their own. Little do they know, the ancient magic that divides them is what ultimately links them. @maiya_ibrahim
Pitched during #DVPit as an Arabian BLACK PANTHER meets GAME OF THRONES, THE SPICE ROAD is @maiya_ibrahim a sweeping epic fantasy that will appeal to fans of Tomi Adeyemi and Sarah J. Maas.
Sold to Delacorte at auction in a mid six-figure, three book deal
Maiya Ibrahim is a writer and reader born and raised in Sydney. When she’s not writing or reading, Maiya can be found indulging in Lebanese food with her family, playing Skyrim, watching Game of Thrones, or swimming with friends at one of Sydney’s many spectacular beaches. THE SPICE ROAD is her debut novel. 21 Sneak peek…
RIA AND RANI by Sasha and Sarena Nanua
RIA AND RANI follows two twins separated at birth—one now a princess, the other a street thief—who switch places only to discover their destinies may be to join together in a bid to stop their kingdom from falling apart.
Sold to HarperCollins in a two-book deal
Sarena and Sasha Nanua are twin sisters living in Ontario, Canada. They love reading books in their spare time and enjoy science HarperCollins fiction and fantasy novels. They have been writing books since they were nine years old and are graduates of the English and Children’s (WE) Professional Writing programs at the University of Toronto. 2021
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BRIEF CHRONICLE OF ANOTHER STUPID HEARTBREAK
by ADI ALSAID Dumped by her boyfriend the summer after senior year, teen love and relationship columnist Lu Charles has hit a wall with her writing. The words just won’t come to her like they used to and if she doesn’t find a topic for her column, she’ll lose her gig at hip online magazine Misnomer, and the college scholarship that goes along with it.
Her best friend, Pete, thinks she should write through her own pain, but when Lu overhears another couple planning a precollege breakup just like hers, she becomes convinced that they’re the answer to cracking her writer’s block. And when she meets them—super-practical Iris and cute, sweet Cal—and discovers they’re postponing their breakup until the end of the summer, she has to know more.
Have Cal and Iris prolonged their own misery by staying together, knowing the end is in sight? Or does the secret to figuring out all this love business—and getting over it—lie with them? One thing is certain—if Lu can’t make a breakthrough before summer is over, she can kiss her future goodbye. Inkyard Press April 2019 From the acclaimed author of Let’s Get Lost and North of Happy comes a touching exploration of love, relationships and the pain of breaking up. Polish JK “[BRIEF CHRONICLE is for] fans of Jenny Han or other romantic comedies.” -Booklist www.adialsaid.com Adi Alsaid was born and raised in Mexico City. He attended college at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. After graduating, he packed up his car and escaped to the California coastline to @AdiAlsaid become a writer. He’s now back in his hometown, where he writes, coaches basketball, and @uhhdee makes every dish he eats as spicy as possible. In addition to Mexico, he’s lived in Tel Aviv, Las Vegas and Monterey, California. Adi is the author of LET’S GET LOST and NORTH OF HAPPY. 22
THE IMPOSSIBLE FIRST: From Fire to Ice—Crossing Antarctica Alone by COLIN O’BRADY
Colin O’Brady’s awe-inspiring memoir recounts his triumphant recovery from a tragic accident and his gripping 932-mile crossing of the landmass of Antarctica solo, unsupported, and human powered—the first to accomplish this extraordinary feat.
Prior to December 2018, no individual had ever crossed the landmass of Antarctica alone and without any outside assistance. Yet Colin O’Brady was determined to do just that, even if, upon taking the first steps of what was to be a nearly two-month journey, he had his doubts. His challenge was made even more intense by a head-to-head battle that emerged with British polar adventurer Captain Louis Rudd—also striving to be “the first.” On skis, pulling a sled that at first weighed 375 pounds, in complete isolation and through a succession of whiteouts, storms, and a series of near disasters—O’Brady persevered. Somewhere in the vast white landscape was Rudd.
THE IMPOSSIBLE FIRST is the story of O’Brady’s spectacular, record-breaking journey across the continent and it is the story of the journey that led him to this endeavor. After a burn accident in his early twenties, he was told he might never walk again. From the depths of that crisis, he fought his way back and went on to set three mountaineering world records. With Everest and the tallest peaks on each continent already conquered, he felt driven to further explore his potential, which now brought him to this historic Antarctic challenge. His triumph over adversity and his stunning dedication have inspired millions. Scribner Set against the backdrop of one of the most extreme environments on earth, THE January 2020 IMPOSSIBLE FIRST reveals how anyone can reject limits, overcome immense obstacles, and discover what matters most. Czech Prah • A New York Times bestseller! Hungarian XXI. Század Kiadó
Praise for THE IMPOSSIBLE FIRST: Italian Neri Pozza Russian Eksmo “Harrowing… an unforgettable memoir of perseverance, survival, daring to dream big, and showing the world how to make the impossible possible.” –Booklist, starred review ★
“O'Brady is a confident, crafty storyteller…This inner saga works hand in hand with the physical challenges to make for a full tapestry of remarkable experience. A brutally sublime tale of derring-do that transports as well as teaches.” –Kirkus Reviews
“A page-turning story of adventure that goes so much deeper. . . Anyone looking for a story of both grit and love will find it here.” –Rachel Hollis, author of Girl, Wash Your Face
“THE IMPOSSIBLE FIRST is a uniquely perceptive, first-person account of how an ordinary person, when loved and supported, can accomplish the extraordinary. A jaw- dropping tale of passion and perseverance, it will have you furiously turning pages to see not just what will happen to Colin, the athlete who tests physical limits, but Colin, the man driven to find his best self. If your dreams sometimes seem beset by doubts in equal measure, read this book. It will tip the balance.” —Angela Duckworth, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Grit
“Colin O’Brady’s amazing adventure is well-written and a fast read. But hang on to it after you finish. On down days go back to the book. It will pick up your spirits dramatically.” —Phil Knight, founder of Nike, Inc., and author of Shoe Dog
Colin O'Brady is an American professional endurance athlete, motivational speaker and adventurer. O'Brady is a four-time world record holder and holds speed records for the Explorers Grand Slam and Seven Summits. He most recently achieved what every man before him had failed to do and crossed Antarctica unsupported. www.colinobrady.com - @colinobrady - @colinobrady 23
NASTY, BRUTISH, AND SHORT: A Philosopher’s Field Notes on His Children by DR. SCOTT HERSHOVITZ
An irreverent, original and deeply humane philosophical investigation that will delight anyone who likes thinking and laughing. Imagine Randall Munroe’s What If? meets Bertrand Russell’s The Problems of Philosophy – plus kids. Penguin Press
NASTY, BRUTISH, AND SHORT tackles life’s biggest questions Allen Lane with the help of the author’s children. Inspired by kids, but not January 2022 for kids, this brilliant book cuts a fresh path through the scary world of metaphysics and morals, using deft storytelling and Format: proposal dark humor to show what philosophy is; why kids are the best philosophers of all; how they can teach us to puzzle through revenge, rights, consciousness, the size of the universe and Chinese (simplified) Citic other daunting mysteries most grown-ups learn to ignore; and, Dutch De Bezige Bij finally, why the examined life is not only worth living but German Heyne seriously fun. Greek Metaichmio Italian HarperItalia Japanese Diamond • Sold in a two-book, mid-six-figure deal, at auction, to Korean Across Media Penguin Press Polish Prószyński • Pre-empted by Allen Lane in the UK; Plaza & Janés in Portuguese (Bra) BestSeller/Record Spain; and HarperItalia in Italy Portuguese (Port) Leya Spanish Plaza & Janés
Professor Scott Hershovitz is Director of the Law and Ethics Program and professor of law and philosophy at the University of Michigan. He holds a B.A. in philosophy and politics from the University of Georgia; a J.D. from Yale Law School; and D.Phil. from the University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. Professor Hershovitz served as a law clerk for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court and the Hon. William Fletcher of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He has published influential articles on law and morality in leading scholarly journals, and he has lectured and taught widely at universities around the world.
