RIGHTS GUIDE

February 2003





Jennifer Unter
RLR Associates, Ltd.
7 West 51st Street
New York, NY 10019
T: (212) 541-8641 Fax: (212) 541-6052
Email: JUnter@RLRAssociates.net
www.rlrassociates.net/literary

FRONTLIST:

Arute, Jack

JACK ARUTE’S TALES FROM THE INDY 500
- World rights to Sports Publishing (pub date March ’04)

Bergman, Carol

ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE: Stories by Humanitarian Workers (compiled by Carol Bergman)
- U.S. rights to Robert Ellsberg at Orbis Books (ms in; galleys in Spring ’03, to be published Fall 2003)
- Introduction by John Le Carre
- UK (Earthscan)

Bosnak, Karyn

SAVE KARYN: Diary of a Girl In Debt
- U.S. rights to Alison Callahan at HarperCollins (Fall ’03 pub)

Butman, John

TOWNIE: A novel
- World rights to Marty Sheppard at Permanent Press (August 2002)

Clavin, Tom

THE PELICAN INCIDENT: A True Tale of Tragedy and Survival In the Atlantic
- World English rights to John Eaton at International Marine/McGraw-Hill (ms due September 2003)

Colby, Gerard

THE KINGDOM AND THE POWER: Saudi Oil and American Espionage at the Dawn of
the Middle East Crisis
- U.S. rights to Hugh van Dusen at HarperCollins (ms due Spring 2003)
THY WILL BE DONE: The conquest of the Amazon - Nelson Rockefeller and
Evangelism the Age of Oil with Charlotte Dennett
- U.S. rights HarperCollins (1995) - reverted
- Brazil (Editora Record)

Dennett, Charlotte

THY WILL BE DONE: The conquest of the Amazon - Nelson Rockefeller and
Evangelism the Age of Oil with Gerard Colby

De la Cruz, Melissa

FRESH OFF THE BOAT: YA novel
- North American rights to Abby McAden at HarperCollins (ms due Spring/Summer ’03; Fall ’04 pub)
CAT’S MEOW: Novel
- World rights to Doris Cooper at Scribner (2001)

Dierker, Larry

THIS AIN’T BRAIN SURGERY: How to Win a Pennant Without Losing Your Mind
- World rights to S&S (ms in; galleys in 3/31; pub July 2003)

Domar, Dr. Alice

SELF-NURTURE: Learning to Care for Yourself as Effectively as You Care for Everyone
Else with Henry Dreher
- World rights to Pam Dorman at Viking Penguin (hc 2000; Penguin pb 2001)
- First serial to Family Circle
- Second serial to Natural Health
- Audio rights to Books on Tape (unabridged)
- Spain (Ediciones Urano)
HEALING MIND, HEALTHY WOMAN with Henry Dreher
- World rights to Henry Holt (hc 1996; Delta/Dell paperback 1997)
- Audio rights to HarperAudio
- UK (HarperCollins), Brazil (Editora Campus), Germany (Goldmann), France (Jean-Claude Lattes)

Dougan, Andy (co-agented with Jane Judd – Judd holds translation rights)

DYNAMO: Defending the Honor of Kiev
- U.S. rights to Mark Weinstein at Lyons Press (Sept 2002)
- UK (4th Estate), Finland (WSOY), Holland (Balans), France (Editions La Fosse aux Ours), Sweden (Norstedts)

The Grief Recovery Institute (John James & Russell Friedman)

Untitled book on relationships
- U.S. rights to M. Evans (ms due July 31, 2003; pub Winter ’04)
WHEN CHILDREN GRIEVE: For Adults to Help Children Deal With Death, Divorce,
Moving, Pet Loss and Other Losses
- U.S. rights to Gail Winston at HarperCollins (June 2001)
- Audio rights to Recorded Books (unabridged; pub Nov 2002)
- Korea (Bookhouse)
THE GRIEF RECOVERY HANDBOOK: Action Program for Moving Beyond Death,
Divorce, and Other Losses
- U.S. rights to HarperCollins (1998)
- Japan (Asuka Shinsha), Korea (Bookhouse), Brazil (Editora Pensamento-Cultrix – Portuguese language only)
- Audio rights to Recorded Books (unabridged; pub Jan 2002)

