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From: Publishers Weekly Lunch....

FILM:
Thomas Zigal's THE WHITE LEAGUE, a thriller that "probes the dark, fuming underbelly of New Orleans," to producer Jonathan Bogner, by Bill Contardi at Brandt & Hochman.bill@billcontardi.com

TV:
Meg Wolitzer's THE POSITION, to HBO, for Adam Brooks to write, Griffin Dunne to direct, and Nick Wechsler to produce, by Hotchkiss and Associates, on behalf of Peter Matson at Sterling Lord Literistic.

BIOGRAPHY:
Historian David L. Chappell's WAKING FROM THE DREAM: The Battle for Martin Luther King's Legacy, exploring the ways in which King's legacy has been used -- and misused -- over the years by various interests groups for political benefit, to Jonathan Jao at Random House, in a pre-empt, by Sandra Dijkstra at the Sandra Dijkstra Agency (world).ctisne@randomhouse.com

COOKING:
Dave DeWitt's THE LEONARDO DA VINCI COOKBOOK, a food history with recipes that details the story of Leonardo's career as cook, kitchen innovator, and gourmand, to Jennifer Josephy and Charlie Conrad at Broadway, by Scott Mendel at Mendel Media Group (world).scott@mendelmedia.comjjosephy@randomhouse.com

HISTORY/POLITICS/CURRENT AFFAIRS:
Tulane University professor and historian Douglas Brinkley's THE GREAT DELUGE, about New Orleans, juxtaposing the human drama wrought by Hurricane Katrina through personal and eyewitness accounts with a rich historical perspective of his city, to Claire Wachtel at Morrow, by Lisa Bankoff at ICM (world).

Journalist Tara McKelvey's untitled account of American torture in Iraq, an in-depth look at the victims, policies, and current court battles surrounding this controversial practice, to Philip Turner at Carroll & Graf, for publication in late 2007, by Eric Lupfer at William Morris Agency (world English).

David Rothkopf's THE SUPERCLASS: The Global Power Elite and the World They are Making, including the world's most powerful men and women: the politicians, military leaders, finance gurus, energy barons, media moguls, and thought leaders who are setting the agenda for our era, to Eric Chinski at Farrar, Straus, for publication early in 2008, by Esmond Harmsworth of Zachary Shuster Harmsworth Literary Agency (world).

Diplomat, Emory University professor, and former Carter Center program director, Marion V. Creekmore, Jr.'s A MOMENT OF CRISIS: The Inside Story of Jimmy Carter in North Korea, on how Carter's intervention helped to resolve the 1994 North Korean nuclear crisis and prevent what he had determined was an almost certain war, to David Patterson at Public Affairs, for publication in fall 2006 (world).nancyhechinger@publicaffairsbooks.com

Peter Josyph's LIBERTY STREET: Encounters at Ground Zero, about the impact of the 9-11 attacks on the surrounding downtown neighborhood, as experienced by filmmaker Josyph as he shot a clandestine documentary in the area, to John Landrigan at the University Press of New England (world). John.W.Landrigan@Dartmouth.EDU


HUMOR:
Author of the Bush Haters Handbook Jack Huberman's 100 PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY SCREWING UP AMERICA (And Bernard Goldberg is Only #83), a liberal riposte to Bernard Goldberg's right wing bestseller, which includes entries on Matt Drudge, Katie Couric, and Paris Hilton, to Carl Bromley at Nation Books, for publication in Spring 2006, by William Clark at William Clark Associates (NA).


MEMOIR:
Petr Ginz's MY BROTHER'S DIARY, edited by his sister Chava Pressburger, the account of a Czech Jewish boy who perished in Auschwitz in 1942, written before he was deported to the concentration camps and lost for 60 years, a portrait of life in Prague from the perspective of a teenager, to Morgan Entrekin at Grove/Atlantic and Toby Mundy at Atlantic Books, in a pre-empt, for publication in fall 2006, by Eva Koralnik of the Liepman Agency (world English).eva.koralnik@liepmanagency.comlouisebrice@groveatlantic.co.uk


SCIENCE:
Evolutionary biologist Wallace Arthur's CREATURES OF ACCIDENT: The Rise of the Animal Kingdom, exploring how complex creatures arose from a world in which all life-forms were bacteria, to Joseph Wisnovsky at Farrar, Straus, for publication in 2006, in a nice deal, by Ed Knappman of New England Publishing Associates (world English).ed@nepa.com


UK:
Young academic Ishbel Addyman's THE DUELLIST: The Life of the Real Cyrano de Bergerac, a biography which will rescue the real-life 17th-century intellectual renegade, free-thinker, soldier, poet, playwright and swordsman from the shadows of the fictional character he inspired, to Andrew Gordon at Simon & Schuster UK, in a two-book deal, by Jim Gill at PFD (UK/Commonwealth).
US rights are handled by Jim Rutman at Sterling Lord Literistic.rutman@sll.comForeign: ila@ila-agency.co.uk

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