Kiss
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Kiss
Kiss 1 TED DEKKER & ERIN HEALY Advertising • National print and online advertising garnering more than ten million impressions • Television advertising on national mainstream and Christian stations • National radio advertising with on-air giveaways in top 50 markets • Author video for use with retail, author sites, and all online advertising Publicity • Advanced galley distribution to key trade and long lead media • National print campaign to US Daily newspapers and top circulation consumer magazines-Christian and mainstream entertainment publications • Extensive online coverage • Satellite radio tour • Joint appearances for author signing Format:Jacketed Hardcover ISBN13/EAN:978-1-59554-470 ISBN10:1-59554-470-4 Price:$24.99 U.S. UPC:020049133897 EAN:9781595544704 Ship Date:December 11, 2008 Pub Date:January 6, 2009 Trim Size:6.12 x 9.25 x TBD Length:400 Pages Carton Qty:24 Sometimes dying with the truth is better than living with a lie. After a car accident puts Shauna McAllister in a coma and wipes out six months of her memory, she returns to her childhood home to recover, but her arrival is fraught with confusion. Her estranged father, a senator bidding on the White House, and her abusive stepmother blame Shauna for the tragedy, which has left her beloved brother severely brain damaged. Distribution Rights:North America plus CBA-only in GB, Aust, and S. Africa Leaning on Wayne Spade, a forgotten but hopeful lover who stays by her side, Shauna tries to sort out what happened that night by jarring her memory to life. Instead, she acquires a mysterious mental ability that will either lead her to truth or get her killed by the people trying to hide it. In this blind game of cat and mouse that stares even the darkest memories in the face, Shauna is sure of only one thing: if she remembers, she dies. BISAC Category:FICTION / Christian / Suspense (FIC042060) • Street Date: January 6, 2009. • Four of Dekker's novels-Three, House, Blink of an Eye, and Showdown-are currently being made into movies. • Addresses the reliability of memory. • As Dekker's first novel co-written with a female, Kiss will open his fanbase to even more female readers. • Explores the freedom that only truth can bring to our lives. Translations Not Available: CPC Category:Fiction / General / Suspense (FICGENFSU) Previous Titles: 1-59554-007-5 Adam 1-59554-287-6 Blink of an Eye HC 1-8499-4512-7 Three Comparable Titles: 978-1-4165-6638-0 Where Are You Now? Ted Dekker is known for novels that combine adrenaline-laced stories with unexpected plot twists, unforgettable characters, and incredible confrontations between good and evil. Kiss is the New York Times best-selling author's most recent novel. Hometown:Austin, Texas Books Sold to Date:3 million Erin Healy is owner of WordWright Editorial Services, a Colorado-based consulting firm specializing in fiction book development. Kiss, co-authored with Ted Dekker, is her first novel. She and her husband, Tim, are the 978-0-3102-5770-7 Dawn's Light (Last Updated: 6/25/2008) proud parents of two children. Hometown:Colorado Springs, Colorado 2 Face of Betrayal A Faith and Consequences Novel LIS WIEHL & APRIL HENRY Advertising • National print and online advertising campaign garnering more than ten million impressions • Google ad word advertising • Book trailer for use with retail, author sites, and all consumer advertising • Authorbuzz eblast campaign to more than 350,000 readers, 3000 library systems (reaching over 10,000 librarians) and over 3000 booksellers • Radio campaign and on-air giveaways on mainstream, news, and Christian stations • Promotions and advertising at foxnews.com and with NPR Publicity • Advanced galley distribution to key trade and long lead media • National broadcast publicity campaign seeking television and radio interviews • National print campaign to US Daily newspapers and top circulation consumer magazines • Online coverage • Joint appearances for author signings 3 Format:Jacketed Hardcover ISBN13/EAN:978-1-59554-705 ISBN10:1-59554-705-3 Price:$24.99 U.S. UPC:020049135785 EAN:9781595547057 Ship Date:March 12, 2009 Pub Date:April 7, 2009 Trim Size:6.12 x 9.25 x TBD Length:320 Pages Carton Qty:24 Three fiercely smart and devoted justice-seeking women investigate the disappearance of a Senate page connected to a philandering politician. Distribution Rights:Worldwide While home on Christmas holiday, a seventeen-year-old Senate page takes her dog out for a walk and never returns. Reporter Cassidy Shaw is the first to break the story. The media firestorm that ensues quickly ensnares Federal Prosecutor Allison Pierce and FBI Special Agent Nicole Hedge . . . who just happen to be Cassidy's best friends. It appears the young page was romantically involved with a senator—a senator now under suspicion for her disappearance. Translations Not Available: BISAC Category:FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General (FIC022000) CPC Category: As time begins to run out for the missing girl, Cassidy, Allison, and Nicole Previous Titles: fight to locate her before it's too late, even while each fights her own 978-0-3454-6921-2 personal battles—a stalker, single-motherhood, and an abusive relationship. The 51% Minority • Street Date: April 7, 2009. • Fox News legal correspondent Lis Wiehl teams up with veteran mystery novelist April Henry in this compelling new mystery. • Lis Wiehl appears on the O'Reilly Factor on FOX and is co-host with O'Reilly on Radiofactor. She also appears on Fox and Friends, Your World with Neil Cavuto, and Hannity and Colmes. • The first in a series featuring three professional female crime fighters set in Portland, Oregon. • Explores the complex and insider world of a federal prosecutor, an FBI agent, and a journalist. • For readers who enjoy mystery novels where good wins out over evil. Lis Wiehl is a Harvard Law School gradate and former federal prosecutor. A widely popular legal analyst and commentator for the Fox News Channel, Wiehl appears on The O'Reilly Factor and is co-host with Bill O'Reilly on the widely-syndicated radio program, The Radio Factor. Hometown:Larchmont, New York 978-0-3454-6919-9 Winning Every Time Comparable Titles: 0-4466-9661-7 1st to Die 0-0608-3320-3 Lady Killer (Last Updated: 8/4/2008) April Henry has written seven mysteries and thrillers. Her books have been short-listed for the Agatha Award, the Anthony Award, and the Oregon Book Award. Two have been chosen for BookSense. April lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband and daughter. Hometown:Portland, Oregon 4 Deadlock A John Hutchinson Novel ROBERT LIPARULO Advertising • Print and online advertising garnering more than two million impressions • Online promotion at military.com, the number one military website for soldiers Publicity • Advanced galley distribution to key trade and long lead media • National print campaign to US Daily newspapers and consumer magazines • Extensive online coverage • Blog tour • Conference appearances, panels Hutch's survival skills and ingenuity saved him once in the deep woods. Can they save him this time in the city? 5 Format:Jacketed Hardcover ISBN13/EAN:978-1-59554-166 ISBN10:1-59554-166-7 Price:$24.99 U.S. UPC:020049131190 EAN:9781595541666 Ship Date:March 5, 2009 Pub Date:March 31, 2009 Trim Size:6.12 x 9.25 x TBD Length:480 Pages Carton Qty:24 Distribution Rights:Worldwide John Hutchinson thinks it's no coincidence that Brendan Page runs this modern Praetorian Guard, and that the billionaire military industrialist must Translations Not Available: have had something to do with the atrocities his son Declan committed in BISAC Category:FICTION Canada. The Canadian and U.S. Justice departments disagree, but Hutch / Thrillers / General has been digging for dirt ever since. (FIC031000) When Hutch discovers the secret of Page's success, Page decides to teach him a lesson. But the operation goes terribly wrong, and Hutch's son is CPC Category:Fiction / kidnapped. While a lone man stands little chance against the best black op General / Suspense soldiers ever issued M-16s, Hutch manages to survive longer than Page (FICGENFSU) anticipated. As far as Hutch is concerned, high-tech helmets, machine guns, and hand Previous Titles: grenades are nothing compared to a man determined to save his son. It's a 0-7852-6179-6 lesson he sets out to teach Page—and one that he can only hope works as Deadfall well in the real world as it does in his heart. 0-7852-6178-8 Germ • Appeals to fans of thrillers such as those by David Morrell and Tess Gerritsen. • Liparulo's first book, Comes a Horseman, has been optioned by Mace Neufeld, director of Patriot Games, The Hunt for Red October, and Sahara. His second novel, Germ, has been optioned by Red Eagle. • Liparulo's short story "Kill Zone" is included in the anthology Thriller, edited by James Patterson. • A story of one man's stuggle to protect the innocent. 0-7852-6176-1 Comes a Horseman Comparable Titles: 0-3454-7700-6 The Mephisto Club 0-3454-7698-0 Vanish 0-4466-1403-3 The Protector (Last Updated: 6/25/2008) Robert Liparulo has received rave reviews for both his adult novels (Comes a Horseman, Germ, and Deadfall) and the first two novels in his Dreamhouse Kings series for young adults. He lives in Colorado with his wife and their four children. Hometown:Monument, Colorado 6 Field of Blood Jerusalem's Undead Trilogy (Book 1) ERIC WILSON Advertising • National online campaign • Promotions including excerpts and contests at www.wilsonwriter.com • Author video for use with retail and consumer marketing • Street team campaign Publicity • Advanced galley distribution to key trade and long lead media • National print campaign to US Daily newspapers, trade publications, and consumer magazines • Blog tour 7 Format:Trade Paper ISBN13/EAN:978-1-59554-458 ISBN10:1-59554-458-5 Price:$14.99 U.S. UPC:020049133774 EAN:9781595544582 Ship Date:September 11, 2008 Pub Date:October 7, 2008 Trim Size:5.40 x 8.30 x 1.20 Length:400 Pages Carton Qty:36 This Present Darkness meets historical legends in this Biblically grounded series. The suicide of Judas Iscariot in 30 A.D. left his blood seeping into the soil of the Field of Blood, in Aramaic the Akeldama. When this same field is disturbed by work crews outside Jerusalem in 1989, a clan of supernatural Collectors is released from the ancient burial chambers. Infused with Judas's enmity, they seek to corrupt and destroy. Distribution Rights:Worldwide Translations Not Available: BISAC Category:FICTION / Christian / Suspense (FIC042060) Gina Lazarescu has always felt like she didn't quite belong. But a bizarre accident with a delivery van leaves her questioning if the differences aren't CPC Category:Fiction / more significant than she realized. When a man she met as a young girl in General / Suspense Romania reappears with a fantastic tale of immortality, Gina must decide (FICGENFSU) whether to believe or to ignore what she's seeing. Regardless of what she decides, she's headed for an unavoidable collision Previous Titles: with the Akeldama. 1-59554-432-1 Facing the Giants 21,870 • • • • First series to approach the supernatural with a blend of Biblical events, historical fact, popular legend, and modern-day intrigue. An ultra-modern take on This Present Darkness and The Screwtape Letters. Explores how sin invades and infects lives. See and hear Eric Wilson talk about why he wrote this series: http://jerusalemsundead.com/html/ cba_preview.html 1-5785-6912-5 A Shred of Truth 1-5785-6745-6 Expiration Date 1-5785-6744-0 Dark to Mortal Eyes 1-5785-6911-7 The Best of Evil Comparable Titles: 0-7642-0205-7 The Dead Whisper On Eric Wilson is the author of eight suspense novels that explore Earth's tension between heaven and hell. He lives in Nashville with his wife and two daughters. Hometown:Nashville, Tennessee 1-5905-2428-4 My Soul to Keep 0-7653-4634-6 Midnight Mass (Last Updated: 9/25/2008) 8 Deeper Water A Tides of Truth Novel ROBERT WHITLOW Advertising • Promotions at retail to include special pricing and catalog placement • Web advertising Today's Christian Woman • Advanced galley distribution to colleges and universities with areas of emphasis in Southern Fiction • Author video will be created for use with retail, online and media • Promotions and free excerpts available through author website Publicity • Advanced galley distribution to long lead media to include Southern Living, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, Booklist, Library Journal, Christian Retailing, Aspiring Retail, Book Page, & Christianity Today • Author Blog Tour • Satellite radio tour 9 Format:Trade Paper ISBN13/EAN:978-1-59554-132 ISBN10:1-59554-132-2 Price:$14.99 U.S. UPC:020049130834 EAN:9781595541321 Ship Date:May 8, 2008 Pub Date:June 3, 2008 Trim Size:5.40 x 8.30 x 1.20 Length:400 Pages Carton Qty:36 Distribution Leaving behind the farming life and her large, Bible-believing family, Rights:Worldwide Tami Taylor accepts a job with a prestigious Savannah, Georgia, law firm. There, she quickly discovers the politics of a city with secrets that Translations Not Available: some will kill to keep hidden. BISAC Category:FICTION Tami's first client, Moses Jones, sees faces in the deep waters off the coast / Christian / General of Savannah--the faces of dead folks long buried. Defending Jones against (FIC042000) charges of trespassing invigorates Tami's quick mind while two attorneys at the firm vie for her heart. But as the charges against Jones escalate to CPC Category:Fiction / murder, Tami is immersed in a world of crime, cover-up, and muddled General / General ethics. (FICGENGEN) Previous Titles: • Will appeal to fans of movies like The Client • First in a new series featuring a female protagonist law student • Since the release of The List in 1999, total Whitlow sales have been in excess of 425,000 copies • Whitlow's The List was made into a movie releasing this year • Bestselling books set in Savannah include: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (John Berendt), Savannah Blues (Mary Kay Andrews), and Savannah (Eugenia Price) 1-59554-159-4 Jimmy (all ed.) 55,000 0-8499-4374-4 Life Support 61,000 0-8499-4519-4 Trial (all ed.) 92,000 Comparable Titles: Robert Whitlow is the best-selling author of legal thrillers set in the South and winner of the Christy Award for Contemporary Fiction. He received his J.D. with honors from the University of Georgia School of Law where he served on the staff of the Georgia Law Review. Hometown:Charlotte, North Carolina Books Sold to Date:500,000 0-3854-9380-0 The Testament (Last Updated: 6/12/2008) The Rivers Run Dry 10 SIBELLA GIORELLO Advertising • Print and web advertising to include Mystery Scene, Crime Spree, Infuze, GeoTimes, Relevant, Charisma, Library Journal, and BookPage garnering more than three million impressions • Author Video for use at retail sites, internet video sites like Google, YouTube, GodTube and at author's website Publicity • Advanced galley distribution to key trade and long lead media • National print campaign to US Daily newspapers and consumer magazines • Extensive online coverage • Blog tour Format:Trade Paper ISBN13/EAN:978-1-59554-533 ISBN10:1-59554-533-6 Price:$14.99 U.S. UPC:020049134443 EAN:9781595545336 Ship Date:February 5, 2009 Pub Date:March 3, 2009 Trim Size:5.44 x 8.38 x TBD Length:352 Pages Carton Qty:36 Forensic geologist Raleigh Harmon discovers that the Pacific Northwest is filled with beauty, danger, and mystery. When Raleigh Harmon, geologist and special agent for the FBI, is suddenly transferred from the Richmond field office to Seattle, she finds herself in strange territory. The Pacific Northwest has a whole different pace than the South does, her new boss seems determined to prove she can't handle the work, and she's desperately trying to keep her mother's sanity from crumbling altogether. But a missing hiker, a ransom note, an underground card game, and a "friend" with deadly intentions all ensure that there's no time for an easy transition. Raleigh will need all her skills and a little help—to keep the missing girl and herself alive. Distribution Rights:Worldwide Translations Not Available: BISAC Category:FICTION / Christian / Suspense (FIC042060) CPC Category:Fiction / General / Suspense (FICGENFSU) Previous Titles: • Raleigh Harmon is a strong yet flawed heroine that will appeal to both male and female readers. • Offers a unique spin on the incredibly popular area of forensics by focusing on forensic geology. • Sibella's first novel, The Stones Cry Out, is a finalist for a Christy Award. 