LONDON BOOK FAIR 2015 RIGHTS GUIDE Crown Hogarth Crown Archetype Tim Duggan Books Broadway Books Three Rivers Press Crown Business Harmony Pam Krauss Books Ten Speed Press Foreign Rights Contacts Lance Fitzgerald Vice President, Director, Subsidiary Rights Tel: 212-572-2060 Fax: 212-572-6003 E-mail: lfitzgerald@penguinrandomhouse.com Rachel Berkowitz Associate Director, Foreign Rights Tel: 212-782-9771 Fax: 212-572-6003 E-mail: rberkowitz@penguinrandomhouse.com Nidhi Berry Associate Manager, Foreign Rights Tel: 212-572-2337 Fax: 212-572-6003 E-mail: nberry@penguinrandomhouse.com 2 FICTION HIGHLIGHTS I ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT YOU Terry McMillan April 2016 Rights: World In I ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT YOU, Dr. Georgia Young's wonderful lifegreat friends, family, and successful career- aren't enough to keep her from feeling stuck and restless. When she decides to make some major changes in her life, she finds herself on a wild journey that may or may not include a second chance at love. Like Waiting to Exhale and How Stella Got Her Groove Back, I ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT YOU will show legions of readers what can happen when you face your fears, take a chance, and open yourself up to the world. “It's another dull Friday night. I'm lying in bed, alone, of course, propped up by a sea of pillows, still in work clothes and my lab coat because after a grueling day of back-to-back patients I'm almost comatose which is why I'm channel surfing while I wait for my pizza to be delivered. I stop when I come to my favorite standby: Law & Order: Criminal Intent, even though I've seen almost all of them -- including the reruns. Sometimes I still watch the first five or ten minutes, just long enough to see Detective Goren walk around the crime scene, looking for clues before he begins to study the victim by circling them in his long trench coat until he stops, tilts his head to the side, puts on those rubber gloves and then rubs the new growth on that beautiful square chin, because he's just trying to make sense of it all. And it's at that moment, before he utters a word that I usually pucker up, blow him a kiss and then change the channel. Like I'm doing now. I've been in love with him and his shoulders long before my first marriage ended. I would've killed to have sex with him but he went off the air. And were he to walk in here right now, I'd let him do almost anything he wanted to do to me. That is so not true. It's been centuries since I've had sex so I'm not sure I'd even remember what to do first. In fact, I think I'd be too uncomfortable not to mention scared of getting all touchy feely with any man and far too embarrassed at the mere thought of him seeing me naked. Hell, I sleep with the remote.” 3 A FINE IMITATION Amber Brock May 2016 Rights: World English Agency: Janklow & Nesbit Set in the glamorous 1920s, A FINE IMITATION is an intoxicating debut that sweeps readers into a privileged Manhattan socialite's restless life and the affair with a mysterious painter that upends her world, flashing back to her years Vassar and the friendship that brought her to the brink of ruin. Vera Bellington has the beauty, the pedigree and a penthouse at The Angelus-- the most coveted address on Park Avenue. But behind the sparkling social whirl, Vera is living a life of quiet desperation. Her days are an unbroken loop of empty, champagne-soaked socializing, while her nights are silent and cold, spent waiting alone in her cavernous apartment for a husband who seldom comes home. Then Emil Hallan arrives at The Angelus to paint a mural above its glittering subterranean pool. The handsome French artist moves into the building, shrouds his work in secrecy, and piques Vera's curiosity, especially when the painter keeps dodging questions about his past. Is he the man he claims to be? Even as she finds herself increasingly drawn to Hallan's warmth and passion, Vera can't supress her suspicions. After all, she has plenty of secrets, too -- and some of them involve art forgers like her bold, artistically talented former friend, Bea, who years ago, at Vassar, brought Vera to the brink of catastrophe and social exile. When the dangerous mysteries of Emil's past are revealed, Vera faces an impossible choice -whether to cling to her familiar world of privilege and propriety, or to risk her future with the enigmatic man who has taken her heart. A FINE IMITATION explores what happens when we realize that the life we've always led is not the life we want to have. 4 Now Available in Paperback BITTERSWEET Miranda Beverly-Whittemore Crown Hardcover: May 2014 Broadway Paperback: May 2015 Rights: World Cinematic, gothic, and a New York Times bestseller, BITTERSWEET is a suspenseful and atmospheric novel that will keep readers riveted to the very end. Rights sold to: Editora Intrinseca (Brazil) Orlando Uitgevers (Holland) Insel Verlag Anton Kippenberg GmbH (Germany) Sonzogno (Italy) Suma de Letras (World Spanish) Vulkan Izdavastvo (Serbia) HarperCollins UK Coming in June 2016 from Crown Hardcover: JUNE by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore MOTHER, MOTHER Koren Zailckas Crown Hardcover: September 2013 Broadway Paperback: July 2014 Rights: World The chilling debut novel by Koren Zailckas, author of the iconic New York Times bestselling memoir Smashed. Rights sold to: Novo Seculo Editora (Brazil) De Bezige Bij (Holland) Editions Belfond (France) Santillana (World Spanish) HarperCollins UK Coming in June 2016 from Crown Hardcover: THE DRAMA TEACHER by Koren Zailckas 5 ALSO AVAILABLE THE LIBRARY AT MOUNT CHAR Scott Hawkins June 2015 Rights: World “A first-rate novel… a sprawling, epic contemporary fantasy about cruelty and the end of the world, compulsively readable, with the deep, resonant magic of a world where reality is up for grabs. Unputdownable.” —Cory Doctorow, New York Times bestselling author of Little Brother and Makers Rights sold: LeYa (Brazil) Science Fiction World (China) AST (Russia) THE FOLD Peter Clines June 2016 Rights: World “A must-read for anyone who likes a good science-fiction thriller…an intelligent, exciting story with a brilliant protagonist and a mystery that genuinely surprised me." --Andy Weir, New York Times bestselling author of The Martian THE EX-HEROES SERIES: (EX-ISLE Coming October 2015) Publishers of the Ex-Heroes series Novo Seculo (Brazil) Multiplayer (Italy) Ebury Press UK 6 THE MARAUDERS Tom Cooper February 2015 Rights: World "THE MARAUDERS is so damned good you won't believe it's a first novel…and by the time you reach page 20, you won't care. It's rollicking, angry, eye-popping, and fall-on-the-floor funny, sometimes in the course of a single scene. The cast is winning, the post-Katrina bayou setting is richly evoked, the dialogue crackles, and the story rolls on a wave of invention. It's a little Elmore Leonard, a little Charles Portis, and very much its own uniquely American self. Basically, Tom Cooper has written one hell of a novel." - Stephen King Rights Sold: Rocco (Brazil) Euromedia (Czech Republic) Querido (Holland) Albin Michel (France) Ullstein (Germany) De Agostini (Italy) SPADEMAN SERIES Adam Sternbergh Rights: World NEAR ENEMY January 2015 SHOVEL READY January 2014 *Edgar Award Nominee* “Bogart-cool. . . . razor-sharp. . . . Addictive, by turns death-metal brutal and darkly hilarious.” — Entertainment Weekly Rights sold: Heyne (Germany) * both books Luitingh (Holland) Konyvmolykepzo Kiado (Hungary) Piemme (Italy) Hayakawa (Japan) Editorial Kalias (World Spanish) WeLearn (Thailand) Headline UK* both books 7 THE TSAR OF LOVE AND TECHNO Stories Anthony Marra October 2015 Rights: World From the author of The National Book Award longlist selection and New York Times bestseller A Constellation of Vital Phenomena come these dazzling, poignant, and lyrical interwoven stories about family, sacrifice, the legacy of war, and the redemptive power of art. This stunning, exquisitely written collection introduces a cast of remarkable characters whose lives intersect in ways both life-affirming and heartbreaking. A 1930s Soviet censor painstakingly corrects offending photographs, deep underneath Leningrad, bewitched by the image of a disgraced prima ballerina. A chorus of women recount their stories and those of their grandmothers, former gulag prisoners who settled their Siberian mining town. Two pairs of brothers share a fierce, protective love. Young men across the former USSR face violence at home and in the military. And great sacrifices are made in the name of an oil landscape unremarkable except for the almost incomprehensibly peaceful past it depicts. In stunning prose, with rich character portraits and a sense of history reverberating into the present, THE TSAR OF LOVE AND TECHNO is a captivating work from one of our greatest new talents. This collection of interlinked stories is very novelistic, similar to Jennifer Egan’s A Visit From The Goon Squad. Rights Sold: Intrinseca (Brazil) Knopf Canada Lattes (France) Suhrkamp (Germany) Piemme (Italy) Hogarth UK 8 A CONSTELLATION OF VITAL PHENOMENONA Anthony Marra May 2013 Selected Awards: FINALIST 2013 - National Book Awards FINALIST 2013 - Center for Fiction First Novel Prize WINNER 2014 - National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize WINNER 2014 - Carla Furstenberg Cohen Fiction Award FINALIST 2014 - The Medici Book Club Prize WINNER 2014 - Indies Choice Award WINNER 2013 - Commonwealth Club of California Book Award FINALIST 2014 - Northern California Book Reviewers Award (previously BABRA) WINNER 2014 - Northern California Independent Booksellers Association Award WINNER 2014 - Anisfield-Wolf Book Award FINALIST 2014 - New York Public Library's Young Lion Fiction Award FINALIST 2014 - PEN/Robert Bingham Fellowship for Writers Award FINALIST 2014 - Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Fiction SHORTLIST 2014 - Prix Medicis WINNER 2014 - Athens Prize for Literature Rights sold: Intrinseca (Brazil) Changsha Senxin Culture Dissemination Limited Company (China) Knopf Canada Rask-Redaktion (Denmark) Lattes (France) Suhrkamp (Germany) Ikaros (Greece) Bezige Bij (Holland) Kinneret-Zmora Bitan (Israel) Piemme (Italy) BookinMyLife (Korea) Gyldenal (Norway) SC Humanitas (Romania) Damm/Forma (Sweden) China Times (Taiwan) Pegasus (Turkey) Hogarth UK 9 HUNTERS IN THE DARK Lawrence Osborne January 2016 Rights: World “A modern Graham Greene… Osborne is a thrilling, exceptional talent .” —Sunday Times (UK) The new novel from Lawrence Osborne, critically acclaimed author of The Forgiven and The Ballad of a Small Player When Robert Grieves crosses the Thai-Cambodia border, he is simply a lone, aimless traveler: a British English teacher in his early thirties, abroad on holiday with no particular destination in mind. But when he unexpectedly wins money at the gambling table, his fate becomes intertwined with the lives of a cast of others: people who are strangers to him now but whose choices will affect his future in surprising--and often dangerous--ways. Simon Beaucamp, a dashing expat American, asks Robert to join him at his lavish riverside home and introduces him to Sothea, his beautiful and reserved Khmer girlfriend, and although Simon's motives are unclear, Robert can't help but be taken in by the American's elegance and generosity. What follows is a sophisticated game of cat and mouse, where identities are blurred, greed trumps kindness, and karma is ruthless. Filled with Hitchcockian twists and turns, suffused with the steamy heat and pervasive superstition of the Cambodian jungle, and unafraid to confront uneasy questions about luck and the machinations of fate, HUNTERS IN THE DARK is a masterful novel that feels like an instant classic. Hogarth UK will publish in May 2015. Also Available: THE BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER Lawrence Osborne Hogarth Hardcover: April 2014 Hogarth Paperback: January 2015 Rights Sold: Adelphi (Italy) Hogarth UK 10 RUBY: A Novel Cynthia Bond Hogarth Hardcover: February 2014 Hogarth Paperback: February 2015 Rights: World The newest Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 selection A PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize nominee for debut fiction A New York Times Best-seller Film/Television Rights Optioned by Harpo Productions “It may be most apt to compare Bond to Gabriel García Márquez.” –The Guardian “Bond proves to be a powerful literary force, a writer whose unflinching yet lyrical prose is reminiscent of Toni Morrison’s.” —O, The Oprah Magazine In describing her debut novel, RUBY Cynthia Bond has said, “There are moments, spices, that have been stirred in slowly—from my life and from the stories of others.” She has drawn upon her own experiences, her family’s history, and the heartbreaking tales she’s heard through her years working with homeless and at-risk youth—including the brutal devastation of human trafficking—and woven these threads together to create a story that is truly unforgettable. The newest selection for Oprah’s Book Club 2.0, RUBY is the kind of story that stays with you long after you’ve read the last page. “Nothing comes close to the experience of reading this book. It’s a dark, moving story, harrowing and heartbreaking yet filled with moments of love pure and strong,” said Oprah Winfrey. “When I found out that Cynthia Bond is 53 years old and hasn’t written a book before, I couldn’t fathom it. RUBY is a vivid, searing novel that penetrates straight through the page and into the reader’s heart.” A labor of love that Bond worked on over the course of ten years, this epic novel sparkles with a richness and brilliance emblematic of its namesake. In reading RUBY it is clear that we are witnessing the arrival of an astonishing new voice. Rights Sold: Intrinseca (Brazil) Christian Bourgois (France) Bompani (Italy) Two Roads Books UK 11 SECOND STREET STATION Lawrence H Levy June 2015 Rights: World “An ingenious story with unforgettable fictional characters, crossing paths with well known historical ones. I learned a lot from this book, the main thing being that I could never write one.” —Larry David “Second Street Station is a great read. Following Mary Handley through this Victorian adventure makes you feel like you’ve found some lost Sherlock Holmes story. It’s impressive that the characters, many based on actual historical figures, are always funny, but the greatest delight is the mystery itself.” —Matthew Weiner, creator of Mad Men “I love books in which the female sleuth defies stereotype without losing her authenticity. This one is even more impressive because Mary Handley is based on a real person. An added delight is the number of wellknown historical figures who are intertwined with the story.” —Rhys Bowen, New York Times bestselling author of the Molly Murphy and A Royal Spyness historical mysteries Coming in January 2016 from Broadway Trade Paperbacks: BROOKLYN ON FIRE by Lawrence H. Levy 12 NONFICTION HIGHLIGHTS OBJECTIVE TROY A Terrorist, a President, and the Rise of the Drone Scott Shane September 2015 Rights: World OBJECTIVE TROY tells the gripping and unsettling story of Anwar al-Awlaki, the oncecelebrated American imam who called for moderation after 9/11, a man who ultimately directed his outsized talents to the mass murder of his fellow citizens. It follows Barack Obama's campaign against the excesses of the Bush counterterrorism programs and his eventual embrace of the targeted killing of suspected militants. And it recounts how the president directed the mammoth machinery of spy agencies to hunt Awlaki down in a frantic, multimillion-dollar pursuit that would end with the death of Awlaki by a bizarre, robotic technology that is changing warfare--the drone. Scott Shane, who has covered terrorism for The New York Times over the last decade, weaves the clash between president and terrorist into both a riveting narrative and a deeply human account of the defining conflict of our era. Awlaki, who directed a plot that almost derailed Obama's presidency, and then taunted him from his desert hideouts, will go down in history as the first United States citizen deliberately hunted and assassinated by his own government without trial. But his eloquent calls to jihad, amplified by YouTube, continue to lure young Westerners into terrorism--resulting in tragedies from the Boston marathon bombing to the murder of cartoonists at a Paris weekly. Awlaki's life and death show how profoundly the world has been changed by the threat of terrorism and by our own fears. Illuminating and provocative, and based on years of in depth reporting, OBJECTIVE TROY is a brilliant reckoning with the moral challenge of terrorism and a masterful chronicle of our times. 13 A MOTHER’S RECKONING Susan Klebold February 2016 Rights: World In A MOTHER'S RECKONING, Sue Klebold, for the first time, recounts , based on her recollections, her daily journals, and the difficult and tragic writings and video recordings her son left behind, the days and months leading up to the tragic shooting at Columbine High School, where 13 students, as well as the shooters themselves, died - and the searing impact the tragedy had on the victims and their families, on the Columbine community, and on Sue and her family. In large measure, this candid and unflinching narrative was written to explore how Sue missed the signs. How did her beloved golden boy go so utterly off the rails, without her knowledge? Did she miss the indications, subtle or obvious, that Dylan was in trouble? That her child, who had just attended the senior prom and was soon to graduate and go off to college, had a dark, secret life, and an inner rage, that she could not even imagine? Is there something valuable and important that she can share with other mothers and families in terms of recognizing the signs that might get other young adults the help they need to head off a Columbine before it happens? In an age when the number of mass shootings every year has escalated to unprecedented levels, is there something we as parents and concerned citizens and community members can do to help our children and head off such senseless tragedies? With fresh wounds from Newton and U.C. Santa Barbara, never has the need or yearning for insight and understanding been more urgent. (Material will be embargoed until publication) Rights Sold: Versus (Brazil) Robert Laffont (France) S. Fischer (Germany) A.W. Bruna (Holland) Sperling & Kupfer (Italy) WH Allen UK 14 SPINSTER Making a Life of One's Own Kate Bolick April 2015 Rights: World “Kate Bolick brings a bracing feminist consciousness to bear on the lives of five unconventional women of the past and on her own young life in the twenty-first century. She writes about the dilemmas of love and work—then and now—with rare perspicacity and poignancy.” —Janet Malcolm, author of The Journalist and the Murderer “Spinster is a triumph, a provocative and moving exploration of what it means for a woman to chart her own course.” —Malcolm Gladwell, author of David and Goliath “Kate Bolick’s Spinster will take your breath away. Writing with a bold vision and in incandescent prose, Bolick gives us a user’s guide to going solo — and a gorgeous work of cultural criticism.” —Susan Cain, co-founder of Quiet Revolution and bestselling author of Quiet “What happens when you don't get married? Setting out to answer this question, Kate Bolick has written a moving, insightful, and important inquiry into how women's lives are narrated—not just in poems, novels, biographies, and memoirs, but also in our own heads, every day, as we make the constant stream of decisions that constitute a human life. Ambitious in the best way, Spinster made me think differently about everything from novelistic plot to the meaning of furniture.”—Elif Batuman, author of The Possessed “[A] powerful memoir…Bolick’s intense and moving combination of personal, historical, and cultural narratives will inspire readers—especially women—to think about what they want their own lives to be, and how close they are to their goals.” —Publishers Weekly [starred] “Refreshingly bold and incisive… As Bolick traces her evolution into a woman unapologetic for her choices and unafraid of her own personal freedom, she also reclaims the derogatory word ‘spinster’ for all females, married or not… A sexy, eloquent, well-written study/memoir.” –Kirkus Reviews [starred] Rights Sold: Intrinseca (Brazil) Malpaso (Spain) Corsair/Little, Brown UK 15 AVENUE OF SPIES A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family's Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris Alex Kershaw August 2015 Rights: World The best-selling author of The Liberator brings to life the incredible true story of an American doctor in Paris, and his heroic espionage efforts during the World War II. The leafy Avenue de Foch, one of the most exclusive residential streets in Nazi-occupied France, was Paris's hotbed of daring spies, murderous secret police, amoral informers, and Vichy collaborators. So when American physician Sumner Jackson, who lived with his wife and young son Phillip at number 11, found himself drawn into the Liberation network of the French resistance, he knew the stakes were impossibly high. Just down the road at number 31 was the "mad sadist" Theodor Dannecker, an Eichmann protégé charged with deporting French Jews to concentration camps. And number 84 housed the Parisian headquarters of the Gestapo, run by the most effective spy hunter in Nazi Germany. From his office at the American Hospital, itself an epicenter of intrigue, Jackson smuggled fallen Allied fighter pilots out of France, a job complicated by the hospital director's close ties to collaborationist Vichy. After witnessing the brutal round-up of his Jewish friends, Jackson invited Liberation to operate out of his home--but the noose soon began to tighten. When his secret life was discovered by his Nazi neighbors, he and his family were forced to undertake a journey into the dark heart of the war-torn continent from which there was little chance of return. Drawing upon a wealth of primary source material and extensive interviews with Phillip Jackson, Alex Kershaw re-creates the City of Light during its darkest days. The untold story of the Jackson family anchors the suspenseful narrative, and Kershaw dazzles readers with the vivid immediacy of the best spy thrillers. Awash with the tense atmosphere of World War II's Europe, Avenue of Spies introduces us to the brave doctor who risked everything to defy Hitler. Rights Sold: BBNC (Dutch) ALSO AVAILABLE: THE LIBERATOR October 2012 Rights Sold: Chongqing Nutshell Cultural (China) BBNC (Holland) Gummerus (Finland) DTV (Germany) Piemme (Italy) Wielka Litera (Poland) Hutchinson UK 16 HE WANTED THE MOON The Madness and Medical Genius of Dr. Perry Baird, and His Daughter's Quest to Know Him Mimi Baird with Eve Claxton February 2015 Rights: World MOVIE RIGHTS OPTIONED BY PLAN B PRODUCTIONS FOR BRAD PITT TO STAR “An extraordinary Möbius strip of a book...Autobiography, biography, science, history and literature all in one, as instructive as any textbook and utterly impossible to put down...The text of Dr. Baird’s manuscript is haunting. The tone is one a suspense writer might struggle to sustain: The most unreliable of narrators, Dr. Baird is objective, charming, humorous, then suddenly just a little off, and then flat-out gone, leaving an irrational stranger in his place. The reader can almost watch the circuits in his brain surge and dim just as, Ms. Baird reports, the handwriting in the manuscript morphed from disciplined to disorderly and back again.” —The New York Times “Extraordinary...a remarkably eloquent account of mental illness, reminiscent of Kay Redfield Jamison’s An Unquiet Mind and Susanna Kaysen’s Girl, Interrupted. Perry Baird emerges as thoughtful and at times eerily aware of his condition as well as his inability to elude either its symptoms or the primitive treatments for them…The elder Baird’s narrative is cinematic, featuring Ratched-like nurses and an escape scene straight out of The Fugitive... [Dr. Baird] never really knew his daughter — or her achievement in telling this story.” —The Washington Post “Baird’s lonely, angry, grief-stricken, and occasionally grandiose account of his illness and its shattering costs is the reason we can’t put [this