Bøker av Ben Arogundade

Are the Oscars (still) so white? Is it even possible to decolonise the film industry? Why is Hollywood's race problem everyone's problem?Ignoring the systemic racial inequalities in film is losing the industry $10 billion a year. Yet, parity, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental issues that the Oscar Awards are only just beginning to address.In this book, award-winning writer, broadcaster, model, and fashion designer, Ben Arogundade, provides a manual for deconstructing everything you thought you knew about Hollywood - documenting the stories and struggles of black artists within the movie industry that have so far been left out of the canon.The chapters are structured chronologically around different Oscar winners, from Hattie McDaniel to Halle Berry. Each section is rich with exhaustive research from critics, activists, and academics, as well as interviews with stars and those within the film industry, to demonstrate sociological and historical influences on black artists, highlight positive progress, and make you realise that certain attitudes still remain.Hollywood Blackout is a much-needed provocation to look more critically at the accepted narratives within film, and examine how the industry both reflects and influences societal views on race.

A Hollywood history told from the perspective of those that fought for diversity, inclusion and acknowledgement.

18 sex scenes, 16 lonely women, 5 commitment-phobic men, 1 big secret. A clever, dark drama - EsquireThe story - four men are paid to seduce and abandon...but then one of them breaks the rules.PLOT SUMMARYEccentric English millionaire Dennison Carr invents a bizarre game in which he pays a group of handpicked men to seduce women he selects at random.One of the seducers, Erskine, begins to develop feelings for one of the women - a commitment-phobic jazz singer called Natascha. As they battle against their aversion to intimacy, neither is prepared for the shocking conclusion Dennison has planned.SUMMER SETTINGThe novel is a romantic suspense love story set in London in the summer. It's not your usual summer holiday romance read, but a dark, sexually explicit mystery that twists, turns and challenges our assumptions about sex, love and relationships. The story ranks amongst the top rated thrillers and popular romantic suspense fiction books recommended for you for the Kindle or in print.HOW TO CHAT UP WOMENThe novel's suspense builds from the first page, as Dennison goes hunting for men to participate in his game seducing strangers. He offers Erskine 0 to sleep with three random females. How will he chat up the women and persuade them to have sex?A LITEROTICA ANTHOLOGY THE CHARACTERSDennison Carr - a bored millionaire who gets his kicks from manipulating the men in his game of sex.Erskine - depressed and reeling from the death of his wife, he finds a strange new purpose in seducing women.Natascha - she distrusts all men, avoids commitment, and only has brief affairs.Rossi - his mother was a French prostitute. As a child he saw men come and go. Now he too sells sex.Hof - a bad boy sex addict who lives for the thrill of seducing women.Richard - an out-of-work actor whose wife left him for someone better. Sex is his antidote for low self-esteem.18 EXPLICIT SEX SCENESThe sex is gripping, steamy, erotic and explicit. It will make you laugh, cry and gasp with shock.ADULT SEXUAL - 15 ONE-NIGHT STANDSIn their summer of sex, the men seduce a diverse array of women - single, married, divorced, etc. Tensions emerge as the men navigate how to leave the women once the seduction is over.ROMANTIC SUSPENSE FOR YOUEmotional issues abound - hearts are closed, things remain unsaid, lovers struggle to communicate - everyone is hiding something, a dark secret or mystery. The sexual misadventures of the men and women link them all, but it is love they secretly crave.SEDUCING STRANGERSFor every woman who takes the bait, the men grow in confidence, happily seducing strangers. All except Erskine. A dark secret troubles him. Natascha hates herself for having feelings for Erskine. The dark erotic charge of their sex has broken something within her, leaving her vulnerable. Does she love him now? Like Erskine, she too conceals a dark secret.PSYCHOLOGICAL MYSTERYUnspoken truths about the players in Dennisons game lurk within each thrilling story. Why are the men doing it? Is it the money, the sex, or is there another deeper psychological reason? Only Dennison seems to know.THE CONCLUSIONThe story reaches a thrilling climax when Dennison unravels secrets that shake Erskine and Natascha to their core. The most original romantic suspense fiction read of 2017 and 2018 ends suddenly with a twist you will not see until the final page.BEST RECOMMENDED READ FOR YOU IN 2018The book is a top rated novel for 2018, recommended by Esquire magazine and actor Laurence Fishburne. It is a full-length standalone romantic suspense of 70k words. Out in book and ebook format.

