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December,
2006
October,
2006
Featured
in Publishers Marketplace
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NON-FICTION: BUSINESS/INVESTING/FINANCE
Michael Zwell's
SIX FIGURE SALARY NEGOTIATION: The Ultimate Insider's Guide
to Getting the Salary and Job You Deserve, needed by every
employee to put a value on their work and negotiate the
best salary, benefits package, and career track, to Jill
Alexander at Adams Media, by Doris Michaels at DSM Agency
(World).
October
17-18 SALES AUTOPSY reached No. 1
on the
Barnes and Noble Business Bestseller's List.
DSM
Agency
Frankfurt
Hot List 2006
Top
books with international rights available
www.dsmagency.com
(Click
here for a PDF version)
Chris
Widener
THE
ANGEL INSIDE
Random
House (World English – Spring 2007) Magellan ( Korea )
A
journey of self-discovery in Florence , through lessons
learned from Michelangelo's David and an Italian artisan's
workshop.
Wynne
Whitman
WISHES
WANTS AND WILLS
Prentice
Hall (World English – Spring 2007)
How
to prepare for end of life decisions – legally and medically.
John
Strelecky
THE
WHY ARE YOU HERE CAFE
Perseus
Books ( North America – Spring 2006)
Campus
(Brazil); Gimm Young (Korea); TA-KE SHOBO (Japan); China
Times (Taiwan); DTV (Germany); Dekolte (Turkey); Beta (Czech
Republic); Piatkus (UK); Ankh-Hermes (Holland); Vocatio
Publishing (Poland); Leda (Romania); RBA (Spain); Infodar
(Bulgaria); Sinais de Fogo (Portugal); Aryeh Nir (Israel);
Shanghai Century (China)
Self-help
parable asking, “Why are you here? Do you fear death? Are
you fulfilled?”
Jeffrey
Fox
SECRETS
OF GREAT RAINMAKERS: Keys to Success and Wealth
Book
# 7 with Hyperion (North America – March 2006);
Alpina
(Russia ); Vocatio (Poland ); Se Education Public Co. (Thailand
); Vermilion ( K )
Getting
tips, tricks and potent stories from famous and soon-to-be
discovered rainmakers.
HOW
TO GET TO THE TOP: Business Lessons Learned at the Dinner
Table
Book
# 8 with Hyperion ( North America – June 2007)
Vocatio
(Poland ); Tokuma Shoten (Japan ); Next Wave Publishing
(Korea )
A
look at what the top business people learned at home at
the family dinner table.
Todd
Hopkins and Ray Hilbert
THE
JANITOR
Thomas
Nelson (World English, Latin American Spanish, Latin American
Portuguese –Spring 2007)
Wisdom
House ( Korea )
A
story of a janitor who teaches a CEO how to experience business
and life to the fullest.
Lynn
Peril
COLLEGE
GIRLS: An
Informal History of Bluestockings, Sex Kittens and Sweet
Girl Graduates
W.W.
Norton (World English – August 2006)
A
study of the college girl, from the turn of the 20 th century
to the 1970s, the first woman to take that socially controversial
step toward educational equity.
PINK
THINK: Becoming a Woman in Many Uneasy Lessons
W.
W. Norton (World English – October 2002)
A
smart, witty, pop-culture history of the perilous path to
achieving the feminine ideal.
Stuart
Lucas
WEALTH:
Grow It, Protect It, Share It, and Pass It On
Prentice
Hall (World English – February 2006 )
Alpina
( Russia )
Advice
for consumers and providers of wealth management consultation
services based on stories from clients and friends.
Joseph
H. Ellis
AHEAD
OF THE CURVE: A Commonsense Guide to Forecasting Business
and Market Cycles
Harvard
Business School Press (World English – September 2005);TIEM
( Turkey );Leaders Book Publisher ( Korea ); China Machine
Press ( China )
How
to predict the stock market and economic cycles, offering
an easy, hands-on, insider’s approach.
