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ALONE by Lisa Gardner British, Translation, Audio, and Performance: The Rowland/Axelrod Agency, 212-475-8942	January Fiction
The nationally bestselling author of four consecutive The New York Times bestsellers with over 5 million copies of her "lip-biting suspense" (People) in print takes readers on her wildest ride yet-into the heart of an elite sniper forced to question not only his instincts, but his very being-and learn what it means to be alone, really alone. A sniper with the elite Massachusetts State Police SWAT Team, Bobby Dakota takes pride in his work until one November night when he saves a woman and her young son by shooting her armed husband. But vicious rumors circulate the next morning. Bobby loses his gun and his privileges because the dead man, the son of a prominent Boston judge, had accused his wife of poisoning their son. Facing the awkward stares of family and friends and a crippling wrongful death suit, Bobby begins his own investigation into the shooting-and a fight to reclaim the life he holds dear. As the trail takes him deeper and deeper into a twisted minefield of sordid wealth and family secrets, he learns that nothing-and no one-is what they seem. Did Bobby Dakota take the right shot? Or was one of Boston's most elite law enforcement officers used as the perfect tool for murder? ALONE is a shocking thriller that will leave you gasping at every turn. Lisa Gardner is at work on her next novel of suspense.
CAT'S EYEWITNESS by Rita Mae Brown First Serial, British, Translation, Audio, and Performance: Wendy Weil Literary Agency, 212-685-0030	February Fiction
With nearly 2.1 million copies of this New York Times bestselling series in print, Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen and her trio of intrepid, sleuthing felines return to captivate readers in their irresistible 13th Mrs. Murphy mystery. When a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary starts mysteriously crying tears of real blood, terrible events are prophesied-and it's not long before things start shaking up the sleepy, little town of Crozet, Virginia. Scandals, from politics to religion to sex, rock the populace. Soon, despite their better instincts, even Harry and her animals are swept up in the excitement and intrigue. And even more shocking is the truth behind a many years-old local unsolved mystery. Illustrated throughout with black and white drawings, CAT'S EYEWITNESS delivers the sly humor and fetching appeal that have delighted readers everywhere. Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown, a tiger cat rescued from the local ASPCA, live in Afton, Virginia. Bantam will publish three more mysteries from this dynamic, bestselling duo.
A COLD TREACHERY by Charles Todd Audio and Performance: Jane Chelius Literary Agency, Inc., 718-499-0236	February Fiction
"Todd's Ian Rutledge mysteries are among the most intelligent and affecting being written today" raves The Washington Post Book World. Now, this critically acclaimed writer returns with a searing tale of deadly secrets, and a chillingly desperate hunt for a missing child. It's December 1919, where, deep in England's frozen Lake District, constables discover a scene of unimaginable carnage: the bodies of five family members splayed across a bloodied cottage kitchen. As a search is mounted in the frigid countryside for the youngest boy, apparently missing from the dreadful scene, a call goes out to Scotland Yard for assistance and Inspector Ian Rutledge is immediately pulled from a court case and sent north. With no sign of the missing boy, or any strangers who might have committed such a terrible crime, Rutledge winds his way through a tangle of jealous relatives and family secrets, discovering more reasons for murder than the people of this bleak hamlet are willing to reveal-and somewhere amidst the peaks and valleys of Armadale lurks a murderer who considers so much spilt blood the least of his revenge. Charles Todd is the pseudonym for a mother-son writing team who have published three New York Times Notable Books of the Year-A Test of Wills, Search the Dark and Legacy of the Dead and four other titles, including the most recently published The Murder Stone.
COUNTDOWN by Iris Johansen First Serial, British, Translation, and Performance: Jane Rotrosen Agency, 212-593-4330	April Fiction
New York Times #1 bestseller Iris Johansen sets a new standard for suspense in her latest pulse-quickening thriller-a rollercoaster ride through obsession, madness and deadly secrets, that takes you to the limits of excitement-and beyond. At age 22, Jane MacGuire has already packed more drama into her life than most people would ever dream of. Saved from a life on the streets by forensic sculptor Eve Duncan and her husband, FBI man Joe Quinn, she was almost snatched from her new loving family by a deranged serial killer. Now she's studying art and pursuing a fascination with archaeology, the first steps to what Eve knows will be a bright future. Then one day her childhood friend Mike is shot in a kidnap attempt gone wrong, and suddenly the past and present collide in an explosion of violence that will thrust her into her worst imaginings… Iris Johansen is the bestselling author of more than a dozen New York Times blockbusters with over 25 million copies of her books in print.
DEMON RUMM by Sandra Brown All rights inquiries: The Bantam Dell Publishing Group, 212-782-9800 (F)	January Fiction
With over fifty-five million copies of her books in print and forty New York Times bestsellers, Sandra Brown is one of our most popular novelists. Now, DEMON RUMM, a sizzling romantic classic, returns, for the first time in hardcover. When Rylan North flashes Kirsten Rumm his heart-stopping smile, she knows she can't refuse him...even if letting the actor share her home for a week will force her to relive the last terrible days before her stunt pilot husband fell prey to his own daring acts. Rylan is the perfect choice to play "Demon" Rumm in the movie about his life: no one is more brash, bold or demanding. But before Rylan immerses himself in Kirsten's world, he must exorcise the explosive secrets that haunt her dreams...and trust that she'll find the courage in his arms to risk loving again. Sandra Brown is one of the few authors to have three books simultaneously on the New York Times bestseller list. Seven out of our last nine Bantam hardback reissues were New York Times bestsellers. Her most recent Bantam hardcover, Sunny Chandler's Return, debuted at #13 on the New York Times bestseller list. Thursday's Child hit the NYT list for 3 weeks as high as #8. Sandra Brown is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Romance Writers of America. She and her family divide time between homes in South Carolina and Texas.
THE EMANCIPATOR'S WIFE by Barbara Hambly First Serial, Audio, and Performance: Frances Collin, Literary Agent, 610-254-0555	February Fiction
The historical mystery author of several New York Times Notable Books delivers the novel she was born to write: a searing and compassionate story of one of the most maligned and least understood women in our nation's history: Mary Todd Lincoln, wife and widow of the Great Emancipator. Called the "Republican Queen" by some because of her manic and lavish spending sprees, Mary Todd Lincoln was despised by others as a traitor of her native South. Her seemingly inexplicable hysterics kept many at bay and contributed to an infamy that poisoned her stature in society, the press, and her family -- with all except her devoted husband. In a desperate financial state and still in profound mourning for her husband ten years after Lincoln's assassination, Mary was incarcerated in an insane asylum by her only surviving son. It is this difficult and little known episode from which Hambly unfolds her intimate and insightful portrait of this abrasive, difficult, and too intelligent woman. Born into a world that bore no resemblance to that in which she tried to make a life for herself after her husband's death, Mary Lincoln lived a life of extraordinary arcs-from a much courted Southern belle, to the publicly despised First Lady who suffered the grueling horrors of the Civil War, to impoverished and shunned widow in a Gilded Age that preferred to ignore and forget her. Barbara Hambly's intimate and touching portrait of this First Lady provides us with a mirror of America in a period of cataclysmic change. Barbara Hambly lives in Los Angeles, where she is at work on her next novel of historical fiction, which Bantam will publish in 2006.
