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Table of Contents All eBook Pricing Matches the Hardcover/ Paperback Counterpart

Ten Speed Press

3

Broadway Hardcovers

25

Broadway Paperbacks

39

Broadway Business

57

Doubleday Religion

69

Crown, Crown Business, Crown Forum

81

Harmony Books and Shaye Areheart Books

107

Three Rivers Press

129

Clarkson Potter

177

Potter Craft

193

Watson-Guptill

203

Potter Style

219

Author/Title Index

241

Foreign Reps/Agents

244

Ordering Information

248

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10 Laws of Enduring Success, The

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Box of Beasties

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De Laurentiis, Giada

187

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109

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79

13 Is the New 18

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Age Is Just a Number

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Definitive Guide to Cancer, 3rd Edition

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Bromberg Bros. Blue Ribbon Cookbook

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Emperor of Powder

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Experimental Drawing, 30th Anniversary Edition

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18

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Gold Medal Abs and More

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Greatest Trade Ever, The

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Jane Austen Mini Journal (Illustrated) Jane Austen Note Cards— Pride & Prejudice

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Keith and The Girl

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Keith and The Girl’s Smart Answers to Your Stupid Relationship Questions

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Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors, The*

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Last Secret, The

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Leapman, Melissa Lebovitz, David Lecture Notes

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In the Absence of God

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Living Well Beyond Breast Cancer

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Informer, The

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Living with What You Love

191

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ScreamFree Marriage

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Second Sight

Onken, Nick

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Secrets of Eden

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84

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216

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112

113

Vine, Barbara

165

Seek God Everywhere

76

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23

Seized!*

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119

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67

Payback Time

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195

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41

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41

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Penguin and the Leviathan, The

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Shift Your Habit

167

Wedlock

162

Weekend Novelist Rewrites the Novel, The

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184

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Skloot, Rebecca

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Skinny, The

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220-240

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SoNo Baking Company Cookbook, The

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173

185

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Soul of Leadership, The

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15

Start Over, Finish Rich

40

What Color Is Your Parachute? for Teens, 2nd Edition*

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99

Stone, Chris*

20

239 96 192

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Ray, Rachael

192

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207

Surviving Your Stupid, Stupid Decision to Go to Grad School

55

Reading Journal, The

240

Swallow, Andrew

23

194

Ready for Dessert

21

Swanson, Eric

156

Real Life Body Book, The

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Sweet Dreams/Nightmares Journal

226

35

Sweet Life in Paris, The

51

Switch

64

Red Carpet Ready*

112

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47

Resnick, Lynda

65

Rework

95

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14

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209

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156

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112

Road from Ruin, The

85

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105

Rogers, Elizabeth

167

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55

Rubies in the Orchard

65

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Taste of Honey, A

49

Tea Enthusiast’s Handbook, The Tea with Hezbollah

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Ten Minutes from Home*

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171

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204

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There’s a Word For It

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79

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67

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181

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Ubuntu

66

17

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151

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204

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Whimsical Bakehouse, The

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102

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87 150

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41

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45

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65

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147

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206

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73

Wolff, Michael

44

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189

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179

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84 91

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163

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The Friedrich Agency 136 East 57th Street, 19th Floor New York, NY 10022 Tel: 212-317-8810 lcarson@friedrichagency. com Frederick Hill Bonnie Nadell 8899 Beverly Blvd Suite 805 Los Angeles, CA 90048 Tel: 310-860-9605 Fax: 310-860-9672 Gail Ross Literary Agency 1666 Connecticut Ave NW #501 Washington, DC 2009 Tel: 202-328-3282 [email protected] Gelfman Schneider Literary Agents 250 West 57th Street, Suite 2515 New York, NY 10107 Tel: 212-245-8540 The Gernert Company 136 East 57th Street, 18th Floor New York, NY 10022 Tel: 212-838-7777 Fax: 212-838-6020 Hachette Living 43 Quai de Grenelle Paris 75905 France Tel: +01 43 92 30 00 Ilex Press The Old Candlemakers West Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2NZ England Tel: +44 (0)1273 403 124 Fax: +44 (0)1273 487 441 International Creative Management 825 Eigth Avenue New York, NY 10019 Tel: 212-556-1700 Fax: 212-556-5665 InkWell Management 521 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2600 New York, NY 10175 Tel: 212-922-3500 Fax: 212-922-0535 Irene Goodman Literary Agency 80 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1101 New York, NY 10011 Tel: 212-604-0330 Fax: 212-675-1381

