UPCOMING TITLES LONDON BOOK FAIR 2015

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UPCOMING TITLES LONDON BOOK FAIR – 2015

Mauro DiPreta, VP and Publisher: [email protected] Stacy Creamer, VP and Executive Editor: [email protected] Paul Whitlatch, Senior Editor: [email protected] For Translation Rights: Amanda Brown, Director, Translation Rights [email protected] 212-364-1241

UPCOMING TITLES

SPRING 2015

MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN by Christy Beam Editor: Mauro DiPreta On Sale: April 14, 2015 A mother shares the heartwarming and amazing true story of a young girl who survives a dangerous accident, tells of her visit to Heaven and the remarkable disappearance of the symptoms of her incurable disease. SOLD: Brazil/Presenca; Poland/Rafael

NO EXCUSES FITNESS by Donovan Green Editor: Stacy Creamer On Sale: April 14, 2015 Dr. Oz's personal trainer, Donovan Green, provides a 30-day plan that will change your diet, your mind, and your body forever. SOLD: Spain/Oceano

THE GOLD STANDARD by Ari Gold Editor: Mauro DiPreta On Sale: May 12, 2015 The unstoppable Ari Gold, star of the Entourage series and upcoming movie, shares the wisdom that made him the king of the entertainment world.

ELLE & COACH by Stefany Shaheen with Mark Dagostino Editor: Mauro DiPreta On Sale: August 25, 2015 The endearing true story of the relationship between a gutsy girl suffering from Type 1 diabetes and the loyal service dog who changed her life. 2

UPCOMING TITLES

FALL 2015

VIGILANCE by Ray Kelly Editor: Mauro DiPreta On Sale: September 8, 2015 The incredible life and lessons learned of popular and at times controversial two-time former NYC police commissioner Ray Kelly, revealing the untold stories, foiled attacks, from his 50 years of law enforcement leadership, culminating in his transformation of the NYPD after 9/11 into a military-level counterterrorism force.

SHIFT FOR GOOD by Tory Johnson Editor: Stacy Creamer On Sale: September 15, 2015 An untitled non-fiction work by GMA's Tory Johnson, author of THE SHIFT, in which Johnson chronicles her experiences after her dramatic, successful weight loss and her discovery that this change does not translate directly to life-long happiness but is a bridge to exploring a path to a deeper contentment.

WHOOPI’S BIG BOOK OF RELATIONSHIPS by Whoopi Goldberg Editor: Mauro DiPreta On Sale: October 13, 2015 From the provocative and hilarious bestselling author and host of The View, Whoopi Goldberg, comes the perfect antidote for all those outdated relationship advice books in the world, weighing in on why marriage isn't for everybody, and how the life you want shouldn't be the life everyone else expects you to have.

IF THE RAINDROPS UNITED by Judah Friedlander Editor: Paul Whitlach On Sale: October 20, 2015 A book of comic drawings from the popular comedian and star of 30 Rock.

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UPCOMING TITLES

50 WAYS TO LOSE YOUR GLASSES by Warby Parker Editor: Paul Whitlatch On Sale: October 27, 2015 From Warby Parker, a company GQ dubbed “the Netflix of eyewear” and which has sold more than 1 million pairs of glasses since its founding in 2010 (and which donates another pair to charity for each sale), a hilarious book of comics-style illustrations depicting fifty outlandish eyewear mishaps.

I SHOULD BE DEAD by Bob Beckel Editor: Paul Whitlatch On Sale: November 3, 2016 A riveting and candid memoir from Bob Beckel, co-host of Fox News Channel’s The Five, in which he shares his experience overcoming a life marked by child abuse, drugs, and alcohol to create a new and successful life in the field he is most passionate about—politics.

EXTREME TRANSFORMATION by Chris and Heidi Powell Editor: Stacy Creamer On Sale: December 22, 2015 ABC TV's Extreme Weight Loss's Chris and Heidi Powell deliver a step-by-step guide for losing weight and keeping it off through a commitment that takes just minutes a day.

