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CONSCIOUSLY FEMALE: Reconnecting Your Female Body with Your Female Soul by Tracy W. Gaudet, M.D. with Paula Spencer Performance: The Doe Coover Agency, 617-721-6000 4/04	April Nonfiction
Dr. Tracy Gaudet was the first Executive Director of the Program for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona (which was founded by her colleague and mentor, Dr. Andrew Weil). Presently the founding director of the Center for Integrative Medicine at Duke University Medical School, she is a recognized leader in the emerging field of integrative medicine. CONSCIOUSLY FEMALE is the first book to draw on the integrative medicine wellness practices developed by Dr. Weil and to apply them specifically to women. Dr. Gaudet's program is nothing short of revolutionary, and Bantam is sure it will be bought by readers who have been inspired by Dr. Miriam Nelson's Strong Women Stay Young and Dr. Chris Northrup's Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom. How often have you heard a woman say, "I'm just not myself today" or chalk up a bad mood to PMS or menopause or post-partum blues? Women tend to mentally cross off the days when their hormones are in flux and wait to return to "normal." As one woman says in interviewed by Dr. Gaudet asks, "If we are not ourselves so much of our lives, who are we?" CONSCIOUSLY FEMALE is about the process of reclaiming your identity and recognizing that you are always yourself. Using an integrative medical approach that combines wisdom from mainstream medicine and alternative therapies, Tracy Gaudet shares her insightful vision, holding fast to her credo of "this isn't just happening to my body, it's happening to me." Her book instructs and guides women for the process of reconnecting their female bodies with their female souls. With vivid case studies of her patients, as well as personal examples, Dr. Gaudet shares helpful exercises to boost a woman's self-awareness of what being female means-and specifically how a woman's menstrual cycle affects her body, mind, and spirit. Here's how to help a woman feel great every week of the month, every month of the year, through the various phases of her life. UK/BC volume rights pre-empted by Ebury Press (a division of Random House London). Paula Spencer is the co-author of Bantam's guide to women's sexual health, The V Book and Parenting Guide to Pregnancy & Childbirth for Ballantine Books.
DANCE WITH ME by Luanne Rice Bantam First Serial, British, Translation, Audio, and Performance: Jane Rotrosen Agency, 212-593-4330	February Fiction
With six New York Times bestsellers in five years, Luanne Rice has demonstrated her enduring power as one of our most cherished storytellers. Her intimate portraits of family and home are hallmarks of her unforgettable novels. Continuing in this powerful storytelling tradition, Luanne Rice brings us DANCE WITH ME. A radiant light, Indie has been a passionate and uncannily instinctive sculptress-a faithful and beloved daughter and friend. David was her perfect match-a brilliant Harvard professor and ex-basketball star whose charisma intoxicated all who knew him, especially Indie. Now, a terrifying metamorphosis is revealed-which began on the day of her wedding-and Indie, a mere shadow of her prior self, awakens to the shock of who she has become and the man that David has always been. DANCE WITH ME is Luanne Rice's most courageous and provocative work to date, exploring the depths of betrayal and the redeeming forces of true friendship and abiding love. A simultaneous Thorndike Large Print release.
THE DEATH AND LIFE OF CHARLIE ST. CLOUD by Ben Sherwood British, Translation, Audio, and Performance: William Morris Agency, 212-586-5100	March Fiction
Ben Sherwood follows up the mesmerizing The Man Who Ate the 747 with a magical story about life and death, and one man's quest for love and meaning. A tragic accident nearly takes the life of Charlie St. Cloud, and kills his younger brother Sam. Charlie, who blames himself for Sam's death, holds fast to his promise that the brothers would always stick together no matter what… and so fifteen years later Charlie is the caretaker of Laurel Hill Cemetery, where Sam is buried. Charlie has a very special ability: to interact with the shadowy world of the dead-most importantly, with Sam. And Charlie is perfectly content to spend his days with Sam and the quirky, other-worldly characters that inhabit the cemetery. At least, until he meets Grace, a young woman grieving over the death of her father, who makes Charlie yearn to let go of the past and fully to get back into the world of the living. But the more Charlie is drawn to Grace, the further he slips from Sam. Ben Sherwood is a senior producer for the NBC Nightly News, and has written numerous articles as an investigative journalist. He lives in New York City.
DR. RO'S 10 SECRETS TO LIVIN' HEALTHY by Rovenia Brock First Serial, British, Translation, Audio, Performance: Lowenstein Associates, 212-206-1630	January Nonfiction
From America's leading African-American nutritionist, Rovenia Brock, who also is an award-winning lecturer, journalist, and broadcaster, comes life-saving nutritional advice for black Americans. Dr. Rovenia Brock, "Dr. Ro" to her fans of Black Entertainment Television's "Heart & Soul" and her regularly broadcast radio program, devotes her life to finding real life solutions to the nutrition-related problems plaguing the African American community. Growing up, Dr. Ro saw that obesity and "a touch of sugar"-diabetes-afflicted many of the people around her. But her mother's death when Dr. Ro was just nine years old brought home this plague. Dr. Ro found her life's work, too, in this tragedy when she got to know a nutritionist in the hospital where her mother was being treated and saw that this woman's work helped people feel better by eating better. Dr. Ro knew what she wanted to do with her life. Loaded with information about the health benefits of food, DR. RO'S 10 SECRETS TO LIVIN' HEALTHY provides readers with a one-week menu plan to eating the Dr. Ro way-three meals a day with three snacks-based on Dr. Ro's delicious Southern and Caribbean-inspired recipes, her "color plates" philosophy of eating as a substitute for the Food Pyramid Guide, and a simple walking-based exercise program that will give readers a jumpstart on achieving a healthier way of life. Warm, encouraging, and full of easy-to-follow, proven advice and recipes you can start using today, Dr. Ro's book will inspire all to healthy living! Dr. Rovenia Brock has been a practicing nutritionist for over twenty years. She lives in Washington, D.C.
FOOL'S FATE by Robin Hobb First Serial, British, Translation, Audio, and Performance: Ralph Vicinanza Ltd., 212-924-7090	February Fiction
The final volume in Robin Hobb's Tawny Man trilogy, FOOL'S FATE will take our favorite Royal Assassin turned Skill Master, FitzChivalry, on a perilous journey to the realm of Icefyre, a dragon who has remained frozen in a glacier for untold millennia. No one who has traveled to the Outislands and approached Icefyre has survived the encounter, yet Price Dutiful has vowed to slay the dragon. Accompanied by his betrothed, the Narchesa Marches Ellania, and the reluctant Fitz, young Dutiful has no idea that his quest may not only fail-but may change the world forever. When the Fool reappears and opposes their plan, Fitz can only wonder if this is the same playmate of his childhood to whom he has entrusted his life-or someone much more profound and chilling, neither man nor woman. Fans of Robin Hobb's Bingtown Trader and Farseer books, which are set in the same universe, will be equally enamored of the Tawny Man. All the titles in these series have been Selections of the Science Fiction Book Club.
