Publishers Marketplace: Steven Harris

CURRENT PROJECTS:

PARENTING:

Jennie Lee – YOGA MOM OFF HER MAT: 10 YOGA SUTRAS TO STAY SANE AND TO PARENT CONSCIOUSLY – A concise "Yogi's Handbook" for parents who want practical ways to bring the spiritual side of yoga to their daily parenting challenges - a light hearted guide in how to LIVE Yoga every day with our families utilizing Transformative Yoga Therapy, a process Jennie Lee developed based on her own experiences working with thousands of clients, as well as twenty-one years of study in personal development, spiritual psychology, body centered process therapy, yoga philosophy, practice and meditation. Audience is the new demographic being titled "Yoga Moms" by Entrepreneur Magazine and Blinx search engine. There are over 18 million people practicing yoga today, 72% are women in their child rearing years (18-54). They are buying ALL kinds of tools and guides and props to keep them focused on their 'path.'

Latham Thomas - Dr. Mehmet Oz said of her, "Latham Thomas is a fitness and nutrition power house...she's my secret weapon.” She is a certified holistic health counselor and the founder of Tender Shoots Wellness, a boutique holistic lifestyle practice that serves women along their journey into motherhood. Latham’s list of clients includes: Veronica Webb, Lauren Hutton, Drena Deniro, and Zac Posen,. She has been featured in: NY Daily News, Time Out NY, Elle Magazine, Working Mother Magazine, Ideal Bite, Urban Baby, The Examiner, Channel 7 Eyewitness News, Fox 5 news, Good Morning America, Inside Edition, and the We Network. She is at work on her first book, MAMA GLOW, a new way of looking at pregnancy and wellness which includes stories from some of her celebrity clients.

MEMOIR:

Joseph Clifford - JUNKIE LOVE, a haunting memoir of his drug-addicted, homeless life on the streets of S.F., for which he has received accolades from Dan Wakefield, Ravi Shankar, John Dufresne, Alan Kaufman, David Corbett, Mitch Kaplan, celebrated owner of Miami’s Books and Books, and many others. His work has appeared in Bathhouse, Big Bridge, Bryant Literary Review, the Connecticut Review, Dark Sky, decomP, Dos Passos Review, among others. Most recently, he served as co-producer of Lip Service, a spoken word event in Miami, which was featured on NPR.

Steve Boorstein (nationally known as “The Clothing Doctor”) – DIFFERENT STROKES: AN INTIMATE MEMOIR FOR STROKE SURVIVORS, FAMILIES AND CAREGIVERS, including Steve’s revolutionary use of medical marijuana as an effective recovery technique. Soooo different from the other stroke books, DIFFERENT STROKES is humorous, self-deprecating, adventurous and the most real. The author goes out on a limb to show the stuff between the cracks; from the true telling of what it's like to sit in the emergency room with clots in your brain, to his first attempt at masturbation (to see if it still works!), to the frustration and desperation as he wrestles with and wills his blue jean buttons to open so he can relieve himself before soiling his pants. This is the real thing. Steve conveys his most intimate battles, both physical and emotional, from the darkest moments, to his inspiring rehabilitation. And, after interviewing fourteen other stroke survivors (the interviews in his book), and really hearing the truth in their struggles, the other books do not do justice in conveying the real challenges stroke survivors face in the long road to recovery.

Timothy Masters with Bridget DiCosmo – Fifteen year-old Masters, convicted of first-degree murder in the killing of 37-year-old Peggy Hettrick in 1987, maintained his innocence. Now free and clear due to DNA evidence, with all charges dropped, Masters will detail his harrowing and riveting story, DRAWN TO INJUSTICE: THE HORRIFIC WRONGFUL CONVICTION OF TIM MASTERS, including that there had been substantial evidence not turned over to his defense team during the previous trials.

Hyleri & Marc Katzenberg and Susan E.B. Schwartz – GROW YOUNG WITH ME AGAIN -- Every love story is unique in its own way, but Hyleri and Marc Katzenberg’s story is so riveting; so inspirational, that it has drawn the interest of some of the top reality TV agents. Now signed up with superstar agent Mark Turner, he puts it best, “I knew immediately after meeting Hyleri and Marc that they have the charisma and personalities that America loves. But they also have kids and are going through a lot of the same challenges as mainstream America. People will be fascinated by them at the same time they can relate to their daily challenges.” Like the Katzenberg’s reality TV show – currently being shopped to the networks by Bunim-Murray (the pioneer Reality TV Production company that developed The Real World, among many other huge hits) -- this book will capture a period in the lives of a couple who live day to day, on a gripping rollercoaster of emotional and material highs and lows, not knowing what the next day brings, but resolved to dredge up the emotional guts to face it together and keep it together. And, the Katzenbergs have retained all book rights to their story.

