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INDEX!OF!TITLES! ! LATEST!RIGHTS!DEALS!..................................................................................................................................................!5! CLIENTS!AND!CO6AGENTS!..............................................................................................................................................!6! ! FRENCH!PUBLISHERS!.....................................................................................................................................................!7! Allary!Editions!.......................................................................................................................................................!7! I!Don’t!Want!Passion!(Diane!Brasseur)!........................................................................................................................!7! Avoiding!Tolls!(Jérôme!Colin)!..........................................................................................................................................!8! Madame!de!Staël.!The!Woman!Napoleon!Feared!(Laurence!de!Cambronne)!.............................................!8! The!Open!Space!Killed!Me!(Alexandre!des!Isnards!&!Thomas!Zuber)!...........................................................!9! Generation!Hangover.!A!Handbook!for!Combatting!Reactionaries!(Raphaël!Glucksmann)!.................!9! Momo!of!Les!Halles!(Philippe!Hayat)!.........................................................................................................................!10! The!Eagle's!Blood!(Serge!Hayat)!..................................................................................................................................!10! With!a!View!Below!The!Sea!(Slimane!Kader)!.........................................................................................................!11! Towards!a!Happy!Consumption!(Elisabeth!Laville)!............................................................................................!11! I!Will!Not!Leave!You!(Pascal!Louvrier)!......................................................................................................................!12! Joy!(Charles!Pépin)!.............................................................................................................................................................!12! A!Plea!for!Animals.!For!a!Kindness!Towards!All!(Matthieu!Ricard)!.............................................................!13! The!Arab!of!the!Future!vol.!2!(Riad!Sattouf)!...........................................................................................................!13! Caring!Economics.!Conversations!on!Altruism!and!Compassion,!Between!Scientists,!Economists,!and! the!Dalai!Lama!(edited!by!Tania!Singer!&!Matthieu!Ricard)!............................................................................!14! Hachette!Romans!................................................................................................................................................!14! The!Harem!Slave!and!the!Elephant!(Pauline!Alphen)!.........................................................................................!14! Boys!Out!!(Rawia!Arroum)!..............................................................................................................................................!15! Salmacis!(Emmanuelle!De!Jesus)!.................................................................................................................................!15! Chasing!Sleeping!Beauty!(Christine!FéretjFleury)!...............................................................................................!16! Anna!and!Her!Ghost!(Franck!Krebs)!...........................................................................................................................!16! The!Butterfly!Child!(Gabrielle!Massat)!......................................................................................................................!17! Flight!1618!(Bertrand!Puard)!........................................................................................................................................!17! OnejEyed!Teddy!(Yann!Rambaud)!..............................................................................................................................!18! The!Man!Who!Would!Become!Pope!Francis!(Michel!Séonnet)!.......................................................................!18! 2 Seas Agency Rights Catalog | Spring 2015 !

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Le!Livre!de!Poche!...............................................................................................................................................!19! The!National!7!Assassin!(Michèle!Barrière)!............................................................................................................!19! Love!of!Food!and!Hunger:!History!and!Symbolism!of!Food!(1730H1830)!(JeanHClaude!Bonnet)!....!19! How!to!Meet!the!Right!Person:!From!the!First!Glance!to!a!Happy!Romance!(Patricia!Delahaie)!....!20! The!Smell!of!Cut!Grass!(Nicolas!Delesalle)!...............................................................................................................!20! I!Like!You!(Jacques!Expert)!!............................................................................................................................................!21! Tame!Your!Stress!with!Sophrology!(Clarisse!Gardet)!.........................................................................................!21! Mandela,!a!Philosophy!in!Acts!(JeanHPaul!Jouary)!................................................................................................!22! Christianism!and!Philosophy!(Sébastien!Morlet)!..................................................................................................!22! ! ENGLISH!LANGUAGE!AGENTS,!PUBLISHERS!AND!AUTHORS!.....................................................................!23! April!Eberhardt!Literary!..................................................................................................................................!23! A!Cup!of!Redemption!(Carole!Bumpus)!.....................................................................................................................!23! Twelve!Thousand!Mornings!(Mary!Driver!Thiel)!..................................................................................................!24! The!California!Wife!(Kirsten!Harnisch)!!....................................................................................................................!24! The!Geometry!of!Love!(Jessica!Levine)!......................................................................................................................!25! The!Passion!Thief!!(Anne!McCarthy!Strauss)!..........................................................................................................!25! Flame!Tree!Road!(Shona!Patel)!.....................................................................................................................................!26! Hundred!Fires!(John!Thorndike)!..................................................................................................................................!26! Choose!Yourself!Media!.....................................................................................................................................!27! Become!an!Idea!Machine:!Because!Ideas!Are!the!Currency!of!the!21st!Century!(Claudia!Azula! Altucher)!..................................................................................................................................................................................!27! The!Choose!Yourself!Guide!To!Wealth!(James!Altucher)!...................................................................................!27! Leapfrog!Press!.....................................................................................................................................................!28! The!Lonesome!Trials!of!Johnny!Riles!(Gregory!Hill)!............................................................................................!28! Savage!Mountain!(John!Smelcer)!..................................................................................................................................!28! The!Sumeru!Press!..............................................................................................................................................!29! The!Third!Step!East:!Zen!Masters!of!America!(Richard!Bryan!McDaniel)!.................................................!!29! Walk!Like!a!Mountain.!The!Handbook!of!Buddhist!Walking!Practice!(Innen!Ray!Parcelo)!................!29! Buddhist!Astrology.!Chart!Interpretation!from!a!Buddhist!Perspective!(Jhampa!Shaneman!&!Jan! Angel)!.......................................................................................................................................................................................!!30! Amazing!People!Worldwide!...........................................................................................................................!30! ! Work!the!System.!The!Simple!Mechanics!of!Making!More!and!Working!Less!(Sam!Carpenter)!......!31! Networking!Is!Not!Working!(Derek!Coburn)!..........................................................................................................!31! !

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The!7!Day!Startup.!You!Don’t!Learn!Until!You!Launch!(Dan!Norris)!............................................................!32! ! DUTCH!PUBLISHERS!..............................................................................................................................................!33! Uitgeverij!De!Geus!..............................................................................................................................................!33! The!Boy!from!the!Old!City!(Tahmina!Akefi)!.............................................................................................................!33! The!King!Will!Come!(Mohammed!Benzakour)!.......................................................................................................!34! Palsy!(Fleur!Bourgonje)!....................................................................................................................................................!34! Rara!Avis!(Bram!Dehouck).!.........................................................................................................................................!....35! Real!Friends!(Fons!Dellen)!..............................................................................................................................................!35! The!Chambers!(Lucas!de!Waard)!.................................................................................................................................!36! The!Forgotten!Story!of!an!Unfaltering!Love!at!Times!of!War!(Charles!den!Tex!&!Anneloes!Timmerije) !.....................................................................................................................................................................................................!36! Roxy!(Esther!Gerritsen)!....................................................................................................................................................!37! Everything!Changes!(Kristien!Hemmerechts)!!.......................................................................................................!37! The!DyslecticHHearts!Club!(Hanneke!Hendrix)!......................................................................................................!38! Hope!(Jacques!Koch)!..........................................................................................................................................................!38! Wherever!You!Go!(Josine!Marbus)!...............................................................................................................................!39! Bidon!(Peter!Ouwerkerk)!.................................................................................................................................................!39! Birk!(Jaap!Robben)!..............................................................................................................................................................!40! The!Black!Napoleon!(Vamba!Sherif)!...........................................................................................................................!40! Rapture!(Shantie!Singh)!....................................................................................................................................................!41! Dissension!(Nicolet!Steemers)!.......................................................................................................................................!41! The!Housemate!(Marjolijn!Uitzinger)!.........................................................................................................................!42! Thirty!Days!(Annelies!Verbeke)!....................................................................................................................................!42! FatherHandHDaughter!Book!(Hannah!and!Bert!Wagendorp)!............................................................................!43! Uitgeverij!Meulenhoff!.......................................................................................................................................!43! Suzanne!and!Edouard!Manet!(Thera!Coppens)!......................................................................................................!43! Attempts!to!Make!Something!of!Life.!The!Secret!Diary!of!Hendrik!Groen,!83!1/4!Years!Old!(Hendrik! Groen)!.......................................................................................................................................................................................!44! Rather!No!Applause!Before!I!Live!(Sander!Van!Leeuwen)!................................................................................!44! Uitgeverij!Nieuw!Amsterdam!.........................................................................................................................!45! And!Nothing!Was!a!Lie!(Ellen!Heijmerikx)!...............................................................................................................!45! The!Fifth!Day!(Frank!Noë)!...............................................................................................................................................!45! Solitude.!An!Indonesian!Family!History!(Jeroen!Thijssen)!...............................................................................!46! When!Winter!Is!Over!(Thomas!Verbogt)!..................................................................................................................!46! !

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Uitgeverij!Podium!..............................................................................................................................................!47! Alone!with!the!Gods!(Alex!Boogers)!............................................................................................................................!47! The!Third!Lottery!(Renate!Dorrestein)!......................................................................................................................!47! Harem!(Ronald!Giphart)!...................................................................................................................................................!48! The!Forgetting!Club!(Tosca!Niterink)!.........................................................................................................................!48! Us!(Elvis!Peeters)!.................................................................................................................................................................!49! Tench!(Inge!Schilperoord)!...............................................................................................................................................!49! Uitgeverij!Prometheus!.....................................................................................................................................!50! Parrot!Flew!Over!the!IJssel!(Kader!Abdolah)!..........................................................................................................!50!

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FEBRUARY!2015! ! Abdolah,!Kader,!The$House$of$the$Mosque!(Het$huis$van$de$Moskee):!Norway!(Gyldendal,!pocketbook! renewal)! Althusser,!Louis,!Psychoanalysis$and$Social$Sciences!(Psychanalyse$et$les$sciences$humaines):!USA!(World! English,!Columbia!UP)! Benzakour,!Mohammed,!Yemma:!Arabic!(Editions!la!Croisée!des!Chemins)! Jaffe,!Noemi,!What$Are$the$Blind$Men$Dreaming?$(O$que$os$cegos$estão$sonhando?):!USA!(World!English,! Deep!Vellum)! Lemaître,!Pierre,!Rosy$&$John:!Spain!(Alfaguara)! Pengelley,!Nick,!Ryder:$American$Treasure:!Belgium!(Dutch!rights,!WPGHManteau)! Piketty,!Thomas,!Chronicles!(PeutHon$sauver$l’Europe$?):!The!Netherlands!(De!Bezige!Bij)! ! JANUARY!2015! ! Bensoussan!Georges,!Jews$in$Arabic$Countries$(Juifs$en$pays$arabes):!USA!(World!English,!Indiana!UP)! Coburn,!Derek,!Networking$Is$Not$Working:!Korea!(Raonbook)! Gerritsen,!Esther,!Craving!(Dorst):!Arabic!(Sefsafa!Publishing!House)! Piketty,!Thomas,!Chronicles!(PeutHon$sauver$l’Europe$?):!USA!(North!American!rights,!Houghton!Mifflin! Harcourt)! Sattouf,!Riad,!The$Arab$of$the$Future$(L’Arabe$du$futur):!Portugal!(LeYa)! Silveira,!Maria!José,!The$Mother$of$Mothers$(A$mãe$da$mãe$de$sua$mãe$e$suas$filhas):!USA!(World!English,! Open!Letter!Books)! ! DECEMBER!2014! ! De!Buysser,!Pieter,!The$Stonecutters!(De$keisnijders):!Czech!Republic!(Argo)! Féret]Fleury,!Christine,!Chasing$Sleeping$Beauty!(Au$bois$dormant):!Korea!(Nike!Books)! Lemaître,!Pierre,$Rosy$&$John:!Denmark!(Lindhardt!og!Ringhof)! Musso,!Guillaume,!Central$Park:!The!Netherlands!(A.W.!Bruna)! Ricard,!Matthieu,!A$Plea$For$Animals!(Plaidoyer$pour$les$animaux):!Korea!(Namu’s!Mind/Munhakdongne)! ! NOVEMBER!2014! ! Brasseur,!Diane,!Fidelities$(Les$fidélités):!Arabic!(Daran!Nahla)! Chirovici,!Eugen,!Gods,$Weapons$and$Money.$The$Puzzle$of$Power:!Korea!(Thenan,!at!auction)! Coburn,!Derek,!Networking$is$not$Working:!China!(China!Financial!&!Economic!Publishing!House)! Delahaie,!Patricia,!How$to$Meet$the$Right$Person!(Comment$faire$la$bonne$rencontre):!Brazil!(Geração)! Hayat,!Philippe,!Momo$of$Les$Halles!(Momo$des$Halles):!Germany!(Thiele!Verlag)! Jackson,!Sophie,!A$Pound$of$Flesh:!The!Netherlands!(VBK!Media)! Lewis,!Jason,!The$Expedition:!Germany!(Piper/Malik,!3Hbook!deal)! Llobregat,!Jordi,!Vesalius’$Secret!(El$Secreto$de$Vesalio):!The!Netherlands!(Meridiaan,!at!auction)! Norris,!Dan,!The$7$Day$Startup:!Poland!(Helion)! Peeters,!Elvis,$Tuesday!(Dinsdag):!Japan!(Shoraisha)! Robben,!Jaap,!Birk:!Germany!(Ars!Vivendi)! Sattouf,!Riad,!The$Arab$of$the$Future!(L’Arabe$du$futur):!Norway!(Minuskel),!Poland!(Kultura!Gniewu)! Wurge,!B.B.,!The$Last$Notebook$of$Leonardo:!Turkey!(Dogan!Egmont)!

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WORLDWIDE!REPRESENTATION! Selected$titles$presented$in$this$catalog$

! ENGLISH!LANGUAGE! April!Eberhardt!Literary!|!Choose!Yourself!Media!|!February!Books!|!Hyperink!|!Karina!Library!Press!|!Leapfrog! Press!|!Quill!Shift!Literary!Agency!|!The!Sumeru!Press!|!Amazing!People!Worldwide!|!Angela!Ackerman!&!Becca! Puglisi!|!Anna!M.!Campbell!|!Sam!Carpenter!|!Derek!Coburn!|!Debora!Geary!|!Victor!W.!Hwang!&!Greg!Horowitt!|!Dr.! Paulette!Kouffman!Sherman!|!Michael!Krohnen!|!Jason!Lewis!|!Nathan!Lowell!|!Juliana!Maio!|!J.!Steve!Miller!|!Mark! Obama!Ndesandjo!|!Dan!Norris! ! FRANCE! Allary!Editions!|!Editions!de!l’Epée!|!Hachette!Romans!|!Le!Livre!de!Poche! ! THE!NETHERLANDS! Bertram!+!De!Leeuw!|!De!Geus!|!Meulenhoff!Boekerij!|!Nieuw!Amsterdam!|!Podium!

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CO]AGENTS!! For$our$world$rights$titles$

$ Brazil:!VillasHBoas!&!Moss!Agency!|!Bulgaria:!Anthea!Agency!|!China:!several!agencies!|!Greece:!Ersilia!Agency!|! Hungary,!Croatia:!Andrew!Nurnberg!Associates!Budapest!|!Israel:!The!Deborah!Harris!Agency!|!Italy,!Portugal:! The!Ella!Sher!Agency!|!Japan:!several!agencies!|!Korea:!several!agencies!|! Poland:!Graal!Agency!|!Romania,!Czech!Republic,!Slovakia:!Livia!Stoia!Agency!|!Russia,!Belarus,!Ukraine:! Anastasia!Lester!Agency!|!Serbia,!Slovenia,!Montenegro,!Macedonia,!Bosnia,!Albania:!Plima!Agency!|! Spain:!SalmaiaLit!|!Taiwan:!several!agencies!|!Turkey:!Akcali!Agency!/!Kalem!Agency!

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SELECTED!TERRITORIES! See$individual$catalogs$&$information$sheets$

! ENGLISH!LANGUAGE! Lorella!Belli!Agency!(Netherlands!&!Nordic!Countries)!|!Kleinworks!Agency!(France,!Netherlands!&!Nordic! Countries)!|!OR!Books!(France,!Netherlands!&!Nordic!Countries)!|!Osho!International!(Netherlands!&!Nordic! Countries)!|!The!Rights!Factory!(France!&!Netherlands)!|!University!of!New!South!Wales!Press!(Netherlands)! ! FRENCH!LANGUAGE! L’Autre!agence!(Netherlands,!Nordic!Countries!&!North!America)!|!Editions!Au!Diable!Vauvert!(Netherlands,!Nordic! Countries!&!World!English)!|!Editions!du!Boréal!(Netherlands,!USA!&!Nordic!Countries)!|!Editions!XO!(selected!titles! in!selected!territories)! ! GERMAN!LANGUAGE! Thiele!Verlag!(World!English)! ! BRAZIL! VillasHBoas!&!Moss!Literary!Consultancy!(World!English,!Netherlands!&!Nordic!Countries)! ! SPAIN,!PORTUGAL!&!LATIN!AMERICA! The!Ella!Sher!Literary!Agency!(Netherlands!&!North!America)! !

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! I!DON’T!WANT!PASSION!by!Diane!Brasseur! ! Publisher:!Allary!Editions! Original!language:!French!|!170!pp.!|!September!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!French!! Under!option:!Arabic,!Brazil,!Catalan,!Estonia,!Germany,!Italy,!Poland! and!Spain! ! LITERARY!FICTION! ! The!book!begins!with!a!breakup:!One!night!in!a!bar,!the!main! character’s!lover!leaves!her!with!these!words:!“I!don’t!want! passion.”!At!over!thirty!years!old,!she!realizes!she!has!never!lived! ! with!a!man!other!than!her!father,!the!father!whom!she!loves...! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! Diane!Brasseur!is!a!scriptwriter.! passionately.! Her!debut!novel$Fidelities!sold!over! We!explore!these!two!love!stories!in!parallel.!One!is!with!her!lover! 15,000!copies!in!France!and!was! she!met!a!few!months!before.!The!other!is!with!our!heroine’s! received!with!great!critical!acclaim! father,!with!whom!she!has!maintained!an!intense!relationship! from!both!critics!and!readers.! since!she!was!young.!Both!stories!constantly!intertwine!with!each! Rights!in!Fidelities$have!so!far!been! other,!answer!one!another,!to!the!extent!that!we!start!wondering!if! sold!to!8!territories.! the!two!don’t!obstruct!each!other.!Does!the!passionate!love!she! feels!for!her!father!prohibit!her!from!being!in!love!with!another!man?!! ! Following!the!success!of!Fidelities!which!was!sold!to!8!territories,!Diane!takes!us!on!a!journey!into!another! love!triangle,!yet!this!one!is!of!a!very!different!nature.! !

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AVOIDING!TOLLS!by!Jérôme!Colin! ! Publisher:!Allary!Editions! Original!language:!French!|!200!pp.!|!May!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!French!! ! LITERARY!FICTION!|!DEBUT!NOVEL! ! The!narrator!is!a!taxi!driver.!He!gave!up!his!teenage!dreams!to!build!a!nice,! comfortable!life,!but!two!meetings!will!change!everything.!

! One!night!Henry!gets!in!his!taxi.!He!asks!to!be!picked!up!three!times!a! ! week.!Soon,!Henry!becomes!his!friend.! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! One!afternoon,!at!a!café,!Marie!smiles!at!him!and!in!that!moment,!the! Jérôme!Colin!is!the!host!of!“Hep! world!takes!on!a!new!color.!! taxi”,!a!weekly!show!on!national! Until!then,!there!had!been!the!men!and!women!he!drove!around!in! Belgian!TV.!He!also!hosts!“Entrez! his!taxi,!who!warmed!his!heart!as!they!confided!in!him.!At!age!thirtyH sans!frapper”,!a!daily!cultural! eight,!he!thought!he!had!played!all!his!cards.!Now!he!loves!Marie!and! program!on!national!Belgian!radio,! a!small!chasm!opens!under!his!feet.!Do!we!have!the!right!to!a!new! and!is!a!journalist!for!the!weekly! start?!How!fragile!we!are,!when!passion!overturns!us.! magazine!“Moustique”.!Avoiding$ Tolls!is!his!first!novel.! The!interior!monologue!of!the!narrator!deeply!moves!us,!since!it! describes!a!battle!against!the!ravages!of!time!and!the!feelings!that! are!encurred!in!time’s!passing.!His!sensual!and!heartfelt!writing!examines!an!issue!that!affects!all!of!us!at! one!time!or!another:!does!love!deserve!a!second!chance?! ! !

MADAME!DE!STAËL.!THE!WOMAN!NAPOLEON! FEARED!by!Laurence!de!Cambronne!

