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Michael Kimball BIG RAY: A Novel September 2012 * Galley Available Bloomsbury USA Big Ray's temper and obesity define him. When Big Ray dies, his son feels mostly relief, dismissing his other emotions. Yet years later, the adult son must reckon with the outsized presence of his father's memory. This stunning novel, narrated in more 500 brief entries, moves between past and present, between his father's death and his life, between an abusive childhood and an adult understanding. Shot through with humor and insight that will resonate with anyone who has experienced a complicated parental relationship, Big Ray is a staggering family story—at once brutal and tender, sickening and beautiful.

Praise for Big Ray:

“Michael Kimball has been writing innovative, compelling and beautifully felt books for years, but Big Ray seems a break-through and culmination all at once. It's funny and terrifying and it's his masterpiece, at least so far.” –Sam Lipsyte, author of The Ask

“Elegy, meditation, story, final reckoning—whatever you want to call it, Big Ray is mesmerizing. Sorrowful and honest, the kind of book that compels, not compromises...” —Deb Olin Unferth , author of Revolution “Big Ray is disturbing in the most extraordinary ways, and in the end extraordinarily touching also. There’s nothing quite like it I’ve ever read till now (though there were times I thought the ghost of Barry Hannah was whispering in my ear.) It’s amazing...” —Madison Smartt Bell, author of All Souls’ Rising Michael Kimball is the author of The Way the Family Got Away, Dear Everybody, and, most recently, Us, and his novels have been translated into a dozen languages, variously published by Adelphi, De Bezige Bij, Suhrkamp, Tusquets, and others. His work has been featured in the Guardian, Vice, Bomb, and New York Tyrant. He is also responsible for the project Michael Kimball Writes Your Life Story (on a postcard) and a couple of documentary films. He lives in Baltimore.

Lance Weller WILDERNESS: A Novel September 2012 * Manuscript Available Bloomsbury USA “Here is a book in the great tradition of the novel: a vivid world that wraps and holds the reader who can well lose himself in its grandeur. The character is the beloved Abel Truman. The landscapes are huge. Abel's story is both simple and rich, the novel unforgettable.”—Annie Dillard  “Lance Weller’s magnificent Wilderness is a brilliant, singular achievement. Now and again comes a novel that is so wholly its own that any comparison shrivels away. Lance Weller has given us this, not only in the tale, which is deeply compelling and superbly page-turning but most importantly, a thoughtful and illuminating exploration of who we are and how we got here.”—Jeffrey Lent, author of In the Fall Wilderness is a hugely ambitious debut novel, spanning a century and moving between the tangled Wilderness of Spotsylvania, Virginia, and the fierce coast and inland forests of the Washington State frontier. Abel Truman is a Civil War veteran. He fought with the Confederates at the Battle of the Wilderness in 1864—a battle of nearly indescribable brutality—emerging severely wounded. Thirty-five years later, now an old man and badly ailing in the West, Abel sets out with his beloved dog on a journey over the snowbound mountains of Washington’s Olympic Range. It’s a quest he has little hope of completing but nonetheless must undertake. As he travels, he recollects his war years, and the people who have touched his life—from Jane Dao-Ming Poole, the daughter of murdered Chinese immigrants, to Hypatia, a freed slave—and we come to understand how that battle in the Wilderness would change the course of Abel’s life thereafter. Recalling Charles Frazier’s Cold Mountain, with the cadence of Cormac McCarthy, Wilderness is an immense achievement.  Lance Weller has published short fiction in several literary journals. He won Glimmer Train's Short-Story Award for New Writers and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. A Washington native, he has hiked and camped extensively in the landscape he describes.

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Alice Randall ADA’S RULES: A SEXY SKINNY NOVEL Bloomsbury USA *Finished Books Ada Howard, the wife of the preacher at Nashville’s Full Love Baptist Tabernacle, has a whole lot of people to take care of. There’s her husband, of course, and the flock that comes with him, plus the kids at the day care where she works, two grown daughters, and two ailing parents. It’s no wonder she can’t find time to take care of herself. And her husband’s been so busy lately, she’s suspicious some other woman may be taking care of him . . .

Then it comes: the announcement of her twenty-five-year college reunion in twelve months’ time, signed with a wink by her old flame. Ada gets to thinking about the thrills of young love lost, and the hundred or so pounds gained since her college days, and she decides it’s high time for a health and beauty revival. So she starts laying down some rules. The first rule is: Don’t Keep Doing What You’ve Always Been Doing. And so begins a long journey toward a new look and a new perspective—on what she wants, and on what she’s always had.

Alice Randall is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Wind Done Gone, Pushkin and the Queen of Spades, and Rebel Yell. She is also an award-winning songwriter, and the first black woman in history to write a number-one country song. Randall lives with her husband in Nashville and is currently writer-in-residence at Vanderbilt University. Like Ada, she’s done battle with her weight.  “Ada’s Rules might be a diet book disguised as a novel, and it might be a novel disguised as a diet book, but I guarantee it will make you laugh and make you think, while it nudges you oh-so-gently in the direction of a brand new way to think about and celebrate your body.” —Pearl Cleage, author of What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day “Ada’s Rules is a modern love song to women, to men, to the bodies we all inhabit through tasting, loving, cooking, nurturing, and aging. No one is too old or too young, too heavy or too lean, to absorb the wisdom of Ada’s insights.” —Jayne Anne Phillips, author of Lark and Termite

Seymour Chwast THE ODYSSEY September 2012 *Galley Available Bloomsbury USA Seymour Chwast, an icon of the graphic design world, has delighted audiences with his adaptations of The Divine Comedy and The Canterbury Tales. Now he turns to Homer's Odyssey, one of the best-known stories in history. The tale begs for visual interpretation, filled with mythic characters we all know well: the Cyclops, the Lotus-Eaters, the cannibal Laestrygonians, the Sirens, the monster Scylla (beside the whirlpool Charybdis), Poseidon, Athena, and Zeus.... Featuring a bold black, white, and blue interior design throughout, imbued with his own sly humor, The Odyssey brings us a dazzling new vision of one of the epic journeys. Seymour Chwast was born in New York City and is a graduate of The Cooper Union, where he studied illustration and graphic design. He is a founding partner of the celebrated Push Pin Studios, whose distinct style has had a worldwide influence on contemporary visual communications. In 1985 the studio’s name was changed to the Pushpin Group, of which Mr. Chwast is the director. He is the author of the graphic adaptation Dante's Divine Comedy. His website is www.pushpininc.com. Also by Seymour Chwast:

