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Dr. Neal Barnard. In his newest book, DR. NEAL BARNARD'S PROGRAM FOR REVERSING DIABETES (Rodale), Dr. Barnard presents a ground-breaking program that has been shown to control blood sugar three times more effectively than the diet of the American Diabetes Association, allowing patients to reduce or discontinue medication, lose weight, leave behind tedious diabetes exchange plans, and above all get their lives back. This is a book poised to change the way we think about treating diabetes in the same way that Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease did for heart disease. Praised by Dr. Dean Ornish, Dr. Andrew Weil, and other experts in the diet and nutrition community as a “brilliant visionary” and “a responsible and authoritative voice in medicine,” Dr. Barnard is widely recognized by the media. He has appeared on Oprah, 60 Minutes, Prime Time Live, Good Morning America, Today, CBS This Morning, and more. His previous books include BREAKING THE FOOD SEDUCTION; FOODS THAT FIGHT PAIN; TURN OFF THE FAT GENES; EAT RIGHT, LIVE LONGER; and FOOD FOR LIFE.

Translations: FOODS THAT FIGHT PAIN sold in Spain (Paidos Iberica), UK (Transworld Publishers), Germany (Scherz Verlag), China (complex, Cite Publishing, and simplified, Shiwen Book Co.); TURN OFF YOUR FAT GENES sold in Korea (Biopress), Australia/New Zealand (Pan Macmillan), China (Ho Chi); EAT RIGHT, LIVE LONGER sold in Germany (Rowohlt), Spain (Paidos Iberica), Australia/New Zealand (Random House Australia); FOOD FOR LIFE sold in Poland (Ksiazka Wiedza).

Carlene Bauer is a journalist and editor at Elle magazine and has written for Elle, Salon, The Village Voice, and The New York Observer. Her upcoming book, THE SECRET LIVES OF CURIOUS VIRGINS: My Life as a Reluctant Good Girl (HarperCollins), is a loving, literate, and funny look into the heart of that unsung heroine, the good girl. In a time when there is no shortage of bad girl tales and one-dimensional chick lit novels, Carlene’s book tells the story of one girl’s attempt to reconcile the desire to be good with the desire to be worldly-wise. This is the tale of a modern American girlhood—the geek edition. There is experimentation with Seventeen, feminism, religious fervor, and not-so-sexual adventurousness. Along the way, our heroine is schooled in apocalyptic terror, falls for Sylvia Plath, confuses books for real life, and moves to New York, where, rather than blazing trails of virtuoso debauchery as she hopes to, she promptly forgets to lose her virginity, and discovers how to be true to herself.

Lisa Bertagnoli is a freelance writer who has written hundreds of articles for publications including Newsweek, Self, Working Mother, Fitness, The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun Times, and Real Simple. She is also the Midwest correspondent for Women’s Wear Daily. Her first book, SCARLETT RULES: How a Healthy Obsession with Scarlett O'Hara Can Teach You Everything You Need to Know (Villard), is a loving tribute to the Southern belle who captured the hearts of millions.

Chris Bell and Kate Brauer-Bell were living 500 miles apart when they met and began to date, and were extremely disappointed at the lack of resources for couples in their position. They vowed that if their relationship was a successful one, they would make it their shared mission to help other couples maneuver the unique joys and challenges of long-distance love. The result is their new book, The Long-Distance Dating Survival Guide: Making it Down the Long Road to Love (Ten Speed Press), for which newlyweds Chris and Kate interviewed over 100 long distance couples and culled from their research the most helpful advice and the best stories from both successful and unsuccessful LDRs. Chock full of encouragement, support, and advice, this book is the one resource every long-distance couple needs to have.

Susan Brackney is the author of THE LOST SOUL COMPANION (Dell), a book of comfort and constructive advice for struggling actors, musicians, artists, writers, and other free spirits, as well as THE NOT-SO-LOST SOUL COMPANION (Dell), her follow-up book.

Cain Carroll and Lori Kimata are the authors of PARTNER YOGA (Rodale Books), a bold new step in the evolution of yoga. With their 30 years of combined experience in yoga, medicine, fitness, dance, martial arts, and music, they have developed a totally new yoga practice that blends mutually beneficial postures, conscious breathing, trust, communication and fun.

Translations: PARTNER YOGA sold in Spain (RBA Libros).

T. Mike Childs is the author of The Rocklopedia Fakebandica (Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin’s Press), a comprehensive and hilarious guide to fictional bands and singers on television and in the movies from the 1950’s until today. Originally conceived as a website, www.fakebands.com, the book features 1,000 entries (500 of which are all-new) along with additional material from the author. The Rocklopedia Fakebandica website has been featured in Entertainment Weekly, The Chicago Tribune, and The New York Times, among others. T. Mike Childs, creator and author of TRF, honed his wry sense of humor with his L.A.-based sketch comedy troupe The Van Gogh-Goghs, with whom he continues to perform.

