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Crook, Elizabeth THE WHICH WAY TREE Fiction: General
Crook’s fifth novel, is a story of adventure and revenge – perfect for readers of True Grit and The Sisters Brothers. It is a timeless story of love, friendship, family, and retribution.
R: Little Brown P: Little Brown 2018-02-06 Manuscript
Ronit Zafran
Nicole Meillaud
Sebastian Ritscher
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Author THE GIRL FROM ALEPPO A Story of War and a Plea for Peace
Alabed, Bana
Non-Fiction Biography/Memoir
Simon & Schuster, New York, 2017-08 Simon & Schuster Publisher Rights
Category Genre Material
Summary
This memoir is the poignant, inspiring story of Bana Alabed, the seven-year-old Syrian girl who escaped Aleppo with her family in December 2016 during the mass evacuations that took place.
Description
Bana became world-famous for her real-time tweets depicting the horrendous conditions of the refugees, allowing the world to see the tragedy and horror of war through the eyes of a young girl.
Called the “Anne Frank of our era” (Washington Post), Bana has over 320,000 followers on her twitter account, all of whom followed her story as she reported on the conditions of war and became an unwitting voice for all refugees. The book recounts Bana’s story and tells how she became a global symbol and advocate for peace and refugee rights.
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Author EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE How to Unleash Your Inner Nerd, Tap into Radical Curiosity and Solve Any Problem
Nye, Bill
Non-Fiction Biography/Memoir
Rodale, New York, unscheduled UTA US Publisher Rights
Category Genre Material
Summary
From the most iconic and beloved nerd of our generation, this is Bill Nye’s celebration of nerd culture for readers around the world.
Description
In politics and business, we tend to approach problems from strongly preconceived positions that generate a lot of noise but do little to solve our pressing problems. You know that noise: It’s all over the news, Twitter, Facebook— everywhere. Even traditional academics tend to divide the world into compartmentalized disciplines.
Enter the nerd. The nerd’s approach to big problems, whether in business or politics or any discipline, is omnivorous and looks at the world through a fundamentally interdisciplinary lens. A nerd delights in meaningful information no matter the source, and in solutions no matter how they are produced. The nerd steps up to big challenges and spouts a dozen possible solutions to every problem. This is a look at how Bill Nye learned to think big and optimistically about the world – and how you can too. Part origin story, part tale of triumphant science, and part call to arms, this is a celebration of the nerd mindset.
2017 is a landmark year for Bill. His new and highly anticipated Netflix show, “Bill Nye Saves the World” will debut on April 21st and will be distributed internationally through Netflix. The New York Times agrees that the timing of this show and Bill’s philosophy couldn’t be more relevant in today’s world: http://nyti.ms/2l4kCtf
Bill currently has 4.7 million Facebook followers and 4.38 million Twitter followers internationally. And, with EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE publishing on July 11th, Bill will follow up his two New York Times bestsellers – UNDENIABLE: Evolution and the Science of Creation (St. Martin’s, 2014), and UNSTOPPABLE: Harnessing Science to Change the World (St. Martin’s, 2015) – with his biggest, most universal book yet.
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Author THE LIDO Page, Libby
Fiction Women's Fiction
Orion , UK CaskieMushens Publisher Rights
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Set in present day Brixton, this novel tells the story of an unlikely friendship. Kate, a 26 year old woman is feeling lost and lonely in London and in life. Rosemary, an 86 year old widow is nostalgic for the past in a present day world which she struggles to understand.
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Brought together by the imminent closure of the Lido they galvanise themselves, and eventually the local community they are part of, to fight against the overwhelming power of the Council and the financial cuts required. Slowly we hear Rosemary's heartwarming story of growing up in Brixton, and how she found the love of her life, George, by the Lido all those years ago. And as the novel progresses so does the bond between Kate and Rosemary. Regardless if they win or not, each woman's life will be changed forever by the love only true friendship can give.
Libby Page works in marketing and moonlights as a writer. She graduated from The London College of Fashion with a BA in Fashion Journalism before going on to work as a journalist at the Guardian.After writing, her second passion is outdoor swimming. Libby lives in London where she enjoys finding new swimming spots and pockets of community within the city.
