Perseus International Rights Foreign Rights Guide Fall 2014
Perseus Books Group Imprints
Basic Books ...... 3 Da Capo Press ...... 16 Da Capo Lifelong Books ...... 25 Nation Books ...... 37 PublicAffairs ...... 40 Running Press ...... 48 Seal Press ...... 59 Weinstein Books ...... 63 Westview Press ...... 65
Client Publishers Amherst Media ...... 67 BenBella Books ...... 71 Hazelden Publishing ...... 86 Oneworld ...... 92 Pear Press ...... 104 Redleaf Press ...... 105 Roaring Forties Press ...... 109 Santa Monica Press ...... 111 Visible Ink Press ...... 114 West Hills Press and Hundreds of Heads Books ...... 118 Wharton Digital Press ...... 123
Subject Index ...... 124 International Subagents ...... 128
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Basic Books
Ruth DeFries The Big Ratchet: How Humanity Thrives in the Face of Natural Crisis A Biography of an Ingenious Species “An admirable history of human ingenuity that does not claim it will overcome such looming crises as overpopulation and global warming.” —Kirkus Reviews
“DeFries places her faith in human creativity as a primary means to our survival, an appealing point of view for the hopeful but concerned reader.” —Publishers Weekly
“Is there a tale more astonishing and improbable than the human story? Lurching between triumph and catastrophe, humankind has transformed itself from a run-of- the-mill forager on the African savanna into a species that dominates every corner of the planet. Now, as our numbers surpass 7 billion, Ruth DeFries shows how our remarkable past can serve as a guide to thinking about our uncertain future. Neither a hymn to optimism nor an invocation of catastrophe, The Big Ratchet is an essential account of how we got to be where we are.” —Charles C. Mann, author of 1491
Ruth DeFries has received many honors, including election into the US National Academy of Sciences in 2006 and the MacArthur Fellowship “Genius” award in 2007; she was also selected as a Fulbright scholar for research in India in 2006. DeFries received her PhD from Johns Hopkins University. She has taught undergraduate and graduate classes about the global environment and sustainable development for over 15 years.
September 2014 • Science/History • 300 pages World Rights: Basic Books; Japanese: Nikkei Publishing Co.
Nazila Fathi The Lonely War: One Woman’s Account of the Battle for Modern Iran “The Lonely War reveals a new Nazila Fathi: not just the intrepid New York Times correspondent, but also a woman struggling through life in turbulent Iran. This book, like Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis, mixes the personal with the political against a backdrop of war and revolution. Provocative, moving, insightful, and full of scary characters, The Lonely War takes us deep inside one of the world’s most fascinating societies.” —Stephen Kinzer, author of All the Shah’s Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
“A provocative first-hand account of how the Iranian middle class survived the Islamic revolution, eventually rising like the phoenix from the ashes to claim its place in society and politics. Insightful, empathetic, and gripping, this is a story of a nation’s despair and hope and a window onto what the future holds for Iran.” —Vali Nasr, author of Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat
Nazila Fathi, currently a writer for NPR and Foreign Policy and a commentator for Voice of America Persian TV, is a fellow at Harvard’s Belfer Center; she was also a Nieman Fellow at Harvard from 2010 to 2011 and a Shorenstein Fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government in 2012. A frequent guest on the BBC, CNN, NPR, and Fox News, she has also written for the New York Review of Books, Time, Agence France-Presse, Harvard’s Nieman Reports, and the online news outlets openDemocracy and GlobalPost.
December 2014 • Current Affairs/Memoir • 256 pages • World Rights: Basic Books
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Jacob Soll The Reckoning: Financial Accountability and the Rise and Fall of Nations “[A] brilliant, deceptively brief book.... Soll pulls off the miracle of making his history not a monolith but a mosaic. He examines financial affairs in a dozen eras with a cultural historian’s flair for fidelity, but then assembles these fragments into a whole that leaves the reader satisfied with everything except the status quo.” —Los Angeles Review of Books
“Soll’s wry and lucid book traces this fraught relationship between accountability, economic success and political will from Renaissance Florence and the Netherlands to the larger modern republics of France and America, via the empires of Spain and Britain. In his hands, accountability and accountancy becomes a way of investigating the rise and fall of nations.... Without political will, financial accountability remains toothless, but what scope is there for rigorous accountability when the accountancy firms behind banks and corporations thought too big to fail are already their advisers and representatives? Perhaps some rather old lessons from the surprisingly exciting history of accountancy can help us deal with these not so very new problems.” —Financial Times
“Mr. Soll spices his story with big historical personalities.... [He] earns high marks for brevity ... as well as for scholarship.” —Wall Street Journal
“A rollicking historical narrative.” —New Zealand Herald
“Many have long known, or at least suspected, that CPAs rule the world. The proof is here. The Reckoning is a tale of power, empire, art and culture—and of their half-hidden puppetmasters from the Roman Empire to the Gilded Age.” —James K. Galbraith, author of The End of Normal
Jacob Soll is professor of history and accounting at the University of Southern California. He earned a DEA (1993) from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales and a PhD (1998) from Magdalene College, Cambridge University. Soll, author of The Information Master and Publishing The Prince, was awarded the 2011 MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant. His writing has appeared in the New York Times and New Republic among other publications. He speaks French, Italian, and Portuguese.
May 2014 • Economics/History • 352 pages World Rights: Basic Books; United Kingdom: Penguin; Portuguese (Brazil): Record; Portuguese (Portugal): Lua de Papel/Leya Group; Japanese: Bungei Shunju; Chinese: CITIC
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Andrew Ervin Pwning the Boss: A Noob’s Journey Through Videogame History Pwning the Boss is a first-person history of videogames as told by a new gamer—also known as a “noob”—Andrew Ervin. Learning the seminal games of the last half century on their original machines, Ervin brought a fresh pair of thumbs to experience them as their first players did, interviewing game journalists and creators along the way. Pwning the Boss is packed with original research and never-before-told stories, including how Adam Saltsman and Jason Rohrer managed to install their games in the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Ervin explores the way that video games are being recognized as an art form today and the important role these games now play in our culture. Wired together by Ervin’s engaging narrative of searching for an Atari 2600 or a supercomputer, this videogame history pulls readers from the earliest games, like Pac Man and Pong, to today’s massively multiplayer online roleplaying game frenzy, as it describes Ervin’s own journey from beginner “noob” to eventually “pwning” (owning) these games and their evolution. • Andrew Ervin is author of Extraordinary Renditions, a collection of novellas that PW named one of its best books of 2010. Ervin has written hundreds of essays and reviews for the New York Times Book Review, USA Today, Salon, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, and others. He holds a BA in Philosophy and Religion from Goucher College, an MA in English from Illinois State University, and an MFA in Fiction from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he studied with Richard Powers. He teaches part time at Temple University. In the early years of the internet, he worked as a video game developer in the Budapest, London, and New York offices of one of the first online gaming sites.
Fall 2016 • Computers and Technology/Games • 272 pages World Rights: Basic Books
Arnold Thackray with David Brock and Rachel Jones Moore’s Law: The Life of Gordon Moore, Silicon Valley’s Quiet Revolutionary This expansive biography shares the never-before-told story of Gordon Moore, the scientist who cofounded Intel, discovered Moore’s law (the observation that, over the history of computing hardware, the number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit doubles approximately every two years), and drove socioeconomic and technological change over the last 60 years. As a scientist in the 1950s, Moore made his law a self- fulfilling prophecy; the power of computers has increased exponentially into the technology we use today. With the fiftieth anniversary of this law around the corner, Dr. Arnold Thackray explores the life of this inventor and businessman whose influence on the world is at least as great as that of Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, or Bill Gates. Based on over 50 hours of interviews with Moore himself, this biography outlines his personal story, reveals how he shaped Silicon Valley and the larger world, and brings Moore’s advanced technology to life. • Arnold Thackray is president of the Chemical Heritage Foundation with a PhD from Cambridge. He has authored many books about the history of science and technology. He served as editor of the History of Science Society journals, Isis and Osiris, for 17 years. • David Brock is a senior research fellow with the Center for Contemporary History and Policy. As a historian of both science and technology, Brock studied at Brown University, the University of Edinburgh, and Princeton. • Rachel Jones is a London journalist and business writer who specializes in writing about technology and entrepreneurship.
May 2015 • Biography/Science and Technology • 480 pages World Rights: Basic Books
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Martin Ford Rise of the Robots: How Technology Will Transform the Future Job Market and Economy Martin Ford has worked in Silicon Valley for over 25 years, observing firsthand the extraordinary acceleration of technology. Now, he tells us about the risks of allowing technology to transform our economy and culture. In the spirit of Evgeny Morozov’s To Save Everything, Click Here and Sherry Turkle’s Alone Together, Ford argues that all these nifty artificially intelligent devices are not just on the cusp of making “good” jobs obsolete—they are already doing it. A computer wins the game show Jeopardy—big deal, right? Well, the same technology is making paralegals obsolete as it undertakes electronic discovery and will soon make radiologists obsolete too. And that, no doubt, will only be the beginning. Rise of the Robots focuses on structural unemployment and inequality resulting from accelerating progress in artificial intelligence, robotics, and other forms of job automation. In no way anti-technology or anti-progress, Ford calls on us to consider adapting our economic system to the new realities brought on by advancing technology and proposes pragmatic solutions along those lines. Sure to cause a stir, this is a must read for those in the economic, political, and technological circles. • Martin Ford has worked in Silicon Valley in finance at a high-tech company and founded several successful small software-design firms. He is recognized as one of a very small number of experts who have invested significant thought in, and produced a substantial body of writing on, the subject of technological unemployment, its implications, and possible solutions
Spring 2015 • Technology/Business • 256 pages • World Rights: Basic Books; United Kingdom: Oneworld; Chinese (simp.): CITIC
Wendell Wallach Dangerous Master: How to Keep Technology from Slipping Beyond our Control We generally associate scientific research and technological development with the promise of innovation and productivity—the goal is to create tools that will make our lives better, easier, and happier. Yet recently there has arisen widespread concern that technological development has become a juggernaut beyond human control. New tools such as 3-D printing, autonomous robots, cyberwar, synthetic organisms, toxic nanoparticles, Big Data and surveillance, designer babies, geoengineering, and complex financial computers threaten not only to outpace our understanding but also to disrupt the structure of society—and even threaten humanity at large. In Dangerous Master, ethicist Wendell Wallach offers a nuanced consideration of these fears and answers the question, What responsibility do we have for the technologies we build? He tells the story of the risks, harms, and social impact of new technologies, discusses the drivers of a scientific revolution that appears to be beyond control, and reflects on how we might give form to the future we are creating. The dangers of unbridled technological development are real. But, as Wallach argues, many of those dangers can be significantly reduced, freeing us to reap the rewards of scientific progress. What we need is a little foresight and the willingness to make hard choices. A major reconsideration of the dangers and benefits of our technological future, Tech Storm forces us to confront the purpose, human and moral, of ourselves and the things we build. • Wendell Wallach is a scholar at Yale University’s Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics. He is also a scholar with the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics, a fellow at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technology, and a visiting scholar at the Hastings Center. Wallach has been interviewed and quoted by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and BBC News. Formerly, he was a founder and president of two computer- consulting companies, Farpoint Solutions and Omnia Consulting, Inc. Among his clients were PepsiCo International, United Aircraft, and Connecticut State.
October 2014 • Science/Technology • 304 pages • World Rights: Basic Books
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Margaret Neale and Thomas Z. Lys Getting (More of) What You Want: Mastering the Secrets of Psychology and Economics for Negotiation Performance, Profit, and Prosperity Eminent business professors Margaret Neale and Thomas Z. Lys rely on cutting-edge research to move beyond classical understandings of negotiations, presenting a brand- new approach to deal making that combines the insights of modern economic and psychological perspectives. Leaving behind outdated frameworks, Neale and Lys draw on recent breakthroughs in behavioral and classical economics, including “limits to rationality,” to help negotiators understand their opponents’ perspectives, interests, and likely choices. What emerges is a more sophisticated approach, shifting from unrealistic “win-win” scenarios to a widely applicable, integrated strategy. Incorporating feedback from thousands of students and executives, Getting (More of) What You Want is an engaging and effective guide for readers seeking to prosper in all facets of life, from work to relationships and social interactions. • Margaret Neale is an Adams Distinguished Professor of Management at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University, where her research focuses primarily on negotiation and team performance. She has authored over 70 articles on the topics of bargaining and negotiation and coauthored three books. • Thomas Z. Lys is Eric L. Kohler Chair in Accounting at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. His work has been published in prominent academic journals, and he is editor of the Journal of Accounting and Economics. He has served as a consultant for General Electric and IBM.
May 2015 • Business • 272 pages World Rights: Basic Books; United Kingdom: Profile Books; Dutch: Maven
Raj Raghunathan, PhD If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Happy? The Surprising Path from Career Success to Life Success Most scientists and thinkers agree that happiness is among the most important goals in a person’s life. So why, then, aren’t smart, successful people happy? In If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Happy? Raj Raghunathan, who studies theories from psychology, the behavioral sciences, decision theory, and marketing to explain interrelationships between affect and consumption behavior, argues that smarts and success can actually obstruct the path to feeling truly happy. Using his own original research and a series of stories, he explores why intelligent people aren’t as happy as they could be. Raghunathan discusses the three needs that routinely distract people from happiness: the need for importance, the need to be loved, and the need for control. He also explains how beliefs about various issues—such as how to make the best decisions, how much to trust others, and the relationship between goals and emotions—have a negative influence on happiness and what can be done about this. Raghunathan examines the various definitions of happiness and which definition is “best” for maximizing it. Finally, he explores the common misconceptions that happiness is fleeting and the search for it shallow. • Raj Raghunathan, PhD, is associate professor at the University of Texas McCombs School of Business and one of the most popular bloggers for Psychology Today. He serves on the editorial board of Journal of Marketing and Journal of Consumer Psychology.
May 2015 • Business/Psychology • 288 pages World Rights: Basic Books; United Kingdom: Random House UK; Dutch: Business Contact; Korean: Gilbut Publications
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Andrew Palmer Smart Money: How High-Stakes Financial Innovation Is Reshaping Our World— for the Better Six years after the financial crisis, bankers and other Wall Street types remain villains in the public mind. The standard critique goes that they wrecked the economy, destroyed people’s savings, and never adequately paid for their crimes. But as Economist editor Andrew Palmer reveals in Smart Money, this detested industry is not only capable of doing great good for society but offers the most powerful means we have for solving some of our most intractable social problems. Drawing on interviews with leading financiers and a new breed of financial entrepreneurs, Palmer provides a sweeping account of the history, present, and future of financial innovation, arguing that we need it more today than ever before. Our current age of ingenious finance is only the latest era in the long history of finance that began with the ancient Babylonians and reached its nadir with the Great Recession of 2008. Going forward, he explains, the financial industry will be defined by entrepreneurs whose ethos is more Silicon Valley than Wall Street. With the opportunities provided by Big Data, these individuals are producing more socially conscious products. Peer-to-peer lenders are funneling money to entrepreneurs that big banks won’t bet on, creating opportunities where none existed. Social-impact bonds that fund programs for the impoverished and homeless are helping ease the burden on national governments and simultaneously producing better results. Human-capital contracts are matching investors with lower- class young people, allowing the former to fund the educations of the latter in return for a percentage of the their future earnings. Other financial products are intended to fund cancer research, to encourage people to save more money for retirement, and to enable older people to turn their illiquid assets—from housing to their own life insurance policies—into cash. Overturning our biases and assumptions, Smart Money offers a balanced, clear-eyed view of the peril inherent in finance and a riveting and inspiring brief on a new era of financial innovation that promises to benefit us all. • Andrew Palmer, finance editor of The Economist, was previously the banking correspondent at the magazine, covering the industry from the first signs of distress in credit markets, through the collapse of Lehman Brothers, to the efforts of governments to stabilize the financial sector. Prior to joining The Economist, he spent several years working for other parts of The Economist Group, including a spell in Vienna covering business in eastern Europe. He has an undergraduate degree in classics from Oxford University and a master’s in international relations from the London School of Economics.
April 2015 • Finance/Economics • 320 pages World Rights: Basic Books
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Serhii Plokhy The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine From the author of The Last Empire—described by Publisher’s Weekly as “one of a rare breed: a well-balanced, unbiased book written on the fall of Soviet Union that emphasizes expert research and analysis”—comes the history of Ukraine, the gateway to Europe since time immemorial. In this concise history, Serhii Plokhy expertly traverses the years, covering everything from the ninth-century Vikings, to Ukraine’s role in early Christianity, to its place in the Soviet Union, all the way up to the modern Russo-Ukrainian conflict. Paying special attention to the post-Soviet era, Plokhy sheds light on the controversial Russian annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and the new “Great Game” between Russia and the West—a battle for control over the metaphorical gates of Europe and thus Europe as a whole. The future of Europe and the world depends on the outcome of this modern crisis, Plokhy argues. If Russia and the West reach an understanding there, cooperation in other spheres will continue. Failure could lead to the return of the nightmare scenarios of the Cold War. Filled with maps and illustrations, The Gates of Europe is an informative, accessible look at this fascinating region. • Serhii Plokhy is a native-born Ukrainian who has been writing about the region for the last 35 years. He is the Mykhailo Hrushevsky Professor of Ukrainian History at Harvard and the director of the university’s Ukrainian Research Institute. Plokhy also serves on the editorial boards of Russian History, East European Politics and Societies, Harvard Ukrainian Studies, and the Journal of Ukrainian Studies.
Fall 2015 • History • 350 pages World Rights: Basic Books; United Kingdom: Penguin Press
Serhii Plokhy The Last Empire: The Final Days of the Soviet Union “Serhii Plokhy’s fine book combines a colorful, fast-paced narrative with trenchant analysis of key players in the Soviet collapse: Gorbachev and Yeltsin battling each other to the bitter end; President George H. W. Bush encouraging the former ‘evil empire’ to stay together, while unintentionally facilitating its demise; Ukrainians’ all-out push for independence turning out to be the coup de grâce. By far our best account yet of the death spiral of the USSR.” —William Taubman, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Khrushchev: The Man and His Era
“At last, a definitive account of the breakup of the USSR: for the first time, Serhii Plokhy tells the story not just from the point of view of Moscow, and not from Washington, but also from Kiev and the other republics where many of the most important decisions were actually made. If you don’t understand what really happened in 1991, and if you don’t remember the roles played by the former Soviet republics, then you’ll find it impossible to understand the politics of the region today. This book usefully eviscerates some of the remaining mythology about the end of the Cold War, and is an indispensable guide to the tensions and rivalries of the present.” —Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Gulag: A History
“Serhii Plokhy’s dramatic account of the high politics behind the collapse of the Soviet Union could not be more timely.… The Last Empire is a brilliant work of political narrative: vivid, original, urgent and, above all, wise.” —Rachel Polonsky, author of Molotov’s Magic Lantern
May 2014 • History • 496 pages World Rights: Basic Books; United Kingdom: Oneworld; Chinese: Beijing Huaxia Winshare Books
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Michael Schuman Confucius: The Man and the World He Created In his new book, Time’s Asian business correspondent, Michael Schuman, presents a hybrid biography/cultural history that investigates Confucius’s enduring impact on Asia spanning the last 2,000 years. Most people are familiar with Confucius—the most influential Chinese thinker in history—but are likely less familiar with his far-reaching cultural impact, particularly in Asia. As Schuman explains, 30 percent of the world’s population lives in a society whose social mores and traditions are built on Confucius’s ideas. It is impossible to understand Chinese history—and even modern China—without understanding Confucius’s role. China has just overtaken Japan as the second-largest economy in the world; that milestone is only the latest sign that Asia, and China in particular, is continuing to become even more of an important player on the world stage. The ideas that grew from Confucian teachings have influenced Asian thinking on everything from human rights and politics to education and the role of family—ideas that are often in conflict with commonly held beliefs in the West. Schuman’s Confucius explores the cultural traditions that have evolved over the last 2,000 years to help us understand where China and East Asia are headed in the future as globalization expands. • Michael Schuman is the Asian business correspondent for Time and covers economic issues for the entire continent. He has previously worked at the Wall Street Journal in South Korea, Singapore, and Indonesia; won an Overseas Press Club Award for his reporting; and authored The Miracle: The Epic Story of Asia’s Quest for Wealth.
“If you are interested in how Asia became an economic tiger, read The Miracle.... Schuman is not just a skilled reporter—he is also a gifted journalistic storyteller.” —New York Times
April 2015 • Cultural History • 368 pages World Rights: Basic Books
Mark Essig Lesser Beasts: A Nose-to-Tail History of the Humble Pig When humans began to gather in settlements some 10 millennia ago, their garbage attracted wild pigs, forming the beginnings of a bond between humans and pigs that would span ages and civilizations. Hogs have been an agricultural mainstay in civilizations from ancient Rome to dynastic China, and they remain a staple in many countries to this day. Historian and journalist Mark Essig outlines the history of humanity through the lens of our dealings with pigs. This engaging and knowledgeable account of the complex history of the domesticated pig both explores the part they’ve played in human progress and looks critically at the current agricultural practices surrounding them. • Mark Essig is author of Edison and the Electric Chair (2003), which was named one of the 20 best science books of the year by Discover Magazine. His writing has appeared in publications including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and San Francisco Chronicle, and he has contributed four op-eds to the New York Times. He has been assistant city editor at the Los Angeles Times community news division and news editor at the Long Beach (California) Press-Telegram. Most recently, he served three years as business editor at the Asheville (North Carolina) Citizen-Times, where his responsibilities included supervising coverage of agriculture.
May 2015 • History • 300 pages World Rights: Basic Books
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Thor Hanson The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History Thor Hanson’s previous book, Feathers, won the John Burroughs Medal, the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Award, and the Library Journal Best Sci-Tech Book award. Like Feathers, The Triumph of Seeds weaves accessible scientific explanations with tales of Hanson’s adventures in the field to create a fascinating portrait of an overlooked piece of evolutionary history. We live in a world of seeds. Generating everything from our morning coffee to the cotton in our clothes, seeds surround us all day long. They are quite literally the stuff of life, supporting diets, economies, lifestyles, and civilizations around the globe. Yet despite their importance in nature and their role in human survival, their story has never been fully told. Thor Hanson explores the story of seeds by asking a simple question: Why are they so successful? Seed plants have become so abundant that it’s hard to believe that for much of evolutionary history, they did not even exist. Blending expert yet user- friendly explanations of science with humorous first-person reportage and fascinating historical anecdotes, Hanson deftly takes us from a mountaintop overlooking the Dead Sea to 300 feet below an Illinois coal mine, from an encounter with vipers to a misguided attempt to crack an ironclad nut, leading us on a fascinating scientific adventure through the wild and beautiful world of seeds. • Thor Hanson is a conservation biologist, Guggenheim Fellow, Switzer Environmental Fellow, and member of the Human Ecosystems Study Group. The author of Feathers and The Impenetrable Forest, Hanson lives with his wife and son on an island in Washington State.
March 2014 • Science/Nature/Gardening • 224 pages World Rights: Basic Books
Chad Orzel Eureka! Discovering Your Inner Scientist Science popularizer and physicist Chad Orzel shows why science is central to the human experience. The idea that scientists are somehow smarter than the rest of us is a common yet dangerous misconception that lets us off the hook for not knowing—or caring about—how the world works. As Orzel argues in Eureka!, even the people who are most forthright about hating science are doing science, often without knowing it. He shows that science isn’t something alien and inscrutable, beyond the capabilities of ordinary people. Every human can think like a scientist and regularly does so in the course of everyday activities. By revealing the connection between activities like solving crossword puzzles, playing sports, or even watching mystery shows on television and the processes used to make great scientific discoveries, Orzel shows that if we recognize the process of doing science as something familiar, we will be better able to appreciate scientific discoveries and to use scientific facts and thinking to help address the problems that affect us all. Orzel’s newest book tackles two obstacles: the fact that most people don’t know enough about science and, more importantly, that they believe science is beyond their grasp. With step-by-step guides to scientific looking, thinking, and testing, Eureka! accomplishes what most science books should but hardly ever do: helping readers not only master facts and theories but find facts and build on theories independently. With humorous writing and down-to-earth insight, Orzel once again proves it is possible for almost anyone to think scientifically. • Chad Orzel is a popular blogger and author of How to Teach Physics to Your Dog, a UK best seller, and How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog. His books have been translated into 12 languages. Orzel has written feature articles, opinion columns, and book reviews for Physics World, Physics Today, and Inside Higher Ed.
December 2014 • Science • 240 pages World Rights: Basic Books
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Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton, and Matthew Sands, edited by Michael A. Gottlieb and Rudolf Pfeiffer Exercises for the Feynman Lectures on Physics Forty years after the first publication of the Feynman Lectures on Physics, the demand for Richard Feynman’s insight on this subject remains strong. Exercises for the Feynman Lectures on Physics is a compilation of exercises that acts as a companion to the lectures so that readers can test what they have learned with practical problem sets. With modernized exercises, Exercises for the Feynman Lectures on Physics provides a comprehensive introduction to the most important topics in physics, from the conservation of energy to the theory of gravitation to the laws of thermodynamics. • Richard P. Feynman was professor of physics at Caltech from 1959 to 1988. In 1965 he shared a Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the development of quantum electrodynamics. Through his popular books, Feynman has become one of the most beloved figures of the twentieth century. • Robert B. Leighton was a physicist and astronomer, an esteemed teacher and textbook author, and professor at Caltech for many years. • Matthew Sands has been a professor at Caltech, deputy director of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, and vice chancellor for science at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Sands spearheaded reforms in the Caltech undergraduate physics program that created The Feynman Lectures on Physics. • Michael A. Gottlieb is a visitor in physics at Caltech who, along with Rudolf Pfeiffer, publishes the online edition of The Feynman Lectures on Physics at FeynmanLectures.info.
July 2014 • Science • 320 pages • World Rights: Basic Books; Chinese: Shanghai Science and Technological Publishers; Polish: PWN; Russian: BKL; Japanese: Iwanami Shoten Publishers; French: Dunod
Paul Halpern Einstein’s Dice and Schrödinger’s Cat: How Two Great Minds Battled Quantum Randomness to Create a Unified Theory of Physics Albert Einstein and Erwin Schrödinger were friends and comrades-in-arms against what they considered the most preposterous aspects of quantum physics: its indeterminacy. Einstein, of course, is well known for his quip that God does not play dice with the universe. Schrödinger is equally well known for his thought experiment about the cat in the box that ends up “spread out” in a probabilistic state, neither wholly alive nor wholly dead. These famous images arose from both men’s dissatisfaction with quantum weirdness and their assertion that, underneath it all, there must be some essentially deterministic world. It is less well known that both insisted that this world, like the world described by Einstein’s general theory of relativity, had to be described by continuous geometry rather than the discrete mathematics of quantum mechanics. Both men spent their last decades trying to prove it, often working, if not quite together, in tandem, using each other as sounding boards, sparring partners, and allies. This is the remarkable tale of that relationship and of the science that grew from it told in a winning narrative by physics professor Paul Halpern. • Paul Halpern is a science writer and professor of physics at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. He is the winner of numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Fulbright Scholarship, and an Athenaeum Literary Award. His many books include Collider, Edge of the Universe, and What’s Science Ever Done for US? He is a regular contributor to NOVA’s “The Nature of Reality” physics blog.
May 2015 • Science • 288 pages World Rights: Basic Books
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Neill Lochery Brazil: The Fortunes of War—World War II and the Making of Modern Brazil “Well-focused look at the authoritarian rule of charismatic Brazilian president Getúlio Vargas.… Colorful personalities and tricky maneuvers make for a lively drama.” —Kirkus Reviews
“[A] revealing political history.… Lochery delivers a vivid picture of the Byzantine mid- 20th-century politics in this increasingly important yet chronically overlooked nation.” —Publishers Weekly
Dr. Neill Lochery is a leading specialist in politics and the modern history of Europe and the Mediterranean Middle East. He has authored several critically acclaimed books on the region, including Loaded Dice and The View from the Fence. His most recent book, Lisbon, was a best seller in Portugal. He has served as an advisor to politicians in the Middle East, on both sides of the political divide, and consults for business leaders. He is a regular commentator in the international press and often appears on television news in the United Kingdom, Europe, and America.
May 2014 • History • 300 pages World Rights: Basic Books; Portuguese (Brazil): Intrinseca; Portuguese (Portugal): Presenca
Andrew F. Krepinevich and Barry D. Watts The Last Warrior: Andrew Marshall and the Shaping of Modern American Defense Within defense circles Andrew Marshall, famously aloof and spotlight shunning, is a legend. He has served in the Pentagon for nearly 40 years under every president from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama and is the director of the Office of Net Assessment—the Pentagon’s internal think tank. In following the unique course of Marshall’s exceptional professional life, Andrew Krepinevich and Barry Watts explore the dawn of the Cold War in the 1940s and 1950s, plunge the reader into the world of US defense and intelligence in the 1960s and 1970s, vividly depict the unraveling of the Soviet Union and the collapse of communism in the 1980s, and delve into the revolution in military action spawned by precision munitions and cyberwarfare in the 1990s and 2000s. Ultimately, they wrestle with the important challenges to American national security that confront us today and loom on the horizon—threats from decentralized networks of combatants like al-Qaeda and from rising powers like China. The Last Warrior provides a unique inside account through Marshall’s story of the last 60 years of the American defense and intelligence establishment, appealing to the same audience that made books like The Art of Intelligence (over 65,000 copies sold) and Ghost Wars (over 200,000 copies sold) so popular. • Andrew Krepinevich is president of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments and author of 7 Deadly Scenarios, which Secretary of Defense Robert Gates adopted for use in Pentagon planning, and The Army and Vietnam, considered a seminal work on the Vietnam War and counterinsurgency warfare. • Barry Watts is a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. Both Krepinevich and Watts are former members of Andrew Marshall’s staff, have strong contacts with his current staff, and retain the government clearances to review classified documents, making them the only authors who could write this book.
Fall 2014 • History/Military/Biography • 368 pages World Rights: Basic Books
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Ilan Stavans and Lalo Alcaraz A Most Imperfect Union: A Contrarian History of the United States A New York Times Best Seller A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice
“A witty alternative history of the United States.… The overall effect is more evocative of a grand political cartoon than a comic book.… A Most Imperfect Union is not a comprehensive history of the United States, it’s the perspective of two ‘hyphenated Americans.’ But it’s a lens we’re all free to use—the new arrivals as well as those born here, hoping to see their country through fresh eyes.” —New York Times Book Review
“A Most Imperfect Union is at its best when telling those tales of the dispossessed.… These profiles are painted with compelling humanity.… Imperfect Union is truest to its own stated cartoon conquest when it plumbs lesser-known stories—and actually lives up to its battle cry of saying ‘Enough!’ of focusing solely on those great dead white men.” —Washington Post
“In A Most Imperfect Union: A Contrarian History of the United States, Ilan Stavans and Lalo Alcaraz strip away the pen-and-inks of popular history in an extended comic strip that presents the highs and lows, ins and outs, established and too easily missed truths of our American story. With wit, irony and a snappy parade of different perspectives, the book allows us to poke fun at ourselves even as we grapple with the deeper implications of our culture of ‘creative destruction.’” —Henry Louis Gates Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard University
Ilan Stavans is Lewis-Sebring Professor of Latin American and Latino Culture and Five- College Fortieth Anniversary Professor at Amherst College. A Mexican-born essayist and cultural critic and author of over 20 books, he has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and many international prizes and honors, including the Latino Literature Prize, Chile’s Presidential Medal, and the Rubén Darío Distinction. • Lalo Alcaraz is a faculty member at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles and creator of the first nationally syndicated, political Latino daily comic strip, La Cucaracha, which has appeared in scores of newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times. Alcaraz’s work has also appeared in the New York Times and many other publications and has received numerous awards and distinctions.
July 2014 • History/Cartoon • 198 pages • World Rights: Basic Books
Shelby Steele Shame: How America’s Past Sins Have Polarized Our Country Part memoir, part political meditation, Shelby Steele’s Shame argues that the “new liberalism” is in fact the new enemy of minorities in America. He explains that since the 1960s, white racism has lost much of its authority, power, and legitimacy, so that, by itself, it is no longer a prohibitive barrier to black advancement. He argues that liberalism derives its political power and identity from its perceived role as the redeemer of the country from racism, an identity based on white guilt and a fabricated moral authority. Racism after the civil rights era is rarely discussed but very relevant to our daily lives. This book no only delves into the history, but also makes an argument for the condition, of racism in our modern era. • Shelby Steele is a winner of the Bradley Prize and National Humanities Medal. He writes frequently for the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. He is also author of four books, including The Content of Our Character, which won the National Book Critic’s Circle Award.
January 2015 • Politics • 192 pages • World Rights: Basic Books
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Heather Cox Richardson To Make Men Free: A History of the Republican Party What’s happened to the Republican Party? Founded on the principle of equality, today’s Republican Party is starkly different from that of Abraham Lincoln’s day. In To Make Men Free, distinguished historian Heather Cox Richardson traces the paradoxical evolution of the party, which she argues is symptomatic of a fundamental identity crisis whose destabilizing repercussions can be traced across a century and a half of American political and economic history. As the Republican Party reevaluates its identity and future in the wake of yet another presidential defeat and a devastating economic meltdown, Richardson shows that the country’s fortunes are intertwined with the party’s—and that America will not be whole again until the GOP starts serving all Americans, not just the wealthiest and most powerful. An expansive, authoritative work of political history stretching from the antebellum era to the Great Recession, To Make Men Free explains how a relatively young party became America’s greatest political hope—and, time and time again, its greatest source of disappointment. A must-read not only for Americans but for any reader interested in foreign politics. • Heather Cox Richardson is professor of history at Boston College and author of four books, including Wounded Knee: Party Politics and the Road to an American Massacre and West from Appomattox: The Reconstruction of America after the Civil War. An OAH Distinguished Lecturer, she is also a member of both the editorial board of the journal American Nineteenth Century History and the national advisory board for the Tredegar National Civil War Center Foundation. She reviews books for popular media like the Chicago Tribune as well as a wide range of scholarly journals.
September 2014 • History/Political Science • 464 pages World Rights: Basic Books
Michael Stokes Paulsen and Luke Douglas Paulsen The Constitution: An Intelligent Introduction and Brief History In The Constitution, constitutional scholar Michael Stokes Paulsen and his son Luke provide a clear, accessible introduction to the history and meaning of this historic document. Beginning with the US Constitution’s birth in 1787, Paulsen and Paulsen offer a grand tour of its history and interpretations, introducing readers to the characters and controversies that have shaped this founding instrument in the 200- plus years since its creation. To properly judge contemporary readings of the Constitution, Paulsen and Paulsen argue, it is first necessary to understand the origins—and original meaning—of the document’s articles and amendments. The Constitution itself has evolved into a more perfect document since its inception, they show, through the addition of amendments abolishing slavery, establishing civil rights, and broadening the right to vote. Yet the officials charged with interpreting the Constitution have often stretched its meaning far beyond its intended boundaries, substituting their own judgments for those of the Constitution’s framers and reformers. This lucid history of and guide to this foundational American document provides readers with the tools to think critically and independently about constitutional issues—a skill that is ever more essential to the continued flourishing of American democracy. • Michael Stokes Paulsen is Distinguished University Chair and Professor of Law at the University of St. Thomas. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. • Luke Douglas Paulsen is a graduate of Princeton University. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
April 2015 • Law/History • 384 pages World Rights: Basic Books
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Robert Greenfield Ain’t It Time We Said Goodbye? The Rolling Stones on the Road to Exile “Provides a rare glimpse behind the curtain where all the magic and madness always happens on the road…. [A] wonderful rock and roll travelogue.… What we have is virtually an unobstructed view of the Rolling Stones in all their glorious decadence.… An honest and eye-opening journal of life on the road with the world’s greatest rock band.” —Curled Up with a Good Book
“Greenfield’s narrative has a breathless, immediate tone that places readers in the middle of the action.… This is a visceral and well-crafted portrait of the Stones at a crucial time in their career.” —Library Journal
“Greenfield’s engaging style pulls the reader into this Britain of the past. He writes in present tense, which makes the reader feel as if she is hanging out backstage with Mick and Keith, and not merely reading tales of the long ago youth of these now aging rock stars.… Although all of the sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll one would expect in a Stones bio is here, Greenfield also highlights the band members’ humanity.” —Roanoke Times
Robert Greenfield is former associate editor of the London bureau of Rolling Stone magazine. His short fiction has appeared in Esquire, GQ, and Playboy. Greenfield’s previous books on the Rolling Stones, STP: A Journey Through America with the Rolling Stones and Exile on Main Street: A Season in Hell with the Rolling Stones, have been republished several times in England and the United States.
May 2014 • Biography/Music • 288 pages • World Rights: Da Capo Press
Ron Perlman with Michael Largo Easy Street (the Hard Way) “Reading Easy Street (the Hard Way) is like breaking into your uncle’s stash of his best booze and cigars. Ron stands up like the Statue of Liberty. Inspiring, towering, reassuring, beautiful, intimidating, and should charge more for tours. Easy Street is one part odyssey of an artist, one part handbook for manhood, and one part love letter to acting that chronicles the struggle through the gauntlet of a life steered by creativity. If you don’t like this book, you don’t like ice cream.” —Ryan Gosling
“The cult favorite looks back. Perlman, the veteran character actor perhaps best known for his starring roles in TV’s Sons of Anarchy and the Hellboy film franchise, recounts his life and career in an engagingly off-the-cuff manner.… The actor’s voice, full of casual profanity, vintage hipster slang and an endearing tendency to overreach with elevated vocabulary, is as distinctive as his craggy features and imposing screen presence. He’s good company on the page.” —Kirkus Reviews
“A face that’s unmistakable, a career that’s indisputable, and a charm that’s irresistible. Ron’s story, and the way he tells it, makes this read truly one of a kind.” —Marc Forster, director of World War Z, The Kite Runner, and Monster’s Ball
Ron Perlman is best known for his titular role in the Hellboy movies, as well as the TV series Sons of Anarchy and scores of other iconic performances. • Michael Largo is former editor of New York Poetry, researcher and archivist for the film company Allied Artists, and award-winning author of four offbeat reference books and three novels. August 2014 • Autobiography • 288 pages • World Rights: Da Capo Press
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Joe Plumeri The Power of Being Yourself: A CEO’s Game Plan for Success—by Putting Emotion into Your Life and Work Internationally renowned business leader Joe Plumeri has had a whirlwind life. Starting out as a gofer at a Wall Street investment firm, he eventually became the CEO of Citibank North America and then the chairman and CEO of the Willis Group, one of the world’s leading insurance brokers. But Plumeri has hit a few bumps along the way, the most substantial of which was the loss of his eldest son, Christian, before his son’s 40th birthday. Throughout it all, Plumeri has dedicated himself to living life to the fullest and following his heart. In The Power of Being Yourself, Plumeri shares his sometimes painful yet ultimately inspiring journey and offers simple yet profound guidance about how to stay positive, motivate yourself and others, and achieve professional success and personal fulfillment. Instead of writing another CEO book on corporate management, Plumeri seeks to inspire others to “go play in traffic” as he likes to call it—his way of encouraging people to dream big, live large, and fully experience every good and bad emotion. The lessons Plumeri passes on are universal and applicable to every person who seeks to banish cynicism and negativity and achieve greatness. • Joe Plumeri has served as the CEO of Citibank North America and Willis Group Holdings. He currently advises companies across the globe as senior advisor at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and serves on the boards of numerous institutions, including Mount Sinai Medical Center and the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. Feature articles have been written about Plumeri in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, TIME, and Newsweek; he’s also a regular guest on CNBC, CNN, and MSNBC and a sought-after lecturer for commencement speeches.
March 2015 • Self-Help/Business • 240 pages World Rights: Da Capo Press
James Canton Future Smart: Managing the Game-Changing Trends That Will Transform Your World If you had a crystal ball and could peer into the future, what could you do? By understanding future trends now, you can position yourself to prosper by being prepared to deal with and succeed in a world in which genetic medicine predicts your children’s future potential, robots fight wars, virtual doctors deliver health care, enhanced humans live forever—or almost—extreme weather reshapes cities, and alternative energy realigns global power, among myriad other possibilities. • James Canton, CEO of the Institute for Global Futures, is a leading global futurist and author. He has made a career of forecasting the future and helping clients prepare for and invest in its challenges. In this book he delivers his next report on what the future holds so that readers can be ready to respond and prosper. Canton has advised three White Houses and over a dozen business leaders, and his forecasts have been widely reported by the New York Times, Fortune, Wall Street Journal, and CNN. His previous books include The Extreme Future and Technofutures.
