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December,
2009
November,
2009
Happy
15th Anniversary DSM Agency!
November 3, 2009
marks the official 15th anniversary of the incorporation
of the Doris S. Michaels Literary Agency. The agency also
held a special private cocktail party on October 16th at
Frankfurt Book Fair to celebrate with the many subagents
and international publishers they have worked with over
the years.
Doris
S. Michaels and violinist Natascha Naon at the Anniversary
Party.
Party-goers
mingling in Jimmy's Bar at the Hotel Hessischer Hof.
Doris
Michaels receives a 15th Anniversary commemorative clock
from Delia Berrigan Fakis.
September,
2009
DSM
Agency Frankfurt
Hot List 2009
Top
books with international rights available
(
Download a pdf of the Hot List here.)
Patricia
Crisafulli and Andrea
Redmond
COMEBACKS
Jossey-Bass
(World English – May 2010)
NY
Times bestselling author Crisafulli pairs with Redmond
to talk with high profile people
who lost it all and how they came back.
Maddy
Dychtwald
POWER
SHIFT
Hyperion
( North America
– January 2010)
How
women think and feel about money and how their control over
money will transform the global society, families, politics,
and the marketplace.
Charlie
Pellerin
HOW
NASA BUILDS TEAMS
John
Wiley and Sons (World English – June 2009)
Korea
Price ( Korea
)
Former
Director of NASA illustrates a unique 4-D system to analyze
team and leader effectiveness, focusing on team culture
and managing individual behaviors.
Sheila
Bethel
A
NEW
BREED OF LEADER
Penguin
( North America
– March 2009)
PHEI
(China)
The
ideal leader needs equal parts intellectual, emotional,
strategic, and instinctual competence.
John
Strelecky
THE
BIG FIVE FOR LIFE
St.
Martin ’s Press ( North
America – January 2008)
Ankh-Hermes
( Holland );
DTV ( Germany );
Kodansha ( Japan );
Piatkus ( UK );
Sextante ( Brazil );
China
Times ( Taiwan );
Editorial Diana ( Latin America
); Chungrim Publishing (
Korea );
Dauphin Blanc ( France ,
Canada )
Business
parable revealing the secrets to leading successful companies
and fulfilling people’s lives.
Todd
Hopkins and Ray
Hilbert
CARROT
CHASER
ATC
( North America
– January 2009)
Kodansha
( Japan );
Sam & Parkers ( Korea
)
From
internationally bestselling authors of JANITOR BOB, a business
parable about how to reconcile one's business ambitions
with faith and family.
Sarah
McCoy
THE
TIME IT SNOWED IN PUERTO
RICO
Random
House ( North America
– August 2009)
A
debut novel about a young girl's coming-of-age set in 1960s-era
Puerto Rico .
Nance
Guilmartin
POWER
OF PAUSE
Jossey-Bass
(World English – December 2009)
Explains
how taking a moment to reevaluate our circumstances allows
us to make more productive decisions and avoid disastrous
miscommunications .
Jeffrey
Fox
HOW
TO BE A FIERCE COMPETITOR
Jossey-Bass
(World English – March 2010)
Economic
downturns separate the winning companies from the struggling.
Fox shows tough times also give solid companies, strong
managers, and potential rainmakers the opportunity to seize
market share.
Jason
Kelly
THE
NEATEST LITTLE GUIDE TO STOCK MARKET INVESTING, 4th EDITION
Penguin
( North America
– January 2010)
Finessa
( Serbia )
New
examples of real investments that work even in the face
of the crash of 2008 and thoroughly updated resources including
free online stock screeners and the newest online brokers.
J.
Barry Griswell and Bob Jennings
ADVERSITY
PARADOX
St.
Martin ’s Press ( North
America – January 2009)
How
working to overcome unexpected obstacles may be the greatest
tool to building business savvy you'll ever have.
Nancy
Liebler and Sandra Moss
HEALING
DEPRESSION THE MIND
-BODY WAY
John
Wiley and Sons (World English – April 2009)
How
to use the ancient Ayurveda techniques of spiritual and
physical nourishment, undoing the factors in one's body
and mind that lead to depression.