Jane Rotrosen Agency 318 East 51st Street New York, NY 10022 Tel: 212-593-4330 Fax: 212-935-6985 Janis A. Donnaud & Associates 525 Broadway, Suite 201 New York, NY 10012 Tel: 212-431-2664 Fax: 212-431-2667 Janklow & Nesbit Associates 445 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022 Tel: 212-421-1700 Fax: 212-980-3671 Jacqui Small, LLP 7 Greenland Street London NW1 OND England Tel: +44 (0)20 7284 7161 Fax: +44 (0)20 7485 4902 Jean V Naggar Literary Agency 216 East 75 Street, Suite 1E New York, NY 10021 Tel: 212-794-1082 Fax: 212-794-3605 Joanna Pulcini Literary Management 211 South Street #511 Philadelphia, PA 19147 Tel: 215-279-7360 Fax: 215-279-7364 Joseph Durepos Agency 2700 O’Hare Court Woodridge, IL 60517 Tel: 630-852-5298 [email protected] Joy Harris Literary Agency 156 Fifth Avenue #617 New York, NY 10010 Tel: 212-924-6269 Fax: 212-924-6609 Kneerim & Williams 225 Franklin Street Boston, MA 02110 [email protected] Kuhn Projects 126 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3A New York, NY 10011 Tel: 212-929-2227 Fax: 212-929-2583 Kyle Cathie Ltd 122 Arlington Road London NW1 7HP England Tel: +44 (0)20 7692 7215 Fax: +44 (0)20 7692 7260 Lark Productions 45 Main Street, Suite 3R Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706 Tel: 914-674-4995

Laura Dail Literary Agency, Inc. 350 Seventh Avenue, Suite #2003 New York, NY 10001 Tel: 212-239-2859 Fax: 212-947-0460

Lyons Literary LLC 116 West 23rd Street, Suite 500 New York, NY 10011 Tel: 212-851-8428

The Miller Agency 630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 1102 G New York, NY 10036 Tel: 212-206-0913 Fax: 212-206-1473

Level Five Media, LLC 130 West 42nd Street, Suite 1902 New York, NY 10036 Tel: 212-575-4600

Manus & Associates LIT Agency 425 Sherman Avenue, Suite 200 Palo Alto, CA 94306 Tel: 650-470-5151 Fax: 650-470-5159

Levine Greenberg Literary 307 Seventh Avenue, Suite 2407 New York, NY 10001 Tel: 212-337-0934 Fax: 212-337-0948

Margret McBride Literary Agency 7744 Fay Avenue, Suite 200 La Jolla, CA 92037 Tel: 858-454-1550

LJK Literary Management 708 Third Avenue, 16th Floor New York, NY 10017 Tel: 212-221-8797 Fax: 212-221-8722

Marie Brown Associates Inc. 412 West 154th Street New York, NY 10032-6302 Tel: 212-939-9725 Fax: 212-939-9728

The Park Literary Group, LLC 270 Lafayette Street, Suite 1504 New York, NY 10012 Tel: 212-691-3500

Marly Rusoff & Associates 811 Palmer Road, Suite AA Bronxville, NY 10708 Tel: 914-961-7939

PFD New York 78 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10011 Tel: 212-626-6510

Martell Agency 1350 Avenue of the Americas Suite 1205 New York, NY 10019 Tel: 212-317-2672 Fax: 212-317-2767

Quadrille Publishing 5th Floor, Alhambra House 27-31 Charing Cross Road London WC2H OLS UK Tel: +44 (0)20 7839 7117 Fax: +44 (0)20 7839 7118

Lindstrom Literary Management 871 North Greenbrier Street Arlington, VA 22205 Tel: 703-522-4730 [email protected] Literary Agency East LTD The Stanford Building 51 East 25th Street, Suite 401 New York, NY 10010 Tel: 212-274-1616 Fax: 203-744-6010 Liz Dawson Associates LLC 240 West 35 St.,Suite 500 New York, NY 10001 Tel: 212-868-1365 Fax: 212-947-0460 Loretta Barrett Books, Inc. 101 Fifth Avenue, 11th Floor New York, NY 10003 Tel: 212-242-3420 Loretta Belli Literary Agency 54 Hartford Hs 35 Tavistock Crest, Notting Hill London W11 1AY UK Tel: 020 7727 8547 lorella@lorellabelliagency. com Lowenstein-Yost Associates 121 West 27th Street, Suite 601 New York, NY 10001 Tel: 212-206-1630 Fax: 212-727-0280 Lukeman Literary Management, Ltd. 157 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11211 Tel: 718-599-8988 Fax: 718-599-8988

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia 11 West 42nd Street, 25th floor New York, NY 10036 Tel: 212-827-8000

Murdoch Books UK Limited Erico House, 6th Floor 93-99 Upper Richmond Road, Putney London SW15 2TG United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 20 8785 5995 Fax: +44 (0) 20 8785 5985 Ned Leavitt Agency 70 Wooster Street #4F New York, NY 10012 Tel: 212-334-0999

