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TROLLS
FROUD, BRIAN
Skylight Books – Hotlist Fall 2012
Not since Brian Froud’s conceptual design work with Jim Henson on the classic films The Dark Crystal and
Labyrinth has he created a faerie world with such imagination, dimension, depth, and detail. Trolls features new
and classic work by both Brian and his wife, Wendy, woven together along with artifacts and symbols of the
natural world to create a fascinating revelation about the world of trolls. The book explores trolls and troll culture,
revealing their philosophies, their home life, and their world attitudes through their tales, mythology, and
archaeology. Trolls affirms that trolls are real, that they have lived and are living now. The texture of the world
and the deeply immersive, cinematic images will appeal to the legions of fantasy—and Froud—fans.
ART 1ST PRINTING 35,000
ABRAMS 144 PAGES
9781419704383
$40.00 HC
SEPTEMBER 2012
THE TROUBLEMAKER
NELSON, WILLIE
Nashville 1971. As the year drew to a close, Willie Nelson wasn't exactly feeling the spirit of the season. A stalled
career, music executives hounding him for a formulaic “Nashville Sound” hit, and, consequently, an unsettled
personal life all contributed to his holiday blues. One day, he wrote, "What Can You Do to Me Now"? The next
day, his house burned down. Willie saw it as a sign that things had to change, and from that moment on, he
vowed he would blaze his own path, with his music and his life— no matter if any one else understood or
approved. After that life-changing period, Willie began making music his own way. Heading back to his native
Texas, he reinvented himself and resurrected his career, got back on the road, and penned songs that
miraculously brought hippies, bikers, and rednecks together in one audience for the first time. That success
would propel him to the top of the “outlaw movement”—an authentic “rebel” sound and attitude that defied
Nashville’s traditional law-and-order authoritarianism—and seal his status as a beloved American folk hero. As
they say, the rest is history—or as Willie says, “If you fail at something long enough, you become a legend.”
MUSIC/MEMOIR 1ST PRINTING 125,000
WILLIAM MORROW 192 PAGES
9780062193643
$29.50 HC
NOVEMBER 2012
LARGE PRINT EDITION
9780062201416 ($29.50)
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