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lewi s d e s oto A Blade of Grass Longlisted for the 2004 Man Booker Prize Märit is a young woman from the city, recently orphaned, recently married, now mistress of a pretty farm in the remote South African countryside. Tembi is also a young woman, the farm’s new housekeeper, who, after her mother’s death and her father’s continued absence, has become an orphan too. Like Märit, Tembi feels isolated amongst her people, separated by her interest in books and the pain in her heart. Then, in a single shattering moment, Märit’s life changes forever, and her fate becomes inexorably tethered to her country’s increasingly violent civil struggle. Despite their vast differences, Märit feels drawn to Tembi, the only person she can rely on to help her run the farm that she now owns by herself. Caught in a quickly escalating tug-of-war between the Afrikaaners and the black farm workers, Märit and Tembi engage in what begins as a struggle to save their farm—and ends in a fight to save their lives. A universal story of friendship, betrayal and the complex moral choices we must all make, A Blade of Grass offers a profound perspective on what it means to be black or white in a country where the past threatens to strangle the present. Lewis DeSoto has written a spare and yet beautifully lyrical novel, taut with undercurrents of suspense and sensuality, filled with moments both disturbing and haunting.

Lewis D e Soto was born in South Africa and grew up in Canada. His bestselling first novel, A Blade of Grass, was published around the world. It was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger, was a finalist for the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize and the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing, and became an International Book of the Month Club Selection.

Fiction • 400pp • Rights available: World, ex. Australia (HarperCollins ANZ); Czech (Euromedia Group); Dutch (House of Books); French (Plon); German (Bertelsmann); Polish (Swiat Ksiazki); Portugese (Circulo de Leitores); Serbian (Rubikon); Slovakian (Ikar); South Africa (Pan Macmillan); Spanish (Circulo de Leitores); UK (Maia Press); US (Ecco)

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lewi s d e s oto The Restoration Artist The long-awaited novel from the acclaimed author of A Blade of Grass When Leo, a young American painter arrives on La Mouche, a tiny island off the coast of Normandy, he is in crisis. Two years earlier, his wife and child were killed in a terrorist attack in Cyprus. The local priest, Père Caron, sensing that he is a lost soul, hopes that the island will in time work its magic. Soon, Leo, struggling with guilt and despair, becomes intrigued by two people: an ambitious female composer who is fighting demons from her past and an orphaned boy whose wildness masks an inability to speak. But can he ever move beyond his own losses, and find, perhaps, a new definition of love? This luminous novel explores the intersection of creativity and love and the ways in which the past is inextricable from the present. DeSoto’s marvellous painterly eye, his affinity for the natural world, and his deep insight into human nature—in particular, the act of artistic creation - have produced an unforgettable work of fiction set in a landscape that is the stuff of dreams.

Lewis D e Soto was born in South Africa and grew up in Canada. His bestselling first novel, A Blade of Grass, was published around the world. It was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger, was a finalist for the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize and the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing, and became an International Book of the Month Club Selection.

Fiction • 224pp • Publishing in May 2013 • Rights available: World, translation

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isa bell e l a fl èche J’adore New York When Catherine Lambert, an effortlessly chic Parisian lawyer, receives an offer to transfer to the New York office of her prestigious firm, she unhesitatingly accepts. A dedicated follower of fashion and everything stylish, she is determined to conquer the high-flying world of Manhattan law—and love. Catherine’s dreams of glamour quickly fizzle, however, when she is faced with the pressure of billable hours, the incessant demands of her impossible bosses, the conspiracies of two malicious secretaries and the advances of a lecherous client. But then she meets Jeffrey Richardson, a powerful client, and her New York life takes on the romance she’d hoped it would—until an unexpected request forces Catherine to re-evaluate the exclusive world she’s chosen for herself. With its insider’s perspective on the dirty deals and intrigue that have darkened Wall Street’s reputation, J’adore New York is a bright and funny take on the lives and laws of New York’s most powerful players.