Donald J. Trump is the most vilified American president ever, derided on more front covers than any other. He's been portrayed as the anti-Christ, Adolf Hitler, The Joker, a Ku Klux Klansman, King Kong, a terrorist, a madman, a psychopath, a narcissist, a buffoon and a sexual predator, to name but a few. Fake Views? President Donald Trump's Book Of Covers, reveals the US head of state in all these guises and more. Which portrayals are truthful, and which may be classed as "fake news"?AMERICA'S UNLIKELY PRESIDENT Since being elected to the White House in America's 2016 election, President Donald Trump has featured on thousands of newspaper and magazine covers around the world. This new photo-biography of Trump's front pages brings you the best examples that tell the story of the startling events that brought Donald Trump to the Oval Office as America's 45th leader. This groundbreaking new book by Ben Arogundade, author of Obama: 101 Best Covers, presents a unique visual collection never seen before in one package.NEW DONALD TRUMP BOOK Since his 2016 election victory there has been a plethora of new Donald Trump books covering biography, autobiography, memoir and poetry. There are even President Trump colouring books. Authors such as Michael Wolff (Fire & Fury: Inside The Trump White House), James Comey (Higher Loyalty), Newt Gingrich (Trump's America) and Conrad Black (A President Like No Other), have helped create the extensive narrative that seeks to make sense of the Trump administration and what has been described by many as the "Trumpocalypse". However, none of these titles tell the Donald Trump story like this book does - through the eyes of the print press that have featured him on their front pages for four decades.TRUMP'S FIRE, FURY, COMEDY Available in paperback and hardcover, Fake Views? President Donald Trump's Book Of Covers, curates the biggest selection of Mr. Trump's front pages ever assembled, from 1979 to the present. Over 240 images are included, with many never-seen-before examples that will shock and amaze. Meticulously researched, the author has sifted through thousands of Donald Trump covers, selecting the best examples to inform its narrative. Featured publications include TIME, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, Esquire, The Guardian, The New York Times, Playboy, GQ, The Economist and Der Spiegel.PRESIDENT TRUMP - A VISUAL BIOGRAPHY This new Donald Trump book presents readers with a visual biography of images that span his life as a young real estate mogul in the 1980s, right through to his behaviour and policies inside the White House since being elected president in 2016. In colour and black-and-white, the book mixes photography with illustrations devised by some of the finest political cartoonists and graphic designers in the world, including Adel Rodriguez and Barry Blitt. Collectively the book's covers veer from horror to comedy and back, deriding Donald Trump more than any other American president in history. TRUMP: THE ART OF THE DEAL The text that accompanies Ben Arogundade's new Trump book discusses the design, typography, photography and political context of each cover, bringing to life this unique portrait of the world's most talked about person, and America's most controversial president.NEW DONALD TRUMP BOOK: SUMMARY • 240 covers spanning four decades, many never seen before. • Detailed analysis and background narratives for each one. • A recommended read, or gift, in hardcover and paperback formats. • 'Lean' book production using print-on-demand technology

Donald J. Trump is the most vilified American president ever, derided on more front covers than any other. He’s been portrayed as the anti-Christ, Adolf Hitler, The Joker, a Ku Klux Klansman, King Kong, a terrorist, a madman, a psychopath, a narcissist, a buffoon and a sexual predator, to name but a few. Fake Views? President Donald Trump’s Book Of Covers, reveals the US head of state in all these guises and more. Which portrayals are truthful, and which may be classed as “fake news”?AMERICA’S UNLIKELY PRESIDENTSince being elected to the White House in America’s 2016 election, President Donald Trump has featured on thousands of newspaper and magazine covers around the world. This new photo-biography of Trump’s front pages brings you the best examples that tell the story of the startling events that brought Donald Trump to the Oval Office as America’s 45th leader. This groundbreaking new book by Ben Arogundade, author of Obama: 101 Best Covers, presents a unique visual collection never seen before in one package.NEW DONALD TRUMP BOOKSince his 2016 election victory there has been a plethora of new Donald Trump books covering biography, autobiography, memoir and poetry. There are even President Trump colouring books. Authors such as Michael Wolff (Fire & Fury: Inside The Trump White House), James Comey (Higher Loyalty), Newt Gingrich (Trump’s America) and Conrad Black (A President Like No Other), have helped create the extensive narrative that seeks to make sense of the Trump administration and what has been described by many as the “Trumpocalypse”. However, none of these titles tell the Donald Trump story like this book does — through the eyes of the print press that have featured him on their front pages for four decades.TRUMP’S FIRE, FURY, COMEDYAvailable in paperback and hardcover, Fake Views? President Donald Trump’s Book Of Covers, curates the biggest selection of Mr. Trump’s front pages ever assembled, from 1979 to the present. Over 240 images are included, with many never-seen-before examples that will shock and amaze. Meticulously researched, the author has sifted through thousands of Donald Trump covers, selecting the best examples to inform its narrative. Featured publications include TIME, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, Esquire, The Guardian, The New York Times, Playboy, GQ, The Economist and Der Spiegel.PRESIDENT TRUMP — A VISUAL BIOGRAPHYThis new Donald Trump book presents readers with a visual biography of images that span his life as a young real estate mogul in the 1980s, right through to his behaviour and policies inside the White House since being elected president in 2016. In colour and black-and-white, the book mixes photography with illustrations devised by some of the finest political cartoonists and graphic designers in the world, including Adel Rodriguez and Barry Blitt. Collectively the book’s covers veer from horror to comedy and back, deriding Donald Trump more than any other American president in history.TRUMP: THE ART OF THE DEALThe text that accompanies Ben Arogundade’s new Trump book discusses the design, typography, photography and political context of each cover, bringing to life this unique portrait of the world’s most talked about person, and America’s most controversial president.NEW DONALD TRUMP BOOK: SUMMARY• 240 covers spanning four decades, many never seen before.  • Detailed analysis and background narratives for each one.  • A recommended read, or gift, in hardcover and paperback formats.• ‘Lean’ book production using print-on-demand technology — less paper, less waste.