Harrison, John

OFF THE MAP: The Call of the Amazonian Wild
- U.S. rights to Yuval Taylor at A Cappella Books (pub Spring ’04)
- Originally published in the UK by Summersdale (2001)

Kalinsky, George

JEWISH WORLD IN AMERICA
- U.S. rights to Charles Miers at Universe
RABBIS: 100 Unexpected Photographs
- U.S. rights to Charles Miers at Universe (pub date September 2002)
- Introduction by Senator Joseph Lieberman, Preface by Kirk Douglas
THE NEW YORK KNICKS: The Official 50th Anniversary Celebration
- U.S. rights to Macmillan (1996)
THE NEW YORK METS: A Photographic History
- U.S. rights to Macmillan (1995)

Kilham, Ben (with Ed Gray)

AMONG THE BEARS: Raising Orphan Cubs in the Wild
- World rights (excluding UK) to Jack McCrae at Henry Holt (March 2002)
- Germany (Goldmann), Czech (Euromedia), Slovak (Ikar-Slovakia)

Kiner, Ralph (with Danny Peary)

BASEBALL DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER: Ralph Kiner Looks at Fifty Major League Years
- U.S. rights to Tom Bast at Triumph Books (ms due August ’03, Spring ’04 pub)

The Knot (Carley Roney)

BRIDE’S JOURNAL
- World Rights to Debra Lande at Chronicle (materials due May 15, ’03, Fall ’04 pub)
WEDDING FLOWERS
- World rights to Mikyla Bruder at Chronicle (January 2003)
WEDDING DRESSES
- World rights to Chronicle (January 2002)
THE KNOT GUIDE TO WEDDING VOWS AND TRADITIONS: Readings, Rituals,
Music, Dances, Speeches and Toasts
- U.S. rights to Broadway Books (2000)
THE KNOT THE ULTIMATE WEDDING PLANNER
- U.S. rights to Broadway Books (1999)
THE KNOT COMPLETE GUIDE TO WEDDINGS IN THE REAL WORLD
- U.S. rights to Broadway Books (1998)

Kubey, Craig

7 STEPS TO A PAIN-FREE LIFE: How to Rapidly Relieve Back and Neck Pain Using
the McKenzie Method with Robin McKenzie
- U.S. rights to Brian Tart at Dutton (October 2000; Plume pb October 2001)
- Russia (Popuri Publishers), Korea (Prunsol)
PAT SUMMERALL’S SPORTS IN AMERICA
- U.S. rights to HarperCollins (1996)
- Japan (Asahi Shinbun Sha)

Lukas, Christopher (Kit)

WHOSE DEATH IS IT, ANYWAY?: A Handbook on How to Maintain Control at The
End of Life (tentative title) with Karen Kaplan
- World English rights to Elizabeth Zack at John Wiley & Sons (ms in)
DIRECTING FOR FILM AND TELEVISION
- U.S. rights to Allworth Press (September 2001)
SILENT GRIEF: Living In The Wake Of Suicide with Dr. Henry Seiden
- U.S. rights to Scribner 1987, Bantam 1990 (reverted)
- China (PsyGarden Publishing)

McCarver, Tim

FEW AND CHOSEN: The Greatest Cardinals of All Time with Phil Pepe
- U.S. rights to Tom Bast at Triumph Books (books in, pub Spring 2003)
THE PERFECT SEASON: WHY 1998 WAS BASEBALL’S GREATEST YEAR with
Danny Peary
- U.S. rights to Bruce Tracy at Villard (1999)
- Audio rights to Recorded Books (unabridged)
TIM McCARVER’S BASEBALL FOR BRAIN SURGEONS AND OTHER FANS with
Danny Peary
- U.S. rights to Villard (1998 – hc and pb)
OH, BABY, I LOVE IT! with Ray Robinson
- U.S. rights to Villard (hc 1987; pb Dell 1988)

Nierenberg, Roger (with John Butman)

THE MUSIC PARADIGM (tentative title)
- World rights to Lynn Rosen at Running Press (ms due Dec ’03, pub Fall ’04)

PGA of America Inc.