THE INTENT TO LIVE: Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor by Larry Moss British, Translation, Audio, and Performance: Curtis Brown, Ltd., 212-473-5400	January Nonfiction
When Helen Hunt, Hilary Swank, and Michael Clarke Duncan accepted their Academy Awards, each cited Larry Moss's unorthodox and demanding guidance as the key to their career-making performances. Now this uniquely gifted acting coach shares his inspiring philosophy and proven techniques for making characters live on stage, screen, and television. "I call this book THE INTENT TO LIVE rather than The Intent To Act because great actors don't seem to be acting, they seem to be actually living," Moss writes in his introduction. In thirty fascinating chapters, he offers the case studies, exercises, and insights that enable actors to connect personally with a script, develop their character from the inside out, blast through fear and inhibition, hone their technical skills, and above all come alive in the moment on stage or on camera. Filled with a wealth of theater lore and appreciations of great performances, this is a delicious read for theater lovers, as well as a sure-to-be-classic text for actors. Larry Moss studied with Stella Adler, Sanford Meisner, and Warren Robertson. He later appeared in numerous productions on Broadway. After teaching at Juilliard and Circle In The Square, Moss moved to Los Angeles and founded the Larry Moss Studio in 1990. His directing credits include the off-Broadway hit The Syringa Tree and a new play opening on Broadway in Spring 2005.
JANE AND HIS LORDSHIP'S LEGACY by Stephanie Barron Audio and Performance:The Sagalyn Literary Agency, 301-718-6440	March Fiction
Time magazine picked Jane And The Ghosts Of Netley as one of "six of the season's twistiest, tautest, most tantalizing tales of sleuthery," and The New York Times praises this most recent, charming installment in the bestselling series as "a lively adventure that puts warm flesh on historical bones." Now, in JANE AND HIS LORDSHIP'S LEGACY, it is July 1809 and Jane is beginning to emerge from her grief over her lost love, Lord Harold Trowbridge. She has just moved with her mother and sister into a cottage on her brother's estate in her beloved countryside of Chawton, Hampshire and is revising one of her first manuscripts, determined to honor her late lord's confidence in her art. No sooner has she unpacked than a corpse is discovered in the cellar. Who killed shiftless Henry French? What connection does his death have to the stolen Chawton Emeralds? As she sorts through her papers, Jane can't keep her mind off the mystery, and lurking just out of sight is someone who will stop at nothing to secure a fortune-including disposing of a most inconvenient new neighbor. Stephanie Barron is the author of seven Jane Austen mysteries and is at work on her next, Jane and the Barque of Frailty.
LEGACY OF MASKS by Sallie Bissell British, Translation, Audio, and Performance: Sanford Greenburger Associates, 212-206-5600	April Fiction
In an electrifying psychological thriller that combines the best of Lisa Scottoline and Tony Hillerman, critically acclaimed author Sallie Bissell once again "weaves a palpitating web of sinuously deadly suspense" (L.A. Confidential). In LEGACYOF MASKS, young Cherokee prosecutor Mary Crow faces her most treacherous case yet-defending a Cherokee man accused of murder. Longing for the peace of home and the company of handsome Jonathan Walkingstick, District Attorney Mary Crow has returned to the forests of North Carolina to open her own practice. But, when young farmhand Ridge Carver is accused of killing the local prom queen, Mary can't sit by while this young Cherokee is used for a white man's political gain. Legend has it that Ridge is Ani Zaghui, a reclusive clan with great mystical powers, a clan so ancient that they are reputedly able to talk to bears. But someone has frightened Ridge into silence, and Mary's only clue is a hand-carved mask, a talisman given to allies in times of direst danger - when help means the difference between life and death… Sallie Bissell, author of In the Forest of Harm, A Darker Justice, and Call the Devil by His Oldest Name, is fast distinguishing herself as the Patricia Cornwall of the Appalachian Mountains. In LEGACY OF MASKS, she delivers a tour de force of relentless suspense and heart-stopping menace that Rendezvous raves "will leave you breathless."
LIBERATION ROAD: A Novel of WW II and the Red Ball Express by David Robbins British, Translation, Audio, and Performance: William Morris Agency, 212-586-5100	January Fiction
From the bestselling author who "takes a page out of Tom Clancy's books" (Richmond Times-Dispatch), and "delivers historical thrillers with the punch of a full metal jacket" (The Denver Post) comes LIBERATION ROAD: a riveting novel of World War II-and an inspiring story of racial tension and personal courage based on the Red Ball Express --6000 trucks and 23,000 men--most of them African-American--who forged a lifeline of supplies in the Allied struggle to liberate France. In the months' long struggle following D-Day, the Allied forces desperately needed a secure gasoline and supply line to the front. Thus the creation of the Red Ball Express. Overwhelmingly manned by African American troops, the soldiers of the Red Ball Express were a unique band of combatants: back home, their loyalties and intelligence were questioned, but in a war that had to be won, their courage and their willingness to fight and die for their country were never in doubt. In LIBERATION ROAD, master storyteller David L. Robbins spins a searing and powerfully intimate historical novel about these unknown heroes, demonstrating once again that he is an author in absolute control of his material. David L. Robbins is the author of War of the Rats, The End of War, Scorched Earth, and Last Citadel. A former attorney, he lives in Virginia, where he is at work on his next historical thriller.
MOTHER-DAUGHTER WISDOM: Creating a Legacy of Physical and Emotional Health by Christiane Northrup, M.D. Audio and Performance: The Ned Leavitt Agency, 212-334-0999	February Nonfiction
From the author of the internationally beloved million-copy plus bestsellers, Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom and The Wisdom of Menopause (which have a combined 33 foreign licenses), comes Dr. Northrup's most profound and revolutionary approach to women's health yet. The bonds between mothers and daughters are laid down in the womb, passed from generation to generation; they continue throughout life, shaping our physical, mental, and spiritual wellbeing. By understanding these mother-daughter bonds, we can build our own health, whatever our age, and insure a healthy future for our daughters. This is the extraordinary scope and promise of Christiane Northrup's challenging new book. To be published simultaneously with the airing of a nationwide PBS special, MOTHER-DAUGHTER WISDOM introduces an entirely new map of female development built around the metaphor of life as a house with many rooms. Dr. Northrup posits and explores the "five facets of feminine power:" biology, relationships, self-care, adaptability and resourcefulness, and passion and purpose. Written with Dr. Northrup's trademark warmth, passion, and dazzling insight, MOTHER-DAUGHTER WISDOM is a book that will change lives and become essential reading for all women.