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A COAT OF YELLOW PAINT: Ignore the Noise and Love the Life You Live by Naomi Davis Inspiring essays about family, motherhood and loving the life you live from the creator of the blog Love, Taza.
Creator of the popular lifestyle blog/Instagram @LoveTaza, with 462K followers, Naomi Davis is an influencer and entrepreneur known for documenting daily life as a modern mom raising five children with her husband in NYC. She collaborates with brands like Target, Hallmark, TMobile, L.L. Bean and more. People think that moms all have to make tough either/or choices: work or family; city life or the suburbs; giving HarperHorizon up “me time” for family time. In this debut book of inspirational May 2021 essays, Naomi turns these dated beliefs upside down, sharing stories of being a successful, if unexpected, entrepreneur, raising a family in Format: proposal the city, co-parenting, and traveling with kids, with her signature optimism, faith-based perspective, and appreciation of the small joys in challenging moments. 25
THE END OF FOOD ALLERGY: The First Program to Prevent and Reverse a 21st Century Epidemic by DR. KARI NADEAU AND SLOAN BARNETT
A life-changing, research-based program that will end food allergies in children and adults forever.
The problem of food allergy is exploding around us. But this book offers the first glimpse of hope with a powerful message: You can work with your family and your doctor to eliminate your food allergy forever.
The trailblazing research of Stanford University's Dr. Kari Nadeau reveals that food allergy is not a life sentence, because the immune system can be retrained. Food allergies—from mild hives to life-threatening airway constriction—can be disrupted, slowed, and stopped. The key is a strategy called immunotherapy (IT)—the controlled, gradual reintroduction of an allergen into the body. With innovations that include state-of-the-art therapies targeting specific components of the immune system, Dr. Nadeau and her team have increased the speed and effectiveness of this treatment to a matter of months.
New York Times bestselling author Sloan Barnett, the mother of two children with food allergies, provides a lay perspective that helps make Dr. Nadeau's research accessible for everyone. Together, they walk readers through every aspect of food allergy, including how to find the right treatment and how to manage the ongoing Avery fear of allergens that haunts so many sufferers, to give us a clear, supportive plan to combat a major national and global health issue. Vermilion
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Advance praise for THE END OF FOOD ALLERGY: Format: manuscript
“In The End of Food Allergy Dr. Kari Nadeau explains why our body’s immune system rebels against some foods, and provides hope for treatments that may liberate many Arabic Arab Scientific children and adults suffering from this epidemic. I am grateful for her work and hope it helps others as it has helped my family.”—Sheryl Sandberg, New York Times Chinese (simplified) Hunan bestselling author of Lean In and coauthor of Option B Science & Technology
“For anyone who has suffered from food allergies or lived in fear of them, this book Hungarian XXI. Század Kiadó is a ray of hope. It’s an illuminating read on why our own immune systems Italian Vallardi sometimes hold us hostage after we eat—and how we can stop it from ever happening again.” —Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Originals Korean Rok Media Russian Eksmo “This extraordinary book shows us what we once thought impossible: there is a way to end anaphyaxis due to a food allergies. These types of allergies can suddenly Spanish Grijalbo kill. Dr. Kari Nadeau’s groundbreaking work in immunotherapy changes the game and gives patients and their families the latest science.” —Terry Wahls, MD, author of The Wahls Protocol
“As a physician, I'm excited for the impact of Kari's work to unlock new treatments for deadly food allergies. As a mother of children with a history of food allergy, I am grateful for the hope that this book gives families.” —Priscilla Chan, MD; CEO, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Kari Nadeau, MD, PhD, is the director of the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University and is one of the world's leading experts on food allergy. Dr. Nadeau holds the Naddisy Foundation professorship in medicine and pediatrics at Stanford University and as well as both an MD and PhD from Harvard Medical School. Sloan Barnett is a lawyer, journalist, and the New York Times bestselling author of Green Goes with Everything: Simple Steps to a Healthier Life and a Cleaner Planet. Barnett lives with her husband and three children in San Francisco. Her children have had their allergies reversed through Dr. Nadeau's program. UK 26
THE GREAT INDOORS: An Inside Journey into How Buildings Shape Our Lives by EMILY ANTHES
A fascinating, thought-provoking journey into our human-made built environment.
The benefits of nature are well documented. Regular forays into the natural world have been shown to have pronounced, positive effects on our physical and mental health. But how often do any of us get to take a week-long camping trip?
The truth is, we spend most of our lives shuttling between homes and offices, schools and hospitals. While this may be an inescapable part of modern life, it also raises the question: What effect do the environments we've built for ourselves have on our mental and physical well-being? In this wide-ranging, character-driven book, Emily Anthes takes us on a trip that starts with the microscopic (the surprising array of microbes that share our homes) and ends with the big picture (the Martian architecture that could help humanity survive for many centuries to come). Along the way, she visits a wide range of scientists, architects, and other professionals working on the cutting edge of design―people who are not only aware of how our surroundings shape us, but Scientific American/FSG are working to create buildings that can radically improve our lives. June 2020
Ranging from operating rooms that decrease human error to schools constructed to enhance learning, and from apartment buildings designed for neurodiverse residents Format: galleys to offices engineered for maximum comfort and efficiency, THE GREAT INDOORS is an argument for thoughtful interventions in the built environment and a celebration of Chinese (sim) Huazhang the adaptive genius of human beings.