THE CANTERBURY TALES "A clever reimagining of a classic … the lamentations of the damned were never so much fun."—Entertainment Weekly September 2011 * Finished Books Bloomsbury USA DANTE’S DIVINE COMEDY “[A] lighthearted read. Cartoonish touches and playful anachronisms help bring these stories into this century.” —Philadelphia Inquirer September 2010 * Finished Books Bloomsbury USA SOLD: Companhia des Letras (Brazil); Knesebeck (Germany); Kronos (Turkey)

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Warren Berger A MORE BEAUTIFUL QUESTION: AN INQUIRY INTO THE VALUE OF INQUIRY Spring 2014 * Proposal Available Walker & Co. SOLD: Book21 Publishing Group (Korea), Bloomsbury Berlin (Germany) Knowing how to frame, and then act on, the right question can be the key to sparking creativity and meaningful change, whether on an organizational or personal level. Everyone from Einstein to the founders of Google have been telling us about the importance of questioning. And new research suggests that the ability to question is directly related to success, in the business world and in private life. But what inspires people to ask questions that no one else is asking? Just as importantly, how do they move beyond merely asking questions and find meaningful ways to act upon them? In A More Beautiful Question, Warren Berger introduces a range of master-questioners—innovators and business leaders as well as ordinary people from all parts of the world—who have used the power of inquiry to change their world, address a formidable challenge, or tap into a new opportunity. Berger introduces the five stages of inquiry: asking “what if?” (speculative inquiry), connecting ideas (connective inquiry), doing immersive research (contextual inquiry), giving physical form to questions (constructive inquiry), enlisting outside help to get to the answer (collaborative inquiry). There has never been a greater need to question—and to act on those questions; A More Beautiful Question will show the way. Warren Berger is an expert on design thinking and innovation. Business Week named his book Glimmer: How Design Can Transform Your Business and Your Life one of the Best Innovation & Design Books of the Year. He writes for Fast Company, and the Harvard Business Review and has appeared on The Today Show. He is a frequently-used expert source on NPR’s All Things Considered. Berger serves as an Adjunct Professor and host of the “Innovators” lecture program at the University of Colorado.

David Blatner SPECTRUMS: OUR MIND-BOGGLING UNIVERSE FROM INFINITESIMAL TO INFINITY October 2012 *Manuscript available Walker & Co In Spectrums, David Blatner blends narrative and illustration to illuminate the variety of spectrums that affect our lives every day: numbers, size, light, sound, heat, and time. There is actually very little in this universe that we can feel, touch, see, hear, or possibly even comprehend. It’s not an easy task to stretch the mind to encompass both billions of years and billionths of seconds; the distance to Jupiter and the size of a proton; the tiny waves of visible light and gargantuan but invisible gamma rays; or the freezing point of Helium and the heat generated by the blast of an atom bomb; but we must explore these far-reaching spectrums to gain perspective on our small but not insignificant place in the universe. With easy-to-read, engaging, and insightful observations, Blatner helps us “grok”—to understand intuitively—the six spectrums covered in this book, making our daily lives richer and more meaningful through greater appreciation of the bizarre and beautiful world in which we live. David Blatner is known for his award-winning books, including The Joy of Pi, The Flying Book, and various books in computer science, including books on InDesign, Quark XPress, and Photoshop. He lectures worldwide on electronic publishing. More than 500,000 copies of his books are in print in twelve languages. He and his wife and son live in Seattle, Washington. Also by David Blatner:

THE JOY OF π November 2006 * Finished Books * Walker & Co. "This little book is a treasure trove of facts, folklore, quotes, uses, puzzles, and even the first 1 million digits of pi.… The rich history of this ratio is never boring, as anecdotes and weird trivia pop up throughout." —Science News SOLD: Penguin (Canada); Business Weekly (China-Complex); Shantou University Press (China-Simple); Rowohlt Verlag (Germany); Oceanida (Greece); Garzanti Editora (Italy); Artist House (Japan); Kyungmoon (Korea); Aguilar, Altea, Taurus, Alfaguara (Latin America); Editoria Replicacao (Portugal); Svenska Forlaget (Sweden); Tubitak (Turkey); Penguin (UK)

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Pete Fornatale and Bernard Corbett 50 LICKS: THE ROLLING STONES AT 50 November 2012 * Manuscript Available Bloomsbury USA Timed to publish during the Rolling Stones 50th anniversary tour, 50 Licks features never-before-seen interviews with the band, new and historic photos, formative stories, and funny anecdotes. On July 12, 1962, London's Marquee Club debuted a new act, a blues-inflected rock band named after a Muddy Waters song--The Rolling Stones. They were a hard-edged band with a flair for the dramatic, styling themselves as the devil's answer to the sainted Beatles. A young, inexperienced producer named Andrew Loog Oldham first heard the band at a session he remembers with four words: "I fell in love." Though unfamiliar with such basic industry practices as mixing a recording, he made a brilliant decision--he pitched the band to a studio that had passed on the Beatles. Afraid to make the same mistake twice, they signed the Stones, and began a history-making career. This is just one of the 50 classic stories that make up 50 Licks. Many are never-before told, some are from exclusive interviews--including with elusive bassist Bill Wyman--and all are illustrated and told by the people who lived them. Half a century on, the Rolling Stones are still the greatest band working. And this is the book to commemorate their unparalleled achievement in rock music. Pete Fornatale is an award-winning broadcaster who has been a fixture on the New York radio scene for the past 40 years. He is most recently the author of Back to the Garden: The Story of Woodstock and How It Changed a Generation, and he can be heard on WFUV radio’s Mixed Bag. Bernard M. Corbett is the author and coauthor of fifteen books. He lives in Stoneham, Massachusetts, and is a lifelong Rolling Stones fan.

