Reagan/Gorbatchev. Reykjavik 1986, le sommet de tous les espoirs (2016)
Published in October 2016 by L’Archipel Publishing (Paris) in all the French speaking countries, this book is the original work on the Reykjavik Summit between Reagan and Gorbachev.
The book was later translated into English and will be published under the title An Impossible Dream by Pegasus Books in June 2019.
The author worked on the White House and Kremlin archives, interviewed presidential advisors and met with M. Gorbachev in Moscow.
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Reagan Gorbatchev. Reykjavik, 1986: le sommet de tous les espoirs.
In French. L’Archipel publishing, 2016.
ISBN-10: 2809820473
ISBN-13: 978-2809820478
Obama face aux 9 plaies de l’Amérique (2012). Finalist at the Los Angeles Press Club Journalism Awards 2013
Obama Facing the Nine Wounds of America was published in all the French speaking countries in August 2012. The author scrutinizes President Obama’s first term successes and failures in nine topic-driven chapters, establishing the issues and reporting on the field about solutions implemented: Economy, Poverty, Education & New Tech, Environment & Energy, Healthcare, Foreign Policy, the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, Politics and Immigration.
The book got many praised reviews in the French press and was a finalist at the 2013 Los Angeles Press Club Journalism Awards (nonfiction)
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Obama face aux 9 plaies de l’Amerique
In French. L’Archipel publishing, 2012.
ISBN-10: 2809807671
ISBN-13: 978-2809807677
Barack Obama, le premier président noir des Etats-Unis and Barack Obama ou le nouveau rêve americain (2008)
Two separate editions for the first biography of Barack Obama in French, sold over 10,000 copies in France. A first one published in October 2018, before Obama’s election and a second one published in December 2018, with a new chapter about his victory.
Guillaume Serina started to follow then U.S. Senator Barack Obama in October 2016, with a first article in Le Monde 2 – the first one in France about the future president. He then covered the Democratic Party primaries and national campaigns, the DNC Convention in Denver, the election night in Chicago and the January 2009 Inauguration. He also interviewed several Obama’s childhood friends, colleagues in a Chicago law firm, his first political steps in Illinois and much more. The first half of the book is purely biographical and the second half is the tale on the campaign trail. This book was translated in Vietnamese.
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Barack Obama, le premier president noir des Etats-Unis
Second Edition for Barack Obama ou le nouveau reve americain
In French. L’Archipel publishing, 2008.
ISBN-10: 2809801592
ISBN-13: 978-2809801590
Les Etats-Unis, Questions sur la superpuissance (2004 & 2009)
The illustrated pocket book The United States, Questions on a Superpower is a favorite among French and French speaking students. Published by Milan in the “Essentials” Collection, under the price of $10, it covers the main events of the American history, the U.S. Constitution, the political system and several social and economic topics of modern America. First published in 2004 under the George W. Bush years and then updated in January 2009.
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Les Etats-Unis. Questions sur la superpuissance
In French. Milan publishing, coll. Essentiels, 2009.
ISBN-10: 274593743X
ISBN-13: 978-2745937438
L’Affaire Di Falco (2003)
After a two year long investigation, The Di Falco Case was the first effort about child sexual abuse in the roman catholic church in France ever. It tells the story of Marc, in his forties, who was abused by then priest Jean-Michel Di Falco when he was between 12 and 15 years old. Di Falco later became bishop of Paris and the spokesman of the catholic church for more than a decade. Marc filed a lawsuit, which was dismissed because of the status of limitation. The last part of the book is an open debate about reforming the law of status of limitation. It was eventually changed later on by the French parliament. Di Falco is now a free retired bishop, despite the lawsuit of a second victim, which also hit the time limit.
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L’Affaire Di Falco, l’Eglise en questions
In French. Ramsay/Golias publishing, 2003.
ISBN-10: 2841146391
ISBN-13: 978-2841146390
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