http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/rights/ Rights news, rights offerings, and book proposals posted by members of Publishers Marketplace en-us 2008-05-09T19:43:36+00:00 Publishers Marketplace Publishers Marketplace hourly 1 2004-11-01T12:00:00+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/images/PM_rssimg.gif http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/ http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/rights/display.cgi?rights_no=5542 How to make a Direct Connection with the Divine through simple tools which are for everyone at any stage of their spiritual growth. Krista Goering, The Krista Goering Literary Agency LLC 2008-05-09T19:43:35+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/rights/display.cgi?rights_no=5541 In one short volume, Marion Aldridge introduces, summarizes, and even improves upon the best advice available for those who want to understand why they do the things they do and how they can improve their decision-making abilities. Why do adults continue to act like thoughtless teenagers well past age 30, or 50, or even 70? How do they get stuck in the same bad habits that often got them into trouble as adolescents? If you need insight and information, practical tools and ... Mary Sue Seymour, The Seymour Agency 2008-05-09T17:28:00+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/rights/display.cgi?rights_no=5540 Most new diet plans are based on good scientific principles; however, people need more than another diet plan that is overly scientific, impossible to follow, and which comes with a highly restrictive or expensive menu. The Diet Denominator: Fill Your Tank for Less is a diet plan based on the energy density of foods. The energy denisty of foods (also known as volumetics) is a well-tested and proven theory that has received recent attention as it allows the dieter to eat more while ... Mary Sue Seymour, The Seymour Agency 2008-05-09T17:20:00+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/rights/display.cgi?rights_no=5539 Victoria Ashton is a successful anonymous investor in the London Stock Exchange at a time when men insisted that a woman be a pretty showpiece - all heart, no brains and bred to serve. Victoria wants a man who will respect her intelligence, not be intimidated by it. Blake Malorey, Earl of Ravenspear, earned his fortune in the Indies after escape debtors' prison. Now he's returned to London to seek vengeance against the man responsible for his family's ruin - ... Mary Sue Seymour, The Seymour Agency 2008-05-09T17:11:32+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/rights/display.cgi?rights_no=5538 National security comes at a price. Dean Dreiser learned that lesson long ago. Now domestic terrorists are testing a biological weapon in southern New Mexico, and Dean is forced to take a new partner - Dr. Lucinda Brown. Lucy is the leading expert in molecular biology, but she has no field experience. Separately they don't stand a chance against what dominates the night skies of Roswell, New Mexico. Together they can do more than survive. They can do their jobs in spite of the ... Mary Sue Seymour, The Seymour Agency 2008-05-09T17:07:41+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/rights/display.cgi?rights_no=5537 GIFTS OF WAR, a debut romantic suspense novel by Mackenzie Ford. This is the first novel in a two book contract. In a good deal to Nan Talese for her imprint at Doubleday by Robin Straus at Robin Straus Agency, acting in conjunction with Andrew Nurnberg Associates, London, who has placed British rights with Little,Brown UK.. GIFTS OF WAR takes place in WWI, opening with the Christmas Day truce. Robin Straus, Robin Straus Agency, Inc. 2008-05-08T20:35:40+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/rights/display.cgi?rights_no=5536 A new type of person is coming into incarnation, almost a 'next step' as humanity progresses. These people are visionary and creative, progressive and independent. They carry new ways of thinking that holds great promise for the future. Kabir Jaffe and Ritama Davidson help identify if you or your children are Indigos and help you understand more clearly your nature and purpose here on earth. They also put into perspective the bigger picture of the changing of an Age and its ... Judy Klein, Kleinworks Agency 2008-05-08T18:43:25+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/rights/display.cgi?rights_no=5535 The Second Lebanon War has changed the state of Israel forever. Until July 2006, Israel had come