22018018 FFrankfurtrankfurt RRightsights LListist For further information, please contact: Alexander Jacobs [email protected] TThehe CCheneyheney AAgencygency 39 West 14th Street, Suite 403 New York, NY 10011 t: (212) 277-8007 www.cheneyagency.com @CheneyAgency Contents NNon-Fictionon-Fiction IImaginemagine IItt FForwardorward by Beth Comstock TToo OObamabama by Jeanne Marie Laskas BBelongingelonging by Nora Krug TThehe WWorldorld AAss IItt IIss by Ben Rhodes Inntoto TThehe HHandsands ooff tthehe SSoldiersoldiers by David Kirkpatrick BBigig GGameame by Mark Leibovich PPlayinglaying CChangeshanges by Nate Chinen TThehe FFutureuture IIss HHistoryistory by Masha Gessen NNewew PPowerower by Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms EEndurancendurance by Scott Kelly TThehe EmpireEmpire RebornReborn bbyy EEdwarddward WWongong FFictioniction OOnlynly ttoo SSleepleep by Lawrence Osborne NNumberumber OneOne ChineseChinese RestaurantRestaurant by Lillian Li TThehe IItaliantalian TTeachereacher by Tom Rachman TThehe WWindfallindfall by Diksha Basu NNorthernorthern LLightsights by Raymond Strom Backlist and Forthcoming from Ron Rash RRightsights HHeldeld bbyy tthehe PPublisherublisher GGodod by Reza Aslan AAtlastlas OObscurabscura KKinging ZZenoeno by Nathaniel Rich SSelectedelected BBacklistacklist NNon-Fictionon-Fiction Imagine it Forward Courage, Creativity, and the Power of Change FFromrom oonene ooff ttoday’soday’s fforemostoremost iinnovationnnovation lleaders,eaders, aann iinspiringnspiring aandnd ppracticalractical gguideuide ttoo mmasteringastering cchangehange iinn tthehe ffaceace ooff rrelentlesselentless uuncertainty.ncertainty. The world will never be slower than it is right now, says Beth Comstock, global thought leader and the former Vice Chair and head of marketing and innovation at General Electric. But confronting the relentless pace of change is hard. Employees get downsized; companies fi nd themselves disrupted as challengers steal away customers. To thrive in today’s world, every one of us has to become a change-maker. In IImaginemagine IItt FForwardorward, Comstock shares lessons from a thirty- year career as the change-maker-in-chief at GE. In a candid and personal narrative, Beth describes her successes and failures from the front lines of business, across industries ranging from media CCurrencyurrency (Sept. 18, 2018) to health, fi nance to the Industrial Internet. She demonstrates Editor: Roger Scholl how she helped to turn a process-heavy, risk-averse culture into one that increasingly embraced transparency, adaptability, Material: Finished Book iteration, and discovery. And she shows how each one of us can become a “change maker”—an instigator of change –by giving ourselves permission to imagine a better way. For Comstock, confronting today’s accelerating change requires an extraordinary degree of problem-solving, collaboration, and forward-thinking leadership. IImaginemagine IItt FForwardorward masterfully points the way for leaders large and small. Rights sold: UUKK: Ebury Press | CChinahina: Booky | Korea: Mirae | TTaiwanaiwan: Commonwealth Beth Comstock BBetheth CComstockomstock is the former Vice Chair of GE, where for twenty- fi ve years she led GE's eff orts to accelerate new growth. She was named GE’s Chief Marketing Offi cer in 2003, and served as President of Integrated Media at NBC Universal, from 2006- 08, overseeing the company's digital eff orts, including the early formation of Hulu. She is a corporate director of Nike. Written about and profi led extensively in the media, she has been named to the Fortune and Forbes lists of the World's Most Powerful Women. PRAISE FOR IMAGINE IT FORWARD “Beth Comstock has written a wonderful book, full of excellent insights and lessons from her hugely successful career. She has recently been elected to the advertising all of fame, and after reading this you will know why. This book is of great value to almost virtually any leader and her stories and examples are told in a breezy way that makes it a joy to read.” —PPhilhil KKnight,night, ffounderounder ooff NNikeike aandnd NNewew YYorkork TTimesimes BBestsellingestselling AAuthor,uthor, SShoehoe DDogog "Beth Comstock’s account of her unconventional career at a very conventional corporation, General Electric, is frank, funny and spot on about the need to abandon the top-down methods of the past in favor of greater collaboration, disruption and prioritizing the needs and wants of customers and consumers over profi t." ——JoiJoi IIto,to, DDirector,irector, MMITIT MMediaedia LLabab & AAuthor,uthor, WWhiplashhiplash "Beth Comstock is just as creative and bold in her approach to writing a business book as she is in running a business. Unafraid to get candid and personal, unusually generous in sharing her insights, this