! Publisher:!Allary!Editions! Original!language:!French!|!248!pp.!|!March!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!French!! ! BIOGRAPHY! ! She!was!known!throughout!Europe,!her!books!were!bestsellers.! Napoleon!said!of!her:!“I!have!four!enemies:!Prussia,!Russia,! ! England!and!Madame!de!Staël.”! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! ! Laurence!de!Cambronne!is!a! Germaine!de!Staël!lived!through!the!Revolution,!the!Consulate!and!the! journalist.!She!was!an!editor!at!the! Empire!while!being!a!very!different!woman!than!was!appropriate!at!the! French!ELLE!magazine!for!which! time.!She!was!a!major!political!writer!and!her!salon!was!the!focal! she!was!in!charge!for!fifteen!years! rendezvous!point!of!the!European!intelligentsia.!She!knew!Voltaire!and! of!the!column!“Une!journée!avec…”! Diderot,!the!Czar!of!Russia,!Jefferson!and!Lord!Byron.!She!spent!her!life! being!chased!away!by!Napoleon,!who!constantly!banned!her!from!Paris!and!then!France!as!he!felt!under!attack! by!her!writings.!She!campaigned!for!divorce,!for!women’s!right!to!happiness,!for!freedom!of!expression!and!the! abolition!of!slavery.!This!strong,!great!intellectual!woman!who!was!not!afraid!to!oppose!the!Emperor!was!also! perpetually!in!love.!She!had!five!children!from!four!different!fathers,!and!as!a!symbiotic!mother,!took!them!with! her!everywhere!during!her!extensive!travels!throughout!Europe.! Laurence!de!Cambronne!chronicles!the!life!of!this!exceptional!woman!over!24!decisive!days. !

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THE!OPEN!SPACE!KILLED!ME!

by!Alexandre!des!Isnards!and!Thomas!Zuber!

! Publisher:!Allary!Editions! Original!language:!French!|!200!pp.!|!March!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!French!! ! ESSAY! ! Fully!revised!and!enhanced!reissue!of!the!2008!bestseller.! ! An!office?!With!four!walls,!a!door!and!daylight!coming!in?!No!way!!We! are!living!in!the!open!plan!era.!This!convivial!and!communal!space!is!to! businesses!what!Facebook!is!to!its!users:!a!place!to!see!and!to!be!seen.! In!such!a!context,!it!is!suitable!to!like!your!employer.!Stress!is!an! incredible!motivating!factor.!The!number!of!files!and!deadlines!are!a! challenge.!The!boss!imposes!his!diktat!and!the!dynamic!junior! executive!can!only!obey,!with!a!smile.!! Welcome$to$corporate$2.0,$where$burnouts$and$lay$offs$are$the$norm!$ ! !

! ABOUT!THE!AUTHORS! Business!consultant!Alexandre!des! Isnards!is!the!coHauthor!with! Thomas!Zuber!of!the!bestsellers! The$Open$Plan$Killed$Me!!(Hachette! Littératures,!2008)!and!Facebook$ Killed$Me!(NiL,!2011)!and!author!of! the!The$New$French$Dictionary! (Allary!Editions,!2014).! !

GENERATION!HANGOVER.!A!HANDBOOK! FOR!COMBATTING!REACTIONARIES! by!Raphaël!Glucksmann!

! Publisher:!Allary!Editions! Original!language:!French!|!170!pp.!|!February!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!French!! ! ESSAY! ! Fascinating$from$start$to$finish.—Canal+! ! A!Jihad!in!the!heart!of!European!capitals,!Putin’s!anti]European! crusade,!the!National!Front!as!France’s!first!political!party!and! tough!leftist!parties!at!the!door!of!power!almost!everywhere! else!in!Europe,!Holocaust!denials!on!the!Internet:!these!are! reactionary!forces!that!at!a!first!glance!seem!independent,!but! that!in!actuality!represent!a!common!challenge!to!our! principles!and!lifestyles.! ! Never!in!70!years!has!our!democratic!model!been!so!challenged.!The! temptation!to!seal!off!the!boundaries!is!spreading!across!Europe.! The!faceHtoHface!between!Islamists!and!the!extreme!right!threatens! our!open!societies.!We!were!lazy!democrats,!indolent!humanists.!We! must!learn!again!to!talk!about!and!defend!our!democracies.!Descend! into!the!arena!and!fight.!For!a!generation!raised!in!the!myth!of!the! end!of!History,!the!hangover!is!terrible.!Are!we!ready!for!the!battle! ahead? !

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! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! Raphaël!Glucksmann!left!France!at! age!20!to!live!in!Algiers.!There,!he! witnessed!fatwas!against! journalists!and!cartoonists,!of! which!dozens!were!murdered!by! the!Armed!Islamic!Group.!He!then! moved!to!Eastern!Europe,!where!he! became!one!of!the!closest!advisers! of!Georgian!President!Saakashvili! and!participated!in!the!EuroMaidan! revolution!in!Ukraine.!He!is!the! author!of!a!documentary!about!the! Orange!Revolution!(Orange$2004:$a$ European$revolution)!and!the! Rwandan!genocide!(Kill$them$all!).!

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MOMO!OF!LES!HALLES!by!Philippe!Hayat!! ! Publisher:!Allary!Editions! Original!language:!French!|!451!pp.!|!February!2014! Territory:!World!Excl!French! Rights!Sold:!Germany!(Thiele!Verlag),!Italy!(Neri!Pozza,!at!auction),! Spain!(Duomo!Ediciones).! ! HISTORICAL!FICTION!|!TV!RIGHTS!SOLD:!INTERNATIONAL!CO]PRODUCTION! ! The result is […] splendid. We tremble with Maurice. We hope with him. We even learn how to sell tomatoes. Essentially, we’re there too. Oh! He is strong, this Momo of Les Halles!—Le Parisien !

One!morning!in!1941,!the!young!Maurice!(“Momo”)!and!his!sister! Marie!are!taken!to!a!maid’s!room!by!their!father’s!boss!in!the!Les! Halles!district!in!Paris.!Their!parents!have!been!raided.!They!are! ordered!not!to!leave!and!never!to!say!they!are!Jewish.!Adrift!in! occupied!Paris,!they!will!only!be!able!to!rely!on!Bulle,!their!prostitute! neighbor,!and!the!resourcefulness!of!Momo.!On!Les!Halles!square,! the!latter!begins!to!give!a!helping!hand!in!exchange!for!some!food,! then!becomes!an!improvised!fishmonger,!vending!illegally,!and!ends! up!starting!a!thriving!home!catering!business.!In!a!few!months,! Momo!becomes!a!figure!of!Les!Halles,!until!he!too!is!arrested!and! deported.! ! !

ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! Philippe!Hayat!currently!divides! his!time!between!writing!(in!the! morning)!and!entrepreneurship!(in! the!afternoon).!A!graduate!of!the! École!Polytechnique!and!ESSEC,!he! has!created!or!taken!over!several! activities!in!the!fields!of!industry,! technology!and!services,!and! currently!invests!in!innovative! companies.!

THE!EAGLE’S!BLOOD!by!Serge!Hayat!! ! Publisher:!Allary!Editions! Original!language:!French!|!500!pp.!|!October!2015!! Territory:!World!Excl!French!! ! HISTORICAL!FICTION!|!DEBUT!NOVEL! !

The!initiatory!journey!of!a!teenager!looming!in!the!shadow!of!his! father,!who!decides!to!take!his!destiny!into!his!own!hands—even!if! that!means!disturbing!the!course!of!history.!This!teenager!is!the! ! son!of!Napoleon!I!and!MarieHLouise!of!Austria,!whose!nickname!is! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! L’Aiglon!(the!Eaglet).!While!moulding!away!in!the!Schönbrunn! Serge!Hayat!is!a!film!financer.!A! Palace!under!the!sway!of!his!grandfather!Francis!I!of!Austria,!he! Napoleon!enthusiast,!he!spends!his! accepts!the!crazy!plan!concocted!by!the!Bonapartists!to!help!him! holidays!at!St.!Helena!and!has! devoted!several!years!to!writing! escape!and!put!him!on!the!throne!of!France.!This!marks!the! this!book.! beginning!of!an!incredible!adventure!that,!from!twists!to!treason,! will!see!him!follow!in!his!father’s!footsteps!to!the!island!of!St.! Helena.! ! The$Eagle’s$Blood$is!a!tremendously!credible!uchronia!(a!hypothetical!timeHperiod!of!our!world)!and!a! fantastic!adventure!novel. !

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WITH!A!VIEW!BELOW!THE!SEA! by!Slimane!Kader! ! Publisher:!Allary!Editions! Original!language:!French!|!262!pp.!|!March!2014! Territory:!World!Excl!French! Rights!Sold:!Germany!(Droemer!Knaur),!Korea!(Nike!Books).! ! NARRATIVE!NON]FICTION!|!FILM/TV!RIGHTS!SOLD! ! This book shouldn’t be missed. (…) It’s hilarious, it’s dreadful. It’s a sociological survey as well as a coming-of-age novel.—Elle !

! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! After!having!lived!in!Seine!Saint! Denis,!near!Paris,!Slimane!Kader! signed!up!to!go!work!on!cruise! ships!in!the!Caribbean!Sea!two! years!ago.!He!has!no!contact!with! the!rest!of!the!world!except!once! every!two!or!three!months,!when! he!can!land!during!extended!stops.! His!first!novel!Wam!is!being! adapted!to!the!big!screen.!

One!morning,!Slimane!Kader!decides!to!get!a!job!on!a!cruise!ship!in!the! Caribbean!Sea.!He!ends!up!being!a!handyman!in!a!floating!city,!which! carries!8,000!passengers.!6,000!of!them!have!a!view!on!the!sea:!the! tourists.!The!other!2,000!live!below!the!sea!level:!they!are!modern! slaves,!whose!task!it!is!to!meet!with!the!desires!of!the!upper!floors.! Slimane,!a!young!French!man!of!Kabylian!descent,!finds!himself!at!the! bottom!of!the!ladder:!he!is!the!“joker,”!assigned!to!perform!the!most! menial!tasks!as!needed.!He!does!everything,!and!tells!it!all.!He!shows! the!other,!dark!side!of!mass!tourism.!With$a$View$Below$the$Sea!is! much!more!than!an!exceptional!testimony:!it!is!a!book!that!has!surged!from!a!blind!spot!in!our! contemporary!society,!from!which!usually!no!literature!arises.! ! !

TOWARDS!A!HAPPY!CONSUMPTION! by!Elisabeth!Laville! !

Publisher:!Allary!Editions! Original!language:!French!|!250!pp.!|!October!2014!! Territory:!World!Excl!French! !

ESSAY! ! A$very$well$documented$book,$full$of$energy$and$optimism$that$makes$you$want$to$act$ and$helps$us$to$become$more$savvy$consumers,$motivated$citizens,$and$happier$ ! people!—Psychiatrist!and!author!Christophe!André! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! ! Elisabeth!Laville!is!the!founder!of! Today,!the!entire!world!has!a!religion:!consumption.!Persuaded!that!it!is! “Utopies”,!a!pioneer!firm!in! the!key!to!our!individual!happiness,!we!search!to!always!consume!more,! sustainability!consulting!for! even!to!the!point!of!debt.!Our!political!leaders!only!speak!of!raising!and! businesses.!She!has!also!founded! increasing!consumption!and!growth.!Individually,!studies!show!that!once! the!agency!“Seeds!of!Change”!and!is! our!essential!needs!are!satiated,!happiness!decreases!with!the! the!author!of!several!books,! consumption!of!material!goods.!Collectively,!(over)consumption!exhausts! including!Shop$Responsibly!,!Green$ natural!resources:!this!mad!race!will!experience!a!halt!in!less!than!30! Business,!and!Especially$Me!,! years.!In!this!book!Laville,!a!graduate!of!HEC,!highHtech!fan!and!consultant! Practical$Guide$to$Careers$in$ for!many!international!companies,!interrogates!the!greatest!taboo!of!our! Sustainability,!Life$in$Green:$Child,$ society—consumption—and!shows!that!today’s!frantic!consumption! Fashion,$Home,$Office.! assures!neither!individual!nor!collective!happiness.! ! !

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I!WILL!NOT!LEAVE!YOU!by!Pascal!Louvrier! ! Publisher:!Allary!Editions! Original!language:!French!|!288!pp.!|!January!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!French! ! LITERARY!FICTION!|!DEBUT!NOVEL! ! Pascal$Louvrier$admirably$masters$his$subject,$which$he$adapts$in$a$ fascinating$romantic$manner,$and$with$style.$A$stunning$book.—L'Express! ! Successful!writer!Jacques!Libert!retires!to!his!home!on!the!sea!in!the! ! North!of!France.!He!hardly!ever!sees!anyone,!except!for!a!young! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! woman!who!proposes!to!help!him,!and!a!journalist!who!questions! Pascal!Louvrier!teaches!French!and! him!on!his!friendship!with!François!Mitterrand.!Jaques!Libert!never! has!authored!a!number!of! published!anything!about!these!years!spent!at!the!heart!of!power,! biographies!(Georges!Bataille,!Paul! but!he!kept!note!of!everything.!And!the!account!he!gives—the! Morand,!Philippe!Sollers,!Françoise! confidences,!the!trips,!the!secrets—becomes!a!real!novel!within!a! Sagan,!Fanny!Ardant).!He!is!also!a! ghostwriter,!which!brings!him!to! novel.! meet!many!powerful!men!and! I$Will$Not$Leave$You!(a!sentence!uttered!by!François!Mitterrand!in!his! women.$I$Will$Not$Leave$You!is!his! last!New!Year’s!wishes!to!the!French!people)!is!a!text!of!rare! first!novel.! mastery,!and!stunningly!well!informed.! ! ! !

JOY!by!Charles!Pépin! ! Publisher:!Allary!Editions! Original!language:!French!|!186!pp.!|!February!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!French! ! LITERARY!FICTION! ! Charles$Pépin$revisits$Camus’s$The!Stranger$in$his$own$way,$in$a$lighterH hearted$manner$but$with$as$much$talent.—Le!Figaro!Littéraire! !! Solaro!isn’t!looking!for!happiness—the!hardships!that!he! ! experiences!make!happiness!out!of!reach.!Yet,!he!is!joyful.!! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! His!mother!is!dying!of!cancer,!his!small!company!on!the!verge!of! Charles!Pépin!is!a!philosopher!and! bankruptcy,!his!love!life!is!chaotic,!and!a!gang!leader!he!ran!into!by! novelist.!He!is!a!graduate!of!the! accident!wants!to!kill!him.!Still,!he!lives!every!moment!snatched! Political!Studies!Institute!of!Paris! away!from!these!difficulties!fully,!intensely,!joyfully:!joy!is!“crazy”! and!of!HEC.!He!teaches!at!the!lycée! d’Etat!de!la!Légion!d’Honneur!(Saint! and!can!spring!forth!in!each!one!of!us,!at!any!moment.!Even!when! Denis).!He!is!the!author!of!many! everything!goes!wrong,!joy!remains!possible.! bestHselling!novels!and!essays,! But,!from!where!does!this!vital!energy!come?!Why!does!society!end! including!The$Planet$of$the$Wise! up!making!him!pay!for!it?! (150,000!copies!sold),!Plato$the$ Charles!Pépin!chooses!the!novel!format!to!give!access!to!a! Gaffe,!(100,000!copies),!and!When$ philosophical!work:!Joy!is!a!novel!for!everyone,!and!can!be!read!at! Beauty$Saves$Us.!His!books!are! several!levels.! translated!in!13!countries.! ! !

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A!PLEA!FOR!ANIMALS.!FOR!A!KINDNESS! TOWARDS!ALL!by!Matthieu!Ricard!!

! Publisher:!Allary!Editions! Original!language:!French!|!370!pp.!|!October!2014!! Territory:!World!Excl!French! Rights!Sold:!Germany!(LangenMueller),!Korea!(Munhakdongne),!Spain! (Kairos),!The!Netherlands!(Ten!Have),!World!English!(Shambhala)! ! ESSAY!|!Over!50,000!copies!sold!! ! In!the!tradition!of!his!bestHselling!title!A$Plea$for$Altruism,!Matthieu! Ricard!invites!us!to!extend!our!kindness!to!all!sentient!beings.!This!is!in! the!interest!of!animals,!but!also!of!mankind.!The!massacre!of!animals!for! consumption,!mercenary!reasons,!scientific!research,!or!simple! entertainment,!is!unequalled!in!the!history!of!Humanity,!and!poses!a! major!ethical!challenge!and!harms!our!societies.!What!if!time!had!come! to!no!longer!consider!animals!as!inferior!beings,!but!as!our!“fellow! citizens”!on!this!planet?!! We!live!in!an!essentially!interdependent!world!where!the!fate!of!every! being!is!intimately!linked!to!that!of!others,!no!matter!what!or!who!they! are.!This!lucid!essay!shares!with!all!of!us!the!current!knowledge!about! animals!and!how!we!treat!them.!It’s!an!invitation!to!change!our! behaviors!and!attitudes.! ! !

! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! Matthieu!Ricard!has!been!a!Buddhist! monk!for!forty!years.!Before!that,!he! was!a!researcher!in!molecular! biology!in!François!Jacob’s! laboratory.!Internationally! recognized,!he!lives!in!Nepal!where! he!devotes!himself!to!humanitarian! projects!of!the!KarunaHSchechen! Association.!He!is!the!author!of! numerous!bestsellers,!including!The$ Monk$and$the$Philosopher,!The$Art$of$ Meditation,!A$Plea$for$Happiness$and! A$Plea$for$Altruism.!

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THE!ARAB!OF!THE!FUTURE!(vol.!2!out!of!3)! by!Riad!Sattouf! !

Publisher:!Allary!Editions! Original!language:!French!|!160!pp.!|!June!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!French! Rights!Sold:!Brazil!(Intrinseca),!Catalan!&!Spain!(Salamandra),!Denmark!&!Sweden! (Cobolt),!Finland!(WSOY),!Germany!(Knaus/Randomhouse),!Italy!(Rizzoli/Lizard),! Korea!(Humanist),!Norway!(Minuskel),!Poland!(Kultura!Gniewu),!Portugal!(LeYa),! The!Netherlands!(De!Geus),!World!English!(Metropolitan!Books/Henry!Holt)!

! GRAPHIC!NOVEL!|!Vol.!1!awarded!the!Fauve!d’Or!Prize!for!Best!Album! 200,000!copies!sold!! ! Young$Riad$Sattouf's$observations$are$magnificent!$A$success$that$reminds$one$of$ Persepolis!by$Marjane$Satrapi.—Frankfurter!Allgemeiner!Zeitung! A$masterpiece.$Riad$Sattouf's$talent$is$immense,$fine,$devastating.$Really,$read$it!$ —RTL!

! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! Riad!Sattouf!has!obtained!major! successes!in!France!with!the! comic!strips!Retour$au$collège,! Pascal$Brutal,!and!La$vie$secrète$ des$jeunes.!He!is!also!an!awardH winning!filmmaker:!Les$beaux$ gosses,!(2010),!and!Jacky$au$ royaume$des$filles,!(2014).!

The$Arab$of$the$Future$is!an!autobiographical!and!political!graphic!novel.! Raised!by!a!paranoid!Syrian!father!who!dreamed!of!being!a!dictator,!it!is! with!devastating!humor!and!great!sensitivity!that!Riad!Sattouf!talks!about! his!childhood!and!the!story!of!his!family!in!the!Syria!of!Hafez!el!Assad.!The!most!ambitious!and!accomplished! work!by!Riad!Sattouf,!the!best!seller!The$Arab$of$the$Future$has!been!praised!by!both!the!press!and!the!readers!! !

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CARING!ECONOMICS.!CONVERSATIONS!ON! ALTRUISM!AND!COMPASSION,!BETWEEN!SCIENTISTS,! ECONOMISTS,!AND!THE!DALAI!LAMA edited!by!Tania!Singer!&!Matthieu!Ricard! ! Publisher:!Allary!Editions! Original!language:!English!|!240!pp.!|!April!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!French! Rights!Sold:!Germany!(Knaus/Randomhouse),!Korea!(Munhakdongne),! Spain!(Kairos),!Taiwan!(YeHRen),!World!English!(Picador!US)! ! SCIENCE!|!ECONOMY!|!EASTERN!PHILOSOPHY! WITH!A!PREFACE!BY!THE!DALAI!LAMA!

! ABOUT!THE!EDITORS! Tania!Singer!is!the!director!of!the! Department!of!Social!Neuroscience!at! the!Max!Planck!Institute!for!Human! Cognitive!and!Brain!Sciences!in!Leipzig.!! BestHselling!author!Matthieu!Ricard! holds!a!Ph.D!in!cell!genetics!and!is!a! Buddhist!monk!who!resides!at!Shechen! Monastery!in!Nepal!where!he!runs!over! 100!humanitarian!projects.!!