0-8007-3160-3 The Stones Cry Out Comparable Titles: 0-7434-9391-5 Body of Evidence 0-3991-5448-5 T is for Trespass (Last Updated: 6/27/2008) Sibella Giorello began her writing career as a journalist. Her stories have won awards, including two nominations for the Pulitzer. Her novel, Stones Cry Out, won a Christy award. She lives in Washington state with her husband and family. Hometown:Issaquah, Washington Cry in the Night 11 COLLEEN COBLE Advertising • Web advertising campaign garnering more than two million impressions • Authorbuzz eblast campaign to more than 350,000 readers, 3000 library systems (reaching over 10,000 librarians) and over 3000 booksellers • Targeting partnerships and promotion with rescue dog organizations • Internet promotions with bookreporter.com (over 500,000 visitors monthly) Publicity • Advanced galley distribution to key trade and long lead media • National print campaign to US Daily newspapers and consumer magazines • Radio interviews, podcasts for fiction programs • Extensive online coverage • Blog tour • Book festival appearances, panels Format:Trade Paper ISBN13/EAN:978-1-59554-248 ISBN10:1-59554-248-5 Price:$14.99 U.S. UPC:020049131893 EAN:9781595542489 Ship Date:January 8, 2009 Pub Date:February 3, 2009 Trim Size:5.44 x 8.38 x TBD Length:320 Pages Carton Qty:36 Bree Nichols gets the shock of her life when her husband—presumed dead—reappears. Bree Nichols and her search and rescue dog Samson discover a crying infant in the densely forested woods outside of Rock Harbor, Michigan. Against objections from her husband, Kade, who knows she'll become attached, Bree takes the baby in. Quickly she begins a search for the mother—presumably the woman reported missing just days earlier. Distribution Rights:Worldwide Translations Not Available: BISAC Category:FICTION / Christian / Suspense (FIC042060) While teams scour the forests, Bree ferrets out clues about the missing woman. But she soon discovers something more shocking: Bree's former husband—long presumed dead in a plane crash—resurfaces. Is he really who he says he is? And should she trust him again after all these years? CPC Category:Fiction / General / General (FICGENGEN) An engaging, romantic suspense novel from critically-acclaimed author Colleen Coble. Previous Titles: 1-59554-141-1 Abomination • For readers of Romantic Suspense who like a gentler, psychologically-motivated suspense angle. • Romantic Suspense novelist Colleen Coble has sold more than a million books worldwide. • Author recently featured as a Crossings Book Club exclusive. • Features the return to Rock Harbor and a beloved dog named Samson, adored by Coble fans everywhere. • Bree Nichols must decide if she can trust the man she married after all these years. 1-59554-247-7 Anathema Comparable Titles: 978-0-3102-4752-4 One Tuesday Morning 978-0-3102-5770-7 Dawn's Light (Last Updated: 7/15/2008) RITA finalist Colleen Coble lives with her husband, Dave, in Indiana. She is the author of several novels including Lonestar Sanctuary, Abomination, Alaska Twilight, Midnight Sea, the Rock Harbor Series, and the Aloha Reef Series. Hometown:Wabash, Indiana Books Sold to Date:more than 1 million 12 An August Adams Adventure: House of Wolves 13 MATT BRONLEEWE Advertising • Print and Web advertising with Library Journal • Web advertising campaign with facebook.com, google, yahoo and youtube • Promotions and free excerpts available via author's website, myspace page and myccm.com page • Author video will be created for use with retail, online and media Publicity • Advanced mailing and review copies mailed to long-lead media such as Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, Booklist, Library Journal and Book Page • Author Blog Tour to top 75 fiction review sites • Author Tour of key retailers to include book signings • Satellite radio tour to key markets Merchandising • Shelftalker 1-59554-531-X Format:Jacketed Hardcover ISBN13/EAN:978-1-59554-250 ISBN10:1-59554-250-7 Price:$24.99 U.S. UPC:020049131916 EAN:9781595542502 Ship Date:July 17, 2008 Pub Date:August 12, 2008 Trim Size:6.10 x 9.40 x 1.40 Length:320 Pages Carton Qty:24 Rare-books dealer August Adams is enmeshed in the mystery surrounding another book—this time The Gospels of Henry the Lion. In 1983, a mysterious book reappeared. The book was The Gospels of Henry the Lion. Created in 1188, the book was a chronicle of Henry's aspirations to become the most powerful ruler in the world. But the book was only a part of the mystery. Henry was also the originator of the legenary Guelph Treasure—a collection of history's most significant religious relics. Legend said that The Gospels of Henry the Lion held the key to finding them. Now it's up to August, April, and Charlie to find out if the legend is true. Not that they don't have problems of their own. April has a meddlesome boyfriend. Charlie has a schoolyard bully on his back. And August's long-estranged father has suddenly decided to enter his life again. What they discover about the treasure—and themselves—will change their lives forever. Distribution Rights:Worldwide Translations Not Available: BISAC Category:FICTION / Thrillers / General (FIC031000) CPC Category:Fiction / General / Suspense (FICGENFSU) Previous Titles: 1-59554-249-3 Illuminated HC 16,800 Comparable Titles: • • 0-6715-2110-1 Matt Bronleewe's first novel, Illuminated, has been praised as a "rare Sahara breed of suspense thriller," an "intelligent escape," and "a riveting 0-5259-4941-0 debut" The Last Templar Extensive research adds credibility and a deeper layer of intrigue (Last Updated: 7/21/2008) Matt Bronleewe is the highly-acclaimed author of Illuminated. When not writing, Bronleewe is a record producer and songwriter. He and his wife have three children. Hometown:Nashville, Tennessee Fireproof 14 ERIC WILSON & ALEX KENDRICK AND STEPHEN KENDRICK Publicity • Finished book mailing for national reviews • Crosspromotion with film's publicity efforts Format:Trade Paper ISBN13/EAN:978-1-59554-716 ISBN10:1-59554-716-9 Price:$14.99 U.S. UPC:020049135891 EAN:9781595547163 Ship Date:August 7, 2008 Pub Date:September 2, 2008 Trim Size:5.40 x 8.20 x 0.90 Page Count:320 Pages Carton Qty:36 "Fireproof doesn't mean that fire will never come, but that when it does you'll be able to withstand it." At work, Capt. Caleb Holt lives by the firefighter's adage: Never leave your partner behind. But he follows his own rules at home. After seven years, he and his wife have drifted so far apart that Catherine wishes she had never married. As divorce looms, Caleb's father challenges him to commit to a 40-day experiment he calls "The Love Dare." Caleb isn't sure it's worth the effort, but agrees. In frustration he finally asks his father, "How am I supposed to show love to somebody who constantly rejects me?" When his father explains that this is the love God shows to us, Caleb makes a life-changing commitment. And--with God's help--begins to understand what it means to truly love his wife. But is it too late to fireproof his marriage? His job is to rescue others. Now Caleb Holt is ready to face his toughest job ever . . . rescuing his wife's heart. • Theatrical release date: September 19, 2008. • Movie will release on at least 800 screens nationwide from Provident Films and Sony Pictures. • The trailer and additional info about the movie are available at www.fireproofthemovie.com. • Kirk Cameron stars in the movie's lead role. • Dr. Gary Smalley, author of Change Your Heart, Change Your Life called it "Amazing! Action-packed, heartwarming, and a great resource to help strengthen and affirm marriages!" • National groups such as Focus on the Family, Outreach, FamilyLife, The Marriage CoMission, America's Family Coaches, AMFM, Marriage Alive Communications, and Marriage Today endorse the movie and are urging their constituencies to see it. Eric Wilson is the author of eight suspense novels that explore Earth's tension between heaven and hell. He lives in Nashville with his wife and Distribution Rights:Worldwide Translations Not Available: Italian BISAC Category:FICTION / Christian / General (FIC042000) CPC Category: Previous Titles: 1-59554-432-1 Facing the Giants 43,000 978-1-59554-522-0 Flywheel (4/08) 4,000 Comparable Titles: 978-0-8449-1889-6 A Time to Mend 30,000 978-0-8007-1788-9 His Needs, Her Needs (Last Updated: 9/17/2008) two daughters. Hometown:Nashville, Tennessee When brothers Alex Kendrick and Stephen Kendrick wrote and directed Facing the Giants, the goal was to produce a family friendly movie that could be affordably shot in Albany, would be fun to watch, impactful to viewers, and glorifying to God. Alex Kendrick is the associate pastor of Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Georgia. Hometown: 15 The Inheritance 16 TAMERA ALEXANDER Format:Trade Paper ISBN13/EAN:978-1-59554-632 ISBN10:1-59554-632-4 Price:$14.99 U.S. UPC:020049135440 EAN:9781595546326 Ship Date:February 12, 2009 Pub Date:March 10, 2009 Trim Size:5.44 x 8.38 x TBD Length:384 Pages Carton Qty:36 A marriage of convenience could guarantee her an inheritance—but at Distribution Rights:Worldwide what cost? McKenna and her rebellious younger brother Robert accept an invitation from their distant cousin and move to Copper Creek, Colorado, seeking a fresh start in a quaint mountain town. There she meets US Marshall Wyatt Caradon who begins to suspect McKenna's brother of a number of illegal activities. When McKenna's cousin dies, leaving her the ranch and a young child, the future seems laid out for her. But a distant relative shows up to contest the will—and the judge is disinclined to grant the inheritance to an unmarried woman with no means to pay a mortgage. Wyatt's growing affection for McKenna and the likely ruling in the case motivate him to propose a marriage of convenience. McKenna must learn the value of loving a man who puts the Lord before himself, and before her. And the truth that real security can only be found when she's centered in the middle of God's will for her life—wherever that leads her, whatever the cost. Translations Not Available: BISAC Category:FICTION / Christian / Historical (FIC042030) CPC Category: Previous Titles: 978-0-7642-0110-3 Remembered 978-0-7642-0108-0 Rekindled 978076420109 Revealed • Tamera Alexander's first series of historical fiction / inspirational romance novels have sold a combined total of more than 150,000 copies. • Women of Faith Fiction titles have sold in excess of 1.5 million copies. • A 19th-century Inspirational Romance set in Copper Creek, Colorado. • A woman's journey to discover that true joy can only be found by living God's will. Comparable Titles: 978-0-7642-2809-4 A Promise for Ellie 978-0-7642-0166-0 Bittersweet (Last Updated: 6/25/2008) Tamera Alexander is a best-selling novelist whose deeply drawn characters, thought-provoking plots, and poignant prose resonate with readers. She and her husband make their home in Franklin, Tennessee, where they enjoy life with their two college-age children and a silky terrier named Jack. Hometown:Franklin, Tennessee Dreamhouse Kings #3 : Gatekeepers 17 ROBERT LIPARULO Format:Hardcover ISBN13/EAN:978-1-59554-498 ISBN10:1-59554-498-4 Price:$14.99 U.S. UPC:020049134276 EAN:9781595544988 Ship Date:December 11, 2008 Pub Date:January 6, 2009 Trim Size:5.44 x 8.38 x TBD Length:304 Pages Carton Qty:24 In the third novel of this young adult series, the mystery deepens in a house that is more than meets the eye. Age Group:13 - 18 It's hard to believe that things could have gotten worse for the King family—but they have. Dad's in handcuffs, the school bully has just found Distribution the secret portal that leads from the high school to the house, and Xander is Rights:Worldwide sure he's found Mom, but they can't get back to her. Then Jesse arrives, and Translations Not Available: he seems to be a virtual Obi Wan of knowledge about the place. But is he the key they need to unlock the secrets, or just a crazy old man? BISAC Dangers are increasing from within and without when Xander makes a Category:JUVENILE startling discovery that explains why they haven't found any rooms that FICTION / General / General lead to the future. Alongside the threats, though, they're also starting to find (JUV000000) some surprising allies. CPC All they have to do is get organized, get psyched, and get Mom. But that Category:Youth/Children / isn't nearly as easy as it sounds. Youth Interests / Teen Fiction (YCKYTITFC) • The Shining meets A Wrinkle in Time for teens. • Positively portrays the family unit and the relationship between parents and children. • Provides insights into other cultures and time periods. • Kirkus Review said that "fast-paced action and thrills abound" in the first book of the series. Previous Titles: 1-59554-179-9 Comes a Horseman 1-59554-494-1 House of Dark Shadows 1-59554-496-8 Watcher in the Woods Comparable Titles: Robert Liparulo has received rave reviews for both his adult novels (Comes a Horseman, Germ, and Deadfall) and the first two novels in his Dreamhouse Kings series for young adults. He lives in Colorado with his wife and their four children. Hometown:Monument, Colorado 0-3123-6754-6 A Wrinkle in Time 0-3160-6795-4 The Angel Experiment—Maximum Ride (Last Updated: 7/1/2008) 18 Five Cities that Ruled the World 19 How Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, London, and New York Shaped Global History DOUGLAS WILSON Marketing • Banner advertising and book giveaway contest on Historynet.com • Print advertising in October issue of BookPage • Key influencer book giveaway to History professors and bloggers • Podcast interview with author on www.CurrentSpeak.com Publicity • Major media campaign targeting national television, print, online, talk radio and cable history-focused channels. • Targeted long-lead print campaign with History publications Sales Hooks The gripping and illuminative story of how five cities-Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, London, and New York-shaped the course of global history. Format:Jacketed Hardcover