Isabelle Laflèche worked for more than ten years as a corporate attorney in New York City, Montreal, and Toronto. She now writes on culture, books, and fashion for the Quebec fashion magazine Clin d’oeil. J’adore Paris is the sequel to her bestselling debut novel, J’adore New York. She lives in Montreal. Visit her online at www.isabellelafleche.com.

Fiction • 400 pp • Rights available: World, all languages ex French Canada (Québec Amerique); German (Droemer) • Author website: www.isabellelafleche.com

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In the seductive world of Parisian haute couture, high fashion can also be highly criminal . . . When Catherine Lambert lands her dream job as Intellectual Property Director for Christian Dior in Paris, she is on top of the world. She’s prepared to embark on the ride of her life in the world of fashion, fighting high-profile legal battles against international counterfeiters. She’ll also be reunited with colleague-turned-boyfriend Antoine in her beloved home town. But Catherine’s visions of front-row seats at the couture shows and strolling the Champs-Élysées hand in hand with the love of her life are soon displaced by the realities of dingy police vans and threatening anonymous phone calls. The code of ethics that she knew from mergers and acquisitions does not seem to apply in the nefarious counterfeiting underworld, and Catherine finds her life turned upside-down by surprise meetings in dark alleys and unexpected set-ups. All the drama has her walking on thin ice, personally and professionally. Will Catherine and her loyal assistant Rikash manage to outsmart even the most crooked of characters and come out on top? The stylish, entertaining, and much-anticipated sequel to Isabelle Laflèche’s bestselling debut novel, J’adore New York, J’Adore Paris is an exhilarating journey through high fashion (real and counterfeit), the war against fake consumer goods, and the irresistible realm of Parisian luxury.

Emmanuel Bévia

isa bell e l a fl èche J’adore Paris

Isabelle Laflèche worked for more than ten years as a corporate attorney in New York City, Montreal, and Toronto. She now writes on culture, books, and fashion for the Quebec fashion magazine Clin d’oeil. J’adore Paris is the sequel to her bestselling debut novel, J’adore New York. She lives in Montreal. Visit her online at www.isabellelafleche.com.

Fiction • 224 pp • Rights available: World, all languages ex US and French Canada (Québec Amerique); • Author website: www.isabellelafleche.com

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oa kla nd ros s The Empire of Yearning On a rainy afternoon in 1864, a gunman enters a Mexico City restaurant armed with an antiquated English flintlock pistol. His purpose: to assassinate a conservative army officer named General Leonardo Márquez. But the plan goes hopelessly awry, and it is left to the gunman’s lifelong friend, a bookish young Mexican named Diego Serrano, to pick up the pieces—if he can. But Mexico is in turmoil—bankrupt and riven by war, with its liberal president, Benito Juárez, in northern exile, and an Austrian noble on a precarious throne. In these powder-keg circumstances, the bungled assassination sets off an explosive chain reaction: a drama of loyalty and deceit, honour and dishonour, that unfolds against a backdrop of imperial splendour and brutal conflict. Torn between competing allegiances, Diego is eventually forced to make an irreversible choice, and his decision has seismic consequences for himself—and his country. The Empire of Yearning is a richly imagined page-turner peopled by larger-than-life characters, among them the Emperor Maximiliano and his Belgian consort, the Empress Carlota, as well as a rousing cast of colourful personalities, all bursting with longing and life. Seamlessly blending history and invention, The Empire of Yearning is an irresistible follow-up to Oakland Ross’s acclaimed debut novel, The Dark Virgin, and takes its readers on a breakneck ride toward a stunning finale.

Oakland Ross is the author of the acclaimed novel The Dark Virgin, the travel memoir A Fire on the Mountains, and Guerrilla Beach, a collection of stories that was shortlisted for the Trillium Award. He is a features writer for the Toronto Star, and spent several years as the Star’s Middle East correspondent. He previously lived in Zimbabwe and Mexico City as a correspondent for The Globe and Mail. He is the winner of two National Newspaper Awards, a National Magazine Award for fiction, and the Roland Michener Award for Meritorious Public Service in Journalism. He covered the 2012 Mexican presidential election for the Star, and currently lives in Toronto.