FIRESTORM by Iris Johansen First Serial, British, Translation, and Performance: Jane Rotrosen Agency, 212-593-4330	April Fiction
Fueled by eight consecutive megahits, including the #1 New York Times bestseller Body of Lies, Iris Johansen's suspense has never been hotter! Now she offers FIRESTORM. To the outside world, Kerry Murphy is a hero. After barely surviving the deadly fire that killed her mother when she was a child, she became a firefighter, then an arson specialist. What no one knows is that Kerry has a secret weapon, and it's not Sam, her loveable canine helper. It's a supernatural ability that terrifies her more than any towering inferno could-and someone's about to put it to a deadly test. But first, she has to deal with Brad Silver. Kerry doesn't care if he was sent to protect her. He's an unwelcome guest she can't seem to kick out of her life or out of her head-literally-and his eerie presence is threatening to destroy her fragile sanity just when she needs it most. With more than twenty million copies of her books in print, Iris Johansen is the author of ten other suspense novels, most recently No One to Trust (10/02) and Dead Aim (4/03).
FIRST IMPRESSIONS: What You Don't Know About How Others See You by Ann Demarais, Ph.D. and Valerie White, Ph.D. Performance: Zachary Shuster Harmsworth, 617-262-2400	March Nonfiction
ALL of us want to know what others think of us. ALL of us want to know how to make a positive first impression. In this groundbreaking book, authors Demarais and White share their insights and methods, based on years of experience consulting with private clients and many Fortune 500 companies and the FBI in their business, First Impressions, on how to create a great and lasting first impression in all types of encounters, from business to social to romantic to a whole range of everyday situations. They guide readers on how to present themselves, communicate sensitivity to others, and manage conversation in any situation by learning the seven key elements of a positive first impression: accessibility, showing interest, topics of conversation, self-disclosure, conversational dynamics, perspective, and sex appeal. And, they illuminate the four universal social gifts needed to make that great impression: appreciation, connection, elevation, and enlightenment. Each chapter outlines specific first impression goals and behaviors and common unintentional messages, supported by examples and relevant research, and shows how to avoid making a bad first impression by focusing on strengths, setting goals, and critically assessing oneself. Authors Ann Demarais and Valerie White and their work have been featured in newspapers and major media throughout the world. Pre-publication sales of FIRST IMPRESSIONS have been made to Forum in Sweden, Het Spectrum in The Netherlands, Sextante in Brazil, Modan in Israel, and Sony in Japan.
THE GAME by Laurie King First Serial, British, Translation, and Performance: Linda Allen Literary Agency, 415-921-6437	March Fiction
The bestselling series that Publishers Weekly hailed as "irresistible entertainment" and The Washington Post called "Intelligent, witty, complex and atmospheric…a spellbinding mystery" turns to a cunning game of international espionage-and an unpredictable mystery that may yet prove the downfall of its illustrious heroes. When high-level intrigue halts their New Year's respite, Mary Russell and her famous husband, Sherlock Holmes, must travel to India in search of a missing spy-none other than the famed orphan who inspired Rudyard Kipling's Kim. But traveling incognito is no easy task for the fair English lady and her notorious spouse. As they weed through Byzantine alleys and traverse perilous mountain peaks, the distinctions between friend and foe blur… for in this game, each move might be their last. Laurie R. King became the first novelist since Patricia Cornwell to win prizes for Best First Crime Novel on both sides of the Atlantic. She is the bestselling author of seven Mary Russell mysteries, four contemporary Kate Martinelli novels, and the critically acclaimed stand-alone novels of suspense, Keeping Watch, Folly, and A Darker Place. A simultaneous Thorndike Large Print release.
THE HAPPIEST TODDLER ON THE BLOCK by Dr. Harvey Karp Performance: International Creative Management, 212-556-5600	March Nonfiction
From the renowned pediatrician who taught new parents how to calm their fussy babies in The Happiest Baby on the Block, comes a breakthrough new book on how to survive the toddler years. During the toddler years, children gain independence and self-confidence, as they begin to master a variety of physical, social and linguistic skills-and, as a result, often become more vocal, stubborn and prone to tantrums. Based on extensive research that views a child's development as being analogous to the stages through which humankind has passed, Dr. Karp provides an effective method tailored to each stage of skill acquisition in a child's life. This book will teach parents how to speak to their little "Stone-agers," from the moment they begin to learn their first words in "the Charming Chimp Child" period until they reach the "Versatile Villager" phase and become social beings with the ability to follow rules and speak in short sentences. Following Dr. Karp's stage-by-stage method is sure to give parents the happiest toddlers on the block. Harvey Karp, M.D., an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the UCLA School of Medicine, has twenty-five years of experience as a pediatrician and child development specialist. He has a private practice in Santa Monica and lives with his wife in Pacific Palisades, California. His first book, The Happiest Baby on the Bock, sells 10,000 copies a month and is licensed to fourteen (14) overseas publishers.
THE LAST STAND OF THE TIN CAN SAILORS: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour by James D. Hornfischer Audio and Performance: Literary Group International, 212-274-1616	February Nonfiction
Although the Battle of Samar is an immensely important story in the annals of World War II history, a battle historian Samuel Eliot Morison called "one of the strangest incidents in this or any modern war" and "the most remarkable of the Pacific war," this episode has never before been given the comprehensive treatment it has long deserved. Written with the immediacy of Black Hawk Down and the drama of Flags of Our Fathers, THE LAST STAND OF THE TIN CAN SAILORS is a powerful tale of courage and sacrifice that brings to stirring life the heroism of ordinary sailors and the triumph and agony of naval combat during World War II. Desperately fought on the morning of October 25, 1944, the Battle of Samar is among the United States Navy's finest hours. It was an upset victory won by overmatched American warships fighting a battle they were never supposed to fight. At a cost of more than a thousand brave men and five gallant ships, a small U.S. flotilla confronted an overwhelming force of Japanese warships, some up to sixty times their size. In a two-and-a-half-hour running battle in the Philippine Sea, the Americans performed the impossible, turning back the Japanese Navy in its last desperate gamble and changing the course of World War II in the Pacific. THE LAST STAND OF THE TIN CAN SAILORS is war writing at it best, filled with riveting detail and attention to individual characters, enhanced throughout by the author's extensive original interviews, correspondence with veterans, unpublished eyewitness accounts, declassified U.S. Navy documents, and rare Japanese sources. Written with an eye to the strategic picture and a keen ear for the experiences of "average" sailors, it is a resonant portrait of the Navy man's indomitable spirit and an unforgettable tale of his heroism and sacrifice in the face of hopeless odds. James Hornfischer is a writer, literary agent, and former book editor. A simultaneous Random House Audio and Random House Large Print release.
