BenBella Books Gerry House Country Music Broke My Brain: A Behind-the-Microphone Peek at Nashville’s Famous and Fabulous Stars Nashville is filled with stars and lovers and writers and dreamers. Nashville is also teeming with lunatics and grifters and dip wads and moochers. Gerry House fits easily into at least half of those categories. Someone would probably have to be braindamaged or really damn talented to try to entertain professional entertainers over a decades-long radio show in Music City, USA. Fortunately, House is little of both. Host of the nationally syndicated, top-rated morning show, “Gerry House & The Foundation” for more than 25 years, he has won virtually every broadcasting award there is including a place in the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. Gerry also spent that time deep inside the songwriting and recording world in Nashville. In Country Music Broke My Brain, Gerry tells his stories from the other side of the microphone. He reveals never-aired, never-before published conversations with country music’s biggest names—Johnny Cash, Brad Paisley, and Reba McEntire to name a few—and leaves you with his own crazy antics that will either have you laughing or shaking your head in disbelief. With exclusive celebrity stories, humorous trivia and anecdotes, and broadcasting wisdom, this book is a treat for country music fans or for anyone who wants a good laugh.• Gerry House worked in the music industry’s famed Music Row district in Nashville for 30 years, the last 22 during which he hosted Gerry House & The House Foundation, the top-rated morning radio show on WSIX-FM, for more than 20 years and broadcast nationally. Gerry is, first and foremost, a writer. He wrote his own daily radio material and also stand-up jokes and TV scripts for other shows for years, including the ACM Awards, the CMA Awards, the CMT Awards, and American Idol. He's also written more than 50 songs recorded by artists including Brad Paisley, LeAnn Rimes, George Strait, Reba McEntire, Randy Travis, Clint Black, Trace Adkins and many others. His hits such as "Little Rock," "On The Side of Angels," "The Big One" and "The River and the Highway" have sold millions of records. March 2014 • Music • 240 pages • World Rights: BenBella Books Mehow How to Talk to Hot Women: The 9 Secrets to Getting and Keeping the Woman (Women) of Your Dreams An average guy can pick up beautiful women—again and again. He just needs to know how. Mehow, legendary pickup artist and creator of Mehow Inc., used to be an insecure schlub at the bar. Rejected time after time, Mehow always settled for the first woman who didn’t turn him down. Then he realized that lessons in seduction can improve any man’s game. Starting with his training in the fundamentals by the infamous pickup artists Mystery and Lovedrop, How to Talk to Hot Women follows Mehow’s wild, provocative, and entertaining transformation into a successful pickup artist himself. As Mehow mastered the pickup game, he discovered the nine essential secrets to building immediate chemistry with attractive women. How to Talk to Hot Women offers practical, field-tested techniques and provides the knowledge to transform dating realities from rejection into extreme success. Learn specifically what to do and what to say to reach a new level of freedom and confidence to date the women who are really interesting. • Mehow was born Michal Pospieszalski in Warsaw, Poland. Prior to his pickup work, Mehow worked in the computer field. Despite a comfortable lifestyle, he became increasingly frustrated with his lack of a social life. In early 2006, he attended a “boot camp” and learned to meet and “close” with beautiful women. He quickly began to coach for Mystery’s company; then, in early 2007 he formed Mehow, Inc. Since, he has become one of the world’s best-known pickup artists and is often sought for interviews. June 2013 • Relationships • 336 pages • World Rights: BenBella Books: German: Borsenmedien
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