Bringing Paris Home, by Penny Baird
(Monacelli Press, October 2008)

This informative book details how one can use French and other European influences to create a more comfortable and refined atmosphere in the home. Penny Drue Baird, the owner of Dessins, LLC, is an internationally renowned interior designer. Ms. Baird seeks to create atmospheres filled with architectural detail, warmth, and sophisticated charm, and she has a penchant for European traditions and style. She is best known for her in-depth knowledge of decorating sources, especially in Western Europe. Ms. Baird, who has a Ph.D. in psychology, has been named to Architectural Digest's list of the Top 100 Architects and Designers world-wide. She also writes a weekly column for The Southampton Press and has been published in Architectural Digest, Elle Décor, Interior Design, House & Garden, The New York Times, Departures, Traditional Home and other leading publications.

A Promise to Ourselves: Fatherhood and Divorce, by Alec Baldwin
(St. Martins Press, September 2008)

World famous actor Alec Baldwin discusses the personal transformation he had to undergo in order to survive his divorce with actress Kim Basinger. After a long period of turmoil, Baldwin emerged from the pain of loss, separation and alienation with a new vision of life and a renewed sense of his purpose as a man, an actor, an activist and a future political candidate. He offers invaluable words of wisdom for the divorcee, outlining the critical steps one should take if they are to avoid the degradation that the legal processes often create. Baldwin’s book marks a welcomed change in the genre of self-help on divorce, which has formerly been dominated by female authors writing for females. In conjunction with the publication of his book, Mr. Baldwin will lead seminars for men and women on the process of divorce. On all major talk shows, including Diane Sawyer.

Beyond My Control, by Nancy Friday
(Sourcebooks 2009)

Nancy Friday has been one of the most preeminent voices in women's sexuality for over thirty years. Her books have helped to unburden readers from the outdated social expectations that continue to pressure women into a state of excessive modesty and self-consciousness. During her years as a writer there has been a tremendous change in the openness and assertiveness of women in their relationship to sex - due no doubt, at least partly, to her work. Friday's newest book seeks to address this progression in terms of how it affects the fantasies of both men and women. The book will also provide a provocative description of the ways in which the rapid acceleration in the pace of our society has brought about an extremely interesting transformation in the roles we play within our own desires. Friday is highly articulate and makes regular appearances on such shows as Politically Incorrect, Oprah, Larry King Live and Good Morning America. Her previous books include best seller My Secret Garden: Women's Sexual Fantasies (Simon & Schuster, 1973), (sold over one million copies and is still selling) The Power of Beauty (HarperCollins Publishers, 1996), Our Looks, Our Lives: Sex, Beauty, Power and the Need to be Seen (HarperCollins Publishers, 1999) among others.

How to Hug a Porcupine, by Julie A. Ross
(McGraw Hill, August 2008)

Ross addresses the concerns of parents during the tricky “tween” years. Middle School is a minefield of changing bodies, values and attitudes, and parents of these millions of children are often desperate for practical advice on how to navigate the murky and sometimes turbulent Middle School years. Drawing from real life cases during her 18 years as a parenting expert, counselor, author, (and the mother of two teenagers), Practical Parenting Skills for the Middle School Years offers many humorous and moving anecdotes, focusing on time-tested and practical skills that parents need as their children move through this tumultuous time. Julie Ross is the author of Practical Parenting for the 21st Century: The Manual you Wish Had Come With Your Child, and Joint Custody With A Jerk: Raising a Child With an Uncooperative Ex Now What Do I Do?, and A Guide to Parenting Elementary Aged Children.

Mean Mothers, by Peg Streep
(Harper Collins 2010)

Peg Streep is an accomplished writer on women’s issues and spirituality, including her national bestselling inspirational memoir Necessary Journeys: Letting ourselves learn from Life, and Adolescence with Nancy Snyderman, MD (Hyperion 2002), which was serialized in Good Housekeeping. The book is a collection of true personal stories about the daughters of mean mothers, including Ms. Streep’s own battle with her fears of motherhood. Ms. Streep will highlight the success of real mothers who have overcome their fears and statistical inclination to parent in the fashion of their mean mothers to find that they are not only good mothers, but that motherhood can be a deeply satisfying experiences.