is a book for anyone who wants to see around corners — and to vanquish the fear that holds them back from acting on what they see." —SSusanusan CCain,ain, AAuthor,uthor, QQuietuiet "Beth is a true force of smart, practical, and most of all, inspiring executions in the new business world. There are few people who I think “get it”, and she’s at the top of that list." —GGaryary VVaynerchuck,aynerchuck, EEntrepreneurntrepreneur & AAuthor,uthor, CCrushingrushing IItt "Beth offers valuable lessons that should help readers challenge themselves to risk more in pursuit of a better future for themselves and their organizations." —RReshmaeshma SSaujani,aujani, FFounderounder & CCEO,EO, GGirlsirls WWhoho CCodeode To Obama With Hope, Love, Hate, and Despair PPresidentresident BBarackarack OObamabama rreceivedeceived ttenen tthousandhousand llettersetters a ddayay ffromrom hhisis cconstituents.onstituents. TThishis iiss tthehe sstorytory ooff tthehe pprivaterivate aandnd pprofoundrofound rrelationshipelationship wwithith lletteretter wwritersriters tthathat sshapedhaped hhisis ppresidency.residency. TTheirheir vvoicesoices ccombineombine ttoo rrevealeveal a ddiaryiary ooff a nnation.ation. Every evening for eight years, at his request, President Obama was given ten handpicked letters written by ordinary American citizens— the unfi ltered voice of a nation—from his Offi ce of Presidential Correspondence. Many of these letters profoundly aff ected President Obama and his policies. And on many occasions, he replied. In To Obama, Jeanne Marie Laskas interviews President Obama, the letter writers themselves, and the dedicated, idealistic White House staff who sifted through the powerful, moving, and incredibly intimate narrative of America during the Obama years: There is Kelli, who saw her grandfathers fi nally marry—legally—after thirty-fi ve years together; RRandomandom HHouseouse Bill, a lifelong Republican whose attitude toward immigration reform (Sept. 18, 2018) was transformed when he met a boy escaping gang leaders in El Salvador; Editor: Andy Ward Heba, a Syrian refugee trying to forget the day the tanks rolled into her Material: Finished Book village; and Vicki, whose family was torn apart by those who voted for Trump and those who did not. They wrote to Obama out of gratitude and desperation, in their darkest times of need, in search of connection. They wrote with anger, fear, and respect. And together, this chorus of voices achieves a kind of beautiful harmony. To Obama is an intimate look at one man’s relationship to the American people, and at a time when empathy intersected with politics in the White House. Rights sold: UUKK: Bloomsbury | Brazil: Intrinseca |CChinahina: Beijin Xiron Books Co. France: Fayard | Germany: Goldmann | Holland: HarperCollins Holland TTaiwanaiwan: Yeren Jeanne Marie Laskas JJeanneeanne MarieMarie LaskasLaskas is the author of seven books, including Concussion, Hidden America, and The Exact Same Moon. Her writing has appeared in GQ; Esquire; The New York Times Magazine; O, The Oprah Magazine; and many other publications. Laskas serves as director of the Writing Program at the University of Pittsburgh, where she teaches creative writing. PRAISE FOR TO OBAMA “My single favorite story about my presidency.” —PPresidentresident BBarackarack OObama,bama, oonn LLaskas'saskas's aarticle,rticle, "To"To OObama,"bama," wwrittenritten fforor tthehe NNewew YYorkork TTimesimes MMagazineagazine "A moving and inevitably nostalgic or even elegiac read, redolent of the human grace and statesmanship of the Obama presidency, qualities so brutally absent in the current administration. The tone and courtesy of that stands as a beacon of humble leadership, as does the dedication that Obama inspired in the mail-room team that made the correspondence possible." —OObserverbserver “To Obama gives usa glimpse of a secret and incredibly sweet world within his White House, and paints a portrait of a man deeply concerned with his citizens' problems, struggling to do the right thing. [A] startling, delicate and immensely readable story...Another poignant reminder of what once was.”—TTelegraphelegraph "Alternatively heart-breaking and hopeful, angry and questioning - the empathetic, often poetic, polar opposite of the Trump twitter feed."—VVogueogue A "beautifully researched and written book.” —TThehe GGuardianuardian "A good book for those seeking encouragment that someone in Washington might care.” —KKirkusirkus RReviewseviews TToo OObamabama iiss beingbeing developeddeveloped bbyy AAnonymousnonymous CContentontent (SSpotlight,potlight, TheThe RRevenantevenant) bothboth fforor fi llmm aandnd fforor ttheirheir fi rrstst ooriginalriginal ppodcastodcast pproduction.roduction. TThehe ppodcastodcast——usingusing thethe overover 200200 hourshours