Featured
in the Denver Post:
Charlie
Pellerin, author of HOW
NASA BUILDS TEAMS (John
Wiley and Sons, World English – Summer 2009), was profiled
in the Denver Post about how his experience launching and
fixing the Hubble Space telescope inspired his team-building
techniques. Read
the whole article here.
Bestseller
in Canada:
Internationally
best-selling John Strelecky extends his reach to Canada
with THE WHY
CAFE.
August,
2009
Featured
in Yoga Journal
HEALING
DEPRESSION THE MIND -BODY WAY
John
Wiley and Sons (World English – April 2009)
by Nancy Leibler
and Sandra Moss received a glowing review in Yoga Journal.
You can download the
entire review here.
Featured
in Book List
Sarah McCoy's
debut novel, The
Time it Snowed in Puerto Rico, nabbed this
excellent Book List review:
In 1960s Puerto Rico, Maria Flores
“Verdita” Ortiz-Santiago, an only child, is
turning 11 years old when she sees her parents in an act
she can’t fathom. After her parents announce that
they are pregnant, Verdita is forced to recognize who she
is apart from her parents and figure out her place within
the family unit. She also struggles with what it means to
be a young woman, how to relate to the opposite sex, and
whether it is possible to integrate her fascination with
all things American with her Puerto Rican culture. Over
the course of two years, Verdita pushes the boundaries of
acceptable behavior, experiences the excitement and consequences
of the forbidden, and surrenders to the pain of growing
up. This is a beautiful, little comingof- age novel about
one girl’s bittersweet journey of self-discovery.
Steeped in Puerto Rican culture and rich in authentic detail,
McCoy’s debut captures the essence of life in Puerto
Rico and, without judgment, holds it up for comparison against
the American way of life.
— Carolyn Kubisz
July,
2009
Featured
in Library Journal
McCoy, Sarah.
The
Time it Snowed in Puerto Rico. Shaye Areheart:
Harmony. Aug. 2009. c.224p. ISBN 978-0-907-46007-3. $19.95.
F
Verdita is a typical
preteen girl with all the emotional turmoil and naive questions
that come with her young age. Alas, a small Puerto Rican
mountain barrio in the 1960s is her whole world. All she
knows of the elusive America that she craves to be a part
of she has learned from her limited access to the media
and her visiting American cousin. Verdita believes that
everything is better in America than in her sleepy, sheltered
town. Things begin to change as she grows into womanhood,
experiences her first crush, and realizes that her mother's
pregnancy will alter her long-standing only-child status.
Though she still longs to go to America, she realizes that
life may not be so bad in her Puerto Rican home after all.
VERDICT This touching coming-of-age debut
novel transcends borders and times. Readers will laugh and
cry along with Verdita as she navigates a tumultuous adolescence,
easily identifying with her problems and struggles. As a
result, the novel will appeal to a wide range of readers,
and the addition of discussion questions is a plus for book
groups. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 3/15/09.]—Leann Restaino,
Girard, OH
(From http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6660939.html)
May,
2009
Featured
in the Wall Street Journal Bestsellers List:
THE
ADVERSITY PARADOX by J. Barry Griswell and Bob Jennings
broke the top ten on the Wall
Street Journal Business Bestsellers List.
Featured
on Fox News:
Patricia
Crisafulli, author of THE
HOUSE OF DIMON, was brought back to Fox News as an expert
in a discussion of Jamie Dimon as one of America's premiere
bankers.. Watch
the video here.
April,
2009
Featured
on Fox News:
Patricia Crisafulli
appeared on Fox News on April 16th to discuss THE
HOUSE OF DIMON and JP Morgan's first quarter earnings.
Watch
the video here.
Featured
in The Wall Street Journal:
THE
HOUSE OF DIMON by Patricia Crisafulli received a glowing
review, calling the book a "fiduciary love letter."
Read
the entire review here.
Featured
on the NY Times Bestsellers List:
THE
HOUSE OF DIMON by Patricia Crisafulli is on the New
York Times Bestsellers list. Read
the entire Nonfiction Bestsellers List here.
DSM
Agency London
Hot List 2009
Top
books with international rights available
(Download
a PDF of the Hot List here.)
Charlie
Pellerin
HOW
NASA BUILDS TEAMS
John
Wiley and Sons (World English – June 2009); Korea
Price ( Korea
)
Former
Director of NASA illustrates a unique 4-D system to analyze
team and leader effectiveness, focusing on team culture
and managing individual behaviors.