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Foreign Licences Caskie/Mushens Foreign Licences Caskie/Mushens Source Italy: LA NAVE DI TESEO (Pre-mpt)
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Author BONFIRE Ritter, Krysten
Fiction Thriller
Crown Archetype, New York, 2017-11-07 InkWell Publisher Rights
Category Genre MS: Final Edited Material
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From actress of Breaking-Bad fame, producer, and writer, Krysten Ritter, a psychological suspense novel about a woman forced to confront her past in the wake of small-town corruption.
Description
It has been ten years since Abby Williams left home and scrubbed away all visible evidence of her small town roots. Now working as an environmental lawyer in Chicago, she has a thriving career, a modern apartment, and her pick of meaningless one-night stands. She masks a damaged interior: the result of bullying in her youth and an oppressive religious upbringing. When
When a new case takes her back home to Barrens, Indiana, the life Abby painstakingly created begins to crack. Tasked with investigating Optimal Plastics, the town's most high-profile company and economic heart, Abby begins to find strange connections to the Barrens’ biggest scandal from more than a decade ago involving the popular Kaycee Mitchell and her closest friends—just before Kaycee disappeared for good.
Abby knows the key to solving any case lies in the weak spots, the unanswered questions. As Abby tries to find out what really happened to Kaycee, she unearths an even more disturbing secret—a ritual called “The Game,” which will threaten the reputations, and lives, of the community and risk exposing a darkness that may consume her.
With tantalizing twists, slow-burning suspense, and a remote, rural town of just five claustrophobic miles,Bonfireis a dark exploration of the question, can you ever outrun your past?
Krysten Ritter currently stars as Jessica Jones in the Peabody Award-winning Netflix original series, “Marvel’s Jessica Jones.” Growing up on a small-town farm in rural Pennsylvania, she started her career as a model but her work to date includes film, television, theatre, writing, and producing. In 2012 she launched the production company Silent Machine in a deal with Universal Television. With a highly engaged social media following and having drawn rave reviews and press from every quarter for her work on Jessica Jones, Krysten is thrilled to now introduce her fans to BONFIRE in both the book and TV space.
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De Shalit, Jonathan TRAITOR Fiction: Thriller
Hunting for spies in your own intelligence services is a horror show. In Israel, where the intelligence services can make the difference between life and death for the nation, treason is a pervasive and perpetual fear.
R: Atria Books P: Atria Books 2018-10 (tentative) Manuscript
Hay, Ashley A HUNDRED SMALL LESONS
Fiction: General
An emotionally resonant and profound new novel from Ashley Hay, author ofThe Railwayman's Wife, interweaving the stories of two families through the house that bears witness to their lives.
R: Atria Books P: Atria Books 2017-10 Manuscript
Friedland, Elyssa THE INTERMISSION Fiction: General
THE INTERMISSION offers readers a tightly-wrought “he said, she said” portrait of a relationship, humming with ambiguity and steeped in all the trappings of modern privilege, where neither party is quite as innocent as we first think.
R: Berkley P: Berkley 2018-07-03 Manuscript
Horn, Dara ETERNAL LIFE Fiction: General
Named one of Granta’s "Best Young American Novelists" and author of the acclaimed The World to ComeandA Guide for the Perplexed, Dara Horn’s next work is #EternalLife, about a woman who traded her death away two thousand years ago to save her son's life, and now must navigate the twenty-first century world with her ancient ex-lover still following her every move.
R: David Black P: W.W. Norton 2018 Manuscript
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Marks, DJ THE CAPTIVES Fiction: Thriller
A literary psychological thriller that captures the binding power of the past and embarks on a desperatesearch for freedom and redemption.
R: CaskeMushens P: Orion unscheduled Manuscript
Park, Samuel THE CAREGIVER Fiction: General
In emotionally rich storytelling this novel shows how much (or how little) we owe our families, and how life can be lived in the margins of chance. Set in Brazil and California in the 1970s and 1980s.
R: CaskeMushens P: Orion unscheduled Manuscript
St. James, Simone THE BROKEN GIRLS Fiction: Crime
This is an atmospheric, engrossing suspense novel and ghost story about two murders set decades apart. It’s perfect for readers of Jennifer McMahon and Kimberly McCreight.