Jana Cook and Laurie DuBos are the authors of THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO SPECIAL EDUCATION IN NEW YORK CITY. The book profiles 33 schools for children with special needs or disabilities, plus camps, after-school programs, evaluation centers, and medical and educational professionals. With this guide, parents have all they need to know about their rights, the application process, getting their child into private school, and more. Laurie Dubos is cofounder of the Gillen Brewer School. She has been a teacher for children with special needs since 1990. Jana Cook is mom to a child with learning disabilities and has been involved in the world of special education since 1998.

Holly Jean Cosner and Stacy Malin, Ph.D. are the co-creators of Peewee Pilates, a revolutionary exercise program that benefits the mother’s body while simultaneously strengthening the mother-baby bond and nurturing the infant’s emotional, cognitive and physical development. Now they bring the program directly to mothers with their new book, PEEWEE PILATES. Dr. Malin is a licensed clinical psychologist and Holly Jean Cosner is the head of the Pilates Program at Karma Yoga and the former head of the Pilates Program at the Reebok Sports Club in NYC.

Daniel Cota. Iraq. Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Rita. Valerie Plame. Jenna Bush. Did you ever wonder how President Bush handles all the pressure and stress? Humorist Daniel Cota shows us in BUSH YOGA (Bloomsbury), an incisively hilarious illustrated collection of President Bush’s favorite yoga poses that features “imagined” commentary from the president himself, revealing exactly how Dubya is able to “check out” at key moments and find his inner strength. Based on his popular website, www.bushyoga.com, which was featured in The New York Times and USA Today, Daniel Cota’s inspired manipulation of the popular George Bush Elite Force Aviator action figure sheds light on the inner workings of our most fearless leader.

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Lisa Delaney is an award-winning magazine writer and editor, whose first book, SECRETS OF A FORMER FAT GIRL: How to Drop Two, Four (or More!) Dress Sizes--and Find Yourself Along the Way (Hudson Street Press), is an eye-opening, optimistic account of how "former fat girl" Delaney lost--and kept off--over seventy pounds. She has also written for Prevention, Vogue, Men's Health, Men's Journal, and Reader's Digest. She is currently special projects director at Health magazine.

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Kathleen DesMaisons, Ph.D. is the world’s leading expert on addictive nutrition. Her first book, Potatoes Not Prozac, was a national bestseller, selling over 200,000 copies. She is President/CEO of Radiant Recovery and nurtures a huge and thriving online community at www.radiantrecovery.com. DesMaisons’ new book, Little Sugar Addicts: End the Mood Swings, Meltdowns, Tantrums, and Low Self-Esteem in Your Child Today (Three Rivers Press), addresses the problem of sugar sensitivity in children, helping parents to understand their children’s behavior and offering a revolutionary program (created with and tested by hundreds of parents) to correct it.

Elizabeth Swire Falker is the best friend every prospective adoptive parent should be lucky enough to have. As the ultimate adoption insider, Liz counsels hundreds of families each day. She is an expert moderator on child.com’s adoption bulletin board, a regular speaker for RESOLVE (the nation’s largest infertility and adoption support organization), a key part of the advocacy and outreach for The Gladney Center for Adoption, and an adoptive parent herself. Now Liz brings all of her expertise and advice together in one book, The Ultimate Insider’s Guide to Adoption: Everything You Never Thought You’d Need to Know (Warner).

Billie Fitzpatrick is a collaborator and ghostwriter with over seventeen years in the publishing industry. She has collaborated on over twenty books in the areas of sexuality and relationships, nutrition and weight loss, health and fitness, inspirational psychology and self help, parenting, and biography/memoir. Among her world-renowned clients are best-selling author and leading sex educator L. Lou Paget, with whom Billie collaborated to write HOW TO BE A GREAT LOVER, HOW TO GIVE HER ABSOLUTE PLEASURE, and THE BIG O, all with Broadway Books, as well as 365 DAYS OF SENSATIONAL SEX, and HOT MAMAS, published by Gotham. She also worked with Chastity Bono on the critically acclaimed FAMILY OUTING (Back Bay Books) and with film director Candida Royalle on HOW TO TELL A NAKED MAN WHAT TO DO (Piatkus/UK). In the area of nutrition and weight loss, Billie has collaborated with Kitty Rosati and Dr. Robert Rosati on their bestselling THE RICE DIET SOLUTION and THE RICE DIET COOKBOOK, both published by Simon & Schuster, as well as with best-selling author Adele Puhn on THE CARB CAREFUL SOLUTION (Viking). Books aimed at parents include Kathryn Sansone’s WOMAN FIRST, FAMILY ALWAYS (Meredith) and Donna Fish’s TAKE THE FIGHT OUT OF FOOD (Atria).

Karen Fox and Aries Keck are the authors of EINSTEIN A to Z (John Wiley & Sons), a vibrant collection of essays about the man and his achievements. The essays range from scientific to funny and engaging, covering such topics as the theory of relativity, Einstein’s brain, his love life--even jokes about Einstein. Karen Fox is the author of The Big Bang Theory, and is a contributor to Discovery Channel Online, ABCNEWS.com, and Science and Hope magazines. She has also authored two children’s books, The Chain Reaction and The Universe’s Birthday. Aries Keck is a reporter for WHYY, a nonprofit corporation that operates a community public television station and a radio station. This is her first book.