Maddy
Dychtwald
POWER
SHIFT
Hyperion
( North America
– January 2010)
How
women think and feel about money and how their control over
money will transform the global society, families, politics,
and the marketplace.
Nance
Guilmartin
POWER
OF PAUSE
Jossey-Bass
(World English – Spring 2010)
Explains
how taking a moment to reevaluate our circumstances allows
us to make more productive decisions and avoid disastrous
miscommunications .
Jason
Kelly
THE
NEATEST LITTLE GUIDE TO STOCK MARKET INVESTING, 4th EDITION
Penguin
( North America
– January 2010)
New
examples of real investments that work even in the face
of the crash of 2008 and thoroughly updated resources including
free online stock screeners and the newest online brokers.
Todd
Hopkins and Ray Hilbert
CARROT
CHASER
Kodansha
( Japan );
Sam & Parkers ( Korea
)
A
business parable about how to reconcile one's business ambitions
with faith and family.
Todd
Hopkins and Ray Hilbert
THE
JANITOR (JANITOR BOB)
Thomas
Nelson (World English, Latin American Spanish, Latin American
Portuguese – July 2007)
Wisdom
House ( Korea );
China
Renmin ( China );
Eurasian Publishing ( Taiwan
); Kodansha ( Japan
)
A
story of a janitor who teaches a CEO how to experience business
and life to the fullest.
Sarah
McCoy
THE
TIME IT SNOWED IN PUERTO
RICO
Random
House (North American –August 2009)
A
debut novel about a young girl's coming-of-age set in 1960s-era
Puerto Rico .
J.
Barry Griswell and Bob Jennings
ADVERSITY
PARADOX
St.Martin’s
Press ( North America
– January 2009)
How
working to overcome unexpected obstacles may be the greatest
tool to building business savvy you'll ever have.
Nancy
Liebler and Sandra Moss
HEALING
DEPRESSION THE MIND
-BODY WAY
John
Wiley and Sons (World English – April 2009)
How
to use the ancient Ayurveda techniques of spiritual and
physical nourishment, undoing the factors in one's body
and mind that lead to depression.
Jeffrey
Fox
RAIN
Jossey-Bass
(World English – January 2009); China Youth Press (China);
Pegasus (Turkey)
A
parable about a paperboy who learns the skills of rainmaking.
Jeffrey
Fox
UNTITLED
CUSTOMER SERVICE BOOK
Jossey-
Bass (World English – January 2010)
A
customer service book focusing on the value of retaining
customers versus getting new ones in an unstable economy.
Sheila
Bethel
A
NEW
BREED OF LEADER
Penguin
( North America
– March 2009)
The
ideal leader needs equal parts intellectual, emotional,
strategic, and instinctual competence.
John
Strelecky
THE
BIG FIVE FOR LIFE
St.
Martin ’s Press ( North
America – January 2008)
Ankh-Hermes
( Holland );
DTV ( Germany );
Kodansha ( Japan );
Piatkus ( UK );
Sextante ( Brazil );
China
Times ( Taiwan );
Editorial Diana ( Latin America
); Chungrim Publishing (
Korea )
Business
parable revealing the secrets to leading successful companies
and fulfilling people’s lives.
Crisafulli
Featured on Reuters, Yahoo!, Forbes, and CNBC
A
feature on HOUSE
OF DIMON appeared on Reuters.com (5.5
million visitors) today, April 2. The article was also picked
up by Yahoo! News (34 million visitors),
Forbes.com (6.5 million visitors), and CNBC.com (3.9
million visitors). Click here
to read.
The author, Patricia
Crisafulli, also wrote a guest post about the book on CNBC’s
“Bullish on Books” blog that appeared today, April 2. Click
here to
read.
The
day's press has boosted HOUSE
OF DIMON to bestseller status on Amazon.com.
March,
2009
DSM
Agency Audio Rights List
Spring
2009
Sheila
Bethel
A
NEW BREED OF LEADER
Penguin
(North America – March 2009)
The
ideal leader needs equal parts intellectual, emotional,
strategic, and instinctual competence with interviews from
Colin Powell, Arnold Palmer, and more.
