Author: Alida Brill and Michael Lockshin, MD
Release Date: February 2009
Version: Hardcover
North American Rights / Schaffner Press, Inc.
Author: Katherine Dunn
Release Date: April 2009
Version: Trade Paperback
North American Rights / Schaffner Press, Inc.
World English,Translation Rights, Audio: Inkwell Management (Richard Pine)
RICHARD LINKLATER: Shapeshifter of Independent Film
DK Holm
Fall '09
Trade Paperback
The first biography and critical look at one of indie film's most prolific and versatile auteurs (SLACKERS, DAZED AND CONFUSED, SCHOOL OF ROCK, BEFORE SUNRISE/ AFTER SUNSET, WAKING LIFE, A SCANNER DARKLY, FASTFOOD NATION) , his roots in Austin, TX, collaborations with such actors as Kevin Smith and Jack Black, and his brilliant knack of genre-bending as he moves from teen comedy to romantic comedy to sci-fi, groundbreaking animation and mocudrama. This book will also take a close look at his current and future projects such as his upcoming film, a damning sequel /homage to the '70's film THE LAST DETAIL, this time set in Iraq.
DK Holm is a resident of Portland and contributing film editor to CINEASTE and other publications. He is the author of several books, including ROBERT CRUMB (Pocket Essentials); FILM SOLEIL(Pocket Essentials); and KILL BILL; an unofficial casebook
(Glitter Books). He is also editor of R. CRUMB/CONVERSATIONS (University of
Mississippi Press).
BLOODSHOT RAINBOW: The Life and Work of John D. MacDonald
James Walling
Fall '09
Trade Paperback
John D. MacDonald, the hugely prolific bestselling writer of crime novels whose iconic hero Travis McGee became the template for dozens of contemporary mystery writers has until this book largely escaped biographical scrutiny and literary appraisal. With research
ranging from literary archives and correspondence and information gleaned from as yet unpublished military records, author James Walling will retrace Macdonald's footsteps from his years in Burma with the OSS in WWII to his single titles bestsellers, (one of which, THE EXECUTIONERS, was the basis for the movie CAPE FEAR), to the immortal Travis McGee series and the twenty-one books in which the legendary protagonist starred, as well as the final uncompleted " Black Book" which supposedly featured McGee's demise. In examining not only the mysteries and crime novels, longer works of fiction such as CONDOMINIUM, and even MacDonald's forays into sci-fi (THE GIRL, THE GOLD WATCH AND EVERYTHING) this book will firmly establish MacDonald in the firmament of quintessentially American literary figures, sadly underappreciated due to the commercial genres in which he chose to ply his trade.
James Walling is publisher and founder of THE VANCOUVER VOICE and winner of The Rivet (online) Serial Novel contest for his ongoing novel, DEATH ON THE BREEZE.
Author: Artt Frank with Pete Swan and Introduction by Stan LeveyIn this unique instructional book, Artt Frank, a veteran of countless jam sessions from the days of the 52nd street to the present, and a drummer for trumpet legend Chet Baker over the course of eighteen years, reveals his secrets as a "total ear player" and demonstrates the strategies as well as the techniques that set the real be bop drummer apart from the other types of jazz drummers. Moreover, this book goes beyond the cops-building exercises found in most drum instruction manuals, to share with readers when and how to play instead of merely what, returning the role of the jazz drummer away from flashy showman to that of empathetic accompanist. Enclosed cd provides not only click-track play along with a professional rhythm section but also studio and live recordings and a personal demonstration by Artt of some his trademark techniques.
Author: Edward Butscher (biography)Few modern poets have generated as much controversy as Sylvia Plath. In the aftermath of her suicide in 1963 at the age of thirty, Plath's popularity and stature have steadily increased due to her powerful, self-revelatory imagery and her unflinching stare into the abyss of the human soul.
Now back in print with an updated commentary by the author, Sylvia Plath: Method and Madness masterfully explores the paradoxes of this fascinating woman: the overachieving daughter desperate for approval, the tormented poet warring with her demons, the doting mother who abandons her babies, the resentful wife raging against the confines of domesticity and an unfaithful but famous husband. Butscher shows us both victim and avenging goddess.
Author: Michael GrahamBased on a true story, Michael Graham's gripping first novel of crime and redemption concerns the brutal kidnapping of a young boy during the week before Christmas, and the three detectives who lead their investigation, Ralph Kane, Isaiah Bell, and their boss, Inspector Roberta Easterly. Enraged and anguished by this savage act, seemingly motivated purely by greed, yet frustrated by the political maneuvering inside the police department, Kane and Bell must each confront personal and racial demons and cross moral boundaries in order to chase down several leads from sources within the city's various criminal networks.
The tragic loss of this child brings the community to a standstill and compels all involved, white and black, criminals and cops alike, to search for the remaining shred of goodness in their lives. In the tradition of Dennis Lehane and George Pelecanos, this is a novel of both moral compassion and chilling authenticity which delves into the character's inner conflicts alongside the intensity of the criminal investigation itself.