Joel Fuhrman, M.D., is the doctor patients go to when they have to lose weight. His disease-reversing, healthy weight-loss program is delineated in EAT TO LIVE: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss (Little, Brown). The book has been chosen as an alternate for the QPB and One Spirit book clubs. His latest book, DISEASE-PROOF YOUR CHILD: Feeding Kids Right (St. Martin's Press) details the irrefutable scientific evidence that shows that the vast majority of adult cancers can be avoided if only we feed our children a diet of nutritional excellence, especially in their first seven years of life.

Translations: EAT TO LIVE sold in the UK (Piatkus), Turkey (Global Yayinevi), and Israel (Focus); DISEASE-PROOF YOUR CHILD sold in Brazil (Editora Campus).

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Dorothy Gault-McNemee, M.D. is the author of GOD’S DIET: A Short and Simple Way to Eat Naturally, Lost Weight, and Live a Healthier Life (Harmony/Three Rivers Press). This is a common-sense approach to eating, summed up by the phrase “If God didn’t make it, don’t eat it.” The diet emphasizes eating natural foods.

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Elizabeth Gregory’s upcoming book READY: Inside the Lives of the New Later Mothers (Basic Books) explores the many sides of the growing trend of starting families later. The book is based on her own experience of becoming a mother at age 40, plus national data and interviews with over 110 moms who began their families at or after age 35, by birth or adoption. READY documents a revolution in the American experience of motherhood, work, and family, as women now choose to start their families when they and their partners feel emotionally, professionally, and financially ready to be good parents – at 25, 35, 45, or 55.

Albyn Hall is a psychotherapist specializing in violence and the author of the beautiful new novel, THE RHYTHM OF THE ROAD (St. Martin's Press). Proud to be a truck driver’s daughter, Jo shares her father Bobby’s love of country music and the open road. But Bobby’s life-long depression weighs heavily on his impressionable daughter, and she finds her escape in a growing infatuation with country singer Cosima Stewart. As Bobby’s depression deepens, Jo’s obsession takes a sinister turn, ultimately resulting in a journey that takes her far from home, bringing her face to face with the mother she has never known, and forcing her to come to terms with the truth about her father.

Sharon Heller, Ph.D. Sharon Heller, Ph.D. is the author of THE VITAL TOUCH and THE COMPLETE IDIOT’S GUIDE TO CONQUERING FEAR AND ANXIETY. One of her most recent books is a major new look at the increasing problems of sensory-defensive syndrome, TOO LOUD, TOO BRIGHT, TOO FAST, TOO TIGHT: What to Do if You Are Sensory Defensive in an Overstimulating World (HarperCollins). She is also the author of FREUD A TO Z (John Wiley & Sons).

Suzanne Havala Hobbs is a registered, licensed dietitian and nationally recognized writer on food, nutrition and public policy. She has written ten books, including GET THE TRANS FAT OUT, BEING VEGETARIAN FOR DUMMIES, VEGETARIAN COOKING FOR DUMMIES, THE NATURAL KITCHEN, and GOOD FOODS, BAD FOODS: WHAT'S LEFT TO EAT. Suzanne is a contributing writer for Bottom Line/Personal and Vegetarian Times and is a nutrition editor for Vegetarian Journal. Through her newspaper column, On The Table, Suzanne explores topics related to food, nutrition and food-related policy issues. The column appears weekly in The News & Observer of Raleigh , N.C. An archive of On The Table columns can be found at www.onthetable.net. Her advice has also been quoted in The New York Times, Parade, SELF Magazine, Shape, Vegetarian Times, Runner’s World, New Woman, YM, Omni, Sassy, and Harper’s Bazaar and in appearances on Good Morning America, Weekend Today in New York, and the Susan Powter Show.

Tess Uriza Holthe is the author of THE FIVE-FORTY-FIVE TO CANNES (Crown), a collection of interconnected short stories. Her first book, WHEN THE ELEPHANTS DANCE (Crown/Penguin), is a gorgeous, harrowing historical novel set in the Philippines during World War II. It received a starred Kirkus review and was selected for the Barnes & Noble Discover program, Borders Original Voices, BookSense Top Ten, and Ingram Premier Pick. Film rights have been optioned to actor Mark Dacascos (The Brotherhood of the Wolf).

Translations: WHEN THE ELEPHANTS DANCE sold in Japan (Ohta Publishing).

Gail Hudson’s passion for organic foods and holistic living inspired her to work with Dr. Jane Goodall on HARVEST FOR HOPE: A GUIDE TO MINDFUL EATING (Time Warner). Her features and personal essays about natural health, spiritual growth, and parenting have appeared in numerous publications, including Self, Utne, Child, Parents, Good Housekeeping and Natural Health. Her previous books include an anthology of personal essays titled I WANNA BE SEDATED: 30 WRITERS ON PARENTING TEENAGERS (Seal Press).