• A Spring/Summer 2020 Publishers Lunch Buzz Book! Backlist publishers, Frankenstein’s Cat: Praise for THE GREAT INDOORS: “A trip into THE GREAT INDOORS with Emily Anthes is a journey into fascination, English (U.K.) Oneworld dismay, and the occasional jolt of pure wonder." German Spektrum –Deborah Blum, author of The Poison Squad Hungarian Akademiai Italian Codice Edizioni “THE GREAT INDOORS is that rare book that remains both honest and optimistic about Japanese Hakuyosha the problems we face, from pandemic disease to social isolation, and—even better—is Publishing ambitious enough to identify real potential for change surrounding us in the architecture of our daily lives. Inspiring.” Korean Humanist —Geoff Manaugh, New York Times-bestselling author of A Burglar’s Guide to the City Publishing Group
Emily Anthes is an award-winning science journalist and author. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Wired, Nature, Slate, Businessweek, Scientific American, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, and elsewhere. Emily has a master’s degree in science writing from MIT and a bachelor’s degree in the history of science and medicine from Yale, where she also studied creative writing. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.
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CHANGE: The Surprising Science of How New Ideas and Behaviors Take Off and Take Hold by DAMON CENTOLA
A scientific exploration of how beliefs, behaviors, and ideas spread through social networks for a popular audience.
A big think book that will delight fans of Malcolm Gladwell, Chip and Dan Heath, and Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein’s NUDGE.
Most of what we know about how ideas spread comes from bestselling authors who give us a compelling picture of a world, in which “influencers” are king, “sticky” ideas “go viral,” and good behavior is “nudged” forward. The only problem is that the world they describe is a world where information spreads, but beliefs and behaviors stay the same. It is a world of simple contagions, which spread quickly to Little, Brown (WE) everyone, but do not have any lasting impact on what we think or how we John Murray live. June 2021 Since Damon first developed his theory of complex contagions in 2007, it has been applied to everything from the unexpected growth of Arab Format: sample material Spring, to changes in coaching strategy in the NFL, to the rapid rise of the #MeToo movement, to the worldwide spread of Skype and Facebook. This Chinese (com) China Times book is the crystallization of fifteen years of groundbreaking research on social networks and behavior change, published in the world’s leading Chinese (sim) Citic scientific journals, awarded top prizes for theoretical discovery and Korean Woongjin Think Big methodological innovation, and patented by Harvard University. Romanian Grup Media Litera
Damon’s book will start by busting myths and common mistakes re: the Russian Portal ways new ideas spread, but it will focus on solutions. It is about the spread of innovations, the dispersion of ideas, the adoption of inventions, the growth of social movements, the success of political campaigns, and the uptake of new health behaviors. With clear language, using high-profile examples drawn from business, sports, health, lifestyle, and politics, Damon is excited to change how popular readers see how new behaviors, beliefs, and ideas spread in the world they live in.
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Damon Centola is an acclaimed thought leader, who is credited with developing the theory of complex contagions that has forever altered our scientific understanding of how change happens. An Associate Professor in the Annenberg School for Communication and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, he is Director of the Network Dynamics Group. His work has been published across disciplines in the world’s leading journals and popular news outlets, like The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and The Atlantic. His speaking and consulting clients include Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, Cigna, the U.S. Army and the NBA; his research has been funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the James S. McDonnell Foundation, and the Hewlett Foundation; and he is a series editor for Princeton University Press. 28
THE RITUAL EFFECT: The Odd (and Highly Effective) Ways We Own Our Experience by DR. MICHAEL NORTON
An investigation of the science of ritual, based on the author's original research in behavioral science and economics, demonstrating how rituals improve performance, help us achieve goals, deepen relationships, solidify our sense of purpose and more, based on the author's groundbreaking Scribner research in behavioral economics. Penguin Business
Professor at the Harvard Business School, Dr. Norton holds a 2021 Ph.D. in social psychology from Princeton. His research has been published in leading journals and featured in the NYT, WSJ, Format: proposal WaPo, HBR, and Wired. His TEDx talk, “How to Buy Happiness,” has more than 4 million views. In this ground-breaking and incisive book, Norton mines decades of original research to show how our seemingly irrational, even quirky, behaviors yield Chinese (simplified) Guomai rich psychological, emotional, and practical rewards and Chinese (complex) BWP insights, by enabling us to forge “a ritual signature.” Panning Dutch AW Bruna from our personal daily routines and habits to relationships, German HarperGermany teams, organizations, and communities, Norton explains how Korean Bookie shifting from a “habitual to ritual” mindset can boost our Japanese Hayakawa performance, add joy to our lives, and tap into our deeper BestSeller/Record purpose Portuguese (Bra) Russian Eksmo • Sold in a seven-figure deal to Scribner Spanish Planeta/Paidós • Pre-empted by Daniel Crewe at Penguin Business in the UK
Dr. Michael Norton is the Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Before joining Harvard in 2005, he was at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and the MIT Media Lab and has been a visiting scholar at both the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He was a 2018 Fellow for the Society for Personality and Social Psychology and currently serves as a Research Director at Harvard Business School and a member of the Harvard Behavioral Insights Group. 29
LIFESPAN: Why We Age—and Why We Don’t Have To by DAVID SINCLAIR
It’s a seemingly undeniable truth that aging is inevitable. But what if everything we’ve been taught to believe about aging is wrong? What if we could choose our lifespan?
In this groundbreaking book, Dr. David Sinclair, leading world authority on genetics and longevity, reveals a bold new theory for why we age. As he writes: “Aging is a disease, and that disease is treatable.”
This eye-opening and provocative work takes us to the frontlines of research that is pushing the boundaries on our perceived scientific limitations, revealing incredible breakthroughs—many from Dr. David Sinclair’s own lab at Harvard—that demonstrate how we can slow down, or even reverse, aging. The key is activating newly discovered vitality genes, the descendants of an ancient genetic survival circuit that is both the cause of aging and the key to reversing it. Recent experiments in genetic reprogramming suggest that in the near future we may not just be able to feel younger, but actually become younger.