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Can!the!hyperHambitious,!bottomHlineHdriven!practices!of!the!global! economy!incorporate!compassion!into!the!pursuit!of!wealth?!Or!is! economics!driven!solely!by!materialism!and!selfHinterest?!In!Caring$ Economics,!experts!consider!these!questions!alongside!the!Dalai!Lama!in!a! wideHranging,!scientificHbased!discussion!on!economics!and!altruism.! Caring$Economics!is!based!on!a!conference!held!by!the!Mind!&!Life! Institute!in!Zurich,!in!which!experts!from!all!over!the!world!gathered!to! discuss!the!possibility!of!having!a!global!economy!focused!on!compassion!and!altruism.!Each!chapter!consists! of!a!presentation!by!experts!in!the!fields!of!economics,!neuroscience,!psychology,!as!well!as!Buddhist!thinkers,! followed!by!a!discussion!with!the!Dalai!Lama,!in!which!he!offers!his!response!and!his!own!unique!insights!on! the!subject.!Topics!include!compassionate!leadership,!the!effective!use!of!charity,!and!whether!there!is!a! neurological!basis!for!compassion.! ! !

THE!HAREM!SLAVE!AND!THE!ELEPHANT!! by!Pauline!Alphen!! ! Publisher:!Hachette!Romans! Original!language:!French!|!192!pp.!|!March!2014!! Territory:!World!Excl!French,!Spanish!and!Portuguese!

2!Seas!also!represents!additional!titles!by!Pauline!Alphen:!The$Awakeners$series,! Gabriel$&$Gabriel,!and!The$Upside$Down$Tree!

! ILLUSTRATED!YOUNG!ADULT!FICTION! !

Leila!is!7!years!old.!A!tiny!harem!slave,!she!slides!on!her!slippers!in! the!winged!corridors!of!the!palace.!She!meets!the!Sultan.!He!falls!in! love.!Bam!!Falling!in!love!with!a!tiny!harem!slave!because!of!her!ears,! does!this!seem!surprising!to!you?! Leila!is!15!years!old.!The!Sultan!receives!a!gift.!The!biggest,!most! powerful,!wisest,!bravest,!roundest,!and!rarest!of!all!gifts.!Leila!falls! in!love!with!the!gift!for!the!Sultan.!Sounds!confusing?!This!book!will! tell!you!impossible!stories,!stories!that!you!dreamed!of,!stories!that! you’ve!forgotten.!It!makes!all!the!impossible!love!stories!possible!! !

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! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! Born!to!a!French!father!and!Brazilian! mother,!Pauline!Alphen!has!lived!her! whole!life!between!France!and!Brazil.! Bathed!in!this!double!culture,!she! finds!that!translating!allows!her!to! create!a!sort!of!linguistic!meeting! place.!After!studying!journalism!and! history!in!Brazil,!she!began!a!career! as!an!author!and!translator.!Pauline! Alphen!lives!in!Toulouse,!France.!! 14

BOYS!OUT!!by!Rawia!Arroum!! Publisher:!Hachette!Romans! Original!language:!French!|!320!pp.!|!October!2014!! Territory:!World!Excl!French! ! YOUNG!ADULT!FICTION!|!The!Internet’s!favorite!during!the!Black!Moon! writing!contest! ! An!original!dystopia!featuring!modern]day!Amazons.! ! Since!the!Eradication,!the!world!has!been!governed!by!women! ! and!for!women.!Men!no!longer!have!any!rights!of!citizenship.! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! They!have!all!been!banished,!or!tracked!down!so!they!could!be! Just!19!years!old!when!she!received!the!“coup!de! coeur”!mention!by!the!Black!Moon!writing! placed!in!detention!centers,!to!be!used!for!one!purpose!only:! contest!(Hachette!Romans),!Rawia!Arroum!is! reproduction.!! currently!a!student!at!the!European!School!of! ! Journalism!in!Paris.!She!has!participated!to!short! Once!their!duty!is!accomplished,!they!are!killed.!Like!every!other! stories!contests!from!the!age!of!13,!including! girl!of!her!age,!Lyra!is!working!hard!to!be!able!to!face!and! “Graine!de!plumes”,!of!which!she!was!a!threeH time!award!winner.!At!17,!she!published!her!first! overpower!the!men!who!are!still!roaming.!Until!she!meets!the! novel!with!Persée!Publishing,!Féealy$Mage.! man!she!has!to!breed!with…! ! ! !

SALMACIS!(2!TITLES)!by!Emmanuelle!De!Jesus! ! Publisher:!Hachette!Romans! Original!language:!French!|!350!H!400!pp.!|!April!&!October!2014! Territory:!World!Excl!French! ! YOUNG!ADULT!FICTION!|!Winner!of!the!Black!Moon!writing!contest! ! In$Ovid's$Metamorphoses,$Salmacis$falls$for$Hermaphrodite,$so$much$that$she$ becomes$one$with$him,$their$two$beings$united$forever.$Emmanuelle$de$Jesus,$a$ newcomer$in$youth$literature,$laureate$of$a$writing$contest,$seizes$this$myth,$is$ loosely$inspired$by$it,$touches$it$and$plays$with$it$to$treat$the$confusion$of$ adolescent$feelings$and$crazy$and$absolute$love.$She$thus$wrote$a$text$that$is$ contemporary$[...]$and$timeless$because$of$its$subject.—Télérama$

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ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! ! Emmanuelle!de!Jesus!was!born!in! 1973!in!northern!France,!where!she! Throughout!her!life,!16HyearHold!Faustine!Sullivan!has!merely!stood!in! obtained!a!degree!in!comparative! the!shadow!of!her!twin!brother!Sasha.!But!then!their!parents!die,!and! literature.!She!then!specialized!in! they!are!sent!to!a!posh!boarding!school!in!the!middle!of!the!mountains.! journalism.!A!job!offer!led!her!to! When!she!meets!Andrea!Salvaggi,!her!sports!teacher’s!mysterious! Reunion!Island,!where!she!worked! assistant,!everything!changes:!she!feels!the!desire!to!exist.! as!a!reporter!for!3!years.!On!her! Faustine!discovers!a!passion,!rock!climbing,!in!which!she!excels.! return!to!France,!she!continued!to! A!passion!that!led!to!another,!an!unexpected!one.!This!love!should!be! work!for!several!magazines!and! simple,!light,!innocent,!the!love!of!two!young!people!who!have!their! websites!as!well!as!publishing!her! whole!lives!ahead!of!them.!But!the!one!that!unites!Faustine!to!Andrea!is! first!book!Salmacis.!! a!crazy,!devouring!and!absolute!love,!that!does!not!leave!room!for!error.! For!a!terrible!curse!strikes!Andrea!can!only!give!his!love!to!one!being.!Only!one.!If!Faustine!is!not!the!one!that! was!intended!for!him,!she!will!die…! !

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CHASING!SLEEPING!BEAUTY!! by!Christine!FéretHFleury! ! Publisher:!Hachette!Romans! Original!language:!French!|!352!pp.!|!March!2014! Territory:!World!Excl!French! Rights!Sold:!Germany!(Ravensburger),!Korea!(Nike!Books)! ! YOUNG!ADULT!FICTION! !

A!nerve]wracking,!fascinating!story!that!darkly!revisits!the!tale! of!the!Sleeping!Beauty,!adding!a!thriller!twist!to!it.! !

! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! After!studying!literature!and!doing! some!years!of!university!research! on!the!relationship!between!text! and!music!in!the!opera,!Christine! FéretHFleury!began!her!editorial! career!with!Pierre!Marchand!at! Gallimard!Jeunesse.!In!1996,!she! published!her!first!book,!and!since! then!she!has!written!more!than! sixty!other!titles.!!

He!is!called!the!Spindle.!Behind!this!fairy!tale!name!lurks!an! altogether!more!gruesome!truth:!the!Spindle!is!a!serial!killer,!a! criminal!who!stalks!his!victims!from!birth,!promising!their!parents! that!their!family!will!be!murdered!on!their!daughter’s!sixteenth! birthday.! For!Ariane,!that!day!looms!large,!so!she!runs!away!in!order!to!protect! her!parents!from!the!killer!who!swore!to!take!her!life.!Along!the!way,! she!meets!Lara,!a!girl!who!looks!so!much!like!her,!she!could!be!her! sister.!However,!a!terrible!accident!claims!Lara’s!life!on!the!eve!of!her! sixteenth!birthday.!In!the!heat!of!the!moment,!Ariane!is!mistaken!for! Lara.!But!perhaps!these!events!offer!Ariane!a!way!out!of!her!nightmare.!Maybe!assuming!Lara’s!identity!is!the! key!to!escaping!her!wouldHbe!killer…!Ever!watchful,!Ariane!is!still!on!the!run,!but!the!killer!is!much!closer!than! she!thinks…! ! !

ANNA!AND!HER!GHOST!by!Franck!Krebs! ! Publisher:!Hachette!Romans! Original!language:!French!|!208!pp.!|!March!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!French! ! MIDDLE!GRADE!FICTION!! !! Anna$and$Her$Ghost!is!the!first!of!a!twoHvolume!series,!Volume!2!is!to!be! published!in!September!2015.! A!novel!full!of!humor,!tenderness!and!lightness,!written!in!two!voices:! that!of!Anna,!a!13HyearHold!girl,!and!that!of!Rodéric,!a!365HyearHold!ghost! with!the!looks!of!a!14HyearHold!boy.!Anna!is!under!a!spell.!Terrified!and! under!a!spell.!Ghosts!do!not!exist,!yet!she!met!one!in!her!attic.!His!name! is!Rodéric.!Even!though!she!really!wants!them!to!be!friends,!he!is! horrified!by!this!idea.!Not!only!is!he!likely!to!lose!his!tranquility,!but!also! his!life:!the!law!of!ghosts!formally!forbids!all!contact!between!a!human! and!a!ghost!!Yet!Anna!has!her!mind!set!and!doesn’t!doubt!for!a!split! second!that!she!will!succeed!in!convincing!him!to!become!her!friend.!

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! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! Franck!Krebs!was!born!in!1963!in! Bordeaux.!After!having!graduated! in!the!Arts,!since!he!has!a!taste!for! writing!and!wanted!to!stay!in!touch! with!literature,!he!became!a! teacher!H!a!job!he!loves.!He! currently!teaches!at!a!high!school! in!Rouen.!

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THE!BUTTERFLY!CHILD!by!Gabrielle!Massat! ! Publisher:!Hachette!Romans! Original!language:!French!|!400!pp.!|!February!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!French! ! YOUNG!ADULT!DYSTOPIAN!FICTION! ! Maya’s!world!collapses!when!Dimitri,!her!mentor,!is!condemned!to!torture! by!her!fault.!Determined!to!save!him!from!his!fate,!she!tries!to!find!a!way!to! cross!the!walls!of!the!City.! ! ! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! Dimitri’s!only!chance!of!survival!resides!in!this!deserted!outside! Gabrielle!Massat!was!born!in!1991! world!no!one!has!heard!of!since!the!Great!Epidemic. !Pursued!by!the! in!Toulouse,!where!she!is!still! rampaging!as!a!physiotherapist.! authorities,!with!a!strange!hit!man!and!an!oppressed!teenager!as!her! When!she!is!not!busy!torturing!her! only!company,!Maia!begins!a!relentless!race!against!time.! patients,!she!draws,!takes!care!of! ! her!bunch!of!wild!beasts!(cats,! horses!and!some!wild!basil!on!the! At!the!end!of!it:!the!Butterfly!Child,!a!legendary!being!who!holds!the! balcony)!and!of!course,!she!writes...! keys!to!set!them!free.!She!has!one!month.!One!month!to!save!their! lives!and!gain!their!freedom.! ! !

FLIGHT!1618!by!Bertrand!Puard! ! Publisher:!Hachette!Romans! Original!language:!French!|!256!pp.!|!November!2014!! Territory:!World!Excl!French! 2!Seas!also!represents!Bertrand!Puard’s!The$Deleted$series.! ! YOUNG!ADULT!FICTION! ! Full!of!twists!and!surprises!|!Can!be!read!as!a!spin]off!of!The$Deleted,! or!independently! ! ! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! ‘Ladies!and!gentlemen,!welcome!on!board!Flight!1618.!We!are! Passionate!about!film!and!crime!fiction,! entering!an!area!of!turbulence,!please!fasten!your!seatbelts!’! Bertrand!Puard!made!his!debut!as!a! On!June!10th!2014,!an!Airbus!A340!from!Paris!to!San!Francisco! writer!with!the!critically!acclaimed!short! story!And$Then$There$Was$Light!(Et$la$ disappears!midHflight,!causing!considerable!commotion!on!both! Lumière$Fut)!in!1998.!His!novel!The$Girl,$ sides!on!the!Atlantic.!When!the!crew!and!the!passengers!are!finally! the$Coyote$and$Death!(La$Petite$Fille,$le$ located!a!few!hours!later,!unable!to!remember!what!happened,! Coyote$et$la$Mort)!won!the!Adventure! Novel!Prize!in!2003.!In!2012,!he!won!the! four!passengers!have!gone!missing,!and!the!officers!in!charge!of! YA!Prize!at!Cognac!for!his!series!The$ the!investigation!are!faced!with!other!mysteries.!Mysteries!that! Erased!(Les$Effacés,!Hachette!Romans),! some!prowerful!people!will!stop!at!nothing!to!keep!hidden…! becoming!the!first!author!to!win!in!both! the!general!category!(in!2001!for!his!first! !

novel!Night$Music)!and!in!the!YA!category.!

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ONE]EYED!TEDDY!by!Yann!Rambaud! ! Publisher:!Hachette!Romans! Original!language:!French!|!Approx!25,000!words.!|!April!2015!! Territory:!World!Excl!French! 2!Seas!also!represents!Yann!Rambaud’s!Gaspard$from$the$Depths.! ! ILLUSTRATED!MIDDLE!GRADE!FICTION! ! It’s!so!difficult!to!concentrate!when!you!are!12!years!old!and!have! only!one!thought!in!mind:!drawing!monsters.!An!army!of!orcs,!or!a! band!of!trolls!are!far!less!scary!than!maths!and!grammar!exercises!! One!day!however,!while!he’s!playing!with!his!sister!Lucile,!Thomas! meets!his!first!real!monster:!a!huge,!oneHeyed!lizard...! Very!curious!about!the!strange!creature!that!hardly!looks! aggressive!at!all,!Thomas!and!Lucile!decide!to!adopt!it!and!name!it! Teddy.!But!this!new!companion!is!neither!a!teddy!bear!nor!a!video! game!you!can!switch!on!and!off!at!will.!And!soon!enough,!strange! things!begin!to!happen...! What!if!the!weird!lizard!possessed!a!superpower?! ! !

! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! Yann!Rambaud!is!an!educator!who! spent!many!years!caring!for! children!in!difficult!circumstances.! A!few!years!ago,!he!decided!to!start! looking!after!adults!with!mental! disabilities!instead.!He!still!does! this!to!this!day,!and!lives!with!his! wife!and!his!three!children!near! Grenoble.!He!also!was!a!singerH songwriter!for!the!French!popHrock! group!Staël!for!12!years.!!

THE!MAN!WHO!WOULD!BECOME!POPE! FRANCIS!by!Michel!Séonnet! ! Publisher:!Hachette!Romans! Original!language:!French!|!208!pp.!|!April!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!French! ! ESSAY!|!RELIGION! ! Between!essay!and!fiction,!a!novel!approach!of!a!pope!unlike!the! others.! ! ! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! March!2012.!Flight!from!Buenos!Aires!to!Rome.! Born!in!1953!in!Nice,!Michel! 12!hours!separating!two!continents.!12!hours!during!which!Cardinal! Séonnet!draws!on!themes!for!his! Jorge!Bergoglio!reflects!on!his!life!as!a!man!anchored!in!faith,!in! novels!and!essays!that!are! history,!and!in!the!world.! connected!to!his!family!history:! During!this!journey,!the!author!slips!into!the!plane!to!sit!next!to!the! World!War!II,!the!Mediterranean! man!who,!upon!his!arrival!in!Rome,!would!become!Pope!Francis.! Sea,!and!the!Christian!faith.! From!Buenos!Aires!to!Rome,!the!time!of!one!flight,!we!are!given!the! Previously!published!by!Gallimard,! portrait!of!Cardinal!Jorge!Bergoglio,!the!man!who!became!the!266th! he!is!also!in!charge!of!numerous! pope!of!the!Roman!Catholic!Church.! public!creative!writing!initiatives! with!people!in!need:!those!who!live! “When!the!flight!took!off!he!took!out!his!rosary.!Was!there!anything! in!workingHclass!areas,!who!are! better!he!could!have!done!at!that!moment!than!confiding!to!Virgin! homeless!or!disabled.! Mary!all!the!thoughts!that!beset!him!and!which!everyone!he!had!met! ! since!the!announcement!of!Benedict!XVI’s!resignation!had!told!him:! yes,!it!was!very!possible!that!he!would!become!pope!and!that!he’d!never!return!to!Buenos!Aires.”! !

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by!Michèle!Barrière! ! Publisher:!Le!Livre!de!Poche! Original!language:!French!|!288!pp.!|!August!2014!! Territory:!World!Excl!French!! ! CRIME!FICTION! ! A!historical]gastronomical!intrigue,!yet!more!contemporary!than!ever!! A!new!novel!that!plunges!us!into!the!excitement!of!the!end!of!the! Roaring!Twenties,!the!era!of!wealth,!the!joy!of!life,!and!international! jet]setting.!

! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! Member!of!the!Slowfood!France! Science!Council!(a!movement!to!save! culinary!heritage!worldwide),!Michèle! Barrière!is!part!of!the!Honesta! Voluptate!association,!founded!by! historian!JeanHLouis!Fladrin.!Culinary! journalist,!she!has!authored!among! others!the!series!History$in$the$Kitchen$ for!Arte!and!Murder$at$the$Ritz$(15,000! copies!sold).!

September!1929.!Adrien!Savoisy,!son!of!Quentin,!born!in!1900,!is!a! culinary!researcher!for!Michelin.!He!is!also!a!luxury!car!enthusiast! and,!driving!his!brand!new!Delange!28S,!he!takes!the!National!7! highway!to!Antibes!in!order!to!test!all!the!new!luxurious!hotels! there.!From!the!first!leg!of!his!trip!to!Saulieu,!Adrien!is!witness!to!the! death!of!an!obese!man!at!a!restaurant,!“The!Golden!Coast.”!Then,!a! suspicious!car!accident!in!NuitsHSaintsHGeorges.!In!Macon,!a!cook! finds!death!in!the!most!horrible!manner.! He!isn’t!the!only!witness.!A!small!motley!group!of!travelers!follow! the!same!path!as!Adrien.!This!group!includes!Curnonsky,!a!celebrity!culinary!critic.!Adrien!leads!the! investigation!between!crayfish!gratin,!Bresse!stuffed!chicken,!and!floating!islands!with!pink!pralines…! ! !

LOVE!OF!FOOD!AND!HUNGER:!HISTORY!AND! SYMBOLISM!OF!FOOD!(1730]1830)!! by!JeanHClaude!Bonnet!! ! Publisher:!Le!Livre!de!Poche! Original!language:!French!|!approx.!220!pp.!|!March!2015!! Territory:!World!Excl!French!! ! HISTORY!|!REFERENCE! ! A!new!approach!to!the!subject!of!food!in!the!18th!and!19th! centuries.! !

From!the!appearance!of!French!cuisine!around!1730!to!the!booming! years!of!gastronomy!with!Grimod!and!Carême,!this!book!analyses!the! constitution!of!a!national,!culinary!culture!without!forgetting!the! agonizing!question!of!hunger!which!is!at!the!heart!of!the!crisis!of!the! Ancient!Regime!and!the!French!Revolution.! What!constitutes!its!originality!is!that!the!book!is!based!on!many! different!types!of!texts:!courtesy!books,!cookbooks,!encyclopedias,! periodicals,!and!also!works!from!famous!authors!(Rousseau,!Diderot,! Mercier,!Chateaubriand).! !

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! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! JeanHClaude!Bonnet!is!Director!of! Research!at!the!Centre!National!de! Recherches!Scientifiques.!His! publications!include!La$Naissance$ du$Pantheon!(Fayard,!1998)!and! Diderot,$Promenades$dans$l'œuvre! (Le!Livre!de!Poche,!2012).!He!is!the! Head!of!publication!of!the!principal! works!of!Louis!Sébastien!Mercier! (Mercure!de!France,!Belin,! Champion).! ! 19

HOW!TO!MEET!THE!RIGHT!PERSON:!FROM! THE!FIRST!GLANCE!TO!A!HAPPY!ROMANCE!

by!Patricia!Delahaie! ! Publisher:!Le!Livre!de!Poche! Original!language:!French!|!190!pp.!|!October!2014! Territory:!World!Excl!French! Rights!Sold:!Brazil!(Geração)! !