MALLETS AFORETHOUGHT by Sarah Graves First Serial, British, Translation, Audio, and Performance: Writer's House, Inc., 212-685-2400	March Fiction
An electrifying mix of carpentry and crime, MALLETS AFORETHOUGHT is the seventh in Sarah Graves' irresistible home repair mystery series that hammers home the humor and nails down the suspense. Old-house fix-up enthusiast Jacobia "Jake" Tiptree and her friend Ellie White have agreed to refurbish Eastport's most disreputable dwelling: Harlequin House, home of Ellie's disgraced ancestor and former hide-out, hospital and makeshift morgue for gunshot gangsters. When a hidden trap door reveals the skeleton of a notorious 1920's flapper, it's only the first of many rackets that threaten to bring down the house. Jake and Ellie soon find a fresh corpse sitting right beside the skeleton-and nothing piques their interest like a good old-fashioned Maine murder. But this time, their own reputations may be on the line… Sarah Graves's previous titles include: The Dead Cat Bounce, Triple Witch, Wicked Fix, and Repair to Her Grave, Wreck the Halls, and Unhinged. She is currently at work on her eighth "Home Repair is Homicide" mystery.
PERIL by Thomas H. Cook First Serial and Performance: Russell & Volkening, Inc., 212-684-6050	February Fiction
Hailed by the Chicago Tribune as "a master… at showing the slow-motion shattering of families and relationships," Edgar Award-winning author Thomas Cook delivers PERIL, his most enthralling mystery yet. Sara Labriola is a married woman, haunted by the past and terrified of the future. Tired of living in fear, Sara does the only thing she can: she makes herself disappear. On the sultry, seductive streets of New York City, Sara will reinvent herself. But six desperate and dangerous men-each with the power to destroy her-are on her trail. And none of them suspect that the woman they are seeking has a dangerous secret of her own. For Sara is leading them down a path of private demons, past sins… and the deadliest peril. Thomas H. Cook is the author of sixteen acclaimed novels, including The Chatham Affair which won the Edgar Award for Best Novel, The Interrogation and Places in the Dark. He lives in New York City and Cape Cod where he is currently at work on his next novel.
SHOOTING THE SUN by Max Byrd First Serial, British, Translation, Audio, Performance: William Morris Agency, 212-586-5100	January Fiction
To enter the imagination of the bestselling author of Jefferson, Jackson and Grant is "Splendid…nothing less than a visit with greatness" raves the Associated Press. SHOOTING THE SUN is classic Byrd: a meticulously researched account of the invention of the world's first computer. This fascinating tale of a previously unexplored pocket of history, perfectly taps into the audience of bestselling authors writing historical fiction, such as Simon Pressfield and Gore Vidal. In 1837, Charles Babbage, a mathematical genius and Victorian eccentric of legendary proportions, invented the world's first digital computer. To finance building the machine, his business partner, Richard Henshaw Baker, sponsored one of the first astronomical expeditions in history. The party of four men and one woman set out from Washington City in the Spring of 1839 to travel to the American Southwest, an area so remote that fewer than a half dozen Europeans had ever seen it. Their purpose was to make history by photographing a solar eclipse with the remarkable new camera invented by M. Daguerre. But in the Wild West the best laid plans can come undone-and scientific experiments may come to strange-and dangerous-conclusions.
SUNNY CHANDLER'S RETURN by Sandra Brown All rights inquiries: The Bantam Dell Publishing Group, 212-782-9800 (f)	January Fiction
The author of 45 New York Times best-selling novels, Sandra Brown is one of the romance world's most acclaimed writers. Rendezvous magazine has praised her as a novelist whose "larger than life heroes and heroines make you believe all the warm, wonderful, wild things in life." Now, in the classic romantic tradition her fans have come to love, here is another sexy and extraordinary tale-SUNNY CHANDLER'S RETURN. Sunny Chandler always said she'd never go back to the tiny town where she grew up. It was just three years ago that she was at the center of a notorious scandal-and the good folks of Latham Green, Louisiana, made it clear they'd never let her forget it. So Sunny packed up and headed for New Orleans, and now she wouldn't give up city life for the world. But when she's invited to her best friend's wedding, Sunny has no choice but to go home. And with her return come the whispers… the looks… the rumors she tried to escape. It doesn't take Sunny long to see that Latham Green has nothing new to offer… except maybe Ty Beaumont… Sandra Brown began her writing career in 1980. There are fifty million copies of her books in print, and her work has been translated into twenty-nine languages. The parents of two children, she and her husband now divide their time between homes in Texas and South Carolina. A simultaneous Random House Audio and Random House Large Print release.
THROUGH THE GLASS WALL by Dr. Howard Buten Translation and Performance: The Young Agency, 212-229-2612	February Nonfiction
When in 1974 a wild, clawing four-year-old named Adam S. burst into the room at the Children's Orthogenetic Center in Detroit, Howard Buten, then 24, was stunned and exhilarated. "I wanted to know what in the world it could possibly feel like to be him," Buten writes of this human hurricane. In his subsequent encounters with many children, he provides a mesmerizing account of his life's work, an extraordinary effort to gain access to the closed off world of the autistic. Buten is the founding director of the Adam Shelton Center in Paris, a clinical haven- sometimes the last hope-for autistic children. Whether his charges are violent and hyperactive or inert and gentle, whether verbal or nonverbal, retarded or brilliant, Buten is able to breach the wall that isolates them from everyone. He can find a way to mirror their feelings and express their worlds, bridging the chasm between "normal" social interaction and autism. His empathy and intellectual curiosity make use of his acting talents to draw out his patients and illuminate for us what they feel, see, and think. THROUGH THE GLASS WALL is an amazing and rare portrayal of autism's frightening and fascinating reality. This riveting book explodes with amazing encounters that pull you into Howard Buten's world with its passionate, ruthless, humor-filled, and loving portrayal of the autistic under his care. In the tradition of Oliver Sacks and Richard Seltzer, Howard Buten's THROUGH THE GLASS WALL is a clinician's powerful account infused with the heart of a humanist. An American living in Paris, Howard Buten is renowned in France as a Chevalier des Arts et Letters (for his novel written in French) and performs as an award-winning clown. He is also the most extraordinary, likable, and unlikely clinician you will ever come across.