Queen Literary Agency 850 7th Avenue, Suite 704 New York, NY 10019 Tel: 212-974-8334 Fax: 212-974-8347

Mary Evans Inc. 242 East 5th Street New York, NY 10003 Tel: 212-979-0880 [email protected]

The Ralph Vicinanza Agency 303 West 18th Street New York, NY 10011 Tel: 212-924-7090 Fax 212-691-9644

Mccormick & Williams LLC 37 West 20th Street, Suite 606 New York, NY 10011 Tel: 212-691-9726 pm@mccormickwilliams. com

Random House UK 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road London SW1V 2SA UK Tel: +44(0)20 7840 8400 Fax: +44(0)20 7233 8791

Mcintosh & Otis, Inc. 353 Lexington Avenue, 15th Floor New York, NY 10016 Tel: 212-687-7400 Fax: 212-687-6894 Media Motion International 860 Via de la Paz, Suite F5 Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 Tel: 310-573-5060 [email protected]

Raphael Sagalyn, Inc. 4922 Fairmont Ave, Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20814 Tel: 301-718-6440 Fax: 301-718-6444 Regal Literary 1140 Broadway New York, NY 10001 Tel: 212-684-7900 Fax: 212-684-7906 Renaissance Literary & Talent Agency P.O. Box 17379 Beverly Hills, CA 90209 (323) 848-8305

RotoVision SA Sheridan House 112-116A Western Road, Hove, East Sussex BN3 1DD, England Tel: +44 (0)1273 716 010 Fax: +44 (0)1273 727 269 Sanford J. Greenburger Associates 55 Fifth Avenue, 15th Floor New York, NY 10003 Tel: 212-206-5608 Fax: 212-463-8718 Scott Waxman Agency, Inc. 80 5th Avenue, Suite 1101 New York, NY 10011 Tel: 212-675-5556 Fax: 212-675-1381 Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency 276 Fifth Avenue, Suite 708 New York, NY 10001 Tel: 212-679-8686 Fax: 212-679-6710 The Spieler Agency 154 West 57 Street, 13th Floor New York, NY 10019 Tel: 212-757-4439 Fax: 212-333-2019 Solow Literary Enterprises, Inc. 862 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. #252 San Anselmo, CA 94960 Tel: 415-456-2358 [email protected]

Trident Media Group 41 Madison Avenue, 36th Floor New York, NY 10010 Tel: 212-751-0965 Fax: 212-838-6672 Vigliano Associates, LTD 405 Park Avenue, Suite 1700 New York, NY 10022 Tel: 212-888-8525 Fax: 212-888-8550 Wallace Literary Agency 301 East 79 Street #14J New York, NY 10075 Tel: 212-570-9090 [email protected] Waterside Productions, Inc. 2055 Oxford Avenue Cardiff, CA 92007 Tel: 760-632-9190 [email protected] Wendy Sherman Associates 450 Seventh Avenue, Suite 2307 New York, NY 10123 Tel: 212-279-9027 William Morris Agency 1325 Avenue of the Americas 16th Floor New York, NY 10019 Tel: 212-586-5100 Fax: 212-246-3583 The Writers House 21 West 26th Street New York, NY 10010 Tel: 212-685-2400 Fax: 212-685-1781

The Steinberg Agency, Inc. 234 Fifth Avenue, Ste 421 New York, NY 10001 Tel: 212-213-9120 Fax: 212-213-9462

Writers’ Representatives, LLC 116 W. 14th St., 11th Fl. New York, NY 10011-7305 Tel: 212-620-9009 Fax: 212-620-0023

Sterling Lord Literistic 65 Bleecker Street New York, NY 10012 Tel: 212-780-6050 Fax: 212-780-6095

The Wylie Agency 250 West 57th Street, Suite 2114, New York, NY 10107 Tel: 212-246-0069 Fax: 212-586-8953

The Stuart Agency 260 West 52nd Street, 24C New York, NY 10019 Tel: 212-586-2711 Fax: 212-977-1488 Stuart Bernstein Representation 63 Carmine Street #3D New York, NY 10014 Tel: 212-924-1894 Fax: 212-924-6467 Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency 381 Park Avenue South, Suite 914 New York, NY 10016 Tel: 212-725-5288 Fax: 212-725-5288

Yates & Yates 1100 Town & Country Rd, Suite 1300 Orange, CA 92868 Tel: 714-480-4000 [email protected] Zachary Shuster Harmsworth LLC 1776 Broadway, Suite 1405 New York, New York 10019 Tel: 212-765-6900 Fax: 212-765-6490

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