This page highlights clients' works.
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Robert L. Snow, Murder 101: Homicide and Its Investigation (Praeger Publishers, 2005). Hardcover, $44.95, 224 pages. ISBN 0-275-98432-X. Also browse www.robertsnow.com.
Mark Horner, September Sacrifice (Kensington/Pinnacle True Crime Library, 2004). Mass-market paperback, $6.50, 414 pages. ISBN 0-7860-1663-9. Also browse www.markhorner.com/Hoss.
Walter J. Harvey, The Super Bowl's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Big-game Heroes, Pigskin Zeroes and Championship Oddities (Brassey's, Inc., 2004). Trade paperback, $12.95, 320 pages. ISBN 1-57488-896-7.
Chuck Hustmyre, Killer with a Badge: The Shocking Story of Antoinette Frank, the Cop-Killing Cop (Berkley Books, 2004). Mass-market paperback, $6.99, 344 pages. ISBN 0-425-19994-0. Alo, browse www.chuckhustmyre.com.
M. William Phelps, Lethal Guardian: A Woman Who Would Stop at Nothing...Even Murder (Kensington/Pinnacle True Crime Library, 2004). Mass-market paperback, $6.50, 480 pages. ISBN 0-7860-1587-X. Also, browse www.mwilliamphelps.com.
Robert L. Snow, Deadly Cults: The Crimes of True Believers (Praeger Publishers, 2003). Hardcover, $49.95, 240 pages. ISBN 0-275-98052-9. Also, browse www.robertsnow.com.
Don Petterson, Inside Sudan: Political Islam, Conflict, and Catastrophe (Westview Press, 2003), Revised and Updated, Trade paperback, $17.95, 270 pages. ISBN 0-8133-4111-6.
Rob Kyff, Once upon a Word: True Tales of Word Origins, Foreword by Richard Lederer (The Tapestry Press, 2003), Trade paperback, $15.95, 148 pages. ISBN 1-93081929-3.
Toby Johnson, Gay Perspectives: Things Our Homosexuality Tells Us About the Nature of God and the Universe (Alyson, 2003), Trade paperback, $14.95, 206 pages. ISBN 1-55583-762-X.
David Sowell, The Masters: A Hole-by-Hole History of America's Golf Classic (Brassey's, Inc., 2003). Hardcover, $26.95, 290 pages. ISBN 1-57488-566-9; trade paperback, 2004, $17.95, 290 pages. ISBN 1-57488-673-8.
M. William Phelps, Perfect Poison: A Female Serial Killer's Deadly Medicine (Kensington/Pinnacle True Crime Library, 2003) Mass-market paperback, $6.50, 480 pages. ISBN 0-7860-1550-0. Also, browse www.mwilliamphelps.com.
Monte Dutton, Postcards from Pit Road: Inside NASCAR's 2002 Season (Brassey's Inc., 2003). Trade paperback, $15.95, 320 pages. ISBN 1-57488-568-5.
Monte Dutton, Editor; chapters by Kenny Bruce, Monte Dutton, Mike Hembree, Jim McLaurin, Jeff Owens, David Poole, Thomas Pope and Larry Woody, Taking Stock: Life in NASCAR's Fast Lane, Foreword by Jim Hunter, NASCAR Vice President of Corporate Communications (Brassey's, Inc., 2002). Trade paperback, $15.95, 300 pages, ISBN 1-57488-559-6.
Ric Osuna, The Night the DeFeos Died: Reinvestigating the Amityville Murders (Imprint Books, 2003), Trade paperback, 370 pages. ISBN 1-5910986-7.
William M. Strabala and Michael J. Palecek, Prophets Without Honor: A Requiem for Moral Patriotism. (Algora Publishing, 2002) Hardcover, $30.95, 380 pages, ISBN 1-892941-99-6; trade paperback, $23.95, 380 pages, ISBN 1-892941-98-8.
