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2019 London Rights List For further information, please contact: Allison Devereux [email protected] The Cheney Agency 39 West 14th Street, Suite 403 New York, NY 10011 t: (212) 277-8007 www.cheneyagency.com @CheneyAgency Contents Non-Fiction Doing Justice by Preet Bharara The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David Treuer The Uprising by Kate Zernike The Falcons by Margaret Coker Belonging by Nora Krug What We Talk About When We Talk About Books by Leah Price Self-Portrait in Black and White by Thomas Chatterton Williams Imagine It Forward by Beth Comstock The World As It Is by Ben Rhodes Patriot Number One by Lauren Hilgers The Future Is History by Masha Gessen To Obama by Jeanne Marie Laskas Playing Changes by Nate Chinen New Power by Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms Endurance by Scott Kelly My Time Among the Whites by Jennine Capó Crucet Fiction Northern Lights by Raymond Strom Only to Sleep by Lawrence Osborne Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li The Italian Teacher by Tom Rachman Rights Held by the Publisher Atlas Obscura by Josh Foer, Dylan Thuras, and Ella Morton Losing Earth by Nathaniel Rich God by Reza Aslan Ways of Hearing by Damon Krukowski Selected Backlist Non-Fiction Doing Justice A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law By the one-time federal prosecutor and popular commentator, an important overview of the way our justice system works, and how to best achieve truth and justice in our daily lives and within our society. Preet Bharara has spent much of his life examining our legal system, pushing to make it better, and prosecuting those looking to subvert it. Bharara believes in our system and knows it must be protected, but to do so, we must also acknowledge and allow for flaws in the system and in human nature. The book is divided into four sections: Inquiry, Accusation, Judgment and Punishment. He shows why each step of this process is crucial to the legal system, but he also shows how we all need to think about each stage of the process to achieve truth and justice in Knopf (March 19, 2019) our daily lives. Editors: Peter Gethers & Sonny Mehta Bharara uses anecdotes and case histories from his legal career—the Material: Finished Book successes as well as the failures—to illustrate the realities of the legal system, and the consequences of taking action (and in some cases, not taking action, which can be just as essential when trying to achieve a just result). Much of what Bharara discusses is inspiring—it gives us hope that rational and objective fact-based thinking, combined with compassion, can truly lead us on a path toward truth and justice. Some of what he writes about will be controversial and cause much discussion. Ultimately, it is a thought-provoking, entertaining book about the need to find the humanity in our legal system—and in our society. Rights Sold: UK: Bloomsbury | China: Booky 1 million 2.2 million Followers downloads per month Preet Bharara Preet Bharara served as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2009 to 2017. Bharara oversaw the investigation and litigation of all criminal and civil cases. In 2017, Bharara joined the NYU School of Law faculty as a Distinguished Scholar in Residence. He is the Executive Vice President of Some Spider Studios and the host of CAFE’s Stay Tuned with Preet, which is a podcast focused on issues of justice and fairness. ADVANCE PRAISE FOR DOING JUSTICE “[Preet] has somehow managed to be incredibly smart, principled, independent and hilarious all at the same time.” —James Comey, former FBI director and New York Times bestselling author, A Higher Loyalty “Like the best lawyers (and writers), Preet Bharara tells a good war story. But Doing Justice is a great deal more—a vivid memoir of a critical job, a primer on the toughest questions of prosecutorial ethics, and a reminder of the drama inherent in life in the courtroom arena.” —Jeffrey Toobin, author of American Heiress: The Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst “In this fascinating combination of memoir and ethical-legal manifesto, former U.S. attorney Bharara['s]...prose has the quality of a well-written speech, with philosophical pronouncements, followed by supporting tales from both his legal career and his personal life, recounted in a superbly accessible and conversational, even humorous tone...With its approachable human moments, tragic and triumphant cases, heroic investigators, and depictions of hardworking everyday people, this book is a rare thing: a page-turning work of practical moral philosophy.” —Publisher’s Weekly (Starred Review) “The former federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York skillfully explains how he approached his job, offering a mixture of guiding principles and compelling anecdotes... An engaging tour from beginning to end.”