24 Ocak 2015 Cumartesi

THE POCKET WIFE by Susan Crawford



​Susan​ Crawford'un Pocket Wife adlı eserinin uluslarası satışları:

Germany: Heyne
Spain: Roca Editorial
Poland: Znak
United Kingdom: Faber & Faber
France: Éditions Harlequin

Yazar Susan Crawford kısa öykü ve şiir dalında tam
dört kez Atlanta Writers Club ödülünü aldı ve THE SUN ve THE SPECTRUM adlı eserleri yayınlandı. O yaratıcı yazım dersleri veriyor. Bu onun ilk romanı.


​Dana Catrell kapı komşusunun vahşice katledilmiş cesedini görünce, onu canlı olarak gören son kişi olduğunun farkına varıp, dehşete dkapılır. Üstelik manik depresyon hastalığı nedeniyle o gün öğleden sonra neler olduğunu tam olarak hatırlayamamaktadır.Deliller onu katil olarak gösterirken, o bu cinayeti işlemediğini kanıtlamak zorunda kalacaktır.


Yorumlar:

“The Pocket Wife is an exceptional literary thriller debut that sensitively portrays a woman struggling with Bipolar Disorder, and the horrific possibility that she’s a murderer. Engrossing, thrilling, and page turning all the way through, this is one you won’t want to miss!”Chevy Stevens, NYT bestselling author of Still Missing 
"Not a word is wasted in Susan Crawford's fast-paced, thrilling debut – The Pocket Wife.  As Crawford explores the boundaries of memory and sanity, the suspense steadily gathers, and in her skilled hands, readers will be left guessing until the very end."Lori Roy, Edgar award-winning author of Bent Road
“Gripping and lyrical. The Pocket Wife is a book you won't want to put down.” —Deborah Crombie, NYT bestselling author of the Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James novels 
“Because the tale is told primarily from Dana’s sharp but manic perspective, suspense develops around her possibly unreliable interpretation of events. This is a gripping, character-driven mystery that would pair well with Sophie Hannah’s The Truth-Teller’s Lie.” —Booklist


BLACK HOLES & TIME WARPS/Kip Thorne

BLACK HOLES & TIME WARPS adlı bilimkurgu  eserindeki,, bilimsel unsurların senaryoya aktarılarak, hazırlanan  Interstellar filmi bir kaç ay önce gösterime girdikten sonra (bu filmin yapımcılığını Dr Thorne üstlendi) adı geçen eser tekrar ilgi görmeye başladı.  Şu an Dr. Thorne yeni bir kitap yazıyor, Adı  THE SCIENCE OF INTERSTELLAR, biz bu yeni kitabının temsil etmiyoruz ancak esli kitabını halen temsil ediyoruz. 

Hope Tarr: TEMPTING

Parlamento Üyesi Simon Belleville,  aslında en başından beri o güzel fahişeyi doğruca Newgate Hapishanesine götürmesi gerektiğini biliyordu. Doğru olan buydu.  Ama Christine Tremayne'nin yanaklarına düşen o bir damla gözyaşı ve ona bunu yapmaması için adeta ona yakaran bakışı yüzünden  bunu yapmakta bocaladı. Onun yalvaran kehribar renkli gözlerinin içine bakarken, aslında onun hiç de göründüğü gibi biri olmadığı duygusunu bastırması imkansız. Aslında  beklentisi yalnızca köken ve zenginlik ile sınırlı olmasına rağmen, çevresine kendini kitap okuma ve öğrenme sevgisiyle dolu hazırcevap biri gibi gösteriyor. Simon ona daha önce  yardımcı olduğu gibi bir kez daha yardım etmek umuduyla, onun velisi-ve öğretmeni rolünü üstlenir. Özel dersleri sırasında aralarındaki yakınlaşma artarken, Simon daha önce hiç kimseden bu kadar etkilenmemiş- ya da kimse ona bu kadar cazip gelmemiştir.