Josh Horowitz has been a producer for Charlie Rose, CNBC, and Fox News and a writer for US Weekly. Most recently, he worked on John McEnroe’s talk show, “McEnroe,” in addition to penning his celebrity interview column The Inner View for director Kevin Smith’s website www.moviepoopshoot.com. Josh’s first book, THE MIND OF THE MODERN MOVIEMAKER: 20 Conversations with the New Generation of Filmmakers (Plume), is a movie buff’s dream – a fast, fun, and entertaining collection of conversations with some of the hottest young film directors of our time.

Cheri Huber has been a student and teacher in the Soto Zen tradition for over 25 years. She is the founder, and teacher-in-residence at the Zen Monastery Practice Center in Murphys, California. She travels throughout the country and beyond, conducting workshops and retreats. Cheri is the author of ten books, including THE KEY, SUFFERING IS OPTIONAL, and THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU.

Translations: SUFFERING IS OPTIONAL sold in Germany (Kosel-Verlag), Sweden (Svenska Forlaget), and Italy (Mondadori); THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU sold in Germany (Kosel-Verlag), Indonesia (Bhuana Ilmu Populer), and Italy (Mondadori); THE KEY sold in Holland (Kosmos), Brazil (Editora Agora), Germany (Neue Erde) and Italy (Mondadori); TIME-OUT FOR PARENTS sold in Germany (Kosel-Verlag); HOW YOU DO ANYTHING IS HOW YOU DO EVERYTHING sold in Italy (Mondadori); WHEN YOU’RE FALLING, DIVE sold in Italy (Mondadori).

Steve Hyde is the founder and CEO of Hyde Rx Services Corp., which provides low-cost prescription drug benefits to companies all over the United States. In the 1970s he founded Peak Health Care, one of the nation’s first HMOs, and many of his innovations are still being used today. In his new book, PRESCRIPTION DRUGS FOR HALF-PRICE—OR LESS (Bantam), Hyde reveals there are simple, safe, and effective measures everyone can take to dramatically cut the cost of medications. This breakthrough, first-of-its-kind book gives the millions of Americans taking prescription drugs the information they need to safely cut their medication costs by 50-90%—without sacrificing their health.

Brenda Jernigan’s short fiction has been published in the Crescent Review and the North Carolina Literary Review. Her novel, EVERY GOOD AND PERFECT GIFT (Harmony), is a love story about faith steeped in the culture of the South in the middle of the century. When young Maggie Davidson has a vision of God that gives her the power to heal, the vision she has is of God as a woman. The novel follows Maggie through the years as she uses her gift, falls in love, is tested by her mother’s illness, and learns about faith. This is the wonderful debut of a writer in the tradition of Lee Smith.

Laurie Beth Jones is the bestselling author of JESUS, CEO; THE PATH; and JESUS IN BLUE JEANS. Her newest books are JESUS, ENTREPRENEUR: Using Ancient Wisdom for Inspired Entrepreneurship and TEACH YOUR TEAM TO FISH: Using Ancient Wisdom for Inspired Teamwork (both Crown Business).

Translations: JESUS, ENTREPRENEUR sold in China (Triumph), Korea (KPI), and Indonesia (Harvest Publication); TEACH YOUR TEAM TO FISH sold in China (Citic Publishing), Japan (Daiwa Shobo), Thailand (Nation Books), and Spain (Casa Creacion).

Donna Kelleher, DVM, has written THE LAST-CHANCE DOG AND OTHER MIRACLES OF HOLISTIC ANIMAL HEALING (Scribner), a collection of amazing stories dealing with occasions where holistic veterinary care succeeded where conventional medicine failed.

Translations: THE LAST-CHANCE DOG (re-titled ANGEL) sold in the UK (Random House UK).

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David Kushner is a premier journalist on digital and popular culture. He writes for The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Spin, the Village Voice, Entertainment Weekly, Details, Mademoiselle, Salon, Popular Science, and numerous Web publications. He is also the author of MUSIC ONLINE FOR DUMMIES/IDG Books. MASTERS OF DOOM: The True Story of How Two Guys Created a Video Game Empire and Transformed Pop Culture (Random House) is an intimate look into “Silicon Alamo”: Dallas, Texas, home of the big business youth culture, and the world of ultra-violent computer game creators. MASTERS OF DOOM follows the true story of the creators of Doom and Quake, rivals John Carmack and John Romero. Kushner's latest book, Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids: How a Gang of Geeks Beat the Odds and Stormed Las Vegas (Random House), tells the story of Jon Finkel, the nerd-turned-poker master who won millions in the World Series of Poker.

Translations: MASTERS OF DOOM sold in the UK (Piatkus), China (Electronic Industry P.H.), Italy (Multiplayer Network), and Korea (Media 2.0).