PGA MANUAL OF GOLF with Don Wade
- World rights (excluding Japanese) to Rick Wolff at Warner (May 2002)
THE PGA MANUAL OF GOLF
- World rights to Macmillan (hc 1991; pb 1997) - reverted

Planck, Nina

THE REAL FOOD REVOLUTION: How to Grow, Prepare and Eat Good Food
- World English rights to Susan Friedland at HarperCollins (ms due Feb 2004)

Plowden, David

AMERICAN BARNS: Photography
- World rights to Jim Mairs at WW Norton (to be published November 2003)
BRIDGES
- World rights to WW Norton (reissued May 2002)

Reuben, Shelly

SPENT MATCHES
- World rights to Scribner (1996) - reverted
ORIGIN AND CAUSE
- World rights to Scribner (1994) – reverted
- Audio rights to Blackstone Audio
JULIAN SOLO
- U.S. rights to Dodd Mead (1988)
- Nominated for an Edgar Award for Best First Novel
- Japan (Hayakawa)

Scott, Manda (co-agented with Jane Judd – Judd holds translation rights)

ABSOLUTION
- US rights to Kate Miciak at Bantam
- Headline (UK)
NO GOOD DEED
- US rights to Kate Miciak at Bantam (May 2002)
- Nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Novel 2003
- Headline (UK), Anthos (Holland)
STRONGER THAN DEATH
- US rights to Bantam (2000)
- Headline (UK)
NIGHTMARES
- US rights to Bantam (1999)
- Headline (UK), Gustav Lubbe (Germany), Kodansha (Japan)
HEN’S TEETH
- US rights to Bantam (1999)
- Women’s Press (UK), Calmann Levy (France), Gustav Lubbe (Germany)

Torre, Joe

JOE TORRE’S GROUND RULES FOR WINNERS with Henry Dreher
- World rights to Gretchen Young at Hyperion (hc 1999; pb Sept 2000)
- Audio rights to Simon & Schuster Audio
CHASING THE DREAM: MY LIFELONG JOURNEY TO THE WORLD SERIES with
Tom Verducci
- U.S. rights to Bantam (1997)
- Audio rights to BDD Audio

Vankin, Jonathan & Whalen, John

80 GREATEST CONSPIRACIES OF ALL TIME (continuation of “Greatest Conspiracies” series)
- World rights to Bruce Bender at Citadel Press/Kensington (ms in; to be published Sept. ‘03)
BASED ON A TRUE STORY (BUT WITH MORE CAR CRASHES): The Facts Behind
Your Favorite Movies
- U.S. rights to Yuval Taylor at A Cappella Books (ms due July 15, 2003)