Peter
Roy and James Autry
THE
BOOK OF HARD CHOICES: Putting Your Integrity to Work
Random
House ( North America – Fall 2006)
Elsevir
(Brazil)
Practical
examples of the positive and negative consequences of difficult
business decisions that leave your integrity on the line.
Nance
Guilmartin
HEALING
CONVERSATIONS
Jossey-Bass
(World English - 2002)
Ankh-Hermes
(Netherlands); Sogides (France); Goldmann (Germany); Bertrand-Brasil
(Brazil); Svenska (Sweden); Cite (Complex Chinese); NLN
s.r.o. (Czech Republic); Haneon (Korea)
A
collection of poignant stories and proven advice to help
friends, family, and colleagues support one another during
times of crisis and change.
July,
2006
Night
and Weeknds Review for WHY CAFE
" The
Why Café is an insightful, inspiring read that offers
a lot of excellent (though not always practical) advice.
The message here is one that I could never argue with: do
what makes you happy."
Read
More
COLLEGE
GIRLS:
Bluestockings,
Sex Kittens, and Co- Eds, Then and Now
By Lynn Peril
Featured
in Book List
June,
2006
COLLEGE
GIRLS:
Bluestockings,
Sex Kittens, and Co- Eds, Then and Now
By Lynn Peril
Featured
in Publisher's Weekly:
Will
her B.A. ruin her chances for an M-r-s.? Will too much study
endanger her procreative organs? And if higher education
is truly safe for a young woman, what sort of curriculum
is appropriate? Greek and Latin? Home economics? According
to Peril (Pink Think), in this history of women in colleges,
ever since the first young ladies went off to their "dame
schools" in early America , people have been debating
such questions. Underlying these mentionable fears was one
more worrisome: who would protect a girl's virtue when she
lived away from home, surrounded by hormonal young men?
As Peril makes clear, throughout history "[a]dults
inevitably get their granny-sized panties in a bunch when
it comes to the sexcapades of the younger generation."
True, she's focused on prescriptive material more than the
actual experiences of co-eds in various eras, but it's eye-opening
to see how consistently advice-givers and advertisers have
played on the same few anxieties regarding the female student.
The material that Peril has included on student experiences—particularly
the stories of women at historically black colleges—helps
balance the text. Peril's witty, irreverent style, her generous
use of old advertisements and photos and her careful footnotes
make this text unusually user-friendly. (Aug.)
May,
2006
DSM
Agency
BEA
Hot List 2006
Top
books with international rights available
www.dsmagency.com
(Click
here for a PDF version)
Chris
Widener THE
ANGEL INSIDE
Random
House ( North America – Spring 2007)
A
journey of self-discovery in Florence , through lessons
learned from Michelangelo's David and an Italian artisan's
workshop.
Wynne
Whitman
WISHES
WANTS AND WILLS
Prentice
Hall (World English – Spring 2007)
How
to prepare for end of life decisions – legally and medically.
John
Strelecky
THE
WHY ARE YOU HERE CAFE
Perseus
Books ( North America – Spring 2006)
Campus
(Brazil); Gimm Young (Korea); TA-KE SHOBO (Japan); China
Times (Taiwan); DTV (Germany); Dekolte (Turkey); Beta
(Czech Republic); Piatkus (UK); Ankh-Hermes (Holland); Vocatio
Publishing (Poland); Leda (Romania); RBA (Spain)
Self-help
parable asking, “Why are you here? Do you fear death? Are
you fulfilled?”
Jeffrey
Fox
SECRETS
OF GREAT RAINMAKERS: Keys to Success and Wealth
Book
# 7 with Hyperion ( North America – March 2006)
Alpina
( Russia ); Vocatio ( Poland ); Se Education Public Co.
( Thailand ); Vermilion ( UK )
Getting
tips, tricks and potent stories from famous and soon-to-be
discovered rainmakers.