TRUE FIRES by Susan Carol McCarthy British, Translation, and Performance: Zachary Shuster Harmsworth, 617-262-2400	January Fiction
From the acclaimed author of Lay That Trumpet In Our Hands, comes this haunting novel of the 1950s, a powerful journey into the heart of racial segregation and the unlikely alliance that will inspire-and heal-a child's broken heart. In the idyllic town of Lake Esther, Florida, little is allowed to ripple the surface calm-which is just the way Sheriff Kyle Deluth likes it. But when Deluth removes two young children from the local, white school because of the color of their skin, which he claims is "tainted" by blacks among their ancestors, the sheriff's arrogant cruelty sparks a conflagration unlike any he imagined. Suddenly, four women-an indomitable heiress, a revered journalist, an impoverished housewife, and a fading Southern Belle-will forge an unlikely alliance across the racial divide. It will change the face of the town-and their lives-forever. Susan McCarthy writes about racism with compassion and an incisive sense of justice that comes from having grown up in the world she describes. Bittersweet and yet inspirational, TRUE FIRES confirms McCarthy's reputation as a dazzling new voice in storytelling. Lay That Trumpet In Our Hands was featured as a notable debut by Publisher's Weekly in their recent Fall Regional Roundup and was a Featured Alternate of Doubleday Book Club and the Literary Guild.
WHISKER OF EVIL: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery by Rita Mae Brown First Serial, British, Translation, Audio, and Performance: Wendy Weil Agency, Inc., 212-685-0030	April Fiction
Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen and her trio of sleuthing pets are back for their twelfth Mrs. Murphy mystery in this New York Times bestselling series-WHISKER OF EVIL. Change can be very disturbing anywhere, but particularly in a small town like Crozet. And this is a summer full of turbulence for the people in this normally quiet corner of Virginia. There's a movie star's homecoming, a spreading rabies epidemic, and the clues to an old murder suddenly unearthed. But what hits closest to home for "Harry" Haristeen is the unsettling knowledge that a new, state-of-the-art (and probably pet-free) post office is being built, and it's unlikely she'll be able to carry on as usual as postmistress. Things will never be the same after this summer, but what that means for Harry-and the feline and canine sleuths charged with keeping her safe-is still unclear, especially if she keeps sticking her nose into things people would kill to leave undisturbed.
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THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN by Christopher Golden First Serial, Audio, and Performance: Christopher Golden, CRDG@comcast.net	February Fiction
From a master of horror, dark fantasy and suspense, comes a compelling and uniquely original work of the paranormal, where one man finds himself trapped in a web of ever-shifting reality which threatens to remake the whole of the world-unless he can find a way to stop it. In THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN¸ Will James' tenth high school reunion is far from his finest hour. Dumped at the altar by his high school sweetheart and with his dreams of a prize-winning reporting career dashed by his job at a Boston tabloid, Will is not sure he's ready to face his former peers. But the reunion turns out to be even more than he bargained for. He soon learns that one of his buddies had died several years back-even though Will had received an e-mail from him only a few days ago. Before long, Will finds that people he was convinced were alive are turning out to be dead-or married to other people-or childless where they used to have children. As new memories swarm in to replace the old, Will no longer knows what is real and what is not. The only thing he is certain of is that he has to figure out why this is happening before everything dissolves into this new, darker reality. With more than 8 million copies of his books in print, Christopher Golden is the award-winning, L.A. Times bestselling author of The Ferryman, Strangewood, the Body of Evidence series, as well as many books and comic books related to the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel" TV series. He was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN is his first novel for Bantam.
CINDERELLA RULES by Donna Kauffman First Serial, Audio, and Performance: Spencerhill Associates, (518) 392-9293	January Fiction
Fast on the heels of her romantic comedy debut, The Big Bad Wolf Tells All (already sold in Japan and Germany) Donna Kauffman launches CINDERELLA RULES, an hilarious fairy-tale-with-a-twist series set at Glass Slipper, Inc. Behind the graceful, exterior of this mysterious building, a team of highly trained experts are going about the serious business of makeovers-face, wardrobe, and life. And does Darby Landon ever need a makeover in order to fit back into the debutante world she had escaped as a teenager. She had hated her blue-blooded, dull-as-dishwater high society life, and once she had slipped into Levi's to work on her grandfather's ranch, she never looked back. But her hapless younger sister has ordered her to come home to escort an important client of her father. Against every principle she has, Darby takes off for Washington for a round of balls, parties, and high-velocity shopping. It will take all the power of Glass Slipper, Inc. to teach her more fashion sense than the idea that jeans go with everything. Sweetening the deal is dashing man-about-globe Shane Morgan, recent heir of the gargantuan Morgan Industries, who also is unhappy to have traded in a carefree life-pearl-diving in the South Pacific-for the boardroom. He's planning to sell off the company at a garage sale if necessary, but a certain Cinderella-to-be has caught his eye, and when the two of them find themselves caught up in a shady plot, he discovers that Cinderella is just as lovely in cowboy boots as a ball gown... or out of them... The Big Bad Wolf Tells All, Donna Kauffman's first foray into chick-lit, has been licensed in Germany/Heyne and Japan/Shinchosha. Donna is currently at work on her next romance in the Glass Slipper series, Dear Prince Charming.
NO MORE DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS: What Every Woman Needs to Know--Real Solutions to End the Pain and Achieve Lasting Digestive Health by Cynthia Yoshida, M.D. with Deborah Katz British, Translation, Audio, Performance: Lowenstein Associates, 212-206-1630	April Nonfiction
Backed by the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) and written by a leading authority in the field, here is NO MORE UPSET STOMACHS, the first comprehensive and reader-friendly book for women to address their unique digestive problems. A staggering one in four women suffers from some kind of gastrointestinal disorder. Everything from menstruation to pregnancy can wreak havoc with the way a woman's body processes food. Some conditions such as the current epidemic of irritable bowel syndrome afflict twice as many women as men. Dr. Yoshida started the Women's Gastroenterological Clinic at the University of Virginia because so many women were coming to her with problems they were too embarrassed to discuss during regular checkups. Many had common symptoms such as bloating, constipation, and heartburn that had often gone untreated for years, and many were shockingly unaware of serious risks like colon cancer. This reassuring and revealing book is filled with the most recent medical information from the AGA, as well as self-help tips and the voices of Dr. Yoshida's patients, addressing all the key areas of women's digestive health, from symptoms and standard tests to high-tech procedures and gentle natural approaches. Cynthia Yoshida, M.D., is associate professor at the University of Virginia Health System and Director of the university's all-women GI clinic. In addition to her numerous research publications, she is a frequent speaker at national and international medical conferences and a recognized media spokesperson on women's and children's digestive health. Deborah Katz is a health journalist with published articles in the Washington Post, Good Housekeeping, McCall's, Parents, and other magazines.
