BookExpo America 2009: Around the BEA Booths: T - Z

TAKE A CHANCE

Featured: 'Twas the Week Before Christmas and The Big Easter Trip, titles by Connie Hall; Bible Bugs (children's series) by Connie Hall; Gloria Victoria by Jane Pompillio. Booth: 5054.

TANTOR MEDIA

Offers audiobook editions and e-book versions. Featured audio: Tantor MP3 boxed set collection; Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson; White Tiger by Aravine Adiga (Man Booker Award); Power, Ambition and Glory by Steve Forbes and John Prevas; Food of a Younger Land by Mark Kurlansky; David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, read by Simon Vance. Giveaways: copy new Audio&eBook (audiobook with companion e-book). Discounts: Tantor Flex Plan (libraries). Booth: 3783.

TARO PATCH SMALL PRESS

This first-time exhibitor publishes Vision Board workbooks and meditation CDs. Featured: Vision Boards: A Guidebook for Mapping Out Your Vision by Olivia Vicky Lee. Booth: 2943.

TAUNTON PRESS

Featured: DamGoodSweet: Desserts to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth, New Orleans Style by David Guas; Speed Decorating by Jill Vegas; Mother's Best, Comfort Food That Takes You Home Again by Lisa Schroeder; Cake Keeper Cakes by Lauren Chattman; Kaffe Fassett's Quilt Romance by Kaffe Fassett. Booth: 4169.

TAYLOR & FRANCIS

Featured from Routledge: Belonging by bell hooks; Routledge Classics Series (various); The Laws That Shaped America by Dennis Johnson; Discovering Your Couple Sexual Style by Barry and Emily McCarthy; Handmade Electronic Music by Nicholas Collins. From CRC Press: The Handbook of Chemistry & Physics by David Lide. From Garland Science: Molecular Biology of the Cell by Bruce Alberts et al.; Immunobiology by C. Janeway; The Immune System by Peter Parham. From Psychology Press: select titles. Booth: 2962.

TAYLOR TRADE PUBLISHING

Featured: Beyond Alzheimer's by Scott D. Mendelson, M.D.; Gridiron Gauntlet by Andy Piascik; The Last Days of Shea by Dana Brand; Paul Newman by Lawrence J. Quirk; Someone's Daughter by Silvia Pettem. Discounts: see NBN booth for details. Booth: 4024.

TEACHER CREATED RESOURCES

Featured: 10 New Learning Games; Rhymes, Riddles & Reasoning series (activity books); Puzzles and Games That Make Kids Think series; Awesome Animals series; Ready-Set-Learn series (activity books). Discounts: free freight. Booth: 326.

TEACHERS COLLEGE PRESS

Featured: Teaching What Happened by James Loewen; Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year 2009; Children Who Soar by Susan Davis and Nancy Eppler-Wolff; The Second Educational Revolution by Allan Collins and Richard Halverson; Wounded by School by Kirsten Olson; Dr. Ruth's Guide to Teens and Sex Today by Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer. Giveaways: Dr. Ruth pens. Drawings: for “educator/ parenting bookshelf.” Discounts: free freight on five or more single or mixed titles. Booth: 4850.

TEACH ME TAPES

Featured: Teach Me Everyday series by Judy Mahoney, illus. by Patrick Girouard; Teach Me Times Two series, Vols. 1 and 2 by Judy Mahoney; Feliz Navidad: Learning Songs & Traditions in Spanish by Anna Maria Mahoney, illus. by Barb Bjornson; Joyeux Noel: Learning Songs & Traditions in French by Judy Mahoney, illus. by Roberta Collier-Morales; Frohliche Weihnachten: Learning Songs & Traditions in German by Linda Rauenhorst, illus. by Robert Collier-Morales. Drawings: for Teach Me Everyday library (10 titles). Discounts: free freight. Booth: 3063.

TENEUES PUBLISHING CO.

Featured books: Ed Hardy: Beyond Skin by Ed Hardy; Elliott Erwitt's Rome by Elliott Erwitt; Antarctica: Life in the Polar Regions by Michael Poliza; Cartier: I Love You by Bruce Weber; His Holiness the Dalai Lama by Don Farber. Featured stationery: Magneto notecard boxes, with licensed designs by Ed Hardy; notecard boxes, with art by Yue Minjun; SimplyNotes; BookNotes; EcoNotes. Discounts: 50% on 10 or more books (any assortment; backlist); 55% on stationery (no minimums). Booth: 4485.