Description: Macintosh HD:Users:victoria:Desktop:51HEQdPnsPL.jpgTempting

"With just the right amount of sexual tension and sensuality, this romance between two unlikely people was a delight to read. A very solid 4/5 Stars, and I will be reading more from this author in the future."—The Romanceaholic

"…I read it through in one sitting." Jean Wan, All About Romance

"An absolutely enchanting romance…Hope Tarr has given us a book to savor..."—RT Book Reviews

"Tempting is a must read for any historical romance fan."Babbling About Books and More

"The cream rises to the top in Tempting." —Susan Wiggs, bestselling author

"Hope Tarr is a master storyteller who breathes magic into love..." —Miranda Jarrett, bestselling author

Also by Hope Tarr:

Description: 20922319Claimed by the Rogue

Agent: Louise Fury
Samhain Publishing, March 2014. World English.
Manuscript available.

When Robert Bellamy signed on with the East India Company and set sail for Calcutta,  Lady Phoebe Tremont took his promise to heart. Their separation would be but brief; in  six months he would send for her.
Six years later, believing her love to be drowned at sea, Phoebe hides her tears behind a  disguise at a masked ball to celebrate her engagement to a dashing French aristocrat. It is  there she encounters a handsome guest costumed as a rogue of the sea—a pirate. When  he drops his mask, she finds herself looking into a dead man’s eyes. A ghost’s eyes.  Robert’s eyes.
Through hardship and degradation, Robert never lost his resolve to return home to  England a rich man. Now a successful ship’s captain, there is one prize left to reclaim— Phoebe.
But the demure debutante he left behind has grown into a dazzling, decidedly self- determined woman. Nor is Robert the callow youth who set sail in search of adventure.  Yet the one thing that could win her heart is the very dark truth his pride warns him never to reveal…

"Sexy and smart, intriguing and compelling, Hope Tarr’s books always keep me up late turning the pages."Anna Campbell, author of What a Duke Dares

Hope Tarr’s Bio:

Hope Tarr is the award-winning author of twenty-five historical and contemporary romance novels including Operation Cinderella the launch to her Suddenly Cinderella Series, optioned by Twentieth Century Fox as a feature film. Hope is also a co-founder and current curator of Lady Jane’s Salon, New York City’s first and only monthly romance series now in its sixth year with nine satellites nationwide. She lives in NYC. Visit her online atwww.HopeTarr.com

HYDE by Daniel Levine



Daniel Levine’in HYDE'ı Washington Post tarafından 2014'in en iyi beş romanından biri olarak seçildi. 



Size bununla ilgili haber linkini veriyorum:http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-five-best-thrillers-of-2014/2014/11/20/568135fe-6913-11e4-9fb4-a622dae742a2_story.html. Yorumda yazanlar orjinal haliyle;



  The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'ın adlı klasik romandan yola çıkılarak yazılan  Levine’nin romanında, Jekyll’in yani Edward Hyde'nin ikinci kişiliğinin gözüyle anlatılıyor, Edward Hyde, şimdiye dek saf kötülüğün varlığı olarak bilinirdi. Ancak burada insani bir ruh haliyle –kurnaz, duygusal, savunmasız, ve yırtıcı biri olarak karşımıza çıkmakta.   Jekyll'in neden Hyde'a dönüştüğüne dair herhangi bir sebep olmasa da , giderek çarpıklaşan kötü fikirlerinin kısa sürede iki ruhlu yaşantısının dengesini tehdit etmeye başlamasıdır. Bay Hyde’ın canlı anlatımları, Stevenson’un gizemli öyküsündeki bilmecelerin boşluklarını doldurur : Dr. Jekyll’in meşum güdüleri, onun büyük ve gölgeli psikolojik kariyeri ve berbat geçen çocukluğundan bir Hyde kişiliğinin nasıl ortaya çıktığı anlatılır. Pervasız hırslarıyla, kendine zarar veren Frankeştayncı bilimadamının kaçınılmaz sonunun öyküsüdür.

MAcmillan bülten

Bu  hafta The Sculptor'ın haftası! Birçok "En Çok Beklenen" listesine giren, Scott McCloud'un bu büyüleyici grafik romanı yedi ülkeye satıldı, üç yıldızlı derecelendirme aldı ve NPR 'ın bloğunda "First Reads" özellikli olmuştur  - hem de daha kitap yayınlanmadan önce! Aşağıdaki orjinal maille eserle ilgili güncel medya haberlerine bir göz atın.