Wade, Don

TAKE DEAD AIM
- World rights to Sleeping Bear Press (Feb 2002)
- Golf novel
"AND THEN JUSTIN TOLD SERGIO…"
- World rights Matthew Carnicelli at Contemporary Books (April 2002)
- Audio rights to American Audio (to be published 2002) – abridged & unabridged
TALKING ON TOUR: The Best Anecdotes from Golf’s Master Storyteller
- World rights Contemporary Books (May 2001)
- Forward by Matt Lauer
"AND THEN THE SHARK TOLD JUSTIN…"
- World rights Contemporary Books (2000)
- Audio rights to American Audio (Spring 2001) – abridged & unabridged
"AND THEN TIGER TOLD THE SHARK..." (Contemporary Books, 2000)
- Audio rights to American Audio - abridged & unabridged
"AND THEN FREDDIE TOLD TIGER..." (Contemporary Books, 1998)
- Audio rights to American Audio - abridged & unabridged
"AND THEN SEVE TOLD FREDDIE…" (Contemporary Books, 1997)
- Audio rights to American Audio - abridged & unabridged
"AND THEN FUZZY TOLD SEVE..." (Contemporary Books, 1996)
- Audio rights to American Audio - abridged & unabridged
"AND THEN CHI CHI TOLD FUZZY..." (Contemporary Books, 1995)
- Audio rights to American Audio - abridged & unabridged
"AND THEN ARNIE TOLD CHI CHI..." (Contemporary Books, 1993)
- Audio rights to Dove Audio
SWING THOUGHTS: The World’s Greatest Golfers Share Their Keys to Mastering the
Game
- World rights to Contemporary Books (1993)
AMY ALCOTT'S GUIDE TO WOMEN'S GOLF with Amy Alcott
- World rights to Dutton (hc 1991; Plume pb 1993)
"AND THEN JACK SAID TO ARNIE..." (Contemporary Books, 1991)
- Audio rights to Dove Audio

Weiss, Ann

THE LAST ALBUM: EYES FROM THE ASHES OF AUSCHWITZ
- World rights to W.W. Norton (Jan 2001)

Weiss, MA, Stefanie Iris & Schostak, MA, Sherene

SURVIVING SATURN’S RETURN: A Women’s Guide to Turning Thirty
- World rights to Michele Pezzuti at Contemporary/McGraw-Hill (ms in, Jan ’04 pub date)

Winner, David (co-agented with Jane Judd – Judd holds translation rights)

BRILLIANT ORANGE: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football
- US rights to Tracy Carns at Overlook (May 2002)
- Bloomsbury (UK), Prometheus (Holland), Nippon Sports (Japan), Eichborn (Germany)

Zimmer, Don (with Bill Madden)

ZIM: A Baseball Life
- U.S. rights to Total Sports (April 2001; pb Contemporary Books March 2002)
- 6 weeks on New York Times Bestseller list
- Audio rights (unabridged) to Blackstone Audio (August 2001)

BACKLIST:

Berg, Karen

GET TO THE POINT (Bantam, hc 1989, pb 1990)
- Audio rights to Bantam Audio
- China (Scholars Publishing), Japan Audio (Diamond Inc.)

Adams, Marcia

NEW RECIPES FROM QUILT COUNTRY: More Food and Folkways from the
Amish and Mennonites (Clarkson Potter, 1997)
RECIPES REMEMBERED (Clarkson Potter, 1995)
HEIRLOOM RECIPES (Clarkson Potter, 1994)
CHRISTMAS IN THE HEARTLAND (Clarkson Potter, 1992)
HEARTLAND: The Best of the Old and the New from Midwest Kitchens
(Clarkson Potter, 1991)
COOKING FROM QUILT COUNTRY (Clarkson Potter, 1989)

Chappellet, Molly

GARDENS OF THE WINE COUNTRY (Chronicle Books, 1998)
A VINEYARD GARDEN: Ideas From the Earth for Growing, Cooking, and
Entertaining (Viking Studio, 1991)
- Winner of the James Beard Award

Foote, Shelby

THE BELEAGUERED CITY: The Vicksburg Campaign (Modern Library, 1995)
- Audio rights to Modern Library Audio
STARS IN THEIR COURSES: The Gettysburg Campaign (Modern Library, 1994)
- Audio rights to Modern Library Audio
CHICKAMUGA AND OTHER CIVIL WAR STORIES (Dell, 1993)
SEPTEMBER, SEPTEMBER (Random House, 1977)
- Audio rights to Recorded Books (unabridged)
JORDAN COUNTY (Dial, 1964; Vintage pb 1992)
- Audio rights to Blackstone Audio (unabridged)
THE CIVIL WAR: A Narrative – 3 Volumes (Random House, 1958
- UK (The Bodley Head / Pimlico paperback)
- Audio rights to Blackstone Audio (unabridged)
SHILOH (Dial, 1952; Vintage pb 1991)
- UK (Pimlico/Canongate)
- Audio rights to Recorded Books (unabridged)
LOVE IN A DRY SEASON (Dial, 1951; Vintage pb 1992)
- Audio rights to Blackstone Audio (unabridged)
FOLLOW ME DOWN (Random House, 1950; Vintage pb 1993)
- Audio rights to Blackstone Audio (unabridged)
TOURNAMENT (Dial, 1949; Summa pb 1987)
- Audio rights to Blackstone Audio (unabridged)