to see itself as powerful, almost omnipotent. In the summer of 2006, Israel reverted to being a small Jewish state surrounded by hostile enemies. With a single blow, the weaknesses of a whole generation were exposed. Modern fighting concepts, many of which have been adopted and accepted by other western military forces, were broken. The IDF were tested and failed in a war that was a direct ... Ora Cummings, Ora Cummings Literary Agency 2008-05-08T16:15:38+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/rights/display.cgi?rights_no=5534 For the Love of God and Virgins is about an English teacher in Jerusalem, married to a man who is killed in a terrorist attack in the 80's. During the Second Intifada all her grief wells up again, and she is infuriated by the biased and fallacious reporting on foreign media stations. She then meets one of these foreign reporters, and through their unfolding relationship she can comment on this media spin. They write a book together - "Never Let the Facts Get in the Way of a Good ... Ora Cummings, Ora Cummings Literary Agency 2008-05-08T15:55:57+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/rights/display.cgi?rights_no=5531 Millions of moms (and quite a few dads!) long to work from home but aren't aware of viable options that would allow them flexibility, low start-up cost and the potential for sufficient income to allow them to transition out of their day jobs. That was precisely the impetus behind the creation of Motherhood, Incorporated (www.MotherhoodIncorporated.com), a multinational company that trains mothers to work from home and makes them available as a stable of workers to clients seeking ... Gina Panettieri, Talcott Notch Literary Services 2008-05-07T19:53:30+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/rights/display.cgi?rights_no=5530 Anna Rowan is the hottest young female chef in Chicago. Her restaurant, Tart, is a critics' favorite, and it's practically impossible to get a reservation - which is unsurprising, as this is a woman who graduated culinary school in three years, before studying under some of the world's greatest chefs. Her live-in boyfriend, Tart's G.M. Byron Smith, is a sharp, sexy, flower-giving food industry veteran whose keen business sense and iron fist keeps Tart thriving. On top ... Alan Goldsher 2008-05-07T17:14:22+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/rights/display.cgi?rights_no=5529 She's a singer, a songwriter, a pianist, a rock goddess, and a sex kitten. She's Jenn Bradford, and her career is in disarray. Jenn's third album, Reality Check, was dismissed by critic/super cute indie rock boy Zach Bingham as "fence straddling" and "not nearly as strong as her near-classic, Guess Who Came at Dinner." The audiences at Jenn's shows are at once shrinking and bored. And she can't bring herself to fire her troublesome but talented ... Alan Goldsher 2008-05-07T17:13:07+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/rights/display.cgi?rights_no=5528 Her high school years were defined by boring advanced placement classes and unrequited love, but now singer and self-professed nerdy chick Naomi Braver is a rock 'n' roll goddess. Just ask Rolling Stone, who wrote, "If Liz Phair married Sheryl Crow, and they had a child that was midwifed by Ani DiFranco, and babysat by Tori Amos, it'd probably be Naomi." Not bad for a born and bred Brooklyn girl who used to have trouble getting any boys to kiss her. Before they ... Alan Goldsher 2008-05-07T17:12:06+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/rights/display.cgi?rights_no=5527 Life without the chance to grow, to learn, to love, to be free. That is what Sandy Shaw faced At the young age of 15, skinny kid, Sandy Shaw had no idea that one request would change the course of her life forever. All she wanted was to be left alone. Sheri Ables, Red Writing Hood Ink 2008-05-06T19:15:28+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/rights/display.cgi?rights_no=5526 "Utterly engaging and suspenseful throughout. Stylishly written—nods to the classics of the detective genre—with great characters and plenty of wit and originality." — Dave King, National Bestselling Author of The Ha-Ha Dakota Stevens is a modern PI, medium-boiled, who never drinks while on a case. As a former FBI agent with experience in the field and the lab, he combines the wit and grit of PIs Marlowe and Spenser with the ratiocination of Sherlock Holmes. In A REAL PIECE OF ... Krista Goering, The Krista Goering Literary Agency LLC 2008-05-06T18:07:03+00:00