TEN SPEED PRESS

Featured from Ten Speed Press: What Color Is Your Parachute? 2010 and The Job-Hunter's Survival Guide, titles by Richard Nelson Bolles; Baking by James Peterson; Peter Reinhart's Best Breads Fast by Peter Reinhart; Lucid Foods by Louisa Shafia. From Celestial Arts: The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen by Rebecca Katz; Laugh Lines Are Beautiful by Leigh Anne Jasheway- Bryant; Life's Too F***ing Short by Janet Street-Porter; The Allergen-Free Baker's Handbook by Cybele Pascal; Chocolate Bliss by Susie Norris. From Crossing Press: Natural Menopause by Amanda McQuade Crawford; The Little Book of Aromatherapy by Kathi Keville; The Eleven Eternal Principles by Carmen Harra; Reiki for Spiritual Healing by Brett Bevell. Drawings: indie booksellers (only): win contents of Ten Speed and Tricycle booths; indie booksellers/librarians (only): win original Jane Seabrook art from Furry Logic: Don't Worry. Booths: 3266, 3267.

TFH PUBLICATIONS

Featured: World Atlas of Dog Breeds; High-Drive Dogs; Dancing with Dogs; The Happy Adopted Dog; Doggy Business 101. Giveaways: treats for pet dogs. Discounts: extra 5%. Booth: 4284.

THAMES & HUDSON

Featured: The Most Beautiful Villages and Towns of the Southwest by Joan Tapper and Nick Wheeler; Vincent Van Gogh—The Letters, edited by Leo Jansen et al.; The Complete Ice Age, edited by Brian Egan; Art Deco Jewelry—Masterworks and Their Makers by Evelyne Posseme et al.; The Seventy Great Cities in History, edited by John Julius Norwich. Booth: 1309.

THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP

Featured: Before the Giraffe and Brundibar by Tony Kushner; Dead Man's Cell Phone by Sarah Ruhl; Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven and Other Plays by Young Jean Lee; Ruined by Lynn Nottage; The Fever Chart by Naomi Wallace. Giveaways: copies, Before the Giraffe and Brundibar and Dead Man's Cell Phone. Booth: 4508.

THINGSASIAN PRESS

This first-time exhibitor publishes guidebooks, children's books and travel literature about Asia. Featured: H Is for Hong Kong by Tricia Morrissey and Elizabeth Briel; To Japan with Love, edited by Celeste Heiter; To Myanmar with Love, edited by Morgan Edwardson; To Vietnam with Love, edited by Kim Fay; Tone Deaf in Bangkok by Janet Brown. Giveaways: posters; book bags; ARCs; bookmarks; postcards. Drawings: for gift basket filled with books and SE Asian souvenirs (Sun., May 31). Booth: 4164.

THREE DOT

This full-service communications company offers consulting, creative, production management and publishing services. Featured: When One Door Closes by Susie and Bill Graham with H. Thomas Saylor (a 2009 Mom's Choice Winner). Booth: 2943.

THUNDER BAY PRESS

Featured: The Unseen Ansel Adams by Ian Westwell; 2,000 Guitars by Tony Bacon; Frank Lloyd Wright in Pop-Up by Roland Lewis; Massage Anatomy by Heidi Sonn, M.D.; Planet Surf by Ryan Smith. Giveaways: tote bags, pens. Discounts: freight allowances. Booths: 3140, 3141.

TIGER TALES (IMPRINT ME MEDIA)

Featured: Boris and the Wrong Shadow by Leigh Hodgkinson; Eliot Jones, Midnight Super Hero by Anne Cottringer, illus. by Alex T. Smith; My Favorite Michael by Laura Heiman, illus. by Sophie Keen; I Love You All Year Long by Steve Metzger, illus. by Claire Keay; Sleep, Baby, Sleep, illus. by Teri Weidner. Discounts: free freight. Booth: 4031.

TILBURY HOUSE PUBLISHERS

Featured: Remember Me, Tomah Joseph's Gift to Franklin Roosevelt by Donald Soctomah and Jean Flahive, illus. by Mary Beth Owens; Always My Brother by Jean Reagan, illus. by Phyllis Pollema-Cahill; Give Me a Goat by Jan West Schrock, illus. by Aileen Darragh; Under the Night Sky by Amy Lundebrek, illus. by Anna Rich; Amadi's Snowman by Katia Novet-Saint Lot, illus. by Dimitrea Tokunbo. Discounts: 50%, free freight on 20 or more books. Booth: 519.

TIMBER PRESS

Featured: The American Meadow Garden by John Greenlee, photos by Saxon Holt; Black Plants by Paul Bonine; 50 Easy Care Orchids by Judy White; The New Low-Maintenance Garden by Valerie Easton; Fearless Color Gardens by Keeyla Meadows. Giveaways: daily. Discounts: Workman backlist stock offer. Booths: 3577, 3677.

TIME INC. HOME ENTERTAINMENT

Featured: Life Classic Collection: Wonders of the World; Time Great Discoveries: Explorations That Changed History; Food and Wine Best of the Best Cookbook Recipes; Sports Illustrated Monday Morning Quarterback; Sports Illustrated Kids Wow! The Pop-Up Book of Sports. Booths: 3766, 3767, 3773.