ADVICE!|!RELATIONSHIPS! ! Millions!of!online!dating!sites,!millions!of!singles!who!are!searching!to! find!their!soul!mate,!a!subject!which!concerns!men!and!women!of!all! ages!and!from!all!backgrounds.! !

! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! Social!psychologist!and!successful! author!(The$Loves$which$Hurts$Us,$ and!How$to$Please$in$3$Minutes),! Patricia!Delahaie!is!equally!a!life! coach!and!lecturer.!Her!bestH seller!How$to$Keep$Your$Spirits$Up! has!sold!more!than!12,000!copies! in!one!year!of.! $

How!does!one!find!the!man,!or!woman,!of!one’s!life?!No!matter!one’s! age,!18,!30,!or!60,!it’s!a!question!that!everyone!has!asked!themselves,! asks!themselves,!and!will!ask!themselves.!Online!dating!sites!know!a! considerable!success,!but!the!possibilities!are!so!immense!that!the! choice!remains!rather!difficult.!Once!the!date!has!a!location,!how!does! one!know!if!it’s!the!“right!person,”!someone!with!which!one!can! create!a!lasting!relationship?! Thanks!to!her!experience!as!a!psychologist!and!a!coach,!and!from!a!number!of!testimonies,!the!author! explains!what’s!at!play!during!romantic!encounters,!the!pitfalls!to!avoid,!the!keys!to!seduction,!and!the!best! ways!to!“construct”!a!happy!romance.!A!book!filled!with!kind!advice.!! ! !

THE!SMELL!OF!CUT!GRASS!by!Nicolas!Delesalle! ! Publisher:!Le!Livre!de!Poche/Préludes!Editions!! Original!language:!French!|!148!pp.!|!January!2015!! Territory:!World!Excl!French! ! LITERARY!FICTION!|!Over!15,000!copies!sold!! ! This$bittersweet$debut$novel,$composed$of$a$clear$and$musical$writing,$examines$ with$great$tenderness$but$without$nostalgia$what$remains$in$each$us$of$the$child$we$ were.—Le!Monde!des!Livres! Nicolas$Delesalle$knows$how$to$tell,$in$a$few$words,$all$those$little$things$of$our$ existence,$that$make$up$almost$everything.$[…]$It’s$like$he$has$a$microHcamera$ ! that$zooms$in$on$these$furtive$moments$that$have$very$Proustian$flavors.—La! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! Tribune!du!Réseau!Presse$ Nicolas!Delesalle!studied!at!the! $ School!of!Journalism!in!Lille.!He!is! By!showing!snapshots!of!his!life,!Kolya!depicts!people,!words,! a!journalist!working!for!the! French!weekly!magazine! landscapes!that!have!counted!for!him:!the!roads!to!vacation,!girls,! Télérama,!and!has!covered! Totor!the!peasant!with!mushrooms!and!the!family!home,!books,!a!few! amongst!others!the!revolt!in! grasshoppers,!Rasputin!the!German!Shepherd…!All!those!little!things,! Cairo,!Egypt.!The$Smell$of$Cut$ which!in!the!end!are!everything.!A!remarkable!first!novel,!full!of! Grass$is!his!first!novel.!

emotion,!humor,!poetry,!and!depth,!in!which!the!delicate,!singular! music!of!childhood!leads!the!way!to!a!universal!partition.! !

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I!LIKE!YOU!by!Jacques!Expert! ! Publisher:!Le!Livre!de!Poche! Original!language:!French!|!Approx.!170!pp.!|!June!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!French! !

THRILLER!|!Jacques!Expert’s!previous!book,!Farewell,!sold!40,000!copies!! ! ! A!ruthless,!page]turning!thriller,!written!exclusively!for!Le!Livre!de! COVER!COMING! Poche,!that!ratchets!up!the!tension!in!its!dark!reflection!on!love! SOON! ! and!chance.! ! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! ! ! After!having!been!a!reporter,! Love$at$first$sight$can$lead$to$the$worst…$especially$if$the$object$of$your$ ! Jacques!Expert!became!a! affection$is$a$serial$killer.$ producer!and!editorHinHchief!for! ! ! the!French!national!TV!channel! ! Vincent!is!a!seductive!young!man!who!seems!perfectly!respectable.! TF1,!then!director!of!Magazines! ! When!he!finds!himself!in!the!same!subway!car!as!the!lovely!Stephanie! and!Deputy!General!Manager!for! COVER!COMING! and!helps!her!get!rid!of!a!bothersome!stranger,!she!is!charmed! respectively!the!commercial!TV! instantly.!Although!she’s!already!in!a!relationship,!love!at!first!sight! SOON! channels!M6!and!Paris!Première.! strikes!here,!in!this!subway.!! He!is!now!the!director!of! programming!for!RTL!radio!and! Yet!Vincent!is!not!who!he!seems.!He’s!a!predator:!Stephanie!won’t!be! the!author!of!the!series!“Criminal! his!first!victim;!the!very!thought!of!slitting!her!throat!compels!him!to! Stories”!on!France!Info!radio.! pursue!her!at!any!cost.!Everything!changes!when,!while!leaving!the! $ same!subway,!a!cop!recognizes!Vincent!from!a!composite!sketch.!A! breakneck!race!against!time!begins.!Will!he!stop!the!subway!on!time!before!Stephanie!becomes!the!new! victim!of!this!ohHsoHcharming!serial!killer?! ! !

TAME!YOUR!STRESS!WITH!SOPHROLOGY! by!Clarisse!Gardet! ! Publisher:!Le!Livre!de!Poche! Original!language:!French!|!200!pp.!|!October!2014! Territory:!World!Excl!French! !

SELF!HELP!|!PRACTICAL!|!Book!+!CD!with!4!sessions!guided!by!the!author! ! Techniques!for!everyone!to!combat!the!stress!of!everyday!life.! Sophrology!is!a!technique!becoming!more!and!more!popular!in!general!public.! In!line!with!Practice$of$Meditation!by!Fabrice!Midal,!Clarisse!Gardet!presents! the!different!sorts!of!stress,!the!techniques!used!in!sophrology!(breathing,! level!of!consciousness),!and!different,!concrete!situations!in!real!cases! (exams!or!competitions,!professional!pressures,!stages!of!life,!illnesses…),! with!minute!solutions!and!strategies!to!put!into!place!for!a!longHlasting! change.!The!reader!understands!the!theoretical!foundations!from!the!text! and!put!the!techniques!into!practice!at!home,!in!the!car,!or!at!the!office.! !

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! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! A!graduate!of!the!School!of! Sophrology!and!a!consultant!in! health!communication,!Clarisse! Gardet!practices!sophrology!in! Paris!and!conducts! entrepreneurial!training.!

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MANDELA,!A!PHILOSOPHY!IN!ACTS! by!JeanHPaul!Jouary! ! Publisher:!Le!Livre!de!Poche! Original!language:!French!|!200!pp.!|!November!2014!! Territory:!World!Excl!French! ! BIOGRAPHY!|!PHILOSOPHY! ! A!thought!in!each!act.! ! What!probably!makes!Nelson!Mandela!one!of!the!major!political! figures!of!the!20th!century!is!that!each!of!the!positions!he!has!taken,! each!of!his!acts,!rely!on!philosophical!concepts.!He!is!nourished!by! tribal!traditions!in!order!to!support!his!conception!of!democracy,!has! always!researched!peacemaking!and!overcoming!vengeance,!equality! more!so!than!justice,!reconciliation!rather!than!violence.!All!these! notions!are!grounded!on!texts!from!the!great!philosophers! (Rousseau,!Kant,!Hagel,!Aristotle,!Socrates,!Plato)!and!for!the!first! time,!JeanHPaul!Jouary!allows!us!to!understand!why!Nelson!Mandela! was!an!out!of!the!ordinary!politician.!By!unravelling!the!principal! stages!of!his!biography,!Jouary!puts!the!values!and!underlying!texts! into!light.! ! !

! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! JeanHPaul!Jouary!(1948)!is!a!French! philosopher!and!essayist.! Currently,!he!is!a!professor!in!a! preparatory!class!at!the!Claude! Monet!High!School!and!the! National!School!of!Commerce!in! Paris.!He!has!coHauthored!many! essays!on!Marxism.!His!current! publications!deal!with!the! philosophy!of!sciences,!political! philosophy,!and!Paleolithic!art.!! !

CHRISTIANISM!AND!PHILOSOPHY! by!Sébastien!Morlet! ! Publisher:!Le!Livre!de!Poche! Original!language:!French!|!264!pp.!|!April!2014! Territory:!World!Excl!French! ! SOCIAL!SCIENCES!|!RELIGION! ! This!book!offers!a!thematic!journey!through!the!major!relationship!issues! between!Philosophy!and!Christianity!in!Antiquity,!which!are! ! fundamental!themes!for!the!understanding!of!our!history!and!our! cultural!identity.! Were!Christians!hostile!or!favorable!towards!philosophy?!Did! philosophers!know!Christian!doctrine?!What!are!the!consequences! from!combining!Christianity!and!philosophy!for!the!constitution!of! Christian!identity?!

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Sébastien!Morlet!is!an!alumnus!of! the!École!Normale!Supérieure,! has!passed!the!“aggregation”!! examination!in!Classical!Studies,! has!a!doctorate!and!is!senior! lecturer!in!Greek!language!and! literature.$

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! A!CUP!OF!REDEMPTION!by!Carole!Bumpus!

! Publisher:!She!Writes!Press!|!Agent:!April!Eberhardt!Literary! Original!language:!English!|!383!pp.!|!October!2014! Territory:!World!Excl!USA!! ! HISTORICAL!NOVEL!|!Accompanied!by!a!cookbook!with!French!recipes!entitled! Recipes$for$Redemption!(August!2015)! $ A!touching!debut!novel!that!tells!a!timeless!story!of!wartime!love,!loss,!and! the!powerful!desire!to!become!whole.! ! Just!weeks!after!9/11!two!friends!—!one!French,!the!other!American!—!are! ! drawn!back!into!the!havoc!of!WWII,!in!a!search!for!clues!to!haunting!family! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! secrets.!Rising!out!of!the!collateral!damage!wrought!by!war!emerges!A!Cup! Carole!Bumpus!is!a!retired! of!Redemption,!a!poignant!story!for!generations!about!love,!loss,!and!desire! therapist!and!a!full!time!writer.!Her! for!redemption!through!legitimacy.!! fiction!and!nonfiction,!including! Marcelle,!born!at!the!close!of!WWI,!carries!her!father’s!surname—along!with! travel!and!food!essays,!are! the!shame!of!illegitimacy.!Her!daughter!Sophie,!born!during!the!Second! published!in!the!US!and!France.!Her! World!War,!believes!her!childhood!nightmares!are!over!when!she!marries! blog,!Savoring$the$Olde$Ways!is! and!moves!to!the!US.!But!they!recur!when!she!is!called!to!France!to!hear! taken!from!her!interviews!in! Marcelle’s!deathbed!request:!“Find!my!father.”!Bound!to!redeem!her! France!and!Italy!about!the!tradition! mother’s!identity,!Sophie!enlists!the!help!of!her!American!friend!Kate!to! and!cultures!of!food!in!the!family.! search!for!Marcelle’s!real!father.! Her!memoir!stories!have!been! Inspired!by!a!real!and!gripping!story,!A$Cup$of$Redemption!is!a!carefully! published!in!three!Fault$Zone! crafted!historical!novel!with!compelling!stories!about!families!and! anthologies:!Words$from$the$Edge,! individuals!navigating!loss!to!overcome!the!shame!and!guilt!of! Stepping$Up$to$the$Edge!and!Over$ abandonment.!A!rich!and!powerful!book!for!millions!touched!by!adoption! the$Edge.!She!lives!in!the!San! and!for!the!mothers!who!made!the!sacrifice.! Francisco!Bay!Area.! !

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TWELVE!THOUSAND!MORNINGS! by!Mary!Driver!Thiel! ! Publisher:!Pine!Lake!Press!|!Agent:!April!Eberhardt!Literary! Original!language:!English!|!350!pp.!|!March!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!USA! ! WOMEN’S!FICTION! ! Anne!Bennett!presents!herself!as!living!a!charmed!life.!Her!husband,!Henry,! heads!a!powerful!investment!firm,!and!her!elegant!home!is!featured!in! magazines!dedicated!to!luxury!lifestyles.!Their!only!daughter!Sylvia!lives!in! northern!Michigan,!and!the!distance!suits!Anne.!As!a!teenager,!Anne!was! forced!to!give!up!another!child!and!the!loss!profoundly!scarred!her,!making! it!impossible!for!her!to!parent!Sylvia!well!and!to!fully!engage!in!any! relationship.!When!Henry!dies!unexpectedly,!the!façade!of!Anne’s!perfect! life!disappears.!Anne!has!nothing!but!a!purse!full!of!cash,!her!sense!of! entitlement,!and!her!car.!Though!at!first!she!travels!to!Chicago!to!hide!at!the! home!of!her!estranged!sister,!Anne!soon!aims!for!Michigan,!where!both! daughters!live,!to!face!the!costs!of!her!mistakes.! In!this!gripping,!beautifully!written!novel,!three!women!let!their!hearts! thaw!in!the!great!faith!that!the!connections!they!forge!will!save!them!all.! Twelve$Thousand$Mornings$is!a!deeply!hopeful!story!about!the!power!we! have!to!change!ourselves,!to!forgive,!and!to!bloom.!

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! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! Mary!DriverHThiel!lives!in!Lake! Forest,!Illinois.!She!holds!a!B.A.!in! Fine!Art!and!an!M.A.!in!Teaching.! Her!short!stories!have!been! published!in!various!print!and! online!magazines.!Her!novel!The$ World$Undone,!which!begins!the! story!of!Anne!and!her!daughters,! was!shortHlisted!for!2013!Book!of! the!Year!by!Chicago!Writers’! Association.!Both!books!can!be!read! as!standHalones.! !

THE!CALIFORNIA!WIFE! by!Kristen!Harnisch!

! Publisher:!Harper!Collins!Canada!|!Agent:!April!Eberhardt!Literary! Original!language:!English!|!Approx.!102,000!words!|!January!2016! Territory:!World!Excl!North!America! ! HISTORICAL!ROMANCE! ! ! Rights!in!Harnisch’s!previous!title!The$Vintner's$Daughter!were!sold! to!The!Netherlands!and!Hungary.!

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Kristen!Harnisch!drew!upon!her! ! extensive!research!and! An!extensively!researched!and!captivating!tale!that!immerses!readers!in! experiences!living!in!the!San! the!rich!vineyard!culture!of!both!the!Old!and!New!Worlds,!the!evolving! Francisco!Bay!Area!and!visiting! women’s!rights!movement!in!America,!and!a!spirited!heroine’s!fight!for! the!Loire!Valley!to!create!the!story! independence!within!her!marriage.!The!newly!married!Sara!and!Philippe! for!The$Vintner's$Daughter,!the! strive!to!create!worldHrenowned!wines!while!confronting!obstacles!that! first!in!a!series!about!the!changing! threaten!their!life!together.!In!a!family!saga!that!spans!from!1897!to!1906,! world!of!vineyard!life!at!the!turn! Sara!and!Philippe’s!vineyards!in!Napa!and!the!Loire!Valley!face!record! of!the!20th!century.!Harnisch!has! losses—and!the!threats!of!phylloxera!and!prohibition.!As!Sara!and! a!degree!in!economics!from! Philippe’s!relationship!unravels,!disaster!strikes!their!Napa!vineyard,! Villanova!University!and!currently! nearly!killing!Philippe’s!young!daughter.!Sara!must!intervene!to!save!the! resides!in!Connecticut.! vineyard!from!bankruptcy.!In!her!new!endeavor,!Sara!forges!friendships! ! with!the!local!women’s!rights!advocates,!some!of!whom!support!an!alcohol!prohibition.!Philippe!issues!Sara!an! ultimatum!and!she!must!decide:!will!she!abandon!the!fight!for!freedom!to!protect!her!family’s!business,!or!will!she! ignore!Philippe!and!campaign!for!a!woman’s!right!to!vote!and!earn!a!fair!wage?! !

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THE!GEOMETRY!OF!LOVE!by!Jessica!Levine!! ! Publisher:!She!Writes!Press!|!Agent:!April!Eberhardt!Literary! Original!language:!English!|!292!pp.!|!April!2014! Territory:!World!Excl!USA! ! WOMEN’S!FICTION! ! A!beautifully!written!and!absorbing!novel—thoughtful,!smart,!moving,!and! discussable.! !

The!Geometry!of!Love$explores$the$journey$of$the$heart$through$ decades,$of$wondering$“what$if”,$and$of$finding$that$person$who$truly$ makes$you$feel$alive….if$you$let$yourself$get$caught$up$in$this$story,$you$ will$be$in$good$hands.—Literary!R!&!R$ ! Why!is!it!easier!for!a!woman!to!be!a!muse!than!to!have!one?!Can!one!be!fully! creative—in!art!or!life—without!the!inspiration!of!erotic!love?!These!are!the! questions!asked!in!The$Geometry$of$Love,!a!novel!set!in!New!York!in!the! 1980s,!then!fastHforwarding!to!Northern!California!20!years!later.!Julia,!an! aspiring!poet,!is!living!with!her!British!boyfriend!Ben,!a!restrained!professor! at!Princeton,!when!she!has!a!chance!meeting!with!Michael,!a!longHago!friend.! Julia!longs!to!become!involved!with!Michael,!but!hesitates!to!give!up!the! security!of!her!relationship!with!Ben.!When!Michael!signals!he!is!too! wounded!to!make!a!commitment,!Julia!turns!her!triangular!situation!into!a! square!by!setting!him!up!with!a!cousin.!In!the!process!she!discovers,!as!Pascal! once!said,!that!"the!heart!has!its!reasons!which!reason!does!not!know."!This! deeply!psychological!tale!explores!the!surprising!ways!we!make!romantic! choices.!

! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! Jessica!Levine!earned!her!Ph.D.!in! English!at!the!University!of! California,!Berkeley.!She!is!the! author!of!Delicate$Pursuit:$ Literary$Discretion$in$Henry$James$ and$Edith$Wharton$(Routledge,! 2002),!as!well!as!of!several! essays,!poems!and!poetry!amd! books!translations.!Jessica!was! born!in!NYC!and!now!lives!in! Paris.!This!is!her!first!novel!and! the!first!title!in!a!series!about!the! female!cousins!in!the!Field!family.! !

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THE!PASSION!THIEF!by!Anne!McCarthy!Strauss!! ! Publisher:!Booktrope!|!Agent:!April!Eberhardt!Literary! Original!language:!English!|!285!pp.!|!December!2014! Territory:!World!Excl!USA!! ! CONTEMPORARY!WOMEN’S!FICTION!

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The!tumble!between!the!sheets!can!get!a!little!stale!and!infrequent!in!some! marriages.!At!least!that’s!what!Betty!Boomer!tells!herself!at!night,!while!Stan,! her!husband!of!two!decades,!snores!upright!on!the!couch.!! Fueled!by!too!much!Chardonnay,!she!searches!the!Internet!for!her!college! boyfriend!Michael,!the!proverbial!one!who!got!away.!Michael!responds!to! Betty’s!cyber!message,!and!temptation!calls!this!globeHtrotting!freelance! journalist.!While!Stan’s!idea!of!excitement!is!staying!up!past!ten!o’clock!on!a! Saturday!night,!Michael!has!evolved!into!a!flashy!Las!Vegas!casino!manager! with!three!exHwives.! Written!with!the!yearning!and!struggle!many!women!feel,!Betty!Boomer!is! not!alone!when!she!asks,!“Is!this!all!I!need!or!should!I!take!another!shot!at! passion?”.!Anne!McCarthy!Strauss!brings!us!her!latest!women’s!fiction! coupled!with!a!large!dose!of!romantic!comedy!and!a!dozen!longHstemmed! roses.! !