Southern Style: Fresh Ways to Entertain with Flowers, by Sybil Sylvester
(Rizzoli Publications 2010)

Sybil Sylvester is one of the South's most creative and renowned floral designers and event planners, with an extensive client list and individual following. Her designs are suitable for a wide variety of events of all sizes, from an intimate surprise birthday party to a large-scale museum gala. Sections on table designs, hand bouquets, door pieces and many others could be easily adaptable to any occasion for which a reader needs flowers.

Fighting Words: A Tale of How Liberals Created Neo-Conservatism, by Benjamin J. Wattenberg
(St. Martins/Dunne 2008)

Wattenberg is an author, columnist, pundit and Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He has written and co-authored fourteen books including best-seller The Real Majority and is also the moderator of Think Tank with Ben Wattenberg, a nationally-broadcast program on PBS. His new book Fighting Words details the neo-conservative agenda in the content of today’s elections and society-at-large and weaves in his political experiences with many influential leaders such as Lyndon Johnson, Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rudy Giuliani. Part memoir, and part insider history, this witty narrative recounts a man's intellectual and political development -- from unabashed “liberal” to proud “neo-con”-- in a way that connects his shift with a general trend in American politics.

Art / Dance

The Miracle of Montparnasse by Marlene Strauss. Drawing on a highly successful lecture delivered by Ms. Strauss at The Metropolitan Museum, October 19, 2005 and at the Twentieth Century Club in Cleveland, October 12, 2005, The Miracle of Montparnasse explores the phenomenon at the beginning of the 20th century when artists from all over the world flocked to Paris where they exchanged ideas, debated, and created. Central to the story are Gertrude and her brother Leo Stein, the two American expatriates who collected the new art being produced all around them. They befriended young artists and proudly displayed and promoted their work to friends and visitors, catapulting unknowns into the highest echelon of art's society. The heretofore unknowns are names familiar today: Picasso, Matisse, Modigliani, Brancusi, Chagall, Cezanne, Rousseau, Delaunay, and Gris among others. The stunning photographs and paintings of these 20th century masters will provide the images around which this unprecedented story is woven.

Frida Kahlo by Vicente Wolfe, author of Learning to See (Artisan Books). A compilation of hundreds of personal pictures from the life of Frida Kahlo. Frida Kahla is a very well respected artist surrounded by a great amount of interest. The 428 photographs chronicle the life of a brilliant and interesting woman, including her marriage to the equally legendary artist, Diego Rivera. Wolfe is an avid photo collector whose collection includes Italian futurists, constructivists, and Mapplethorpe. Seeking co-author with expertise with Frida Kahlo.

Business

Words Matter by Merrie Spaeth. This book on business communication is a blueprint of basic principles of effective communication. Merrie Spaeth's advice will hopefully revolutionize how executives communicate. The author has an established platform and a huge business audience. She was Ronald Reagan's media director in the White House and has been described by her corporate clients such as FedEx and ITT as a "pioneer" in her field. She gives more than 100 paid speeches every year to business audiences as well as at the Wharton School and Cox Graduate School of Business at SMU. Her hilarious monthly newsletter that highlights malapropisms and poorly crafted spin in the business world has more than 33,000 subscribers. She appears regularly on NPR's "Marketplace" and is the author of Marketplace Communication (MasterMedia 1996), and her columns appear regularly in newspapers nationwide.

Cookbooks

The Morrell Wine Bar Cookbook by Roberta and Jon Morrell with Chef Edwin Belanco.  This cookbook will describe and embody the simple elegance of New York City's Morrell Wine Bar.  Famous for treating wine and food as art, this restaurant has been hailed as the wine bar to end all wine bars.  The owners and chef have become inspired by the sensation to write a book guiding readers and fans through recipes and techniques to find their own wining and dining success at home.  The Morrells have locations throughout the New York area as well as a restaurant in London where their book can be sold.

Family / Friendship

Over the Rainbow by Jo Luft. Judy Garland’s son writes about his mother, with never-before-seen pictures. This book covers the untold story about growing up as the child of Judy Garland, which Lorna Luft’s book, Me and My Shadows leaves out. Gifted with a photographic memory, Luft uses his detailed memories to recreate his childhood and Judy Garland’s world in lush details for his readers.

