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To Arun, the man who Italy (Giunti) fought for India’s independence and was the country’s beloved Korea (Sejong) preeminent philosopher and leader was simply a family member. He lived Latin American (Spanish) there for two years under his grandfather’s wing until Gandhi’s Portugal (Planeta Manuscrito) assassination. Taiwan (Commonwealth) Turkey (Altim) While each chapter contains a singular, timeless lesson, The Gift of Anger UK/Commonwealth (Penguin UK) also takes you along with Arun on a moving journey of self-discovery as he learns to overcome his own struggle to express his emotions and Discover ten vital and extraordinary life lessons from one of the harness the power of anger to bring about good. He learns to see the most important and influential philosophers and peace activists of world through new eyes under the tutelage of his beloved grandfather and the twentieth century—Mahatma Gandhi—in this poignant and provides a rare, three-dimensional portrait of this icon for the ages. timely exploration of the true path from anger to peace, as Arun Gandhi founded the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, recounted by Gandhi’s grandson, Arun Gandhi. In the current following a 30-year journalism career at The Times of India. Currently, he troubled climate, in our country and in the world, these lessons are travels and speaks regularly at approximately 50 to 60 venues annually needed more than ever before. and is a very popular speaker on college campuses. MY JEWISH YEAR By Abigail Pogrebin and A.J. Jacobs US publisher: Fig Tree Press (North American rights) To publish: March 2017 Material available: Final PDF available In the tradition of The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs (who in fact writes the Foreword to this book) and Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses by Bruce Feiler comes Abigail Pogrebin’s MY JEWISH YEAR, a lively chronicle of the author’s journey into the spiritual heart of Judaism. Although she grew up following some holiday rituals, Abigail Pogrebin realized how little she knew about their foundational purpose and contemporary relevance; she wanted to understand what had kept these holidays alive and vibrant, some for thousands of years. Her curiosity led her to embark on an entire year of intensive research, observation, and writing about the milestones on the religious calendar. Praise for MY JEWISH YEAR: MY JEWISH YEAR travels through this calendar’s signposts with candor, humor, and a trove of information, capturing the arc of Jewish "The book is a frank reckoning with the author’s own heart, but it’s also observance through the eyes of a relatable, wandering―and about the myriad ways Jews relate to each other. Jewish and non-Jewish wondering―Jew. readers alike will appreciate this thoughtful and intimate journey through a very Jewish year." – Booklist Abigail Pogrebin, a former 60 Minutes producer, is the author of the NYT bestselling book Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk About Being "[An] insightful, clever, funny, and compulsively readable volume…both Jewish, among others. Her articles have appeared in Newsweek, New humorous and inspiring. Even knowledgeable Jews will find wisdom and York magazine, The Daily Beast, Tablet, and beyond. A frequent speaker at new perspectives in these pages." – Publishers Weekly synagogues and Jewish organizations, Pogrebin has for seven years produced and moderated her own interview series at the JCC of “A modern take on a pilgrim’s journal, this account will offer insight for Manhattan called “What Everyone’s Talking About.” Jewish and non-Jewish readers alike. Readers who are interested in becoming more observant will find it especially worthwhile.” – Library Journal LOVE, AFRICA A Memoir of Romance, War, and Survival By Jeffrey Gettleman US publisher: HarperCollins (World English rights) To publish: May 2017 Material available: Final PDF available Japanese subagent: Tuttle-Mori Agency From Jeffrey Gettleman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist, comes a memoir about finding love and finding a calling in a place both beautiful and violent. A seasoned war correspondent, Jeffrey Gettleman has covered every major conflict over the past twenty years, from Afghanistan to Iraq to the Congo. For the past decade, he has served as the East Africa bureau chief for The New York Times, fulfilling his teenage dream of living in Africa. LOVE, AFRICA is the story of how he got there—and of his difficult, winding path toward becoming a good reporter and a better man. As the New York Times Bureau Chief, Jeffrey Gettleman covers twelve At nineteen, Gettleman fell in love, twice. On a community service trip African countries and has written extensively on internal conflicts in in college, he went to Africa—a terrifying, exciting, dreamlike continent Kenya, Congo, Somalia, Sudan, and Ethiopia. LOVE, AFRICA is his first in the throes of change that imprinted itself on his imagination and heart. book. One day, he vowed, he would return there to stay. But around the same time he also fell in love with Courtenay, a fellow Cornell student. Praise for LOVE, AFRICA: Courtenay became a lawyer in America, and all Gettleman wanted was to be with her. But he also hungered to be in Africa. For the next decade he “Jeffrey Gettleman has true grit." – Angela Duckworth, author of Grit would waver between these two abiding passions. Finally, after a great deal of growing up, he learned to be honest with himself about what he “Gettleman’s memoir of his life, his love and the excitement and perils of wanted—a realization that ultimately fulfilled both of his deepest desires. journalism is a page-turner. The portrait of Africa that emerges is disturbing, tender and harsh. A tremendous read. I couldn't put it down.” A beautifully rendered coming-of-age story in the tradition of Barbarian – Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for Stone Days, LOVE, AFRICA is a tale of passion, professional rivalries, tortuous long-distance relationships, marital strife, forgiveness, “Jeffrey Gettleman's beautifully written memoir is about many kinds of parenthood, and happiness that explores the power of finding yourself in love: for a continent, for a family, for the truth….LOVE, AFRICA offers the most unexpected of places. a key to understanding humankind's past and future and a key to understanding our hearts.’’ – Sheryl Sandberg, author of Lean In THIS IS JUST MY FACE By Gabourey Sidibe US publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (US rights) To publish: May 2017 The Oscar-nominated Precious star and Empire actress delivers a much-awaited memoir—wise, complex, smart, funny—a life experience different from anything we’ve read. Gabourey Sidibe—“Gabby” to her legion of fans—skyrocketed to international fame in 2009 when she played the leading role in Lee Daniels’s acclaimed movie Precious. In THIS IS JUST MY FACE, she shares a one-of-a-kind life story in a voice as fresh and challenging as many of the unique characters she’s played onscreen. With full-throttle honesty, Sidibe paints her Bed-Stuy/Harlem family life with a polygamous father and a gifted mother who supports her two children by singing in the subway. Sidibe tells the engrossing, inspiring story of her first job as a phone sex “talker.” And she shares her unconventional (of course!) rise to fame as a movie star, alongside “a superstar cast of rich people who lived in mansions and had their own private islands and amazing careers while I lived in my mom's apartment.” Sidibe’s memoir hits hard with self-knowing dispatches on friendship, Praise for THIS IS JUST MY FACE: depression, celebrity, haters, fashion, race, and weight (“If I could just get the world to see me the way I see myself,” she writes, “would my body still be a thing you walked away thinking about?”).