SUPER NUTRITION FOR WOMEN, 2nd Revised Edition by Ann Louise Gittleman, Ph.D., C.N.S. All rights inquiries: The Bantam Dell Publishing Group, 212-782-9800	February Nonfiction
Bantam first published Ann Louise Gittleman's SUPER NUTRITION FOR WOMEN over ten years ago. Filled with guidance about the vitamins, minerals and nutrients every woman needs for optimal health at every age, the book won the Excellence in Medical Communications Award for telling women what they were often missing in daily meals, especially in popular low fat diets. Dr. Gittleman (who has a Ph.D. in nutrition) has gone on to become a nationally recognized weight-loss expert with over two decades of experience in public health and private practice. Her columns appear regularly on iVillage.com and in other print and TV media. She is the author of the NY Times-bestselling book Fat Flush Plan (McGraw Hill) and she has a related exercise book coming out in January 2004. To coincide with her current publishing program and nutritional work, this completely revised and updated trade paperback edition of SUPER NUTRITION FOR WOMEN will include the results of the latest nutritional studies on everything from new low carbohydrate and high protein diets to how to combat a variety of illnesses such as osteoporosis and yeast infections. Not a diet book, but a book that helps you choose the right diet for you, SUPER NUTRITION FOR WOMEN is an indispensable addition to every woman's health library.


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BLINDED by Stephen White First Serial, Audio, and Performance: Janklow & Nesbit Associates, Inc., 212-355-1724	February Fiction
The New York Times bestselling author of The Best Revenge, Warning Signs, and The Program ratchets up the thrills in BLINDED, an unbeatable novel of electrifying suspense that probes the very edge of the human psyche. Gibbs Storey is a woman no man can resist. When her comfortable life is shattered by the one man she thought it was safe to give her heart to, the nightmare has only just begun. Psychologist Alan Gregory is used to dealing with nightmares. But a brutal, shocking confession locks him into darkness-and forces him to choose between saving himself and saving those who will otherwise end their days pleading for mercy at the hands of a vicious serial killer. What Alan can't see is that either choice might cost him his life… In riveting, explosive scenes that have become his hallmark, psychologist and preeminent novelist Stephen White delivers an unsettling and gripping story that penetrates to the heart of terror and transfixes readers. Foreign rights for Stephen White's books have been licensed to Estonia/Ersen, England/Little Brown, Brazil/Leganto, and Netherlands/Unieboek.
THE BOOK OF JOE by Jonathan Tropper British, Translation, and Performance: Writers House, 212-685-2400	April Fiction
"You can't go home again" takes on new meaning in this witty and heartwarming novel that's already secured pre-publication deals in England, Germany, and a movie option to Warner Bros. Studios. Right after high school, Joe Goffman left sleepy Bush Falls, Connecticut and never looked back. Then he wrote a novel savaging everyone in town, a novel that became a national bestseller and a huge hit movie. Fifteen years later, Joe is struggling to avoid the sophomore slump with his next novel when he gets a call: his father has had a stroke, so it's back to Bush Falls for the town's most famous pariah. His brother avoids him, his former classmates beat him up, and the members of the local book club just hurl their copies of Bush Falls at his house. But with the help of some old friends, Joe discovers that coming home isn't all bad-and that maybe the best things in life are second chances. Fans of Nick Hornby and Jennifer Weiner will love THE BOOK OF JOE, for it is by turns howlingly funny, fiercely intelligent, and achingly poignant. Jonathan Tropper lives in New Rochelle, New York, with his family. He is currently at work on his second novel for Bantam Dell.
THE CLOUD ATLAS by Liam Callanan British, Translation, and Performance: Wendy Sherman Associates, 212-279-9027	July Fiction
Liam Callanan's rich debut novel describes one of the strangest chapters of World War II, the story of the only Japanese bombs which landed on the North American continent, dropped from balloons which had been sent across the Pacific. THE CLOUD ATLAS is told through the voice of an aging Catholic missionary in Alaska, as he "confesses" to his Native American shaman counterpart, who lies dying. Sixty years before, the priest had been a young sergeant, a bomb disposal expert who was sent to Alaska, where most of these firebombs landed, as part of a secret government project to disarm the weapons before they caused public panic. Despite the terror of his job, it is not the explosives but the people in this remote wilderness who haunt this soldier-turned-priest into his old age, especially a Yup'ik Eskimo woman, a shaman, and a boy. This lyrical novel will appeal to readers of Snow Falling on Cedars and The English Patient. They will be very pleased to make the acquaintance of Liam Callanan's fresh new voice. A frequent NPR "Morning Edition" contributor, whose op-ed pieces appear in the New York Times and Washington Post, Liam teaches creative writing at Georgetown University. This is his first novel, and he is already at work on his second hardcover for Bantam Dell.
EMPEROR: THE DEATH OF KINGS by Conn Iggulden First Serial, British, Translation, Audio and Performance: Anderson/Grinberg Literary Management, 212-620-5883	March Fiction
Published to tremendous critical acclaim, Conn Iggulden's Emperor: The Gates of Rome transported readers to the unforgettable world of Julius Caesar, recounting the gripping story of one of history's most compelling and charismatic leaders. This first volume ended with young Julius watching his uncle win a magnificent test of wits and will. Julius has learned to trust no one except his childhood friend-Marcus Brutus. In the second dazzling installment of this exciting four-part series, the blood brothers endure one of the most dramatic periods in Rome's history, filled with even more thrilling battles (including an uprising led by none other than Spartacus) and bold new characters, as well a passionate love triangle. EMPEROR: THE DEATH OF KINGS also features intriguing personal details about the conquerors, including Brutus's reunion with his ill-reputed mother-a confrontation that stokes bitter memories in him. An action-packed epic for all fans of historical fiction, EMPEROR: THE DEATH OF KINGS marks a stunning new pinnacle in the grand tradition of heroic tales. Conn Iggulden taught English for seven years before becoming a full-time writer. He is married with two children and lives in Hertfordshire, England, where he is already at work on the third volume in the Emperor series. The entire four-volume EMPEROR series has just been optioned by Spitfire Productions working in partnership with Tony To (Band of Brothers).
FIVE MEN WHO BROKE MY HEART: A Memoir by Susan Shapiro First Serial, British, Translation, and Performance: Elizabeth Kaplan Literary Agency, 212-316-0955	January Fiction
A funny, intelligent, poignant, and neurotic memoir of one woman's decision to track down the five men who broke her heart. Already garnering advance praise from Ian Frazier-"Susan Shapiro…is one of the funniest writers on love and marriage and family that I know of today"-and Erica Jong-"Susan Shapiro's voice is so honest and passionate, it's bewitching"-FIVE MEN WHO BROKE MY HEART recounts Susan's "no-book-no-baby" summer when she revisits her exes, specifically the five men-"Mr. Studrocket," "Hamlet," "Beach Boy," "The Biographer," and "Root Canal"-who broke her heart between the ages of 13 and 35. Over the years, Susan had wondered whether she had flunked all five relationships. Now, the nagging idea that she had it all wrong and never had gotten over any of them propels her to seek out each one. Of course, her happy marriage develops stress faults as she "dates" her exes. Until, that is, Susan realizes she's pushing away the one man who hasn't left her, yet, her husband. Is coming to terms with her past in danger of ruining her future? Susan Shapiro's work has appeared in Cosmopolitan, Glamour, The New York Times Magazine, People, and many other national newspapers and magazines. She lives in New York with her husband, a television comedy writer, and teaches writing at New York University and The New School..