Greg Lichtenberg is an accomplished co-author and book doctor, experienced in the areas of self-help, business, psychology, popular culture, new age, and the family. His credits include THE FOUR DESIRES: Living the Yoga of Fulfillment, a self-help book by yoga star Rod Stryker, sold for six figures to Bantam Dell; WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW CAN KEEP YOU OUT, everything you need to know about getting into college by top educational consultant Don Dunbar; THE PROBLEM SOLVING JOURNEY, by management consultant and Exolve CEO Christopher Hoenig; and LIVING YOUR BEST LIFE, by leading life coach Laura Berman Fortgang.

Greg is also the author of Playing Catch with My Mother: Coming to Manhood When All the Rules Have Changed (Bantam 1999, 2000). The story of a boy’s Greenwich Village childhood with a rock-critic father and a housewife-turned-feminist mother, it explores changing gender roles through personal memoir. His work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Publishers Weekly, and the literary magazines Fence and Dragonfire. A graduate of both the Iowa Writers Workshop (in fiction) and Iowa’s Program in Nonfiction Writing, he has received a James Michener/Copernicus Society Writing Fellowship as well as The University of Iowa’s Award for Outstanding Teaching.

Howard Lyman is president of the International Vegetarian Union. A former cattle rancher, Lyman caused a stir when he appeared on Oprah in 1996 to share his insider view of the dangers of Mad Cow Disease. MAD COWBOY (Scribner/Touchstone), written by Lyman with Glen Merzer, is a stirring account of Lyman's journey from meat-loving cowboy to vegetarian environmental activist, he tells the whole truth about the catastrophic consequences of an animal-based diet.

Translations: MAD COWBOY sold in Japan (Sanko Sha) and Korea (Moonye).

Danica McKellar, dubbed a "math superstar" by The New York Times, has made it her mission to undue the damaging social messages that tell girls they "can't do" math, and that math is "uncool." MATH DOESN'T SUCK: How to Survive Middle-school Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail (Hudson Street Press) is a groundbreaking guide to mathematics for middle school girls, their parents, and educators. Drawing on her own struggles in math (and in stardom) McKellar gives girls the tools they need to master fractions, percentages, pre-algebra, and embrace the idea that smart is sexy. McKellar, best known for her roles on The Wonder Years and The West Wing, graduated summa cum laude in math from UCLA and then went on to co-write a math theorem.

Robin Miller, host of Food Network's Quick Fix Meals, shares her strategies for putting fresh, home-cooked food on the table every night of the week in her cookbook, QUICK FIX MEALS (The Taunton Press). The book is filled with 200 simple and delicious recipes that can be prepared in 15-20 minutes. Miller, who has a master's degree in Food and Nutrition from New York University, is currently a contributing editor for Health magazine.

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Ingrid Newkirk is cofounder and president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the largest animal rights organization in the world. Newkirk’s campaigns to save animal lives have made the front pages of the Washington Post and other national newspapers. She has appeared on many national television and radio shows, including The Today Show, Phil Donahue, The Oprah Winfrey Show, West 57th, Nightline, and 20/20, and has spoken internationally on animal rights issues. Newkirk has written seven books, including KIDS CAN SAVE THE ANIMALS: 101 Easy Things to Do (Warner); MAKING KIND CHOICES: Everyday Ways to Enhance Your Life Through Earth- and Animal-Friendly Living (St. Martin’s Press); and most recently LET'S HAVE A DOG PARTY! (AdamsMedia). She is currently at work on her newest book, THE POWER OF ONE, with collaborator Jane Ratcliffe.

Translations: MAKING KIND CHOICES sold in China (complex, Ye-Ren Publishing House).

Since 1993, L. Lou Paget has conducted her acclaimed Sexuality Seminars nationally and internationally by combining her twenty years of sexuality research with her experience as a sex educator. Paget’s first book, HOW TO BE A GREAT LOVER: Girlfriend to Girlfriend Time Tested Sexual Techniques that will Blow His Mind (Broadway Books) rose to #10 on Amazon’s bestseller list within hours of its publication in February 1999 and currently has more than 200,000 copies in print. Her second book, HOW TO GIVE HER ABSOLUTE PLEASURE: Totally Explicit Techniques Every Woman Wants Her Man to Know (Broadway Books), came out the following year and has sold over 150,000 copies since its publication in 2000. Paget’s third book, THE BIG O: Everything You Want to Know About How to Get One, Give One, and Keep Them Coming (Broadway Books), was released in 2001 and has sold over 70,000 copies to date. Paget’s fourth book, 365 DAYS OF SENSATIONAL SEX (Gotham), was published in November 2003. Her fifth book, HOT MAMAS: The Ultimate Guide to Making Pregnancy the Sexiest Time of Your Life (Gotham), was published in Winter 2004. Lou has been the subject of an HBO Real Sex segment, and is featured regularly in a wide range of publications, including Glamour, Vanity Fair, GQ, Men’s Health, and Playboy. She also writes a monthly column for the Canadian magazine, Chatelaine.

