Beagle Bay, Inc. is always looking for new and
established publishers with professionally produced titles to work
with. Travel Guides are a growing
segment of our line, but we also like to see non-fiction of interest
to women.
In all cases, publishers must have
a marketing plan: no distributor will market your books for you!
Sorry, at this time, we are not taking fiction.
Please contact us at info AT beaglebay.com for
more information.
Our Distributed Titles
Aeonix Publishing Group
If you are a writer working with a publisher (large or small) or if
you are a small or first time publisher,
Book Design and Production
(ISBN: 0966981901;
Aeonix Publishing Group; $29.95, 320; trade paperback;
Publishing/Design)
will help you understand the book production process and the
principles of good cover and interior book design. It will allow you
to look at a book design and immediately see the common errors and
to see that a book is following the traditions of good book design
that gives credibility to your message. Whether you do the work
yourself or hire it out, Book Design and Production
will help you
get your book done right. Use this book to guide you through the
book design and production process. Praised by self-publishing guru
Dan Poynter and Midwest Book Review,
Book Design and Production
was a finalist
for the 2006 IPPY Book of the Year (Writing); BAIPA Book of the Year
Alacan Press
Comic Mnemonics: A Fun Easy Way to Remember Spanish Verbs
(ISBN:
0974909637;
Alacan Publishing; $16.95, 240; trade paperback; Language: Spanish) by Jim Sarris For 2500 years mnemonics (memory devices)
have helped students learn better. Maybe you use a mnemonic to
remember the number of days in each month ("Thirty days hath
September..."), which way to set your clock for Daylight
Savings Time ("Spring forward, fall back). Now
Comic Mnemonics combines lighthearted visual and mnemonic cues to
learn Spanish faster and more easily. For instance: the verb comprar
means to buy. Our mnemonic key is: "My tutor buys
a computor." Praised by every major homeschooling
magazine!
Aromas y Sabores Press
Food and Drink in Argentina:
A Guide for Tourists and Residents
by Dereck Foster
and Richard Tripp (ISBN:
0977217604; $14.95; Aromas y Sabores
Press; Trade Paperback,
Travel: Argentina/Culinary;
132 pages with Appendix and Index) gives a dictionary of food, beverages and menu items;
advice on where to eat and drink; information on Argentina's wine
country and vintages to look for; regional recipes, tips for those
traveling with children or on special diets--all in a fabulous book
with full color illustrations. If you are traveling to Argentina or
planning to move there, this book is a must have! Praised by Library
Journal and PBS personality Rudy Maxa.
AWM Books
Shel Horowitz says that not only can honest, ethical
businesses survive—they can thrive! In his startling new book, Principled
Profit: Marketing That Puts People First (ISBN 0961466669;
AWM Books; $17.50; 160 pages; trade paperback; business ethics) from AWM Books, the Hadley, MA
author of five previous books demonstrates well-known examples of
ethical companies that succeed. Principled
Profit: Marketing That Puts People First has been
praised by over 50 well-known business people such as former U.S.
Secretary of Labor Robert Reich and Jack Canfield. The book has received
kudos from Publisher's Weekly and ForeWord Magazine and
won a 2004 Apex Award. Now published in India
and Mexico!
AzurAlive Press
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Gorgeous Hikes on the Western Côte d'Azur
(ISBN: 9780979279621; AzurAlive
Press; $19.95, 128; trade paperback;
Travel: France/Hiking)
is an
illustrated guide that invites you to slow down to the rhythm of
your footsteps, and soak in the Western French Riviera's natural
beauty. With detailed trail descriptions, hiking maps, hiking data
such as time, distance, difficulty and elevation profiles for
twenty-six hikes. 26
Gorgeous Hikes on the Western Côte d'Azur appeals to
active travelers who long to explore France's Côte d'Azur on foot
and off-the-beaten-path. It describes half-day hikes by the coast,
through forests of chestnut trees and cork oaks, over hills of red
volcanic rocks. Color photos and maps illustrate each hike. The book
not only describes hikes, but engages readers with information on
local geology, flora, fauna and human history.
Context Audio Guides /
Jane's Smart Art Guides™
The
Jane’s Smart Art Guide™ to
Fra Angelico at San Marco (ISBN: 9780976905233;
Context Audio Guides.; 1 CD: 90 minutes; $19.95) describes the frescoes and
tells of the central role that the artist-friar’s work played in the
daily lives of his fellow Observant Dominicans. Between 1440 to 1452
Fra Angelico and his faithful assistants graced the walls of the
convent with more than 50 elegant frescoes that still today, well more
than 500 years later, convey the profound piety and humility that
characterized members of the Observant Dominican order.
