http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/rights/ Rights news, rights offerings, and book proposals posted by members of Publishers Marketplace en-us 2008-08-27T15:19:18+00:00 Publishers Marketplace Publishers Marketplace hourly 1 2004-11-01T12:00:00+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/images/PM_rssimg.gif http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/ http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/rights/display.cgi?rights_no=5816 The Impostor Syndrome is the feeling of being a fraud. Regardless of what is going on around you, there is a nagging feeling people will find out that you are not as smart, skilled, or talented as they think you are. It's as though you aren't the person you appear to be to the rest of the world. Tris Coburn, Tristram C. Coburn Literary Management 2008-08-27T15:19:18+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/rights/display.cgi?rights_no=5815 As a military technology writer, and later a freelance correspondent for The Washington Times, C-SPAN and BBC Radio, David Axe spent four years jetting from conflict to conflict, with only short pauses in between. War was life for David Axe. For four years he was alternately bored out of his mind and completely terrified. War is Boring is the story of Axe's odyssey through the world's most dangerous places, en route from naivete to contrition by way of maxed-out credit ... Bernadette Baker-Baughman, Baker's Mark Literary Agency 2008-08-25T20:31:59+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/rights/display.cgi?rights_no=5814 THE RICH ARE DIFFERENT, the 73,000-word second novel in Chris Orcutt's Dakota Stevens mystery series, explores the rarefied world of a Long Island heiress and her murdered brother who owned an Old West resort in Montana. Going undercover as actors in a make-believe mining town straight out of 1885, Dakota and his associate, Svetlana Krush, hunt down the man's killers, discovering a mother lode of a motive in the process. Like bullets from a Gatling gun, the suspects come fast and ... Krista Goering, The Krista Goering Literary Agency LLC 2008-08-25T19:36:53+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/rights/display.cgi?rights_no=5813 "Utterly engaging and suspenseful throughout. Stylishly written—nods to the classics of the detective genre—with great characters and plenty of wit and originality." — Dave King, National Bestselling Author of The Ha-Ha A REAL PIECE OF WORK, a 73,000-word PI/mystery novel, delves into a world of forged and stolen art, secret identities and murder. In a case that leads from Manhattan to the Catskills to Washington, D.C., what begins as the simple recovery of a painting soon ... Krista Goering, The Krista Goering Literary Agency LLC 2008-08-25T19:36:11+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/rights/display.cgi?rights_no=5812 After a terrifying experience of nearly being swept out to sea, and his conversation with a "Higher Presence," the author, William Murtha, radically changed his life and is inspiring others with a transformational message. Readers will cheer at William's "one in a billion" spine-tingling rescue that made headlines in the U.K., inspired a segment on a television documentary and leaves audiences spellbound during his speaking engagements. Ginny Weissman, Martin Literary Management 2008-08-25T18:58:17+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/rights/display.cgi?rights_no=5811 A 50,000 word biography of Michael Phelps to be delivered by September 1, 2008 by Bob Schaller who has known Michael, his mother and sisters for more than ten years and has interviewed them extensively more than 10 times. Bob Schaller has written a large number of popular books including the autobiography of Rulon Gardner written with Rulon after he won the Olympic Wrestling Title Robert G. (Bob) Diforio, D4EO Literary Agency 2008-08-25T00:27:26+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/rights/display.cgi?rights_no=5810 A comic novel about a day in the life of the Davis family of Long Island and the events that bring them all together in the same place and time to actually see and interact with each other. Laura Strachan, Strachan Literary Agency 2008-08-22T13:28:35+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/rights/display.cgi?rights_no=5809 Herb use in the martial arts has had roots in traditional Chinese medicine. But as ever more martial artists train in the West, interest in Western herbs grows. A MARTIAL ARTIST'S GUIDE TO WESTERN HERBS investigates 64 herbs that are readily available in North America and Europe. For each herb, the guide discusses the evidence for its effectiveness, the evidence for its safety, and how specifically to use it to enhance martial training. After reading A MARTIAL ARTIST'S GUIDE TO ... Krista Goering, The Krista Goering Literary Agency LLC 2008-08-21T19:57:29+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/rights/display.cgi?rights_no=5808 When Ron Moore lost his entire family to violence one morning in December, 1996, he would be faced with a nearly insurvivable tragedy. The fact that his own teenage son, Aaron, would be the instrument of that violence, killing his mother and younger sister before turning the gun on himself, was absolutely incomprehensible. The events of that frigid morning would shake Ron Moore's faith to its core. It would also lead him on a journey to find Christ in those around him, and to forgive ... Gina Panettieri, Talcott Notch Literary Services 2008-08-20T21:21:59+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/rights/display.cgi?rights_no=5807 Technothriller. Japanese detective stumbles onto deployment of military robots. Cutting-edge technology. Fast read. Pub Date September 20, 2008. "Innovative, fast-paced, and superbly written, this I,robot is honestly better than both of those stories [Isaac Asimov's book or Will Smith's movie] put together... I,robot is a mesmerizing read with memorable characters, great dialogue, believable technology, and wonderful action." March/April 2008 ForeWord Magazine ... Howard S. Smith, Robot Binaries & Press Corp 2008-08-20T02:40:40+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/rights/display.cgi?rights_no=5804 Anna Rowan is the hottest young female chef in Chicago. Her restaurant, Tart, is a critics' favorite, and it's practically impossible to get a reservation - which is unsurprising, as this is a woman who graduated culinary school in three years, before studying under some of the world's greatest chefs. Her live-in boyfriend, Tart's G.M. Byron Smith, is a sharp, sexy, flower-giving food industry veteran whose keen business sense and iron fist keeps Tart thriving. On top ... Alan Goldsher 2008-08-19T15:14:42+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/rights/display.cgi?rights_no=5802 She's a singer, a songwriter, a pianist, a rock goddess, and a sex kitten. She's Jenn Bradford, and her career is in disarray. Jenn's third album, Reality Check, was dismissed by critic/super cute indie rock boy Zach Bingham as "fence straddling" and "not nearly as strong as her near-classic, Guess Who Came at Dinner." The audiences at Jenn's shows are at once shrinking and bored. And she can't bring herself to fire her troublesome but talented ... Alan Goldsher 2008-08-19T15:09:46+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/rights/display.cgi?rights_no=5801 Her high school years were defined by boring advanced placement classes and unrequited love, but now singer and self-professed nerdy chick Naomi Braver is a rock 'n' roll goddess. Just ask Rolling Stone, who wrote, "If Liz Phair married Sheryl Crow, and they had a child that was midwifed by Ani DiFranco, and babysat by Tori Amos, it'd probably be Naomi." Not bad for a born and bred Brooklyn girl who used to have trouble getting any boys to kiss her. Before they ... Alan Goldsher 2008-08-19T15:06:18+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/rights/display.cgi?rights_no=5800 This picaresque first novel, narrated by the protagonist Trane's dog, Max, visits the scenes and people -- the threads -- of many travels, revolving externally around the sequence of a year's walks and resolving, finally, in a summer scene wherein the threads are knit and Trane finds his voice. Christopher Vyce 2008-08-19T15:03:03+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/rights/display.cgi?rights_no=5799 Part confession, part biography, and part road book, this memoir about a daughter who ran away, a father who disappeared long before that daughter was born, and a jazz musician explores music's ability to trigger longing and heal loss Christopher Vyce 2008-08-19T15:01:20+00:00