Translations: HOW TO BE A GREAT LOVER sold in Germany (book and audio, Mosaik/Goldmann), Italy (Il Saggiatore), Israel (Le'Dory), Holland (ECI), the UK (Piatkus), France (L'Archipel), Brazil (Editora Manole), Mexico (Editorial Planeta Mexicana), Greece (Editions Kleidarithmos), Bulgaria (Kibea), Croatia (Marjan Tisak), Poland (Muza), Korea (Miraebrook), Portugal (Dom Quixote), Japan (East Press, Ltd.), Serbia (Moc Knjige), Slovenia (Ucila International Zalozba), Russia (Astrel Publishers), Sweden (Pantagruel), and Hungary (Libruna Kiado); HOW TO GIVE HER ABSOLUTE PLEASURE sold in Italy (Il Saggiatore), Germany (book and audio, Mosaik/Goldmann), Brazil (Editora Manole), the UK (Piatkus), France (L'Archipel), Holland (ECI), Mexico (Editorial Planeta Mexicana), Hungary (Abrafaxe Publishing), Greece (Editions Kleidarithmos), Bulgaria (Kibea), Poland (Muza), Korea (Miraebrook), Portugal (Dom Quixote), Slovenia (Ucila International Zalozba), Russia (Astrel Publishers), Sweden (Pantagruel), and Serbia (Moc Knjige); THE BIG O sold in the UK (Piatkus), Italy (Il Saggiatore), Holland (ECI), Korea (Thoughts of a Tree), Germany (Random House Verlagsgruppe), Mexico (Editorial Planeta Mexicana), Greece (Editions Kleidarithmos), Yugoslavia (Moc Knjiged), Poland (Muza), France (L'Archipel), Spain (Ediciones Martinez Roca), Denmark (Bogen Forlag), Portugal (Dom Quixote), Latvia (Zvaigne ABC), Slovenia (Ucila International Zalozba), and Brazil (Editora Planeta); 365 DAYS OF SENSATIONAL SEX sold in Canada (Doubleday Canada), Germany (book and book club, Mosaik/Goldmann), the UK (Hodder & Stoughton), France (L'Archipel), Norway (Pantagruel), Slovenia (Ucila International Zalozba), the Czech Republic (Alpress), and Taiwan (Culture and Life); HOT MAMAS sold in Canada (Doubleday Canada), Germany (Bertelsmann Mosaik) and Poland (Muza).

Kirk Perron, founder of Jamba Juice®, published JAMBA JUICE POWER: Smoothies and Juices for Mind, Body, and Spirit (Avery), with co-writer Stan Dembecki. It's the official Jamba Juice guide to fun, healthy living.

Brenda Peterson is an acclaimed nature writer and the author of Living by Water and Build Me An Ark. Her latest book, ANIMAL HEART (Sierra Club Books), is a moving love story about two people who save animals.

“Brenda Peterson weaves a haunting love story into a fast-moving plot. ANIMAL HEART is based on facts that are terrifyingly true and it captures the exquisite beauty of a world that we are devastating and destroying, piece by piece. Please read it.” – Dr. Jane Goodall

Jane Ratcliffe is an author, ghostwriter, and journalist. Her first novel, The Free Fall (Henry Holt), was selected by the New York Public Library as one of the most notable books of 2001. She also wrote Sometimes I Get So Sad, But Now I Know What Makes Me Happy, a therapeutic book for mental health professionals, teachers, and parents to help children deal with depression. Along the same lines, she ghostwrote three books on teaching basic life skills to teens, uprooting depression, and learning how to love ourselves gently yet with challenge. Her articles have appeared in Vogue, Interview, Tricycle, and Vh-1, among other publications. Her short story, "The Bunny Cage," appeared in Carve. She is currently at work on her second novel, DODGE THE SHRAPNEL, as well as two screenplays, and she is collaborating with Ingrid Newkirk, president of PETA, on a book called THE POWER OF ONE.

Robert Rosati, M.D., and Kitty Rosati are the owners of one of the top weight-loss clinics in the world as well as the authors of THE RICE DIET: The World-Famous Good-Carb Detox Diet for Quick and Lasting Weight Loss (Simon & Schuster) and THE RICE DIET COOKBOOK. Based on the renowned weight-loss plan, THE RICE DIET finally proves that the healthy carbohydrates everyone has been avoiding are actually the very key to losing weight–and keeping it off for good–without compromising one’s health.

Martin Rowe and Mia MacDonald collaborated with Gene Bauer to write FARM SANCTUARY: Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and Food (Simon & Schuster) and Unbowed: A Memoir by Wangari Maathai (Knopf). Martin Rowe is the co-founder and director of publishing at Lantern Books and the founding editor of Satya magazine. He is also the author of Nicaea: A Book of Correspondences (Lindisfarne) and the editor of The Way of Compassion: Vegetarianism, Environmentalism, Animal Advocacy, and Social Justice (Stealth Technologies). He has had three short plays produced in his native England and has contributed articles and reviews to Parabola magazine, Publishers Weekly, and The Boston Book Review, among others. Mia MacDonald is a policy analyst and writer whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the International Herald Tribune, and numerous magazines, including Sierra, the New Internationalist, Ms., and Yes! She has worked as a consultant for many nonprofit international organizations and United Nations agencies on issues of environment, development, gender, rights, population, and animal-based agriculture. She is a senior fellow of the Washington, DC-based Worldwatch Institute and served as a lecturer and program administrator in the human rights concentration of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.