Bu yıl 40.  yıl dönümünü kutlayan Tuck Everlasting ile ilgiliBookish Natalie Babbitt ile başka bir fantastik röportaj yaptı.(aşağıda linke bknz) 

 Stephen Savageın Supertruck'ı, için 6'ıncı yıldızlı derecelendirmeyi  paylaşmaktan heyecanlıyız.


FIRST SECOND HIGHLIGHTS


AWARDS:
·         BATTLING BOY #2 by Paul Pope / IGN Most Anticipated Graphic Novels of 2015
·         THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF WEST by Paul Pope, J.T. Petty, & David Rubin / IGNMost Anticipated Graphic Novels of 2015
·         THE SCULPTOR by Scott McCloud / IGN Most Anticipated Graphic Novels of 2015
·         THE SCULPTOR by Scott McCloud  / The AV Club, Most Anticipated Entertainments of 2015
·         THE SCULPTOR by Scott McCloud  / Paste, Most Anticipated Comics of 2015
·         THE SCULPTOR by Scott McCloud  / The Globe and Mail, 50 Most Anticipated Books of 2015


COVER REVEAL!

HUMAN BODY THEATER by Maris Wicks
GeekDad, January 14, 2015: COVER REVEAL AND AUTHOR GUEST POST!
“We are our own greatest science experiments: from the color and shape of our poop, to the texture of our snot when we have a cold, to measuring our growth each year on the door frame, to checking our pulse after sprinting across a field.”
                us.macmillan.com/books/9781596439290


RADIO:

THE SCULPTOR by Scott McCloud
“Early reviews of the book are calling [The Sculptor] McCloud's magnum opus, and a sophisticated reflection on how far one should go for their art.”
                http://us.macmillan.com/books/9781596435735


REVIEWS:

THE SCULPTOR by Scott McCloud
Publishers Weekly, December 17, 2014: 2nd STARRED REVIEW!
« “Makes an early play for graphic novel of the year.”

School Library Journal, January 2015 issue: 3rd STARRED REVIEW!
« “An outstanding achievement, extraordinarily moving and memorable...This is a work to stand with the greats.”

NPR First Reads, January 20, 2015: EXCLUSIVE FIRST READ!
“Cartoonist and theorist Scott McCloud is sometimes called the ‘Aristotle of Comics’…He's a man who's spent a lot of time thinking about making art — and that's reflected inThe Sculptor, his first full-length graphic novel.”

School Library Journal, January 15, 2015: "High Marks from Teens"
“Utterly brilliant…So much mind and soul behind each word and line.”

Publishers Weekly Q&A Feature, January 19, 2015: READ IT HERE!
“The resulting book seethes with intensity. The reader feels David’s struggle acutely – so universal are the desires for self-expression, love, and recognition.”
                http://us.macmillan.com/books/9781596435735


PRINCESS DECOMPOSIA AND COUNT SPATULA by Andi Watson
School Library Journal, February 2015 issue
“Visual and textual puns abound in this Downton Abbey-esque romp, which balances serious discussions on class, gender, and politics with humor and wordplay.”






MCPG ANIMAL FRIEND OF THE WEEK

Meet Diane Kitten!

Maybe this fabulous feline is tired because she stayed up all night reading The Sculptor? Diane Kitten belongs to our subagent Lora Fountain. Lora works on our First Second and Holt BYR titles.


If you would like your furry friend featured in the MCPG publicity update, send us a picture!






HENRY HOLT BYR HIGHLIGHTS

SALES:
·         ANANSI THE SPIDER by Gerald McDermott / Korean rights relicensed to Openkid


REVIEWS:

SUPER SASQUATCH SHOWDOWN by Charise Mericle Harper
School Library Journal, February 2015 issue
“What’s better than an alien robot? A giant, furry, super smelly Sasquatch robot, of course.”
                http://us.macmillan.com/books/9780805096224


WINNIE by Sally M. Walker, illus. by Jonathan Voss
The Wall Street Journal, January 16, 2015: READ IT HERE!
“Nostalgic, humorous…There’s a snapshot here of Christopher Robin in his knee socks and patent leather shoes, stroking the fur of the bear on which his father would bestow literary immortality.”