THE MYSTERIES by Lisa Tuttle First Serial, British, Translation, Audio, and Performance: Howard Morhaim Literary Agency, 212-529-4433	March Fiction
Some things never die off. They hide in the shadows. THE MYSTERIES is a compelling mystery of the supernatural and the fantastic from an author nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award. Whether they are runaways or people in hiding, PI Ian Kennedy has a knack for finding the missing. But, when a woman enters his London office seeking her daughter, Ian faces one case he may not be able to solve. The girl vanished two years earlier and any leads are long gone. Yet, the more he searches and learns about her, the more Ian is reminded of an old case - one with a successful outcome that he's never been able to explain. As the new case takes him from the alleys of London to the highlands of Scotland, Ian discovers that the old fables of the British Isles remain vibrant, and may just be true. Lisa Tuttle's pitch perfect characters, vivid settings and expansive knowledge of Celtic lore make THE MYSTERIES a wonderfully rich read. She is the coauthor, with George R.R. Martin, of Windhaven and the author of The Pillow Friend and Lost Futures, which was short listed for the Arthur C. Clarke Award. Born and raised in Texas, Lisa Tuttle now lives on the west coast of Scotland with her family. She is at work on her next novel for Bantam.
NO TRUE GLORY: Falluja and the Struggle in Iraq - A Frontline Account by Bing West Performance: Sanford J. Greenburger Associates, 212-206-5600	April Nonfiction
Award winning author Bing West provides an unprecedented look at the struggle to replace American soldiers with Iraqi soldiers in the face of sustained resistance. Bing has lived for months with a combined Marine-Iraqi platoon in Fallujah. Granted exclusive and wide access from the top down in the U.S. military, to Iraqi soldiers and citizens, to clerics and prisoners, he brings the reader into strategy discussions between generals and the Secretary of Defense, into the tense night patrols and fractious town meetings where last night's sniper is today's candidate for city council. His narrative has the pace of a thriller as West takes you down dark alleys as combined patrols of Marines and reluctant Iraqi militia pursue snipers. A gripping account of the conflict since the U.S. declaration of the end of major combat, from a unique perspective and as events unfold, NO TRUE GLORY tells the human story-the triumphs, failures, daily travails-of all of the war's participants, Iraqi and American soldier, as it portrays and critiques 21st century U.S. military strategy. Bing West is the author of the recently published and award-winning book, The March Up: Taking Baghdad, and of the Vietnam classic, The Village. He served as a Marine in Vietnam and was Assistant Secretary of Defense under Ronald Reagan. He lives in Rhode Island.
TOOL & DIE by Sarah Graves First Serial, British, Translation, Audio, and Performance: Writer's House, Inc., 212-685-2400	January Fiction
Sarah Graves, the bestselling author of Mallets Aforethought, creates another blueprint for do-it-yourself success in the next volume of the hilarious home-repair series that mixes carpentry and crime. Jacobia "Jake" Tiptree's leisurely summer dreams involve rebuilding the front porch of her Eastport, Maine fixer-upper and shingling the leaky tool shed out back. That's why she's hired the avenging angel of household hygeine, Bella Diamond, to keep her house-and her teenage son Sam-in tip-top shape. But when Bella confides in Jake that she's been receiving death threats, Jake has two choices: find out who's frightening the hapless housekeeper-or risk losing her! Jake is on the case-that is, until her prime suspect turns up dead. With a marauding moose loose in town, a troublesome love triangle occupying Sam, and her estranged relatives about to descend for the Fourth of July-and the upstairs bedroom still unpainted-Jake's golden Maine summer is sure to be anything but peaceful. And she just might find that no matter how carefully you remodel your life, murder can take up residence anywhere. Sarah Graves lives with her husband in Eastport, Maine, in the 1823 Federal-style house that inspire her books. She is at work on the ninth Home Repair is Homicide mystery.
THE WOMAN IN THE SHAMAN'S BODY by Barbara Tedlock Audio and Performance: Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency, 858-755-3115	March Nonfiction
Combining impeccable research with dramatic and intimate personal experience, THE WOMAN IN THE SHAMAN'S BODY is the first book to reveal the long-hidden female tradition within shamanism, and the healing and visionary powers that are unique to women. Shamanism was not only the first religion and medical system ever invented, but, as extraordinary new research has revealed, it was originally a woman's religion and medical system. In THE WOMAN IN THE SHAMAN'S BODY, noted anthropologist Barbara Tedlock explores not only the hidden history of female shamanic traditions and techniques, but how women shamans around the world still train for and practice their own distinctive form of healing and prophecy. Opening with a powerful account of the author's own initiation as a shaman among the Maya of Guatemala, the book interweaves intimate personal experience with accessible, vivid scholarship. Some of the provocative topics covered are: the focus on internal bodily energies in women's training, and how this differs from the male model of shamanism; the key role of women's eroticism in the shamanic mystical experience; female forms of dream witnessing and completion, vision questing, and use of hallucinogenic drugs; shamanic midwifery-calling nature spirits and goddesses to the birth; and women warrior shamans among the North American Indians. The book will include 80 to 90 illustrations of women shamans, their costumes, symbolic art, and practices worldwide. It promises to be a major contribution to the current revisioning of women as spiritual leaders and healers. A professor of anthropology at SUNY Buffalo, Barbara Tedlock, Ph.D., is an authority on dreams, prophecy, and healing. She was initiated as a shaman by the Maya Quiche of Guatemala. The author of four books and more than 70 essays, Barbara is the co-editor of the flagship journal of the American Anthropological Association, The American Anthropologist. Tedlock has been the subject of news reports in the Christian Science Monitor, on WGBH, and an NBC special on "Ancient Prophecies.


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ARMAGEDDON RAG by George R. R. Martin First Serial, British, Translation, Audio, and Performance: The Pimlico Agency, 212-628-9729	February Fiction
In its continuing program of classic reissues, Bantam is delighted to bring back ARMAGEDDON RAG, which has been out of print and unavailable for years. Easily the most mainstream of Martin's early 1960's novels, this is the tale of Sandy Blair, who is investigating the bizarre and brutal murder of a rock promoter who made millions with his 60's band, the Nazgul. It is a search that leads him not only across America, but also back to his own past-and into a nightmare of rage, anarchy, and hope. Sandy finds old friends, revisits old haunts, locates the former band members and discovers the pent-up passions of a generation are exploding in deadly revolution. When a new messiah brings the Nazgul back to life, pounding out a mad new song, it may be more than anyone bargained for: a song of demonism, mind-control, and the bloody, mind-blowing requiem for an age! George R. R. Martin is the New York Times bestselling author of the epic fantasy series, A Song of Fire and Ice.
