The Ghost Ship of Brooklyn | An Untold Story of the American Revolution by Robert P. Watson visits the experience and impact of a British prison ship during the American Revolution. The book follows the lives and ordeals of the ship’s few survivors to tell the astonishing story of the cursed ship that killed thousands of Americans and yet helped secure victory in the fight for independence.
Deng Xiaoping | A Revolutionary Life by Alexander V. Pantsov and Steven I. Levine provides a look into the entire life of influential Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping. Based on newly discovered documents, the book covers his entire life, from his childhood and student years to the post-Tiananmen era.
The Noodle Maker of Kalimpong | The Untold Story of My Struggle for Tibet by Gyalo Thondup and Anne F. Thurston tells the story of the Dalai Lama’s exiled family from their sacred homeland of Tibet. For the last sixty years, Gyalo Thondup has been at the at the heart of the epic struggle to protect and advance Tibet in the face of unreliable allies, overwhelming odds, and devious rivals.
David Bez is the author of Salad Love, a book and Salad Pride, a blog followed by salad fans all over the world. David is not a chef, he is an art director and a food lover with a limited lunch break; an Italian who cares about what’s on his plate; a designer who knows that you eat with your eyes first. His blog chronicles his personal challenge to make one new salad a day for an entire year. He has been featured in Stylist, Emerald Street,The Huffington Post, The Times, and others.
49 Myths about China by Marte Kjær Galtung and Stig Stenslie address several misconceptions regarding China and Chinese culture and politics. Galtung and Stenslie highlight forty-nine prevalent myths about China’s past, present, and future and weigh their truth or fiction.
We Are Better Than This | How Government Should Spend Our Money by Edward Kleinbard discusses new ways for government money to be spent in order to best further American society. The author unmasks the tax mythologies and false arguments that too often dominate contemporary discourse about budget policies.
Collaboration Strategy | How to Get What You Want from Employees, Suppliers and Business Partners by Felix Barber and Michael Goold outlines methods for companies to follow to build new relationships and motivate those within their network in order to find joint success. They explain new ways of working with partners that break down traditional company boundaries and establish new roles and relationships that have enabled businesses to grow rapidly and achieve superior profits.
Horace and Me | Life Lessons from an Ancient Poet by Harry Eyres reflects the author’s journey into the works of the ancient poet Horace. The book charts Harry Eyres’ evolving relationship with the Latin poet to show how, in an era of affluence and excess which seems to be hurtling out of control, Horace can help us navigate our way in uncertain times.
Proust’s Latin Americans by Rubén Gallo examines the influence of Latin America in the life and work of French writer, Marcel Proust.
Six Amendments | How and Why We Should Change the Constitution by John Paul Stevens outlines this retired Supreme Court Justice’s visions for amending the Constitution. This book is an absolutely unprecedented call to arms, detailing six specific ways in which the Constitution should be amended in order to protect our democracy and the safety and wellbeing of American citizens.
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