Under
construction for more than 200 years, Antwerp’s
Our Lady Cathedral (ISBN: 0976905205;
Context Audio Guides.; 2 CDs: 150 minutes; $19.95) endured a
catastrophic fire, was gutting by French revolutionaries in the 18th C.
and wrecked by wartime bombings in the 20th C. Join Jane with this
Smart Art Guide as she tells you about the wonders of this renovated
chapel.
In Jane's Smart Art Guide™
Raphael’s Stanza della Segnatura (Context Audio Guide, LLC.) narrator Jane McIntosh describes
Raphael’s magnificent frescoes in the Stanza della Segnatura at the
Vatican. These paintings are among the greatest achievements in the
history of art. Now visitors can contemplate these spectacular
paintings guided by the scholarship of a well-known art historian.
The
Vatican’s St. Peter’s Basilica
(ISBN: 0976905213; Context
Audio Guides.; 3 CDs: 220 minutes; $24.95)
was inevitably at the center of the ebb and flow of Western
Christendom’s political, social, religious and cultural development.
Join Jane with this Smart Art Guide as she shows you the wonders
of this magnificent structure. Winner Communicator
Award and IPPY finalist.
Sta.
Maria del Popolo (ISBN: 0976905221; Context Audio Guides.; 2
CDs: 115 minutes; $19.95) is an extraordinary—but often overlooked—art
site. Hidden behind its unassuming façade is a trove of celebrated art
treasures and unique architectural features. Jane’s Smart Art Guide
walks you through this hidden treasure. Best
Travel Book Award from USA Book News.
Gagliardi Photography
A Turning Point:
Images to Words (ISBN:
0971268703; Cloth; 156 pages; 11" x 12"; Photographic
Essay/ Coffee Table book; Suggested Retail Price $65) by
internationally regarded fine art photographer Victor Gagliardi is a
collection of seventy extraordinary photographs selected to harmonize
with brief philosophical writings by the finest minds of the last three
millennia. A Turning Point
blends
aesthetics with philosophical wisdom and encouragement for the
celebration of life.
See also a beautiful set of matching
note cards to A Turning Point
Follow
Your Desire: Images to Words (ISBN:
0971268703; Cloth; 64 pages; 9" x 9"; Photographic
Essay/ Coffee Table book; $30;) by
internationally regarded fine art photographer Victor Gagliardi is a
collection of extraordinary photographs selected to harmonize
with brief philosophical writings by the finest minds of the last three
millennia.
Illustrata Press
The Actor's
Guide For Kids: A Comprehensive Handbook for Parents (ISBN:
1-885436-80-7; Illustrata Press; $17.95; 86 pages; trade paperback;
Entertainment: Acting; Juvenile) by Jan Kelley and Brenda
Krochmal. This guide will take you step-by-step toward establishing a
successful acting career for your child. From finding an agent to
booking his or her first job, The Actor's Guide For Kids
is filled with invaluable information, hints and insights.
The Actor's
Guide Southeast: An Introduction to the Regional Film and Television
Market (ISBN: 1-885436-60-2; Illustrata Press; $26.95; 118
pages; trade paperback; Entertainment: Acting) by Nan McElroy and
Melissa Ohlman-Roberge) is a comprehensive, concise and realistic
introduction to all that is involved in pursuing on-camera work in the
Southeast region.
France:
Instructions for Use:
The Practical, On-site
Assistant for the Enthusiastic (Even Experienced) Traveler
(ISBN:
9781885436405; Illustrata
Press; $26.95; 128 pages; trade paperback; Entertainment: Acting)
is an
illustrated, pocket-sized guide packed with the most current,
pertinent, easy-to-locate advice available. Because it’s the only
guide that focuses solely on practical information,
France: Instructions for Use
contains many extra, specific details the other guides simply don’t
have the room to include.
Italy: Instructions for Use:
The Practical, On-site
Assistant for the Enthusiastic (Even Experienced) Traveler (ISBN:1-885436-30-0;
$14.95; 119 pages; trade paperback; Travel: Italy.) from Illustrata
Press is a practical pocket-guide that offers
suggestions and solutions for every how-to and what-now
travel situation.
Compact
and up-to-date, this well-organized, illustrated, color-coded guide is
logistical Italy from the inside out: an indispensable, in-depth
compendium containing the keys to stress-free travel. From preparation
to the return flight home, this is the only guide designed to
provide you the information you need at the very moment you need it.
Praised by Publisher's Weekly as a "boon to first time
travelers." Consistently an Amazon.com top 150 travel title.
Updated 2007!
