Archives de catégorie : Nonfiction

RADICAL KINDNESS d’Angela C. Santomero

The beloved creator of Blues Clues and Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood and protégé of Fred Rogers explores the importance of kindness and how it can change your life in this essential guide and tie-in to the PBS special, “The Power of Radical Kindness”

RADICAL KINDNESS
by Angela C. Santomero
Harper Wave, March 2019

Angela C. Santomero, the creator, executive producer, and head writer of many of today’s most popular educational children’s shows believes in the radical power of kindness, on her shows, and in her life. Inspired by her mentor Fred Rogers, beloved host of the classic, award-winning PBS show Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, Angela has dedicated her life to teaching others that when you treat yourself and others with warmth, empathy, and respect, life changing benefits follows.  From the true meaning of self-care and the gift of vulnerability, to the importance of active listening or the magic of asking for help, Radical Kindness goes beyond The Golden Rule and entreaties to “be nice,” contending that kindness is the key to recognizing others, and ourselves, as worthy of love and understanding. Much like gratitude, Angela contends we need a kindness practice. A practice in which we learn to see with our hearts and act from a place of compassion. As the Dalai Lama says, “Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” Through practicing radical kindness—toward ourselves, with loved ones, and to the world at large—we can transform ourselves, our neighborhood, and our world for the better.

Angela C. Santomero is the Co-Creator, Executive Producer and Head Writer for the breakthrough and award-winning Blue’s Clues. Malcolm Gladwell referred to Blue’s Clues as « One of the stickiest TV shows EVER made » in his book The Tipping Point. Angela is also the Creator, Executive Producer and Head Writer for the smash hit Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood (PBS), as well as Super Why! (PBS), Creative Galaxy (Amazon Studios), and Wishenpoof! (Amazon Studios). Angela is a Founding Partner at Out of the Blue Enterprises in NYC. Described by Joanne Rogers as “a modern day Fred Rogers,” and by Fatherly.com as “the driving force behind the best educational programming for children,” Angela’s work has awarded her with a prestigious Peabody award, two TCA awards, 25+ Emmy nominations, and numerous Parents Choice Gold and Silver Awards. Angela’s legacy is forever changing the way in which preschoolers watch television by presenting them with unique, challenging programs that enable them to learn through play, humor, and respect – – changing the world one preschooler at a time! Angela blogs on AngelasClues.com and her first parenting book, Preschool Clues – Raising Smart, Inspired and Engaged Kids in a Screen-Filled World has debuted with Touchstone/Simon and Schuster.

ALPHA GIRLS de Julian Guthrie

In the bestselling vein of “Hidden Figures”, ALPHA GIRLS is reporter Julian Guthrie’s powerful account of five women pioneers in the field of venture capital who bucked the system and found ways to survive and thrive in the cutthroat, high-stakes, male-dominated world of Silicon Valley

ALPHA GIRLS
The Women Who Challenged Silicon Valley’s Male Culture and Pioneered the Future
by Julian Guthrie
Currency, May 2019

The closed-doors investment decisions made by venture capitalists have the power to fund new startups and shape our economy, our technology, and our world. They have enabled the very existence of many of the world’s most profitable companies. Known for their risk-taking and prescient investments, the VC community has reaped tens of billions of dollars and has become the envy of Wall Street. Yet thanks to the « bro-grammer culture » that rules the VC world, it is a cabal that is almost a foreign country for women. A mere 6 percent of general partners at VC firms are women; roughly 80 percent of VC firms have never had a woman general partner. But there are a few. Armed with unprecedented access to the secretive VC universe, Guthrie uncovers one of the great untold stories of the digital era. Against all odds, a small cadre of women–pioneers who Guthrie calls the « alpha girls »–have determinedly made their way despite harassment, second-class citizenship, and men stealing the credit and the rewards, to become powerhouses of the finance world.

Julian Guthrie spent 20 years writing for the San Francisco Chronicle, where she won numerous awards. Her writing has been nominated multiple times for the Pulitzer Prize. She is the author of three nonfiction books: “The Grace of Everyday Saints”, T”he Billionaire and the Mechanic”, and “How to Make a Spaceship”.

A FALSE REPORT de T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong

Two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists tell the riveting true story of Marie, a teenager who was charged with lying about having been raped, and the detectives who followed a winding path to arrive at the truth

A FALSE REPORT
A True Story of Rape in America
by T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong
Crown, February 2018