Donald Petterson, Revolution in Zanzibar: An American's Cold War Tale (Westview Press, 2002). Hardcover, $28.00, ISBN 0-8133-3949-9.
Jim McLaurin, NASCAR's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Outrageous Drivers, Wild Wrecks, and Other Oddities (Brassey's, Inc., 2001). Trade paperback, $12.95, 244 pages, ISBN 1-57488-358-5.
Monte Dutton, Rebel with a Cause: A Season with NASCAR Star Tony Stewart (Brassey's, Inc., 2001). Trade paperback, $15.95, 266 pages, ISBN 1-57488-280-5.
Jane B. Lucal, Plan Now or Pay Later: Judge Jane's No-Nonsense Guide to Estate Planning (Bloomberg Press, 2001). Trade paperback, $22.95, 252 pages, ISBN 1-57660-079-3.
Roger Cicala, M.D., The Cancer Pain Sourcebook (McGraw Hill-NTC, 2001). Trade paperback, $17.95, 320 pages, ISBN 0-7383-0423-5.
Wilder Perkins, Hoare and the Matter of Treason (Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur, 2001). Hardcover, $22.95, 216 pages, ISBN 0-312-27291-X. [German-language translation rights to Verlagsgruppe Random House for 2002-2004 publication.]
Monte Dutton, At Speed: Up Close and Personal with the People, Places, and Fans of NASCAR (Brassey's, Inc., 2000). Trade paperback, 238 pp, $15.95, ISBN 1-57488-261-9.
Toby Johnson, Gay Spirituality: The Role of Gay Identity in the Transformation of Human Consciousness (Alyson Publications, 2000). Trade paperback, $13.95. ISBN 1-555-83523-6.
Wilder Perkins, Hoare and the Headless Captains: A Maritime Mystery Featuring Captain Bartholomew Hoare ( St. Martin's Minotaur/Thomas Dunne, 2000). Hardcover, $22.95, ISBN 0-312-25248-X. [German-language translation rights to Verlagsgruppe Random House for 2002 publication.]
Roger S. Cicala, M.D., The Brain Disorders Sourcebook (Lowell House, 1999). Trade paperback, $19.95, ISBN 0-7373-0093-0.
Donald Petterson, Inside Sudan: Political Islam, Conflict, and Catastrophe (Westview Press, 1999). Hardcover, $25.00, ISBN 0-8133-3657-0.
Debra Lee Baldwin, Taco Titan: The Glen Bell Story. Foreword by Andrall E. ("Andy") Pearson, Chairman and CEO, Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc. (The Summit Publishing Group, 1999). Hardcover, $22.99, ISBN 1-56530-299-0.
Julie Anne Parks, Storytellers: A Novel of Supernatural Terror (Design Image Group, Inc., 1998). Trade paperback, $15.95, ISBN 1-891946-04-8.
Wilder Perkins, Hoare and the Portsmouth Atrocities: A Maritime Mystery (A Thomas Dunne Book for St. Martin's Press, 1998). Hardcover, $20.95, ISBN 0-312-19283-5. [German-language translation rights to Verlagsgruppe Random House for publication in 2002.]
Edward J. Pappas, They Tasted Glory: Among the Missing at the Baseball Hall of Fame (McFarland & Company, 1998). Forewords by Gene Budig, American League President; Ernie Harwell, Hall of Fame broadcaster; and Sparky Anderson, Hall of Fame manager. Trade paperback, $28.50, ISBN 0-78640-484-1.
William M. Gray III, Experiment in Liberty: The First Five Hundred Years of Freedom in America (Sunflower University Press, 1998). Hardcover, $34.95, ISBN 0-89745-220-8. Trade paperback, $24.95, ISBN 0-89745-219-4.
Mark Taplin, Open Lands: Travels Through Russia's Once Forbidden Places (Steerforth Press, 1997). Hardcover, $29.95, ISBN 1-883642-01-9. Trade paperback, October 1998, $18.00, ISBN 1-883642-87-6. Now available in Great Britain and throughout Commonwealth countries from Canongate Books, Edinburgh, Scotland, trade paperback, March 1999, $11.99, ISBN 0-8624-1848-8.
