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BANTAM DELL PUBLISHING GROUP
SPRING 2007 FUTURES LIST
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HARDCOVER
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ADOPTED
SON: Washington, Lafayette, and the Friendship that Saved The Revolution
by David A. Clary
Performance:
Jim Donovan Literary, 214-696-9411 (P); 214-696-9412 (F)
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February
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Here is the extraordinary story of
the most unlikely of comrades-in-arms who formed an unbreakable trust
that saw them through betrayals, shifting political alliances, and
the trials war. Lafayette came to America a callow youth in defiance
of his king and would return to France a celebrity. His money and
connections made him attractive to the fledgling Continental Congress
and they entrusted Washington with keeping the exuberant Marquis from
getting himself killed. But as the war ground on, Washington found
in his young charge the makings of a courageous and talented commander
who's loyalty, generosity, and eagerness to please his Commander-in-Chief
made him one of the war's most effective and inspired generals. Lafayette's
hounding of Cornwallis's army was the perfect embodiment of Washington's
uconventional "bush fighting" strategy and led to the British surrender
at Yorktown. Their friendship would continue throughout their lives.
Lafayette would inspire widespread French support for a struggling
young America and he would personally influence Washington's anti-slavery
views. Washington's enduring example as general and statesmen would
inspire Lafayette in his role in France's own revolution years later.
Utilizing personal letters and other key historical documents, ADOPTED
SON offers a rare glimpse of the American Revolution through the
friendship between Washington and Lafayette as well as detailed accounts
of battles and intimate vignettes of such major figures as Alexander
Hamilton, Benedict Arnold, Ben Franklin, and others. The result is
a remarkable little-known epic of friendship, revolution and the birth
of a nation. David A. Clary is the author of numerous books and other
publications on military and scientific history (Rocket Man: Robert
H. Goddard and the Birth of the Space Age). He has served as consultant
to several government agencies and teaches history at Eastern New
Mexico University at Roswell, where he resides.
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THE ALIBI MAN by Tami Hoag
First Serial, British, Translation, Audio, and Performance: Jane Rotrosen
Agency, 212-593-4330 (P); 212-935-6985 (F)
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April
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Number 1 New York Times bestselling author
Tami Hoag has been called "one of the most intense suspense writers
around" by The Chicago Tribune. She returns with a new pulse-pounding
thriller featuring Elena Estes, the heroine of Dark Horse.
In THE ALIBI MAN, wealthy Palm Beach society is very protective
of its own-which no longer includes Elena Estes, who turned her
back on it. She lives on the fringes of her old life as a horse
trainer-but trouble has a way of finding her. While searching for
the murderer of a young woman, Elena comes across a frightening
and powerful group of rich men who provide alibis for each other-no
matter what the truth or cost. Helping the dead woman's family will
put Elena at odds with the life she's left behind. The deeper into
the case she digs, the more determined she becomes to reveal the
truth: a truth that will shock this society to its very core. There
are more than 22.2 million copies of Tami Hoag novels in print.
Her hardcover novel, Prior Bad Acts (3/06), debuted on the
New York Times list at #2 during the same season that Kill
the Messenger was a #1 New York Times bestseller in paperback,
and both of these novels stayed on the New York Times bestseller
list for several weeks. Tami's novels have appeared regularly on
national bestseller lists since the publication of her first book
in 1988. She lives in Los Angeles, where she is at work on her next
novel for Bantam.
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ASK FOR IT: How Women
Can Use Negotiation to Get What They Want Really Want
by Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever
Performance:
Kneerim and Williams, 617-542-5070 (P); 617-542-8906 (F)
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If you're a woman, you
probably have a voice inside your head that says, "Don't get pushy.
Are you sure you're good enough? Do you really deserve more?"
And this voice is probably loudest when you're thinking of asking
for something you really want: a raise, a nicer office, or even help
around the house. You may think this is the voice of experience or
common sense. In fact, it's the voice of someone who once made you
feel that "good girls don't ask for what they want." It's time to
stop listening to that voice because it's costing you money, damaging
your self-esteem, and keeping you from what you deserve. Linda Babcock
and Sara Laschever are the authors of the groundbreaking book Women
Don't Ask, which documents Babcock's highly regarded studies on
the high cost of women's reluctance to negotiate on their own behalf.
In ASK FOR IT, they show that it's okay to ask and how to ask
effectively. They take the guesswork out of negotiation and offer
step-by-step techniques that feel comfortable for women, crucial advice
on how to stay in control and manage emotions, and study scripts for
success. Their approach can propel you to new places both professionally
and personally and open doors you thought were closed. From PTA moms
to high-flying career women and everyone in between, there is something
in this book for women of all ages and lifestyles. Linda Babcock is
James M. Walton Professor of Economics at the H. John Heinz III School
of Public Policy and Management of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania. She is developing a program for a negotiation badge
to be awarded by the Girl Scouts of America. Rolling out regionally
this year, it is expected to be launched nationally in Fall 2007.
Sara Laschever has written for the New York Times, the Harvard
Business Review, and Glamour, among other publications.
She lives in Concord, Massachusetts. Babcock and Laschever are popular
speakers at community and business groups nationwide. Bantam will
publish the reprint edition of Women Don't Ask ("This highly
readable, thoroughly researched, and important book. . . should be
read by anyone with a fear of negotiating, male or female." --The
New York Times) in Spring 2007.
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BODY, SOUL, AND BABY:
A Doctor's Guide to the Complete Pregnancy Experience, From Preconception
to Postpartum
by Tracy W. Gaudet, M.D., and Paula Spencer Performance:
The Doe Coover Agency, 781-721-6000 (P);
781-721-6727 (F)
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In a culture that rarely sees pregnancy as a journey to self-discovery,
BODY, SOUL AND BABY offers a fresh perspective on one of
life's most intense experiences by showing you how to tune into
the cues being offered by your body and your soul, as well as
by the baby who is growing within you, to achieve a healthier
pregnancy, a more fulfilling birth experience, and a deeper bond
with your baby. A practicing Ob-Gyn and Director of the Duke University
Center for Integrative Medicine at Duke University Medical School,
Tracy Gaudet is praised as "a medical pioneer, one of the leading
practitioners of integrative medicine" by Dean Ornish. In her
new book, she provides the best of the conventional and complementary
medicine you will need for a healthy, happy pregnancy, but then
goes beyond this information by giving you the techniques and
practices that will help you feel empowered and confident during
this major life transition. This book will help you to avoid the
very real risks of missing important cues from your body, missing
opportunities to optimize your health, making poor self-care choices,
and missing opportunities for spiritual growth and bonding with
your child. Dr. Gaudet is a noted expert on women's health issues
who has appeared on "Oprah," "Good Morning America," "The CBS
Early Show," and the recent PBS series "New Medicine." She is
the author of Consciously Female ("Groundbreaking…destined
to be a classic." --Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.), and lives with her
son, Ryan, in Durham, North Carolina. Paula Spencer is a writer
and mother of four in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She's the "Momfidence!"
columnist in Woman's Day magazine, a contributing editor
of Parenting and Babytalk, and author of Momfidence:
An Oreo Never Killed Anybody and Pregnancy Journal: A Week
by Week Guide to a Healthy, Happy Pregnancy.
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BROTHERHOOD OF THE HOLY SHROUD by Julia
Navarro Translation and Performance:
Random House Mondadori, +34 93 366-0300 (P);
+34 93 200-2219 (F)
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January
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Already an international
bestseller with over one million copies sold across Europe and publication
set in 24 countries and counting, and soon to be a major release motion
picture from Spanish film giant Filmax, this explosive, provocative
debut thriller by journalist Julia Navarro shot to the top of Spanish
bestseller lists during its first week on sale in February 2004, displacing
The Da Vinci Code. It is a riveting mix of fact and fiction
centered on the story of one of the world's most controversial relics-the
Holy Shroud of Turin-and the desperate race to save it from those
who'll stop at nothing to possess its legendary power. A devastating
fire in the Cathedral of Turin, which houses the Holy Shroud, and
the discovery of the corpse of a man without a tongue spark a frenetic
investigation by the crack Italian Art Crimes Department. Tough bureau
chief Marco Valoni, historian Sofia Galloni, their team, and Barcelona
journalist Ana Jimenez set out to solve a mystery rooted in the time
of the Knights Templar, but perpetuated by powerful men of today.
