Publishers Weekly - 09.09.2019

Volume 266
Number 36
ISSN 0000-

September 9,

2019

Features

18 Battle for the Ballot
Publishers mark the centennial of the ratification of the 19th
Amendment, a watershed moment in the struggle for women’s
voting rights.

30 NYCC Reinvents Itself (Again)
The next New York Comic Con, which runs in early October, will
feature new hours, a ticket exchange, and a different venue for
Anime Fest @ NYCC.

42 The Language of Art
Cartoonist and educator Lynda Barry uses comics to help readers
unleash creativity in Making Comics.

1–32 Star Watch
Meet PW’s fifth class of young publishing stars who have made a
mark in the book world.

News

4 Making the Book World Accessible
Accommodation for people with disabilities varies at trade shows,
conferences, and fan fests.

5 Print Units Dipped at the End of August
Some softness in adult nonfiction was enough to drive down sales
of print units 0.8% for the week ended August 31 compared to the
similar week last year.

8 Deals
Sarah Huckabee Sanders sells her story, a book on the Jeffrey
Epstein case is nabbed by HC, a webcomic finds a home at
Scholastic, and more.

SLAVES AMONG US

The Hidden World of Human Traffi cking

BY MONIQUE VILLA

“Monique Villa’s years of experience as an esteemed

journalist, along with her tenacity and passion to

protect those who suffer in modern slavery, are clearly

demonstrated in this book.”

—Kevin Hyland, former UK Independent

Anti-Slavery Commissioner

Through the stories of three remarkable individuals

who share how the y fell victim to traffi ckers and

how their bodies and souls resisted an enterprise

of total destruction, Monique Villa takes us

around the world—from Ohio to Tokyo, London

to India, Qatar to Colombia—to uncover a parallel

world where men, women, and children are

dehumanized and reduced to obedient machines.

Written by a global leader in the fi ght against

human traffi cking, this powerful book uncovers

the hidden world of slaves—no longer physically

in chains—who walk among us, trapped in a

cycle of exploitation. Despite signifi cant progress

in the fi ght for human rights, slavery continues

to fl ourish. By giving voice to survivors of this

horrifi c trade, Villa vividly illustrates dire situations

we can do something about. Her call to action

outlines concrete steps to safeguard the vulnerable

among us and to eliminate slavery in our time.

Monique Villa is former CEO of the Thomson

Reuters Foundation. She is the founder of TrustLaw,

Trust Conference, and the Stop Slavery Awards.

She is ranked among the world’s 100 most

infl uential people in business ethics by Ethisphere.

October 2019 • 216 pages

978-1-5381-2728-5 • $24.95 • Cloth

Also available in e-book.

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