TIME OUT GROUP

Featured: Time Out City Guides (68 titles): Time Out London, Time Out New York, Time Out Chicago; Shortlist series titles; new regional guides; Time Out annuals; licensed editions (all language markets). Booths: 4959, 4961.

TIN HOUSE

Featured: The Children's Day by Michiel Heyns; Raskazzy: New Fiction from a New Russia, edited by Jeff Parker and Mikkhail Iossel; The Story About the Story: Great Writers Explore Great Literature, edited by J.C. Hallman; The Little General and the Giant Snowflake by Matthea Harvey, illus. by Elizabeth Zechel; We Did Porn by Zak Smith. Booth: 4406.

TITLETOWN PUBLISHING

This first-time exhibitor publishes true crime titles. Featured: Run at Destruction by Lynda Drews; Torture at the Back Forty by Mike Dauplaise; Bodyguard to the Packers by Jerry Parins and Mike Dauplaise. Giveaways: tote bags; shoelaces; bookmarks. Booth: 3240.

TOP THAT! PUBLISHING (U.K.)

Featured: select titles from Tide Mill Press, Top That! Kids and Quest imprints. Booth: 421.

TOR & FORGE BOOKS/MACMILLAN

Featured from Forge: The Atlantis Code by Charles Brokaw; The War After Armageddon by Ralph Peters; Perseverance by Carolyn Rubenstein; The Cheater by Nancy Taylor. From Tor: A Memory of Light by Brandon Sanderson; The Winds of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson; New Spring by Robert Jordan. From Starscape: My Rotten Life: Nathan Abercrombie, Accidental Zombie by David Lubar; City of Fire by Laurence Yep. Booth: 1A17.

TORQUERE PRESS

Publishes gay and lesbian young adult titles. Featured: new titles from Prizm Books imprint. Giveaways: books at signings: BA Tortuga and Julia Talbot. Discounts: free freight. Booth: 3926.

TOTALLY SKEWED PRODUCTIONS

Featured: Deedee Divine's Totally Skewed Guide to Life by Diana Estill (Corncob Press). Discounts: standard allowance. Booth: 2943.

TOUCAN BOOKS

Packages illustrated books for children and adults on crafts, nature, gardening and travel. Booth: 2433.

TOW DISTRIBUTION

This first-time exhibitor specializes in graphic novels remainders, overstocks and hurt books. Featured: select super-hero, independent and manga titles; Stephen King's The Stand Captain Trips, written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, penciled by Mike Perkins, covers by Mike Perkins and Lee Bermejo. Booth: 2754.

TRAILER LIFE DIRECTORY AND BOOKS

Featured: Trailer Life RV Park, Campground & Services Directory; Exit Now Trailer Life Directory; Trailer Directory 2009 RV Road Atlas; Pet ER Guide; RV Maintenance & Repair Manual; 10 Minute Tech series. Giveaways: sample books. Booth: 4413.

TRANSACTION PUBLISHERS

Featured: The Soul of Creative Writing by Richard Goodman; Housing America, edited by Rand G. Holcombe and Benjamin W. Power; China's Long March to Freedom by Kate Zhou; Abortion, Execution, and the Consequences of Taking Life by James D. Slack; Ships Without a Shore by Anne Pierce. Booth: 4735.

TRAVEL PUBLISHERS ASSN.

Featured: titles from over 80 independent travel publishers. Drawings: by business card for entire booth collection (books/ DVDs/ CDs/ maps/language aids). Booth: 4950.

TRICYCLE PRESS

Featured: Let There Be Peace on Earth by Jill Jackson and Sy Miller, illus. by David Diaz; I Call My Grandma Nana and I Call My Grandpa Papa, titles by Ashley Wolff; Where Else in the Wild, More Camouflaged Creatures Concealed ... and Revealed by David M. Schwartz and Yael Schy, photos by Dwight Kuhn; The Book That Eats People by John Perry, illus. by Mark Fearing; Sky High, The True Story of Maggie Gee by Marissa Moss, illus.by Carl Angel. Giveaways: galleys (limited quantities): Brand New Emily by Ginger Rue and I Am Jack by Susanne Gervay, illus. by Cathy Wilcox. Booths: 3266, 3267.

TRILOGY NORTH AMERICA

TNA offers software solutions and services exclusively for the publishing industry; delivers IT systems and services, including production, sales, marketing, continuities, customer care, royalties and distribution. Featured: demonstrations of Trilogy software. Booth: 4119.

TRINITY UNIV. PRESS

Featured: In the Sun's House by Kurt Caswell; 7 Poets, 4 Days, 1 Book by Christopher Merrill et al.; What I Can't Bear Losing by Gerald Stern; Ranch Gates by Daniel Olsen and Henk van Assen; I've Heard the Vultures Singing by Lucia Perillo. Booth: 4526.

TRISTAN PUBLISHING

Featured: Heart on My Sleeve by Jodi Hills; The Leaf That Wouldn't Leave by Trish Trinco; The New Place (Spanish ed.) by Warren Hanson. Discounts: 45%, free freight on 48 or more copies. Booth: 4541.