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ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! Anne!lives!in!Saratoga!Springs,!New! York,!with!her!husband!and!their! two!beloved!dogs.!She!has!written! for!both!consumer!and!trade! magazines!and!she!is!a!member!of! the!American!Society!of!Journalists! and!Authors!(ASJA).!When!not! writing,!she’s!likely!to!be!hiking,! kayaking,!crafting,!swimming,!or! walking!her!dogs.! ! 25

FLAME!TREE!ROAD!by!Shona!Patel!! ! Publisher:!Mira!Press!|!Agent:!April!Eberhardt!Literary! Original!language:!English!|!Approx.!100,000!words!|!June!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!North!America! ! HISTORICAL!ROMANCE! ! From!the!acclaimed!author!of!Teatime$for$the$Firefly!comes!the!story!of!a! man!with!dreams!of!changing!the!world,!who!finds!himself!changed!by!love.!

$ 1870s!India.!In!a!tiny!village!where!society!is!ruled!by!a!caste! system!and!women!are!defined!solely!by!marriage,!young!Biren!Roy! dreams!of!forging!a!new!destiny.!When!his!mother!suffers!the!fate! of!widowhood—shunned!by!her!loved!ones!and!forced!to!live!in! solitary!penance—Biren!devotes!his!life!to!affecting!change.! Biren’s!passionate!spirit!blossoms!as!wildly!as!the!blazing!flame! trees!of!his!homeland.!With!a!law!degree!he!goes!to!work!for!the! government!to!pioneer!academic!equality!for!girls.!But!in!a!place! governed!by!ageHold!conventions,!progress!comes!at!a!price!and! soon!Biren!becomes!a!stranger!among!his!own!countrymen.! Just!when!his!vision!for!the!future!begins!to!look!hopeless,!he!meets! Maya,!the!independentHminded!daughter!of!a!local!educator,!and! his!soul!is!reignited.!It!is!in!her!love!that!Biren!finally!finds!his! home,!and!in!her!heart!that!he!finds!the!hope!for!a!new!world.! !

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ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! Shona!Patel!was!born!and!raised!in!a! remote!tea!plantation!in!Assam,!India.! The!daughter!of!a!tea!planter,!she! drew!upon!her!personal!observations! and!experiences!for!her!critically! acclaimed!debut!novel,!Teatime$For$ The$Firefly.!An!honors!graduate!in! English!literature!from!St.!Xaviers! College!(Calcutta!University),!Ms.!Patel! has!won!several!awards!for!creative! writing!and!is!a!trained!graphic! designer.!She!lives!in!Arizona!where!is! currently!working!on!her!third!novel.!

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HUNDRED!FIRES!by!John!Thorndike!! ! On!submission!|!Agent:!April!Eberhardt!Literary! Original!language:!English!|!Approx.!106,000!words! Territory:!World!Excl!USA! ! HISTORICAL!FICTION! ! American!photographer!Clare!Miller!is!torn!between!her!wealthy! Cuban!husband!and!one!of!Fidel!Castro’s!comandantes,!Camilo! Cienfuegos.!Camilo!is!Clare’s!first!love!and!the!father!of!her!child.! For!two!years!she!believed!he!was!dead,!but!as!Castro!takes!over!the! country!in!early!1959,!Camilo!is!named!head!of!the!Cuban!Army,! and!Clare!tracks!him!down!in!a!delirious!Havana.! Clare!leaves!her!husband,!Domingo,!to!live!on!her!own.!It’s!an! impulsive!move,!and!Camilo’s!new!fame!and!power!complicate!their! original!attraction…! Few!Americans!today!know!the!name!Camilo!Cienfuegos.!All!Cubans! do.!They!know!that!in!real!life!his!plane!vanished!on!an!official!flight! in!October!of!1959.!In!Hundred!Fires!all!Cuba!mourns!him!in!public,! and!Clare!in!private.!Then!history!and!the!novel!part!ways.!In!the! end!it!is!Clare!who!offers!Camilo!a!smaller!but!deeper!revolution! than!Fidel’s:!a!family,!and!love!that!survives!what!all!had!believed!a! catastrophe.! !

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ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! John!Thorndike!grew!up!in!Connecticut,! and!earned!a!B.A.!from!Harvard!University! and!an!M.A.!degree!from!Columbia! University.!He!lives!and!!writes!in!Athens,! Ohio.!His!publishing!history!includes!two! novels,!Anna$Delaney’s$Child!(Macmillan,! 1986),!and!The$Potato$Baron!(Villard,! 1989),!and!two!memoirs:!Another$Way$ Home!(Crown,!1996),!and!The$Last$of$His$ Mind!(Swallow!Press,!2009),!which!was!an! Indie!Top!20!from!PW,!and!one!of!the! Washington!Post’s!Best!Books!of!2009. ! 26

BECOME!AN!IDEA!MACHINE:!BECAUSE!IDEAS! ARE!THE!CURRENCY!OF!THE!21ST!CENTURY!

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Publisher:!Choose!Yourself!Media! Original!language:!English!|!356!pp.!|!January!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!English! !

BUSINESS!|!PERSONAL!DEVELOPMENT! ! Foreword!by!bestselling!author!James!Altucher.! ! Become!an!Idea!Machine$will$make$your$brain$come$alive$in$an$exciting$new$ way.$Get$ready$to$mentally$sweat$your$way$to$success!—Cheryl!Richardson,$ NY!Times!Bestselling!Author!of$Take$Time$for$Your$Life! $ How$Do$I$Transform$My$Life?!The!answer!is!simple:!come!up!with!ten!ideas! a!day.!It!doesn’t!matter!if!they!are!good!or!bad,!the!key!is!to!exercise!your! idea!muscle,!keep!it!toned.!Ideas!may!be!easy!if!we!are!only!coming!up!with! one,!but!if!you!open!this!book!to!any!page!and!try!to!come!up!with!more! than!three,!you!will!feel!your!mind!stretching,!searching,!and!working!hard.! As!you!practice!this,!your!idea!muscle!sweats!and!you!turn!into!an!idea! machine.!The!power!of!a!great!idea!takes!over!us!and!we!have!to!do!the! next!step.!We!are!inspired!from!within!to!take!action!and!make!it!happen.! Try!it!for!yourself.!Come!up!with!the!ideas!suggested!in!the!180!lists!within! this!book!and!see!your!life!transform,!in!magical!ways.!

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! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! Claudia!Azula!Altucher!is!a!writer,! podcast!host,!speaker!and!teacher! of!yoga.!She!is!the!WSJ!bestselling! coHauthor!of!The$Power$Of$No,!and! author!of!21$Things$To$Know$Before$ Starting$An$Ashtanga$Yoga$Practice.! She!writes!for!national!media! outlets!including!Thought!Catalog,! Mantra!Yoga!+!Health,!and! Positively!Positive.!She!is!the!host! of!The!Yoga!Podcast!and!coHhost!of! the!Ask!Altucher!Show.! !

THE!CHOOSE!YOURSELF!GUIDE!TO! WEALTH!by!James!Altucher! !

Publisher:!Choose!Yourself!Media! Original!language:!English!|!278!pp.!|!March!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!English! !

BUSINESS!|!PERSONAL!DEVELOPMENT! ! Altucher’s!Choose$Yourself!sold!over!200,000!copies!&!in!11!countries!$ James!and!Claudia!Altucher’s!The$Power$of$No!has!been!sold!in!18! territories!so!far.! ! The$Choose$Yourself$Guide$to$Wealth!is!essentially!all!about!money:!making! it,!growing!it,!keeping!it,!in!America!today.!It’s!about!building!wealth,! investing,!business,!and!finance.!It’s!about!the!new!rules!of!retirement,! entrepreneurship,!investing,!and!preserving!wealth.!I!have!to!warn!you,! however,!this!book!is!controversial.![…]!When!I!write!about!this!paradigm! shift!in!America,!some!people!can’t!handle!it.!I’ve!had!death!threats.!I’ve!had! many!people!who!can’t!handle!these!dramatic!changes!tell!me!I!don’t!know! what!I’m!talking!about.!Usually!these!people!are!frustrated!because!they’ve! spent!so!much!time!and!money!following!a!dream!that!simply!no!longer! exists.!But!on!the!bright!side,!they!are!also!losing!their!power!to!make! choices!over!you.!! !

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! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! James!Altucher!is!a!successful! entrepreneur,!chess!master,! investor!and!writer.!He!has!started! and!run!more!than!20!companies,! and!sold!several!of!those! businesses!for!large!exits.!He!has! also!run!venture!capital!funds,! hedge!funds,!angel!funds,!and! currently!sits!on!the!boards!of! several!companies.!His!writing!has! appeared!in!most!major!national! media!outlets.! ! 27

THE!LONESOME!TRIALS!OF!JOHNNY!RILES! by!Gregory!Hill! ! Publisher:!Leapfrog!Press! Original!language:!English!|!294!pp.!|!June!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!North!America! ! LITERARY!FICTION! ! After$a$sip$or$two$of$this$richly$told$novel,$you’ll$want$to$glug$the$whole$thing$ down.—Mark!Stevens,!author!of!the!Allison$Coil!series! ! The!Lonesome!Trials!of!Johnny!Riles!renders$Eastern$Colorado/High$Plains$ life$as$it$really$has$always$been:$downHtoHearth,$matterHofHfact,$and$always$on$ the$brink$of$psychedelia.$This$is$an$unapologetic$triumph$of$contemporary$ Rural$American$Realism.—Zach!Boddicker,!songwriter,!4H!Royalty!

! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! A!former!book!buyer!for!the! University!of!Denver!library,! Gregory!Hill!now!lives,!writes,!and! makes!odd!music!full!time!on!the! Colorado!High!Plains.!Greg!was!the! 2012!Boulder!County!Artist!in! Residence,!and!his!previous!novel,! East$of$Denver!(Dutton,!2012),!won! the!2013!Colorado!Book!Award!for! Literary!Fiction. $

! Johnny!Riles!is!in!a!rough!patch.!He’s!lonesome,!he’s!drunk,!and! someone’s!murdered!his!horse.!He!spends!his!days!searching—for! the!mysterious!killer,!for!his!brother’s!soul,!for!a!sober!reason!to!live.! In!this!offHkilter!tale!spun!out!with!dry!humor,!Johnny!delves!beneath! stark!Western!landscapes!both!literal!and!figurative!to!unearth!the! truths!behind!his!nightmares.! ! ! !

SAVAGE!MOUNTAIN!by!John!Smelcer! ! Publisher:!Leapfrog!Press! Original!language:!English!|!174!pp.!|!August!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!North!America! ! YOUNG!ADULT!FICTION! ! Smelcer$clearly$knows$his$way$around$Alaskan$mountains.—David! Roberts,!author!of!The$Mountain$of$My$Fear$ John$Smelcer$is$Alaska’s$modernHday$Jack$London.—W.P.!Kinsella$ A$celebration$of$the$diversity$of$cultures.$Undeniably$important!— James!Michener! ! In!the!summer!of!1980,!brothers!Sebastian!and!James!Savage!decide!to! climb!one!of!the!highest!mountains!in!Alaska!to!prove!themselves!to! their!father,!a!tough!and!unloving!man!who!has!always!belittled!them.! The!brothers,!always!at!odds,!develop!different!ways!of!coping!with! this!rejection,!but!each!years!to!finally!have!his!respect.!Inspired!by! true!events,!this!story!is!not!about!fatherHson!reconciliation.!Some! relationships!can!never!be!mended.!Instead,!it’s!a!touching!story!of!two! brothers!who!test!their!limits!and!realize,!finally,!that!their!worth!is! not!dictated!by!their!father,!and!that!no!matter!how!different!they! might!be,!the!strongest!bond!of!all!is!brotherhood.! ! !

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! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! John!Smelcer!is!an!Alaskan!Native!of! the!Ahtna!tribe!and!is!now!the!last! tribal!member!who!reads!and!writes! in!Ahtna.!John!holds!degrees!in! anthropology!and!archaeology,! linguistics,!literature,!and!education,! as!well!as!a!PhD!in!English!and! creative!writing,!and!formerly!chaired! the!Alaska!Native!Studies!program!at! the!University!of!Alaska!Anchorage.! His!novels,!short!stories,!poems!and! essays!have!won!several!awards,! including!a!nomination!for!a!Pulitzer.$ 28

THE!THIRD!STEP!EAST:!ZEN!MASTERS!OF! AMERICA!by!Richard!Bryan!McDaniel! ! Publisher:!The!Sumeru!Press! Original!language:!English!!|!264!pp.!|!Spring!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!English! ! EASTERN!PHILOSOPHY!|!BUDDHISM! ! Rick’s!first!two!Zen!books,!The$First$Step$East:$Zen$Masters$of$China! and!The$Second$Step$East:$Zen$Masters$of$Japan,$were!published!by! Tuttle.! In!The$Third$Step$East:$Zen$Masters$of$America,!he!continues!the! journey!with!stories!of!the!Zen!pioneers!who!brought!the! teachings!to!North!America:!D.!T.!Suzuki,!Nyogen!Senzaki,!SokeiHan! and!Ruth!Fuller!Sasaki,!“Beat”!Zen,!Alan!Watts,!Robert!Aitken,! Shunryu!Suzuki,!Soen!Nakagawa!and!Eido!Tai!Shimano,!Taizan! Maezumi,!Walter!Nowick,!Philip!Kapleau,!and!Dainin!Katagiri.! ! ! ! !

! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! Richard!Bryan!McDaniel!taught!at!the! University!of!New!Brunswick!and!Saint! Thomas!University!before!working!in! International!Development!and!Fair! Trade!with!the!YMCA.!He!is!the!creator! of!the!YMCA!Peace!Medallion.!Dr.! McDaniel!has!described!himself!as!a! Roman!Catholic!by!birth!and!heritage! and!a!Zen!practitioner!by!nature!and! temperament.$

WALK!LIKE!A!MOUNTAIN.!THE!HANDBOOK! OF!BUDDHIST!WALKING!PRACTICE!

by!Innen!Ray!Parcelo! ! Publisher:!The!Sumeru!Press! Original!language:!English!|!206!pp.!|!2012! Territory:!World!Excl!English! ! EASTERN!PHILOSOPHY!|!BUDDHISM! ! ! Walk$Like$a$Mountain!is!the!definitive!guide!to!walking!as!! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! Buddhist!practice,!not!just!for!the!serious!practitioner,!but!! Innen!Ray!Parcelo!has!studied,!taught! for!anyone!who!wants!to!bring!more!contemplative!depth!to!their! and!practiced!Buddhism!for!more!than! everyday!walks.!From!kinhin!during!zazen!sessions!to!! 40!years!and!acts!as!both!the!Priest!to! pilgrimage!and!beyond,!this!handbook!offers!the!“howHto”!! the!Red!Maple!Sangha!and!Director!of! with!clarity!and!insight.!Posture,!hand!positions!and!foot!! Tendai!Canada.!He!began!his!formal! mechanics!are!merely!the!beginning.! dharma!practice!in!1974!and!has!been! Other!topics!that!are!addressed!in!this!comprehensive!book! a!member!of!several!Buddhist!centres,! include:!preparations!and!aids;!purification!and!dedication;!leading! first!taking!refuge!in!1994.! ! a!walking!practice;!alms!rounds;!circumambulation;!walking! Nembutsu;!prayer!walking;!kaihogyo!(marathon!contemplative!walking);!walking!for!change;!walking!as! daily!life;!walking!the!symbolic!landscape;!mandalas;!labyrinths;!alternatives!in!contemplative!walking.! !

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BUDDHIST!ASTROLOGY.!CHART!

INTERPRETATION!FROM!A!BUDDHIST! PERSPECTIVE!by!Jhampa!Shaneman!&!Jan!Angel! !

Publisher:!The!Sumeru!Press! Original!language:!English!|!264!pp.!|!2013!(revised!edition)! Territory:!World!Excl!English! ! EASTERN!PHILOSOPHY!|!BUDDHISM! WITH!AN!INTRODUCTION!BY!THE!DALAI!LAMA! ! Buddhist$Astrology!is!a!form!of!archetypal!astrology!that!helps!us!! understand!the!role!of!the!cosmic!cycles!in!relation!to!our! understanding!and!identification!with!Buddhist!philosophy!and! mythology.!It!helps!us!understand!the!role!of!interdependence,!a! primary!Buddhist!belief,!with!our!personal!genetics,!family!history,! education,!and!other!social!and!cultural!influences.! Buddhist$Astrology!recognizes!that!there!is!a!critical!need!to!balance! the!physical!world!around!us!with!conditions!we!were!born!into,! from!a!karmic!or!cosmic!perspective.!The!interdependence!of!these! factors!makes!us!able!to!live!in!a!world!full!of!choices!while!honoring! the!basic!dynamic!trends!pulling!us!in!one!direction!or!another.! ! !

! ABOUT!THE!AUTHORS! Jhampa!Shaneman!was!one!of!the! first!Western!Buddhist!monks! (1971)!in!the!Tibetan!tradition!of! Mahayana!Buddhism.!! Jan!Angel!has!been!a!professional! astrologer!since!1998.!Jan!teaches! Montessori!for!children!3H6!years! of!age!and!also!offers!astrology!for! parents!interested!in!gaining! insight!into!their!child’s!learning! style.!

AMAZING!PEOPLE!WORLDWIDE! (series)! !

Original!language:!English!|!Territory:!World!Excl!English! ! We$can$all$learn$how$to$improve$our$own$performance$from$the$ achievements$of$amazing$people.!—Dr!Charles!Margerison,!founder! of!Amazing$People$Worlwide! ! Amazing$People$Worldwide!is!home!to!the!world’s!largest! collection!of!inspirational,!biographical!stories!about!amazing! people!including!Walt!Disney,!Aristotle,!Marie!Curie,!Galileo,!Queen!Victoria,!Confucius,! Helen!Keller!and!Elvis!Presley.!This!unique!book!and!audio!series!holds!the!key!to! understanding!how!and!why!the!world’s!most!influential!and!effective!individuals!did! what!they!did.!The!series!features!influential!artists,!scientists,!politicians,!musicians,! inventors,!activists,!philosophers,!doctors,!engineers!and!entrepreneurs!from!all!over! the!world.! Amazing$People$Worldwide’s!mission!is!to!inspire.!The!stories!come!to!life!through! BioViews®,!a!new!approach!to!storytelling!that!offers!a!very!personal!perspective!on! what!motivated!and!influenced!amazing!people.!These!stories!are!developed!by! psychologist!and!business!leader!Dr!Charles!Margerison,!who!is!supported!by!his! dedicated!editorial!team.!Each!BioView®!is!meticulously!researched!and!based!on! historical!facts.!Amazing!People!titles!are!enjoyed!by!lifelong!learners,!students,!people! in!business!and!educators.!A!range!of!learning!resources!and!subscription!productions!for!libraries!are!also! available.!For!further!information!visit!http://www.amazingpeopleworldwide.com/ !

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WORK!THE!SYSTEM.!THE!SIMPLE!MECHANICS! OF!MAKING!MORE!AND!WORKING!LESS! by!Sam!Carpenter!

! Publisher:!Greenleaf!Book!Group!Press! Original!language:!English!|!250!pp.!|!October!2011!(3rd!ed)! Territory:!World!Excl!English! Rights!Sold:!Chinese!simplified!(ZDL!Publishing),!Japan!(Direct!Publishing),! Romania!(BM!Coaching)!and!Russia!(Mann,!Ivanov!and!Ferber)! !

BUSINESS!|!MANAGEMENT! ! I$say$this$without$hyperbole:$Work!the!System$is$one$of$the$most$useful$ business$books$you’ll$ever$read.—Josh!Kaufman,!author!of!The$Personal$ MBA!and!The$First$20$Hours.! !

A!simple!mindset!tweak!will!change!your!life.! After!a!fifteenHyear!nightmare!operating!his!own!stagnant!business,! Sam!Carpenter!developed!a!downHtoHearth!methodology!that! knocked!his!routine!eightyHhour!workweek!down!to!just!two! hours—while!multiplying!his!income!twentyHfold.!In!Work$the$ System,!Carpenter!reveals!a!profound!insight!and!the!exact! uncomplicated,!mechanical!steps!he!took!to!turn!his!business!and!life! around!without!turning!it!upside!down.!Once!you!“get”!this!new! vision,!success!and!serenity!will!come!quickly.! ! !

! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! A!resident!of!Bend,!Oregon,!author,! international!business!consultant! and!speaker,!Sam!Carpenter!has! been!featured!by!hundreds!of!media.! Sam!is!also!the!President!and!CEO! of!Centratel,!the!premier!telephone! answering!service!in!the!US.!He!has! a!background!in!engineering,! journalism,!publishing,!construction! management,!and! telecommunications.!

NETWORKING!IS!NOT!WORKING! by!Derek!Coburn!! !

Publisher:!Idea!Press! Original!language:!English!|!162!pp.!|!May!2014! Territory:!World!Excl!English! Rights!Sold:!China!(China!Financial!&!Economic!Publishing!House),!Korea! (Raonbook)! !