Ross King LEONARDO AND THE LAST SUPPER October 2012 * Manuscript Available Walker & Co. SOLD: Bloomsbury UK; Editora Record (Brazil); Doubleday Canada; Editions AdA (France); Verlagsgruppe Random House (Germany); De Bizige Bij (Holland); Kinneret (Israel); Rizzoli (Italy); Semicolon (Korea)

Early in 1495, Leonardo da Vinci began work on what would become one of history’s most influential and beloved works of art—The Last Supper. After a dozen years at the court of Lodovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan, Leonardo was at a personal and professional low point: at 43, in an era when he had almost reached the average life expectancy, he had failed, despite a number of prestigious commissions, to complete anything that truly fulfilled his astonishing promise. The commission to paint The Last Supper in the refectory of a Dominican convent was a small compensation, and his odds of completing it were not promising: Not only had he never worked on a painting of such a large size—15’ high x 30’ wide—but he had no experience in the extremely difficult medium of fresco.

In his compelling new book, Ross King explores how—amidst war and the political and religious turmoil around him, and beset by his own insecurities—Leonardo created the masterpiece that would forever define him. Examining who served as the models for the Apostles, he makes a unique claim: that Leonardo modeled two of them on himself. Reviewing Leonardo’s religious beliefs, King paints a much more complex picture than the received wisdom that he was a heretic. King explains that many of the myths around The Last Supper are wrong, but its true story is ever more interesting. Bringing to life a fascinating period in European history, Ross King presents an original portrait of one of history’s greatest geniuses through the lens of his most famous work.

Ross King is the highly praised author of Brunelleschi’s Dome Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling, The Judgment of Paris, Machiavelli: Philosopher of Power, and two novels, Ex Libris and Domino. He lives near Oxford.

Praise for Ross King: "The Judgment of Paris tells a well-known story, but one seldom recounted in such vivid detail, or with such a novelistic sense of plot and character...In all, King pulls off a tour de force of complex narrative that readers of his previous books about the Sistine Chapel or Brunelleschi's dome will have come to expect."—New York Times Book Review on The Judgment of Paris

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Robert Gordon RESPECT YOURSELF: STAX RECORDS AND THE INDEPENDENT SPIRIT January 2013 * Manuscript Available Bloomsbury USA The enduring artistic and social legacy of Stax Records reads like a Greek tragedy--with a happy ending: A white brother and sister build a monument to racial harmony in blighted downtown Memphis, Tennessee during a racially charged time (Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed in Memphis during this period), then are pitted against each other when a dynamic African-American outsider arrives. The brother abandons his sibling to build an empire with the outsider. They rise too high, play fast and loose with the rules, and lose everything they've gained, while the sister bides her time, then quietly rises again. The sanctuary they all created—Stax Records—has now been erased from the earth, but the music has inspired countless others worldwide, so much so that the opportunities effected for one generation have been and the original temple has been rebuilt as a museum by adoring fans. Isaac Hayes, Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, the Staple Singers—Booker T. and the MG's, the highly unusual interracial house band selected to back everyone—all got their start at Stax. Told by the foremost authority on the subject, Respect Yourself will be the book to own about one of America’s most treasured cultural institutions. Robert Gordon has been writing about Memphis music and history for 30 years and is the author of It Came from Memphis, Elvis, Can't Be Satisfied, and The Elvis Treasures. He has brought his expertise to documentaries as well as writing and is most recently the producer/director/writer of Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story from PBS Great Performances.

Leslie Woodhead HOW THE BEATLES ROCKED THE KREMLIN April 2013 * Manuscript Available Bloomsbury USA Imagine a world where Beatlemania was against the law, recordings scratched onto medical X-rays, merchant sailors bringing home contraband LPs, spotty broadcasts taped from western AM radio late in the night. This was no fantasy world populated by Blue Meanies but the USSR, where a vast nation of music fans risked repression to hear the defining band of the British Invasion.

The music of John, Paul, George, and Ringo played a part in waking up an entire generation of Soviet youth, opening their eyes to seventy years of bland official culture and rigid authoritarianism. Soviet leaders had suppressed most Western popular music since the days of jazz, but the Beatles and the bands they inspired—both in the West and in Russia—battered down the walls of state culture. Leslie Woodhead’s How The Beatles Rocked the Kremlin tells the unforgettable—and endearingly odd—story of Russians who discovered that all you need is Beatles. By stealth, by way of whispers, through the illicit late night broadcasts on Radio Luxembourg, the Soviet Beatles kids tuned in. “Bitles,” they whispered. “Yeah, Yeah, Yeah.”

Leslie Woodhead is one of Britain's most distinguished documentary filmmakers. His films have won many international awards, including recognition by the Emmy and Peabodys in America, and by BAFTA, and the Royal Television Society in the UK. He is the author of two books, My Life as a Spy and A Box Full of Spirits. He lives in Cheshire, England.

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James Hansen STORMS OF MY GRANDCHILDREN: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity December 2009 * Finished Books Bloomsbury USA SOLD: BUK (UK, AUS & NZ); Posts & Telecom Press (Chinese Simplified); Edizioni Ambiente (Italy); Nikkei Business Publications (Japan); Professional Publishing (Malayasia); Editora Senac (Brazil) In Storms of My Grandchildren, Dr. James Hansen – leading scientist on climate issues – speaks out for the first time with the full truth about global warming: the planet is hurtling even more rapidly than previously acknowledged to a climatic point of no return. Although Hansen was Al Gore’s science advisor for An Inconvenient Truth, his recent data shows that our situation is even more dire today. But around the world, politicians haven’t made the connection between policy and science. He shows we must phase out all coal and why significantly lower carbon emission is a goal we must achieve in the next two decades if our children and grandchildren are to avoid a global meltdown. His urgent manifesto is sure to stir controversy, but Hansen – whose climate predictions have come to pass again and again, beginning in the 1980s when he first warned Congress about global warming – is the single most credible voice on the subject worldwide. Dr. James Hansen is the director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. He teaches at the Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences at Columbia University and is frequently called to testify before Congress on climate issues.