January 2015 • Technology/Current Affairs • 256 pages World Rights: Da Capo Press; Chinese (simp.): Cheers; Korean: Business Books Publishing
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Brian Murphy 81 Days Below Zero: The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska’s Frozen Wilderness Shortly before Christmas in 1943, five army aviators left Alaska’s Ladd Field on a test flight. Only one ever returned: Leon Crane, a city kid from Philadelphia with little more than a parachute on his back when he bailed from his B-24 Liberator before it crashed into the Arctic. Alone in subzero temperatures, Crane managed to stay alive in the dead of the Yukon winter for nearly 12 weeks and, amazingly, walked out of the ordeal intact. 81 Days Below Zero recounts, for the first time, the full story of Crane’s remarkable saga. In a drama of staggering resolve and moments of phenomenal luck, Crane learned to survive in the Yukon’s unforgiving landscape. His is a tale of the human capacity to endure extreme conditions and intense loneliness—and emerge stronger than before. • Brian Murphy, journalist and author, reported around the world for the Associated Press for more than 20 years. He joined the Washington Post in 2014.
May 2015 • Adventure/History/Biography • 256 pages World Rights: Da Capo Press
Patrick O’Donnell First SEALs: The Untold Story of the Forging of America’s Most Elite Unit From best-selling author Patrick O’Donnell, this rich history of SEAL Team 6, which captured Osama bin Laden, stretches back to World War II when US intelligence officials formed a team of special operations combat swimmers. Under the leadership of Captain Jack Taylor, a California dentist, the unit started training in 1942, learning underwater and covert operation techniques, as it developed an array of James Bond– like new equipment, including the recently invented underwater breathing apparatus, limpet mines, silent electric motors, and a collapsible eight-foot submarine. Finally deployed in 1944, the unit conducted some of the most daring, behind-enemy-lines operations of the war in Italy, where it linked up with fearsome Italian commandos. In one of its greatest coups, it captured the plans—and the architect—of Germany’s famed Gothic Line, resulting in the Eighth Army’s partial breakthrough. Filled with unforgettable characters, including the unit’s charismatic leader, a Hollywood star, and a gritty New York City gas station owner, First SEALs cinematically narrates one of the greatest untold stories of World War II and links their storied past with today’s gloried US Navy SEALs. • Patrick O’Donnell is a military historian and the award-winning author of seven books, including best seller and William E. Colby Award winner Beyond Valor, Give Me Tomorrow, and We Were One, the highly acclaimed account of the Battle of Fallujah. He has provided historical consulting for DreamWorks’ award-winning miniseries Band of Brothers and for documentaries produced by the BBC, the History Channel, and Fox News.
October 2014 • Military History • 288 pages World Rights: Da Capo Press; Dutch: BBNC
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Stephen Harding The Last to Die: A Forgotten Bomber and the Final Air Combat of World War II Just after 2 p.m. on August 18, 1945, US Army Air Forces Sergeant Anthony J. Marchione bled to death in the clear, bright sky above Tokyo. A month shy of his 20th birthday, Tony Marchione died like so many before him had in World War II—quietly, cradled in the arms of a buddy who was powerless to prevent his death. And, though tragic, Marchione’s death would have been no more notable than those of countless other Allied airmen, had it not been for the fact that the young man from Pottstown, Pennsylvania, has the dubious distinction of being the last American killed in air combat in World War II. Based on official American and Japanese histories, personal memoirs, and the author’s exclusive interviews with many of the story’s key participants, The Last to Die is a rousing story of air combat, bravery, cowardice, hubris, and determination, all set during the turbulent and confusing final days of World War II. • Stephen Harding is author of the New York Times best seller The Last Battle. He was for many years the managing editor at Soldiers, the official US Army magazine; he is currently senior editor at Military History magazine. He has contributed many articles to military, aviation, and defense-industry magazines. His other books include Great Liners at War, Gray Ghost, and Voyage to Oblivion.
May 2015 • History • 288 pages • World Rights: Da Capo Press
Also by Stephen Harding The Last Battle: When US and German Soldiers Joined Forces in the Waning Hours of World War II in Europe World Rights: Da Capo Press; Chinese (simp.): Xinhua; Czech: Albatros; Dutch: Walburg; French: Ixelles; German: Zsolnay Verlag; Japanese: Hara Shobo; Polish: Wydawnictwo Amber *A New York Times Best Seller
Joseph Wheelan Their Last Full Measure: The Final Days of the Civil War As the Confederacy steadily crumbled under the Union armies’ relentless “hammering,” dramatic developments unfolded during the first months of 1865 that brought the bloody war to a swift climax and denouement. Federal armies marched on the Rebels’ remaining bastions in Alabama, the Carolinas, and Virginia. General William T. Sherman’s battle-hardened army conducted a punitive campaign against the seat of the rebellion, South Carolina, while General-in-Chief Ulysses Grant sought to break the months-long siege at Petersburg, defended by Robert E. Lee’s starving Army of Northern Virginia. In Richmond, Confederate president Jefferson Davis struggled to hold together his unraveling nation, while sanctioning peace feelers. And President Abraham Lincoln took steps to end slavery forever in the United States. Their Last Full Measure relates these thrilling events, one following on the heels of another, from the battles ending the Petersburg siege and forcing Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, to the destruction of South Carolina’s capital, to Lincoln’s assassination and the intensive manhunt for his killers. The fast-paced narrative braids the disparate events into a compelling story that includes powerful armies; leaders civil and military, flawed and splendid; and ordinary people, black and white, who struggled to survive in the war’s wreckage in Virginia, Georgia, and the Carolinas. • Joseph Wheelan is author of six previous books, including the highly acclaimed Terrible Swift Sword and Jefferson’s War. Before turning to writing books full-time, Wheelan was a reporter and editor for the Associated Press for 24 years.
March 2015 • History • 368 pages World Rights: Da Capo Press
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John Wukovits Hell from the Heavens: The Epic Story of the USS Laffey and World War II’s Greatest Kamikaze Attack Acclaimed historian John Wukovits’s Hell from the Heavens is the untold story of the USS Laffey and her crew, who heroically withstood 22 kamikaze attacks at Okinawa, the largest single-ship kamikaze attack of World War II. On the morning of April 16, 1945, the crewmen of the USS Laffey (DD-724) looked skyward and saw what seemed to be the entire Japanese air force assembled directly above. By the time the unprecedented attack on the Laffey was finished—an 80-minute ordeal in which the single small ship was targeted by no fewer than 22 Japanese suicide aircraft—32 sailors lay dead, over 70 had been wounded, and the ship was grievously damaged. Yet, though she lay shrouded in smoke and fire for hours, the destroyer somehow survived. The ship’s gunners shot down nine of their 22 attackers, but eight struck the ship. The kamikazes demolished gun mounts and compartments and jammed the ship’s rudders. The gutted American warship limped from Okinawa’s shore for home, where the ship and crew would be feted as heroes. Hell from the Heavens, using scores of personal interviews with survivors, the reminiscences and memoirs of the crew, and letters written to and from the crew during the war, breathes life into the story and humanizes this forgotten historic event. • John Wukovits is a military expert specializing in the Pacific theater of World War II. He is author of many books, including For Crew and Country, One Square Mile of Hell, and Pacific Alamo.
March 2015 • History • 320 pages World Rights: Da Capo Press
Bill Madden 1954: The Year Willie Mays and the First Generation of Black Superstars Changed Major League Baseball Forever From a New York Times best-selling author and award-winning sportswriter comes the story of the first time two black players led their respective teams to the World Series. Seven years after Jackie Robinson broke the baseball color line, 1954 was a triumphant watershed season for black players, for baseball, and for the country as a whole. In that year—which saw the historic Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling—Larry Doby’s Indians won an American League record 111 games, dethroned the five straight World Series–winning Yankees, and went on to play Willie Mays’s Giants in the first World Series that featured players of color on both teams. Bill Madden examines the 1954 baseball season, drawn largely from exclusive recent interviews with the major players themselves, including Mays and Doby, as well as Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Monte Irvin, and Carl Erskine. Weaving together the narrative of one of baseball’s greatest seasons with the racially charged events of that year, 1954 demonstrates how the US national pastime—with the notable exception of the Yankees, who represented “white supremacy” in the game—was actually ahead of the curve in terms of the acceptance of black Americans, while the nation at large continued to struggle with tolerance. • Bill Madden is author of several books about the Yankees, including the New York Times best seller Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball. For more than 30 years, he has covered the Yankees and Major League Baseball for the New York Daily News. Madden is also the 2010 recipient of the Baseball Hall of Fame’s J. G. Taylor Spink Award.
February 2015 • Sports/Baseball • 320 pages World Rights: Da Capo Press
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Richard Bak Soldier of Misfortune: The Execution of Private Eddie Slovik and Its Aftermath In Soldier of Misfortune, Richard Bak courageously weaves the heartbreaking tale of famous World War II deserter Private Eddie Slovik. The more in-depth and emotional successor to William Huie’s The Execution of Private Slovik of 1954, Bak’s book examines Slovik’s curious passage through life, death, and afterlife, making him a poignantly relatable character. For though his memory does not stem from heroism in battle, Bak suggests he is arguably heroic in desertion. Through his portrayal of Slovik as the face of the flawed and frightened “every man and war,” Bak shows that every soldier has experienced fear and the urge to jump ship on the battlefield. In this way, Slovik becomes a tragic hero, embracing those feelings despite the shame and punishment that awaited him. Bak skillfully outlines the many diverse characters who appeared along the soldier’s journey—everyone from Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy to Martin Sheen—and humanizes Slovik through a description of his childhood and background, as well as the moving relationship he had with his widow, Antoinette. Well researched and told chronologically, Bak’s Soldier of Misfortune is a controversial, jarring, and heart-wrenching tale that invites us all to reevaluate our thoughts on desertion. • Richard Bak has been writing award-winning features and books for nearly 30 years. He has received six ForeWord book awards, including a gold medal for Detroitland: A Collection of Movers, Shakers, Lost Souls, and History Makers. He also received first-place honors for the same book from the Independent Publisher (IPPY) and Next Generation Indie book awards in the categories of regional nonfiction and historical nonfiction, respectively.
Fall 2014 • History/Military History • 300 pages World Rights: Da Capo Press
Stanley Weintraub A Christmas Far from Home: An Epic Tale of Courage and Survival During the Korean War Just before Thanksgiving 1950, five months into the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur flew to American positions in the north and grandly announced an end-the- war-by-Christmas offensive, despite recent intervention by Mao Zedong’s Chinese, who would soon trap tens of thousands of US troops poised toward the Yalu River border. Led by marines, an overwhelmed X Corps evacuated the frigid, mountainous Chosin Reservoir fastness and fought a swarming enemy and treacherous snow and ice to reach the coast. Weather, terrain, Chinese firepower, and a 4,000-foot chasm made escape seem impossible in the face of a vanishing Christmas. But endurance and sacrifice prevailed, and the last troop ships weighed anchor on Christmas Eve. In the tradition of his Silent Night and Pearl Harbor Christmas, Stanley Weintraub presents another gripping narrative of a wartime Christmas season. • Stanley Weintraub is a historian and the award-winning author of more than 50 highly acclaimed books of history and biography, including Pearl Harbor Christmas, Silent Night, 11 Days in December, Victoria, and Disraeli. He is a National Book Award finalist, former Guggenheim fellow, and three-time recipient of the Distinguished Humanist Award from the Pennsylvania Humanities Council.
October 2014 • History • 320 pages World Rights: Da Capo Press
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Harlow Giles Unger Mr. Chief Justice: John Marshall and a Nation’s Call for Justice Renowned historian Harlow Giles Unger has long represented a leading voice in historical biography, documenting the lives of America’s Founding Fathers with a blend of riveting drama and historical precision. In Mr. Chief Justice, Unger tackles legendary chief justice John Marshall, detailing his groundbreaking Supreme Court rulings and enduring impact on today’s court. Setting the story against the political and emotional chaos following George Washington’s death, Unger presents Marshall as a towering presence, bringing a measure of order and justice to a wild young nation with shrewdness and impartiality. Using accessible terms to describe the legal concepts and political theory underlying Marshall’s celebrated tenure, Unger poignantly captures the life and legacy of a famous American jurist, firmly establishing Marshall as the father of the American justice system. • Harlow Giles Unger is a former Distinguished Visiting Fellow in American History at George Washington’s Mount Vernon. A veteran journalist, broadcaster, educator, and historian, Unger is author of 20 books, including one on the Constitution, several American histories, and seven biographies of America’s Founding Fathers, including George Washington and John Quincy Adams.
Fall 2014 • Biography • 296 pages World Rights: Da Capo Press
Martin Goldsmith Alex’s Wake: A Voyage of Betrayal and Journey of Remembrance “A child of persecuted German Jews remembers his tormented, perished forebears —and makes peace with the country that hounded them to death.… A well-researched, thorough reckoning of this shameful past.” —Kirkus Reviews
“The shameful tale of the German liner St. Louis, which sailed the seas in 1939 with its Jewish refugee passengers in search of safe harbor, has been told many times.… However, Alex’s Wake brings something different to the story; namely, that all- important personal touch.… What happened to Alex and Helmut Goldschmidt at the hands of the Nazis is too well-known to us to be surprising but, in the telling of their tale here, which tries and succeeds to do such honor to them, is heartbreaking nonetheless.” —Washington Times
“Alex’s Wake is at one level a history lesson as memoir.... The book also reads as demonstration of the healing power of storytelling, and of the transformation of terrible loss into great beauty.... [The] Jewish concept, Tikkun Olam ... refers to humanity’s shared responsibility to ‘heal the world.’ With the writing of Alex’s Wake, Goldsmith has done his part.” —Boston Globe
“[A] gripping book.… A profoundly moving read.” —The Hub
Martin Goldsmith is also author of The Beatles Come to America and The Inextinguishable Symphony, which has sold nearly 100,000 copies. He is host of Symphony Hall, a classical music program on Sirius XM Satellite Radio with an audience of 2 million.
April 2014 • History/The Holocaust • 256 pages World Rights: Da Capo Press
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James Guiliani with Charlie Stella Dogfella: How an Abandoned Shih Tzu Named Bruno Turned This Mobster’s Life Around—a Memoir How does a former mob enforcer, ex-convict, suicidal junkie, and alcoholic become a loving and passionate animal rescuer? James “Head” Guiliani served as the brawn and confidante of the infamous Gambino crime family until he was arrested on a weapons possession charge. When he was released, he spiraled into a debilitating addiction to drugs and alcohol. Only a chance meeting with his future wife saved his life by bringing him back from the brink of suicide. After rescuing an abused shih tzu, Guiliani dedicated his life to the protection and care of stray animals. In this inspiring tale of salvation, Guiliani tells all, from his involvement within the Gotti regime and his incarceration to his work for the Kenos Animal Rescue Shelter and the incredible animals he has rescued from maltreatment and death. • James Guiliani now spends his days caring for and rescuing animals with his wife, Lena. • Charlie Stella is the critically acclaimed author of numerous crime novels and short stories. His novel Charlie Opera was picked by Publishers Weekly as a Mystery Book of the Year in 2003.
Spring 2015 • Autobiography/Mafia/Animals • 256 pages World Rights: Da Capo Press
Scott Ian with Jon Wiederhorn I’m the Man: The Story of That Guy from Anthrax Scott Ian grew up as a nerdy Jewish boy in Queens, New York, only to become a cofounder of Anthrax—a metal band that proved to the masses that brutality and fun didn’t have to be mutually exclusive and one of “the big four” in speed metal. I’m the Man is Ian’s fast-paced, humorous, and revealing memoir spanning his childhood through the creation of Anthrax and the band’s reinvigoration with its newest lead guitarist, Jonathan Donais. It’s chock-full of glimpses into a metal star’s life: touring with Pantera and partying with the late Dimebag Darrell, getting wild with Black Label Society front man and longtime Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde, storming through Europe with Metallica, and the time Ian and late Anthrax bassist Cliff Burton were almost arrested in England after bobbies thought they looked suspicious, detained them, and combed their flat for drugs. Readers also discover Ian’s passion for computer poker and how he had a side career as a professional gambler during the lean years of Anthrax. For anyone who has ever been a fan of Anthrax or of Ian’s other bands, Stormtroopers of Death and the Damned Things, or enjoyed watching Ian host VH1’s The Rock Show or star in VH1’s Supergroup, I’m the Man is a must-read. • Scott Ian founded Anthrax in 1981 with fellow guitarist Danny Lilker. Since then, Anthrax has released 10 studio albums, 20 singles, and an EP featuring hip-hop group Public Enemy. • Jon Wiederhorn is a veteran writer and journalists whose other titles include Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal and Ministry: The Last Gospels According to Al Jourgensen.
September 2014 • Biography/Music • 256 pages World Rights: Da Capo Press; Finnish: Like Kustannus
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Paul Zollo and Randy Newman Conversations with Randy Newman Randy Newman is a classic and beloved American songwriter and composer, revered for creating a whole new kind of song that poignantly and humorously takes on subjects no other songwriters have even touched: slavery in his classic “Sail Away,” racism in “Rednecks,” and intolerance in “Short People.” His influence can be seen in the music of such artists as Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, and Carly Simon. In Conversations with Randy Newman, Paul Zollo provides a compilation of Newman’s memories, ideas, opinions, and thoughts about his own work and the world through a collection of conversations with the music legend. Zollo invites readers to experience the funny, insightful, generous, and even self-critical nature of this celebrated musician. Enlivened with exclusive photos, Conversations reveals who Randy Newman truly is in his own words. • Paul Zollo is a singer-songwriter and the editor of SongTalk. He has written for magazines such as Sing Out!, Acoustic Guitar, Musician, and more. He is also author of Conversations with Tom Petty.
May 2015 • Biography/Autobiography/Music • 320 pages World Rights: Da Capo Press
David Browne So Many Roads: The Life and Times of the Grateful Dead Many books have been penned about the Grateful Dead. None, however, has been written by a journalist-outsider with access to the band and its vast musical and document archives. On the eve of the Dead’s 50th anniversary and the 20th anniversary of Jerry Garcia’s death in 1995, So Many Roads offers a definitive look at the lives, music, and (high) times of the world’s biggest and most enduring cult band. So Many Roads is a sprawling musical, cultural, and sociological chronicle of a band that spanned more genres than any other in American music and paved the way for social networking, free music swapping, and the uncompromising anticorporate attitude of indie rock. It tells the story of a band whose members’ own journey—the good, the bad, and the sometimes ugly—reflected the shifting times around them. Contrary to perceived wisdom, the Dead weren’t just a reflection of the 1960s; they were a mirror of several eras, from the America of JFK through that of Reagan and Clinton. This is not just the story of the Dead, their still beguiling music, and the members, from Jerry to Pigpen to acid king Owsley Stanley—it’s also the tale of how America itself twisted, turned, and changed around them over four decades. • David Browne is an acclaimed journalist and author of Goodbye 20th Century: A Biography of Sonic Youth and the recent Fire and Rain.
April 2015 • Music/Biography • 512 pages World Rights: Da Capo Press
Praise for Fire and Rain “[Browne’s] attention to detail lends this compelling book a depth and richness rarely found in rock biography.” —Financial Times
“The book offers a refreshed view of the moment when the counterculture allegedly went soft. [A] finely-detailed, engrossing narrative.” —The Record blog
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Terry Hope Romero Salad Samurai “15 Most Anticipated Vegan Cookbooks of 2014,” “From one of the most popular vegan cookbook authors of our time comes a collection of perfectly tuned recipes that’s long overdue … [and that] you don’t have to be vegan to love.” —VegNews
“If you’re into vegetarian or vegan food, or a foodie who loves awesome cookbooks and recipes presented with fun and flair, then you know the name Terry Hope Romero.… This woman embodies just about everything that’s right with vegan cooking.” —Squidoo.com
“A stunning book.… Filled with 100 hearty salads, a large variety of dressings, ‘seriously hearty’ toppings, and even a chapter on sweet breakfast salads, this book covers everything you need to know.… In this book you will find some of the most ingenious salads ever.” —The Sweet Life
“There are a few reasons why I love Terry Romero’s cookbooks: engaging text, downright delicious recipes, and the fact that you don’t even have to be vegan to enjoy what she makes.… There is fun for everyone.” —SandAndSuccotash.com
“Romero is a rock star of vegan cooking.… [S]he shakes up the staid world of salad with her cheeky writing and seasonally arranged salads.” —Portland Press Herald
“For salad inspiration, I can think of few sources better than the new cookbook Salad Samurai.… Romero brings her fun-loving sensibility and unerring palate to the table. Her recipes, with their brilliant combinations, span the seasons.” —Washington Post
Terry Hope Romero is author of Vegan Eats World, named one of “23 of the best new and upcoming cookbooks/food books for the holidays” by the Christian Science Monitor. Her other book, Viva Vegan, was voted “Book of the Year” by VegNews in 2010. She has been featured in media outlets such as the New York Times, Washington Post, Saveur, New York Magazine, NPR’s Weekend Edition, and many more.
May 2014 • Cooking/Vegan • 240 pages • World Rights: Da Capo Lifelong Books; French: L’Age d’Homme
Roberto Martin Roberto’s New Vegan Cooking: 125 Easy, Delicious, and Real Food Recipes After wowing those new to veganism by turning popular meaty dishes into delicious meat-free feasts in Vegan Cooking for Carnivores, former personal chef to the stars Roberto Martin is ditching the fake meats and substitutes for simple, plant-based ingredients and creating healthy, nutritious, delicious meals. Full of beautiful color photos and easy, delectable recipes, Roberto’s New Vegan Cooking will inspire home cooks everywhere to transform whole-food ingredients into light, crisp dishes that will satisfy any family’s diverse palate. • Roberto Martin attended the Culinary Institute of America before becoming a personal chef focusing on health and nutrition for celebrities such as Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi. This is Martin’s second vegan cookbook, following Vegan Cooking for Carnivores, which sold over 50,000 copies.
April 2015 • Vegan • 256 pages • 75 color photos World Rights: Da Capo Lifelong Books
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Isa Chandra Moskowitz Vegan with a Vengeance, 10th Anniversary Edition Since its 2005 publication, Vegan with a Vengeance has become a classic in a cookbook category that continues to grow. The tenth anniversary edition brings back the tasty recipes, chatty anecdotes, and money-saving tips that made the book such a hit—and it’s now updated with a new foreword, new recipes, and tempting full-color photos throughout. Vegan with a Vengeance offers reliable, standby recipes for veteran vegans and cheap, easy ways for newbies and “part-time” vegans to get more plant-based foods into their diets. • Isa Chandra Moskowitz, born and raised in Brooklyn, began her vegan cooking journey over two decades ago. In 2003, she created the Post Punk Kitchen community access TV show to give vegans something to watch. In conjunction with the show, she also started the PPK website to foster an online vegan cooking and baking community. Since then, she has authored and coauthored eight vegan cookbooks, including Veganomicon and Isa Does It. Her latest adventure was opening a vegan/vegetarian restaurant, Modern Love Omaha, in June 2014 in her most recent home of Omaha, Nebraska.
April 2015 • Cookery • 304 pages • 75 full-color photos World Rights: Da Capo Lifelong Books
Danielle Omar Skinny Juices: 101 Juice Recipes for Detox and Weight Loss More than just a recipe book, Skinny Juices is a comprehensive guide for juicing to cleanse and detoxify the body with an added weight-loss bonus. Danielle Omar teaches readers the difference between juicing and blending, the philosophy behind juicing and detoxification, and the benefits of clean eating. Thanks to this guide, aspiring juicers will learn how to set up and prep detox-friendly kitchens. Each of the 101 recipes will appeal to both the beginner and the more advanced juicer and comes with preparation directions and information about special detox ingredients. Omar provides definitions of superfoods and other ingredients that support detoxification and a list of foods to juice to target specific nutrients. An easy-to-follow 10-day detox plan incorporates both juicing and clean eating. • Danielle Omar has a private nutrition practice. She writes about food and plant-based eating on her Food Confidence blog and tweets about nutrition news to over 11,000 followers on Twitter. She has appeared on ABC’s Nightline, Fox News, CBS, and the Food Network and has been quoted in such publications as the New York Times, Washington Post, Women’s Health, Fitness, and Shape and on WebMD.
June 2014 • Health and Wellness/Weight Loss • 256 pages World Rights: Da Capo Lifelong Books
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Ricki Heller Living Candida-Free: 100 Recipes and a 3-Stage Program to Restore Your Health and Vitality Systemic candida overgrowth (or simply “candida”) has become a modern scourge, with the number of sufferers increasing dramatically each year. Candida can cause a plethora of symptoms, but it can be managed with changes in diet. Living Candida-Free provides a complete explanation and expansive approach for those who must follow a restrictive anticandida diet, ensuring their success. Ricki Heller offers a detailed, science-based introduction to the condition and the diet itself, from stage one (the most restrictive stage) to maintenance, including a full list of cupboard essentials, most commonly used herbal supplements and treatments, and recipes for delicious, satisfying dishes that anyone can prepare. Essentially, this is the complete one-stop guidebook to a candida diet and living a life free of refined sugar. • Ricki Heller is the voice behind the popular food blog Diet, Dessert and Dogs, which celebrates sugar-free, gluten-free, allergy-friendly whole foods through an anticandida lifestyle. After being diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome, Heller first began to change her eating habits and realized how much the food we eat influences our health. Later, she was diagnosed with candida twice in a decade and followed a strict form of the diet. Her articles and recipes have appeared in Clean Eating, Living Without, Canadian Living, Montreal Gazette, Globe and Mail, Zoomer.com, Tonic Toronto, and others.
Fall 2014 • Health and Wellness/Diet • 256 pages World Rights: Da Capo Lifelong Books; Canada: HarperCanada
Raphael Kellman, MD The Microbiome Diet: How You Can Achieve Fast, Permanent Weight Loss by Healing Your Inner Ecology “Manage your microbiome for fast fat loss? Based on cutting-edge research, The Microbiome Diet shows you how optimal gut health can leave you lean, vibrant, sexy, and looking years younger. Filled with delicious recipes and practical, easy-to- implement strategies to become your healthiest self, I couldn’t put this book down!” —JJ Virgin, CNS, CHFS, author of the New York Times best seller The Virgin Diet
“The leading edge of medical research is focused on the fundamental role of our microbiome in influencing every aspect of health and longevity. In The Microbiome Diet, Dr. Kellman masterfully presents a life-enhancing, actionable plan based on this emerging science in a way that is user-friendly, for all of us.” —David Perlmutter, MD, author of #1 New York Times best seller Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth About Wheat, Carbs and Sugar—Your Brain’s Silent Killers
Raphael Kellman, MD, is a specialist in internal medicine and intestinal health whose background in the philosophy of science and in systems theory has enabled him to help pioneer the practice of holistic and functional medicine. His specialized work in intestinal health has led him to develop what he calls the medicine of renewal, which relies on the latest scientific technology to activate the body’s own innate ability to heal. Dr. Kellman is author of two previous books, Gut Reactions and Matrix Healing.
Spring 2014 • Health and Wellness/Diet • 256 pages World Rights: Da Capo Lifelong Books; Dutch: Kosmos; French: Larousse; Portuguese (Brazil): Editora Pensamento Cultrix
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Julieanna Hever The Vegeterrean Diet: Indulge in Your Favorite Mediterranean Cuisine for Optimal Health and Weight Loss We all know just how good the Mediterranean diet is for us, but registered dietician Julieanna Hever tells us how to pump it up to a new level by taking it vegetarian. Recently, copious articles in the scientific journals have shown just how healthful and life sustaining a whole-food, plant-based diet is. Hever offers a plant-based twist on the typical Mediterranean regime—she explains how to get omega-3s from sources other than fish and suggests sparing use of oils, fats, and sweets, among other key guidelines. As she says herself, “The benefits of a Mediterranean diet have great support in the research. When it’s not broken, you probably don’t need to fix it. But what about when you can make slight modifications and see enormous results? I say bring it on!” • Julieanna Hever, MS, RD, CPT, is a registered dietitian who has been in private practice in Los Angeles since 2005. She is host of the talk-show series What Would Julieanna Do? on Veria Living Network, author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Plant- Based Nutrition, and the nutrition columnist for VegNews magazine. She is coauthor of the cookbook The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Gluten-Free Vegan Cooking. Hever was recently featured on The Dr. Oz Show, The Steve Harvey Show, The Marie Osmond Show, Reluctantly Healthy, and E! News. Visit her website at PlantBasedDietitian.com.
December 2014 • Diet • 272 pages World Rights: Da Capo Lifelong Books
Beth Hillson The Complete Guide to Living Well Gluten-Free: Everything You Need to Know to Go from Surviving to Thriving A diagnosis of celiac disease can be a lonely and frightening thing, and the condition is on the rise worldwide, as is the need for well-grounded resources that give all the facts and debunk the myths. In this book celiac sufferer and president of the American Celiac Disease Alliance Beth Hillson works closely with leading medical experts to offer a comprehensive resource manual. Set up in a question-and-answer format, the book is divided into three sections—diagnosis, diet, and lifestyle—to cover, in a warm, reassuring, and authoritative way, every aspect of coping and living well with the disease. • Beth Hillson is a leading expert on the gluten-free diet and lifestyle. She is founder of one of the first gluten-free companies, Gluten-Free Pantry. She is author of Gluten-Free Makeovers, food editor for Living Without, the leading magazine for gluten- free and other special diets, and writer and editor for a weekly online newsletter for GlutenFree.com, where she answers questions about diet, disease, and lifestyle from more than 30,000 readers.
September 2014 • Health/Diet/Gluten-Free • 336 pages World Rights: Da Capo Lifelong Books
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Allyson Kramer Sweet Eats for All: 250 Decadent Gluten-Free, Vegan Recipes—from Candy to Cookies, Puff Pastries to Petits Fours From candy to cookies, puff pastries to petits fours, blogger, Allyson Kramer brings us the essential book for creating decadent, allergy-friendly treats, both gluten-free and vegan. Dessert may be the hardest thing that people with food allergies must give up, and it’s hard to recreate dessert favorites on your own. This is the only book you’ll need to create fabulous gluten-free vegan desserts that hold their own next to traditional sweets. With over 250 recipes, a chapter on basic equipment, and tips and common conversions, this book boasts a comprehensive outline of what it takes to make scrumptious desserts, regardless of your dietary restrictions. • Allyson Kramer’s blog, ManifestVegan.com, has 160,000 unique monthly visits and 350,000 monthly page views with over 6,000 subscribers. She is author of Great Gluten-Free Vegan Eats and Great Gluten-Free Vegan Eats from Around the World. Kramer has a degree in fine arts, and with over 15 years’ experience in vegan baking and candy and pastry making, she has become an authority on gluten-free vegan cuisine. Kramer’s work has been featured in Easy Eats, Vegetarian Times, Huffington Post, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Jackson Sun, as well as on the websites for Bon Appétit, All You, Fine Cooking, and Bust.
August 2014 • Vegan/Health • 304 pages • color photos World Rights: Da Capo Lifelong Books; French: L’Age d’Homme
Susan O’Brian The Gluten-Free Vegetarian Family Cookbook: 150 Healthy Recipes for Meals, Snacks, Sides, Desserts, and More This cookbook is filled with delicious gluten-free vegetarian recipes that include various sources of protein, complex carbs, and low-starch ingredients for maximum health benefits and flavor. The increasingly popular gluten-free lifestyle has growing numbers avoiding gluten because of celiac disease, gluten sensitivity, or a desire to improve health. Unfortunately, gluten-free foods can actually be less healthy because they are higher in starch and simple carbohydrates. This can make eating a well-balanced gluten-free diet challenging, especially for busy parents trying to make meals the whole family will enjoy. The Gluten-Free Vegetarian Family Cookbook offers nutritious, delicious, kid-friendly recipes that incorporate complex carbs with ingredients like almond and coconut flours, chia, quinoa, and teff. With recipes like “Power-Packed Carrot Muffins,” “Roasted Spaghetti Squash—Thai Style,” “Sloppy Junes,” and “Veggie Quinoa Burgers,” this cookbook provides 150 ways to improve health for busy families. • Susan O’Brien is a gourmet cook, baker, cooking instructor, and food- management consultant.
January 2015 • Vegan Cookery • 224 pages World Rights: Da Capo Lifelong Books
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Harriet Brown Obsessed: The Science, History, Culture and Truth Behind Our Preoccupation with Weight and Body Image Concerns about weight and body image aren’t new. What is new is the height of obsession that those concerns have reached over the last decade. Doctors, the media, friends, schools, advertisements—all of these feed a relentless obsession with the size and shape of our bodies. Obsessed is a fascinating and provocative exploration of how biology, psychology, metabolism, media, and culture come together to shape our ongoing obsession with our bodies and what we can learn from them to help us shift the way we think. Harriet Brown has been exploring the conundrums of weight and body image for more than a decade, as a science journalist, as a woman who has struggled with weight, and as a mother, wife, and professor. Her book offers a vital new awareness of how the world around us has warped our perceptions of ourselves and our ideas about health. • Harriet Brown is author of Brave Girl Eating: A Family’s Struggle with Anorexia, which won a Books for a Better Life Award and a gold-level Mom’s Choice award. She is also the editor of poetry, several anthologies, and several nonfiction titles in the American Girl Library. She has had features in New York Times, O: The Oprah Magazine, Prevention, Psychology Today, and Huffington Post. Brown lectures on eating disorders, obesity, and body image throughout the United States and is an associate professor at the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.
March 2015 • Health and Wellness • 272 pages World Rights: Da Capo Lifelong Books
Charlotte N. Markey, PhD Smart People Don’t Diet: The Scientific Solution for Permanent Weight Loss For years, psychologists and scientists have conducted thousands of studies on eating and weight loss. We understand now, better than ever, why certain triggers cause us to eat, why some foods make us full, and why things like plate size, whom we eat with, and whom we are married to can help determine how much we weigh. And yet, despite all this knowledge, there has been no comprehensive effort to put all of these findings together and formulate an effective diet plan—until now. Dr. Charlotte Markey’s Smart People Don’t Diet uses the latest discoveries in psychology, nutritional science, medicine, and community health to offer a step-by-step guide to dieting and weight maintenance. This book offers no gimmicks and no fads—just scientifically proven advice about long- term, healthy weight management. Chapters include specific instructions for eating well, losing weight, and maintaining the loss; evidence for the advice offered; and discussion of related issues, including body image, physical activity, social influences on eating behaviors, and social policy considerations. • Charlotte N. Markey, PhD, is professor of psychology and director of the graduate program in psychology at Rutgers University. She routinely writes for the award-winning website ScienceOfRelationships.com. Her research has garnered widespread media attention, and she has been featured in and interviewed by the New York Times, the Economist, U.S. News & World Report, Health Day, ABC News, Time, Health Psychology, the Washington Post, Science Daily, NBC News, Psych Central, Men’s Health, Psychology Today, and a host of others. She also conducts seminars, talks, and presentations in front of hundreds of people a year, and her “Psychology of Eating” class is one of the most popular courses at Rutgers.
December 2014 • Health and Wellness/Weight Loss • 272 pages World Rights: Da Capo Lifelong Books; ANZ: Black Inc.; Dutch: Lannoo; Russian: Alpina
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Travis Macy with John Hanc The Ultra Mindset: An Endurance Champion’s 8 Core Principles for Success in Business, Sports and Life Travis Macy has trekked, kayaked, climbed, and swum through horizontal freezing rain in the Scottish Highlands, snowshoed across Canada’s desolate plains, and run through parched Mexican deserts. Most famously, in 2013 he won the Leadman, a combination trail-running marathon, 50-mile mountain-biking race, 100-mile mountain-biking race, 10K run, and 100-mile trail run over the course of two months in record time. Macy has accomplished this without exceptional strength, speed, flexibility, high-tech performance labs, or performance-enhancing drugs. His secret? A precise and particular outlook he calls the “Ultra Mindset.” The core principles of the mindset —including embracing fear, learning to rewrite stories about your past, and mastering the art of seeking help, among others—are neither mysterious nor the sole province of ascetics or elite athletes. Macy has discovered that by applying the same principles of the Ultra Mindset to other areas of life, anyone can find success and fulfillment that otherwise would have been impossible. Juxtaposing these lessons with stories of Macy’s own sports career and vignettes from other ultra athletes, the principles of The Ultra Mindset offer valuable advice for any reader who wants to maximize his or her potential—whether in a marathon, a marriage, a job, or any other aspect of life. • Travis Macy is a sought-after speaker and endurance coach and writes for Ultra Running Magazine, Backpacker Magazine, and Trail Runner Magazine. He is also a stay- at-home dad and remote high school teacher. Find him at TravisMacy.com, or on Facebook (Travis Macy and Macy Endurance Coaching), Twitter (@travismacy), or Instagram (@travismacy).
March 2015 • Sports/Recreation/Self-Help/Fitness/ • 288 pages World Rights: Da Capo Lifelong
Roy M. Wallack and Bill Katovsky Bike for Life: How to Ride to 100, Revised Edition With the number of cyclists dramatically increasing, journalists Roy M. Wallack and Bill Katovsky have updated their essential cyclist’s resource, Bike for Life: How to Ride to 100. These experts present groundbreaking information on medical research, training techniques, nutrition, and technology and equipment trends that impact the sport at every level. They assess the risks of and provide informative solutions for many bike- related conditions that have been overlooked or sensationalized or have just begun to emerge, including impotence, osteoporosis, weakened immune systems, sore backs, depression, and even fractured relationships. Also featured are in-depth interviews with cycling legends, such as Gary Fisher, Ned Overend, John Howard, Missy Giove, Eddie B, and Marla Steb. This newly updated, authoritative guide to getting the most out of your bike riding will appeal to cycling enthusiasts of all ages and abilities and is a must-read for everyone who loves to get on a bike to compete, to keep fit and promote longevity, to have fun, or simply to get from point A to point B. • Roy M. Wallack has survived the Eco-Challenge, the Soviet Union by bike, and some of the world’s toughest two-wheel events. Author of The Traveling Cyclist and a former editor at Bicycle Guide, California Bicyclist, and Triathlete magazines, he is a sports-gear columnist for the Los Angeles Times and covers cycling, fitness, longevity, triathlon, and running for Bicycling, Men’s Journal, Playboy, Outside, Competitor, and VeloNews. • Bill Katovsky biked solo across America, finished the Hawaii Ironman twice, and founded Triathlete magazine. In 2003, he coauthored Embedded: The Media at War in Iraq: An Oral History, which won Harvard’s Goldsmith Book Prize.
February 2015 • Biking/Fitness • 400 pages World Rights: Da Capo Lifelong Books; Chinese (comp.): Muses; Chinese (simp.): Bookzone; Portuguese: Editorial Odisseil
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Ellen J. Langer, PhD Mindfulness, 25th Anniversary Edition (Second Edition) *Over 250,000 copies sold. “The mindless following of routine and other automatic behaviors leads to much error, pain and a predetermined course of life, contends [Ellen J.] Langer, Harvard professor of psychology, in this thought-provoking study in which she ‘translates’ for lay readers the findings of her research. With anecdotes and metaphors, she explains how the mindless—as opposed to the mindful—develop mindsets of categories, associations, habits of thought born of repetition in childhood and throughout schooling. To be mindful, she notes, stressing process over outcome, allows free rein to intuition and creativity, and opens us to new information and perspectives. Langer discusses the negative impact of mindsets on business and social relations, showing special concern for the elderly, who often suffer from learned helplessness and lack of options. Encouraging the application of mindfulness to health, the author affirms that placebos and alternative, mind-based therapies can help patients and addicts move from unhealthy to healthy contexts.” —Publishers Weekly
This revised edition includes a new introduction that brings up to date the author’s extensive research into the effects of mindfulness on health, work, learning, and aging. • Ellen J. Langer, PhD, professor of psychology at Harvard University, is author of The Psychology of Control, Mindfulness, The Power of Mindful Learning, On Becoming an Artist, and Counterclockwise. Her work has been translated into a dozen languages. She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and numerous awards, including the American Psychological Association’s Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest.
October 2014 • Psychology/Self-Help/Creativity • 272 pages World Rights: Da Capo Lifelong Books; Chinese (comp.): Ecus Publishing House; Chinese (simp.): Cheersbooks; French: Dunod; German: Vahlen Verlag; Italian: Corbaccio; Japanese: PHP Institute; Korean: Gilbut Publishing
Mel Pohl and Katherine Ketcham The Pain Antidote: How to Eliminate Suffering from Chronic Pain, Avoid Addiction to Painkillers, and Reclaim Your Life Dependency on painkillers is on the rise, and so is the controversy surrounding this opioid epidemic. Recent studies show that overuse of painkillers can actually increase chronic pain over time. The Pain Antidote offers concrete, scientifically proven alternatives to reduce the intensity of chronic pain by addressing where pain originates in the brain, reducing the emotions that accompany and influence suffering, and restoring physical balance. This book aims to guide readers to recover from pain rather than manage it through opiates. Dr. Mel Pohl uses these techniques to treat patients at Las Vegas Recovery Center (LVRC). • Mel Pohl is a physician who specializes in treating chronic pain and co-occurring addiction at LVRC. He is author of A Day Without Pain and Pain Recovery. • Katherine Ketcham is the best-selling author of 15 books, including Under the Influence, which has sold over 1.3 million copies.
