From Publishers Lunch Weekly:
Okay... Just took a look at www.seanchercover.com , Sean Chercover's website, and learned his thriller, BIG CITY, BAD BLOOD, will be in bookstores in 2007. Long wait, but worth it. Fascinating site! Keep in mind too, that TJ Waters' book, CLASS 11, wherein he tells the story of the CIA's first class of new agents after 9/11 is a book I'm still waiting to get when March, 2006 arrives. And do scroll down and take a look at the book in FOREIGN...which will be given to each member of the new Iraqi government!!! Now that's very, very interesting, I think. Also there's a new book below on...guess who?...Donald Rumsfeld! On with the list:
FICTION/DEBUT:
J. M. Ledgard's GIRAFFE, the story of the creation of the largest captive herd of giraffes in the world - told in part from the point-of-view of a haemoynamicist (who studies blood flow) and a factory girl - from their capture in Africa to their senseless massacre far away, behind the Iron Curtain, to Scott Moyers, at Penguin Press, in a very nice deal, by Clare Alexander at Gillon Aitken Associates (US).clare@gillonaitken.co.uk
GENERAL/OTHER:
HOW TO BE LOST and SLEEP TOWARD HEAVEN author Amanda Eyre Ward's, FORGIVE ME, the intertwined stories of an American journalist who accompanies a couple to South Africa, where their son's murderers are appearing before Mandela's Truth and Reconciliation Commission; a war photographer mourning the loss of his great love; and a boy in Cape Cod who dreams of stardom, to Anika Streitfeld (her editor at MacAdam/Cage) at Random House, in a two-book deal, by Michelle Tessler of Tessler Literary Agency (NA).UK and foreign rights: michelle@tessleragency.com.NA to RachelBernstein:bernstein@randomhouse.com
Turkish Parliament member and journalist O.Z. Livaneli's BLISS, the story of a young girl who is raped by her uncle, and the custom of "honor killings" of disgraced women in Turkey, to Diane Reverand at St. Martin's, by Robert Bernstein and Peter Bernstein of ASAP Media. diane.reverand@stmartins.com
WOMENS/ROMANCE:
Isabel Sharpe's SHAKE IT UP, about a "black widow" who moves to middle America after being acquitted in a nationally televised murder trial, called "in the vein of Jacqueline Susann eats Norman Rockwell for breakfast," to Lucia Macro at Harper, in a very nice deal, for two books, by Helen Breitwieser at Cornerstone Literary (world English).mailto:.hb@cornerstoneliterary.com
BIOGRAPHY:
Washington Post writer and long-time Pentagon correspondent Bradley Graham's THE WARRIOR: Donald Rumsfeld's Long March, the story of what shaped Rumsfeld's pugnacious character and drive for change, from his wrestling days in high school through his stints as a Chicago congressman, senior insider in the Nixon and Ford administrations and corporate CEO, to Peter Osnos and David Patterson at Public Affairs, for publication in fall 2009, by Esther Newberg at ICM (world).
Experience Hendrix's Janie Hendrix and John McDermott's JIMI HENDRIX: AN ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY, presenting flat and removable memorabilia and rare photographs from the family's collection, and a CD of never-commercially-released music and interviews, to Malaika Adero at Atria, for publication in fall 2006, at auction, by packagers Andy Mayer and Ellie Hutton at becker&mayer! (world English).
BUSINESS/INVESTING/FINANCE:
Federal Express insider Roger Frock's THE STORY OF FEDEX, presenting the making of the company as only a high-ranking insider can (he's been involved with founder Fred Smith since day one), including many previously unpublished or unknown stories about the countless heartbreaking, and sometimes entertaining ordeals the company countered in its rise to the top, to Steven Piersanti at Berrett-Koehler (world).mailto:.jsiva@bkpub.com
HISTORY/POLITICS/CURRENT AFFAIRS:
Bestselling history writer Alex Kershaw's behind-the-scenes account of the ill-fated Desert One operation to rescue American hostages in Iran, for publication in spring 2008, and the story of the crew of the WWII submarine, USS Sculpin, most of whose crew was captured and tortured, but a few of whom chose to go down with the ship, sinking the sub and burying their secrets with it, for publication in spring 2009, again to Robert Pigeon at Da Capo, for two books, by Derek Johns at AP Watt (world).
Former presidential aide to every president since Lyndon Johnson Barry Landau's three-part series of illustrated books describing his largest private collection of White House and presidential memorabilia, to Phil Friedman at Collins, by Lord Colin Campbell, on behalf of the Marianne Strong Literary Agency.
Last Train to Paradise and Meet You in Hell author Les Standiford's WHITE HOUSE BURNING, an account of the assault, destruction, and reclaiming of the nation's capital during the War of 1812, focusing on the roles played by President James Madison and Dolly Madison, and on the transformation of a city and the president's home into symbols of vital importance, to Rachel Klayman at Crown, by Kim Witherspoon at Inkwell Management.
MEMOIR:
Lou Ferrante's humorous memoir, from a mobster who became a scholar and writer during his 13 years in prison, to Claire Wachtel at Morrow, by Lisa Queen at Queen Literary Agency (NA).mailto:.lqueen@queenliterary.com
SCIENCE:
Stanford Professor Jo Boaler's WELCOME TO MATH-LAND: A New World of Possibilities drawing from her research and exploring how learning math in the U.S. is different from math in the rest of the world, identifying the problems with math today, including gender, teaching, testing, grouping, and curriculm, and offering practical tips and key strategies for math success, to Kathryn Court at Viking Penguin, in a pre-empt, by Jill Marsal at Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency.
SPORTS:
Tom Bertrand and The Cosmic Laws of Golf author Printer Bowler's THE SECRET OF HOGAN'S SWING, in which the secret of golf legend Ben Hogan's swing will be revealed and offering a detailed and illustrated golf system incorporating all the elements of Hogan's swing while also telling the fable-like story of Hogan and student/golf pro John Schlee (Bertrand's instructor), to Stephen Power at Wiley, in a nice deal, by Bob Diforio at the D4EO Literary Agency (world). d4eo@optonline.net
TRUE CRIME:
NYT bestselling author Gregg Olsen's first hardcover true crime book UNFORGIVEN SINS: Two ministers, five lovers, and one dead wife, the story of a pastor from Washington State who murdered his wife while carrying on several affairs with members of his fundamentalist congregation, to Charlie Spicer at St. Martin's, by Susan Raihofer of the David Black Literary Agency (NA).
FOREIGN:
Iraqi rights to James Gwartney, Richard Stroup, and Dwight Lee's COMMON SENSE ECONOMICS: Straight Thinking About Wealth and Prosperity, to the Baghdad Center for Economic Research, with free copies to be provided to all members of the new Iraqi government, by Scott Hoffman at PMA Literary and Film Management.mailto:Management.scott@pmalitfilm.com
FILM:
Film rights to COAST TO COAST, based on the diaries of Effie Hotchkiss, the first woman to cross the country on a motorcycle, in 1915, optioned to Eric Harryman at Vital Entertainment, in a nice deal, by Sandra Choron at March Tenth, with Hotchkiss's great grandson Craig Dove adapting the diaries for the book.mailto:book.schoron@aol.com
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