Cynthia Carr FIRE IN THE BELLY: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DAVID WJONAROWICZ July 2012 *Galleys Available Bloomsbury USA

David Wojnarowicz was an abused child, a teen runaway, an underage hustler in Times Square when he first arrived in New York City in the 1960s. And yet he would carve out a place for himself in the city, becoming a leader in a group of outsider artists, an activist for gay rights in the face of the AIDS crisis, and one of the most important voices of his generation. Wojnarowicz’s creativity spilled out in his work and in his life and he created a sort of mythos around himself, even among friends. First displayed in start-up neighborhood galleries, his art found greater notice—along with that of peers like Nan Goldin, Kiki Smith, Keith Haring, and Jean-Michel Basquiat—as uptown art collectors started looking downtown for the next big thing, sparking controversy and culture. But controversy was not the only threat to the East Village scene. There was also the rise of AIDS, an epidemic then misunderstood, untreatable, and devastating. David lost his life in 1992, at age thirty-seven. Twenty years later, Cynthia Carr has written the first biography of Wojnarowicz. It is the untold story of a seminal and polarizing figure at a pivotal moment in American culture.

“Fire in the Belly is a painfully beautiful book telling the short, harsh, and defiant story of a very complex man. The best contemporary artist’s biography I know, it reads like a novel, with the brief, crazy Lower East Side art scene and the AIDS crisis as leading characters, revealed through extensive interviews with Wojnarowicz and his friends. Carr does an extraordinary job of exposing the depths of David’s amazing life and art. And she was there…” -- Lucy R. Lippard, author of Get the Message? A Decade of Art for Social Change

“This is a biography of the American Rimbaud, just as flamboyant, just as self-destructive, just as creative. It is the best portrait I've read of the gritty East Village art scene, of the poverty and drugs and unexpected successes. Cynthia Carr deserves a prize for her heroic research.” --Edmund White, author of Jack Holmes and his Friend

Cynthia Carr was a columnist and arts reporter for the Village Voice from 1984 until 2003. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Artforum, Bookforum, Modern Painters, the Drama Review, and other publications.

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Elizabeth Foy Larsen, Joshua Glenn & Tony Leone UNBORED: THE ESSENTIAL FIELD GUIDE TO SERIOUS FUN October 2012 * Manuscript Available Bloomsbury USA Unbored is the guide and activity book every modern kid needs. Vibrantly designed, lavishly illustrated, brilliantly walking the line between cool and constructive, it's crammed with activities that are not only fun and doable but also designed to get kids engaged with the wider world. From how-tos on using the library or writing your representative to a graphic history of video games, the book isn't shy about teaching. The bulk of the 350-page mega-resource presents hands-on activities that further the mission in a fun way, featuring the best of the old as well as the best of the new: classic science experiments, crafts and upcycling, board game hacking, code-cracking, geocaching, skateboard repair, yarn-bombing, stop-action movie-making-plus tons of sidebars and extras, including trivia, best-of lists, and Q&As with leading thinkers whose culture-changing ideas are made accessible to kids for the first time. Contributors include Mark Frauenfelder of MAKE magazine; Colin Beavan, the No Impact Man; Douglas Rushkoff, renowned media theorist; Geoff Manaugh, author of BLDGBLOG; John Edgar Park, a CG supervisor at DisneyToon Studios; and Jean Railla, founder of GetCrafty.com and Etsy consultant. Joshua Glenn is cofounder of the web sites Significant Objects, Hilobrow, and Semionaut, and has authored and edited a number of books. Together with Elizabeth Foy Larsen, he writes a parenting column based on Unbored for Slate. He lives in Boston and has two sons, 10 and 13. Elizabeth Foy Larsen was a member of the team that launched Sassy, a magazine for teen girls. Her writing on families has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Mother Jones, Daily Beast, and elsewhere. She lives in Minneapolis and has two sons and a daughter, ages 7 to 12. Tony Leone is a principal of Leone Design. His work has been honored by the American Institute of Graphic Arts and the Brand Design Association, and has been featured in Communication Arts, Print, Graphis, and elsewhere. He has a son in kindergarten and a newborn daughter.

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Chip Walter LAST APE STANDING: THE SEVEN-MILLION-YEAR STORY OF HOW AND WHY WE SURVIVED January 2013 * Manuscript Available Walker & Co. Over the past 150 years scientists have discovered that 24 separate hominin species have evolved on planet Earth--twenty-three of them are extinct, killed by their environments, predators, disease, or the shortcomings of their DNA. Homo sapiens sapiens is the lone survivor. Of all the earlier species, why are we the only one still standing? Last Ape Standing explores how climate change millions of years ago drove a species of knuckle-walking apes out of the rainforests and into the grasslands, where a particular anomaly or genetic birth defect gave those who had it a distinct advantage over those who didn’t. Science writer Chip Walter takes us through the step-by-step evolutionary adaptations that walking upright set into motion, from increasing the size of the brain to changing the anatomy of the womb and making it necessary for human babies to be born at an earlier stage of development, and experience what biologist and mathematician Jacob Bronowski called "the long childhood," a time between the ages of one and seven when remarkable intellectual, physical, and social developments take place that fundamentally explain why we are the last ape standing.

