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Lynn C. Franklin Associates, Ltd. International Literary Agency 1350 Broadway, Suite 2015, New York, NY 10018 Tel: 212-868-6311 Fax: 212-868-6312 E-mail: [email protected] SELECTED BACKLIST TITLES Faith Adiele MEETING FAITH: THE FOREST JOURNALS OF A BLACK BUDDHIST NUN US: Norton, 2004 MEETING FAITH is Faith Adiele’s first-person account of a season spent as the first Black Buddhist nun in Thailand, where she faces the challenges of wild animals and nature’s threats in the jungle, but most of all struggles with fear, anger and desire in search of a new quality of life. In capturing her personal experience, Adiele examines universal themes of personal and family healing, overcoming anxieties, notions of success and failure, and diversity within community. Set within an exotic culture, MEETING FAITH chronicles the author’s reluctant transformation from spiritual observer to conscious participant in life. John Allen RABBLE-ROUSER FOR PEACE: THE AUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY OF DESMOND TUTU US: Free Press, 2006 UK: Rider; China: Jiangxi People’s (Chinese simple); Denmark: Aschehoug; Germany: Gutersloher Verlagshaus; Netherlands: Arbeiderspers; Sweden: Libris Desmond Tutu’s former Press Secretary, John Allen, presents a full-bodied biography of Tutu, his crucial role in South African history and his continuing authority as a moral statesman around the world. Drawing on a wide range of sources and personal document collections as well as new interviews with key figures of international politics, this book provides a comprehensive look at Tutu’s life, from his boyhood in a poor township to his emergence as one of the most respected spiritual and political leaders of our time with a global following. John Allen’s unique access to Tutu and his in-depth understanding of the forces that shaped South Africa’s evolution to democracy will make this biography the definitive resource work on Desmond Tutu for a generation to come.

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SELECTED BACKLIST TITLES

Faith Adiele

MEETING FAITH: THE FOREST JOURNALS OF A BLACK BUDDHIST NUN

US: Norton, 2004 MEETING FAITH is Faith Adiele’s first-person account of a season spent as the first Black

Buddhist nun in Thailand, where she faces the challenges of wild animals and nature’s threats in

the jungle, but most of all struggles with fear, anger and desire in search of a new quality of life.

In capturing her personal experience, Adiele examines universal themes of personal and family

healing, overcoming anxieties, notions of success and failure, and diversity within community.

Set within an exotic culture, MEETING FAITH chronicles the author’s reluctant transformation

from spiritual observer to conscious participant in life.

John Allen

RABBLE-ROUSER FOR PEACE: THE AUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY OF DESMOND

TUTU

US: Free Press, 2006

UK: Rider; China: Jiangxi People’s (Chinese simple); Denmark: Aschehoug; Germany:

Gutersloher Verlagshaus; Netherlands: Arbeiderspers; Sweden: Libris

Desmond Tutu’s former Press Secretary, John Allen, presents a full-bodied biography of Tutu,

his crucial role in South African history and his continuing authority as a moral statesman around

the world. Drawing on a wide range of sources and personal document collections as well as new

interviews with key figures of international politics, this book provides a comprehensive look at

Tutu’s life, from his boyhood in a poor township to his emergence as one of the most respected

spiritual and political leaders of our time with a global following. John Allen’s unique access to

Tutu and his in-depth understanding of the forces that shaped South Africa’s evolution to

democracy will make this biography the definitive resource work on Desmond Tutu for a

generation to come.

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Dr. Robert Anthony

THE ULTIMATE SECRETS OF TOTAL SELF-CONFIDENCE

New, completely revised edition

US: Penguin/Berkley, January 2008

UK: John Blake,Australia: Penguin; Brazil: Bestseller; Bulgaria: Kibea; China: Tianjin

Education Press (Chinese simple); Czech Republic: Beta; Greece: Beta; India:

HarperCollins; Israel: Oram; Japan: Hankyu; Korea: Chungrim; Portugal: Platano;

Taiwan: Longstone (Chinese complex); Turkey: Pegasus; World French: Editions Un

Monde Different

Leading self-help expert Dr. Robert Anthony delivers a completely revised version of his

bestselling guide to self-confidence that has taught thousands of people the power of positive

thinking, long before The Secret by Rhonda Byrnes was written. This concise book gives advice

on how to eliminate fear, worry and guilt, teaches the art of effective communication, and

presents a simple strategy to find perspective and set goals that will change life for the better.

The author of more than a dozen self-help books offers real solutions for real issues and shows

how anyone can learn how to achieve self-confidence and advance in every area of life – career,

finances, family and health.

Janusz Bardach with Kate Gleeson

MAN IS WOLF TO MAN

US: University of California Press, 1998

UK: Simon & Schuster; France: Monde Politique; Germany: Dtv; Italy: Il Saggiatore Spa;

Poland: Wydawnictwo Literackie; Russia: Text; World Spanish: Libros del Asteroide

In this personal history of a journey through Stalinist camps, Bardach, a Polish Jew, survives the

icy labor camps of Far Eastern Russia with the aid of his incredible will to live. Bardach’s

gripping testimony explores the darkest corners of the human condition with breathtaking

immediacy and humanity. The book, co-written with Kate Gleeson, received high praise from

Simon Wiesenthal and Czeslaw Milosz, among others.

