PR professional, writer for Scary Mommy and BabyCenter, and voice behind the Instagram account, Witty Otter ‘s realistic look at new motherhood with actionable, real-world advice focused on the health and welfare of moms. (Union Square & Co/World Rights/May 2023).
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12 January, 2022
THE BABY WILL BE JUST FINE! The (Not So) Selfish Mom’s Guide to Surviving the First Year, Becky Viera
9 December, 2021
Commons Sense: A Strategy for Civic Education, Michael Feuer
The Dean of the Graduate School of Education and Human Development at George Washington University presents a powerful argument for reviving and rethinking a civic education curriculum at the high school and college level–one that encompasses tools for understanding current and future threats to democracy. (Johns Hopkins University Press, World Rights, 2023)
2 December, 2021
BEYOND ABUELA’S KITCHEN, Karla A. Salinari
Latina holistic health coach Karla A. Salinari draws on her Puerto Rican, Dominican and Cuban family traditions to create a flavorful plant-based Latinx cuisine. (Skyhorse Publishing, World Rights, May 2023)
4 October, 2021
The A-Ha! Method – Communicating Powerfully in a Time of Distraction, by Gabe Zichermann
Entrepreneur, professional public speaker, and author of THE GAMIFICATION REVOLUTION, Gabe Zichermann shares his behavioral-science based approach to crafting and delivering speeches and idea/company pitches or even leading a meeting that will help readers engage and persuade today’s distracted listeners. (Rowman & Littlefield , World English, Fall 2022)
26 August, 2021
AN ASSASSIN IN UTOPIA: The True Story of a 19th Century Sex Cult, Mystics, Mayhem, and a President’s Murder, by Susan Wels
A narrative weaving together the interlocking stories of John Humphrey Noyes, founder of the utopian Oneida Community, known for their shocking sexual practices; his idol, the eccentric newspaper publisher Horace Greeley; and the gloomy, indecisive James Garfield, the teacher, congressman, and Civil War hero elected U.S. President in 1880—only to be assassinated in his first six months in office by the demented Charles Julius Guiteau, who was linked to all of them in extraordinary ways! (Pegasus, world English, 2022).
24 August, 2021
RESERVATIONS FOR SIX, Lindsey Palmer
Pitched in the tradition of Emma Straub and Tom Perrotta, Palmer’s fourth novel about three couples who celebrate every birthday together at their favorite restaurant for a decade, until their lives unravel when one turns 40 and announces over dinner that he wants a divorce, forcing each couple to reexamine what’s brought and kept them together–and whether their relationships are strong enough to survive. (Wyatt-MacKenzie, World English rights, Summer 2022)
13 August, 2021
BECOME THE FIRE – Transform your Chaos into Career and Life Success, by Elisa A. Schmitz
In this inspiring guide for “outsider” women, Latina serial entrepreneur and founder of iParenting.com (which she sold to Disney) and 30Seconds.com, Elisa Schmitz, sets out to inspire “outsider” women who want to start something, grow something, build something, or become something they have always dreamed of being! (New World Library, World, Fall 2022)
9 August, 2021
PAPER VALLEY, P. David Allen II and Susan Campbell
Wildlife biologist David Allen II and environmental journalist Susan Campbell’s PAPER VALLEY, the story of the epic legal and scientific battle to fix the widespread PCB contamination in Wisconsin’s Fox River, led by Allen from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service against big-money paper industry suits, an obstructionist state regulatory agency, and a governor more interested in courting polluters than safeguarding wildlife and human health; at $1.3 billion, one of the largest cleanups in U.S. history. (Wayne State University Press, world, 2022)
13 July, 2021
SEDUCED BY THE LIGHT: The Mina Miller Edison Story, Alexandra Rimer, Ph.D.
Historian and assistant editor at the Thomas Edison Papers at Rutgers University Alexandra Rimer, writing the first biography of the long-suffering wife of Thomas Edison, revealing the true stories of the turbulent lives of the inventor’s family that have been hidden from the public solely for the purpose of enhancing the Edison name for nearly a century. (Lyons Press, World English, 2023)
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28 June, 2021
MUSCLE: The Long and Short of It, Roy A. Meals, MD
Orthopedic surgeon and author of BONES: Inside and Out, Roy A. Meals, a scientific, cultural and historical dive into the mysteries and function of one of our largest organ systems–and with it, advances in medicine and fitness. (W.W. Norton, World Rights, Fall 2022)