ISBN13/EAN:978-1-59555-136 ISBN10:1-59555-136-0 Price:$26.99 U.S. UPC: EAN:9781595551368 Ship Date:October 1, 2009 Pub Date:October 27, 2009 Trim Size:6 x 9 Page Count:304 Pages Carton Qty:24 The gripping and illuminative story of how five cities—Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, London, and New York—shaped the course of global history. History unfolds in a wide tapestry, but some patterns and threads stand out from the others for their brilliance and importance in the bigger picture. Five Cities that Ruled the World examines how and why a handful of cities—Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, London, and New York—emerged in their respective times of influence to dominate the world stage, directing wealth and power, influencing faith and belief, commanding fear and allegiance, provoking wars and conquests, and shaping the world we live in today. Profiling their leaders, exploring their philosophies, following their armies into war, riding their merchant ships to ports of commerce, and watching as one eclipses the others, Douglas Wilson broadens our understanding and appreciation of these cities with piercing insights, curious details, and entertaining stories. • New ways of thinking of the flow of world history • A philosophical journey through the how and why these five cities ruled the world and what happened when each of them were in control Distribution Rights:Worldwide Translations Not Available: BISAC Category:HISTORY / World / General (HIS037000) CPC Category:General / General / General (GENGENGEN) Comparable Titles: 0-3930-6131-0 Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies Jared Diamond 0-6-0-98-0-999--7 How the Scots Created the Modern World Arthur Herman 0-1-4-20-0-161--9 Salt: A World History Mark Kurlansky Douglas Wilson is a senior fellow of theology at New Saint Andrews College. He has taught both ethics and logic elsewhere at the college level. Editor of Credenda/Agenda, a small cultural journal known for its humorous and satirical flavor, Wilson is also the author of numerous books on education, theology, and culture, including: The Case for Classical Christian Education, Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning, Mother Kirk, and Angels in the Architecture, as well as biographies on both Anne Bradstreet and John Knox. 1-4000-7867-9 The Island at the Center of the World Russell Shorto (Last Updated: 3/10/2008) Hometown: 20 The Extraordinary Life and Times of Jimmy Divine 21 A Smuggler's Tale JOHN MCCASLIN ADVERTISING • Online promotion with AETV.com and History.com (History Channel online) • Blog discussion campaign • Posting on book clubs sites - shelfari.com, librarything.com PUBLICITY • National long and short lead print campaigns • Regional/national television • Regional/national radio campaign • Emphasis in online publications, websites, blogs, social media A well-crafted tale of adventure and smuggling on the high seas It was on a secluded cay in the Bahamas one otherwise ordinary morning that Jimmy Divine went for his usual jog on the beach—one that changed his life forever. After all, how many people stumble upon several million dollars when they’re out exercising? Soon, millions of more dollars would fall into his lap. And with each million Jimmy has an incredible story to tell, the next one more amazing than the last—like when he describes the view from his pew at the royal wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana, or how he would pay back the poor families of farmers and fishermen who helped care for his ailing mother when he couldn’t, or the time when he was a child trying to poison his crusty old neighbor with a deadly barracuda. Format:Jacketed Hardcover ISBN13/EAN:978-1-59555-153 ISBN10:1-59555-153-0 Price:$24.99 U.S. UPC: EAN:9781595551535 Ship Date:April 23, 2009 Pub Date:May 19, 2009 Trim Size:5.38 x 8.25 x TBD Length:320 Pages Carton Qty:24 Distribution Rights:Worldwide Translations Not Available: BISAC Category:BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs / General (BIO026000) CPC Category: Previous Titles: Fascinatingly eccentric characters and an intriguing story will capture readers in a tale almost too wild to be true An enjoyable read for fans of true crime stories and Jimmy Buffet songs 978078526191 Inside the Beltway Comparable Titles: 978080213589 Snow Blind Robert Sabba (Last Updated: 9/26/2008) John McCaslin is a columnist, anchor, talk show host, and, most important, storyteller. A former broadcast news anchor, award-winning correspondent for United Press International, and member of the White House press corps during the Reagan administration, John pens the popular "Inside the Beltway" column for the Washington Times and Los Angeles Times Syndicate (Tribune Media Services). Listed in "Who's Who in America," John was the 2000 conference chairman of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, which presented him with a best-column award. John has been a regular guest on National Public Radio's Weekend Edition, a frequent substitute host of The Rush Limbaugh Show on the EIB Network, The Mary Matalin Show on CBS Talk Radio Network, and The Oliver North Show on Radio America, and he presently anchors a weekly "Inside the Beltway" segment on the ABC affiliate in Washington. He's a favorite on the Fox News's Fox & Friends and is often seen on MSNBC and other networks. Hometown:Alexandria, Virginia 22 I'll Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse 23 Insider Business Tips from a Former Mob Boss MICHAEL FRANZESE ADVERTISING • YouTube, Podcast Promotion • National Blog Tour PUBLICITY • National Print Broadcast Publicity Campaign • National Radio Tour Format:Jacketed Hardcover ISBN13/EAN:978-1-59555-163 ISBN10:1-59555-163-8 Price:$24.99 U.S. UPC: EAN:9781595551634 Ship Date:February 19, 2009 Pub Date:March 17, 2009 Trim Size:5.38 x 8.25 x TBD Length:224 Pages Carton Qty:24 Ex mob boss Michael Franzese cuts to the chase about how to make it in legit business. Distribution Rights:Worldwide Former mob boss Michael Franzese shares the insider story of how he made millions inside the mob so that you can make millions outside (minus Translations Not Available: the illegal part). The most successful mobster since Al Capone has gone BISAC legit, and now he’s offering business principles that he learned in a life of Category:BUSINESS & crime to legitimate businesspeople everywhere. ECONOMICS / General / General (BUS000000) • Get proven business advice from a wise guy who's no longer a wiseguy • Solid business advice for every would-be entrepreneur, manger, or corporate boss • Unique perspective helps you whack behaviors that keep you from achieving your goals CPC Category: Previous Titles: 978-0-8836-8867-0 Blood Covenant 11,278 Comparable Titles: 1-9339-1402-5 Why We Want You to be Rich 258,247 Michael Franzese was one of the mob's biggest earners since Al Capone, and the youngest individual on Fortune magazine's "Fifty Biggest Mafia Bosses." Then, after dodging the law for years, Franzese pled guilty, accepted a ten-year prison sentence, and quit the mob. Hometown: (Last Updated: 8/3/2008) The Truth About You Your Secret to Success MARCUS BUCKINGHAM Marketing • American Way magazine 2,742,000 impressions • Print/online campaign with Training & Development Journal - 374,000 impressions • Print/online campaign with Workforce Management 300,000 impressions • Radio ad campaign including such shows as The Neal Boortz Show, Kim Kommando, Newsweek On Air • Job website advertising such as Monster, Yahoo! Hot Jobs, and Career Builder • Promotional copies sent to CEOs and Vice Presidents of the Fortune 500, young professionals associations in all 50 states, business professors at the top 100 colleges and universities, and company leaders Marcus has previously spoken to • Podcast sponsorships such as Mad Money, Wallstrip, Wired News, BusinessWeek, CNET, JoyStiq • Promotional author video Publicity • National Media Tour • National Television Interviews • Satellite Media Tours • National Print Publicity Campaign • Comprehensive Online Campaign Merchandising Featured on a "Best of Leadership" ECK 978-1-4002-0125-9 24 Format:Hardcover w/DVD ISBN13/EAN:978-1-4002-0226 ISBN10:1-4002-0226-4 Price:$29.99 U.S. UPC: EAN:9781400202263 Ship Date:September 4, 2008 Pub Date:September 30, 2008 Trim Size:5.60 x 7.80 x 1.20 Page Count:112 Pages Carton Qty:24 World-renowned motivational speaker and strengths guru Marcus Buckingham gives the one secret to success. Distribution Rights:Worldwide For those heading out into the “real world” and those already entrenched in it, a similar life-sapping mantra is being repeated: It’s not all about you! Translations Not Available: Employees are taught to put themselves aside and get plugged in to the Simplified Chinese mission of the organization, the goals of the company. But Marcus Buckingham believes that a person's ability to succeed in life flies directly in the face of corporate thinking. His new book, The Truth About You, leads readers to true success by empowering them to make the crucial choice of putting themselves first by crafting a work life that plays to their strengths. BISAC Category:BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General / General (BUS000000) CPC Category: • Revolutionary Toolkit includes enhanced DVD, interactive book, and ReMemo Pad • Paradigm-shifting message takes readers to the next level of living • Readers discover a new excitement and understanding for their everyday lives • Perfect gift for professionals, graduates, and students Previous Titles: 0-7432-0114-0 Now, Discover Your Strengths 0-7432-6167-4 Go Put Your Strengths to Work Comparable Titles: 0-3073-4151-8 Know How (Ram Charan) 1-5956-2003-6 Marcus Buckingham is a multi-million-copy, best-selling author with How Full Is Your Bucket? over 3.6 million copies of his landmark bestsellers in print. Drawing on more than 150,000 interviews collected by Gallup over the previous 25 (Last Updated: 9/17/2008) years, he developed the thesis for his strengths message that is changing the way the world approaches life and work. He has been the subject of in-depth profiles in the New York Times, Fortune, and Fast Company and has consulted with national and international brands, such as Toyota, Coca-Cola, Best Buy, and Wells Fargo. He is also a member of the Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Leadership and Management. Hometown:Los Angeles, CA Books Sold to Date:3.6 Million Through the Storm A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World LYNNE SPEARS & LORILEE CRAKER Advertising • Online advertising and book giveaways to the official Britney Spears fanclub britneyspears.com, MySpace fan page, blogs, and other major landing sites • Banner advertising with sites like People.com • Website for the book - will include video, photos, viral marketing tools • Video introduction by Lynne to be streamed to YouTube, Bookvideos.tv, book website, and similar sites • Key influencer mailing to targeted discussion groups - both online and in local communities PR • National Print Publicity Campaign Includes two full-color photo inserts • National Broadcast Publicity Campaign • Confirmed interviews with the following outlets: Oprah, Larry King, Associated Press, The Insider, Today, People, ET, Lynne Irene Bridges Spears has a degree in elementary education from Newman Magazine Southeastern Louisiana University. She has three children: Bryan James, Britney Jean, and Jamie Lynn. Spears coauthored the novel A Mother's Gift with her daughter, Britney. Hometown:Kentwood, LA Lorilee Craker is the author of ten books, including Date Night in a Minivan, and A is for Atticus, Lorilee moonlights as an entertainment reporter for The Grand Rapids Press. She lives in Grand Rapids, MI, with her husband Doyle and children, Jonah, Ezra, and Phoebe. Hometown:Grand Rapids, Michigan 25 Format:Jacketed Hardcover ISBN13/EAN:978-1-59555-156 ISBN10:1-59555-156-5 Price:$24.99 U.S. UPC: EAN:9781595551566 Ship Date:August 21, 2008 Pub Date:September 16, 2008 Trim Size:6.10 x 9.10 x 1.00 Length:272 Pages Carton Qty:24 Distribution Rights:Worldwide Translations Not Available: Portuguese BISAC Category:BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous / General (BIO013000) CPC Category: Previous Titles: 978038572953 A Mother's Gift 58,092 Comparable Titles: 0-7852-1836-X Inside My Heart: Choosing to Live with Passion and Purpose Robin McGraw 0-7679-2538-6 Saving Graces: Finding Solace from Friends and Strangers Elizabeth Edwards 0-7432-9285-5 Paula Deen: It Ain't All About the Cookin' Paula Deen 0-7852-2776-8 It's All About Him Denise Jackson (Last Updated: 9/28/2008) 26 Put Your Dream to the Test 10 Questions that Will Help You See It and Seize It JOHN C. MAXWELL Advertising • Print ads such as Leadership, Hemispheres, Spirit, at tradeshows such as Natl Franchise & Business Opportunities, Entrepreneur Expo, and sites like Entrepreneur, Inc., Forbes • White paper series posted on the sites Squidoo.com, 1800Articles.com, ChangeThis.com, EzineArticles.com • Mailing to business blogs, SBA offices nationwide • Pursuing SCORE.org "Maxwell Mentor Week," Microsoft Small Business Summit, Entrepreneur.com webinar Publicity • National print campaign and TV interviews • Satellite radio tour • Local media coordination with speaking schedule • Comprehensive online campaign Merchandising Endcap Kit 978-1-4002-0127-3 27 Format:Jacketed Hardcover ISBN13/EAN:978-0-7852-1412 ISBN10:0-7852-1412-7 Price:$25.99 U.S. UPC: EAN:9780785214120 Ship Date:March 5, 2009 Pub Date:March 31, 2009 Trim Size:8.25 x 11.00 x 0.31 Length:272 Pages Carton Qty:24 Distribution New York Times and Business Week best-selling author John C. Maxwell helps people answer ten powerful questions to reveal a future Rights:Worldwide where their dream is fulfilled. Translations Not Available: Most people John Maxwell encounters have a dream. In fact, he’s asked thousands about their greatest aspirations. Some describe their dream with BISAC great enthusiasm and detail. Others are reluctant, almost embarrassed, to Category:BUSINESS & talk about it. Regardless of their zeal or fear, the same question drives ECONOMICS / Leadership / every person with a dream: Can I achieve it? General (BUS071000) Sadly, most people have no idea how viable their dream is. They hope to achieve it, yet hope is not a strategy. What people need is a way to test their CPC Category:General dream. Interest / General Topics / Philosophy (GNRGSEPHY) In Put Your Dream to the Test, Maxwell brings the subject of a personal dream down to earth. He gives readers practical and powerful direction for their lives by leading them through ten questions that will help them create Previous Titles: a clear and compelling pathway to their dream. 