book] down. His sharply detailed recollections are sometimes sane and sometimes not, but his writing is lucid even when his thinking isn’t. His manuscript is a plea to understand his experience and, by extension, others’.” —The Boston Globe 17 ROGUE JUSTICE Karen Greenberg February 2016 Rights: World A deeply reported look at how the architects of the War on Terror transformed the Department of Justice into an arm of the intelligence community--hijacking an institution charged with upholding the Constitution and the rule of law and using it as legal cover for mass surveillance and torture. As the head of Fordham's Center on National Security, Karen Greenberg leads a team of fellows that includes Peter Bergen and Lawrence Wright. She is deeply knowledgeable about Guantanamo, terrorism prosecutions, the Snowden story, the Patriot Act, and civil liberties, and she frequently appears on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and elsewhere. LIGHTS OUT A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving The Aftermath Ted Koppel October 2015 Rights: World America's most trusted broadcast journalist uncovers the deadly threat of cyber warfare and offers solutions for how we can prepare. When we think of cyber security, many of us think about identity theft or perhaps denial of service attacks. What we don't think about is the water we drink, the electricity we rely on to power everything from subway trains to lifesaving hospital equipment, and the phone and internet systems that serve as vital lifelines in an emergency. One well-placed cyber attack could cripple our infrastructure to a degree that would dwarf natural disasters like Hurricane Sandy- and Koppel convincingly argues that this is not a question of if but when. Drawing on interviews with cyber security experts and others, Koppel demonstrates that we are completely unprepared for dealing with a cyber attack and offers solutions for how we can plan for this inevitability, both on the national and the individual level. Ted Koppel, a thirty-seven-year veteran of ABC News, was anchor of Nightline from 1980 to 2005. He has won every significant television award, including thirty-two Emmys, six Peabodys and nine Overseas Press Club Awards. Before creating Nightline, he was a foreign, domestic, and war correspondent and bureau chief for ABC, and its chief diplomatic correspondent. 18 BRAVING IT James Campbell May 2016 Rights: World English Agent: McCormick & Williams Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge--home to only a handful of people--is a stark and lonely place. So when Jim Campbell's cousin Heimo Korth asked him to spend a summer building a cabin on the remote tundra, Jim hesitated before inviting his fifteen-year-old daughter, Aidan. When the two finally arrived, he hovered, unsure of whether she could endure clouds of mosquitoes, the everpresent threat of grizzlies, and hours of chopping and hauling logs. But Aidan was eager to experience the wild, and they returned a few months later to help Heimo secure food for the winter. With wind chills dipping to 50 degrees below zero, Aidan and Heimo's Siberian Yupik Eskimo wife ventured out each day to hunt-tracking, trapping, shooting, and skinning animals. Aidan grew confident and independent, at least within the confines of Heimo's property. Could she handle more? Jim knew that in Eskimo cultures, fathers believe that girls, too, deserve a rite of passage. And so in the spring of 2014, Jim and Aidan returned to Alaska for a final journey together before she left home. They backpacked over Alaska's northernmost mountains, the Brooks Range, to the headwaters of the mighty Hulahula River, where they assembled a folding canoe and paddled to the Arctic Ocean. The journey took them through one of the planet's most remote places, a land of wolves, musk oxen, Dall sheep, golden eagles, and desperately hungry bears. It was an arduous trip, one that tested them--and their relationship-- as never before. At turns poignant and humorous, Braving It is an ode to America's disappearing wilderness and a profound meditation on what it means for a parent to finally, fully let go. (1 8-PAGE 4/C INSERT) 19 ALSO AVAILABLE THE PORCELAIN THIEF Searching the Middle Kingdom for Buried China Huan Hsu March 2015 Rights: World “[Hsu’s] persistence in the face of numerous obstacles is beyond admirable… He offers plenty of intriguing information about Chinese history and culture, from wild Shanghai traffic to family dynamics. Some first-rate detective work.” – KIRKUS REVIEWS Rights Sold: Fourth Estate UK THE REAL DOCTOR WILL SEE YOU SHORTLY A Physician's First Year Matt McCarthy April 2015 Rights: World “[This] rousing memoir describes [a] tumultuous year of medical internship at Columbia University Medical Center in New York, a 12-month marathon noteworthy for a steep learning curve, emotional extremes, and chronic sleep deprivation...A genuine glimpse at the making of a doctor.” —Booklist RAIN A Natural and Cultural History Cynthia Barnett April 2015 Rights: World "A multifaceted examination of the science, the art, the technology and even the smell of rain throughout history… Highlights the severity of some of our environmental problems with knowledge, humor, urgency and hope." ' – KIRKUS REVIEWS, starred Rights Sold: Foreign Language Teaching & Research Press Co. (China) Kosmos (Holland) Kawade Shobo Shinsha (Japan) Faces (Taiwan) 20 WHAT HAPPENED, MISS SIMONE? The Nina Simone Diaries Alan Light November 2015 Rights: World An intimate and vivid look inside Nina Simone's legendary life as a fiery singer, demanding mother, and tirelessly committed civil rights activist, told using previously buried material from the Netflix/Radical Media documentary What Happened, Miss Simone? From music journalist and former Spin and Vibe editor-in-chief Alan Light comes a biography of incandescent soul icon and activist Nina Simone, drawn from a trove of rare archival materials, including Simone's remarkable private diaries, published alongside Radical Media's much buzzed-about documentary of the same name, which debuted to great acclaim at Sundance in January 2015 and will premiere on Netflix this summer. What Happened, Miss Simone? explores the many facets of this complicated and gifted woman, excavating her lifelong passion for classical music and painful rejection from that field, along with her soaring success as a soul singer and the stresses put upon her as an African American pushing against the tide of racial discrimination in civil rights battles. Harnessing the singular voice of Miss Simone herself through her private correspondence and incorporating candid reflections from those who knew her best, including her only daughter, Light brings us face to face with a legend, examining the very public persona and very private struggles of one of our greatest artists. (8-PAGE COLOR INSERT) The American premiere for the Netflix/Radical Media documentary of the same name will be in the week of June 1st in New York and Los Angeles. The European premiere will take place two weeks later in Paris and London, and potentially one or two other cities. It will go live on Netflix globally on June 26th. 21 WHY NOT ME? Mindy Kaling September 2015 Rights: World From Mindy Kaling, the author of the mega-bestseller Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? and creator and star of The Mindy Project, comes a highly anticipated second book of hilarious essays, opinions, concerns, and advice. Since the publication of her much-loved first book, Mindy Kaling's life has changed significantly. Back then, she played Kelly Kapoor, a supporting character on the popular series, The Office. Now Mindy is the creator, producer, writer, and star of her own TV show, The Mindy Project. She is, as she puts it, "a tiny bit famous," the perks of which include being three assistants, two phones calls and a really good lie away from obtaining Bradley Cooper's e-mail address and having convicts writing her fan mail from prison. She's gone through some other major changes as well--she's watched friends start their own families, and she's grappled with her own balance of work and private life. Mindy turns the anxieties, the glamour, the heartache, and the celebrations of her second coming of age into a laugh-out-loud funny collection of essays that anyone who's ever been at a turning point in their life or career can relate to. And those who've never been at a turning point can skip to the parts where she talks about meeting Bono, encountering Elmo, what kind of snacks they have at a Vogue photo shoot, and what you should carry in your purse when you go to the State Dinner honoring the president of France. (B&W PHOTOS) Rights Sold: Ebury Press UK Also Available: IS EVERYONE HANGING OUT WITHOUT ME? (AND OTHER CONCERNS) November 2011 Rights Sold: Ebury Press UK 22 PARTY OF ONE A Memoir in 20 Songs Dave Holmes May 2016 Rights: World From comedian, Esquire columnist, and former MTV VJ Dave Holmes, the hilarious coming-of-age memoir of a music geek and perpetual outsider fumbling towards selfacceptance, with the music of the 80s, 90s, and 00s as his soundtrack Dave Holmes has spent his life on the periphery, nose pressed hopefully against the glass, wanting just one thing: to get inside. Growing up, he was the artsy kid in the sportsy family. At his high school and Catholic college, he was the closeted gay kid surrounded by crushworthy straight guys. In his twenties, in the middle of a disastrous career in advertising, he accidentally became an MTV VJ overnight when he finished second, naturally, in the Wanna Be a VJ contest, opening the door to fame, fortune, and celebrity--well, almost. But despite all the close calls, or possibly because of them, he just kept trying, whether as the quirky, grown man presiding over the teen pop hurricane, the music lover working at a station more focused on the "T" than the "M" or "V," or the overweight guy trying to take on the LA entertainment scene. And if (spoiler alert) he never quite succeeded, at least he got some good stories out of it. In PARTY OF ONE, Dave tells the hilariously painful and painfully hilarious tales--in the vein of Rob Sheffield, Andy Cohen, Paul Feig, Nick Hornby, and even Augusten Burroughs--of an outsider desperate to get in, of a misfit constantly changing shape, of a guy who finally learns to accept himself--and how music and pop culture of the 80s, 90s, and 00s shaped his journey. (10-15 B/W PHOTOS THROUGHOUT) 23 TESTIMONY A Rock 'n' Roll Life Robbie Robertson October 2015 Rights: World A spellbinding memoir from one of rock's greatest storytellers Robbie Robertson's singular contributions to popular music have made him one of the most beloved songwriters and guitarists of all time. But few could have expected that a young Canadian would pen some of this past century's most distinctively American songs, music that seems soaked in the mythology and traditions of the Old South. With songs like "The Weight," "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," and "Up on Cripple Creek," Robertson and his partners in the Band introduced a new popular music lexicon that has endured for decades, influencing countless musicians and styles. In this remarkable memoir of the group's storied career, Robertson weaves together tales of his half-Jewish, half-Mohawk Indian upbringing in Toronto with his rollicking early years on the road with rockabilly legend Ronnie Hawkins; he recalls the slow formation of the Band as each future member joined Hawkins's backing band, their trial-by-fire supporting Bob Dylan on his 1966 world tour, and the cloistered sessions at the legendary "Big Pink" house in Saugerties, New York, that produced The Basement Tapes and forged the group's unique sound. He recounts being catapulted to fame with the success of their groundbreaking debut, and takes us through the astonishing run of albums that culminated in one of music history's most famous farewell concerts, The Last Waltz. More broadly, this is the story of a time and place--the moment when rock 'n' roll crawled out of the swamps and became life, when electric blues legends like Muddy Waters and Otis Rush crisscrossed the