Workhouse Publicity to promote Assouline Editions Spring Book Releases!

Workhouse Publicity retained by French boutique publishing and design house to release two new titles this Spring.

USA- Workhouse Publicity, the NY-based cutting-edge publicity firm whose clinets have included Francis Ford Coppola, Tim Burton. Debbie Harry and photographer David Lachapelle have been retained by Assouline Publishing, the illustrated book and publishing house behind such titles as Bright Young Things New York, Happy Times, Allure and The Little Black Dress to release two new titles this Spring. Award-winning CNN host Larry King provides the foreword to dream expert Lauren Lawrence's Private Dreams of Public People (April 2002), a coffee table stunner that unveils the meaning behind the very personal dreams of more than 70 celebrities.

For the first time, public figures confess their intimate dreams including Madonna, Michael Douglas, Oliver Stone, Candace Bushnell, Kelsey Grammer, Luciano Pavarotti, Paul McCartney, Juliette Binoche and a host of others. From the ancient times of the Delphian oracles to present day psychoanalysis, dreams have always captivated, inspired and fascinated us as we hope to discover the mysteries of our unconscious.

Private Dreams of Public People approaches the dream like never before, focusing on celebrity dreamers and the expression of talent inherent within their nighttime journeys. Francisca Matteoli's Hotel Stories: Legendary Hideaways of the World (May 2002) presents the myths and mysteries behind legendary hotels and their famous guests transporting you to the most talked about haunts across the globe. Greta Garbo was "born" in a Berlin Palace; James Bond was created in a house in Jamaica; Al Capone lived his last days in a hotel in Miami; Frida Kahlo escaped with Leon Trotsky to a hacienda in the Mexican countryside. Throughout the world, mansions, domains, palaces and haciendas have been transformed into hotels where magic and mystery float in the air. Stories of incredible adventures, unsolved mysteries, political intrigues, film shoots and illicit liaisons from Rome to Hong Kong, Nairobi, Chile and Mexico are collected in this colorful book.

See these famous spots as they were yesterday and as they are today along with beautiful shots of the celebrities who put these places on the map. Travel the world from your couch or sue the detailed hotel information provided to go see the rooms for yourself. Either way Hotel Stories is a trip you'll never forget!

Press requests for Lauren Lawrence and Francisca Matteoli please contact Adam Nelson at nelson@workhousepr.com. For more information please visit www.assouline.com.