0-7852-6596-1 Your Road Map to Success 375,000 • Readers gain clarity about their dream's viability • Practical application moves the reader from vague hope to purposeful action • The dreamer is inspired to act with confidence • Questions are field-tested and have been developed during years of mentoring people with big dreams Comparable Titles: 0-3073-5313-3 The 4-Hour Workweek (Ferriss) 0-3855-2602-4 The One Minute Entrepreneur (Blanchard, et al) (Last Updated: 8/7/2008) John C. Maxwell is an internationally recognized leadership expert, speaker, and author who has sold over 16 million books. His organizations have trained more than 2 million leaders worldwide. Dr. Maxwell is the founder of EQUIP and INJOY Stewardship Services. Hometown: Books Sold to Date:16 million The Collapse of Distinction 28 SCOTT MCKAIN ADVERTISING • Coordinate efforts with authors average of 150 speaking dates per year to leverage promotional opportunities • www.createdistinction.com • Influencer mailing to appropriate affinity groups PUBLICITY • Target National Business Magazines & Journals • Top 50 Newspaper Business columns • National Business TV and Radio campaign • Emphasis on Business Bloggers Format:Hardcover ISBN13/EAN:978-1-59555-185 ISBN10:1-59555-185-9 Price:$24.99 U.S. UPC: EAN:9781595551856 Ship Date:January 15, 2009 Pub Date:February 10, 2009 Trim Size:5.38 x 8.25 x TBD Length:224 Pages Carton Qty:24 Can your customers tell the difference between you and the competition? It’s not that we can’t see the forest for the trees, it’s just that these days, every tree looks exactly alike. From big box retail to fast food to insurance—no one stands out. Distinction has collapsed into beige uniformity. And in today’s tough economic times, this copycat uniformity is resulting in the death of businesses in every industry, says author Scott McKain. Distribution Rights:Worldwide Translations Not Available: BISAC Category:BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General / General (BUS000000) If a business is going to thrive, it has to rise above the fray. In The Collapse of Distinction, McKain will help you understand the reasons behind the CPC Category: current quagmire of stifling sameness, and will give you the tools your company needs to step away from the competition. Previous Titles: • Reveals the reasoning behind the push toward sameness • Concrete methods help you stand out from the competition • Anticipates the new demands of doing business in a world economy 978-1-55853-974-7 ALL Business is Show Business 978-0-7852-1198-3 What Customers Really Want 978-0-7852-8836-7 What Customers Really Want Scott McKain is Vice Chairman of Obsidian Enterprises, recently named one of the "fastest growing public companies" in the country-as well as Vice Chairman of Durham Capital Corporation. In addition, McKain is the co-founder of The Value Added Institute, a think-tank researching the impact on organizations of creating the enhanced customer experiences that generate greater client loyalty. His client list for speeches, seminars, and consulting is a "Who's Who" of corporations (such as GE, IBM, Phillips, and hundreds more). He has appeared on platforms in all fifty states and fourteen countries. A member of the Professional Speakers Hall of Fame, Scott also makes appearances on FOX News Channel and other major media outlets as an expert commentator. Scott, his wife, Tammy, and sons Corbin and Faron Byler live in Indianapolis, Indiana. Hometown:Indianapolis, Indiana Comparable Titles: 978-1-5913-9619-2 Blue Ocean Strategy 186,887 978-1-5918-4021-3 Purple Cow 170,853 (Last Updated: 9/16/2008) The X and Y of Buy Sell More and Market Better by Knowing How the Sexes Shop ELIZABETH PACE ADVERTISING • Print and online advertising in Selling Power Magazine and sellingpower.com • Banner ads and e-newsletter placement with Newsmax.com • Blog campaign targeting sites such as Businessweek.com and Marketingtoday.com PUBLICITY • National print concentrating on business publications • National television - FOX Business Channel • Regional radio coverage 29 Format:Hardcover ISBN13/EAN:978-1-59555-105 ISBN10:1-59555-105-0 Price:$24.99 U.S. UPC: EAN:9781595551054 Ship Date:May 14, 2009 Pub Date:June 9, 2009 Trim Size:5.38 x 8.25 x TBD Length:256 Pages Carton Qty:24 Does sex dictate how we buy? The science is clear: men and women use different parts of their brains when it comes to shopping. And if you are in sales, advertising, or marketing, you had better understand what this means if you want to succeed. Get it wrong, and you'll miss half of your market! Sheds new light on the brain-facts behind why men and women shop--and buy--differently Author has over thirteen years in sales and marketing Combines clear prose and a light touch with cutting-edge neurologic science Distribution Rights:Worldwide Translations Not Available: BISAC Category:BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General / General (BUS000000) CPC Category:General / General / General (GENGENGEN) Comparable Titles: 0-6848-4913-5 Why We Buy (Paco Underhill) Elizabeth Pace is the founder and CEO of Floreat. She is a frequent speaker and consultant to companies in many different industries. Pace lives in Franklin, Tennessee, with her husband, Phil, and daughters, Ally and Caroline. Hometown:Franklin, TN 1-4195-2019-9 Marketing to Women (Marti Barletta) (Last Updated: 9/26/2008) Overworked, Overwhelmed, and Underpaid 30 Simple Steps to Go From Stress to Success LOUIS BARAJAS Marketing • E-blast to book buyers of previous title, Small Business, Big Life • Blog and online promotions among business and financial websites • Book to be featured on LouisBarajas.com • E-blasts to opt-in subscribers at Louis Barajas Wealth and Business Planning • E-blast to Financial Planning Association (28,500 members) • Pursuing business journal advertorials Publicity • Media campaign targeting national television, print, online, and talk radio. Sales Hooks Financial expert Louis Barajas provides 4 simple steps that lead to financial success for people living a life of quiet financial desperation. Format:Softcover ISBN13/EAN:978-1-59555-166 ISBN10:1-59555-166-2 Price:$15.99 U.S. UPC: EAN:9781595551665 Ship Date:September 4, 2008 Pub Date:September 30, 2008 Louis Barajas provides 4 simple steps that lead to success for people living a life of quiet desperation. Overworked, Overwhelmed, and Underpaid is about creating a human experience through the coaching tools Louis Barajas uses with his clients. Perfect for people who are frustrated and struggling to express their full potential and live their highest purpose, this book takes readers through a four-step process to develop the self-confidence to not only build wealth but also live the life of their dreams. • Concrete strategies to aid readers in their quest for success • Barajas teaches readers how to identify problem areas and how to formulate a solution Trim Size:6.00 x 9.00 x TBD Length:192 Pages Carton Qty:36 Distribution Rights:Worldwide Translations Not Available: BISAC Category:BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Personal Finance / General (BUS050000) CPC Category: Previous Titles: 1-4016-0336-X Small Business, Big Life 9,000 Louis Barajas was born in the East LA barrio, son of Mexican immigrants, received his MBA and became a Certified Financial Planner, and started his own financial planning firm in East LA. His goal is to create an Economic Revolution for the Working Class, to help them attain greater abundance through more intelligent financial choices. To learn more about Louis Barajas visit www.louisbarajas.com Hometown:Los Angeles, California Comparable Titles: 0060594896 The Success Principle: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be 80,012 (Jack Canfield) 030734584X The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom: Practical and Spiritual Steps So You Can Stop Worrying 53,784 (Suze Orman) (Last Updated: 8/1/2008) The Total Money Makeover A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness DAVE RAMSEY Sales Hooks This revised edition of the New York Times bestseller The Total Money Makeover, which has inspired more than 800,000 readers, will motivate them even more to get out of debt and live lives of financial peace and freedom. 31 Format:Hardcover ISBN13/EAN:978-0-7852-8908 ISBN10:0-7852-8908-9 Price:$24.99 U.S. UPC:020049076415 EAN:9780785289081 Ship Date: Pub Date:February 6, 2007 Trim Size:7 1/4 x 9 1/4 Page Count:272 Pages Carton Qty:24 The success stories speak for themselves in this book from money maestro Dave Ramsey. Instead of promising the normal dose of quick fixes, Ramsey offers a bold, no-nonsense approach to money matters, providing not only the how-to but also a grounded and uplifting hope for getting out of debt and achieving total financial health. And The Total Money Makeover isn't theory. It works every single time. It works because it is simple. It works because it gets to the heart of the money problems: you. This revised edition of The Total Money Makeover includes a fresh cover design, all new personal success stories, Dave's answers to his critics and naysayers, and more. Distribution Rights:Worldwide Translations Not Available: BISAC Category:BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Personal Finance / Money Management (BUS050030) CPC Category: Previous Titles: Includes all new personal success stories, including one from the "The Total Money Makeover Challenge" winner Contains other new features, including Dave's answers to his critics and naysayers Dave's audience of more than 2 million readers and 2 million radio listeners continues to grow Dave has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Wall Street Journal Report, 60 Minutes, and currently can be seen regularly on the CBS Early Show Dave gives solid, hard-hitting advice needed to make people's goals a reality 0-7852-6326-8 The Total Money Makeover--all editions More than 800,000 0-6700-3208-5 Financial Peace Revisited--all editions More than 1 Million Comparable Titles: 0-4700-3832-2 Personal Finance for Dummies "For Dummies" brand 0-4466-7745-0 Rich Dad, Poor Dad Kiyosaki After suffering a personal financial loss of a 4-million-dollar real-estate portfolio, Dave Ramsey decided to return to the basics of personal finance and help others. Dave is the author of the New York Times best-selling book Financial Peace and The Total Money Makeover. He is also the host of the nationally syndicated The Dave Ramsey Show. Many national corporations as well as tens of thousands of individuals have benefited 0-6098-0186-4 9 Steps to Financial Freedom Orman (Last Updated: 3/31/2008) from his Financial Peace University Program and his live seminars. He and his wife, Sharon ("The Princess"), have three children: Denise, Rachel, and Daniel. Hometown:Nashville, Tennessee 32 Climbing the Ladder in Stilettos 33 10 Strategies for Stepping Up to Success and Satisfaction at Work LYNETTE LEWIS Marketing • Promotion to professional business woman's associations and organizations • Direct mail campaign to women serving on the Boards of Fortune 500 companies • Provide the book to universities as a giveaway to women enrolling in business MBA programs • Contest giving away professional coaching from the author and a wardrobe Publicity • National print campaign • National television interviews • Satellite radio tour to 25 markets • Stiletto contest with a year of professional coaching from author and product giveaways • Author book/media tour to include speaking events at women's professional organizations. Cities to include: New York, Dallas, Nashville, and Washington DC Format:Hardcover ISBN13/EAN:978-0-8499-0186 ISBN10:0-8499-0186-3 Price:$21.99 U.S. UPC:023755027375 EAN:9780849901867 Ship Date: Pub Date:October 3, 2006 Trim Size:6 1/8 x 9 1/4 Page Count:224 Pages Carton Qty:24 A how-to business guide that confronts the most common challenges professional women face, providing lessons on leveraging every opportunity and experience for success and satisfaction in their work and daily lives. • 64.7 million working women in U.S. • Helps reader write personal purpose statement, learn 4 principles for promotion, improve communication skills, find her own personal board of directors, and achieve a fresh new sense of satisfaction in the everyday of work and life • Author credibility & credentials: written by NY professional woman with "been there" experience, active speaking schedule on this topic, includes interviews with some of Fortune 50's most powerful women in business Distribution Rights:Worldwide Translations Not Available: English/India Korean Portuguese Turkish BISAC Category:BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Motivational / General (BUS046000) CPC Category:Christian Living / Practical Life / Business/Leadership (CLVCLFBUS) Comparable Titles: • Any woman working outside the home • Women looking for a sense of satisfaction in their jobs and lives • For those new in the workplace or the seasoned professional needing fresh vision Lynette Lewis has been inspiring women on the topics of vision and purpose for over twenty years. Her eclectic career has taken her from PR and fundraising at a major university to the senior marketing leader for the National Women's Initiative at Deloitte & Touche in New York City. Lynette maintains an active speaking schedule through Maxwell's Maximum Impact Speakers bureau, NCAA teams, and many national and international corporate women's forums. Hometown:New York, New York 0-7432-7022-3 Carolyn 101: Business Lessons from the Apprentice's Straight Shooter 65,000 0-4465-3132-4 Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office 115,000 0-7679-0462-1 Play Like a Man, Win Like a Woman 55,000 (Last Updated: 10/3/2006) Same Kind of Different As Me A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together RON HALL, DENVER MOORE, & LYNN VINCENT 34 Format:Hardcover ISBN13/EAN:978-0-8499-0041 ISBN10:0-8499-0041-7 Price:$21.99 U.S. UPC:023755026484 EAN:9780849900419 Ship Date:May 23, 2006 Pub Date:June 20, 2006 Trim Size:6 1/8 x 9 1/4 Page Count:224 Pages Carton Qty:24 The bestselling book, now available in audio. Meet Denver, a man raised under plantation-style slavery in Louisiana in the 1960s; a man who escaped, hopping a train to wander, homeless, for eighteen years on the streets of Dallas, Texas. No longer a slave, Denver’s life was still hopeless—until God moved. First came a godly woman who prayed, listened, and obeyed. And then came her husband, Ron, an international arts dealer at home in a world of Armani-suited millionaires. And then they all came together. Distribution Rights:Worldwide Translations Not Available: Korean Portuguese Swedish BISAC Category:RELIGION / Spirituality / General (REL062000) But slavery takes many forms. Deborah discovers that she has cancer. In the face of possible death, she charges her husband to rescue Denver. Who will be saved, and who will be lost? What is the future for these unlikely CPC Category:Inspiration / three? What is God doing? Motivational / Same Kind of Different As Me is the emotional tale of their story: a telling Biography/Autobiography of pain and laughter, doubt and tears, dug out between the bondages of this (INSCHIBIO) earth and the free possibility of heaven. No reader or listener will ever forget it. Comparable Titles: 1-5732-2578-9 The Color of Water 1.7 million • Heart-tugging story that appeals to a wide audience; men, women, young, 0-7679-0127-7 old, believer and non-believer A Hope in the Unseen • Eye-opening account of twentieth-century slavery in the U.S. 157,000 • Features original harmonica interludes by award-winning musician Buddy Greene (Last Updated: 1/11/2008) Ron Hall is an international art dealer whose long list of regular clients includes many celebrity personalities. An MBA