April 2015 • Health and Fitness/Self-Help and Addiction Recovery • 272 pages World Rights: Da Capo Lifelong Books
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Elle Kaplan Love the Hustle: Hard-Earned Lessons About Work and Finance That Took Me from Temp to CEO—and How They Can Help You Too Following the success of Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In, Love the Hustle offers advice to driven women who want to further their careers no matter their positions in the office hierarchy or their social standing. With a narrative centered on Elle Kaplan’s unlikely- to-succeed origins, each chapter defines a quality or action that helped her climb the corporate ladder and discusses how readers can use their resources to do the same. Kaplan’s voice is encouraging but by no means mollifying; she unapologetically tells readers the gritty truth about her encounters in the financial industry and shows how they can handle adversities from their entry-level positions all the way to the top. Readers who work out of passion rather than just for the money will now have accessible strategies to achieve their goals. • Elle Kaplan is the founder of Lexion Capital Management and Lexion Capital Access, both created to complete her vision of offering the best and most honest asset management as a realistic possibility to millions of Americans. Previously she worked as an analyst at Beacon, a private banker at JP Morgan Chase, a derivatives specialist at Barclays Bank, and a vice president and financial advisor at Bernstein Global Wealth Management. Her financial advice is often sought by news sources such as Fox Business News, CNBC, Reuters Money, and CNN. She was an Ernst & Young finalist for the 2013 Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
Spring 2015 • Business/ Self-Help • 256 pages World Rights: Da Capo Lifelong Books
Barbara Pachter The Power of Positive Confrontation, Second Edition Somewhere between “bully” and “wimp” lies a range of behavior that is positive, dignified, and effective in dealing with difficult situations. Barbara Pachter’s second edition of The Power of Positive Confrontation is filled with hundreds of real-life examples drawn from her many years of teaching assertiveness and business etiquette. It is as lucid about people and their behavior as it is clearheaded about the strategies needed to confidently and effectively handle all confrontational situations. This new edition is filled with powerful techniques not only to improve one’s ability to confront others but also to help one live a more conflict-free life. New to the edition are strategies for handling conflict on social media, a self-assessment to help people identify their confrontation style, up-to-date examples of people practicing positive confrontation, and much more. • Barbara Pachter is a business communications consultant as well as a prolific speaker and seminar leader. She has taught everyone from the bookstore stroller to Fortune 500 CEOs how to tackle difficult interpersonal interactions for decades. She has delivered more than 2,100 seminars throughout the world, including the first-ever seminar for businesswomen in Kuwait. Pachter is also adjunct faculty in the School of Business at Rutgers University.
June 2014 • Self-Help/Personal Growth • 272 pages World Rights: Da Capo Lifelong Books; Arabic: Jarir Bookstore; Chinese (comp.): CommonWealth
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Regina Leeds Rightsize ... Right Now! The 8-Week Plan to Organize, Declutter, and Make Any Move Stress-Free The word “moving” can inspire dread and panic in anyone who has ever had to deal with the stress that comes with packing and unpacking a home. Even the most easygoing person can turn into a wreck on moving day. But does it have to be that way? New York Times best-selling author Regina Leeds sees moving as an opportunity to start fresh, downsize, and simplify your life. Her innovative eight-week plan outlines how you can clear clutter, organize, pack, and prepare for the new space. Whether moving into a new house, apartment, or dorm room, readers of this practical plan will be able to settle into a simpler, cleaner home and avoid the stress that comes with moving. • Regina Leeds is the New York Times best-selling author of One Year to an Organized Life. She has been a professional organizer for over 20 years and was named best organizer by Los Angeles magazine
Spring 2015 • Self-Help/Organizing • 256 pages World Rights: Da Capo Lifelong Books
Alfie Kohn The Myth of the Spoiled Child: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom About Children and Parenting “Filled with surprising insights and counterintuitive data.… An energetic … argument against all the columnists, politicians and pundits who insist children today are spoiled.” —New York Times Book Review
“[An] important new book.… [Kohn] debunks many decades of nonsense about undisciplined, entitled, lazy, selfish, needy children who are the products of permissive parenting and schooling, rooted in the misguided progressivism of the 60’s and 70’s. His research is comprehensive, his logic compelling, and his prose accessible and witty.… The importance of Kohn’s treatise cannot be overestimated.” —Huffington Post
“Kohn attacks the status quo on child-rearing and parenting.… Via research and interviews, Kohn closely examines the current media-backed perceptions of permissive and controlling parenting and contrasts them with actual data, deflating popular beliefs that children are now more spoiled and unruly than ever.… A thought-provoking, semicontroversial scrutiny of modern parenting practices.” —Kirkus Reviews
“The heart of Kohn’s philosophy all comes down to unconditional love. Whether you agree or disagree with his parenting methods, that’s something everyone can get behind.” —Metro
Alfie Kohn writes and speaks widely on human behavior, education, and parenting. He has authored many books, including Feel-Bad Education, The Homework Myth, and Unconditional Parenting. Kohn has been described in Time magazine as “perhaps the country’s most outspoken critic of education’s fixation on grades [and] test scores.” He has been featured on hundreds of TV and radio programs, including Today and The Oprah Winfrey Show; he has been profiled in the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times, and his work has been described and debated in many other leading publications. For more information, see AlfieKohn.org.
March 2014 • Parenting • 300 pages World Rights: Da Capo Lifelong Books; Bulgarian: Colibri; German: Beltz Verlag; Romanian: Herald
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T. Berry Brazelton, MD, and Joshua D. Sparrow, MD Discipline: The Brazelton Way Discipline: The Brazelton Way shows how normal physical, emotional, and intellectual growth spurts can lead to conflicts and testing behavior. For each problem—defiance, lying, stealing, fighting and biting, and foul language—Drs. T. Berry Brazelton and Joshua D. Sparrow offer both understanding and practical solutions, coming to the rescue with empathy, warmth, and wisdom, leading parents step-by-step through these trying struggles. With the doctors’ unparalleled understanding and experience, parents will emerge from the turmoil relieved, empowered, and full of new pleasure in the strength and progress of their child. • T. Berry Brazelton, MD, founder of the Child Development Unit at Children’s Hospital Boston, is clinical professor of pediatrics emeritus at Harvard Medical School and professor of pediatrics and human development at Brown University. He is a famed advocate for children, and his many other internationally acclaimed books for parents include To Listen to a Child, Infants and Mothers, and, with Stanley I. Greenspan, MD, The Irreducible Needs of Children. • Joshua D. Sparrow, MD, child psychiatrist and supervisor of inpatient psychiatry at Children’s Hospital Boston, is assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and associate director of training at the Brazelton Touchpoints Center. He is coauthor with Dr. Brazelton of Touchpoints Three to Six and several titles in the Brazelton Way series.
June 2015 • Parenting • 192 pages • World Rights: Da Capo Lifelong Books: Italian: Cortina; Polish: Gdansk Psychology; Portuguese (Portugal): Presenca; Spanish (Lat. Am.): Norma
Other titles in the Brazelton Way series Calming Your Fussy Baby Mastering Anger and Aggression Sleep Toilet Training Understanding Sibling Rivalry
David Elkind Parenting on the Go: A to Z, Ages Zero to Six “An astute and easy-to-read abecedary of tips for parenting tots.… Elkind is especially attuned to questions about the challenges of parenting that were unheard of a century, or even a generation, ago.… This breezy but substantive guide will make a terrific baby shower present and will find a welcome place on many a bedside table.” —Publishers Weekly
“[A] quick, easy guide to kids.” —Philadelphia Tribune
“Covers a wide range of subjects and offers solutions to run-of-the-mill concerns as well as the more multifaceted issues.… Dr. Elkind gives 500-word answers to more than a hundred of the most common questions parents ask.” —Bookviews
David Elkind has researched perceptual, cognitive, and social development, attempting to build on the research and theory of Jean Piaget. He has published numerous papers and books, including The Hurried Child, All Grown Up and No Place to Go, Miseducation, Ties That Stress, and, most recently, The Power of Play. He lectures worldwide and has appeared on Today, CBS Morning News, 20/20, Nightline, Donahue, and The Oprah Winfrey Show. He has been profiled in People and Boston Magazine. He is currently chief scientific advisor for JustAskBaby.com, an Internet service for parents.
July 2014 • Parenting • 256 pages • World Rights: Da Capo Lifelong Books
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Robert H. Pantell, MD, James F. Fries, MD, and Donald M. Vickery, MD Taking Care of Your Child, Ninth Edition, A Parent’s Illustrated Guide to Complete Medical Care More than 1 million families use Taking Care of Your Child to handle everything from injuries and allergies to childhood diseases and everyday worries. Easy to use, even in a crisis, this book is the indispensable, definitive guide for parents. Parents simply look up a symptom and find a complete explanation of probable causes, how serious they might be, and how to quickly relieve a child’s problem at home. Easy-to-follow decision charts show readers exactly when to see a doctor. The ninth edition is a major revision, while maintaining the original philosophy that you can do more for your child’s health than your doctor can. It offers updated information on childhood depression, immunizations, ADHD, autism, breastfeeding, obesity, and discipline. It also features entirely new sections on genetics, neurobiology and developing infants, advances in social epidemiology, developing techniques such as bio-signatures, minimizing risk from technical advances, head trauma, and understanding evidence-based medicine and using published guidelines. From covering more than 100 common complaints to giving clear advice on understanding the latest technological advances in childhood health care, Taking Care of Your Child is the health guide every parent should have on hand. • James F. Fries, MD, is professor emeritus in the Immunology and Rheumatology Department at the Stanford School of Medicine. He has won multiple awards: ISI Highly Cited from Web of Science (2009), Research Hero from Arthritis Foundation (2000), Clinical Research Award from American College of Rheumatology (2005), and Master of Rheumatology, American College of Rheumatology (2003). • Robert H. Pantell, MD, is professor of pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco. He received his medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine and has been in practice for 45 years. He is currently affiliated with multiple hospitals in the San Francisco Bay Area, including Alta Bates Summit Medical Center and UCSF Medical Center. • Donald M. Vickery, MD, founded Health Decisions International, a self-diagnosing software tool for doctors and patients. He helped develop the first medical decision charts for nondoctors and was the head of the nonprofit Self-Care Institute. Dr. Vickery was president and chief executive of the Center for Consumer Health Education, based in Evergreen, Colorado, from 1980 to 2008.
June 2015 • Health and Fitness • 304 pages World Rights: Da Capo Lifelong Books
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Nick Schou Kill the Messenger: How the CIA’s Crack-Cocaine Controversy Destroyed Journalist Gary Webb, Revised Edition Soon to be a major motion picture staring Jeremy Renner, directed by Michael Cuesta (executive producer and director of Homeland), developed by Universal Pictures, and distributed by Focus Features, Kill the Messenger tells the story of the tragic death of Gary Webb, the controversial newspaper reporter who committed suicide in December 2004. Webb was the former San Jose Mercury News reporter whose 1996 Dark Alliance series on the so-called CIA–crack cocaine connection created a firestorm of controversy and led to his resignation from the paper amid escalating attacks on his work by the mainstream media. Author and investigative journalist Nick Schou published numerous articles on the controversy and was the only reporter to significantly advance Webb’s stories. Drawing on exhaustive research and highly personal interviews with Webb’s family, colleagues, supporters, and critics, this book argues convincingly that Webb’s editors betrayed him, despite mounting evidence that his stories were correct. Kill the Messenger examines the Dark Alliance controversy, what it says about the current state of journalism in America, and how it ultimately led Webb to take his own life. This book provides a gripping view of one of the greatest tragedies in the annals of investigative journalism. • Nick Schou is an award-winning investigative journalist with OC Weekly who has also written for LA Weekly, the San Francisco Bay Guardian, and the Washington City Paper. He is author of Orange Sunshine: The Brotherhood of Eternal Love and Its Quest to Spread Peace, Love, and Acid to the World.
September 2014 • Biography • 256 pages • World Rights: Nation Books; Chinese: Peking University Press
Nelson A. Denis War Against All Puerto Ricans: Revolution and Terror in America’s Colony Based on oral histories, personal interviews, eyewitness accounts, congressional testimony, and recently declassified FBI files, War Against All Puerto Ricans tells the story of a revolution integral to Puerto Rican history but virtually unknown to the world: the Puerto Rican independence revolt of 1950. After over 50 years of military occupation and colonial rule, the Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico staged an unsuccessful armed insurrection against the United States. Violence swept through Puerto Rico: assassins were sent to kill President Harry Truman, gunfights roared in eight towns, and police stations were burned. In order to suppress the uprising, the US Army deployed thousands of troops and bombarded two towns, marking the first time in history that the United States bombed its own citizens. In telling this story, Nelson A. Denis traces the lives of the key figures who shaped, directed, and destroyed the revolution, including Pedro Albizu Campos, president of the Nationalist Party and leader of the Puerto Rican independence movement, who was eventually imprisoned and died under mysterious circumstances. It is an unflinching account of the gunfights, prison riots, political intrigue, FBI and CIA covert activity, and mass hysteria that accompanied this tumultuous period in Puerto Rican history. • Nelson A. Denis is a lawyer and politician. After earning degrees from Harvard and Yale Law School he practiced law for several years. A NY State assemblyman for East Harlem from 1997 to 2001, he has also served as the editorial director of El Diario la Prensa, the largest Spanish-language newspaper in New York City and the oldest Spanish-language daily in the United States. He has written for the New York Daily News, Newsday, and the New York Sun.
April 2015 • History/Caribbean History • 350 pages • World Rights: Nation Books
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Robert Scheer They Know Everything About You: How Data-Collecting Corporations and Snooping Government Agencies Are Destroying Democracy In the first week of June 2013, the American people discovered that for a decade the federal government has had full access to all phone records and the vast trove of presumably private personal data posted on the Internet. This has brought the threat of a surveillance society to the fore. But the erosion of privacy rights extends far beyond big government. Big business has long played a leading role in the hollowing out of personal freedoms. In his new book, Robert Scheer shows how our most intimate habits, from private correspondence to book pages read, lists of friends, and phone conversations, have been seamlessly combined in order to create a detailed map of an individual’s social and biological DNA. From wiretapping to lax social media security, from domestic spy drones to sophisticated biometrics, the delicate balance between national security and individual sovereignty has been seriously undermined. Without privacy, Scheer argues, there is neither freedom nor democracy. The freedom to be left alone embodies the most basic of human rights. Yet this freedom has been squandered in the name of national security and consumer convenience. The information revolution has exposed much of the global population to a boundless world of universally shared information. But it has also stripped both passive and active participants of their every shred of privacy in ways most don’t comprehend. The technology of surveillance, Scheer warns, represents an existential threat to the liberty of the human spirit. • Robert Scheer, former national affairs correspondent and columnist for the Los Angeles Times, is editor in chief of the Webby Award–winning online magazine Truthdig and professor at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Scheer is also cohost of the weekly political radio program Left, Right and Center on KCRW, the National Public Radio affiliate in Santa Monica, California. He is author, most recently, of The Pornography of Power and The Great American Stickup.
December 2014 • Current Affairs and Politics • 304 pages World Rights: Nation Books
Scott Horton Lords of Secrecy: The National Security Elite and America’s Stealth Warfare In lucid and chilling detail, journalist and lawyer Scott Horton shows how secrecy has changed the way America wages war. In America’s new national security state, power has consolidated, with a group of key people making executive decisions about war and peace. Secrecy is justified as part of a bargain in which the state promises to keep its people safe from its enemies. But never before have the American people had so little information about the wars waged in their name. The new national security elites have become autonomous, self-directing, and unaccountable. This book reminds us that dealing with the country’s national security concerns is both the right and the responsibility of a free citizenry, something that has always sat at the heart of any democracy that earns the name. • Scott Horton is a contributing editor at Harper’s magazine and writes No Comment for the website. A New York attorney known for his work in emerging markets and international law, especially human rights law and the law of armed conflict, Horton lectures at Columbia Law School. A lifelong human rights advocate, Horton served as counsel to Andrei Sakharov and Elena Bonner, among other activists in the former Soviet Union.
December 2014 • Current Affairs/Politics • 256 pages World Rights: Nation Books
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Ian Millhiser The Supreme Court’s Nearly Unbroken History of Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting the Afflicted Few American institutions have inflicted greater suffering on ordinary people than the Supreme Court of the United States. The justices built a nation where children toiled in coal mines and cotton mills, where Americans could be forced into camps because of their race, and where women were sterilized at the command of states. The court was the midwife of Jim Crow, the right hand of union busters, and the dead hand of the Confederacy. Nor is the modern court a vast improvement, with its incursions into voting rights, its willingness to place elections for sale, and its growing skepticism about the democratic process generally. America ratified three constitutional amendments to provide equal rights to freed slaves, but the justices spent 30 years largely dismantling these amendments. Then they spent the next 40 years rewriting them into a shield for the wealthy and the powerful. Similarly, the recent, nearly successful legal attack on Obamacare was waged in the spirit of early-twentieth-century decisions like Lochner v. New York and Hammer v. Dagenhart, which treated the American people’s right to govern themselves with great skepticism. Recently, cases like Citizens United allowed rivers of money to flood our democracy, and Shelby County tore out the heart of American voting-rights law. These cases are hardly anomalies; they fit a pattern of justices placing powerful interests above the welfare of the general public. In this powerful indictment of a venerated institution, constitutional law expert Ian Millhiser demonstrates how Supreme Court decisions have impacted the lives of everyday Americans since Reconstruction down to the present day. • Ian Millhiser is a senior constitutional policy analyst at the Center for American Progress and editor of ThinkProgress Justice. He received his JD from Duke University and clerked for Judge Eric L. Clay of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. His writings have appeared in a diversity of legal and mainstream publications, including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, U.S. News & World Report, Slate, Guardian, Nation, American Prospect, Yale Law and Policy Review, and Duke Law Journal.
March 2015 • Political Science/American Government • 336 pages World Rights: Nation Books
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Dr. Brian Little Me, Myself, and Us: Lessons from the New Science of Personality “Brian Little is one of the wisest, funniest, kindest, and most erudite people I have ever met, and in this book you’ll be treated to a generous helping of all these personality traits. A monumentally important book for anyone who wants to understand their colleagues, their loved ones—and their very own selves.” —Susan Cain, author of the New York Times best seller Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
“Entertaining, enlightening and refreshingly light on psychobabble”—Kirkus Reviews
Picked as a #1 top upcoming book for fall 2014 by Adam Grant, bestselling author of Give and Take
“Me, Myself, and Us is a masterpiece. With extraordinary wit and wisdom, distinguished psychologist Brian Little offers startling insights about our trivial pursuits and magnificent obsessions. It should come with a warning label: this book will fundamentally change the way you see yourself and everyone you know.” —Adam Grant, Wharton professor and best-selling author of Give and Take
Dr. Brian Little is an internationally acclaimed scholar and speaker in the field of personality and motivational psychology. Professor Little is at Cambridge University, where he is a a distinguished associate of the world-renowned Cambridge Psychometrics Centre. Previously, he has taught at McGill, Oxford, and Harvard universities. He was elected a “favorite professor” by the graduating classes of Harvard for three consecutive years. He is also a distinguished research professor emeritus at Carleton University in Ottawa and lectures worldwide. September 2014 • Psychology • 300 pages World Rights: PublicAffairs; Canada and French: HarperCollins; Chinese (simp.): China Renmin; Korean: Gimm Young Sa
Gerard O’Neill and Dick Lehr Black Mass: The Irish Mob, the FBI and a Devil’s Deal A gripping, epic, true story of violence, betrayal, and corruption, Black Mass is currently being crafted into a film by Cross Creek Pictures (the producers of Black Swan) with a screenplay by Russell Gewirtz (writer of The Inside Man) and set for fall 2015 release. John Connolly and James “Whitey” Bulger grew up together as two boys coming of age on the bare-knuckle streets of South Boston. Decades later, Connolly was a major figure in the FBI’s Boston office, while Bulger had become a godfather in the Irish Mob. Connolly hatched an audacious plan to use Bulger as a top-secret snitch in the FBI’s war against the Mafia. But over time the information started flowing the opposite way, and the lines between good and evil blurred. Gerard O’Neill and Dick Lehr take us deep undercover to expose one of the worst scandals in FBI history, the chilling true story of a dark deal between two old friends that spiraled out of control. • Gerard O’Neill and Dick Lehr are award-winning journalists. O’Neill has won the Pulitzer Prize and the Hancock and Loeb awards; Lehr, a Pulitzer finalist, has also won the Hancock and Loeb awards.
Published • True Crime • 288 pages World Rights: PublicAffairs; UK: Canongate; Chinese (simp.): Beijing Ruyixinxin ; Italian: Rizzoli; French: Hugo et Cie; Japanese: Kadokawa; Polish: Marginesy
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Richard Dobbs, James Manyika, and Jonathan Woetzel Everything You Know About Globalization Is Wrong: The Four Disruptive Forces Breaking All the Trends The dramatic fall of BlackBerry and the stunning rise of What’sApp, the almost overnight emergence of “Single’s Day” (November 11), a contrived holiday in China, as the biggest online shopping day in the world, and the similarly from-out-of-nowhere rise of the United States as the world’s newest petropower: Are there common threads in these big, important stories? Yes. Ours is an era of nearly constant discontinuity. Today, speed, surprise, and sudden shifts in direction in huge global markets routinely shape the destinies of established companies and provide opportunities for new entrants—and they will do so even more in the years ahead. In Everything You Know About Globalization Is Wrong, the directors of the McKinsey Global Institute, the flagship think tank of the world’s leading consulting firm, McKinsey & Company, dive deeply behind current headlines to analyze the key forces transforming the global economy over the next two decades—and most importantly, to explain what business and government leaders need to do to reset their intuitions and take advantage of the disruptions ahead. Free of jargon and gimmicks, filled with anecdotes, data, and graphics, and informed by deep experience, Everything You Know About Globalization Is Wrong targets a broad audience of middle- and senior-level managers, investors, and policy makers. • Richard Dobbs, James Manyika, and Jonathan Woetzel are directors at McKinsey Global Institute, the flagship think tank of the world’s leading consulting firm, McKinsey & Company, which counts 90 percent of Fortune 500 companies as clients. • Richard Dobbs leads research on global economic trends, including urbanization, resource markets, capital markets, and productivity and growth. His written work regularly appears in journals like the McKinsey Quarterly and the coauthored Value: The Four Cornerstones of Corporate Finance. • Jonathan Woetzel has worked extensively with governments and businesses on issues such as energy, real estate, sustainability, and economic development. He has authored or coauthored four books on China, including China’s Economic Opening to the Outside World: The Politics of Empowerment and Capitalist China: Strategies for a Revolutionized Economy. • James Manyika is a leader in research on innovation, competitiveness, and the impact of technology on business and the economy. In January 2013, he was one of nine people appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on the President’s Global Development Council.
April 2015 • Business • 288 pages World Rights: PublicAffairs
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Ram Charan The Attacker’s Advantage: Uncertainty’s Upside “Ram has the rare ability to distill meaningful from meaningless and transfer it to others in a quiet, effective way.” —Jack Welch
The phenomenon of uncertainty is not new; what is new is its intensity and potential to change industries and destroy companies. In The Attacker’s Advantage, renowned business expert and best-selling author Ram Charan shows what skills are needed to be able to spot the disruption that is coming and what actions are necessary to take advantage of these changes. With his unparalleled ability to cut through complexity and provide workable solutions, Charan provides his readers with the ability to anticipate and deal with the biggest threats facing their businesses. • Ram Charan is a world- renowned business advisor, author, and speaker who has spent the past 35 years working with many of the top companies, CEOs, and boards of our time. In his work with companies including GE, MeadWestvaco, DuPont, Novartis, EMC, 3M, Verizon, Aditya Birla Group, Tata Group, GMR, Max Group, Yildiz Holdings, and Grupo RBS, Charan is known for his expertise in uncovering core business problems or unseen opportunities. He has authored 15 books since 1998 that have sold over 3 million copies in more than a dozen languages. Execution, which he coauthored with former Honeywell CEO Larry Bossidy in 2002, was a #1 Wall Street Journal best seller and spent more than 150 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list.
December 2014 • Business and Economics • 224 pages • World Rights excluding Portuguese: PublicAffairs
Steve Krupp and Paul J. H. Schoemaker Winning the Long Game: How Strategic Leaders Shape the Future Every leader has to deliver the goods—make budget, meet deadlines, and deftly manage people. But therein lies the danger of winning today’s battle and losing the war. Today’s number one business challenge is winning the long game by being more strategic, developing the skills to look outside the organization and see the world from the future back. Steven Krupp and Paul J. H. Schoemaker bridge the gap between what many see as the separate domains of strategy and leadership to show how to develop strategic leadership in a world of growing uncertainty. While very pragmatic, Winning the Long Game offers vivid insights into strategic leadership by applying it through personal portraits of business leaders like Elon Musk, Richard Branson, and Sara Blakely, as well as world-renowned figures like Pope Francis, Oprah Winfrey, and Nelson Mandela. This is the must-have playbook for every leader and for any manager seeking to become more strategic in today’s topsy-turvy world. • Steve Krupp is chief executive officer of Decision Strategies International (DSI), where he advises CEOs and C-suite executives. Before joining DSI, he was a senior partner at Oliver Wyman Delta, where he focused on leadership and led the executive talent management business. A respected thought leader, he is frequently heard through such channels as the Harvard Business Review, Talent Management, and Inc. • Paul J. H. Schoemaker is founder and executive chairman of DSI and research director of the Mack Institute for Tech Innovation Management at the Wharton School. He is coauthor of the business best sellers Decision Traps and Winning Decisions. He has been a professor at the University of Chicago and the Wharton School, and his research ranks in the top 1 percent of global scholarly citations. He has published widely in such journals as the Harvard Business Review, Management Science, and Brain and Behavioral Sciences, among others.
September 2014 • Current Affairs/Politics • 208 pages • World Rights: PublicAffairs
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Robin Chase Peers, Inc.: The Game-Changing Business Model Putting People and Platforms to Work In 1999, Robin Chase cofounded Zipcar, now the world’s largest car-sharing company. Recognizing that cars sitting idle are an untapped resource, she set out to enable people to own a part of a car rather than a whole one. The company would do what individuals couldn’t—build the infrastructure and take advantage of economies of scale. Since leaving Zipcar, Robin has started two other businesses and is a champion for the model that Zipcar pioneered, Peers Inc., which works by combining what companies do well with the creativity, diversity, social networks, and local knowledge that individual creators bring to bear. This combination is poised to take advantage of the excess capacity that surrounds us. Companies like Airbnb (putting our extra rooms to work), LinkedIn (putting our personal networks to work), Skype (our computers and Internet connections), eBay (our stuff) all are built on this premise, and all have grown exponentially. By turning a world often characterized as imperiled by scarcity into one where abundance leads not only to prosperity but potentially to solutions to some of our most vexing problems, Peers Inc. is a game changer. • In addition to founding Zipcar, Robin Chase, recognized as both a thought leader and an in-the-trenches practitioner, cofounded Buzzcar (in France) and Veniam Works; her two TED talks have been viewed 1 million times. She has been named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People, Fast Company’s Fast 50 Innovators, and Businessweek’s Top 10 Designers. A graduate of MIT’s Sloan School of Management, she was also a Loeb Fellow at Harvard University. May 2015 • Business Trends • 256 pages • World Rights: PublicAffairs; United Kingdom: Headline
Kentaro Toyama, PhD What Good Is Technology? Rescuing Social Change from the Cult of Technology “Read this book! With engaging stories and penetrating insight, Toyama reveals that even the most powerful technologies can’t cure our social ills and he inspires us toward a more deeply human kind of progress.” —Ben Mezrich, author of The Accidental Billionaires
Technology holds the potential to change the world for the better, but how do our gadgets truly advance human development? Kentaro Toyama goes against the popular opinions of technological progress, maintaining that without the proper application of these technologies, technologically reliant solutions for modern civilization will ultimately fail. He argues convincingly that the value of technology will always be contingent on the organizations applying it. On its own, technology will only ever be an amplifier of existing human intentions and conditions. Toyama gives examples of how the dissemination of technology has failed to enact substantive social reform in the developing world. Here he advocates for slow growth, arguing that it will result in much more effective utilization of technological growth benefiting the areas of education, health care, and government. • Kentaro Toyama, PhD, is a senior research scientist at the University of California, Berkeley, a fellow of the Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at MIT, and an internationally recognized leader in the field of technology and society. His work with facial-recognition algorithms resulted in a study called “Probabilistic Tracking with Exemplars in a Metric Space,” which won the David Marr Prize. He has been featured in the New York Times and Forbes, lectured at the United Nations, Harvard, and MIT, and published over 100 scholarly articles about computer science, technology, and society. He serves on several advisory boards for nonprofit organizations that seek to apply information technologies to challenges related to global health, illiteracy, economic development, governance, and finance.
May 2015 • Technology/Sociology • 352 pages • World Rights: PublicAffairs
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Adam Tanner What Stays in Vegas: The World of Personal Data—Lifeblood of Big Business —and the End of Privacy as We Know It “Books with sexy titles and decidedly unsexy topics – like, say, data – have a tendency to disappoint. But What Stays in Vegas is an engrossing, story-packed takedown of the data industry.” … “Perhaps most important, given that it is such a murky subject, What Stays in Vegas offers a narrative that transforms Big Data from spreadsheet-dull to a racy read people will pay attention to.” —Financial Times
“Tanner illustrates his arguments with a traditional, vivid example from the business and entertainment world: Caesars Palace in Las Vegas…Tanner weaves this example into a gripping account of the modern direct-marketing industry… In this fascinating look at the dazzling if suffocating domain of digital information gathering, Tanner concludes that it is returning us to a world of farms and villages, where intimate details of everyone’s lives were public knowledge.”—Kirkus Reviews, *starred* review
“Data may be to the 21st century economy what oil was to the 20th, a hugely valuable asset essential to economic life and often a source of conflict. This entertaining yet deeply informative book is a great guide to what has, or hasn’t, happened and to what lies ahead.” —Lawrence Summers, former Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, & President Emeritus and Charles W. Eliot University Professor of Harvard University
Adam Tanner writes about the business of personal data. He is a Nieman fellow at Harvard University’s Department of Government. He has worked for Reuters News Agency as Balkans chief based in Belgrade, Serbia, and as San Francisco bureau chief and reported from Moscow, Berlin, and Washington, DC. He contributes a column for Forbes.
September 2014 • Technology and Business • 352 pages World Rights: PublicAffairs
Robert Bryce Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper: The Catalysts Driving Business Innovation “A book brimming with well-founded enthusiasm about the amazing present and the prospects for a more amazing future ... exploding with fascinating energy facts and ... super-fun to read.... Bryce takes his appreciation of innovation and uses it to illuminate the past, present, and future of innovation across the board.” —Forbes
“A celebration of innovations that have produced cheaper and more abundant energy, faster computing, lighter vehicles and other technological benefits…. Bryce [is a] booster for business and technology; he makes many intriguing arguments in this ‘rejoinder to the doomsayers [and] rebuttal to the catastrophists who insist that disaster lurks just around the corner.’” —Kirkus Reviews
Robert Bryce is the acclaimed author of four previous books, including, most recently, Power Hungry: The Myths of “Green” Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future and Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusion of Energy Independence. His articles have appeared in numerous publications, including the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Guardian, Slate, and National Review. He is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute.
May 2014 • Business/Economics • 352 pages World Rights: PublicAffairs
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Judith Rodin The Resilience Dividend: Being Strong in a World Where Things Go Wrong “In a world where disruption is a fact of life and uncertainty is guaranteed, Judith Rodin draws on years of experience to offer an inspiring look at how we can prepare for the unexpected - and by doing so makes our communities stronger, more prosperous and more connected in the process.”—President Bill Clinton
New York, Athens, Boston, Tohoku, Newtown, Oslo, Wenzhou, New Orleans, Dhaka, Moore, Nairobi—these communities are just a few among the many that have been hit hard by one of the “wicked problems” of today’s world: natural catastrophe, disease and contagion, systems or social collapse. If not directly touched by one of these disruptions, readers are sure to have been affected in some way. They harm people, destabilize communities, and threaten organizations and even whole societies. These problems have become such a part of our world that knowing how to prepare for them, how to respond when they happen, and how to recover from them should be essential skills of modern life for all of us. We have certainly made progress in this regard, especially in the years since 9/11, but we are still at greater risk than we should be. We can’t anticipate every disruption that might come our way, but we can develop an overall approach for dealing with the wicked problems and formulate specific plans for areas where we and our communities are particularly vulnerable. The Resilience Dividend is both timely and important as both the severity and frequency of disruptions are increasing. Through fascinating stories, practical insights, and groundbreaking research, one of the world’s preeminent experts on resilience shows how individuals, companies, and entire societies can transcend devastating problems and develop successful paths to revitalization and renewal. • Judith Rodin has been president of the Rockefeller Foundation since 2005. During her tenure she has recalibrated its focus to meet the challenges and disruptions of the 21st century, to support and shape innovations that strengthen resilience and build more inclusive economies. A research psychologist by training, she was the first woman to serve as president of an Ivy League institution, the University of Pennsylvania. She was the provost and dean of the graduate school at Yale University. She has received 19 honorary degrees and is widely recognized as a global leader.
October 2014 • Current Affairs/Strategic Planning • 384 pages World Rights: PublicAffairs
Wesley K. Clark Don’t Wait for the Next War: Rethinking America’s Global Mission Can America have a real national strategy and move forward without the focus of war? In the twentieth century, America came together to become the “Arsenal of Democracy” and emerged from World War II as a great world power. But in the time since, America’s leadership has foundered. Its new challenges, global in scope and not amenable to military solutions, require intricate interdependence between government and the private sector. All the resources are at hand, but will the United States have the vision and the will to lead? Based on his experience at the highest levels in the military, politics, and business, Wesley K. Clark offers a way forward. • Wesley K. Clark is a retired four-star general in the US Army and served as Supreme Allied Commander Europe, where he led NATO forces to victory in Operation Allied Force. He is chairman and CEO of Wesley K. Clark & Associates, a strategic consulting firm, and author of Winning Modern Wars and Waging Modern Wars. He serves as a member of the Clinton Global Initiative’s Energy and Climate Change Advisory Board and is the recipient many awards, including the Purple Heart and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
September 2014 • Current Affairs/Politics • 256 pages World Rights: PublicAffairs
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Paul Farmer A Path Out of Poverty Readers were first introduced to Paul Farmer, the world-renowned physician and international public health activist, in Tracy Kidder’s Mountains Beyond Mountains. Now readers can hear from Paul Farmer himself. Through stories of his own experiences and incisive analysis of existing data and history, Farmer explains why traditional models of foreign aid and charitable giving have failed and why an innovative model called “accompaniment” is the key to success. Accompaniment, he explains, is about sticking with a task until it’s deemed completed, not by the accompagnateur but by the person being accompanied. Although many in the world of foreign aid have long championed the principles of accompaniment, there has been a void in the market for a work that shows how to bridge the gap between rhetoric and implementation. This book fills that void using compelling, concrete data. Inspiring, thought-provoking, and controversial, this book is necessary reading for everyone who seeks to create a better world. • Paul Farmer is a physician and anthropologist and a chief strategist and cofounder of Partners in Health, an international nonprofit organization focusing on the sick and impoverished. He is the chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School and serves as UN special adviser to the secretary-general. He is the recipient of numerous honors, such as the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. His most recent books are In the Company of the Poor, Reimagining Global Health, and To Repair the World.
May 2015 • Social Science/Foreign Aid • 336 pages World Rights: PublicAffairs
Pranay Gupte Dynasty: The Two-Hundred-Year Epic of the Nehrus and the Gandhis The Nehrus and Gandhis have presided over one of the longest political dynasties of the modern world. It has produced three prime ministers—Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, and Rajiv Gandhi. The current leader of the Congress Party, Italian-born Sonia Gandhi, is widely perceived as the most powerful woman in contemporary politics. Her son, Rahul Gandhi, is the front-runner for the position of prime minister at the next general elections, if not before. It is a dynasty that has ruled through statesmanship, guile, and political savvy; it has enjoyed enormous popularity and power and suffered enormous tragedy (Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi were both assassinated) and reversals of fortune. Yet, except for a brief period—during the time of Indira Gandhi and again after her death—it has ruled by popular mandate, unlike other dynasties and autocracies in South Asia and the East. Journalist Pranay Gupte brings us a brilliant examination of the monumental accomplishments of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty as well as its setbacks and failures. Pulling from extensive interviews and research, Gupte offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive look at a political dynasty that has had no small role in shaping the world as we know it. • Pranay Gupte is a renowned author, editor, foreign correspondent, teacher, and senior strategist for conventional and new media. An elected life member of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, he also lectures worldwide and has been a panelist or moderator at events at the World Economic Forum, the World Bank, and the United Nations. He is a former foreign correspondent and staff reporter of the New York Times and columnist for Newsweek International; his many books include Dubai: The Making of a Megapolis and Mother India: A Political Biography of Indira Gandhi. He writes a regular column for the Hindu, India’s national newspaper, and for the New York Sun.
November 2014 • History • 400 pages World Rights excluding Indian languages: PublicAffairs
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Bartholomew Sparrow The Strategist: Brent Scowcroft and the Call of National Security Based on the full cooperation of the subject, The Strategist provides an in-depth portrait of a man whose career has been intimately linked to the great transformations in US foreign policy from the last third of the Cold War, to September 11, 2001, up to the present. Among the most important foreign policy minds of the 20th and early 21st centuries, Brent Scowcroft is also among the least known or understood. In a now famous August 2002 Wall Street Journal op-ed titled “Don’t Attack Saddam Hussein,” Brent Scowcroft, who had been national security advisor under President George H. W. Bush, went to war himself, in a sense, with his closest and longest-standing friends. He noted the scant evidence that tied the Iraqi government to terrorist organizations. He warned that an invasion and occupation of Iraq would be costly and potentially disastrous for a variety of carefully considered reasons. He recommended that the George W. Bush administration work with the UN Security Council and wait for definitive proof of Saddam’s wrongdoing before taking action. The essay at once made Scowcroft the most outspoken and most credible critic of the Bush administration’s plans for war and immediately generated national controversy. Scowcroft, 88, has been a leading architect of US foreign policy and grand strategy for almost a half century. He is a rare creature, someone who is regularly consulted by top officials in Democratic and Republican administrations, ranking members of the House and Senate from both sides of the aisle, and leading foreign policy journalists. Scowcroft is trusted—a scarce and typically fleeting quality in Washington—and has been for four decades. • Bartholomew Sparrow, professor at the University of Texas, Austin, studies American political development. He has received fellowships from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University, and the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and has been awarded the Leonard D. White and the Franklin L. Burdette/Pi Sigma Alpha awards from the American Political Science Association. He received his PhD from the University of Chicago.
January 2015 • Biography/History • 752 pages • World Rights: PublicAffairs
David Rothkopf National Insecurity: American Leadership in an Age of Fear During the past decade America has crossed the fine line that separates national security from national insecurity. Major misadventures like the invasion of Iraq, the embrace of torture, the expansion of domestic surveillance programs, the failure to intervene earlier in Syria, the constant shifting of “red lines” in that country or Iran, the bumbling and lack of follow-through in Libya, and the failure to stand up to abuses by “allies” like Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq or rivals like Russia and Iran have exposed how fear has warped Americans’ perspectives, causing both overreaction and inaction. For over a decade, the United States has continually rationalized bad policies as prudence. David Rothkopf, CEO and editor-at-large of Foreign Policy, has reached out to his extraordinary network of high-level contacts, conducting over 100 interviews with the players who made and influenced the critical international decisions of the George W. Bush and Barack Obama years. He asks not only how we ended up where we are but the bigger questions about where we should be and how US leadership can be restored. • David Rothkopf is CEO of the FP Group, publisher of Foreign Policy and ForeignPolicy.com, and presenter of FP Events. He is also president and CEO of Garten Rothkopf, an international advisory firm. He is a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, chairing the Bernard L. Schwartz Program in Competitiveness and Growth Policies. His several books include Power, Inc.: The Epic Rivalry Between Big Business and Government—and the Reckoning That Lies Ahead.
October 2014 • Current Affairs/Politics • 496 pages • World Rights: PublicAffairs
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Robb Pearlman Game of Thrones: In Memoriam In its fifth season, HBO’s award-winning television series based on George R. R. Martin’s best-selling fantasy novels is hotter than ever. This photo- and fact-filled memorial to the characters that have met their end thus far is a must-have for the show’s rabid fan base. Each memorial tribute is dedicated to a character killed on the show to date and includes fully a illustrated character profile. The HBO international smash hit keeps growing in popularity, being seen in over 200 markets around the globe and accumulating 41 Emmy nominations. Readers will be scrambling to get their copy of In Memoriam for their own Game of Thrones collections. • Robb Pearlman is author of Fun with Kirk and Spock, Nerd Haiku, Spoiler Alert, and several other books.
Spring 2015 • Performing Arts/Television • 144 pages • color photos throughout World Rights: Running Press
Edward Z. Epstein Audrey and Bill: A Romantic Biography of Audrey Hepburn and William Holden Onscreen they were the couple that viewers wished had gotten together in the 1954 classic Sabrina. Backstage, that iconic film ignited a great Hollywood romance. Here, for the first time, is the captivating story of the on-set romance that turned into a lifelong love story between Audrey Hepburn and William Holden. Edward Z. Epstein gathers firsthand insight from studio publicists, costars, and former friends. Hepburn was a star on the world stage. Holden was a handsome, talented, but tormented man. This poignant, captivating love story has been waiting to be told. • Edward Z. Epstein has written biographies of Paul Newman, Mia Farrow, Marlon Brando, and Lucille Ball. He also wrote Born to Skate, a best-selling biography of figure skating legend Michelle Kwan.
