BOOK DEALS: WHAT’S SELLING IN NONFICTION (8.17.10)
August 17th, 2010This weekly list covers prescriptive nonfiction books. For more details on publishing deals – including agents, editors, publishers, and book descriptions – visit PublishersMarketplace and subscribe to the Deals Report
COOKING
SUFFERING SUCCOTASH
Stephanie Lucianovic
HOW-TO
CONNECT!: A Simple Guide to Public Speaking for Writers
Linda Apple
PARENTING
WHAT YOUR CHILD NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT SEX
Dr. Fred Kaeser
WAR OF THE WORLDS: How Science and Spirituality Struggle to Seize the Future
Leonard Mlodinow
10-MINUTE PUPPETS
Noel MacNeal
IF ONLY
Lauren Sandler
REFERENCE/GENERAL/OTHER
THE GENIUS OF DOGS
Vanessa Woods
A MERCILESS PLACE: The Fate of Britain’s Convicts after the American Revolution
Emma Christopher
RUN TO FAILURE
Abrahm Lustgarten
RADICAL-IN-CHIEF: Barack Obama and the Untold Story of American Socialism
Stanley Kurtz
REAL COMMON SENSE: Using America’s Founding Values to Stop the Extreme Right from Hijacking Our Nation
Brian Kahn
THE ESSENTIAL AMERICAN: 21 Documents and Speeches Every American Should Read
Jackie Gingrich Cushman
YOUNG GUNS: A New Generation of Conservative Leaders
Whip Kevin McCarthy
THE END OF MEN
Hanna Rosin
WHAT COLOR IS MY WORLD?
Raymond Obstfeld
FIRST STEP 2 FOREVER: My Story
Justin Bieber
YOU CAN’T ALWAYS WANT WHAT YOU GET
Sarah Colonna
GRACE AND GRIT: My Fight for Fairness at Goodyear and Beyond
Lilly Ledbetter
BUILDING A BETTER TEACHER
Elizabeth Green
THE BLOWOUT EXPERIMENT: Tracking the Oil, Science and Stories of the Gulf Catastrophe
Mark Schrope
ANIMAL MADNESS
Laurel Braitman
THE MAKINGS OF A MONSTER
Caitlin Rother
THE LAST MEAL: Defending an Accused Mass Murderer
Dennis Shere
RELIGIOUS/SPIRITUAL/METAPHYSICAL
MAKING LIFE MATTER
Shane Stanford
SELF-HELP/ADVICE/RELATIONSHIPS
THINK: A Modern Girl’s Manifesto for Staying Smart in a Dumbed Down World
Lisa Bloom
DANGEROUS INSTINCTS
Alisa Bowman
THE STRATEGIST: Being the Leader Your Business Needs
Cynthia Montgomery
THE WALL STREET VIRUS
Christopher Steiner