BUSINESS!|!MANAGEMENT! ! This$is$now$THE$book$on$Networking$for$this$era$of$doing$business.$A$must$ read$for$all$CEOs$and$their$key$employees.—Cameron!Herold,!author!of! Double$Double! ! Traditional!networking!isn’t!working!anymore.!For!successful!21st! century!business!people,!large!networking!events!and!the!mountains!of! business!cards!they!produce!have!become!a!waste!of!time!and!valuable! resources.!It's!time!for!a!new,!modern!approach!to!networking.!Born!out! of!author!Derek!Coburn’s!frustration!with!having!spent!thousands!of! fruitless!hours!attending!traditional!networking!events,!this!book!offers! fresh,!effective,!unconventional!strategies!for!growing!and!nurturing!a! powerful!network.!! !

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! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! Derek!Coburn!is!the!Founder!and!CEO! of!cadre,!an!unHnetworking! community!in!Washington,!DC!and! Baltimore,!MD,!which!currently! supports!over!100!CEOs!and!business! leaders!and!has!hosted!numerous! bestselling!authors!and!important! public!figures.!He!began! his!career!as!a!financial!advisor!in! 1998!and!built!a!thriving!wealth! management!practice.! 31

THE!7!DAY!STARTUP.!YOU!DON’T!LEARN! UNTIL!YOU!LAUNCH!by!Dan!Norris!

! Publisher:!CreateSpace! Original!language:!English!|!204!pp.!|!September!2014! Territory:!World!Excl!English! Rights!Sold:!Korea,!Poland!(Helion)! ! BUSINESS!|!MANAGEMENT! ! “People!who!say!there’s!nothing!to!learn!from!failure!don’t!see!the! ! big!picture.!Dan!was!literally!2!weeks!away!from!insolvency!and! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! ready!to!look!for!a!9H5!job!when!he!stumbled!upon!an!amazing,!yet! Dan!is!a!passionate!startup!founder! simple!discovery.!It!doesn’t!take!months!to!launch!a!new!(and! and!content!marketer,!and!has! profitable)!business.!In!fact…!it!might!be!better!if!you!didn’t!spend! created!600+!pieces!of!content! very!much!time!at!all.! around!entrepreneurship,! WordPress!and!online!marketing.! If!you’ve!struggled!in!the!past!to!launch!a!profitable!business!and!are! In!2013!he!was!voted!Australia’s! tired!of!reading!stories!about!founders!who!swung!for!the!fences!and! best!small!business!blogger!by!the! succeeded,!then!you!need!to!listen!to!Dan’s!story.!Dan!founded!WP! readers!of!Telstra’s!Smarter! Business!Ideas!magazine.!In!2014! Curve!and!launched!it!from!scratch!in!just!7!days,!turning!it!into!a! Dan!released!The$7$Day$Startup! successful!six!figure!business.! which!became!a!top!10!bestseller!in! This!isn’t!a!puffball!story.!Dan’s!journey!is!common!for!most!of!us.! 3!Amazon!categories.! Swing!and!miss.!You!start!to!feel!like!a!failure,!but!listen!to!what!Dan! ! has!to!say.You’ll!see!that!much!of!what!you!thought!about!building!a!startup!simply!isn’t!true.!Through!Dan,! you’ll!quickly!see!that!launching!a!profitable!startup!doesn’t!have!to!take!years,!or!even!months.!It!can!be! done!in!just!7!days.”—Mike!Taber,!author!of!Startups$For$The$Rest$Of$Us!

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THE!BOY!FROM!THE!OLD!CITY! by!Tahmina!Akefi!

! Publisher:!Uitgeverij!De!Geus! Original!language:!Dutch!|!288!pp.!|!April!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!Dutch! ! LITERARY!FICTION! ! A!universal!story!about!loyalty,!abuse!of!power,!love!and! coming!of!age.! ! The!father!of!Freidoon!is!taking!him!to!the!modern!part!of!their! hometown!Herat.!It!appears!that!his!father’s!new!wife!is!living!there.! Freidoon!doesn’t!get!along!with!her!and!decides!to!run!away!to!the! city.!He!meets!new!people!and!is!especially!interested!in!Maryam,!the! daughter!of!a!glassblower.!He!does!his!utmost!to!get!near!to!her.! ! About!Not$One$of$Us$Looked$Back:$ Charming$and$threatening.$Highly$recommended$to$devotees$of$The! Kite!Runner.—Feeling$ A$beautiful$novel.—Marie!Claire! !

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! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! The$Boy$from$the$Old$City!is!the! second!novel!by!Tahmina!Akefi,!TV! and!radio!journalist!and!editor!of! the!national!news.!!Her! autobiographic!debut!novel!Not$ One$of$Us$Looked$Back$was! published!in!2012.!

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THE!KING!WILL!COME!by!Mohammed!Benzakour! ! Publisher:!Uitgeverij!De!Geus! Original!language:!Dutch!|!224!pp.!|!September!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!Dutch! ! LITERARY!FICTION! ! Debut!novel!of!a!writer!whose!perception!of!the!world!always!matters.! ! Moebdi!leaves!the!Netherlands!to!look!for!a!bride!in!his!native!region.! He’s!a!desirable!match!and!there!are!enough!marriageable!girls.! ! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! Nevertheless,!everything!that!could!go!wrong,!goes!wrong.!Courtesy! Mohammed!Benzakour! and!decency!always!lose!from!his!desire!and!fantasy!when!Moebdi!is! (Morocco,!1972)!is!besides!a! approaching!the!girls.!But!he!won’t!abandon!his!hope.!He!will!find!love! writer,!also!columnist,! and!happiness!somewhere.!! journalist!and!publicist.! Benzakour!received!many! ! awards!for!his!work.!De!Geus! About!Yemma:$ has!published!the!anthology! His$descriptions$are$loving$and$merciless$as$well.—De!Groene! Smelly$Surgeons!and!the!highly! Amsterdammer! praised!Yemma,$for!which! Benzakour!won!the!E.!Du! Behind$your$laugh,$the$tears$well$up$in$your$eyes.—NRC!Handelsblad! Perron!Prize!in!2014.! His$observation$and$his$feelings$are$social,$public,$personal$and$intimate$ ! at$the$same$time.—Report!of!the!jury!E.!Du!Perron!Prize!2014! ! ! !

PALSY!by!Fleur!Bourgonje!

! Publisher:!Uitgeverij!De!Geus! Original!language:!Dutch!|!160!pp.!|!November!2014! Territory:!World!Excl!Dutch! ! LITERARY!FICTION! ! Literary!jewel!for!the!reflective!readers.! ! Poetic$as$always,$but$also$realistic$and$pitiless,$the$versatile$Bourgonje$ adds$a$fresh$sequel$to$her$authorship.—!De!Telegraaf! In!Palsy!a!writer!loses!control!of!her!leg!the!day!after!handing!in!a! novel!manuscript.!From!this!distorted!perspective!she!rereads!her! text!in!which!she!tried!to!describe!the!most!impressive!experiences!of! her!life.!Then!she!realizes!that!she!has!reproduced!her!memories! unconsciously!coloured.!The!past!is!cleared!and!changed!again!and! again!by!subsequent!events:!they!are!no!more!than!a!version!of!the! lived!life.! !

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! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! Fleur!Bourgonje!(1946)!worked! ! for!De$Groene$Amsterdammer! and!NRC$Handelsblad.!She!also! has!written!novels,!poetry!and! libretti.!She’s!an!author!with! great!social!commitment.!FallH Out!is!her!first!novel!published! by!De!Geus.! ! 34

RARA!AVIS!by!Bram!Dehouck! ! Publisher:!Uitgeverij!De!Geus! Original!language:!Dutch!|!256!pp.!|!September!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!Dutch! ! CRIME!FICTION! ! He!promises!heaven.!You!get!hell.! ! Very$ few$ Dutch$ thriller$ authors$ are$ able$ to$ touch$ his$ authorship.— Trouw!! Dehouck$shows$that$the$power$is$in$the$restriction;$he$keeps$the$story$ small$ and$ the$ main$ characters$ on$ a$ short.$ He$ successfully$ causes$ confusion.—!NRC!Handelsblad! ! Nick!Farkas!is!a!man!to!look!up!to.!Full!of!charm,!style!and! appearance.!His!CV!is!an!enumeration!of!successes.!But!he!also!has! another!side;!manipulation,!intimidation,!abuse!and!blatant!lies.! But!pride!goes!before!a!fall,!doesn’t!it?!No,!Nick!Farkas!will!not!fall.! When!things!get!too!hot,!he!leaves.!A!new!job,!a!new!beginning.! ! !

! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! The$Condescending$Murder,!Bram! Dehouck’s!debut!novel,!was!awarded! several!prizes!including!the!award!for! best!Dutch!crime!novel.!Two!years!later,! he!received!the!same!prize!for!his! second!work,!Sleepless$Summer.$Rights! were!sold!to!France,!Germany!and! England!and!Shooting!Star!bought!film! rights!of!Sleepless$Summer.! !

REAL!FRIENDS!by!Fons!Dellen! ! Publisher:!Uitgeverij!De!Geus! Original!language:!Dutch!|!192!pp.!|!April!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!Dutch! ! LITERARY!FICTION! ! Fresh!debut!novel!by!former!radio!DJ.! ! One$ thing$ is$ certain:$ when$ it$ comes$ to$ Fons$ you$ can$ expect$ the$ ! unexpected.—Bart!Chabot,!Dutch!author! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! ! ! Fons!Dellen!worked!for!the! The$ twinkle$ in$ his$ eyes$ betrayed$ a$ versatile$ personality;$ dedicated$ and$ national!Dutch!radio.!He!has! reckless,$goodHnatured$and$cheeky,$wrought$up$and$timid,$suspicious$and$ also!written!articles!about! music!for!journals!and!various! faithful,$ gruff$ and$ awfully$ witty!—Roel! Bentz! van! den! Berg,! Dutch! newspapers.!Besides!he!was! journalist$ part!of!a!Dutch!punk!band.!Real$ ! friends!is!his!first!novel.! One!day!Tom!Derckx!receives!an!urgent!letter!from!his!old!friend! Simon.!The!former!drummer!of!their!extinguished!punk!band!is!locked!up!in!a!German!prison.!Tom!knows! that!Simon!means!trouble,!but!still!decides!to!help!him.!True!friends!never!let!each!other!down,!and! certainly!not!when!the!former!and!desirable!female!bass!player!intrferes!in!the!matter.! !

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THE!CHAMBERS!by!Lucas!de!Waard! ! Publisher:!Uitgeverij!De!Geus! Original!language:!Dutch!|!288!pp.!|!March!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!Dutch! ! LITERARY!FICTION! ! How!broken!people!try!to!save!themselves!at!the!cost!of!others.! ! The$depth$of$the$psychological$novel,$the$tension$of$a$thriller$combined$with$ humor.—Bram!Dehouck,!author!of!A$Sleepless$Summer$ ! ! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! Fascinating,$exciting,$confusing,$harrowing,$sometimes$cynical$and$ Lucas!de!Waard!(1984)!writes! always$clearly$written.—Jaap!Robben,!author!of!Birk! columns!for!a!monthly! ! magazine!in!The!Netherlands,! TV!host!Aram!is!fired!on!the!spot!after!hurting!a!juvenile!goalkeeper! theater!scripts!and!short! stories.!The$Chambers!is!the! severely!in!his!program.!!He!stays!at!home!for!months.!Passively,!even! first!literary!novel!by!this! when!his!girlfriend!is!breaking!up!with!him.!Until!he!gets!involved!in! multitalented!author. the!disappearance!of!a!girl!and!recognizes!a!suspect!in!this!case.!Aram! ! decides!to!go!looking!for!his!old!friend.!He!wants!to!pay!off!an!old! grudge!and!tries!to!discover!why!he’s!involved!in!this!disappearance.! ! !

THE!FORGOTTEN!STORY!OF!AN!UNFALTERING! LOVE!AT!TIMES!OF!WAR$!!!!!!!!!!! by!Charles!den!Tex!&!Anneloes!Timmerije!!

! Publisher:!Uitgeverij!De!Geus! Original!language:!Dutch!|!466!pp.!|!September!2014! Territory:!World!Excl!Dutch! !

LITERARY!FICTION!|!DETAILED!ENGLISH!SYNOPSIS!AND!SHORT!SAMPLE!AVAILABLE! ! Selected!for!the!10!Books!from!Holland!fall!2014!brochure! ! ! ! Charles$den$Tex$is$by$far$the$best$Dutch$crime$writer.—Vrij!Nederland$$ ABOUT!THE!AUTHORS! $ Charles!den!Tex!is!a!highly!acclaimed! writer!of!crime!fiction.!In!1995!he! Over!15,000!copies!sold!!Based!on!a!true!story.$ published!his!first!title!Dump.!As!of! Lienke!and!Guus!Hagers!have!found!the!love!of!their!lives!in!each!other.! 2011!he!has!written!10!crime!novels.! They!are!happy!in!the!Dutch!East!Indies,!until!WWII!also!hits!SouthHEast! His!wife,!Anneloes!Timmerije!is! Asia.!Guus!is!a!combat!pilot!and!is!sent!to!Australia!for!a!short!mission.! originally!a!journalist!and!author!of! Before!he’s!able!to!return,!Japan!invades!the!Dutch!East!Indies!and! literary!and!historical!nonHfiction.!In! Lienke!is!captured.!! 2005!she!made!her!fiction!debut!with! For!three!years,!the!peerless!pilot!is!fighting!to!return!to!Java,!to!his! the!short!story!collection!Black$Acid.! wife.!Everything!he!does,!he!does!it!for!Lienke.!To!his!bewilderment,!he! She!published!her!first!novel,!The$ finds!himself!tangled!up!in!a!dirty!political!game.!After!the!war,!Guus! Great$Joseph$in!2010.! and!Lienke!are!reunited!in!a!miraculous!way.!After!the!ordeal,! ! prosperity!seems!within!reach,!but!his!secret!war!experiences!have!created!a!divide.! !

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ROXY!by!Esther!Gerritsen! ! Publisher:!Uitgeverij!De!Geus! Original!language:!Dutch!|!224!pp.!|!September!2014! Territory:!World!Excl!Dutch! 2!Seas!also!represents!Esther!Gerritsen’s!previous!bestHseller!Craving.! ! LITERARY!FICTION!|!FILM!RIGHTS!SOLD!! ! Selected!for!the!10!Books!from!Holland!fall!2014!brochure! ! Not$only$the$choice$of$her$subjects,$but$also$her$sense$of$style$make$ Gerritsen$an$‘hors$catégorie’.$Her$absurdist$logic$and$subtle$humoristic$ voice$make$every$sentence$in$her$novels$and$columns$a$‘typical$ Gerritsen’.—Jury!Frans!Kellendonk]Prize$$

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Roxy$is!the!sixth!novel!by!Esther! Gerritsen.!She!writes!columns!for!a! weekly!magazine!in!The! Netherlands,!and!is!currently! writing!film!scripts.! !

Roxy!is!27!when!her!husband!is!killed!in!a!car!crash,!together!with!his! lover.!She!stays!behind!with!their!daughter,!their!house,!their!car,!his! assistant,!the!babysitter!and!the!shame!for!this!inglorious!end!of!their!marriage.!Her!family!is!taking!care!of! her,!but!Roxy!is!not!looking!for!consolation—she!is!looking!for!an!enemy.! Roxy!is!the!new,!brilliant!novel!by!Esther!Gerritsen,!one!of!the!most!talented!Dutch!writers.!Shortlisted!for! practically!every!prize!with!Craving,!and!winner!of!the!prestigious!Frans!Kellendonk!Prize!for!all!her!work!to! date,!Esther!Gerritsen!is!a!unique!voice!in!Dutch!literature.! ! !

EVERYTHING!CHANGES!by!Kristien!Hemmerechts! !

Publisher:!Uitgeverij!De!Geus! Original!language:!Dutch!|!288!pp.!|!August!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!Dutch! !

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A!novel!which!breaks!down!role!patterns!and!brings!the!moral!up!for! discussion.! $ Hemmerechts$ is$ always$ innovative;$ she$ writes$ always$ suspenseful$ books$and$asks$the$right$questions.—De!Morgen$ ! $ ! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! Iris!Verdonck!can!proudly!look!back!on!a!successful!career!and!a! Kristien!Hemmerechts!(1955)!is!a!wellH known!Belgian!author.!Her!vast!body!of! turbulent!love!life.!Everything,!or!almost!everything!in!her!life! oeuvre!consist!of!novels,!short!stories! seems!to!go!smoothly.!Until!she!meets!a!beautiful,!enigmatic!female! and!autobiographical!essays.!The! student!who!turns!her!head.!The!consequences!are!hardly! success!of!various!novels!as!Language$ incalculable!and!she!risks!losing!everything!she!has!fought!for.! !

About! The$ Woman$ Who$ Fed$ the$ Dogs,! which! was! sold! to! World! Editions!(World!English),!Galaade!(France)!and!Ramus!(Sweden):! ! $ A$hairHraising$masterpiece.—Vrij!Nederland! An$oppressive$wellHwritten$novel.—Het!Parool$ !

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without$me$(1997),!Gitte!(2011)!and!The$ Woman$Who$Fed$the$Dogs!(2014)!is! illustrative!of!the!significance!and! importance!of!her!work.! !

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THE!DYSLECTIC]HEARTS!CLUB$ by!Hanneke!Hendrix!! ! Publisher:!Uitgeverij!De!Geus! Original!language:!Dutch!|!192!pp.!|!August!2014! Territory:!World!Excl!Dutch! Rights!Sold:!English!(World!Editions)! ! LITERARY!FICTION! !

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The!DyslecticHHearts!Club$is$both$consoling$and$hilarious,$because$it$ Hanneke!Hendrix!(1980)!has!written! shows$that$we$all$struggle,$and$not$all$of$us$emerge.—Nynke!de! articles!for!journals!and!theater! pieces!for!national!festivals!and! Jong!(NRC!Next,!Radio!3FM)! theater!groups.!She!has!also!coH ! written!radio!plays!(for!instance! Three!women,!three!lives,!one!friendship.! Bonita$Avenue!by!Peter!Buwalda).! Three!women!with!burns!share!a!hospital!room!that!is!constantly! The$Birthdays!was!shortlisted!for!the! guarded!by!a!policeman.!Outside,!men!are!hanging!out!around!the! Woman!and!Culture!Prize,!The! hospital,!waiting.!The!women!feel!threatened!and!eliminate!their! Academica!Debut!Prize!and!the!DJP! 2013!(Young!Adult)!Prize.! keeper.!!It’s!the!start!of!an!escape!for!which!none!of!the!three!has!a! plan.! The$DyslecticHHearts$Club$is!the!second!novel!by!Hanneke!Hendrix,!following!her!funny!and!dramatic!debut!The$ Birthdays.! ! !

HOPE!by!Jacques!Koch!! ! Publisher:!Uitgeverij!De!Geus! Original!language:!Dutch!|!224!pp.!|!September!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!Dutch! ! LITERARY!FICTION! ! People!want!to!be!deceived!and!there!are!people!who’ll!lend!a!hand.! ! Richard! is! an! unwilling! dealer! in! dubious! slimming! products! sold! through! a! TV! channel.! He’s! struggling! with! his! work,! health! and! relationship.! Sophie! is! a! discredited! TV! journalist! who! destroyed! her! career! years! ago.! She! wants! revenge.! He! wants! success.! When! they! start! working! together,! the! sight! of! reality! soon! fades! into! a! haze! of! innocent!fantasy!and!dangerous!lies.! ! About!Jacques!Koch’s!Everything$Remains$the$Way$It$Was:$ Koch’s$ philosophical$ phlegm$ and$ his$ virtuoso$ sense$ for$ composition$ make$Everything!Remains!the!Way!It!Was$more$than$an$adventure$trip.$ Koch’s$debut$novel$is$a$genuine$small$Bildungsroman.—De!Standaard$ A$cool$humorous$novel.—Trouw! Disconcerting$image$of$the$world$of$journalists.—Elsevier! !

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! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! Jacques!Koch!(1965)!is!a! journalist!and!writer!with!a! fascination!for!transience.!Hope$ is!his!third!novel.!Koch!found!his! inspiration!in!the!frequent! scandals!about!journalists!who! take!the!term!‘to!make!news’!too! literally.! !