Through a page-turning narrative, Dr. Sinclair invites you into the process of Atria (WE) scientific discovery and reveals the emerging technologies and simple lifestyle changes—such as intermittent fasting, cold exposure, exercising with the right Thorsons intensity, and eating less meat—that have been shown to help us live younger and healthier for longer. At once a roadmap for taking charge of our own health September 2019 destiny and a bold new vision for the future of humankind, Lifespan will forever change the way we think about why we age and what we can do about it. Arabic Arab Scientific • A New York Times bestseller Chinese (sim) CITIC • Dr. Sinclair was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people on Earth Chinese (comp) Commonwealth • A Der Spiegel bestseller Czech Jan Melvil Praise for LIFESPAN: Dutch Het Spectrum French EPFL “LIFESPAN is entertaining and fast-paced — a whirlwind tour of the recent past and a near future that will see 90 become the new 70.” -Nature Finnish Aula Kustannus German Dumont “In this insightful and provocative book that asks questions about how we age, and whether humans can overcome decay and degeneration, Sinclair grapples with Italian Verduci some of the most fundamental questions around the science of aging. The result is Japanese Toyo Keizai Inc. an elegant and exciting book that deserves to be read broadly and deeply.” —Siddhartha Mukherjee. Author of Pulitzer Prize winning The Emperor of All Maladies Korean Bookie Lithuanian Kitos Knygos Dr. David Sinclair is professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School and Founding Znak Director of the Paul F. Glenn Center for the Biological Mechanisms of Aging at Polish Harvard. Named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people on Portuguese (Bra) Alta Books earth, Dr. Sinclair obtained his Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics at the Romanian Lifestyle University of New South Wales and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at MIT with Dr. Leonard Guarente, where he co-discovered a cause of Russian Portal aging for yeast and rose to prominence for his pioneering work on Spanish PRH/Grijalbo resveratrol and sirtuins, genes that enhance performance and health. Dr. Sinclair has published 153 papers in journals including Science, Cell, and Thai Amarin many others; his work has been featured widely in the popular media, Turkish Epsilon including 60 Minutes, NBC, NOVA, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, and Fortune; and he has founded and co-directed nine biotechnology companies since 2005, which have attracted more than $2 billion in investment. Germany
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WILD SOULS: What We Owe Animals in a Humanized World by EMMA MARRIS In the tradition of The Soul of the Octopus and What a Fish Knows, Emma Marris’s WILD SOULS confronts some of the most urgent questions surrounding our responsibility to wild animals, and what those answers mean to their very survival. Our relationship with the natural environment—and the animals who share that space—is undergoing a dramatic change. In light of our significant impact on nearly every inch of habitable space, either through development, climate change or human interaction, we have become unwitting stewards of even the wildest of animals. In an age where Fiona the Hippo can be a social media star and a grieving Orca in Puget Sound can capture significant media attention, animals—wild and domesticated—have become interwoven into our existence to an astonishing degree. Marris will explore the different sides of these human/animal conflicts through in-depth reporting into specific examples from around the globe before finally leaving the reader with the framework of how to answer his or her own questions about what it means to share our planet. Is hunting acceptable? Should an “invasive” species be killed? When is genetically modifying an entire species acceptable? What about providing Bloomsbury veterinary care? Recent scientific research is proving that animals are smarter than we ever Spring 2021 imagined, with some species even possessing the potential for complex emotions and social lives. And Emma Marris will help define and answer the complex questions that come with a radical shift in our long-held beliefs. Format: proposal Marris is an award-winning journalist based in Oregon. She writes for The Atlantic, The New York Times, National Geographic and Outside Magazine, among many others. Her work has appeared in www.emmamarris.com the “Best America Science Writing 2016” and won an award from the National Association of Science @Emma_Marris Writers for an essay about wilderness in Orion. She is best known for her previous book, Rambunctious Garden (Bloomsbury, 2011) and subsequent TED Talk urging the importance of letting @Emma_Marris children experience the outdoors.
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OUTRAGE MACHINE: Why Rational People Become Righteous, Scared and Angry on Social Media— and What This Means for Democracy by Tobias Rose-Stockwell An exploration of the effects of our current social media-based information system on our ability to communicate with one another, discern friends from foes, and maintain a functional Western democracy, pitched as The Righteous Mind meets Factfulness for the smart phone era. Hachette Tobias Rose-Stockwell is a writer, technologist and media researcher Piatkus who explores the effects of social media on society and democracy. 2021 Tobias’s work has been featured in major outlets such as FastCompany, Quartz, Medium, NPR, the BBC and many others. His most recent Format: proposal feature in The Atlantic, co-authored with New York Times bestselling Korean Sigongsa author Jonathan Haidt, discusses how social media is changing democracy. 31
THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PROCESS: How Anyone Can Turn an Unsolved Problem into a Successful Business by DANNY WARSHAY
From entrepreneur and the creator of Ivy League Brown University’s highest-rated course, a book on how to create enduring businesses.
We live in a world full of problems, and business offers a compelling path to solve them. For this reason, business isn’t just for “businesspeople” anymore. Increasingly, it’s the historians, St. Martin’s Press philosophers, rocket scientists, and everyone else who are launching Piatkus the most interesting businesses to solve problems big and small. Spring 2021 That’s why at Brown, everyone from English majors and future Fulbright scholars, to chemical engineering majors and art students at RISD, rank Danny’s course as the most life-changing course on campus. Format: proposal They learned that you don’t need to be a consultant or have an MBA to turn a solution to a problem into a lucrative new venture. In THE Chinese (simplified) Winshare ENTREPRENEURIAL PROCESS, he will first change how readers think Chinese (complex) Crown about business—seeing an unmet need, finding a solution, and scaling Japanese Hayakawa it into an enduring business—before showing them how to put it into Korean Business Books practice. Thousands of students have launched hundreds of successful companies after taking this course—a testament to the effectiveness of his method.
In the tradition of Ivy League courses turned bestselling books, THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PROCESS will reach audiences familiar with the bestsellers Designing Your Life by Stanford's Bill Burnett and Dave Evans and The Lean Startup by Eric Reis.
Danny Warshay holds an MBA from Harvard and a BA from Brown. In addition to teaching, he is the executive director of Brown’s Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship, which hosts leading business leaders like Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan and AWAY luggage founder Stephanie Korey (both on the board). His contacts include bestselling business authors such as Clayton Christianson, Noam Wasserman, and Theresa Amabile.
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BLUE COLLAR CASH: Love Your Work, Secure Your Future, and Find Happiness for Life by KEN RUSK
A prescriptive and timely guide to finding success and happiness without a college degree by Ken Rusk, the Ohio-based entrepreneur and “million-dollar ditch digger” who believes it is time to celebrate the possibilities and financial opportunities that a Blue-Collar life can bring.
In a period of skyrocketing student loan debt without the promise of high-paying employment, and in an economy in desperate need of skilled tradespeople, many are seeking new paths. Ken Rusk, the “million-dollar ditch digger,” is here to show you that blue-collar trades are a source of pride and that you can—and will—find your version of happiness by pursuing a good old-fashioned craft. Dey Street (WE) In BLUE COLLAR CASH, Ken shares his insights from over 30 years May 2020 working in blue collar trades as an entrepreneur, mentor, and life coach. Ken knows from his own experience—first as a young kid Format: manuscript digging ditches, and then as the owner of a successful concrete construction business—that working with your hands at a job that Korean Uknow Books takes skill and practice can be monumentally rewarding and life- affirming. Since then, he has built a multi-million-dollar business and gone on to mentor hundreds of employees in how to manage their money and set achievable goals.
Using the stories of those who have discovered lives of comfort, peace, and freedom, Ken creates a step-by-step, interactive guide— including financial planning and savings advice—to creating alternative and realistic routes to success and fulfillment.
