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Gwendolyn’s Nutty Nutcracker

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Nutcracker time is here! The world’s greatest dancing pigs, Gwendolyn and Omar, are eager to rehearse. All is excitement, hard work, and fun.

Natasha Levertov, the Artistic Director, and her former ballet partner, Bary Mishnakoff, are on hand to help their students learn the steps and a little bit about life!

The story is sweet, clever, and charming, and the illustrations will make you laugh out loud.

Wait!

Is that the Overture I hear? Gwendolyn’s Nutty Nutcracker is about to begin. Don’t miss out on all the drama, laughter, and applause. Hurry inside. The curtain is about to rise.

$15.95
40 Full Color Pages
Author: David Ira Rottenberg
Illustrator: Eliza Rose David
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Long Before the Next War

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If Jack Kerouac went to Vietnam, this is the book he would have written–created without any filter–with all the vividness, craziness, bloodiness, harshness, kindness, sensuousness and godliness that is war.

Landing Zone Zebra, Planet Earth, 1968. John Coltrane and John Lennon. Peace talks in Paris and nightly mortar attacks. Secret patrols to Laos and best friends flown home in body bags. The chaos that passes for life in a guerrilla war. This is Long Before the Next War. Part poetry. Part prose. And all great read.

“Here is a tone poem of the terrible beauty of human lives. Its setting is the Vietnam of the early 70s but it speaks for the   condition of war, and it’s interface with the human heart, in all ages, all places. This book is a small, quiet treasure that belongs on shelves next to Homage to Catalonia, The Naked and the Dead, and Slaughterhouse Five. That said, more than being solely about war it is a book that reaches into the human heart and spells out its relationship to the mind and the world. It is a story for all seasons, its rhythms and notes evoking loss, love, cruelty and hope. All those who wish to better know and understand these qualities of their own hearts are likely to be enriched by attending to Anthony’s words. ‘War is the biggest damn drama, comedy, tragedy, farce the mind ever invented. It’s lucky we have hearts to ease the pain.’” – Ajahn Amaro, Abbot, Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, Author of Small Boat, Great Mountain

“This novel is war in the moment, on the page, intimately brutal and psychologically surreal. Anthony’s prose opens a soldier’s shattered heart and pieces it together with strands of beauty and grace that illuminate his full humanity. Not just a war novel, Long Before The Next War is a journey through the ferocious jungle to the inner sanctum of the soul.” – Jane Parker Resnick, author, The Secret Garden

“Rarely does a literary work emerge that delves so deeply and courageously into the human psyche. Long Before the Next War is such a book.” – Malachy McCourt, author of A Monk Swimming

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$27.95/hardcover/$15.99/paperback/198 pages
Author: Tony Anthony

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Outside the Edges

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OUTSIDE THE EDGES is about two fifteen year old buddies, looking for girls. A time-honored pursuit fraught with humor, anxiety and always the hope that the perfect girl is right around the corner—a girl who will save you the embarrassment and trauma of trying to meet her by smiling and saying, “Hey,” as soon as she sees you (yeah, right).

OUTSIDE THE EDGES is about friends, girlfriends, grades, sex, school, popularity and parents—not necessarily in that order.

It’s a funny book because it rings true.

If you’re looking for dystopian worlds, vampires and big-eared, lizard-skinned aliens, don’t look here.

It’s a guys’ book about guys, but if you’re a girl who’s ever wondered, “What are they thinking?” reading this book is your chance. Don’t miss it!

$12.95
268 pages
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Soldiers of Beauty

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Soldiers of BeautySoldiers of Beauty is a sumptuous book. It celebrates ballet in a unique combination of poetry and art that appeals to the mind, the emotions and the senses. The book dances, leaps and sings to all the rhythms, sounds and colors of ballet. Rottenberg writes from the point of view of the dancers, the lovers of dance and the lovers of the dancers. The poetry is funny, sad and beautiful. The artwork is simple, sensitive and vivid. Every page is a true delight. It is exciting to see and to read. Soldiers of Beauty is a book to cherish for yourself and give to your friends. To see what the book looks like inside, click here.

“The book delivered a poignant and soulful performance. Like any true dancer, it came from the heart. I enjoyed it tremendously and it was wonderful to get to the end without any blisters on my feet!” Jennifer Gelfand, former principal dancer, Boston Ballet

“… David touches the heart of our art form through his words… the love, the sacrifice, joy and pain. Beautifully done!” Melianie Atkins, Soloist, Boston Ballet

“Poetry, art and ballet! Soldiers of Beauty is a perfect book for anyone who loves dance.”Tony Williams, Artistic Director, Balletrox

“The writer has a great sense of the soul of dancers…. For anyone who knows anything about dance, especially ballet, reading this book will be an absorbing and meaningful experience.” Richard Rutherford, former principle dancer, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, former associate Artistic Director, Royal Winnipeg Ballet

 

$19.95 / Poetry Book / Soft Cover
84 Pages / 8.5 x 11
Author – David Ira Rottenberg
Illustrations – Various Artists

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How to Market Your Newsstand Magazine: Tactics, Tips and Case Histories

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NewsstandCoverHow to Market Your Newsstand Magazine provides insights from one of the top magazine marketing consultants in the world on the ins and outs of an often perplexing world — the world of newstand sales. With her trademark clarity and wit, Linda Ruth makes the complex simple and the problematic manageable. Read this book and visit her Newsstand Made Manageable blog at www.singlecopysales.com. A Cedar Crest Book / 103 pages / List Price $29.95.