BUSINESS
LESSONS LEARNED AT THE FAMILY DINNER TABLE
Book
# 8 with Hyperion ( North America – March 2007)
Vocatio
( Poland )
A
look at what the top business people learned at home at
the family dinner table.
Todd
Hopkins and Ray Hilbert
JANITOR
BOB
Thomas
Nelson (World English, Latin American Spanish, Latin American
Portuguese –Spring 2007)
Wisdom
House ( Korea )
A
story of a janitor who teaches a CEO how to experience business
and life to the fullest.
Lynn
Peril
COLLEGE
GIRLS: An
Informal History of Bluestockings, Sex Kittens and Sweet
Girl Graduates
W.W.
Norton (World English – August 2006)
A
study of the college girl, from the turn of the 20 th century
to the 1970s, the first woman to take that socially controversial
step toward educational equity.
PINK
THINK: Becoming a Woman in Many Uneasy Lessons
W.
W. Norton (World English – October 2002)
A
smart, witty, pop-culture history of the perilous path to
achieving the feminine ideal.
Stuart
Lucas
WEALTH:
Grow It, Protect It, Share It, and Pass It On
Prentice
Hall (World English – February 2006 )
Ledo
Yayincilik ( Turkey )
Advice
for consumers and providers of wealth management consultation
services based on stories from clients and friends.
Joseph
H. Ellis
AHEAD
OF THE CURVE: A Commonsense Guide to Forecasting Business
and Market Cycles
Harvard
Business School Press (World English – September 2005)
Tiem
( Turkey ); ( Korea )
How
to predict the stock market and economic cycles, offering
an easy, hands-on, insider’s approach.
Peter
Roy and James Autry
THE
BOOK OF HARD CHOICES: Putting Your Integrity to Work
Random
House ( North America – Fall 2006)
Practical
examples of the positive and negative consequences of difficult
business decisions that leave your integrity on the line.
Nance
Guilmartin
HEALING
CONVERSATIONS
Jossey-Bass
(World English - 2002)
Ankh-Hermes
(Netherlands); Sogides (France); Goldmann (Germany); Bertrand-Brasil
(Brazil); Svenska (Sweden); Cite (Complex Chinese); NLN
s.r.o. (Czech Republic); Haneon (Korea)
A
collection of poignant stories and proven advice to help
friends, family, and colleagues support one another during
times of crisis and change.
Featured
in Publishers Lunch:
Personnel
News:
In agency news,
Delia Berrigan
has been promoted to subsidiary rights specialist at the
DSM Agency, handling translation, audio, and film rights.
April,
2006
Featured
in Publisher's Lunch
Deal
News
Another busy day in deal reports (with about 135 new ones
logged just since Monday): More from Jeffrey Fox (on what
business people learn at home) for Hyperion...
Featured
in Publishers Marketplace
******
NON-FICTION: BUSINESS/INVESTING/FINANCE
Jeffrey Fox's BUSINESS LESSONS LEARNED AT THE FAMILY DINNER
TABLE, a look at what the top business people learned at
home, to Brenda Copeland at Hyperion, in a good deal, by
Doris Michaels at DSM Agency (NA).
******
NON-FICTION: ADVICE/RELATIONSHIPS
Chris Widener's THE ANGEL INSIDE, a journey of self-discovery
in Florence, through lessons learned from Michelangelo's
David and an Italian artisan's workshop, to Roger Scholl
at Doubleday Currency, in a good deal, in a two-book deal,
by Doris Michaels of DSM Agency (World English).
Featured
in the Courier News:
Review of John
Strelecky's THE WHY CAFE
Read
the full Gannett story here.
Little
book tackles big question: Why am I here?
By CATHY MATHIAS
Gannett News Service
Have you ever wondered
why you exist? It's one of those basic philosophical questions
that hit us hard at certain times in our lives.
Does my life have
any meaning? What am I doing here? What's my reason for
getting up in the morning?
Religious groups,
psychoanalysts and plenty of bartenders have tried to fill
in the blanks for us. But the answer lies within each of
us. Some of us find it, some never do. To help in that search,
John Strelecky has written a little guidebook...