Ken Rusk is a blue-collar construction business entrepreneur who has launched multiple successful endeavors over the last thirty years. For the first three years of his working life, he dug ditches around foundations to prevent flooding. For the next thirty, he dug his way to a good life, one shovel of dirt at a time, and is teaching others to do the same. Rusk has extensive experience in hiring, training, and developing first-time job seekers, particularly those without college degrees. He lives in Toledo, Ohio, where he runs Rusk Industries, Inc., which specializes in waterproofing services and products.
www.kenrusk.com - @ KenRuskOfficial
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THE MIRACLE EQUATION The Two Decisions That Move Your Biggest Goals from Possible, to Probable, to Inevitable by HAL ELROD
A brand-new book focused on overcoming challenges from the international bestselling author of The Miracle Morning.
THE MIRACLE EQUATION offers Hal’s newest life-changing practice, revealing the power of unwavering faith and extraordinary effort to help you transform your life. THE MIRACLE EQUATION is based on the mindset that Hal credits for helping him recover from a debilitating head-on collision with a drunk driver when he was 20, and also for beating an aggressive form of leukemia last year. Now cancer-free, Hal’s latest book will help you overcome any challenge and become the person you need to be to achieve every goal. The tools of THE MIRACLE EQUATION include the Miracle Mantra, a practice for Harmony persevering through any obstacle or doubt; a system for breaking your biggest goals into manageable chunks you can tackle every day; and other time-tested John Murray rituals of top performers. April 2019
• #1 bestselling author of what’s widely regarded as “one of the most life- Chinese (com) Athena Press changing books ever written” Chinese (sim) Grand China • The Miracle Morning has sold in 38 territories Czech Euromedia Estonian Million Mindset Ou Praise for THE MIRACLE EQUATION: French First
“THE MIRACLE EQUATION isn’t just a book, it’s the formula that I myself have German Irisiana used to achieve greatness beyond what I ever believed was possible. Hal Elrod Greek Dioptra has taken the mystery out of miracles and gives you a simple, proven formula Italian Macro for creating extraordinary results in your life. Highly recommended.” —Lewis Howes, New York Times bestselling author Korean Hanbit Biz Mongolian Edc For Youth, Ngo "You're only two decisions away from achieving everything you want. And my friend, Hal Elrod, has simplified these two decisions into a simple equation for Polish Galaktyka achieving results. Follow it, and your success is virtually guaranteed. If you Portuguese (Bra) Record want your biggest goals to move from possible, to probable, to inevitable, you Portuguese (Port) Bertrand better read THE MIRACLE EQUATION." —Mel Robbins, bestselling author of The 5-Second Rule Russian Mann, Ivanov & Ferber Spanish Paidos “Hal Elrod is the Miracle Man. From defying death twice to changing the world Vietnamese Nha Nham with his book, THE MIRACLE MORNING, he's living proof that THE MIRACLE EQUATION works. Read this book and create everything you've ever wanted for your life.” —JJ Virgin, New York Times bestselling author
Hal Elrod is not only a bestselling author, but also a Hall of Fame business achiever, one of America’s top Success Coaches, an ultra-marathon runner, and a grateful husband and father. Hal’s greatest triumph came at age 20 after he was hit head-on by a drunk driver and found dead at the scene. Hal defied the logic of doctors and bounced back to prove that all of us are capable of overcoming extraordinary adversity to create fantastic results in our personal and professional lives. Hal has appeared on dozens of TV and radio shows across the country, and he’s been featured in numerous books, including The Education of Millionaires, the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, Cutting Edge Sales, The 800-Pound Gorilla of Sales, and Releasing the Chains.
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THE MILLIONAIRE’S JOURNEY: A Roadmap to Financial Freedom by JOHN LEE DUMAS
Prolific business interviewer uses lessons from his iconic daily podcast, Entrepreneurs On Fire, to prepare readers for the milestones and obstacles that come on their journeys to becoming millionaires.
Through anecdotes from JLD’s life and the lives of ordinary millionaires who aren’t household names, John Lee Dumas will take readers from identifying their own Big Idea to turning that idea into revenue with advice on vital steps such as productivity, creating systems, and building a team. HarperLeadership Spring 2021 After serving as an active duty Army Officer for four years, dropping out of Law School and Corporate Finance before moving into Commercial Real Estate, no one would have ever expected JLD would Format: proposal become a millionaire. Today, he makes $300K+ a month. Having spoken to thousands of millionaires and having become an unlikely one himself, JLD has gained a unique firsthand vantage on the entrepreneurial journey. While his podcast does a great job showing listeners that there are as many ways to make a million dollars as there are entrepreneurs, THE MILLIONAIRE’S JOURNEY will be a great opportunity for JLD to share some common milestones and obstacles he has seen successful entrepreneurs encounter on the road to financial freedom.
For instance, most entrepreneurs begin with a calling for more financial freedom, and then they face a period of doubting whether they can listen to that calling. They usually have mentors and trials. There is temptation and a boon. And once they have achieved financial freedom, they have to cross another threshold of building a company that works without them, so they can truly be free.
THE MILLIONAIRE’S JOURNEY is an entrepreneurial roadmap
• His podcast has been awarded “Best of iTunes” • JLD has been featured in Forbes, Inc., Fast Company, and Entrepreneur as well as in Gary Vee’s bestselling book Crushing It
JLD is the most prolific business interviewer in podcasting: his iconic daily podcast, Entrepreneurs On Fire, has been downloaded more than 70 million times and receives 1 million listens per month.