graduate of Texas Christian University, he divides his time between Dallas, New York, and his Brazos River ranch near Fort Worth. Hometown:Dallas , Texas Denver Moore currently serves as a volunteer at the Fort Worth Union Gospel Mission. He lives in Dallas, Texas. Hometown:Dallas, Texas Lynn Vincent is features editor at World Magazine, where she covers news, politics, and current events. She also teaches in the World Journalism Institute. She lives in San Diego, California. This is her second book. Hometown:San Diego, California 35 Think and Make It Happen The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Overcoming Negative Thoughts, and Discovering Your True Potential DR. AUGUSTO CURY Marketing • Online BlogAd campaign targeting psychology discussion groups • Book promotions during the New Year Resolution season • Eblasts to past purchasers of Dr. Cury's best selling titles • Key influencer mailing to 5000 including Psychology and Psychiatry Associations, business groups, bloggers, ministries, self-help groups, etc. • DoctorCury.com will contain info about the book • Podcast interview with Dr. Cury to air on CurrentSpeak.com and featured on other online directories Publicity • National print publicity campaign • National broadcast publicity campaign • Extensive online publicity campaign • Coordination of existing author booksigning tour 36 Format:Jacketed Hardcover ISBN13/EAN:978-0-7852-2781 ISBN10:0-7852-2781-4 Price:$22.99 U.S. UPC:020049059128 EAN:9780785227816 Ship Date:December 4, 2008 Pub Date:December 30, 2008 Trim Size:6.00 x 9.00 x TBD Length:240 Pages Carton Qty:24 Discover your true purpose, achieve your potential, eliminate your fears. While in medical school, Dr. Augusto Cury became fascinated with the impact a healthy mind can have on emotions and life. After many years of research and founding The Intelligence Institute, he concluded: • Every person is a genius because everyone has the power to think. • Harnessing "mind power" will enhance a person's physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. • The human act of thinking is the greatest wonder of the universe. Distribution Rights:Worldwide Translations Not Available: Russian BISAC Category:SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / General In Think, and Make it Happen!, Dr. Cury unveils the multifocal intelligence (SEL031000) process showing readers how to master their emotions, stress, thoughts, and relationships. Complete with a 12-week program, participants will learn to CPC Category: apply the universal laws for quality of life to their own lives: authorship, beauty, creativity, sleep, thoughts, emotions, memory, listening, dialogue, Previous Titles: drive, spirituality, and celebration—and experience the life they desire. 978-9-6859-5629-1 Brilliant Parents, Fascinating Teachers 950,000 • Unlocks the key to lasting happiness 978-0-7407-5020-5 • Enables readers to take control of their lives You Are Irreplaceable • Harnesses the power of the mind 1,100,000 • Activates creative thinking Comparable Titles: 0-7515-0455-6 Your Erroneous Zones 978-0-7432-6951-3 The 7 Habits of Highly Dr. Augusto Cury is a psychiatrist, psychotherapist, scientist, and best-selling author. He developed the Intelligence Academy Quality of Life Effective People Program and created the theory of multifocal intelligence. 978-0-3102-4745-6 Hometown:Colina-São Paulo, Brazil Boundaries (Last Updated: 8/22/2008) This Is Your Brain on Joy A Revolutionary Program for Balancing Mood, Restoring Brain Health, and Nurturing Spiritual Growth DR. EARL HENSLIN & DR. DANIEL AMEN Marketing • Partnership with American Association of Christian Counselors • Cross promotion with Dr. Amen's book, Change your Brain, Change Your Life • Web advertising on counseling websites • grassroots mailings to key influencers in the field and Christian counselors • Google ad words advertising Publicity • National print campaign • National radio interviews • Extensive blog and online campaign • National broadcast publicity campaign Sales Hooks A practical guide in helping people restore their brain to a condition from which they can experience lasting joy. 37 Format:Jacketed Hardcover ISBN13/EAN:978-0-7852-2873 ISBN10:0-7852-2873-X Price:$22.99 U.S. UPC:020049059449 EAN:9780785228738 Ship Date:December 11, 2008 Pub Date:January 6, 2009 Trim Size:6.00 x 9.00 x TBD Length:240 Pages Carton Qty:24 A break-through guide to help people experience lasting joy by restoring brain health. Distribution What does the latest research in brain science and brain imaging say about Rights:Worldwide our ability (or inability) to experience joy and happiness? Is our lack of joy Translations Not Available: a sin problem or a brain problem? In this life-altering book, Dr. Earl Henslin reveals that to enjoy our lives to the fullest, to become more BISAC loving, more Christ-like, we need to become more capable of healing and Category:RELIGION / nourishing our brains. Many problems, long thought of as spiritual in Christian Life / Personal nature--anger, depression, mood swings, anxiety, addictions--are often the Growth (REL012070) result of a sick brain that cannot comprehend a good and loving God. This Is Your Brain on Joy shares exciting new findings in neuroscience that are CPC Category: spiritually sound, showing us how to care for our brains so we not only more effectively use them to glorify God but also experience His love. Previous Titles: • • • • • • • 978-0-8407-7724-9 Man to Man Identifies and gives advice on balancing and enhancing the mood centers 28,000 of the brain 978-0-7852-8225-9 Reveals the apostle Paul's real secret of joy Forgiven and Free Offers a practical list of "joy boosters" 33,000 Features how knowledge about brain function can enhance your life 978-0-8407-7722-5 Contains numerous pictures of actual brain scans before and after You Are Your Fathers treatment Daughter Offers hope for hurting people who have tried everything else 21,000 Foreword by Dr. Daniel Amen, the "pioneer of brain imaging" in a clinical setting Comparable Titles: 978-0-6769-7858-2 Stumbling On Happiness Dr. Earl Henslin is a licensed counselor and author of five books and numerous professional articles. For the past eight years, working closely with brain imaging research pioneer, Dr. Daniel Amen, Dr. Henslin has been integrating brain imaging in treating patients. Hometown:Brea, CA 978-0-8129-2998-0 Change Your Brain, Change Your Life 978-1-5942-0148-6 The How of Happiness 978-0-8499-1964-0 Change Your Heart, Change Your Life 38 (Last Updated: 9/9/2008) The Great Eight How to Be Happy (Even When You Have Every Reason to be Miserable) SCOTT HAMILTON & KEN BAKER Marketing • Pre-sale Campaign • Promotional piece giveaway at the November 08 Gala for the CARES Foundation Publicity • National Print Campaign • National Radio Interviews • Extensive Blog and Online Campaign • National Broadcast Publicity Campaign • Book Signings and Local Media Surrounding Author's Existing Schedule • Meet and Greets Across the Country in Select Key Markets Olympic Gold Medal figure skater Scott Hamilton shares his eight secrets to finding happiness in the face of a life filled with challenges, difficulties, and career-canceling odds. With never-been-told, behind-the-scenes stories from the skating world, personal challenges including testicular cancer and a brain tumor, as well as divine miracles, Olympic Gold Medal figure skater Scott Hamilton shares the secrets to his lifelong journey to find the silver (and gold) lining in the clouds of life. His life principles, fashioned into eight secrets that begin with the rote of learning to skate the figure 8, are the keys. Scott says, "Skating taught me how to be happy. I have always kept these eight as my own private, personal secrets that I practiced daily with repetition, focus, and discipline. Now I want to share them with the world." 39 Format:Jacketed Hardcover ISBN13/EAN:978-0-7852-2894 ISBN10:0-7852-2894-2 Price:$24.99 U.S. UPC: EAN:9780785228943 Ship Date:December 11, 2008 Pub Date:January 6, 2009 Trim Size:6.00 x 9.00 x TBD Length:224 Pages Carton Qty:24 Distribution Rights:Worldwide Translations Not Available: BISAC Category:SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Happiness (SEL016000) CPC Category: Previous Titles: • Offers an inside look at the life of a beloved Olympic Gold medal winner including recent life changes and health challenges • Book release coincides with celebratory year: major PR emphasis and multiple appearances for Scott Hamilton to include 25th anniversary of Olympic Gold, 50th birthday, miracle birth of second son Maxx, and as a contestant on a major network reality show to air January 2009 • An optimist's guide to looking at life and living happy • Story-driven, anecdotal approach that empowers the reader 978---0786-0114-90 Landing It 90,000 Comparable Titles: 978---1592-4028-09 Get in the Game, Cal Ripken 978---1401-3032-80 A Skating Life, Dorothy Hamill (Last Updated: 6/17/2008) Scott Hamilton is the 1984 Winter Olympics Gold medal men's figure skater, four-time World Champion, and four-time United States Champion who went on to become a producer, performer, broadcaster, author, actor, and spokesperson for cancer research. But Scott is also a survivor and optimist extraordinare. He and his wife Tracie are blessed with two beautiful boys, Aidan and miracle Maxx. Hometown:Nashville, TN Ken Baker, a brain tumor survivor, is a pop culture journalist and Executive News Director for E! He's also the author of three books, including two memoirs, Man Made and They Don't Play Hockey in Heaven. Hometown:Los Angeles, CA 40 Wide Awake The Future Is Waiting Within You ERWIN RAPHAEL MCMANUS Advertising • National print (and online) ads with PASTE Magazine, Relevant and Outreach Magazine • Launch contest with music download giveaways and major prizes • Extensive advertising and "seeding" on blogs, message boards and chat rooms including: MySpace, beliefnet and Relevant.com • Online ads and short film contest on GodTube • Promotional giveaways to key influencers, including street teams from Soul Cravings campaign • Partnerships with churches where Erwin speaks Publicity • Satellite radio tour • National and Christian television interviews • National print campaign • Extensive online campaign Merchandising 1-4002-0118-7 Wide Awake Endcap Kit 41 Format:Hardcover ISBN13/EAN:978-0-7852-1495 ISBN10:0-7852-1495-X Price:$19.99 U.S. UPC:020049057629 EAN:9780785214953 Ship Date:June 5, 2008 Pub Date:July 1, 2008 Trim Size:5.50 x 8.30 x 1.10 Length:256 Pages Carton Qty:24 Distribution Renowned speaker and church visionary Erwin McManus unfolds the Rights:Worldwide eight essential attributes needed to achieve the life of your dreams. Translations Not Available: Shuffling and half asleep, so many people coast through the day. From class to class, home to work, and stuck in traffic in between, many have yet BISAC to tap into a passionate reason for living. It's not that this life is bad, but it's Category:RELIGION / not the life of their dreams. Spirituality / General In Wide Awake, Erwin McManus opens readers' eyes to see the eight (REL062000) crucial attributes of those who achieve the life of their dreams. It is every person's responsibility to discover and develop the gifts given to them by CPC Category:Christian God. McManus writes, "The future is not waiting for us, it is waiting Living / Spiritual Growth / within us." The world is desperate for the best each person can offer—if General (CLVSPLGEN) they would only relentlessly pursue and achieve it. The eight characteristics are: Dream, Explore, Adapt, Create, Invest, Enjoy, Previous Titles: Focus, and Expect. 0-7852-1494-1 Soul Cravings 85,300 • Readers encounter a unique, faith-based approach to personal development and success • Inspiring message radiates with insight and instruction to achieve a passionate, purposeful life • One-of-a-kind anecdotes from Erwin's world travels • Proven message based on a series enthusiastically received by live audiences • Writing style captures Erwin's electric live delivery 0-7852-6432-9 The Barbarian Way 138,800 Comparable Titles: 1-5813-4498-8 Don't Waste Your Life 0-0625-1279-X The Pilgrimmage 0-8129-3218-8 Finding Your Own North Star Erwin Raphael McManus serves as lead pastor and cultural architect of Mosaic in Los Angeles and founder of Awaken, a personal and organizational creativity development group. As a national and international consultant, his expertise focuses on culture, change, leadership, and creativity. He partners with Bethel Theological Seminary as distinguished professor and futurist and is also a contributing editor for (Last Updated: 8/21/2008) Leadership Journal. He is the author of An Unstoppable Force (a 2002 ECPA Gold Medallion Award finalist), Chasing Daylight, Uprising, and The Barbarian Way. He and his wife, Kim, have two children, Aaron and Mariah, and a foster daughter, Paty. Hometown:Los Angeles, California Books Sold to Date:500,000+ 42 Rex A Mother, Her Autistic Child, and the Music that Transformed Their Lives CATHLEEN LEWIS Marketing • Promotions with Autism-related organizations and foundations • Video promotions with footage of Rex's piano performances streamed onto strategic web placements. • Print and online advertising with Today's Christian Woman and other Christian mothers and family publications • Key influencer book giveaways to parents and organizations of blind or autistic children • E-blast to Authorbuzz.com Publicity • Media campaign targeting national television, print, online, and talk radio. Sales Hooks The inspiring story of Rex, a boy who is not only blind and autistic, but who also happens to be a musical savant. 