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*THE MEAT HOOK MEAT BOOK by Tom Mylan (World to Artisan)
First Cookbook from the Beloved Brooklyn Butcher and his shop.
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*THE GRAVITY OF BIRDS (North American rights to Simon and Schuster)by Tracy Guzeman, a debut novel that begins when a famous artist reveals the existence of a previously unseen painting to an art history professor and an art authenticator, sending them on a search for two reclusive sisters that will reveal a thwarted love affair, breathtaking betrayals, and unexpected connections between them all.
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*FOUR & TWENTY BLACKBIRDS: PIE (World to Grand Central)
A cookbook of pie recipes, techniques, and stories, by sisters from South Dakota, third-generation pie bakers, and co-owners of the wildly popular Brooklyn pie shop and cafe Four & Twenty Blackbirds.
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*THE MOUNTAIN, THE FATHERS by Joe Wilkins(World English to Counterpoint)
Pushcart Prize nominee, Best New Poets and Best American Essays author, and 2010 National Magazine Award finalist Joe Wilkins’ narrative that explores the life of boys and men in the unforgiving, harsh world of Eastern Montana, the Big Dry, in the vein of Ian Frazier and Norman McClean.
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*THE WRAP UP LIST and Untitled YA by Steven Arntson (NA to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
High School Senior Gabriela Rivera has one week to wrap up her life after receiving a death letter, which accounts for 1% of fatalities in a mostly familiar world.
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*BAKELESS SWEETS by Faith Durand (W to Stewart, Tabori, and Chang)
No-Bake (& Mostly Gluten-Free) Desserts Featuring Stovetop Puddings, Real Fruit Gelatins, Whipped Fluffs, Icebox Cakes, & Homey Desserts to Be Eaten With a Spoon, by the managing editor of The Kitchn.
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*AMONG THE JANEITES by Deborah Yaffe (NA to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Narrative non-fiction journey through the world of Jane Austen Fandom,by award-winning journalist and longtime Janeite.
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*IN THE WEEDS by Scott Haas (WE to Berkeley)
Clinical psychologist and award-winning food writer’s insider narrative non-fiction account of James Beard Award winner for Best Chef, Northeast, Tony Maws’s Boston restaurant Craigie on Main, interwoven with a broader inquiry into the psychology of cooking, serving, and dining out.
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*MANHATTAN MEDITERRANEAN by Melia Marden (NA to Stewart, Tabori & Chang)
First cookbook by the Executive Chef of NoHo restaurant The Smile, with 120 recipes for Mediterranean home cooking, with a sense of relaxed bohemian glamour.
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*THE OFFICE OF MERCY by Ariel Djanikian (W to Viking)
Debut novel about a twenty-four year old woman living in a high-tech utopian settlement, three hundred years after an intentional global catastrophe known as the Storm has remade civilization, whose job it is to track and kill the nomadic peoples who survived the Storm, and the ethical dilemmas she faces when she ventures outside the only world she has ever known.
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*LAURA LAMONT'S LIFE IN PICTURES by Emma Straub (W to Riverhead)
Debut novel in which a Midwestern girl's transformation into a 1940s Hollywood movie star comes at a high cost to family and identity.
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*AND LAUGHTER FELL FROM THE SKY by Jyotsna Sreenivasan (NA to HarperCollins)
A debut novel and contemporary love story about a young Indian-American woman determined to please her family and go through with an arranged marriage, as soon as she can stop sleeping with inappropriate men, especially the irritatingly bohemian friend of her younger brother, who may be the one she can’t live without.
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*LIMITLESS: Stories, Recipes, and Inspiration for a Low-Sodium Life, by Jessica Goldman (World to Wiley)
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* JAPANESE FARM FOOD: Simple Recipes and Traditional Techniques from Our Sustainable Life, by Nancy Singleton Hachisu. 125 recipes for Japanese country dishes, with family stories, and photographs by Kenji Miura (WE to Andrews McMeel)
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* SALTIE: 75 RECIPES FOR SANDWICHES, SALADS AND SOUPS, SWEET AND SAVORY TREATS, AND MORE by Caroline Fidanza (World to Chronicle)
Cookbook from the beloved sandwich shop in Williamsburg, Brooklyn by the founding chef of Diner and Marlow & Sons.
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*THE GONG-GONG MAN: A Business Adventure in Darkest Africa, by Max Alexander (World to Hyperion)
Recounting Alexander and his brother Whit's attempt to start a viable business in Ghana with a mission to employ local workers.