Bija Bennett

EMOTIONAL YOGA: HOW THE BODY CAN HEAL THE MIND

US: Fireside, 2002, Foreword by Deepak Chopra, photos by Lois Greenfield

UK/Australia: Transworld Publishers; Croatia:Dvostruka Duga; Czech Republic: Stastni

Lide; Denmark: Borgen; Hungary: Saxum Kiado; Israel: Oram; Netherlands: Gottmer;

Poland: Wydawnictwo Amber; Romania: Lucman; Russia: Ripol; Taiwan: Peace Place

In this extremely accessible guide, Bija Bennett goes far beyond the popular fitness goals and

takes us back to the ancient concept of Yoga as a practical system of integrating the body and

mind. The author offers simple but powerful solutions to deal with depression, anxieties and

stress through physical yoga and positive emotional postures. Using the dynamic interplay of

movements, breathing exercises, self-inquiries, rituals and healing sounds, EMOTIONAL

YOGA teaches us how to achieve an overall balance that leads to emotional healing and health.

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Rosalyn L. Bruyere

WHEELS OF LIGHT: CHAKRAS, AURAS, AND THE HEALING ENERGY OF THE

BODY

US: Fireside/Simon & Schuster

Germany: Ullstein; Israel: Mirkam; Italy: Edizione Crisalide; Japan: Taiyo Shuppan;

Netherlands: Gottmer; Russia: Astrel, Taiwan: Shy Mau Publishing; In her work, Bruyere, an internationally acclaimed healer, clairvoyant, and medicine woman,

explores the seven chakras, or energy centers, of the body, focusing in particular on the first

chakra, which concerns our basic life force, our physical bodies, and our sexuality. Drawing on

scientific research, Native American culture, the ancient traditions of the Egyptians and Greeks,

the philosophies of the Hindus, and the religions of the East, WHEELS OF LIGHT presents a

unique perspective on the value and healing potential of the chakra system.

Mayank Chhaya

THE DALAI LAMA: MAN, MONK, MYSTIC: An Authorized Popular Biography

US: Doubleday, 2007

UK: Tauris; Australia: Hachette Livre; Brazil: Campus: Czech: Beta; Denmark: Lindhardt

og Ringhof Finland: Otava; France: Presses du Chatelêt; Germany: Ullstein; Hungary:

Trivium; India: Mapin; Italy: Apogeo; Latvia: Zvaigzne; Mongolia: Nepko,Netherlands:

Sijthoff; Portugal: Presenca; Romania: Paralela 45; Russia: Geleos; Sweden: Forma;

Taiwan: Linking; World Arabic: All Prints; World Spanish: Grijalbo

THE DALAI LAMA: MAN, MONK, MYSTIC is an authorized popular biography of perhaps

the world’s most amiable and accessible spiritual leader. Based on research and a series of

personal interviews with the Dalai Lama and with numerous others, the book encapsulates the

Dalai Lama’s life in exile, examines his mystique and offers insight into the highly complex

conflict between China and Tibet. The author is a journalist from India who has long reported

about contemporary issues in South Asia.

Deepak Chopra

PERFECT HEALTH: THE COMPLETE MIND/BODY GUIDE

US: Three Rivers Press/Crown Publishing, Revised edition, 2000

Brazil: Editora Nova Cultural; Bulgaria: Kibea; Chinese simplified: Tianjin Education

Press; Croatia: Prava I Prevodi; Estonia: Nebadon; France: Presse du Chatelet; Germany:

Gustav Lubbe Verlag; Greece: Assimakis; India: Manjul Publishing House; Italy: Sperling &

Kupfer; Japan: Lohas; Netherlands: Ankh-Hermes; Poland: WAB Publishing; Portugal:

Casa do Livro/Estrela Polar; Romania: Curtea Veche ; Russia: Budieshe Zemli; Sweden:

Forum Bokforlag; Turkey:Pegasus; World Spanish: Ediciones B

This revised and updated edition of Dr. Chopra’s national bestseller is the first practical guide to

harnessing the healing power of the mind. It describes how to apply the 5,000-year-old medical

system from ancient India known as Ayurveda (“the knowledge of life span” in Sanskrit) to

everyday life. A quiz identifies the reader's mind-body type, and prescribes a specific Ayurvedic

program of diet, stress reduction, neuromuscular integration, exercise, and daily routines. The

result is a total plan, tailor-made for each individual, to reestablish the body’s essential balance

with nature; to strengthen the mind-body connection; and to use the power of quantum healing to

transcend the ordinary limitations of disease and aging.

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Deepak Chopra and David Simon

THE SEVEN SPIRITUAL LAWS OF YOGA: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO HEALING

BODY, MIND, AND SPIRIT

US: John Wiley & Sons, 2004

Australia: Pan/Macmillan; Brazil: Editora Rocco; Bulgaria: Iztok-Zapad; China: CMP;

Czech Republic: Euromedia; Denmark: Aschehoug; Estonia: Nebadon; France: J’ai lu;

Germany: Ullstein; Greece: Essoptron; Hungary: Sweetwater; India (Hindi): Manjul

Publishing; Indonesia: Bhuana Ilmu Populer; Israel: Modan; Italy: Sperling & Kupfer;

Japan: Lohas International; Latvia: Atena; Lithuania: Satwa; Netherlands: Gottmer/Becht;

Norway: Damm; Poland: Studio Emka; Portugal: Presenca; Romania: Curtea Veche;