Patricia
Crisafulli
THE
HOUSE OF DIMON
John
Wiley and Sons (World Rights – April 2009)
Goes
behind the scenes to recount the events that shaped Jamie
Dimon's career, including: his rise to prominence as Sandy
Weill's protege only to be fired and denied the top spot
at Citigroup; his orchestration of the deal whereby JP Morgan
acquired BankOne and Dimon emerged as the CEO of JP Morgan;
and his reaction to the current financial crisis and his
acquisition of Bear Stearns, including exclusive interviews
with top board members, former coworkers, and Jamie Dimon
himself.
J.
Barry Griswell and Bob Jennings
ADVERSITY
PARADOX
St.
Martin ’s Press (North America
– April 2009)
Chairman
and retired CEO of Principal Financial explains how working
to overcome humble beginnings, unexpected obstacles, or
any manner of misfortune that may come your way may be the
greatest tool to building business savvy you'll ever have
Nance
Guilmartin
POWER
OF PAUSE
Jossey-Bass
(World English – Spring 2010)
Explains
how taking a moment to reevaluate our circumstances allows
us to make more productive decisions and avoid disastrous
miscommunications.
Jason
Kelly
THE
NEATEST LITTLE GUIDE TO STOCK MARKET INVESTING, 4 th EDITION
Penguin
(North America – January 2010)
New
examples of real investments that work even in the face
of the crash of 2008 and thoroughly updated resources including
free online stock screeners and the newest online brokers.
Nancy
Liebler and Sandra Moss
HEALING
DEPRESSION THE MIND -BODY WAY
John
Wiley and Sons (World English – April 2009)
How
to use the ancient Ayurveda techniques of spiritual and
physical nourishment, undoing the factors in one's body
and mind that lead to depression.
Charlie
Pellerin
HOW
NASA BUILDS TEAMS
John
Wiley and Sons (World English – Summer 2009)
Former
Director of NASA illustrates a unique 4-D system to analyze
team and leader effectiveness, focusing on team culture
and managing individual behaviors.
Featured
on Yahoo!
Yahoo! HotJobs
ran a specialty piece with Jeffrey Fox on interview tips
during the economic recession. Read
about how to sell yourself to interviewers here.
Featured
in Investor's Business Daily
Jeffrey Fox's
SECRETS OF GREAT RAINMAKERS was featured in an Investor's
Business Daily article. Read
the article here.
AudioFile
Review
RAIN
: What a Paperboy Learned About Business
Jeffrey
J. Fox
Read by Jeffrey J. Fox
Sounding both earnest and relaxed, Jeffrey Fox's outstanding
reading makes his latest business audio a must-hear for
professional salespeople, negotiators, managers, and entrepreneurs.
The lesson starts with the story of Rain, an energetic paperboy
who wins customers, influences people, and builds a business
with pluck and determination. Fox's soft vocal urgency,
along with his ability to write dialogue, create enormous
curiosity about where the story is going and when the lesson's
abstractions will be delivered. In the program's second
half, each phase of Rain's adventure becomes a springboard
for Socratic teaching on topics like ethics, customer service,
innovation, and respect for one's teachers. The strategies
are intelligent, but it's the author's warmth and humanitarian
tone that will make the audio's power and influence endure.
T.W. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine [Published: MARCH
2009]
Featured
in The Huffington Post
Jeffrey Fox was
interviewed about RAIN and his own experiences being a paperboy
for the Huffington Post. Listen
to the whole interview here.
Jeffrey
Fox on G. Gordon Liddy
Jeffrey Fox had
an hour long segment on the G. Gord Liddy show on Radio
America. Listen
to the entire interview here.
February,
2009
Jeffrey
Fox's 10th Book, RAIN Launches
Jeffrey Fox's
10th book, RAIN, launched
with spectacular reviews.
From Business
Books
By
Jim Pawlak
"This business
parable takes many of us back to our first job – a
paperboy. We didn’t just deliver newspapers, we ran
a business. We had to grow our customer base if we wanted
to make more money. We learned and practiced customer service
skills."
Read the whole
column here
at the Dallas Morning News.
On Amazon,
one reviewer calls it Fox's "most entertaining."
January,
2009
As
seen on C-Span:
Co-Author of YOU
ARE NOT FORGOTTEN, Carol Jose, featured a presentation of
the above book on C-Span's Book TV just before the new year.
Watch
the video here.
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