The New French, by Penny Drue Baird
(The Monacelli Press, 2011)

The New French is an interior design book linking France and interior design, featuring new projects, all with a fresh new look.  These projects incorporate clean-lined interior design with French furniture and furnishings, both antiques and twentieth century decorative arts.  Penny Drue Baird, the owner of Dessins, LLC., is an internationally-renowned interior designer, known not only for her top tier interior design and architectural skills, but also for her vast knowledge of all things French, the flea markets and antique markets of Europe, as well as her entertaining and table-top expertise. She has been named to Architectural Digest’s Top 100 (100 architects and designers world-wide) for the last 17 years. She has been featured and quoted in more than 100 publications, magazines, newspapers and books both here and abroad.  Her first book, Bringing Paris Home, was published by The Monacelli Press in 2008. Both projects are edited by Elizabeth White.

Catching Heat, by Jim Leyritz, Douglas Lyons, and Jeffrey Lyons
(HCI Books 2011)

This is the inspirational story of a onetime hero-the toast of New York-trying to turn his life around faced by incredible odds to play major league baseball and now faces even greater challenges to redeem himself.   An undrafted amateur, Leyritz not only had a respectable 11-year major league career, but was a 1996 World Series hero when his three-run home run in the 8th inning against the Atlanta Braves tied Game 4 and led to the Yankees’ first World Championship since 1978.   He has experienced a son plagued by two terrible diseases, a nasty divorce, a hard-won custody battle, and finally a tragic car accident in Florida in which a woman died. Leyritz was arrested and charged with vehicular manslaughter. Leyritz maintains his innocence.  Jeffrey Lyons is a film and theater critic and former co-host of NBC’s Reel Talk. He is the author of 101 Great Movies for Kids and the coauthor, with Douglas B. Lyons, of Out of Left Field, Curveballs and Screwballs, Short Hops and Foul Tips.  Douglas Lyons, a criminal lawyer, is the author of a book on American history, Baseball Rites and Sites-I Saw it On the Radio With the Boston Red Sox with Joe Castiglione, and From An Orphan To A King with Eddie Feigner.  This will be HCI’s lead book in 2011. The project was bought by Michelle Mastrisciani is a very nice deal.  

From Father to Son: Tales from ‘The Lyons Den,' by Jeffrey Lyons
(Abbeville, 2011)

From Father to Son: Tales from ‘The Lyons Den’, an enlightening compilation of anecdotes from one of New York’s most beloved Broadway column, plus interviews Jeffrey Lyons conducted as a film and theater critic for nearly forty years on TV and radio.  The wide range of subjects and the heretofore unknown aspects of stars’ lives will take the reader on an incredible journey. From Father to Son: Tales from ‘The Lyons Den’ abounds with anecdotes about J. Edgar Hoover’s girlfriend, Marilyn Monroe’s sentimental attachment to Frederick March’s piano, Ernest Hemingway’s advice on how to write a novel, and Groucho Marx’s hilarious question to a “spirit” at a séance. Jeffrey Lyons is the nationally-known film and theater critic, and former co-host of Sneak Previews (1982-1996 on PBS), MSNBC'S "AT THE MOVIES" (2003-4) and Reel Talk on NBC stations (2005-2009). He is the author of 101 Great Movies for Kids and the coauthor (with his brother Douglas) of three books of baseball history and trivia: Out of Left Field, Curveballs and Screwballs, Short Hops and Foul Tips. Editor Susan Costello and Bob Abrams.

Available Projects

Health / Parenting

The Health Book for Teens by Dr. Ralph Lopez. In this groundbreaking work, Dr. Ralph Lopez covers unique health issues that affect teenagers, such as the physical and emotional effects of puberty, changing eating habits (including eating disorders), sex, substance use, sleep deprivation and more. Unlike other books on this topic, The Health Book for Teens is geared toward teenagers themselves. Answering questions that teens are often embarrassed to discuss with their parents, this book gives teens a starting point to understanding their own health. It also offers pointers on how to bring up delicate subjects with parents, and gives ample examples of the discussed health issues from Dr. Lopez's years of experience working with teens. Dr. Lopez is practicing specialist of adolescent medicine, professor at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, and author of The Teen Health Book: A Parents' Guide to Adolescent Health and Well-Being (W. W. Norton & Company, 2003). Dr. Lopez has also been named as one New York Magazine's Best Doctors five times, and also featured in many guides to top doctors.

Wireless Parenting: Staying Connected with Your Child by Julie Ross. A graphic novel by Julie Ross, parenting expert and author of How to Hug a Porcupine: Negotiating the Prickly Points of the Tween Years, Practical Parenting for the 21st. Century: The Manual you Wish Had Come With Your Child, and Joint Custody With A Jerk: Raising a Child With an Uncooperative Ex Now What Do I Do?, among other titles.

How to Get Together and Stay Forever by Dr. Anne-Renee Testa - This book is designed to be an A to Z guide on creating a marriage that will continually grow stronger as the years pass, aimed at young women either recently married or in a committed relationship headed in that direction, by a noted psychologist, Dr. Anne-Renée Testa, using case studies from her practice to illustrate potential pitfalls. This book aims to become the comprehensive guide through which young women will rely on to create a relationship for themselves that will remain vibrant and healthy for a lifetime. As one of the nation’s most respected marriage-experts, Dr. Anne-Renee Testa also possesses a media sensibility and no-nonsense style that has made her a hit on numerous shows. She has made frequent appearances on several national TV shows, including, The Today Show, Montel, Maury, Nancy Grace, MSNBC, CNN and Fox News.

History / Politics

Security in the Digital Age by Admiral William Owens. Former Vice-President of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and United States Navy admiral examines the challenges brought about by the Information Age, calling into question several of the outdated paradigms that have dominated the American Military system since World War II, and ultimately declares that if our military does not alter, even revolutionize, itself within the very near future, we will be very unlikely to maintain our global position.  It will also provide advice for businessmen and individuals. 

Lifestyle / Interior Design

Dreaming of Your Outdoor Room by Kathy Peterson. This celebrity design expert’s newest book will feature impressive and creative outdoor living spaces with inspiring and high quality images using a wide range of colors, themes, and accessories for inviting outdoor escapes. Peterson is a well-known TV personality, featured weekly in her national TV series, Town Country Crafts with Kathy Peterson. Her interviews are published regularly in numerous national publications such as Woman’s Day, America Ways, Woman’s World, USA Weekend, Better Homes & Gardens, The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Times, and her designs have been shown on television specials on HGTV, DIY Network, E!, The Rachael Ray Show, PBS, TNN and Discovery Channel TV networks.