DANCING NAKED AT THE EDGE OF DAWN by Kris Radish Performance: LitWest Group, 415-647-6964	January Fiction
The nationally bestselling author of The Elegant Gathering of White Snows, a BookSense 76 selection and reading group favorite, inspires once again with a passionate, funny, honest tale of unexpected challenges. In DANCING NAKED AT THE EDGE OF DAWN, Kris Radish shares the powerful story of one woman's courageous journey-and the grand and glorious unexpected moment when she finally recognizes the path to her own happiness. Meg Fratano has skated through life on the tail end of others' dreams. But when she finds her husband in bed with another woman, Meg can no longer reconcile the needs of her family with her own yearnings and desires. As she struggles with the decision to leave her children, Meg must reach back and touch the woman she once was, a woman that she should never have let go. Before she can share her life with those she loves, she must create a life of her very own. This stirring novel of love and longing, of family bonds and powerful friendships will resonate with any woman who has ever dreamed of letting go of it all and dancing naked at the edge of dawn. Our commitment to this talented author extends to at least one more fiction novel tentatively scheduled for Fall 2005.
INDIGO ROSE by Susan Miller Performance: Alison J. Picard Literary Agency, 508-477-7192	January Fiction
An intensely honest and triumphant debut novel about the transformative power of family, community and love featuring the tough-minded Jamaican émigré, Indigo Rosemartin, as she recounts the loss that profoundly altered her life, and the strength that sustained her. When 30 year-old Indigo Rosemartin leaves her young daughter and her homeland of Jamaica to pursue a more livable wage in America, she cannot foresee just how final her goodbye would be. Just as she's adjusting to a new residence in inner-city Chicago, and her new position as housekeeper to a wealthy, but troubled family, her world collapses with devastating news from home. When the anesthetic of gambling fails to numb her pain, Indigo begins to realize that only by facing her despair will she ever again feel joy. With mesmerizing prose, and a vibrant cast of characters that include Indigo's fearless neighbor, Jewell, and gentle old Abraham Borotsky, a concentration camp survivor and the neighborhood blackjack champion, INDIGO ROSE heralds the debut of a luminous new talent in contemporary fiction. Susan Miller is a psychologist and author of several nonfiction books on psychology. Her short fiction has won numerous awards, including two Avery Hopwood Prizes. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
KRIPALU COMPANION TO YOGA: A Guide to Practice On and Off the Mat by Kripalu Yoga Fellowship Audio and Performance: The Kripalu Yoga Fellowship, 413-448-3400 (P), 413-448-3384 (F)	April Nonfiction
For more than thirty years, Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health has influenced the growth of contemporary yoga in America. Now this comprehensive guide brings its uniquely accessible approach home to anyone, at any stage of practice. And, far more than an exercise program, KRIPALU COMPANION TO YOGA teaches the awareness and energy techniques that make yoga a catalyst for psychological growth and spiritual awakening. Whatever your current level of fitness or body shape, Part I of KRIPALU COMPANION TO YOGA gets you on the mat as quickly as possible, then shows you how to build your practice through two complete, safe, and fully-illustrated routines, including Kripalu's easy-to-follow "press point" instructions for each pose. Part II of this book builds step-by-step from simple breathing practices through the development of concentration and relaxation, culminating in the experience of "meditation-in-motion" that is the hallmark of Kripalu Yoga. Part III provides a menu of additional warm-ups, postures, and exercises for evolving your practice and keeping it perennially fresh and satisfying. Throughout the lessons are the first hand experiences of many long-time practitioners. Our book's writer is Richard Faulds, M.A., J.D., who has practiced and taught yoga and meditation for more than 20 years. A former president of Kripalu (1998-2001), he currently chairs the Kripalu Board of Trustees. For more information about Kripalu, visit www.kripalu.org.
NATURAL HISTORY by Justina Robson First Serial, British, Translation, Audio, and Performance: Writer's House, 212-685-2400	January Fiction
In the far future, humanity has engineered itself into dazzling new forms capable of spaceflight, the terraforming of planets, and the exploration of the deepest oceans. Evolution has reached a zenith, and it seems there is no environment we cannot conquer. But when an interstellar voyager meets a piece of alien technology in a head-on collision, a new realm is unveiled…both more spectacular and more terrifying than we ever imagined. A triumph of the imagination and a masterpiece of the "New Space Opera," NATURAL HISTORY was short listed for the 2003 British Science Fiction Association Award, named one of the "Top Ten Science Fiction Books by Women" by the Guardian, and included in Locus magazine's 2003 Recommended Reading List. Justina Robson's two previous novels, Silver Screen and Mappa Mundi were both short listed for the Arthur C. Clarke Award. Silver Screen was also shortlisted for the BSFA. We have the author under contract for a new novel, to be published in 2006. NATURAL HISTORY is published by Pan Macmillan in the UK.
PASHAZADE by Jon Courtenay Grimwood British, Translation, and Performance: Mic Cheetham Agency, +44-207-495-2002 (P), +44-207-495-5777 (F)	March Fiction
Part mystery, part speculative fiction, part alternative history, wholly unforgettable, PASHAZADE is the first book in Jon Courtenay Grimwood's acclaimed "Arabesk" series. Hailed by Esquire as "Raymond Chandler for the 21st century, Grimwood's series is now available for the first time in the United States, beginning with PASHAZADE. Ashraf Bey is not who he seems-a rich Ottoman aristocrat to whom the Iskandryia of a rather different 21st century is more or less his oyster-nor is he simply what he thinks he is-a minor street criminal shipped off to North Africa when he fell foul of his employers. Alone in a land he does not know, accused of murders he did not commit, Raf is forced to turn detective to clear his name-and to save his life. But in Iskandryia, the facts and the truth are not necessarily the same. And it's very hard to win when no one will tell you the rules. Jon Courtenay Grimwood lives in England. PASHAZADE was short listed for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the British Science Fiction Association Award, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. Books II and III in this series, Effundi and Felaheen, will follow in June and December 2005, respectively.
THE SECRET ATLAS: Book One of the "Age of Discovery Trilogy" by Michael Stackpole First Serial, British, Translation, Audio, and Performance: Howard Morhaim Literary Agency, 212-529-4433	March Fiction
Michael A. Stackpole, the New York Times bestselling author, has made his mark in the fantasy firmament. In addition to his bestselling "Star Wars" books, his original fantasy novels are some of Bantam Spectra's bestselling properties and fan favorites. Following up the success of his "DragonCrown War Cycle," Stackpole comes through with a magnificent and cutting-edge new fantasy trilogy with a unique premise: cartomancy-the magic of map-making. In THE SECRET ATLAS, the first book of his "Age of Discovery Trilogy," Stackpole has conjured a universe unlike any ever imagined before. In a world where strong enough talent can engender magic, the family of the Royal Cartographer has a unique position. For they not only draw maps, they explore unchartered territories, expanding and updating existing knowledge about the world. But sometimes, drawing a new land can be enough to bring it into being. When tragedy strikes the family, the tormented dreams of one young woman overwhelm the Royal Cartographer himself, sending him slowly mad, and, maybe, creating a new land where those dreams become a tangible reality. Michael A. Stackpole started his career as a role-playing and computer game designer before he turned to writing. He lives in Arizona, where is at work on the follow-up to THE SECRET ATLAS, the second book in this exciting new trilogy.
