London Book Fair 2013 Rights List

Fiction

Fiction / Personal Growth

Antoni Bolinches

A LUCKY BREAK Sometimes dreams help us to wake up

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This book tells the story of an

unscrupulous social achiever that, after

a serious car accident, begins to

experience a series of strange psychic

experiences that will change his life

forever.

This self-help story, with psychic

touches, is the first novel by renowned

psychologist Antoni Bolinches. In a

direct style and full of irony, a brilliant

economist and ambitious politician tell

us, in first person, the psychological

changes he experiences thanks to the

help of three great masters of the past

who visit him while in coma. These

messengers of wisdom help him revive

his body and awaken his consciousness

to a point that allows him to review his

life plan and become a better person.

This is a moral tale full of optimism that

makes clear the idea that the great

traumas can become the prelude to the

great changes.

World Spanish: Lectio Catalan: Cossetània Publication: March 2013

Antoni Bolinches has a degree in Philosophy and Education with degree in Psychology and Master in Human Sexuality. He is one of the introducers of humanistic psychology in Spain and has specialized in the treatment of marital conflict, sexual dysfunction and personal growth therapies with a new methodology known as Vital Therapy. He is the most read Catalan psychologist and the impact of their ideas accredite him as one of the most prestigious figures in the new trends of positive psychology, which this work, in a fictional key, can be considered an excellent example.

Fiction

B.R. Vega

The Clear Light

The detective and the Buddhist monk

This is a detective story set in the Pyrenees of Huesca, in the scenario of a Buddhist temple hidden in the mountains. Bards are, according to Buddhist tradition and The Tibetan Book of the Dead, the phases through which the soul after death and until his next reincarnation. The book's protagonist is a policewoman who just over a month has lost her 18 year old son in a car accident. She becomes involved in investigating a strange case of disappearance of a deputy nearby Buddhist temple. There, a small lama named Kalu Ari, runs into the soul of the deceased, and begins a web of mystery, mysticism and humor.

B.R. Vega is a Psychiatrist in Hospital de la Paz, in Madrid. This is her first novel.

Joscelyn Godwin & Guido Mina di Sospiro

The Forbidden Book

«Gripping, thought-provoking, resonant

with esoteric knowledge. I couldn’t put it

down». Graham Hancock, author of The

Sign and the Seal

This gripping page-turner has something for every fan of occult fiction: a murder mystery set against the conflicts of Islam and the West with symbolism, alchemy, and magic fueling the action. The evocative setting of Venice and the Veneto dominates the plot, along with vivid scenes in Santiago de compostela, Provence, Washington and the Vatican.

Joscelyn Godwin is a professor of music at Colgate University. Guido Mina di Sospiro is an award winning novelist born in Argentina, raised in Italy, and educated in the United States.

World Spanish: Luciernaga Publication: January 2013 117 Pages

Brasilian and Portuguese Rights available. 282 Pages

Fiction / SciFi

David Mateo

SALTY NIGHTS Scifiworld Award 2012

Aurora, at age eleven, was marked

by the tragic circumstances of the

death of her mother in a car accident.

Since then, she remains detained in

an apartment in Nocturnes Street of

Valencia, chained to old faces from

his childhood and ghostly creatures

born of his own psychosis.

Abel, a young illustrator who works

for a newspaper and studying

medicine at the university, reaches

her through a common passion:

writing. Art and inspiration

consummate an atypical relationship

between them. But this relationship

will bring dire consequences in the

distant future that will affect people

they love.

A horror thriller divided into two

timelines. A group of women have to

deal with a serial murderer, whose

criminal methodology has led him to

receive the nickname of Pilate. An

entity that terrorizes the streets of

Valencia becomes a character in the

story.

«Spanish fantasy novels have few

essentials. This is one of them.»

Jose Miguel Pallares.

World Spanish: AJEC Publication: March 2012

David Mateo (Valencia, 1976) writes

fantasy novels. He also writes for

several newspapers in Valencia.

He works as a literary events manager

for different organisations. Founding

member of Nocte, the Spanish

Association of Horror Writers, he has

directed two magazines devoted to

fantasy literature.