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WHEREVER!YOU!GO!by!Josine!Marbus! ! Publisher:!Uitgeverij!De!Geus! Original!language:!Dutch!|!224!pp.!|!April!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!Dutch! ! LITERARY!FICTION! ! What!is!better:!not!to!know!the!truth!and!create!one,!or!to!be! confronted!with!facts!which!are!forcing!you!to!reset!your!life?! ! Marbus$writes$with$verve$and$is$capable$to$keep$the$reader$in$ ! suspense.—NRC!Handelsblad! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! ! Josine!Marbus!(1966)!has!written! Sensual,$hard,$brutal,$sometimes$unrestrained,$inventive$and$above$all$ several!novels!which!are!highly! vulnerable:$Josine$Marbus$shows$beautifully$how$Alma$arms$herself$ praised!by!the!press.!She’s!gifted! against$the$grief$of$a$great$loss.$The$end$is$overwhelming.$The$road$to$it$ with!an!intense!style!of!writing.! Wherever$you$go!is!based!on!her! is$poignant.—Actress!Ariane!Schlüter! own!experiences!with!her!father.! ! ! Alma!is!three!years!old!when!her!father!abandons!her.!Sometimes!she! wants!to!know!her!father,!other!times!she!curses!him!for!his!cowardly!escape.!Thirty!years!later,!she! receives!a!letter!from!her!father!in!which!he!writes!that!he!wants!to!meet!her.!She’s!in!two!minds,!but! agrees!with!his!request.!Nevertheless,!the!prospect!of!seeing!him!makes!her!afraid!of!confronting!the! truth.! ! !

BIDON!by!Peter!Ouwerkerk! ! Publisher:!Uitgeverij!De!Geus! Original!language:!Dutch!|!256!pp.!|!June!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!Dutch! ! NON]FICTION! ! Cycling!is!telling!and!passing!on!stories.!No!one!knows!that!better!than! Peter!Ouwerkerk.! ! Ouwerkerk$has$shown$me$the$ropes$of$the$world$of$cycling.$I$rode$with$ ! him$in$the$Tour$behind$the$cyclists.$What$lessons$I$learned,$what$a$ ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! Peter!Ouwerkerk!followed!the!Tour! laugh$we$had,$and$what$grief.—Wilfried!de!Jong,!Dutch!sports! the!France!as!a!journalist!between! journalist$ 1971!and!2000.!Previously!he!wrote! ! the!books!Tour$Fever!and!Paris$is$ In!Peter!Ouwerkerk’s!house!you!can!find!a!room!full!of!boxes!filled!with! Far,!two!successful!and!original! books!about!the!Tour!de!France.! books,!photographs!and!relics!on!the!Tour!de!France.!Ouwerkerk’s!years! Bidon$is!the!crowning!glory!of! of!experience!as!a!sports!journalist!are!an!inexhaustible!source!of! Ouwerkerk’s!work.! wonderful!personal!stories!about!the!Tour.!Bidon!is!written!in!a!tempo! ! just!like!the!peleton;!sometimes!quick,!sometimes!slow,!but!always!with! a!high!average.!Breaking!away,!counter!attacking,!falling,!standing!up!and!reaching!the!finish.! !

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BIRK!by!Jaap!Robben! ! Publisher:!Uitgeverij!De!Geus! Original!language:!Dutch!|!256!pp.!|!April!2014! Territory:!World!Excl!Dutch! Rights!Sold:!English!(World!Editions),!Germany!(Ars!vivendi)! ! LITERARY!FICTION!|!ENGLISH!SAMPLE!AVAILABLE! ! Selected!for!the!10!Books!from!Holland!fall!2014!brochure!

! With$Birk,$Jaap$Robben$delivers$a$staggering$first$novel.$—Het!Parool$ Robben$has$the$gift$to$evoke$a$character$or$a$history$with$one$single$ sentence.$—NRC!Handelsblad! You$just$keep$reading$while$you’re$holding$your$breath.(...)$A$promising$ novelist$is$born.(****)—De!Morgen$ $ Awarded!the!1st!Dutch!Booksellers!Prize!$ $ Mikael!lives!with!his!parents!on!a!small!and!remote!island!between! Scotland!and!Norway.!One!day,!his!father!disappears!into!the!sea! and!Mikael!keeps!silent!about!what!has!happened.!Guilt,! consolation!and!reproaches!pile!up,!until!his!mother!demands!the! impossible!from!him.!Birk!is!a!story!as!tender!as!it!is!oppressive,! about!people!who!become!islands!themselves.! After!having!written!several!highly!praised!children’s!books,!Birk$is! the!first!literary!novel!by!the!multitalented!Jaap!Robben.!!

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The!first!books!by!Jaap!Robben!(1984)! were!entitled!Two$Birds!and!The$Night$ Crickets.!He!was!poet!of!the!city!of! Nijmegen,!writes!plays,!performs!with! his!theater!group!Fien!and!acts!often,! even!in!places!such!as!Belarus,!Oman! and!Slovenia.!He!also!likes!to!perform! with!Benjamin!Leroy,!with!whom!he!has! also!written!books:!first!the!muchH discussed!poems!Shall$We$Start$a$ Forest?$(Shortlisted!for!the!Golden!Owl! 2009)$and!then!the!children's!book!The$ Sweets,$which!has!been!translated!into! German!and!Afrikaans.$ ! !

THE!BLACK!NAPOLEON!by!Vamba!Sherif! !

Publisher:!Uitgeverij!De!Geus! Original!language:!Dutch!|!416!pp.!|!May!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!Dutch! ! LITERARY!FICTION! ! A!tremendous!novel!based!on!a!true!story!about!an!African!emperor.! !

The$African$version$of$Heart!of!Darkness.—Ilija!Trojanow$$ Behind$the$uncomplicated$language$the$refinement$is$hidden$of$a$ writer$who$is$running$the$show.—NRC!Handelsblad$ Shakespeare$in$the$rain$forest.—Berliner!Zeitung! ! Zaiwulo!is!thirteen!when!he!leaves!his!home!in!Liberia!and!travels!to!an! old!city!in!Guinea.!In!this!place!he!learns!to!read,!to!love!and!to!survive! the!battle.!At!the!same!time,!the!ruthless!warrior!Samori!Turi!wants!to! unite!various!African!nations!to!battle!against!the!colonial!rulers.!The! paths!of!!Zaiwulo!and!Samori,!the!Black!Napoleon,!cross!one!another.! The!boy!becomes!an!important!piece!in!a!heroic!struggle!for!freedom.! !

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! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! Vamba!Sherif!(Liberia,!1973)!was! seventeen!years!old!when!he!moved! to!the!Netherlands!with!his!brother.! The$Black$Napoleon!is!his!fourth! novel!!and!the!translation!rights!of! his!work!are!sold!to!various! countries!including!Spain,!Germany,! France!and!England. ! 40

RAPTURE!by!Shantie!Singh!! ! Publisher:!Uitgeverij!De!Geus! Original!language:!Dutch!|!416!pp.!|!October!2014! Territory:!World!Excl!Dutch! ! LITERARY!FICTION! $ Based!on!the!author’s!family!story.! Rapture$is!the!stunning!story!of!a!Hindustan!boy!recruited!in!India!to! work!at!the!sugar!plantations!in!Surinam.!By!trial!and!error!he!manages! to!build!a!new!existence!following!which,!many!years!later,!his! successors!in!their!turn!cross!the!ocean!to!try!their!luck!in!The! Netherlands.!$ Over!the!course!of!a!hundred!years,!we!follow!the!development!of!four! family!generations.!The!novel!is!about!dreams!and!big!future!plans,! failure!and!success,!pain!and!misery,!hope!and!love!at!unexpected! moments,!intense!friendship!and!complex!family!ties,!and!passing!on! dreams!to!the!next!generations.! ! !

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!!Rapture$is!the!literary!debut!of! Shantie!Singh!(1982),!who!was! born!in!The!Netherlands.!She’s! gifted!with!a!beautifully!rich! writing!style!and!a!powerful! story!about!four!generations!on! three!continents.!! ! ! !

DISSENSION!by!Nicolet!Steemers!! ! Publisher:!Uitgeverij!De!Geus! Original!language:!Dutch!|!224!pp.!|!June!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!Dutch! ! CRIME!FICTION! $ How!strong!is!the!relationship!between!twin!sisters!when!they!are! under!the!suspicion!of!murder?! $ Intriguing$ novel.$ Refreshing$ and$ at$ the$ same$ time$ almost$ tangible$ ! nearby.$Nicolet$Steemers$at$her$best.—Edith!Leerkes,!Dutch!musician! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! A$very$original$plot$and$a$beautiful$black$frame$at$the$end.$All’s$well$that$ Dissension$is!Nicolet!Steemers! ends$ well$ don’t$ count$ here.—VN! Detective! thrillerguide! about! Soft$ (1958)!first!novel!published!by! Healers! De!Geus.!Earlier!she!has!written! successful!thrillers!as!Soft$Healers$ ! (2007),!Incidence$of$Light!(2010)! Lucy!and!Danielle!are!twin!sisters.!Lucy!is!making!progress!as!a! and!Adultery$(2011).! comedian,!while!Danielle!is!in!straitened!circumstances!because!of!her! ! drug!problems.!! ! When!the!psychologist!who!examined!them!is!suddenly!found!dead,!both!women!are!suspected!apart!from! ! each!other.!How!strong!is!a!sister’s!love!when!it!really!matters?!

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THE!HOUSEMATE!by!Marjolijn!Uitzinger! ! Publisher:!Uitgeverij!De!Geus! Original!language:!Dutch!|!256!pp.!|!November!2014! Territory:!World!Excl!Dutch! ! CRIME!FICTION!|!GERMAN!SAMPLE!AVAILABLE! !

About!Marjolijn!Uitzinger’s!previous!work!City$Trip$Berlin:!Uitzinger$writes$ smoothly$and$compellingly,$and$avoids$practically$all$ogling$clichés.—$Vrij! Nederland$! $ ! Florian!von!Bismark!is!a!promising!politician!in!Berlin.!His!star!is! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! rising!and!he’s!trying!everything!to!become!the!new!Minister!of! Marjolijn!Uitzinger!(1947)!is!a! Justice.!On!an!iceHcold!winter!evening,!he!takes!in!the!homeless!boy! journalist!and!former!radio!and! Mirco.!A!decision!that!he!is!going!to!cost!him!dearly!when!Mirco! television!presenter.!Since!the! causes!a!deadly!accident!and!subsequently!drives!off.!At!the!same! eighties,!she!has!presented!several! time,!Florian’s!position!is!threatened!by!Gerhard!Kuhn,!a!politician! informative!programs.!Uitzinger! currently!lives!and!works!in!Berlin.! from!a!rivaling!political!party.!When!Kuhn!is!about!to!reveal! In!2012!she!made!her!debut!with! unpleasant!events!from!his!past,!Florian!has!to!push!it!to!the!limit!to! the!thriller!Fatal$Scoop.! save!his!career.! ! The$Housemate!is!Marjolijn!Uitzinger’s!third!crime!novel.!All!her! novels!are!set!in!vibrant!Berlin,!where!Marjolijn!lives!since!she!ended!her!journalistic!career!for!the!Dutch! national!radio.!Her!second!thriller,!City$Trip$Berlin,$was!a!Book!Club!Favorite!in!2013.! ! !

THIRTY!DAYS!by!Annelies!Verbeke! ! Publisher:!Uitgeverij!De!Geus! Original!language:!Dutch!|!320!pp.!|!March!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!Dutch! ! LITERARY!FICTION!|!ENGLISH!SAMPLE!AVAILABLE! ! A!highly!exceptional!novel.! ! This$book$is$a$dialogue$with$our$whimsical,$tough$time.$Read$it$slowly.$ Put$it$aside.$Read$it$again.—David!van!Reybrouck,!author!of!Congo,$a$ ! History$ ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! Without$a$doubt,$Verbeke$is$the$greatest$talent$of$her$generation.—De! Annelies!Verbeke!(Belgium,!1976)! Standaard! made!her!debut!with!the! international!best!seller!SLAAP!! Verbeke$ manipulates$ in$ a$ refined$ way$ the$ register$ of$ the$ duality:$ life$ (2003).!In!the!meantime,!her!work! and$death,$good$and$bad,$friend$and$foe$go$closely$together$(****)—De! has!been!published!in!more!than! Morgen! twenty!countries!and!she!was! ! awarded!several!literary!prizes. Alphonse!has!moved!to!the!Flemish!countryside!with!his!beloved!Kat.! Away!from!the!busy!city!of!Brussels!and!the!uncertain!existence!of!a! musician,!he’s!happy!with!the!handyman!business!he!runs!on!his!own.!His!customers!not!only!praise!his! work!but!also!his!personality.!When!he’s!inside!their!homes,!they!also!show!him!what’s!going!on!in!their! minds.!Alphonse!neither!wants!to!be!a!guru!nor!Jesus.!He’s!just!helping!the,!because!he!can.! !

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FATHER]AND]DAUGHTER!BOOK! by!Hannah!and!Bert!Wagendorp! ! Publisher:!Uitgeverij!De!Geus! Original!language:!Dutch!|!256!pp.!|!March!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!Dutch! ! NON!FICTION! ! The!book!for!everyone!who!is!or!becomes!a!father!or!a!daughter.! ! A!unique!view!into!the!special!relationship!between!father!and! daughter.!Through!their!own!relationship,!but!also!those!of!other! famous!fathers!and!daughters,!Bert!and!Hannah!Wagendorp!are! going!in!search!of!the!mystery!of!this!special!connection.!! ! A!book!about!love,!struggles,!worries,!respect!and!envy.! ! ! ! ! !

! ABOUT!THE!AUTHORS! FatherHandHDaughter$book!is!written! by!two!experts,!Bert!and!Hannah! Wagendorp.!Bert!is!a!columnist!and! has!published!in!2013!his!novel! Ventoux,!which!has!sold!more!than! 100.000!copies.!Hannah!is!23!years! old!and!has!also!written!columns!for! a!newspaper.!FatherHandHDaughter! book!is!her!first!book.

SUZANNE!AND!EDOUARD!MANET! by!Thera!Coppens! !

Publisher:!Uitgeverij!Meulenhoff! Original!language:!Dutch!|!368!pp.!|!October!2014! Territory:!World!Excl!Dutch! !

HISTORY!|!BIOGRAPHY!|!ENGLISH!SAMPLE!AVAILABLE! ! A!beautifully!illustrated!love!story!in!the!artistic!scene!of!19th!century!Paris.! ! A$compelling$and$romantic$story.$Reads$like$a$novel.—Brabants!Dagblad! ! Thera$Coppens$has$delivered$a$thorough$book$that$piqued$my$curiosity.$Such$a$ rich,$wonderful$book.$An$amazing$read!—De!Wereld!Draait!Door!

ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! Thera!Coppens!(1947)!is!the! author!of!many!bestHselling! historical!books!and!has!also! written!articles!for!Dutch! newspapers!and!magazines.

! In!1847!young!Suzanne!Leenhoff!travels!to!Paris!in!order!to!continue!her! piano!studies.!She!finds!a!position!as!a!piano!teacher!in!Auguste!and! Eugénie!Manet’s!household!and!teaches!their!two!youngest!sons.! However,!her!family’s!greatest!fear!becomes!true:!the!unmarried! Suzanne!finds!herself!pregnant.!When!her!son!is!baptised,!Edouard! Manet!appears!at!the!font!as!his!godfather!and!in!1863!he!finally!marries!Suzanne.!For!years,!researchers!and! art!critics!have!speculated!as!to!who!the!child’s!father!could!be.!Was!it!Manet!himself?!His!father,!perhaps?! During!her!research,!Thera!Coppens!found!the!answer!to!this!question!and!with!this!book,!and!in!her! characteristic!novelesque!style,!she!brings!an!end!to!the!discussion.!Suzanne$and$Edouard$Manet!takes!the! reader!well!into!the!nineteenth!century!artistic!scene!of!tormented!impressionist!painters,!musical!soirées,! tumultuous!romance!and!intrigue.! !

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ATTEMPTS!TO!MAKE!SOMETHING!OF!LIFE.!

THE!SECRET!DIARY!OF!HENDRIK!GROEN,!83!1/4!YEARS!OLD! by!Hendrik!Groen! !

Publisher:!Uitgeverij!Meulenhoff! Original!language:!Dutch!|!328!pp.!|!June!2014! Territory:!World!Excl!Dutch! ! UPMARKET!FICTION!|!ENGLISH!SAMPLE!AVAILABLE! ! Over!25,000!copies!sold!|!TV!rights!sold! ! One!of!the!most!successful!debut!novels!of!2014,!on!a!very!topical! subject.!Meulenhoff!Publishers!have!never!received!so!many!heart] warming!emails!and!letters!from!readers!throughout!the! Netherlands!! ! The$tears$came$streaming$down$my$face.$From$laughing$so$hard.$I$couldn’t$ stop$grinning$for$three$days.!—Ouderenjournaal! Both$charming$and$hilarious.$—Leeuwarder!Courant! Funny,$tragic$and$sometimes$heart$rending.—Het!Parool!! !

! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! Hendrik!Groen!is!a!pseudonym.!The! author!doesn’t!live!in!a!retirement! home!himself,!but!he!does!write!from! his!own!experience.!As!he!always! says:!‘Not!a!sentence!is!dishonest,!but! not!every!word!is!true.’.

Hendrik!Groen!may!be!old,!but!he’s!certainly!not!dead!yet!and!not!messing!about!this!year.!Granted,!his!daily! walks!become!shorter!and!shorter!because!the!legs!are!protesting!and!he!certainly!frequents!his!GP’s!office;! he’s!an!elderly,!technically!speaking.!But!why!would!that!mean!that!life’s!only!about!hiding!out!in!a! retirement!home,!drinking!coffee!and!waiting!for!death!to!come?! In!short!and!honest,!seemingly!lightHhearted!diary!entries!Hendrik!Groen!takes!the!reader!along!for!a!year! full!of!ups!and!downs!in!a!retirement!home!in!the!north!of!Amsterdam.!On!the!last!day!of!the!year!it!will!be! hard!to!say!goodbye!to!this!charming!character…! ! !

RATHER!NO!APPLAUSE!BEFORE!I!LIVE! by!Sander!van!Leeuwen! !

Publisher:!Uitgeverij!Meulenhoff! Original!language:!Dutch!|!Approx.!240!pp.!|!April!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!Dutch! !

LITERARY!FICTION!|!DEBUT!NOVEL! ! TwentyHfour!year!old!Thomas!is!stuck!in!his!life.!His!days!are!a!long!chain!of! repetitive!chores!and!he!feels!he!is!nothing!more!than!a!footnote!in!the! lives!of!others.!He!desperately!tries!to!get!himself!to!do!something,!but! nothing!changes.!He!then!receives!a!letter!from!a!girl!he!doesn’t!know,! called!Anna.!She!lives!in!Scotland!and!completely!out!of!the!blue!she! writes!him!very!personal!letters.!Thomas,!fascinated,!can’t!stop!himself! from!answering!her!and!a!correspondence!arises.!The!tone!of!Anna’s! letters!is!increasingly!dark,!reminding!Thomas!of!his!best!friend!Frank,! who!committed!suicide!a!few!years!ago.!Driven!by!guilt,!Thomas!decides! he!will!help!Anna.!He!has!to!save!her.!But!things!turn!out!not!to!be!that! simple…!! !

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! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! Sander!van!Leeuwen!(1986)!studied! psychology!at!Leiden!University.!He! published!the!first!chapter!of!his! novel!online!on!the!crowdfunding! site!TenPages,!where!he!got!noticed! immediately.!Van!Leeuwen!lives!in! Leiden!and!works!in!The!Hague,!is! married!and!has!a!son.! 44

AND!NOTHING!WAS!A!LIE!by!Ellen!Heijmerikx! ! Publisher:!Uitgeverij!Nieuw!Amsterdam! Original!language:!Dutch!|!288!pp.!|!May!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!Dutch! ! LITERARY!FICTION! ! Juanita!sits!at!her!husband!Pepe’s!deathbed,!in!the!Netherlands.!They’re!far! away!from!the!Asturias!mountains,!which!they!left!behind!a!long!time!ago,! but!which!appear!closer!than!ever.!In!his!last!days,!Pepe!tells!Juanita! everything!he!has!kept!for!himself!during!his!lifetime.!His!confession! ! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! not!only!opens!Juanita’s!eyes!to!his!childhood!during!the!brutal! Ellen!Heijmerikx!(1963)!won!the! Spanish!dictatorship,!but!also!forces!her!to!look!at!her!own!past.!The! Academica!Debut!Prize!with!her! romance!of!their!first!meeting,!her!parents’!traveling!theater!company,! novel!Blind$World.!Previously,! the!poems!Pepe!wrote!and!the!father!he!was!looking!for—everything! she!had!won!the!first!Thousand! Words!Award!for!Best!Short! now!appears!in!a!different!light.!And$Nothing$Was$a$Lie$is!a!sparkling! Story.!Her!second!novel,!We$ novel!about!love,!survival!and!the!power!of!imagination.! Don’t$Dance!was!highly!praised! ! by!press!and!public. ! ! !