Mathias, Barbara

40 WAYS TO RAISE A NON-RACIST CHILD with Mary Ann French (World
rights to HarperCollins, 1996)
BETWEEN SISTERS: Secret Rivals, Intimate Friends (U.S. rights to Delacorte
1993, 1994)

McLagan, Ian

ALL THE RAGE: A Riotous Romp Through Rock & Roll History (Sidgwick &
Jackson, 1998; Billboard Books, 2000)

Peary, Danny

THE GAME OF THEIR LIVES (Macmillan, 1996)
WE PLAYED THE GAME: 65 Players Remember Baseball's Greatest Era 1947-64
(editor) (Hyperion 1994, 1995; Black Dog & Leventhal 2002)
ALTERNATE OSCARS (Simon & Schuster, 1993)
- UK: S&S
CULT BASEBALL PLAYERS (editor)
CULT MOVIE STARS (Simon & Schuster 1991, Fireside 1992)
- UK (S&S)
CULT MOVIES III (Fireside, 1988)
GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC (Fireside, 1986)
SCREEN FLIGHTS, SCREEN FANTASIES (editor)
CULT MOVIES II (Dell, 1983)
- Korea (Minumsa)
CULT MOVIES (Delacorte, 1981)
- Korea (Minumsa), UK (Hutchinson)
THE AMERICAN ANIMATED CARTOON: An Anthology (co-editor) (Dutton,
1980)
CLOSE-UPS: THE MOVIE STAR BOOK (editor) (Workman, 1978)

Spring, Janis Abrahms

AFTER THE AFFAIR: How to Restore Trust and Rebuild Intimacy When a
Partner Has Been Unfaithful
- World rights, except UK and Australian rights HarperCollins (hc 1996, pb 1997); Australia/NZ (Hodder & Stoughton) - reverted, Portuguese – Brazil only (Distribuidora Record), Greece (Editions Thymari), Germany (Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag), Japan (Aspect Corporation), China (Commonwealth – simplified characters), Indonesia (PT Gramedia), Korea (Joongang M&B)
- Audio rights to Harper Audio

Thornton, Jim

THE ARGININE SOLUTION: The First Guide to America’s New Cardio-
Enhancing Supplement with Dr. Robert Fried and Dr. Merrell Woodson
(Warner, 1999)

Vose, Ken

THE CONVERTIBLE: An Illustrated History of a Dream Machine (World rights
to Chronicle, 1999)
BLUE GUITAR (World rights Chronicle Books, 1998)
THE CAR: PAST AND PRESENT (Chronicle Books)
DEAD PEDAL (Dell, 1992)
OVERSTEER (Dell, 1991)
- Audio rights to Blackstone Audio (unabridged)
GREASED LIGHTNING (co-author)

Yount, John
THIEF OF DREAMS (Viking Penguin, 1991)
- Thorndike Large Print
- Germany (Econ)
TOOTS IN SOLITUDE (St. Martin’s Press, 1984)
- UK (Hodder & Stoughton)
HARDCASTLE (St. Martin’s/Marek, 1980)
- Film option to Disney Pictures
THE TRAPPER’S LAST SHOT (Viking Penguin, 1973; Popular Library, 1976)
WOLF AT THE DOOR (Random House, 1967)