Sweeping across continents and centuries, uniting an ancient mystery
and a modern-day hunt for a secret society of killers, THE BROTHERHOOD
OF THE HOLY SHROUD is historical suspense at its most provocative.
Julia Navarro is a well known, Madrid-based journalist who is a political
analyst for Agencia OTR/Europa Press and who publishes a weekly column
for Tiempo magazine. Visit her website at www.julianavarro.es.
Bantam Dell will publish the English translation of her second novel,
The Bible of Clay, in Spring 2008. John Murray will publish
in England.
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EXTRAORDINARY
KNOWING: Science, Skepticism, and the Inexplicable Powers
of the Human Mind
by Elizabeth Lloyd Mayer, Ph.D.
Audio and Performance:
Levine-Greenberg Literary Agency, Inc., 212-337-0934 (P); 212-337-0948
(F)
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"A book to rejoice
in. Mayer opens thrilling new possibilities for science and its applications."
-- Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Healing Words
"Exhilarating and brilliant . . . This profound and beautifully
written book changes the conversation about how we know what we know."
-- Carol Gilligan, Ph.D., author of In a Different Voice
Balancing skepticism with open-mindedness, EXTRAORDINARY KNOWING
offers riveting personal testimony and scientifically grounded explanations
for the amazing coincidences and intuitions that are part of nearly
all of our lives. Elizabeth Lloyd Mayer, Ph.D., was an internationally
renowned psychoanalyst and researcher, associate clinical professor
of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and a member
of the psychiatry department at UC Medical Center, San Francisco.
In 1991 her daughter's harp was stolen, and her own experience of
"Extraordinary Knowing" occurred. She got it back on a dare from a
friend-after exhausting the help of the police and other conventional
resources-with one phone call to a man in Arkansas, 2000 miles away,
a dowser who led her to the harp. Shaken by the implications of this
incident, Mayer embarked on a quest to explain it, interviewing colleagues,
friends, and acquaintances who had experienced inexplicable phenomena-a
striking coincidence, a moment of ESP or telepathy, an oddly prescient
dream. From Freud's disowned theories to cutting edge neuroscience,
from suppressed military research to a Princeton lab experimenting
in remote perception, EXTRAORDINARY KNOWING recounts her journey
of discovery that culminated in a provocative model of mind-matter
interaction that just might explain the inexplicable. Elizabeth Lloyd
Mayer's preliminary work for this book (then labeled "Coincidence
Theory") was featured in The New York Times Magazine's annual "Year
in Ideas" review as "one of the most exciting new ideas of 2003."
In addition to her other credentials, she was a Fellow of the International
Consciousness Research Laboratories at Princeton and served on the
editorial boards of most major journals in her field-including The
Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association and the International
Journal of Psychoanalysis. In 1992 she was selected as the first
winner of the prestigious Menninger Award by the American Psychoanalytical
Association. The mother of two adult daughters, Dr. Mayer passed away
in January, 2005, from complications of intestinal scleroderma, just
after completing this book.
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HIDE by
Lisa Gardner
First Serial, British, Translation, Audio, and Performance: Jane Rotrosen
Literary Agency, 212-593-4330 (P);
212-935-6985 (F)
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Lisa Gardner, the New York Times
bestselling author of Gone and Alone, taps into our
most intense fears in this terrifying new suspense thriller that pits
two detectives against a killer who seems to have returned from the
dead. The characters from her mega-New York Times bestseller
Alone return for a shocking showdown. It was a case that haunts
Bobby Dodge to this day-the case that nearly killed him and that changed
his life forever. Now, in an underground chamber on the grounds of
an abandoned Massachusetts mental hospital, the gruesome discovery
of six mummified corpses resurrects his worst nightmare: the return
of a killer he thought dead and buried. Bobby's only lead is a necklace
wrapped around a dead woman's neck. Annabelle Granger has been in
hiding for as long as she can remember. Her childhood was a blur of
new cities and assumed identities. But what-or who-her family was
running from, she never knew. Now, a body is unearthed from a grave
wearing a necklace with Annabelle's real name and the danger is too
close to escape. This time, she's not going to run. The new threat
could be the dead psychopath's copycat, his protégé-or something far
more terrifying. Dodge knows the only way to find him is to solve
the mystery of Annabelle Granger, and to do that he must team up with
his former lover, partner, and friend D.D. Warren from the Boston
P.D. But the trail leads back to a woman from Bobby's past who may
be every bit as dangerous as the new killer-a beautiful survivor-turned
avenger with an eerie link to Annabelle. Lisa Gardner lives with her
husband, Anthony, in New England, where she is at work on her next
novel of suspense.
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LIVING TIME: Faith and Facts to Transform Your
Cancer Journey by Bernadine Healy, M.D.
Audio and Performance:
Gail Ross Literary Agency, 202-328-3282 (P);
202-328-9162 (F)
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April
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In this intimate and groundbreaking
book about her own cancer journey, Bernadine Healy, M.D., one of America's
best known physicians, shows how the latest research and treatment
options are offering new hope to anyone touched by a disease that
is both preventable… and curable. As a physician who's cared
for the seriously ill, a life-long teacher, and a survivor of life-threatening
cancer herself, Dr. Healy has acquired hard won insights that can
help anyone overcome this disease. In this book, written for patients,
survivors, their families and anyone who wants to understand where
we stand in the war on cancer, this renowned physician tells her own
story as a patient diagnosed with malignant brain cancer in 1999 and
interweaves it with one of the most lucid narratives ever written
about what cancer is, how it works in our bodies, and how we can defeat
it. She describes the revolutionary Cancer Genome Atlas that could
map out and destroy cancer in the 21st century and how new treatments
are already dramatically improving cure rates by targeting cancer
where it starts-in our genes. She also provides the latest information
on risk factors, life-style choices, and screening tests that can
stop cancer in its tracks. Beginning with her own dire diagnosis,
Dr. Healy takes us on an odyssey of mortality-and hope. She explains
how cancer patients can get the most out of their doctors and the
health care system, how to choose among an array of treatment plans,
how to find medical mentors, support groups, and even alternative
therapies. At once deeply personal and scientifically reasoned, Dr.
Healy's book offers the best news yet: that cancer survival is now
well within our reach. Bernadine Healy, M.D., is one a cardiologist
by training. She is the former head of the National Institutes of
Health, the American Red Cross, and the College of Medicine and Public
Health at Ohio State University. She currently writes the weekly "On
Health" column for U.S. News and World Report and makes nationwide
speaking and media appearances about our most crucial health issues.
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PATRIOT
HEARTS: A Novel of the Founding Mothers
by Barbara Hambly
Audio and Performance:
Frances Collin Literary Agency, 610-254-0555 (P);
610-254-5029 (F)
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Martha Washington, Abigail
Adams, Dolley Madison, and Sally Hemings: four exceptional women who
bravely prevailed over the dangers and hardships of a time like no
other-as the men they loved fought for a young country's freedom.
In this richly imagined novel, acclaimed author Barbara Hambly brings
to exhilarating life the passions, bonds, and hard-won achievements
of the first women behind the American presidency-and the enigmatic
gift that linked them. When Martha Dandridge Custis marries her second
husband, George, she never suspects that the soft-spoken Virginia
planter is destined to command the founding of a nation-or that she
is to be "Lady Washington," a devoted First Lady and tireless patriot…
Seeing farm and family through each harsh New England season, Abigail
Adams is sustained only by the fervent reunions stolen between John's
journeys abroad. It is with these in mind that she faces the terror
of an Atlantic crossing to join her husband in France-and write her
own page in history. There she will cross paths with kings, commoners-and
young Sally Hemings, who will one day bear children to Tom Jefferson
himself... Just as Sally has grown from a clever child to a beautiful
woman, so her relationship with Jefferson has grown from a simple
friendship to one entangled in the complexity of black and white,
slave and master, man and woman… Raised in a devout Quaker family,
Dolley Madison must live with the repercussions of marrying outside
the faith-though with her unique talent for diplomacy, propriety,
and resilience, Dolley promises to become one of the best loved ladies
of the White House-and leaves behind a distinctive legacy of her own…
With extraordinary compassion and a remarkable eye for detail, Barbara
Hambly offers readers a glimpse behind the scenes of a revolution,
from adversity and treachery to teatime civility, as four magnificent
women help shape a nation's future-even as they sacrifice everything
for the men they love. Barbara Hambly's The Emancipator's Wife
was a finalist for the prestigious Michael Shaara Award for Excellence
in Civil War Fiction and praised as "a wonderful portrait of one of
the most important, complex and misunderstood figures in American
history-a brilliant novel of the Civil War" (Max Byrd) and "A compassionate
and evenhanded portrait of the 16th first lady" (Washington Post
Book World). She is currently a work on her next novel of historical
fiction for Bantam Books.