Inspirational Fiction / Self help

Arthur Rowshan

The Man who Rode the Tiger of Happiness How To Transform Anxiety Into Positive Energy David is a young person with a normal job, who daily goes to the office and fulfills his duties. One day, he feels a strong chest pain and faints. He ends up in the hospital. Fortunately, the doctors rule out any heart problem. It is an anxiety problem that can only be treated by psychiatric or psychological means. Coincidentally, David meets an old Chinese man in a small restaurant, who starts to show him the way of stress liberation through small changes in his life. This book will be of great help to millions of people who nowadays suffer the consequences of stress and anxiety.

The Diet of the Chinese Princessess An easy way to get slim with no suffering Meifen was an obese Chinese princess. She tried to get slim many times but she always failed. Finally she metes a chinese monk who promises to help her. He teaches her three techniques to loose weight. 4000 years later a young journalist is writing an article about diets. She interviews a cardiologist, a personal trainer and an anthropologist. But she does’nt find the secret to loose weight. One day she meets a Chinese master. He tells her the story about the Princess.

Arthur Rowshan

He was born in Iran and grow up in Italy. Later he studied in Canada and Spain. He is hypnologist and has written several books about addictions.

World Spanish: Zenith Publication: March 2013

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June 2011

Spanish (world): EDAF Greece: Opera

Inspirational Narrative / PNL

Pedro Vieira

The Magician who didn’t Believe in Magic Transform life’s challenges into opportunities for growth Peter (the book’s protagonist) runs into an old university friend who invites him to participate in a conference on communication. Once he’s overcome his initial skepticism and under the guidance of his friend who acts as his coach (without his name being mentioned even once), Peter embarks on a process of personal, professional and family transformation. As the chapters progress, Peter begins to discover the fundamental principles of Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP) which help him have a better grasp of the mechanisms of human conduct while improving communication processes between individuals. To achieve this, Peter’s friend gives him the task of creating a blog in which Peter is supposed to jot down the progress he makes day by day; moreover, he hands him a mysterious deck of black cards, under the condition that Peter investigates each of the cards when asked to do so; in this way, Peter gauges each of the NLP principles and learns to implement them in his personal and professional life. http://www.bertrand.pt/catalogo/detalhes_produto.php?id=281966 http://www.pedrovieira.net/

The author Pedro Vieira loves to think about how we can achieve the objectives we set for ourselves. He is an expert on using our mental resources to maximize results in different areas of our lives. He has worked as a manager of a multinational company and at present is the CEO of Life Training, a company that trains executives in NLP techniques.

English translation available Publication date: February 2011 Portugal: Pergaminho Spanish (World): Temas de Hoy (Planeta) To be published soon by Pergaminho:

Communication / Inspirational Narrative

Ferran Ramon-Cortés

The Island of the 5 Lighthouses A travel to the keys of comunication "Do you still have this beautiful retreat in Menorca? Go there and watch your favorite landscape: the lighthouses. They can teach you a lot more than me. Look at them calmly and with eyes wide open ... " This is what Max, an old friend and professor, said to Ferran after listening to his presentation and seeing that he had not been able to connect with the public. On the advice of Max, Ferran travels to Menorca in winter. Menorca is a small island in the Mediterranean. The five lighthouses on the island will give you the keys of the communication, the keys to make clear messages and effectively reach to our audience. This brief history will be useful for those who need to be heard at some point in their lives: teachers, parents, politicians, media ... Ferran Ramon-Cortés

Ferran was born in Barcelona in 1962. He holds a degree in Economics from ESADE. He has worked in marketing and communications for over 20 years. He currently heads his own school of communication and collaborates with various universities. He is the author of five books. Island of the five lighthouses, published by RBA in Spain in 2002, has sold over 60,000 copies.

Spanish (world): Planeta. New edition January 2012 Catalan: Edicions 62 Portuguese: MHIJ Japan (Aspect Corporation) Korea (Wisdomhouse Publishing) Taiwan (Fine Press) Brasil (Planeta Brasil) Portugal (MHIJ) More than 60.000 copies sold in Spain English translation available

Communication / Inspirational Narrative

Ferran Ramon-Cortés

How to Listen with Your Eyes 5 keys to know others, to understand them and to connect with them This is a book about interpersonal communication. Between you and the others. About how to mentor them and let you be mentored by them. About how we grow up through communication with others in our personal and professional lifes. The main character in this story discovers that he has relationship problems when a colleague says she wants to quit. Then he sees that she is completely unkown for him and decides to develop his communication habilities. He starts to investigate and finally find the answers in his hobby: photography. An old photography manual will give him the keys. From the photographer's position, he will discover how to connect with his colleague and be able to help her. Ferran Ramon-Cortés

Ferran was born in Barcelona in 1962. He holds a degree in Economics from ESADE. He has worked in marketing and communications for over 20 years. He currently heads his own school of communication and collaborates with various universities. He is the author of five books. Island of the five lighthouses, published by RBA in Spain in 2002, has sold over 60,000 copies.

