*YOUR BEAUTY MARK: All You Need to Get the Hair, Makeup, Glow and Glam

“Queen of the New Burlesque” Dita von Teese shares her secrets to vintage glamour in this long-awaited and comprehensive beauty guide. Whether she is swirling inside a towering martini glass or turning heads on the red carpet, one thing is certain for this self-styled fashion icon, beauty is an art. Now, for the first time, Dita divulges the beauty secrets that have earned her a frequent spot on international best dressed lists and high-profile fashion show rosters. In YOUR BEAUTY MARK, Dita takes readers through every step of her many signature looks–from her perfectly coiffed hair to her flawless skin and makeup–and turns to experts and friends in the field for authoritative advice. With diet and exercise tips, information on skincare, and tricks for brow shaping, lipstick application, eye shadow and more, Dita empowers readers with the skills, confidence, and inspiration they need to discover their individual beauty expressions. Lavish color photographs and gorgeous step-by-step images will make this book appealing to her devoted fan base around the world and anyone interested in classic style. !t Books

Estimated length: 256 pages; full-color photos throughout

Manuscript available: April 2012

Wills, David

A stunning photographic chronicle of Audrey Hepburn’s iconic film and fashion career in the 1960s, a decade she defined with her elegant style, from renowned curator and photographic preservationist David Wills. Like the author’s previous book, MARILYN MONROE: Metamorphosis, this collection of dramatic and glamorous photographs portrays a screen icon beyond compare. AUDREY: The 60s showcases Audrey at the pinnacle of her career, both on the film set and in fashion photo shoots from the films that made her famous to the photographers who worshipped and immortalized her. From Breakfast at Tiffany’s to Vogue, Audrey’s landmark style was everywhere—and still is. Taken by various photographers, the pictures come from one collector and they capture Audrey’s beauty and personality flawlessly. With over two hundred full-bleed photos, reproduced to the highest standards, AUDREY: The 60s brings her legacy into perfect focus. !t Books

Estimated length: 256 pages; color and b&w throughout; 9 x 11; $40.00

Manuscript available: May 2012; Sample spreads available
Wilson, Ann, and Nancy with Charles Cross

*UNTITLED HEART MEMOIR

Heart is one of our most enduring rock acts of all time, a legacy spanning four decades, and groundbreakers as two women who wrote and performed their own music. Now, for the first time, they tell their rock and roll story. Starting in the 1970s, when their debut Dreamboat Annie delivered mega hits like “Crazy for You” and “Magic Man” to the 1990s when they reinvented themselves as power balladeers and conquered MTV with “These Dreams” and “All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You” to their 2010 release, Red Velvet Car, which received critical praise and reached the Billboard Top 10, Heart has always been, first and foremost, a showcase for two awesomely talented women: Ann and Nancy Wilson. But as women, they faced a different kind of scrutiny--their relationships, their looks, Ann’s battle with weight, Nancy’s divorce from Cameron Crowe—fodder for journalists that has taken precedence over the power of their music. With the help of critically acclaimed and bestselling music biography Charles Cross, Ann and Nancy tell their story. With inter-band relationships causing enough turmoil to rival Fleetwood Mac, a rollercoaster relationship with fame, constant reinvention, and tales of sex and drugs, here is the story of two women who have shown the world that women can truly rock for over thirty-five years. !t Books

Estimated length: 320 pages; 16 pp 4-color insert

Manuscript available: June 2012

Non-Fiction
Aczel, Amir

*WHY SCIENCE DOES NOT DISPROVE GOD

The book educated believers have been waiting for. From the author of FERMAT’S LAST THEOREM, an incisive argument about one of the greatest debates of all time – the existence of God.  Has our knowledge of current science indeed disproved the existence of God? Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Lawrence Krauss, Stephen Hawking, and other highly esteemed scientists and writers have all written bestsellers positing that we have no choice but to accept that the creation of the universe came out of nothing. Amir Aczel, himself a mathematician, physicist and much published author, disagrees and clearly demonstrates in multiple ways that science has as yet to provide definitive proof that the assumption of a Creator must be false.  Aczel offers brilliant and incisive analyses of the theories and findings of such titans as Albert Einstein, Roger Penrose, Alan Guth, and Charles Darwin, all of whose major breakthroughs leave open the possibility and even the strong likelihood of a Creator.  Aczel also lucidly discourses on arcane aspects of physics and shows that quantum theory, the anthropic principle, the fine-tuned dance of protons and quarks, the existence of anti-matter, and the theory of parallel universes also all fail to disprove a Creator.  Amir Aczel is perhaps best known for FERMAT’S LAST THEOREM, published in 14 languages and still selling well after almost 20 years. For his last work, PRESENT AT THE CREATION: The Story of CERN and the Large Hadron Collider, he interviewed thirteen Nobel Prize winners in physics, and he has an understanding of modern physics ahead of almost anyone who writes for the lay person about that science. He also writes for Discover Magazine online, Scientific American, New York Times and Wall Street Journal. He is often interviewed about science on radio and television including four recent appearances on NPR's “Talk of the Nation’s Science Friday." William Morrow

