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St. Martin's Press August 2020 ST. MARTIN'S PRESS AUGUST 2020 2030: How Today's Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything Mauro F. Guillen A revolutionary analysis of the global trends underway that will end the world as we know it. Will you be prepared for what comes next? Once upon a time, the world was neatly divided into prosperous and backward economies. Babies were plentiful, workers outnumbered retirees, and people aspiring towards the middle class yearned to own homes and cars. Companies didn't need to see any further than Europe and the United States to do well. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / That world—and those rules—are over. FORECASTING St. Martin's Press | 8/25/2020 9781250268174 | $28.99 / $38.50 Can. By 2030, a new reality will take hold: Hardcover with dust jacket | 288 pages | Carton Qty: 24 - There will be more grandparents than grandchildren 9.3 in H | 6.1 in W Includes 9 black-and-white illustrations - The middle-class in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa will outnumber the US and throughout Europe combined - The global economy will be driven by the non-Western consumer for the first Subrights: UK Rights: Aevitas Translation Rights: Aevitas time in modern history - There will be more global wealth owned by women than men Other Available Formats: - There will be more robots than workers Ebook ISBN: 9781250268181 Audio ISBN: 9781250772213 - There will be more currencies than countries According to Guillen, the only way to truly understand the global transformations underway—and their impacts—is to think laterally. That is, MARKETING *National Broadcast Publicity using “peripheral vision,” or approaching problems creatively and from *National Print Publicity unorthodox points of view. Rather than focusing on a single trend—climate- *Online Publicity change or the rise of illiberal regimes, for example—Guillen encourages us to *Pre-Pub Online Advertising *Online Advertising consider the dynamic inter-play between a range of forces that will converge on *National IndieBound Campaign a single tipping point—2030 AD—that will be, for better or worse, the point of *Independent Bookseller Outreach no return. 2030 will revolutionize the way we think about cataclysmic change *Early Reader Review Campaign and its consequences. *NetGalley Promotion *Organizational Outreach *Email Marketing Campaign PRAISE *Academic Marketing Campaign *Author Facebook: /Mauro-Guillen "A must-read for those looking to understand the what, why and so what of *Author Twitter: @MauroFGuillen transformational global change – that is, new trends that are emerging in a *Author Instagram: @MauroFGuillen *Author LinkedIn (6.2K followers) decisive, durable and impactful fashion; why they are doing so; and what this Author Website: mauroguillen.com means not just for countries and companies, but also for households and communities.” —Mohamed El-Erian, Chief Economic Adviser, Allianz, and bestselling author of When Markets Collide Mauro F. Guillén is one of the most original thinkers at the Wharton School, where he holds the Zandman Professorship in International Management and teaches in its flagship Advanced Management Program and many other courses for executives, MBAs, and undergraduates. He is a 2 THOMAS DUNNE BOOKS AUGUST 2020 And in the End The Last Days of The Beatles Ken McNab An in-depth look at The Beatles' acrimonious final year. McNab reconstructs for the first time the seismic events of 1969, when The Beatles reached new highs of creativity and new lows of the internal strife that would destroy them. Between the pressure of being filmed during rehearsals and writing sessions for the documentary 'Get Back', their company Apple Corps facing bankruptcy, Lennon's heroin use, and musical disagreements, the group was arguing more than ever before and their formerly close friendship began to disintegrate. In the midst of this rancour, however, emerged the disharmony of Let It Be and the ragged genius of Abbey Road, their incredible farewell love BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY letter to the world. / COMPOSERS & MUSICIANS Thomas Dunne Books | 8/18/2020 This detailed account of the breakup features the perspectives of all four Beatles 9781250758750 | $28.99 / $38.50 Can. and their roles in the final year. A must to add to the collection of Beatles fans, Hardcover with dust jacket | 320 pages | Carton Qty: 20 And In the End is full of fascinating information available for the first time. 9.6 in H | 6.5 in W | 1.1 in T | 1.1 lb Wt Subrights: UK Rights: Birlinn Ltd KEN MCNAB is a lifelong Beatles fan and well-respected journalist with Scotland's Evening Times. Translation: Birlinn Ltd He lives in Glasgow with his wife and children. Other Available Formats: Ebook ISBN: 9781250758767 Audio ISBN: 9781250775191 MARKETING *National Print