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THE WHITE HOUSE PLUMBERS, une série sur le Watergate bientôt sur HBO

Une mini-série HBO en cinq épisodes, adaptée de l’autobiographie d’Egil Krogh sur l’affaire du Watergate, INTEGRITY, vient d’être officiellement annoncée !

Egil Krogh, ancien membre de l’administration Nixon, offre dans INTEGRITY le récit époustouflant de l’enquête secrète menée au sein de la Maison-Blanche par une équipe surnommée « The Plumbers » ayant pour but d’étouffer le scandale du Watergate. La série sera centrée sur deux figures majeures de l’affaire, E. Howard Hunt (interprété par Woody Harrelson) et G. Gordon Liddy (Justin Theroux), les organisateurs du cambriolage du Watergate qui a eu pour conséquence de faire tomber le président Richard Nixon au lieu de le protéger.

INTEGRITY est paru chez PublicAffairs / Perseus Books en août 2007. Une nouvelle édition tie-in paraîtra sous le titre THE WHITE HOUSE PLUMBERS au printemps 2021. Les droits de langue française sont toujours disponibles.

THE NEMESIS MANIFESTO de Eric Van Lustbader

Russian meddling, American fragmentation, and global politics collide in this action-packed, international thriller, first in a new series from New York Times bestselling author, Eric Van Lustbader

THE NEMESIS MANIFESTO: An Evan Ryder Novel
by Eric Van Lustbader
Forge Books, May 2020

In THE NEMESIS MANIFESTO, Eric Van Lustbader, « the master of the smart thriller » according to Nelson DeMille, delivers an epic and harrowing adventure of the predatory forces that are threatening the very fabric of democracy and kicks off a compelling new series with a singular new hero for our time. Evan Ryder is a lone wolf, a field agent for a black-ops arm of the Department of Defense, who has survived unspeakable tragedy and dedicated her life to protecting her country. When her fellow agents begin to be systematically eliminated, Evan must unravel the thread that ties them all together … and before her name comes up on the kill list. The list belongs to a mysterious cabal known only as Nemesis, a hostile entity hell-bent on tearing the US apart. As Evan tracks them from Washington D.C. to the Caucasus Mountains, from Austria to a fortress in Germany where her own demons reside, she unearths a network of conspirators far more complex than anyone could have imagined. Can Evan uproot them before Nemesis forces bring democracy to its knees?

Eric Van Lustbader the author of many New York Times bestselling thrillers, including The Testament, First Daughter, Last Snow, and Blood Trust. Lustbader was chosen by Robert Ludlum’s estate to continue the Jason Bourne series. He and his wife live on the South Fork of Long Island.

FOMO – FEAR OF MISSING OUT by Patrick McGinnis

« FOMO: Fear of Missing Out is provocative, timely and highly persuasive »

FOMO – Fear of Missing Out: Practical Decision Making in a World of Overwhelming Choice
by Patrick J. McGinnis
Sourcebooks, May 2020

FOMO speaks directly to the dark side of social media lurking below all the colorful memes and hashtags and explores how FOMO is a powerful, persistent and widespread mindset that causes stress, insecurity, jealousy, and even depression in individuals in its sway.Writing with urgency, vision and brio, Patrick is opening a window on a pervasive condition that affects a huge number of people in their personal and business relationships – filled with real life stories, current research, and personal insights, FOMO: Fear of Missing Out is provocative, timely and highly persuasive in defining a cultural ethos of our digital-driven age and calling for change. There is no similar book on the market or in the works.

Patrick J. McGinnis is a writer, speaker and venture capitalist and private equity investor who has invested in leading companies in the United States, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. He is credited with coining the term “FOMO” or “fear of missing out,” which was added to the Oxford Dictionary in 2013. His original article on the topic, written while at Harvard Business School, was published in the “Fear” issue of Lapham’s Quarterly alongside pieces by Sigmund Freud, Nadine Gordimer, Joseph Heller, Václav Havel, and Thomas Hobbes. A graduate of Georgetown University and Harvard Business School, Patrick has visited more than 80 countries and is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, and French.

WRONG WAY SUMMER de Heidi Lang

A moving summer road-trip story for fans of Crenshaw and The Someday Birds.

WRONG WAY SUMMER
by Heidi Lang
Abrams Amulet, April 2020

Claire used to love her dad’s fantastical stories, especially tales about her absent mom—who could be off with the circus or stolen by the troll king, depending on the day. But now that she’s 12, Claire thinks she’s old enough to know the truth. When her dad sells the house and moves her and her brother into a converted van, she’s tired of the tall tales and refuses to pretend it’s all some grand adventure, despite how enthusiastically her little brother embraces this newest fantasy. Claire is faced with a choice: Will she play along with the stories her dad is spinning for her little brother, or will she force her family to face reality once and for all? Equal parts heartwarming and heartbreaking, WRONG WAY SUMMER is a road-trip journey and coming-of-age story about one girl’s struggle to understand when a lie is really a lie and when it’s something more: hope.

Heidi Lang is the author of Rules of the Ruff and the coauthor of A Dash of Dragon and A Hint of Hydra as well as a former professional dog walker. She lives in Richland, Washington.

THE INSOMNIACS de Marit Weisenberg

Part love story, part eerie mystery, THE INSOMNIACS can be thought of as Rear Window by way of Jenny Han

THE INSOMNIACS
by Marit Weisenberg
Flatiron Books, September 2020

When seventeen-year-old competitive diver Ingrid freezes up at a routine meet and sustains a head injury, her orderly life is turned upside down. Diving wasn’t just her ticket to a full-ride scholarship and the focus of her life thus far, it was also her last connection to her dad, who left many years ago for a more glamorous life (and family). Now housebound and sedentary on doctor’s orders, Ingrid can’t sleep and is haunted by the question of what triggered her uncharacteristic stage fright. The only thing she remembers about the moment before the dive is seeing Van Tagawa, her neighbor, former best-friend, and forever crush, on the sidelines. Then one sleepless night, she sees Van out her window…looking right back at her. They tentatively begin “not sleeping” together every night but still living totally separate lives by day. Together they try to piece together multiple mysteries that keep them awake—why she had her accident, the strange occurrences at the abandoned house in their cul-de-sac, and what went wrong in their friendship years before—and are both pulled into a mystery that turns their quiet neighborhood into a far darker place than they realized.

Marit Weisenberg received her BA in English from Bowdoin College and her Master’s Degree from UCLA’s school of Theater, Film and Television. Marit has worked in film and television development at Warner Brothers, Universal and Disney. She is the author of the YA novels Select and Select Few (Charlesbridge 2017 and 2018). She lives in Austin, Texas with her family.