THE SINNER'S TALE by Will Davenport British, Translation, Audio, and Performance: Sheil Land Associates, Ltd. (London), +44 207-405-9351 (P), +44 207-831-2127 (F)	April Fiction
From tantalizing historical fact, the acclaimed author of The Painter weaves a mesmerizing tale of war and redemption in the ages-old journey of a forgotten knight and the squire who made him a legend-and the very modern tale of a young woman about to discover that she can go home again. In the remote English village of Slapton stand the ruins of the crumbling chantry built by a knight whose last desire was that future generations sing prayers for his soul. Yet, if Sir Guy de Bryan was known as an honorable man, why did he fear eternal damnation? The answer lies in winter 1372, a time when Europe is dealing with the devastating repercussions of the Hundred Years War. As Sir Guy begins a dangerous mission across the Alps, one of his companions, Geoffrey Chaucer, a young squire, is strangely interested in the knight's reluctant tale, and has an uncanny ability to draw out the truth. In doing so, he elicits a remarkable story of treacherous rivalries and forbidden passions... and the downfall of the age of chivalry. Six hundred years later, Sir Guy's story-and his wish-lives on in the heart of a family with secrets of its own. Beth Battock is a beautiful and ambitious rising star in politics-until her career is rocked by scandal. Beth runs to the one place no one will find her: Slapton, the dreary hometown she's kept secret. There, Beth will confront the shadows of the past... and a stunning secret hidden amongst the chantry stones. William Davenport brilliantly and seamlessly blends history with current events in an unforgettable saga of the havoc wrought by war-and love. He lives in Devon, England, where he is at work on his next novel of historical suspense.
WILDWOOD ROAD by Christopher Golden First Serial, Audio, and Performance: Christopher Golden, CRDG@comcast.net	April Fiction
Following his critically-acclaimed Bantam debut, The Boys are Back in Town, Christopher Golden-an author whose work is compared to early Dean Koontz and Stephen King-brings us a hauntingly evocative new novel about love, loss, and the forces that shape us. Michael and Jillian Dansky, happily married for three years, until driving home from a masquerade party, Michael encounters a lost little girl by the side of the road. She directs him to a house he has never seen before-a house haunted by the whispers of young girls, and yet with no one in residence. Soon Michael himself is haunted by images of this girl, exhorting him to come find her, again-if he can. But the harder he tries to find the house once more, the more obstacles are thrown in is path. Strange figures are watching him from the roadside and the woods, stooped men in grey coats with oddly misshapen faces. And then one night, after a terrifying visit from these men, Jillian awakens cruel and vindictive. Jillian has been altered, tainted somehow, and Michael has been warned: no matter how she haunts him, no matter what he promised to find her, he is to stop searching for the little lost girl. Yet now his need to find her is greater than ever, for he is certain that if he unravels her mystery, the key to healing Jillian's soul will be his prize. WILDWOOD ROAD is a haunting tale of horror and paranormal suspense that will leave Golden's fans thirsting for more. Golden is under a multi-book contract with Bantam and is at work on his next novel. Please visit him at www.christophergolden.com
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ALTERNATIVE ATLANTA by Marshall Boswell British, Translation, and Performance: Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc., 212-780-6050	February Fiction
Thirty-something alternative rock critic and overall slacker Gerald is not too happy with his life these days: he's bored by his job, barely living paycheck to paycheck, in love with two different (married) women, and feels out-of-step with the rest of his generation. To make matters worse, his father-with whom he's had a strained relationship ever since his mother's death-unexpectedly announces that he's coming to visit. The very idea makes Gerald panic. Things don't improve when it becomes clear his father's "visit" is open ended and his mental state has started to seriously deteriorate. If there's anything Gerald doesn't need, it's having to worry about someone else... This debut novel from the author of the acclaimed story collection, Trouble With Girls, a Booksense pick, is a beautifully written, funny, and touching story of love and familial obligations. Marshall Boswell's short stories have appeared in magazines from Missouri Review to Playboy, and in New Stories from the South, 2001. Trouble With Girls was widely praised: "Boswell [is] a fine, expressive writer...with a light hand and a virtuoso touch....The momentum of the book is so strong that the story seems...even mythic in the end."-The Washington Post. Boswell lives with his wife and their two children in Memphis, where he teaches American literature at Rhodes College.
ELLA'S EUROPE: An American Dog Travels Through Europe by Michael Konik British, Translation, and Performance: International Creative Management, Inc., 212-556-5600	April Nonfiction
A charming and witty travelogue that will be welcomed by fans of Peter Gethers' much loved series about his travels with his cat, Norton (The Cat Who Went to Paris, A Cat Abroad). Part travelogue, part valentine to a beloved pet, ELLA'S EUROPE chronicles Michael Konik's magical six-week journey through Europe with his 10-year-old lab mix, Ella. An homage to the friend who has "licked away my tears when I'm sad, hopped on her hind legs when I'm happy, and snuggled me when I'm lonely," here is the story of a bond unlike any other--and an extraordinary dog who stole her way into one man's heart. Michael is initially nervous but soon relaxes when it becomes clear that everywhere he and the sweet, loving Ella go, they are accepted and adored. From Amsterdam to Prague, Rome to Paris, Venice to Vienna, Ella and Michael sample the local cuisines, take in some of the world's most breathtaking sights, hang out in pubs and 4-star restaurants, and even manage a few prime-time photo-ops! Michael Konik is a contributing editor to Delta Airlines' Sky magazine whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Sports Illustrated, and Travel + Leisure. He is the author of Telling Lies and Getting Paid, The Man With The $100,000 Breasts, Nice Shot, Mr. Nicklaus, and In Search of Burning Bush.
EMPEROR: The Field of Swords by Conn Iggulden First Serial, British, Translation, Audio, and Performance: Anderson/Grinberg Literary Management, 212-620-5883	March Fiction
With prodigious imagination and a commanding knowledge of the history of ancient Rome, Conn Iggulden, author of Emperor: The Gates of Rome and Emperor: The Death of Kings, delivers an exhilarating reading experience in the pages of his Emperor series. Now, in the third and most action-packed Emperor novel to date, we are transported to Caesar's time once more as he and Marcus Brutus lead their legions far beyond the gates of Rome to the wilds of tribal Britain. But the pursuit of glory abroad will store up trouble for them at home, as Caesar's political adversaries grow more powerful in his absence-with one man emerging as his most dangerous rival yet. A clash of armies and egos such as the world had never seen takes center stage in EMPEROR: The Field Of Swords-a masterful rendering of one of the most dramatic chapters in the life of one of history's greatest leaders.