Fiction • 352 pp • Publishing in April 2013 • Rights available: World, all languages

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ayelet tsa ba ri The Best Place on Earth The Best Place on Earth is a riveting collection of stories by a young Israeli-Canadian writer. Confident, original and humane, these stories are peopled with characters at the crossroads of nationalities, religions and communities: expatriates, travellers, immigrants and locals. The collection illuminates the tenuous connections—forged, frayed, and occasionally destroyed—between cultures, between generations and across the gulf of transformation and loss. In the powerfully affecting opening story, “Tikkun,” a chance meeting between a man and his former lover carries them through near-tragedy and into unexpected peace. In “Casualties,” Tsabari takes us into the military—a world every Israeli knows all too well—with a brusque, sexy young soldier who forges medical leave forms to make ends meet. Poets, soldiers, siblings and dissenters, the protagonists here are mostly Israelis of Mizrahi background (Jews of Middle Eastern and North African descent) whose stories have rarely been told in literature. In illustrating the lives of those whose identities swing from fiercely patriotic to powerfully global, The Best Place on Earth explores Israeli history even as it shows us the universality of war, love, heartbreak and hope.

ayelet tsabari is an Israeli of Yemeni descent; she grew up in Israel, served in the army, and moved to Canada in 1998. She is a two-time winner of the Event Creative Nonfiction Contest and has been published in literary magazines such as Prism, Grain, and Room. Her unpublished nonfiction manuscript was shortlisted for the First Book Competition sponsored by Anvil Press and SFU’s Writer’s Studio. She is a graduate of the Creative Writing MFA Program at Guelph, and lives in Toronto, where she is at work on a novel.

Fiction • 224 pp • Publishing March 2013 • Rights available: World, all languages

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d r . jack new m a n a nd ter e sa p itm a n Dr. Jack Newman’s Guide to Breastfeeding, Revised Edition A fully revised and updated version of the #1 bestselling guide to breastfeeding, from world-renowned expert, Dr. Jack Newman Breastfeeding is the natural and healthy way to nourish your baby; but it’s not always easy. Many new mothers worry about nursing because of a lack of information about what to do when things don’t go as planned, and even health professionals can get overwhelmed by conflicting studies and guidelines. In this comprehensive guide, Dr. Jack Newman, a leading authority on infant care, and Teresa Pitman, a La Leche League leader for more than twenty years, provide the essential facts about breastfeeding and solutions for the common problems and questions that many mothers encounter: • how do I achieve a good latch? • is my baby getting enough milk? • can I avoid sore nipples? • will my medication affect my baby? • how do I make breastfeeding part of my normal life? Dr. Jack Newman and Teresa Pitman are two of the foremost lactation experts in Canada and have helped tens of thousands of new mothers overcome their concerns about one of the most individual ways a mother can bond with her baby. Now, with this revised edition, they will help another generation of women feed their babies in the most natural way possible.

dr. jack newman, a Canadian pediatrician who has practiced medicine since 1970, established the first hospital-based breastfeeding clinic in Canada in 1984, and he now holds breastfeeding clinics in several hospitals. A consultant with UNICEF’s Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative and a popular speaker at conferences across North America and beyond, he is the father of three children, all breastfed teresa pitman Executive Director of La Leche League Canada, has been helping mothers with breastfeeding for more than 25 years. Her articles have appeared in magazines including Today’s Parent, Great Expectations, Mothering, and Chatelaine. Teresa is the author or co-author of eight other books on parenting topics. She is the mother of four breastfed children.

Parenting/Health • 400 pp • Publishing in January 2013 Rights available: World, all languages ex. French; Indonesian (Buah Hati); Italian (Coleman Editore); Spanish; US (Crown)