Estimated length: 300 pages

Manuscript available: January 2013

Proposal available

A beautifully written, thought-provoking combination of memoir and manifesto by Eric Asimov, the acclaimed, highly respected chief wine critic for the New York Times. “The primary purpose of wine is to provide pleasure and refreshment. It can do so much more than that, but should never do less.” For most, choosing the right wine comes with strong feelings of anxiety—there’s the sense of inadequacy when you find yourself, clueless, scanning the shelves of your local wine store, or even embarrassment when a restaurant sommelier approaches you to taste the bottle for your table. In HOW TO LOVE WINE, Eric weaves in stories of his love affair with wine that began as a graduate student on a budget, and also incorporates in-depth discussions of beautiful and rare wines in order to help readers overcome their feelings of dread and instead instill in them a sense of discovery. Thought-provoking and vicariously enjoyable, HOW TO LOVE WINE will inspire readers not by offering tricks and methods for memorizing arcane data, but by isolating and diminishing the sense of anxiety that so burdens would-be wine lovers. Eric Asimov is the chief wine critic of The New York Times and is also the interim chief restaurant critic for the Times. William Morrow

Publication: October 2012 (JS)

Estimated length: 256 pages

Manuscript available: April 2012
Baxter, John

*HUNTING THE LOST TASTES OF FRANCE

In 2010 UNESCO declared traditional French gastronomy to be an “intangible cultural heritage of humanity.”  But could traditional French cuisine be disappearing?   HUNTING THE LOST TASTES OF FRANCE takes us on a journey to the heart of the world’s most revered and complex cuisine, where the old ways of agriculture, butchering, and cooking are dwindling – leaving us with only a small fraction of the astonishing delights French cuisine has to offer.  In this charming culinary travel memoir, the bestselling author of The Most Beautiful Walk in the World goes in search of the most delicious and bizarre endangered foods of France, including ORTOLANS (tiny birds, drowned in Armagnac, sautéed in butter and eaten whole), BOUILLABAISSE (the secret ingredient is an ugly fish called the rascasse that lurks around wrecks), 100 YEAR OLD COGNAC (the old stuff never gets to the shops), CONFITURE VIEUX GARCON (literally, “Old Boys’ Preserves”) and OX (cooked whole on a spit over coals…the recipe begins with “First, catch your ox…”).  John Baxter is an acclaimed writer, memoirist, film critic and biographer, co-director of the Paris Writers Workshop, and former BBC commentator.  A native of Australia, he now lives in Paris.

Estimated length:  336 pages                                                                                                      

Manuscript available
Beauregard, Mario

BRAIN WARS: The Scientific Battle Over the Existence of the Mind and the Proof That Will Change the Way We Live Our Lives

From the author of THE SPIRITUAL BRAIN comes a challenge to materialist science, which assumes that human beings are essentially collections of material particles, and all our thoughts, feelings, beliefs, intentions, sense of self and spiritual experiences are nothing more than electrochemical impulses in our brains. In MIND SCIENCE, Dr. Beauregard presents a series of empirical evidence demonstrating that the materialist model of reality is just plain false and that humans are much more than material machines. He introduces scientific findings that indicate that thoughts, beliefs, emotions, volition, and mental images can greatly influence the activity of the brain and the physiological systems (e.g., immune system, endocrine system). He shows that meditation training can change the physical structure of the brain and presents research data on near-death experiences indicating that mind and consciousness can continue when the brain is no longer functional. Mind and consciousness can survive physical death, can significantly influence cerebral activity and the physiological systems connected to this organ; the human mind can also interact at a distance with physical systems (e.g., electronic devices) and biological organisms (e.g., microorganisms, plants, animals, humans), and operate beyond brain. This emerging worldview has deep social, moral, and spiritual implications and may contribute to the appearance of a planetary form of consciousness. Mario Beauregard is currently Associate Research Professor at the Departments of Psychology and Radiology, and the Neuroscience Research Center, Université de Montréal. He is the author of THE SPIRITUAL BRAIN, and more than 100 publications in neuroscience, psychology and psychiatry. His groundbreaking work on the neurobiology of mind, emotion and spiritual experiences has received international media coverage. His work has been covered by major newspapers and magazines such as The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Globe and Mail, National Post, Scientific American Mind, Science Magazine, The New Scientist, and The Economist. In 2010, Dr. Beauregard received the Spectrum Award from the World Organization for Human Potential (WOHP, USA) for his work in neuroscience. HarperOne