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PUSS 'N CAHOOTS by Rita Mae Brown
First Serial, British, Translation, Audio, and Performance: Wendy
Weil Agency, Inc., 212-685-0030
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March
Fiction |
In the fifteenth volume of this beloved
and delightful New York Times bestselling series, "Harry" Haristeen
and Mrs. Murphy, the feline extraordinaire, must solve yet another
mystery when jewels and horses go missing and a groom turns up dead.
In PUSS 'N CAHOOTS, the famous Saddlebred horse show in Shelbyville,
Kentucky, is the perfect opportunity for remarried newlyweds Harry
and Fair Haristeen to go on their long delayed second honeymoon. Harry's
animals, Mrs. Murphy, Tucker, and Pewter, are all along for the trip
as well, and when their hosts are robbed the first day they arrive,
Mrs. Murphy pounces on solving the mystery. Soon, however, they're
all side tracked by even bigger crimes. Clearly, winning at Shelbyville
is secondary-the first prize is survival. With more than three million
copies of her novels in print and a loyal readership, Rita Mae Brown
continues to delight fans of this witty mystery series. Rita Mae Brown
and Sneaky Pie Brown, a tiger cat rescued from the local ASPCA, have
collaborated on fifteen Mrs. Murphy mysteries, and live in Afton,
Virginia, with many other rescued animals. Their website is www.ritamaebrown.com.
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THE POWER
OF A POSITIVE NO: How To Say No And Still Get To Yes by William
Ury
British, Translation, and Performance:
Raphael Sagalyn, Inc., 301-718-6440 (P); 301-718-6444 (F)
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A positive "no" may be
the most important word you'll ever learn. From William Ury, co-author
of the five-million-copy bestseller Getting To Yes and the
backlist powerhouse Getting Past No, comes a revolutionary
new book that teaches everyone the essential skill for successful
negotiation, the art of saying "No." The "positive no" gives you the
ability to define your core beliefs, assert your individuality, and
achieve your true desires, and to do it without being destructive
or negative, or destroying relationships. It is the most effective
way to achieve a win-win conclusion to any conflict. Master the art
of a "positive no" and you'll achieve a genuine "yes" whether you're
dealing with a spouse, co-worker, friend, child, or boss. Based on
his celebrated Harvard University course for managers and professionals
and Ury's 30+ years of consulting work for corporations and governments
worldwide, THE POWER OF A POSITIVE NO offers concrete advice
and practical examples for skillfully applying "the power of a positive
no" in virtually any situation. Today, as we're bombarded to do more
at work and at home, as business and ethical lines and family and
personal choices often conflict, the pressure to say "yes" is greater
than ever-and can lead to short-sighted solutions and outright disastrous
decisions. Instead, learn the greatest secret of all successful negotiation:
that "Yes" and "No" don't have to be polar opposites. You can say
"No" and build more satisfying relationships, stronger organizations,
and a better world. A consultant, negotiator, and mediator as well
as a bestselling author, William Ury received a BA from Yale and an
MA and Ph.D. in Social Anthropology from Harvard. He lives with his
wife and their three children in Boulder, Colorado. Getting To
Yes, coauthored with Fischer and Patton, was recently ranked #1
among the "Seven Essential Popular Business Books" in the March 2006
issue of Today's Librarian Magazine-25 years after its initial
publication. Getting Past No will be reissued as a Bantam trade
paperback in February 2007.
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SCAR NIGHT by Alan Campbell
British, Translation, and Performance:
Mic Cheetham Literary Agency,
+ 44 20 7495-2002 (P); +44 20 7495-5777 (F)
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Fiction |
A novel of lush, magical realism and
unforgettable urban fantasy, this gripping debut brings together a
cast of mortals and magicians, holy men and warriors-in a panoramic,
apocalyptic struggle between reason and faith, heaven and hell. Three
thousand years ago, a pilgrim prophet built a temple over a vast abyss.
And so the city of Deepgate was born- suspended by cables and chains,
a refuge from an angry god. In this sprawling metropolis of spires
and creaky bridges, the people must endure a nightmarish centuries-old
tradition: Scar Night, when a mad, winged killer descends to hunt
one unlucky soul whose blood will sustain her immortality. But on
this particular Scar Night, a far worse force is let loose: a copycat
killer on a terrible mission of his own. Now, from the temple where
a young, untested angel is about become a Warden of Souls, to the
burrow of a crazed father plotting his daughter's revenge, a horrific
war is seizing Deepgate. For behind one killer's plan lies the truth
of the abyss-and it is anything but that god the people have been
taught to expect… SCAR NIGHT is the first novel in a trilogy
by a former designer and programmer of the bestselling videogame series,
"Grand Theft Auto."
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SIXTY DAYS AND COUNTING by Kim Stanley Robinson First Serial, British,
Translation, Audio, and Performance: Ralph Vicinanza, Ltd.,
212-924-7090 (P); 212-691-9644 (F)
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Kim Stanley Robinson--author of the bestselling "Mars" trilogy--concludes
his near-future eco-thriller trilogy, centered on global warming
and set in our nation's capital, with a true message of hope, and
some prescriptions for the future. Intelligent, suspenseful, and
profoundly moving, these three novels create an unforgettable tale
of everyday people caught up in extraordinary circumstances as science,
technology, and global climatic changes collide. Filled with characters
to love, deeply disturbing revelations about the politics of science
and the science of politics, SIXTY DAYS AND COUNTING is an
absorbing novel about human drama and personal growth. The first
two books in this series are widely praised. Fifty Degrees Below,
is called "required reading for anyone concerned about our world's
future" by Publishers Weekly and The New York Times
states, "Robinson's impressive body of work offers sound guidance
for scientifically informed social action. I'd feel better about
our future if more people were familiar with his ingeniously plotted
and gracefully written books." Forty Signs of Rain, the first
book in this series, was chosen as Required Reading by the New
York Post, and was #5 of the Year's Top 10 Speculative Fiction
Titles of 2004 from the Kansas City Star. Winner of the Hugo,
Nebula, and Locus Awards, Kim Stanley Robinson has written ten previous
books, including the bestselling "Mars" trilogy. His recent work,
The Years of Rice and Salt, was named one of the best science
fiction novels of 2002 by Book magazine. He lives in Davis, California.
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STALEMATE by Iris Johansen
First Serial, British, Translation, and Performance:
Jane Rotrosen Literary Agency,
212-593-4330 (P); 212-935-6985 (F)
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killer
Dreams comes a terrifying new thriller that will leave you guessing-and
gasping-to the final nerve-wracking page. The suspense begins with
a phone call that leads forensic sculptor Eve Duncan onto the trail
of a killer even killers fear to face… With sales at 27 million
copies and counting, Iris Johansen continues to draw new readers
to her spellbinding novels of suspense and intrigue. In STALEMATE
she gives both devoted fans and newcomers a special treat with the
return of her longest-running series character, forensic sculptor
Eve Duncan, in an adventure with explosive revelations about the
deepest mystery in Eve's life. Eve is doing what she does better
than anyone in the business, reconstructing the identity of a murdered
child, when she gets a call from the man whose name is a byword
for evil, demanding that she do a reconstruction for him-and the
bait he offers is something that he knows she cannot refuse-even
if it destroys the most important thing in her life. We've a blockbuster
spring lineup for Iris. STALEMATE debuts on the heels of
the paperback release of her bestselling novel On The Run and
leads up to the paperback release of Killer Dreams in March
2007. Iris Johansen is the bestselling author of Killer Dreams,
On the Run, Countdown, Firestorm, Fatal
Tide, Dead Aim, No One to Trust, and more. She
lives near Atlanta, Georgia, and is at work on her next novel for
Bantam.