TRIUMPH BOOKS

Featured: The King and I: A Photographic Tribute to Arnold Palmer by James Dodson and Howdie Giles; From Baltimore to Broadway by Ed Gruver; The Bardo Report by Stephen Bardo; Gretzky's Tears by Dick Vermel; Whistle in His Mouth, Heart on His Sleeve by Stephen Brunt. Booth: 4352.

TUGHRA BOOKS

Featured: Best of Turkish Cooking; Istanbul City Guide; Key Concepts in the Practice of Sufism (series) by M. Fethullah Gulen; Journey Through Ten Thousand Veils by Maryam Kabeer Faye. Giveaways: bookmarks, Turkish delights. Discounts: free freight ($200-minimum purchase). Booth: 3064.

TUNDRA BOOKS

Featured: select spring and fall 2009 titles; The Battle for Duncragglin by Andrew Vanderwal. Giveaways: books at signings (Fri., May 29 at 3 p.m.). Booth: 4750.

TURIN INT'L BOOK FAIR

TIBF—a first-time exhibitor at BEA—is a well-known annual appointment for Italian and international publishers and book lovers, aka Fiera Internazionale del Libro Torino. Booth: 3622.

TURNER PUBLISHING CO.

Featured: When the Buddha Met Bubba by Richard “Dixie” Hartwell; 21 Things to Create a Better Life by Todd Bottorff; Patient Siggy by Sigourney Cheek; Historic Photos of Ernest Hemingway by James Plath; The Artist Within by Whitney Ferre. Drawings: for iPod. Booth: 3868.

TUTTLE PUBLISHING

Featured from Tuttle Publishing: The Steamy Kitchen Cookbook by Jaden Hair; Jeet Kune Do by Teri Tom; Tuttle Beginning Japanese by Michael L. Kluemper et al.; Elementary Hindi by Richard Delacy and Sudha Joshi; Asian Cocktails, edited by Holly Jennings and Christine LeBlond. From New Holland Publishers Australia: Where's Elvis? by Daniel Lalic and Xavier Waterkeyn; Wild Sourdough by Yoke Mardewi; Betrayed by Latifa Ali with Richard Shears; Speeches That Reshaped the World by Alan Whiticker; Eating for Eye Health by Ita Buttrose and Vanessa Jones; Gardens of the World by Graham Ross et al. From Asian Art Museum: Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam and Burma 1775–1950 by Forrest McGill et al.; Lords of the Samurai by Yoko Woodson et al. Giveaways: “one and only” Tuttle tote bag. Discounts: 50% (retailers, returnable): six copies per location for assortment Where's Elvis and/or Where's bin Laden. Booth: 2841.

TWIN SISTERS PRODUCTIONS

Featured: new selections and assortments, including Garfield workbooks, children's 8x8s and pre-loaded MP3 players; holiday gift products (Halloween, Christmas). Discounts: 60% on “first show day” orders. Booth: 945.

TWO DOLLAR RADIO

Featured: Some Things That Meant the World to Me by Joshua Mohr; Nog, Flats and Quake, titles by Rudolph Wurlitzer; The Cave Man by Xiaoda Xiao. Giveaways: chapbooks (original intros to Rudolph Wurlitzer novels); books (Some Things That Meant the World to Me). Booth: 4506.

TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS

Featured: The NLT Study Bible; First Things First by Kurt and Brenda Warner; LT and Me by Loreane Tomlinson and LaDainian Tomlinson; Uncommon by Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker; Inside the Revolution by Joel C. Rosenberg. Giveaways: ARCs. Discounts: 50% (qualifying orders). Booth: 3808.

UDON ENTERTAINMENT

Featured: The Big Adventures of Majoko by Machiko Fuji; Ninja Baseball Kyuma by Shunshin Maeda; Fairy Idol Kanon by Mera Hakamada; Swans in Space by Lun Lun Yamamoto; Manga for Kids. Booth: 2773.

ULYSSES PRESS

Featured: Mugglenet.com's Unofficial, Unauthorized and Unequaled Harry Potter Debates by Emerson Spartz and Ben Schoen; What Will Happen in Eragon IV by Richard Marcus; The I Love Trader Joe's Cookbook by Cherie Twohy; When Ninjas Attack: Matt Fargo by the editors of Ulysses Press. Discounts: see PGW booth for details. Booth: 4408.

UNBRIDLED BOOKS

Featured: Shimmer by Eric Barnes; Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel; The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire by C.M. Mayo; Madewell Brown by Rick Collignon. Giveaways: galleys: Shimmer; Crankioklepty by Colin Dickey; 31 Hours by Masha Hamilton. Booth: 2469.