Estimated length: 256 pages

Galley available
Bergstein, Rachelle

WOMEN FROM THE ANKLE DOWN: The Story of Shoes and How They Define Us

“The evolution of women’s shoes since WWII becomes the story of women’s self-empowerment in this engaging, toe-to-heel study by editorial consultant Bergstein. . .[she] provides minibios and fascinating informational tidbits.”  - Publishers Weekly

“An illuminating study of the history of women's shoes in the 20th century… Wickedly provocative.” – Kirkus

The story of shoes in the past hundred-plus years is the story of women, told from the ankle down. From Marilyn Monroe’s Ferragamo stilettos to Jane Fonda’s Reeboks, WOMEN FROM THE ANKLE DOWN is a delightful romp through the history of shoes and the women who wore them. Women love shoes. But how did we get here? What is it about footwear that leaves women so breathless? Part social history, part fashion history and part pop-culture celebration, this book opens in the rural village of Bonito, Italy where a young Salvatore Ferragamo set out to change the landscape for footwear, and ends in New York City, where a fictional socialite named Carrie Bradshaw refused to settle for Mr. Wrong and felt entitled to treat herself to expensive shoes. It makes pit-stops in Hollywood, where Judy Garland first slipped on her ruby slippers; in New Jersey, where Nancy Sinatra heard something special in a song about boots; and in the streets of Manhattan, where the 1980 transit strike caused women to kick off their heels and step into new cutting-edge athletic shoes for their commutes. The book explores the stories behind these historical moments, and draws in the design innovations and social changes that gave each one its lasting significance and appeal. Harper

Estimated length: 256 pages

Galley available

Bertoldi, Concetta

DO DEAD PEOPLE WATCH YOU SHOWER sold in Albania/Hemma 999; Brazil/Pensamento Cultrix; France/ADA; Germany/Droemer; Holland/Kosmos; Japan/Tokuma Shoten; Latvia/Diena; Portugal/Estrela Polar; Spain/Martinez Roca

Estimated length: 256 pages

Galley available
Browne, Sylvia

*PAST LIVES OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS

Unlike any other book Browne has written, PAST LIVES OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS addresses the past lives of celebrities we love. Previously Sylvia has written about what transpires after death, but now she explains what happens before birth. Following an explanation of how Sylvia communicates with her spirit guide, Francine, PAST LIVES OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS explains exactly what (often very surprising) lives some of our beloved celebrities lived in the past before the lives they’re living now. Readers will come to see their favorite celebrities in a whole new way in light of this never-before-divulged information. Browne does not just reveal what celebrities were doing in their past lives, but also makes a spiritual connection between what they did then and what they are doing now. She also tells us whether this is a celebrity’s final life, or whether he or she will continue the journey into other lives in the future. Sylvia Browne is a #1 New York Times-bestselling author and world-famous psychic who has appeared regularly on the Montel Williams Show and on Larry King Live, as well as making countless other media and public appearances. She is also founder of her church, the Society of Novus Spirit, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2011. HarperOne

Estimated length: 256 pages

Manuscript available: May 2012
Casti, John L

X-EVENTS: How Advanced Societies Will Collapse

Nassim Taleb’s The Black Swan meets Jared Diamond’s Collapse in this provocative and highly readable account about how today’s advanced societies are highly vulnerable to extreme events that could topple civilization like a house of cards. A complex system has formed on a scale never before imagined. All it may take to send civilization crashing backward by a millennium is a nudge from what complexity theorists like John Casti call an “X-Event,” an unpredictable scenario that yields extreme consequences. When the X-Event hits, finance, communication, and travel will halt. The flow of food, electricity, medicine, and clean water will cease. What will you do? A renowned complexity scientist, Dr. Casti shows how our world has become impossibly complex. Technology is advancing at an exponential rate and so too is our reliance on technology for every aspect of our lives. Yet it is a rule of mathematics that higher and higher levels of complexity make a system correspondingly more fragile and vulnerable to sudden, spectacular collapse. Fascinating and chilling, X-EVENTS (shorthand for “extreme events”) provides a provocative tour of the catastrophic outlier scenarios that would send us back to the horse-and-buggy era in a flash: global financial “black swans”; the world-wide crash of the internet that would halt all communication; the end of oil, nuclear winter, “nano-plagues”; robot uprisings; electromagnetic-pulse bombs; pandemic viruses; and more. John L. Casti, Ph.D., is Senior Research Scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, where he heads an initiative for the study on Extreme Events in Human Society. He worked for many years at the Sante Fe Institute and the RAND Corporation, as well as serving on the faculties of Princeton, the University of Arizona, and NYU. A former editor of the journal Complexity, Casti received his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Southern California. He lives in Vienna, Austria. William Morrow

