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Welcome to Scarletta Press. Regardless of genre, we take time and attention to find new voices and opinions missing from the publishing world. As a small press we can nurture those authors overlooked by bigger companies. Yet through our partnership with PGW/Perseus, we are part of the largest independent distribution group in the U.S. Discover why our books are better.
Summer's Hottest Titles!
Tragedy in South Lebanon
The Israeli-Hezbollah War 0f 2006
by Cathy Sultan
Politics, $16.95
6" x 9", 184 pages, softcover
ISBN-13: 978-0-9798249-1-3
Publication date: May 19, 2008
Cathy Sultan combines compelling history and vivid personal interviews to relate the lives of the oft-ignored civilians of southern Lebanon and northern Israel during the July war of 2006. Throughout the book, these narratives of mothers, soldiers, activists and ambulance drivers on both sides are memorable for their detail, honesty and the deep sense of tragedy they relate.
The Once and Future Celt
by Bill Watkins
Memoir, $16.95
6" x 9", 340 pages, softcover
ISBN-13: 978-0-9765201-9-1
Publication date: June 16, 2008
Twenty-one year old Bill is stranded in a Gypsy camp with an injured foot, cared for the beautiful, unattainable Riena. The Gypsies, or Romany, suffer a negative reputation in Britain, a notion that Bill’s stay challenges. With his prowess on the fiddle and keen interest in their culture, the Gypsies—and Riena—grow to accept him. Bill discovers that his Celtic roots may not be so different from the misunderstood Romany.
Look for These Books Coming in Fall 2008
The New Writer’s Handbook 2008
A Practical Anthology of Best Advice for Your Craft and Career
preface by Ted Kooser, edited by Philip Martin
Writing/Reference, $16.95
6” x 9”, 288 pages, softcover
ISBN: 978-0-9798249-2-0
Publication date: August 2008
The New Writer’s Handbook 2008 continues in the vein of its highly praised predecessor. Library Journal, in its Starred Review, said the 2007 inaugural edition “surprises and satisfies.” The New Writer’s Handbook 2008 includes over 50 new articles for both novice and experienced writers of fiction and nonfiction.
Ultimate Breakthrough Planning
The Business Funnel Approach
by Mike Ferrell
Business, $18.95
5.5” x 8.5”, 200 pages, softcover
ISBN: 978-0-9798249-0-6
Publication date: September 2008
In 2005, over five hundred thousand businesses failed. Yet most business owners continue to use the traditional approach to business planning, a static process that favors investors. To grow a business, an active process is needed.
In Mike Ferrell’s new book, Ultimate Breakthrough Planning, he helps business owners create a blueprint for success in their business.
Written on the Knee
A Diary from the Greek-Italian Front of WWII
Edited and translated by Helen Electrie Lindsay
Introduction by Louis de Bernières
Military/WWII History, $16.95
6” x 9”, 240 pages, softcover
ISBN: 978-0-9798249-3-7
Publication date: October 2008
During the Greek-Italian conflict of World War II, a Greek doctor, Theodore Electris, newly married and idealistic, found himself called up to the Greek-Italian front in the remote mountains of Albania. Homesick, hungry and desperately missing his young wife Chrysoula, he kept an intimate journal to preserve his experiences for her. Written on the Knee is both an authentic historical document of Greek involvement in WWII and a story of love, separation and family ties threatened and strengthened by war.
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“…it surprises and satisfies. …If you purchase only one book from this list, make it this one.” —Starred Library Journal Review; September 15, 2007
The New Writer’s Handbook 2007
A Practical Anthology of Best Advice for Your Craft and Career
preface by Erica Jong, edited by Philip Martin
Writing/Reference, $16.95
6” x 9”, 288 pages, softcover
ISBN-13: 978-0-9765201-6-0
An anthology of 60 cross-disciplinary articles to refresh and upgrade any writer's skills, with advice on craft and career development. Offers expert how-tos on writing and marketing techniques, short pieces on creativity and professional issues, and overall encouragement. For aspiring and experienced writers.
Book reviewer Mary Ann Grossmann picked Willow in a Storm for her list of “21 Page-turners by Big-time Minnesota Authors” in the St. Paul Pioneer Press Arts section; September 9, 2007.
Willow in a Storm
by James Peter Taylor and Kathleen Murphy-Taylor
Memoir/Prison Life, $14.95
6” x 9”, 320 pages, softcover
ISBN-13: 978-0-9765201-5-3
In this raw, unflinching memoir, James Peter Taylor recounts the events of his unusual life, over forty years of which were spent incarcerated. Mentally and sexually abused by his adoptive father, Taylor receives a life sentence at age 30 when he kills a man during a robbery. He manages to survive in prison, despite rampant violence, in part by playing a woman’s role. Decades later, a reformed Taylor is released, bolstered by his marriage to the book’s coauthor, a former social worker.