EVERYTHING CHANGES by Jonathan Tropper British, Translation, and Performance: Writer's House, 212-685-2400	April Fiction
Following The Book of Joe, a BookSense Selection, Jonathan Tropper returns with a hilarious and moving novel about a man whose long-absent father forcibly reinserts himself into the dysfunctional lives of his three adult sons. To all appearances, Zachary King is a man with luck on his side. A steady, well-paying job, a gorgeous fiancé, a rent-free Manhattan apartment-what more could a man want? But lately, Zack's finely-tailored life plan is unraveling. He's careless at work and faithless in love. To make matters worse, his long-estranged father resurfaces, looking to make amends. Free-wheeling, Viagra-popping, and unnervingly free of compunction, Norm wants back in on the lives of Zack and his two brothers, the pot-smoking, rage-filled punk rocker Matt and the mildly retarded, defenseless Peter. All four are swept up in a riotous odyssey of self-discovery and second chances. Wickedly funny, piercingly insightful, and ultimately moving, EVERYTHING CHANGES unflinchingly explores the intricate bond between fathers and sons and the universal yearning for something beyond the status quo. Jonathan Tropper is the author of Plan B and The Book of Joe (currently in development at Warner Bros. Studios for a major motion picture). He is under contract with Delacorte Press for two more novels. He can be reached through his website at www.jonathantropper.com.
LIGHTING UP: How I Stopped Smoking, Drinking, and Everything Else I Loved in Life Except Sex by Susan Shapiro British, Translation, and Performance: Elizabeth Kaplan Literary Agency, 212-316-0955	January Nonfiction
From the author of Five Men Who Broke My Heart, comes a hilarious and truly original memoir about the author's battle to give up smoking-and other addictions. After 27 years of a pack-a-day smoking habit, journalist Susan Shapiro decides it's time to quit once and for all. She turns to the eccentric but oddly effective psychiatrist who convinced her boyfriend of many years finally to propose. She figures if he got her married, he can do anything. Right? The good doctor writes notes to her on the back of his business cards, like "Don't Trust Any Impulse, You're Always Wrong," "Crying is Good" and "Sex for Medicinal Purposes." Nicotine, however, turns out to be only the tip of the iceberg. Soon, all of the things Susan loves-caffeine, sugar, alcohol, bread, and even the occasional joint-are off limits. But will leaving her shrink be the hardest addiction she's ever had to break? "Shapiro's often funny and always heartfelt recollections of past relationships are so entertaining, it's a shame she doesn't have an endless supply of material… a delightfully kaleidoscopic autobiography of an impulsive and passionate woman who comes of age with style."-Publishers Weekly on Five Men Who Broke My Heart. Susan Shapiro's work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Cosmopolitan, People, and many other publications. She lives with her husband in New York City, where she teaches writing at New York University and The New School.
SIMPLY UNFORGETTABLE by Mary Balogh First Serial, Audio, and Performance: Maria Carvainis Agency, 212-245-6365	April Fiction
Following the runaway success of her bestselling "Slightly" series, Mary Balogh once again "raises the bar for Regency romances" (Publishers Weekly). SIMPLY UNFORGETTABLE is the first of a sparkling quartet of dazzling romances featuring a select academy for young ladies. Frances Allard, daughter of a French émigré, returns to Bath for the new teaching term at Miss Martin's School for Girls when her carriage is overturned in a snow bank. As fate would have it, the handsome Robert Marshall, also caught in the storm, rescues Frances and they take refuge in a nearby deserted inn. For two brief, smoldering nights their passion seems to be all that exists in the world. When their romantic tryst is over, Frances returns to the school. After a chance reunion she learns that he is heir to the Earl of Edgecombe, with a perfect bride already chosen. The chemistry between them flares again, but with secrets from Frances's mysterious past beginning to surface, they are faced with a choice between perfection and passion. Filled with irresistible characters and Balogh's trademark wit and sensuality, SIMPLY UNFORGETTABLE is sure to please Mary's legion of loyal fans. New York Times bestselling, multi-award winning author Mary Balogh grew up in Wales. There are over four million copies of her Regency romances and historical romances in print.
SUICIDE SQUEEZE by Victor Gischler Performance: Lukeman Literary Management, Inc., 718-599-8988	April Fiction
Teddy Folger is tired of his life and his wife, so he burns down his comic book store for the insurance money and leaves town-and said wife-for a rum-soaked life on his boat, chasing women half his age on an endless island idyll. Unfortunately, he doesn't anticipate Connor Samson, a repo man after his boat, and death, in the form of billionaire collector Ahira Kurisaka and his gang of would-be ninjas. See, there's a priceless stowaway on board Teddy's boat and nothing and no one-not Teddy, not Connor-is going to get in Ahira's way to repossess it. You're in for another "fast and viciously enjoyable read" from the author of the highly praised Pistol Poets and Gun Monkeys. Edgar-nominated Victor Gischler "challenges Kinky Friedman for top slot in the zany noir subgenre of mystery fiction." (Publisher's Weekly) Gischler is at work on his next novel for Dell.
SYMPATHY BETWEEN HUMANS by Jodi Compton First Serial, British, Translation, Audio, and Performance: The Karpfinger Agency, 212-691-2690	March Fiction
From Jodi Compton, one of the strongest new suspense voices to garner acclaim in the past 12 months, comes a second textured novel of suspense featuring Sarah Pribek. Six months after the unsolved death of a small time criminal in rural Minnesota, the prime suspect, Detective Sarah Pribek, is drawn into two tangled cases-one, a young man missing from a deeply troubled family and the other, an unlicensed doctor who provides medical care for the underclass-as she struggles under the increasing heat of a zealous D.A. investigator determined to make a case against her stick. Surrounded by colleagues who know her to be a murder suspect, Sarah crosses ethical and emotional borders as her personal feelings and professional honor are stretched by all three cases. Jodi Compton's fascinating heroine and interwoven mysteries make SYMPATHY BETWEEN HUMANS a wonderful follow-up to her warmly received "dazzling debut" (Kirkus Reviews) and "An intelligent and challenging thriller" (The New York Times Book Review), The 37th Hour. Jodi Compton is at work on her next novel of suspense for Delacorte.
