Red Roulette | An Insider’s Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today’s China by Desmond Shum. This vivid, explosive memoir shows “how the Chinese government keeps business in line—and what happens when businesspeople overstep” (The New York Times).
The Only Woman in the Room | Golda Meir and Her Path to Power by Pnina Lahav tells the story of the fascinating life of Golda Meir, the first and only female Prime Minister of Israel. Exploring the tensions between Meir’s personal and political identities, The Only Woman in the Room, provides a groundbreaking new account of Meir’s life while also illuminating the difficulties all women face as they try to ascend in male-dominated fields.
Common Stocks and Common Sense | The Strategies, Analyses, Decisions, and Emotions of a Particularly Successful Value Investor by Edgar Wachenheim III explores successful strategies of investment through several case studies. Each case uncovers unique insights into the technical and human elements that go into any profitable investment transaction.
China Coup | The Great Leap to Freedom by Roger Garside looks into the possibility of change within the Chinese political structure. Garside argues that under Xi Jinping’s overconfident leadership, China is on a collision course with an America that is newly awakened out of complacency
Lost in the Cold War | The Story of Jack Downey, America’s Longest-Held POW by John T. Downey, Thomas J. Christensen, and Jack Lee Downey recounts the story of Jack Downey’s time as a prisoner in Cold War China. Downey’s lively and gripping memoir—written in secret late in life—interweaves horrors and deprivation with humor and the absurdities of captivity.
Defenders of the West | The Christian Heroes Who Stood Against Islam by Raymond Ibrahim introduces the reader to eight remarkable Western defenders and their fascinating role in the battle against violent Islamic jihad that sheds much-needed light on the enduring conflict with radical Islam.
Before the Big Bang | The Origin of the Universe and What Lies Beyond by Laura Mersini-Houghton explores the author’s theory of the existence of a multiverse. The incredible scientific saga of one woman’s mind-expanding journey through the multiverse, Before the Big Bang will reshape our understanding of humanity’s place in the unfathomable vastness of the cosmos.
My Boy Will Die of Sorrow | A Memoir of Immigration from the Front Lines by Efrén C. Olivares offers insight into the real-life toll of immigration and family separation. Olivares reflects on the immigrant experience then and now, on what separations do to families, and how the act of separation itself adds another layer to the immigrant identity.
Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden | Two Sisters Separated by China’s Civil War by Zhuqing Li tells the story of the harrowing lives of two sisters, the author’s aunts, in twentieth-century China. In this riveting and deeply personal account, Li confronts the bitter political rivals of mainland China and Taiwan with elegance and unique insight, while celebrating her aunts’ remarkable legacies.
We Have Tired of Violence | A True Story of Murder, Memory, and the Fight for Justice in Indonesia by Matt Easton is a chilling work of true crime about the midair murder of a human rights activist, set against a riveting political drama in the world’s fourth-largest nation. The story uncovers a conspiracy involving spies, a mysterious co-pilot, threats of violence and black magic, and deadly poison.
Peter and Amy Bernstein founded Bernstein Literary Agency in 2009. For over two decades, we have worked with over 100 brilliant authors around the globe and across a gamut of subjects to get their books published, and their stories told. We typically work on non-fiction projects, but we have helped bring many fiction books, children’s books, and the occasional cookbook to market. We work with authors in all stages of their careers, from experienced, award-winning, and bestselling ones to debut writers ready to take on the world.
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