Spring 2015 • Biography/Entertainment and Performing Arts • 288 pages World Rights: Running Press; German: Langen Mueller
Clara Bensen No Baggage What happens when you welcome the unknown instead of attempting to control it? This memoir of travel and romance that blossomed on a luggage-free, city-hopping voyage from Istanbul to London explores that question. Clara Bensen had decided to open herself up to new experiences. She started by creating an OkCupid dating account where she met Jeff, an intriguing and handsome professor who shared her penchant for exploration and experimentation. Eight weeks later, the two were off to begin their 21- day minimalist travel experiment with no luggage, no reservations, and no plans. They set off with just the clothes on their backs and a very limited supply of other essentials. They slept where they could—on couches, floors, park lawns, and the occasional real bed—jumping from city to city by foot, car, ferry, train, and almost every mode of transportation on earth. Clara and Jeff’s story inspires adventure, spontaneity, and exploration and has been optioned for film by New Line Cinema. • Clara Bensen is a freelance writer based in Austin, Texas. Her article “The Craziest OkCupid Date Ever” about this trip on Salon.com was the 10th most viewed article of 2013.
Fall 2015 • Travel/Memoir • 325 pages World Rights: Running Press; ANZ: Hardie Grant
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Joyce Corrigan and Marie Claire Dress Skinny: Perfect-Fit Fashion for Every Figure The modern woman doesn’t need to be model sized to follow fashion trends, but women do need advice about which clothes are suitable for their body type. This fashion book finds flattering styles for women of all shapes and sizes. With advice from today’s A- listers, top designers, fashion editors, and bloggers, Dress Skinny covers tricks for looking lean, tips for picking out flattering fabrics, and suggestions for pleasing colors. Readers will gain confidence whether they want to learn how to play down hips, play up cleavage, showcase toned upper arms, or slenderize legs. • Joyce Corrigan is a contributing editor at Marie Claire, which is distributed in 24 different languages and has over 10 international editions. In its 20th anniversary year, the magazine intends to promote Marie Claire Dress Skinny in conjunction with its birthday issue in September.
Published • Self-Help/Design/Crafts and Hobbies • 224 pages • color photos throughout • World Rights: Running Press
Louise Roe Front Roe: How to Be the Leading Lady in Your Own Life Louise Roe—internationally renowned fashion journalist, TV host, model, and makeover guru—knows style. It’s not about trends; its about being unique. Louise helps women discover their personal style by exploring the things they love, from family photos to inspirational quotes. Roe helps readers expand these primary sources into their fashion, beauty, and lifestyle choices, offering helpful advice on everything from picking the best perfume to transforming a bedroom. Filled with beautiful illustrations, Front Roe compiles tricks Louise has picked up from magazine editors, stylists, celebrities, and—most importantly—real women. Roe shares stories and ideas from around the world to help women feel uplifted, inspired, and more positive about their mind, body, closet, and home. • Louise Roe is a fashion journalist featured in Glamour and Elle UK. She is also the host of MTV International’s Plain Jane, which airs in 66 countries. Her show Fit for Fashion starts airing on Fox across Asia, Australia, and the United Kingdom in September 2014.
Spring 2015 • Self-Help/Fashion and Style • 288 pages • color photos throughout World Rights: Running Press
Ramy Gafni How to Fake Real Beauty—Tricks of the Trade to Master Your Makeup Ramy Gafni, a celebrity beauty expert who has worked his magic on countless celebrated international beauties, shares his secrets in this beauty how-to. Readers will learn how to enhance natural beauty while concealing imperfections. Makeup can help fake anything, from a clear complexion to fuller lips—it’s all a matter of knowing how to apply it. Known for his humor, honesty, and creative mind, Gafni helps people bring out their individual beauty with his innovative techniques and unique products. This guide will teach readers how to get ready for their close-up and confidently take center stage in any situation. • Ramy Gafni is a professional makeup artist who has worked with celebrities from Taylor Swift to Tina Fey and Rihanna. He opened his New York City salon in 2004 and created his own brand of cosmetics, RAMY Beauty Therapy. His work has been featured in the pages of Vogue, Allure, InStyle, and People.
Spring 2015 • Beauty and Grooming • 208 pages • color illustrations throughout World Rights: Running Press
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Cecilia DeMille Presley and Mark A. Vieira with an introduction by Martin Scorcese and a forward by Brett Ratner Cecil B. DeMille: The Invention of the Hollywood Epic On the 100th anniversary of the first film made in Hollywood—a film Cecil B. DeMille directed—this epic volume is both a tribute to one of Hollywood’s founding fathers and a history of movie grandeur. Granted unprecedented access to the DeMille archives, historian Mark A. Vieira shares many never-before-published images from some of the most famous films of the twentieth century and writes illuminating text to accompany these scenes. Complementing Vieira’s text is commentary by Cecilia DeMille Presley, recalling her grandfather’s thoughts on his various films, script conferences, and visits to sets. There have been two major books about DeMille: a detailed filmography and a biography. Neither is a pictorial. Like the filmmaker’s epic works, this is a panoply of magnificence—celebrating the work of a legendary filmmaker and the remarkable history of Hollywood. • Mark A. Vieira is a photographer and writer who specializes in Hollywood history. He is also author of George Hurrell’s Hollywood, Greta Garbo: A Cinematic Legacy, and Majestic Hollywood, among other film-related titles. • Cecilia DeMille Presley, vice chairman of the National Film Preservation Foundation, has been a leading activist for the preservation of our cinematic history for many years. She produces documentaries, is a longtime benefactor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and currently serves on the board of the American Film Institute.
Fall 2014 • Biography • 416 pages • color and B&W photos throughout World Rights: Running Press
Debra Tate and David Wills, editor, with an introduction by Roman Polanski Sharon Tate: Recollection This beautifully designed celebration of actress Sharon Tate’s life and career explores her current influence as a cult and fashion icon; it is also a sociological portrait of 1960s Hollywood. Readers will be wowed by previously unrevealed information from Sharon Tate’s sister, Debra, and acclaimed archivist Manoah Bowman. With an introduction by Tate’s husband, filmmaker Roman Polanski, the book also includes quotes from Tate’s friends and contemporaries—from Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty, and Hugh Hefner to Mia Farrow, Raquel Welch, and Patty Duke—as well as current celebrities like designer Marc Jacobs and actresses Drew Barrymore and Blake Lively, who discuss her immense influence on contemporary fashion. In addition, readers will be awed by the 175 never-before-seen photographs of the late actress taken by a range of esteemed photographers. This book provides fresh insight into the life of a celebrated actress and style icon and is bound to interest a range of readers worldwide—from Sharon Tate fans to gurus of both fashion and photography. • David Wills is author of the worldwide best sellers Marilyn Monroe, Metamorphosis, and Audrey: The 60s.
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Running Press Hipster Town From Brooklyn to Paris to Berlin, hipsters are now everywhere. Readers should peruse this comedic look at one of today’s modern yet retro subcultures while wearing a vintage cardigan or plaid flannel. Following in the footsteps of similar humorous titles, such as Stuff White People Like, this hilarious board book pokes fun at hipster culture in an entertaining and subtle way. Inside are amusing descriptions of eight hipsters—such as a vegan ink tattoo artist and a vintage store “curator.” With its unique format and 100 electrostatic stickers, it’s the first of its kind in this category. The stickers of record players, messenger bags, beards, and so forth, come off the page easily and can be used over and over to create your own hipster time and time again. This title is for readers who enjoy novelty books or poking fun at hipster culture or need a gift for their favorite hipster.
Spring 2015 • Humor/General • 18 pages • color illustrations and stickers World Rights: Running Press
Off Track Planet Off Track Planet’s Brooklyn Travel Guide for the Young, Sexy, and Broke Brooklyn is considered the hipster capital of the world. In recent years, the borough has boomed in popularity, and people are coming from all over to explore its restaurant scene, bars, art galleries, tattoo shops, and sights. Following in the successful footsteps of Off Track Planet’s Travel Guide for the Young, Sexy, and Broke, this new series will pick up where the first book left off to explore the most popular cities around the country in more detail. The guide is divided in two parts: the first covers what to expect in Brooklyn, including climate, fashion, health and safety, budgeting, where to stay, and more; the second part is organized by neighborhood and all the fun things to do, like partying, art and culture, day trips, shopping, eating, festivals, tattoo shops, and sightseeing. None of the text or photos in this guide has been published online, and over 250 places are included.
Spring 2015 • Travel • 224 pages • color photos throughout World Rights: Running Press
Matthew Latkiewicz You Suck at Drinking A mix of tongue-in-cheek advice, thoughtful reflection, and humorous commentary, this celebration of drinking culture is shaken, not stirred, into one complete guide. Its helpful, wryly humorous advice will help readers navigate any drinking situation, including the types of bartenders they may encounter, what drinks match what occasions, how to drink effectively at a wedding or office party, and much more! An “out-of-the-box” cocktail book, complete with tons of helpful illustrations and handy graphs, this guide is indispensable to anyone seeking enlightenment who no longer wants to suck at drinking. • Matthew Latkiewicz is a monthly columnist for New York magazine’s Grub Street, where his articles are among the site’s most read, commented on, and shared. He has also written a wine column for McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, called “Stained Teeth,” and created the entertainment site You Will Not Believe. Through this website, he currently hosts the popular podcast Not About Wine.
Spring 2015 • Humor/Adult • 152 pages World Rights: Running Press
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Lucy Scott My Crazy, Wonderful First Year of Mommyhood in 120 Doodles When Lucy Scott gave birth to her first baby, nothing prepared her for the momentous task of caring for a new little person. Compelled to preserve the memories of her crazy, wonderful first year of mommy-hood, Lucy captured it all on the pages of her diary. This charming, silly collection includes 120 two-color doodles and captions that depict all the dramatic, terrifying, and hilarious new-mom moments that every parent knows too well. Featuring funny episodes like a disastrous baby’s first lunch out, this title is designed for busy parents to flip through at their leisure and discover laugh-out-loud doodles every time. Also included are a few doodling prompts in the back of the book so moms can doodle their own first-year memories. This book is the ideal present for new births, baby showers, or Mother’s Day. • Lucy Scott is the cofounder of an animatic studio called Treehouse 24 and has had her artwork exhibited in London, New York, Edinburgh, and Tbilisi. She lives on the south coast of England.
Spring 2015 • Humor/Comic Strips and Cartoons • 128 pages • color illustrations throughout • World Rights: Running Press
David Sopp and Kelly Sopp Safe Baby Handling Tips, Revised Edition Ten years later, with almost 200,000 copies sold, David and Kelly Sopp are back with an updated version of their hilarious guide to the do’s and don’ts of parenting! Already a must-have for new parents who are overwhelmed and befuddled when it comes to caring for their bundle of joy, this new edition has 20 percent more unique material and tips. Refreshed to relate to the modern parent, this new version includes guidance on the do’s and don’ts of Facebooking, using the latest technology in baby monitors, and more! Full of humorous black-and-white illustrations and great for birthdays and baby showers, Safe Baby Handling Tips has stood the test of time and comes complete with “The Wheel of Responsibility” to help moms and dads negotiate baby responsibilities (and shirk diaper duty!) whenever they can. • David and Kelly Sopp are the founders of Wry Baby, a small company that sells baby merchandise featuring their unique sense of humor. They are dedicated to making parenting extra fun and have done so with their hilarious hit books Safe Baby Handling Tips, Safe Baby Pregnancy Tips, and The New Parents’ Fun Book.
Spring 2015 • Humor • 36 pages • color illustrations throughout World Rights: Running Press; German: MVG Verlag; Japanese: KMax Co., Ltd.
Tara Mataraza Desmond Full Belly: Good Eats for a Healthy Pregnancy A trained chef and mother of three, Tara Mataraza Desmond understands that pregnant women need delicious food just as much as they need good nutrition. In her latest book she strives to offer realistic and healthy options for women who just love good food. With easy-to-understand nutritional recommendations and recipes, she takes the guesswork out of cooking for pregnancy by providing recipes that will appeal to both a pregnant woman’s sometimes-finicky appetite and that of her growing baby. Full Belly is also full of anecdotes and helpful tips from other mothers, who share advice concerning cravings, morning sickness, and other pregnancy topics. • Tara Mataraza Desmond is author of Choosing Sides: From Holidays to Every Day, 130 Delicious Recipes to Make the Meal, and Almost Meatless: Recipes That Are Better for Your Health and the Planet.
December 2014 • Pregnancy/Health and Fitness • 256 pages • color photos throughout World Rights: Running Press
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Dr. Ginger Southall, DC The Rainbow Juice Cleanse: Lose Weight, Boost Energy, and Supercharge Your Health Juicing is enormously popular among health-conscious people, and its popularity is spreading. In this creative and delicious twist on the trend, Dr. Ginger Southall teaches readers how “drinking the rainbow” —fresh, organic juices in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet—will help with weight loss, antiaging, and energy gain. Through this revolutionary new juicing program, readers will get the kick-start they need to lose weight and improve their health by drinking seven colors in seven days. With 50 food and juice recipes and amazing full-color photos, this book provides an innovative look at the juicing health phenomenon. • Dr. Ginger Southall, DC, is founder and CEO of Dr. Ginger LLC, a wellness consulting company that promotes her 30-Day Change Your Life Detox Challenge. She has also been an instructor of nutrition and digestive and metabolic physiology at Hippocrates Health Institute and was recipient of the Fitness Physician of the Year Award by the New York Center for Strength and Performance. Currently, she is a partner in wellness with Avalon Organics, a Diabetes Influencer for Omichannel Health Media. Spring 2015 • Health/Cooking/Juicing • 208 pages • color illustrations throughout World Rights: Running Press
Ashley Rodriguez Date Night at Home: Recipes for Food and Love Like the author and her husband, many longtime married couples fall into a romantic rut. To solve this common problem, Ashley Rodriguez and her husband began instituting a weekly date night—when they would dress up, drink glamorous cocktails, share a delicious dinner, and rekindle the spark. In this ode to food and romance, Rodriguez reveals how any couple can keep the spark alive with a special weekly date night and shares 25 tried-and-true meals for at-home dates. Date Night at Home is packed with tantalizing recipes that make it easy to keep the passion alive in daily life. • Ashley Rodriguez is a Seattle-based food consultant, cooking instructor, and food photographer. As the creator of NotWithoutSalt.com, she has earned accolades from Saveur.com, Brides.com, BonAppetit.com, and many others. December 2014 • Cooking/Entertaining • 256 pages • color photos throughout World Rights: Running Press
Maureen Abood Rose Water and Orange Blossoms: Fresh and Classic Recipes from My Lebanese Kitchen Successful blogger Maureen Abood opens up her kitchen to explore the delicious and healthy world of Lebanese cuisine in this beautiful and unique cookbook. Using some of the biggest staples in a Middle Eastern kitchen—spices and lots of fresh herbs—Abood blends traditional Lebanese dishes with modern style. The unique and flavorful recipes range from Pistachio Crusted White Fish, Stone Fruit Salad with Flower Waters and Shaved Coconut, to Spiced Sweet Bread with Rose Water Milk Glaze. This food will appeal to a large variety of eaters—with many vegan, vegetarian, and meat dishes—all while promoting a healthy lifestyle with a ton of flavor. Filled with photos, this journey through delectable, diverse Middle Eastern flavors will reveal how easy it is to incorporate the exotic and exciting flavors of Lebanon into tasty meals that are healthy, inventive, and able to feed your soul. • Maureen Abood is a Lebanese American with a passion for cooking. She has had great success sharing her recipes both in large media sources such as the Huffington Post and on her popular blog, similarly titled Rose Water and Orange Blossoms, which receives 35,000 visitors each month.
Spring 2015 • Cooking/Lebanese • 272 pages • color photos throughout World Rights: Running Press
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Julie Hasson Vegan Casseroles: Pasta Bakes, Gratins, Pot Pies, and More Traditional comfort foods are off-limits to most health-conscious vegans but simply abandoning childhood favorites like shepherd’s pie and eggplant parmesan wasn’t an option for author Julie Hasson, who challenged herself to recreate her favorite retro recipes without all of the animal products and cholesterol. The result? Vegan Casseroles, an incredible cookbook filled with over 80 gluten-free and vegan recipes for one-bake dishes, including everything from hash brown crusts to cabbage rolls. Similar to Julie’s Vegan Diner, Vegan Casseroles promises a fresh take on classic and nostalgic recipes, and each can be easily tweaked so that readers can experiment with their own delectable casserole creations. • Julie Hasson has written eight cookbooks, including Vegan Diner and Vegan Pizza, as well as articles and recipes for various magazines.
September 2014 • Cooking/Vegan • 224 pages • color photos throughout World Rights: Running Press
Laura Samuel Meyn and Anthony Head Meatless in Cowtown Texan cooking offers unique and bold flavors with a meat-dominated menu that always delights carnivores but leaves vegetarians wanting more choices. Now, vegetarians everywhere can go Meatless in Cowtown with these exciting and tantalizing new recipes that lasso all the best Texas flavor, minus the meat. The recipes are paired with the perfect wine or beer to enhance flavor. With four-color photos, this hearty cookbook for vegetarians and meat lovers alike will leave readers itching to make these bold, mouthwatering dishes right away. • Laura Samuel Meyn has been a vegetarian since she was 16. After working for Bon Appétit in Los Angeles, she moved back to Texas to continue her successful food-and-wine writing career. • As Anthony Head slowly gave up meat throughout the mid-1990s, he became the only vegetarian at Bon Appétit.
Spring 2015 • Cooking/Vegetarian • 224 pages • color photos throughout World Rights: Running Press
Ellen Brown Donut Nation: America’s Coast-to-Coast Obsession Donuts, a uniquely American treat, are going through a Renaissance. Ellen Brown presents 100 of the best hand-crafted donut shops in the United States. From classic treasures, like Dinkel’s Bakery in Chicago, which has been making sweets since World War II, to avant-garde surprises like Voodoo Donuts in Portland, with their bacon- topped delights, Brown delivers an in-depth look at these popular, delicious treats. Delving into the history of donuts, Donut Nation also includes 40 mouthwatering recipes for anyone inspired to make their own and join the obsession. Taking readers into brand-new donut shops such as Golden Delicious in Washington DC, Donut Nation also introduces exciting new flavors such as bacon, cider, and custard jelly. • Ellen Brown is an established food writer and journalist. She is author of 38 cookbooks, including Scoop, Gluten-Free Bread, and several Complete Idiot’s Guides.
Spring 2015 • Cooking/Pastry • 240 pages • color photos throughout World Rights: Running Press
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Judith Fertig Bake Happy—100 Delightful Dessert Recipes to Rock Your World Baking promotes happiness. This sweet baking book will lift the spirits and bring a smile to the dessert table. Included are 100 recipes bursting with bright colors and cheerful flavors, such as “Citrus Glazed Sunset Cake,” “Rustic Cherry Pudding,” “Secret Filling Devil’s Food Cupcakes,” and more. Whether in the mood for creamy chocolate, colorful cake layers, or special-occasion desserts, readers will find the perfect recipe to brighten their day. Adding to the creative mix, each recipe can be personalized, so readers have options for substituting flavor and color parings to put their own signature stamp on each dessert. Also included are thoughtful quotes from fellow foodies, flavorful basics, and tools needed, as well as dozens of full-color photos throughout. • Judith Fertig is an established cookbook author who has studied at the Cordon Bleu in London and La Varenne École de Cuisine in Paris. Her breast-cancer-fighting cookbook, Back in the Swing, won an IACP Cookbook Award, and she also has specific experience with baking as seen through her international best sellers 500 Cupcakes and I Love Cinnamon Rolls!
Spring 2015 • Cooking/Baking • 240 pages • color photos throughout World Rights: Running Press
Christi Johnstone Smart Cookie: Transform Store-Bought Cookies into Amazing Treats Not everyone has the time to bake cookies, but some people still want to add their personal touch by decorating store-bought cookies. Smart Cookie includes 50 fun and creative projects that don’t involve the time-consuming hassle of the oven. Readers will enjoy easy-to-make bunnies, snowmen, flowers, and more by using cookies, frosting, candy, and nuts from the store. Smart Cookie strives to produce a simpler and faster baking process than making cupcakes, using simple ingredients, techniques, and equipment, and 100 full-color photos guide readers every step of the way. • Christi Farr Johnstone is founder of the popular baking blog Love from the Oven, which receives more than 200,000 unique visitors per month. She is also a writer and photographer whose work has been featured on the Huffington Post, Babble, Foodista, Craft Gossip, The Kitchn, and more.
Published • Cooking • 192 pages • color photos throughout World Rights: Running Press
Adrienne Kane United States of Bread: The Nation’s Bread-Making Heritage, with 75 Recipes Before the advent of sliced Wonder Bread, the United States had a host of favorite homemade recipes, such as southern biscuits, cornbread, sweet potato loaf, and Amish dill bread. Adrienne Kane has unearthed these vintage recipes and long-forgotten traditions and compiled 75 regional favorites from across America. New bread bakers will find helpful information about baking with yeast, fermentation, equipment, and flours. More advanced bread bakers will delight in the unique recipes, informative introductions, and history of classic American bread making. United States of Bread has breads for every occasion, from yeast breads to quick breads and from sweet rolls to bread puddings. • Adrienne Kane is author of the cookbook United States of Pie and the memoir Cooking and Screaming. Her work as a food writer, recipe developer, and food photographer has appeared in Natural Health and Prevention and Chow and on FoodAndWine.com. She writes the popular blog Nosheteria.com.
Published • Cooking • 224 pages • color photos throughout World Rights: Running Press
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Karen Adler and Judith Fertig BBQ Bistro Karen Adler and Judith Fertig rejuvenate BBQ with simple, sophisticated Mediterranean flavors. Featuring recipes such as “Grilled Stuffed Fresh Figs” and “Mini Lamb Burgers with Cilantro-Mint Butter,” BBQ Bistro provides more flavor than you’ve come to expect from BBQ. Adler and Fertig explore every aspect of BBQ, from high-heat grilling to wood grilling, supplying a wide range of recipes appropriate for a wide range of home chefs. Filled with stunning full-color photos, this informative cookbook will encourage and inspire the average home cook to play with flavors through techniques that can add a smokiness to cheese and put the perfect char on a juicy steak. • Karen Adler and Judith Fertig are the BBQ Queens. This fabulous pair authored the successful cookbooks The Gardener and The Grill (21,505 copies sold) and Patio Pizzeria (7,000 copies sold). With tongs in hand, they are currently grilling and barbecuing away in Kansas City.
Spring 2015 • Cooking/Barbeque and Grilling • 224 pages • color photos throughout World Rights: Running Press
Ellen Brown Ladle: 150 Delicious, Comforting Soup Recipes Just in time for the chilly winter weather comes a cookbook dedicated to the ultimate comfort food: soup. Veteran foodie Ellen Brown has collected more than 400 restaurant- quality soup recipes, whittled down so that they are easy to make in your own cozy kitchen. Soup is easy to prepare, store, and transport, and readers of Ladle will discover delectable new recipes that they’ll want to share and enjoy with friends and family. • Ellen Brown is author of 24 cookbooks, including several Complete Idiot’s Guides, Scoop, and Mac and Cheese.
Published • Cooking • 224 pages • color photos throughout World Rights: Running Press
Nicole Bermensolo Kyotofu Japanese Desserts This unique and mouthwatering cookbook introduces readers to simple, elegant Japanese desserts with an American twist pioneered by baker Nicole Bermensolo at her award-winning, New York bakery, Kyotofu. The book presents 75 delicious recipes for both traditional Japanese desserts, like “Nama Chocolates,” and exciting modern interpretations, like “Miso Brownies” or “Matcha Green Tea Muffins.” Each chapter of recipes focuses on an ingredient—such as miso, soy, kinako, and yuzu—and discusses how it is made, its traditional role in Japanese cuisine, and its health benefits. The Kyotofu bakery has won multiple awards and has been named maker of “the best cupcake in NYC” year after year in New York magazine. This unique mix of authentic Japanese flavors with classic dessert recipes can’t be found anywhere else. • Nicole Bermensolo is owner-operator of Kyotofu bakery, founded in 2006 in New York. Before Kyotofu, she studied the art of tofu making at Kyotofu-Fujino, a fourth-generation Kyoto tofu company.
Spring 2015 • Cooking/Japanese • 240 pages • color photos throughout World Rights: Running Press
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Ben Uyeda HomeMade Modern: Smart DIY Designs for a Stylish Home From the cofounder of HomeMade-Modern.com, which focuses on affordable and sustainable design alternatives to pricey designer home goods, comes a book filled with ideas that are stylish, beautiful, and easy to construct. Showcasing 30 modern DIY projects to furnish home and outdoor spaces using recycled materials and other items, this collection of previously unseen projects is for both beginners and veteran DIYers. Projects include a concrete kitchen island, herb garden wall with ceramic pots, wood pendant lamps, plywood coffee table, and more. Also included are 150 helpful step-by- step illustrations, over 30 color photos, and information on materials and tools. This book is for those passionate about sustainable projects and looking to renovate their homes without spending a fortune. • Ben Uyeda is a designer, lecturer, and entrepreneur. In 2006, Ben cofounded the award-winning ZeroEnergy Design (ZED), specialized in ecologically conscious housing, and he is the cofounder of FreeGreen.com, a media company that provides ecofriendly home designs on the Web. By 2009, FreeGreen had become the largest supplier of house plans in the world.
Spring 2015 • Do-It-Yourself/Modern Design • 224 pages • color photos and illustrations • World Rights: Running Press
Marsha Greenberg Doll Couture: Handcrafted Fashions for 18-Inch Dolls Creating custom fashions for 18-inch dolls is a popular trend for crafters who want to repurpose vintage fabrics into haute doll-sized clothing. Adults will be inspired to make special gifts for the children in their lives, and younger crafters will love tackling the project of making clothes for their new friends. With patterns and instructions for 25 unique projects, crafters will make dresses, pants, and even shoes from unexpected materials like vintage handkerchiefs, tablecloths, tea towels, lace, embroidered linens, pillowcases, table runners, and more. • Marsha Greenberg is author of Hankie Couture. She created the Hankie Couture brand in 2002 and has sold thousands of custom designs on eBay and HankieCouture.com.
Published • Crafts and Hobbies • 192 pages • color photos and illustrations World Rights: Running Press
Ashley Johnston No-Sew Love Many crafters are intimidated by sewing machines because of the complicated machinery and confusing sewing patterns. The fantastic projects featured in this book are needle and thread-free, instead they use glue guns, fusible webbing, binding tape, and more. This book has 50 easy-to-read and easy-to-complete sets of directions for pillows, children’s clothes, holiday decorations, accessories, and more. Each chapter has a variety of projects with varying flourishes, so everyone from beginners to experts can make the most of their no-sew crafts. • Ashley Johnston is the blogger behind MakeItLoveIt.com, which receives 550,000 unique visits per month.
Published • Crafts and Hobbies • 224 pages • color photos throughout World Rights: Running Press
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Claudine Jalajas Beaded Bracelets: 25 Dazzling Handcrafted Projects People who love jewelry and crafting are rediscovering beading. Beaded Bracelets features 25 original bracelet designs that utilize four main stitches—peyote, cross weave, right angle weave, and herringbone—which can be used in other types of jewelry as well. The finished bracelets are modern, striking, and comfortable to wear. Readers of all ages and levels of expertise will enjoy making and wearing these beaded bracelets due to their simple directions and elegant designs. • Claudine Jalajas is a beadwork expert who teaches jewelry-making classes and sells her jewelry, patterns, and bead kits on Etsy and Craftsy and at various artisan shows. She has over 20 years of experience in her craft and shares her creations on her blog Belle Jewelry Designs.
Published • Crafts and Hobbies • 160 pages • color photos and illustrations throughout World Rights: Running Press
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Seal Press
Debby Herbenick The Coregasm Workout: How To Improve Your Sex Life Through Exercise Few books change the way we understand the human body, sex, and pleasure, but The Coregasm Workout offers a fundamentally new way for women to enjoy their sexuality. Kinsey Institute researcher Debby Herbenick explores the newly studied phenomenon of exercise-induced orgasm (what the media have dubbed “coregasm”). Herbenick explains how women can have better sex through exercise and developed the book’s exercise routines from surveys, interviews, and lab studies she conducted and also from conversations with women and men from a dozen countries who have shared their own experiences. The Coregasm Workout may be the best motivator to exercise yet. • Debby Herbenick is a renowned expert on human sexuality. She is codirector of the Center for Sexual Health Promotion, an associate research scientist in the Department of Applied Health Science in Indiana University–Bloomington’s School of Public Health, and the sexual health educator for the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction. She is the voice behind the Kinsey Institute’s Kinsey Confidential column and podcast series. Herbenick has published more than 75 scientific articles in peer- reviewed publications and is one of the lead authors of the 2009 National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior. She holds a PhD in health behavior and a master’s in public health from Indiana University. She has given two TEDx talks (in 2011 and 2013) and is author of Amazing Sex and Read My Lips. She frequently offers advice on sexuality on national TV and has written for a long list of national magazines.
April 2015 • Fitness/Sexuality • 224 pages World Rights: Seal Press
Carla Birnberg and Roni Noone What You Can When You Can For readers struggling to make changes in their diet and health, fitness bloggers Carla Birnberg and Roni Noone are sharing their secret. What You Can When You Can, summed up by the hashtag #wycwyc, is a unique approach to health and fitness that fits into readers’ busy lives and helps them build an online support community. This motivational book encourages women to use social media to stay true to their health goals. Friendly to beginners, Birnberg and Noone explain different social media platforms, provide useful tips to get started, and help readers discover the best ways to make their healthy lifestyles into something they can stick with. What You Can When You Can doubles as both an online companion and fitness friend for women who are looking for a new, realistic way to be healthy. • Carla Birnberg, also known as MizFit, is a freelance writer, community builder, healthy living blogger, and fitness expert. Her blog MizFitOnline.com was chosen as part of Oprah’s Virtual Digital Blogging Network and consistently receives the highest number of reader comments of any blog in the fitness genre. Birnberg has been featured in Fitness Magazine and has written for Runner’s World, Yahoo!, Shine, and others. • Roni Noone encourages lighter, healthy living through her two blogs: RonisWeigh.com and GreenLiteBites.com. She also hosts FitBloggin’, an annual conference for wellness bloggers. Winner of the SHAPE 2011 Blogger Awards, Noone founded and maintains a supportive online community called BlogToLose. In addition, Noone has represented and consulted with a wide variety of clients such as Weight Watchers, Quaker, and Kraft. Her writing has appeared in Women’s World and Wired and on CNN.
Spring 2015 • Health and Fitness/Exercise and Fitness • 160 pages World Rights: Seal Press
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Dr. Elizabeth Lombardo Better Than Perfect: Free Yourself from Impossible Standards So You Can Live a Happier, Healthier Life In 2012 alone, Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur, Inc., Forbes, New York Times, and Glamour all published feature articles on “having it all” and “being a control freak.” The Atlantic’s article “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All” was named one of the top articles in 2012. With so much attention from thought leaders and the media, perfectionism is becoming a trending issue. Dr. Elizabeth Lombardo offers workable solutions to this growing problem of striving excessively for unattainable goals. In Better Than Perfect, she outlines a progression into balance and freedom and out of the often closeted hell where most overachievers live. As a clinical psychologist, she defines the problem of living in fear of failure and the unfortunate consequences in easy-to-understand terms, offers assessment tools, shares stories from her clients, and offers practical, doable exercises to help so people who can’t be satisfied with “good enough” can get on with their lives. This indispensable guide is designed to help perfectionists improve their productivity, relationships, and mental and physical health by letting go of unrealistic ideals—like “having it all” —and embracing a life of balance and personal satisfaction. • Dr. Elizabeth Lombardo, a recovering perfectionist herself, is on a mission to help others who share her experiences. She backs her personal knowledge and experience with a master’s in physical therapy and a PhD in clinical psychology. She has also had a thriving private practice for over a decade. She has been featured as a perfectionist expert on television on CNN and The Today Show, in print in Allure, Cosmopolitan, USA Today, Health, Women’s World, and the Wall Street Journal, and online at HuffingtonPost.com, Forbes.com, Shape.com, and Self.com, among many others.
September 2014 • Self-Help/Health and Wellness • 268 pages World Rights: Seal Press; Chinese (complex): Business Weekly Publications; Chinese (simpl): Beijing Phoenix Edita Media; Japanese: Kongo Shuppan
Elizabeth Enslin While the Gods Were Sleeping While traveling abroad, Elizabeth Enslin became pregnant and decided to try a home birth in her husband’s village in Nepal. Her arrival coincided with political turmoil in the area, but her compassion for her new family and neighbors allowed her to persevere during this time of prejudice and self-doubt. She discovers allies in her husband’s village who are eager for change—women who hope to stake a claim in their cultures, families, societies, and political parties. Readers will be captivated by Enslin’s memoir and how she was driven by the power of love for her husband, her unborn baby, and her mother-in-law. While the Gods Were Sleeping also provides Enslin’s own insights into the history, culture, and politics of Nepal, drawing from 25 years of family history. • Elizabeth Enslin earned her PhD in cultural anthropology from Stanford University. She returned to the Pacific Northwest in 1995 and earned her living as a high school and college teacher, a grant writer, and an independent consultant. She has published creative nonfiction and poetry in the Gettysburg Review, Crab Orchard Review, High Desert Journal, Raven Chronicles, Opium Magazine, and In Posse Review and received an Individual Artist Fellowship Award from the Oregon Arts Commission and an honorable mention for the Pushcart Prize.
September 2014 • Travel/Biography • 256 pages World Rights: Seal Press
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Kara Richardson Whitely Gorge: My 300-Pound Journey up Kilimanjaro This inspiring story of determination shows how one woman would not let self-doubt get in the way of her happiness. Although Kara Richardson Whitely had lost over 120 pounds during an impressive feat of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, she gained that weight back during her pregnancy and found little time to stick to her workout regimen after her daughter was born. But not wanting her weight to prevent her from achieving her goals, she made a New Year’s resolution to hike Mount Kilimanjaro for a third time. Gorge is a plus-size adventure story about how to overcome adversity with weight loss in the great outdoors. • Kara Richardson Whitely is currently having a documentary, titled Big Fat Mountain, made about her story by Barcroft USA, a production company that works with the TLC, Discovery, and National Geographic networks. She has written for publications like Self, Every Day with Rachael Ray, and Runner’s World. Her story has appeared on numerous television programs, including Oprah’s Lifeclass. A blogger, she speaks at various women’s and health conferences across the United States.
April 2015 • Memoir/Fitness/Travel • 256 pages • World Rights: Seal Press
Kerry Cohen, editor Spent: Exposing Our Complicated Relationship with Shopping Our culture makes the assumption that women love to shop. But when these essayists sat down to think about why they were thousands of dollars in debt, how they tied their purchases to their self-worth, and what lessons they were teaching their kids about spending money, the need to shop appeared to have a deeper psychological underpinning. Whether women want to uncover the roots of their shopping “addictions” or men want to understand the women in their lives beyond the surface level, Spent provides daring insights from a variety of women who have all realized that they have stretched their wallets too far. • Kerry Cohen is author of the memoir Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity, which has sold over 155,000 copies, and many young adult novels. Her essays have been featured in numerous publications, including the New York Times Modern Love series and the Washington Post. She writes for both the Psychology Today and Huffington Post websites.
October 2014 • Nonfiction/Anthology • 300 pages • World Rights: Seal Press
Samantha Ducloux Waltz Blended: Writers on the Stepfamily Experience Blended explores stepfamilies from the inside out through the perspectives of 30 writers who know what it’s like firsthand. Sometimes funny, often poignant, and always deeply personal, the stories in Blended capture the essence of stepfamilies in all of their weird and wonderful varieties. The journeys range from the first encounters between new step-relatives, to marriages, honeymoons, daily experiences, and divorces. The diverse voices in Blended reflect the realities of today’s world, in which yesterday’s ideas of family structures and types just don’t cut it anymore. Parents, children, siblings, aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins: all of these relationships change when families are melded into one, and the writers of Blended help explore the truth of what these new relationships look and, especially, feel like. Blended offers something for everyone: laughter, wisdom, empathy, and guidance, and, above all, the knowledge that you are not alone. • Samantha Ducloux Waltz sold her first story at age 11 to a local newspaper. She later worked as a guest editor and assistant editor for Mademoiselle. Her books include Parenting: Four Patterns in Childrearing, Parenting Gifted Children, and Gifted Child: Master Piece in the Making. Her personal essays have been published in the Christian Science Monitor and more than 60 anthologies.
May 2015 • Family/Childcare • 256 pages • World Rights: Seal Press
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Michelle Goodman The Crap Job Survival Guide: How to Make the Most of the Job You Hate One in two people can claim that their job fails to inspire or pay fairly; some might even say that their jobs are degrading. A recent study from CareerBuilder revealed that 69 percent of employees actively scope out new employment. In The Crap Job Survival Guide, Michelle Goodman outlines the four reasons that a job might be unfulfilling and how to overcome these obstacles. Maybe it’s your first job in the industry, maybe this is just a job you took while you were saving up, maybe you haven’t found your passion yet, or maybe your job responsibilities took a turn for the worse in the recent economic climate. Playfully modeling her solutions to these problems on the five stages of grief, Goodman offers much comic relief as she provides practical advice and inventive coping strategies to make the best of an undesirable situation. • Michelle Goodman is author of The Anti 9-to-5 Guide and My So-Called Freelance Life; the latter received ForeWord magazine’s 2008 Career Book of the Year. She is a regular contributor to Entrepreneur Magazine, creator of the Seattle Times’s Nine to Thrive workplace blog, and columnist for ABC News. Her advice has also appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, HuffPost Live, ABC News, BusinessWeek, U.S. News & World Report, and Forbes.
Spring 2015 • Self-Help/Careers • 196 pages World Rights: Seal Press
Lindsey Grant Sleeps with Dogs: Tales of a Pet Nanny at the End of Her Leash Lindsey Grant served two memorable years as a round-the-clock pet nanny. Now she brings us what she learned from her extraordinary experience, home by home and pet by pet. Grant takes readers behind closed doors to show what animals’ lives are like when their owners are away, revealing a lot about the people behind the pets. In a sequence of hilarious and heart-wrenching essays, Grant shows readers the world through a never-before-explored cast of unforgettable characters—from a toast-loving cockatiel and a spectacularly gassy greyhound to owners who feed their dogs home- cooked chicken and others who leave the television on tuned to Animal Planet or play jazz all day to keep their pets company. This rich, personal, and multilayered look at the implications of the pet-care industry will have readers everywhere laughing, wincing, and falling in love with the fur balls on each page. • Lindsey Grant was program director for National Novel Writing Month for three years. She’s built relationships with over 300 bookstores and libraries as part of the community-building initiative “Come Write In,” a program that brings writers and book enthusiasts into local library branches and independent bookstores. She’s also coauthor of the National Novel Writing Month guided-writing journal Ready, Set, Novel.
October 2014 • Pets/Essays • 240 pages World Rights: Seal Press
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Michelle Knight with Michelle Burford Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed A Memoir of the Cleveland Kidnappings Michelle Knight was a young single mother when she was kidnapped by a local school bus driver named Ariel Castro. For more than a decade afterward, she endured unimaginable torture at the hands of her abductor. In 2003 Amanda Berry joined her in captivity, followed by Gina DeJesus in 2004. Their escape on May 6, 2013, made headlines around the world. Barely out of her own tumultuous childhood, Knight was estranged from her family and fighting for custody of her young son when she disappeared. Local police believed she had run away, so they removed her from the missing persons lists 15 months after she vanished. Castro tormented her with these facts, reminding her that no one was looking for her, that the outside world had forgotten her. But Michelle would not be broken. In Finding Me, Knight reveals the heartbreaking details of her story, including the thoughts and prayers that helped her find courage to endure her circumstances and then build a life worth living. By sharing both her past and her efforts to create a future, she becomes a voice for the voiceless and a powerful symbol of hope for the thousands of children and young adults who go missing every year.
May 2014 • Memoir • 266 pages World Rights: Weinstein Books; Australian: HarperAustralia; Canada: HarperCanada; French: Éditions Michel Lafon; German: Bastei Luebbe; Polish: ZNAK; Portuguese (Brazil): Objetiva; Portuguese (Portugal): Casa das Letras; Spanish (Lat. Am.); Planeta Mexico; Spanish (Spain): Fragmenta Editorial; Slovak: Tatran; Swedish: Tukan/NoNa; Turkish: Marti Yayinlari
Mika Brzezinski Growing Our Value: Women and Success From Lean In to Maxed Out, the question of whether women can “have it all” is on everyone’s tongue. But three-time New York Times best-selling author and morning TV news cohost Mika Brzezinski wants us to stop asking the question. Women will never feel truly successful, no matter how high they climb, how much money they make, or how fulfilling they find their personal lives, if they continue to accept a definition of “success” that is utterly impossible for any one woman to achieve. Through interviews with powerful, successful women in every walk of life, input from researchers and social scientists, and her own experiences, Brzezinski splits success down the middle—into the “marketing brand” that defines your value in the workplace and the “in-house brand” that describes your core values and personal goals. Women can stop feeling overwhelmed, overscheduled, frantic, and forever guilty—but only if they choose their goals confidently and unapologetically. Knowing your brands—your value to those in the workforce and those you hold dear—will help you navigate the inevitable tough choices that come with being a successful, ambitious, and driven woman today. A companion piece to Brzezinski’s ongoing work with Arianna Huffington (and the Thrive Conference) and a response to Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In, this book breaks open the myth of the “work-life balance” once and for all. • Mika Brzezinski is cohost of Morning Joe, an MSNBC anchor, and author of the New York Times best sellers Obsessed, All Things at Once, and Knowing Your Value.