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*THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS, a novel by Vanessa Diffenbaugh (North American to Ballantine)
The story of a woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others even as she struggles to come to terms with her own troubled past as a foster child.
***UK – Pan Macmillan; ANZ – Picador; Italy – Garzanti; Spain – Salamandra; Catalan – 62; Holland – Unieboek; Brazil – Sextante; Israel – Kinneret; Germany – Droemer; France – Presses de la Cite; Portugal – Objectiva; Denmark – Lindhardt + Ringhof; Finland - WSOY; Russia - Ripol Classic; Poland - Swiat Ksiazki; Norway - Aschehoug; Taiwan – Linking; Korea – Woongjin; Sweden – Bazar; Latvia – Zvaigzne; Japan – Poplar; Croatia – Znanje; Slovakia – Ikar; Iceland - Forlagid; Czech Republic – Euromedia; Slovenia – Ucila International; Albania – Dudaj; China – Yilin; Estonia – Varrak; Serbia – Alnari; Lithuania – Almalittera;
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RIPE: A Fresh, Colorful Approach to Fruits and Vegetables, by Cheryl Sternman Rule and photographer Paulette Phlipot (World to Running Press)
A photocentric vegetarian cookbook, with stories and recipes, organized by color. THE .
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*CHICAGO CHEF'S TABLE by Amelia Levin (World to Lyons Press)
100 signature dishes from more than fifty of the city's best chefs -- from Charlie Trotter, Rick Bayless, and Grant Achatz, to the burgeoning street food scene.
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* THE NAPTIME CHEF, Fitting Great Food into Family Life, by Kelsey Banfield (North American to Running Press)
A cookbook by blogger of TheNaptimeChef.com and Babble columnist, featuring 150 recipes to prepare during your child’s naptime, plus smart tips, stories, and the encouraging and empowering message that you don’t have to give up being a foodie just because you are a parent or have limited time in the kitchen.
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*FOLLOW ME DOWN by Kio Stark (World rights to Red Lemonade/Richard Nash)
Stark writes about relational technology at NYU. She has written about feminism, NYC night court, the history of the documentary, graphic novels, failure and her favorite saints for The Nation, Killing the Buddha, Lime Tea, Feed and other publications. Follow Me Down is her first novel.
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*THE LOST WIFE by Alyson Richman (World English to Berkley)
The story of a successful New York obstetrician who still dreams of his first wife, Lenka, an art student he left behind in Czechoslovakia while fleeing the Nazis, and who he believes died during the war.WHAT CHEFS FEED THEIR KIDS: RECIPES AND TECHNIQUES FOR CULTIVATING A LOVE OF GOOD FOOD by Fanae Aaron (World to Globe Pequot)
A cookbook and parenting resource featuring 100 varied and easy recipes, strategies, tips, and stories, from top chefs who are parents.
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*FRENCH LESSONS, a novel by Ellen Sussman (World English to Ballantine)
The story of how a single day in Paris changes the lives of three different Americans as they each set off to explore the city with a French tutor, learning not just about language, but also love and loss as their lives intersect in surprising ways.
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*FOUR KITCHENS: MY LIFE BEHIND THE BURNER IN MANHATTAN, ISRAEL, VIETNAM, AND PARIS by Lauren Shockey (World to Grand Central).
Memoir of a young chef looking for her place in the world, with recipes.
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*THE WIKKELING, by Steven Arntson (World English to Running Press)
A middle-grade adventure set in a near-future dystopia and told in the smart and playful style of The Mysterious Benedict Society, in which three friends unravel the mystery of their life-threatening migraines, overcome a frightening enemy, and discover that the world is more complicated, and more magical, than they’ve been taught. A debut by a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. * ARTISANAL GLUTEN-FREE CUPCAKES, 50 From-Scratch Recipes to Delight Every Cupcake Devotee- Gluten-Free and Otherwise, by Kelli Bronski and Pete Bronski (World to the Experiment)
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*CAMPFIRE COOKERY: ADVENTURESOME RECIPES & OTHER CURIOSITIES FOR THE GREAT OUTDOORS, by Sarah Huck and Jaimee Young (World to Stewart, Tabori, & Chang)
Cookbook featuring 120 fanciful yet simple recipes for nature enthusiasts who crave more than beans and s’mores, and home cooks who want to bring the spirit of camping home, with a foreword by Melissa Clark.