circuit of clubs and roadhouses from Texas to Toronto. It's the story of change, as America tumbled through the 60s and figures like Dylan and the Band redefined both music and culture, with a little help from sex and drugs. And it's the story of the profound friendship between five young men who together would create a new kind of popular music, one that still fascinates us. (2 8-PAGE 4C INSERTS) 24 OTIS REDDING An Unfinished Life Jonathan Gould March 2016 Rights: World A definitive biography that masterfully captures the turbulent, colorful, and littleknown life of the man many call the heart of soul music in the '60s--his demons, his loves, and his battles for success, all among the great social changes in 1960s America. Otis Redding's incredible career was cut short when he died in a plane crash at the age of 26. Yet his brief life was meaningful because of the reach of his music and the popularity of his songs. Jonathan Gould, who set out to write a definitive history of American soul music, was quickly captivated by Otis Redding in his research. Gould recognized that as much as anyone, even more than well-known singers like James Brown, it was really Redding around whom so much of the world of soul revolved. Redding was the "head" of the Memphis soul family, which included Sam and Dave, Wilson Pickett, and Booker T and MG's, a group that stood apart from the Detroit-based Motown singers. Influenced more by gospel and southern culture, the Memphis group struggled at times to compete with Motown, but their impact was nonetheless profound. Redding, a complicated and charismatic man, was ambitious without boundaries. He achieved his highest accomplishment by closing out the Monterey Pop Festival on the Saturday night before his death. In this book, Gould explores the full reach of Redding's influence, highlighting not only how significant his success was personally, but also how deeply it shifted cultural mores and expectations in a decade of tumult. Otis Redding traces the career arc of the soul pioneer, from his childhood in Georgia to playing with Little Richard's backup band in his youth. Gould deftly moves through Redding's rise in popularity to his chart-topping successes ("Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay," "Try a Little Tenderness," and his writing of "Respect," later made iconic by Aretha Franklin) and goes on to explore Redding's lasting legacy in this eagerly anticipated look at the times and unfinished life of the "King of Soul." JONATHAN GOULD is a writer and a former professional musician who studied with the eminent jazz drummer Alan Dawson and spent many years working in bands and recording studios. In addition to writing and playing music, Gould has raised a family, served in local politics, and taken an active role in the life of the upstate New York community where he has lived for the past twenty-five years. He currently divides his time between New York City and Willow, New York. (2 8-PAGE B&W PHOTO INSERTS) 25 THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON SPORTS Jon Wertheim and Sam Sommers February 2016 Rights: World Written by Sports Illustrated Executive editor and bestselling author Jon Wertheim, and Tufts psychologist Sam Sommers, THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON SPORTS takes readers inside the behavioral science and psychology of athletics and professional sports, from the athletes on the field to the coaches who train and motivate them, revealing the hidden influences and surprising cues that inspire and sometimes derail us. In THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON SPORTS, Jon Wertheim, bestselling coauthor of Scorecasting (with Toby Moskowitz) and You Can't Make This Up (with Al Michaels), teams up with Tufts psychologist and acclaimed author Sam Sommers (Situations Matter), to take readers behind the scenes of the world of sports to show us why athletes (and commentators) so often resort to war metaphors to describe what they do on the field and on the court; how athletes are able to put aside the death of loved ones and other traumatic losses on game day --and why they often perform better in the face of such tragedy; why athletes choke under pressure; how neuroscience can help to explain why sports fans love to root for a loser, thanks to "effort justification;" the power of self handicapping in inspiring performance; and how the certainty of a finish line can lift you to overcome your physical limits. A fascinating journey into the psychology, behavioral science and latest findings on athletic performance, THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON SPORTS promises to be THE book for sports fans of all backgrounds on better understanding how athletes win and lose. JON WERTHEIM is the executive editor of the most respected and popular sports publication in America. In addition to his encyclopedic knowledge of the professional sports world, he is the author of such New York Times bestsellers as Scorecasting and You Can’t Make This Up. SAM SOMMERS is an award-winning psychology professor Tufts University. His research has been covered by Good Morning America, NPR, Harper's, The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. He lives near Boston with his wife and two daughters. 26 THE BILLIONAIRE’S VINEGAR The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine Benjamin Wallace Crown Hardcover: May 2008 Broadway paperback: April 2009 Rights: World Matthew McConaughey to star in Sony Pictures’ film version of The Billionaire’s Vinegar. The script is by Michael Brandt and Derek Haas, the team behind Wanted, 3:10 To Yuma and Chicago Fire. THE BILLIONAIRE’S VINEGAR: The Mystery Of The World’s Most Expensive Bottle Of Wine starts in 1985, when a Forbes family member paid $156,000 at auction for a bottle of 1787 Chateau Lafite Bordeaux, which Christie’s of London billed as part of a Jefferson cache discovered in France. The wine was supplied by Hardy Rodenstock, a music manager-turned-wine dealer who somehow unearthed several bottles of old wine. After paying $500,000 for the Jefferson bottles, billionaire Bill Koch paid twice that for an investigation to confirm their origins and then sued Rodenstock. The title comes from the peculiar fact that collectors spend tons of money for wine they will never drink or even open. Previous Publishers: Jorge Zahar (Brazil) Tre Torri (Germany) Prometheus(Holland) Hayakawa (Japan) Wisdom House (Korea) Simple Publishing( Russia) GoodLife Media (China)Marco Polo Press (Taiwan) Sespa (Turkey) HEADSTRONG 52 Women Who Changed Science-and the World Rachel Swaby April 2015 Rights: World “Swaby celebrates barrier-breaking titans… [and] has collected an inspiration master list of women in science with accessible explanations of their work.”—Publishers Weekly “Although many of these women may not be familiar names outside their courses of study, the author's spadework should bring them to the forefront, allowing the general public to learn about the females who pushed beyond sexist attitudes to undertake and achieve success in a male-dominated arena. These short accounts should inspire girls who want to study science to follow their dreams….succinct and informative.” —Kirkus Reviews 27 ALSO AVAILABLE THE BOOK OF JOAN Tales of Mirth, Mischief, and Manipulation Melissa Rivers May 2015 Rights: World Rights Sold: Penguin Random House Australia GOING OFF SCRIPT How I Survived a Crazy Childhood, Cancer, and Clooney's 32 On-Screen Rejections Giuliana Rancic April 2015 Rights: World A LETTER TO MY MOM Lisa Erspamer April 2015 Rights: World (4/C PHOTOS THROUGHOUT) 28 THE TUPPERWARE QUEEN Bob Kealing July 2016 Rights: World English Agent: Howard Morhaim Literary Agency Sony has acquired the movie rights for this book and Sandra Bullock is set to star as Brownie Wise. Tate Taylor (The Help, Get On Up) will adapt, produce and direct. The story of THE TUPPERWARE QUEEN centers on Brownie Wise, the female marketing entrepreneur behind the rollout of the Tupperware brand and the reclusive Massachusetts inventor named Earl Tupper. The product was developed in the late 1940s but it wasn’t until Wise stepped in that the product really took off. Wise was as savvy a businesswoman as they come and, in fact, was the first female ever featured on the cover of Business Week magazine. CHEAP CHIC Hundreds of Money-Saving Hints to Create Your Own Great Look Caterine Milinaire and Carol Troy September 2015 Rights: World With a new introduction by Tim Gunn and timeless tips and tricks, the ultimate fashion bible beloved by designers and fashion lovers alike is back in print. As this cult classic style guide shows, fashion isn't just for the elite. Whether you're a lover of designer labels or a master thrifter, this book is about cultivating your personal style on any budget. Cheap Chic covers all of the basics, and provides advice for stocking up on must-have items such as button-downs, T-shirts, denim, and one-of-a-kind pieces. Readers will also be inspired by the vintage photos showcasing timeless styles as well as iconic pieces worn by the celebrities that inspired them. Packed with style ideas, shopping tips, and ways to cultivate your unique look, Cheap Chic is a go-to for fashion inspiration. 29 BULLSHIT A Lexicon Mark Peters September 2015 Rights: World Every language in the world (fictional or otherwise) has a term for bullshit. Whether it's lamenting an injustice or calling someone out on their crap, bullshit is everywhere, but not all of it is created equal. Mark Peters' BULLSHIT is the handy guide to identifying and calling BS in all of its many forms, from "bunk" and "claptrap" to "applesauce" and "gobbledygook." Packed with historical facts, pop culture tidbits, and definitions for each term, BULLSHIT is perfect for humor readers, language lovers, and anyone looking to describe life's everyday annoyances. (40 B/W LINE DRAWINGS) 30 GOOD PROFIT How Creating Value for Others Built One of the World's Most Successful Companies Charles G. Koch October 2015 Rights: World In 1967, Charles Koch took the reins of his father's company and began the process of growing it from a $21 million company into a global corporation with revenues of about $115 billion, according to Forbes. So how did this MIT engineer manage to grow Koch Industries into one of the largest private companies in the world? Through his unique five-dimensional management process and system called Market-Based Management. Based on five decades of cross-disciplinary studies, experimental discovery, and practical implementation across Koch companies and their 100,000 employees worldwide, the core objective of MarketBased Management's framework is as simple as it is effective: to generate good profit. What is good profit? Good profit results when a company creates value for customers in a way that helps them improve their lives. Good profit is the result of innovations that customers freely vote for with their own dollars; it's the result of business decisions that create long term value for everyone--customers, employees, shareholders, and society. While you won't find the Koch Industries name on your home's stain-resistant carpet, your baby's more comfortable but absorbent diapers, your stretch denim jeans, or your television with a better clarity screen, MBM(TM) drove these innovations and many more. Drawing on stories from his five decades in business, Koch walks the reader step-by-step through the five dimensions of Market-Based Management to show stockholders, entrepreneurs, leaders, students -- and innovators, supervisors and employees of all kinds, in any field --how to apply the principles to generate Good Profit in companies, and lives. GOOD PROFIT will join the ranks of other management classics like Execution, The 5th Discipline and Six Sigma. Charles Koch is one of the great management minds of our time – a corporate titan on par with the likes of Andy Grove, Jack Welch, and Alan Mullalay. His wisdom will be widely sought after by managers, executives, and ambitious individuals wishing to replicate even a fraction of his tremendous success. Koch Industries has a presence in over 60 countries including Brazil, Japan, Korea, Spain, Latin America, Germany, France and the Netherlands. Charles G. Koch is chairman of the board and CEO of Koch Industries, Inc., He holds a bachelor's degree in general engineering as well as two master's degrees in nuclear and chemical engineering from MIT. Based in Wichita, Kansas, Koch Industries, Inc. is one of the largest private companies in America. 