Estimated length: 336 pages, with 25 b&w illustrations

Galley available
Cha, Victor

*THE IMPOSSIBLE STATE: North Korea, Past and Future

".. a must-read combination for anybody interested in Korea, east Asia, or global security more generally." —Gideon Rose, Editor, Foreign Affairs

“An eye-opening view of the closed, repressive dictatorship of North Korea…Cha aims to get at some of the pressing questions since Kim Jong-il’s death and the succession of the utterly unknown younger son, Kim Jonh-um…A useful, pertinent work for understanding the human story behind the headlines.” - Kirkus

Though much discussed and often maligned, precious little is known or understood about the world’s most menacing and mysterious nation. Now, in THE IMPOSSIBLE STATE, seasoned diplomat and lauded scholar Victor Cha pulls back the curtain on this controversial and isolationist country. Since its founding, North Korea has perpetrated countless human rights violations against its own people, waged a seemingly endless war with its southern neighbor and her allies, and doggedly pursued aggressive nuclear ambitions in the face of continued international sanctions. Now, with the passing of Kim Jong-il, it faces a pivitol—and troubling—dynastic transition of power, from mercurial father to inexperienced son. THE IMPOSSIBLE STATE will give the definitive account of North Korea’s past and provide insightful analysis of its uncertain future, while offering rare personal anecdotes from the author, both of his time on the ground in Pyongyang and at home as an advisor in the White House. Engagingly written, authoritative but accessible, THE IMPOSSIBLE STATE offers much-needed answers to the world’s most pressing questions about North Korea, and ultimately warns of its government’s potential collapse—a fall for which we as Americans may be woefully unprepared. Victor Cha is the former Director for Asian Affairs at the National Security Council, where he served as an advisor to the President from 2004-2007. The recipient of two Outstanding Service commendations during his tenure at the White House, Cha is also the award-winning author of ALIGNMENT DESPITE ANTAGONISM and BEYOND THE FINAL SCORE: The Politics of Sport in Asia. His writing has appeared in Foreign Affairs, International Security, and Political Science Quarterly, among other journals. Cha currently holds the D.S. Song Chair in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and is a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. Ecco
Rights sold: UK/The Bodley Head
Publication: April 2012 (CBR)

Estimated length: 544 pages; 16 charts and graphs; color photo insert

Book available

Di Vincenzo, Mark

Following the bestselling compendium BUY KETCHUP IN MAY AND FLY AT NOON, another essential guide packed with expert tips on timing for just about everything, from money and health to travel and food. BUY MUSTARD IN MAY covers an even wider range of topics and subjects, such as whole sections on beauty tips, pets, cars and children. Learn the best time to visit New York City if you’re on a budget (January), best time to post on Facebook (7am, 5pm & 10pm), and best time to read to your child (8pm). Throughout are money-saving tips and solid advice to save you money and time, and make you the savvy consumer you’ve always wanted to be. William Morrow Paperbacks

Estimated length: 192 pages

Manuscript available: May 2012
Eisner, Peter

*UNTITLED ON POPE PIUS XI AND THE NAZIS

In the spring of 1938, when the Nazis were consolidating their power across the European continent, Pope Pius XI decided to embark on a dangerous plan to challenge Hitler and Mussolini.  He had few allies in this enterprise.  But he met with John LaFarge, a progressive Jesuit journalist and author who the pope had chosen to write an historic papal declaration that would condemn Nazism and anti-Semitism on a major national stage.  The declaration would be in the form of a papal encyclical, one of the highest public statements employed by the Holy See.  This book is a narrative that begins with this meeting on June 22, 1938, and concludes after Pius XI’s campaign to battle Nazism collapses with his death.  It is a carefully documented account, filled with infighting and intrigue of the plots and machinations within the Vatican’s highest levels as it blocked efforts that might have changed history. It describes where the church was at this critical juncture and how politics overrode morality.  Peter Eisner also explores the encyclical itself, how it was put together and what significance the popes’ encyclicals have had throughout history. The encyclical in Eisner’s book will play the same role the dictionary did in Simon Winchester’s Professor and the Madman.  Peter Eisner is the author of several books, including most recently THE FREEDOM LINE, about the resistance movements during World War II and THE ITALIAN LETTER, about the Bush Administration and the Iraq War. He was a politics editor and deputy foreign editor at The Washington Post.  William Morrow

Estimated length: 352

Manuscript available: May 2012                                                                                                                                                                                        Faber, Urijah

Keown, Tim