A book that outlines what its authors see as the Republicans' plan to enlist religion to help make this essentially a one-party country was bought for Wiley by Eric Nelson. It's by a pair of Los Angeles Timesreporters, Tom Hamburger and Peter Wallsten, who are closely investigating GOP efforts to employ their "faith-based initiative" to change the shape of American politics. The book proposal, called One-Party Country: The Republicans' Plan for Dominance in the 21st Century, is said to be the first inside look at the scheme to attract former Democratic supporters to the GOP by using the influence of churches and synagogues, and it was sold by Sandra Dijkstra at her West Coast agency. Meanwhile, another pair of political writers, one each from column A and B, signed with Alice Mayhew at Simon & Schuster for an untitled book that describes how the methods used to "sell" the last two presidents to the people were very similar to those used to boost the image of the Applebee's restaurant chain. The authors are Clinton strategist Doug Sosnick and Bush campaign planner Matthew Dowd,and their bipartisan efforts will be aided by AP political writer Ron Fournier. The world and audio rights deal was made with D.C. lawyer/agent Bob Barnett, and the book will be out in fall 2006.