31 BORN FOR THIS How to Find the Work You Were Meant to Do Chris Guillebeau May 2016 Rights: World When Chris Guillebeau toured more than fifty cities on five continents to promote his two previous New York Times bestselling books, he noticed that readers all over the world had some version of the same question: "I love all these stories about people finding their dream job or career, but how do I figure out what my dream career is?" Finding the answer to that question is what this book is about. In BORN FOR THIS, mega-bestselling author of the $100 Start-Up returns to his fan base with the practical business book his readers have been waiting for, offering readers a step-by-step guide for finding the work that feels so "right," it feels like they were born to do it, whether by launching a side hustle that turns a passion into a profitable business; by finding a dream position within a traditional organization; by fashioning an entirely new self-styled profession around all one's many varied interests, or by “hacking" an existing humdrum job into work you love. There are certain people out there who seem to have won the career lottery. To the outside observer, at least, it seems that by some stroke of good luck or divine intervention, the type of work they do best also just happens to be the work they most love to do. But in reality, their good fortune didn't come about by chance. There's an actual method for finding the job you love so much it doesn't even feel like work - and getting paid well to do it. This book will show you how. Rights Sold: MacMillan UK 32 Also Available from Chris Guillebeau THE $100 STARTUP Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future (Crown Business, May 2012) Rights Sold: Saida de Emergencia (Brazil) Citic (China) Commonwealth (Taiwan) Jan Melvil (Czech Republic) Pearson (France) Borsenmedien (Germany) Success Lab (Hungary) PT Gramedia (Indonesia) Elliot Edizoni (Italy) Asuka Shinsha (Japan) MyungJin (Korea) Helion (Poland) S.C. Publica (Romania) Mann, Ivanov & Ferber (Russia) Groupo Anaya ( World Spanish) WeLearn (Thailand) Pegasus (Turkey) ThaiHa Books (Vietnam) Pan Macmillan UK THE HAPPINESS OF PURSUIT Finding the Quest That Will Bring Purpose to Your Life (Harmony, September 2014) Gilbut Publishers (Korea) Editora Schwarcz (Brazil) SELF- Desenvolvimento (Portugal) Macmillan UK Rights Sold: Commonwealth (Taiwan) Borsenmedien (Germany) Asuka Shinsha (Japan) 33 THE PRODUCTIVITY PROJECT Managing Your Time, Attention, and Energy Better Chris Bailey March 2016 Rights: World This book is the result of the author's year-long investigation into how to be more productive at work and in every facet of your life. It is a journey that Chris Bailey chronicled in a blog he created called A Year of Productivity. Chris Bailey has been fascinated with the subject of productivity since he was a teenager. While pursuing his business degree in college, he researched every paper and read every book available on the topic. After graduation, he embarked on a year-long productivity project, interviewing many of the world’s foremost gurus in the field, from Charles Duhigg to David Allen, while conducting a series of productivity experiments on himself, from getting by on little sleep, to waking up at 5:30 every morning for a month, from avoiding caffeine and sugar to working 90 hours a week, and monitoring the impact of each experiment on his productivity. He created a blog at the beginning of the project, with exactly zero followers. But as people heard about the project, and read his blog, his traffic grew exponentially, so that by the end of the year he had over 250,000 unique visitors a month. Among the many counterintuitive insights Chris writes about in the book are removing or shrinking the unimportant; the rule of three; striving for imperfection; scheduling less time for important tasks; the 20 second rule to distract yourself from distractions, and the concept of productive procrastination. He offers over 30 best practices that will help every one of us to accomplish more. Chris Bailey has grown his blog to over 250,000 unique visitors a month over the past year. His work has received attention from Fox Business, the Huffington Post, New York Magazine, TED, and Lifehacker. He lives in Canada. 34 GRIT TO GREAT How Perseverance, Passion, and Pluck Take You from Ordinary to Extraordinary Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval September 2015 Rights: World Journalist Paul Tough wrote about grit in his hugely successful bestselling book How Children Succeed, drawing in part on the research of a psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania, Angela Duckworth. And Angela Duckworth won a MacArthur genius award for her research into how and why children succeed, based on determination, perseverance, and resiliency and grit. And recently, Professor Duckworth’s own proposal on Grit had over a dozen publishers bidding for the book. Grit, it is clear, is in. And we have the book on Grit–the accessible, everyperson book on the subject. Not everyone is blessed with exceptional intelligence, or wins the gene lottery. But the good news is that you can excel beyond your wildest dreams in your career and your personal life--success is within your grasp-through the right attitude and determination. Written in the same 144 page, small format trim size that made The Power of Nice so successful, GRIT TO GREAT combines terrific storytelling, with the practical insights that make grit so powerful, in the classroom and in the boardroom, in our personal lives and in our careers. What GRIT TO GREAT shows is the most powerful predictor of success is our sense of grit–the long hours and hard work and focused attention that we bring to a project or job or relationship. And that is a very empowering message. In other words, the fact that you’re not a member of Mensa, or you didn’t go to an elite college, or you don’t have the right family history or social connections, or other things you can’t control, isn’t what matters the majority of the time. What does matter is how hard you work, and how well you practice and persevere. And that is something each one of us does control. Whether you are an entry-level new hire or a seasoned veteran eager to advance your career, GRIT TO GREAT offers a wealth of strategies and research on how to turn potential into performance, and how to compete--and win--against anyone, no matter how smart or connected they may be. It turns out there is a secret to success--and it's one each and every one of us has complete control over. This book shows you how to really get ahead. So, let's get to work. 35 FRIEND AND FOE When to Cooperate, When to Compete, and How to Succeed at Both Adam D. Galinsky and Maurice E. Schweitzer September 2015 Rights: World Two of the most respected scholars on success explain how you can get along and get ahead. Their guided tour of how to cooperate and how to compete is authoritative, entertaining, and eminently practical! -Angela Duckworth, University of Pennsylvania, author of Forthcoming book, Grit “Galinsky and Schweitzer are star researchers and teachers. Here they use their talents to bring order to the often contradictory research on when to cooperate and compete, and they distill their insights into practical tips that anybody can use.” --Chip Heath, co-author Made to Stick and Switch. The question of whether people achieve the best outcomes in life by being fiercely competitive, or fundamentally cooperative, has fueled a fierce debate throughout history and inspired many bestselling books. Some, from Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations to Dawkins' The Selfish Gene, argue that acting out our own self interest is the best and the only way to get ahead in work and life. On the other end of the spectrum, Frans De Waal's The Age of Empathy and Adam Grant's recent bestseller Give and Take have argued that cooperation and altruism are the right tools for personal and professional success. In FRIEND AND FOE, award-winning researchers Adam D. Galinksy and Maurice E. Schweitzer explain why this debate misses the mark. Whether we're negotiating with our boss for a raise or promotion, brokering a major business deal with a client or customer, or wrangling with our spouse over who will do the dishes, we all encounter countless situations daily that prompt the question "should I behave cooperatively and try to catch more flies with honey than vinegar, or stop being a pushover and fight ruthlessly to get what I want?" The problem is this very choice is flawed, argue the Columbia and Wharton Business School professors. Focusing only on how humans cooperate overlooks our hardwired instinct to compete; focusing only on how humans preserve their selfinterest misses important insights into the social advantages of cooperation. It is only by appreciating how humans strike the right balance between the two that we can learn how to get more out of our most important relationships and social interactions - and optimize our success in work and outside of it. In FRIEND AND FOE, Galinsky and Schweitzer draw on original, cutting edge research to show how to strike a balance between competition and cooperation. Humans perform at their very best when cooperation and competition are held in the appropriate balance. This book is a guide for improving that balance by learning when to cooperate as a friend and when to compete as a foe - and how to be more effective at both. Adam Galinsky is a Professor of Business at the Columbia Business School. Maurice Schweitzer is a Professor of Operations and Information Management at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Rights Sold Random House UK 36 THE HEART-LED LEADER How Living and Leading from the Heart Will Change Your Organization and Your Life Tommy Spaulding October 2015 Rights: World In THE HEART-LED LEADER, motivational speaker and former CEO Tommy Spaulding, bestselling author of It's Not Just Who You Know, tackles the subject of principled leadership, pointing out that who you are--the values and principles that guide your life and shape you as a leader--is far more important than what your title is or what trophies or ribbons you have on your bookshelf. In his first book It's Not Just Who You Know (#2 on the New York Times bestseller list), former CEO of Up with People talked about the power of relationships in getting ahead in life, stating that the secret to achieving our full potential is to reach out for the support, insight, and influence of others. In his new book, Spaulding turns his focus to ourselves--to who we are. Genuine heart-led leadership, he says--the kind of leadership that leads to transformational organizations--is based on what Spaulding calls the five Who Leader qualities--humility, vulnerability, transparency, empathy, and love. And over the course of this compelling and deeply personal book, illustrated with stories from some of the exceptional leaders Tommy has met and worked with over the years, he unpacks what those qualities mean, talks about the eighteen inch journey from the head to the heart-from our intellect to our emotions--and shows how to incorporate them into our careers, into our management and leadership skills, and into our lives. Tommy Spaulding founded the Leader's Challenge (the largest high school civic and leadership program in Colorado) and for three years was the CEO of Up with People, one of the largest leadership nonprofit organizations in the world. Recently, he started Spaulding Companies, a consulting firm. Rights for It’s Not Just Who You know sold to: Editora Prumo (Brazil) Citic Press (China) MT Biznes (Poland) Kariera Press (Russia) 37 THE ART OF PEOPLE The 11 Simple People Skills That Will Get You Everything You Want Dave Kerpen February 2016 Rights: World "Alas common sense is not so common, Dave takes you on a (sadly much needed) guided tour of how to be human in a digital world." – Seth Godin, bestselling author and marketing guru The New York Times bestselling author of Likeable Social Media turns to a broader topic with a book for the social, mobile, and hyper connected network—a modern day How to Win Friends and Influence People for today's world. No matter who you are or what profession you're in, New York Times bestselling author Dave Kerpin says, success is contingent not on what you can do for yourself, but on what other people are willing to do for you. This book is about how to master the people skills that will win you success and influence and get you more of what you want at home, work and life. Some people think the hard-driving, take-no-prisoners type comes out on top, but in reality, it is actually the person with the best people skills who wins the most success and influence. Those are the people who build the right relationships. Those who can teach, lead, inspire and truly understand their customers, their colleagues and their partners. Through 88 bite sized and easy-to-execute tips, this book teaches 11 People Skills that will revolutionize how you do business, how you build relationships, and how you win influence – at work and outside of it. Dave Kerpin is one of the most popular Thought Leaders on LinkedIn Influencers with close to half a million followers. His blog post routinely garner up to 750,000 views. He writes for Inc.com, Forbes.com and Entrepeneur.com 38 ALSO AVAILABLE BETTER AND FASTER The Proven Path To Unstoppable Ideas Jeremy Gutsche March 2015 Rights: World New York Times Bestseller Rights sold: Citic (China) Borsenmedien (Germany) Offer in Brazil pending PERFORMING UNDER PRESSURE The Science of Doing Your Best When It Matters Most Hendrie Weisinger and J. P. Pawliw-Fry February 2015 Rights: World New York Times Bestseller Rights sold: Hayakawa (Japan) Winner’s Book (Korea) John Murray UK THE NAVY SEAL ART OF WAR Leadership Lessons from the World's Most Elite Fighting Force Rob Roy with Chris Lawson April 2015 Rights: World Rights sold: Editora Pensamento-Cultrix (Brazil) 39 WELLTH Lessons on Redefining Happiness, Success, and Health Jason Wachob March 2016 Rights: World Much like the 4-Hour Workweek and Lean In redefined a successful work life, and Thrive, gave us a new metric for measuring a successful life, WELLTH steps off from these great shoulders to show readers how to let go of material success as we’ve known it and cultivate a sense of abundance in all areas of life. Life Balance, health and wellbeing is the new success for mindful millennials: WELLTH is the new measure and metric. The original English word for wealth, was welthe, which combined ‘well’ and ‘health.’ This book and its movement will provide a roadmap for returning to the original meaning. In thematic essays, MindBodyGreen founder, Jasob Wachob, tells his own story of how a heavy-drinking, frat boy who made his first million on Wall Street awakened to his own quest for healing and spiritual connection. A debilitating injury led him to yoga, heartbreak allowed him to find the love of his life, and entrepreneurial failure led him to finally create a business that spoke to his heart as well as his head. Jason’s lessons alternate between moving narratives and lighthearted short-takes, to new tips, interviews, and stories from popular contributors, many of them bestselling authors: such as psychologist Sue Johnson and integrative doctor Lissa Rankin; ultra-marathoner Rich Roll; and yoga phenoms Kathryn Budig and Tara Stiles. 40 CONSCIOUS UNCOUPLING 5 Steps to Living Happily Even After Katherine Woodward Thomas, M.A., M.F.T. September 2015 Rights: World "Conscious uncoupling is divorcing without being a jerk. The leader in conscious uncoupling [is] Katherine Woodward Thomas." --New York magazine Katherine Woodward Thomas is a highly respected relationship expert and the bestselling author of Calling in the One, which remains one of Harmony’s top selling backlist titles. She also coined the term and method for “Conscious Uncoupling,” which thanks to the breakup of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, is now a new term in our cultural lexicon. What is CONSCIOUS UNCOUPLING? It is a breakup or divorce that is characterized by good will, generosity, and respect. And it’s a book for anyone who has ever experienced a bad break up--girlfriend, boyfriend, friend, boss, employee, husband, wife--and want to try another way. It's well past time we became more grown-up and less damaging in how we dissolve relationships...but without the proper tools, it's also pretty hard not to 'go there.' Katherine provides those tools and has been teaching the 5-step program upon which this book is built for over 5 years now. Katherine has worked with more than 200,000 people throughout the world in her live and virtual courses; Her paid online programs have more than 20,000 graduates and more than 500,000 people from 100 countries have attended her free seminars, and her brand and message are regularly exposed to millions. Katherine Woodward Thomas is a licensed psychotherapist, co-creator of the Calling in The One online courses, creator of the conscious uncoupling five-step process to recover from a breakup or divorce, and the cofounder of the Feminine Power Global Community, a thriving learning community serving thousands of women worldwide. Her book Calling in The One was published by Harmony in 2004. Rights were licensed (via agent) in: Spanish (Alpha Omega), Russian (Exmo), and in Taiwan. Her website: www.katherinewoodwardthomas.com Rights sold: Ediciones Urano (World Spanish) Yellow Kite/Hodder UK 41 LEAP WITHOUT A NET Leaving a Job with No Plan B, Finding Yourself and the Career You Really Want Tess Vigeland August 2015 Rights: World Until recently, Tess Vigeland was the longtime host of a daily radio program covering business and economic news. It was a rewarding, high-status job, and she was very good at it. But Tess had begun to feel restless. And so without any definite, clear sense of what she wanted to do next (but an absolute certainty that what she was doing was no longer satisfying), Tess walked away from a job that many of us would have killed for, and into a vast unknown. For the multitude of people who change jobs mid-career (by choice or circumstance), the growing legions of freelance workers, and the entrepreneurially minded who see self-employment as an increasingly more appealing option, Tess has written LEAP WITHOUT A NET -- a personal and well-researched account of her experience leaving the security of a so-called “dream job” and recalibrating her notion of what makes us important, what makes us valuable, and what role our work plays in both. Tess is not one of the hordes of self-help authors promising an easy path to success. Rather, she questions the way our society defines success to begin with. Does the relentless pressure to be extraordinary actually lead people to happiness? And if not, is there a better way? LEAP WITHOUT A NET was inspired by the standing-ovation talk that Tess gave to over 3,000 people at Chris Guillebeau’s World Domination Summit. It is an honest look at the fear, uncertainty, and risk that are all involved in leaving the traditional workforce, but also the excitement, promise, and potential that are on the other side. Tess Vigeland was the host of NPR's Marketplace from 2006 to 2012. She now spends her days pursuing what matters to her--speaking, writing, connecting her fans, and gardening. She remains a media-savvy, wellconnected author. She has more than 7,000 Twitter followers and over a thousand Facebook fans. Since leaving her position on Marketplace, she has hosted Weekend All Things Considered, America Abroad, To the Point, Take Two (at KPCC-LA), and Which Way, L.A.? (at KCRW-LA). She has also written for the New York Times, Forbes, and AOL. 42 THE EMOTIONAL EDGE Crystal Andrus December 2015 Rights: World Empowerment coach and founder of the SWAT Institute, Crystal Andrus, instructs readers on living an emotionally healthy, balanced life. THE EMOTIONAL EDGE is an exciting expansion of Crystal's successful brand--she has tackled weight management, confidence building, and spiritual growth, and now she combines all that and more into her most powerful program yet. THE EMOTIONAL EDGE is a guide for letting go of the past and embracing a more empowered future. The book is spiritual self-help designed to teach readers how to overcome behavioral ruts and engage the world from a happier, more empowered place. Readers will use exercises, meditations, and paradigm-shifting anecdotes to create a healthier self-perception, and from there will discover new ways to face the world with a happier and more successful outlook. THE OTHER DOOR What You Didn't Know About The World Hereafter George Anderson February 2016 Rights: World For more than forty years, spiritual medium George Anderson has been able to bridge the world of the hereafter and the earth, through his ability to communicate messages of hope from those who passed on. Since the age of six, Anderson has had a special relationship with what he calls “the souls” who depend on his ability to hear them and bring peace and comfort to their grieving families. The author of two New York Times bestsellers including Lessons from the Light, is widely considered by those in the medical, scientific and religious fields, to be the world’s greatest living medium. In this new book, Anderson collects the wisdom of the dearly departed, who now see with perfect clarity, into twelve time-honored principles to help us navigate the most important and critical times in our lives. Lessons include, mind your own business; how to read the body language of heaven; laugh and fail more; to look for the light, follow the moon; and others. Many of us are spiritually near-sighted. We can only see what’s right in front of our eyes. THE OTHER DOOR will provide us with metaphorical corrective lenses. For those who were inspired by the hopeful message of Proof of Heaven, George Anderson, the medium who defined this genre in the late 20th century, will show simply and practically that Heaven isn’t just an idea but a reality in the here and now. George Anderson is the first medium in history to appear regularly on a cable television show, the first medium to gain international exposure for his extraordinary ability, and the only living medium to have been invited to Holland by surviving members of the family of Anne Frank, and remains the most scientifically tested medium on Earth. He’s the New York Times bestselling author of Walking in the Garden of Souls and Lessons from the Light. 