The Children’s Bookshelf, January 14, 2015: READ IT HERE!
This heartwarming tale is one that parents and children are sure to love.”
                http://us.macmillan.com/books/9780805097153



FSG BYR HIGHLIGHTS

SALES:
·         THE GOATS by Brock Cole / French Paperback rights licensed to L’Ecole
·         LOVE LETTERS TO THE DEAD by Ava Dellaira / Slovenian rights licensed to Hsia Knjig, Zalozba KMS
·         ONE MONDAY MORNING by Uri Shulevitz / Korean rights relicensed to Mirae Media & Books


REVIEWS:

QUEEN OF THE DIAMOND by Emily Arnold McCully
Publishers Weekly, January 16, 2015 issue
“A rousing story of a girl’s dedication to the sport she loves.”
                http://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374300074


TUCK EVERLASTING: 40th Anniversary Edition by Natalie Babbitt
Bookish, January 21, 2015: AUTHOR INTERVIEW: “An Everlasting Story
“Most stories I read or saw in the movies had happy endings and, to me, it was hard to believe in them. Kids aren’t stupid; they know when something is made up.”
                http://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250059291



MCPG PUBLICITY EVENT!

Photo from Publishers Weekly

Neal Porter (right) and Stephen Savage did an awesome event for Savage’s Supertruck! They spoke about the process of creating the book, complete with a demonstration of how the snow was created (hint: it involves dried cranberries!).

NYC Department of Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia joined the event to read Supertruck to a room packed with kids and parents – and she gave Steve and Neal Sanitation Department vents (honorary only, we hope…).

Supertruck has received six starred reviews!







ROARING BROOK PRESS HIGHLIGHTS

REVIEWS:

SUPERTRUCK by Stephen Savage
Shelf Awareness, January 20, 2015: 6th STARRED REVIEW!
« “Savage captures the magic of a city snowfall with a nearly three-dimensional image of snowflakes flitting like confetti against the light of a street lamp.”
                http://us.macmillan.com/books/9781596438217


SEQUOIA by Tony Johnston, illus. by Wendell Minor
School Library Journal, February 2015 issue
“Minor’s luminous gouache paintings successfully capture the grandeur of these trees with dramatic shifts in perspective, from standing at the base of the tree gazing up to perching near the canopy, looking over the forest.”
                http://us.macmillan.com/books/9781596437272

23 Ocak 2015 Cuma

Gene Luen Yang: SECRET CODERS serisi

Gene Luen Yang'ın yepyeni bir seri hazırlıyor. Adı: SECRET CODERS .

Ancak bu seriyi size takdim etmeden önce belki yazarla ilgili bir kaç ufak detayı sizlerle paylaşmanın daha iyi olacağını düşündüm.

Gene Luen Yang'ın( AMERICAN BORN CHINESE, THE ETERNAL SMILE adlı eserlerin yazarı) Eisner ödülü aldığını, Ulusal Kitap ödülünde (BOXERS and SAINTS) ile finale kaldığını ayrıca yaklaşık 15 yıldır lise öğrencilerine bilgisayar bilimi eğitimi verdiğini biliyor muydunuz? Gene'in en yeni çığır açan grafik roman serisinin ilk kitabı, bilgisayar programlamasıyla gizemlerin çözüldüğü SECRET CODERS'ı sizlerle paylaşmaktan çok heyecanlıyız.  Bu yeni serisinde Gene genç( 8 yaş grubu ) çocuklara eğlenceli bir şekilde, bir takım mantık bilmeceleri yönelterek, onların anlayabileceği bir dille temel kodlama derslerini ve temel programlama kavramlarını  tanıtmaktadır!



SECRET CODERS by Gene Luen Yang, illustrated by Mike Holmes
First Second
Hardcover and Paperback: September 2015; 6 x 8 ½;  96 pp.; Ages 8 – 12; 2 color illustrations throughout


Welcome to Silicon Hills Academy, a school which is just crawling with mysteries to be solved! The founder of the school left many clues and puzzles to challenge his enterprising students. Using their wits and their growing prowess with coding, Hopper and her friend Nikhil are going to solve the mystery of Silicon Hills Academy no matter what it takes!