Friendship by Jim Ponet. This book explores friendship in an age of technological revolution, friend and family, friend and work and friend as gift. Friendship is examined generally in the spiritual life of the individual and the collective life of society. Rabbi Ponet is a Visiting Lecturer at the Yale Law School, director and Jewish Chaplain at Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale. He has been a columnist for the Jewish Post and the Yale Daily News. He has been obsessed with this theme for over thirty years and has taught courses on friendship for several years. Like Sissela Bok's book on lying, this will be the definitive work on friendship.

Fiction

Blue Moon by Hal Andress. Blue Moon is a literary sonata with three prologues and three movements, each of which is revealed in flashbacks, the first to placid 1960, then forward, a downward spiral into the maw of the vortex: assassinations, domestic and international terrorism, racial unrest, riots, political and social tensions capped by the escalating tragedies of Vietnam. Sam Alberg, a 23 year old American in Toronto has made an irrevocable decision and become a vocal opponent of the military draft and Vietnam with his defiant act of conviction, moving out of his birth country to avoid being drafted into the military. Haunted by the death of best friend Doug in Vietnam; he's left shattered and profoundly damaged by the accidental, violent death of his love, Kathryn, at the hands of an IRA terrorist. Blue Moon provides insight into a magical and a deeply troubled time in America. This is a coming of age love story set against a historical background as the US becomes fundamentally at odds with itself.

The Borzoi Killings by Paul Batista. From the author of Death’s Witness comes the intriguing story of the murder of financial guru Brad Richardson. Finishing up in his office, and about to depart for his home in the Hamptons, Brad’s throat is slashed by a man in a yellow rain slicker. His two cherished Borzoi dogs are also viciously killed. Brad’s extravagant lifestyle is fodder for the many characters that become suspects. We meet his beautiful and unfaithful wife, Joan; the senator with whom she is having an affair; Brad’s handsome but dimwitted lover, Trevor; and Juan, the Richardson’s mysterious and kind self-starting house-assistant. As publicity of the case grows, and all parties are examined for their role in Brad’s death, everyone will need to reevaluate their lives and morals.

The Deed by Eugene R. Boffa. As the 20th century is drawing to a close, the British are reluctantly making plans to return Hong Kong to Chinese control. Suddenly, as the turnover draws closer, rumors fill the air about an ancient deed—a land grant that would allow the British to keep Hong Kong forever. A rumor so convincing, so believable the Chinese and the British both build up massive troops to keep the land. But, is there really a deed or is it all just a rumor? C.I.A. agent Mac Daniels is about to find out. Accompanied by his former lover, the beautiful Astrid Reed, heiress of Reed World Communications, Mac will cross continents to discover the truth about the deed that could lead to the next World War. He must outsmart Chinese internal security, British agents and even the former KGB head as each of the countries squabbles for land, weapons and power. Everyone wants this deed, and the control that accompanies the yellowed piece of paper, and Mac soon learns he can trust no one in his search, perhaps not even Astrid. Amidst the double-crossing of governments and individuals, Mac must navigate his way through exotic landscapes and deadly relationships to preserve world order and prevent the massive destruction that would accompany any war over the document..

The New Man by Jerry Cimisi. Cimisi, a well-respected journalist, has written a novel about a middle-aged man who escapes from the World Trade Center disaster only to let everyone believe he is dead. Fleeing across the river to New Jersey, he takes refuge in a Muslim neighborhood and encounters a variety of colorful characters as he puzzles over the enigma of the colleague who had phoned him just before the attacks, asking him to retrieve some papers in an office ten floors below, thus bringing the New Man out of the area where the plane hit. The papers contain old government reports on bin Laden and a cipher that leads The New Man into a place that seems a world apart from America.