Spanish (world), Catalan: RBA Libros

Ferran Ramon-Cortés

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Personal communication specialist, Ferran Ramon-Cortes collaborates with different media and write with other contributors to the weekly supplement of the newspaper El Pais.

The logbook Ferran is at a critical point in his relationship with Sonia, his wife. Again, as he did in "The Island of the five lighthouses”, he seeks help from his friend and mentor Max, who this time suggests he embarks with his wife in a sailboat out to sea. Spanish: RBA Libros / Catalan: La Magrana / Italian / Korea

Virus. A story about the danger of rumors in organizations In a luxury resort on the Caribbean island of St. John, there has unleashed a strange epidemic. An epidemic that threatens to infect all hotel guests. Like St. John, an epidemic of rumor threatens to destabilize the entire enterprise of the main character in this story. Spanish: RBA Libros / Catalan: La Magrana / Brasil: Academia / Portugal: MHIJ

The lottery What would you do if tomorrow you touched one and a half million euros in the lottery? How would your life change? Disenchanted with his profession and in the middle of personal crisis, the protagonist of this story will win the lottery. It's his chance to make a big change, to rewrite the script of his life. To discover and pursue his dream and do what he really wants to do. Spanish: RBA Libros / Catalan: La Magrana / Portugal: Estrela Polar (Leya)

Conversations with Max Marta is immersed in a sea of conflict. Conflicts in their relationships at work and his personal life, and have a common origin: her communication problems with others. Spanish: RBA Libros / Catalan: La Magrana

Memoir

Isabela Simón

Some Lovers May Kill You A story of abuse, fear and recovery This is a memoir about a love relationship that started in internet. At the beginning everything was perfect. Ana fell in love through mails and chats. She believed she had finally met the love of her life. She married him. But later she discovered that he was a dangerous psychopath. She was alone, away from home and she had to be strong to manage her life. Her deep insight can be helpful for hundreds of women in a similar situation. Isabela Simon

This is not the author’s real name, as she prefers to save her privacity in order to protect herself from her ex-husband. She works in publicity and is very well known in the advertising world in Latin America.

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Spanish (world): Random House Mondadori (January 2012)

Fiction / Women

Eduardo Jáuregui

Conversations with my cat Amaya feels trapped in a job she doesn’t like in a foreign city. Lately, things are not what they were with her husband. And to top it off, she is about to turn forty. On her birthday, she discovers that her husband has been betraying her with a younger girl in the office. Her life is turned upside down, she feels that all his dreams have faded. Amaya goes into depression and seeks sick leave for psychological reasons. She spends all day at home alone, and begins to consume a startling amount of Kleenex, television soap operas, and chocolate muffins. Then a cat appears in her life. The animal begins to hang around outside his house, and Amaya begins to hear a voice in her head telling her, in feline tone: "Open the window." Amaya begins to worry that her mental health is worsening, and tries to ignore the cat and the increasingly insistent voice, even insolent. But finally, one morning, she decides to open the window. From that moment, Amaya develops a curious relationship with "Sybil". The cat laughs at human problems, and humans in general, which considers clueless monkeys obsessed with watches, the opinions of others, appearance and their preconceived schemes of how life should be.

Spanish (world): Ediciones B June 2013

Eduardo Jáuregui is professor of

psychology at Saint Louis University

(Madrid campus) and author of the

fable for adults Humans on Trial (RBA

Integral, 2006), which has sold more

than 10,000 copies and has been

adapted for the theater company Onira

Theatre. He has published three popular

books on positive psychology: The

sense of humor, instruction manual

(RBA Integral, 2007), High Fun

(Alienta, 2008, together with Jesus

Damian Fernandez) and Love and

humor (RBA Integral, 2009). He has

authored more than 50 articles in media

such as Integral, Healthy Mind, Bliss

and El Mundo, and scripts for short

films (one of them, White or Black,

who won a BAFTA for best short film

in 1991), and the webseries

Centralman.

