Love | A New Understanding of an Ancient Emotion by Simon May reframes how we should understand the emotion of love. He sees love as motivated by a promise of “ontological rootedness,” rather than by beauty or goodness, by a search for wholeness, by virtue, by sexual or reproductive desire or, in one of today’s dominant views, by no qualities at all of the loved one.
How Safe Are We? Homeland Security Since 9/11 written by former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano with Karen Breslau offers an insightful analysis of American security at home and a prescription for the future. From 2009-2013, Janet Napolitano ran DHS and oversaw 22 federal agencies with 230,000 employees.
The Power of Cute by Simon May explores the growth of cuteness which has taken the planet by storm. Global sensations Hello Kitty and Pokémon, the works of artists Takashi Murakami and Jeff Koons, Heidi the cross-eyed opossum and E.T.—all reflect its gathering power. But what does “cute” mean, as a sensibility and style? Why is it so pervasive?
Neruda | The Biography of a Poet by Mark Eisner tells the intriguing story of renowned Chilean Poet Pablo Neruda through the examination of his poems. The book vividly depicts Neruda’s monumental life, potent verse, and ardent belief in the “poet’s obligation” to use poetry for social good.
Fay Wray and Robert Riskin | A Hollywood Memoir by Victoria Riskin tells the intertwined story of two Hollywood stars. A Hollywood love story, a Hollywood memoir, a dual biography of two of Hollywood’s most famous figures, whose golden lives were lived at the center of Hollywood’s golden age, written by their daughter, an acclaimed writer and producer.
Riding High | How I Kissed SoulCycle Goodbye, Co-Founded Flywheel, and Built the Life I Always Wanted by Ruth Zukerman follows the author’s impressive journey navigating her professional and personal life. Riding High is a prescriptive, warts-and-all journey through Ruth’s evolution, offering fresh, unexpected business and life lessons.
The New Authoritarianism | Trump, Populism and the Tyranny of Experts by Salvatore Babones questions the true sense of democracy and how it has been affected by powerful liberal thinkers who have advanced a global rights-based agenda which has tilted the balance away from the lively and vibrant unpredictability of democratic decision-making toward the creeping technocratic authority of liberal consensus.
Sonia Maria Sotomayor is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She is the third woman, is the first woman of color, first Hispanic, and first Latina member of the Court. Turning Pages is about how Sonia Sotomayor has inspired young people around the world to reach for their dreams. But what inspired her? For young Sonia, the answer was books!
Sword and Scimitar | Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West by Raymond Ibrahim highlights the many battles between the West and the Islamic world. The book provides the needed historical context to understand the current relationship between the West and the Islamic world — and why the Islamic State is merely the latest chapter of an old history.
The Great Flowing River | A Memoir of China, from Manchuria to Taiwan by Chi Pang-Yuan is an autobiographical journey from China to Taiwan. A novelistic, epoch-defining narrative, The Great Flowing River unites the personal and intimate with the grand sweep of history.
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.
Amitav Acharya
Esther Allen
Gerard Araud
Chris Bohjalian
Andrew Scott Cooper
Vincent Coppola
Eva Dou
Caldwell B., Esselstyn, Jr., M.D.
Bruce Falconer
Gillian Lipton
Sven Steinmo
Robert Suettinger
Tanzina Vega
Olajide Williams
Dalena Wright