43 Format:Hardcover ISBN13/EAN:978-1-59555-150 ISBN10:1-59555-150-6 Price:$24.99 U.S. UPC: EAN:9781595551504 Ship Date:October 2, 2008 Pub Date:October 28, 2008 Trim Size:5 3/8 x 8 1/4 Length:256 Pages Carton Qty:24 Distribution The inspiring story of Rex, a boy who is not only blind and autistic, but Rights:Worldwide who also happens to be a musical savant. Translations Not Available: How can an 11-year old boy hear a Mozart fantasy for the first time and Indonesian Japanese play it back note-for-note perfectly—but struggle to navigate the familiar Korean surroundings of his own home? Cathleen Lewis says her son Rex’s laugh of total abandon is the single most joyous sound anyone could hear, but his BISAC tortured aversion to touch and sound breaks her heart and makes her Category:BIOGRAPHY & wonder what God could have had in mind. In this book she shares the AUTOBIOGRAPHY / mystery of Rex and the highs, lows, hopes, dreams, joy, sorrows, and faith Composers & Musicians / she has journeyed through with him. General (BIO004000) CPC Category:General / • A 2007 Centers for Disease Control report found that 1 in 150 children in General / General (GENGENGEN) America today have an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). • Rex is an inspiring book of hope for the approximately 1.5 million Americans and their families who are affected by autism. Comparable Titles: 0-7852-2081-X Adventures in Darkness Tom Sullivan Cathleen Lewis is the mother of a little boy who is not only autistic, but also a musical savant. A proud and dedicated mom who has raised her son Rex alone, Cathleen has appeared with Rex on two episodes of 60 Minutes and a BBC documentary. She tours the country with her son as he plays his incredible music and she tells the beautiful story of his life and talent. Hometown:Malibu, California 978-0-5259-5011-0 Louder Than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism Jenny McCarthy (Last Updated: 9/4/2008) The Faith of Barack Obama 44 STEPHEN MANSFIELD Advertising Print • Full page ad in Sept/Oct '08 issue of Relevant Magazine Format:Jacketed Hardcover ISBN13/EAN:978-1-59555-250 ISBN10:1-59555-250-2 Price:$19.99 U.S. Online • Podcast Interview with Ingram • Month long Google Ad Words promotion, entire month of August, 2008 UPC: EAN:9781595552501 Ship Date:July 10, 2008 Pub Date:August 5, 2008 Promo Video • Custom promotional video featuring the author and the book. Videos will be customized for individual retailers to post on their websites. Discover the unapologetically Christian and liberal Barack Obama—and how he represents the changing face of religion in Blogs American politics. Amazon You’d have to live in a cave to have avoided hearing about Barack • Basic Book Package scheduled - includes SNP Obama’s woes as he deals with the crises arising from his former pastor, Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. How could Sen. Obama attend for 20 years a and New and Notable placement. Both to run in church permeated by a defining, if understandable, spirit of anger toward white America? There is, however, much more to the senator’s faith than August. this one issue. In The Faith of Barack Obama, Stephen Mansfield explores • Placement purchased Obama’s religious faith without political or ideological bias. His basic Amazon's election store. premise is this: If a man’s faith is sincere, then it is the most important • Amazon Connect - RSS thing about him. As a result, it is impossible to understand how Barack feed of Stephen's blog to book page on Amazon.com Obama will lead without first understanding the religious vision that • TAGS - will make sure the informs his life. best and most popular Tags are on the book detail page, will assist customers • Reveals the heart of a significant public figure searching for books with • Addresses controversial issues, such Reverend Jeremiah Wright and this topic Black Liberation Theology • Promo video uploaded to • Inspires readers to take a second look at how they view religion and book site politics • Work to ensure that • Timed to release during the 2008 Democratic convention positive book reviews are posted Publicity • Extensive manuscript mailing • National PR Firm • National Broadcast Publicity Campaign • National Radio Tour • Confirmed TV: Hannity & Colmes (1.5 million viewers) and CNN American Morning (Approx. 380,000 viewers) • Confirmed Print: New York Times (Circ. Trim Size:5.60 x 8.10 x 0.90 Length:192 Pages Carton Qty:24 Distribution Rights:Worldwide Translations Not Available: Dutch Korean Portuguese BISAC Category:BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political / General (BIO010000) CPC Category: Previous Titles: 978-1-4041-0381-8 American Soldier 978-1-4041-0416-7 American Heroes 978-1-59555-084-2 Ten Tortured Words Comparable Titles: 978-0-0609-5786-5 Faith of My Fathers John McCain Stephen Mansfield is the New York Times bestselling author of The Faith of George W. Bush, The Faith of the American Soldier, Benedict XVI: His Life and Mission and Never Give In: The Extraordinary Character of Winston Churchill, among other works of history, biography and contemporary culture. His interest in First Amendment religion issues arises from his decades of work among American churches and his efforts on behalf of religious liberty in the Middle East. Stephen lives in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife, Beverly. For more information, log onto www.mansfieldgroup.com. 978-0-3072-3769-9 The Audacity of Hope (Last Updated: 8/11/2008) 1,077,000,000), Hometown:Nashville, Tennessee Christianity Today (Circ. Books Sold to Date:over 1 million 138,000), PW (Circ. 21,000) • Confirmed Web: www.politico.com Exclusive feature about the book (Approx. 14 million hits a day) Sales Hooks Discover the unapologetically Christian and liberal Barack Obama--and how he represents the changing face of religion in American politics. 45 Another Man's Sombrero A Conservative Broadcaster's Undercover Journey Across the Mexican Border DARRELL ANKARLO Advertising • Promotions on author's radio show, Ankarlo Mornings, on KTAR Phoenix • Talkers Magazine advertising during publication month • Blog ad campaign targeting political and illegal immigration hot-topic areas • Podcast audio interview with Darrell Ankarlo and available video footage from border crossing posted on CurrentSpeak.com, BookVideos.tv, and YouTube PR • National media campaign targeting television, talk radio, print, and online 46 Format:Jacketed Hardcover ISBN13/EAN:978-1-59555-154 ISBN10:1-59555-154-9 Price:$24.99 U.S. UPC: EAN:9781595551542 Ship Date:May 15, 2008 Pub Date:June 10, 2008 Trim Size:5 1/2 x 8 Page Count:256 Pages Carton Qty:24 Not since the Civil War has America been so divided over such a seemingly unsolvable issue as U.S. immigration policy. The president and congress are at an impasse, while vigilante groups patrol our nation's borders looking for one of the million yearly invaders. Why are 20 million people disregarding America’s sovereign borders and laws to come to this country? Popular radio host Darrell Ankarlo follows the lives of several Mexican citizens as they contemplate their existence south of the border, their temptation to sneak into America, and what waits for them here. To understand the issue first-hand, Ankarlo stared down gun barrels, was caught in the middle of a drug-lord showdown, and then wandered the Arizona desert after illegally sneaking back into America. Another Man’s Sombrero explores issues raised by these personal stories and offers perspectives—often contradictory—from U.S. citizens. • Another Man's Sombrero could be the breakout book that has America talking in time for the 2008 Election • A behind-the-scenes look at the horrific journey across the border, including photos • Full of personal accounts and opinions on immigration from both sides of the border Distribution Rights:Worldwide Translations Not Available: BISAC Category:SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration / General (SOC007000) CPC Category: Comparable Titles: 1583671552 The Politics of Immigration: Questions and Answers Guskin and Wilson 0737733578 Illegal Immigration Haerens 0871542897 Crossing the Border: Research from the Mexican Migration Project (Last Updated: 3/6/2008) Darrell Ankarlo is a gifted radio talk show host who has won many awards, including six Talker's magazine Heavy Hundred Awards (The top 100 talk hosts in America out of over 3,500!); two Dallas Press Club Katie Awards; a Billboard magazine Air Personality of the Year Award; and the Scripps Howard Excellence in Journalism Award. The White House honored him with the President's Volunteer Service Award for his efforts to raise money, support, and awareness for America's military. On the television side, Ankarlo picked up an Emmy for a syndicated show he created and hosted and was nominated for a second program that he also created/hosted/wrote. He has appeared on the O'Reilly Factor, Hannity and Colmes, Paula Zahn Now, Anderson Cooper 360, NBC's Today Show, Fox, CNN, MSNBC, NBC, the BBC, and other radio and television outlets around the world. Darrell's first book is called What Went Wrong with America and How to Fix it. Darrell has been married to Laurie for 28 years and they have four children. Hometown:Phoenix, Arizona 47 Inside the Mind of a Teen Killer 48 PHIL CHALMERS ADVERTISING • Online advertising with AACC.org • Promotions and partnerships with teen, family and mental health counseling organizations and websites such as counselcareconnection.org, FSASJ.org, and YouthSpeakCollective.org. Format:Jacketed Hardcover ISBN13/EAN:978-1-59555-152 ISBN10:1-59555-152-2 Price:$25.99 U.S. UPC: EAN:9781595551528 Ship Date:April 16, 2009 Pub Date:May 12, 2009 • Blog campaign to appropriate affinity groups PUBLICITY • National print • Regional/national radio • Regional/national television • Special programming pitched to A&E, The History Channel, and CNN Trim Size:6.00 x 9.00 x TBD Length:224 Pages Carton Qty:24 Peer into the minds of teen killers like Luke Woodham with researcher Distribution Rights:Worldwide Phil Chalmers as he reveals the motives behind their horrifying violence. Translations Not Available: Luke Woodham, a pudgy 16-year-old, woke up one day, slit his mother's throat, and then drove to school, where he shot 9 people, including his BISAC Category:TRUE girlfriend. Why? In Inside the Mind of a Teen Killer, Chalmers, who has CRIME / Murder / General been interviewing teen murderers and serial killers for over a decade, (TRU002000) recounts Woodham's gripping and horrifying story, plumbing his motives, and peering into the killer's mind. Chalmers also weaves into the narrative CPC Category: his reasearch about teen culture, including comparisons with other teen killers, to analyze the disturbing ascent of teen violence and offer ways that Comparable Titles: we, as individuals, leaders, and communities, can help defuse this alarming 1-5905-6031-0 trend. No Easy Answers: The Truth Behind Death at Columbine Brooks Brown & Rob Merritt • Vital information for school administrators, parents, and students 1-5697-5578-7 • Analyzes current research on the topic of teen killings Serial Killers and Mass • Front-page topic on newspapers all over the world Murderers Nigel Cawthorne (Last Updated: 9/26/2008) Phil Chalmers has been researching, writing and speaking all across America and abroad about youth culture, trends, and entertainment for over twenty years. For the last ten years, he has devoted his time to an in-depth study of teen crime, and has established communication with over two hundred adult and teen killers for their stories and "expert" advice. Phil has authored two books, including Can You Handle The Truth? He speaks at about one hundred events per year and has made many media appearances, including The Montel Williams Show and The Howard Stern Show. Phil has presented live seminars in every state in America, and has appeared on radio and television stations abroad. He has been featured in hundreds of newspapers and magazines including People. Hometown:Cleveland, Ohio 49 The Ice Diaries The True Story of One of Mankind's Greatest Adventures CAPTAIN WILLIAM R. ANDERSON & DON KEITH Advertising • 30 second History Channel and Military Channel television commercials during submarine, Cold War, and other relevant programming • History.com banner ads and book giveaways • MilitaryChannel.com banner ads and book giveaways • Podcast video interview with writer, Don Keith, to be on BookVideos.tv, YouTube, and relative history websites • Promotions on USSNautilus.org • Key influencer mailing to top Navy brass, historians, and other Cold War and submarine groups PR • National television, radio, print, and online media campaign • Targeted military media publications, radio, and online sources 50 Format:Jacketed Hardcover ISBN13/EAN:978-0-7852-2759 ISBN10:0-7852-2759-8 Price:$24.99 U.S. UPC: EAN:9780785227595 Ship Date:July 3, 2008 Pub Date:July 29, 2008 Trim Size:6 x 9 Length:384 Pages Carton Qty:24 Distribution Now, for the first time, the captain of the submarine USS Nautilus tells Rights:Worldwide the newly declassified story of his ship’s desperate Cold War race Translations Not Available: beneath the polar ice pack. The Cold War was in full swing. The Soviet Union had just successfully launched Sputnik, and President Eisenhower badly wanted to redeem the reputation of the US as technologically superior. “Operation Sunshine” was the answer: under top-secret orders, the Captain and crew of one of the first nuclear submarines, the USS Nautilus, crossed under the North Pole and became the first naval vessel to forge all the way under the polar ice pack to emerge near the former Soviet Union. Readers will voyage along with Captain Anderson as he shares newly declassified stories of his sub’s encounters with terrible storms, fire in the hold, collisions with ice, broken compasses, and more. • Enjoy a riveting account of men against the frozen arctic sea • 2008 marks the 50th anniversary of this historic polar crossing • Exclusive photos, maps, and charts from Capt. Anderson's personal collection • Reads like an adventure novel, but it's real • Excellent history of the birth of U.S. nuclear submarine operations • Stories of undersea derring-do and intrigue that are as fascinating as any spy thriller William Anderson graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1942 and served in the United States Navy from 1957 to 1962. He participated in 11 submarine combat patrols in the Pacific and was awarded the Bronze Star and other combat awards. Anderson was the commanding officer of the Nautilus, the first atomic submarine, from 1957 to 1959 and made the first transpolar voyage under ice. He also served as assistant to Vice Admiral H. G. Rickover; was a consultant to President Kennedy for the National Service Corps, 1963; and was elected to Congress. Before his BISAC Category:HISTORY / Military / Naval (HIS027150) CPC Category: Comparable Titles: 978-1-8916-2008-9 Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage Sherry Sontag and Christopher Drew 978-0-3121-6928-2 Hostile Waters Huchthausen, Kurdin, and White (Last Updated: 7/1/2008) death in 2007, he was a resident of Alexandria, Virginia. Hometown:Alexandria, Virginia Don Keith is a 25-year broadcast veteran, a career that included earning a number of awards as a broadcast journalist and media personality. He has published 15 books, including the national best seller, Final Bearing. Hometown:Pelham, Alabama 51 Holding Fast The Untold Story of the Mount Hood Tragedy KAREN JAMES ADVERTISING • National Blog Tour • National Podcast Promotion • Book Signings in select cities PUBLICITY • Extensive galley mailing • National PR Firm James/Nunez PR Firm to manage campaign • National Broadcast Publicity Campaign with interviews likely on CNN and CBS Nightly News • National Radio Tour 52 Format:Jacketed Hardcover ISBN13/EAN:978-1-59555-175 ISBN10:1-59555-175-1 Price:$24.99 U.S. UPC: EAN:9781595551757 Ship Date:October 16, 2008 Pub Date:November 11, 2008 Trim Size:6.00 x 9.00 x TBD Length:256 Pages Carton Qty:24 A journey of adventure, tragedy, love, and loss on the summit of Mt. Hood. In December 2006, millions prayed and waited in anguish to learn the fate of 3 climbers trapped on Mt. Hood. A killer storm pounded the mountain with hurricane-force winds that would not permit the army of rescue workers to do their work. No one below could forget the last phone call Kelly James placed to his wife, Karen, telling her that he was trapped in a snow cave just below the summit. What happened next would change the lives of everyone involved and deeply touch millions of people who desperately hoped to see a Christmas miracle. But the story did not end when Kelly’s body was airlifted off the mountain. For Karen, the year after his death was spent searching for answers to what really happened