HALLOWED BONES by Carolyn Haines First Serial, Audio, and Performance: The Young Agency, 212-229-2612	April Fiction
"A down-home valentine that couldn't be more Southern if it were packaged with grits"-Kirkus From the acclaimed author of Splintered Bones, Buried Bones, Them Bones and Crossed Bones, comes another irresistible Mississippi Delta mystery featuring beloved southern-belle-turned-sleuth Sarah Booth Delaney. HALLOWED BONES takes Sarah into the heart of New Orleans to consider the possibility of miracles-and murder. Doreen Mallory is a beautiful and mysterious woman who is said to have wondrous healing powers. But when she's wrongfully charged with the murder of her infant child, it'll take a modern-day miracle for Sarah to prove her innocence. Out of cozy Sunflower County on a thrilling case of whodunit-in which the motives for murder are as plentiful as the list of suspects-this PI must navigate her way through a shadowy, secretive world to uncover not only what is at the heart of a mysterious crime, but what lies beneath a façade of illusions. Filled with rich, atmospheric detail and featuring an unforgettable cast of characters, this is an irresistible new mystery from "an author to die for." A native of Mississippi and a former photojournalist, Carolyn Haines now lives on an Alabama farm with her horses, dogs, and cats. She was recently honored with a literary fellowship from the Alabama State Council on the Arts.
IRONFIRE: A Novel of the Knights of Malta and the Last Battle of the Crusades by David Ball First Serial, British, Translation, Audio, and Performance: Jean Naggar Literary Agency, Inc., 212-794-1082	January Fiction
Epic, stirring, unforgettable, IRONFIRE is historical fiction in the grand tradition of Michener and Clavell at the top of their form. IRONFIRE is centered on the Great Siege of Malta in 1565-when the mighty Ottoman Empire and the storied Knights of Malta met in a climactic contest of East versus West. Here the iron-willed Grand Master Jean la Valette rallies his knights and a handful of allies against his old enemy, the infamous Barbary pirate Dragut, Suleiman the Magnificent, and fifty thousand of the fiercest fighters known to history. A young surgeon-knight, Christien De Vries, steels himself for a battle he never sought and tries not to think of Maria Borg, the indomitable Maltese beauty denied him by his vows. A priest with blood on his hands recovers his faith and faces ultimate justice in the murderous cauldron of siege warfare. The outlaw members of an underground Jewish community cast their lot with those who have ostracized them for generations. And Nico Borg, stolen from Malta at age ten, now known to the Turks as their deadly naval commander Rais Asha, must at last decide between his long-lost family and his comrades-in-arms. Amid the grandeur and the strife, David Ball brings to vivid life the intimate stories of these wonderful characters and the everyday feel of the treacherous world in which they lived. The author of the acclaimed first novel Empire of Sand (which pitted the French Foreign Legion against the fierce Tuareg warriors of the Sahara), David Ball has been embraced by reviewers and booksellers alike as a singular talent on the historical fiction scene.
MINA by Jonatha Ceely Performance: Zachary Shuster Harmsworth, 617-262-2400	April Fiction
Set in an English country house towards the end of the 19th century, MINA is a debut novel which tells the engrossing story of trust, faith, and friendship between two lost souls. One is a fifteen-year-old Irish orphan who has fled the Irish famine and found a bed and food as a stable hand at an English estate; the other, Mr. Serle, who is twenty years older, is the estate's cook, an aloof, educated, dark "foreigner." Each is adrift in the English culture and each has a painful and desperate past that is unknown to anyone else. MINA captures their stories and the nuances of their budding friendship and trust as they begin to reveal who they are in the quiet of the kitchen and against a backdrop of starvation, fear, and ambition. They help one another escape both real and emotional terror, and by the end of MINA, they set out for America. These lead characters are perfectly, beautifully rendered through the voice of a terrified child struggling to survive and who is befriended by that rarest of things, an honest man. Jonatha Ceely's evocation of the daily routines and life rhythm in a 19th century country manor kitchen, the food preparation and cycle of chores and tasks, is pitch perfect. MINA brings a new voice to the kind of treasured family sagas like those of Rosamund Pilcher. Jonatha Ceely lives in Massachusetts where she is at work on her next novel, which will follow Mr. Serle and his rescued orphan to America just before the Civil War. German language rights in MINA and its sequel are sold to Bertelsmann and Italian to Sperling & Kupfer.
PISTOL POETS by Victor Gischler Performance: Lukeman Literary Management, Ltd., 212-874-5959	February Fiction
They say the pen is mightier than the sword. But how about a Glock-19 with a seventeen-round clip? A hilarious and edge-of-the-seat thriller from Edgar nominee Victor Gischler provides the answer in PISTOL POETS, a mesmerizing blend of wordplay and gunplay. When a drug lord's lieutenant from one of St. Louis' toughest ghettos decides to get out and make a new life for himself, fate delivers the perfect opportunity. But swapping identities with a scholarship kid bound for Eastern Oklahoma University provides a new set of tough challenges. How is Harold Jenks going to pull off being the new graduate assistant in the English Department's teaching lab when he's more used to wielding a Mach-10 than a metaphor? In the meantime, visiting professor Jay Morgan is up against a problem even more serious than the loss of his poetic inspiration and the remaindering of his first book-there's a dead co-ed in his bed. For these two fugitives from poetic justice, survival means learning new skills-fast. If they find themselves at the bottom of the class, that probably means they're already dead. Victor Gischler lives with his wife and two evil cats in Claremore, Oklahoma. Delacorte has two further books under contract with him.
A SEASON FOR THE DEAD by David Hewson British, Translation, and Performance: Pan Macmillan (audio option), +44 20 7014 6000 (p), +44 20 7014 6001 (f)	April Fiction
David Hewson, whose work has been praised by the Sunday Times (London) as "richly enjoyable, sophisticated and beguiling entertainment," offers A SEASON FOR THE DEAD, the first in a brilliant and atmospheric new crime series set in contemporary Rome and featuring enigmatic detective Nic Costa. While Sara Farnese pours over ancient texts in the silent Vatican reading room, a brutal murder is taking place in a nearby church. Suddenly, a crazed man walks up to Sara's desk carrying a bloodied bag. He has a message for her: "The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church." Soon, Sara is inextricably linked to a series of horrific and cunning murders, each one representative of the death of a martyr of the Church. Enter Detective Costa, enlisted to track down the killer and protect Sara from the horrors he is capable of. For at any time, she could be the chosen sacrifice… Those who love the novels of Ian Rankin will find A SEASON FOR THE DEAD a riveting page-turner that will keep them guessing to the very end.