Children's Books

Aaron, Jane

WHEN I’M JEALOUS
- U.S. rights to Golden Books (1998)
WHEN I’M ANGRY
- U.S. rights to Golden Books (1998)
WHEN I’M SAD
- U.S. rights to Golden Books (1998)
WHEN I’M AFRAID
- U.S. rights to Golden Books (1998)

Beecham, Jahnna/Hillgartner, Malcolm

I’M COUNTING TO 10: Hope and Humor for Frazzled Parents
- World rights to Sorin Books (February 2001)
BAD NEWS BALLET -- a ten book series (Scholastic)
HART AND SOUL -- an eight book mystery series (Bantam)
ROCK 'N' REBELS -- a series for young readers (Bantam)
SCARED STIFF (Scholastic)
SCARED TO DEATH (Scholastic)
CLANDESTINY -- interactive CD ROM game (Virgin, 1996)
12-book ZODIAC series (HarperCollinsUK/HarperUS, 1996)
REBEL ANGELS (HarperCollins, 1997)
JEWEL KINGDOM series (Scholastic)

Bertholf, Bret

THE LONG GONE LONESOME HISTORY OF COUNTRY MUSIC: picture book
- U.S. rights to Little, Brown

Ehrenhaft, Dan

TELL IT TO NAOMI : Young Adult novel
- World rights to Wendy Loggia at Random House Children’s Books (ms due Spring ’03)

Simon, Jo Ann

THOROUGHBRED series (HarperPaperbooks)
Adult romance titles:
BELOVED CAPTAIN (Avon, 1988)
HOLD FAST TO LOVE (Avon, 1983)
LOVE ONCE IN PASSING (Avon, 1981)

Striker, Susan

YOUNG AT ART : Teaching Toddlers Self-Expression, Problem-Solving Skills and an
Appreciation for Art 
- U.S. rights to Deb Brody at Henry Holt (October 2001)
- Grijalbo (Mexico), Epsilon (Turkey)
NATURE’S WONDERS
- U.S. rights to Henry Holt (1998)
ARTISTS AT WORK: An Anti-Coloring Book (Henry Holt, 1996)
CELEBRATIONS: An Anti-Coloring Book (Henry Holt, 1995)
THE CIRCUS ANTI-COLORING BOOK (Henry Holt, 1994)
THE NEWSPAPER ANTI-COLORING BOOK (Henry Holt, 1992)
THE MYSTERY ANTI-COLORING BOOK (Henry Holt, 1991)
- to be reissued by Holt Spring 2003
PLEASE TOUCH
- World rights to Simon & Schuster (1985),
- Nippon (Japan)
THE SUPER-POWERS ANTI-COLORING BOOK (Grosset and Dunlap, 1984)
ANTI-COLORING BOOK FOR ADULTS (Henry Holt, 1983)
THE INVENTORS ANTI-COLORING BOOK (Henry Holt, 1983)
THE ANTI-COLORING CALENDAR (Henry Holt, 1983)
THE FIFTH ANTI-COLORING BOOK (Henry Holt, 1982)
ANTI-COLORING BOOK OF MASTERPIECES (Henry Holt, 1982)
- to be reissued by Holt Fall 2003
THE ANTI-COLORING BOOK OF RED-LETTER DAYS (Henry Holt, 1981)
THE FOURTH ANTI-COLORING BOOK (Henry Holt, 1981)
- to be reissued by Holt Fall 2003
ANTI-COLORING BOOK OF EXPLORING SPACE ON EARTH (Henry Holt, 1980)
THE THIRD ANTI-COLORING BOOK (Henry Holt, 1980)
- to be reissued by Holt Spring 2003
THE SECOND ANTI-COLORING BOOK (Scholastic, 1979)
- reissued by Holt Fall 2001
- Libra (Bulgaria)
THE ANTI-COLORING BOOK (Scholastic, 1978)
- reissued by Holt Fall 2001
- Libra (Bulgaria)