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TRAP DOOR by Sarah Graves
British, Translation, Audio, and Performance:
Writers House, Inc., 212-685-2400 (P); 212-685-1781 (F)
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"Just hearing Sarah Graves list the ways you can kill yourself
fixing up an old house is a hoot," raves the New York Times Book
Review. Her latest clever foray into the worlds of carpentry
and crime proves once again why "anyone who can mix slaughter and
screwdrivers is a genius" (Boston Herald). In the tenth novel
in her critically acclaimed and immensely popular "Home Repair Is
Homicide" series, spring has sprung in Eastport, Maine, and in Jacobia
"Jake" Tiptree's 1823 Federal style fixer-upper, that means a housecleaning
so thorough even the skeletons in the closet get polished! But nothing
can prepare Jake for what she'll uncover: a trio of mysteries certain
to make her usual home repair projects seem as simple as scraping
paint. What do an old book hidden in Jake's cellar, the appearance
of her ex-husband's ghost, and the murder of her housekeeper's son
have in common? Only Jake can jigsaw the clues into place-and she'd
better do it fast, before a killer snares her in a trap she can't
escape. With half a million copies in print, and still growing at
a remarkable rate, the "Home Repair Is Homicide" series sells far
above and beyond most cozy mysteries. The unique hook of this series
and the author's real-life experience have been featured in House
& Garden and USA Today. And the continued popularity
of do-it-yourself shows from "Extreme Home Makeover" to "Trading
Spaces" increases this series' audience appeal. Sarah Graves lives
with her husband in Eastport, Maine, in the 1823 Federal style house
that helped inspire her books. She is currently at work on the eleventh
novel in the series, which Bantam will publish in 2008.
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ARMAGEDDON
RAG by George R.R. Martin
First Serial, British, Translation, Audio, and Performance: Kay McCauley,
212-628-9729
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February
Fiction |
Bantam is proud to bring
back into print the ultimate novel of revolution, rock 'n' roll, and
apocalyptic murder hailed by Stephen King as "the best novel concerning
the American pop music culture of the '60's I've ever read." Bestselling
author George R.R. Martin's THE ARMAGEDDON RAG, originally
published in 1985, is a stunning novel that portrays not just the
end of an era-but the end of the world as we know it.… Follow journalist
Sandy Blair as he investigates the bizarre and brutal murder of a
rock promoter who made millions with his '60's band, The Nazgul. Sandy's
search leads him back to his own past-and into a nightmare of rage,
anarchy, and hope. As part of his quest, Sandy finds old friends and
revisits old haunts, but 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 author of A Game
of Thrones, Clash of Kings, Storm of Swords and
the recent New York Times #1 bestseller, A Feast for Crows.
He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he is at work on his next
novel, to be published by Bantam.
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THE BORDERKIND: Book Two of The Veil
by Christopher Golden
First Serial, Audio, and Performance:
Christopher Golden, CRDG@comcast.net
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Christopher Golden, bestselling
and award-winning author of both media tie-in novels and original
novels, returns with the second work in his dark, Neil Gaiman-esque
"Veil" series, set between our world and an alternative reality where
myths and legends take on a life of their own. In this endlessly inventive
contemporary fantasy, Golden draws daringly from among the legends
of our familiar Western mythology and from the world over, opening
readers to a truly international case of the bizarre, the powerful,
and the fearful. After New England lawyer Oliver Bascombe stumbled
across the Veil that separates our world from that where myth and
legend reside, Oliver and his companions-led by Jack Frost-have to
fight to stay ahead of the forces that seek their deaths. And the
stakes are raised when Oliver's fiancée goes missing across the Veil,
where she has become one of the Lost, never to return. Publishers
Weekly praises The Myth Hunters, Book 1 of the Veil: "Stoker-winner
Gold launches a promising new dark fantasy series with this chiller…
Fast pacing, superior characterization and sound folklore yield a
winner" and Kirkus reviews it as "Vivid action and snappy dialogue…
A fun and creepy adventure story." Christopher Golden has over eight
million copies of his novels in print, including the critically acclaimed
Wildwood Road, The Body of Evidence series of teen thrillers,
The Ferryman, Strangewood, The Gathering Dark,
Of Saints and Shadows, Prowlers. Working with Amber
Benson, he co-created and co-wrote "Ghosts of Albion," an animated
supernatural drama for BBC Online. Golden has also written or co-written
many books and comic books related to the TV series "Buffy and the
Vampire Slayer" and "Angel." As a pop culture journalist, he was the
editor of the Bram Stoker Award-winning book of criticism, Cut!:
Horror Writers on Horror Films. Golden lives in Massachusetts,
where he is at work on his next book to be published by Bantam.
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BREAKFAST WITH THE ONES YOU LOVE
by Eliot Fintushel
First Serial, Translation, Audio, and Performance:
Writer's House, Inc., 212-685-2400 (P); 212-685-1781 (F)
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Meet Lea Tillim, a.k.a.
Cadaver Dimples, The Star of Morgues and Emergency Rooms. Scarecrow-thin,
with her crew-cut, her leather, and her dead but still pretty face,
she's a girl with a talent. She can think you into a heart attack
if you cross her-or, if she's feeling kind, just a really bad case
of indigestion. She has only one friend in the world, her cat Tule.
Jack Konar lives in an abandoned section of the local Sears and Roebuck,
which he calls a spaceship. Jack is getting ready for a rendezvous
with the Meschiach that will rescue the Chosen from this godforsaken
planet. But the agents of the Evil Ones-cleverly disguised as ordinary
people and sometimes even cats-are trying to stop him. Jack needs
a girl with Lea's special talents. It would all sound just too crazy
for words if the most dangerous and unexpected thing of all hadn't
happened. Lea found herself coming back to life and falling in love
with the savior of the world… Eliot Fintushel is a brilliant new voice
in science fiction, whose work is based partially in Jewish mysticism.
He has published short stories in Asimov's, Analog,
Strange Horizons, Amazing Stories, Lady Churchill's
Rosebud Wristlet, Crank!, and in the anthologies Jewish
Sci-Fi Stories for Kids, Jewish Detective Stories for Kids,
Nalo Hopkinson's Mojo: Conjure Stories, and Polyphony 4.
His fiction has appeared in the annual anthology The Year's Best
Science Fiction several times. He has been nominated for the Theodore
Sturgeon Award and the Nebula Award, and has twice won the National
Endowment for the Arts Solo Performer Award.
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COMPANIONS
OF PARADISE by Thalassa Ali British, Translation, Audio, and Performance:
Kneerim and Williams, 617-542-5070 (P); 617-542-8906 (F)
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Following A Singular Hostage and
A Beggar at the Gate, COMPANIONS OF PARADISE continues
the spellbinding adventure of Mariana Givens-a woman torn between
forbidden love and the restrictions of Victorian-era society. After
a devastating assassination attempt rips Mariana Givens from her Punjabi
husband and beloved stepson, her aunt and uncle make no secret of
their hope that her marriage has ended. But even as they try to reintegrate
their niece into British society in Kabul, Mariana dreams only of
the exotic walled city of Lahore and her husband's mystic Sufi family.
As she plans her escape, the war between the British and the Afghans
rages all around her, danger escalating at every turn, and Mariana
is forced to make the most difficult decision of her life: to honor
the ties of blood or risk everything to follow her heart to her destiny.
Captivating and rich in history, COMPANIONS OF PARADISE is
certain to garner the author praise similar to that bestowed on her
for her two other novels: "Ali convincingly captures both Victorian-era
Punjabi and British court culture." (Publishers Weekly); "Eminently
readable." (M.M. Kaye, author of The Far Pavilions) Thalassa
Ali is an American who married a Pakistani and lived in Lahore for
many years, before returning to Boston to become a successful stockbroker.
Her two previous novels featuring Mariana Givens are available from
Bantam Books. She lives in Boston.