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THE BULLET JOURNAL METHOD:
Track the Past, Order the Present, Design Penguin/Portfolio the Future HarperCollins UK by RYDER CARROLL October 2018 For years Ryder Carroll tried countless organizing systems, online and off, but none of them fit the way his mind worked. Out of sheer necessity, he developed a method called the Bullet Journal that helped him become Catalan Columna Ediciones consistently focused and effective. When he started sharing his system Chinese (com) Cwm with friends who faced similar challenges, it went viral. Just a few years Chinese (sim) Beijing United later, to his astonishment, Bullet Journaling is now a global movement. Sky Croatian Koncept Polish Otwarte THE BULLET JOURNAL METHOD is about much more than organizing your Czech Jan Melvil Portuguese (Bra) notes and to-do lists. It’s about what Carroll calls “intentional living”: Danish Rosinante Companhia das Letras weeding out distractions and focusing your time and energy in pursuit of Dutch A.W. Bruna Portuguese (Port) what’s truly meaningful, in both your work and your personal life. It’s Estonian Varrak about spending more time with what you care about, by working on fewer Lua De Papel Finnish Otava things. His new book shows you how to track the past, order the present, Romanian Publica French Fayard and design the future. Russian Eksmo German Rowohlt Slovak Ikar Hungarian Édesviz New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Spiegel Spanish Planeta Italian Mondadori Online Best Seller Swedish Volante Japanese Diamond Ryder’s tutorial video on YouTube has been viewed over 6 Thai Bookscape Korean Hanbit Biz million times Turkish Turkuvaz Mongolian EDC Mongolia Ukrainian Vivat www.bulletjournal.com - @rydercarroll - @bulletjournal Norwegian Gyldendal
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HAPPY MONEY: The Japanese Art of Making Peace
with Your Money Arabic Jarir Bookstore by KEN HONDA Australian Penguin What Marie Kondo’s THE LIFE-CHANGING MAGIC OF TIDYING UP did for your living Chinese (simplified) Xiron space, Ken Honda’s HAPPY MONEY will do for your wallet. Croatian Centar Za Osobnu Ken Honda—Japan’s #1 bestselling personal development guru—knows that getting rich Izvrsnost quick is no way to achieve happiness. Too often, money is a source of fear, stress, and anger, often breaking apart relationships and even ruining lives. We like to think Czech Dobrovsky money is just a number or a piece of paper, but it is so much more than that. Money Dutch Xander has the ability to smile, it changes when it is given with a certain feeling, and the energy with which it imbues us impacts not only ourselves, but others as well. Although German Ullstein Ken Honda is often called a “money guru,” his real job over the past decade has been Greek Iviskos Publications to help others discover the tools they already possess to heal their own lives and relationships with money. Now, in practical and accessible language, the “Zen Korean TheNam millionaire” explains how to achieve peace of mind when it comes to money. Italian Macro Learn how to treat money as a welcome guest, allowing it to come and go with respect Latin American Oceano Gallery and without resentment; understand and improve your money EQ; unpack the myth of Polish GW Foksal scarcity; and embrace the process of giving money, not just receiving it. John Murray Portuguese (Bra) Sextante Best seller in Japan Portuguese (Port) Bertrand June 2019 Over 7 million copies of Ken’s books have sold in Japan Spanish Ático de los libros Ken Honda is a bestselling author of self-development books in Japan. His books have Russian Eksmo www.kenhonda.tokyo sold over 7 million copies. His expertise comes from owning and managing several businesses, including an accounting company, management consulting firm, and a Thai B2S venture capital corporation. To date, Ken has published more than 110 books, has Vietnamese Huy Hoang recorded weekly podcasts for 4 years, and has held seminars and conferences all over Japan for the last 12 years. 36
GOOD MORNING, I LOVE YOU Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Practices to Rewire Your Brain for Calm, Clarity, and Joy by Dr. Shauna Shapiro
Learn how self-compassion can change everything about how you feel, how you relate, and how you live—for good.
Many of us yearn to feel a greater sense of inner calm, ease, joy, and purpose. We have tried meditation and found it too difficult. We judge ourselves for being no good at emptying our minds (as if one ever could) or compare ourselves with yogis who seem to have it all together. We live in a steady state of “not good enough.” It does not have to be this way.
In GOOD MORNING, I LOVE YOU, Dr. Shauna Shapiro brings alive the brain science behind why we feel the way we do―about ourselves, each other, and the world―and explains why we get stuck in thinking that doesn’t serve us. It turns out that we are hardwired to be self-critical and negative! And this negativity is constantly undermining our experience of life.
“It is never too late to rewire your brain for positivity―for calm, clarity, and joy,” writes Dr. Shapiro. “I know this is possible because I experienced it. Best of all, you Sounds True can begin wherever you are.” In short, lively chapters laced with science, wisdom, and story, Shapiro, one of the leading scientists studying the effects of mindfulness on Octopus the brain, shows us that acting with kindness and compassion toward ourselves is the key. January 2020
With her roadmap to guide you, including her signature “good morning, I love you” practice, in which you deliberately greet yourself each day with these simple words, Dutch Gottmer you can change your brain’s circuitry and steady yourself in feelings of deep calm, German Irisiana clarity, and joy. For good. Korean Rok Media Praise for GOOD MORNING, I LOVE YOU: Hebrew Matar “A beautifully written, inspiring, yet highly practical book on how to cultivate Portuguese 20|20 mindfulness and self-compassion. Equal parts wisdom, science, and personal story, it Spanish Planeta will surely transform the lives of those who read it.” ―Kristin Neff, PhD, co-author of The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook
“Shauna Shapiro offers us the gift of a well-proven path to peace and joy in our lives.” ―Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence
“Dr. Shapiro is one of the most thoughtful, dedicated, and articulate scientists in the field of mindfulness and compassion. Drawing on her decades of personal practice and research, she has written a practical manual that can help you attain greater clarity, calm, and joy.”―Andrew Weil, MD, author of Spontaneous Happiness and Eight Weeks to Optimum Health
"This brilliant book offers us both the science and practice of how self-kindness is the secret sauce of fulfillment, transformation, and joy." ―Lorin Roche, meditation teacher and author of The Radiance Sutras
Dr. Shapiro is a professor at Santa Clara University and studies the intersection of neuroscience and mindfulness. She works with veterans suffering from PTSD, patients going through breast cancer treatment, and high-power executives obsessed with performance. She has published 100+ peer-reviewed papers and was the co-recipient of a $1.6 mil NIH grant in 2016. Besides having been published widely and featured in popular press, she has personal connections to Deepak Chopra, Eckhart Tolle, Ariana Huffington, Dr. Tara Brach, and many other luminaries. Her 2017 Tedx Talk, “What You Practice Grows Stronger,” received over 700,000 views in the first year.
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FAST. FEAST. REPEAT: The Comprehensive Guide to Delay, Don't Deny® Intermittent Fasting by GIN STEPHENS
An intermittent fasting guide introducing for the first time in print Gin Stephens' popular Clean Fast Protocol, as well as a 21-Day Quick Start Guide, based on the health and weight loss secrets she has learned from years of research and coaching tens of thousands of fans online.
Change when you eat and change your body, your health, and your life!
Diets don’t work. You know that, and yet you continue to try them, because what else can you do? You can Fast. Feast. Repeat. After losing over eighty pounds and keeping every one of them off, Gin Stephens started a vibrant, successful online community with hundreds of thousands of members from around the world who have learned the magic of a Delay, Don’t Deny® intermittent fasting lifestyle. FAST. FEAST. REPEAT. has it all! You’ll learn how to work a variety of St. Martin’s Press intermittent fasting approaches into your life, no matter what your circumstances or schedule. Once you’ve ignited your fat-burning superpower, Spring 2020 you’ll get rid of “diet brain” forever, tweak your protocol until it’s second nature, and learn why IF is a lifestyle, not a diet. Format: proposal FAST. FEAST. REPEAT. is for everyone! Beginners will utilize the 28-Day FAST Start. Experienced intermittent fasters will strengthen their intermittent fasting practice, work on their mindset, and read about the latest research out of top universities supporting intermittent fasting as the health plan with a side effect of weight loss. Still have questions? Gin has you covered! All of the most frequently asked intermittent fasting questions are answered in the exhaustive FAQ section.