Russia Eksmo; Sweden: Forum; Taiwan: Peace Place; World Spanish: Norma

In the tradition and format of the mega-best-selling SEVEN SPIRITUAL LAWS OF SUCCESS,

this practical guide by Deepak Chopra and his co-author and medical director of the Chopra

Center, David Simon, is essential for anyone who wants to explore the powerful spiritual

potential of yoga to unite body, mind and spirit. The authors help us understand the seven

spiritual laws that govern nature—Pure Potentiality, Giving, Karma, Least Effort, Intention and

Desire, Detachment, and Dharma—and show us how to integrate these laws into our daily lives

using meditation, breathing and other yoga practices. With more than 50 photographs illustrating

yoga poses, this Chopra blockbuster will appeal to anyone seeking more harmony, insight, well

being and happiness through the spiritual dimension of yoga. www.chopra.com

www.deepakchopra.com

Lee Cockerell

CREATING MAGIC: 10 COMMON SENSE LEADERSHIP STRATEGIES

FROM A LIFE AT DISNEY… Based on the principles taught at the world-renowned

Disney Institute

US: Doubleday, 2008 Foreign sales: UK: Vermilion; Brazil: Sextante; China: PHEI/Communique (Chinese

simple); France: Michel Lafon; Indonesia: PT Indeks; Japan: Diamond; Korea: Korea

One; Netherlands: Spectrum; Portugal: Noticias, Spanish: Urano

Lee Cockerell brings to life the magic that makes Disney’s reputation for service excellence so

outstanding. Based on the strategies he developed with the Disney Institute and implemented as

Executive VP of Operations of Walt Disney World Resort, Cockerell presents a concept of

leadership qualities that are cultivated from the top down and that can transform everyone’s way

of working and living. Sprinkled with humor, warmth and personal stories, this book offers the

most powerful yet simple strategies to leaders at every level of organization, enabling them to

achieve the highest efficiency in their operations. Drawing on decades of his own experience in

leadership positions, Lee Cockerell shows how creating a unique culture of trust, motivation,

teamwork and emotional connection will bring magical results for everyone – the Disney way.

As a consultant and keynote speaker both independently and with the Disney Institute, which

authorized this book, the author continues to teach his successful leadership principles in

seminars and lectures to an international audience. Please view author’s website,

www.leecockerell.com.

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David Crow

IN SEARCH OF THE MEDICINE BUDDHA

US: Tarcher, 2000

Brazil: Pensamento Cultrix; China (complex): Marco Polo ; Germany: Goldman; Indian

English: New Age, Taiwan: Marco Polo, World Spanish:Kairos

In this colorful and captivating story, David Crow takes us on a journey to Nepal, where he

studied and practiced the art and science of Tibetan medical diagnosis and treatment for 10 years.

Written in lyrical prose that interweaves valuable medical teachings with insights into the

Buddhist and Hindu cultures of Nepal, IN SEARCH OF THE MEDICINE BUDDHA evokes the

beauty and wonder of a faraway land and reveals a hidden world of traditional Asian medicine.

David Crow is a licensed acupuncturist, medical herbalist, and practitioner of traditional Asian

healing arts. He is a graduate of the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and one

of the first Westerners to complete acupuncture training in the United States.

Dr. Rosalene Glickman

OPTIMAL THINKING: HOW TO BE YOUR BEST SELF

US: John Wiley & Sons, 2002

Australia: Scribe; Bulgaria: Iztok Zapad; China: Hainan Publishing House; Egypt: Nahdet

Misr; Indonesia: Bhuana Ilmu Populer; Italy: Grupo Editoriale Armenia; Japan: Elephant

Publishing Inc.; Korea: Jeesam; Netherlands: Uitgeverij Elmar; Poland: Amber; Romania:

Humanitas; Russia: Prime-Evroznak; Taiwan: Business Weekly/Cité; Thailand: Welearn;

Turkey: Kyraldisi Yayincilik; World Spanish: Time & Money Network

Dr. Glickman, established management consultant, introduces us to the revolutionary strategy of

OPTIMAL THINKING, the essential step above positive thinking, that empowers each of us to

ask the best questions, obtain the best solutions and make the most constructive decisions.

Glickman shows how every situation, even a disaster, provides us with an opportunity to be our

best. With its simple, practical, and immediately applicable approach, OPTIMAL THINKING

appeals to a virtually unlimited audience. Please view the OPTIMAL THINKING website

www.optimalthinking.com.

Vivian Glyck

THE TAO OF POOP: KEEPING YOUR SANITY (AND YOUR SOUL) WHILE

RAISING A BABY by Vivian Elisabeth Glyck

US: Shambhala, 2006

Australia: ABC; Russia: Prime-Evrozniak; Chinese simplified: China Machine Press

Based on her own experience as a mother “late in life,” the accomplished strategic marketing

consultant Vivian Glyck offers an inspirational and humorous approach to current parenting

trends that over-emphasize control and achievement, which overwhelm many new mothers. In 10

life lessons that examine the daily, profound challenges of raising a small child, THE TAO OF

POOP reveals the truth about the struggle of parenting, gently leading parents off the elusive

path of “perfect parenting” and guiding them to a place of ultimate acceptance and joy. Glyck

shows how rejoicing in the individuality of our children rather than trying to manage every

aspect of their young lives will help us experience parenting as “the ultimate spiritual practice”

and embrace our own humanity while we grow with our child.

