FRANKFURT 2008 SUBSIDIARY RIGHTS GUIDE SCRIBNER Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020 Subsidiary Rights Fax: (212) 632-4973 FREE PRESS 2 Beilock, Sian Nonfiction CHOKE: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Success and Failure at Work LAM and at Play September 2010; Hardcover We all know the thrill when everything seems to click: whether it is on the playing field, giving a speech, playing a musical instrument, or leading a meeting at the office. Unfortunately, we also know the opposite experience, when we freeze and cannot put one foot or one thought in front of the other. How is it that we can perform effortlessly one day or at one type of task and then choke on the next? Until now experts have pointed either to innate talent or intense practice as the primary sources of high-level performance. But new research by Sian Beilock, an innovative young scientist analyzing the psychology of performance, reveals how various factors aside from talent or practice can make or break an individual’s performance. Using the most advanced brain imaging techniques like fMRIs and brilliantly constructed studies conducted in her two performance laboratories, Beilock has produced groundbreaking studies that have grabbed the attention of Olympic-level athletes, educational experts, and Fortune 500 business executives eager to understand these mysteries of the brain. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Chicago, with PhDs in kinesiology and psychology. Territory: World 1st Serial/British/Translation/Electronic Version: Free Press Audio/Film: Strothman Agency/Dan O’Connell; [email protected] Japanese: Kadawade Shobo Korean: Book21 Portuguese (B): Best Seller Bhandari, Heather Darcy, and Jonathan Melber Nonfiction ART WORK: Everything You Need to Know (and Do) As You Pursue Your Art Career WO’S March 2009; Trade Paperback Original In an art market so cutthroat that one dealer likens it to “The Sopranos, except nobody gets killed,” there’s tremendous need for a nuts-and-bolts guide to pursuing a career as an artist. Unlike other creative professionals, visual artists don’t have managers to run their careers or agents to help them find gallery representation. New artists have few places to turn for guidance on how to promote themselves or manage their careers. ART WORK is the resource that all emerging artists—from painters and sculptors to video and performance artists—will look to for advice: how to negotiate the best gallery deal possible, how to sell directly to the public, which are the best residency programs and grant providers, and where to get health insurance. Heather Darcy Bhandari is a director of Mixed Greens Gallery in New York City and lectures at the Rhode Island School of Design and Hunter College. Jonathan Melber is a litigator at an arts-and-entertainment law firm. Territory: World 1st Serial/British/Translation/Audio/Electronic Version: Free Press Film: Trident Media Group/Melissa Flashman; [email protected] 3 Coats, John Nonfiction ORIGINAL SINNERS: A New Interpretation of Genesis LAM November 2009; Hardcover The stories of Genesis are embedded in the foundations of civilization, shaping our awareness of who we are as a people and as individuals, the religious and non-religious alike. Since our beginning the Bible has been either at the center of the public forum, or hovering nearby. Today, it is center stage, and the howling from the extremes over its importance, its veracity, and its proper place goes on and on. Meanwhile, what of those in the middle, the marginally religious to the non-religious—readers who may sense those genetic markers, who are curious about those stories and characters, but want neither to be saved by religion nor saved from it? In Original Sinners John Coats offers an approach to reading Genesis that neither discourages nor requires a religious point of view, but takes it entirely as story and metaphor. By way of a unique weave of exegesis, exposition, humor, and personal essay, he invites readers to look beneath the millennia of historical, religious, and cultural interpretation, and he re-imagines the stories and characters in a humanizing, familiar light. John Coats is a graduate of Virginia Theological Seminary and holds an MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars. He is a contributor to The Best American Spiritual Writing. Territory: World 1st Serial/British/Translation/Audio/Electronic Version: Free Press Film: Trident Media Group/Eileen Cope; [email protected] Coren, Stanley Nonfiction THE MODERN DOG: A Joyful Exploration of How We Live With Dogs Today LAM December 2008; Hardcover Dogs are invented creatures, created by humans in the sense that we have been continually shaping and changing them for at least 15,000 years. We are also continually shaping and changing the nature of our relationships to our dogs, fitting them into our lives in different ways and finding new jobs for them