THE SIGHT OF THE STARS by Belva Plain First Serial, British, Translation, and Performance: Janklow & Nesbit Associates, 212-355-1724	January Fiction
It is 1907. Dressed in a brand-new suit, with one hundred and fifty dollars in his pocket, 19-year-old Adam Arnring says goodbye to his family in New Jersey and boards a train for the fabled West. He takes a job in a small department store in a booming Texas town and meets a woman who excites him beyond all measure: the exquisite, rich, and untouchable Emma Rothirsch. But Adam is a young man willing to take great risks to get what he wants. One is Emma. The other is to build a prosperous department store that will live on through his children and grandchildren. But just when Adam's dreams are within reach, fate intervenes. Tragedy strikes from the trenches of World War I, setting in motion a series of events that will echo down the years. Adam succumbs to a moment of weakness that culminates in an unforgivable act of betrayal. The tenuous threads of the Arnrings' past begin to unravel, revealing a shattering secret that reaches back nearly a century. Across a teeming canvas of history, through world wars and the close of a century, THE SIGHT OF THE STARS tells a deeply affecting story of family and forgiveness, guilt and redemption. Brimming with the emotional depth and moral complexity we have come to expect from this incomparable storyteller, THE SIGHT OF THE STARS is about what happens when we dare to dream, and the moments that can change families forever. A simultaneous Random House Audio and Random House Large Print release.
TELLING LIES TO ALICE by Laura Wilson British, Translation, Audio, and Performance: Gregory & Radice Author's Agents, 3/04 +44 207610-4676 (p)/+44 207 610-4686(f)	March Fiction
Hailed by the New York Times as "a subtle mind reader," the Anthony Award nominated author turns her lethal insight to London's Playboy Bunny club circa 1967, with a dazzling mystery poised to break her out into the major league of suspense authors. "I had the dream again last night. I'm at the bottom of a lake looking through the window of a car. Everything's green and murky and there's a skeleton behind the wheel, dressed as a bunny girl." 1970: Lenny Maxted, half of Britain's best-loved comic duo, hangs himself. His fiancée, bunny girl Alice Jones, finds his body. 1976: Alice, now a recluse, receives a newspaper cutting in the mail. Sent anonymously, it details the discovery of a car containing human remains found at the bottom of a lake. Alice suspects she knows the identity of the body. Someone from her past. Someone she wanted dead. But when Lenny's former partner Jack Flowers turns up on her doorstep after a six-year absence wearing a killer smile, Alice discovers that she may not have been the only one harboring such ill-will… Universally compared to Minette Walters, P.D. James and Barbara Vine, Wilson has established herself as the new force to be reckoned with in suspense. TELLING LIES TO ALICE is by far her best novel yet.
THE 37TH HOUR by Jodi Compton First Serial, British, Translation, Audio, and Performance: The Karpfinger Agency, 212-691-2690	January Fiction
In this heart-stopping debut, Jodi Compton introduces a detective-a missing persons expert-who is faced with the toughest case of her life: the disappearance of her own husband, also a cop. THE 37TH HOUR delivers a taut crime novel, as well as the unforgettable story of a marriage-maybe even a whole life-built on shadows. Sarah Pribek has been Michael Shiloh's wife for only two months, but she thought she understood the most intimate aspects of his life. They were each people putting their lives back together when they met. They knew what it was like to become a good cop against all odds. Shiloh had been with her when her partner's daughter was raped and murdered. He knew it wasn't her fault when the suspect got off on a technicality because she told the truth on the stand. But when he doesn't make it to his FBI course in Quantico, she begins to uncover disturbing facts. Others may think her husband has left her for another woman-or gone off on a bender like the one he was just finishing when they first met. Sarah knows him better. Seeking all the way back into the roots of Shiloh's estrangement from his family, Sarah finds her certainties about right and wrong, loyalty and betrayal, love and hate suddenly gone. Writing in the dark territory usually reserved for men like Michael Connolly and Dennis Lehane, Jodi Compton is clearly a new master of the genre, and Delacorte is delighted that we have two more Sarah Pribek novels under contract.
WASHINGTON AND CAESAR: A Novel by Christian Cameron British, Translation, and Performance: HarperCollins Publishers, 212-207-7000	January Fiction
While many people know that George Washington, the Father of our Country, was a slaveholder until his death, few realize that, during the Revolutionary War, many of his slaves escaped to the British lines. They fought against the General and the Continental Army because the British promised to free any slave who became a Redcoat. Based on these historical facts, Christian Cameron has woven a ingenious historical novel which tells the story of the fictional Caesar, an African kidnapped as a young man who becomes a stable hand at Mount Vernon. When Caesar escapes slavery to enlist with the British, his swift rise through the ranks is deftly told against the story of Washington's perilous war years, leading to the day when they come face to face again, this time in uniform, fighting on opposite sides for freedom. A captivating tour de force, WASHINGTON AND CAESAR is a moving salute to liberty itself. It will appeal equally to readers of history and historical novels alike. With his father as co-author, Christian Cameron is the author of four military thrillers, most recently Hostile Contact, published under the name Gordon Kent. In addition to his personal experience as a military pilot, he is active in Revolutionary War reenactments and brings a seasoned realism to his accounts of life on the battlefield, no matter what the century. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
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CINEMATHERAPY FOR THE SOUL: The Girl's Guide to Finding Inspiration One Movie at a Time by Nancy Peske & Beverly West Translation and Performance: Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc., 212-780-6050	February Nonfiction
The fourth book in the popular Cinematherapy series, CINEMATHERAPY FOR THE SOUL, is a cinematic guide for spiritual health and personal growth. This new book focuses on movies that enhance spiritual health, motivate the search for greater meaning in daily life, and inspire personal growth-all through the creative use of our remote controls. Feel like the song in your heart has developed a severe case of laryngitis? Watch a DISCOVERING YOUR TALENT movie like "Little Voice," and let your inner Judy Garland show you the way over the rainbow. Bored with the status quo, and feel that the story of your life is about as exciting as the most recent edition of your local telephone directory? Watch a COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS movie like "Harold and Maude," and reawaken your senses to the richness of everyday experience. Complete with inspirational quotes, recipes to feed your spiritual hunger, self-pampering rituals to rekindle your joie de vivre, and other fun but provocative sidebars designed to help us find the significant in the ordinary, CINEMATHERAPY FOR THE SOUL is guaranteed to help women discover movies to inspire, refresh, uplift, and reinvigorate their tired spirits, without ever having to venture further than their neighborhood video store. Cinematherapy, the original book in the series, has enjoyed tremendous success. The first three Cinematherapy books have sold 210,000 copies.