Roger S. Cicala, M.D., The Heart Disease Sourcebook (Lowell House, 1997). Hardcover, $30.00, ISBN 1-56565-635-0. Trade paperback, 1998, $18.00, ISBN 0-73730-020-5.
Timothy Kenny, Living with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Personal Story of the Struggle for Recovery Foreword by Paul R. Cheney, M.D., Ph.D. (Thunder's Mouth Press, 1994). Trade paperback, $12.95, ISBN 1-56025-075-5.
John Manuel, The Canoeist: A Memoir (Jefferson Press, Spring 2006?).
Robert L. Snow, Sex Crime Investigation: How the Police Solve Sex Crimes (Praeger Publishers, 2006?).
Glenn Puit, Witch: The True Story of Las Vegas' Most Notorious Female Killer (Berkley Books, December 2005).
Cal Orey, The Man Who Predicts Earthquakes: Jim Berkland, Maverick Geologist, How His Quake Warnings Can Save Lives (Sentient Publications, December 2005?). Also, browse www.calorey.com.
Tom Basinski, No Good Deed: A True Story of Jealousy, Deceit, Rage and Fiery Murder (Berkley Books, July 2006).
Monte Dutton, True to the Roots: Excursions Off Country Music's Beaten Path (University of Nebraska Press, 2006?).
Monte Dutton, Haul A** and Turn Left: The Wit and Wisdom of NASCAR (Warner Books, February 2006).
Timothy M. Hornbaker, The National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly That Controlled Pro Wrestling (ECW Press, 2006?)
Charles Patrick Ewing and Joseph T. McCann, Minds on Trial: 20 Great Cases in Forensic Psychology (Oxford University Press, 2006)
Joseph T. McCann, On American Soil: Acts of Terrorism from the Famous to the Forgotten (Sentient Publications, 2007?).
John Kearney, Double Honeymoon: Grounds for Murder (Kensington/Pinnacle True Crime Library, 2006?).
Marti Mackenzie, Public Relations for the Accused and the Accuser: How Courting the Media Makes a Difference. Foreword by Johnnie L. Cochran (Praeger Publishers, 2007?). Also, browse www.lawyerpr.com.
David P. Visel, Living with Cancer, Foreword by Michael J. Fisch, M.D. (Rutgers University Press, 2006).
Here are some selected nonfiction books currently being shopped to the trade:
Boniface F. Hanley, O.F.M., The Life of Franz Stock: A Catholic Priest in Hitler's Army.
Today, France numbers among her most highly revered World War II heroes Franz Stock, a German Catholic priest who held a major's rank in the German Army (Wehrmacht). The French call him "The Chaplain of Hell." Father Hanley presents the story of Franz Stock's life for the first time in English.
"If only I could sleep." The young German priest is exhausted -- his mind numb, his normal candor and cheerful spirit giving way to harrowing depression. His heart is slowly breaking. The fissure deepens. "I can't go on," he says. But he does. He assists hostages -- thousands of them, mostly innocent, mostly French -- as German firing squads destroy them. During four long years, Father Stock spends entire nights with the condemned and in the morning stands with them as they die. He can't quit. His is the only human heart to reach out to them; his is, in a prisoner's words, "the last human face" they see before they die.
Taken prisoner by the Americans in 1944, Father Stock organizes a prison camp seminary for German POWs, and 660 of his students eventually become priests. They serve the Church in Germany and, defying Communist persecution, labor clandestinely in Eastern Europe. Their work helps tear down the Iron Curtain in 1987.
Since his death in 1948 at age 43, Franz Stock has become a symbol of German-French unity and European solidarity. The Roman Catholic Church now is studying his cause for eventual canonization.