UNION FOR REFORM JUDAISM

Featured: The Torah: A Women's Commentary, edited by Tamara Cohn Eskenazi and Andrea L. Weiss; Entree to Judaism by Tina Wasserman; I Love Jewish Faces by Debra B. Darvick. Discounts: 15%, free freight. Booth: 4862.

UNIV. OF ALABAMA PRESS

Featured: select titles from new imprint Fire Ant Books; Headwaters by Beth Maynor Young and John C. Hall; Twelve and Counting, edited by Kenneth Gaddy; Crossing the River by Shalom Eilati; Tin Man by Charlie Lucas; The Pecan Orchard by Peggy Vonsherie Allen. Discounts: 30%. Booth: 2634.

UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA PRESS

Featured: The Book of Codes by Paul Lunde; 2000 Years of Mayan Literature by Dennis Tedlock; In the Shadow of Slavery by Judith A. Carney and Richard Nicholas Rosomoff; Fireflies, Honey, and Silk by Gilbert Waldbauer; Mark Twain's Book of Animals by Mark Twain. Discounts: 48% on backlist, 10 or more books (nine-unit maximum per title). Booths: 3223, 3225.

UNIV. OF CHICAGO PRESS

Featured: Gerhard Richter by Dietmar Elger; Secrets of the Universe by Paul Murdin; Soldier Field by Liam T.A. Ford; Gems and Gemstones by Lance Grande and Allison Augustyn; Travels in the Reich, 1933–1945 by Oliver Lubrich. Booth: 3229.

UNIV. OF HAWAI'I PRESS

Featured: Small Trees for the Tropical Landscape by Fred Rauch; California Hotel and Casino by Dennis M. Ogawa and John M. Blink with Mike Gordon; The Shaolin Monastery by Mei Shahar; A Japanese Robinson Crusoe by Jenichiro Oyabe; The Book of Honu by Peter Bennett. Giveaways: Hawaiian chocolate macadamia nut candy; orchids; pens. Discounts: 50% (UHP titles; five-unit minimum purchase). Booth: 3663.

UNIV. OF ILLINOIS PRESS

Featured: Cafe Society by Barney Josephson with Terry Trilling-Josephson; Christian America and the Kingdom of God by Richard T. Hughes; Lincoln's Political Generals by David Work; George Gershwin by Walter Rimler; Sojourner Truth's America by Margaret Washington. Giveaways: books at in-booth signings (Sat., May 30 at 2 p.m.). Discounts: 47% (no minimum). Booth: 4251.

UNIV. OF MASSACHUSETTS PRESS

Featured: Barney Frank: The Story of America's Only Left-handed, Gay, Jewish Congressman by Stuart Weiberg; The Vietnam War in American Memory by Patrick Hagopian; The Craftsman and the Critic by Beverly K. Brandt; The Art of Landscape Architecture by Samuel Parsons, Jr.; Field Guide to Tidal Wetland Plants of the Northeasterm United States and Neighboring Canada. Discounts: 50% on five or more backlist titles. Booth: 3235.

UNIV. OF MINNESOTA PRESS

Featured: Everything You Know About Indians Is Wrong by Paul Chaat Smith; Everything Is Now: New and Collected Stories by Michelle Cliff; To Be, or Not... to Bop by Dizzy Gillespie; Cooking from the Heart: The Hmong Kitchen in America by Sami Scripter and Sheng Yang; We Are All Moors by Anouar Majid. Discounts: 50%. Booth: 3722.

UNIV. OF NEBRASKA PRESS

Featured from Univ. of Nebraska Press: American Lives Series, edited by Tobias Wolff; In Rooms of Memory by Hilary Masters; Searching for Tamsen Donner by Gabrielle Burton; Yellowstone Autumn by W.D. Wetherell; Reconsidering Happiness (Flyover Fiction Series) by Sherrie Flick. From Bison Books: My Kitchen Wars by Betty Fussell; Branch Rickey by Lee Lowenshish; Sting Like a Bee by Jose Torres; Passion and Principle by Sally Denton; Wallace Stegner by Jackson Benson. Giveaways: magnetic poetry kits; Bison magnetic bookmarks; galleys. Drawings: for signed limited edition of Lights on a Ground of Darkness by Ted Kooser. Discounts: free freight on one order (five-book minimum). Booth: 2870.

UNIV. OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS

Featured: Give My Poor Heart Ease by William Ferris; Bring Your “A” Game by Jennifer Etnier; Stabbed in the Back by Nortin Hadler, M.D.; Life Along the Inner Coast by Robert Lippson and Alice Lippson; U.S. Grant by Joan Waugh. Giveaways: blues-music CDs. Discounts: 50% (one order, retail/library accounts). Booth: 2851.

UNIV. OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS

Featured: The Anatomy Murders by Lisa Rosner; Homeland Security by Michael Chertoff; The Devil in the Holy Water, or the Art of Slander in France from the Ancient Regime to the Terror by Robert Darnton; Getting Out, edited by Michael Walzer and Nicholas Mills; The Hundred Years War, Vol. III by Jonathan Sumpton. Discounts: 45%, free freight on 10 or more backlist units. Booth: 2637.