Chip Walter is a science author, journalist and filmmaker who has published articles in the Boston Globe, Economist, Scientific American, and Discover. He is the author of Thumbs, Toes and Tears — And Other Traits That Make Us Human, which has been translated into four languages. Walter works at Carnegie Mellon University’s Institute for Green Science where he directs educational strategy and outreach. Also by Chip Walter:

THUMBS, TOES AND TEARS November 2006 * Finished Books Walker & Co. SOLD: Azoth Books (China-Complex); Campus Verlag (Germany); Dom Wydawniczyu Bellona (Poland); Editora Record (Brazil); Nihon Kirisuto Kyodan

Brian Fagan BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON: HOW THE EARILIEST MARINERS UNLOCKED THE SECRETS OF THE OCEANS June 2012 *Galley Available Bloomsbury Press SOLD: Kawadeshobo-Shinsha (Japan) In Beyond the Blue Horizon, bestselling science historian Brian Fagan tackles his richest topic yet: the enduring mystery of the oceans, the planet’s most forbidding terrain.This is not a tale of Columbus or Hudson, but of much earlier mariners. From the moment when ancient Polynesians first dared to sail beyond the horizon, Fagan vividly explains how our mastery of the oceans changed history, even before history was written. His book will enthrall readers who enjoyed Longitude, Simon Winchester's Atlantic, or in its scope and its insightful linking of technology and culture, Guns, Germs, and Steel. From bamboo rafts in the Java Sea to the caravels of the Age of Discovery, from Easter Island to Crete, Brian Fagan crafts a captivating narrative of humanity’s urge to seek out distant shores, of the daring men and women who did so, and of the mark they have left on civilization. Brian Fagan is emeritus professor of anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of Elixir: A History of Water and Humankind, the LA Times bestseller Cro-Magnon, and the New York Times bestseller The Great Warming, among many other books, including Fish on Friday, The Long Summer and The Little Ice Age.

Also by Brian Fagan: ELIXIR: A HISTORY OF WATER AND HUMANKIND June 2011 *Finished Books Bloomsbury Press SOLD: Kawadeshobo (Japan), Butik Yayincilik (Turkey) THE GREAT WARMING: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations March 2008 *Finished Books Bloomsbury Press SOLD: Larousse (Brazil), Ye-Ren (Chinese Complex), China Renmin (Chinese Simple), Europa (Hungary), Casa Editrice Corbaccio (Italy), Kawadeshobo (Japan) Wisdom (Korea), Gedisa (Portugal)

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Fred Guterl THE FATE OF THE SPECIES: Why the Human Race May Cause Its Own Extinction and How We Can Stop It June 2012 * Galley Available Bloomsbury USA In the history of planet earth, mass species extinctions have occurred five times, about once every 100 million years. A "sixth extinction" is known to be underway now, with more than 200 species dying off every day. The cause of this sixth extinction is also the source of the single biggest threat to human life: our own inventions. What this bleak future will truly hold, though, is much in dispute. Will our immune systems be attacked by so-called

super bugs, always evolving, and now more easily spread than ever? Will the disappearance of so many species cripple the biosphere? Will global warming transform itself into a runaway effect, destroying ecosystems across the planet? In this provocative book, Fred Guterl examines each of these scenarios, laying out the existing threats, and proffering the means to avoid them. This book is more than a tour of an apocalyptic future; it is a political salvo, an antidote to well-intentioned but ultimately ineffectual thinking. Though it’s honorable enough to switch light bulbs and eat home-grown food, the scope of our problems, and the size of our population, is too great. And so, Guterl argues, we find ourselves in a trap: Technology got us into this mess, and it’s also the only thing that can help us survive it. Guterl vividly shows where our future is heading, and ultimately lights the route to safe harbor. Fred Guterl is an award-winning journalist and executive editor of Scientific American. He worked for ten years at Newsweek, most recently as deputy editor, covering the most important trends in science, technology, and international affairs. He has also appeared on CNN, Charlie Rose, the Today Show, and on other television programs to discuss popular issues in science. Guterl holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Rochester, and has taught science writing at Princeton University. He lives in the New York City area with his wife and two children.

Advance Praise for THE FATE OF THE SPECIES: “It feels strange to call a book about the end of humanity elegant and engaging, but so be it. Fred Guterl has researched the many, many ways in which we could bring destruction down upon our own heads, bringing them up to date with the latest research in climatology, synthetic biology, and computer science. I hope the world doesn't crash, but if it does, I can't say Guterl didn't warn me.”—Carl Zimmer, author of A Planet of Viruses “An important, awe-inspiring book. This is a straight-from-the-shoulder assessment of the future of a humankind trapped by its own technological prowess. The Fate of the Species is written by a master of his craft with provocative, thoughtful elegance. Guterl combines measured optimism with scary scenarios in a telling synthesis of cutting edge science made understandable. This book should be required reading for everyone, and I mean everyone.”—Brian Fagan, archaeologist and author of Elixir and The Great Warming “Guterl has written 'How We Die' for the human species. From reverse genetics that creates a deadly flu virus to climate change that kills the Asian monsoons, his scenarios are so fascinating and compelling you almost forget what's at stake. Almost.”—Sharon Begley, former science columnist for Newsweek and The Wall St. Journal “This is a beautifully written book that will make you think and worry. Fred Guterl explains everything that could go wrong in lucid prose. It is an arresting, though unnerving combination.”—Fareed Zakaria, author of The Post-American World and host of CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS “The human species has no shortage of ways to meet its end—superviruses, climate change, global famine. But unlike other species that have come and gone in the long and sometimes pitiless history of the planet, we'd be the agents of our own destruction. The good news is, a creature powerful enough to author its own demise is also smart enough to avoid it. The Fate of the Species tells both sides of that very big tale and does so with honesty, wisdom—and more than a little hope.”—Jeff Kluger, author of The Sibling Effect “The Fate of the Species somehow manages to frighten, amuse and enlighten all at the same time. It isn't about doom as much as the opportunity for the human race to come up with a happier ending to its story. Fred Guterl reveals how science can be by turns heroic, dangerous and helpless, and he proves a thoughtful, even-handed and sometimes playful guide to the risks that we ourselves have created. The news is sobering, but also fascinating and in some ways surprisingly uplifting.”—David Freedman, author of Wrong

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Paul Gilding THE GREAT DISRUPTION: Why the Climate Crisis Will Bring On the End of Shopping and the Birth of a New World April 2011 * Finished Books Bloomsbury Press SOLD: Verlag Herder GmbH (Germany), Dourei (Korea); Butik Yayincilik (Turkey)

“One of those who has been warning me of [a coming crisis] for a long time is Paul Gilding, the Australian environmental business expert. He has a name for this moment—when both Mother Nature and Father Greed have hit the wall at once—‘The Great Disruption.’”—Thomas Friedman in the New York Times

It’s time to stop just worrying about climate change, says Paul Gilding. We need instead to brace for impact because global crisis is no longer avoidable. This Great Disruption started in 2008, with spiking food and oil prices and dramatic ecological changes, such as the melting icecaps. It is not simply about fossil fuels and carbon footprints. We have come to the end of Economic Growth, Version 1.0, a world economy based on consumption and waste, where we lived beyond the means of our planet’s ecosystems and resources.