Bobby McMorrow: Seven Days by Heather Jackson. Seven Days opens with Bobbie and her assistant Kate await a famous entertainment attorney to catch a flight to meet with other firms interested in a merge. We begin to discover the life of Bobbie McMorrow, a former teacher turned business woman. Her company, McMorrow Associates specializes in representing law firms, and advising them, especially about mergers. Bobbie does much of this advising herself, in much the same way as she did when she began the company in Los Angeles in 1985. We meet her at the height of her career, awaiting a meeting with Howard Weitzman. In conjunction with her booming career life, Bobbie must come to terms with her own personal life, which is far less idyllic than her professional life. While making huge deals with entertainment law firms, Bobbie must deal with her son’s drug addiction. As she visits him at a rehabilitation center in Atlanta, GA, she must use her killer professional instinct to save her family, all over the course of seven days.

But I Don't Like His Shoes by Janice Lieberman, the Today Show 's Consumer Smarts Correspondent (St. Martins Press 2010). This hip, funny and always-true consumer guide to the most important shopping trip of your life offers rules based on the techniques used by consumer experts to help you "close the deal" when it comes to picking a mate. Janice Lieberman has been the featured consumer reporter on the Today Show for 10 years and was previously the consumer correspondent on Good Morning America. She also anchored Steals and Deals, which appeared nightly on CNBC. Lieberman is the author of Tricks of the Trade: A Consumer's Buying Guide, published by Dell. She received high acclaim for that book and was profiled on Oprah, Good Morning America, Leeza, and various ABC affiliates and local radio stations. Lieberman co-authors this book with writer Bonnie Teller. Teller holds a master's degree in English literature and a law degree from Columbia University. She has worked as a copywriter in book publishing and as an attorney. Her writing has appeared on National Public Radio and in various legal magazines and books. Each chapter will start with a Shopping Rule - an unimpeachable dating truth - such as: Learn to Purchase Wisely on the Internet; Discount Dating: Caveat Emptor; and How to Close the Deal. Within each chapter, in addition to the full text, there will be shopping lists, fun facts, graphics, illustrations and interwoven interviews with celebrities including, of course, Matt Lauer.

Pigtown by John Thomas Murphy. Pigtown is a novel following ten-year-old Alix through his South Troy neighborhood on the day he is mutilated by an accidental fireworks explosion. This exceptional novel is narrated by Alix himself, and Murphy is able to capture not only South Troy’s gritty and vibrant street life, but also the thought patterns of a child with staggering realism. When this book moves past the accident, to Alix’s eventual enrollment in college and the realization that he and his “good” twin brother have grown further apart than he could have ever imagined, it becomes clear that this work is a bildungsroman of the finest quality. The book’s focus on the real issues of love and family that affect all teenagers and profound and highly accessible style ensure that this will be a must-read on many high school syllabi.

Woman Without a Head by Linda Tempkin. Tempkin’s beautiful novel is a portrait of Elizabeth Freedman, a not-quite-successful New York documentary filmmaker. Like the women in her unfinished documentary, “The American Frontier,” Elizabeth envisioned herself as a pioneer. She spent a lifetime blazing a trail away from her suburban roots. But when her mother’s accident forces Elizabeth to return home, Elizabeth must confront the demons of her youth: her suburbanite sister’s narcissism, her father’s obsession with his toy store, and her own fear that she is doomed to be unlucky in life and love. When a chance encounter with the local rabbi brings romance and religion into Elizabeth's life, the family goes into free fall. Like the woman in her favorite Chagall painting, Elizabeth loses her footing. How she regains her equilibrium is the journey of the book.

Health / Parenting

A Doctor Answers All the Questions You Can't Ask Your Parents or Friends by Dr. Ralph Lopez. In this groundbreaking work, Dr. Ralph Lopez covers unique health issues that affect teenagers, such as the physical and emotional effects of puberty, changing eating habits (including eating disorders), sex, substance use, sleep deprivation and more. Unlike other books on this topic, The Health Book for Teens is geared toward teenagers themselves. Answering questions that teens are often embarrassed to discuss with their parents, this book gives teens a starting point to understanding their own health. It also offers pointers on how to bring up delicate subjects with parents, and gives ample examples of the discussed health issues from Dr. Lopez's years of experience working with teens. Dr. Lopez is practicing specialist of adolescent medicine, professor at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, and author of The Teen Health Book: A Parents' Guide to Adolescent Health and Well-Being (W. W. Norton & Company, 2003). Dr. Lopez has also been named as one New York Magazine's Best Doctors five times, and also featured in many guides to top doctors.