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DAWN by
Tim Lebbon
British, Translation, and Performance:
Anubis Literary Agency, +44-1926-642-588 (P & F)
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DAWN is the conclusion to a
stunning new dark fantasy duology deemed "Totally original… a riveting
work of staggering imagination" by F. Paul Wilson, author of Harbingers.
The New York Times Book Review asserts, "Lebbon displays the
sort of cool irony and uncanny mood-making that drive the best Twilight
Zone stories." In DAWN, Noreela lies in ruins, a wasteland
of rubble and corpses, but at its center pulses a magic grown darker
than ever before. A boy once carried the seeds of this magic within
him, promising the return of a new golden age, until the Mages-exiled
for centuries on a volcanic retreat-had savagely extracted his power,
warped it, and made Time their own once more. Now, the Mages have
raised an army of terrifying, unstoppable war-machines, led by their
most trusted lieutenant. Their goal: the annihilation of the last
pockets of resistance through a reign of bloodshed and death unlike
any ever imagined. But Noreela's last survivors will not go quietly
into the never-ending darkness. As he mourns the death of the Shantasi
warrior he once loved, Kosar the Thief becomes the reluctant leader
of a desperate band of rebels, including a witch, a fledge miner,
and a dreaming librarian. An ancient prophesy predicts that the future
of magic lies in the womb of the land, and will emerge in a child
still unborn-if only she is kept alive until dawn. Tim Lebbon is the
author of several novels, including the most recently published
Dusk. He has won two British Fantasy Awards, a Bram Stoker Award
and a Tombstone Award and has been a finalist for International Horror
Guild and World Fantasy Awards. He lives with his wife and two children
in South Wales.
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HOUSE
OF DARK DELIGHTS by Louisa Burton Performance:
Lowenstein-Yost Associates,
212-206-1630 (P); 212-727-0280 (F)
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"Nestled deep in the lush highlands
of France's Auvergne region, there is a castle no tourist has ever
seen. You won't find it on any map or sightseeing brochure; it can
only be accessed by an unmarked path winding through miles of primordial
woods and gorges. It is called Castle of the Hidden Grotto. Those
who have experienced a night beneath its roof, however, know it as
the Castle of Dark Delights."
Enter the HOUSE OF DARK DELIGHTS and be transported into a
world of eroticism, magic, and mystery. For centuries, the chateau
has been a mystical and bewitching place where the permanent residents
may appear to be of flesh and blood, but in reality, they are not
quite human. Fairies, fallen angels, demons, even gods-the French
call them follets-they are immortal and strive to fulfill the
most secret desires of their guests, even as they seek their own insatiable
gratification. After experiencing this haven of decadence, visitors
depart the chateau changed and rejuvenated. Is what happened to them
real or the most profoundly erotic dream they've ever experienced?
Comprised of three linked stories which travel back and forth through
time, HOUSE OF DARK DELIGHTS will enthrall readers as it seduces
them with its unforgettable exploration of sex and erotic passion.
In the tradition of Anne Rice's A.N. Roquelaure Sleeping Beauty
trilogy, HOUSE OF DARK DELIGHTS is a scintillating debut from
Louisa Burton that is as captivating as it is erotic. Look for her
next book in this series, coming from Bantam in Fall 2007.
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LIFE'S
COMPANION: Journal Writing as Spiritual Practice by Christina
Baldwin
British, Translation, Audio, and Performance:
The Lazear Agency, 715-531-0012 (P); 715-531-0016 (F)
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With more than 100,000
copies in print, Christina Baldwin's powerful book on the transformative
power of journal writing has served as a source of inspiration and
encouragement to thousands of people for the last sixteen years. This
revised and updated edition of LIFE'S COMPANION will bring
her work to the next generation of journal writers. Using a unique,
facing-page format, LIFE'S COMPANION illuminates its text with
quotations, exercises, questions, and techniques to nurture the writer
and seeker within. The updated and revised edition will include a
new preface by the author that references the ways in which this form
of spiritual practice has evolved, including the explosion of technology,
as many writers make the leap from pen-and-paper journal writing to
laptop blogging. Christina Baldwin is the author of Calling the
Circle, Seven Whispers, and most recently, Storycatcher,
which won the 2006 Books for a Better Life Award for Best Motivational
title. She also teaches and lectures extensively through her educational
company, PeerSpirit. She lives outside of Seattle, Washington, on
Whidbey Island.
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SUNDAY LIST OF DREAMS by Kris Radish
Translation and Performance:
Frances Golden Literary Agency,
212-777-0047 (P); 212-228-1660 (F)
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Readers' group favorite and BookSense
bestselling author of The Elegant Gathering of White Snows
and Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral (film rights
optioned to producer Joni Levin's Point Blank Productions), Kris Radish
returns with a marvelous story of a mother, a daughter, and the outrageously
funny and unexpectedly inspiring journey that will strengthen their
bond forever… Happily divorced and recently retired, Connie Nixon
is ready to begin living her dreams. Connie has a lot of them-a whole
list that she's been keeping for as long as she can remember. Number
one on the list? Get rid of all that junk in the garage. And so Connie's
life-altering journey begins as she opens a box belonging to her daughter.
What happens next is hilarious, surprising, touching, and uplifting,
as Connie discovers not only a daughter and a world, but a side of
herself she never knew existed. Kris Radish's novels are praised for
their "life affirming depiction of female bonding" (Kirkus Reviews).
She is a nationally syndicated columnist and lives in Wisconsin, where
she is at work on her next novel which Bantam will publish in 2008.
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A VEIL OF ROSES
by Laura Fitzgerald
British, Translation, Audio, and Performance:
Levine Greenberg Literary Agency, Inc.,
212-337-0934 (P); 212-337-0948 (F)
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My name is Tamila Soroush. And
I want it all.
This compelling debut novel follows one spirited young woman from
the confines of Iran to the intoxicating freedom of America-where
she discovers not only an enticing new country but the roots of her
own independence. Raised in the Islamic Republic of Iran, where hope
is a dangerous thing for a girl, Tami abandons her dreams until her
twenty-fifth birthday, when Tami's parents give her a one-way ticket
to America, hoping she will "go and wake up her luck," never to return
to Iran…which means she has three months to find a husband in America.
In Arizona, her older sister, Maryam, who's been in America long enough
to have her breasts enlarged, sets about finding Tami a good Iranian
husband to provide U.S. citizenship. There's Mohammed the dentist,
who is defying his parents by shacking up with an American woman,
and Haroun the engineer, who suffers paranoid delusions involving
flying insects. Then there's Tami's crush: all-American Ike, who works
at Starbucks. But she is convinced their cultures would collide. It
is in her English-as-a-Second-Language classes that Tami finds a support
system. With the encouragement of headstrong Eva, loyal Nadia, and
Agata and Josef, who are carving out a love story of their own, perhaps
Tami can keep dreaming-and find a way to stay in America. A compelling
debut novel, A VEIL OF ROSES mixes the warmth and cross-cultural
humor of "Bend It Like Beckham" with the light-hearted spirit of Jennifer
Weiner, as it follows this young woman from the oppressive confines
of her homeland to the intoxicating freedom of America. Laura Fitzgerald
lives in Tucson, Arizona, with her Iranian-American husband and their
two children.
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ALL SAINTS
by Liam Callanan
British, Translation, and Performance:
Wendy Sherman Associates,
212-279-9027 (P); 212-279-8863 (F)
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Liam Callanan's acclaimed debut novel,
The Cloud Atlas, was called "a haunting story that will remind
many of Ondaatje's The English Patient" (Kirkus Reviews).
In ALL SAINTS, Callanan's gift for creating indelible characters
establishes him anew as "a writer to watch, a writer any reader of
serious fiction will be proud to have read" (Alan Cheuse, "All Things
Considered"). In Newport Beach a drama of saints and sinners is unfolding
in a Catholic School founded by a sect of curmudgeonly, sea-faring
priests. Alongside the fathers of St. Andrew works Emily Hamilton.
