John J Monteleone LLC (d/b/a Mountain Lion) offers a unique blend of book packaging and literary representation services in nonfiction and fiction. For more than two decades the company has developed high-quality books with nationally-recognized brands such as Converse, Field & Stream magazine, Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, The PGA Tour, Major League Baseball, Gold’s Gym, Little League Baseball, New York Giants and Louisville Slugger; celebrity coaches and athletes such as Basketball Hall of Fame coach Pete Carril, legendary distance runner Bill Rodgers, National Baseball Hall of Fame players Tom Seaver, Tony Gwynn and Jim Palmer, Top 100 PGA Teaching Pros Mike Adams, David Glenz, Hank Haney, Mike McGetrick, Bill Moretti, and Todd Sones, WNBA New York Liberty Teresa Weatherspoon, and ESPN-TV NBA analyst Dr. Jack Ramsay; sportswriters Mike Freeman, Terry Frei. Ed Gruver, Ivan Maisel, David Porter, David Gould and Kelly Whiteside; and authors Doug Myers, Scott Douglas, John H. Kennedy, John Corcoran, Dan White and Adam Zagoria.

Mountain Lion also assists authors in self-publishing their works in several subject categories under its imprint and through its association with Cardinal Publishers Group, which warehouses and markets Mountain Lion's titles to readers via trade book wholesalers, bookstore chains and Internet booksellers.

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For more than three decades the company has developed high-quality books with nationally-recognized brands such as Converse, Field & Stream magazine, Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, The PGA Tour, Major League Baseball, Gold’s Gym, Little League Baseball, New York Giants, New York Yankees and Louisville Slugger; celebrity coaches and athletes such as Basketball Hall of Fame coach Pete Carril, legendary distance runner Bill Rodgers, National Baseball Hall of Fame players Tom Seaver, Tony Gwynn and Jim Palmer, Top 100 PGA Teaching Pros Mike Adams, David Glenz, Hank Haney, Mike McGetrick, Bill Moretti, and Todd Sones, WNBA New York Liberty Teresa Weatherspoon, and ESPN-TV NBA analyst Dr. Jack Ramsay, former CBS-TV golf broadcaster Ben Wright and former PGA Tour player and CBS-TV golf broadcaster Bobby Clampett; Golf Channel yoga instructor Katherine Roberts; sportswriters Andy Brumer, Mike Freeman, Terry Frei, Ed Gruver, Ivan Maisel, David Porter, David Gould, Dan Markowitz, Jay Price and Kelly Whiteside; and authors Scott Douglas, John H. Kennedy, John Corcoran, Dan White and Adam Zagoria.

• The Art of Hitting .300 by Charley Lau with Alfred Glossbrenner (1980, 1986, Penguin) A selection of the American Book Producers Hall of Fame

• The Art of Pitching by Tom Seaver with Lee Lowenfish (1984, Hearst Books)

• Branch Rickey’s Little Blue Book: Wit and Strategy from Baseball’s Last Wise Man edited by John J. Monteleone (1995, Macmillan)

• Speaking Freely: A Guided Tour of American English from Plymouth Rock to Silicon Valley by Stuart Berg Flexner and Anne Soukhanov (1997, Oxford University Press)

• The Smart Take from the Strong by Pete Carril with Dan White (1997, Simon & Schuster)

• Joe Montana’s Art and Magic of Quarterbacking by Joe Montana (1997, Henry Holt)

• The PGA Tour Complete Book of Golf: Lessons and Advice from the Best Players in the Game by Mike Corcoran (1999, Henry Holt)

• Koufax by Ed Gruver (2000, Taylor Publishing)

• The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Jogging and Running by Bill Rodgers and Scott Douglas (2000, 2003, Alpha Books)

• ESPN: The Uncensored History by Michael Freeman (2000, Taylor Publishing)

• Fixed: How Goodfellas Bought Boston College Basketball by David Porter (2000, Taylor Publishing)

• As Hogan Said: The 389 Best Things Ever Said About How to Play Golf edited by Randy Voorhees (2000, Simon & Schuster)

• The Ultimate Martial Arts Q&A Book by John Corcoran and John Graden (2001, Contemporary Books)

• Horns, Hogs & Nixon Coming: Texas vs. Arkansas in Dixie’s Last Stand by Terry Frei (2002, Simon & Schuster)
• Jim Brown: The Fierce Life of an American Hero by Mike Freeman (2006, William Morrow)

• The Impact Zone: Mastering Golf's Moment of Truth by Bobby Clampett and Andy Brumer (2007, St.Martin's Press)

• From Pebble Beach to Augusta: One Man's Journey to Play the World's Top 100 Course by Leon Wentz (2007, Mountain Lion Books)

• The Negotiable Golf Swing: How to Improve Your Game Without Picture-Perfect Form by Joseph Laurentino, PGA (2008, Mountain Lion Books)

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Mountain Lion, whose work has been honored by the American Book Producers Association, PBS-TV's Reading Rainbow, and the New York Public Library, is uniquely positioned to deliver the highest quality sports narratives, reference, biographies, inspirational and instruction works.

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