How the Other Half Learns by Robert Pondiscio. As a teacher and a parent, Pondscio has had a front-row seat to the best and worst we can do for our children. He explains the contrast , especially with the backdrop of No Child Left Behind and the supposedly great gains made by Bloomberg and Joel Klein. Robert Pondiscio has written five books, published by William Morrow and Harper Collins, for younger readers exploring the genres of science and technology, including The Future: An Owner's Manual. NY Sun entitled “How the Other Half Learns,.” October 2007 and also Business Week lead story, December 17, 2007.

History / Politics

Untitled Project by Floyd Abrams. America’s number one first amendment lawyer writes a book discussing freedom of religion, speech and assembly.

The Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas: Jihad Is The Way by Yehudit Barksy. While Hamas continues to enjoy popularity among Palestinians, the movement has a long way to go in order to fulfill its ultimate goal of realizing a radical Palestinian Islamic state that will take the place of Israel and the Palestinian Authority. As the result of its ideological ancestry, Hamas shares the Muslim Brotherhood's long-term strategy of incrementally building its base of support in the present so that the children of its followers will see the realization of its goals. From this perspective, Hamas will continue to pose a threat - not just to Israelis but to the future of the Palestinians themselves. Yehudit Barsky is the head of counterterrorism for the American Jewish Committee and has lectured extensively throughout the country. She has had articles in all the major newspapers and is willing to come forward for the first time on television and radio.

Untitled Project by John Brademas. The president of New York University writes a book about his own involvement in education, from his family background, through his experiences as a member of Congress, to his current position as president of the most popular university in the United States. His other books include Civil Society and Corruption: Mobilizing for Reform (University Press of America, 2005), The Politics of Education: Conflict and Consensus on Capitol Hill (University of Oklahoma Press, 2002) and Washington D.C to Washington Square (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1986).

Female Saviors: Women Who Rescued Nations from the Follies of Men by Carolyn Curiel. New York Times Editorial Page writer Carolyn Curiel asks the critical question: Can Americans overcome their own preconceived notions and vote for a woman? Curiel discusses how the greatest military and economic superpowers in the world have roots in the actions of women leaders from Russia's Catherine the Great, to Britain's Elizabeth I and Margaret Thatcher, to Israel's Golda Meir. Curiel was a presidential speech writer for Bill Clinton, U.S. Ambassador to Belize, writer for Nightline among many other remarkable positions.

Enabling Cain by Justin Frank. Political expert Justin Frank looks at the psyche of the American voter after George W. Bush’s reelection. After New York Times bestselling Bush on the Couch (Harper 2004), Frank takes another look at our president, but rather than analyzing Bush, examines the psyche of the voters that put him into office.

Life Is But A Dream: Varian Fry and the Surrealists by Marlene Strauss. Noted art historian Marlene Strauss provides a fascinating look at the unbelievable true story of Varian Fry and the renowned artists he worked with. Fry was a young American journalist who helped some two thousand refugees flee Nazi rule through Vichy France in 1940 and 1941 including top intellectuals and artists. Strauss follows Fry from New York, where he is recruited by the Director of MoMA to help extradite Europe's most influential cultural figures from Nazi Occupation, through Vichy Paris and Marseille, where he meets such prominent Surrealists and Modernists as Andre Breton, Marc Chagall, Max Ernst, and Jacques Lipchitz, and his trials in assisting these visionaries to escape the shadow of Fascism. She complements this purely historical approach with critical treatments of relevant works by these artists to demonstrate how the political tensions of the era and these artists' personal tensions with emigration are expressed creatively.

Lifestyle / Interior Design

A Million Dollars Worth of Decorating Secrets and 21st Century Paris by Penny Baird. These two decorating guides show real people how to bring class and sophistication into their own homes. Baird is an internationally renowned interior designer, known not only for her top tier interior design and architectural skills, but also for her vast knowledge of all things French, the flea markets and antique markets of Europe, as well as her entertaining and table-top expertise. She has been named to Architectural Digest’s Top 100 (100 architects and designers world-wide). She has been featured and quoted in more than 100 publications, magazines, newspapers and books both here and abroad.