April 2015 • Self-Help/Careers • 256 pages World Rights: Weinstein Books
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Tim Russert Big Russ and Me: Father and Son: Lessons of Life For nearly two decades Tim Russert served as the moderator of Meet the Press and was one of the most trusted faces in television news. In this warm and engaging memoir, a #1 New York Times best seller on its initial release in 2004, Russert looks back on the extraordinary example of his father, Big Russ, a World War II veteran who worked two jobs and taught his children to appreciate the values of self-discipline, respect, and loyalty to friends. This book explores the universal connection between fathers and sons, with poignant life lessons passed down between the generations. For this special 10th anniversary edition, Tim Russert’s son Luke—a special correspondent and congressional reporter for NBC News—contributes a new introduction, commenting on how the lessons passed down from Big Russ remain relevant today. • Tim Russert became the host of Meet the Press in 1991 and was the longest-serving host of the program. He won multiple awards for excellence in journalism, including an Emmy for his coverage of the funeral of former US president Ronald Reagan. Russert died in 2008 and was mourned by fans and colleagues around the world.
April 2014 • Biography • 352 pages World Rights: Weinstein Books
Eric Kuskey with Bettina Gilois Billion Dollar Painter: The Rise and Fall of the Thomas Kinkade Empire He was just one man, but Thomas Kinkade ultimately made more money from his art than every other artist in the history of the world combined. His sentimental paintings of babbling brooks, rural churches surrounded by brilliant fall foliage, and idyllic countryside cottages were so popular in the 1990s that one in every 20 homes in America owned one of his prints. With the help of two partners, a former vacuum salesman and an ambitious junior accountant who fancied himself a businessman, Kinkade turned his art into a billion-dollar gallery and licensing business that traded on the NYSE before it collapsed in 2006 amid fraud accusations. One part fascinating business story about the rise and demise of a financial empire born out of divine inspiration, one part dramatic biography, Billion Dollar Painter is the account of three nobodies who made it big. One of them was a man who—despite being a devout Christian who believed his artwork was a spiritual force that could cure the sick and comfort the poor in spirit—could not save his art empire or himself. Eric Kuskey, former colleague of Thomas Kinkade and close friend until the artist’s death in 2012, tells Kinkade’s story for the first time—from his art’s humble beginnings on a sidewalk in Carmel, California, to his five-house compound in Monte Sereno. It’s a tale of addiction and grief, of losing control, and, ultimately, of the price of our dreams. • Eric Kuskey worked intimately with Thomas Kinkade and his company for over 14 years and remained friends with him until his death. He is currently cofounder and owner of a Los Angeles–based talent agency. • Bettina Gilois has won the Humanitas Prize and Black Reels Best Screenplay for Glory Road. She has written for Jerry Bruckheimer, and in addition to writing books and screenplays, she blogs about art and life for the Huffington Post.
September 2014 • Biography/Art • 300 pages World Rights: Weinstein Books
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Westview Press
Westview Press was founded in 1975 in Boulder, Colorado, by notable publisher and intellectual Fred Praeger. Now more than 35 years later, Westview Press continues to publish scholarly titles and high-quality undergraduate- and graduate-level textbooks in core social science disciplines. With books developed, written, and edited with the needs of serious nonfiction readers, professors, and students in mind, Westview Press honors its long history of publishing “books that matter.”
Upcoming this fall:
International Studies: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Global Issues by Sheldon Anderson, Mark Allen Peterson, Stanley W. Toops, and Jeanne A.K. Hey A groundbreaking text that provides an interdisciplinary approach to learning about the global issues and regions important in today’s world.
Understanding Central America: Global Forces, Rebellion, and Change by John Booth, Christine J. Wade, and Thomas W. Walker An authoritative and comprehensive analysis of Central America’s political evolution including revolution, rebellion, and regime changes as well as democratic consolidation.
Comparing Asian Politics: India, China, and Japan by Sue Ellen M. Charlston Well-written and comprehensive, this text provides a political and cultural comparative perspective on India, China, and Japan.
Green Planet Blues: Critical Perspectives on Global Environmental Politics by Ken Conca and Geoffrey D. Dabelko This collection of classic and new essays on global environmental politics explores current environmental controversies from a variety of perspectives and value orientations.
Language, Culture, and Society: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology by Slazmann Zdenek, James Stanlaw, and Nobuko Adachi Now in its 6th edition, this engaging yet systematic introduction to the anthropology of language ranges broadly from basic concepts and methods to culture, cognition, and sociolinguistics, including expanded discussion of gender, race, and class.
Revolutions and Revolutionary Movements by James DeFronzo This comprehensive text analyzes the most significant revolutions of the 20th and 21st centuries, situating them in their relevant social, economic, and political context.
Social Psychology by John D. DeLamater, Daniel J. Meyers, and Jessica L. Collett A comprehensive introduction to social psychology that explores self, attitudes, socialization, communication, interpersonal attraction and relationships, and personality and social structure.
Essential Criminology by Mark Lanier, Stuart Henry, and Desiré J.M. Anastasia This bestselling criminology text offers a concise introduction to the nature and extent of crime, surveying core perspectives on crime causation within a sociological context.
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Fair Play: The Ethics of Sport by Robert L. Simon, Cesar R. Torres, and Peter F. Hager A comprehensive and accessible exploration of competitive sports, and their connection to ethical theory and to the concrete moral dilemmas in athletic competition.
Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos: With Applications to Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Engineering by Steven Strogatz An accessible and clearly-written introduction to chaos and nonlinear systems, with examples, illustrations and applications to science and engineering.
Metaphysics by Peter van Inwagen An accessible introduction to metaphysics for readers with little or no background in philosophy.
Administrative Law for Public Managers by David H. Rosenbloom This book provides students with a comprehensive overview of the main aspects of administrative law in the U.S, as well as an understanding of the broad, complex, and integral role administrative law plays in governance.
Judicial Politics in the United States by Mark C. Miller Judicial Politics in the United States helps students grasp the basics of the U.S. court system and legal processes while locating the courts within the broader system of government in the United States.
Lesbian and Gay Movement: Assimilation or Liberation? by Craig A. Rimmerman A concise overview of the political strategies of lesbian and gay movements in the United States in the areas of AIDS/HIV policy, military policy, and same-sex marriage, and the government’s response to these movements.
Inequality in America: Race, Poverty, and Fulfilling Democracy's Promise by Stephen Caliendo An exploration of racial and economic inequality in America with special attention to the division between personal and institutional racism and classism and how these prevent easy solutions to the problem.
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Amherst Media
In its 25 years, Amherst Media (AmherstMedia.com) has become the best source for original, in-depth, photographic instruction. Amherst Media publishes books for every level, from amateur and serious photographers to the world’s leading professional photographers. Whether for wedding, portrait, glamour, nature, or just about any other category, Amherst Media works with artists preeminent in their fields to create some of the finest instructional photography books in the world. They have become an indispensable source of information and inspiration for photographers.
Each title has full-color photos throughout.
Nylora Bruleigh Fine Art Portrait Photography: Lighting, Posing, and Postproduction from Concept to Completion Award-winning photographer Nylora Bruleigh presents rare insight into the creative process of fine art photography. In Fine Art Portrait Photography, she not only shows her before-and-after images for all of the photographs in the book but goes one step further by thoroughly explaining to readers how she carried out her initial idea through to the final product. Bruleigh moves the reader through the elaborate process of the artistry in photography and overall creative process, providing a guide to how to spark and set in motion one’s own creativity. • Nylora Bruleigh has been a professional photographer for more than 15 years and has spent the past few years focusing on fine art photography. She offers classes in fine art portraiture and has taught all over the northeastern United States.
Fall 2014 • Photography • 128 pages World Rights: Amherst Media
Mimika Cooney Photographing Newborns: For Boutique Photographers In this comprehensive book, author Mimika Cooney touches on each facet of being a successful newborn portrait photographer. By outlining the foundation of her own business model, Cooney seeks to inspire and inform readers who hope to establish something similar for their businesses. Cooney focuses on building what she calls a “boutique” brand. Boutique photographers, whose services are more expensive, provide customers with more personalized attention and care, often building lasting relationships and hopefully creating repeat business. She explains how a strong social media presence and creative marketing and promotions are the key to standing apart from the competition. • Mimika Cooney is an international award-winning photographer, published author, speaker, and small-business marketing expert. She owns a successful residential portrait studio specializing in beauty, glamour, and baby portraiture based in Charlotte, North Carolina. She teaches through her online school Photography Profits Zoom.
Fall 2014 • Photography • 128 pages • World Rights: Amherst Media
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Bill Israelson Essential Elements of Portrait Photography: Lighting and Posing Techniques to Make Everyone Look Their Best Portrait photographers have one goal—to create an idealized image of their subject. But with every subject and every setting comes a unique challenge, whether it’s cloudy skies on a beach or downplaying a client’s wide hips. Bill Israelson explains how to capture the perfect portrait in any situation. Beginning with a detailed discussion on the essential equipment, he breaks down what gear is needed both inside and outside the studio and explains posing strategies for making clients look their best in this straightforward, jargon-free text. • Bill Israelson is a portrait and wedding photographer who operates a successful state-of-the-art studio. He currently conducts photography workshops on subjects ranging from the fundamentals to advanced lighting techniques. Rarely seen without a camera strapped to his shoulder, he is the real deal—an enthusiast, a perfectionist, and, above all, a passionate photog.
Fall 2014 • Photography • 128 pages • World Rights: Amherst Media
Stan Sholik Shoot Macro: Professional Macrophotography Techniques for Exceptional Studio Images Macrophotography is one of the industry’s fastest-growing trends. Social media and online marketplaces have seen an explosion of interesting and striking close-up images. Through short, easy-to-follow lessons and with stunning full-color examples, author and expert macrophotographer Stan Sholik skillfully instructs even the most inexperienced beginner in how to avoid the common mistakes of close-up photography that everyone makes with lighting, equipment, and more. • Stan Sholik is a specialist in close-up photography with a national reputation for his use of technology in his work. He is author of several previous titles on photography, such as Macro and Close- Up Photography Handbook and Photographic Filter Handbook. Sholik has also authored articles on photography featured in magazines including Shutterbug, Professional Photographer, and Rangefinder.
Fall 2014 • Photography • 128 pages • World Rights: Amherst Media
Charles Needle Tiny Worlds Author Charles Needle often asks students in his workshops if they understand the difference between “looking” and “seeing.” As an expert in using macrophotography to capture the nuances of nature, Needle believes that being aware of the difference can elevate a photographer’s art. He explains not only his philosophy of capturing nature photography but also the equipment he uses, composition, flash techniques, and the fundamentals of macrophotography. • Charles Needle is an award-winning, Seattle- based fine art nature photographer, author, and workshop leader with a unique eye for design and artistic interpretation. A FujiFilm USA Talent Team member and North American Nature Photography Association Showcase Award winner, he teaches workshops that have attracted students nationwide. His photographs have been published in Nature’s Best and Outdoor Photographer magazines and are in private and public collections worldwide.
Fall 2014 • Photography • 128 pages • World Rights: Amherst Media
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Rosanne Olson ABCs of Beautiful Light Light is one of the most important elements in photography. Without the proper lighting technique, even the most flattering or compelling design will fall flat in the finished product. Drawing on her many years in the photography industry and as a teacher, Rosanne Olson provides insights into and easy-to-follow lessons in using proper techniques in order to control the mood and concept of any photo shoot. Olson expertly leads the reader through the fundamentals of photography and progresses to more advanced topics, such as design and different types of light, while providing 180 stunning color photos as examples. • Rosanne Olson is a portrait and fine art photographer and author of This Is Who I Am. She has taught workshops on lighting, portraiture, and creativity throughout the United States. Olson has won numerous awards from the Communicational Arts annuals, Graphis Photo annuals, and Px3 in Paris.
Fall 2014 • Photography • 128 pages • World Rights: Amherst Media
Robin Owen Boudoir Lighting: Simple Techniques for Dramatic Photography Boudoir portraits are quickly gaining popularity. By nature, these photographs are intensely intimate. Clients place their trust in the photographer to create stylish and sensual images. Boudoir photography expert Robin Owen explains how to create portraits that capture the romantic, sensual side of the subject. Using 60 sweet and sexy images of women and couples, she details the artistic approach used to photograph the client. Owen explains how to work with unexpected lighting configurations and modifiers to create images that stand out from those of the competition. • Robin Owen is a well-respected photographer, instructor, and author whose clientele includes well-known athletes, politicians, and leading business professionals. She finds great personal satisfaction in helping other artists reach their goals through her teaching website, TheBoudieSchool.com. She is known for her sassy, irreverent, and friendly personality, and her artistry and technical knowledge have endeared her to photographers around the world.
Fall 2014 • Photography • 128 pages • World Rights: Amherst Media
Tiffany Wayne Photograph Couples: How to Create Romantic Wedding and Engagement Portraits Wedding and portrait photography comprises an immense segment of the professional portrait industry and demands a unique skillset. Tiffany Wayne presents, in 60 high- caliber images, a detailed and intricate look at how each image is conceived and orchestrated not only to create a stunning and striking image but also to convey the unique relationship the couple shares. She further relates the intent behind each image and how to carry out your artistic vision, as well as discusses compositional choices that strengthen the portrait representation. • Tiffany Wayne is a graduate of the prestigious Hallmark Institute. She launched Tiffany Wayne Photography in 2010, which was featured in Rangefinder magazine, and has been the recipient of the 2012 Editors’ Choice Award and two Bride’s Choice Awards.
September 2014 • Photography • 128 pages • World Rights: Amherst Media
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Michelle Perkins How to Photograph Weddings: Behind the Scenes with 25 Leading Pros to Learn Lighting, Posing and More In this captivating book, readers are invited to go behind the scenes with 25 of the most celebrated wedding photographers to learn their tricks, explore what makes their work unique, and be inspired and amazed by the images and moments they have captured. Organized in short, easy-to-read sections, this book offer a quick way to absorb lots of information about every stage of the wedding photography process. With contributions by photographers such as music-turned-wedding shooter Angela Hubbard (Rolling Stone, Spin, Vanity Fair), Jim Garner (named one of the top-10 wedding photographers in the world by American PHOTO Magazine), Huffington Post wedding blogger Anne Almasy, and Catherine Hall (named “Best Wedding Photographer” by The Knot), this book is sure to become a favorite for both new and experienced wedding shooters. • Michelle Perkins is a successful professional photographer, designer, and writer. She has written for highly acclaimed publications such as, Metropolitan Bride and PC Photo. She is author of numerous books, including 500 Poses for Photographing Brides and 500 Poses for Photographing Women.
Fall 2014 • Photography • 128 pages • World Rights: Amherst Media
Damon Tucci Step-by-Step Wedding Photography: Techniques for Professional Photographers In this accessible, step-by-step guide, Damon Tucci shows photographers how to capture the stylish and highly artistic images that characterize his method and have revolutionized the wedding industry. In a series of 60 easy-to-understand lessons, Tucci covers the entire experience, from client consultations, to posing, to postproduction editing. By detailing everything from his equipment and preparation to the unique understanding of light that allows him to capture once-in-a-lifetime moments, Tucci shows photographers how to efficiently and unobtrusively get the images that every client demands. • Damon Tucci is a professional photographer and has documented thousands of weddings. He honed his method for capturing weddings as a photographer at Disney Photographic Services. His distinct artistry combines talent and experience. His work has been featured in In Style Weddings, Central Florida Bride Magazine, and the Wedding Edge.
Fall 2014 • Photography • 128 pages • World Rights: Amherst Media
Jeff Smith Portrait Pro: What You MUST Know to Make Photography Your Career For droves of hobbyist photographers making a move to professional photography every year, the path to a new and successful career is full of unforeseen and seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Now, Jeff Smith homes in on key elements of professional photography, such as perfecting posing and lighting skills and focusing on the wants and needs of the client. With a clearly defined objective and approach, this go-to guide for up-and-coming photographers expertly tackles common technical issues ranging from camera positioning for each part of the body and indoor and outdoor lightning to cropping images for impact and positioning subjects in the frame. • Jeff Smith is an award-winning portrait photographer. He is author of several books on photography, including Posing for Portrait Photography (29,000 copies sold) and Corrective Lighting, Posing, and Retouching for Digital Portrait Photographers (20,000 copies sold).
Fall 2014 • Photography • 128 pages • World Rights: Amherst Media
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Del Sroufe The China Study Quick and Easy Cookbook: Cook Once, Eat All Week with Whole Foods, Plant-Based Recipes From the best-selling author of Forks over Knives: The Cookbook comes the third in a line of successful China Study cookbooks, which have sold more than 425,000 copies. In this installment, Chef Del Sroufe takes kitchen time management to the next level and provides busy home cooks with menu plans, pantry lists, and more than 100 delicious plant-based recipes that are quick, easy, and multipurpose. Sroufe teaches how to cook one day a week and prepare meals ahead of time so meals can be simple, healthy, and delicious—even for those with a busy schedule! Edited by LeAnne Campbell, author of The China Study Cookbook, every recipe follows the nutrition standards set forth by The China Study, ensuring optimal healthful and quality eating with delicious whole-food dishes, such as “Fruit and Vegetable Curry,” “Jerk Mushrooms,” and “Banana-Coconut Macaroons.” Filled with color photos, The China Study Quick and Easy Cookbook provides amazing vegan and vegetarian dishes that are healthy, fast, and simple to make. • Del Sroufe has had a passion for cooking all his life. In 1989, he went to work for one of Columbus’s premier vegetarian restaurants, the King Avenue Coffeehouse, where he honed his craft as a baker and chef. Sroufe opened Del’s Bread, a vegan bakery, before beginning vegan meal-delivery service in 2001. In 2006, he joined Wellness Forum Foods as co-owner and chef, where he continued the tradition of delivering great-tasting plant-based meals. Sroufe is author of Forks over Knives: The Cookbook, a vegan cookbook companion to the acclaimed documentary Forks over Knives. • LeAnne Campbell, PhD, authored The China Study Cookbook and has been preparing meals based on a whole-food, plant-based diet for almost 20 years. As a working mother, she shares ways to prepare quick and easy meals without using animal products or adding fat.
May 2015 • Cooking/Vegetarian and Vegan • 320 pages • color photos World Rights: BenBella Books
LeAnne Campbell, PhD, editor, with an introduction by T. Colin Campbell, PhD The China Study All-Star Collection: Whole Food, Plant-Based Recipes from Your Favorite Vegan Chefs Following the successful The China Study Cookbook, LeAnne Campbell brings together top chefs in the plant-based community to share their favorite and most delicious recipes. The China Study All-Star Collection features the best recipes from leading chefs, including delectable dishes such as Dreena Burton’s “Sneaky Chickpea Burgers,” Heather Crosby’s “Peppermint Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream,” Christy Morgan’s “Fiesta Quinoa Salad,” and Christina Ross’s “Daikon Mushroom Fettuccine,” to name a few. These recipes for any occasion all adhere to the nutrition standards set forth in The China Study without sacrificing flavor. With an introduction by Dr. T. Colin Campbell, The China Study All-Star Collection is the ultimate plant-based cookbook for healthful, savory eating. • LeAnne Campbell, PhD, is author of The China Study Cookbook, which has sold over 17,000 copies. She has prepared whole-food, plant-based meals without animal products for the past 20 years. • T. Colin Campbell, PhD, is author of The China Study, the most comprehensive study of health and nutrition ever conducted, and over 300 research papers.
May 2014 • Cooking/Vegetarian and Vegan • 320 pages • color photos World Rights: BenBella Books; Romanian: Adevar Divin; Russian: Mann, Ivanov & Farber; Polish: Galaktyka
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Lindsay S. Nixon Happy Herbivore Guide to Plant-Based Living Embracing any new lifestyle entails facing changes, questions, and skeptics, but one doesn’t have to do that alone. In Happy Herbivore Guide to Plant-Based Living, best- selling author Lindsay S. Nixon provides a practical, in-depth guide to transitioning— and living—a plant-based life. A plant-based diet is not about saying no to a variety of foods. It’s about saying yes to health. It’s about saying yes to whole, good-for-you foods that make you feel (and look!) great. Nixon’s expertise has already helped hundreds of thousands switch to this healthier regimen. She offers tips on what to say to critical carnivores, how to live a plant-based life with a busy lifestyle, and ways to make easy substitutions in recipes that won’t change the texture and taste of favorite dishes, providing insight into key ingredients to include in a diet while exposing the myths concerning soy, carbs, fat, and protein. Filled with beautiful full-color photos, new plant-based recipes, and her savvy advice, this is the essential and ultimate guide to help transform one’s life through the fast-growing trend of plant-based eating. • Lindsay S. Nixon is the best-selling author of the Happy Herbivore cookbook series, which has sold over 200,000 copies; her website, HappyHerbivore.com, received over 1.9 million unique visitors in 2013. Her recipes have been featured in the New York Times, VegNews, Vegetarian Times, and Women’s Health and on Oprah.com, Bethenny.com, Fitness.com, Bust.com, WebMD.com, and Shape.com, among many other outlets.
May 2015 • Health/Diet & Nutrition • 256 pages • color photos World Rights: BenBella Books
Lindsay S. Nixon Happy Herbivore Holidays and Gatherings: Easy Plant-Based Recipes for Your Healthiest Celebrations and Special Occasions Best-selling author Lindsay S. Nixon brings “healthy” and “holidays” together in this new book filled with easy recipes that celebrate and define our favorite occasions. Nixon’s recipes guarantee a healthy, festive, and memorable meal for any celebration. She covers 12 different special occasions in detail with more than two dozen menu items and detailed step-by-step instructions. She focuses on using only whole, unprocessed plant foods, with no added oils or fats or hard-to-find or expensive ingredients. • Lindsay S. Nixon is the best-selling author of the Happy Herbivore cookbook series. Happy Herbivore Holidays and Gatherings is the sixth installment. She has sold more than 200,000 cookbooks and has been featured on The Dr. Oz Show and FoodNetwork.com. She is a rising star in the culinary world and praised for her ability to use everyday ingredients to create healthy, low-fat recipes that taste delicious.
September 2014 • Cooking/Vegetarian & Vegan • 304 pages World Rights: BenBella Books
Other titles by Lindsay S. Nixon in the Happy Herbivore cookbook series The Happy Herbivore Cookbook Everyday Happy Herbivore Happy Herbivore Abroad Happy Herbivore Light and Lean
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Dr. Bruce Roseman The Addictocarb Diet: Avoid the 9 Highly Addictive Carbs While Eating Anything There’s a reason diets don’t work. Science has shown that a class of carbohydrates called “addictocarbs” light up the brain’s pleasure centers, causing irresistible cravings that make it almost impossible to eat moderately. Finally, there’s a way to overcome this addiction. It’s called The Addictocarb Diet, and it’s a cure—not a fad. In this revolutionary new approach to weight loss, Dr. Bruce Roseman reveals how he transformed his life and the lives of close to 1,000 of his patients with this simple yet effective new diet based on the latest findings in addiction neuroscience. The Addictocarb Diet teaches how to avoid the nine highly addictive carbs while eating anything else you want through his comprehensive diet’s three steps: “Shaking the Addiction,” “Addictocarb Rehab,” and “Staying Slim.” This revolutionary new system is perfect for everyone, including those with gluten or lactose sensitivities, vegetarians, diabetics and sufferers of other ailments, and even those just looking to lose a little weight! • Dr. Bruce Roseman has been a family doctor in private practice in Manhattan for 30 years and is affiliated with Mount Sinai Hospital. He has served as medical editor for several food- and health-related books and magazines, including The Olive Oil Cookbook, The Low Cholesterol Oat Cure, and Whittle’s The Health Report and as a medical columnist for Woman’s World.
July 2015 • Health& Fitness/Diet & Nutrition • 220 pages World Rights: BenBella Books
Christina Ross Love Fed: Purely Decadent Simply Raw, Plant-Based Desserts After trading a coworker three suits for a food processor, Christina Ross stumbled on her passion for creating desserts. In everything from her pastry line, PatisseRaw, to her blog, Love Fed, Ross shares her passion for healthy eating while refusing to sacrifice taste. Love Fed is full of information on nutritional health, combined with gorgeous pictures to pull readers in. With a message encouraging a healthy raw-food diet, Ross says these desserts aren’t “healthy substitutes for the ‘real thing’—they are the real thing, indulgences that stand on their own.” Ross and her sugar-free, dairy-free, and gluten-free desserts have appeared on television, for instance on NBC’s The Today Show. Love Fed is for readers interested in creating luscious desserts that are designed to nourish the body and also satisfy the sweet tooth. • Christina Ross is a dynamic conscious chef, educator, columnist, and blogger. Founder of PatisseRaw, a transitional raw and vegan dessert line sold throughout Southern California, Ross teaches classes and collaborates with Whole Foods. She writes the Love Fed blog and contributes recipes to popular sites such as RawFoodRecipes.com, RawGuru.com, and Kris Carr’s MyCrazySexyLife.com. • Daryn Eller is a hungry ghostwriter who has collaborated on many books, such New York Times best sellers The Best Life Diet and Total Body Makeover with Bob Greene. Eller has also written for national magazines, including O: The Oprah Magazine, Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, and Shape, for over 25 years.
March 2015 • Cooking/Vegetarian & Vegan • 256 pages • color photos World Rights: BenBella Books
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Kim Campbell with a forward by T. Colin Campbell, PhD The PlantPure Nation Cookbook: The Official Companion Cookbook to the Breakthrough Film ... with over 150 Plant-Based Recipes The PlantPure Nation Cookbook brings the powerful, science-based approach to nutrition into your kitchen, featuring mouthwatering recipes that promote the health benefits of a whole-food, plant-based diet. Recipe developer Kim Campbell shares over 150 extensively tested, 100 percent plant-based recipes that she has created and cultivated over 25 years of vegan cooking, such as the “Caribbean Quinoa Bowl,” “Buffalo Beans and Greens,” “Edamame Burgers,” and a delicious “Reuben Potato Bake.” The book is also a companion to the documentary film The PlantPure Nation created by the director and producers of Forks over Knives. This film captures the story of plant-based nutrition’s impact on a small town in the American rural South and the effort to bring about historic political change. With a foreword by The China Study’s Dr. T. Colin Campbell, the book includes tips, tricks, and grocery lists for everyone interested in a whole-food, plant-based diet. • Kim Campbell is the daughter-in-law of Dr. Campbell, author of the successful The China Study Cookbook and modern father of this rapidly growing plant-based nutrition movement. She works with her husband, Nelson, promoting health and wellness. With her honed culinary skills, she knows how to create flavors, textures, and presentations that appeal to anyone experiencing a plant-based diet for the first time. Campbell holds a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University in human service studies, with a minor in nutrition and child development.
January 2015 • Cooking/Vegetarian and Vegan • 304 pages World Rights: BenBella Books; French: Éditions l’Age d’Homme
Dreena Burton Plant-Powered Families: Over 100 Kid-Tested, Whole Foods Vegan Recipes Eating vegan has become wildly popular in recent years as a compassionate and health- promoting lifestyle, but until now there has been little to no help out there for parents and families wishing to have their children share in the health benefits of a vegan lifestyle. Plant-Powered Families is the perfect cookbook for parents who do not know how to start their children on a vegan diet, whether they are new parents struggling with whether they are doing everything nutritionally “right” by their child or established families transitioning from ingrained (and often unhealthy) eating habits. Dreena Burton’s recipes always use only wholesome, whole-food ingredients—no refined sugars, flours, or commercial vegan substitutes like vegan meats or cheeses. In addition to providing about 100 plant-powered, family-friendly recipes, Burton expertly tackles hot topics and challenging areas for parents, including how to feed picky eaters, working together as a family on healthy eating habits, strategies for school lunches and social situations, and meal plans. Created with a nutritionist to deliver the best possible meals for families and children, this is a go-to resource for parents with children of all ages. • Dreena Burton, affectionately called the “Queen Bean” and the “Vegan Cookie Queen” by her loyal following, has been vegan for almost 20 years. She is author of four popular vegan cookbooks, including The Everyday Vegan and Eat, Drink and Be Vegan. She is a recipe contributor for well-known sites including KrisCarr.com and ForksOverKnives.com. Her “Homestyle Chocolate Chip” video shares her signature cookie recipe and has received over 200,000 YouTube views.
Spring 2015 • Cooking/Vegetarian & Vegan • 304 pages • color photos World Rights: BenBella Books
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Linda Bacon, PhD, and Lucy Aphramor, PhD, RD Body Respect: What Conventional Health Books Get Wrong, Leave Out, and Just Plain Fail to Understand About Weight “Linda and Lucy have written the rare self-help book that places the personal decisions about how to care for ourselves in the larger context of the world’s unequal opportunities, judgment, and bias. Body Respect gives us a way to think about our decisions—especially the challenge of valuing ourselves in an indifferent or hostile world—and the concrete steps to feeling better in our bodies right now.” —Deb Burgard, PhD, psychologist, eating disorders specialist, and HAES pioneer
“In a world where positive, uplifting and scientifically grounded messages about weight are sorely lacking, Linda Bacon and Lucy Aphramor have given us a bright light of hope. Body Respect is a must-read book for anyone interested in the complex and timely topic of weight.” —Marc David, MA, author and founder of the Institute for the Psychology of Eating
Linda Bacon, PhD, is an internationally recognized authority on topics related to nutrition, weight, and health. She is well known for her hard-hitting political and social commentary, and she is quoted regularly in publications like the New York Times and London’s Sunday Times. • Lucy Aphramor, PhD, RD, notably pioneered the use of a health-at-every-size approach in the United Kingdom, developing an internationally available eight-week course. She has a reputation as an outspoken scientist and has been interviewed by numerous newspapers and women’s magazines.
September 2014 • Health & Fitness • 232 pages • World Rights: BenBella Books
Heather Crosby YumUniverse: Infinite Possibilities for a Gluten-Free, Plant-Powerful, Whole-Food Lifestyle Diet “Heather takes an often intimidating topic, and shows us that this lifestyle is absolutely possible. And her recipes are some of the most creative and delicious out there. The idea here isn’t deprivation or drastic measures. It’s about cumulative change—making incremental, deliberate health-boosting decisions until they stick, because true wellness is a life-long journey.” —Brendan Brazier, former Professional Ironman Triathlete and author of the Thrive book series
“Heather’s enthusiasm for healthy living will inspire you to get busy in the kitchen! It’s hard not to fall in love with her fresh, vibrant, and accessible plant-based recipes.” —Angela Liddon, author of the New York Times best seller The Oh She Glows Cookbook and creator of OhSheGlows.com
“Think plant-based, gluten-free food can’t be exciting? Think again—with her inspired recipes, beautiful photography, and infectious enthusiasm for healthy living and cooking, Heather Crosby shows that fueling your body with whole, high-energy foods can be anything but boring.” —Matt Frazier, creator of NoMeatAthlete.com and author of No Meat Athlete: Run on Plants and Discover Your Fittest, Fastest, Happiest Self
Heather Crosby is a plant-powerful wellness coach who has developed a unique collection of over 500 gluten-free, plant-based recipes on her popular website YumUniverse.com. She’s been refining the maintenance of this lifestyle for almost a decade and is dedicated to helping people incorporate more health-boosting plant-based foods into their lives.
October 2014 • Cooking/Gluten-Free/Vegetarian & Vegan • 300 pages World Rights: BenBella Books
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Tracy Russell The Best Green Smoothies on the Planet: The 150 Most Delicious, Most Nutritious, 100% Vegan Recipes for the World’s Healthiest Drink This book is full of healthy, down-to-earth recipes made with unprocessed whole foods. Every recipe is packed with fresh fruits and vegetables that can be found at a neighborhood grocery store or local farmers’ market. Tracy Russell provides optimal flavor pairings (which green goes best with which fruit), nutritional information, and the specific health benefits of key ingredients. She focuses on the positive effects of drinking green smoothies, which include detox, cleaning, natural weight loss, and mood enhancement. With over 150 delicious green smoothie favorites, there are enough variations to accommodate any reader. • Tracy Russell had tried every fad diet out there, but it wasn’t until she discovered the green smoothie that she lost 40 pounds and started running marathons. She is one of the foremost experts on green smoothies and nutrition and shares her wealth of firsthand information, research, and experiences with tens of thousands of people every day on her website IncredibleSmoothies.com.
December 2014 • Cooking/Health • 300 pages World Rights: BenBella Books
Eric Brent and Glen Merzer The HappyCow Cookbook: Recipes from Top-Rated Vegan Restaurants Around the World “These chefs are the go-to connoisseurs of great vegan food, and now they’re making it possible for us to eat at home what we would have had to travel the globe to find! These dishes are going to make you so happy!” —Kathy Freston, New York Times best-selling author of Veganist, The Lean, and Quantum Wellness
Eric Brent, founder and director of HappyCow, first had the idea to create an online guide to vegan restaurants in the late 1990s. More than a decade after launch, HappyCow.net garners about 850,000 visitors per month. • Glen Merzer is coauthor of Food over Medicine, Mad Cowboy, and Unprocessed. Merzer is also a playwright and screenwriter. He has been a vegetarian for 40 years and a vegan for the last 20.
June 2014 • Cooking/Vegetarian & Vegan • 288 pages • color photos World Rights: BenBella Books
Lauren Wilson The Art of Eating Through the Zombie Apocalypse: A Cookbook and Culinary Survival Guide For undead enthusiasts or zombie dabblers comes this perfect guidebook for surviving and eating well during the zombie apocalypse. Part cookbook, part culinary field guide, The Art of Eating Through the Zombie Apocalypse includes more than 75 recipes (from “No Knead to Panic Bread” to “Apocalypse Soup for the Survivor’s Soul”) and dozens of scavenging survival tips, diagrams, and illustrations. This survival guide is perfect for fans of the hugely popular zombie apocalypse show The Walking Dead and cult zombie romantic comedy Shaun of the Dead. • Lauren Wilson is a professional chef and writer educated at Toronto’s George Brown Chef School. She’s been a zombie nerd for over a decade and currently teaches, writes, and cooks in Brooklyn.
October 2014 • Cooking • 360 pages World Rights: BenBella Books
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Norbert Hraft, editor Mars One: Humanity’s Next Great Adventure: Inside the First Human Settlement on Mars Mars One is a Dutch not-for-profit foundation that will establish a permanent human settlement on Mars. The Mars One mission plan consists of cargo missions and unmanned preparation of a habitable settlement, followed by human landings on the planet. The mission design takes into account the expansion of the human colony, where a new crew will arrive every two years. The search for astronauts has already begun with over 200,000 applications received, and four crewmembers from across the globe are being selected to begin training and to become the first human settlers on the red planet. Just in time for the airing of the reality show covering the Mars One crew selection, Mars One: The Human Factor is an anthology of essays that explore the various human dimensions of the planned Mars expedition. Essays from psychologists, historians, journalists, Mars One staff, survivors of extreme conditions, and others discuss a number of fascinating questions regarding the Mars One human factor. These questions include issues of gender and psychology in selecting the team, historical parallels to the Mars One mission, qualities crewmembers will need to be well suited for the extreme isolation, and the legal complications of a settlement of humans operating independently from human societies. Additionally, these essays are interspersed with letters from prospective crewmembers as they reflect on their chance to make a giant new leap for mankind.
April 2015 • Astronomy and Space Science/Mars • 240 pages World Rights: BenBella Books
Perry Marshall (R)evolution: Breaking the Deadlock Between Darwin and Design Evolution is a fact. There is no denying the truth of it, but Darwinists only tell half the story while ignoring the last 50 years of scientific research. In this groundbreaking new look at evolution, Perry Marshall looks to answer the most central question of biology: Where does DNA, the fundamental code that governs all life as we know it, come from? Science presently has no answer. While patterns often happen randomly in nature, Marshall realizes that no known code has ever existed without a creator. He plays with controversy by weaving together evolution and religion, declaring that a code must have a creator and offering a $1 million prize to anyone who comes forward with a process that generates codes without human design. With this new approach to evolution, Marshall infuses new energy into an already lively debate that has produced best sellers from personalities like Richard Dawkins and Stephen Meyer. • Perry Marshall has dedicated his life to exploring the mysteries of evolution and its relationship to religion. In 2005 he gave his now famous talk, titled “If You Can Read This I Can Prove God Exists,” which has been heard by over 100,000 people and which he has successfully defended in some of the largest forums in the world. His website, CosmicFingerprints.com, receives over 100,000 visitors per year, and his mailing list consists of about 50,000 people.
August 2015 • Science/Religion • 300 pages World Rights: BenBella Books
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Bob Halloran White Devil: The True Story of “Bac Guai” John Willis—the First White Asian Crime Boss White Devil tells the story of how a white man of limited education rose to the top ranks of international Asian organized crime. When the teenage John Willis was adopted into a Chinese family in Boston, he grew fond of the Chinese culture of honor and started working for the Chinese Mob in Boston’s Chinatown. He started as a bodyguard, and his bravery and connections earned him the ruthless name “White Devil.” Now, telling his story from prison, Willis reveals the history and mysteries of the international crime syndicate in detail. By conducting in-depth interviews with lawyers, family members, associates, and the “White Devil” himself and digging through 25 years of archived information to fill in the holes in the original reporting, Bob Halloran answers lingering questions and solves unexplained mysteries as he pieces together the facts about this little-known underworld functioning in the shadows of the immigrant Asian communities of America. • Bob Halloran, a television journalist of 30 years, has written five books, including the best seller Irish Thunder: The Hard Life and Times of Micky Ward. Specializing in diligent research and well-crafted storytelling, Halloran was hired as a technical consultant for the Oscar-winning movie The Fighter. His most recent book, Impact Statement, is a true-crime novel about a family who fell victim to Boston mob boss Whitey Bulger.
August 2015 • True Crime/Organized Crime • 320 pages World Rights: BenBella Books
Pete Crooks The Setup: A True Story of Dirty Cops, Soccer Moms, and Reality TV This is the story of Chris Butler, a retired cop who ran a private investigation firm in California with a fascinating business angle—his firm was staffed entirely by stay-at- home moms. He employed attractive, organized, and smart women trained in investigative techniques, self-defense, and weaponry. Pete Crooks was offered an opportunity to ride along with Butler and a few of his PIs as they prepared to start filming a reality TV show about the firm. But after only a few days, Crooks began to realize that every single “sting” operation he’d witnessed had been a setup, a show put on for him and the cameras. A great read for anyone interested in finding the truth behind “reality” television, The Setup delves into the world of police corruption, drug dealing, and wannabe celebrities with more twists and turns than a dozen crime thrillers. • Pete Crooks is a California-based journalist who broke one of the most sensational crime and corruption stories in recent history. He broke this story while on assignment for Diablo magazine, of which he has been an editor for the past 14 years.
January 2015 • True Crime • 400 pages World Rights: BenBella Books
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Mehow How to Talk to Hot Guys: The 9 Secrets to Getting and Keeping the Guy of Your Dreams The author of How to Talk to Hot Women returns with his second book, and this time he’s teaching women the art of sexy conversation. With his nine essential secrets, Mehow encourages women to stop waiting for Prince Charming and to go out and find him. He gives tips on how to subtly lead the interaction away from mundane filler conversation and how to use your sass so that you can have any guy eating out of the palm of your hand. He goes over what to do, what to say, and other tips to develop your own pickup game. This book allows readers to reach new levels of freedom and confidence in the dating world, encouraging them to date the guys they really want. • Mehow, born Michal Pospieszallski, is one of the best-known pickup artists in the world. However, he began by working in the computer field until he became frustrated with his lack of a social life. From there he attended a pickup artist boot camp, where he learned to meet and “close” with beautiful women. He has written eight books on seduction and has taught thousands of students. In 2007, he established his own company, Mehow, Inc.
September 2014 • Relationships/Self-Help/Love & Romance • 264 pages World Rights: BenBella Books
Chris Donaghue, MD Sex Outside the Lines: Authentic Sexuality in a Sexually Dysfunctional Culture Boy meets girl; they fall in love, marry, have amazing sex, create a family, and grow old loving one another more each day until death do them part. This is what is “supposed” to happen. This is what is considered normal. This is what is considered the “ideal,” but, sadly, it’s far from reality. In this revolutionary new book, Dr. Chris Donaghue challenges the long-accepted ideas that govern our common perceptions of sex. Donaghue calls into question the outdated practice of repressing any and all sexual impulses outside of the traditional relationship model. The belief that sex should conform to these standards and only happen in a committed relationship is wrong. This groundbreaking look at sex will give you a new perspective, allowing you to intensify arousal and tap into your true sexual interests without fear. • Chris Donaghue, MD, is a pioneer in the world of sex therapy. He is a doctor of clinical sexology and human sexuality, a licensed clinical therapist, and one of only 200 nationally certified sex therapists. Dr. Donaghue is the host and producer of Logo TV’s Bad Sex, which is the second-highest-rated series on the network. He has been a featured expert on Dr. Drew, CNN, and the Oprah Winfrey Network, among other media outlets. He has been featured in the New York Times, New York Post, Daily Beast, and Newsweek.