Featured
in Publisher's Weekly:
View
the article here
April 17, 2006
The
Why Café
John P. Strelecky.
Da Capo, $12.95
(130p) ISBN 0-7382-1063-3
The questions
surrounding the purpose of life have been pondered for thousands
of years. Strelecky, an M.B.A. and inspirational speaker,
gives some of these questions a fresh turn and brings the
reader on a quick journey into self-exploration. Through
a fictional account, he tells the story of John, who sets
out on a vacation to escape from his unfulfilling life.
But after a forced detour, he finds himself lost and his
car very low on gas as darkness falls. Beginning to despair,
John sees the lights of the Why Café in the near
distance and heads in that direction. Despite its appearance,
this isn't your typical cafe; it's one where the menu poses
questions like "Why are you here?" Before long,
John is facing up to what he needs to do to find his way
to the life he really wants. This is a simple read but asks
profound questions about the purpose of life and our role
as individuals. While it often seems that John is overly
obtuse, his questioning helps to draw the story out and
offers a richer picture of the options available to anyone
looking for more meaning in life. (June 1)
Photos
from the 2006 London Book Fair and WHY CAFE Cocktail Party
in London
Doris
Michaels and author John Strelecky at the Piatkus booth.
Photo by Xin Zhao.
The
Piatkus team with John Strelecky: Albert Depetrillo, Judy
Piatkus, Philip Cotrell, Doris Michaels, and Arabella Stein
of Abner Stein. Photo by Charlie Michaels.
Left
to Right: Emily Takeuchi of Japan Uni, Henry Shin of EY
Agency, author Carol Jose. Photo by Charlie Michaels.
Doris
Michaels, Emy ten Seldam of Ankh-Hernes, author John Strelecky.
Photo by Charlie Michaels.
Thomas
Schlueck of Schlueck Agency. Photo by Charlie Michaels.
Thomas
Schlueck, Doris Michaels, Piotr Waclawik of Vocatio, Judy
Piatkus, Amy ten Seldam. Photo by Charlie Michaels.
Doris
Michaels, Joanne Yang of Bardon Chinese Media, John Strelecky,
Lynn Chen and Max Lin of China Times. Photo by Xin Zhao.
Jana
Sommerlade of Piatkus, John Strelecky, and Albert Depetrillo.
Photo by Xin Zhao.
Philip
Cotrell and John Strelecky. Photo by Xin Zhao.
John
Strelecky with the Piergiorgio Niccolazzini Agency. Photo
by Xin Zhao.
John
Strelecky and John Radziewicz, Publisher of Da Capo Books
at Perseus. Photo by Xin Zhao.
John
Strelecky and Doris Michaels. Photo by Charlie Michaels
with the Perseus cover.
Announced
in Publishers Marketplace:
NON-FICTION: RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY
Todd Hopkins and Ray Hilbert's JANITOR
BOB, a Christian business parable in
which a janitor helps a CEO to reevaluate how he is leading
his business and his life, and ultimately how to become
more fulfilled, to Victor Oliver at Thomas Nelson, by Doris
Michaels at DSM Agency (world English).
Korean rights to Wisdomhouse, at auction, by Henry Shin
of EY Agency, on behalf of Doris Michaels.
Recently
featured on Business Week Online:
Author Stuart Lucas's book, WEALTH:
Grow It, Protect It, Share It, and Pass It On ,
was recently the focus of an interview at Business Week.
The video can be seen here.
February,
2006
DSM
Agency’s
London
Hot
List 2006
Top
books with international rights available
www.dsmagency.com
(For
a PDF click here)
John
Strelecky
THE
WHY ARE YOU HERE CAFE
Perseus
Books ( North America – Spring 2006)
Campus
(Brazil); Gimm Young (Korea); TA-KE SHOBO (Japan); China
Times (Taiwan); DTV (Germany); Dekolte (Turkey); Beta
(Czech Republic); Piatkus (UK); Ankh-Hermes (Holland); Vocatio
Publishing (Poland); Leda (Romania)
Self-help
parable asking, “Why are you here? Do you fear death? Are
you fulfilled?”