Author: Yehuda NirAs a Jewish boy in Poland at the outbreak of World War II, Yehuda Nir was nine years old when he witnessed his father being herded into a trick - never to be seen again - the first of countless relatives, friends, and neighbors murdered by Nazis during the Holocaust. Forced to flee to Warsaw and live in disguise as Catholics for the next five years literally under the noses of the Nazi SS and the suspicious Polish neighbors, he, along with this mother and his indomitable sister Lala live each moment in fear of discover, surviving by will, ingenuity, wit, and soften sheer luck. Nir describes these at times hair-raising, at times bitterly ironic events of his "lost childhood" with humor and lucid prose, entirely devoid of self-pity or rancor. The unforgettable memoir, now with complete original text restored from its original edition, is certain to takes its place among the timeless narratives of war, persecution, survival, and resistance.
A Novel of Africa by Johan SteynISBN #: 978-0-971-05987-0
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Father Michael's Lottery is a portrayal of the fight against AIDS as seen through the eyes of Dr. John Morgan, the leading doctor of a motley crew of surgeons and nurses in a fictional rural community hospital in southern Africa. Yet, his opponent is not only the disease itself: Morgan must also contend with the apathetic administrators, and in particular the pompous director of the hospital, Holmes, against who he wages a relentless vendetta.
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"A startling and humane medical epic"
- Publishers Weekly Review, August 2007
"An important, must-read book"
- Ian McEwan, Booker Prize Winner for Amsterdam, and author of On Chesil Beach and Saturday
Author: Michael Graham
Release Date: October 2008
Version: Hardcover
World Rights / Schaffner Press c/o Books Without Borders
This speculative contemporary police thriller provides an incendiary sequel to THE SNOW ANGEL with protagonist Ralph Kane investigating collusion between top-secret
military and law enforcement factions. As head of an undercover police counterintelligence team investigating organized crime Kane finds himself in the headlights of Homeland Security who yank him, inexplicably, off a case concerning a suspicious container ship, which in turn pits him against a deep-cover right wing organization. At the same time, he is thrown into a passionate affair with an undercover female agent while attempting to save a fellow cop and Iraq War vet from the brink of destruction. In the tradition of Robert Stone and Denis Johnson, SECRET POLICE is both a riveting contemporary thriller as well as an ominous wake-up call for our times.
Dr. Michael D. Lockshin is one of America’s preeminent experts in the long-term care of chronicallyill patients. He is a pioneer in solving health-care issues that arise with the illnesses on which he has done his most renowned research - systemic lupus erythematosus, antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, and other autoimmune diseases which especially afflict women. He is regularly listed in New York Magazine’s Best Doctors series and in Castle Connolly’s America’s Top Doctors books. Currently, Dr. Lockshin is Director of the Barbara Volcker Center for Women and Rheumatic Disease at the Hospital for Special Surgery and Professor of Medicine and Obstetrics-Gynecology at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York.In addition, Dr.
Lockshin serves as editor in chief of Arthritis & Rheumatism, the official publication of the American College of
Rheumatology and the leading journal in the field worldwide.
A world renowned researcher, Dr. Lockshin has authored nearly 300 research papers, book chapters, and books
and has edited several conference proceedings and books.
His book for the general reader, Guarded Prognosis: A Doctor and his Patients Talk about Chronic Disease and
How to Cope With It, was published by Hill and Wang, a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, in September
1998. He is currently writing, Dancing at the River’s Edge: A Patient and Her Doctor Negotiate a Life With
Chronic Illness, a personal dual memoir, written in collaboration with long-time patient Alida Brill.
Dr. Lockshin has held senior management positions at The National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.
He served first as Director of the Extramural Program of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal
and Skin Diseases and then as Acting Director of the Institute. This Institute is responsible for U.S. government
research funding in the fields of rheumatology and dermatology. He also served as Senior Advisor to the Director
at the NIH’s Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center.
Prior to joining NIH, Dr. Lockshin was a Professor of Medicine at Cornell Medical College and a staff
rheumatologist at the Hospital for Special Surgery and New York Hospital. Dr. Lockshin interned and did his
residency at Bellevue Hospital and Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases; his fellowship in
Rheumatic Diseases at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City.
Dr. Lockshin is a recognized leader in the field of rheumatology. He chaired the American Board of Internal
Medicine Committee on Rheumatology, the committee which writes the exam that certifies all US rheumatologists
in the subspecialty. He has held national offices and chaired committee at the Arthritis Foundation and the
American College of Rheumatology (ACR.) He chaired the ACR Visual Aids Committee that produced the first
Clinical Slide Collection. This collection is used by rheumatologists around the world to illustrate rheumatic
diseases and their clinical and biological manifestations. He was the first chairman of the ACR standing
Committee on Rheumatological Practice which investigated quackery in the field. He has served on the editorial
boards of Arthritis & Rheumatism, Journal of Rheumatology, Lupus, American Journal of Reproductive Immunology, and other journals.