Spring 2015 • Psychology/Sexuality • 304 pages World Rights: BenBella Books
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Joey Reiman Thumbs Up!: Five Steps to Create the Life of Your Dreams After selling 25,000 copies of his guide to business and life, Success: The Original Handbook, with limited distribution, business expert and life guru Joey Reiman is back to share this innovative and updated version of his five simple pointers that will help put dreams into actions. Thumbs UP! is a motivational call to action, providing help and hope to inspire readers to create a more meaningful life. With a foreword by Arun Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and founder and president of the Gandhi World Wide Education Institute, Reiman invites us to do one simple thing—to raise our consciousness and look to possibility, create a plan, take action, and make our lives and the lives of others better one day at a time. In a no-nonsense style, he teaches us that even problems are opportunities. It’s all about how you see the world from where you are standing. Regardless who or where you are, Reiman’s practical lessons will brighten that view. • Joey Reiman is CEO and founder of the global consultancy firm BrightHouse. Reiman’s methodologies have been adopted by the world’s most prestigious organizations, including the Coca-Cola Company, Procter & Gamble, McDonald’s, Chrysler, and KPMG. Reiman is an adjunct professor at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School, living up to the title that Fast Company gave him: “One of the 100 People Who Will Change the Way the World Thinks.” Reiman has won hundreds of awards, including Corporate Marketing Leader of the Year and the Cannes Lion. He is a frequent marketing and branding guest expert on CNN and is a monthly columnist for BE Magazine, created by Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson, Arun Gandhi. World-renowned professor Philip Kotler calls Reiman “The Moses of Marketing.”
July 2015 • Self-Help/Personal Growth • 224 pages World Rights: BenBella Books
Dr. Robert Tobin What Do You Want to Create Today? Build the Life You Want at Work Many of us feel dissatisfaction with our jobs, but we lack the tools to find happiness and fulfillment via our work. Dr. Robert Tobin understands this discontent. After an unfulfilling life and career in Southern California, Tobin relocated to Japan and found himself and his passions. He discovered how to realize his creative and professional dreams and wants to help others do the same. Using the clear and concise strategies outlined in What Do You Want to Create Today?, Tobin has spent 25 years inspiring countless professionals and students to build enriching lives and careers. • Dr. Robert Tobin is a consultant, executive coach, and conference speaker; he has assisted many organizations such as IBM, Disney, and the European Commission. He is the first tenured American professor at Japan’s Keio University Faculty of Business and Commerce and runs the Tobin Ohashi Gallery, which Time called one of the four best places to see art in Tokyo.
October 2014 • Business & Economics/Careers • 216 pages World Rights: BenBella Books
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Tim Brown Jumping into the Parade: The Leap of Faith That Made My Broken Life Worth Living “A real-life story of redemption, Jumping into the Parade is a call to action for us all to live our lives more consciously. Every reader will learn something from this book.” —Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The One Minute Manager and Lead Like Jesus
“This book teaches us that we are all broken and beautiful—and the only way to find true joy and love is to put all our eggs in our ‘Faith, Family, and Friends’ basket.” —Tommy Spaulding, New York Times best-selling author of It’s Not Just Who You Know
“Jumping into the Parade is a powerful read. From my view, it is rare for a business leader of Tim Brown’s caliber to throw down the gauntlet on the truth. This book is real, and the lessons are liberating on every level, for anyone interested in living a more powerful and authentic life.” —Stephen Mcghee, visionary leadership guide and author of Climb to Freedom: 7 Men Journey from the Ordinary to the Extraordinary
• Tim Brown is president of Concord Energy Holdings; previously, he was founder and CEO of Radius Media Holdings. He serves as an executive board member for the Denver Council of Boy Scouts of America, Colorado Uplift, and Lead like Jesus.
October 2014 • Biography/Inspirational/Self-Help • 224 pages World Rights: BenBella Books
Barbara Stanny Sacred Success: A Course in Financial Miracles In this groundbreaking new book, best-selling author and financial educator Barbara Stanny reveals to women how they can become powerful and successful without compromising their femininity or values. Through her work with strong, accomplished women over the last 20 years, Stanny has realized that women don’t need to follow conventional routes to power. Rather than pushing women to pursue financial success through traditional channels, Sacred Success wants to redefine power from a feminine perspective. In addition to helping them reap greater financial rewards, Sacred Success will also empower women to achieve wealth and success on their own terms. • Barbara Stanny is on a mission to revolutionize women’s relationship to money. She’s sold over 120,000 copies of her previous books and has been featured on Good Morning America, The View, CNN, and NPR and in the New York Times, among many other outlets. Stanny is also a sought-after speaker, workshop facilitator, and money/wealth coach.
October 2014 • Business & Finance/Self-Help • 272 pages World Rights: BenBella Books
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Gino Wickman and Mark C. Winters Rocket Fuel: The One Essential Combination That Will Get You More of What You Want From Your Business From the best-selling author of Traction, Rocket Fuel explains the necessity of partnering the Visionary with an Integrator: a partner who has a talent for execution, keeping varying tasks and schedules aligned, creating focus and accountability, and ensuring cohesion of processes. Without an Integrator, a Visionary isn’t likely to succeed—likewise, with no Visionary, an Integrator can’t rise to his or her full potential. When these two people come together to share their natural talents and innate skill sets, they have the power to reach new heights for virtually any company or organization. Gino Wickman and Mark C. Winters expertly explain how to find this essential associate and illuminate how this effective partnership should and can thrive. • Gino Wickman, author of Traction, has a passion for helping people get what they want from their business. To fulfill that passion, Wickman created the Entrepreneurial Operating System® (EOS), a holistic system that helps leaders run better businesses, get better control, and gain more traction. He is the founder of EOS Worldwide, a growing organization of successful entrepreneurs from a variety of business backgrounds collaborating as certified EOS Implementers to help people throughout the world experience all the organizational and personal benefits of implementing EOS. • Mark C. Winters is a seasoned professional with over 25 years of entrepreneurial leadership experience. He has worked with companies ranging from raw startups originally drawn up on a napkin to multi-billion-dollar global enterprises such as Procter & Gamble and British Petroleum. He is now a Certified EOS Implementer and actively engages in helping other entrepreneurs implement this successful system in their own companies.
April 2015 • Business/ Leadership • 224 pages • World Rights: BenBella Books
Mark Satterfield The One Week Marketing Plan: The Set It & Forget It Approach for Quickly Growing Your Business “Mark Satterfield’s The One Week Marketing Plan helps businesses get out there by implementing a client attraction program in just 5 days. This is HUGE! It works and every business owner who doesn’t read this book is doing themselves (and their business) a disservice.” —Jeffrey Hayzlett, host of Bloomberg TV’s C-Suite and New York Times best-selling author of Running the Gauntlet
“If your company is seeking a better ROI on its marketing investment, you’ll find Mark Satterfield’s The One Week Marketing Plan to be definitely worth reading. His approach is efficient, measurable, and easy to implement.” —Peter Vantine, marketing faculty at Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology
Mark Satterfield is challenging the misconception that marketing a small or medium- size business is time-consuming. In his book, he lays out a step-by-step system, which entrepreneurs can put in place in just five business days, that will generate a stream of customers for a cost as low as $300. Satterfield maintains that readers only need one week to improve their marketing—perfect for hard-working business owners looking to grow their clienteles without taking time away from running their businesses. • Mark Satterfield is founder and CEO of Gentle Rain Marketing, Inc. He works with small enterprises, demonstrating how to get consistent streams of new business. He has helped more than 75 niche industries grow their businesses without cold calling or hard selling.
August 2014 • Business • 320 pages World Rights: BenBella Books; Korean: Booksetong
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Tripp Crosby and Tyler Stanton Stuff You Should Know About Stuff: How to Properly Behave in Certain Situations From what to do in the midst of a profoundly awkward silence to how to properly conduct oneself in a public restroom, Stuff You Should Know About Stuff is an entertaining guide to navigating the treacherous waters of life’s extremely trivial situations. From the YouTube duo who created the viral videos “Sh*t Nobody Says” and “Things You Can’t Do When You’re Not in a Pool,” Tripp Crosby and Tyler Stanton bring the written word packed with humorous photos and helpful illustrations. Their firsthand stories and advice can be read from cover to cover or one clever scenario at a time. Stuff You Should Know About Stuff places the priority on the trivial experiences of life because that’s where we spend most of our time. • Tripp Crosby and Tyler Stanton are a sketch comedy duo most known for their hilarious and viral YouTube videos. They have been writing, directing, and performing their own comedy material since 2006 and have since amassed over 23 million video views and over 65,000 subscribers. Currently they are working full-time as comedy writers and performers in Atlanta.
November 2014 • Humor/Form/Anecdotes and Quotations • 232 pages World Rights: BenBella Books
Josh Young And Give Up Showbiz? How Fred Levin Beat Big Tobacco, Avoided Two Murder Prosecutions, Became Chief of Ghana, Earned Boxing Manager of the Year, and Transformed American Law Almost too crazy for the silver screen, the story of Fred Levin’s life comes alive in this shockingly candid and surprisingly funny memoir. The first lawyer ever to dare to sue Big Tobacco companies for restitution in the early 1990s, Levin also won victories in court for women, African Americans, and workers. But Levin’s unprecedented legal career is just one aspect of his controversial roller coaster of a life, which includes a career in boxing management and narrow escapes from multiple disbarring attempts and murder investigations. New York Times best-selling author Josh Young worked closely with Levin to craft an accurate portrayal of his unforgettable life. • Josh Young has coauthored five New York Times best sellers and two national best sellers. He has contributed to the Sunday Telegraph (London), the Independent, Entertainment Weekly, Life, and the New Republic, among others.
September 2014 • Biography/Law• 256 pages • World Rights: BenBella Books
Brandi Rarus and Gail Harris Finding Zoe: A Deaf Woman’s Journey of Love, Identity, and Adoption When Jess gave birth to Zoe as a teen mother, she did her best to find the ideal family to adopt her daughter. But when Zoe’s first family discovered that she was losing her hearing, they made the decision to let her go. Brandi Rarus, the mother of three sons, had lost her own hearing at age six and always dreamed of having a daughter. This memoir is about her family’s coming to adopt and care for Zoe. It’s a remarkable story about doing what’s right and watching how the pieces can perfectly fall into place. • Brandi Rarus has traveled the country speaking out for deaf children and building awareness of what it means to be deaf. She married Tim Rarus, an advocate for deaf people, and together they have paved the way to bring new technologies that promote equal access in communication. • Gail Harris is an award-winning writer and teacher of the intuitive process. She brings her knowledge of the adoption process to this book, along with her ability to articulate from a hearing person’s perspective what is fascinating about deaf experience.
October 2014 • Memoir • 288 pages • World Rights: BenBella Books
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Jim Peterik with Lisa Torem Through the Eye of the Tiger: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Life of Survivor’s Founding Member Jim Peterik may be a rock star, but a closer look at his career will reveal that he is anything but your stereotypical one. Peterik married his high school sweetheart, forgoing a life of meaningless sex and drugs and instead focusing on the music. He shares the stories behind his iconic songs and explores the power struggles within the band, contrasted with the giddy highs that accompanied a trail of worldwide hits. Peterik’s stories include opening for Led Zeppelin and touring with REO Speedwagon. This book tells the classic rock ‘n’ roll story through the eyes of someone who has lived it all. • Jim Peterik founded one of the premier rock bands of the 1980s, Survivor, best known for the Rocky III anthem Eye of the Tiger. He has written 18 top 10 hits and the best-selling book Songwriting for Dummies. He is currently traveling the world giving songwriting seminars.
September 2014 • Memoir • 352 pages World Rights: BenBella Books
Josh Tolley Evangelpreneur: How Biblical Free Enterprise Empowers Faith, Family, and Freedom For years churches around the world taught that money is the root of all evil, but Josh Tolley, a top-100 business trainer and talk-show host, answers the question everyone Christian has: Can I believe in God and still be successful in business? While preaching about how money should be avoided, churches are suffering from record-low poor money management, and bankruptcy among churchgoers is also at record highs— closing down churches and tearing families apart. No one has provided a solution to this global issue until now. Evangelpreneur clears up the mess surrounding faith and money by teaching that entrepreneurship has always been, and will always be, the earthly fuel for church growth. Tolley reveals how the Bible talks more about money than it does about heaven, and he includes reader’s questions from his speaking tours with various congregations. Caught between needing money to survive and not wanting to seem greedy, millions of believers around the globe are about to experience the largest shift in religious teaching in the past century. This groundbreaking book has already been called “an answer to prayer” and is now “filling the biggest hole in faith- based publishing.” • Josh Tolley is a business and behavioral strategist, listed as one of the top-100 business trainers in the world. His talk show on GCN Radio Network airs daily, with listeners in 150 nations. He has previously written articles on religion, business, and social-political issues.
May 2015 • Business & Economics/Finance • 304 pages World Rights: BenBella Books
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Smart Pop BenBella’s Smart Pop titles explore hot cultural ideas. These narratives and anthologies examine the characters, worlds, impact, and fan passion of today’s most popular television series and books.
George Beahm The Jack Reacher Field Manual: An Unofficial Companion to Lee Child’s Reacher Novels You don’t know Jack—Jack Reacher, that is—until you’ve read The Jack Reacher Field Manual from former army major and New York Times best-selling author George Beahm. The manual draws on 17 years of interviews, novels, stories, and more to demystify author Lee Child’s larger-than-life, name-taking, smart-thinking one-man avenger. Child calls the Reacher novels “almost entirely autobiographical,” and The Jack Reacher Field Manual seamlessly integrates the literary creator and his creation to provide the most complete portrait of Jack Reacher available. It includes a detailed dossier on Reacher and his life at West Point and in the army’s Military Police Corps; Reacher’s rules of engagement; a drifter’s roadmap of the United States, detailing the places Reacher has visited in the novels; and much more. This book belongs in the fatigue jacket of any fan craving more information about this internationally popular literary antihero. • George Beahm, a former army major with a top-secret clearance who served on active duty, in the National Guard, and in the Army Reserve, is author of dozens of nonfiction books on popular culture and several business titles. Published worldwide in 22 languages, Beahm’s books have appeared on the best-seller lists of the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, USA Today, and the Los Angeles Times.
August 2015 • Literary Criticism/Mystery • 288 pages World Rights: BenBella Books
James Lowder, editor, with an introduction by Ed Greenwood The Munchkin Book: The Official Companion: Read the Essays *(Ab)use the Rules* Win the Game This is the official companion to the award-winning card game Munchkin®, with bonus book-only gameplay rules. By gently—and sometimes not so gently—mocking the fantasy dungeon crawl and the sacred cows of pop culture, the Munchkin card game has stabbed and sneaked and snickered its way to the pinnacle of success. Along the way, it has sold millions of copies, been translated around the world, and spawned more than two dozen sequels and supplements. More fun than a “Chainsaw of Bloody Dismemberment” and more useful than a “Chicken on Your Head,” The Munchkin Book is a collection of lighthearted and suitably snarky essays on all things near and dear to the munchkin heart, featuring contributions from the game’s designer, Steve Jackson, and its signature artist, John Kovalic (creator of Web comic Dork Tower), as well as notable mavens of geek culture, including Joseph Scrimshaw (comedian, Comedy of Doom), John Wick (game designer, Houses of the Blooded), Matt Forbeck (author, Dangerous Games), and Jennifer Steen (Jennisodes), to name only a few. The Munchkin Book also includes exclusive game rules to supplement reader game play and an introduction by New York Times best-selling author and Forgotten Realms creator Ed Greenwood. • James Lowder has worked extensively on both sides of the editorial blotter. His best-selling, widely translated dark fantasy novels include Knight of the Black Rose and Prince of Lies, and his short fiction has appeared in such anthologies as Shadows over Baker Street and The Repentant.
November 2015 • Games/Pop Culture • 288 pages World Rights: BenBella Books
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Tracey Cleantis The Next Happy: Let Go of the Life You Planned and Find a New Way Forward The reality is that no matter how positive our outlook or how tenacious our approach, our dreams simply do not always come true—and there is nothing we can do about it. Sometimes our plans and goals become impossible. In these times, we feel like failures, becoming angry, sad, and ashamed. In The Next Happy, renowned therapist Tracey Cleantis explains how to move forward with your life when the smartest, healthiest, and sanest thing to do is to let go of your original plan and find a new way forward toward happiness. Cleantis offers a roadmap for this new journey, teaching you how to realize if your plan is not succeeding, understand why you wanted your goal and why you could not achieve it, and move on with new, realistic goals. With down-to-earth wisdom and humor, this enlightening counterpoint to the flawed notion of following your dream no matter what it takes provides invaluable guidance and support to help you decide whether it is time to give up an impossible dream, move through your grief, and discover the next happy. • Tracey Cleantis has personal experience with moving on from impossible plans when fertility treatments did not work for her. Now Cleantis is a licensed marriage and family therapist with a national reputation as an expert on dealing with losses and letting go. She runs two popular psychology blogs: Freudian Sip on the Psychology Today website and La Belette Rouge, which is rated one of the top-10 psychology and memoir blogs. Cleantis has been featured in media outlets such as the Huffington Post, Psychologies Magazine, and Redbook.
Spring 2015 • Self-Help • 200 pages World Rights: Hazelden Publishing
Ali Berman Choosing a Good Life: Lessons from People Who Have Found True Happiness In Choosing a Good Life, Ali Berman explores what it means to be at peace with ourselves, our choices, and the world around us in all its glorious chaos. She takes us into the lives of people who, despite their vastly different talents, challenges, and interests, have achieved a deep sense of balance in and satisfaction with their lives. Inspiring stories include those of Holocaust survivor Emery Jacoby, who rose above anger and bitterness to reaffirm the good in himself and others, and Sungrai Sohn, a violin prodigy and gifted teacher who lives in the shadow of a potentially fatal illness, among many others. Berman pinpoints their common approaches and qualities to reveal how these people have found contentment—and how we can too. • Ali Berman is senior editor for the popular “good gossip” website Ecorazzi.com, reaching millions of people per year with stories that both educate and entertain. In 2012 she cofounded flipmeover, a production company that uses media to raise awareness about important social issues. Berman cowrote quiet de luxe, the company’s debut short film, which has played in film fests around the world. She received her MFA in fiction from Sarah Lawrence College and has been published in numerous journals.
October 2014 • Personal Growth • 200 pages World Rights: Hazelden Publishing
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Jodie Gould High: 6 Principles for Guilt-Free Pleasure and Escape All creatures naturally seek pleasure. When just feeling okay isn’t enough, people (and many animals as well) will seek or even crave something more—to feel high. Humans use alcohol, marijuana, and other drugs to help them feel better, elephants seek out fermented fruit, and cats roll ecstatically in catnip. However, illicit and unnatural substances are not necessary to enjoy the pleasure of reaching these highs. Award- winning journalist and best-selling author Jodie Gould draws on the latest research and conducts interviews with both experts and everyday people in her quest to explore how people pursue this universal need to feel good. She expertly explores the history of how—and why—people continue to try to expand their consciousness, deciphering the biology of getting high and observing what these altered states look like in the brain. Gould explains the biological differences between individuals, exposing why some people can use mood-altering chemicals with few consequences while others struggle with addiction. Finally, Gould identifies six pleasure principles that will allow anyone and everyone to experience the best and most lasting highs without the concerns or consequences that come with alcohol, drugs, or other substances. • Jodie Gould is an award-winning journalist and author of eight books, including Date Like a Man, which sold over 80,000 copies. Gould has been featured on numerous television and radio shows, including Oprah, ABC World News, and Extra.
Spring 2015 • Self-Help/Psychology • 220 pages World Rights: Hazelden Publishing
Darlene Lancer Conquering Shame and Codependency: 8 Steps to Freeing the True You Shame is the torment one feels when exposed, humiliated, or rejected, as well as the feeling of not being good enough. It leads to a codependence and ultimately a tendency to overlook one’s own needs and desires in the drive to please another. In Conquering Shame and Codependency, therapist Darlene Lancer examines the roots of shame and its connection to codependent relationships. Lancer teaches readers how to heal from its destructive hold by implementing eight steps that will empower them, leading to healthier relationships. She sheds a new light on shame: how codependents’ feelings and beliefs about shame affect their identities, symptoms, and behaviors and how shame can corrode relationships, destroying trust and love. Providing eight key steps for readers to heal from shame, learn to love themselves, and develop healthy relationships, Lancer breaks down shame and its kindling of toxic relationships once and for all! This is a must-have title for anyone struggling with a lack of self-confidence and with codependent relationships. • Darlene Lancer is a licensed family therapist with over 20 years’ experience working with individuals and couples. She regularly lectures on self-esteem, codependency, and addiction. Author of Codependency for Dummies and 10 Steps to Self-Esteem, she has also published numerous articles.
July 2014 • Psychology/Self-Help • 180 pages World Rights: Hazelden Publishing
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Resmaa Menakem, MSW Rock the Boat: How to Use Conflict to Heal and Deepen Your Relationship Conflict is a natural part of any intimate relationship, but an alarming majority of couples nowadays avoid or ignore any clashes or differences. When these couples flee from or smooth over these natural disagreements, at least one partner compromises his or her integrity, stunting both partners’ emotional growth and the development of the relationship. In this innovative guide to relationships, Resmaa Menakem challenges the idea that conflict between partners is unhealthy or something to avoid. Instead he encourages couples to embrace their individual needs and personalities. Menakem explains how being open and honest about everything—from sex and money to in-laws and children—will lead to a more mature and intimate relationship. • Resmaa Menakem, MSW, is a licensed social worker specializing in couple’s therapy. He has served as the director of counseling services for Tubman Family Alliance, a domestic violence treatment center, and as the behavioral health director for African American Family Services in Minneapolis.
Spring 2015 • Self-Help/Relationships • 240 pages World Rights: Hazelden Publishing
Joseph Shrand, MD, and Leigh Devine The Fear Reflex: 5 Ways to Overcome It and Trust Your Imperfect Self Fears are imprinted on our brains at an early age and can affect our adult lives. People fear everything from crime to terrorism to economic collapse and feel more intimate anxieties, such as over the safety of loved ones or their own success and popularity. In The Fear Reflex, Dr. Joseph Shrand, a leading expert on the psychology of fear, teaches readers how to utilize the rational parts of their brains to change their perspectives and respond rationally to the fears that present themselves. His resiliency-focused approach will help readers develop the self-acceptance to step back and question fearful thoughts so as to confront and process them in healthier ways. • Joseph Shrand, MD, is triple board certified in adult, child, and adolescent psychiatry and an instructor at Harvard Medical School. • Leigh Devine has an MS from the Columbia School of Journalism and is a writer, journalist, and producer who has created several award-winning educational programs and documentaries. She and Shrand are also coauthors of Manage Your Stress.
September 2014 • Personal Growth • 200 pages World Rights: Hazelden Publishing
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Jon Derek Croteau My Thinning Years: Starving the Gay Within “I canceled plans to finish this book, and you will, too. Alternately riveting, heartfelt and horrifying, Jon Derek Croteau’s descent into anorexia and obsessive running as a means to deny his true self is spellbinding.” —Eric Poole, author of Where’s My Wand
“My Thinning Years is an emotional journey through Jon Derek Croteau’s struggle with eating disorders and accepting his identity as a gay man. In his struggle to accept his sexuality, Croteau attempts to erase his pain through trying to erase himself. Men’s experiences of anorexia and bulimia are underrepresented in media, medical and personal accounts. This is an honest, powerful and raw insight into the self-punishing, self-harming and consuming force of eating disorders.” —Grace Bowman, author of Thin
“Jon Derek Croteau writes with unstinting honesty, and courageously explores the harmful effects of bullies long after they’ve left the scene. But he also reveals the plain fact that the greatest bully we have to win over is often the one within us.” —James Lecesne, cofounder of the Trevor Project
Jon Derek Croteau is a leadership consultant for higher education and health-care clients around the world. He is author of two academic books and a highly sought speaker on the topics of eating-disorder recovery, body image, and coming out.
September 2014 • Memoir • 240 pages • World Rights: Hazelden Publishing
Jennifer Matesa The Recovering Body: Physical and Spiritual Fitness for Living Clean and Sober Just as recovery requires daily practice, so does a healthy lifestyle. Jennifer Matesa is igniting the recovery community with the first-ever guide to achieving physical recovery as a part of the path to lifelong sobriety. In the former lives of recovering addicts, their physical bodies suffer just as much as their minds; yet recovery programs often neglect this topic. Combining her own experiences with solid scientific and practical guidance, Matesa creates a roadmap to physical recovery, discussing the topics of exercise, sleep, nutrition, sexuality, and meditation. Her holistic approach stresses the importance of physical fitness alongside “spiritual fitness.” • Jennifer Matesa is a seasoned health writer and author of the award-winning blog Guinevere Gets Sober. In 2013 she became a fellow of the US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
September 2014 • Personal Growth • 200 pages • World Rights: Hazelden Publishing
Daniel R. Maurer and Spencer Amundson Sobriety: A Graphic Novel Through rich illustration and narrative, this graphic novel offers an inside look at recovery from the perspectives of five 12-step group members, each with a unique set of addictions and philosophies. Protagonists include Larry, the “old timer” of recovery circles; Alex, an atheist Londoner who has sought treatment in the United States; Debby, a single mother beginning to grasp how much work the road to sobriety will take; Matt, who has developed a tough outer shell to hide his deep loneliness; and Hannah, a college freshman struggling with bulimia. Their approaches to recovery are as different as their backgrounds, and between the five of them, this book will reach out to readers who might be dealing with similar problems. The graphic novel format will especially appeal to younger audiences. • Daniel R. Maurer is a writer of traditional and graphic novels and an ordained minister in recovery. • Spencer Amundson is a freelance graphic artist who has worked on several graphic novels.
October 2014 • Personal Growth • 150 pages • World Rights: Hazelden Publishing
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Joani Gammill, RN Painkillers, Heroin, and the Road to Sanity: Real Solutions from Those in Long- Term Recovery “This book provides a welcome education on opiate addiction and thoughtful words of support from someone who has been there and come out the other side.” —Publishers Weekly
Recovery from prescription-painkiller or heroin addiction can feel impossible, especially considering that those who have gone through typical 28-day treatment programs often experience relapses and sometimes fatal overdoses. But there is hope. In Painkillers, Heroin, and the Road to Sanity, recovering addict and prominent interventionist Joani Gammill offers a radically effective approach for those struggling with opiate addiction, sharing sometimes controversial tips that have worked for others in long-term recovery. Gammill examines the scientific explanations for the low numbers of people sustaining recovery from opiate addiction and taps the pioneering work of treatment professionals whose new approaches are changing the way we think about opiate addiction to offer practical steps for creating a realistic and effective recovery plan. Telling the stories of others in long-term recovery, Gammill affirms that recovery from opiate addiction is a process, not an event. This honest and trustworthy guide reveals that, although getting well from this disease may not happen in one detox or treatment experience, a healthy, drug-free life is possible. • Joani Gammill, RN, has appeared regularly on Dr. Phil, where she has led interventions that have inspired millions of viewers. Before her career as an interventionist, she worked as a registered nurse in medical facilities, including a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center. She is also author of The Interventionist.
July 2014 Self-Help/Addiction and Recovery • 264 pages World Rights: Hazelden Publishing
Kevin P. Hill, MD Marijuana: The Unbiased Truth About the World’s Most Popular Weed Marijuana, pot, grass, MJ, Mary Jane, reefer, cannabis, hemp, among its dozens of other names, has a long, colorful history, dating back more than 2,000 years, as the one of the most sought-after and controversial, mood-altering substances in the world. Despite all this history, there is still a great deal of confusion about the world’s most popular weed. Is it a grave danger to society, as portrayed in the 1930s film Reefer Madness? Does it provide a harmless recreational high, as many believed in the 1960s? Could it be a dangerous and addictive gateway to the use of harder drugs, such as heroin? As the years have passed, myths and misinformation have multiplied, leading to confusion and the legalization controversy we have today. At last, there is a clear and definitive source where anyone concerned or curious about marijuana can cut through the rumors on the street and misinformation from the media, straight to the facts. Kevin P. Hill uses research-based historical, scientific, and medical information to provide this comprehensive and unbiased guide to understanding this drug with such a large impact on society today. • Kevin P. Hill, MD, is a nationally recognized clinical expert, a leading researcher on marijuana, and a skilled addiction clinician who consults with professional sports teams and leagues and other professional organizations. In 2013 he was awarded the Alfred Pope Award for Best Research Paper by a Young Investigator, and he has authored or coauthored articles appearing in more than 30 peer-reviewed scientific publications. Hill is currently assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard’s McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts.
Spring 2015 • Self-Help/Drugs • 240 pages World Rights: Hazelden Publishing
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Debra Jay It Takes a Family: A Cooperative Approach to Lasting Sobriety Unlike most books on the early stages of recovery, which focus on either the addict or the family, It Takes a Family presents a fresh perspective, concentrating on the collaboration between the addict and his or her family and friends. Alcohol and drug counselor Debra Jay outlines an accessible, straightforward model to show families how to work together to build a circle of support and address the challenges of enabling, denial, and pain while keeping communication lines open. Jay’s easy-to-follow strategies and exercises are practical and vital for anyone looking for guidance through this difficult time. • Debra Jay is a noted alcohol and drug counselor and interventionist. She is coauthor of Love First: A Family’s Guide to Intervention and Aging and Addiction.
November 2014 • Self-Help • 260 pages World Rights: Hazelden Publishing
Damian McElrath The Story Behind the Little Red Book: The Evolution of a Twelve Step Classic Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) historian Damian McElrath tells the story behind the book that has helped millions put the 12-step program to work in their daily lives. Ed Webster created The Little Red Book by compiling his ideas about and suggestions for the 12 steps with the help of members of his home group. McElrath traces Webster’s process by showing how his ideas evolved through his notes and correspondence with AA’s founders, who helped bring the book to those who needed it. The Story Behind the Little Red Book isn’t only about a publishing process; it’s also about how Webster and his supporters grew and learned on their own recovery journeys during this time. • Damian McElrath is a former Hazelden executive vice president of recovery services and a spiritual advisor. He is author of seven books, including The Making of the Little Black Book and The Essence of Twelve Step Recovery.
August 2014 • Memoir • 120 pages World Rights: Hazelden Publishing
Joseph Nowinski, PhD If You Work It, It Works! Since the publication of Alcoholics Anonymous in 1939, the 12-step program has helped millions of people around the world end their addictions and stay sober. Countless recovery organizations such as Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous have adopted the steps as their go-to program for abstaining from substance abuse and compulsive behaviors. However, in recent times this invaluable system has come under attack, with a growing chorus of critics questioning the science and effectiveness of the 12-step model. Using the most up-to-date research, paired with his work on an eight- year multisite research study called Project Match, Joseph Nowinski proves the efficacy of the 12-step program. He builds a compelling case as to why working through the steps with experienced sponsors and consistent attendance at peer support groups provides predictable and successful results for everyone seeking help worldwide. • Joseph Nowinski, PhD, is a clinical psychologist who has taught at the University of California San Francisco and the University of Connecticut, as well as serving as supervising psychologist at the University of Connecticut Health Center. He is author of Twelve Step Facilitation Therapy (TSF) and blogs regularly for the Huffington Post and Psychology Today.
Spring 2015 • Self-Help/Addiction • 160 pages World Rights: Hazelden Publishing
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Thomas Povey The Oxbridge Interview Book: Perplexing Problems in Maths, Physics and Engineering with Solutions Uncompromisingly challenging, this book is a valuable guide and fascinating insight into the strange world of the United Kingdom’s most prestigious universities—Oxford and Cambridge. Consisting of over 100 of the toughest puzzles asked in the mathematical sciences at Oxbridge interviews, this is the essential guide for all those wanting to apply to either of these two enigmatic universities (as well as for those who are just plain curious to see whether they have what it takes to study at Oxbridge). Compiled in an easy-to-use format with 10 chapters split across the mathematical sciences—including visual aids and historical asides—each section offers a new way of thinking about the math and physics you already know, with each answer providing a humorous blend of personal anecdote, scientific history, and application. • Thomas Povey studied physics at St. Catherine’s College, Oxford, and went on to complete a doctor of philosophy in the Turbomachinery Group; he was subsequently appointed as the Rolls Royce Industrial Fellow before taking up his current post as tutorial fellow at University College in 2004. He lives in Oxford, United Kingdom.
Spring 2015 • Science/Mathematics • 288 pages • World Rights: Oneworld; Korean: Banni Publishing; Chinese: Hunan Science and Technology Press Co
Marc Abrahams This Is Improbable, Too: Synchronized Cows, Speedy Brain Extractors, and More WTF Research “Abrahams is doing vital work here.… From this deeply improbable book, you will learn that male chess players take more risk in their play when they are playing attractive female opponents, and that British bank robbers don’t make as much money as you might think.” —Daily Mail
Marc Abrahams delivers another addictive, wryly funny exposé of odd, imaginative, and amazingly improbable research from around the globe, this time investigating the ins and outs of the very improbable evolutionary innovation that is the human body. His latest tour of unlikely science is guaranteed to make you laugh, then think about your body in a whole new way. • Marc Abrahams writes the weekly Improbable Research column for the Guardian; he is author of This Is Improbable and founding editor of the science humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research and of the Ig Nobel Prizes, presented at Harvard University each year. Abrahams and the Ig have been covered by the BBC, New Scientist, Daily Mail, Times, and numerous other outlets internationally.
March 2014 • Popular Science/Humor • 288 pages • World Rights: Oneworld; Chinese: Guokr Corporation
Also by Marc Abrahams This Is Improbable Published • Popular Science/Humor • 288 pages World Rights: Oneworld; German: Lubbe; Russian: BKL Publishers; Chinese: Guokr Corporation
“Fabulously left-field.... A great reminder that science knows no boundaries.” —BBC Focus
“Science nerds and comedy junkies unite! Your book has arrived.” —Reader’s Digest
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Chris Geiger The Cancer Survivors’ Club This new collection offers truly inspirational, uplifting, and reassuring survival stories. These poignant personal accounts from normal people demonstrate an extraordinary determination to survive against the odds and prove that with survival rates doubling, anything is possible. Unfortunately cancer affects everyone; worldwide there are around 12.7 million new cases diagnosed each year. The Cancer Survivors Club is the only collection of firsthand accounts from those who have survived the most common cancers to the rarest. Also included are a number of Chris Geiger’s award-winning newspaper columns, which include humorous accounts of a prostate examination and getting sunburnt on a crowded beach, as well as his Guinness World Record article. Each story is written from the perspective of survivors or their loved ones and will provide those touched by cancer with hope, strength, and encouragement. • Chris Geiger is a UK- and US-based journalist who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and given only three months to live while still in his twenties. He began a two-year battle that would change his life. He won the Columnist of the Year Award from EDF Energy for his numerous lighthearted newspaper columns, publicizing cancer and cancer charities. He also writes regular columns for both local and national newspapers.
February 2015 • Self-Help/Cancer • 208 pages World Rights: Oneworld
Global Institute for Tomorrow with a foreword by Chandran Nair The Other Hundred Entrepreneurs This is a compilation of stunning images and compelling stories capturing the variety of unusual ways in which people all over the world venture out on their own to create their own livelihoods. Popular culture today is saturated with the success stories of tech billionaires and elite MBAs who have amassed huge fortunes. This book is about the other hundred entrepreneurs—100 people from around the world who have started businesses large and small and taken control of their lives. Together their amazing stories present a more representative picture of entrepreneurship than we get from the covers of Forbes, Fortune, or SUCCESS magazine. The 100 photographs and stories in the book were chosen by a world-renowned jury: Lisa Botos, Ruth Eichhorn, Yumi Goto, Chandran Nair, Simon Cartledge, and Stefen Chow. The competition called for submissions from photographers worldwide. The Other Hundred is an initiative of the Global Institute for Tomorrow, an independent think and do tank, dedicated to advancing an understanding of the reshaping of the rules of global capitalism. The Other Hundred project is not commercial; a portion of all proceeds will be donated to the subjects of the photographs or organizations dedicated to addressing social issues and inequality across the globe. • Global Institute for Tomorrow is an independent social-venture think tank based in Hong Kong, dedicated to advancing an understanding of the reshaping of the rules of global capitalism and the evolving social contracts that exist between business, government, and civil sectors. • Chandran Nair is founder and chief executive of the Global Institute for Tomorrow. He lives in Hong Kong.
February 2015 • Photography/Photojournalism • 240 pages • photos throughout World Rights: Oneworld
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Ilan Pappe The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories Following his critically acclaimed investigation of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in the 1940s, renowned Israeli historian Ilan Pappe turns his attention to the annexation and occupation of Gaza and the West Bank to bring us the first comprehensive critique of the Occupied Territories. Based on groundbreaking archival research, NGO records, and eyewitness accounts, Pappe’s investigation of the “bureaucracy of evil” explores the brutalizing effects of occupation, from the systematic abuse of human and civil rights, IDF roadblocks, mass arrests, and house searches to the forced population transfer, the settlers, and the infamous wall that is rapidly turning the West Bank into an open prison. Providing a sharp contrast with life in Israel, this is a brilliantly incisive and moving portrait of daily life in the Occupied Territories. • Ilan Pappe holds the chair in history at the University of Exeter and is the academic director of the Research Institute for Peace at Givat Haviva and the chair of the Emil Touma Institute for Palestinian Studies, Haifa. He is also author of the best-selling A History of Modern Palestine.
May 2015 • Current Events/Politics • 288 pages World Rights: Oneworld
Ilan Pappe The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine “An accessible, learned resource, this volume provides important inroads into the historical antecedents of today’s conflict, but its conclusions will not be easy for everyone to stomach: Pappe argues that the ethnic cleansing of Palestine continues today, and calls for the unconditional return of all Palestinian refugees and an end to the Israeli occupation. Without question, Pappe’s account will provoke ire from many readers; importantly, it will spark discussion as well.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Ground breaking research into a well-kept Israeli secret. A classic of historical scholarship on a taboo subject by one of Israel’s foremost New Historians.” —Ghada Karmi, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, England
“Ilan Pappe is Israel’s bravest, most principled, most incisive historian.” —John Pilger, author, journalist, and filmmaker
“Leading Israeli historian Ilan Pappe delves into his country’s bloodied past in search of answers in the present.” —Morning Star
“Pappe has opened up an important new line of inquiry into the vast and fateful subject of the Palestinian refugees. His book is rewarding in other ways. It has at times an elegiac, even sentimental, character, recalling the lost, obliterated life of the Palestinian Arabs and imagining or regretting what Pappe believes could have been a better land of Palestine.” —Times Literary Supplement
Published • History • 336 pages World Rights: Oneworld; Turkish: Dogus Grubu Iletisim Yayincilik; Korean: Open Books; German: Haffmans & Tolkemitt
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Dan Washburn The Forbidden Game: Golf and China’s Hypercapitalist Dream “Engrossing ... a marvellous and subtle book.” —Spectator
“Tackles great themes ... brings China to life.... Gripping and revealing.” —Economist
“A charming and accessible work.” —Businessweek
“An illuminating portrait of modern China.” —New Statesman
“In his revealing and witty new book, Dan Washburn unearths a story that nobody knows: how the game that Chairman Mao denounced as the ‘sport for millionaires’ stirred the dreams of farmers and soldiers, tantalized foreign pioneers, and provoked a Chinese crackdown. This is a tale about golf no more than Seabiscuit is a story about horseracing. This is twenty-first-century China in all its vivid, surprising, and human contradictions.” —Evan Osnos, author of Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth and Faith in the New China
“The Forbidden Game is a propulsive chronicle of an old pursuit thrust into a country undergoing colossal change. But more than that, it’s a richly drawn, deeply felt portrait of human striving—a great story.” —Tom Vanderbilt, best-selling author of Traffic
Dan Washburn is an award-winning sports and business reporter and managing editor of Asia Society Online. His writing has appeared in a number of publications, including the Economist and Golf World. He is also the founding editor of Shanghaiist.com, one of the most widely read English-language websites about China.