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Vivian Glyck

12 LESSONS ON LIFE I LEARNED FROM MY GARDEN

US: Rodale Press, 1997

Australia: HarperCollins; China: Unitas; Greece: Editions Kyveli; Japan: Hakusuisha;

Korea: Sae Tur; Spain: Emece

Using gardening as a metaphor for the human condition, Vivian Glyck shows readers that a well-

tended life can flourish and expand just as a garden will thrive and produce great bounty when

properly cared for. Although readers will learn a few gardening secrets, the true essence of 12

LESSONS ON LIFE I LEARNED FROM MY GARDEN lies in the gardening versus life

analogies that help readers embrace the joy and pain of growth, and find answers contemplating

the miracles in life’s garden. This inspiring book is a comforting reminder that we are one with

nature and the wonder of the universe is within each of us. Vivan Glyck is an accomplished

strategic marketing consultant.

Lee Holden SEVEN MINUTES OF MAGIC: THE ULTIMATE ENERGY WORKOUT

US: Penguin/Avery, 2007

Germany: Ullstein; Russia: Eksmo; Sweden: Wahlstrom & Widstrand

This easy, applicable workout program distills the best of yoga, qi gong/tai chi, and Western

exercise into a quick practice that will improve your day and transform your life. Designed for

busy lay people who want to enjoy the most efficient mind/body workout in the least amount of

time, SEVEN MINUTES OF MAGIC becomes a close friend and personal trainer that helps you

get energized every morning, relax in the evening and fully enjoy each weekend. Author Lee

Holden, a licensed doctor in Chinese medicine and Mantak Chia’s senior teacher and chief editor

for many books, has been teaching workshops in meditation, tai chi and qi gong worldwide.

Laura Alden Kamm

INTUITIVE WELLNESS: USING YOUR BODY’S INNER WISDOM TO HEAL

World English: Atria Books/Beyond Words, 2006

UK: Simon & Schuster; Turkey: Kuraldisi; World Spanish: Sirio

The medical intuitive, healer and teacher Laura Kamm shares her unique insight and experience

as a “cartographer of consciousness” to help us access the power inherent in all of us to heal both

physical and psychological illnesses. Kamm offers quick, simple and engaging exercises that can

be practiced in daily life situations to restore the balance between energy, emotions and

physiological wellbeing. Compelling personal stories, drawing on over 20 years of Kamm’s

healing practice, as well as humorous anecdotes, make the book extremely accessible for anyone

seeking a deeper understanding of intuitive wisdom and the unlimited potential of energy

healing.

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Mahvish Rukhsana Khan

MY GUANTANAMO DIARY: THE DETAINEES AND THE STORIES

THEY TOLD ME

US/UK/Asia: Public Affairs, 2008

Foreign sales: Afghanistan: Afghan Stationary and Narenj Khparndoya; Australia: Scribe;

Brazil: Larousse; Estonia: Tammerraamat; Finland: Minerva; Portugal: Bizancio; Sweden:

Bonniers; Turkey: Literatur Yayincilik; World Arabic: All Prints Lebanon

As an interpreter in Guantanamo, young Afghan-American lawyer and journalist Mahvish Khan

uses her unique access to prisoners to show the human face of people detained as alleged

terrorists. With her native knowledge of Pashto and Afghan culture, she builds a relationship of

trust with the detainees, and they open up to her with surprising candor and hope, sharing their

personal stories and most intimate feelings. Khan’s moving individual portraits of detainees and

their families in Afghanistan are the first account documenting the voices of men who have been

held in indefinite detention without legal recourse for years. This extraordinary book does not

answer questions of their guilt or innocence – it is a very personal testimony of the prisoners’

unique stories that puts the Guantanamo controversy into perspective, and it will endure as a

historical record long after Guantanamo is closed. Please view author’s website

www.mahvishkhan.com. Starred Kirkus review; Starred PW; New York Times Book Review;

Guardian UK

Jim Kokoris

THE RICH PART OF LIFE

US: St. Martin’s Press, 2001

UK: Simon & Schuster; Australia: HarperCollins Australia; China/complex: StarEast,

Croatia: Marjan Tisak; Denmark: Reader’s Digest; France: Memoire du Livre; Germany:

Heyne; Hungary: Reader’s Digest; Israel: Kinneret/Zmora/Dvir; Latin America: Reader’s

Digest; Netherlands: Luitingh-Sijthoff; Poland: Reader’s Digest; Portugal: Reader’s Digest;

Russia: Geleos; Serbia: Alfa-Narodnaya; Spain: Urano; Sweden: Reader’s Digest

A comic and engaging novel about a young boy and his widowed father, an eccentric historian

who has just won the lottery and now confronts a number of challenges from friends, neighbors

and relatives eager to secure their piece of the pie. Told from the perspective of 11-year-old

Teddy Pappas, the novel evolves as an adventurous journey through the ups and downs of

unexpected wealth to the discovery of a long kept family secret that affects Teddy’s very

identity. In the course of this funny yet poignant story, Teddy and his relatives arrive at a better

understanding of themselves and the way they want to live their lives. Sold in the US in a two-

book, six-figure deal to St. Martin’s Press. Film rights were re-optioned in 2007 by Fox 2000

Pictures, a division of 20th Century Fox.