—Kirkus (Starred Review) “Bright with anecdotes from his lengthy and illustrious career, Bharara’s razor-edge judgments about punishment, procedure, outcome, and outlook address issues of governance and moral grounding that form the crux of the nature of justice. Bharara speaks with a clear, firm, and engaging voice in this essential primer about the importance of a fair and open justice system.” —Booklist The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee Native America from 1890 to the Present A New York Times Bestseller A sweeping history–and counter-narrative–of Native American life from the Wounded Knee massacre to the present. The received idea of Native American history—as promulgated by books like Dee Brown’s mega-bestselling 1970 Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee—has been that American Indian history essentially ended with the 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee. The sense was that not only did one hundred fifty Sioux die at the hands of the U. S. Cavalry, but Native civilization did as well. David Treuer has uncovered a different narrative. Because they did not disappear, the story of American Indians since the end of the Riverhead (Jan. 22, 2019) nineteenth century is one of unprecedented resourcefulness and Editor: Becky Saletan reinvention. Material: Finished Book Agent: Adam Eaglin In The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee, Treuer melds history with reportage and memoir. Tracing the tribes’ distinctive cultures from first contact, he explores how the depredations of each era spawned new modes of survival. The devastating seizures of land gave rise to increasingly sophisticated legal and political maneuvering that put the lie to the myth that Indians don’t know or care about property. The forced assimilation of their children at government-run boarding schools incubated a unifying Native identity. Conscription in the US military and the pull of urban life brought Indians into the mainstream and modern times, even as it steered the emerging shape of self-rule and spawned a new generation of resistance. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee is the essential, intimate story of a resilient people in a transformative era. Rights sold: UK: Corsair | France: Albin Michel David Treuer David Treuer is Ojibwe from the Leech Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota. The author of four previous novels, most recently Prudence, and three books of nonfiction, he has also written for The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Esquire, Slate, and The Washington Post, among others. He has a Ph.D. in anthropology and teaches literature and creative writing at the University of Southern California. PRAISE FOR THE HEARTBEAT OF WOUNDED KNEE “An informed, moving and kaleidoscopic portrait of ‘Indian survival, resilience, adaptability, pride and place in modern life.’ Rarely has a single volume in Native American history attempted such comprehensiveness...Ultimately, Treuer’s powerful book suggests the need for soul-searching about the meanings of...history and the stories we tell ourselves about this nation’s past.” —New York Times Book Review “In a marvel of research and storytelling, an Ojibwe writer traces the dawning of a new resistance movement born of deep pride and a reverence for tradition. Treuer’s chronicle of rebellion and resilience is a manifesto and rallying cry.” —O, The Oprah Magazine “Chapter after chapter, it's like one shattered myth after another.” —NPR “Treuer is an easy companion: thoughtful, provocative and challenging. He tells a disturbing yet heroic story.” —Washington Post “Sweeping, essential history...Treuer’s storytelling skills shine...[an] elegant handling of [a] complex narrative.” —The Economist “[An] urgent story.” —Newsday “Vivid…Treuer evokes, with simmering rage, the annihilation of Indian lives and worlds, but he also unearths a secret history of Indians flourishing in art, government, literature, science and technology… Beautifully written.” —The Minneapolis Star Tribune. “The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee is written with conviction and illuminates the past in a deeply compelling way.” —Nancy Isenberg, author of White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America The Uprising How 16 Brilliant Women Sparked a Revolution for Equality in Science The untold story of how a group of determined, brilliant women used the power of the collective and the tools of science to inspire radical change. The Uprising tells the story of biologist Nancy Hopkins, a pioneer of early cancer research and protégé of James Watson, and the MIT16, a group of tenured female professors at MIT, all at the top of their fields. In 1999, Hopkins and the MIT16 crafted an explosive letter calling attention to gender bias in science and academia—a letter that spurned a reckoning across the Ivy League and scientific labs across the world. Those women's efforts helped rectify the gross imbalances between genders in everything from salaries, to lab space, to grants, to tenure, to hiring practices, and drew attention to appalling discrimination by some of the biggest names in science.

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