THE FINISHED MAN by Sean Murphy Translation, Audio, and Performance: Peter Rubie Literary Agency, 212-279-1776	February Fiction
The exciting new talent behind The Hope Valley Hubcap King returns with a wry, rollicking look at the literati, love affairs, and Southern California. THE FINISHED MAN introduces Frank, an aptly named narrator whose good-natured-and futile-attempts to become America's greatest writer take a series of tragicomic terms. His old archrival, Max, is writing amateur schlock that commands six figure advances-and, even worse, is married to the love of Frank's life, the mysterious and beautiful Magee. When Frank is invited to move into their oceanside mansion, he can't help but nose around Max's hidden journals and letters, which soon reveal the secret of Max's success. Laced with snippets of Max's outlandish novels and top-secret diaries, THE FINISHED MAN is set amidst a West Coast world of wildfires and wannabes, hipsters and heavy smog. In Murphy's unique and very funny voice, it's an endlessly captivating place. Sean Murphy's debut novel, The Hope Valley Hubcap King, earned comparisons to literary giants Jack Kerouac and Samuel Beckett, and will be re-released in trade paperback format concurrently with THE FINISHED MAN.
SUMMER OF THE BIG BACHI by Naomi Hirahara First Serial, Audio, and Performance: Rosenstone/Wender Associates, 212-832-8330	April Fiction
A Hiroshima survivor must confront his past in a tale of Los Angeles that mystery fans have rarely seen. Identity, loss of identity, and the American promise of new beginnings erected atop buried pasts-these themes are explored in a Los Angeles you can smell, feel and see in SUMMER OF THE BIG BACHI. Mas Arai is a man who believes in leaving well enough alone. The 69-year-old gardener doesn't like confidences and abhors drama. He prefers to tinker with his lawnmower and shoot the breeze over beer with his fellow gardeners. Few know the truth about his flight from Hiroshima after World War II and Mas plans to take his secrets to the grave. But, when a menacing stranger shows up looking for his estranged friend, Joji Haneda, Mas knows his past won't stay buried. Then, a young man from Japan claiming to be a reporter shows up asking about Joji, too, and Mas must put right what was done decades ago, in another country, at a time of war. SUMMER OF THE BIG BACHI is a mesmerizing debut mystery that will pull in mystery readers with its rendering of a world of immigrant Japanese American life in LA few know of, framed in a murder mystery of shady business dealings, gambling, and murder. Naomi Hirahara is a freelance journalist and writer who served for several years as an editor of The Rafu Shimpo, the largest Japanese-American daily newspaper. She is the daughter of a Los Angeles gardener and atom bomb survivor and resides in Pasadena, California, where she is at work on her next Mas Arai mystery.
THE SUN ROAD by Hannah MacDonald British, Translation, Audio, and Performance: Carlisle & Company, LLC, 212-813-1881	April Fiction
For fans of Alice McDermott and Sue Monk Kidd comes Heather MacDonald's astonishingly assured debut novel, THE SUN ROAD, where what was and what might have been collide and a shattering tragedy echoes through the lives of two neighboring families. To Beth Standing it seems that her mother Lizzie has never been happy. As a child, Beth never understood why her own home was different, but still she ran from its stifling atmosphere, seeking careful solace in the noisy, energetic household of the Fredericks family across the street. An unexpected affair with her childhood best friend forces Beth to confront memories she'd hoped to leave behind and her desperate attempt to understand finally reveals the consequences of one woman's unchecked passion… and an irreconcilable, irrevocable past. MacDonald's luminous, elegant prose marks her as a talent to watch, as she probes deep into the hearts and souls of her characters, exploring the ways in which love can be as haunting as loss, leading them to what they long for most. Hannah MacDonald lives in London, England, where she is an Editorial Director at Random House. She is currently at work on her next novel.
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ANIMAL CRACKERS by Hannah Tinti First Serial, British, Translation, Audio, and Performance: Aragi, Inc. 212-675-8725	March Fiction
Hannah Tinti is a bravura storyteller. Her unsentimental voice, fierce narrative control, and her daring imagination introduce her as one of the most gifted writers of her generation. In the 10 strange, funny, and unnerving stories of ANIMAL CRACKERS, animals become the litmus test of our deepest fears and longings. An elephant keeper courts danger from his gentle charge; a headstrong young woman in Africa is lured by the freedom of the monkeys in the trees; a young boy has secret conversations with the turkeys on his family's farm, and a pompous husband projects his anger at his wife onto her prized rooster. Hannah Tinti is that rare writer who finds the humanity in our most unconventional behavior and the humor beneath our darkest impulses. Enter her world at your own risk and you will come away bewitched. Hannah Tinti grew up in Salem, Massachusetts. Her work has appeared in Story Quarterly and Epoch, among other publications, and she has been awarded residency fellowships from the Blue Mountain Center, Hedgebrook and the New York State Writers Institute. She is currently the editor of One Story magazine and is at work on Resurrection Man for The Dial Press.
CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET? By Sophie Kinsella First Serial, British, Translation, Audio, and Performance: Witherspoon Associates, Inc., 212-889-8626	March Fiction
With over 1,000,000 copies of her "Shopaholic" trilogy in print, New York Times bestselling author Sophie Kinsella gives her fans a brand-new heroine to love in CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET?, her hardcover debut. Twenty-five-year-old Emma Corrigan has secrets. Like that she might have fibbed to land her job as a marketing assistant at London's trendy Panther Cola company. Or that despite her sophisticated exterior, she sleeps beneath a Barbie bedspread. Or that deep-down, she worries that her gorgeous boyfriend resembles a Ken doll. Just ordinary, run-of-the-mill secrets-the kind everyone keeps and no one admits to having. No one, that is, until Emma, flying home to London after a disastrous business trip to Glasgow, hits air turbulence and spills every one of her secrets to the American man sitting next to her. A man, she assures herself once her plane has landed safely, she'll never have to face again. But in a hilarious Kinsella-like twist of fate, come Monday morning at the office, the man from the plane turns up again! To Emma's horror, he's none other than Jack Harper, the elusive CEO of her company. And he has a very, very good memory… Film rights in CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET? have been sold to Paramount Pictures with Lynda Obst to produce and Kate Hudson to star. Sophie Kinsella is the author of Confessions of a Shopaholic, Shopaholic Takes Manhattan, and Shopaholic Ties the Knot.


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