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robin sh a rma The Secret Letters of The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari From one of the most widely read authors in the world comes a story of breathtaking power and dazzling suspense about what it means to be fully alive. Jonathan Landry is a man in trouble. After a bizarre encounter with his lost cousin Julian Mantle—a former highpowered courtroom lawyer who suddenly vanished into the Himalayas—Jonathan is compelled to travel across the planet to collect the life-saving letters that carry the extraordinary secrets that Julian discovered. On a remarkable journey that includes visits to the sensual tango halls of Buenos Aires, the haunting catacombs of Paris, the gleaming towers of Shanghai and the mystical deserts of Sedona, The Secret Letters of the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari reveals astounding insights on reclaiming your personal power, being true to yourself and fearlessly living your dreams. “Robin Sharma’s books are helping people around the world live great lives.” —Paulo Coelho, author of The Alchemist

robin sharma, LL.B., LL.M., is one of the world’s top experts on personal development and leadership, having helped millions of people to lead greater lives. He is the author of seven major international bestsellers, including The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari and Who Will Cry When You Die? The Monk brand is recognizable in 30 countries. Robin Sharma is the CEO of Sharma Leadership International Inc., a success coaching and training firm with clients such as FedEx, IBM, Microsoft, GM, Nike and Panasonic. His website, robinsharma. com, is one of the most popular personal success destinations on the internet. He lives in Toronto.

Inspiration/self-help • 224 pp • Publishing in November 2012 • author website: www.robinsharma.com Rights Available: World, all languages ex. Bulgarian (ExLibris); Chinese Complex (Leeds Publishing); Chinese Simplified (Beijing Xiron); Croatian (Mono Manjana); Estonian (Pilgrim); World French (Un Monde Different); German (Pattloch Verlag); Greek (Dioptra); Hebrew (Keter); India - Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Tamil, Telugu (Jaico); Italian (Lindau); Latvian (Avots); Lithuanian (Luceo); Macedonian (Tri Publishing); Montenegrin (Nova Knjiga); Portugese (Pergaminho/Bertrand); Romanian (Finmedia); Russian (Sophia); Slovakian (Eastone); Slovenian (Ucila); Spanish (Grijalbo); Swedish (Natur & Kultur);UK (HarperCollins) Non-fiction

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g eo rg e chu va lo murray g re ig Chuvalo: A Fighter’s Life w ith

The inspirational true story of a man who fought some of the finest boxers of all time, including Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, but lost so much outside of the ring From his tough childhood as the only son of immigrant parents in Toronto, through the 23-year career that earned him induction into the World Boxing Hall of Fame and the public tragedies that decimated his family long after the cheering stopped, this is George Chuvalo’s own story, told as only he can tell it. Chuvalo fought several of the top boxers of the twentieth-century: Joe Frazier, George Foreman, and most famously, Muhammad Ali. Despite fighting nearly one hundred times as a professional, Chuvalo was never knocked down—not until his family was devastated by drugs and suicide was the big man sent reeling. Chuvalo is a top-flight boxing memoir but also a poignant and hard-hitting story of a man’s family life nearly destroyed. Murray Greig became a lifelong boxing fan in 1964 when, at age seven, he watched George Chuvalo fight Zora Folley on the Gillette Friday Night Fights. He was twice named Sportswriter Of The Year by the Alberta Amateur Boxing Association and was honoured with multiple awards from Sterling Newspapers for his sports columns and editorial writing.

Memoir • 432 pp • Rights available: World, all languages

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d ennis l e e illu strate d by fra nk newf e l d Garbage Delight Peppered with regional names, sing-song rhythms, and a dash of wicked fun, Garbage Delight has been a staple on Canadian bookshelves for 35 years. Its 42 superbly crafted poems offer a feast of silly, sassy, and soothing verses for every taste, from the thundering “I Eat Kids Yum Yum!” to the more lyrical “The Coming of Teddy Bears.” This handsome classic edition featuring Frank Newfeld’s original illustrations and book design will have a new generation of readers banging their spoons for more. Now, I’m not the one To say No to a bun, And I always can manage some jelly; If somebody gurgles, “Please eat my hamburgles,” I try to make room in my belly. I seem, if they scream, Not to gag on ice-cream, And with fudge I can choke down my fright; But none is enticing Or even worth slicing, Compared with Garbage Delight.

dennis lee is Toronto’s first Poet Laureate, an Officer of the Order of Canada, and the author of timeless children’s collections such as Alligator Pie, Garbage Delight, Jelly Belly, Bubblegum Delicious, and The Ice Cream Store. His poetry is anthologized and read around the world. frank newfeld has designed, illustrated or art directed over 600 books, as well as having four of his own books published. His works have earned him over 170 Canadian and international awards..