VILLA OF MYSTERIES by David Hewson British, Translation, Audio, and Performance: Macmillan Publishers, Ltd., +44 207-014-6000 (P), +44 207-014-6001 (F)	February Fiction
From the critically acclaimed author of A Season for the Dead-"a delicious and compelling view of the public art of Rome and private intrigues of the Vatican." (Library Journal) -and Lucifer's Shadow, comes a thriller of astonishing menace and power in a landscape Hewson has made his own: modern-day Rome, where a spellbinding mystery is about to unravel. In Rome's Capo dei Fiori, a woman frantically insists to two carabinieri that her 16 year-old daughter has just been abducted. Unbeknownst to the two officers, Detective Nic Costa knows that in a local morgue forensic pathologist Teresa Lupo is examining the strange, mummified corpse of a girl whose disappearance and death bear a haunting resemblance to a bizarre, ancient Bacchanalia involving virgins and sacrificial murder. With the clock ticking, Nic and Teresa must move quickly to save the vanished girl for Teresa is certain she will fall victim to this malevolent ritual. David Hewson is a weekly columnist for the Sunday Times. He lives in Kent, England, where he is at work on his third Nic Costa novel, Sacred Cut, which Delacorte will publish in Spring 2006.
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BRAIN FOOD FOR KIDS by Nicola Graimes British, Translation, and Performance: Carroll and Brown, Ltd. (UK), +44 207-372-0900 (P), +44 207-372-0460 (F)	March Nonfiction
Bursting with beautiful photographs, BRAIN FOOD FOR KIDS brings the latest and best in nutritional science to kid-tested, easy-to-prepare meals that satisfy all of the brain's requirements. The connection between a healthy diet, rich in certain types of foods, and the development of bright and well-balanced kids is clear: Deficiencies in nutrients that deplete brain function hold children back from meeting their full potential. Yet many parents struggle when it comes to cooking for their children, often relying on nutritionally inferior, commercially prepared foods. This unique guide features 100-plus delicious recipes to develop memory, improve concentration, and optimize learning capabilities. But BRAIN FOOD FOR KIDS offers much more! With a stand-alone meal planner, helpful sidebars that highlight such topics as the best sources of vitamins, minerals, carbs, fats, and proteins, and special "brain box" features to explain the special properties of each featured dish, parents are equipped with all the facts they need to understand the ways in which diet can influence and improve the mind. Nicola Graimes has written numerous books on health, nutrition, organic food, and children's diets. For many years she was the editor of The Vegetarian, Vegetarian Living, and Good Food Retailing, all leading periodicals in Great Britain. She is married with two young children and lives in Brighton, England.
CARRY ME HOME by Sandra Kring Performance: The Redwood Agency, 415-381-2269, ext. 2 (P), 415-383-8574 (F)	January Fiction
You won't be able to resist-and you'll never forget-Earl "Earwig" Gunderman. From the moment he opens his mouth to tell you his story, Earwig has your attention! Set in rural Wisconsin during the Second World War, CARRY ME HOME is Earwig's mesmerizing tale of the unshakable bond between two very different brothers, set against a backdrop of family secrets and loyalty, and small town life. When sixteen-year-old Earwig Gunderman isn't working in his mother's grocery store, he sneaks out with his older brother Jimmy and Jimmy's friends to fish and drink and shoot the s--t. But when the world is thrust into war, Jimmy ships out to the Pacific theatre, and Earl must cope without the protection of his revered older brother as he navigates through powerful, sometimes raw, adult emotions and strikes out towards independence and adulthood. The strain from worry over Jimmy's safety breathes life into a long buried secret that cripples his parents' marriage. In despair when Jimmy is listed as missing in action, the Gunderman family begins to collapse. Then Jimmy comes home. A former prisoner of war, he returns broken and frail, a pale shadow of the confident, heroic young man he used to be. Earwig is thrust into a role he never could have imagined: protector to someone who protected him all of his young life. Moving, tender, at times comical, and always true to its young narrator's voice, CARRY ME HOME vividly brings to life a family and a small town as seen and felt by a young man coming of age. Sandra Kring lives in the north woods of Wisconsin. This is her first novel.
THE CORINNE T. NETZER DIETER'S ACTIVITY DIARY All rights inquiries: The Bantam Dell Publishing Group, 212-782-9800 (F)	January Nonfiction
We all know that exercise plays a crucial role in weight loss and healthy living, and now staying fit is easier than ever with this handy, portable two-page-per-day activity diary. It shows readers how to keep track of their daily spare time activities, both sedentary and active, and how to follow their progress day-by-day. This book will help change sedentary time into active time, and includes: * An easy, efficient system for recording daily activities for up to 8 full weeks * A weekly progress report to keep readers informed and motivated * A concise calorie counter for quick reference * Valuable tips and information to help increase activity * Space for writing notes, food intake, exercise schedules, and more. Corinne T. Netzer is the author of dozens of books on diet and nutrition, including The Complete Book of Food Counts, The Carbohydrate Counter, and The Corinne T. Netzer Dieter's Activity Diary.
THE CORINNE T. NETZER DIETER'S DIARY All rights inquiries: The Bantam Dell Publishing Group, 212-782-9800 (F)	January Nonfiction
This newly updated edition of a classic dieting tool, (250,000 copies in print after 19 printings) and an exciting new companion volume will help us get into shape for summer! With more than 30 million copies of her books in print, it is clear that millions of readers look to recognized expert Corinne Netzer for accurate information on the nutritional value of food. Small enough to fit in a purse or pocket, THE CORINNE T. NETZER DIETER'S DIARY is a handy resource for the person on the go. It's easy for readers to keep track of their daily food intake and stay in control with this page-per-day diary, which includes: * An easy-to-use format for recording daily food intake and calorie totals for up to 16 weeks * A convenient system for tracking weekly progress * Invaluable dieting hints to help maintain a regimen * An updated calorie counter for quick reference This spiral-bound diary is a must-have for today's dieters!
FULL CATASTROPHE LIVING: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D. Performance: Author c/o Bantam Dell Publishing Group, 212-782-9800 (F)	January Nonfiction
In the fifteen years since its initial publication, FULL CATASTROPHE LIVING (400,000 copies sold) is recognized as an excellent beginner's guide to the practice of meditation and as the bible for a mind/body movement that has transformed Western medicine. Jon Kabat-Zinn's practical, step-by-step meditation guide is based on the revolutionary eight-week program called Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR), which he created at the world-renowned Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachussets Medical Center, Boston. FULL CATASTROPHE LIVING teaches you how to use mindfulness--moment-to-moment-awareness-to cope with both illness and the day-to-day tension encountered in life. Kabat-Zinn shows how to take control of chronic pain resulting from illness or stress-related disorders, reduce anxiety and panic, and radicallly improve your quality of life, relationships, and enthusiasm for living. This fifteenth anniversary edition includes a new introduction by the author highlighting advancements in and new perspectives on mindfulness and mind-body medicine, along with an expanded bibliography and resources section. Dell is publishing this anniversary edition to coincide with publication of Zinn's new book, Coming to Our Senses, coming from Hyperion in January 2005.