*GAMES TO PLAY AFTER DARK, a debut novel by Sarah Gardner Borden, (North American to Vintage)
The story of a modern marriage from the electric meet-cute at a party in the West Village to the messy tumult of suburban parenthood. Drawing comparisons to Mary Gaitskill and Richard Yates for its exploration of the dark side of the American dream.
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*ANCIENT GRAINS FOR MODERN MEALS, Mediterrahean Whole Grain Recipes for Barley, Farro, Kamut, Polenta, Wheat Berries, & More by Maria Speck (World to Ten Speed Press)
100 delicious and easy Mediterranean whole grain recipes, inspired by the author's Greek mother.
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*PLANTING DANDELIONS: FIELD NOTES FROM A SEMI-DOMESTICATED LIFE by Kyran Pittman (World to Riverhead)
Essays on love, family, sex after children, money, foreclosure, in which Pittman, a native of Newfoundland, will reveal what it’s like to be a wife, mother and foreigner living in white-picket-fence suburban Arkansas.
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*OTHER PEOPLE WE MARRIED by Emma Straub (North American to FiveChapters Books, rereleased by Riverhead)
A debut story collection about the surprising and often funny ways love develops and disintegrates over time, by a writer Dan Chaon calls “wry, witty, incisively observant” and Kevin Brockmeier says has “the smarts and humor of a Lorrie Moore or a Laurie Colwin or a Laurie Anderson—any number of Lauries”.
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*MAMALITA, by Jessica O'Dwyer (North American to Seal Press)
A gripping and inspiring memoir of an ordinary American woman’s quest to adopt a baby girl against almost insurmountable odds in Guatemala.
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* THE LANGUAGE OF TREES, a novel by Ilie Ruby (North American to Avon)
A love story with a family secret at the heart.
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* FALSE MERMAID, by Erin Hart (NA to Scribner)
From the author of LAKE OF SORROWS and HAUNTED GROUND, a crime novel, mining forensic anthropology, Irish history and myth.
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*SAVVY CHIC: THE ART OF MORE FOR LESS, by Anna Johnson (WE to Collins)
Author of Three Black Skirts and The Yummy Mummy Manifesto, Anna Johnson's memoir with how-to advice on living elegantly on the cheap, including entertaining, decorating, and dressing, centered around Johnson's philosophy that a sense of abundance, generosity, and fun come from re-inventing the rules and milking spare change.
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* MARRIAGE AND OTHER ACTS OF CHARITY, by best-selling, award-winning Kate Braestrup (NA to Little, Brown)
From helping newlywed couples make amends after their first fight to preparing herself for her second marriage, Braestrup offers her experience and insights into what it truly means to share your life with someone, from the first kiss to the last straw, for better or for worse.
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* A COUNTRY CALLED HOME, by Kim Barnes (NA to Knopf)
Novel about a young couple trying to create a utopia in Idaho.
-- Winner of 2009 PEN USA Award
-- Longlisted for the 2010 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
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*IT’S NOT YOU IT’S ME: The Poetry of Breakup and Divorce, by Jerry Williams (World to Overlook)
Anthology of living American poets on heartbreak, ranging in emotion from melancholy to fury to funny. Contributors include Tony Hoagland, Maxine Kumin, Ed Hirsch, Kim Addonizio, Denis Johnson, and Mark Strand.
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*THE BEST OF EVERYTHING AFTER 50: The Experts' Guide to Style, Sex, Health, Money & More, by Barbara Grufferman (World to Running Press)
Barbara Hannah Grufferman combines the real-world questions of a 51-year-old New Yorker with professional expertise from the top specialists in the city (Diane Von Furstenberg on style, Frederic Fekkai on hair, etc).
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*ARTISANAL GLUTEN-FREE COOKING: MORE THAN 175 GREAT-TASTING, FROM-SCRATCH RECIPES FROM AROUND THE WORLD, PERFECT FOR EVERY MEAL AND FOR ANYONE ON A GLUTEN-FREE DIET— AND EVEN THOSE WHO AREN’T, by Kelli Bronski and Peter Bronski (World to The Experiment)
A unique author team made up of a passionate cook and a professional writer with celiac disease. Features fresh and simple cooking and their signature flour blend.