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Jim Kokoris

SISTER NORTH

US: St. Martin’s Press, 2003

Germany: Heyne

This humorous and affecting novel follows the story of Sam Gamett, a once self-content

attorney, whose careless life is abruptly changed by a tragic, violent incident that leaves him

disenfranchised and looking for answers. He embarks on a trip in search of the meaning of life,

seeking out Sister Maria North, a Catholic nun with a popular television show, who he hopes will

provide forgiveness and guidance. When he arrives in the small town she broadcasts from, Sam

learns that Sister North is away and engages in the company of other oddball seekers, who are all

waiting for the nun’s long-rumored return. Stuck in a remote place that seems paralyzed in the

nun’s absence, Sam opens up to the stories of the other seekers and unexpectedly finds a

different kind of redemption. Motion picture and television rights optioned by Mad River

Productions.

Jim Kokoris

THE PURSUIT OF OTHER INTERESTS

US: St. Martin’s Press, 2009

China (simplified): Hubei Tianyi/Changjiang L&A; World Spanish: Ediciones del

Viento/Barracuda; Greek: Metaichmio Editions, S.A.

Charlie Baker – the neurotic but charming 50-year-old workaholic CEO of a major Chicago ad

agency – seems to have it all: a huge house in an upscale suburb, an equally huge salary, the

requisite pretty wife and accomplished son. All this comes crashing down when Charlie is

unceremoniously fired. In an instant, Charlie’s life is transformed as he makes the transition from

corporate titan to just another out-of-work American. Although he has reportedly “left to pursue

other interests,” Charlie is left rudderless. Rather then tell his family, every morning Charlie

leaves home to spend his days at an outplacement firm. There he meets a cast of equally

desperate corporate misfits and reluctantly embarks on a journey of self-discovery, trying to find

his way out of the working life, and back to his real life – and family. Funny, touching, and

ultimately hopeful, The Pursuit of Other Interests offers a glimpse into the workings of corporate

America, as well as into the lives, hearts and minds of the 21st century family.

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Richard F. Mollica MD, Director of the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma

HEALING INVISIBLE WOUNDS: PATHS TO HOPE AND RECOVERY IN A

VIOLENT WORLD

World English: Harcourt, 2006; US softcover edition: Vanderbilt University Press, 2008

Italy: Il Saggiatore; Germany: Suedwest Verlag/Random House

“The stories recounted here bear eloquent and often moving testimony to the resilience of

human beings in the face of awful traumatic experiences and their remarkable capacity to

heal themselves.” Desmond Tutu From his 25 years of experience in working with trauma survivors all over the world, Dr. Mollica

discovered that survivors’ trauma stories reveal an inherent capacity for self-healing rooted in the

context of their own culture and society. With empathy and great respect for his patients’ dignity,

Mollica takes us to the core of human suffering, not only showing a way to recovery for the

individual trauma survivor, but also offering his vision for our global society to overcome

helplessness and alienation in the face of disaster. His focus on the key instruments of self-

healing such as altruism, work and spirituality, provides a strategy that any of us can also apply

to our everyday personal traumas. Mollica’s intriguing insights, moving personal accounts and

hopeful message testify to the amazing vitality of humankind.

Edvard Radzinsky

The COUNT of ST. GERMAIN AND THE MYSTERY OF THE IRON MASK

Originating Publication—Russia: Eksmo

US: NOT YET SOLD

France: Cherche Midi

A Parisian Café in the early eighties: The narrator (Radzinky’s alter ego), struggling with

writer’s block, meets an elegant gentleman, “Monsieur Antoine,” who seems to be able to read

his mind. Intrigued by the mysterious stranger, he follows his invitation to the Latin Quarter, and

gets drawn into Monsieur Antoine’s vivid historic tales that evolve around the 300 year old

mystery of the “man with the iron mask,” the unidentified prisoner kept under arrest for 34 years

by order of the French emperor Louis XIV, and the secret influence of the legendary Count of St.

Germain, the 18th

century alchemist, adventurer and courtier, who makes his mysterious

appearances at the European courts in times of trouble and uprising. In his signature gripping

narrative, Radzinsky blends historical facts and fiction in a colorful kaleidoscope of the 17th

/18th

century, all along masterfully playing with the different historical versions that claim to reveal

the identity of the Iron Mask. The reader gets carried away by a historical murder mystery that

races, as always with Radzinsky, to a surprising and unexpected solution.

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Edvard Radzinsky

ALEXANDER II: THE LAST GREAT TSAR

US: The Free Press, 2005

Czech Republic: Mlada Fronta; Estonia: Varrak; Finland: WSOY; France: Le Cherche

Midi; Hungary: Europa; Japan: NHK; Latvia: Zvaigzne; Netherlands: Balans; Poland:

Magnum; Sweden: Norstedts

In this intriguing historical biography that reads like fiction, Edvard Radzinsky revives the era of

the liberal Tsar Alexander II at a turning point in Russian history, when new hope raised by his

bold reforms was killed by the bloody onset of terrorism in Russia. Drawing on firsthand sources

of both the imperial family and the leading terrorists, Radzinsky takes us from the glittering

world and romantic love life of the Tsar right into the underground circles of the embittered

plotters. The shock of terror and Alexander’s first “war on terrorism” paralyzed society and

divided Russia’s liberal forces in a ferocious dispute that affected all areas of Russian culture..

With his usual keen eye for thrilling detail, Radzinsky captures the story of Alexander as both

“victim and father of terrorism” in a historical drama that bears stunning parallels with the

threatening scenario we are facing in our new world order today.