• Gin’s Facebook groups have over 300,000 members
Praise for previous book, DELAY, DON’T DENY:
“Gin Stephens has knocked one out of the park with Delay, Don’t Deny. As you read this (several times), you’ll find yourself getting lost in “a conversation” you’re having with Gin. She’s fun, and easy to talk to, but she dishes out some tough love as well! ... My single hope is that you take your time and truly appreciate the science she covers here. Intermittent fasting is the real deal.” —Dr. Kenneth Power, MD, CFPC
Gin Stephens is the author of Delay, Don’t Deny: Living an Intermittent Fasting Lifestyle, an Amazon #1 best seller in the weight loss category. Gin has been living the intermittent fasting lifestyle since 2014. This lifestyle shift allowed her to lose over 80 lbs. and launch her intermittent fasting website, four Facebook support groups, four self-published books, and two top-ranked podcasts—Intermittent Fasting Stories and The Intermittent Fasting Podcast. Gin graduated from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition’s Health Coach Training Program (2019). She earned a Doctor of Education degree in Gifted and Talented Education (2009), a Master's degree in Natural Sciences (1997), and a Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education (1990). www.ginstephens.com - @Gin_Stephens - @GinStephens 38
IT TAKES GRIT: The Go-To Guide to Level Up Your Life―Strengthen, Energize, Elevate, and Conquer by REBECCA LOUISE
Ready to transform your body and mind into the healthiest, happiest you? You’re going to need enthusiasm, an open mind, and a good deal of grit.
In IT TAKES GRIT, fitness expert and mindset coach Rebecca Louise shares a practical no-BS guide to take your workouts, health, and your motivation to the next level—along with a 30-day challenge to kick-start your results.
Through her ultra-popular YouTube channel and social media, Rebecca Louise has helped millions of people improve their mindset and achieve their wellness goals. The secret behind Rebecca’s success isn’t just her cheeky British humor or her adorable dog Alphie; people come to Rebecca because she’s shared many of the same experiences—she knows what’s it’s like to feel lost, unable to find the right career, live broke, go through a divorce, and struggle with a negative relationship with food. It wasn’t until she changed her mindset and started to master high-performance habits that she truly found her way to a career she loved and a healthy lifestyle.
Now, in IT TAKES GRIT, Rebecca shares her tried-and-true tools to lock onto your purpose, uncover your inner grit, and get in the right mindset to go after your goals: BenBella • the 10 healthy habits that changed her life (see: not living in fear of carbs) August 2020 • an action plan to get started no matter where you are right now (emotionally, physically, and mentally) • instructions for how to build an optimal morning routine, fitness schedule and meal plans that will never go out of style • tips for staying on track and remaining inspired no matter what life throws at you • nutrition plans that will fuel your body (and never leave you hungry) • a “no excuses” fitness plan that actually fits into your lifestyle
Rebecca also shares targeted daily workouts to make sure you’re never overworking your body, easy-to-follow meal plans that include recipes for every meal, and daily tasks that will help you reset your mindset and get to the next level. IT TAKES GRIT will give you the tools needed to enhance your life and create positive, lasting changes—all to help you take control of your health and happiness.
IT TAKES GRIT will give you the tools needed to enhance your life and create positive, lasting changes—all to help you take control of your health and happiness.
Originally from the UK, Rebecca Louise came to the USA at 23 on a whim to get her commercial pilot's license, which she completed out of the Long Beach, CA airport. Although Rebecca loved flying, it was not her ultimate passion. After obtaining her work visa to come to the states, she was cast on a fitness Youtube channel. This is where Rebecca’s love for fitness, helping people, and hosting came alive. Since then, her Youtube views have surpassed over 400 million, and Rebecca went on to create her Fitness and Nutrition App, BURN.
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THE ART & SCIENCE OF ACROYOGA: How to Use Balance & Connection to Ease St. Martin’s Press Pain and Increase Strength, Mobility, and Focus Spring 2021
By JASON NEMER Format: proposal AcroYoga is a movement practice that combines the balance and connection of yoga with the fitness and intensity of acrobatics, as well as the holistic healing power of physical therapy. People come to it because www.jasonnemer.com they have chronic pain and are looking for a long-term solution to manage it, they want to lose weight, gain muscle or increase their mobility, or they want to experience it with their friends or partners to deepen their @JasonNemer relationships. Some even just want to have some fun together. Much like the CrossFit community that propelled Dr. Kelly Starrett’s Becoming a Supple Leopard to bestseller success, the people who practice AcroYoga are committed to and passionate about their practice. The success of Jason’s self-published book, which he has never promoted in any real way, is evidence of this passion.
In THE ART & SCIENCE OF ACROYOGA, Jason will share the core principles of AcroYoga for athletic performance and for life, as well as 10 key areas of training (strength, flexibility, technique, balance, breath, gravity, relationships, mental, emotional, and sustainability). He will also offer specific exercises and routines for how to train safely and effectively in each area.
Jason has taught AcroYoga in over sixty countries There are licensed AcroYoga teachers in over sixty countries
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HEALING SIBO: The 21-Day Diet Plan to Banish Bloat, Fix Your Gut, and Balance Your Weight By SHIVAN SARNA An estimated 25 to 45 million people in the US alone suffer from SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth), yet they are not getting the answers they need from their doctors. Having dealt with SIBO for nearly her entire life (though she wasn’t diagnosed until well into adulthood), Shivan created SIBO SOS as a one-stop online resource for people like herself. She now has over 95,000 email subscribers, and her online summits are attended by 100,000+ participants per summit. She has interviewed dozens of experts, including TV personality Dr. Partha Nandi and bestselling author Dr. Eric Zielinski, and tried every diet there is. Shivan is excited to share everything she has learned, and the diet plan she now follows as a result, because she knows it really works. The SIBO Specific Diet can seem counterintuitive at first: high fiber foods are supposed to be good Avery for gut health, but they are bad for SIBO because they are highly fermentable and cause bloating; grapes and oranges are fine, but apples and cherries are not (it has to do with the way the fiber January 2021 and sugars react with the bacteria in your gut); and you can still have clover honey and dark chocolate, but all other fermentable sugars are off limits.
Shivan will walk the reader through every aspect of SIBO: from what it is and how you can get it www.sibosos.com (the most common cause is food poisoning, but there other, more innocuous causes—such as @ShivanSarna getting hit in the stomach with a soccer ball as a child), to how to treat it and what to do if your SIBO relapses, as it does for up to two thirds of people who receive medical treatment for SIBO. @ShivanSarna 40 Sneak Peek…
21ST CENTURY MEDICINE: Stop Disease Before It Starts by Leroy Hood, MD, PhD and Nathan Price, PhD 21ST CENTURY MEDICINE is an exploration of the different factors impacting our health and how personalized medicine will revolutionize our approach to health.