José Antonio Jáuregui Edited by Eduardo Jáuregui

Humans on Trial Preface by Jane Goodall

What would animals say about us if they could talk? 10,000 copies sold The animals on the planet Earth, assembled in a forest, have agreed to hold a special trial. They accuse the crimes committed by human beings: slander, abuse and genocide. The forked tongue of Kali Cobra expose evidence against our species, while the Dog Filos, friend and advocate, will do everything to save us from condemnation. Representatives of various families testify animals, the cow and goat mosquito to the turtle. In the end, Solomon Owl, judge of this unusual trial, must decide ... Humans on trial, a posthumous first novel by Jose Antonio Jauregui, was conceived over twenty-five years of friendship and joint projects of the famous anthropologist with the naturalist Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente. Upon his death in May 2005, Jauregui had just completed the first full draft, after months of passionate writing. His son Eduardo has edited and expanded the manuscript to raise awareness of the latest work of the eminent thinker.

Spanish (world): RBA Libros English Ebook: Kolab English and German translations available.

José Antonio Jáuregui (1941-2005), thinker, writer and teacher, he dedicated his life to studying the human animal, but always in relation to other species around it. His ideas were translated into television series and books translated into several languages, including Rules of the game: the tribes, brain and emotions, Human identity, learn to think freely and Life is a game. He was an honorary member of the tribe of the Navajo and collaborated on various projects with biologists and naturalists as Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente, Richard Dawkins and Edward O. Wilson.

Inspirational fiction

Pere Cervantes and Juan Silvestre Gabarrón

The Loneliness of Whales Or how to change your vision of life

Written as a fable, The loneliness of the whales recounts the last months of life of Cecilio, a sexagenarian man whose vision of life will give a 180 º change from the hand of a beloved character named Pupas, a vital man with a past full of pain. Strong characters such as a blind woman or nurse contrast with the sadness of his neighbor and only friend Salvador, but they all suffer the same disease: a sort of noise that does not allow them to listen to their inner wisdom. With plain language and the magical scenery of the city of Barcelona, this novel contains a string of simple and effective lessons that will surely make you see life differently. Pere Cervantes (Barcelona, 1971). Law degree from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, since 1991 worked for the UN Service Commission, and for two and a half years in Kosovo and Bosnia Herzegovina. Trained as a screenwriter in the International Film Academy in Barcelona, is the author of several short films. Certified Professional Coach, works in ONDA CERO CASTELLÓN on morning programs with journalist Lorena Pardo. Juan Silvestre Gabarrón (Mula, Murcia, 1975) Professional Coach, is certified as a Master in NLP, and holds a Masters degree in Human Resources. He collaborates with Onda Regional RAdio, where he advises the audience on issues of self-help in its program "Mur & cia.”

67.000 words (266 pagess) World Spanish rights: Corona Borealis Web: www.lasoledaddelasballenas.com .

Marta Ligioiz

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The magic book In the life of everyone comes a point where it begins a major transformation, a metamorphosis, a chrysalis begins to unfold the wings of the conscience and the magic that dwells within each one of us. This is the story of Agnes, a woman who

feels lost and alone. One day in the library, stumbles upon a strange book that seems to know her since a long time ago ... The protagonist is thrown into an adventure that will touch the line between reality and magic, finding that both worlds are united, and start to come out of her depression, learning to live step by step, to confront her fears, to succeed in finding her own strength, her essence and magic. Spanish: Ediciones B / Portugal: Estrela Polar (Leya)

BESTSELLER: MORE THAN 20.000 COPIES SOLD IN SPAIN

The invitation A group of people gather every morning in a chat room, protected by anonymity, to escape with ease and frivolity of everyday problems. One night, there appears a mysterious participant with an unusual proposition: I'm looking for courage to participate in a game. After overcoming initial

misgivings, four men and three women accept the challenge. From this point, the game leads to an island lost at sea where they are forced to confront their truths and lies as part of the process to achieve the degree of person. The prize that awaits us is priceless: the keys to modify both our own realities as our surrounding environment. Spanish: RBA Libros