R: Berkley P: Berkley 2018-03-20 Manuscript
Wirkus, Tim THE INFINITE FUTURE Fiction: General
An exhilarating, original novel, set in Brazil, Idaho, and outer space, about an obsessive librarian, a down-at-heel author, and a Mormon historian who go on the hunt for a mystical, life-changing book--and find it.
R: Penguin Press P: Penguin Press 2018-01-16 Manuscript
Yates, Christopher J. GRIST MILL ROAD Fiction: Suspense
GRIST MILL ROAD is a dark and twisty Rashomon-style narrative that maps the shadowy, perilous territory between childhood and adulthood, the fallibility of memory and the corrosive power of long-held secrets.
R: Dystel P: Picador US 2018-01-09 Manuscript
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Allison, Graham DESTINED FOR WAR NF: Current Events
War with China is much more likely than anyone thinks...
R: Houghton Mifflin P: Houghton Mifflin 2018-01-09 Manuscript
Fields, R. Douglas ELECTRIC BRAIN NF: Science
This book explores the brave new world of brainwaves research and its revolutionary possibilities.
R: Andrew Stuart P: BenBella Books unscheduled proposal
Matousek, Mark MOTHER OF THE UNSEEN WORLD
NF: Spirituality
Mother Meera is widely regarded as an embodiment of the Divine Mother on earth. She gives Darshan, a silent bestowal of love light and grace, by touch and gaze. Mother was born in 1960, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, southern India. Today, she lives in a small village in Germany, at Schloss Schaumburg, Balduinstein.
R: Random House P: Spiegel & Grau 2017-11 Manuscript
O’Mara, Shane IN PRAISE OF WALKING
NF: General
The psychology and neuroscience of one of the simplest, most satisfying and sublime of life’s pleasures – something that provides enduring benefits for health, resilience, creativity, mood and well-being – a good walk.
R: A.M. Heath P: Bodley Head unscheduled Proposal
Piper, Alisa THE ATTACHMENT NF: Memoir
A celebration of friendship, renewal, nature and the human spirit told through letters between a writer and an 80-year-old priest. Original, surprising - both highly entertaining and deeply moving.
R; Allen & Unwin P. Allen & Unwin 2017-04 Manuscript
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Razer, Helen THE HELEN 100 NF: Memoir
A hundred dates in less than a year. Will they heal her broken heart or make it worse? Brilliant, hilarious and excruciating confessions from bestselling writer and journalist Helen Razer.
R; Allen & Unwin P. Allen & Unwin 2017-02 Manuscript
Sims, Steve BLUEFISHING NF: Self Improvement
The man who created Bluefish, the internationally famous company that makes once in a lifetime events happen for the rich and famous reveals to the rest of us his trade secrets for making things happen. With colorful and enlightening stories of people driven to achieve the impossible, this book will inspire you to transform your life and aim for the unthinkable.
R: North Star Way P: North Star Way 2017-10-17 Manuscript
Sonenshein, Scott STRETCH NF: Business
Rethink what you need to succeed, and do more with what you already have! This is a counterintuitive guide to changing the way you work and live. It identifies key ways for people and organizations to work beyond their resources. Based on research in psychology and management, it shows how to accomplish goals, find success, and live a richer life.
R: Inkwell P: HarperBusiness 2017-02-07 Hardcover
Souza, Pete CHIEF OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHER
NF: Photographic
Chief White House Photographer Pete Souza has been by the President’s side with unique access to the most compelling and intimate moments over the 44th President’s eight years in office. Souza’s forthcoming book, which will share 250 to 300 photos from his collection of over 2 million, will craft an inspiring and authentic portrait of the man we have been proud to call our own
R: David Black P: Little, Brown 2017-11 (tentative) Samples
Rosenberg, Justus HOW TO BECOME A GUERILLA
NF: Memoir
The story of an unlikely hero: Justus Rosenberg, shockingly spry at 95, teaching World Literature classes at Bard College, turns out to have been instrumental in saving countless lives during the Holocaust. The NYT reported in April 2017 about this last living member of Varian Fry’s courageous band of rescuers.
R: North Star Way P: North Star Way 2017-10-17 Manuscript
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