GASA-GASA GIRL by Naomi Hirahara F irst Serial, Audio, and Performance: Rosenstone/Wender, 212-725-9445	April Fiction
"[A] seamless and shyly powerful first novel... this perfectly balanced gem deserves a wide readership." (Publishers Weekly - starred review). "Debut novelist Hirahara's prismatic writing nails a Japanese American subculture and a troubled past few of her readers have ever confronted directly." (Kirkus) This is just some of the praise heaped upon Naomi Hirahara's debut novel, The Summer of the Big Bachi (Bantam trade paperback 3/04). Now, her curmudgeonly hero, Mas Arai, returns in Hirahara's second intriguing mystery. There's nothing that 70-year-old Japanese American gardener Mas Arai likes less than having his routine disrupted. But when his estranged daughter Mari unexpectedly asks him to come to New York, he obliges-only to discover upon his arrival that Mari has taken off, leaving Mas stuck in this gasa-gasa town with his hakujin son-in-law, Lloyd. Put in the uncomfortable position of trying to make the best of it, Mas agrees to lend a hand in the new garden Lloyd desperately is trying to open. In this garden, though, the first thing Mas stumbles across is Lloyd's boss-dead. And when Mari is arrested for the murder, Mas knows he must do what he can to solve the crime, to save his daughter...and himself. Naomi Hirahara is a freelance writer and journalist. The daughter of an L.A. gardener and atom-bomb survivor, she lives in Pasadena, CA.
SEXTASY by Caroline Aldred British, Translation, and Performance: Carroll and Brown, Ltd. (UK), +44 207-372-0900 (P), +44 207-372-0460 (F)	February Nonfiction
Here is a spiritually enlightened philosophy of sexuality combined with a practical, how-to approach, embodying the concept of "love as the spirit of sex and sex as the body of love." A perfect blend of Eastern and Western sensibilities, sure to appeal to a mainstream audience as well as current followers of Tantric, Kama Sutra and Taoist sexual practices, SEXTASY is the newest book from Caroline Aldred, tantrika, sex coach, and author of Divine Sex, which has sold over 300,000 copies worldwide, more than half of them in North America. SEXTASY offers dozens of explicit photographs, drawings and diagrams to ensure the mastery of a wide range of sexual techniques. Included are: a detailed explanation of the differences between male and female sexual response, and how to maximize each; suggestions for erotically charged fantasy, games, and sex aids; descriptions of many diverse positions for lovemaking, both familiar and daring; rituals to promote conception; explanations of the thought processes and mental skills needed to make mindfulness an integral part of lovemaking; and an overview of sexuality through the lifespan, and information on maintaining sexual vitality throughout every stage of life.
THE TIME OF NEW WEATHER by Sean Murphy Translation, Audio, and Performance: Peter Rubie Literary Agency, 212-279-1776	January Fiction
Publishers Weekly praised The Hope Valley Hubcap King as "Ingenious and exhilarating…." Now Sean Murphy returns with another rip-roaring, hysterically funny and warm-hearted tale featuring Buddy, the son of the illustrious hero of Murphy's The Hope Valley Hubcap King. Buddy was born with a special gift: the ability to perform tiny miracles. Nothing big, like raising the dead or curing the sick--more like an uncanny knack for finding spare change. In this exhilarating adventure of rollicking revolution and romance, in an America where Gravity ain't what it used to be, Time is on the fritz, and corporations have gobbled up everything including the U.S. government (renamed The America Corporation), a jolly bunch of ragtag revolutionaries, circus folk, and a particularly gorgeous journalist are all searching for a way to make things right again, and the fate of the country may well lie in Buddy's not-so-capable hands. Sean Murphy's hip, imaginative, and decidedly different style appeals to fans of Kurt Vonnegut, Tom Robbins, and Douglas Coupland. He is the author of The Hope Valley Hubcap King, which was a BookSense 76 pick and the winner of the Hemingway Award for Best First Novel, One Bird, One Stone: 108 American Zen Stories (Renaissance Press), and The Finished Man. He lives with his wife in northern New Mexico. His website address is www.murphyzen.com.
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MARY AFTER ALL: A Novel by Bill Gordon Translation, Audio, and Performance: William Morris Agency, 212-586-5100	January Fiction
Meet Mary Noland (nee Morelli), a tough-talking, calls-'em-like-she-sees-'em Jersey City native who comes of age in the turbulent 1970s. Like many girls in her blue-collar neighborhood, Mary married young to get out of her parents' house. And like many girls, she soon discovered that her youthful dreams of happily-ever-after bore little resemblance to the reality of life, financial dependency on her adulterous truck-driver husband, Bobby, and social isolation caring for their two demanding young sons. In time, Mary hits rock bottom. How she pulls herself up and finds the strength to stand on her own two feet is the story she tells in this remarkable debut. And how she touches others along her road to independence-giving a nun the makeover of a lifetime, bringing meaning to the valium-riddled lives of her fellow housewives, therapizing her shrink, and going into business with her "Mafioso" relatives, for starters--is a testament to the huge heart, generous spirit and no-nonsense attitude that make Mary unforgettable. Bill Gordon grew up in Jersey City, and drew inspiration for his novel from his neighborhood, his extended family, and real life small time Jersey hoods. His marvelous cast of characters include Tony the Horse (a reformed hitman and Mary's doting godfather), Aunt Loretta (the neighborhood bookie), Grandpa Louie (who runs a saloon), Charlie Cuppa'Coffee (who dies in a coffee heist), Uncle Bridie (who owns a funeral home), and many others! And, his depictions of Jersey City itself are so evocative that it becomes a character in its own right. In the tradition of such fictional characters as Roddy Doyle's Paula Spencer (The Woman Who Walked Into Doors) and Wally Lamb's Dolores Price (She's Come Undone) Gordon gives us one-of-a-kind female narrator. Gordon's work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Mississippi Review, New York Press, Christopher Street, and Downtown.
THE TRAIN TO LO WU by Jess Row First Serial, British, Translation, Audio, and Performance: Sanford Greenburger Literary Agency, 212-206-5600	February Fiction
Contemporary Hong Kong, in all of its exoticism and danger, is explored in this remarkable debut story collection by an award-winning young author who spent two years in Hong Kong. In these exquisite stories, a Chinese girl and her American teacher attempt to understand the "blindness" of bats in an effort to locate the ghost of her suicidal mother. An American graduate student provokes a Chinese masseuse into recalling his traumatic experiences of the Cultural Revolution, to unintended results. A Hong Kong businessman learns the limits of his potency when he falls in love with a complex Chinese girl from the provinces. Jess Row's Hong Kong is a city of outsiders, where race, sex, religion, and culture collide to forge surprising connections, creating unexpected consequences, and reverberating with universal truths. Jess Row won a 2003 Whiting Writers Award. Barbara Kingsolver selected one of his stories for inclusion in Best American Short Stories 2001; Walter Mosley chose another for Best American Short Stories 2003; and Gish Jen featured his work in Ploughshares. Jess Row is a graduate of Yale University, and received his MFA from the University of Michigan. He lives in New York, where he is at work on a novel for The Dial Press.
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