May 2014 • Business/Current Affairs • 320 pages World Rights: Oneworld
Peter Firstbrook A Man Most Driven: Captain John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Invention of America He fought and beheaded three Turkish commanders in duels. He was sold into slavery, then murdered his master to escape. He was captured by pirates—twice—and marched to the gallows to be hanged, only to be reprieved seconds before the noose dropped over his head. And all this happened before he was 30 years old. This is Captain John Smith’s life. Everyone knows the story of Pocahontas and how she saved John Smith. And were it not for Smith’s leadership, the Jamestown Colony would surely have failed. Yet Smith was a far more ambitious explorer and soldier of fortune than these tales suggest—and a far more ambitious self-promoter too. Now, in this first new major biography of Smith in decades, award-winning BBC filmmaker and author Peter Firstbrook traces the adventurer’s astonishing exploits across three continents, testing Smith’s claimed biography against the historical and geographical reality on the ground. With A Man Most Driven Firstbrook delivers a fascinating, enlightening dissection of this myth-making man and the invention of America. • Peter Firstbrook is author of The Voyage of Matthew (about the explorer John Cabot), Lost on Everest (about George Mallory), and The Obamas: The Untold Story of an African Family. For 25 years, he worked for the BBC as a television producer, director, and executive producer specializing in historical documentaries. He has won over 30 international awards, including the Royal Television Society’s award for best documentary, twice. He lives in Ealing, West London.
October 2014 • History • 300 pages World Rights: Oneworld
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Edited by Ziba Mir-Hosseini, Mulki Al-Sharmani, and Jana Rumminger Men in Charge? Rethinking Authority in Muslim Legal Tradition Both Muslims and non-Muslims see women in most Muslim countries as suffering from social, economic, and political discrimination, treated by law and society as second- class citizens subject to male authority. This discrimination is attributed to Islam and Islamic law, though it varies considerably in its impact, according to both class and region. Since the late 19th century a mass of literature has tackled this issue, some from a feminist or human rights perspective, some in the form of an apology for Islamic law. Recently, exciting new feminist research has been challenging gender discrimination and male authority from within Islamic legal tradition, and this book presents some important results from that research. The contributors all engage critically with two central juristic concepts, rooted in the Qur’an, that lie at the basis of this discrimination, concepts that place women under male authority. One refers to a husband’s authority over his wife, his financial responsibility towards her, and his superior status and rights. The other is male family members’ right and duty of guardianship over female members (e.g., fathers over daughters when entering into marriage contracts) and the privileging of fathers over mothers in guardianship rights over their children. The contributors, scholars from different disciplines and backgrounds, were brought together by Musawah, a global movement for equality and justice in the Muslim family, launched in 2009. Musawah aims at producing new knowledge to help build grassroots movements and mobilize for change. • Ziba Mir- Hosseini is a legal anthropologist. A professorial research associate at the Centre for Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, SOAS, University of London, she is a founding member of Musawah. She lives in London. • Mulki Al-Sharmani is a research fellow at the Academy of Finland, a lecturer at the University of Helsinki, and a research coordinator of the Musawah knowledge-building initiative to rethink the notion of male authority in Muslim family laws. She lives in Helsinki. • Jana Rumminger lives in Singapore and works with Musawah. Her focus is the implementation of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.
February 2015 • Women’s Issues/Religion • 320 pages • World Rights: Oneworld
Ambrose Ih-Ren Mong Are Non-Christians Saved? Joseph Ratzinger’s Thought on Religious Pluralism Religious pluralism is thriving and becoming vitally important. This is the case not only in Asia, with its myriad religious beliefs and practices, but also in Europe, which has seen the growth and development of many non-Christian religious traditions that compete with its Christian heritage. Joseph Ratzinger, former Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and now Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, is commonly regarded as a conservative theologian who sees religious pluralism as a challenge to the church’s ability to proclaim the gospel with greater fidelity. Ambrose Ih- Ren Mong examines Ratzinger’s thoughts on this issue of religious pluralism in order to evaluate how the official church has responded to the call of Vatican II to create a dialogue with non-Christian faiths. This book thus attempts to understand what the “guardian of the faith” says and why by looking at Ratzinger’s educational, cultural, and religious background to reveal his Eurocentric bias, particularly in his ecclesiology, ecumenical theology, and attitude toward religious pluralism, with its “evil twins” of relativism and secularism. Ultimately, Mong offers a fresh perspective on Ratzinger’s interpretation of Christian doctrine and assesses the consequences for both Christians and non-Christians. • Ambrose Ih-Ren Mong obtained his BA and MA in English in Canada. He entered the Dominican Novitiate in Seville, Spain, and completed his philosophical and theological studies at the University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. He lives in Hong Kong.
February 2015 • Religion/Philosophy • 384 pages • World Rights: Oneworld
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John F. Robertson Iraq: A History In this analysis of Iraq’s role in both the Middle East and the world throughout history, John F. Robertson provides a balanced account of the country and its people that explores the greatness and grandeur of its ancient empires and achievements, its contributions to the emergence of the world’s enduring monotheistic faiths, and the role the great Arab caliphs of Baghdad played in the great medieval cultural flowering that contributed so much to the European Renaissance and eventual rise of the West. Whereas most histories of Iraq shortchange the premodern era, this informative account is wide-ranging and extensive in its approach, exploring in detail the role that Iraq’s natural bounty has played in the country’s history. • John F. Robertson received a BA in history from St. Joseph’s College and a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania; he is professor of ancient and Middle Eastern studies at Central Michigan University. May 2015 • History • 336 pages • World Rights: Oneworld
Gary Sheffield A Short History of the First World War The First World War was a catastrophic watershed in world history and an unimaginable tragedy of human suffering. Inevitably, its origins, events, and legacy have roused impassioned debate, creating multiple accounts and confusion for those encountering the period for the first time. Synthesizing the latest scholarship, acclaimed military historian Gary Sheffield cuts to the heart of the conflict. With an emphasis on the western front, Sheffield explores such key issues as the causes of war, the search for peace, and the peace settlements; the political, social, and economic consequences; the impact of “total war” on the war efforts of the belligerents; and the place of the war in the history of warfare. Accessible and incisive, this is the ultimate introduction for anyone wanting a clear understanding of what happened and why. • Gary Sheffield was appointed chair of war studies at the University of Birmingham in 2006, having previously served as professor of modern history at King’s College, London. He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Royal Society of Arts and has written widely on 20th-century military history, especially the First World War. In 2003, he shared the Templer Medal for Military Literature. September 2014 • Military History • 208 pages World Rights: Oneworld; Chinese (simp.): ERC Media (Beijing) Inc.
Gerald MacLean Abdullah Gül and the Making of the New Turkey Drawing on original research, including in-depth interviews with President Abdullah Gül, as well as his wife and close colleagues and friends, this fascinating account offers readers the only English-language biography of a man who has been at the heart of the political, economic, and cultural developments that have brought Turkey to international prominence in recent years. In 2002 Abdullah Gül’s democratically elected party gained power and challenged Turkey’s political and religious legacy. Shortly afterward, Gül became a key player in Turkey’s attempts to receive an accession date to the European Union. In 2007 he became the first president of Turkey also to be a devout Muslim —causing political commentators to hail his victory as ushering in a “new era in Turkish politics” —and ever since he has been a major figure in Turkey’s diplomatic relationships in the Middle East and international political arena. An essential source for students of contemporary Turkish culture and society, Gerald MacLean’s absorbing account of this enigmatic individual throws light on important episodes in Turkey’s recent history. • Gerald MacLean is professor of English literature at the University of Exeter, founder and codirector of Exeter Turkish Studies, and a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and the Royal Historical Society of London. September 2014 • Biography/History • 304 pages • World Rights: Oneworld
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Joel Joffe The State vs. Nelson Mandela: The Trial That Changed South Africa, Revised Edition In The State vs. Nelson Mandela, Joel Joffe, the instructing attorney of the defendants at the time, gives a blow-by-blow account of the most important trial in South Africa’s history. On July 11, 1963, a seemingly harmless dry-cleaning van drew up outside a rural farm near Johannesburg. Within seconds, heavily armed police had burst out and arrested the entire high command of the armed wing of the African National Congress. Together with the already imprisoned Nelson Mandela, they were put on trial and charged with conspiring to overthrow the apartheid government by violent revolution. Their expected punishment was death. In this compelling book, their defense attorney, Joffe vividly portrays the characters involved, as well as their incredible courage under fire, and exposes the astonishing bigotry and rampant discrimination faced by the accused. • Lord Joel Joffe, CBE, is a crossbench peer in the House of Lords. He has previously served as chairperson of Oxfam and worked as a human rights lawyer in South Africa.
November 2014 • History • 312 pages World Rights: Oneworld; German: Dietz Verlag
Anson Rabinbach and Wolfgang Bialas Nazi Germany and the Humanities This impressive collection of important scholarship asks, Why did the “nazification” of German universities encounter so little resistance? In 1933, Jews and, to a lesser extent, political opponents of the Nazis suffered an unprecedented loss of positions and livelihoods at Germany’s universities. With few exceptions, the academic elite welcomed and justified the acts of the Nazi regime, uttered no word of protest when their Jewish and liberal colleagues were dismissed, and did not stir when Jewish students were barred admission. The subject of how German scholars responded to the Nazi regime continues to fascinate. In this collection, Anson Rabinbach and Wolfgang Bialas bring some of the best scholarly contributions together in one cohesive volume to deliver a shocking conclusion: whatever diverse motives German intellectuals may have had in 1933, the image of Nazism as an alien power imposed on German universities from without was a convenient fiction. • Anson Rabinbach is a specialist in modern European history with an emphasis on intellectual and cultural history. He has published extensively on Nazi Germany, Austria, and European thought in the 19th and 20th centuries. He is currently director of European cultural studies at Princeton University. • Wolfgang Bialas is a specialist in 19th- and 20th-century German culture, literature, intellectual history, and film. He is currently associate professor of philosophy at Al Ain University, United Arab Emirates University.
Fall 2014 • History • 480 pages World Rights: Oneworld
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Zackery M. Heern The Emergence of Modern Shi’ism: Islamic Reform in Iraq and Iran This book takes a fresh look at the foundations of modern Islam. Scholars often locate the origins of the modern Islamic world in European colonialism or Islamic reactions to European modernity. However, this study focuses on the rise of Islamic movements indigenous to the Middle East, which developed in direct response to the collapse and decentralization of the Islamic gunpowder empires. The book specifically highlights the emergence of Usuli Shi’ism in the 18th and 19th centuries. The long-term impact of the Usuli revival was that Shi’i clerics gained unprecedented social, political, and economic power in Iran and southern Iraq. Usuli clerics claimed authority to issue binding legal judgments that, they argue, must be observed by all Shi’is. By the early 19th century, Usulism had emerged as a popular, fiercely independent, transnational Islamic movement. The Usuli clerics have often operated at the heart of social and political developments in modern Iraq and Iran and today dominate the politics of the region. • Zackery M. Heern is professor of Middle East and Islamic studies at Murray State University. His research and teaching interests include Shi’ism, Iraq, Iran, Islamic movements, the Baha’i faith, and global history.
June 2015 • Islam • 240 pages World Rights: Oneworld
Jonathan A. C. Brown Misquoting Muhammad Few things provoke controversy in the modern world like the religion brought by Muhammad. Modern media are replete with alarm over jihad, underage marriage, and the threat of amputation or stoning under Sharia law. Based sometimes on rumor, sometimes in fact and often misunderstood, the tenets of Islamic law and dogma were not set in the religion’s founding moments. They were developed over centuries by the clerical class of Muslim scholars. Misquoting Muhammad takes the reader back in time through Islamic civilization and traces how and why such controversies developed, offering an inside view into how key and controversial aspects of Islam took shape. From the protests of the Arab Spring to Istanbul at the fall of the Ottoman Empire and from the red ochre walls of Delhi’s great mosques to the trade routes of Islam’s Indian Ocean world, Misquoting Muhammad lays out how Muslim intellectuals have sought to balance reason and revelation, weigh science and religion, and negotiate the eternal truths of scripture amid shifting values. • Jonathan A. C. Brown is associate professor of Islamic studies and Muslim-Christian understanding at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. His books include, among others, Muhammad: A Very Short Introduction and Hadith: Muhammad’s Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World. He is editor in chief of the Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Law.
August 2014 • Religion • 400 pages World Rights: Oneworld
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Makers of the Muslim World Series Patricia Crone of Princeton University is editor of this first series devoted to the men and women throughout history who have made a significant contribution to the political, intellectual, and religious landscape of the Muslim world. Each title combines first-rate scholarship with a strong emphasis on readability and will serve as a perfect introduction for general readers.
Michael Crawford Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab (1703–1792) aroused great controversy in his lifetime. For some he is the model of a pious religious activist who fought to establish a regime of Islamic godliness in the least promising of environments. For others he is a hate figure. Few would contest that he shaped the Muslim world. For over 250 years the Wahhabi movement has rested on the twin pillars of a clear, compelling credo and an indissoluble alliance with temporal power. Absolutist, uncompromising theology and political and religious ambition combined to make it the dominant force in Arabia, transforming its champions, the Al Sa’ud clan, from petty rulers of a midsize settlement with a talent for balancing interests into the guardians of Islam’s holy places, disposing of Earth’s greatest identified oil reserves. This thought-provoking and comprehensive biography, which charts the relationship between religious doctrine, political power, and events on the ground, is ideal for readers interested in uncovering the life and thought of the man who helped establish the first Saudi state and began a dynastic alliance that continues to the present day. • Michael Crawford is an independent consultant and writer on the Middle East. He served the British government in London and overseas, including in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Cairo, and Pakistan, from 1981 to 2009. He previously gained a first in jurisprudence and an MPhil in modern Middle Eastern studies at St. Antony’s, Oxford, and worked in a commercial law firm in the Persian Gulf.
December 2014 • Religion/Islam • 256 pages World Rights: Oneworld
Taneli Kukkonen Ibn Tufayl Ibn Tufayl (1105–1185) was an Andalusian courtier, philosopher, Sufi master, and royal physician to the Almohad caliphs. He inspired the twelfth-century Andalusian revolt against Ptolemaic astronomy and, through his sponsorship, was also responsible for the career of the most renowned Aristotelian of medieval times, Abu al-Walid Ibn Rushd (the Latin Averroes). In Ibn Tufayl, we see an exemplar of the kind of versatile and pious scholar early Almohad culture wanted to cultivate. Ibn Tufayl’s own intellectual outlook is preserved for us in Hayy Ibn Yaqzan, a philosophical romance that is one of the most-beloved and best-read pieces in all Arabic literature. A popular and often-copied work in early modern Europe, Hayy has for many come to represent what is distinctive about high classical Arabic philosophy. Ibn Tufayl sets one of the most famous Arabic philosophical works of all time in its historical and philosophical context: it paints a vivid portrait of the world as Ibn Tufayl saw it and as he wished for it to be seen. • Taneli Kukkonen has held appointments at the Universities of Victoria, Jyväskylä, and Otago. He is currently visiting professor in philosophy at New York University, Abu Dhabi. He has published widely on topics in Arabic philosophy and the Aristotelian tradition.
November 2014 • Religion/Islam • 256 pages World Rights: Oneworld
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Sholeh Quinn Shah Abbas Shah Abbas (1597–1629) is the best-known king of Iran’s Safavid dynasty (1501–1722), ruling over Iran when the dynasty was at its height of power and prestige. When Shah Abbas came to power, his country was in chaos. Yet within 11 years he had regained territory lost to his enemies, moved his capital city, and begun a transformation of Iranian society. In this wide-ranging profile, Sholeh Quinn explores his rise to power and subsequent interactions with religious movements and artistic developments, reaching beyond historical narrative to assess the true impact of the man and his politics. This thought-provoking and comprehensive account is ideal for readers interested in uncovering the life and thought of a man who ruled during a period described by many as a golden age for the arts in Iran. • Sholeh Quinn received her PhD from the University of Chicago. She is currently associate professor of history at the University of California, Merced, where she specializes in Safavid history.
November 2014 • Religion/Islam • 256 pages World Rights: Oneworld
Beginner’s Guides Series Oneworld Beginner’s Guides combine a truly engaging approach with clear and comprehensive expert analysis of the most challenging issues facing modern society. Innovative and insightful, Beginners Guides are perfect for anyone curious about the way the world works and the big ideas of our time.
Mark Jackson The History of Medicine: A Beginner’s Guide Practices and histories of both Eastern and Western medicine are thoroughly examined in this guide from esteemed historian Mark Jackson. From techniques of the ancient world to the marvels of 20th-century health care, Jackson demonstrates how the history of medicine challenges our understanding of what it means to be healthy. The History of Medicine also includes case studies of famous diseases, profiles of important innovators, and an exploration of cross-cultural traditions. • Mark Jackson is professor of the history of medicine and director of the Centre for Medical History at the University of Exeter. From his beginnings as a medical practitioner, he has become a highly respected scholar and is author and editor of numerous books and articles on the history of medicine.
Fall 2014 • History • 232 pages World Rights: Oneworld
Peter Cave Ethics: A Beginner’s Guide Written by best-selling thinker Peter Cave, this book combines the theory and practice of ethics from the ancient Greeks to Kant’s categorical imperative. He presents ethics through a fascinating global historical lens and relates it to everyday life and modern politics. Cave introduces readers to all the main schools of thought and, with wit and clarity, handily guides the reader around some of the most common potholes in ethical reasoning. He freshens up the conversation by applying theory to contemporary concepts and controversies, like corporate social responsibilities and such bioethical issues as designer babies. This introduction will escort the reader into a better understanding of the topic, its history, and its modern-day applications. • Peter Cave is author of eight books on philosophy, including the best-selling Can a Robot Be Human? He frequently contributes to philosophy journals and gives lectures around the world.
February 2015 • Philosophy and Spirituality • 224 pages • World Rights: Oneworld
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Joe Flatman Archaeology: A Beginner’s Guide Archaeology is now more popular than ever. Thanks to film and television making the topic more accessible and exciting, the number of budding amateur archaeologists is on the rise. From coins to battlefields, archaeologist Joe Flatman provides an incisive introduction to the practice of archaeology. He demonstrates how the archaeological mind-set can reveal unexpected truths about the most modern phenomena: a landfill site can expose information about our drinking habits, and airports can become as interesting as the towns and villages they have been built over. He also discusses how archaeology can help us predict and prevent the crises that face us. • Joe Flatman is senior lecturer at the Institute of Archaeology, University College, London, and head of central casework and programs at English Heritage. His most recent book, Becoming an Archaeologist, was named “Book of the Year” by Current Archaeology.
May 2015 • Social Science • 224 pages World Rights: Oneworld
Laurie Schneider Adams 19th Century Art: A Beginner’s Guide The 19th century gave us a wealth of artistic riches so memorable in their genius that we can picture many of them in an instant, from Van Gogh’s Starry Night to Monet’s Water Lilies. Offering fascinating and enthusiastic biographical details and the relevant social, political, and culture context, this book will leave readers with a deep appreciation for each work. It is a grand tour through Western art’s avant-garde century and includes over 60 pictured works that are individually explored with detail and enthusiasm. • Laurie Schneider Adams is professor emerita of art history at John Jay College and author of several books on art, including Looking at Art.
Fall 2014 • Art and Architecture • 224 pages World Rights: Oneworld
Andrew Jotischky Crusades: A Beginner’s Guide When Pope Urban II launched the first crusade to recover Jerusalem from the Turks, tens of thousands of people joined his cause, making it the single largest event of the Middle Ages. It would rage for over 200 years, poisoning Christian and Islamic relations forever. This new introduction to the Crusades takes readers through key events, focusing specifically on the experience of crusading, from both sides, and asking the crucial questions. It explores the motivations and lifestyle of crusaders and how these events of nearly 1,000 years ago still shape the politics of today. Readers just might find that this very old war is more relevant than they would have thought. • Andrew Jotischky is head of the history department at Lancaster University and author of Crusading and the Crusader States.
February 2015 • History • 224 pages World Rights: Oneworld
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Christopher Catherwood World War II: A Beginner’s Guide With over 60 million casualties, World War II was the bloodiest conflict in history. In this insightful introduction, Christopher Catherwood covers all the key battles and campaigns, while also discussing the larger picture behind them, putting familiar events into perspective. He explores the entire scope of World War II, from the impact of the preceding Sino-Japanese War, to the near moral equivalence of the Red Army and the Nazis, to the impact of the Hiroshima bombing. This book is a fresh introduction to the most widely studied and read-about event in history, covering the events that led to the war and followed in its bloody wake. • Christopher Catherwood is a historian based in Cambridge; he has taught at both the University of Cambridge and the University of Richmond, Virginia. He is an expert on Winston Churchill and author of the best-selling Winston’s Folly.
Fall 2014 • History • 224 pages World Rights: Oneworld
Patrick Little The English Civil Wars: A Beginner’s Guide A valuable resource for everyone from general readers to military enthusiasts, The English Civil Wars paints a picture of this grim and tumultuous time in English history. It began with a political upheaval in the mid-17th century, when the monarchy and the House of Lords were abolished, to be replaced with a republic and military rule. British historian Patrick Little guides readers through the events of this period and their origins—from the execution of Charles I to the English Restoration. • Patrick Little is senior research fellow at the History of Parliament Trust. His previous publications include Lord Broghill and the Cromwellian Union with Ireland and Scotland, The Cromwellian Protectorate, and Parliaments and Politics During the Cromwellian Protectorate.
Fall 2014 • European History • 224 pages World Rights: Oneworld
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Tracy Cutchlow with photos by Betty Udesen Zero to Five: 70 Essential Parenting Tips Based on Science (and What I’ve Learned So Far) New parents know that the miracle of life does not always feel so miraculous. Maybe your pregnancy leaves you sick more often than it leaves you glowing. (At least it’s good for baby’s brain.) Maybe the 3 a.m. wakeup has left you wondering how “sleep like a baby” ever became a figure of speech—and also whether letting baby cry it out is okay. A parent herself, Tracy Cutchlow has been there and through that. Zero to Five takes 60 tips from the most well-regarded scientific research and distills them into something readers can easily digest during one of the two-minute-long breaks in the parenting day. Combining the warmth of a best friend with a no-nonsense tone, Cutchlow has the answers to key parenting questions like, Should I talk to my pregnant belly? (absolutely), How can I instill a love of learning in my child? (a specific type of praise), and How can I help my child make good friends? (start with music lessons). With beautifully illustrated pages by award-winning photojournalist Betty Udesen, Zero to Five will help parents make the best of overworked days, short nights, and other surprises along the totally-worth-it journey of parenting. • Tracy Cutchlow is managing editor of Modernist Cuisine at Home. She was an award-winning journalist at the Seattle Times and editor of the national best sellers Brain Rules and Brain Rules for Baby. • Betty Udesen is an award-winning photojournalist and pioneer in multimedia reporting. Udesen, working both for the Seattle Times and as an independent producer, has photographed projects in Zimbabwe, Indonesia, Central and South America, and Israel, as well as in her hometown of Seattle. Her work showcases a wide-ranging technique and ability to portray complex situations with sensitivity and depth.
May 2014 • Parenting • 212 pages World Rights: Pear Press; Russian: Alpina
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Carol Garhart Mooney Theories of Practice: Raising the Standards of Early Childhood Education A provocative call to action for those who work in early childhood education from the author of the best-selling Redleaf Press title of all time, Theories of Practice focuses on the value that is produced when early childhood educators have strong theoretical foundations. Carol Garhart Mooney discusses the important task put to early childhood educators to understand the foundational theories behind their daily practices. She argues that attention to this responsibility results in a more complete and well- constructed curriculum and, thus, a more potent and thoughtful education. Central to this theory is Garhart Mooney’s assertion that those working in early childhood education should hold a degree in the field. This title strives to show that when they understand the link between best practices and the research behind them, educators can work more confidently and effectively with children. • Carol Garhart Mooney has been an early childhood educator for more than 40 years and is currently the executive director at Holy Cross Early Childhood Center in Manchester, New Hampshire. She is author of a number of books on education, including Theories of Childhood, Theories of Attachment, and Use Your Words. She holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and a master’s degree in early childhood education. She has completed coursework for a doctorate in sociology of the family.
Fall 2014 • Education/Professional Development • 104 pages World Rights: Redleaf Press
Miriam Beloglovsky and Lisa Daly Early Learning Theories Made Visible This distillation of the collective work of many influential early childhood theorists comes from two professors of early childhood education. In Early Learning Theories Made Visible, the thinking of Jean Piaget, Erik Erikson, Lev Vygotsky, Abraham Maslow, John Dewey, Howard Gardner, and Louise Derman-Sparks is set against the authors’ advocacy for educators to fully grasp these theorists’ concepts. Beloglovsky and Daly argue that a strong understanding of these early childhood theorists is fundamental for making informed decisions to support children’s learning. • Miriam Beloglovsky is professor of early childhood education at Cosumnes River College and has been advising and guiding students for over 25 years. She consults with and supports a variety of family, children, and youth programs, including THRIVE Family Development Network and My Street of Dreams. She has served as a keynote speaker, presenter, and board member for a number of organizations and conferences. • Lisa Daly is professor of early childhood education at Folsom Lake College. She has over 30 years of experience as an early childhood teacher, director, and educator. She has served on community and Association for the Education of Young Children boards. She has presented numerous workshops for educators on art, storytelling, language and literacy, sensory experiences, and music and movement.
Fall 2014 • Education/Preschool and Kindergarten • 115 pages World Rights: Redleaf Press
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Maurice Sykes Doing the Right Thing for Children: Eight Qualities of Leadership After a career spent advocating for children, preeminent early childhood specialist Maurice Sykes has finally written his debut book. In this groundbreaking work, he discusses the skills, knowledge, and habits of mind needed to do the right thing for children. Employing a lifetime of experience and his trademark wit and wisdom, Sykes describes eight qualities of leadership—human potential, knowledge, social justice, competence, enjoyment, personal renewal, perseverance, and courage—that he believes are the key to radical positive changes within the early childhood community • Maurice Sykes is director of the Early Childhood Leadership Institute. He has spent his career advancing high-quality early childhood education and advocating for educational reform and teacher professional development. Sykes has advised the US Department of Education. He was profiled as an early childhood champion by the National Association of State Boards of Education and was elected to the Governing Board of the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
Fall 2014 • Education/ Leadership • 200 pages • World Rights: Redleaf Press
Lisa Daly and Miriam Beloglovsky Loose Parts: Inspiring Play in Young Children This inspiring book is jam-packed with over 550 color photographs of inventive ideas for children’s play, introducing readers to the concept of “loose parts”—found, bought, or upcycled materials that children can manipulate for creative play. Loose parts are alluring and beautiful. They capture children’s curiosity, give free rein to their imagination, and encourage creativity. With its simple ideas and exciting photographs, this title is sure to put light bulbs over the heads of educators and parents alike. • Lisa Daly is professor of early childhood education at Folsom Lake College. She has over 30 years of experience as an early childhood teacher, director, and educator. She has served on community and Association for the Education of Young Children boards. She has presented numerous workshops for educators on art, storytelling, language and literacy, sensory experiences, and music and movement. • Miriam Beloglovsky is a professor of early childhood education at Cosumnes River College and has been advising and guiding students for over 25 years. She consults with and supports a variety of family, children, and youth programs, including THRIVE Family Development Network and My Street of Dreams. She has served as a keynote speaker, presenter, and board member for a number of organizations and conferences.
Fall 2014 • Education/Preschool and Kindergarten • 232 pages World Rights: Redleaf Press
Jeff A. Johnson and Denita Dinger Let’s All Play Jeff A. Johnson and Denita Dinger strongly believe that young children learn best when encouraged to lead their own play. When children play, they engage with ideas and also with each other and their environment. Let’s All Play provides 40 adventures that stimulate the development of children’s social skills by facilitating group play and interaction; it also advises adults on the value of children’s play through deep-thinking activities. • Jeff A. Johnson worked as a child-care provider in center- and home-based programs for 25 years. He currently works full-time as an author and keynote speaker, as well as an early learning advocate. • Denita Dinger has worked as a child-care provider for over 15 years. She currently operates a family child-care program and has been a frequent keynote speaker at early childhood conferences.
January 2015 • Education • 184 pages • World Rights: Redleaf Press
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Deb Curtis and Margie Carter Designs for Living and Learning, Second Edition The second iteration of this beloved best-selling title is packed with colorful images and ideas to aid in developing a nurturing learning environment. Hundreds of ideas and approaches to creating fun spaces for learning are sure to spark the imagination of any teacher or parent, and full-color images show how these ideas can all be practically implemented. Readers will find a multitude of practical ideas for creative indoor and outdoor learning spaces and materials, with expanded chapters that reflect new trends and issues since the release of the first edition. • Deb Curtis has spent the past 35 years working with children and teachers in early childhood programs. She has also worked with early childhood educators in college settings, seminars, and institutes all over North America, New Zealand, and Australia. She has been working as a toddler teacher for the past five years and is coauthor of eight books related to working with young children. • Margie Carter has worked in the early childhood field as a teacher, director, college instructor, coach, and consultant for nearly 50 years. She has coauthored eight books and traveled worldwide to present to early childhood professionals.
Fall 2014 • Education/Preschool and Kindergarten • 360 pages World Rights: Redleaf Press; Dutch: Reed
Linda Zane Pedagogy and Space: Design Inspirations for Early Childhood Classrooms Studies such as the groundbreaking architectural book A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction show without a doubt that the design of schools and other educational environments has a profound effect on the development of children and teenagers. However, all of this research is focused on primary and secondary schools while ignoring the settings of early childhood altogether. In this revolutionary blend of early childhood education and architectural theories, Linda Zane explains the influence that school and classroom designs have on young children, exploring how some environments can help them develop, while others have negative consequences. Filled with 80 full-color photos of design examples and the latest research, Pedagogy and Space will inspire the creation of childhood environments that are both developmentally appropriate and aesthetically pleasing. • Linda Zane, EdD, is associate professor of early childhood education at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. Before venturing into the world of higher education, she served for 10 years as director of an accredited early childhood program.
Fall 2014 • Education/Early Childhood • 128 pages • color photos World Rights: Redleaf Press
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Select titles from the backlist
Carol Garhart Mooney Theories of Childhood: An Introduction to Dewey, Montessori, Erikson, Piaget, and Vygotsky Carol Garhart Mooney distills the work of five groundbreaking educational theorists. Psychology • 104 pages World Rights: Redleaf Press; Chinese (simp.): Capital Normal University Press; Indonesian: PT Indeks; Korean: Hakjisa Publications
Liz Plaster and Rick Krustchinsky Incredible Edible Science: Recipes for Developing Science and Literacy Skills This volume provides everything parents and teachers need to teach important science and literary skills to children in exciting ways. Parenting • 244 pages World Rights: Redleaf Press; Arabic: Egyptian National Center for Translation; Chinese (simp.): Digital Times
Sara Wilford Nurturing Young Children’s Disposition to Learn Sara Wilford presents a wonderful collection of Reggio-inspired ideas and common classroom practices. Education/Pedagogy • 176 pages World Rights: Redleaf Press; Chinese (simp.): Tsinghua University Press
Nikki Darling-Kuria Brain-Based Early Learning Activities: Connecting Theory and Practice Nikki Darling-Kuria shares great activities for children that engage both hemispheres of the brain. Early Childhood Education • 208 pages World Rights: Redleaf Press; Chinese (comp.): Culturati
Greg Nelson, PhD Math at Their Own Pace: Child-Directed Activities for Developing Early Number Sense Professor Greg Nelson uses the latest research on math learning to offer guidance on tailoring activities to children’s specific interests and abilities. Education/Parenting • 217 pages World Rights: Redleaf Press; Chinese (simp.): Cheers Publishing Co.
Jenna Bilmes and Tara Welker, PhD Common Psychological Disorders in Young Children This volume brings together in one handy reference the most common psychological disorders—such as ADHD, autism, and anxiety—that child-care providers encounter. Psychology/Education • 183 pages World Rights: Redleaf Press; Korean: Chang-Ji Publishing
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Roaring Forties Press (RoaringFortiesPress.com) is an innovative publishing company dedicated to the proposition that books can be both smart and stylish. Its books are designed to open readers’ eyes, literally and metaphorically. Roaring Forties Press was founded by Deirdre Greene and Nigel Quinney, who together have more than 50 years of experience in all facets of the publishing industry, both in the United States and abroad. Ten years ago, they decided to collaborate to create books that enrich both the eye and the mind.
Colette Rausch Speaking Their Peace: Voices from Countries Emerging from Conflict Packed with 100 unforgettable interviews from 11 conflict zones across the globe, Speaking Their Peace lets “ordinary” people tell their own extraordinary stories of life during wartime and their efforts to build better, more peaceful lives for themselves, their families, and their societies. Speaking Their Peace gives voice to a remarkable variety of people: women whose husbands and children were grabbed from their hands and slaughtered—women who tell us they are trying to hide the sadness for the sake of the children who remain; ex-soldiers, some celebrating the righteous cause for which they fought, others wondering what happened to the social justice for which their comrades died; former child soldiers, terrifying even to their own families, describing how they are working to reconcile victims and victimizers; students, traumatized when friends were raped and murdered, explaining how today they are using their education to fight for women’s rights. The conflict zones are Libya, Afghanistan, Sudan, Burma/Myanmar, Nepal, Kosovo, Nicaragua, Peru, Liberia, Yemen, and Iraq. • Colette Rausch has worked for 20 years to build the rule of law in countries emerging from conflicts. She is currently the associate vice president for Governance, Law and Society and director of the Rule of Law Center at the United States Institute of Peace.
March 2015 • Biography/International Politics • 304 pages World Rights: Roaring Forties Press
Julie McSorley and Marcus McSorley Out of the Box: The Highs and Lows of a Champion Smuggler Reg Spiers arrived in England in 1964 as a world-class athlete. He returned to Australia in a box, but that was only the start of his adventures. Crazily impulsive, romantic, and free-spirited, Reg became a national hero for smuggling himself 13,000 miles home as air freight. But as his fame and sporting career faded, Reg decided to smuggle something very different. Soon, he was on the run with his girlfriend, playing a cat-and- mouse game with police on three continents. A wild road trip across India and Africa —involving idyllic beaches and prison hellholes, shady friends and shadier cops, gun- toting militias and drug-running gangsters—led to a court room in Sri Lanka and the fight of his life. Could Reg beat the death sentence he’d just been given, or was this box too big to climb out of? • Julie McSorley is a freelance illustrator and writer. She lives in Spain with her husband and divides her time between writing and painting. • Marcus McSorley is an actor who has done theater, short films, commercials, and a lot of Shakespeare. He lives on the same street where his father built the infamous box in 1964.
October 2014 • True Crime • 300 pages World Rights: Roaring Forties Press
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David Stewart White and Deb Hosey White Let’s Take the Kids to London: A Family Travel Guide, Fifth Edition A backpacker, a business traveler, and a father and child walk into a London pub. The backpacker steps up to the bar, counts out a handful of British coins, and exclaims, “A half-pint of ale please.” The business executive whips out a platinum credit card and orders, “Your best single malt … Make it a double.” The father, clutching the hand of a young child, urgently asks the barman, “Where’s the toilet?” Not everyone travels the same way, and traveling with children entails a unique set of priorities. The culture and colorful history of London come to life in this guide to enjoying an exceptionally entertaining family vacation. Written specifically for families, this book is the antidote to the inevitable tribulations faced by traveling parents and children. With a focus on family-friendly adventures, it describes such classic destinations as the Tower of London and Buckingham Palace, as well as lesser-known attractions like the Florence Nightingale Museum and the Churchill War Rooms. Key information about each attraction, such as locations, hours, and prices, is included, allowing families to plan itineraries with confidence. In addition to sightseeing suggestions, the book is full of practical trip-planning tips and advice, including getting from the airport to the hotel, finding a doctor, changing money, and locating public restrooms. • David Stewart White and Deb Hosey White are coauthors of Beyond Downton Abbey and Portugal —a Tale of Small Cities. Their articles have appeared in the Three Tomatoes online magazine and the Royal Oak Foundation newsletter. They are partners in one of California’s newest independent bookstores.
March 2015 • Travel/Family and Child Care • 319 pages World Rights: Roaring Forties Press
Highlights from the backlist
The ArtPlace Series Michelangelo’s Rome, by Angela K. Nickerson
Ireland’s Literary Revival, by R. Todd Felton
Matisse’s South of France, by Laura McPhee
Dorothy Parker’s New York, by Kevin C. Fitzpatrick with a foreword by Marion Meade
Steinbeck’s California, by Susan Shillinglaw with photos by Nancy Burnett
The MusicPlace Series Elvis Presley: Memphis, by Mark P. Barnardo
Bob Dylan: New York, by June Skinner Sawyers
Jimi Hendrix: London, by Bill Saunders
Grunge: Seattle, by Justin Henderson
And Travel Books French Ghosts, Russian Nights, and American Outlaws: Souvenirs of a Professional Vagabond, by Susan Spano
Angels’ and Demons’ Rome, by Angela Nickerson
Mad Men’s Manhattan, by Mark P. Bernardo
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Santa Monica Press (SantaMonicaPress.com) has been publishing a critically acclaimed, eclectic line of books since 1994. Its authors are recognized experts who are sought after by the media both nationally and internationally. Santa Monica Press’s list includes books in such categories as popular culture, film history, photography, humor, biography, travel, and reference.
Charles Fleming Secret Walks: A Walking Guide to the Hidden Trails of Los Angeles There is a lot to see while walking the history-rich streets and paths of Los Angeles, California, and this guide will ensure that you make the most of each step. A sequel to the successful Secret Stairs: A Walking Guide to the Historic Staircases of Los Angeles, Secret Walks features another collection of exciting urban strolls through parks, canyons, and neighborhoods. Each walk is rated for duration, distance, and difficulty and is accompanied by a map. For each landmark, Fleming includes tidbits of Los Angeles history. Will you peer into the original Bat Cave from Batman or learn about tobacco millionaire Abbot Kinney, who dug canals to drain the marshes south of Santa Monica and create his American “Venice”? Written in the entertainingly informed style that has made Secret Stairs a Los Angeles Times best seller, Secret Walks is the perfect book for the walker eager to explore but tired of the same old crowded sidewalks. • Charles Fleming is author of the Los Angeles Times best seller Secret Stairs: A Walking Guide to the Historic Staircases of Los Angeles, Secret Stairs East Bay, and the national best seller High Concept; he is coauthor of the New York Times best sellers My Lobotomy, Three Weeks in October, and A Goomba’s Guide to Life. A former staff writer for Newsweek, Variety, and the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner and a frequent contributor to Vanity Fair, the New York Times, Los Angeles, and LA Weekly, he is currently a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. Fleming lives in Los Angeles.
Spring 2015 • Travel • 240 pages World Rights: Santa Monica Press
Chris Strodder The Disneyland Book of Lists People have been making lists since the ancient world, and to this day various top-10s, hit parades, and bucket lists chronicle every aspect of our lives. But until now, no book has used lists to categorize all the diverse elements in Disneyland®. The Disneyland Book of Lists offers a new way to explore six decades of Disneyland history. Hundreds of fascinating lists cover the past and present and feature everything from the park’s famous attractions, shops, restaurants, parades, and live shows to the creative artists, designers, characters, and performers who have made Disneyland the world’s most beloved theme park. Fun, fascinating, factual, and 60 years in the making, The Disneyland Book of Lists is the only Disneyland book of its kind. • Chris Strodder is author of The Disneyland Encyclopedia, which was named a “Best Reference Book” by Library Journal. His other works include the pop culture compendiums The Encyclopedia of Sixties Cool and Swingin’ Chicks of the ’60s. Strodder’s publications include the children’s book A Sky for Henry, the young adult novel Lockerboy, and articles for various periodicals, including Los Angeles and California magazines. Strodder first visited Disneyland in 1966 and has been collecting Disneyland souvenirs and ephemera ever since.
Spring 2015 • Travel/Popular Culture • 288 pages World Rights: Santa Monica Press
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Harvey Kubernik with a foreword by Tom Petty and an afterword by Roger Steffens Turn Up the Radio! Rock, Pop, and Roll in Los Angeles, 1956–1972 Filled with exclusive interviews and combining oral and illustrated history with a connective narrative, Turn Up the Radio! captures the zeitgeist of the Los Angeles rock and pop music world between the years of 1956 and 1972. Featuring hundreds of rare and previously unpublished photographs and images of memorabilia, this collection highlights dozens of iconic bands and musicians, including the Doors, the Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield, the Byrds, CSN, the Monkees, the Rolling Stones, Ike and Tina Turner, Elvis Presley, Eddie Cochran, Ritchie Valens, Sam Cooke, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Frank Zappa, Thee Midniters, Sonny and Cher, and many others. Turn Up the Radio! also digs deep to uncover the studio musicians, background vocalists, songwriters, producers, and engineers who helped propel the Los Angeles rock and pop music scene to such a legendary status. Bones Howe, Barney Kessel, B. J. Baker, Merry Clayton, Jack Nitzsche, Hal Blaine, Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Bobby Womack, Kim Fowley, Bruce Botnick, Dave Gold, and Stan Ross are just a few of the names recognized for their crucial contributions to the music created and produced in the recording studios of Los Angeles. • Harvey Kubernik has been a noted music journalist for over 40 years. A former West Coast A&R director for MCA Records, Kubernik is author of five books, including This Is Rebel Music. Kubernik’s writings on popular music have been published nationally and internationally including in the Los Angeles Times, MOJO, Goldmine, Musician, Melody Maker, Treats!, Los Angeles Free Press, Crawdaddy!, and Record Collector News. His work has also been placed in several book anthologies, including The Rolling Stone Book of the Beats and Drinking with Bukowski. Kubernik has penned liner notes for a dozen albums by a diverse group of recording artists, most notably Elvis Presley, Allen Ginsberg, Carole King, and the Ramones. • Roger Steffens is author or coauthor of seven books on Bob Marley and reggae history, including Bob Marley and the Wailers: The Definitive Discography and The Reggae Scrapbook.
