Spring 2021 Nonfiction Rights Guide 19 West 21st St. Suite 501, New York, NY 10010 / Telephone: (212) 765-6900 / E-mail: [email protected] TABLE OF CONTENTS SCIENCE, BUSINESS & CURRENT AFFAIRS HOUSE OF STICKS THE BIG HURT BRAIN INFLAMMED HORSE GIRLS FIRST STEPS YOU HAD ME AT PET NAT RUNNER’S HIGH MY BODY TALENT MUHAMMAD, THE WORLD-CHANGER WINNING THE RIGHT GAME VIVIAN MAIER DEVELOPED SUPERSIGHT THE SUM OF TRIFLES THE KINGDOM OF CHARACTERS AUGUST WILSON WHO IS BLACK, AND WHY? CRYING IN THE BATHROOM PROJECT TOTAL RECALL I REGRET I AM ABLE TO ATTEND BLACK SKINHEAD REBEL TO AMERICA CHANGING GENDER KIKI MAN RAY EVER GREEN MURDER BOOK RADICAL RADIANCE DOT DOT DOT FREEDOM IS NOT ENOUGH HOW TO SAY BABYLON THE RISE OF THE MAMMALS THE RECKONING RECOVERY GUCCI TO GOATS TINDERBOX RHAPSODY AMERICAN RESISTANCE SWOLE APOCALYPSE ONBOARDING WEATHERING CONQUERING ALEXANDER VIRAL JUSTICE UNTITLED TOM SELLECK MEMOIR UNTITLED ON AI THE GLASS OF FASHION IT’S ALL TALK CHANGE BEGINS WITH A QUESTION UNTITLED ON CLASSICAL MUSIC MEMOIRS & BIOGRAPHIES STORIES I MIGHT REGRET TELLING YOU FIERCE POISE THE WIVES BEAUTIFUL THINGS PLEASE DON’T KILL MY BLACK SON PLEASE THE SPARE ROOM TANAQUIL NOTHING PERSONAL THE ROARING GIRL PROOF OF LIFE CITIZEN KIM BRAT DON’T THINK, DEAR TABLE OF CONTENTS, CONT. MINDFULNESS & SELF-HELP KILLING THATCHER EDITING MY EVERYTHING WE DON’T EVEN KNOW YOU ANYMORE SOUL THERAPY THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF GROWING YOUNG HISTORY TRUE AGE THE SECRETS OF SILENCE WILD MINDS THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE INTELLIGENT LOVE THE POWER OF THE DOWNSTATE MADHOUSE AT THE END OF THE EARTH OUTSMART YOUR BRAIN THE SECRET HISTORY OF HOME ECONOMICS PLATONIC FIRST TO FALL SENSITIVE SPRINTING THROUGH NO MAN’S LAND THE COLOR OF ABOLITION NARRATIVE NONFICTION PICASSO’S WAR THE VORTEX IN THIS PLACE TOGETHER BLOOD & INK CHASING THE THRILL GUN BARONS CAN’T KNOCK THE HUSTLE ON THE EDGE THE MEMORY THEIF POISONED INK THE POWER OF STRANGERS THE GOLDEN DOOR TALKING FUNNY THE RED WIDOW SQUIRREL HILL OTHER FRONTS PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST A BRIGHT AND BLINDING SUN DEMOCRACY’S DATA THE SISTERHOOD NOSTALGIA GHOST CATS CURE-ALL MOSKVA SPOKEN WORD PROJECT CONFRONTATION MAGIC TO DO THE KINGDOM OF PREP GOOD COP OSCAR WARS GRACE UPCOMING SCIENCE, BUSINESS & CURRENT AFFAIRS BRAIN INFLAMED Uncovering the Hidden Causes of Anxiety, Depression, and Other Mood Disorders in Adolescents and Teens By Kenneth Bock, M.D. NA March 2021 / HarperWave (HarperCollins) / US Editor: Julie Will Final PDF Available Rights Sold: Turkish (Bir Publishing) Bulgarian (Kibea) UK/Comm (Piatkus / Little, Brown) From renowned integrative physician Kenneth Bock, M.D., comes a groundbreaking approach to understanding adolescent and teen mental health disorders. Over the past decade, the number of 12- to 17-year-olds suffering from mental health disorders has more than doubled. While adolescents and teens are noto- rious for mood swings and rebellion, parents today are navigating new terrain as their children are increasingly at risk of struggling with a mental health issue. But the question remains: What is causing this epidemic of illness? In Brain Inflamed, acclaimed integrative doctor Dr. Kenneth Bock shares a revolutionary new view of adolescent and teen mental health—one that suggests many of the mental disor- ders most common among this population (including depression, anxiety, and OCD) may share the same underlying mechanism: systemic inflammation. In this groundbreaking work, Dr. Bock explains the essential role of the immune system and the microbiome in mental health, detailing the ways in which imbalances in these systems—such as autoimmune conditions, thyroid disorders, or leaky gut syndrome—can generate neurological inflammation. While most conventional “A game-changer for parents desperately looking for answers to their children’s doctors assume that teens’ psychological struggles can be resolved only with therapy unexplained mental health struggles. Dr. Bock illuminates the biological underpin- and psychotropic drugs, Dr. Bock’s approach considers the whole-body health of his nings of psychological disorders in kids and offers both reassurance and practical patients. In his integrative evaluations, he often uncovers triggers such as gluten sen- solutions.”—Kris Carr, New York Times Bestselling Author sitivity, adrenal dysfunction, Lyme disease, and post-strep infections—all of which create imbalances in the body that can generate psychological symptoms. Filled with “In this rigorous and helpful book, Dr. Kenneth Bock explains how and why incredible stories from Dr. Bock’s more than thirty years as a practicing physician, young people may be especially vulnerable to neuroinflammation as a result of Brain Inflamed explains the biological underpinnings of many common mental both common viruses and bacteria, as well as lifestyle choices, and provides an health issues, and empowers the parents and family members of struggling teens integrative approach to healing.”