on the mountain. In this gripping tale, she reveals never-released information about the fateful climb and behind-the-scenes details of how the family coped with the shocking news. • • • • • Distribution Rights:Worldwide Translations Not Available: BISAC Category:BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers / General (BIO023000) CPC Category: Comparable Titles: 978-0-6794-5752-7 Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Share Karen James's candid thoughts and conversations during the tragic Everest Disaster Jon Krakauer experience Experience a love story that transends death 978-0-3854-8818-1 Includes a map of the climbers' route on Mt. Hood Eiger Dreams: Ventures See never-before-published photos from Kelly James's camera retrieved Among Men and Mountains off the mountain Jon Krakauer Learn what Kelly's last messages to his family were on the cell phone 0-0607-3055-2 found with him in the snow cave Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival Joe Simpson (Last Updated: 7/2/2008) Karen James is a former award-winning journalist who has reported at ABC, NBC, and CBS TV news affiliates across the country. In addition to working in communications at AARP for a number of years, she is an accomplished painter and is co-owner of the public relations consulting firm James Nuñez Group. Karen was married to Kelly James, one of the climbers who tragically died atop Mt. Hood in 2006. Today she shares her life with her four stepchildren and greatly enjoys spending time with her family and friends. Hometown:Dallas, Texas 53 What's Age Got to Do with It? Living Your Healthiest and Happiest Life ROBIN MCGRAW Advertising • National print ads in USA Today (3 million circ.), O magazine (2.4 million circ.), and More magazine (1 million circ.) • National radio ad campaign • On-air promos on network affiliate stations in select media tour cities • Book video trailer produced and distributed to etail and video sharing sites • Skyscraper banner ads on www.drphil.com, www.more.com and others Publicity • Book launch and significant exposure on "Dr. Phil Show" • National Media Tour • National Television Interviews • Satellite Media Tours • National Print Publicity Campaign • Comprehensive Online Campaign Merchandising Endcap Kit 978-1-4002-0123-5 54 Format:Jacketed Hardcover ISBN13/EAN:978-1-4002-0214 ISBN10:1-4002-0214-0 Price:$24.99 U.S. UPC: EAN:9781400202140 Ship Date:December 4, 2008 Pub Date:December 30, 2008 Trim Size:6.00 x 9.00 x TBD Length:240 Pages Carton Qty:24 New York Times best-selling author Robin McGraw shares a heartfelt message about living an authentic, vibrant life at any age. Distribution Most women dread the thought of getting older. They're led to believe that Rights:Worldwide once past a certain age, the greatest goal is avoiding wrinkles. In a culture Translations Not Available: gaga over beauty and youth, women hear the implicit message You are past your prime. But Robin McGraw is here to say that is absolutely not true! BISAC In What's Age Got to Do with It?, Robin reclaims what it means to be, act, Category:SELF-HELP / and feel young, showing women how to choose a vibrant life of meaning Motivational / General and satisfaction at any age. Diving into subjects like identity, relationships, (SEL021000) lifestyle choices, and many others, Robin takes readers on a high-energy ride to living like they never have before. CPC Category: Previous Titles: • The call to authentic, youthful living revitalizes women's belief that the best is yet to come • Covers topics Dr. Phil viewers have asked Robin to address • Features practical tips and tactics from experts in fields such as wellness, skincare, and sleep. • Personal stories give a sneak peek into the life of Dr. Phil and Robin McGraw's family 0-7852-1836-X Inside My Heart (all editions) 1,000,000 Comparable Titles: 0-4465-3197-9 I Dare You (Joyce Meyer) 0-4466-9615-3 Your Best Life Now (Joel Osteen) Robin McGraw, wife of best-selling author and television talk show host Dr. Phil McGraw, has made "family first" a priority in her life. Married for more than thirty years to Dr. Phil, Robin has made her marriage and raising their two sons, Jay (29) and Jordan (21), her priority in life. A constant presence on the Dr. Phil show since the very first episode, viewers worldwide have embraced Robin--whether she's discussing her experiences as a mother and wife or dealing with issues that women face in the many phases of their lives. Hometown:Los Angeles, California Books Sold to Date:1 Million 0-0608-3833-7 Stop Whining, Start Living (Dr. Laura Schlessinger) (Last Updated: 9/8/2008) 55 Toy Box Leadership Leadership Lessons from the Toys You Loved as a Child RON HUNTER JR. & MICHAEL E. WADDELL Advertising • Blog campaign among entrepreneurial and creative business gurus • Key influencer mailing to CEOs and MBA programs Publicity • National radio/print/online campaign • Blog review and podcast interviews 56 Format:Jacketed Hardcover ISBN13/EAN:978-0-7852-2740 ISBN10:0-7852-2740-7 Price:$19.99 U.S. UPC:020049059142 EAN:9780785227403 Ship Date:June 19, 2008 Pub Date:July 15, 2008 Trim Size:5.00 x 7.60 x 1.00 Length:208 Pages Carton Qty:24 Reach back into your childhood and recapture the leadership principles you learned from your favorite toys. What can LEGOS teach you about building your business through connection? How can Slinky Dog demonstrate the value of patience when you’re growing your organization? What has every little boy learned from his Little Green Army Men that he can use in business strategy? Whether you are an executive, a manager, or a parent, in Toy Box Leadership you will find the toy box a great place for lessons to successfully influence and lead others. • Toy Box Leadership has the gift of being simple without being simplistic • A charming and insightful book full of specific actions businesspeople can read on the airplane and can put into use as soon as they land • Forget the ivory-tower MBA-jargon-filled business books and enjoy a light, quick read that's solid on real leadership principles Distribution Rights:Worldwide Translations Not Available: BISAC Category:BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership / General (BUS071000) CPC Category:General / General / General (GENGENGEN) Comparable Titles: 978-0-7852-6419-4 Leadership 101 409,000+ (Last Updated: 8/5/2008) Ron Hunter Jr. serves as Executive Director, President & CEO of Randall House Publications in Nashville, Tennessee. He travels nationally as speaker doing leadership training and consulting. Ron also served in ministry both in Florida and Tennessee for 11 years. After enlisting, Ron later became an officer and during his time of serving completed the Army's Jump, Rigger, Air Assault, and Infantry training. He has been married to his college sweetheart Pamela since 1987, and they have two enjoyable kids, Michael and Lauren. Hometown:Nashville, Tennessee Michael E. Waddell has years of experience as a minister, educator, motivational speaker and communication consultant. Michael has a Masters degree in Communications. He currently serves as the chairman of the board of directors of Randall House Publications, and his committee placement allows him to impact thousands of young people every year in matters that affect their leadership and spiritual development. Michael and his wife, Marianne, are the proud parents of three boys: Malone, Mack, and Manning. Hometown:Killen, Alabama 57 Duct Tape Marketing The World's Most Practical Small Business Marketing Guide JOHN JANTSCH Advertising • Blog campaign in conjunction with www.e-myth.com, www.marketingsherpa.com, www.ducttapemarketing.com • Podcast on 800 CEO READ introducing book and company • Banner ads on www.cnnmoney.com Small Biz page • Banner ads on www.marketingpower.com • Street team of 30 business "coaches" in large cities to promote book within small business circles A collection of proven tools and tactics woven together in a step-by-step • Author registered on Amazon Connect and will marketing system that shows small business owners exactly what to do to market and grow their businesses. update "plog" Publicity • National print campaign • Comprehensive online campaign • Radio tour • Forbes named Jantsch's small-business blog, www.DuctTapeMarketing.com, The Best of 2005 in 2 categories. • Marketing Sherpa readers have voted it best small-business blog for the last 2 years • Foreword by Michael Gerber, author of E-Myth (over 2 million copies sold) • Hewlitt-Packard features Jantsch as its spokesperson for small and midsized businesses, supported by a monthly column and blog that reaches 3 million people. • His Web site is ranked #2 in "small business marketing" search results on Google, second only to Entrepreneur magazine. 58 Format:Hardcover ISBN13/EAN:978-0-7852-2100 ISBN10:0-7852-2100-X Price:$24.99 U.S. UPC:020049058398 EAN:9780785221005 Ship Date: Pub Date:January 9, 2007 Trim Size:5 3/8 x 8 1/4 Page Count:304 Pages Carton Qty:24 Distribution Rights:Worldwide Translations Not Available: Croatian Indonesian Korean Portuguese Portuguese BISAC Category:BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Small Business / General (BUS060000) CPC Category:General Interest / General Topics / Philosophy (GNRGSEPHY) Comparable Titles: • Small-business owners and entrepreneurs who want to understand not only the fundamentals of marketing, but also which specialized marketing tools to use, and how to utilize a systematic approach to business marketing. 0-3959-0625-3 Guerilla Marketing Jay Conrad Levinson 0-8873-0728-0 The E-Myth Revisited Michael Gerber (Last Updated: 12/19/2006) John Jantsch is the owner of Jantsch Communications and creator of the Duct Tape Marketing System. For over twenty years he has coached and consulted small business owners and independent professionals in simple and low-cost methods for growing and promoting their businesses. Jantsch is an award-winning small business marketing blogger. His blog, Duct Tape Marketing, was recognized by Forbes magazine as the best blog on small business and marketing and was also chosen in 2004 and 2005 as the best blog on small business marketing by the readers of Marketing Sherpa. He is a frequent contributor and presenter on small business marketing topics, and his expertise is tapped by organizations such as Hewlett Packard and American Express as a small business marketing spokesperson. He is the author of three complete small business marketing courses---The Ultimate Small Business Marketing System, Blog Lightning, and Referral Flood. Hometown:Kansas City, Missouri 59 The Power of You 60 DR. BRENDA FELLOWS & CLAUDEWELL S THOMAS, MD, MPH ADVERTISING • Promotions and partnerships with teen, family and psychological self-help counseling organizations and websites such as counselcareconnection.org, thinkrightnow.org, and YouthSpeakCollective.org. Format:Hardcover ISBN13/EAN:978-1-59555-123 ISBN10:1-59555-123-9 Price:$24.99 U.S. UPC:020049140901 EAN:9781595551238 Ship Date:April 16, 2009 Pub Date:May 12, 2009 • Online advertising and partnership with AACC.org PUBLICITY • National long and short lead print campaigns concentrating on both men's and women's publications, book reviewers • Regional/national television • Regional/national radio • Emphasis in online publications, websites, blogs, social media Trim Size:5.50 x 8.00 x TBD Length:288 Pages Carton Qty:24 Distribution The Power of You is a revolutionary guide that enables you to peel back the Rights:Worldwide layers and discover your true self. Drs. Brenda Fellows and Claudewell S. Translations Not Available: Thomas will give you the tools to tap into your potential. You will learn how to embrace change and be comfortable in your own skin by identifying BISAC factors that have shaped you and how you can resolve the contradictions Category:BUSINESS & that influence your decisions. With action items throughout and ECONOMICS / Motivational thought-provoking sidebars, The Power of You will help you to find your / General (BUS046000) place at work, at home, and in life. Discover your true self CPC Category:General / General / General (GENGENGEN) Essential guidebook for moving ahead in any work environment Based on over fifteen years of empirical research in organizational psychology Come to understand change as a creative and dynamic process so that it works for rather than against you Reveals the unconcious attitudes that underlie the hiring, retention, and firing of employees at all levels of any organization Comparable Titles: 0-7432-2423-X The Self Matters (Phillip C. McGraw) 1-4000-4966-0 Get Out of Your Own Way (Robert Cooper) 0-2010-0081-4 Transitions (William Bridges) Dr. Fellows is president and CEO of Fellows Corporate Consortium, LLC. She serves as an industrial / organizational psychologist, corporate consultant, and adjunct professor at Santa Clara University. Hometown:Santa Clara, California Claudewell S. Thomas, M.D., M.Ph., is professor emeritus of psychiatry at UCLA. He has more than forty years of teaching and administrative experience at Yale, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), New Jersey Medical School, Los Angeles County of Mental Health, and UCLA. Hometown: 0-3991-4446-3 Who Moved My Cheese? (Spencer Johnson) (Last Updated: 9/26/2008) Life Equity Realize Your True Value and Pursue Your Passions at Any Stage in Life MARSHA BLACKBURN ADVERTISING • National Blog Tour • Influencer mailing to women's affinity groups PUBLICITY • National Radio Tour • National Print and Broadcast Publicity Campaign 61 Format:Jacketed Hardcover ISBN13/EAN:978-1-59555-159 ISBN10:1-59555-159-X Price:$24.99 U.S. UPC: EAN:9781595551597 Ship Date:December 4, 2008 Pub Date:December 30, 2008 Trim Size:5.75 x 8.25 x TBD Length:240 Pages Carton Qty:24 Life Equity gives women a step-by-step plan for using the powerful and valuable skills they already have to change their own lives and enrich Distribution Rights:Worldwide their world. They are experienced, smart, and effective. They have a wealth of wisdom and influence to offer and are America’s richest resource. They are women. But today too many of those women view their lives and futures with a growing sense of frustration or ambivalence. At a time in which there are more opportunities for women at every level and in every realm of American life than ever before, many still wrestle with paralyzing doubt about what they can and should be doing. Congressman Marsha Blackburn exposes these fears and misconceptions and lays out a compelling corrective case for empowerment and action. Blackburn helps women of all ages discover a hidden or forgotten truth: the life they’ve led has prepared them for the life they dream of. • Reveals the hidden talents within every woman • Encouragement for every woman • Author is a congressional representative Translations Not Available: BISAC Category:BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General / General (BUS000000) CPC Category: Comparable Titles: 0-3073-5110-6 Basic Black: The Essential Guide for Getting Ahead at Work (and in Life) 83,356 0-8024-7296-6 Lies Women Believe: And the Truth that Sets Them Free 53,245 (Last Updated: 9/29/2008) Marsha Blackburn was the first woman ever elected a state Senator for the 23rd District of Tennessee in 1998. Blackburn is also the Communications Chairman for the National Republican Congressional Committee. She and her husband, Chuck have two children. Hometown:Nashville, TN Let Go Live Free of the Burdens All Women Know SHEILA WALSH Advertising • Print ads in Pray, Today's Christian • Salem Web Network Campaign, including ads on CrossWalk.com, Christianity.com • E-newsletter ads in MomSense (2 issues), SheilaWalsh.com (multiple issues) • Pursue church campaign with Outreach and SermonCentral • National radio promotion • National radio book giveaway promotion • Extensive promotion through various Women of Faith channels • Promotional book trailer Publicity • National print campaign • National and Christian television interviews • Satellite radio tour to top markets • Comprehensive online campaign 62 Format:Jacketed Hardcover ISBN13/EAN:978-0-8499-0135 ISBN10:0-8499-0135-9 Price:$19.99 U.S. UPC:023755026934 EAN:9780849901355 Ship Date:January 15, 2009 Pub Date:February 10, 2009 Trim Size:5.38 x 8.24 x 0.56 Length:224 Pages Carton Qty:24 Distribution Rights:Worldwide With solid biblical teaching and deeply moving stories, Sheila Walsh helps women discover God’s goodness in everyday life, leading them to freedom from the universal areas of brokenness every woman knows. Translations Not Available: Why is it so difficult to believe in the redemptive upswing to life’s heartaches? A divorce happens, and hope seems so distant. A job is lost, and a sense of security drifts away. A dream is unfulfilled, and it seems better not to dream at all. Sheila Walsh believes that the battle for hope—for freedom to live fully in the face of life's challenges—is the central need every woman can discover. BISAC Category:RELIGION / Christian Life / General (REL012000) CPC Category:Christian In Let Go, she gives solid biblical teaching and deeply moving stories to Living / Practical Life / show women how God longs to set them free from poor self-image, fear, General (CLVCLFGEN) relationship troubles, legalism, loneliness, and so much more. Through her own trials, she has found new depths of God’s goodness for a woman’s Previous Titles: most common heartaches, and she now shares them with the world. 