HUMOR:

Dr. Q. Cornelius Fezziwig IX As told to Dr. Christian Hageseth III - DR. FEZZIWIG’S LITTLE BOOK OF MIRTH AND HUMOR will be a wonderfully crafted book that will entertain and provide understanding and information to improve the reader’s sense of humor. The market is for those readers who enjoy humor, who want to understand and develop a better sense of humor, and for those who want to be entertained.

SELF-HELP/WELLNESS/REFERENCE:

Saskia Roell - Transformational Life Coach Roell, contributor to books by Stephen Covey, Deepak Chopra and Jack Canfield, has published her first book, A SUITCASE FULL OF FAITH, the inspiring and humorous story of Saskia, her husband, and their five young children as they took a daring leap of faith, sold their house in Holland, and gave up their thriving businesses to explore new possibilities in the United States. It is at once a story of courage and reinvention.

Katie Rice Jones, nationally recognized on-air stylist and fashion expert - FASHION DUES AND DUEN’TS, A PREGNANT STYLIST’S GUIDE TO FASHIONABLY EMBRACING YOUR BABY BUMP. On-air style expert, Katie Rice Jones thought she knew everything about dressing fashionably –until she became pregnant. Stuck between a maternity muumuu and an oversized smock top, Katie felt her new maternity clothes were fattering not flattering. She was beginning to feel fashionably suffocated until she came to realize that while her body may be changing, her style didn’t have to. FASHION DUES & DUENT’S, relates this key point to its pregnant readers by guiding them through their nine months in style with simple maternity dressing, styling and shopping tips. Between the book’s covers, the reader will benefit from the same professional fashion advice the expert/Author provides TV audiences along with the maternity wardrobe tricks, the styling secrets, and the shopping tips the Author personally gleaned from her own pregnancy.

Louise Ross – MARKET TO MOUTH: A Recession-Strategy Guide to Shopping Responsibly, and Cooking, & Eating Well on a Budget. Louise’s Market to Mouth brand (her blog receives 16,000 visitors per week) teaches people how to shop wisely to maximize both value and seasonal abundance -- the key to eating well in any economy, and it also includes her method recipes for simple, healthy and budget-wise meals.

Susan E.B. Schwartz – THE GUTSY BOOK FOR WOMEN -- Peel away the layers of a happy, fulfilled woman’s life, and at the core you’ll find guts. THE GUTSY BOOK FOR WOMEN will offer counsel, insight, and reassurance to women on over fifty topics covering a broad range of important life skills and common life experiences. The book’s message — empowerment through a combination of physical and emotional guts — is served up by an author who possesses superb and incontrovertibly gutsy credentials in her own right and whom the target market will embrace. One of the leading women adventure writers today, Susan E.B. Schwartz brings to the project a unique mix of award winning adventure writing based on her personal experiences as a rock and ice climber, model for Climbing Magazine photo shoots, ultra marathon runner, scuba diving instructor, and North Atlantic shipwreck divemaster.

Annamarie von Firley – VINTAGE VAMP: AN EXPLORATION OF PERIOD HAIR AND MAKE-UP TECHNIQUES AND BEAUTY TIPS. Annamarie is the owner of Revamp, a vintage clothing store and website that receives TWO MILLION HITS A MONTH (45,000 Unique Vistors!). There are no schools and almost no books to teach the growing population of people who aspire to live the vintage lifestyle on the techniques of the proper use of vintage make-up, hair, and beauty. You can be the first one out there, authored by arguably the largest individual brand of the Vintage community.

INSPIRATION

Grace Wadell –Filled with anguish over her child being born with Down syndrome, Grace was torn between hope and despair. She chose hope, and created a grassroots fundraiser to fund a major Down syndrome center at the #1 children’s hospital in the world. CHOOSING HOPE is the inspirational memoir of her journey. There are 400,000 Down syndrome children and adults living in the United States, and roughly 5000 babies are born each year in this country with that additional 3rd chromosome 21. Many of these parents and Down syndrome caregivers will want to read CHOOSING HOPE, and Grace’s influence and reach into the Down syndrome market will get this book in front of tens of thousands (maybe hundreds of thousands) of targeted potential book buyers – dozens of large Down syndrome organizations across the country, including the National Down syndrome Association, will actively support the book.

Kyung Lah and Michael Tuggle - TAMA, THE SUPER STATIONMASTER – In the same vein as Dewey and Marley, Tama's story follows this gorgeous calico from a simple grocery store feline to become the savior of her town and the railroad connecting it to Tokyo. Tama has captured the hearts and imagination of people all around the world. This will be her story, by CNN Japanese reporter Lah and ABC Baghdad Bureau Chief Tuggle.