Picture Book, Ages 2–7 • 64 pp • Full-colour illustrations throughout • Rights available: World, all languages

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d ennis l e e illu strate d by fra nk newf e l d Alligator Pie “You can almost hear the skipping rope slapping the sidewalk,” wrote Margaret Laurence of Dennis Lee’s timeless poetry collection Alligator Pie. One of the first illustrated books published about Canadian children and featuring Canadian place names, Alligator Pie established Dennis Lee’s reputation as “Canada’s Father Goose” and has sold more than half a million copies since its publication in 1974. This classic edition, featuring Frank Newfeld’s instantly recognizable original illustrations and book design, includes childhood favourites such as “Willoughby Wallaby Woo,” “Wiggle to the Laundromat,” and “Skyscraper.” Alligator pie, alligator pie, If I don’t get some I think I’m gonna die. Give away the green grass, give away the sky, But don’t give away my alligator pie. Alligator stew, alligator stew, If I don’t get some I don’t know what I’ll do. Give away my furry hat, give away my shoe, But don’t give away my alligator stew.

dennis lee is Toronto’s first Poet Laureate, an Officer of the Order of Canada, and the author of timeless children’s collections such as Alligator Pie, Garbage Delight, Jelly Belly, Bubblegum Delicious, and The Ice Cream Store. His poetry is anthologized and read around the world. frank newfeld has designed, illustrated or art directed over 600 books, as well as having four of his own books published. His works have earned him over 170 Canadian and international awards.

Alligator soup, alligator soup, If I don’t get some I think I’m gonna droop. Give away my hockey stick, give away my hoop, But don’t give away my alligator soup.

Picture Book, Ages 2–7 • 64 pp • Full-colour illustrations throughout • Rights available: World, all languages

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Naza ni n A fs h in-Ja m a nd Su sa n M c C l e ll a n d The Tale of Two Nazanins In April 2006, Nazanin Afshin-Jam was on top of the world. She had signed a record deal to produce her first album. She was a much-sought-after fashion model in Paris, London and Milan. But then, the 26-year-old received an email that would change the course of her life. Please help! Please save her! the man sending the email pleaded. Thousands of miles away in Tehran, Iran, the subject of that email, Nazanin Fatehi, was preparing for her execution, which would likely be by hanging in the prison cell where she slept and ate. No matter what Nazanin Fatehi told herself she could not understand why what she had done was a crime: she had stabbed a man who had tried to rape her. Back in Vancouver, Canada, Nazanin Afshin-Jam temporarily abandoned her own career and came to Nazanin Fatehi’s defense, attempting to force Iran to re-open Nazanin Fatehi’s case and stay the execution. In the process, Nazanin AfshinJam quickly became one of the fiercest opponents of Iran’s death penalty, particularly as it pertains to children. The Tale of Two Nazanins weaves the real-life stories of two women, their sisterly bond, and their fight that, for the first time since the 1979 Iranian revolution, brought the current regime to its knees . . . if only for a brief moment in time.

Nazanin Afshin-Jam is a Vancouver-based International human rights activist and the cofounder and President of the Stop Child Executions organization. Susan M c Clelland’s last book, The Bite of the Mango, the memoir of a young victim of the Sierra Leone war, has been published in more than 20 countries and has won or been shortlisted for numerous national and international awards.

