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January 19, 2022

How Civil Wars Start is a NYT Bestseller

Barbara Walter’s How Civil Wars Start will debut at #4 on the New York Times bestseller list. The book is generating extensive media coverage and conversation in the public sphere. A few rave reviews:

“[L]ike those who spoke up clearly about the dangers of global warming decades ago, Walter delivers a grave message that we ignore at our peril.” –David Remnick, The New Yorker

“This is a book that everyone in power should read immediately.” –Jacob Hacker, Washington Post

“[C]onvincing, carefully reasoned. . . .” –James Fallows, co-author of Our Towns

“Distinguished by its lucid analysis and global perspective, this wake-up call rings clear.” –Publishers Weekly

Walter has made multiple media appearances, including on CNN, MSNBC and ABC.

October 7, 2021

Claire Foy to star in Doomsday Machine

Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang’s bestselling book An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination will be adapted into the television series Doomsday Machine, which will star Claire Foy as Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. Doomsday Machine is a “riveting human drama chronicling the political and social minefields Facebook has navigated on its relentless quest for growth,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. Ayad Akhtar, a Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright, will write the series. Frenkel and Kang will serve as consultants and executive producers.

July 9, 2021

Eddie Redmayne to star in film adaptation of Mindf*ck

Eddie Redmayne will star as Christopher Wylie in a yet untitled movie based on Wylie’s book Mindf*ck: Cambridge Analytica and the Plot to Break America. Paul Bettany will portray Alexander Nix, CEO of Cambridge Analytica, and two-time Oscar winner Peter Farrelly is in talks to direct the movie.

July 9, 2021

Reviews are in for An Ugly Truth

Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang have received exceptional reviews in The Washington Post and The New York Times for An Ugly Truth:

“Fascinating. . . .Adds a trove of rich detail that will be important in the ongoing assessment of social media’s impact on society and democracy.” –Susan Benkelman, Washington Post

“An Ugly Truth provides the kind of satisfaction you might get if you hired a private investigator to track a cheating spouse: It confirms your worst suspicions and then gives you all the dates and details you need to cut through the company’s spin.” –Sarah Frier, New York Times

May 14, 2021

How to Change is a Wall Street Journal Bestseller

Katy Milkman’s How to Change debuted on the Wall Street Journal bestseller list this week. It has also been selected as one of the top three business books of May by the Financial Times and one of the top nonfiction books to read this summer by the Next Big Idea Club. Arianna Huffington calls it “smart, pioneering, and packed with the biggest breakthroughs of our decade.” See some of Milkman’s media highlights on NPR and CNBC.

 July 16, 2019

Mindf*ck to be a feature film

Christopher Wylie’s book Mindf*ck: Cambridge Analytica and the Plot to Break America is being turned into a film. It will be produced by AGBO, the studio helmed by Marvel directors Joe and Anthony Russo. Avengers: Endgame screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely wrote the script.

 January 13, 2019

Rebel Talent named a best book of 2018

Francesca Gino’s Rebel Talent has been named to many of 2018’s best-of lists, including Forbes’ Top Ten Creative Leadership Books From 2018, Inc.’s 10 Most Inspiring Books of 2018, and Strategy + Business’s Best Business Books of 2018. University of Pennsylvania scholar Angela Duckworth, author of the NYT bestseller Grit, offered this high praise: “Great stories, great science, and great practical advice about how, when, and why to break the rules.”