The Great Disruption offers a stark and unflinching look at the challenge humanity faces—yet also a deeply optimistic message. The coming decades will see loss, suffering, and conflict as our planetary overdraft is paid; however, they will also bring out the best humanity can offer: compassion, innovation, resilience, and adaptability. Gilding tells us how to fight—and win—what he calls “The One Degree War” to prevent catastrophic warming of the earth and how to start today.

The crisis represents a rare chance to replace our addiction to growth with an ethic of sustainability, and it’s already happening. It’s also an unmatched business opportunity: old industries will collapse while new companies literally reshape our economy. In the aftermath of the Great Disruption, we will measure “growth” in a new way. It will mean not quantity of stuff but quality and happiness of life. Yes, there is life after shopping.

Paul Gilding is an international thought leader and advocate for sustainability. He has served as head of Greenpeace International, built and led two companies, and advised both Fortune 500 corporations and community-based NGOs. A member of the core faculty for the Cambridge University Program for Sustainability Leadership, he blogs at www.paulgilding.com and his newsletter, the Cockatoo Chronicles, has subscribers around the world.

David Rothenberg SURVIVAL OF THE BEAUTIFUL: ART, SCIENCE, AND EVOLUTION November 2011 * Finished Books Bloomsbury Press "A searching, accessible, and often ecstatic book."—Wall Street Journal “Survival of the Beautiful is not just a book about beauty, but a beautiful book. And also an important one, which moves the debate about the biology of aesthetics beyond the cozy fables of evolutionary psychology to probe the deep nature of art and its origins.”—Philip Ball, author of Critical Mass and The Music Instinct

"The peacock's tail," said Charles Darwin, "makes me sick." That's because the theory of evolution as adaptation can't explain why nature is so beautiful. It took the concept of sexual selection for Darwin to explain that, a process that has more to do with aesthetics than the practical. Survival of the Beautiful is a revolutionary new examination of the interplay of beauty, art, and culture in evolution. Taking inspiration from Darwin's observation that animals have a natural aesthetic sense, philosopher and musician David Rothenberg probes why animals, humans included, have innate appreciation for beauty—and why nature is, indeed, beautiful.

Sexual selection may explain why animals desire, but it says very little about what they desire. Why will a bowerbird literally murder another bird to decorate its bower with the victim's blue feathers? Why do butterfly wings boast such brilliantly varied patterns? The beauty of nature is not arbitrary, even if random mutation has played a role in evolution. What can we learn from the amazing range of animal aesthetic behavior—about animals, and about ourselves?

Readers who enjoyed the bestsellers The Art Instinct and The Mind's Eye will find Survival of the Beautiful an equally stimulating and profound exploration of art, science, and the creative impulse.

David Rothenberg is Professor of Philosophy and Music at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and the author of books including Thousand Mile Song and Why Birds Sing. His articles have appeared in Parabola, The Nation, Wired, Dwell, and Sierra.

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Ioan Grillo EL NARCO: INSIDE MEXICO’S CRIMINAL INSURGENCY November 2011 *Finished Books Bloomsbury Press SOLD: Urano (Spain); Buchet-Chastel (France); Remi Kataryzna Portnicka (Poland) “Terrific—full of vivid front-line reporting; diverse interviews; a sense of history; a touch of social science; clarifying statistics; and realistic reviews of what might be done to improve things, none of it easy. It is essential reading.”—Steve Coll, NewYorker.com

The world has watched, stunned, at the bloodshed in Mexico. Forty thousand murdered since 2006; police chiefs shot within hours of taking office; mass graves comparable to those of civil wars; car bombs shattering storefronts; headless corpses heaped in town squares. And it is all because a few Americans are getting high. Or is it part of a worldwide shadow economy that threatens Mexico’s democracy? El Narco is not a gang; it is a movement and an industry drawing in hundreds of thousands, from bullet-riddled barrios to marijuana-covered mountains. In this “propulsive… high-octane” book (Publishers Weekly), Ioan Grillo draws the first definitive portrait of Mexico’s cartels and how they have radically transformed in the past decade.

“El Narco is riveting, authoritative reporting from the front lines of the Mexican drug wars. What's happening there has explosive potential consequences for every American, and Ioan Grillo's book shows you why."—Dan Rather, Founder and Anchor, HDNet's Dan Rather Reports. “El Narco achieves something unattempted in the English-language reporting on the Mexican drug war: it lays out in clear terms the contours of a world that has existed for years and only grown more barbaric as it’s graduated to “war” status.”—Bookforum

Ioan Grillo, has been reporting in Mexico for eight years and has unparalleled access and connections. He has interviewed foot soldiers of the cartels in prison, flown in private jets with President Felipe Calderón, and talked to hundreds of people on both sides of the battle, both ordinary citizens hoping for an end to the violence and the cartel soldiers themselves. Grillo has reported from all over Mexico for Time, NPR, the Houston Chronicle, and the Associated Press, and has appeared on CNN and BBC reports regularly.

Robert Andrew Powell THIS LOVE IS NOT FOR COWARDS: SALVATION AND SOCCER IN CIUDAD JUÁREZ February 2012 * Finished Books Bloomsbury USA

More than ten people are murdered every day in Ciudad Juárez, a city about the size of Philadelphia. As Mexico has descended into a feudal narco-state—one where cartels, death squads, the army, and local police all fight over billions of dollars in profits from drug and human trafficking—the border city of Juárez has been hit hardest of all. And yet, more than a million people still live there. They even love their impoverished city, proudly repeating its mantra: “Amor por Juárez.”