Boniface Francis Hanley entered the Franciscan Order in 1945 and was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1950. In 1998, he retired as Pastor of St. Joseph's Church in West Milford, New Jersey. Notable among Father Hanley's five previously published works is Ten Christians (Ava Maria Press, 1979), which sold about 60,000 copies and won a 1980 National Catholic Press Award.
Walter Harvey, The Super Bowl Trivia Book: More Than 500 Questions on America's Biggest Game.
The book consists of a series of 10-question quizzes. Included will be one quiz for all 37 Super Bowl games, including Super Bowl XXXVII in January 2003. In addition, there are quizzes focusing on the great and not-so-great teams in Super Bowl history, from the Pittsburgh Steelers and Dallas Cowboys to the Minnesota Vikings and Buffalo Bills. There are two quizzes on players' nicknames and four relating to "Tough Super Bowl Trivia." But more than just a series of questions and answers, the book will include sections that could be called "argument-starters," the type of barroom and sports talk radio fodder that fans love: the All-Time Super Bowl Team, The Ten Best Super Bowls, The Ten Most Memorable Moments, and more.
Walter Harvey spent more than a decade in the promotion departments at St. Martin's Press, Pocket Books and Viking Penguin, among others. He currently freelances as a copywriter and proofreader. He is also a long-time season ticket holder for the New York Jets.
Julia Hallisy, D.D.S., The Empowered Patient: A Practical Guide for Navigating the Healthcare System. Foreword by Jordan R. Wilbur, M.D.
Can anyone deny there is a severe and growing problem in the quality of healthcare in the U.S.? Hospital-acquired infections account for 90,000 deaths each year. During the past eight years, nearly 2,000 patients have been killed and nearly 10,000 injured because of nurses' actions or failures to act. Anywhere from 44,000 to 98,000 deaths are caused by medical errors, and more than 100,000 deaths are the result of adverse drug reactions.
The Empowered Patient is a self-help book and an advocacy book that is more than merely useful; it can help save thousands of lives. The work concerns two of the most important issues in healthcare today: infection control and medical errors. The suggestions Dr. Hallisy makes range from the simple--asking hospital staff to wash their hands--to the complex--attending to standardization of hospital protocols and systems.
Dr. Hallisy has been a self-employed practitioner of dentistry since 1988. In 2002, she spoke before the California State Senate on the issue of futile care policies. Recently, she was asked to help launch the West Coast chapter of the national group PULSE--Persons United in Limiting Substandards and Errors in Healthcare. Browse her Web site: www.theempoweredpatient.com.
Ronald T. Libby, Medical McCarthyism: The Government's War on Doctors.
This work will be the first book to document the U.S. government's war on physicians. It will examine cases of physicians who have been investigated, put on trial and convicted of felonies. Many of the cases have received widespread publicity in the national media such as "60 Minutes" and "20/20." The offenses include trivial record keeping or billing mistakes, alleged "kickbacks" in return for patient referrals, prescribing narcotics to pain patients, and prescribing "alternative" non-FDA approved medicine. The book will also document the investigative and prosecutorial excess and misconduct of law enforcement in targeting physicians. These include commando-style raids of doctors' offices and homes by armed agents brandishing guns, intimidation of physicians to plead guilty to felonies, and using false testimony to indict and convict physicians.
Major medical associations, including the American Medical Association, the Florida Medical Association, California Medical Association, the American Association of Physicans and Surgeons, the Federation of Physicians and Dentists, encouraged members to participate in the research for this book. Hundreds of physicians responded by providing documentation of their experiences with law enforcement abuse.
Ronald Libby is a professor of political science at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville. He has five books published by university presses: The Politics of Economic Power in Southern Africa, Princeton University Press; Eco-Wars: Political Campaigns and Social Movements, Columbia University Press; Protecting Markets: U.S. Policy and the World Grain Trade, Cornell University Press; Hawke's Law: The Politics of Mining and Aboriginal Land in Australia, Penn State Press; and Toward an Africanized U.S. Policy for Southern Africa: A Strategy for Increasing Political Leverage, University of California Press.
