New Proposals

Complete proposals and sample chapters can be obtained by emailing John at jwlitagent@msn.com

PROPOSALS:

 Business / Economics / Entrepreneurship / Management

• Chris Johnston, America's Ultimate CEO: The Remarkable Corporate and Civic Leadership of Frederick C. Crawford
  See Authors' Website
• Kurtis Krentz, A Leader's Compass: Navigating the Daily Chaos to Become a Future-Focused Leader
• Jacob Stoller, Productivity Reimagined: 7 Performance-Killing Myths and the Path to Sustainable Growth
  See Authors' Website
• Cynthia Kaye, Small Business Success for Big Thinkers to Michael Pye, Career Press
• Thomas Lee, Why Bruce Lee Matters: How His Life & Words Can Inspire Your Business Potential to Michael Pye, Associate Publisher, Red Wheel Weiser
• Gerald J. Leonard, A Symphony of Choices to Sally Baker at John Wiley & Sons

• Jan Rutherford and Jacquie Jordan, Becoming a Self-Reliant Leader to BenBella Publishers, Matt Holt Books
• Anjali Sharma, Storied: Mastering Strategic Storytelling for Digital Transformation, Gender Diversity and Non-Data Functions to Nichlas Brealey Publishers, Hachette

• Suzanne Wertheim, Let's Talk Inclusive Language: How to Avoid Painful Mistakes, Sidestep Bias, and Create Connection to Neal Maillet, Berret-Koehler

 Personal Finance / Investing / Trading / Real Estate

• Paul Ollinger, The Fog of Wealth: Crazy Money Myths and Dangerous Lies We Tell Ourselves About Wealth, Retirement and Living a Good Life
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• Marcos Buscaglia, Beyond ESG Investing: How Wall Street Can Help Democracies Thrive or Die to Judith Newlin, McGraw-Hill Professional Books
• Pulak Prasad, Reimagining Investing: What Biological Evolution Can Teach Investors About Long-Term Success to Columbia Business School Press, Myles Thompson, Publisher

 Careers / Personal Growth / Psychology / Relationships

• Harvey Deutschendorf, Emotional Intelligence Game Changers: Simple & Powerful Ways Leaders Can Bring Their Best Self to Work & Life to Matt West at Dexterity Books
• Phillip Zimbardo, PhD and Robert Johnson, PhD, Psychology According to Shakespeare: What You Can Learn About Human Nature from Shakespeare's Great Plays to Jonathan Kurtz at Prometheus, Rowman & Littlefield

 Health / Wellness / Lifestyle / Parenting / Education

• Chef Mike Fenster. M.D., The Extraordinary Meal: How to Turn Everday Meals Into Healthy Experiences
• Kumiko Shibato, A Peaceful Death: New Views and Treatments for End-of-Life Care from Japan's Death Doula
• Linda Rossetti, Reimagining Me: A New Approach to Mastering Life's Disruptions to Suzanne Staszak-Silva, Rowman & Littlefield

 History / Biography / Politics / Current Events

• Edward Segal, Campaign Trains in American Politics: How Whistle-Stopping Politicians Use Trains to Win Our Hearts, Minds and Votes With Photo-Ops, Sound Bites and Social Media
  See Author's Website and Blog

 Science / Technology / Sports / True Crime

• Rod Pyle, Boldly Into the Darkness: The Inside Story of Apollo Flight Director Gerry Griffin and Leadership at NASA During the Golden Era of U.S. Spaceflight
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 Special Topics / Reference / Gift Books / Humor / Pop Culture

• Ashley Davis Bush & Rebecca Plummer, PhD, LaLa's Magical House: A Story of Loss & Life - a children's picture book
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• Justin Bergner, Decoding The Price is Right: Winning Strategies On and Off the Set of America's Celebrated Game Show to Jake Bonar, Prometheus Books
• Fred Katz, Holocaust Memorials and Museums Around the World: My Road to Remembrance to "Honor the Dead and Warn the Living" to Greenleaf Book Group

 Authors, Artists & Crafts Books from Japan

• The Nikoli Puzzle Company, Japan
  Nikoli is the world's leading puzzle and game development company based in Japan. Nikoli published the first puzzle magazine in 1980 and has developed more that 200 original puzzles. Nikoli puzzles are used by Sony and over 100 media outlets worldwide in newspapers and magazines. Nikoli and its founder, Maki Kaji named the popular number puzzle Sudoku and has published numerous books and calendars on Sudoku with Workman Publishers. In 2008 they launched a new series of puzzle books with Sterling Publishers introducing new puzzle games such as slitherlink, heyawake, masyu, nurikabe, slitherlink and many more. See the company's Website.
• Kuniko Kanawa, The Art of Japanese Kanzashi Design
  "Atelier Kanawa" means "the studio to produce Japanese harmony and peace" and it is run by Kuniko Kanawa, a professional Tsumami Kanzashi artisan and certified Kimono consultant whose work appears at the Japanese American National Museum. Through intensive training by one of only five master Kanzashi artisans in Japan, Kuniko's passion to preserve this beautiful traditional art and crafts has led to her working on her book in part as a memorial for her master trainer. It introduces the authentic Tsumami Kanzashi as well as the modern Kanzashi focusing of how to preserve this traditional art and culture. Kuniko's art, hairpins, and jewelry can be viewed at her website www.atelierkanawa.com and will be the basis of her new book and crafts kit.
• Jumbo Sudoku to Danny Cooper at Workman, Hachette Publishers

• Super Hard Sudoku to Workman Publishers