2018 London Rights List For further information, please contact: Alexander Jacobs [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 New Power by Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms Imagine It Forward by Beth Comstock The Future Is History by Masha Gessen The World As It Is by Ben Rhodes Belonging by Nora Krug Into The Hands of the Soldiers by David Kirkpatrick The Old World Is Dying by Anand Gopal Endurance by Scott Kelly Patriot Number One by Lauren Hilgers Among the Living and the Dead by Inara Verzemnieks The Internationalists by Oona Hathaway and Scott Shapiro The Captain Class by Sam Walker Big Game by Mark Leibovich The New Analog by Damon Krukowski Fiction The Italian Teacher by Tom Rachman Only to Sleep by Lawrence Osborne Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li Green by Sam Graham-Felsen The Windfall by Diksha Basu Backlist and Forthcoming from Ron Rash Rights Held by the Publisher God by Reza Aslan Atlas Obscura King Zeno by Nathaniel Rich Selected Backlist Non-Fiction New Power How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World and How to Make it Work For You In this indispensable guide to navigating the twenty-first century, two visionary thinkers reveal the unexpected ways power is changing--and how "new power" is reshaping politics, business, and life. Why do some leap ahead while others fall behind in our chaotic, connected age? In New Power, Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms confront the biggest stories of our time--the rise of mega-platforms like Facebook and Uber; the out-of-nowhere victories of Obama and Trump; the unexpected emergence of movements like #MeToo--and reveal what's really behind them: the rise of "new power." For most of human history, the rules of power were clear: power was something to be seized and then jealously guarded. This "old power" was out of reach for the vast majority of people. But our ubiquitous connectivity makes possible a different kind of power. "New power" is made by many. It is open, participatory, and peer-driven. It works like Doubleday (April 3, 2018) a current, not a currency--and it is most forceful when it surges. The Editor: Kris Puopolo battle between old and new power is determining who governs us, how Material: Finished book we work, and even how we think and feel. New Power shines fresh light on the cultural phenomena of our day and uncovering the new power forces that made them huge. Drawing on examples from business, activism, and pop culture, Heimans and Timms explain how to build new power and channel it successfully. In an era increasingly shaped by new power, this groundbreaking book offers us a new way to understand the world--and our role in it. Rights sold: UK: Macmillan | Brazil: Intrinseca | China: CITIC | France: Plon | Germany: Siedler| Holland: Business Contact | Japan: Diamond | Korea: Business Books Co. | Taiwan: CommonWealth Magazine Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms Jeremy Heimans is the co-founder and CEO of Purpose, a company specializing in building social movements. He was named one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business in 2012. Henry Timms is executive director of the 92nd Street Y. In 2014 he was named the NonProfit Times Influencer of the Year and in 2015, one of Crain’s New York Business 40 Under 40. PRAISE FOR NEW POWER: “Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms’ book on new power could not be coming at a better time. With hyperconnectivity enabling new forms of leadership and mobilization, this book challenges all of us to think about the values we hold and how we can all be part of building a more open, equitable, and participatory world.” —Richard Branson “The networked age has revolutionized the way the public engages with institutions and organizations. New Power is an essential and extremely insightful guide for anyone who wants to maximize the opportunities for progress and impact in today’s new tightly connected world.”- —Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn “A must-read, New Power is a gift to our movements. It’s not just about going viral—it’s about connecting millions of people to roll up our sleeves and create the changes we long for.” —Alicia Garza, co-founder of Black Lives Matter “This book will inform and inspire all those wanting to make change . and achieve a goal against all odds.” —Jane Goodall, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and a UN Messenger of Peace “This fascinating book will transform your understanding of how to gain power—and how to use it for good.” —Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take “If you do not understand new power, you will not fare well in the new networked world of the 21st century. It’s that simple.” —Anne-Marie Slaughter, president & CEO, New America “A wonderfully incisive contribution that not only explains how the dynamics of power are changing, but also provides the tools—and the confidence—to harness those changes to build businesses, spread ideas, and make a better world.” —Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever Imagine it Forward Courage, Creativity, and the Power of Change From one of today’s foremost innovation leaders, an inspiring and practical guide to mastering change in the face of relentless uncertainty. 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 find themselves disrupted as challengers steal away customers. To thrive in today’s world, every one of us has to become a change-maker. In Imagine It Forward, 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 Currency (Sept. 18, 2018) to health, finance 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: Edited Ms. 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. Imagine It Forward masterfully points the way for leaders large and small. Rights sold: UK: Ebury Press | China: Booky | Korea: Mirae | Taiwan: Commonwealth Beth Comstock Beth Comstock is the former Vice Chair of GE, where for twenty-five years she led GE's efforts to accelerate new growth. She built GE's Business Innovations and GE Ventures, which develops new businesses, and oversaw the reinvention of GE Lighting. She was named GE’s Chief Marketing Officer in 2003, and served as President of Integrated Media at NBC Universal, from 2006-08, overseeing the company's digital efforts, including the early formation of Hulu. She is a corporate director of Nike. Written about and profiled extensively in the media, she has been named to the Fortune and Forbes lists of the World's Most Powerful Women. Among the practical takeaways Comstock offers in Imagine It Forward: ·Give yourself permission. Every change maker must learn to give herself permission to push outside expectations and boundaries. ·The power of discovery. Discovery is the process of bringing the outside into your organization. It is about infusing yourself and your team with a spirit of inquiry and curiosity, turning the world into a classroom. ·Find a Spark. Bring in provocateurs to challenge established ways of thinking; they can be a powerful catalyst for change. ·Story Craft. Strategy is a story well told. To innovate successfully, you have to craft a new narrative about what the organization stands for in order to change how people think and act. “Ideas are rarely the problem,” writes Comstock. “What holds all of us back, really—is fear. It’s the attachment to the old, to ‘What We Know.’” The Future Is History How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia Winner of the 2017 National Book Award Putin’s bestselling biographer reveals how, in the space of a generation, Russia surrendered to a new strain of autocracy. Award-winning New Yorker columnist Masha Gessen is unparalleled in her understanding of the events and forces that have wracked her world in recent times. In The Future Is History, she follows the lives of four people born at what promised to be the dawn of democracy. Each came of age with unprecedented expectations, some as the children and grandchildren of the very architects of the new Russia, each with newfound aspirations of their own—as entrepreneurs, activists, thinkers, and writers, Riverhead (Oct. 3, 2017) Editor: Rebecca Saletan sexual and social beings. Material: Finished Book Gessen charts their paths against the machinations of the Putin regime that would crush them all, and against the war it waged on understanding itself, which ensured the unobstructed reemergence of the old Soviet order in the form of today’s terrifying and seemingly unstoppable mafia state. Powerful and urgent,The Future Is History is a cautionary tale for our time. Rights sold: UK: Granta | China: Marco Polo | Estonia: Ajakirjad | Finland: Docendo Germany: Suhrkamp | Holland: De Bezige Bij | Italy: Sellerio | Poland: Proszynski Sweden: Brombergs | Spain: Turner | Turkey: Epsilon Masha Gessen Masha Gessen is a staff writer for the New Yorker and the author of nine books, including Perfect Rigor, Blood Matters, Ester and Ruzya, and The Brothers: The Road to an American Tragedy.