43 THE SURRENDER EXPERIMENT My Journey into Life's Perfection Michael A. Singer June 2015 Rights: World From the author of the New York Times #1 bestseller The Untethered Soul comes this thought-provoking, inspirational memoir on the magic that happens when you just let go. Spirituality is meant to bring about harmony and peace. But the diversity of our philosophies, beliefs, concepts, and views about the soul often leads to confusion. To reconcile the noise that clouds spirituality, Michael Singer combines accounts of his own life journey to enlightenment--from his years as a hippie-loner to his success as a computer program engineer to his work in spiritual and humanitarian efforts--with lessons on how to put aside conflicting beliefs, let go of worries, and transform misdirected desires. Singer provides a road map to a new way of living not in the moment, but to exist in a state of perpetual happiness. Michael A. Singer is the author of The Untethered Soul and the founder of a thriving spiritual community in Florida. He also is the founder of a leading-edge software package that transformed the medical practice management industry, and a billion dollar public company whose achievements are archived in the Smithsonian Institution. He was profiled in April 2012 on Oprah's Super Soul Sunday. Michael Singer's first major book, The Untethered Soul, was published in 2007 by New Harbinger and has now sold over 325,000 copies in the U.S. alone. Rights sold: Funn-Sha (Japan) Yellow Kite/Hodder UK Bulgarian offer pending 44 KILL THE SILENCE A Survivor's Life Reclaimed Monika Korra August 2015 Rights: World On the way home from a party in 2009, college student and Olympic-hopeful track star Monika Korra was grabbed by three men and brutally raped. But within hours of being released, Monika resolved that she would not be a victim--she was going to be a survivor. In this extraordinary story of recovery, Monika shares how she made herself whole again after the attack, describing the combination of mental, spiritual, and physical work that helped her heal. Monika refused to feel ashamed about her experience, outing herself to the media during her attackers' trial and speaking out about her recovery in the frenzy that followed. Today, Monika has become an outspoken advocate raising awareness about rape and sexual abuse and speaking regularly about her recovery. KILL THE SILENCE is a gripping read about one woman's journey to recover from trauma and will be a call to arms as Monika speaks out about breaking the stigma that surrounds violence against women. KILL THE SILENCE is a gripping and must read book for people everywhere. Monika Korra is a native of Løten, Norway but currently resides in Dallas, Texas. She attended Southern Methodist University on a full scholarship in 2008, where her cross country team was the 2008, 2009, and 2011 winner of the Central Conference Championship. Monika is a certified advocate for rape victims through Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center's volunteer training program. Rights sold: Cappelen Damm (Norway) 45 BOY MEETS DEPRESSION A True Story of How He Kicked Its Ass Kevin Breel September 2015 Rights: World BOY MEETS DEPRESSION. BOY THEN MEETS FLOOR AND STARES AT CEILING. BOY LEARNS TO GET OFF THE FLOOR AND SHOWER AGAIN. A short, deeply personal, and ultimately uplifting practical narrative on depression from a young mental health activist who has already inspired millions. Kevin Breel burst into the public's awareness when at 19 his TED talk became the #1 most viewed youth lecture in their history. Star athlete, ace student, and life of the party: from the outside his life looked perfect. On the inside, though, the pain and shame of depression were killing him. Now, through his own story, he smashes the silence surrounding depression and shows other sufferers that the real miracle of life isn't found in perfection, it's in our ability to heal and accept the dark parts of ourselves, and not be afraid to ask for help. Teenagers, educators, and parents alike, through the lens of his stories and battles, will be given a gritty message of hope, light, and inspiration. Kevin Breel is a 21-year-old writer, stand-up comic, and activist for mental health. His work has been featured by television networks, The Huffington Post, MTV, CNN, Mashable and The Wall Street Journal. His passionate TEDx talk entitled "Confessions of a Depressed Comic" went instantly viral online- amassing more than 3,500,000 viewers and being featured on more than 200+ media outlets. 46 THE POMROY PRESCRIPTION Fuel Your Metabolism to Transform Trouble Zones, Prevent Illness, and Optimize Health and Performance Haylie Pomroy March 2016 Rights: World In her new book, #1 New York Times bestselling author and ‘metabolism whisperer,’ Haylie Pomroy, reveals her food-specific prescriptions for everything a body might need: from spot-loss to body sculpting: from preventing disease to addressing current health issues; from fueling athletic performance to enhancing life performance. Eating + metabolism = health. This comprehensive hands-on guide will give readers the precise information they need to create the health they want from the foods they have. Did you know that certain foods can give you a virtual facelift rivaling the work of a surgeon? That cucumbers and turmeric will emphasize your cheekbones, and white bean hummus can tighten up your skin? Did you know a particular phytonutrient in corn can cause dark circles and bags under your eyes that can be eliminated by replacing corn with mung beans and lentils? Haylie knows, and she’s got dozens more secrets just like these. You’ll learn how specific foods can make you noticeably more beautiful, with better skin, shinier hair, healthier nails and a radiant glow. You’ll learn how to cleanse after an indulgence, and which foods can maximize your thyroid function, protect against heart disease, foil a fatty liver, prevent or reverse metabolic syndrome, manage pre-cancerous conditions… and much more. (RECIPES THROUGHOUT) ALSO AVAILABLE FROM HAYLIE POMROY December 2014 December 2013 April 2013 International publishers of Haylie Pomroy: Editora Nova Fronteira (Brazil)- FMD Jilin Science & Technology Press (China)- B Readme.fi Oy (Finland)- FMD Graefe und Unzer (Germany)- FMD & B Pedio (Greece)- FMD WPG Uitgevers (Holland) – All Sperling & Kupfer (Italy) – All Daesung Publishing (Korea)- FMD Burda (Poland) - FMDC Gruner + Jahr (Poland) - FMD 20/20 Editora (Portugal)- FMD & B Centrepolygraph (Russia) - FMD Pen Commonwealth (Taiwan)- FMD PRH Grupo (World Spanish)- All Vermilion UK- FMD Transworld UK- B 47 THE 4 X 4 DIET Erin Oprea February 2016 Rights: World Celebrity trainer and former Marine Erin Oprea has created THE 4X4 DIET, a groundbreaking diet and fitness program used by celebrities such as Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Nettles and Leann Womack. Discover the 4 key foods and the 4 minute workouts that will change the way readers look and feel in just 4 weeks. Erin’s motto is “lean and clean.” Her unique 4 x 4 diet shows readers how to get clean by reducing the 4 major hitches in most diets: sugar, starch, sodium and alcohol. She also tells readers how to get lean, using her 4 minute tabata workouts – 8 repetitions of 20 seconds of high-intensity moves, then 10 seconds of rest. Within 4 weeks, the average person will be able to reduce bloating and belly fat, gain increased muscle definition in the arms, legs and stomach, improve cardiovascular endurance, and break sugar and sodium addictions. Complete with meal plans and recipes, THE 4X4 DIET is perfect for anyone looking to streamline their body and lifestyle. Erin Oprea is a NESTA- and AFAA-certified personal trainer as well as a former Marine who has served two tours of duty in Iraq. She has been Carrie Underwood’s personal trainer since early 2007, and has earned the title of “Trainer to the Stars.” She currently lives in Nashville with her husband and her two boys. THE PRIME Ancient Secrets to Healing Your Brain and Gut for Spontaneous Weight Loss Kulreet Chaudhary January 2016 Rights: World For fans of Grain Brain, The Plan, The Fast Metabolism Diet, and Ayurvedic medicine, a new approach to weigh loss and feeling good from an integrative neurologist who teaches readers how to prime their bodies as well as heal their minds and guts so that weight loss is spontaneous. Dr. Chaudhary discovered a beautiful side effect to the eating and lifestyle tools she gave her brain patients—shedding excess pounds. In THE PRIME, her first book, she shows readers that weight gain is a result of the body being in a toxic, inflammatory state. If your body is not prepared for weight loss, you will fight a biochemical uphill battle, and the odds of succeeding are slim. Once you reduce the toxic load and bolster your natural detoxification systems, the body’s own fat-loss and weight-maintenance systems kick in. After priming the body (without giving up anything you love) and making a few additions to your diet, you’ll be able to shed the weight and transform your health. Dr. Kulreet Chaudhary is a neurologist, and the Director of Wellspring Health at Scripps Memorial Hospital and a pioneer in the field of Integrative Medicine. She’s a writer for the Dr. Oz website, and has been featured in magazines such as Women’s Health and First for Women. MEDITATE YOUR WEIGHT Your 21-Day Retreat to Lighten Up Tiffany Cruikshank April 2016 Rights: World An international yoga teacher, meditation expert, self-published author, and health & wellness expert, shows readers a whole new way to lighten up: using mediation to explore what’s weighing them down physically, emotionally, and mentally so as to maximize metabolism, and sustain a healthy weight and body image. MEDITATE YOUR WEIGHT is a 21-day weight-loss plan that employs a daily journaling and meditation practice to coach readers through the various mental blocks, thoughts, habits and behaviors that stand in their way of living in strong, healthy, and well-loved bodies. Readers will learn the basics of mediation, common misconceptions and pitfalls surrounding it, a targeted yoga series that can help aid the process, as well as the important building blocks of a healthy diet. Using daily mantras that anyone can relate to, the book re-trains our unhealthy and stressful mental habits, calms the nervous system, and maximizes the mind’s role in a healthy metabolism. Tiffany Cruikshank is an international yoga teacher, meditation expert, and author with over a decade of working with patients. She was previously the Acupuncturist & Yoga Teacher at the Nike World Headquarters. She has written articles for Yoga Journal, MindBodyGreen.com, Thrive Magazine, and others. (15-20 PIECES OF B&W LINE ART) 49 TRIM HEALTHY MAMA PLAN Keep It Simple, Keep It Sane Pearl Barrett and Serene Allison September 2015 Rights: World TRIM HEALTHY MAMA COOKBOOK Eat Well and Lose Weight with More Than 250 Healthy Recipes Pearl Barrett and Serene Allison September 2015 Rights: World Based on the New York Times bestselling, self-published book Trim Healthy Mama comes a simplified, practical guide to starting and succeeding this unique fad-free diet that teaches readers to stop cravings and boost energy while losing weight quickly and getting healthy. Forget counting calories and cutting out food groups, losing weight doesn't have to be difficult or painstaking. After experimenting with multiple diets, losing weight and gaining it back, Serene Allison and Pearl Barrett became frustrated with the myriad of mixed messages and took matters into their own hands. Through much research and trial and error, they created the perfect lifestyle program to help readers lose weight and keep it off once and for all, and they self-published all the information in their New York Times bestselling book Trim Healthy Mama. Fans of that book have been clamoring for a more simplified version and that is where the Trim Healthy Mama Plan comes in. This all-new, more practical version of the 700-page self-published book shows readers how following a scripture guided eating plan that alternates between Satisfying Days (which include more fats and protein) and Energizing Days (which include more carbs and protein) is the key to fast, permanent weight loss. The new book focuses on whole, unprocessed foods, including whole grains, protein, fats, fruits, and vegetables, eaten in a way that fits into any person's busy lifestyle. This book also includes menus, quizzes, new advice, and tips to help readers successfully reach their goals. A companion cookbook to the New York Times bestselling Trim Healthy Mama and Trim Healthy Mama Plan with more than 250 simple, healthy recipes. With more than 250 recipes to help readers successfully reach their goals, this companion cookbook to the bestselling Trim Healthy Mama and Trim Healthy Mama Plan is just what readers have been waiting for. Complete with recipes for Satisfying Days (which include more fats and protein) and Energizing Days (which include more carbs and protein), The Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook features simple, delicious, and healthy breakfasts, lunches, dinners, snacks, and desserts. The authors will also share advice on stocking your pantry, time-saving tips, and information on how to cook for the entire family. The recipes are enough to make any day of the week wonderful for the whole family. (100 4/C PHOTOS THROUGHOUT) 50 SUPER GENES Harnessing the Vast Potential of Your Genome for Optimum Health and Well-Being Deepak Chopra, M.D., and Rudolph E. Tanzi, Ph.D. November 2015 Rights: World