Publicity *Online Publicity *Pre-Pub Online Advertising *Online Advertising *Organizational Outreach *NetGalley Promotion *Email Marketing Campaign *Library Marketing Campaign *Author Twitter: @beatleken 3 ST. MARTIN'S PRESS SEPTEMBER 2020 Shadows in Death An Eve Dallas Novel J. D. Robb In the new novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series, Lt. Eve Dallas is about to walk into the shadows of her husband’s dangerous past… While Eve examines a woman’s body in Washington Square Park, her husband, Roarke, spots a familiar, smirking face among the onlookers. It’s Lorcan Cobbe, a man he knows from the streets of Dublin, who kills for a living—and who burns with a personal hatred for him. The working theory is that the dead heiress’s spouse hired Cobbe—but while FICTION / MYSTERY & they’re hunting for Cobbe, he’s hunting for them. Law enforcement agencies DETECTIVE / POLICE worldwide have pursued this cold-hearted killer for years—and now Eve and PROCEDURAL St. Martin's Press | 9/8/2020 Roarke must protect each other and get the drop on the elusive assassin. Even if 9781250207234 | $28.99 / $38.50 Can. they have to travel far beyond Eve’s usual jurisdiction to do it. Hardcover with dust jacket | 368 pages | Carton Qty: 20 9.3 in H | 6.1 in W PRAISE Subrights: UK Rights: Writers House "Tautly constructed, fast-paced...the author continues to find new and innovative Translation Rights: Writers House ways of keeping readers to the edges of their seats." —Booklist on Vendetta in Other Available Formats: Death Mass Market ISBN: 9781250207258 Audio ISBN: 9781250760517 "Fast-paced and plot driven..." —Library Journal on Connections in Death Audio ISBN: 9781250760500 Ebook ISBN: 9781250207241 "The fascination and thrills just keep coming...Another winner and keeper." —Fresh Fiction on Leverage in Death MARKETING National Print Publicity J.D. ROBB is the pseudonym for #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts. She is the Online Publicity author of over 200 novels, including the futuristic suspense In Death series. There are more than 500 National One-Day Laydown million copies of her books in print. Pre-order Advertising Launch Advertising Campaign Designed ARCs Major Pre-order Campaign Targeted Bookseller Outreach Early DRC Posting on Edelweiss Email Marketing Campaign Social Media Campaign CriminalElement.com Promotion Tor.com Promotion Blog Outreach Author Website: www.jdrobb.com Author Blog: www.fallintothestory.com Author Facebook: Facebook.com/jdrobbauthor/, 154K Author Instagram: @jdrobbauthor, 15.5K 4 ST. MARTIN'S PRESS SEPTEMBER 2020 Speaking for Myself Faith, Freedom, and the Fight of Our Lives Inside the Trump White House Sarah Huckabee Sanders A candid, riveting account of the Trump White House, on the front lines and behind the scenes. Sarah Huckabee Sanders served as White House Press Secretary for President Donald J. Trump from 2017 to 2019. A trusted confidante of the President, Sanders advised him on everything from press and communications strategy to personnel and policy. She was at the President’s side for two and a half years, battling with the media, working with lawmakers and CEOs, and accompanying the President on every international trip, including dozens of meetings with POLITICAL SCIENCE / WOMEN foreign leaders—all while unfailingly exhibiting grace under pressure. Upon her IN POLITICS St. Martin's Press | 9/8/2020 departure from the administration, President Trump described Sarah as 9781250271334 | $29.99 / $39.99 Can. “irreplaceable,” a “warrior” and “very special person with extraordinary talents, Hardcover with dust jacket | 272 pages | Carton who has done an incredible job.” Qty: 24 9.3 in H | 6.1 in W Now, in Speaking for Myself, Sarah Huckabee Sanders describes what it was like Subrights: Translation Rights: St. Martin's on the front lines and inside the White House, discussing her faith, the Publishing Group challenges of being a working mother at the highest level of American politics, UK Rights: St. Martin's Publishing Group her relationship with the press, and her unique role in the historic fight raging Other Available Formats: between the Trump administration and its critics for the future of our country. Audio ISBN: 9781250770394 Ebook ISBN: 9781250271341 Audio ISBN: 9781250770387 This frank, revealing, and engaging memoir will offer a truly unique perspective on the most important issues and events of the era, and unprecedented access to both public and behind-the-scenes conversations within the Trump White House. MARKETING *National Author Tour SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS served as the White House press secretary from 2017-2019. She *National Broadcast Publicity was the third woman and first mother to ever hold the position. The daughter of former Arkansas *National Print Publicity Governor Mike Huckabee,
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