Light Up Your Life by Bentley Meeker. One of New York’s top lighting design experts shares his secrets for all your events. Bentley is an internationally known (and perhaps the world’s best known) lighting designer for weddings, and his company has done events in New York, the Hamptons, Canada, Bermuda, and has worked on events as far away as Qatar and Saudi Arabia. In addition, he has done weddings for the who’s who of Hollywood and New York celebrities including: Robert DeNiro, Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones, Harvey Keitel, Star Jones, Billy Joel, Vanessa Williams, Eddie Murphy, Laurence Fishburne and the list goes on and on.

Color Without Commitment for Outdoor Decorating by Kathy Peterson, will show readers how to inject color into their outdoor living spaces that can be easily changed out from season to season or for special occasions. This is especially important for rental space where no painting is allowed. The book will offer inspiration for both homeowners and renters as it depicts outdoor vignettes featuring three different color palettes that transform one set of furniture by changing out fabrics, accessories and paint. Decorating tips will include techniques for using color in inventive ways, simple DIY applications including layering paints, fabrics, and accessories, how to find inspiration, accessorizing and rearranging furniture. Kathy's designs are regularly featured in numerous national publications such as Woman's Day, America Ways, Woman's World, USA Weekend, The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Times, HGTV, DIY Network, PBS, TNN and Discovery Channel TV networks. She has hosted a national TV series Town & Country Crafts since 1999 formerly broadcast on the GoodLife TV Network and currently airing on The FamilyNet TV Network. Her newest venture is a television series titled Easy Outdoor Living, which is currently in development.

Dreaming of Your Outdoor Room by Kathy Peterson. This celebrity design expert’s newest book will feature impressive and creative outdoor living spaces with inspiring and high quality images using a wide range of colors, themes, and accessories for inviting outdoor escapes. Peterson is a well-known TV personality, featured weekly in her national TV series, Town Country Crafts with Kathy Peterson. Her interviews are published regularly in numerous national publications such as Woman’s Day, America Ways, Woman’s World, USA Weekend, Better Homes & Gardens, The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Times, and her designs have been shown on television specials on HGTV, DIY Network, E!, The Rachael Ray Show, PBS, TNN and Discovery Channel TV networks.

Fleur de Wire: Wire Inspired Flowers for the Bride and the Home by Kathy Peterson will serve as an invaluable resource for both professional florists and novice floral designers for creating and incorporating 3-dimensional wire designs into floral arrangements. Fleur de Wire is a licensed product created by Kathy Peterson which has been placed inside 150 gift bags at 2005 Oscar Award Suite event. The product has also been sold/featured at Floral Trade shows, Event Trade Shows, NBC affiliate, etc. Celebrity endorsements are available and potential celebrities using product forthcoming.

Decorating with Paper: Using Paper Creatively for Home Entertaining and Special Occasions by Kathy Peterson will feature paper design and images using a wide range of colored and patterned papers for accessorizing and decorating for home entertaining. Approximately 25 projects will be featured and demonstrated for creative entertaining décor for bridal parties, holidays and special occasions. Paper crafters and do-it-yourself (DIY) decorators will gain a new perspective on innovative ways to infuse paper and texture into their own home entertaining styles with simple decorating techniques. These simple design applications can be easily changed from season to season or customized for special themes.

Wedding Guide for the Perfect Bride by David Tutera. Tutera compiles some of his best tips from his Lifetime Network television show in this perfect wedding book. Tutera is an artistic visionary who is a contributing entertainment expert on ABC’s hit morning show The View and TBS’s Movie and a makeover. Recently, he was able to sign a deal for a new prime-time television show on weddings on Women’s Entertainment. Tutera is also host of Get Married, a daily half-hour television series offering real news brides can use. He has worked with Elton John, the Rolling Stones, and Barbara Walters, and organized Star Jones’ wedding, JLo’s perfume launch, and the Official Post Grammy Parties in NYC. David is well published and has written the following books: Big Birthdays: The Party Planner Celebrates Life’s Milestones (Bulfinch Press, 2006), The Party Planner (Bulfinch Press, 2005), America Entertains: A Year of Imaginative Parties (Steward, Tabori & Chang, 2003), and A Passion for Parties: Your Guide to Elegant Entertaining (Simon & Schuster, 2001).