“This book will provide you with all the tools and insights you need to be successful on the newsstand — plus it’s fun to read.”
—Catherine Lee, Founder/CEO, Discover Girls magazine

“Both enormously entertaining and completely practical. How to Market Your Newsstand Magazine is that rarity — a book that can be used for both instruction and enjoyment.”
—Kevin Regan, Senior Planning Manager, Amex Publishing

“This book is insightful for magazine publishers trying to understand the often-arcane world of newsstand sales.”
—Matt York, Editor/Publisher, www.VideoMaker.com

$29.95/paperback/103 pages
Author: Linda Ruth

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MOVE! How Women Can Achieve Athletic Goals At Any Age

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MOVE! How Women Can Achieve Athletic Goals At Any Age is a simple method of goal achievement, that can help you reach athletic goals you never thought possible. You can also use it to reach professional and personal goals as well. MOVE! helps you:

• prepare for goals
• set goals
• manage goals
• assess goals
• identify when it’s time to set new goals.

Stories from women of all ages in all sports from beginners to elite athletes help you recognize your doubts, overcome them, and inspire you to find your own passions. The MOVE! method includes practical, flexible forms you can apply to your own interests and circumstances. This book will help you amaze yourself!

A Cedar Crest Book $16.99 Available Now

“MOVE! captures the needs and desires of all women who want to improve, make changes, and succeed. Cathy has supplied the secret on how to do it. Amazing!”
– Alison Foley, Head Women’s Soccer Coach, Boston College

“Even if you have a disability or were never an athlete, you can use MOVE! for any physical goal. I achieved walking and biking goals I never expected.”
– Nancy Schuder, recreational walker, biker

“I have experienced first hand the benefits of MOVE! for athletics
and beyond and have become a huge believer in her goal setting
and buddy systems. Knowing you are accountable to someone
beside yourself, who is also your cheerleader and will listen when
the frustration hits is comforting and helps you to keep MOVING
towards your goals.”
– Carmel Papworth-Barnum, World Masters Athletics Track and
Field Medalist, Founder www.women-running-together.com

$16.99/paperback/266 pages
Author: Catharine Utzschneider, Ed.D.

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Gwendolyn Goes Hollywood

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Gwendolyn Goes Hollywood packs plenty of fun and adventure when the world’s two danciest pigs, Gwendolyn and Omar, go Hollywood. What happens when Roger Thunderbluster, the greatest movie producer in the world, asks Natasha Levertov, the greatest dance teacher in ze vorld, to help make Gwendolyn and Omar stars? Will the movie be a hit? Can the two pigs really dance and sing. Can’t wait to find out? All the laughs are inside, so go right in. Next stop – Hollywood!

The second in the popular Gwendolyn series carries Gwendolyn, Omar and Natasha from the ballet stage to the Hollywood stage. From ballet recitals to musicals. The illustrations and text are charming and funny. It’s a book that’s sure to rocket to No. 1 in your children’s hearts.

$16.99 / Picture Book / Hard Cover / 8.5 x 11
40 Pages / Ages 3-8
Author – David Ira Rottenberg
Illustrator – Lesley Anderson

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Internet Marketing for Magazine Publishers

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Internet MarketingInternet Marketing for Magazine Publishers provides the techniques that every publisher, large or small, can use to get to know the audience, locate the audience, speak to the audience, and market to the audience. It shows how to bring people to your site, and what to do with them when they get there. It discusses how to structure your business around the internet, how to analyze your traffic, and how to monetize your site.Internet Marketing for Publishers is the essential handbook for anyone looking to market print and online content. A Cedar Crest Book / 106 pages / List Price $29.95.

“The must read book for magazine publishers wishing to understand the world of marketing!”
—Donna Murphy, Creative Director of La Vie Claire magazine

“A smart practical framework for getting the job done when marketing your magazine online.”
—Janice Fellegara, Circulation Marketing & Planning Director, The New York Review of Books

“Just when you thought business books were all the same, along comes Internet Marketing with some genuinely fresh ideas and new perspectives on how to sell in an increasingly competitive world.”
—Gloria Jacobs, Executive Director of the Feminist Press at CUNY

$29.95/paperback/106 pages
Author: Linda Ruth

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