to do. This means that the modern dog, his world, and his involvements with humans are quite different today from what existed a century ago. This is a book about the modern dog, a series of snapshots of various aspects of how we interact with dogs, how society responds to dogs, how our relationships with dogs have changed over history, and where dogs fit into our personal and emotional lives. Often it is how people respond to and interpret the actions of dogs (and dog owners) that has a greater effect on the dog’s life than the behavior patterns that have been programmed into the dog’s genes. Science, folklore, religious writing, tradition, and the actions of political bodies all affect the interactions between humans and canines and, drawing on all of the above, this exploration of the nature of the modern dog is much more of a romp than a formal exposition. Dr. Stanley Coren is the author of How Dogs Think, How to Speak Dog, The Intelligence of Dogs, and Pawprints of History. Territory: World 1st Serial/British/Translation/Audio/Electronic Version/Film: Free Press 4 Gordon, Dan Nonfiction POSTCARDS FROM HEAVEN: Messages of Love from the Other Side LAM November 2008; Hardcover Affecting and humorous, Postcards from Heaven is about the comforting, helpful, sometimes life- changing messages and synchronicities that author Dan Gordon has received all his life from deceased loved ones. Gordon presents these moments as “postcards from heaven.” Usually not big enough messages to be characterized as revelations or letters, these signs are important and cherished nonetheless. Written with a cinematic smoothness and pacing, sometimes laugh-out-loud funny as well as sobbingly poignant in its recounting of grief and loss, Postcards chronicles the inspiring messages that Gordon has received from his grandfather, brother, and son, among others—after they had died. As he tells his stories, Gordon relates other people’s postcards also and opens readers’ eyes to their own experiences, making it okay to admit to these unusual events and signs. In its true, anecdotal evidence for the existence of life after death, Postcards from Heaven allows readers to appreciate and celebrate their own afterlife contacts and synchronicities. Dan Gordon is a screenwriter whose credits include Murder in the First, Wyatt Earp, The Assignment, and The Hurricane. Territory: World 1st Serial/British/Translation/Audio/Electronic Version: Free Press Film: Ryan Fischer-Harbage Agency; [email protected] Greenland, Susan Kaiser Nonfiction THE MINDFUL CHILD: How to Help Your Kid De-Stress Childhood— LAM and Become a Happier, Kinder, and More Compassionate Adult September 2009; Hardcover The Mindful Child will appeal to a new generation of parents because it speaks directly to one of their most important goals: de-stressing childhood so their children can achieve whatever aspirations they set for themselves. It brings together parenting and the powerful movement of mindfulness training, formerly only available for adults. Most parenting books focus on one problem—the defiant child, the angry child, the lonely child. But this book starts from a different premise: that the problems of children, no matter what they are, are exacerbated by stress because children have no idea that stress can be ameliorated by any action on their part. Kids need skills to help them diminish stress, and The Mindful Child will help parents help their children develop those skills, walking parents through fun exercises, step by step, that will result in a child’s ability to use these skills spontaneously. Greenland is the founder of InnerKids, a nationally recognized leader in teaching mindful awareness practices to children and teens. She is currently a visiting professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Territory: World 1st Serial/British/Translation/Audio/Electronic Version: Free Press Film: Susan Rabiner, Literary Agent; [email protected] 5 Greenside, Mark Nonfiction I’LL NEVER BE FRENCH (No Matter What I Do): Living in a Small Village in BrittanyLAM November 2008; Hardcover Humorous, charming, often affecting, I’ll Never Be French recounts how Mark Greenside’s working retreat in Brittany turned into a semi-permanent stay and second home. When Mark, a Jewish New Yorker, political lefty, and lifelong skeptic, is dragged by his soon-to-be-ex-girlfriend to Finistere, Brittany, the westernmost edge of France, overnight he becomes incapable of the simplest day-to-day tasks. Without any money, dumped by his girlfriend, and living alone in a country where he doesn’t speak the language, he searches in vain for bay leaf at the street market—to the extreme puzzlement of the vendors—not realizing it grows wild throughout the region; and he asks “Where is the bunny?” when shopping for bread; he pesters his insurance man with horrific hypotheticals posed in equally horrific French that, according to European insurers, could never happen.