Pop Culture

It's a Helluva Town: New York's Most Famous Fans Celebrate Its Greatest Films by Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News film critic for 6 years. A book for anyone interested in popular culture, It's A Helluva Town celebrates New York through classic movies that most influenced the celebrities interviewed. The book is divided as follows: On Broadway, The Bronx Is Up-The Battery's Down, Caught Between the Moon and New York City, The Naked City, The Media is the Message, Manhattan Miracles, Homegrown Heroes and Out-of-Towners. Elizabeth Weitzman has also written for the Village Voice, Marie Claire, Harper's Bazaar, Interview, and Time Out New York. Her interviews have included hundreds of celebrities, such as Jennifer Aniston, Cher, Sheryl Crow, Richard Gere, Mel Gibson, Queen Latifa, Susan Sarandon, Meryl Streep, John Travolta, Donald Trump, Reese Witherspoon, and Renee Zellweger. She is a contributor to a recent book on acclaimed director Ridley Scott, and has written twenty-five books for children and young adults, the last one- published by Scholastic- reached the top 1% on Amazon.com.

Print Journalism

Businessweek Associate Editor, Susan Alexandra Berfield. She edits and writes profiles of executives for the magazine, including the cover story A CEO and His Son, which won first place in the American Society of Business Publication Editors' 2002 national competition, and The CEO of HIp Hop. Responsible for creating annual list of 25 best and worst managers around the world. 1999-Present.

Self-Help / Spirituality

Unexpected Happiness by Diane Cole. After the success of her previous work, After Great Pain (Simon and Schuster, reprinted 2001 Wyndale), Ms. Cole is undertaking a new and ingenious effort to spotlight how positive psychology can influence your ability to obtain the happiness you deserve, especially after divorce and other tragedies, by identifying personal stress triggers and coping with them. With an easy to follow, step-by-step process, Cole gives you the tools you need to engage in “stress survival training,” and build up your resistance to the debilitating effects of stress and pain on your health and interpersonal relations. Ms. Cole is a regular contributor to US News and World Report. She has written and edited for many other prominent national publications. Her March 2006 cover story of the business of book publishing has received much acclaim. Her previously published book, After Great Pain: A New Life Emerges (Simon and Schuster, reprinted 2001 Wyndale) was a New York Times “Notable Book of 1992” and was named by USA Today as one of the best non-fiction books of the year. She was featured in the October 2006 issue of Ladies Home Journal, entitled “The Last Stress Survival Guide You’ll Ever Need.”

Why me? Why not? by Diane Cole. In this sensitive but practical book, Ms. Cole explores the practical side of illness, and lays out a step-by-step guide to asking the most important and relevant questions to assure that sure both the patient and caregivers are getting the medical and psychological help they need. Each chapter addresses the question of the books title in the context of specific, practical, nitty-gritty matters of healthcare and care giving. The search for answers to this question, and the other question posed by Ms. Cole in this book, will lead to more information, more options, and more possibilities for hope, healing and health. The end result will be better decisions, suited for you and your particular needs.

Healing Waters of the Bible by Joyce Starr, PhD. A small book of inspirational quotes from the well-spring of the Judeo-Christian tradition that use water as a metaphor for spiritual nourishment will help restore awareness of the splendor and significance of our inheritance. Dr. Joyce Starr, who is both a spiritual writer and an expert consultant on the water crisis in the Middle East, complements these passages from the Old and New Testaments with her unique and insightful commentary. Dr. Starr wrote the first piece about "water wars" back in 1980. She has published numerous books and over a thousand articles and columns in the leading U.S. and international press. She has also made regular appearances on leading news and talk shows. Her spiritual and cross-cultural works include Faxes to God: Messages to the Western Wall of Jerusalem (HarperSanFrancisco: 1995) and Kissing Through Glass: The Invisible Shield Between Americans and Israelis (Contemporary Books: 1990). This book would be suitable for anyone needing affirmation of the preciousness of life.