MOVIE FREAK by Owen Gleiberman Editor: Mauro DiPreta On Sale: January 12, 2016 Veteran film critic Owen Gleiberman's Movie Freak, which traces his life through an obsessive love of movies, beginning with a drive-in viewing of Rosemary's Baby (at the ripe old age of 9), his apprenticeship to Pauline Kael, and continuing through his life as a critic with the films that became personal and cultural touchstones.

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UPCOMING TITLES

HAMMERHEAD SIX by Ronald Fry with Tad Tuleja Editor: Mauro DiPreta On Sale: January 19, 2016 Commander of the first Green Beret camp in Afghanistan's Pech River Valley Ronald Fry's Hammerhead Six, the earliest days of the hunt for Osama Bin Laden, written with Tad Tuleja.

TOO DUMB TO FAIL by Matt Lewis Editor: Paul Whitlatch On Sale: January 26, 2016 From conservative columnist Matt K. Lewis, Senior Contributor at The Daily Caller, a forceful indictment of contemporary conservatism, arguing that the Republican Party must return to its historical roots as a movement of big ideas instead of watering down its message for short-term electoral gains.

KILL ME LOUDLY by Laura Jane Grace Editor: Mauro DiPreta On Sale: March 15, 2016 The lead-singer of punk rock band Against Me! opens up about her conflicted life, including her transgender identity, transitioning from Thomas James Gabel to Laura Jane Grace.

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UPCOMING TITLES

SPRING 2016 DOING THINGS WHEN YOU DON’T KNOW HOW by Cathy Salit Editor: Stacy Creamer On Sale: April 12, 2016 Whether you want to become a better communicator, a better leader, a better listener, a better innovator or a better salesperson, this inspiring and practical book demonstrates how to harness the power of performance to improve performance.

INDESTRUCTIBLE by John Bruning Editor: Mauro DiPreta On Sale: May 3, 2016 John Bruning's Indestructible: How a Pilot's Quest to Rescue His Family Changed the Course of the Pacific War, the story of U.S. Air Force legend Pappy Gunn, an airline pilot who swore vengeance upon the Japanese for imprisoning his family in the Philippines, and who as a secret advisor to the air force reinvented aerial warfare with his deadly innovations. SOLD: Brazil/Objetiva

FALL 2016 THE DINOSAUR ARTIST by Paige Williams Editor: Stacy Creamer On Sale: October 4, 2016 New Yorker contributor Paige Williams's The Dinosaur Artist, the story of the global fascination with the fossils of deep time, explored through one maverick's obsession with dinosaur bones and his quest to bring the illicit skeleton of a Mongolian Tarbosaurus Bataar into the United States and to auction in Manhattan.

NO ONE CARES ABOUT CRAZY PEOPLE by Ron Powers Editor: Stacy Creamer On Sale: November 15, 2016 New York Times Bestseller Ron Powers offers a fast-paced, richly researched narrative of the social history of mental illness and, more specifically, schizophrenia in America paired with the deeply personal story of his son Kevin who suffered from schizophrenia and took his life in 2008.

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UPCOMING TITLES

A CAT’S LIFE by Thomas McNamee Editor: Stacy Creamer On Sale: February 2017 In a wide-ranging and illuminating study of our much-loved but often elusive feline companions, A CAT'S LIFE blends scientific reportage with engaging, illustrative anecdotes about the author's own beloved cat, Augusta.

UNTITLED HISTORY OF GANGSTA RAP by Ben Westhoff Editor: Paul Whitlatch On Sale: March 3, 2017 Journalist Ben Westhoff delivers a comprehensive history of West Coast hip-hop, examining how crime, drugs, gangs, bad cops, and racial tension in 1980s and 1990s Los Angeles catalyzed a cohort of then-unknown rappers, including Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, and Tupac Shakur, to create the defining music movement of a generation.

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