Kevin Bruner, Flight 93: Missing Pieces.
Did the U.S. military shoot down Flight 93 on September 11, 2001? Were hijackers able to smuggle a bomb aboard the plane? And are our nation's top officials misleading Americans about the incident to influence public opinion following 9/11? These are just some of the important questions explored by award-winning journalist Kevin Bruner in his book, one that is certain to be heralded as a valuable contribution to the literature about the terrorist attacks of 9/11.
Yonassan Gershom, Jewish Themes in Star Trek.
This Trekker goes where no rabbi has gone before as he explores Jewish themes, references, actors and in-jokes to be found in the popular "Star Trek" series of TV programs, feature films and novels.
Rabbi Gershom is the author of Beyond the Ashes (A.R.E. Press, 1992), From Ashes to Healing (A.R.E. Press, 1996) and Jewish Tales of Reincarnation (Jason Aronson, 2000).
Lynn H. Levy, Chick Dicks: The True Stories of Female Private Investigators.
Ms. Levy is owner and president of L. H. Levy Investigations, Inc., in Baltimore, MD. She has more than 22 years of professional experience in the field of investigations.
Lois Schmitt, You Can't Get a Rolex for Twenty Bucks: Avoiding Scams, Schemes and Swindles.
From 1980-2001, Ms. Schmitt coordinated the education program for the Nassau County (NY) Office of Consumer Affairs. She currently teaches consumer health at Hofstra University. In 1989, Scribner published her Smart Spending, a Junior Library Guild book-of-the-month selection.
Betty Kuffel, M.D., Little Boy Stew: Journey of a Sexual Predator
The book's main title is inspired by the coded writings of convicted violent sexual predator Nathanael Benjamin Levi Bar-Jonah, born David Paul Brown. On May 23, 2001, he was sentenced to 130 years in prision without the possibility of parole for sexual crimes against children; he also has been accused of murder and cannibalism.
Using Bar-Jonah's life of violence against children as an example, this book will show readers how to recognize warning signs and keep children safe. At the same time, the story chronicles the arduous police investigations, Bar-Jonah's trials, samples of his coded writings, details of suspected cannibalism, and the terrified voices of his victims.
Betty Kuffel is an emergency room physician in Montana. She has formal training in forensics and crime-scene investigation, and has testified at many criminal trials.
Walter H. Placzek, Ph.D., Dr. Bug Man's Guide to Life, or 31 Days of Adventure and Advice from an Overeducated Exterminator.
Placzek's work taps directly into the popular appeal of bugs and people, as well as the broad appeal of self-improvement books. The 31 chapters, based on his daily rounds as an exterminator, range from the utterly serious to the outrageously whimsical.
Many episodes find "Dr. Bug Man," who loves his work, happily seeking out and destroying those pesky pests that, unfortunately, frequently invade our habitats. At other times, he finds himself a simple observer of his clients' domiciles and gets dragged into their personal dramas, whether he likes it or not. At the end of each chapter, he provides words of acquired wisdom called "Bug Bites."
A licensed pest control technician in New Jersey, Placzek earned his Ph.D. in Theater and Master's Degrees in Educational Administration, Theater and Spanish.
Mark S. Longo, Giants, Myths and Devils: The Forgotten Heroes, Bizarre Misconceptions and Brutal Killers That Shaped Our World.
The first section of Longo's book, "Giants," reveals a host of forgotten figures from world history. These individuals may not be household names, but their impact on our lives has been enormous. The second section, "Myths," addresses several widely held historical misconceptions. The third section, "Devils," explores the darker corners of our history. It tracks down the horrific, unspeakable and unholy villains who have escaped the scrutiny of popular historians.