Nothing exemplifies the spirit and hope of Juarenses more than the Indios, the city’s beloved but hard-luck soccer team. Sport may seem a meager distraction, but to many it’s a lifeline. It drew charismatic American midfielder Marco Vidal back from Dallas to achieve the athletic dreams of his Mexican father. Team owner Francisco Ibarra and Mayor José Reyes Ferriz both thrive on soccer. So does the dubiously named crew of Indios fans, El Kartel. In this honest, unflinching, and powerful book, Robert Andrew Powell chronicles a season of soccer in this treacherous city just across the Rio Grande, and the moments of pain, longing, and redemption along the way. As he travels across Mexico with the team, Powell reflects on this struggling nation and its watchful neighbor to the north. This story is not just about sports, or even community, but the strength of humanity in a place where chaos reigns.

Robert Andrew Powell is the author of “We Own This Game” (Grove/Atlantic, 2003), a story of race, politics and football in Miami. The book was excerpted in Sports Illustrated; the magazine later named it one of the Best Books of 2003. His journalism has appeared in the New York Times, the New York Times Magazine, Play, Slate, Mother Jones, Inc., 5280, Sports Illustrated, Runner’s World, the Kansas City Star, on public radio's "This American Life with Ira Glass," and in the "Best American Sports Writing" anthology. He also produced a documentary film, “Year of the Bull,” which first aired on Showtime. He has won a James Beard Award for his food writing and twice been a finalist for the Livingston Award. He lives in Miami.

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Mark Kurlansky WHAT? ARE THESE THE 20 MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS IN HUMAN HISTORY—OR IS THIS A GAME OF 20 QUESTIONS? May 2011 *Finished Books Walker & Co. SOLD: Hoffman und Campe (Germany); Random House Korea (Korea); Exmo (Russia); Butik Yayincilik (Turkey) From the award-winning, bestselling author of Cod and Salt, a playful, provocative, brilliantly illuminating little book that examines life’s big questions. What is What? Could it be that Mark Kurlansky has written a very short, terrifically witty, deeply thought-provoking book entirely in the form of questions? A book that draws on philosophy, religion, literature, policy—indeed, all of civilization—to ask what may well be the twenty most important questions in human history? Or has he given us a really smart, impossibly amusing game of twenty questions? In What? Kurlansky distills the deep questions of life to their sparkling essence, supplying endless fodder for thoughtful conversation, but also endless opportunity to ponder and be challenged by—and entertained by—these questions in refreshingly original ways. As Kurlansky says, In a world that seems devoid of absolute certainties, how can we make declarative statements? Without asking the questions, how will we ever get to the answers? With Kurlansky’s striking black-and-white woodcut illustrations throughout, What? will engage, provoke, and amuse anyone who reads it. Will you? Mark Kurlansky is the New York Times bestselling author of Cod, Salt, The Basque History of the World, 1968, The Big Oyster, and Nonviolence: The History of a Dangerous Idea, among many other books.

Seth Horowitz THE UNIVERSAL SENSE: HOW HEARING SHAPES THE MIND August 2012 *Manuscript available 11/15 Bloomsbury USA Every day, we are beset by millions of sounds-ambient ones like the rumble of the train and the hum of an air conditioner, as well as more pronounced sounds, such as human speech, music, and sirens. How do we know which sounds should startle us, which should engage us, and which should turn us off? Why do we often fall asleep on train rides or in the car? Is there really a musical note that can make you sick to your stomach? Why do city folks have trouble sleeping in the country, and vice versa? In this fascinating exploration, research psychologist and sound engineer Seth Horowitz shows how our sense of hearing manipulates the way we think, consume, sleep, and feel. Starting with the basics of the biology, Horowitz explains why we hear what we hear, and in turn, how we've learned to manipulate sound: into music, commercial jingles, car horns, and modern inventions like cochlear implants, ultrasound scans, and the mosquito ringtone. Combining the best parts of This is Your Brain on Music and The Emotional Brain, this book gives new insight into what really makes us tick. Seth Horowitz, Ph.D is an assistant research professor in the departments of neuroscience and psychology at Brown University. He is the co-founder of NeuroPop, the first sound design and consulting firm to use neurosensory and psychophysical algorithms in music, sound design, and sonic branding. He is married to sound artist China Blue and lives in Warwick, RI.

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John de Graaf and David Batker WHAT’S THE ECONOMY FOR, ANYWAY? WHY IT’S TIME TO STOP CHASING GROWTH AND START PURSUING HAPPINESS November 2011 *Finished Books Bloomsbury Press SOLD: China CITIC Press (China, simplified) In their decades spent crusading for better quality of life, filmmaker and activist John de Graaf and economist David Batker have spoken to enthusiastic audiences around the world, yet every campaign has been met with a single rebuke: “Sounds great, but what will that do to the economy?” Batker and de Graaf think we have been asking the wrong question. Over the past four years, with help from various organizations including the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, they have been at work developing a new set of metrics based on the principle of the “greatest good for the greatest number over the longest run.” This simple principle aims to challenge our obsession with GDP and “economic growth,” which, lately, have served stockholders and quarterly earnings at great expense to taxpayers. What’s the Economy For, Anyway? asks readers to think differently about the issues that most affect their everyday lives and invites them to join the movement for a more visionary and equitable tomorrow. John de Graaf has been producing documentaries for more than thirty years. He has produced fifteen national primetime PBS specials and won more than one hundred local, national, and international awards for filmmaking. De Graaf is the coauthor of Affluenza, which sold more than 150,000 copies and was published in ten foreign editions and chosen as a campus read at ten universities. He is the director of the nonprofit Take Back Your Time and has published articles in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and Psychology Today, among others. David Batker is the executive director of the nonprofit Earth Economics. An economist, he has worked for both the World Bank and Greenpeace. He helped change lending policies at the World Bank as well as several other transnational lending institutions. He is a popular public speaker around the world. Recent talks include the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen.