Cover Reveal:
·         PW Daily, 9/7 [read it]

4 Questions for Gene Yang – Publishers Weekly: Author interview January 7, 2015:
“I've used comics in my classroom before, but Secret Coders is really my first long-form educational comics project. The premise of Secret Coders is reminiscent of Harry Potter. An intrepid band of tweens stumbles upon a secret school, only instead of teaching magic, the school teaches coding. We hope that as our protagonists become coders, our readers will too.”
Wired.com announcement:
“A Graphic Novel That’s Like Harry Potter, But With Computers Instead of Wands”
“The premise of Secret Coders may sound familiar to fans of young adult literature: Two students discover a mysterious school hidden just beyond the limits of their humdrum lives, and are ushered into a world of secret knowledge and power that they never imagined possible. However, unlike Harry Potter’s Hogwarts, the school in this graphic novel teaches a form of magic that readers can learn right alongside the fictional students. That’s because they’re not learning how to levitate objects or charm mythical beasts—they’re learning how to code.”
The piece includes eight pieces of art from Secret Coders, as well as a discussion from Gene about the importance of coding in education. 

Comics Alliance: SECRET CODERS preview and excerpt:

Foreign sales for BOXERS and SAINTS:
§  French/Editions Delcourt
§  Korean/ViaBook Publisher

Foreign sales for AMERICAN BORN CHINESE
§  Chinese Complex/Freshpub Inc.
§  Chinese Simplfiied/Shaanxi Normal University Press
§  Croatian/Naklada Fibra
§  Czech/BB/Art
§  French/Editions Dargaud
§  Indonesian/Antipast
§  Italian/Ugo Guanda
§  Korean/ViaBook Publisher
§  Norwegian/Egmont Serieforlaget
§  Portuguese (Brazil)/Cia das Letras
§  Spanish/Ediciones las Cupula

·         Gene Luen Yang’s fantastic speech on diversity at the Library of Congress opening gala for the National Book Festival has been spreading throughout the children’s book and comics industries!  You can read the full speech here.




20 Ocak 2015 Salı

Vicki Lewis Thompson:CRAZY FOR THE COWBOY

Crazy for the Cowboy

Agent: Jenny Bent
NAL, May 2015. World English.
Audio: Tantor.
Manuscript available.


Kovboy Vince Durant  Bickford, Teksas'ı eğlenceli bir küçük kasaba gibi hatırla. Ancak  yedi yıl aradan sonra iki arkadaşı ile tekrar buluşma planları yaparlarken, bu küçük şirin kasabanın artık ölmek üzere olduğunu keşfeder.. Ona yedi yıl önce hiç fırsat vermeyen Georgie Bickford ,  atalarının kurduğu kasabayı kurtarmak için mücadele etmektedir. Aslında o,  Vince'e karşı hisleri olmasına rağmen onu hala dikkate değmez bir parti çocuğu gibi düşünmektedir.  İronik olarak, kasabayı tekrar eski ihtişamına döndürmeye yardımcı olabilecek tek kişinin Vince olduğu  ortaya çıkar. .




More about Vicki Lewis Thompson:

Aş romanları yazma kariyeri yazar Vicki Lewis Thompson bir çok harika şey kazandırdı –New York Times bestseller listelerini zorlayan bir yazar oldu, Amerikalı Aşk Romanları Yazarlarından the Nora Roberts Yaşamboyu Başarı Ödülü kazandı, binlerce okuyucusu, ve dünyanın en şirin küçük sarı renkli üstü açılabilir bir arabası oldu. Ayrıca kariyeri sayesinde çok sevdiği işini kazandı.

100 den fazla kitap yazmasına rağmen, o hala bir kadın ve erkeğin birbirlerine farklı şekilde aşık olmalarını eserlerine  konu etmeyi seviyor. Asırlar boyu hiç değişmeyen bu konu, her yeni kitapda zorlu bir bulmacanın çözülmesile devaö ediyor. Bu da sanırım Vicki'yi şanslı biri yapıyor.