On August 11, 2008, eighteen-year-old Marie reported that a masked man broke into her apartment near Seattle, Washington, and raped her. Within days police and even those closest to Marie became suspicious of her story: details of the crime didn’t seem plausible and her foster mother thought she sounded as though she were reciting a Law & Order episode. The police swiftly pivoted and began investigating Marie. Confronted with inconsistencies in her story and the doubts of others, Marie broke down and said her story was a lie—a bid for attention. Police charged Marie with false reporting. One of Marie’s best friends created a web page branding her a liar.
More than two years later, Colorado detective Stacy Galbraith was assigned to investigate a case of sexual assault. Describing the crime to her husband that night—the attacker’s calm and practiced demeanor, which led the victim to surmise “he’s done this before”—Galbraith learned that the case bore an eerie resemblance to a rape that had taken place months earlier in a nearby town. She joined forces with the detective on that case, Edna Hendershot, and the two soon realized they were dealing with a serial rapist: a man who photographed his victims, threatening to release the images online, and whose calculated steps to erase all physical evidence suggested he might be a soldier or a cop. Through meticulous police work the detectives would eventually connect the rapist to other attacks in Colorado—and beyond.
Based on investigative files and extensive interviews with the principals, A FALSE REPORT is a serpentine tale of doubt, lies, and a hunt for justice, unveiling the disturbing reality of how sexual assault is investigated today—and the long history of skepticism toward rape victims.

T. Christian Miller joined ProPublica as a senior reporter in 2008. Before that, he worked for the Los Angeles Times, where he covered politics, wars, and was once kidnapped by leftist guerrillas in Colombia. His first book, Blood Money: Wasted Billions, Lost Lives, and Corporate Greed In Iraq was called one of the “indispensable” books on the war. He teaches data journalism at the University of California at Berkeley and was a Knight Fellow at Stanford University.

Ken Armstrong, who joined ProPublica in 2017, previously worked at The Marshall Project and Chicago Tribune, where his work helped prompt the Illinois governor to suspend executions and empty death row. His first book, Scoreboard, Baby, with Nick Perry, won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for non-fiction. He has been the McGraw Professor of Writing at Princeton and a Nieman Fellow at Harvard.

They have both won numerous awards, including a 2016 Pulitzer Prize for their article « An Unbelievable Story of Rape, » written for ProPublica and The Marshall Project.

Black Klansman, le flic noir qui infiltra le Klux Klux Klan

BLACK KLANSMAN est le livre autobiographique de Ron Stallworth, un officier de police afro-américain qui, dans les années 70, a réussi à infiltrer le KKK en se faisant passer pour un suprématiste blanc au téléphone, avec l’aide d’un collègue juif qui se rendait aux réunions à sa place.

Cette incroyable histoire a attiré l’intérêt de Spike Lee qui tournera une adaptation cinématographique avec, à l’affiche, John David Washington, fils de Denzen, Topher Grace, Adam Driver et Jasper Paakkonen ! La production et le scénario seront assurés par Jordan Peele et l’équipe de GET OUT, l’un des plus grands succès au box-office en 2017. Le film est prévu pour l’automne 2018.

D’abord publié en 2014 par un éditeur indépendant, le livre BLACK KLANSMAN sortira dans une édition revisitée chez Flatiron en juin 2018 :

The extraordinary true story of the African American police officer who goes undercover to investigate the KKK, the basis for the forthcoming major motion picture directed by Spike Lee, and written by Jordan Peele

BLACK KLANSMAN
A Memoir
by Ron Stallworth
Flatiron Books, June 2018 

When Detective Ron Stallworth comes across a classified ad in the local paper looking for new Klan recruits in the Colorado Springs area, he responds with interest, using his real name while posing as a white man. His inquiry sparks a quick and welcoming response from the recruiter, and Ron begins to gain the Klan’s trust. Eager to recruit him, the Klan recruiter asks for a face-to-face meeting, necessitating Stallworth’s partner to play the “white” Ron Stallworth, while Stallworth himself conducts all subsequent phone conversations.
During his seven months of undercover work, Stallworth sabotages cross burnings and attempts by the Klan to further expand their membership, and weaponize a militia. As Stallworth rises higher and higher in the Klan, he realizes just how deeply seeded the hate group is in Colorado government. As the Klan holds a public rally headed by Grandwizard David Duke, Stallworth’s investigation comes to a tragic climax.
Ron Stallworth’s amazing story reads like a crime thriller, and is a searing portrait of a divided America and the extraordinary heroes who dare to fight back.

Ron Stallworth is a 32-year, highly decorated, law enforcement veteran, who worked undercover narcotics, vice, criminal intelligence and organized crime beats in four states. As the first black man accepted into the Colorado Springs police department and its youngest detective ever, Ron became the Jackie Robinson of his time and place, overcoming fierce racial hostility to achieve a long and distinguished career in law enforcement.

Harpercollins publiera un livre sur El Chapo

HUNTING EL CHAPO: The Thrilling Inside Story of the American Lawman Who Captured the World’s Most-Wanted Drug Lord restera sous embargo jusqu’à sa sortie en  octobre 2017 aux États-Unis et simultanément au Royaume-Uni, dans les pays hispanophones, aux Pays-Bas et en Pologne.

Les auteurs sont le journaliste Douglas Century et Cole Merrel, ancien agent de la DEA qui a contribué à la capture du baron mexicain de la drogue et qui vit aujourd’hui dans un endroit tenu secret, par peur de représailles.