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is in many ways as satisfying as hearing that their book is going
to be published. The right relationship with an agent can be inspiring,
convivial, and educational.
We relish, therefore, the opportunity to speak up for worthy proposals and manuscripts, as yet unagented. We know from experience how busy literary agents are, yet we also know that they are always looking for the perfect project to sink their teeth into. We offer the descriptions below in the hope that we can help bring people together. If you would like to see a particular work, contact us at agent@bookarchitecture.com This site will be updated with additional high-quality efforts,
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 RENEWAL OF BODY...RENEWAL OF SPIRIT: A Holistic Health Manual for Maturing Individuals by Barbara Mark Dreyfuss Renewal of Body…Renewal of Spirit is the first book of its kind to bring holistic health to a mature audience. Despite the undeniable trend towards an aging population and the boom in alternative medicine, no book has yoked these two or specifically addressed the demographic sector that could benefit the most from a different approach to healthcare. Ms. Dreyfuss offers a comprehensive, integrated, and authentic
sourcebook that energizes and soothes the reader through a practical
assessment of a consciously lived life. She is a published author,
artist, and active member of the community. In addition, she is
a vibrant speaker who lives her message and communicates it with
enthusiasm and will.
A TIME OF GHOSTS: Reversal of Fortune in Communist China by Dr. Hok-Pang Tang This is a tale that personalizes, in the most vivid and powerful terms, a truly compelling period of history. Dr. Tang's journey from the comforts of wealthy, educated nobility through the worst degradations of the Cultural Revolution is relentlessly engrossing. We follow him through four riveting escape attempts, imprisonment and ultimate freedom, while struggling to preserve his dignity as a healer (he is now an acupuncturist who makes his home in Portland, Oregon). Dr. Tang's memoir is a tale of an individual's struggle
with- and triumph over- the worst aspects of human nature that surface
through totalitarianism. It is a true adventure story born not of
ennui, but the need to survive. It is a travel narrative that transports
us tirelessly through the exotic terrain of Shanghai, Tibet, and
Hong Kong. Finally, it is a redeeming tale of humanity undimmed
in the most extreme circumstances, blending the scientific and rational
with the mystical, folk and Buddhist. What makes the manuscript
most effective is the narrator's ebullient energy- one that convinces
us that we too are capable of such feats in the face of unthinkable
challenges. MONET: THE EPHEMERAL AND THE ETERNAL by Eldon N. Van Liere, Ph.D. Why another book on Monet? Because a world perpetually enthralled by arguably the most popular painter of all time deserves an accessible, provocative, and comprehensive study to bring his art to life. At present there is a vast gulf between the narrowly targeted academic niche books and the picture books of the general museum catalogs. Dr. Van Liere offers a refreshing new perspective on the chief areas of interest for the general reader without sacrificing depth. As a Monet professor at Michigan State University for thirty-seven
years, Dr. Van Liere is well versed in the fine art of conveying
information that catches people's interest, holds, informs, and
entertains them. He has presented dozens of papers on Monet, published
relevant articles in art journals and written exhibition catalogs.
The same distaste for jargon and pomposity that made his teaching
career a success makes Dr. Van Liere an ideal promoter for the present
manuscript and, if we may be frank, a dream to work with. LAST OF THE TOMBOY PINGS a novel, by Patti See Patti See's first novel portrays the lives of four friends who are one move away from the trailer park, with one hand still on their mothers' rosary beads. The narrator is twenty-something Tessa Lam, a nutritionist and sometime college teacher, whose life seems to be ruled by rediscovering the "ping": a word her girlfriends first used as kids for that hilly country road tickle-belly feeling, and later to designate female arousal. Central to the plot are Tessa's relationships with her husband the scientist and her lover the literature professor and poet, a sort of twenty-first century awakening for a "third wave" heroine (without the drowning). Five chapters have published or are forthcoming in magazines as stories; one was nominated for Pushcart Prize. Patti has been published in over sixty anthologies, journals, magazines, newspapers, and is currently a fiction finalist for 2003 Bush Artist Fellowship. You can read some of her work at: |