In the not-too-distant future, half of the population will live to the age of 100. If you want to be in that half, the tools exist today to guide you to choices that will add a decade of great health, free of chronic illness and hospital stays, to the average person’s life. 21ST CENTURY MEDICINE will show what this means for each of us, and how it should shape the choices we make today so that we can prevent disease in our own lives.
Yes, genes matter. But our genes only affect 30% of our health destiny. Our lifestyle and environment have a much bigger impact: 60%. And health care accounts for 10%. In the last century, medicine focused mainly on the 10% affected by health care. The future of medicine, however, will finally unlock the potential of the other 90% to guide us to individual choices that give us longer, healthier lives. Harvard University A seminal work in the vein of Dr. David Agus’s The End of Illness or Dr. Michael Greger’s How Not Press/Belknap Press to Die, this book will change how we think about good health forever. Spring 2021
Dr. Hood is a world-renowned biologist and recipient of the 2011 National Medal of Science from Format: proposal President Obama. Over his 55+ year career Dr. Hood has published 850+ papers, received 37 Korean Rok Media patents, and cofounded 17 companies. He invented the automated DNA sequencing technology that enabled the Human Genome Project, one of the 20th century’s landmark scientific https://systemsbiology.org/ accomplishments. Nathan Price, PhD is a professor at the Institute of Systems Biology and a rising star in the world of personalized medicine. @ISBLeeHood
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EVERYDAY TRAUMAS: Training the Brain to Recover from Anxiety, Depression, and PTSD in 8 Weeks By DR. TRACEY SHORS For the last 30 years, Dr. Tracey Shors has been researching the effects of stress and trauma on the brain—particularly the female brain. Her pioneering work has shed light on how the we learn, how the brain generates new neurons, and Flatiron how traumatic experiences—whether those experiences singularly intense and dramatic, like a car accident, or whether they are small and cumulative, like small daily harassments from a coworker—affect our ability to learn new skills and Vermilion recover after we have experienced trauma. She has long been interested in the slight but impactful differences between how the male brain recovers and how the female brain recovers after trauma, and she designed some of the Winter 2021 earliest studies into the subject.
EVERYDAY TRAUMAS shares for the first time in print her clinically tested program for stress recovery: MAP Training, a uniquely effective intervention that has been shown to reduce physiological and psychological symptoms of PTSD, stress and anxiety after just a few weeks of following the program. Dr. Shors’s simple “sit, walk, sweat” program is firmly rooted in findings from her labs at Princeton and Rutgers, and has been shown to be effective with a wide range of participants, from victims of sexual trauma and women living in halfway homes, to Ivy League university students suffering from test anxiety.
Dr. Shors is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology and Center for Collaborative Neuroscience at Rutgers University. Her research has been funded by the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, National Institutes of Mental Health and the National Science Foundation, and she has more than 130 scientific publications in outlets such as Nature, Science, Journal of Neuroscience, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, and Scientific American. She previously spent six years at Princeton University as an assistant professor working on brain plasticity and sex differences in learning, and holds M.A. and PhD degrees from the University of Southern California, where she also did several years of post-doctoral laboratory work as a Research Associate in Neural, Informational, and Behavioral Sciences. MAP training has been featured on NBC Nightly News and in the New York Times, Psychology Today, The Washington Post, Huffington Post, and Shape magazine. 41 Did you miss…
YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS BRAIN CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE: Overcome Obstacles, Heal Your Body, and Reach Any Goal with a Revolutionary Technique By DR. MIKE DOW New York Times bestselling author Mike Dow offers a groundbreaking approach to activate the subconscious brain, to set yourself free from your past and create a terrific future.
Have you ever been surprised by the power of your subconscious brain? Perhaps it took control of the wheel as your conscious mind was busy tackling a problem during a 30-minute drive home. You barely remember making your way from the office, but then your car ended up safely in your driveway. Perhaps a name escaped you at some point during your day. Despite trying your hardest to remember it, the conscious parts of your brain couldn’t retrieve what you were seeking. Then, Hay House your subconscious worked its magic and presented you with the answer hours later. It had been hard at work for you this whole time, and you didn’t even realize it! March 2019
In YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS BRAIN CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE, Dr. Mike Dow shares a program he created: subconscious-based cognitive therapy (SBCT) and the cutting-edge tools to help you learn Croatian Harfa how to speak directly to your subconscious brain and tap into your greatest strengths, gifts, and resources. His program starts with cognitive therapy, then incorporates various types of Greek Dioptra subconscious tools: mindfulness, relaxation training, hypnosis, meditation, cognitive rehearsal, Spanish Obelisco and guided imagery. Russian Portal Dr. Mike Dow is a widely respected integrated psychotherapist, perhaps best known for his role as one of Dr. Oz’s Miracle Workers. In his recurring segments on The Dr. Oz Show, Dr. Mike reveals www.drmikedow.com secrets about foods, herbs, supplements, and other aids to boost our brain chemistry in near- miraculous ways. Dr. Mike is also a contributor for The Huffington Post, where he writes about @DoctorMikeDow physical and mental health in a lively, accessible way. @drmikedow
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REBUILD YOUR BONES: The 12-Week Osteoporosis Protocol by MIRA CALTON, CN, and JAYSON CALTON, PhD Your first step on the path to total bone health.
An osteoporosis diagnosis can feel like a debilitating life sentence—one that leaves you feeling stuck with a future of prescription drugs that only might keep the condition from worsening. Mira Calton, CN and Jayson Calton, PhD have discovered a better way to prevent and even reverse the disease through the power of micronutrient therapy. The secret to building strong bones lies in the right combination of micronutrients— the vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids, and amino acids in the foods we eat and supplements we take.
In REBUILD YOUR BONES, the Caltons reveal how our dietary, lifestyle, and even supplementation routines may be depleting these essential micronutrients, and share the 40 healing habits scientifically proven to build stronger bones. They also provide an easy-to-follow Harmony/Rodale plan to reverse these effects, including recipes and meal plans, exercise advice, and supplement recommendations. If you’re looking for a pharmaceutical-free way to restore your bone health, September 2019 look no further—this is the definitive guide to safely and naturally stave off osteoporosis and reclaim your health. www.caltonnutrition.com JAYSON CALTON, Ph.D., and MIRA CALTON, CN, are among the world's leading experts in micronutrients and dietary supplement science. Fellows of the American Association of Integrative @caltonnutrition Medicine (AAIM), board certified in Integrative Health (BCIH), and on the American Board of @caltonnutrition Integrated Health (ABIH), the Caltons operate Calton Nutrition and The Calton Institute of Lifestyle Medicine in Florida. They are the authors of The Micronutrient Miracle, Naked Calories, and Rich Food Poor Food. They have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, First for Women, and Prevention and on Fox, CNN, and PBS. 42
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