0-7852-6290-3 The Heartache No One Sees 93,674 • Women discover real hope for real trials • Biblical teaching is well mixed with a warm tone to comfort and instruct • An unflinching look at life's difficulties empowers women to approach their struggles with confidence • Each heartfelt chapter ends with insightful questions and a guided prayer 0-7852-6291-1 Extraordinary Faith 69,861 0-7852-6293-8 I'm Not Wonder Woman 66,094 0-8499-1953-3 Get off Your Knees & Pray 35,214 If anyone is surprised by joy, it's Sheila Walsh. She's been successful in many areas-as a speaker, author, singer, and television talk show host. But she also knows what it is like to battle depression and even contemplate suicide. It has been through the light and the darkness that God has taught her about His love. Today, she shares that love through her speaking and writing. Sheila is author of the award-winning Gigi, God's Little Princess series for girls (Retailers' Choice 2006), as well as multiple books for women, including The Heartache No One Sees, Get off Your Knees and Pray, and I'm Not Wonder Woman. Sheila lives in Frisco, Texas, with her husband, Barry, and son, Christian. Comparable Titles: 0-8054-4552-8 Breaking Free (Beth Moore) (Last Updated: 8/12/2008) Hometown:Frisco, Texas Books Sold to Date:1,325,000+ 63 Shocked by the Bible The Most Astonishing Facts You've Never Been Told JOE KOVACS Publicity • National Print Campaign • National Radio Tour • Extensive Online and Blog Campaign 64 Format:Jacketed Hardcover ISBN13/EAN:978-0-8499-2011 ISBN10:0-8499-2011-6 Price:$22.99 U.S. UPC: EAN:9780849920110 Ship Date:September 4, 2008 Pub Date:September 30, 2008 Trim Size:6.12 x 9.25 x 0.00 Length:224 Pages Carton Qty:24 Shocked by the Bible sets the record straight with well-researched, controversial, myth-breaking assertions about what the Bible really does—and doesn’t—say. Distribution Rights:Worldwide Myths and misconceptions about the Bible’s content abound, and Translations Not Available: churchgoing Christians are often as confused as everyone else. Fed up with this lack of public knowledge, author Joe Kovacs has compiled some of the BISAC most crucial information for correcting people’s faulty education on what Category:RELIGION / the Bible really says. General / General Among the little-known facts Kovacs explores are: (REL000000) • Jesus said NO ONE has gone to heaven except Himself • God wanted to kill Moses CPC Category: • “God the Father” is never mentioned in the Old Testament • There weren’t just two of every kind of animal aboard Noah’s Ark Comparable Titles: • The worst case of hemorrhoids in history is recorded in the Bible 0-3807-2839-7 • And many more Don't Know Much About The Bible • Readers will learn the truth about a variety of common Bible myths and misconceptions. • Readers will have a resource for sharing intriguing information with friends and Bible classes. 0-8499-9544-2 The Bible Answer Book 0-7852-4270-8 What Does The Bible Say About... (Last Updated: 6/5/2008) Joe Kovacs is an acclaimed journalist who has spent 25 years in the broadcast, print and online media, receiving awards for excellence from the Associated Press and United Press International. He's currently the executive news editor for WorldNetDaily.com. Hometown: What In the World Is Going On? 65 10 Prophetic Clues You Cannot Afford to Ignore DAVID JEREMIAH Advertising • Direct mail to Turning Points databse in September, October and November • Online promotion on TurningPoints.com beginning in September • Radio advertising on Route 66 • Television advertising during Turning Points starting in September • Book features in Turning Points Devotional Magazine • Trade advertising in Christian Retailing and CBA Retailer Publicity • National Print Campaign • National Radio Interviews • Extensive Blog and Online Publicity Campaign Sales Hooks Cuts through the hundreds of books and dozens of theories with an easy to understand study of the 10 essential end times bible prophecies Format:Hardcover ISBN13/EAN:978-0-7852-2887 ISBN10:0-7852-2887-X Price:$22.99 U.S. UPC:020049059562 EAN:9780785228875 Ship Date:September 4, 2008 Pub Date:September 30, 2008 Trim Size:6 x 9 Length:304 Pages Carton Qty:24 Makes simple the hundreds of books and dozens of theories on bible prophecy. The Bible has much to say about the end times. Yet it is hard to piece together all that information in a way that gives a comprehensive picture of what that time period will look like. That’s why so many theories abound. And that’s why Dr. David Jeremiah has written What In the World Is Going On? There is no other prophecy book like this. You’ll find it the ultimate study tool for understanding the future. And this book will also motivate readers to live a more holy life and make greater efforts in evangelism. If bible prophecy has always been a mystery to you, Dr. Jeremiah’s book will help you solve the mystery. At last, bible prophecy can make sense, and make a difference. What In the World Is Going On? is shocking and eye-opening but essential reading in a world of confusing theories. • Identifies 10 events the bible says will take place at the end times • Makes bible prophecy clear and easy to understand • Provides a sure guideline for sorting through the continuously "updated" prophecy predictions • Can be used as a study tool Distribution Rights:Worldwide Translations Not Available: Spanish BISAC Category:RELIGION / Faith / General (REL077000) CPC Category: Previous Titles: 978-0-7852-2809-7 Signs of Life 100,000 1-5914-5389-5 Captured by Grace 110,000 Comparable Titles: 978-0-8423-3644-4 Are We Living in the End Times? Dr. David Jeremiah is the senior pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church. He is the author of several best-selling books and his popular syndicated Bible-teaching program, Turning Point, is broadcast internationally. Hometown:El Cajon, California 978-0-9217-1433-0 The Mysterious Bible Codes (Last Updated: 6/27/2008) In the Footsteps of Paul 66 KEN DUNCAN Advertising • Eblast to Thomas Nelson's Gift consumer database • Church/Promotional tour by author (tentative) Publicity • Finished product sent to CBA, trade, and long-lead magazines to secure reviews and features • Church and media tour as author introduces images and experiences featuring Paul's journeys • Use photographs to secure photo features Format:Jacketed Hardcover ISBN13/EAN:978-1-4041-0482 ISBN10:1-4041-0482-8 Price:$24.99 U.S. UPC:023755008978 EAN:9781404104822 Ship Date:February 5, 2009 Pub Date:March 3, 2009 Trim Size:8.75 x 9.75 x 0.65 Length:176 Pages Carton Qty:16 Distribution Follow a trailblazer’s path and see for yourself all the places that Paul Rights:Worldwide visited . . . Translations Not Available: Paul’s missionary journeys are much more than mere dotted lines on rough maps at the back of your Bible. His travels changed the world, and when BISAC you, too, follow In the Footsteps of Paul, you’ll experience those amazing Category:RELIGION / journeys more powerfully than ever. The lens of renowned photographer Inspirational / General Ken Duncan traces everywhere Paul is known to have traveled. Ken’s (REL036000) stunning photos, combined with Scripture and writings from noted authors, creates an exciting platform for experiencing the life and times of one of CPC Category: the apostles who introduced Jesus to the Roman world and beyond. Previous Titles: 978-1-4041-0513-3 • Paul's unwavering faith and courage is exemplified through this stunning Walking with God in America collection of photography and inspirational writings. • God's word will hold greater meaning as readers encounter true life 978-1-5914-5344-4 experiences of this Bible hero. Where Jesus Walked • A timeless, extraordinary gift for pastors and church leaders. 978-0-8423-7362-3 The Passion of the Christ Comparable Titles: (Last Updated: 7/2/2008) Ken Duncan, who created the New York Times bestseller The Passion of the Christ and many other mega-selling visually enhanced books, including Where Jesus Walked, is one of the world's foremost panographic landscape photographers. Based in Sydney, Australia, his distinctive images have appeared in many books and magazines, and his outstanding Limited Edition Prints are displayed in many private and corporate collections worldwide and in the highly acclaimed Ken Duncan Galleries. Hometown:Sydney, Australia The Moon Shines Down 67 MARGARET WISE BROWN & LINDA BLECK Marketing • Eblast to Thomas Nelson's Children's consumer database • Featured at International Network of Children's Ministry conferences • Kids Day Events • Featured at Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPs) conferences • Co-op monies available for promotions Format:Hardcover ISBN13/EAN:978-1-4003-1299 ISBN10:1-4003-1299-X Price:$16.99 U.S. UPC: EAN:9781400312993 Ship Date:October 9, 2008 Pub Date:November 4, 2008 Publicity • Galleys sent to trade and select long-lead children's and parenting consumer interest publications • Finished product mailing to A bedtime picture book with a classical feel similar to the author’s secure reviews and features best-selling Goodnight Moon. From the lost manuscripts of renown children’s author, Margaret Wise Brown, this bedtime story is based on the classic New England Sampler prayer, God Bless the Moon and God Bless Me. I see the Moon and the Moon sees me As it sees the children across the sea In Australia and Norway and Italy Africa, Japan, and Germany The poetic verse of the text shows a child praying for God’s blessing on children in different parts of the world and themselves as the moon shines down on them all. • Wonderful bedtime story with classic feel • Young readers will be able to "read" along with parents thought the repetitive rhyme scheme • Beautiful, classic illustrations similar to Goodnight Moon Trim Size:8.80 x 11.20 x 0.70 Length:48 Pages Carton Qty:24 Age Group:3 - 8 Distribution Rights:Worldwide Translations Not Available: BISAC Category:JUVENILE FICTION / Bedtime & Dreams / General (JUV010000) CPC Category:Kids / Learning To Read / Picture (CHDLTRPCP) Previous Titles: 978-0-0607-7585-8 Goodnight Moon 978-0-0607-7582-7 Runaway Bunny Comparable Titles: (Last Updated: 9/25/2008) Margaret Wise Brown (1910-1952) wrote hundreds of children's books, poems, and stories during her life. At the peak of her career, she over over 100 books in print. She is best known for Good Night Moon and Runaway Bunny, which are still among the world's bestselling children's books. Margaret tried to write the children wanted to hear a story, which often isn't the same way an adult would tell a story. Hometown: When Santa Turned Green 68 VICTORIA PERLA Advertising • Featured on the home page of www.thomasnelson.com • Eblast to author's fanbase list • Full website about book www.mygreensanta.com including tips on "going green" • Key catalog placement nationally and internationally • Featured on key "green" websites • Book cover includes endorsement quote from Al Gore Publicity • Already featured in US Weekly, New York Times, and iVillage • Book serviced to top trade and consumer publications for features on the book as well as "green" ideas • Author blog tour • Satellite media tour with author • Green Santa events and appearances Format:Hardcover ISBN13/EAN:978-1-4003-1384 ISBN10:1-4003-1384-8 Price:$15.99 U.S. UPC: EAN:9781400313846 Ship Date:September 18, 2008 Pub Date:October 14, 2008 Trim Size:8.62 x 9.12 x 0.38 Length:48 Pages Carton Qty:24 A creative holiday story that introduces kids to environmental awareness with ways that they can make a big difference. It's November up in the North Pole. Everything's going along smoothly at Santa's workshop until he discovers a leak in his roof. Santa soon learns that this little leak is connected to a far bigger problem. The North Pole is melting because of something called global warming! Faced with the reality of what this could mean for Christmas, not to mention the planet and the future, Santa is determined to turn things around. To do so, he calls upon the people he knows better than any other—the children. Much to Santa's joy, they respond in a way that makes all the difference . . . in the world. Age Group:5 - 10 Distribution Rights:Worldwide Translations Not Available: BISAC Category:JUVENILE FICTION / Holidays & Celebrations / Christmas & Advent (JUV017010) "When Santa Turned Green helps even the youngest child grasp the importance of caring for our planet and solving the climate crisis." Former CPC Category:Kids / Vice President Al Gore Seasonal / Christmas (CHDSEACMS) • Imaginative way to get kids involved in caring for the earth • Printed on 100% recycled paper (50% post-consumer waste) with soy-based inks • Offers "green" ideas for changes kids can implement Comparable Titles: 978-0-3073-8135-4 The Green Book 978-1-9332-8589-4 A Snowy White World to Save (Last Updated: 6/24/2008) Victoria Perla is an award-winning freelance writer. She has great enthusiasm for inspiring young people to make a difference by caring for the planet in the choices they make each day. She and her husband have two children and welcome Santa all year 'round! Hometown:New Jersey