Vivian Swift LE ROAD TRIP: A TRAVELER’S JOURNAL OF LOVE AND FRANCE April 2012 Bloomsbury USA *Finished Books SOLD: Astrel (Russia) Road trip: those are still the two most inspiring words to vagabonds and couch potatoes alike. Le Road Trip captures France’s irresistible allure, offering readers a totally new perspective of life on the road. Le Road Trip tells the story of one idyllic French honeymoon trip, but it is also a witty handbook of tips and advice on how to thrive as a traveler, a captivating visual record with hundreds of watercolor illustrations, and a chronicle depicting the incomparable charms of being footloose in France. Armchair travelers, die-hard vagabonds, art journalists, and red wine drinkers will all find something to savor in this story. Vivian Swift, author of When Wanderers Cease to Roam: A Traveler's Journal of Staying Put, is a freelance writer and former assistant vice president of Christie's Inc. When not traveling, she lives on the Long Island Sound with her husband.

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Art Wolfe and Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson DOGS MAKE US HUMAN: A GLOBAL FAMILY ALBUM October 2011 * Finished Books Bloomsbury USA SOLD: Rizzoli (Italy) Famed wildlife photographer Art Wolfe has chosen one hundred of his favorite photographs of dogs— including shots from every continent of the world—and teamed up with bestselling animal writer Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson to create a remarkable book that will be treasured by dog lovers far and wide. From Tibet to New York City, from Mongolia to Paris, Peru, and Ghana—in fact everywhere on earth—we see dogs living with humans in a kind of intimacy not found with any other animal. It is impossible to view these astonishing photographs without agreeing with Masson and Wolfe that there is no other relationship in nature quite like that between dogs and humans. The renowned author of Dogs Never Lie About Love offers deep insight into that relationship. For fifteen thousand years, Masson tells us, humans have encouraged dogs to become part of our lives, because we like being around them. And they, too, like being around us. As Masson points out, dogs don't care about our status, our color, our ethnicity; the biases, prejudices, and presuppositions of humans are foreign to dogs. Our cross-species friendship is a universal relationship that cuts across all cultures and continents. The mystery of it still defies explanation, but these extraordinary photographs reveal that its uniqueness is understood throughout the world. Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson is one of the world’s most popular and admired writers on the emotional life of animals. His books have sold more than 2,000,000 copies worldwide. His bestselling book Dogs Never Lie About Love has sold more than 900,000 copies in the United States and has been translated into twenty-five languages. His groundbreaking book on animal emotions, When Elephants Weep, has sold more than 700,000 copies in the U.S. Over the course of his thirty-year career, photographer Art Wolfe has worked on every continent and in hundreds of locations. Hailed by William Conway, former president of the Wildlife Conservation Society, as “the most prolific and sensitive recorder of a rapidly vanishing natural world,” Wolfe has taken an estimated one million images in his lifetime and has released more than sixty books.

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Catherine E. McKinley INDIGO: IN SEARCH OF THE COLOR THAT SEDUCED THE WORLD June 2011 * Finished Books Bloomsbury USA SOLD: Kosmos (Holland)

“A lyrical odyssey across borders, continents, and centuries. Indigo offers a new way to look at the world we thought we knew.”—Aminatta Forna

“This beautiful, unforgettable book, like indigo itself, reaches deeply into all of our lives.”—Edwidge Danticat

For almost five millennia, in every culture and in every major religion, indigo—a blue pigment obtained from the small green leaf of a parasitic shrub through a complex process that even scientists still regard as mysterious—has been at the center of turbulent human encounters.

Indigo is the story of this precious dye and its ancient heritage: its relationship to slavery as the “hidden half” of the transatlantic slave trade, its profound influence on fashion, and its spiritual significance, which is little recognized but no less alive today. It is an untold story, brimming with rich, electrifying tales of those who shaped the course of colonial history and a world economy.

But Indigo is also the story of a personal quest: Catherine McKinley is the descendant of a clan of Scots who wore indigo tartan as their virile armor; the kind of several generations of Jewish “rag traders”; the maternal grandmother of African slaves—her ancestors were traded along the same Saharan routes as indigo, where a length of blue cotton could purchase human life. McKinley’s journey in search of beauty and her own history ultimately leads her to a new and satisfying path, to finally “taste life”.

Catherine McKinley is the author of The Book of Sarahs. She is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, where she has taught Creative Nonfiction, and a former Fulbright Scholar in Ghana, West Africa, where she began her research on indigo. She lives in New York City.

Cynthia M. Bulik, Ph.D. THE WOMAN IN THE MIRROR: HOW TO STOP CONFUSING WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE WITH WHO YOU ARE January 2012 *Finished Books Walker & Co. SOLD: Minverva (Finland)

Many women—regardless of income, size, shape, ethnicity, and age—are uncomfortable in their own skin. We fixate on our body image and try endless diets, implants, hair extensions, and new shoes, but it's never enough. The problem is that girls and women have been socialized to mistakenly conflate body esteem and self-esteem. Body esteem refers to how you think and feel about your physical appearance: your size, shape, hair, and features. Self-esteem refers to how you think and feel about your personality, your role in relationships, your accomplishments, and your values-everything that contributes to who you are as a person. The Woman in the Mirror goes beyond typical self-esteem books to dig deep into the origins of women's problems with body image. Psychologist Cynthia Bulik guides readers in the challenging task of disentangling self-esteem from body esteem, and taking charge of the insidious negative self-talk that started as early as when you first realized you didn't really look like a fairy princess. By reprogramming how we feel about ourselves and our bodies, we can practice healthy eating and sensible exercise, and focus on the many things we have to offer our family, community, and job. Bulik provides us the tools to reclaim our self-confidence and to respect and love who we are. Cynthia M. Bulik, Ph.D., is the William R. and Jeanne H. Jordan Distinguished Professor of Eating Disorders in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, a professor of nutrition at UNC's Gillings School of Global Public Health, and director of the UNC Eating Disorders Program. She has been featured or quoted in Vogue, Newsweek, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal. She is the author of Crave: Why You Binge Eat and How to Stop and the coauthor of Runaway Eating (with Nadine Taylor). Bulik lives in North Carolina.

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