SPORTS/ADVENTURE:

Luis “Squeegee” Castillo with William Cane - YANKEE INSIDER: WHAT I SAW AND HEARD AS BAT BOY FOR BASEBALL’S SUPERSTARS - Arguably the most famous bat boy in Yankees history, Luis worked with the team during their recent glory years, 1998-2005, and he was with the Yankees during World Series games in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2003. YANKEE INSIDER features all of the inside stuff on stars such as Roger Clemens, Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams, Alex Rodriguez, Mariano Rivera, Joe Torre, George Steinbrenner, and all of the greats associated with this Yankee dynasty.

Susan E.B. Schwartz - INTO THE UNKNOWN: THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF HANS KRAUS - In the 1950s, Hans Kraus (1905-1995) established himself on weekends as a legendary American rock climber known for hair-raising ascents on two continents. His first ascent in the Shawangunk Mountains of New York was so bold, hard, and exposed that no one else dared attempt it for years. Even today, Kraus's "High Exposure" is considered one of the great climbs in the world, and inspires awe and terror among even contemporary champion climbers. While his climbing adventures alone make compelling reading, they're only part of his story. Handsome, witty, and charismatic, during the week, this Austrian refugee from Hitler’s reign led a parallel life as one of the great unsung medical pioneers of the 20th century, uncovering the shocking truth that American children weren't exercising enough and warned of a looming health crisis unless this changed. And it was Dr. Kraus whose controversial work understanding and curing back pain brought him over 50,000 grateful patients and into the inner circle of the Kennedy White House as JFK's secret White House back doctor. This never-before-told story of Kennedy's back -- based on new documentation including Kraus's medical records, and first time interviews with two other Kennedy White House doctors, is a large part of INTO THE UNKNOWN.

Scott Tinley - 400 triathlons, winning close to 100 of them, making him one of the top three winning triathletes of all time. With five previously published books under his belt, Scott’s tentatively entitled, ENDURING SPORT: AN ATHLETE'S JOURNEY TO KNOW THE WORLD, will delve into the relationship between life and sports.

CHILDREN’S:

Sarah Reinertsen with Winky Devese - SARAHBEAR GOES TO THE RACES, the first in a series of children’s books authored by possibly the most recognizable disabled sports athlete in the world. Ms. Reinertsen’s startling memoir, "In a Single Bound," was published this year by GPP, and her inspirational book for the disabled will be published in 2010 by GPP’s Falcon imprint. Sarah is an Ironman Triathlete champion, and you may have seen her on CBS’s “Amazing Race” where tens of millions of viewers saw her climb up the Great Wall of China, scale the cliffs of Vietnam, and ride camels in the hinterlands of Mongolia. Sarah’s branded stuffed animal is SarahBear, who has only one leg, of course.

Joseph Jacoby- film writer, producer, director, and Founder of the Children’s Video Theater ™. His first book was a memoir, Boy on a String; From Cast-Off Kid to Filmmaker Through The Magic of Dreams, which included an introduction by his close friend, Martin Scorsese and was widely and favorably reviewed. Mr. Jacoby has been the recipient of numerous awards and commendations including a week long retrospective of his work in 2008 at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Early in his career, Mr. Jacoby joined the Bil Baird Marionettes as a puppeteer (best known for their role in the film, The Sound of Music) and ultimately purchased all rights in them. The Marionettes and their videos (Davy Jones’ Locker, etc.) have received accolades from Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, PBS and many others. Mr. Jacoby is currently at work creating a 3-D version of Davy Jones’ Locker. LICENSING RIGHTS ARE BEING OFFERED IN THE BIL BAIRD MARIONETTES.

Moshe Sipper – XOR: LEWIS LORD SHAPER, a fantastical account of a young boy’s adventure and discovery that lead him to the most important discovery of all---his true self. Lewis Nash is a twelve year old boy struggling to deal with his adopted mother’s death four years earlier. Today is his birthday. Today is the day his father is killed. Today is the day he discovers he is a Shaper from another world.

Leora Krygier- TWINGE -- It’s that little feeling you get when you’re falling in love. It pulls at you, makes your heart skip a beat, your pulse race and your knees wobble. This Young Adult novel with both a literary and commercial footprint is authored by previously published author (with rave reviews) and Juvenile Court judge, Leora Krygier.

MYSTERY:

Barbara Wittman - DEATH IN VERMILLION - Perhaps the first baby boomer mystery series, Wittman’s book is filled with characters that boomers will relate to; women in their 40s and 50s dealing with divorce.

BUSINESS

Joseph Nunziata - Internationally renowned speaker, author and sales and marketing expert, Nunziata is the founder of TopNotch Training, a personal development company that offers consulting, training, public seminars, and products on business and personal growth. His first book, SPIRITUAL SELLING: HOW TO USE THE ATTRACTOR SALES SYSTEM ™ TO CREATE ABUNDANCE IN YOUR BUSINESS, was published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in 2007, with an Introduction by Joe Vitale, author of the international #1 best-seller, The Attractor Factor and one of the stars of the hit movie The Secret. Joe is currently working on his second book.