Dr. Lockshin is an original thinker who has brought together researchers from disparate fields to solve problems in
the rheumatic disease area. He convened the first international Conference on Pregnancy and Rheumatic Disease
and the first ever Conference on Gender, Biology, and Human Disease.
He was a member of the Institute of Medicine Committee on Understanding the Biology of Sex and Gender
Differences, its Committee to Review the CDC Anthrax Vaccine Safety and Efficacy Research Program, its
Health Sciences Policy Board, and its Committee on (NIH) Centers of Excellence Programs.
Dr. Lockshin graduated cum laude from Harvard College with a BA in history and literature. He received his MD
from Harvard Medical School.
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Alida Brill is a writer and a social critic whose
interests span diverse topics. She has published books, essays and
monographs on such issues as the debate between freedom and control in
democratic society, privacy rights, the ethics surrounding decisions
about dying and death, the policy and politics of reproductive
technologies, intolerance and prejudice, community transition and
economic dislocation, the changing meaning of patriotism, censorship,
pornography and popular culture, women’s equality, girls at risk and
the coded journals of Beatrix Potter.
She is the co-author (with Herbert McClosky) of Dimensions of Tolerance: What Americans Believe about Civil Liberties, Basic Books, 1983 (second revised edition 1985.) She is the author of Nobody’s Business: The Paradoxes of Privacy, Addison-Wesley, 1990 (second revised edition 1991.) A Rising Public Voice: Women in Politics Worldwide, which was published in the spring of 1995 in collaboration with the United Nations. This book was distributed to every delegate of the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, in Beijing, China, as well as being featured at the NGO forum that accompanied the Conference.
Dimensions of Tolerance won the Choice Award as outstanding political science book of the year. The book continues to be referred to as the “leading reference” for attitudes toward tolerance and intolerance. The results of the study were carried as a breaking news story by the Associated Press wire service. The book was widely reviewed, including in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and many other weekly and monthly publications. Nobody’s Business was also the subject of critical acclaim in newspapers, including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and other magazines, and journals, as well as legal publications. Nobody’s Business has been adopted as a text in a variety of courses, and in law schools, and as part of the reading requirements in women’s studies, law and sociology and in honors courses.
Ms. Brill is the author of many articles, book reviews and essays, published in both popular and professional periodicals and journals as well as appearing on webzines. She has been a featured speaker at a variety of conferences for more than twenty-five years, and a guest lecturer at many universities and colleges. In the spring of 1991 she was a distinguished visiting professor at Peking University, Beijing, China in the department of American Culture and Politics.
A frequent contributor to anthologies her longer essays and monographs have appeared in numerous volumes, including, Freedom, Fantasy, Foes and Feminism: The Debate Around Pornography, in Women, Politics and Change; Tomorrowland at 40: Lakewood, California, in Rethinking Los Angeles; From the Shards, in To Mend the World: Women Reflect on 9/11.
She is currently writing Dancing at the River’s Edge: A Patient and Her Doctor Negotiate a Life With Chronic Illness, a personal dual memoir, written in collaboration with her physician Dr. Michael Lockshin.
Alida has written poetry since childhood, and is editing a collection of her work, entitled Songs From An Unsheltered Place. A selection will appear in the forthcoming anthology, Writers On Memory, edited by the poet and activist Marjorie Agosin.
For more than a decade Alida Brill was the director of a national research program on the lives of women and men entitled, The Changing Role of Gender in American Institutions at the Russell Sage Foundation in New York. She was co-director of the Women’s Dialogue US/USSR, one of the first programs which opened up a personal dialogue between American and Soviet women on issues relating to women’s lives and domestic policies. She has served as a program consultant for the YWCA of the USA, Rockefeller Foundation, The Girls’ Clubs, The American Jewish Congress as well as other non-profit organizations. At the Feminist Press of the City University of New York, she served as a board member as well as creating a national and international publishing imprint. She has served on numerous boards, including Save Venice, Inc. and The Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience as well as serving on committees of the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Council for Research on Women. Prior to moving to New York, Alida Brill was a research director at the Survey Research Center of the University of California, Berkeley, where, with the late Professor Herbert McClosky, she conducted large-scale national surveys on American attitudes and opinions, as well as co-directing a research program on Citizenship, which was sponsored by the Russell Sage Foundation.
Author: Michael Graham
Release Date: September 2008
Version: Trade Paperback
World Rights (Chinese lang. Sold) / Schaffner Press c/o Books Without Borders
The paperback reprint of THE SNOW ANGEL (Dec. 06), that was a Booksense Notable Book in January '07 and lauded by famed actor Sir Anthony Hopkins as a "a compelling page turner, painting in broad, bold strokes images...of an innercity nightmare." Hailed as "a gut-wrenching and superb study, a realistic and thrilling tale of the best and worst in law enforcement." -Detroit News
Johan Steyn has worked and traveled extensively across Africa, and currently lives in Botswana where he is a director of a clinic and chief heart surgeon. He is a passionate aviator, mountaineer, nature photographer, and artist as well as documentary filmmaker. This is his first novel.