UNIV. OF TENNESSEE PRESS

Featured: Lincoln Under Enemy Fire by John Cramer; Time Well Spent: Family Hiking in the Smokies by Charles Maynard; Life, Art and Times of Joseph Delaney by Frederick Moffat. Discounts: 48% on six or more trade titles; 40% on six or more short-discount titles. Booth: 4843.

UNIV. PRESS OF KANSAS

Featured: Singin' in the Rain by Earl Hess and Pratibha Dabholkar; Daughters of Aquarius by Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo; Vietnam by John Prados; Lives of Hitler's Jewish Soldiers by Bryan Mark Rigg; Guantanamo, USA by Stephen Schwab. Giveaways: '60s peace signs. Drawings: for Singin' in the Rain gift basket. Discounts: 50%, backlist (retailers). Booth: 2532.

UNIV. PRESS OF MISSISSIPPI

Featured: Occasions: Selected Writings by Eudora Welty; Eudora Welty as Photographer, photos by Eudora Welty, edited by Pearl Amelia McHaney; Alan Moore: Comics as Performance, Fiction as Scalpel by Annalisa Di Liddo; Gods of Comics: Osamu Tezuka and the Creation of Post-World War II Manga by Natsu Onoda Power; Komiks: Comic Art in Russia by Jose Alaniz. Discounts: 48%, free freight on five or more books (retailers, one ship-to); 30%, free freight on five or more books (libraries, one ship-to). Booth: 2535.

UNIV. PRESS OF NEW ENGLAND

Featured: Tempest in the Temple, edited by Amy Neustrin; Saber's Edge by Thomas Middleton; Art Museums Plus by Traute M. Marshall; Massachusetts Quilts by Lynne Zacek Bassett. Discounts: 50%, backlist. Booth: 3611.

URANO PUBLISHING

Offers books from Urano, Tusquets, Obelsico, Sirio, Roca and Ediciones B. Featured: titles from client-publishers. Booth: 2352.

U.S. DEPT OF COMMERCE

Provides export assistance to U.S. companies; embassy and consulate presence around the world to help publishers explore market opportunities and sell their products and rights overseas. Featured: specialists from key markets available to meet with publishers. Booth: 2669.

U.S. GAMES SYSTEMS

Featured: Pamela Colman Smith Commemorative Set: Artwork and Times of Pamela Colman Smith by Robert R. Kaplan; President Obama's 500 Promises Card Set; TableTalk Conversation Cards for the Entire Family Series; Encyclopedia of Tarot (four vols.) by Stuart R. Kaplan; Native American Deck/Book Set. Giveaways: TableTalk decks. Discounts: free freight ($250 minimum order); President Obama's 500 Promises Card Set Offer: “Buy 12 Get 1 Free.” Booth: 322.

U.S. MEDIA PARTNERS

Offers remainders and hurt books (adult/juvenile) from leading publishers. Booth: 5005.

VANGUARD PRESS

Featured: The Twelve by William Gladstone; Isis by Douglas Clegg; Think Like a Champion by Donald J. Trump; Worst Nightmares by Shane Briant; The Shimmer by David Morrell. Booth: 4237.

VEGETARIAN RESOURCE GROUP

Featured: Vegan Seafood by Nancy Berkoff; Simply Vegan by Reed Mangels and Debra Wasserman; Lowfat Jewish Vegetarian Cookbook by Debra Wasserman; Vegan Handbook by The Vegetarian Resource Group; Vegetarian Nutrition magazine. Giveaways: I Love Animals and Broccoli (coloring books); Be Kind to Animals (bumper stickers); Vegetarians Are Sprouting Up All Over (bumperstickers); Vegetarian for Teenagers (brochures); Where to Eat Vegetarian in New York City (books). Booth: 5042.

VISIBLE INK PRESS

Featured: Real Vampires, Night Stalkers and Creatures from the Darkside by Brad Steiger; The Handy Answer Book for Kids (and Parents), 2nd Ed. by Gina Misiroglu; The Handy Dinosaur Answer Book, 2nd Ed. by Patricia Barnes-Svarney and Thomas E. Svarney; The Handy Philosophy Answer Book by Naomi Zack, M.D. Booth: 3376.

WAI LANA YOGA

This sideline company offers wide range of DVDs, CDs, eco-friendly yoga products, natural bath and body care, Pilates-yoga resistance kits and children's yoga products. Featured: Wai Lana's Favorite Soups and Wai Lana's Favorite Juices. Discounts: 10%. Booth: 344.

CHARISS WALKER

Featured: Make a Joyful Noise by Chariss Walker (Mom's Choice Awards 2009). Booth: 345.

