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Welcome to Santasado, a literary agency for non-fiction books and management titles. We represent high-quality insights and inspiration from English and Dutch authors in genres like History, Leadership, and Communication. The website features information and reading materials, but you can get in touch with me if you wish to request more information on these titles. My name is Laurens Molegraaf and I have been working in foreign rights for more than ten years for various Dutch literary and non-fiction publishers. Santasado is a recently founded and independent agency with the aim to connect great books to a worldwide audience.

SHORTLISTED FOR MANAGEMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR:

Tricky Times - Jitske Kramer

“Jitske Kramer doesn’t simply describe the modern experience of burgeoning cultural change that is infected by tricksters and false prophets, she also offers sound advice for handling it all. In these times of relentless uncertainty, one thing is certain: we need this book.”
Robert Cialdini, Author of Influence and Pre-Suasion

Shortlisted for Management Book of the Year | Over 10,000 copies sold | English sample translation available | Click here for more information

Neuro Management - Sven Gall

Neuro Management introduces a revolutionary management paradigm grounded in neuroscience. It aligns with natural human motivations and cognitive biases, providing leaders with the tools to leverage dopamine-driven impulses to meet organizational goals.

English sample translation available | Shortlisted for Management Book of the Year | Click here for more information

NEW TITLES (March 2025):

Little Consultants - Bas Warmerdam

Little Consultants helps you break free from workplace rigidity and offers a remedy for 'terminal seriousness' in organizational challenges. It equips you, as a manager, project leader, or consultant, with the tools to bring fresh impulses to business and government challenges—so you can take action with a smile.

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The Populist Style - Théo Aiolfi

Through a comparative case study analysing the 2016 and 2017 presidential campaigns of Donald Trump and Marine Le Pen, The Populist Style examines the links between far-right ideology and populism. Adopting an interdisciplinary framework combining political science and performance studies, this book develops a critical definition of populism as a style, that is, as a repertoire of political performances that shapes and is given shape by ideological content.

Full English manuscript available | Click here for more information

Donald Trump and American Populism - Richard S. Conley

Richard S. Conley connects Donald Trump's populist style to his predecessors. Trump’s method of communication through social media obviously differs from previous candidates and presidents with populist platforms, but his themes – a disdain for elites, grassroots support, majoritarianism, anti-intellectual discourse and nativism – borrow variably from such figures as Andrew Jackson, Huey Long, Barry Goldwater and Ross Perot. As such, Trump’s approach to governance falls within a long tradition of populism dating to the 19th Century.

Full English manuscript available | Click here for more information

Performance, Theatricality, and the US Presidency - Julia Peetz

The erosion of trust in politicians and political institutions is a major challenge in early twenty-first-century democratic politics, not least in the United States. This book argues that, rather than being a flaw or corruption, the potential for political distrust must be understood as an essential feature of representative democracy because representation works through performance. The book explores performance as a constellation of factors: scripts, embodiment, ideas of selfhood, and historical norms and ideals.

Full English manuscript available | Click here for more information

RECENT SALES:

Open Innovation Works by Diana Joseph, Dan Toma and Esther Gons, World Rights sold to Emerald
Mastering Data by Erik Jan Hengstmengel, German rights sold to Schäffer-Poeschel
Polarisation by Bart Brandsma, French rights sold to Payot & Rivages
Polarisation by Bart Brandsma, Korean rights sold to Hansmedia
Online Influence by Bas Wouters and Joris Groen, Indonesian rights sold to PT Elex
Impact Business Design Playbook, World Rights sold to Productivity Press (Routledge/Taylor & Francis)
Strategy = Execution by Jacques Pijl, Indonesian rights sold to Pustaka Alvabet
The Uyghur Dream by Ahmedjan Kasim, Persian rights sold to Ana Pol Press
Honoring Conflict by Shirine Moerkerken, Turkish rights sold to Dorlion Yayinlari
180 Business Hacks by Roel de Graaf, World English rights sold to Nicholas Brealey (Hodder/Hachette)
Strategy = Execution by Jacques Pijl, Spanish rights sold to Marge Books
Have I Got Dirt For You by Dominique Darmon, Russian rights sold to Portal Publishing
Strategy = Execution by Jacques Pijl, German rights sold to Schäffer-Poeschel
The Ladder by dr. Ben Tyler, Chinese rights sold to Publishing House of Electronics Industry
Society 4.0 by Bob de Wit, Turkish rights sold to Tohum Yayincilik
Formula X by Jurriaan Kamer and Rini van Solingen, Italian rights sold to ROI Edizioni
Have I Got Dirt For You by Dominique J. Darmon, World English rights sold to Amsterdam University Press, Dutch rights sold to Walburg Press
180 Business Hacks by Roel de Graaf, German rights sold to Franz Vahlen verlag
The Ladder by dr. Ben Tyler, Russian rights sold to Mann Ivanov Ferber
Marketing Design by Eveline van Zeeland, Ukrainian rights sold to ArtHuss
Leading With Obeya by Tim Wiegel, Simplified Chinese rights sold to Cheers Publishing
Online Influence by Bas Wouters and Joris Groen, Simplified Chinese rights sold to Tsinghua University Press
Online Influence by Bas Wouters and Joris Groen, Thai rights sold to Amarin
Leading With Obeya by Tim Wiegel, Italian rights sold to Guerini.Next
Online Influence by Bas Wouters and Joris Groen, Russian rights sold to Byblos
Online Influence by Bas Wouters and Joris Groen, Japanese rights sold to Seishin Shobo
The Corporate Startup by Tendayi Viki, Dan Toma and Esther Gons, Spanish rights (North and South America) sold to Tecnólogico de Monterrey
Work Has Left the Building by Jitske Kramer, German rights sold to dPunkt Verlag

FEATURED TITLE:

Human - Trodessa Barton

Human is a notable newcomer in the series of international bestselling books such as The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, and The Horse by Charlie Mackesy and Big Panda and Tiny Dragon by James Norbury.

Full English translation available | Over 4,000 copies sold | German rights sold to Groh Verlag | Click here for more information