THE!FIFTH!DAY!by!Frank!Noë! ! Publisher:!Uitgeverij!Nieuw!Amsterdam! Original!language:!Dutch!|!256!pp.!|!April!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!Dutch! ! FICTION! ! The!fish!farm!is!21HyearHold!Sylvia’s!life.!The!fish!shine!in!the!breeding! tanks!in!the!new!clean!polder!near!Lelystad.!It’s!just!after!the!war;!the! Netherlands!is!under!construction.!Men!go!fishing!again!but!the!fish! stock!is!low,!and!her!father’s!fish!farm!is!a!hit.!But!then!the!area!in! ! which!the!farm!is!situated!is!declared!a!nature!reserve,!and!the!first! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! Frank!Noë!(1959)!studied!psychology! cormorants!arrive.!No!one!can!predict!how!the!fight!against!these! and!became!editor!of!the!magazine! protected!birds!will!be!settled.! Schrijven!after!the!publication!of!his! ! sixth!novel.!Frank!is!a!researcher!who! sees!stories!where!others!don’t.!He! Frank!Noë!slips!into!Sylvia’s!skin!to!tell!the!story!of!the!farm.!His! combines!his!sober!tone!with!a! clear,!spotHon!language!makes!you!feel!the!salty!breeze,!hear!the! strong!visual!ability. cries!of!the!birds!and!drags!you!into!Sylvia’s!merciless!struggle! against!nature.!

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SOLITUDE.!AN!INDONESIAN!FAMILY!HISTORY! by!Jeroen!Thijssen!! ! Publisher:!Uitgeverij!Nieuw!Amsterdam! Original!language:!Dutch!|!464!pp.!|!August!2014! Territory:!World!Excl!Dutch! ! LITERARY!FICTION!|!ENGLISH!SAMPLE!AVAILABLE! ! Selected!for!the!10!Books!from!Holland!spring!2015!brochure!

! The!Dutch!colonial!history!seen!through!the!eyes!of!an!uprooted!family.! ! Thijssen$shows$he$is$a$master$of$suggestion.$He$peels$the$many$layers$of$the$ story$as$if$it$were$an$onion,$giving$away$more$and$more$details$until$all$pieces$ fall$into$place.$Someone$who$can$evoke$such$strong$images$in$so$few$words$is$a$ born$writer.!—!Het!Parool$ $

! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! Jeroen!Thijssen!is!a!journalist!and! writes!for!the!newspaper!Trouw.! He!has!published!among!others! People$etc.,$Stories$from$the$Zoo,!his! literary!debut!The$Marshal!and$ Other$Stories,!Brother,!and!The$Tour$ of$Gaul,!nominated!in!2010!for!best! travel!guide!of!the!year.!Earlier! work!featured!on!the!longlist!for! the!Libris!Literature!Prize.! !

When!Frank!and!Robert!empty!their!grandfather’s!house,!they! discover!their!dark!family!history.!Their!ancestors!fought!in!Lombok!in! 1896.!They!experienced!the!horrors!of!war!and,!like!real!colonials,! settled!with!the!acquired!loot!in!the!Dutch!East!Indies,!one!as!a!planter,! the!other!as!a!journalist.!Personal!diaries!and!other!documents!from! the!last!century!bring!Frank!to!reconstruct!the!history!of!his!grandfather!and!greatHgrandfather.!The! weight!of!family!legacy!and!unexpected!family!ties!are!a!thread!through!their!history,!and!Indian!roots!are! deeper!than!Robert!and!Frank!ever!imagined,!having!been!raised!in!the!Netherlands.!Being!uprooted! seems!to!be!running!in!the!family,!which!they!won’t!be!able!to!escape.! ! !

WHEN!WINTER!IS!OVER!by!Thomas!Verbogt! ! Publisher:!Uitgeverij!Nieuw!Amsterdam! Original!language:!Dutch!|!224!pp.!|!September!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!Dutch! ! LITERARY!FICTION! ! It's$nice$to$read$Verbogt’s$work;$with$every$novel$he$draws$you$closer$to$him.$His$ shining$memories$are$quite$contagious.!—!De!Volkskrant! Reminiscent$of$Gerard$Reve$and$JD$Salinger’s$prose.!—!Het!Parool! ! ! When!Winter!Is!Over,!it's!a!promise,!the!hope!of!something!new.! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! Your!life!might!be!ultimately!determined!by!just!a!few!seconds.!Because! Thomas!Verbogt!(1952)!has!written! you!glance!at!someone,!or!not.!You’re!suddenly!being!kissed!on!a! many!novels,!short!stories!and! summer!day.!It!doesn’t!have!to!be!more!than!that.!The!protagonist!of! theater!plays.!WellHknown!titles! When$Winter$Is$Over!feels!exactly!this,!as!for!years!he!lives!with!the! include!the!collection!of!stories! recollection!of!such!a!moment.!But!merely!the!recollection!isn’t!enough.! What$Exactly$Is$the$Purpose?!and! This!is!a!story!about!guilt!and!shame,!about!the!realization!that!we!are! Really$Something$for$You,!and!the! all!merely!passersby!who!glance!at!each!other,!or!quickly!touch!each! novels!Perfect$Silence!and!Color$of$ other.!It!treats!the!question!what!life!is!ultimately!about:!about!the! Happiness.! truth,!or!about!reality.! !

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ALONE!WITH!THE!GODS!by!Alex!Boogers! ! Publisher:!Uitgeverij!Podium! Original!language:!Dutch!|!560!pp.!|!February!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!Dutch! 2!Seas!also!represents!previously!published!titles!by!Alex!Boogers:!When$the$Ants$ Are$Screaming,!and!All$Things$Are$Beautiful.$ !

LITERARY!FICTION!|!ENGLISH!SAMPLE!AVAILABLE! !

A!heartrending,!monumental!Bildungsroman.! ! ! Boogers$plays$with$reality,$with$worlds$that$exist$in$parallel,$affecting$each$ ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! other$and$coming$to$blows.$—!De!Volkskrant$ Alex!Boogers!(1970)!is!the!author! Boogers$is$a$novelist$who$has$something$to$say.$—!NRC!Handelsblad! of!seven!novels.!He!caused!quite!a! $ stir!with!his!novella!When$the$Ants$ One!night,!elevenHyearHold!Aaron!Bachman!finds!a!man!lying!motionless! Are$Screaming,!about!the!tragic! in!the!doorway.!His!father!is!standing!in!the!hallway,!his!fists!clenched.! death!of!a!young!Rotterdam!boy,! Sedar!Soares.!Boogers’!style!is!often! He!shouts!at!Aaron!to!go!back!into!the!sitting!room.!His!father!calls!for! compared!to!that!of!Bukowski,! an!ambulance!and!gives!himself!up!to!the!police.!This!is!the!start!of!Alex! whom!he!admires. Boogers’!stunning!comingHofHage!novel,!in!which!the!author!pulls!all!of! ! his!usual!themes!–!fuckedHup!family!relationships,!love!and! abandonment,!fighting!to!survive,!writing!in!order!to!grow!–!into!a!kind!of!ultimate!book.!This!moving,!fluid! story!is!also!a!search!for!a!father.!The!son!of!a!convicted!criminal,!Aaron!has!the!sensitive,!nuanced!views!of!an! artist,!the!hunger!of!a!writer,!the!anger!of!a!fighter,!and!the!survival!instincts!of!a!street!urchin.! ! !

THE!THIRD!LOTTERY!by!Renate!Dorrestein! !

Publisher:!Uitgeverij!Podium! Original!language:!Dutch!|!304!pp.!|!February!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!Dutch! !

LITERARY!FICTION!|!ENGLISH!SAMPLE!AVAILABLE! !

Immediately!ranked!in!the!Dutch!best]seller!lists!! ! Beautifully$written,$suspenseful,$convincing$characters$with$whom$you’d$like$ to$spend$time$with$as$a$reader.$—Libelle! ! ! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! The!world!ends!leaving!behind!just!one!Amsterdam!satellite!town!and! Renate!Dorrestein’s!novels!have!been! just!a!couple!of!thousand!survivors,!mainly!women.!The!few!remaining! nominated!for!many!prizes:!her!oeuvre! men!are!escaped!prisoners,!who!soon!take!charge.!Slowly!the!shattered! was!awarded!the!Annie!Romein!Prize! and!she!received!the!Gouden!Uil! community!gets!back!on!its!feet.!But!after!a!couple!of!years,!the!birth! (Golden!Owl)!for!Verborgen$gebreken$ rate!is!still!zero.!Just!when!all!hope!of!new!life!seems!to!be!evaporating,! (Hidden$Flaws).!In!1997,!she!wrote!the! a!baby!suddenly!appears.!Its!origin!is!a!puzzle!to!the!inhabitants.!Maybe! Book!Week!gift!book,!Want$dit$is$mijn$ there!is!still!life!outside!of!this!place!after!all?!Or!is!this!event!a!sign!of! lichaam$(Because$this$is$my$body)$and!in! the!beginning!of!the!end?!And!who!is!going!to!be!entrusted!with!the! 2008,!the!Book!Week!essay!Laat$me$ baby?!In!this!tense,!masterful!novel,!Renate!Dorrestein!shows!that!love! niet$alleen$(Don’t$leave$me$alone).! will!get!us!through!anything!in!the!end.!The$Third$Lottery!is!an!as! humorous!as!it!is!harrowing!narrative!about!hopelessness!and!hope,!selfishness!and!sacrifice,!by!a!writer!at!the! height!of!her!powers.! !

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HAREM!by!Ronald!Giphart!! ! Publisher:!Uitgeverij!Podium! Original!language:!Dutch!|!373!pp.!|!January!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!Dutch! !

LITERARY!FICTION!|!ENGLISH!SAMPLE!AVAILABLE! ! Funny,$inventive,$straightforward,$full$of$little$jokes.$(…)$I$kept$smiling$while$ reading$this$novel.—De!Groene!Amsterdammer! Funny$and$intelligent$(…)$You$can’t$ignore$the$pleasure$Giphart$feels$when$he’s$ writing$(…)$there’s$never$enough$of$this$kind$of$literature.!—Cutting! ! Edge! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! ! Ronald!Giphart!studied!Dutch!and! Liam,!the!twentyHyearHold!son!of!celebrated!photographer!McDonald! worked!as!a!night!porter!in!a!hospital!in! Hope!(known!to!all!as!Mac),!retreats!to!a!cabin!in!a!Swedish!forest!to! Utrecht!for!many!years.!His!debut!novel,! write!his!debut!novel.!The!protagonist!is!his!father,!worldHfamous!for! Me$too,!was!awarded!the!Gouden! his!photography,!who!has!always!been!oddly!reticent!about!his! Ezelsoor!and!adapted!for!the!big!screen.! flamboyant!past.!Drawing!from!photographs,!interviews!and!rumours,! He!also!published!the!literary! Liam!arrives!at!a!tumultuous!tale!of!Mac’s!life,!encompassing!his! photography!book,!Heroines!(with! youth!in!Amsterdam,!a!Swedish!punk!band,!the!excesses!of!the! photographer!Eric!van!den!Elsen),!and! Milking!Station!(a!Warholian!Factory!ensconced!in!Stockholm’s! penned!the!literary!culinary!titles,! hippest!neighbourhood),!the!tragic!fate!of!his!best!friend!Hampus!and! Kitchen$Prince,$and!Eat,$Drink$and$Sleep! of!course!Mac’s!legendary!harem.! (with!Jonnie!Boer).!In!2004,!Giphart!was! Ronald!Giphart!not!only!demonstrates!his!mastery!of!intoxicating! awarded!the!C.C.S.!Croneprijs!for!his! scenes!that!pulse!with!romantic!infatuation,!but!he!also!explores!new! oeuvre,!a!biannual!literary!prize!awarded! themes!such!as!the!sinister!side!of!hedonism,!the!power!of!both!word! by!the!city!of!Utrecht.! and!image,!and!the!curse!and!the!blessings!of!fatherhood.!

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THE!FORGETTING!CLUB!by!Tosca!Niterink!! !

Publisher:!Uitgeverij!Podium! Original!language:!Dutch!|!160!pp.!|!April!2014! Territory:!World!Excl!Dutch! ! NARRATIVE!NON]FICTION!|!ENGLISH!SAMPLE!AVAILABLE! ! Spent!several!weeks!in!the!Dutch!bestseller!list!! !

Hilarious$conversations,$poignant$anecdotes,$drawn$by$Niterink$in$small,$ delicate$stories$(…),$a$both$funny$and$touching$book.—De!Telegraaf!

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! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! Tosca!Niterink’s!demented!mother!joins!a!‘smallHscale!locked!community’! Tosca!Niterink!(1960)!is!an! with!eight!other!elderly!women!living!there!for!their!own!good.!The!ladies! actress,!columnist!for!NRC! try!to!outdo!each!other:!bragging!about!their!offspring,!making! Handelsblad!and!writer.!She!is! themselves!beautiful!or!bagging!the!best!place!in!the!living!room.When!a! also!the!author!of!Climbing$to$ man!moves!in,!he!dies!within!three!weeks,!which!surprises!no!one.! Cruising$Altitude!about!her!1,200! With!a!keen!eye!for!the!absurd,!Niterink!depicts!the!distinctive!characters! km!journey!on!foot!to!Santiago! of!the!ladies!and!the!complications!of!their!relationships.!This!leads!to! de!Compostela.! extremely!comical!but!also!very!touching!scenes.!She!doesn’t!spare!herself! either,!writing!openly!of!the!guilt!she!felt!when!she!hadn’t!visited!her!mother!for!a!few!weeks.!Her!mother! simply!commented!drily,!“What!are!you!doing!here?”! !

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US!by!Elvis!Peeters!! !

Publisher:!Uitgeverij!Podium! Original!language:!Dutch!|!176!pp.!|!2009! Territory:!World!Excl!Dutch! 2!Seas!also!represents!other!titles!by!Elvis!Peeters:!The$Uncountables!and! Tuesday.! !

LITERARY!FICTION!|!ENGLISH!SAMPLE!&!GERMAN!TRANSLATION!AVAILABLE!! Film!rights!sold! ! Peeters’!work!has!been!published!in!Croatia!(Hrvatsko!Filolosko!Drustvo),! Denmark!(Turbine),!Germany!(Blumenbar),!Hungary!(Europa),!Slovenia! ! (Educa),!and!Turkey!(Alef).! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! ! Elvis!Peeters!writes!prose,!scripts! A$shining$example$of$how$powerful$literature$can$be$when$it$encourages$ and!children’s!books!and!is!also! people$to$contemplate$the$world$they$live$in.!—!Het!Parool! known!as!a!musician!and! ! performer.!His!first!work!as!a! Elvis!Peeters!mercilessly!tests!the!boundaries!of!our!moral.!He!describes! novelist,!Spa,!was!published!in! how!eight!adolescents!–!four!girls,!four!boys!–!spend!their!days!and!nights! 1998.!He!reached!a!wide!audience! together.!At!the!start!of!summer,!we!follow!the!group!of!friends!to!a!nearby! in!2005!with!The$Uncountables,! road!bridge!where!they!conduct!an!innocent!experiment:!the!girls!wave!at! which!was!nominated!for!a!number! the!cars!whilst!teasingly!lifting!up!their!skirts.!They!wonder!if!anyone!will! of!prestigious!literary!awards.!His! notice!them!not!wearing!any!pants.!The!first!results!are!disappointing:!only! controversial!novel!Us!(2009)! a!few!drivers!beep,!a!few!cars!swing.!But!the!next!day:!result.!Revealing! received!a!great!deal!of!press! more!and!more!naked!skin,!the!girls!cause!a!catastrophic!multiple! attention!and!sold!10,000!copies.!! collission.!In!the!following!sultry!weeks!the!kids!discover!how!powerful! their!bodies!are.!‘We!know!what!we!can!do.!Whoever!thinks!we!are!using!our!pussy,!is!wrong.!We!are!using!our! mind.’!They!play,!manipulate,!fornicate.!Even!when!one!of!the!girls!does!not!survive!the!increasingly!extreme,! perverse!experiments,!they!are!unfazed.!Until!the!lack!of!standards!itself!starts!boring!them.!

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TENCH!by!Inge!Schilperoord! !

Publisher:!Uitgeverij!Podium! Original!language:!Dutch!|!Approx.!240!pp.!|!March!2015! Territory:!World!Excl!Dutch! !

LITERARY!FICTION!|!ENGLISH!SAMPLE!AVAILABLE! ! People!didn’t!like!him!but!it!had!always!been!that!way;!nature,!however,! took!him!as!he!was.! ! ! After!Jonathan!is!released!from!a!psychiatric!prison!due!to!insufficient! evidence,!he!returns!to!the!cramped!house!in!the!fishing!village!he!shares! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! with!his!lonely!mother.!He’s!looking!forward!to!walking!his!dog!Milk!on! Inge!Schilperoord!(1973)!works!as! the!dunes!again.!Soon!he!is!joined!by!the!new!girl!next!door!who!has!been! an!editor!and!reviewer!for!several! left!to!fend!for!herself!by!her!mother.!Jonathan!is!afraid!of!making!the! publications!including!Psychologie$ same!mistake!and!tries!to!keep!her!at!arm’s!length.!He!conscientiously! Magazine,$NRC$Handelsblad,!Het$ does!the!exercise!his!prison!psychologist!gave!him!to!keep!his!thoughts!in! Parool!and!Crossing$Border$ check!–!with!decreasing!amounts!of!success,!his!mind!becomes!more!and! Magazine.!Aside!from!this,!she!is!a! more!overloaded!and!he!seems!to!be!losing!control.!With!her!incisive! forensic!psychologist!at!the!Pieter! style!and!perfect!control!of!the!narrative!arch,!Schilperoord!makes!an! Baan!Centrum!amongst!other! overwhelming!entry!into!Dutch!literature.! places.!Tench$is!her!debut.! !

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PARROT!FLEW!OVER!THE!IJSSEL! by!Kader!Abdolah!

! Publisher:!Uitgeverij!Prometheus! Original!language:!Dutch!|!448!pp.!|!September!2014! Territory:!World!Excl!Dutch! Italian!offer!pending! ! 2!Seas!also!represents!Kader!Abdolah’s!backlist!titles!published!with!De! Geus,!including!The$King!and!The$House$of$the$Mosque.! ! LITERARY!FICTION!|!30,000!COPIES!SOLD!! ! ! ABOUT!THE!AUTHOR! In!Parrot$Flew$Over$The$IJssel,!four!foreign!families!are!each!offered!a! Kader!Abdolah!(Iran,!1954)!is!a!pen! name!created!to!honor!friends!who! house!in!a!village!along!the!river!IJssel.!They!begin!a!new!life!in!a! died!under!the!Iranian!regime.!The! new!country:!the!Netherlands.!It!doesn’t!take!long!until!the!river,!the! author!of!three!novels,!two!short! IJssel!Bridge,!and!the!ferry!become!a!part!of!their!identity.! story!collections,!and!numerous! This!new!novel!by!Kader!Abdollah,!takes!place!in!and!around!the!city! works!of!nonfiction,!Abdolah!joined!a! of!Zwolle,!especially!in!four!traditional!Dutch!villages!by!the!river:! secret!leftist!organization!while!a! Zalk,!Wilsum,!‘s!Heerenbroek!and!Veecaten,!in!a!landscape!that!has! student!in!Teheran.!In!1988,!at!the! remained!the!same!for!hundreds!of!years.!While!the!cold!is!not! invitation!of!the!United!Nations,!he! inviting,!the!skies!are!magnificent.! moved!to!the!Netherlands!as!a! The!four!families,!just!as!foreign!to!each!other!as!the!country!where! political!refugee.!His!book!The$House$ they!live!now,!realize!that!they!need!to!continue!their!journey!along! of$the$Mosque$(2005)!was!voted!the! second!best!Dutch!novel!of!all!time.! the!water,!the!IJssel!Bridge!and!to!the!city.!Will!they!find!a!home! His!books!have!been!translated!in! there?! over!20!countries.! The!Netherlands!has!undeniably!changed!over!the!past!25!years.! Newspapers!write!about!it,!television!cameras!follow!it,!discussions! about!it!move!from!editorials!to!living!rooms!and!back!again.!It!is!high!time!for!a!polyphonic!novel!such!as! Parrot$Flew$Over$the$IJssel,!which!depicts!the!essence!of!these!changes.!Kader!Abdollah!came!a!quarter!of!a! century!ago!as!a!stranger!to!the!Netherlands,!but!was!soon!embraced!by!his!new!countrymen.!It!comes!as! no!surprise!that!this!novel!makes!use!of!his!personal!experiences.! !

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