Jeffrey
Fox
SECRETS
OF GREAT RAINMAKERS: Keys to Success and Wealth
Book
# 7 with Hyperion ( North America – March
2006)
Alpina
( Russia ); Vocatio ( Poland
) Se
Education Public Co. (Thailand);
Vermilion (UK)
Getting
tips, tricks and potent stories from famous and soon-to-be
discovered rainmakers.
Todd
Hopkins and Ray Hilbert
JANITOR
BOB
Thomas
Nelson (World English, Latin American Spanish, Latin American
Portuguese –Spring 2007)
A
story of a janitor who teaches a CEO how to experience business
and life to the fullest.
Lynn
Peril
COLLEGE
GIRLS: An
Informal History of Bluestockings, Sex Kittens and Sweet
Girl Graduates
W.W.
Norton ( North America – August 2006)
A
study of the college girl, from the turn of the 20th century
to the 1970s, the first woman to take that socially controversial
step toward educational equity.
PINK
THINK: Becoming a Woman in Many Uneasy Lessons
W.
W. Norton ( North
America – October
2002)
A smart, witty, pop-culture
history of the perilous path to achieving the feminine ideal
Stuart
Lucas
WEALTH:
Grow It, Protect It, Share It, and Pass It On
Prentice
Hall (World English – February 2006 )
Ledo
Yayincilik (Turkey)
Advice
for consumers and providers of wealth management consultation
services based on stories from clients and friends.
Joseph
H. Ellis
AHEAD
OF THE CURVE: A Commonsense Guide to Forecasting Business
and Market Cycles
Harvard
Business School
Press (World English – September 2005)
How
to predict the stock market and economic cycles, offering
an easy, hands-on, insider’s approach.
Peter
Roy and James Autry
THE
BOOK OF HARD CHOICES: Putting Your Integrity to Work
Random
House ( North America – Fall 2006)
Practical
examples of the positive and negative consequences of difficult
business decisions that leave your integrity on the line.
Recently
Featured in Publisher's Weekly:
Stuart
Lucas
WEALTH:
Grow It, Protect It, Share It, and Pass It On
Prentice
Hall (World English – February 2006 )
See
the review here
Wealth: those who
have it want to keep it, but what's the best way to ensure
it doesn't run dry- Lucas is ideally suited to answer the
question. A Harvard Business School graduate who's worked
at wealth management firms, and a fourth-generation heir
of E.A. Stuart, the founder of the Carnation Company, Lucas
counsels readers who have, or are planning to have, at least
a few hundred thousand dollars in the bank. His book teaches
them to manage their wealth so it grows, or is at least
maintained, for as long as they want, whether that's one
lifetime or several generations. Lucas focuses principally
on investing decisions, spending decisions (like whether
to engage in philanthropy) and emotional issues. He provides
a good balance of in-depth financial guidance and tips on
negotiating financial decisions in the family. Though the
subject is dry, Lucas keeps the book interesting by using
examples taken from his own family's experience with fortune,
a tactic that lends both credibility and intimacy to his
advice. With its frequent plunges into the minutiae of investment
options, this book is definitely not light reading. It is,
however, a helpful guidebook for those faced with the task
of growing, protecting, spending and sharing a large amount
of cash.(Mar.)
Recently
Feature on NPR:
Joseph
H. Ellis
AHEAD
OF THE CURVE: A Commonsense Guide to Forecasting Business
and Market Cycles
Harvard
Business School
Press (World English – September 2005)
Listen
to the story here
Do you want to predict
the stock market? What number should you care about? Unemployment
rate? Consumer Confidence? On this week's Money Matters
-- our regular look at how to improve your bottom line --
author Joseph Ellis talks about the market's bottom line.
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