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*HOW TO DRINK, by Victoria Moore (NA to Andrews McMeel)
A charming voice-driven handbook to better drinking of all kinds—both alcoholic and teetotal—at all times of day and throughout the seasons.
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*THE PATRON SAINT OF USED CARS AND SECOND CHANCES by Mark Millhone (WE to Modern Times/Rodale)
Memoir from Men's Health writer who survives a year full of tragedies by buying his dream car and enjoying heart-to-heart conversations with his father on the ride back from picking up the car. Painfully honest, painfully funny.
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*JUST LIKE FAMILY: INSIDE THE LIVES OF NANNIES, THE PARENTS THEY WORK FOR, AND THE CHILDREN THEY LOVE by Tasha Blaine (NA to Harcourt)
Narrative non-fiction illuminating the lives of nannies and their complicated position within American families.
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*WHAT I THOUGHT I KNEW by Alice Eve Cohen (WE to Viking)
Written with the suspense of a thriller and the intimacy of a diary, Alice Eve Cohen's memoir describes her unexpected journey through doubt, a broken medical system, and the hotly contested terrain of faith and values in today’s society, upon finding out that she is pregnant at age 44 and not in fact dying of a mysterious illness.
- O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE has chosen WHAT I THOUGHT I KNEW as one of the 25 books of summer in the July/August 2009 issue!
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* THE WHOLE FIVE FEET: MY YEAR WITH THE HARVARD CLASSICS, by Christopher Beha (WE to Grove/Atlantic)
Non-fiction. Twenty-seven-year-old Christopher Beha proposes to read one volume of the Harvard Classics per week starting on New Year’s Day, January 1, 2007 and finishing December 31, 2007.
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* THE SECRET CURRENCY OF LOVE: THE UNABASHED TRUTH ABOUT WOMEN, MONEY, AND RELATIONSHIPS edited by Hilary Black (World to William Morrow)
An anthology of original essays exploring the fraught and powerful connection between love and money.
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* HERE IF YOU NEED ME, by Kate Braestrup (NA to Little, Brown)
After the unexpected death of her husband, Braestrup took up his dream of becoming a minister, and this book recounts her experiences serving as the chaplain on search-and-rescue missions for the Maine State Warden Service. Along the way, she will address questions large and small about God, grief and grace.
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* THE UPPER CLASS, by Hobson Brown, Jardine Libaire and Taylor Materne (NA to Harper)
The first in a four part series set in the privileged but fraught world of an elite East Coast boarding school (by authors who met while attending Hotchkiss together in the nineties).
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* THE HONEYMOON’S OVER: TRUE STORIES OF LOVE, MARRIAGE, AND DIVORCE, by Andrea Chapin & Sally Wofford-Girand (World to Warner)
An anthology of essays by writers including Terry McMillan, Joyce Maynard, Alice Randall, Laura Fraser, and Isabel Rose, writing about difficult times in their own marriages and why and how they decided to stay or to divorce.
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* THE LAST VAN GOGH, by Alyson Richman (World to Berkley)
Spanning the last seventy days of Vincent Van Gogh's life in a French village, under the care of a homeopathic doctor Paul Gachet.
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* THE BOOK OF TROUBLE: A ROMANCE, by Ann Marlowe (NA to Harcourt, 2006)
From the author of HOW TO STOP TIME, the story of an unlikely romance between Jewish New Yorker and a devout Muslim makes for a defense of romance and an ode to sexual passion.
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* HUNGER AND THIRST, by Daniela Kuper (NA to St. Martin's, 2005)
A debut novel that recreates a world by affirming eternal virtues-humor, pain, and the joy of daily life.
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* THE J.A.P. CHRONICLES, by Isabel Rose (NA to Doubleday/Broadway, 2005)
The story of six women who met as girls at an elite Jewish summer camp, called a "fusion of Candace Bushnell and Jane Austen."
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* LAKE OF SORROWS, by Erin Hart (NA to Scribner, 2004)
Follow up to award-winning HAUNTED GROUND, a tale of death and destiny in an Ireland rich with tradition, myth and mystery.
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* THE KING OF SWINGS, by Michael Blaine (NA to Houghton Mifflin)
The story of working class caddy Johnny Goodman's journey to victory over the legendary Bobby Jones in the nation's first national golf tournament in Pebble Beach, California in 1929, and his escape from poverty and pursuit of excellence in golf that provided ordinary Americans "with the same kind of inspiration as the legendary Seabiscuit."