Edvard Radzinsky

THE RASPUTIN FILE US: Doubleday/Nan A. Talese, 2000

UK: Weidenfeld & Nicholson; Bulgaria: Prozorets; Czech Republic: Mlada Fronta; Estonia: Varrak; Finland:

WSOY; France: Jean-Claude Lattès; Germany: Karl Blessing Verlag; Greece: Narcissos; Hungary: Europa

Konvykiado; Italy: Almondo Mondadori Editore; Japan: Japan Broadcasting Co.; Latvia: Zvaigzne;

Netherlands: Uitgeverij Balans; Poland: Magnum; Serbia: Hesperia; Spain: Editorial Critica; Sweden:

Norstedts

A completely new portrait of Rasputin based on previously unpublished criminal interrogation

reports of the Provisional Government. First-hand accounts from Rasputin’s friends and

followers, police observation reports, and the peasant preacher’s own compositions reveal the

ambivalence of his personality and shed new light on the part he played in the political turmoil of

his times. Weaving facts into an intriguing story, Radzinsky offers new answers to the many

unsolved questions about Rasputin, including an entirely new interpretation of his mysterious

murder.

Edvard Radzinsky

STALIN US: Doubleday, 1996

UK: Hodder; China: Xinhua; Czech Republic: Mlada Fronta; Estonia: Varrak; Finland: WSOY; France: Le

Cherche Midi , Greece: Narcissus Publications; Hungary: Europa Konvykiado; Israel: Maariv, Japan: Japan

Broadcasting; Korea: Hong-Ik Publishing; Latvia: Zvaigzne;Mongolia: Nepko, Netherlands: Uitgeverij Balans;

Poland: Magnum; Romania: Editura Aquila; Spain: Ediciones Orbis

Granted privileged access to Russia’s secret archives, Edvard Radzinsky paints a picture of the

Soviet strongman as more calculating, ruthless, and blood-crazed than has ever been described or

imagined. Radzinsky narrates the high drama of Stalin’s epic quest for domination – first within

the Communist Party, then over the Soviet Union and the world. Radzinsky also takes an

intimate look at Stalin’s private life. The Kremlin intrigues, the ceaseless round of double-

dealing and back-stabbing, the private worlds of the Soviet Empire’s ruling class – all become, in

Radzinsky’s hands, as gripping and powerful as the great Russian sagas.

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Edvard Radzinsky

THE LAST TSAR: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF NICHOLAS II US: Doubleday, 1992

UK: Hodder; Brazil: Editora Nova Cultural; Bulgaria: Animar Publishing House; Denmark:

Wangels/Denmark; Estonia: Varrak; Finland: Werner Soederstrom; France: Le Cherche midi editeur;

Germany: Bertelsmann/Goldmann; Hungary: Europa Konvykiado; Italy: Baldini e Castoldi; Japan: Japan

Broadcasting Co.; Korea: Song-Wong Publishers; Netherlands: Den Grimme Aeiling; Portugal: Editora Nova

Cultural; Romania: Editura Aquila ’93; Spain: Plaza y Janes SA; Sweden: Norstedts Forlag AB

Radzinsky mines archives never before available to create a fascinating portrait of the monarch,

and a minute-by-minute account of his terrifying last days. Radzinsky begins by re-creating the

personalities and events of happier times, then follows the Romanovs through their final year

after Nicholas’s abdication until their execution, recounted here in brutal detail. His account

contradicts the official Soviet version, in which Siberian Bolsheviks ordered the executions

without Moscow’s clearance. Radzinsky gained access to long-closed national archives

containing state documents, diaries of the tsar and his family, and eyewitness accounts. He also

introduces evidence suggesting that two of the Romanovs survived.

Pratima Raichur

ABSOLUTE BEAUTY

US: HarperCollins, 1997

UK: Transworld Publishers; France: Editions J’ai Lu; Germany: Droemer Knauer Verlag;

India: Mapin Publishing; Latin America: Norma; Russia: Sattva; Spain: Ediciones Gestion

ABSOLUTE BEAUTY is the first beauty book to offer a step-by-step approach to ageless-

looking skin based on the ancient principles of Ayurveda, to create a truly unique approach to

skin care. Unlike other beauty books, which concentrate solely on creating superficial beauty

through make-up or chemicals, ABSOLUTE BEAUTY helps readers achieve the kind of

radiance that comes from within – a beauty that transcends age, fashion, and physical flaws.

Pratima Raichur is the founding director of the Tej Skin Care Clinic, the first authentic Ayurveda

facial and body care clinic in America.

Barbara Raymond

THE BABY THIEF: THE UNTOLD STORY OF GEORGIA TANN, THE BABY

SELLER WHO CORRUPTED ADOPTION

US: Caroll and Graf, April 2007

UK: Blake; Australia: Vintage/Random House; Brazil: TecMedd/Novo Conceito

This compelling account of an infamous baby seller who operated in the 1920s to 1950s was

named one of Publishers Weekly’s best books of 2007. It tells the story of Georgia Tann, who

abducted babies or coerced mothers to give them up, then sold the children to wealthy clients all

over the US, protected by a local Memphis politician. Drawing on extensive research and

interviews with Tann’s victims, Raymond pursues Tann’s case in the form of a riveting detective

story in the historical and social context of her time. Barbara Raymond reveals how Tann’s

criminal business ironically popularized modern adoption and at the same time commercialized

and corrupted it.