—Steven Gundry, MD, New York Times best- with practical advice—and perhaps most importantly, hope for a brighter future. selling author of The Plant Paradoxand The Longevity Paradox Kenneth A. Bock, M.D. is a board-certified physician who received his MD degree “This accessible, comforting, and illuminating book will offer a lifeline to kids with Honor from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and the best-sell- who are struggling as well as much-needed resources and support for their fami- ing author of several books. lies.”—Mark Hyman, MD, New York Times bestselling author AEVITAS 5 FIRST STEPS How Upright Walking Made Us Human By Jeremey DeSilva WE April 2021 / Harper (HarperCollins) / US Editor: Gail Winston Proposal Available — Edited MS Fall 2020 Rights Sold: Brazilian Portuguese (Alta Books) Korean (Rok Media) Dutch (HarperCollins Holland) Romanian (Grup Media Litera) Hebrew (Matar) Russian (Alpina) Italian (HarperCollins Italy) Simplified Chinese (CITIC) Japanese (Bunshun) Turkish (Íthaki) Blending history, science, and culture, a stunning and highly engaging evolution- ary story exploring how walking on two legs allowed humans to become the planet’s dominant species. Humans are the only mammals to walk on two, rather than four legs—a locomo- tion known as bipedalism. We strive to be upstanding citizens, honor those who stand tall and proud, and take a stand against injustices. We follow in each other’s footsteps and celebrate a child’s beginning to walk. But why, and how, exactly, did we take our first steps? And at what cost? Bipedalism has its drawbacks: giving birth is more difficult and dangerous; our running speed is much slower than other animals; and we suffer a variety of ailments, from hernias to sinus problems. In First Steps, paleoanthropologist Jeremy DeSilva explores how unusual and extraordinary this seemingly ordinary ability is. A seven-million-year journey to the very origins of “DeSilva makes a solid scientific case with an expert history of human and ape the human lineage, First Steps shows how upright walking was a gateway to many evolution . Accessible, valuable popular anthropology.”—Kirkus Reviews of the other attributes that make us human—from our technological abilities, our thirst for exploration, our use of language–and may have laid the foundation for our “A brisk jaunt through the history of bipedalism . DeSilva’s ability to turn an- species’ traits of compassion, empathy, and altruism. Moving from developmental atomical evidence into a focused tale of human evolution and his enthusiasm for psychology labs to ancient fossil sites throughout Africa and Eurasia, DeSilva brings research will leave readers both informed and uplifted.” —Publishers Weekly to life our adventure walking on two legs. Delving deeply into the story of our past and the new discoveries rewriting our understanding of human evolution, First Steps “DeSilva takes us on a brilliant, fun, and scientifically deep stroll through history, examines how walking upright helped us rise above all over species on this planet. anatomy, and evolution, in order to illustrate the powerful story of how a particu- lar mode of movement helped make us one of the most wonderful, dangerous and Jeremy DeSilva is an anthropologist at Dartmouth College. He is part of the fascinating species on Earth.” —Agustín Fuentes, Professor of Anthropology, research team that discovered and described two ancient members of the human Princeton University and author of Why We Believe: Evolution and the Hu- family tree—Australopithecus sediba and Homo naledi. man Way of Being AEVITAS 6 RUNNER’S HIGH How a Movement of Cannabis-Fueled Athletes Is Changing the Science of Sports By Josiah Hesse NA September 2021 / Putnam (PRH) / US Editor: Michelle Howry Final PDF Available Michael Pollan’s How to Change Your Mind meets Christopher McDougall’s Born to Run in this immersive, investigative look at the hidden culture of cannabis use among elite athletes (as well as weekend warriors)—and the surprising emerging science behind the elusive, exhilarating “runner’s high” they all seek. Pot makes exercise fun. The link between performance enhancement and cannabis has been an open secret for many years, so much so that with the wide-sweeping national legalization of cannabis, combining weed and working out has become the hottest new wellness trend. Why then, is there still a skewed perception around this leafy substance that it only produces the lazy, red-eyed stoner laid out on a couch somewhere, munching on junk food? In fact, scientists have conducted extensive research that uncovers the power of the “runner’s high”--the true holy grail of aerobic activity that was long believed to be caused by endorphins. In an extraordinary reversal, scientists believe marijuana may actually be the key to getting more Americans off their phones and on to their feet. In Runner’s High, seasoned investigative journalist Josiah Hesse takes readers on a journey through the secret world of stoned athletes, describing astounding, canna- bis-inspired physical and mental transformations, just like he experienced.