WEINSTEIN BOOKS

Featured: My Remarkable Journey by Larry King; The Secrets of Timeless Appeal by Raquel Welch; All Things at Once by Mika Brzezinski; The Third Man Factor by John Geiger; The Overnight Socialite by Bridie Clark. Booth: 3659.

WELCOME BOOKS

Featured: Slow: Life in a Tuscan Town by Douglas Gayeton; The Big Book for Toddlers, edited by Alice Wong and Lena Tabori; The Christmas Almanac, edited by Natasha Tabori Fried; California the Beautiful by Galen Rowell; Animal House by Catherine Ledner. Discounts: free freight. Booths: 4468, 4470.

WESLEYAN UNIV. PRESS

Featured: Finding Pete by Jill Hunting; The Connecticut River by Al Braden; A Splurch in the Kisser by Sam Wasson; Versed by Rae Armantrout; Paris Spleen: Little Poems in Prose by Charles Baudelaire, trans. by Keith Waldrop. Discounts: 50%, free freight (published backlist). Booth: 3611.

WESTSIDE BOOKS

This first-time exhibitor publishes “edgy” fiction for young adult readers. Featured: Running for My Life by Ann Gonzalez; Waiting to Score by J.E. MacLeod; Sliding on the Edge by C. Lee McKenzie; Shattered by Kathi Baron; Something Terrible Happened on Kenmore by Marci Stillerman. Giveaways: ARCs at signings: select fall 2009 titles. Booth: 3931.

WHITECAP BOOKS

Featured: select cookery, gift and coffee-table titles; select young adult fiction titles. Booth: 3240.

ALBERT WHITMAN & CO.

Celebrating its 90th anniversary (Sat., May 30 at 4 p.m.). Featured: The Boxcar Children Graphic Novel Series, characters by Getrude Chandler Warner, illus. by Mike Dubisch; Finding Lincoln by Ann Malaspina, illus. by Colin Bootman; Autism & Me by Ouisie Shapiro, photos by Stephen Vote; Peace Week in Miss Fox's Class by Eileen Spinelli, illus. by Anne Kennedy; Backpack Stories by Kevin O'Malley. Booth: 433.

WHO TOOK MY MONEY

This first-time exhibitor offers personal debt management services. Featured: company services. Giveaways: copies of Who Took My Money. Drawings: for vacation package. Booth: 5062.

WILCO INT'L

Featured: World Famous Classic Library; Giant Classic Library Inspirational Library (Deluxe Hardback Leather Look Alike Editions); Classic Boxed Sets; Classic Ominbus; Shakespeare (various formats); Baby Record Books; children's educational titles; Fairy Tales; Illustrated Classics; Aesop's Fables; Tales of Great Values. Booth: 3152.

JOHN WILEY & SONS

Featured from Wiley: Stop Acting Rich by Thomas J. Stanley; The Little Book of Economics by Paul Solman and Robert Shiller; Madoff with the Money by Jerry Oppenheimer; Rose's Heavenly Cakes by Rose Levy Beranbaum; Just Ask a Woman by Mary Lou Quinlan. From Jossey-Bass: You Can't Predict a Hero by Joseph J. Grano and Mark Levine; Feeding Baby Green by Alan Greene. From For Dummies: Windows 7 For Dummies by Andy Rathbone. From Better Homes & Gardens: select titles. Giveaways: books; galleys; Pauline Frommer's New York City. Discounts: retail show special (25 or more units): 50% (trade titles), 52% (consumer-branded titles), 55% (Cliffs Notes), 40% (professional titles); free freight. Booths: 4141, 4241.

WINDY CITY PUBLISHERS

This first-time exhibitor offers traditional- and self-publishing titles. Featured: Falling from the Moon by Lise Marinelli. Booth: 4527.

WINE APPRECIATION GUILD

Featured: Napa Wine by Charles Sullivan; Icon: Art of the Wine Label by Jeffrey Caldewey; How to Launch Your Wine Career by Liz Thach; Biodynamic Wines Demystified by Nicholas Jolu; Great Domains of Burgundy by Remington Norman. Giveaways: professional sommelier's corkscrew (with order). Drawings: daily for premium California wines. Discounts: free freight (all orders); 50% (12+ copies). Booth: 4944.

WISDOM PUBLICATIONS

Featured: The Middle Way by H.H. the Dalai Lama; Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Gunaratana; Hardcore Zen by Brad Warner; Saltwater Buddha by Jaimal Yogis; Wild Chickens and Petty Tyrants by Arnie Kozak. Giveaways: promotional items: The Blue Poppy and the Mustard Seed by Kathleen Willis Morton and Taneesha Never Disparaging by M. LaVora Perry; books: How to Be Happy by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, edited by Josh Bartok and Alisa Cameron. Booth: 4407.