Published • Music and Performing Arts • 336 pages World Rights: Santa Monica Press
Jack Stevenson Dogme Uncut: Lars von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg, and the Gang That Took on Hollywood Dogme Uncut is written by film journalist and historian Jack Stevenson, who, while living in Demark for the past decade, has had a true insider’s view of the Dogme movement. Stevenson brings a mixture of history, analysis, and reportage to bear on the film movement, examining the subject from multiple perspectives. He explores Dogme’s debt to previous film “waves” as well as the impact Dogme itself has had on current trends in cinema and on today’s young filmmakers. Penned in a lively, accessible, and jargon-free style, Dogme Uncut is a richly illustrated survey of the entire Dogme canon. • Jack Stevenson has contributed articles about cult, underground, and exploitation cinema to film magazines as disparate as Film Quarterly and The Big Reel. He has also contributed to many of the leading European film journals, and his texts have been translated into nine languages. He is author of Lars Von Trier (British Film Institute) and has also written about Dogme for Danish, German, and Czech film journals. Stevenson resides in Allerød, just north of Copenhagen.
Published • Film • 312 pages World Rights: Santa Monica Press
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Highlights from the backlist
Letter Writing Made Easy! Featuring Sample Letters for Hundreds of Common Occasions, Volumes 1 and 2 by Margaret McCarthy—over 200,000 copies sold
How to Win Lotteries, Sweepstakes, and Contests, 2nd Edition by Steve Ledoux— over 100,000 copies sold
Route 66 Adventure Handbook, 4th Edition by Drew Knowles—nearly 100,000 sold
Other highlights
Footsteps in the Fog: Alfred Hitchcock’s San Francisco by Jeff Kraft and Aaron Leventhal with a foreword by Patricia Hitchcock O’Connell
Silent Traces: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Charlie Chaplin by John Bengtson with a foreword by Kevin Brownlow
Silent Echoes: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton by John Bengtson with a foreword by Kevin Brownlow
M-G-M: Hollywood’s Greatest Backlot by Steven Bingen, Stephen X. Sylvester, and Michael Troyan
I Say, I Say … Son! A Tribute to Legendary Animators Bob, Chuck and Tom McKimson by Robert McKimson with a foreword by John Kricfalusi and introduction by Darrell Van Citters
Rainer on Film: Thirty Years of Film Writing in a Turbulent and Transformative Era by Peter Rainer
L.A. Noir: The City as Character by Alain Siler and James Ursini
The Complete History of American Film Criticism by Jerry Roberts
Forever Young: The Rock and Roll Photography of Chuck Boyd by Jeffrey Schwartz, editor, with a foreword by Buck Munger
James Dean Died Here: The Locations of America’s Pop Culture Landmarks by Chris Epting
Marilyn Monroe Dyed Here: More Locations of American’s Pop Culture Landmarks by Chris Epting
Destination: Cocktails The Traveler’s Guide to Superior Libations by James Teitelbaum
The Art and Design of Contemporary Wine Labels by Tanya Scholes with a Foreword by Michael Mondavi
Calculated Risk: The Extraordinary Life of Jimmy Doolittle—Aviation Pioneer and World War II hero by Jonna Doolittle Hoppes
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Visible Ink Press
Since 1989 Visible Ink Press (VisibleInkPress.com) has published popular reference works that inform as well as entertain in the areas of science, history, minority studies, the paranormal, and more. The award-winning Handy Answer Book Series® focuses on the sciences and history with titles such as The Handy Art History Answer Book, and the press’s highly praised encyclopedias and guides to the supernatural, unexplained phenomena, and the counterrational, including the impressive Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places, stretch the mind and challenge readers’ preconceptions. Packed with facts, generously illustrated, and armed with great indexes, appendices, and other extras, these beautiful books are written by experts to satisfy the hunger for information and thirst for answers. Visible Ink Press authors and editors bring decades of experience to helping readers reach a higher level of enlightenment.
Patricia Barnes-Svarney and Thomas E. Svarney The Handy Biology Answer Book Gene therapy, forensic DNA profiling, biochemistry, biotechnology, cloning, stem cells, superbugs, genetically modified food, botany, zoology, sex—the study of life and living organisms is ancient, broad, and ongoing. The new, completely revised and updated The Handy Biology Answer Book examines, explains, and traces mankind’s understanding of this important topic. This handy reference is the go-to guide for students and the more-learned alike. It answers questions in plain English on all aspects of human, animal, plant, and microbial biology. It also introduces the scientists behind breathtaking advances. Easy to use and a friendly reference source, The Handy Biology Answer Book explains the workings of cell structures, bacteria, viruses, fungi, plant and animal characteristics and diversity, endangered plants and animals, evolution, adaption and the environment, DNA and chromosomes, genetics and genetic engineering, laboratory techniques, and much more. • Patricia Barnes-Svarney is a science and science fiction writer. Over the past few decades, she has written or coauthored more than 35 books, including The Handy Dinosaur Answer Book, The Handy Math Answer Book, and The Handy Ocean Answer Book. She is author of When the Earth Moves and was also the editor-author of the award-winning New York Public Library Science Desk Reference. • Thomas E. Svarney is a scientist who has written extensively about the natural world. He coauthored The Handy Dinosaur Answer Book, The Handy Math Answer Book, and The Handy Ocean Answer Book; he is also author of Skies of Fury and The Oryx Guide to Natural History.
June 2014 • Biology/Science • 500 pages World Rights: Visible Ink Press
Also available: The Handy Science Answer Book The Handy Chemistry Answer Book The Handy Astronomy Answer Book The Handy Math Answer Book
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David A. Leeming, PhD The Handy Mythology Answer Book Whether modern or ancient, every culture has its myths. Mythology forms our understanding of our origins, history, and traditions. Myths are vehicles for understanding religion, learning language, and understanding society, but they can often be difficult to understand and confusing. The Handy Mythology Answer Book examines and explains myths and mythology from the ancient Greek and Roman to Egyptian and Babylonian, from Native North American Indian to Celtic, Middle Eastern, Indian, Asian, African, and the lesser-known myths from around the world. Whether discussing the modern retelling of a classic myth or an ancient story about a Norse god, this helpful resource demystifies the myth, looks at different archetypes and motifs, and even shows how myths help explain our existence and institutions. It answers nearly 600 questions and offers fun facts about the treachery and violence, the inspirational and epic, and the supernatural monsters and heroic mortals found in mythology. • David Leeming, PhD, received his BA in English from Princeton University and his PhD in comparative literature from New York University. He spent eight years teaching at Robert College in Istanbul and 26 years at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, where he is an emeritus professor of English and comparative literature. He has traveled widely, studying mythological traditions around the world. His books include a biography of James Baldwin and many books on mythology, including, most recently, Myth: A Biography of Belief, Jealous Gods and Chosen People: The Mythology of the Middle East, and The Oxford Companion to World Mythology. He is also editor in chief of The Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion.
August 2014 • Mythology/Reference • 400 pages World Rights: Visible Ink Press
Paul A. Tucci The Handy Investing Answer Book Whether you are a novice or budding expert, there is much to consider and know when investing: stocks, bonds, mutual funds, real estate, retirement planning, and tax strategies, just for starters. It can be difficult and confusing. The Handy Investing Answer Book explains the basics of investing. It offers simple investment strategies; investigates common pitfalls; examines the concepts of compounding, portfolios, and diversification; traces the history of investing; and offers much more to help everyone make wise decisions. The Handy Investing Answer Book explores a variety of investments and their differences, as well as how to avoid poor returns and unnecessary risk, understand financial markets, and prevent banks, mutual fund managers, and financial advisers from getting rich at the investor’s expense. Appreciation, dividends, interest, and inflation all affect the value of investments, and this resource looks at handling them to build a successful portfolio for every stage in a financial life. It goes beyond introducing the subject to breakdown complex concepts and definitions, providing easy-to-understand explanations. It also includes a glossary of commonly used terms, clarifications of key concepts and financial jargon, and helpful financial tables and charts to assist with strategies. • Paul A. Tucci is a researcher and author of The Handy Geography Answer Book, The Handy Personal Finance Answer Book, and numerous articles regarding the information industry. He has guest-lectured in management, marketing, and business strategy at various universities, including New York University, Northwestern University, INSEAD, and the University of Michigan. He also is a business owner and partner in an innovative IT services and software development firm, a consultant to and investor in small private-equity-funded businesses, and a member of the board of directors of the Rislov Foundation, a charitable foundation dedicated to providing funding for classical music education.
September 2014 • Business/Economics • 400 pages • World Rights: Visible Ink Press
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Chris Barsanti The Sci-Fi Movie Guide: The Universe of Film from Alian to Zardoz Once upon a time, science fiction was only in the future. It was the stuff of drive-ins and cheap double-bills. But in recent years the genre has made light-year leaps forward. Where to begin a viewing marathon? The Sci-Fi Movie Guide covers the broad and widening range of science fiction movies. From the trashy to the epic, from the classics to today’s blockbusters, this cinefile’s guidebook reviews nearly 1,000 of the biggest, baddest, and brightest from every age and genre of cinematic and TV science fiction. You’ll find more than just Star Wars, Star Trek, and Transformers, with reviews on many overlooked and underappreciated gems and genres, such as zombies, dystopias, avant-garde masterpieces, and the neglected greats. • Chris Barsanti is author of Filmology: A Movie-a-Day Guide to the Movies You Need to Know and the Eyes Wide Open annual film guide series. A member of New York Film Critics Online and the Online Film Critics Society, he is a regular film reviewer for Film Journal International, PopMatters, and Film Racket. He has also written for numerous other publications, including the Chicago Tribune, Playboy, and Publishers Weekly. Barsanti cried the first time he saw Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and thinks anybody who didn’t has a heart of stone. He resides in New York.
September 2014 • Film and Television/Science Fiction • 500 pages World Rights: Visible Ink Press
Nick Redfern with Brad Steiger The Zombie Book: The Encyclopedia of the Living Dead This is the definitive guide to zombies from two established authors and experts on the unexplained and paranormal. Rampaging, driven, killing machines. Soulless and dead. Infected and infectious. Zombies. The epidemic of the living dead is stronger than ever in today’s pop-culture, but long before exotic viruses, biological warfare, and sinister military experiments brought the dead back to life in our cinemas and on our television screens, there were the dark spells and incantations of the ancient Egyptians, the Sumerians, and the Babylonians. Blending the historical with the modern, the biographical with the literary, the mythological with horrifying true tales, and plants and animals with bacteria and viruses, The Zombie Book: The Encyclopedia of the Living Dead is a comprehensive resource for understanding, combating, and avoiding zombies. More than 250 entries cover everything from hit television shows, books, and movies, including The Walking Dead, World War Z, and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, to zombies’ ignominious role in folklore and mythology, such as ancient Greek myth and the god Asclepius, ancient Voodoo religion, and the Native American Wendigo legend. The book examines mad cow disease, the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, the Centers for Disease Control’s preparations for the end of the world, and much, much more. • Nick Redfern is author of 30 books on UFOs, Bigfoot, lake monsters, the Abominable Snowman, and Hollywood scandals, including Monster Files, Monster Diary, and Memoirs of a Monster Hunter. He has appeared on more than 70 TV shows on such outlets as Fox News, the BBC, the SyFy Channel, the Space Channel, the History Channel, the National Geographic Channel, and many others. Originally from the United Kingdom, he lives on the fringes of Dallas, Texas. • Award-winning writer Brad Steiger has devoted himself to exploring and examining unusual, hidden, secret, and otherwise strange occurrences. He is author of many books, including Conspiracies and Secret Societies; Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Houses; and Real Zombies, the Living Dead, and Creatures of the Apocalypse. He is a veteran of broadcast news magazines ranging from Nightline to The NBC Nightly News.
August 2014 • Metaphysics/Mythology • 450 pages World Rights: Visible Ink Press
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Highlights from the backlist
Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places, Second Edition by Brad Steiger
Real Vampires, Night Stalkers, and Creatures from the Darkside by Brad Steiger
Conspiracies and Secret Societies: The Complete Dossier, Second Edition by Brad Steiger and Sherry Hansen Steiger
The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead, Third Edition by J. Gordon Melton, PhD
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117 West Hills Press and Hundreds of Heads Books West Hills Press, the fiction imprint of Hundreds of Heads Books, was founded in 2010 and prides itself on discovering accessible works of fiction that engage the minds of readers in creative stories. West Hills works with unique authors, often accomplished in nonwriting arenas as well, and partners with them to create best sellers.
The Justine Trilogy by Linda Lambert
The Italian Letters Following the success of The Cairo Codex comes the second installment in the Justine Trilogy from author Linda Lambert. Expelled from Egypt in the wake of discovering the diary of the Virgin Mary, anthropologist Justine Jenner finds herself exiled into Tuscany. She is suddenly embroiled in three interwoven stories of discovery: the long- lost letters of D. H. Lawrence to her great grandmother, Isabella; an ancient tomb revealing the origin and migration of an ancient people predating Rome; and the genealogy of the Virgin Mary and Jesus. These narratives collide around a shaken Justine, grappling with the frank revelations in Lawrence’s letters and the intimate relationship between the ancient Etruscan people and Jesus’s mother. All the while, Justine must confront her own sexuality and yearning for personal freedom. The Italian Letters is replete with literary, religious, and archeological history, as well as international politics, and each narrative magnifies and alters the meaning of the others. • Linda Lambert, EdD, is professor emeritus at California State University, East Bay, and a full-time author of novels and best-selling texts on leadership. During her extensive career, she has served as a social worker, teacher, principal, director of adult learning programs, university professor, and State Department envoy to Egypt. She lives in Santa Rosa, California.
Fall 2014 • Fiction/Literature • 352 pages World Rights: West Hills Press
A Rapture of Ravens: Awakening in Taos The third and final installment in the Justine Trilogy from author Linda Lambert finds heroine Justine Jenner steeped in as much historical intrigue as ever. Following her investigations in Egypt and Italy, Justine now travels to Taos, New Mexico. Her daring pursuit of truth and identity connects her to ancient cultures, the discovery of historical artifacts, and dangerous encounters. In Rapture of Ravens, Justine unearths and explores Pueblo mysticism, while coping with her loved ones’ involvement in the January 25 Egyptian revolution. Exploring bold themes such as human desire, fundamentalism, sexual awakening, feminism, and revolution, this trilogy’s spiral of interlocking mysteries and experiences is propelled to a close by Justine’s increasing maturity and her proactive, insatiable curiosity. All mysteries are resolved at the conclusion of the third novel in a stunning finale, engaging Justine in a life-and-death struggle with nature and with herself.
Spring 2015 • Fiction/Literature • 304 pages World Rights: West Hills Press
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Linda Lambert The Cairo Codex This is the story of two provocative, legendary women two millennia apart. Egypt is a powder keg ripe for revolution and sparked by a religious discovery so shocking that all religious and political forces converge to prevent its revelation. An anthropologist, an earthquake, and a codex lead to a complex story of suspense. Dr. Justine Jenner, daughter of an Egyptian beauty and an American archeologist, returns to Egypt to assume a position with the UNESCO Community Schools for Girls but is soon sidetracked by discovery, violence, kidnapping, burning churches, and murder. Trapped in an ancient crypt—a former cave and home of the holy family—during a violent earthquake, she discovers a codex determined to be the diary of the Virgin Mary. Transcribed diary entries throughout the novel reveal Mary’s sexual life with Joseph, the existence of Jesus’s twin sister, the influence of a young Indian Buddhist on the future practice of Jesus, Jewish life in ancient Egypt, and the real reason the family left Palestine. These revelations are so provocative and dangerous that they set off a series of actions, primarily by the Muslim Brotherhood, to keep them from coming to light. Justine falls in love with two Egyptian men, one of whom betrays her.
Published August 2013 • Fiction • 384 pages World Rights: West Hills Press
Daniel Jacobs The Eyes of Abel Roger Charlin, the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist for America’s paper of record, has enjoyed a meteoric career—until now. It never crosses his mind that his next assignment to research controversial passenger-screening protocols at Israel Airlines could alter his life forever. While prepared for intense worldwide attention following publication of yet another explosive exposé, he is completely unprepared for the seductive Israeli security agent and disorienting roller-coaster ride that begins in JFK’s international departure lounge. From a botched undercover sting to ironic infatuation, Charlin’s quest for the truth about the Israeli agent and his own life takes him to Israel, amid a series of cataclysmic and gut-wrenching events in the Middle East. As the region teeters on the verge of all-out war, the world holds its breath, and Charlin becomes an unwitting traveler in the modern day writing of “biblical” history. Daniel Jacobs’s The Eyes of Abel is an inspired, powerful, and prophetically captivating thriller about passion, the media, and international intrigue set in Manhattan, Washington, DC, Paris, and one of the world’s most divisive and fascinating regions, the Middle East. • Daniel Jacobs served as a surgeon in Israel’s largest military hospital and as a medical officer in an elite airborne extraction unit of the Israeli Air Force. This is his first novel.
“This book is two reading treats in one: a thrilling page-turner stocked with uniquely compelling characters … and a sophisticated, thought-provoking look at the conflict in the Middle East, and how it’s covered by the media.” —Danny Mogulof, former Middle East bureau chief, CBS News
Published August 2013 • Fiction • 208 pages World Rights: West Hills Press
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Jeffrey Small The Breath of God 2012 Gold Award—Fiction—Nautilus Book Awards 2012 Gold Medal—Adventure Fiction—2012 Living Now Book Awards Silver Medal for Best Regional Fiction—SouthEast—Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY Awards) Book of the Year Award Finalist—ForeWord Reviews
“A fast-paced adventure with a deep backdrop of religious scholarship.” —Kirkus Reviews
“In his first novel, Small ... puts an interesting spin on the age-old secret that could undermine Christianity.” —Publishers Weekly
“As with many contemporary thrillers revolving around a spiritual quest, the novel contains chases, murder, and romance. Verdict: This tale is for fans of Dan Brown’s thrillers as well as readers who enjoy visionary fiction.” —Library Journal
“Jeffrey Small, a Harvard/Yale/Oxford-educated speaker on religion and spirituality, makes an impressive literary debut.... Small’s themes, such as the common ground of the world’s religions, are timely.” —Atlanta Magazine
“The Breath of God is a spellbinding novel, full of suspense as well as the thrills of a lifetime. Very hard to put down. It also brings religion to the forefront of the reader’s mind, no matter what faith he or she follows, raising questions that have not been asked before, as well as bringing other parts of the world into the living room. Not to be missed. Excellent reading.” —Bookloons.com
This best-selling and award-winning thriller involves a murder at the Taj Mahal, a kidnapping in a sacred city, and a desperate chase through a cliffside monastery, all in pursuit of a legend that could link the world’s great religious faiths. In 1887, a Russian journalist made an explosive discovery in a remote Himalayan monastery only to be condemned and silenced for the heresy he proposed. His discovery vanished shortly thereafter. Now, graduate student Grant Matthews journeys to the Himalayas in search of this ancient mystery. But Matthews can’t have anticipated the conspiracy of zealots who will go to any lengths to prevent him from bringing this secret public. Soon he is in a race to expose a truth that will change the world’s understanding of religion. A truth that his university colleagues believe is mere myth. A truth that will change his life forever—if he survives. • Jeffrey Small is a popular speaker on religion and spirituality. He holds degrees from Yale, Harvard, and Oxford universities.
Published March 2011 • Fiction/Thriller • 414 pages World Rights: West Hills Press
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Jeffrey Small The Jericho Deception Gold Medal for Best Suspense Fiction 2013 —Independent Publisher Book Awards
“Small’s latest novel expertly blends cutting-edge neurology and religious identity in a kinetic, engrossing thriller…. A must-read for thriller fans, featuring well-defined characters and thought-provoking concepts.” —Kirkus Reviews
“This one pushes the envelope to the edge and beyond, captivating with plausibility and imagination. A gritty thriller—with plenty of meat on its bones.” —Steve Berry, New York Times best-selling author of The King’s Deception
“The Jericho Deception is a blisteringly original, wondrously structured descent into a literal and figurative hell. Jeffrey Small’s stellar tale of murder, treachery and international daring-do breathes new life into the moribund religious thriller genre as it blends science seamlessly with superstition. A high-tech Da Vinci Code on steroids, only better written.” —Jon Land, best-selling author of Pandora’s Temple
“Chock full of fascinating insider detail, The Jericho Deception is a thrilling roller-coaster ride into the beauty and darkness of the human mind. With muscular prose and a high quotient of believability, you’ll be riveted watching scientists, politicians, and spies vie for control of the Logos machine. Send out for food. You won’t want to stop reading.” —Gayle Lynds, New York Times best-selling author of The Book of Spies
“[A] gripping thriller with a provocative premise…. [A] fast-paced, intelligent read.” —ArtsATL.com
“The Jericho Deception is a super thriller ... exhilarating tale. Readers will enjoy this taut religious suspense while looking up those factual entities that make Jeffrey Small’s saga superbly fresh.” —Midwest Book Review
“This mystery thriller will have you turning pages until the very last.... [A] hold-your- breath thrill.” —Arab Vistas Today
This “kinetic, engrossing thriller ... a must read” (Kirkus Reviews) is “a thrilling roller coaster ride into the beauty and darkness of the human mind” (Gayle Lynds). Yale neuroscientist Dr. Ethan Lightman is on the verge of a groundbreaking discovery, a discovery that will solve a mystery that has haunted him since childhood, a discovery that will alter humanity’s relationship with religion forever. Ethan’s invention, the Logos machine, has the power to produce religious ecstasy, but it may also cause madness. When a colleague is brutally murdered, Ethan and Rachel Riley, a brilliant and beautiful graduate student, are thrust into a web of treachery that takes them deep into the Egyptian desert and to Project Jericho: a top-secret CIA program run by a mysterious doctor. As Ethan learns how his research has been perverted, he and Rachel race to unlock the Logos machine’s secrets before Project Jericho launches a modern holy war. Along the way, he must confront a suppressed secret from his past that defines his very being. • Jeffrey Small is a popular speaker on religion and spirituality. He holds degrees from Yale, Harvard, and Oxford Universities.
Published April 2013 • Fiction/Thriller • 432 pages World Rights: West Hills Press
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Hundreds of Heads Books If two heads are better than one, then wouldn’t hundreds of heads be even better? That’s the simple premise behind Hundreds of Heads (HundredsOfHeads.com), whose mission is to create products that help people through life’s biggest events with books that offer useful advice and entertaining experiences collected from hundreds of people who have “been there, done that.” For each title in this series, our “headhunters” interview thousands of real-world “experts” (i.e., ordinary people) to bring readers the best advice and tips about what works—and what doesn’t—when it comes to meeting the big challenges in their lives.
Highlights from the backlist
How to Survive Dating “For those seeking more than trite suggestions, How to Survive Dating … [is] like having a few hundred friends on speed dial.” —Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
“Great, varied advice, in capsule form, from the people who should know—those who’ve dated and lived to tell the tale.” —Cary Tennis, columnist, Salon.com
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How to Survive Your Teenager “Parents of teens and parents of kids approaching those years will find wisdom on each page…. [P]rovides insight, humor, and empathy.” —Foreword Magazine
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How to Survive Marriage “Compiled of marriage saving tips from real couples.... [O]ne includes stripping your clothes off when you have an argument.” —Wireless Flash News Inc.
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How to Love Your Retirement, Second Edition “Provides snippets of advice from scores of people on how they have coped and thrived in retirement.” —Newsday (New York)
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Judith Rodin and Margot Brandenburg The Power of Impact Investing: Putting Markets to Work for Profit and Global Good Philanthropy is a transformative force for good. But global philanthropic funds, even when combined with the development or aid budgets of many national governments, add up to mere billions of dollars. Meanwhile, the cost of solving problems such as water scarcity, climate change, and lack of access to health care, education, and affordable housing runs into the trillions. Unlocking even a small percentage of the global markets will dramatically expand the resources available to address the world’s biggest social and environmental problems. Now, a new wave of investors is using impact investing—investments intended to generate both financial returns and social and environmental impact—to do just that. In The Power of Impact Investing, Rockefeller Foundation president Judith Rodin and Margot Brandenburg, two of the foremost experts in the field, explain what impact investing is, how it compares to philanthropy and traditional investments, where opportunities are evolving around the world, and how to get started. By sharing moving stories of impact investors and the exciting social enterprises benefiting from these investments, Rodin and Brandenburg offer a compelling resource for anyone interested in better understanding the power of impact investing—including retail investors, high-net-worth individuals, and heads of family offices, foundations, banks, and pension funds. • Since 2005 Judith Rodin has been president of the Rockefeller Foundation, one of the world’s leading philanthropic organizations. Before that, she was the president of the University of Pennsylvania and provost of Yale University. Dr. Rodin is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and earned her PhD in psychology from Columbia University. • Margot Brandenburg was formerly senior associate director at the Rockefeller Foundation, where she managed its impact investing initiative. She is currently a fellow at the Nathan Cummings Foundation, where she is working on the launch of several social enterprise start-ups. She is also adjunct faculty at New York University’s Stern School of Business.
For more than 100 years, the Rockefeller Foundation’s mission has been to promote the well-being of humanity throughout the world. To learn more, please visit RockefellerFoundation.org.
May 2014 • Business/Philanthropy • 170 pages World Rights: Wharton Digital Press
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Art & Architecture Power of Impact Investing, The Crafts & Hobbies 19th Century Art: A Beginner’s Guide Judith Rodin & Margot Beaded Bracelets Laurie Schneider Adams...... 102 Brandenburg...... 123 Claudine Jalajas...... 58 ArtPlace Series, The………………..110 Rise of the Robots Doll Couture Animals & Pets Martin Ford...... 6 Marsha Greenberg...... 57 Dogfella Rocket Fuel Dress Skinny James Guiliani with Charlie Gino Wickman and Mark C. Joyce Corrigan...... 49 Winters……...... 82 Stella...... 24 No-Sew Love Careers Sleeps with Dogs Ashley Johnston...... 57 Lindsey Grant...... 62 Crap Job Survival Guide, The Current Affairs & Events Michelle Goodman……..…………….62 Autobiography and Biography Biggest Prison on Earth, The Growing our Value 81 Days Below Zero Ilan Pappe……………………………..94 Mike Brzezinski...... 63 Brian Murphy...... 18 Don’t Wait for the Next War Cooking And Give up Showbiz? Wesley K. Clark...... 45 Josh Young...... 83 Art of Eating Through the Zombie Forbidden Game, The Apocalypse, The Audrey and Bill Dan Washburn………………..………95 Lauren Wilson...... 76 Edward Z. Epstein...... 48 Future Smart Bake Happy Big Russ & Me James Canton…………………………17 Judith Fertig...... 55 Tim Russert...... 64 Lonely War, The BBQ Bistro Billion Dollar Painter Nazila Fathi……………………………..3 Karen Adler and Judith Fertig...... 54 Eric Kuskey.…………………...………64 Resilience Dividend China Study All-Star Collection, The Cecil B. DeMille Judith Rodin…………………………...45 LeAnne Campbell……………………..71 Cecilia de Mille Presley and Decorating & Design Mark A. Vierra...... 50 China Study Quick & Easy Cookbook Designs for Living and Learning, 2E Del Sroufe……………………………..71 Dogfella Deb Curtis & Margie Carter………107 James Guiliani with Charlie Date Night at Home Dress Skinny Stella...... 24 Ashley Rodriguez...... 53 Joyce Corrigan...... 49 Easy Street—The Hard Way Donut Nation HomeMade Modern Ron Perlman...... 16 Ellen Brown...... 54 Ben Uyeda...... 57 Drinking, A Manual Kill the Messenger Pedagogy and Space Nick Schou……………………………..37 Matthew Latkieiwicz………………….51 Linda Zane…………………………...107 Last Warrior, The Happy Herbivore Holidays and Diet & Nutrition Andrew F. Krepinevich & Barry D. Gatherings Addictocarb Diet, The Lindsay S. Nixon………………………72 Watts...... ………………………….13 Dr. Bruce Roseman………………...... 73 Quiet Revolutionary, The Happy Herbivore Life Body Respect Arnold Thackray with David Lindsay S. Nixon………………………72 Linda Bacon and Lucy Aphramor.....75 Brock & Rachel Jones...... 5 Kyotofu Japanese Desserts Candida Kitchen, The Speaking Their Peace Nicole Bermensolo...... 56 Ricki Heller...... 27 Colette Rausch………………………109 Ladle China Study All-Star Collection, The Strategist, The Ellen Brown...... 56 Campbell & Campbell……………….71 Bartholomew Sparrow...... 46 Love Fed Complete Guide to Living Well While the Gods Were Sleeping Christina Ross...... 71 Gluten-Free, The Elizabeth Enslin...... 60 Meatless in Cowtown Beth Hillson……………………………28 Business Laura Samuel Meyn and Anthony Microbiome Diet, The Attacker’s Advantage, The Head...... 54 Raphael Kellman………..……………27 Ram Charan...... 42 PlantPure Nation Cookbook, The Rainbow Juice Cleanse, The Everything You Know About Kim Campbell...... 74 Ginger Southall...... 53 Globalization is Wrong Plant-Powered Families Skinny Juices Richard Dobbs, James Manyika, Dreena Burton...... 74 Danielle Omar…………………...……26 and Jonathon Woetzel...... 41 Roberto’s New Vegan Cooking Smart People Don’t Diet Getting (More of) What You Want Roberto Martin...... 25 Charlotte Markey...... 30 Margaret Neale & Thomas Z. Lys ...... 7 Rose Water and Orange Blossoms Vegiterranean Diet, The Handy Investing Answer Book, The Maureen Abood……………………….53 Julieanna Hever...... 28 Paul A. Tucci………………………...115 Smart Cookie Economics & Finance If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Christi Johnstone...... 55 Handy Investing Answer Book, The Happy? Sweet Eats for All Paul A. Tucci………………………...115 Raj Raghunathan, PhD ……………….7 Allyson Kramer...... 29 Reckoning, The Love the Hustle United States of Bread Jacob Soll……………………………….4 Elle Kaplan...... 33 Adrienne Kane...... 55 Smaller, Faster, Lighter, Denser, One-Week Marketing Plan, The Vegan Casseroles Cheaper Mark Satterfield………………………82 Julie Hasson...... 54 Robert Bryce…………………………..44 Peers, Inc. Vegan Salad Ninja Smart Money Robin Chase...... 43 Terry Hope Romero……………..……25 Andrew Palmer………...... …………8 th Power of Being Yourself, The Vegan with a Vengeance, 10 Education Joe Plumeri……………...... …………17 Anniversary Edition Brain-Based Early Learning Activities Isa Chandra Moskowitz...... 26 Nikki Darling-Kuria………………...108
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Constitution, The Personal Growth Zombie Book, The Michael Stokes Paulsen & Luke Choosing a Good Life Nick Redfern…………………………116 Douglas Paulsen……………...... 15 Ali Berman...... 86 Popular Science Judicial Politics in the United States Fear Reflex, The This Is Improbable Mark C. Miller.…………………….....66 Joseph Shrand & Leigh Devine...... 87 Marc Abrahams...... 92 Literature Power of Positive Confrontation, 2E This Is Improbable, Too Handy Mythology Answer Book, The Barbara Pachter………………………33 Marc Abrahams...... 92 David A. Leeming…………………...115 Recovering Body, The Pregnancy & Childbirth Mathematics Jennifer Matesa...... 88 Full Belly Tara Mataraza Desmond...... 52 Oxbridge Interview Book, The Sobriety Thomas Povey…………………………92 Daniel R. Maurer & Spencer Psychology Media Amundsen...... 88 Common Psychological Disorders in Sci-Fi Movie Guide, The Philosophy & Spirituality Young Children Chris Barsanti……………………….116 Jenna Bilmes & Tara Welker…...…108 Are Non-Christians Saved? Memoir Ambrose Ih-Ren Mong……………….96 Conquering Shame and Codependency Darlene Lancer……………………….89 Finding Me Ethics: A Beginner’s Guide Michelle Knight and Michelle Peter Cave...... 101 High Burford...... 63 Jodie Gould ………………………..90 Metaphysics Finding Zoe Peter van Inwagen……………………66 If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Brandi Rarus and Gail Harris...... 83 Photography Happy? Gorge Amherst Media...... 67 Raj Raghunathan, PhD ……………….7 Kara Richardson Whitely……...... 61 Other Hundred Entrepreneurs, The Me, Myself and Us My Thinning Years Global Institute for Tomorrow……...93 Brian Little...... 40 Jon Derek Croteau...... 88 Politics & Political Science Social Psychology No Baggage Biggest Prison on Earth, The John D. DeLameter et al…...………..65 Clara Bensen...... 48 Ilan Pappe……………………………..94 Theories of Childhood Story Behind the Little Red Book, The Comparing Asian Politics Carol Garhart Mooney………….....108 Damian McElrath...... 91 Sue Ellen M. Charlston……...... 65 Theories of Practice Through the Eye of the Tiger Constitution, The Carol Garhart Mooney……………..105 Jim Peterik...... 83 Michael Stokes Paulsen & Luke Religion Military Douglas Paulsen……………...... 15 Are Non-Christians Saved? Last Warrior, The Don’t Wait for the Next War Ambrose Ih-Ren Mong……………….96 Andrew F. Krepinevich & Barry D. Wesley K. Clark...... 45 Emergence of Modern Shi’ism, The Watts...... ………………………….13 International Studies Zackery M. Heern…………………….99 Soldier of Misfortune Sheldon Anderson et al...... 65 Evangelpreneur Richard Bak...... 21 Fall, The Josh Tolley……...... 84
Shelby Steele...... 14 Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab Music From Aid to Accompaniment Michael Crawford...... 100 Ain’t It Time We Said Goodbye? Paul Farmer...... 47 Ibn Tufayl Robert Greenfield…………………….16 Lesbian and Gay Movement Taneli Kukkonen...... 100 ArtPlace Series, The………………..110 Craig A. Rimmerman……………...... 66 Men in Charge? Conversations with Randy Newman Lords of Secrecy Ziba Mir-Hosseini, ed………………..95 Paul Zollo and Randy Newman...... 23 Scott Horton...... 38 Misquoting Muhammad I’m the Man National Insecurity Jonathan A. C. Brown...... 99 Scott Ian & Jon Wiederhorn……...…23 David Rothkopf…………………….....46 (R)evolution So Many Roads Speaking Their Peace Perry Marshall…………..……………77 David Browne...... 23 Colette Rausch………………………109 Shah Abbas Through the Eye of the Tiger Winning the Long Game Sholeh Quinn...... 100 Jim Peterik...... 83 Steve Krupp and Paul Schoemaker...42 Science Turn Up the Radio! Supreme Court’s Nearly Unbroken Big Rachet, The Harvey Kubernik…………………….112 History of Comforting the Comfortable Ruth DeFries...... 3 Parenting & Childcare and Afflicting the Afflicted Einstein’s Dice and Schrödinger’s Cat Blended Ian Millhiser...... 39 Paul Halpern...... 12 Samantha Ducloux Waltz…….…….61 They Know Everything About You Eureka Discipline: The Brazelton Way Robert Scheer...... 38 Chad Orzel...... 11 T. Berry Brazelton and Joshua To Make Men Free Exercises for the Lectures on Physics Sparrow...... 35 Heather Cox Richardson...... 15 Richard Feynman...... 12 Incredible Edible Science Understanding Central America Handy Biology Answer Book, The Liz Plaster & Rick Krustchinsky..…108 John Booth et al………...... 65 Patricia Barnes-Svarney & Thomas E. Myth of the Spoiled Child, The Svarney……………………………….114 Alfie Kohn …………………………….34 Pop Culture Mars One Parenting on the Go Disneyland Book of Lists, The Norbert Hraft, et al...... 77 David Elkind……………………..……35 Chris Strodder………………..……..111 Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Taking Care of Your Child, 9E Jack Reacher Field Manual, The Steven Strogatz…………..……………66 Robert H. Pantell, James F. Fries, George Beahm………………………...85 and Donald M. Vickery...... 36 Munchkin Book, The Zero to Five James Lowder...... 85 Tracy Cutchlow……………………...104 126 Subject Index
Oxbridge Interview Book, The Social Science & Sociology Pwning the Boss Thomas Povey…………………………92 Administrative Law for Public Andrew Ervin...... 5 Triumph of Seeds, The Managers Rise of the Robots Thor Hanson…………………………..11 David H. Rosenbloom...... 66 Martin Ford...... 6 Self-Help & Addiction Recovery Archaeology: A Beginner’s Guide Tech Storm Better Than Perfect Joe Flatman...... 102 Wendell Wallach...... 6 Elizabeth Lombardo...... 60 Comparing Asian Politics What Stays in Vegas Cancer Survivor’s Club, The Sue Ellen M. Charlston……...... 65 Adam Tanner...... 44 Chris Geiger…………………………..93 Essential Criminology What Good is Technology? Conquering Shame and Codependency Mark Lanier et al…...... 65 Kentaro Toyama...... 43 Darlene Lancer……………………….89 Fair Play True Crime Crap Job Survival Guide, The Robert L. Simon et al…...... 66 Out of the Box Michelle Goodman……..…………….62 From Aid to Accompaniment Julie & Marcus McSorley………….109 Front Roe Paul Farmer…………………………..47 Setup, The Louise Roe...... 49 Green Planet Blues Pete Crooks...... 78 Growing our Value Ken Conca & Geoffrey D. White Devil Mike Brzesinski...... 63 Dabelko………………………………...65 Bob Halloran...... 78 High Inequality in America Vegetarian & Vegan Jodie Gould…………………………...90 Stephen Caliendo……...... 66 Best Green Smoothies on the Planet, How to Face Real Beauty International Studies Tracy Russell...... 76 Ramy Gafni...... 49 Sheldon Anderson et al...... 65 China Study All-Star Collection, The Hundreds of Heads Books…………122 Judicial Politics in the United States LeAnne Campbell……………………..71 Mark C. Miller.…………………….....66 China Study Quick & Easy Cookbook, If You Work It, It Works! The Joseph Nowinski…………………...... 91 Language, Culture, and Society Del Sroufe……………………………..71 It Takes a Family Slazmann Zdenek et al…………….....65 Debra Jay...... 91 Lesbian and Gay Movement Gluten-Free Vegetarian Family Craig A. Rimmerman…………….....66 Cookbook, The Jumping into the Parade Susan O’Brien...... 29 Tim Brown……………………………..81 Metaphysics Peter van Inwagen……………………66 Happy Cow Cookbook, The Love the Hustle Eric Brent & Glen Merzer…………..76 Elle Kaplan...... 33 Revolutions and Revolutionary Moments Happy Herbivore Holidays and Marijuana James DeFronzo………………..…….65 Gatherings Kevin P. Hill…………………………..90 Lindsay S. Nixon………………………72 Mastering the Art of Quitting Social Psychology John D. DeLameter et al…...………..65 Happy Herbivore Life Alan Bernstein & Peg Streep...... …..34 Lindsay S. Nixon………………………72 th What Good is Technology? Mindfulness, 25 Anniversary Edition Kentaro Toyama...... 43 Love Fed Ellen J. Langer...... 32 Christina Ross...... 71 Understanding Central America Next Happy, The John Booth et al………...... 65 Meatless in Cowtown Tracey Cleantis……………………….86 Laura Samuel Meyn and Anthony Sports Pain Antidote, The Head...... 54 1954 Mel Pohl and Katherine Ketcham....32 PlantPure Nation Cookbook, The Bill Madden………………....……...... 20 Painkillers, Heroin, and the Road to Kim Campbell...... 74 Fair Play Sanity Plant-Powered Families Robert L. Simon et al……....……...... 66 Joani Gammill………………………...89 Dreena Burton...... 74
Power of Positive Confrontation, 2E Roberto’s New Vegan Cooking Barbara Pachter………………………33 Travel Roberto Martin...... 25 Power of Being Yourself, The Disneyland Book of Lists, The Sweet Eats for All Joe Plumeri……………...... …………17 Chris Strodder………………..……..111 Allyson Kramer...... 29 Rightsize...Right Now! Let’s Take the Kids to London Vegan Salad Ninja Regina Leeds...... 34 David Stewart White & Deb Hosey Terry Hope Romero…………………..25 White………………………………….110 Rock the Boat Vegan with a Vengeance, 10th Resmaa Menakem…………………….87 Off Track Planet’s Brooklyn Travel Anniversary Edition Sacred Success Guide for the Young, Sexy, and Broke Isa Chandra Moskowitz...... 26 Off Track Planet…………....……...... 51 Barbara Stanny...... 81 Vegiterranean Diet, The Sex Outside the Lines Secret Walks Julieanna Hever...... 28 Chris Donaghue………………………79 Charles Fleming…………………….111
Spent Kerry Cohen, ed...... 61 Technology Tech Storm Future Smart Wendell Wallach...... 6 James Canton………………....……....17 Thumbs Up! Joey Reiman…...... 80 Ultra Mindset, The Travis Macy...... 31 What Do You Want to Create Today? Robert Tobin...... 80
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