Thrice married, thrice divorced and still youthful, fifty-year-old
Emily calls herself the patron saint of single women... She is also
a woman on the verge of a terrible mistake. Teaching a class on the
lives and deaths of Catholic martyrs, Emily finds herself delving
into a mysterious adolescent world of potent hormones and futile love
triangles-and the secret lives of a small group of students who are
taking her class. Here, amidst lessons in horrific cruelty and magnificent
forgiveness, Emily cannot fully comprehend what is going on around
her, until a tragedy rocks the school and her career. And until a
birth, far from immaculate, makes her admit to secrets of her youth
and her own shattering fall from grace. The Cloud Atlas was
an Edgar Award finalist. Liam Callanan's work has also appeared in
The New York Times Book Review, Slate, Good Housekeeping,
and elsewhere. A frequent public radio essayist, Callanan lives in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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THE BLOOD SPILT by
Åsa Larsson
Translation and Performance:
Bonnier Group Agency (Sweden),
+49 8 696 8910 (T); +49 8 696 8911 (F)
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From the award-winning
author of Sun Storm, published to great acclaim, comes this
disturbing, entrancing, and beautifully crafted mystery set in northern
Sweden. In THE BLOOD SPILT, it's midsummer in Sweden-when the
light lingers through dawn and the long winter comes to an end. Now,
in this magical time, a brutal killer has chosen to strike, and the
murder of a female priest sends shockwaves through the community.
It has been almost two years since attorney Rebecka Martinsson had
to kill three men in order to stop an eerily similar murder spree.
Now she is back in Kiruna, her birthplace, where a determined policewoman
works on the case and the people who loved or loathed the victim mourn
or revel in her demise. As Rebecka is drawn into a mystery that soon
will claim another victim, the dead woman's world consumes her: a
world of hurt and healing, sin and sexuality, and above all, of lethal
sacrifice. Kirkus Reviews states "Larsson depicts her characters
with mordant wit and describes their village with richly atmospheric
details." Åsa Larsson is the author of Sun Storm (Delacorte
May 2006), a bestseller in Sweden with an unprecedented 250,000 copies
in print. She was born in Kiruna, Sweden, and studied law in Uppsala.
She lives with her husband and two children.
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EVOLUTION
FOR EVERYONE by David Sloan Wilson British, Translation, Audio, and
Performance:
Tessler Literary Agency,
212-242-0466 (P); 212-242-2366 (F)
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Renowned evolutionist
David Sloan Wilson, whose work Jared Diamond praises as "a model of
how to discuss controversial subjects honestly," gives us a witty
and accessible guide to what Darwin's theory really means for us all.
With Intelligent Design on one side and evolutionary psychology on
the other of an increasingly contentious and public debate, EVOLUTION
FOR EVERYONE cuts through the rhetoric to provide a simple and
revolutionary way of thinking about human beings and their place in
the world. By turning the evolutionary debate upside down with this
groundbreaking, witty and informative new book, Wilson explodes the
myths that have made evolution so controversial. He outlines the basic
principles of evolution using a series of colorful examples; then,
he shows how these principles can be applied to every aspect of human
life-from murder to laughter, from politics to pregnancy. Learn why
evolution is not about dinosaurs and man's descent from primates,
but about why animals and people might do the things we do-and how
we share far more common traits than differences. Why, biologically-speaking,
do people commit murder? What biological reason could explain morning
sickness in pregnant women? Why do foxes bred in captivity develop
dog-like tails? What is the evolutionary purpose of religion in human
kind? Why does altruism work, while evil ultimately does not? In example
after example, Sloan Wilson shows us how faith and evolution can exist
side-by-side, how Darwin's grand theory is in effect all around us,
and how it can be measured, studied, and applied to everyday life.
By turns thoughtful, provocative, and daringly funny, EVOLUTION
FOR EVERYONE provides a simple revolutionary way of thinking about
human beings and their place in the world. David Sloan Wilson is professor
of biology and anthropology at Binghamton University. He is the author
of Darwin's Cathedral: Evolution, Religion, and the Nature of Society,
co-author of Unto Others: The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish
Behavior and co-editor of The Literary Animal: Evolution and
the Nature of Narrative.
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IN THIS
RAIN by S.J. Rozan
First Serial, British, Translation, Audio, and Performance: The Axelrod
Agency, 518 392-2100 (P); 518-392-2444 (F)
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"Intricate and heartbreaking," raved
the Chicago Tribune. "Riveting," declared People magazine.
"A tour de force," crowned the Minneapolis Star Tribune. The
critics agree: S. J. Rozan's acclaimed novel, Absent Friends
(Delacorte, 10/2004), established its author as one of our preeminent
writers of literary thrillers. Her new novel, IN THIS RAIN,
is a masterfully written big-city thriller about law, lawlessness,
and the forces that wash away the line between the two. Three years
ago, a child's death blew open a vortex of corruption and deceit at
the heart of Manhattan's lucrative construction industry and sent
one innocent man, Joe Cole, to prison. A former Building Department
inspector, the ex-con now lives a broken life, cut off from his wife
and daughter, and from the city he once knew so well. But a woman's
murder and the death of a young man rip open old wounds-plunging Joe
and his former partner, a beautiful, hard-charging investigator, into
the darkest corners of the city and a desperate race to expose the
secrets that help the powerful hide their crimes. S.J. Rozan is the
author of eight novels in the Edgar, Shamus, Nero, Macavity, and Anthony
award-winning Lydia Chin/Bill Smith series published by St. Martin's
Press.
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SIMPLY
MAGIC by Mary Balogh
First Serial, Translation, Audio, and Performance:
Maria Carvainis Agency, Inc.,
212-245-6365 (P); 212-245-7196 (F)
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Continuing her critically praised,
nationally bestselling and thoroughly irresistible Simply series,
New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh returns to dazzling
Regency England in a breathtaking new novel full of drama and sensuality.
In Simply Unforgettable and Simply Love, Mary Balogh
established the genteel Miss Martin's School for Girls, setting the
stage for her enthralling tales of four close friends, teachers at
Miss. Martin's. Now, SIMPLY MAGIC tells the story of a fiery
new heroine, Miss Susanna Osbourne, and a nobleman whose passion seems
too magical to be true… On a splendid August afternoon, Susanna is
introduced to the charming, handsome Peter Edgewater, who unsettles
her with his seductive gaze and challenges her as no other man has.
Though attracted to him, Susanna is determined to keep her distance.
Peter is dazzled by Susanna's sharp wit and air of independence; he
simply must have her. Yet the more he advances, the more Susanna withdraws…until
a sensual game of thrust-and-parry culminates into an unforgettable
afternoon of passion. But Susanna is haunted by a tragic history,
and Peter is determined to defy the mysteries of her past for a future
with this exquisite creature… All Susanna must do is trust him with
the most precious gift of all. Mary Balogh is the author of the acclaimed
Slightly novels: Slightly Married, Slightly Wicked,
Slightly Scandalous, Slightly Tempted, Slightly Sinful,
and Slightly Dangerous, as well as the romances No Man's
Mistress, More than a Mistress, and One Night for Love.
A former teacher herself, she grew up in Wales and now lives in Canada
where she is at work on her next Simply novel for Delacorte
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THE STRANGLER by William Landay
First Serial, British, Translation, Audio, and Performance: The Martell
Agency, 212-317-2672 (P); 212-317-2676 (F)
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February
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William Landay's magnificent new novel,
set in 1960s Boston, is a story of one Irish-American family, a city
under siege, and the long shadow cast by the most infamous killer
of his day... For the three Daley brothers, sons of a Boston cop,
crime is the family business. They are simply on different sides of
it. Joe is the eldest, a tough-talking cop whose gambling habits-fast
women, slow horses-drag him down into the city's gangland. Michael,
the middle son and a Harvard-educated lawyer working for an ambitious
attorney general, finds himself assigned to the embattled Strangler
task force. And Ricky, the devil-may-care youngest son, floats above
the fray as an expert burglar-until the Strangler strikes too close
to home. As Joe's mob debts close in around him, as Michael becomes
snarled in a murder investigation gone very wrong, and as Ricky is
hunted by both sides of the law, the three brothers-and the women
who love them-are forced to look deeper into a killer's murderous
rage, their family's own lethal secrets, and into the one death that
has changed them forever. Two mysteries collide-and a shattering truth
is revealed. William Landay is the author of the critically acclaimed
novel, Mission Flats, winner of the Creasey Memorial Dagger
Award for Best First Crime Novel and a Barry Award nominee. Currently
living in Boston with his wife and infant son, he holds degrees from
Yale University and Boston College of Law, and is at work on his next
novel of suspense for Delacorte.