WISSENMEDIA INT'L

This first-time exhibitor publishes illustrated reference works on nature, geography, cartography, health and children's dictionaries, encyclopedias, and atlases for trade, direct mail, door-to-door and B2B; produces premium facsimile editions of medieval manuscripts from libraries world wide. Featured: Atlantica, The Animal Kingdom; Atlantica, The Visual Atlas of the Earth (with 3-D version); Atlantica, The Polar Regions; Knowledge for Clever Kids; The Illustrated Bible. Booth: 2405.

W.J. FANTASY

Produces educational building block toys, floor puzzles, children's board books, toys and advent calendars. Featured: select novelty-, board-, counting- and alphabet books. Discounts: extra 5% (wholesale) on orders between $150 and $500; extra 10% (wholesale) on orders over $500. Booth: 841.

WOLF PIRATE PUBLISHING

This first-time exhibitor publishes fiction “geared toward drawing the public back to reading for enjoyment.” Booth: 2943.

WONDER-SHIRTS

This sideline company produces T-shirts, tote bags and sweatshirts. Featured: select T-shirts and tote bags: Edward Gorey/Real Men Read; Mo Willems/Books Are a Big Deal; Rosemary Wells/Books and Ice Cream; Kevin Henkes/Share Books with Friends; James Marshall/Viola Swamp Is Not Amused. Giveaways: hand-signed tote bags with orders of $200 or more. Discounts: extra 10%. Booth: 507.

WOOD, WIND AND WATER

Featured: Wood, Wind and Water—A Story of the Opera House Cup Race of Nantucket, photo essay by Anne T. Converse, text by Carolyn M. Ford. Booth: 2943.

WOODENBOAT PUBLICATIONS

Featured: Herreshoff and His Yachts by Franco Pace; Rowable Classics by Darryl Stricklet; Iain Oughtred by Nic Compton; Yellow Boatie on Blue Hill Bay by Helen Sylvester; Windjammers Downeast by Fred LeBlanc. Discounts: 50% (five mix/match titles); free freight. Booth: 2946.

WORKING PARENTS

This first-time exhibitor publishes children's books. Featured: Patulous, The Different Caterpillar by A. Volta, illus. by Diane Lucas. Booth: 2943.

WORKMAN PUBLISHING CO.

Featured: Waddle! by Rufus Butler-Seder; The All-New Cake Mix Doctor by Anne Byrn; Books Make Me Happy by July Pelikan; Stitch 'N Bitch by Debbie Stoller; My Silly Body by P.H. Hanson. Giveaways: tote bags. Discounts: Workman backlist stock offers (various); see booth for details. Booths: 3577, 3677.

WORLD PUBLICATIONS GROUP

WPG is a wholesale distributor of remainders and promotional books; publishes full line of promotional titles through imprints. Booths: 4804, 4805.

WORTH PRESS

Featured: Worth Press Literary Classics (series); Worth Press Compact Time Chart Library (series); Memories of Times Past (series). Booth: 4268.

WS BEETLE & CO.

This first-time exhibitor publishes narrative history and nonfiction titles as well as advice and how-to guides. Featured: The King and Mrs. Simpson by Erin Frances Schulz. Booth: 2943.

WTA BOOKS/BOOKFREIGHT

International freight management service for the publishing industry. Booth: 2640.

XMARXIT

This sideline company produces patented bookmarks. Featured: bookmarks (full range). Giveaways: samples. Booth: 4081.

YALE UNIV. PRESS

Featured: untitled book/elephants by G.A. Bradshaw; Georgia O'Keefe, edited by Barbara Haskell; Why Architecture Matters by Paul Goldberger; Ashile Gorky, edited by Michael R. Taylor. Giveaways: galleys: The Making of Americans by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., untitled book/elephants by G.A. Bradshaw. Discounts: stock offer (TBD). Booth: 2627.

ZAGAT SURVEY

Featured: new series from Zagat, including Dining Deals—Top Values from Hot Dogs to Haute Cuisine and Dating (and Dumping) Guide—Restaurants, Bars and Other Hotspots. Drawings: for dinner for two at favorite Zagat-rated restaurant. Discounts: free freight. Booth: 4940.

ZEST BOOKS

Featured: 97 Things to Do Before You Finish High School by Steven Jenkins and Erika Stalder; Indie Girl by Arne Johnson and Karen Macklin; On the Road and Off the Record by the Teen Journalists of the Rock Star by Aaron Burgess; The Dictionary of High School B.S. by Lois Beckwith; Girls Against Girls by Bonnie Burton. Discounts: 47% on 10 or more books. Booth: 951.

ZONDERVAN

Featured: Drops Like Stars by Rob Bell; Shades of Blue by Karen Kingsbury; Grace Notes by Philip Yancey; Magnificent Obsession by Anne Graham Lotz; NIV Stewardship Study Bible. Booth: 3341.

ZONZA MEDIA GROUP

This first-time exhibitor focuses primarily on Italian and foreign authors whose specialist subject is eastern European countries. Featured: Pandemia! by Barbara Becheroni. Booth: 3622.

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