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Charlotte Reznick, Ph.D

THE POWER OF YOUR CHILD’S IMAGINATION: HOW TO TRANSFORM STRESS

AND ANXIETY INTO JOY AND SUCCESS

US: Penguin/Perigee 2009

Chinese (simplified): Heilongjiang Education Press

Based on her pioneering program using guided imagery and visualization for kids, prominent

child psychologist Charlotte Reznick offers parents powerful and practical techniques to help

their children handle fears and anxieties and build self-esteem and resilience by going “inside”

their minds. Full of colorful and moving stories about real kids that every parent will understand,

this wise and hands-on manual provides nine easily applicable tools that will empower children

of any age to discover their inner strength and find their own solutions as they face the increasing

challenges of growing up today. An Associate Clinical Professor at UCLA with a flourishing

private practice, Charlotte Reznick has developed this innovative program during the course of

her work with children for over 25 years. Also view her website www.ImageryforKids.com.

Carol Schaefer

GRANDMOTHERS COUNSEL THE WORLD: WOMEN ELDERS OFFER THEIR

VISION FOR OUR PLANET

US: Shambhala, 2006

Czech Republic: Dharma Gaia; Germany: Ullstein; Japan: Goma; Netherlands: Gottmer;

Poland: Dariusz Wiatr, Slovenia: Gnostica; Taiwan: Rye-Field; World Spanish: Grup 62

This book uniquely brings to light the insight and wisdom of a very select group of indigenous

women, living legends among their people, who were brought together by a common vision to

form a global alliance of healing for our ailing world. Author Carol Schaefer brings to life the

teachings, visions and prophecies of these amazing 13 grandmothers, who share their most secret

knowledge and the sacred ways of their rich ancestral heritage from around the world to ensure

the survival of generations to come.

Steve Shafarman

AWARENESS HEALS: THE FELDENKRAIS METHOD TO RELIEVE PAIN,

RECOVER FROM STRESS, AND ENHANCE PLEASURE

U.S.: Addison Wesley 1997.

UK: HarperCollins, Czech Republic: Pragma, Germany: Heyne, Italy: Astrolabio

The Feldenkrais method (based on the work of Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais, and Israeli engineer,

neurophysiologist and judo master who came to world attention when he helped Prime Minister

David Ben-Gurion eliminate breathing difficulties and back pain) for improving body alignment

is taught worldwide. There are currently approximately 1500 trained instructors, and 4000 are

anticipated within the next year. Often compared to the Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais is

growing more rapidly and is considered more scientific. Feldenkrais’ own rather academic

books were published more than 20 years ago and remain in print. This is the first book written

for a general audience with “exercises” easily accomplished by beginners. The author worked

directly with Feldenkrais before his death and trains instructors in the method.

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David Simon

FREE TO LOVE, FREE TO HEAL: HEAL YOUR BODY BY HEALING YOUR

EMOTIONS

US: Chopra Center Press 2010

China (simplified): Lipin Publishing Company/Shenzen, Chinese (complex): Cité/H2O, Czech

Republic: Euromedia, Denmark: In Touch, Germany: Ullstein/Allegria, Greece: Assimakis,

Netherlands: Kosmos, Russia: Sophia, Spanish: Norma

Drawing on his experience with patients for over thirty years, Dr. David Simon, co-founder and

Medical Director of the Chopra Center for Well-Being, found that an emotional element

underlies most physical and psychological illnesses, ranging from anxiety to chronic pain to

cancer. Simon identifies a deficiency in our ability to give and receive love as one of the core

challenges to our health and wellbeing. In his new book, he offers a systematic approach that

introduces a new critical element to holistic healing, enabling people to identify and release self-

limiting beliefs and emotional issues and help catalyze authentic healing and transformation.

David Simon, MD

THE TEN COMMITMENTS: TRANSLATING GOOD INTENTIONS INTO GREAT

CHOICES Foreword by Deepak Chopra, MD

World English: Health Communications, 2006

Brazil: Campus; Canada: Sogides (French); Germany: Ullstein; India: Jaico, Korea:

Woongjin; Lithuania: Mijalba; Netherlands: Gottmer; Portugal: Europa America; Taiwan:

PsyGarden; Vietnam: First News; World French: La Maisnie; World Spanish: Norma

David Simon reinterprets the original Ten Commandments as personal commitments, redirecting

our focus from following prescribed principles toward consciously making healthy choices.

Drawing on his holistic consultations with patients who suffered from mental, emotional and

spiritual pain, Simon helps us overcome our natural resistance to imposed, albeit helpful rules by

teaching us how to embrace the concept of personal commitment and make real changes in our

lives.

David Simon, MD and Deepak Chopra, MD

FREEDOM FROM ADDICTION: THE CHOPRA CENTER METHOD FOR

OVERCOMING DESTRUCTIVE HABITS

World English: Health Communications 2007

Brazil: Campus; Croatia: Dvostruka Duga; Greece: Assimakis; India: Jaico; Italy: Tecniche

Nuove; Latin America: Norma; Portugal: Pergaminho; Romania: Paralela, Russia: Sophia;

Spain: Edigrabel/Norma; World French: La Maisnie

Chopra Center co-founder and medical director David Simon, and bestselling author Deepak

Chopra, present their unprecedented holistic approach to the problem of addiction that fills a gap

in modern treatment programs. Combining the best of Eastern healing tradition and Western

medicine, the Chopra Center’s revolutionary program can help anyone break the cycle of a

destructive habit – smoking, gambling, drinking, and so on – and achieve lasting freedom from

addiction. This groundbreaking book offers a hands-on strategy to uncover the true cause of

destructive habits and to overcome and transform the state of addiction by replacing toxic habits

with nourishing routines for lasting health, inner peace and a spiritual, fulfilling life.