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THE YEAR OF THE FOG
by Michelle Richmond
Translation, Audio, and Performance:
Georges Borchardt, Inc.,
212-753-5785 (P); 212-838-6518 (F)
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"Here is the truth, this is what
I know: I was walking on the beach with Emma. It was cold and very
foggy. She let go of my hand. I stopped to photograph a baby seal,
then glanced up toward the Great Highway. When I looked back, she
was gone."
From this devastating moment unfolds the spellbinding story of Abby
Mason-photographer, fiancée, soon-to-be-stepmother-and the consequences
of this one horrific moment. Michelle Richmond's hauntingly powerful
first novel, as compelling as The Deep End of the Ocean and
A Map of the World, is heartbreaking, uplifting and beautifully
told. This is a riveting tale of how life can change in an instant,
of the search for the truth behind a child's disappearance, and of
one woman's unwavering faith in the redemptive power of love-all made
startlingly fresh through Michelle Richmond's incandescent sensitivity
and extraordinary insight. Michelle Richmond is the author of the
novel Dream of the Blue Room and a story collection which won
the Associated Writing Programs Award. She is also the recipient of
the 2006 Mississippi Review Prize. A native of Mobile, Alabama, Michelle
lives with her husband and son in San Francisco, where she teaches
creative writing and serves on the advisory board of the Christopher
Isherwood Foundation. She is currently at work on her next novel,
which Delacorte will publish in 2008.
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KIWIS MIGHT
FLY: Around New Zealand on Two Big Wheels by Polly Evans
British, Translation, Audio, and Performance:
Gregory & Company,
+44 20 7610-4676 (P); +44 20 7610-4686 (F)
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"Unlike that terrifying
breed of die-hard travel writers, Evans is one of us….Refreshing."
--Sunday Times of London
"Polly Evans is fast establishing herself as one of Britain's most
popular travel writers," said Wanderlust (UK), and she's poised
to reach the same heights here in the U.S. The adventurer who took
Spain by storm in It's Not About the Tapas and conquered China
in Fried Eggs with Chopsticks jumps aboard her motorcycle in
search of the heart and soul of New Zealand-and those mysterious,
macho Kiwi men. Polly roars across windswept beaches and golden plains-encountering
wild kiwi birds in the dead of night, kayaking among dolphins at dawn,
and investigating the prowess of burly sheep-shearing gangs-all the
while captivating readers with her tales of the roots of New Zealand
culture: fierce Maori warriors, intrepid whalers, and gold miners
who lit their pipes with bank notes. And as she chronicles the thrills
and travails of her extraordinary odyssey, Polly's search for the
elusive Kiwi male comes full circle-teaching her some hilarious and
surprising lessons about motorcycles, modern civilization, and men.
Polly Evans studied modern languages at Cambridge University, where
she learned a little about Spanish and a little more about men. The
hours of hard research she poured into these two subjects, plus a
four-year stint at Hong Kong's largest weekly magazine, inspired her
first three books, all available from Delta. Polly now lives in London,
where she is at work on the tale of her attempts to learn to ride
in horse-mad Argentina.
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SIGHT UNSEEN by Robert
Goddard
First Serial, British, Translation, Audio, and Performance: Carlisle
& Company LLC c/o InkWell Management,
212-922-3500
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January
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From the "cunning storyteller
who can twist a bundle of narrative threads into a hangman's noose"
(The New York Times), comes this masterwork of psychological
suspense, an international bestseller, now available in the United
States for the first time. On a peaceful summer's day, history student
David Umber watched in horror as a two-year-old girl was abducted
from a quiet English village. The tragedy introduced David to the
nanny who had been caring for the child. For seventeen years, David
and Sally stayed together-until the weight of the past tore them apart.
Now, Chief Inspector George Sharp has received a startling letter,
which will force David to face the truth about what happened on that
shocking day. It's a quest both men will regret having embarked upon-for
only too late will they come to discover that some mysteries are better
left unsolved… From its shocking opening to its final dark conclusion,
SIGHT UNSEEN will ensnare readers and critics alike with Goddard's
"elegant mix of secrets, deceits and slowly unfolding horrors." (Publishers
Weekly on Borrowed Time). Robert Goddard is the author
of sixteen bestselling novels, including Borrowed Time, Into
the Blue, Hand in Glove, and Play to the End, all
available from Delta. Robert Goddard lives in England, where he is
at work on his next novel. Look for the Delta reissue of In Pale
Battalions in Fall 2007, followed by Never Go Back, Goddard's
brand new novel, to be published in hardcover in 2008.
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SECRETS OF A FIX-UP FANATIC: How to
Meet and Marry Your Match by Susan Shapiro
Performance:
Elizabeth Kaplan Literary Agency, 212-316-0955
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January
Nonfiction |
Forget speed dating, bar-hopping, and
cruising cyberspace… instead, let "the fix-up fanatic" show you why
being set up by someone you know and trust is the oldest, cheapest,
fastest, safest, and sweetest route to romance. And, she'll reveal
the secrets to making love last! Ever since her former boss set her
up with her handsome, brilliant husband, Susan Shapiro has been on
a marital mission. So far, she's fixed up twelve marriages and countless
serious relationships-and now she's ready to share the secrets of
her success. Unlike all those "relationship experts" who are incapable
of having a real relationship, or who took off their first ring to
pledge their vows to their second or third life partner, Shapiro has
witnessed-and scored-on all sides of the setup spectrum. She learned
to charm her own blind dates, walk down the aisle with her personal
Mr. Perfect, keep her first and only marriage rapturous, and expertly
set up dozens of other couples. Now the author of the acclaimed memoirs
Lighting Up and Five Men Who Broke My Heart, and a self-proclaimed
"diehard romantic optimist," shares her honest, provocative, and sometimes
downright subversive slant on every stage of dating, sex, and domestic
relations. She'll show you how to: fix yourself up first so you're
really ready to be fixed up fabulously; recognize raw marriage material
and not let a good one get away; break through your fears, insecurities,
and dating defenses to land true love; find love mentors who will
set you up and help you close the deal; decide which love and marriage
myths to lose if you want to win, and keep fixing up your relationship
so it stays warm and loving forever. Susan Shapiro is a journalist
whose work has appeared in numerous publications. She's the author
of Five Men Who Broke My Heart, which was optioned by Paramount
Pictures, and Lighting Up. She lives with her husband in Manhattan,
where she teaches writing at New York University and the New School.
Her website is www.susanshapiro.net.
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SOUL SIREN by Aisha DuQuesne
British, Translation, and Performance:
Brown Skin Books, +44 207 226-4789 (P & F)
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February
Fiction |
"You got the music scene, hot sex in
almost every combination and a cracking good mystery," praises a British
fan of this debut novel of erotic suspense set in the New York music
industry. The new queen of R & B, Erica Jones is an outspoken superstar
with a sexual appetite to match and a loyal personal assistant and
best friend, Michelle Brown, who will stop at nothing-even murder-to
prevent damaging gossip about Erica's scandalous love life. As lovers'
bodies pile up, enter Jill Chandler: bodyguard, ex-cop, master of
an obscure African sexual "yoga," and stunning sleuth ready to play
cat-and-mouse with Michelle. Aisha DuQuesne began her writing career
working with network correspondents in Africa. She moved from London
to New York in her twenties where she worked at a major publishing
house and helped write "tell all" autobiographies by African-American
celebrities. This is her first novel.
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STRIP POKER by Lisa Lawrence
British, Translation, and Performance:
Brown Skin Books, +44 207 226-4789 (P & F)
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February Fiction |
Called a "well-written and extremely
erotic thriller" by England's Jade magazine, STRIP POKER
introduces a very cagey, very sexual sleuth. A hot new underground
craze is sweeping through London's elite: strip poker. But the fun
really begins when the clothes come off, because in this game, a full
house and a straight flush win unexpected delights-or dangers--as
part-time sleuth and full-time troublemaker Teresa Knight uncovers
when someone starts blackmailing Britain's most prominent black female
politician. Teresa has to work fast, because it's not long before
the stakes are raised from extortion to murder, and the sexually insatiable
Teresa uncovers a ruthless, cynical murderer, corporate intrigue,
and an international conspiracy. Lisa Lawrence is a freelance newspaper
and magazine writer. This is her first novel. She blames an early
boyfriend for inspiring her to write fiction after he regularly dragged
her into the West End's bookshops for mysteries, science fiction and
comics. She went looking for erotica all on her own.