Imaginator Press
In
The Dark Dreamweaver: The Remin
Chronicals, Book 1, (ISBN: 978-0-9745603-5-9; $19.95;
Imaginator Press; Juvenile fiction: Fantasy;
256 pages. Ages 8-12.) by Nick Ruth, David has
always dreamed of being a wizard. But he knows that magic isn't
real, so he never imagines that he will meet a real wizard in a
most unlikely place. Soon David finds himself traveling to Remin,
the land of dreams. This is the new paperback edition of the critically
acclaimed, multiple award-winning hardback.
A BookSense Pick, Winner:
Mom's Choice Award;
iParenting Media Award;
Parent to Parent Adding Wisdom Award: Top 20 of 2006;
Benjamin Franklin Awards Finalist;
Hollywood Book Festival Awards Finalist
Breezes of Inspire: The Remin Chronicles, Book 2
(ISBN: 0-9745603-3-2
; $19.95; Imaginator Press; Juvenile fiction: Fantasy;
hardcover; 263 pages. Ages 8-12) by Nick Ruth. In this sequel to the popular
The Dark Dreamweaver, in The
Breezes of Inspire, David and his cousins accidentally
plunge into the land of Inspire—and become trapped in a world where they
aren't welcome. A BookSense Pick;
ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award finalist;
Parent to Parent Adding Wisdom Award: top 20 of 2006
Hanbo: The Aiki Way by
John C. Goss (ISBN:0-9745603-2-4; $19.95; Imaginator Press; Trade Paperback, Martial
Arts;
206 pages, laminated) John Goss Sensei applies his extensive experience with Aiki arts
to teaching a dynamic and highly effective method of using the
hanbo. The principles of Aiki add a flexibility to the use of
the hanbo, which makes it much more effective as a self-defense
weapon.
Quindaro Press
Frontier Freedom Fighter by Diane Eickhoff
(ISBN:
0-9764434-7-3; Audio Book; $14.95; Quindaro Press; single cd; Young Adult; Biography / Women’s Studies;
74 minutes run time). Clarina Nichols (1810-1885) moved West to the wild frontier of
“Bleeding Kansas,” where her sons fought alongside John Brown. She helped shaped the state’s new Constitution to free
slaves and give women rights. For the first time, the story of Clarina Nichols comes alive,
thanks to Diane Eickhoff, whose meticulous, six-year quest to
Nichols’s scattered writings has
yielded a richer understanding of this remarkable pioneer. Eickhoff traveled around Kansas in character as Clarina Nichols in
chautauquas, and brings her performance skills to this cd. Praised
by
School Library Journal review.
Revolutionary Heart: The Life
of Clarina Nichols and the Pioneering Crusade for Women’s Rights
by Diane Eickhoff (ISBN: 0-9614666-6-9;
$14.95; Quindaro Press;
Trade paperback, Biography/Women’s Studies
288 pages w/ notes, appendix and index). Clarina Nichols (1810-1885) moved West to the wild frontier of
“Bleeding Kansas,” where her sons fought alongside John Brown. She helped shaped the state’s new Constitution to free
slaves and give women rights. For the first time, the story of Clarina Nichols comes alive,
thanks to Diane Eickhoff, whose meticulous, six-year quest to
Nichols’s scattered writings has
yielded a richer understanding of this remarkable pioneer.
Praised by Library Journal, Publisher's Weekly, Booklist and
ForeWord
Magazine, a Kansas Notable Book, a Willa Award
winner, Finalist for the IPPY Book of the Year
Award, ForeWord Magazine
Book of the Year Award (biography) and PMA Ben Franklin Book of the Year
Award!
Prince Publishing
Travel With Others
Without Wishing They'd Stayed Home (ISBN:
0-9658194-3-4; Prince Publishing; Travel Essay /Travel Etiquette; Trade
Paper; $16.95; 245 pages) by travel industry veteran Nadine Nardi
Davidson received the Publisher’s Marketing
Association’s coveted Benjamin Franklin™ Award for best travel essay
book. To help readers cope with traveling with everyone from
Bosses to hormonal teenage girls, grumpy spouses to temperamental pets,
Ms. Davidson offers strategies and tips on how to negotiate a truce in
one’s vacation plans. Rave reviews from USAToday, ForeWord Magazine
and Parents Magazine.
Stone Pine Press
They Reached for the Stars: Women Astronomers by Mabel Armstrong is the first in a
planned series of "Women in Science" books for Young Adults.
They Reached for the Stars covers
some of the fascinating women who dared to look toward the stars
from the first known woman astronomer Hypatia of Alexandria to
Astronaut Sally Ride and all the fascinating, brave women in
between.