Mark Longo, a Chicago-based writer who studied history at Cornell University, is obsessed with discovering the truth behind the accepted versions of history. His articles on history's forgotten heroes and devils have appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, Renaissance magazine, Sea Power magazine, Military History magazine, Ancient American magazine, Elks magazine and Mental Floss magazine.
Tom Howard, Southern Manners: Being "Raised Right".
In the South, a man might receive a Nobel Prize, but he would be considered a failure if he hadn't been "raised right." This book lists for the first time most of the rules that govern the lives of Southerners. These rules, which number more than 400, make up the subtle code that underlies the behavioral psyche of 100 million Americans who live in the place called Dixie.
Howard, former humor columnist for the Richmond Times-Dispatch, is lecturer in journalism at University of Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth University. He is the author of The Dixie Dictionary (Crane Hill Publishers, 2002), a lexicon of Southern words and expressions.
Daniel J. Addario, with Ed Addeo, Top Narc: My 25 Years as a Global DEA Drug-buster.
The man who nabbed the notorious "French Connection" multimillionaire Auguste Ricord and broke the back of the hideous "Golden Triangle" Southeast Asia heroin pipeline reveals his never-told-before exploits and warns America about why we're losing the war on drugs. For 25 years, Dan Addario was the Wyatt Earp of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, stationed on the front lines of the drug war wherever it was being waged.
Dan Addario served as the highest ranking DEA field agent under five U.S. presidents. Now retired from government service, most recently he was chief investigator for San Francisco District Attorney Terence Hallinan. Ed Addeo is the author of three novels and eight nonfiction books. He currently is the executive editor of five Marin County (CA) weekly newspapers.
R. C. Hamilton, The Silent Fire: The Death of Christopher McCandless.
McCandless was the central figure in Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild. Hamilton's book is a careful unraveling of the mystery of how McCandless died and why. The book is also about the moral courage of Nazi Colonel Savin Motora, who responded with horror and humanity when he discovered what was being done to prisoners under his administration at Vapniarca, a forced labor camp in the Ukraine during World War II. In 1942, inmates were deliberately fed a toxic "pea fodder" by the camp commander, who knew full well it would cripple and kill them.
Both events are interwoven into the story of a deadly killer, a "silent fire" of death that burns from within and even today has killed tens of thousands and has permanently crippled hundreds of thousands of humans throughout the world. It is a killer very few know about and about which very little is being done. It is the legume called Lathyrus sativus, which contains an extremely toxic protein called beta-N-olxalyl-L-alpha-beta-diaminopropionic acid, or ODAP.
Hamilton is a library staff member at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
John S. Shaw III, J.D., Ph.D., The Overconfidence Conundrum: The Perplexing Story of Human Overconfidence.
What trait do Bill Clinton, Martha Stewart, Jose Canseco, cigarette smokers and drunk drivers have in common? Overconfidence, which plays a crucial role in people's decisions to engage in stupid, risky behaviors.
Everyone was certain that the Titantic was unsinkable. NASA engineers were supremely confident that the Columbia and Challenger space shuttles were safe. In explaining his decision to go to war with Iraq, President George Bush told the American people he was positive that Saddam Hussein was hoarding weapons of mass destruction. Despite these highly confident predictions, the Titanic sunk, the Columbia and Challanger exploded, and the U.S. found no weapons of mass destructions in Iraq. These are just a few of the many examples of the unfortunate, and often tragic, consequences of overconfident decision-making chronicled in this work.
Shaw's book focuses on several questions about the origins of human overconfidence: Are people predestined to be overconfident because it is "in their genes," or is overconfidence the product of external factors in their environment? Is human overconfidence the result of millions of years of evolution? Has it evolved because it serves to enhance the survival and reproduction of our species?
After receiving his J.D. degree from Stanford Law School in 1980, John Shaw practiced criminal law in Los Angeles for 10 years, both as a prosecutor and public defender. He earned a Ph.D. in experimental psychology from UCLA in 1994. Currently, he is a tenured associate professor of psychology at Lafayette College.