Inspirational author M.J. Ryan created the best-selling classics Random Acts of Kindness and Attitudes of Gratitude. In her book THE POWER OF PATIENCE (Broadway Books), she shows us once again how we can reclaim the forgotten virtue of patience on a daily basis, and how doing so allows us to enjoy a far better quality of life. With her trademark warmth and wisdom, Mary Jane encourages readers to examine their own practices of patience and create new pathways to serenity and well-being. Her next book, TRUSTING YOURSELF (Broadway Books), is another inspirational gem that helps us ease modern life’s overwhelming demands by tapping the virtue of self-trust. It was a One Spirit Book Cub pick. Her most recent books, both published by Broadway, are THE HAPPINESS MAKEOVER: How to Teach Yourself to Be Happy and Enjoy Every Day and THIS YEAR I WILL...: How to Change a Habit, Keep a Resolution, or Make a Dream Come True.

Translations: THE POWER OF PATIENCE sold in Germany (Kabel/Piper), the Netherlands (J. H. Kok), Brazil (Editora Sextante), Korea (Bookfolio), and Saudi Arabia (Jarir Bookstore); TRUSTING YOURSELF sold in Saudi Arabia (Jarir Bookstore).

SARK is an author and an artist who lives in San Francisco. She has captured the imagination and hearts of people around the world with her signature style of audacious wisdom and colorful artwork. Her books and posters are cherished by millions and her personal appearances are standing-room only “happenings.” There are over two and a half million SARK books in print. Her most recent book, MAKE YOUR CREATIVE DREAMS REAL (Fireside), was published in Spring 2004, and is a One Spirit Alternate. Also by SARK: SUCCULENT WILD WOMEN; PROSPERITY PIE: How to Relax About Money and Everything Else; EAT MANGOES NAKED: Finding Pleasure Everywhere and Dancing With The Pits!; TRANSFORMATION SOUP; and CHANGE YOUR LIFE WITHOUT GETTING OUT OF BED.

Translations: CHANGE YOUR LIFE sold in the UK/Australia (Simon & Schuster UK); MAKE YOUR CREATIVE DREAMS REAL sold in Korea (M&K Books).

Erika Schickel is an L.A.-based writer and performer. YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME (Kensington) is her collection of alternately hilarious and poignant essays about motherhood. Erika’s work has appeared in the LA Weekly, The Los Angeles Times, Hip Mama, BUST, and in the anthology Another City: Writing from Los Angeles (City Lights Books). She has also contributed essays to Jennifer Margulis' Toddlers: Real Life Stories (Seal Press) and Misadventures of Moms and Disasters of Dads, edited by Kerri Charette for Moms in Print. Her play, Wild Amerika, a Darwinian exploration of mating, monogamy and motherhood, has been broadcast on public radio stations internationally and was produced by L.A. TheatreWorks for National Public Radio.

Brooke Siler is a renowned celebrity Pilates trainer and the owner of re:AB studio in New York City. Vogue magazine describes her as “one of the hottest personal trainers in the country,” and her book sales reflect her popularity. Her first book, THE PILATES BODY (Broadway Books), published by Broadway Books, rose to #12 on the New York Times extended bestseller. Published by Broadway/Doubleday in January 2000, this book already has over 500,000 in print. A special edition of THE PILATES BODY, called THE PILATES BODY KIT (St. Martin’s Press) sold over 90,000 copies in its first year alone. Brooke's follow-up to THE PILATES BODY is THE PILATES BODY CHALLENGE, also published by Broadway Books.

Translations: THE PILATES BODY sold in Germany (Mosaik Verlag), the UK (Michael Joseph/Penguin), Spain (Ediciones Oniro), Denmark (Borgen Forlag), Holland (De Boekerij), Korea (Haneen Community Co.), Bulgaria (Kibea), China (Kai Hsin), Croatia (Giovega), and Greece (Patakis); THE PILATES BODY CHALLENGE sold in Germany (Bertelsmann Mosaik).

Peter Moore Smith is the author of RAVELING (Little, Brown), a gorgeously-written literary thriller that is the story of the rivalry between brothers, one a schizophrenic and one a neurosurgeon, and the mystery of their sister’s death twenty years before, and his new novel, LOS ANGELES (Little, Brown), about the disappearance of a mysterious woman and the troubled young man who loves her. Smith is the winner of a 1999 Pushcart Prize, is collected in BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES 2000 and in Karin Slaughter’s LIKE A CHARM: A NOVEL IN VOICES, and was nominated for an Edgar award for RAVELING. RAVELING was also the winner of the 2001 Audie Award for best fiction audiotape.

Translations: RAVELING sold in Holland, France, Germany, Japan, Sweden, the UK, and Italy; LOS ANGELES sold in Holland, France, Germany, Sweden, and the UK.