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Desmond Tutu

MADE FOR GOODNESS. And Why This Makes All the Difference By Desmond Tutu and his daughter Reverend Mpho A. Tutu

US: HarperOne 2010

UK: Rider/Random House, Brazil: Thomas Nelson, Denmark: Kristeligt Dagblads forlag, Germany:

Pattloch, Korea: Thought of a Tree, Portugal: Bizancio, Sweden: Libris,

Writing in one voice, Archbishop Tutu, the lead author, and his daughter Mpho, share their

insights to defend their central thesis that, in spite of the human cruelty, fear and failure we

encounter everywhere, people are made for goodness in the image of God, and everyone has the

potential to reveal goodness and bring light and healing to the world. Speaking to his readers

from the heart, Tutu inspires us to embrace the central truth of human goodness, a truth that

resonates across the boundaries of faith, race and culture.

Desmond Tutu

AN AFRICAN PRAYER BOOK. Selected and with Introductions by Desmond Tutu US:Doubleday, 1995

UK: Hodder, China: China Christian Council, Germany: Hugendubel, Norway:Luther Forlag,

Sweden: Libris, Slovack: Serafin

A collection of the Archbishop’s favorite prayers from the spiritual riches of the African

continent, from multi-invocation litanies to quiet meditations, prayers that every heart can speak

with strength and confidence.

Desmond Tutu

GOD HAS A DREAM: A VISION OF HOPE FOR OUR TIME

US: Doubleday, 2004 UK: Rider; Denmark: Aschehoug; Germany: Hugendubel; Italy: Ancora; Japan: Take Shobo; Latin

America: Norma; Netherlands: Gottmer; Norway: Damm; Portugal: GB&A; Slovakia: Serafin;

Sweden: Richters; Taiwan: Christian Arts Press; French: Novalis

In his first inspirational book for a general audience, Archbishop Tutu shows how individual and

global suffering can be transfigured into joy and redemption. With his characteristic humor and

compassion, Archbishop Tutu encourages us to face the challenges in our own lives and to

become active partners in God’s transformation of the world. His extremely personal and

liberating message will help us “see with the eyes of the heart” and cultivate the qualities of

forgiveness, humility, generosity and courage that we need to make God’s dream come true.

Desmond Tutu

NO FUTURE WITHOUT FORGIVENESS

US: Doubleday, 2000 UK: Random House; China: Shanghai Literature & Art; Denmark: Rosinante; Finland: Ajatus Kirjat

Kustannusosakeyh; France: Albin Michel; Germany: Patmos Verlag; Italy: G. Feltrinelli Editore;

Korea: Hong Sung Sa; Netherlands: De Bezige Bij; Norway: Pax Forlag; Slovakia: Serafin;

Sweden: Norstedts; Taiwan: Rive Gauche; World Spanish: Editorial Peniel

Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s intensely personal recollections of his work with the Truth and

Reconciliation Committee in post-apartheid South Africa. Including many thoughts and

memories of his interactions with members of the community whose rights were violated, the

book is a thought-provoking and often magical rendering of a powerful moment in recent

history.

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Nancy Verrier

THE PRIMAL WOUND: UNDERSTANDING THE ADOPTED CHILD

US: Gateway Press, 1993

Belgium (French): De Boeck Universite, Bulgaria: LIK Publishing; Italy: Il Saggiatore Spa;

Netherlands: Ambo-Anthos; Portugal: Caleidoscopio; World Spanish: Albesa

This originally self-published book has become a classic in the US market, with six printings so

far. Verrier’s revolutionary work explores the long unacknowledged psychological effects on

adopted children of separation from their birth mother. For many adopted children and their

families, the traumatic early experience of abandonment and loss has caused conflicts,

helplessness and a seemingly inexplicable pain. Based on research in pre- and perinatal

psychology, attachment, bonding and loss, this book provides an invaluable insight into the

origins of this primal wound and the impact it can have on adopted children, helping them

understand their behavior and validate their feelings. PRIMAL WOUND will not only contribute

to healing adoptive families and birth mothers, but also ultimately bring understanding and

encouragement to all concerned by the experience of rejection and abandonment.

Nancy Verrier

COMING HOME TO SELF: THE ADOPTED CHILD GROWS UP

US: Gateway Press, 2003

Belgium (French): De Boeck Universite

In COMING HOME TO SELF, a sequel to Nancy Verrier’s THE PRIMAL WOUND:

UNDERSTANDING THE ADOPTED CHILD, Verrier hopes to help adoptees find their

authentic Self, which has been distorted by the experience of living without genetic markers and

mirroring as they grew up in non-biologic families. Drawing on Verrier’s research about primary

separation trauma and brain research, and based on discussions with adoptees, birth parents,

adoptive parents, and those closest to them, COMING HOME TO SELF examines the attitudes,

feelings and behaviors that mark the early experience of the first years in an adoptee’s life, and

offers hope for change. Ultimately, Verrier directs adoptees to overcome early trauma and

take charge of their own lives.