A book here, a book there...

Today's selections from Publishers' Lunch are sure a mixed bag, but plucked a few out and here they are:

NON-FICTION:
McSweeney's columnist and Loser Goes First author Dan Kennedy's untitled comedy of errors chronicling his stint working for a major record label during its sale and takeover, to Antonia Fusco at Algonquin, by Arielle Eckstut of the Levine Greenberg Literary Agency (world).

MEMOIR:
Lawyer by day and Snarkywood.com blogger by night Martha Kimes' IVY BRIEFS: A Privileged and Confidential Law School Story, relating her humorous adventures as a Midwestern girl struggling to survive at Columbia Law School, to Suzanne O'Neill at Atria, in a pre-empt, by Laurie Abkemeier at DeFiore and Company (world English).lma@defioreandco.com

POLITICS:
Washington Post political reporter and author of Chain Reaction Thomas B. Edsall's FORTRESS RED AMERICA, on how the realignment now creating a Republican majority is both more deliberate than in the past and also more wide-ranging, including efforts to remake institutions such as the courts, the foreign policy establishment, the media and the universities, to William Frucht at Basic, in a nice deal, for publication in fall 2006, by Christy Fletcher of Fletcher & Parry (NA).jamie.brickhouse@perseusbooks.com

HUMOR:
The writers of the parody website LandoverBaptist.com's WELCOME TO JESUS LAND! (Formerly the United States of America): Newsletters from America's Favorite Church, addressing such critical issues such as how to prevent Satan worshippers from coming down your chimney at Christmas, how to properly report atheists to the authorities, and how to organize a proper book burning, to Jason Pinter at Warner, in a pre-empt, by Giles Anderson at the Anderson Literary Agency (world).
Wrap.