Memoir/International affairs • 272 pp • Publishing in May 2012 • Rights available: World, all languages ex French World (Éditions JCL) • author websites: www.nazanin.ca; www.susanmcclelland.com

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Ka mal Al- S ol ay e e Intolerable A Memoir of Extremes in the Middle East In the 1960s, Kamal Al-Solaylee’s father was one of the wealthiest property owners in Aden, in south Yemen, but when the country shrugged off its colonial roots, his properties were confiscated and the family left. Seeking a quiet place to raise children, the family landed in Beirut, a city soon caught up in unrest and bombings, and the family moved again, to Cairo. But Egypt, too, was caught in the grip of political unrest and religious fundamentalism. After the assassination of Anwar Sadat, Al-Solaylee’s father once again moved the family, this time back to ancestral Yemen, a country now culturally isolated from the rest of the world. AlSolaylee knew that he had to leave to avoid spending the rest of his life in a place where hangings were still held in broad daylight as deterrent and as part of the Sharia Law. Intolerable is part memoir of an Arab family caught in the turmoil of Middle-Eastern politics over five decades, part personal coming-out narrative, and part cultural analysis. Through the eyes of a man who lived a dangerous life in the heart of intolerance, the book helps make sense of the world we live in now. This is a story of the modern Middle East that we think we know so much about, as told by a writer who lived in and away from it.

Kamal Al-Solaylee, an Assistant Professor of Journalism at Ryerson University, was previously a distinguished writer at Canada’s national newspaper, The Globe and Mail, most recently as its theatre critic. Al-Solaylee holds a PhD from the University of Nottingham, and has taught at the University of Waterloo and York University. Fluent in Arabic and English, Al-Solaylee lives in Toronto.

Current Events/Politics • 272 pp • Publishing in May 2012 • Rights available: World, all languages

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jim t re l iv ing Decisions Making the Right Ones, Righting the Wrong Ones Jim Treliving is a police officer turned pizza king. An affable prairie boy, Jim took the leap from the RCMP and started to build a global empire with operations in the United States, Canada, Asia and Mexico. In his first book, Jim shows why today, he’s not only surviving, he’s thriving in a volatile 20th-century global market. For Jim, the secret is hard work, but also taking a measured, principled approach to making decisions—no matter whether they’re big or small, easy or tough. Successful people are able to make decisions and act, unsuccessful people freeze in the face of choice. Decisions is for budding entrepreneurs and for people who want to understand how lasting success is built and how a company is built at home and abroad. Treliving discusses how to make tough choices, tackle difficult markets, recover from setbacks and create steady wealth. It’s for people who want to make wiser decisions in business and in life, and become true leaders in their chosen field.

jim treliving is one of the stars of CBC TV’s Dragons’ Den and The Big Decision and a coowner of Boston Pizza, a global restaurant franchise with more than $1 billion in sales. He is a co-owner of Mr. Lube and has interests in real estate development and sports franchising. Boston Pizza has been voted one of the 50 Best Managed Private Companies each year since 1994, and the company was recently recognized as one of Canada’s Top 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures. He divides his time between Vancouver, Dallas and Toronto. Follow him on Twitter @jtreliving.

Non-fiction • 304pp • Publishing September 2012 • Rights available: World, all languages

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Scot t L e s l ie 100 Under 100 The Race to Save the World’s Rarest Living Things Scientists estimate that the total biodiversity on Earth is between 10 million and 100 million species. Of these, just over 1.6 million and counting have actually been catalogued and described. One percent, or 16,306, of those species are threatened with extinction, about one-fifth of them critically. Of this group, some have vanishingly small populations in the double or single digits. A few species, including the Pinta Island giant tortoise and the Yangtze giant softshell turtle, sit squarely on the border of extinction in the wild with a population of one. In 100 Under 100, Scott Leslie tells the fascinating stories of species in far-flung places nobody ever hears about, like the northern hairy-nosed wombat, the Gorgan mountain salamander, or the Irrawaddy river shark. Leslie also tells stories of hopeful progress, as some of the rarest of the rare are back from the brink of extinction through the dedicated efforts of people around the world.

SCOTT LESLIE is an awardwinning photographer and author of five books including The Bay of Fundy: A Natural Portrait, Woodland Birds of North America and Wetland Birds of North America. His writing has appeared in Reader’s Digest, Harrowsmith, Scuba Diving, Earth Keeper and Canadian Wildlife. He has won an Atlantic Journalism Award twice, was nominated for a National Magazine Award in 2005 and is a category winner of the Nature’s Best International Wildlife Photography Competition.

Nature • 304 pp • 6 x 9 • Rights available: World, all languages

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