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THE
TV WRITER'S WORKBOOK: A Creative Approach to Television Scripts
by Ellen Sandler
Performance:
Kneerim & Williams, 617-542-5070 (P); 617-542-8906 (F)
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April
Nonfiction |
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A veteran writer and producer shares the secrets to her phenomenal
success - in the ultimate insider's guide to television writing.
Why is television writing different from any other kind of writing?
How will writing a spec script get my foot in the door? What are
my chances of getting hired? Writing for television is a business.
And, like any business, there are proven strategies for success.
In this unique, hands-on guide, television writer and producer Ellen
Sandler shares the trade secrets she learned while writing for hit
shows like "Everybody Loves Raymond," offering concrete advice on
everything from finding a story to selling your finished product
to getting hired on a current series. Filled with easy-to-implement
exercises and practical wisdom, this ingenious how-to handbook outlines
the steps for becoming a professional TV writer, starting with a
winning script. And Sandler debunks common myths, explains the difference
between "selling" and "telling," form and formula, and theme and
plot, while revealing why aspiring TV writers must read, read, read.
And, if you have a connection, use it! Discover: how to get "inside"
a script; the 3 basic elements for that essential Concept Line;
mining the 7 Deadly Sins for great story lines; sample scripts from
hit shows; in-depth graphs, episodic script breakdown charts, vital
check points along the way, and much, much more! Ellen Sandler was
Co-Executive Producer and writer on the Emmy-winning hit series
"Everybody Loves Raymond," and has written for over 25 prime-time
network television series, including "Taxi," "Kate and Allie," and
"Coach." She is a highly-regarded script consultant, and in addition
to her television writing workshops in LA and NYC, is a frequent
featured speaker at schools and universities across the country.
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THE BIG BEAUTIFUL by
Pamela Duncan
Performance:
Joelle Delbourgo Associates, Inc.,
212-279-9027 (P); 212-279-8863 (F)
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TP/Fiction
April
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From the author of acclaimed novels
Moon Women (a Book Sense 76 pick and a SIBA bestseller) and
Plant Life ("A novel with heart." -The Washington Post…"A
mature work of great compassion and insight." -Lee Smith) comes a
spirited and intricately drawn portrait of the lives of southern women.
On her wedding day, on a North Carolina highway, her hometown far
behind, Cassandra Moon breaks the heart of the one man who's ever
asked her to marry-ditching him on their wedding day, no less-drives
her wedding limousine into the ground, gets drunk on champagne, and
hitches a ride to the ocean. Through a whirlwind of heartache and
second guesses, at the age of forty, Cassandra discovers friendship
and love in a small town on the beach and realizes that getting lost
may be the best thing that's ever happened to her. Calamity and comedy,
tenderness and rage, and a mighty love are at the heart of this remarkably
soulful novel. Readers will laugh through their tears and rejoice
in the triumph of Duncan's beautifully rendered journey of self-discovery
and boundless faith. Pamela Duncan was born and raised in North Carolina.
She holds a B.A. in journalism from the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill and an M.A. in English and Creative Writing from North
Carolina State University in Raleigh. She lives in Graham, North Carolina,
where she is at work on her next novel.
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THE DIAGNOSIS OF LOVE
by Maggie Leffler Performance:
Jodie Rhodes Literary Agency, 619-625-0544
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TP/Fiction
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THE DIAGNOSIS OF LOVE heralds the arrival of a witty, warm,
perceptive new voice in fiction. With an overstuffed suitcase and
spare panties in a Ziploc, Dr. Holly Campbell is trying to outrun
the symptoms of her life-her doubts about her career, her grief
over her mother's recent death, and her chronic missteps at love-by
taking her residency in a small rural hospital in England. But,
as fate would have it, the first person Holly meets in England is
a boy she had a crush on in the third grade… Thus begins this lovely,
rueful, and richly told tale of a young doctor on the run-colliding
with the past every step of the way. By leaving home, Holly is doing
what her mother did twenty years before. But while her mother fled
to medical school in Grenada, Holly has come to an odd little English
hospital, where she is unwisely attracted to an orderly who moonlights
as a rock 'n roller and unmercifully pursued by people from home-from
a charming and decent would-be boyfriend to her utterly confused
twin brother and his obnoxious runaway fiancée. But as life and
death swirl all around her, and she learns how-and how not-to be
a real doctor, Holly realizes that to cure herself she must learn
the secret her mother never shared-about a man, a faraway island,
and the heartbreaking and healing powers of love... Filled with
humor and tenderness, THE DIAGNOSIS OF LOVE will endear itself
to readers of any age who remember the joys and heartaches of facing
your past-and choosing your future. Maggie Leffler is a family practice
physician in Philadelphia, where she is at work on her second, which
Dell will publish in 2008.
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IN THE COUNTRY OF MEN
by Hisham Matar
First Serial, British, Translation, Audio, and Performance: PFD New
York, 917-256-0707
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HC/Fiction
February |
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This powerful, international debut hails the emergence of a remarkable
storyteller and a unique literary talent. Under a brilliant Mediterranean
sun, in a city by the sea, nine-year-old Suleiman sees his father-who
is supposed to be away on business-hurrying across Tripoli's Martyr's
Square. Why is Suleiman's father carrying a typewriter? Why does
Baba not acknowledge him? From this moment, a searing journey begins
into a world suspended somewhere between the ancient past and a
bewildering present, as seen through the eyes of a keenly observant
young boy. In 1970's Libya, informers are everywhere. Suleiman has
witnessed his best friend's father whisked away by men in a white
car. With his father also unaccounted for, Suleiman is caught up
in the drama, offering bits of information to the secret police
in the hopes that it will save Baba. As Suleiman feels cruelty bubbling
in his own blood, friendships shatter, previously trusted grown-ups
turn into demons, and his role as his mother's protector and secret
keeper steers him toward tragic revelations about her, about his
father, and about his country. As it builds to a disturbing and
unforgettable climax, Hisham Matar's stunning novel captures with
exquisite detail a boy's passage to manhood in a world where oppression
takes many forms. IN THE COUNTRY OF MEN is a spare, searing
portrayal of a rarely glimpsed world, told by a writer of keen,
unblinking vision and luminous literary power. Hisham Matar was
born in 1970 in New York City to Libyan parents and spent his childhood
in Tripoli and Cairo. He lives in London and is currently at work
on his second novel.
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NECESSARY
SINS by Lynn Darling
First Serial, British, Translation, Audio, and Performance: Sterling
Lord Literistic, Inc.,
212-780-6050 (P); 212-780-6095 (F)
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HC/Nonfiction
April
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A profoundly honest and gorgeously
written chronicle of a sexually adventurous young woman's coming of
age and marriage, NECESSARY SINS is Lynn Darling's deeply affecting
and provocative exploration of intimacy in wedlock. Lynn Darling made
her reputation with magazines essays that flew in the face of convention,
including a famous piece on marriage- "Marriage begins in a lie. It
robs you of your identity. It thwarts desire. It inspires cruelty…And
yet there may be nothing sweeter" -published in Esquire and one the
most anthologized articles on the subject ever. Brilliant and coltish,
Lynn Darling was accepted at Harvard at age 16 and swept up in the
tempest of the sexual revolution. Through her college years and then
her job as a Washington Post Style reporter she flitted, unthinking,
from one sexual escapade to the next. But, then a diversion with Lee
Lescaze, the elegant, married father of three and head of the Post's
Style section, evolved from a fling into a full blown love affair
and, ultimately, marriage and a lifelong commitment. Out of its most
chaotic beginnings, Lynn Darling carved a deeply affecting marriage
to Lescaze. Lynn Darling's work has appeared in The Washington
Post, Esquire, Harper's Bazaar, The Traveller,
and Elle, among others. She lives with her daughter in New
York City.
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