Ellyn Spragins is the author of Letters to My Younger Self (Broadway Books). As the former writer of the Love and Money column for The New York Times and a current Editor-at-Large for Fortune Small Business, as well as a freelance writer for Ladies Home Journal, Working Mother, and others, Spragins comes into contact with famous and successful women nearly every day. Intrigued by the question, “If you could go back and say anything to yourself at a younger age, what would it be?” she began asking it of these women, and the results culminated in an article in O: The Oprah Magazine. The article caused such a stir that now she has expanded this concept into what is sure to become a classic in the women’s inspirational market.

Laura Staton and Sarah Perron are the authors of BABY OM: Yoga for Mothers and Babies (Henry Holt), a safe, effective, and easy-to-follow yoga practice designed especially for new mothers and their babies. Baby Om, created in 1999 by Staton and Perron, is a unique yoga class designed to challenge, stretch, and tone the postpartum body while providing a playful and bonding atmosphere for the baby. Baby Om mothers become stronger and healthier and delight in the positive effects of integrating playtime and yoga.

Janice Taylor is a “weight-loss artist” and the mastermind behind Our Lady of Weight Loss’s Kick in the Tush Club (Avery). The Kick in the Tush Club originated in 2004 as a weekly e-newsletter to motivate and inspire dieters, and quickly blossomed into a phenomenon. The New York Daily News, Good Housekeeping, Family Circle and First for Women all reported on the growing success of the website. Now Janice has created a book that will be the ultimate cheerleader and support for dieters everywhere, an inspirational companion for the weight loss journey that fills the gap between knowing how to lose weight and actually doing it.

Patti Teel, an accomplished singer, songwriter, and educator, is the creator of the enormously popular children’s CD “The Floppy Sleep Game." Patti has received widespread acclaim for her success in developing innovative audio recordings that help restless children unwind during quiet time and fall asleep at naptime or bedtime. Branded “the Dream Maker” by People magazine, Teel has developed a unique combination of simple yoga techniques, deep-breathing exercises, and calming music that has garnered critical and popular accolades across the country. Now Patti brings this expertise to parents everywhere with her new book, tentatively titled THE FLOPPY SLEEP GAME BOOK (Perigee), which provides parents with a proven one-month program for parents to help their children learn to relax, de-stress, and get to sleep.

Vegetarian Times. Founded in the mid-70s, this leading magazine devoted to all things vegetarian now boasts a circulation of close to 400,000 paid subscribers. Edited for those who want to eat healthfully and live longer, each issue provides enticing vegetarian recipes, food photography, editorial perspectives on health, nutrition and fitness. It also includes profiles of dynamic people involved with vegetarian cooking and eating and authoritative product news and reviews. In addition to the magazine, Vegetarian Times has also published a number of books, including the new, completely revised edition of the VEGETARIAN TIMES COMPLETE COOKBOOK (Wiley), which features more than six hundred recipes, and the new VEGETARIAN TIMES FAST AND EASY, to be published by Wiley in 2008.

Sandra Ford Walston is the author of COURAGE: The Heart and Spirit of Every Woman, Reclaiming the Forgotten Virtue (Broadway Books), which she originally self-published and which topped the Denver Post nonfiction bestseller list for five months.

Translations: COURAGE sold in Greece (Kedros) and Brazil (Sextante).

Elizabeth Warner is a writer, actress, and monologist whose recent performance of her one-woman show, Notes From a Wandering Eye, won rave reviews at the Toronto Fringe Festival (“wry and articulate...” “razor sharp and never whiny...”). Drawing on material from the show, Warner wrote DITCHED BY DR. RIGHT (Villard), a collection of humorous observations about modern life with a distinctly acerbic, literate, Philadelphia WASP point of view.

Zoe Weil is the founder of the International Institute for Compassionate Living and has been a humane educator since 1985. She is the author of ABOVE ALL, BE KIND: How to Raise a Humane Child in a Complicated World (New Society Press) as well as THE POWER AND PROMISE OF HUMANE EDUCATION.

Translations: ABOVE ALL, BE KIND sold in China (Ningxia People's Publishing House) and Taiwan (Abula Press).

Tia Williams’ first novel, THE ACCIDENTAL DIVA (Putnam), is a fun, sexy read that explores the lives of three successful black women looking for love and happiness in New York. The book’s protagonist, Billie Burke, is a senior beauty writer for Du Jour (one of the world’s leading fashion magazines). When she meets Jay Lane, a spoken-word artist with a troubled past, the two fall instantly in love. But life is seldom that simple, as Billie and Jay soon discover. As the former Beauty and Health Director at Teen People (she has also worked at Glamour, Elle, YM, and Lucky) and the founder of an incredibly popular beauty blog, Williams has the credentials and the talent to pull off this deliciously dishy novel that is as addictive, seductive, and flawed as Manhattan itself. Her latest novel, IT CHICKS (Hyperion/Disney), follows the sassy and fabulous divas-in-training at New York's most prestigious high school for the performing arts. When rehearsals give way to hot-and-heavy after-school sessions away from the barre and without the mic, the real drama begins. Audio rights for THE ACCIDENTAL DIVA sold to Recorded Books.