Authors of the New York Times bestseller Super Brain mix cutting-edge science and spiritual wisdom to present a bold new understanding of our genes and how changes in lifestyle can not only benefit our genetics but help lead us to happier, healthier, and more fulfilling lives. "You are not simply the sum output of your genome," write Deepak Chopra and Rudy Tanzi, "you are the user and inventor of your genome." This revolutionary idea is at the heart of the new book from the bestselling duo behind Super Brain. For years, many have believed that genes were fixed components of our bodies, that we as individuals were incapable of altering our genetic makeup. Yet, groundbreaking research suggests something else, that a change in lifestyle and diet can greatly influence our genetic predispositions to diseases and certain physical and psychological behaviors. Moreover, the adoption of ancient Vedic practices such as yoga and meditation create genetic mutations which will allow us to lead longer and healthier lives. Rights sold: Rider UK Also Available: SUPER BRAIN Unleashing the Explosive Power of Your Mind to Maximize Health, Happiness, and Spiritual Well-Being Harmony Hardcover: November 2012 Harmony paperback:October 2013 Rights sold: Dar El Khayal (World Arabic) Alaude Editorial (Brazil) Iztok-Zapad (Bulgaria) Shanghai Dook (China) DVOSTRUKA DUGA (Croatia) Pavel Dobrovsky (Czech Republic) Basam (Finland) Editions de la Maisnie (France) F.A. Herbig (Germany) Patakis (Greece) Kosmos (Holland) PT Gramedia (Indonesia) Sperling & Kupfer (Italy) Medicus Shuppan (Japan) Penguin Random House Grupo (Latin America) Wab Wydawnictwo (Poland) Saida de Emergencia (Portugal) Lifestyle (Romania) EXEM Licence (Russia) La Esfera de los Libros (Spain) Acorn (Taiwan) Pegasus (Turkey) Rider UK 51 ALSO AVAILABLE LIVING WITH INTENT My Somewhat Messy Journey to Purpose, Peace, and Joy Mallika Chopra, founder and CEO of Intent.com April 2015 Rights: World "Whether we know it or not, we matter; today matters. Mallika Chopra shows us all how to live quiet lives of inspiration. Her book and journey are not to be missed." —Elizabeth Gilbert, bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love Rights sold: Editora Gente Livraria (Brazil) Metafora (Czech Republic) Kosmos (Holland) Planeta (World Spanish) CASSEY HO'S HOT BODY YEAR-ROUND The POP Pilates Plan to Get Slim, Eat Clean, and Live Happy Through Every Season Cassey Ho April 2015 Rights: World "...Offers a gorgeously laid-out exercise and diet regimen that aligns with nature's calendar." — Publisher's Weekly REJECTION PROOF How I Beat Fear and Became Invincible Through 100 Days of Rejection Jia Jiang April 2015 Rights: World “Rejection Proof smashes fear in the face with a one-two punch. You'll laugh out loud at Jia's crazy social experiments, but you'll also go away thinking differently about what you can accomplish." —Chris Guillebeau, New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness of Pursuit and The $100 Startup Rights sold: Saraiva S.A. Liveriros (Brazil) Huaxia Winshare (China) Editions Belfond (France) DTV (Germany) Antonio Vallardi (Italy) Asuka Shinsha (Japan) Crown Culture (Taiwan) WeLearn (Thailand) Random House Business Books UK 52 PAM KRAUSS BOOKS DO YOU Inspiration and Encouragement for Anyone Who Was Ever Bullied, Left Out, or Pushed Aside Ben Cohen August 2015 Rights: World Ben Cohen, a World Cup rugby champion and cofounder of the anti-bullying organization the Ben Cohen StandUp Foundation, offers inspiration and life lessons for people who have struggled with bullying and for those who love them. Like A Short Guide to a Happy Life, DO YOU is a little book with a huge amount of heart. International sports star and anti-bullying advocate Ben Cohen shares moving insights into overcoming the pain of being victimized, pushed aside, or left out. After his own father was beaten to death for standing up for a fellow employee, Ben made it his mission to spread awareness about victimization; to build solidarity among family, friends, and other allies; and to offer support and a safe forum for conversation. With poignant anecdotes and practical advice, this book is a natural extension of those efforts. MANMADE Chris Salgardo May 2016 Rights: World MANMADE is the first grooming and skincare guide created with a 21st century man in mind. Rather than dispense one-size-fits-all advice, style icon and Kiehl’s president Chris Salgardo tailors his guidance to a man’s lifestyle and interest level, devoting chapters to the specific grooming needs of the polished gentleman; the extreme sports enthusiast; the bad boy/rebel; the artistic renaissance man; and the DIY hipster. From battling the effects of aging to hair concern – whether too much or not enough – Chris offers insider’s secrets for looking impeccably (but not obviously) groomed. Chris Salgardo has been a force in fashion and beauty for 3 decades. Formerly at Chanel, he became the CEO of Kiehl’s in 2000, transforming the once-sleepy brand into a beauty powerhouse on 6 continents. Chris uses his Kiehl’s platform (and profits) to promote a diverse portfolio of charities dedicated to AIDS/HIV education; children’s welfare; and the environment. An avid outdoorsman and dedicated biker, Chris also represented Kiehl’s atop the company’s first ever entry into the Tournament Roses Parade in January, 2015. 53 WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE 2016? A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers Richard N. Bolles August 2015 Rights: Translation In today's challenging job-market, the time-tested advice of WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? is needed more than ever. Recent grads facing a tough economic landscape, workers laid off mid-career, and people searching for an inspiring work-life change all look to career guru Richard N. Bolles for support, encouragement, and advice on which job-hunt strategies work--and which don't. WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? FOR TEENS, THIRD EDITION Discover Yourself, Design Your Future, and Plan for Your Dream Job Carol Christen and Richard N. Bolles April 2015 Rights: World WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? FOR TEENS distills the time-tested advice of career development guru Richard N. Bolles into a friendly, approachable guide for students just starting on the road to college and career. CAREER GUIDE FOR CREATIVE AND UNCONVENTIONAL PEOPLE, FOURTH EDITION Carol Eikleberry, Ph.D. and Carrie Pinsky September 2015 Rights: World This new edition of the popular guide for individuals seeking work that suits their unique skills has been completely revised and updated to reflect the freedom offered by the new work order, delve more deeply into freelancing as a career, explore social media as it relates to creative job searches, provide new success stories, and bring all salary information up to date. 54 STORY GENIUS How to Outline Your Novel Using the Secrets of Brain Science (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere) Lisa Cron May 2016 Rights: World Following on the heels of Lisa Cron’s breakout first book, Wired For Story, this writing guide reveals how to use cognitive storytelling strategies to build a scene-by-scene blueprint for a riveting story. Writers with hundreds of dollars to spare can pay for a private story consultation with Lisa Cron, who will deftly point out all the holes in their carefully crafted plots. Now, the rest of us can benefit from Cron’s advice with STORY GENIUS, a foolproof program that saves writers from penning hundreds of pages only to realize that something’s not working and that they have to start again. Informed by Cron’s science-based insights into how story architecture is built into the architecture of the brain, this guide shows writers how to plumb the nitty-gritty details of their raw idea to organically generate a story scene by scene. Once writers reach the end of Cron’s program, they will have both a blueprint that works and plenty of compelling writing suitable for their finished novel – allowing them to write forward with confidence. DEAR MISTER ESSAY WRITER GUY Advice and Confessions on Writing, Love, and Cannibals Dinty W. Moore August 2015 Rights: World The personal essay has never been more popular, with the likes of Lena Dunham and Mindy Kaling breathing new life into the genre. This innovative guide to crafting modern personal essays and creative nonfiction came about when acclaimed author and professor Dinty W. Moore solicited playful writing questions from today's top writers. He then penned witty responses in the format of a "Dear Sugar"-style advice column, illustrating each response with an original, humorous sample essay. In chapter 1, Phillip Lopate asks, "I am curious how you deal honestly with male-female relations in general and specifically your past girlfriends on the page without coming off as a male chauvinist pig," and Mister Essay Writer Guy pens a sage response and example essay dishing--respectfully--on all his exes. Cheryl Strayed asks for advice about her em-dash addiction, Julianna Baggott worries that to be a great writer you must become an alcoholic, Judith Kitchen looks for an excuse to exaggerate the truth to make it more interesting, and so on. Filled with modern examples of the creative forms nonfiction can take--including scribbled cocktail napkins, Facebook posts, and Google Map pins--this gifty little book is a hilarious relief for all essayists, memoirists, and creative nonfiction writers in distress. 55 THE PEDIATRICIAN’S GUIDE TO FEEDING BABIES AND TODDLERS Practical Answers To Your Questions on Nutrition, Starting Solids, Allergies, Picky Eating, and More (For Parents, By Parents) Anthony Porto, M.D. and Dina DiMaggio, M.D. April 2016 Rights: World Every new parent struggles when deciding what to feed their child during the first years of life. It’s a time when a child’s nutritional needs change dramatically, and finding trustworthy information about how to make these decisions is difficult. Unfortunately, there is no single, authoritative guide for parents during this taxing and often stressful time – until now. Written by medical and culinary experts, including a pediatrician, pediatric gastroenterologist, pediatric allergist, pediatric dietician/nutritionist, and a personal chef/recipe developer specializing in food allergies and dietary restrictions. THE PEDIATRICIAN’S GUIDE TO FEEDING BABIES AND TODDLERS will help parents give their children the optimum nutrition they need to thrive. COMMON SENSE PREGNANCY Navigating a Healthy Pregnancy and Birth for Mother and Baby Jeanne Faulkner June 2015 Rights: World A guide for modern parents-to-be that's chock full of comprehensive, medically-sound insider advice on pregnancy and birth that empowers them to make wellness-focused-instead of fear-focused--decisions. Representing a departure from the other pregnancy books on the market, which are often panicky or overly dry and medical, COMMON SENSE PREGNANCY is a breath of fresh air: accessible, authoritative, and personable. Women's health expert, labor nurse, and Fit Pregnancy magazine columnist Jeanne Faulkner provides practical, no-drama advice on everything from getting through first trimester rough patches through dealing with the post-partum period. WHAT TO EAT WHEN YOU’RE PREGNANT A Week-by-Week Guide to Support Your Health and Your Baby's Development Dr. Nicole M. Avena June 2015 Rights: World Pregnancy has traditionally been viewed as a time when women can give in to their food cravings and not worry about their weight. But new research suggests that the foods women eat during pregnancy can have a lasting effect on the baby's brain development and behavior, as well as the mother's waistline. While many books tell women what not to eat, there are few guides that tell women what to eat while also considering that hormonal influences during pregnancy can make it difficult to stick to a healthy diet. More and more women enter pregnancy overweight, gain an unhealthy amount of weight while pregnant, then struggle to lose the "baby weight" after the baby is born. 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