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Trafalgar Square
Publishing
Spring 2016
Don’t Miss
Contents
28 Planting Design
for Dry Gardens
85 The Looking
Glass House
115 Pub Dogs
of London
126 Dimly Lit Meals
for One
163 Abraham
Lincoln
273 Indie Games
Animals/Pets��120, 122–124, 134–135
Architecture�� 4–7, 173–174
Art��8–9, 10, 12, 18, 25–26 132, 153, 278, 288
Autobiography/Biography��37–38, 41, 105–106, 108–113, 124, 162–169,
179–181, 183, 186, 191, 198, 214, 216, 218,
253, 258–259, 261, 263–264, 267, 289, 304
Body, Mind, Spirit�� 33–34
Business�� 254–256
Classics��43–45, 47–48, 292
Cooking��1, 11, 14–15, 222–227, 229–230–248
Crafts & Hobbies��21–24, 26–27
Design�� 19–20
Erotica�� 102–103
Essays�� 292
Fiction�� 42, 46, 49–56, 61–62 64–65, 67–68, 70–71,
74–76, 76–89, 90–99, 100–101, 291, 293–301,
Film/Television��106–107, 133, 158
Folklore & Mythology�� 201–202
Games�� 199, 274–276
Gardening�� 28–32, 277
Graphic Novels�� 131, 133
Health/Fitness/Nutrition�� 249–252
History��21, 35, 114, 160, 170–172, 175–176, 177–180,
182–194, 197–198, 213, 304
Home Improvement�� 2
Humor�� 125–130, 136–139, 143–145, 147, 151, 154–156, 159, 217, 273, 286
Inspirational�� 140–142, 145–148, 149–151, 152
Language & Linguistics�� 199–201
Literary Collections�� 273, 290
Literary Criticism��40–41, 52, 161, 171, 201
Memoir��105, 113, 115, 130, 190, 215, 217–220, 272, 274, 303
Military�� 187–188, 191
Music��112, 114–115, 153
Mystery��42, 51, 57, 58–63, 66, 68–69, 71–74, 76
Nature/Outdoors��49, 152, 221, 261, 303
Photography�� 9, 16–17, 116–119, 270, 287–288
Poetry�� 104
Political Science�� 257
Psychology�� 220
Reference�� 27, 155, 158, 175, 200, 203–209–210
Religion & Theology�� 36, 151
Romance�� 98, 101–101
Self-Help��34, 219, 253–254
Social Science�� 116, 221
Sports�� 121–122, 152–153, 160–161, 258–260, 264–269, 271–273
Stationery��11, 277, 279–285
Science�� 197
Transportation��3, 157, 194–196, 271
Travel��13, 210–214, 262, 302
True Crime�� 183, 304
Writing�� 153
Cover art:
Pop, Bubble & Fizz
Tove Nilsson, photograph by Wolfgang Kleinschmidt
Pavilion Books
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One For My Baby
A Sinatra Cocktail Companion
Tom Smith
The story of Frank Sinatra with a twist—combined with
cocktail recipes
The book introduces us to Sinatra’s life and art seen from an
unconventional point of view: Ol’ Blue Eyes’ prodigious appetite
for alcohol. Drinking was an integral part of his character, his
lifestyle and (by extension) his creative output. This book also
functions as a practical cocktail manual, containing more than
30 detailed recipes for preparing and presenting fancy drinks he
was known to enjoy himself; as well as providing information
on some of Sinatra’s own personal drinking lore and some of
the traditions he followed or inspired. There are also accounts of
some of his favorite watering holes (from legendary saloons such
as Toots Shor’s and Jilly’s to Villa Capri or Monte’s Venetian
Room), profiles of famous drinking buddies (such as Humphrey
Bogart or Mike Romanoff) and a selection of drinking stories.
The book begins with an essay looking at the role drink played
throughout his life and ends with a consideration of his most
enduring persona—The Last Saloon Singer. In between there are
chapters on Classic Bourbon drinks, the Martini, Exotic Booze,
Hangover Remedies and The Rat Pack.
Tom Smith performed throughout the 1980s with cult bands
The Fire Hydrant Men and Cas Carnaby Five and was front man
for Gee Mr. Tracy. In 2000, after a dozen years as a label manager for independent record labels he became a freelance writer.
He has written biographies of Blondie and The Ramones and
written regularly on music. His artwork has appeared on various
posters, album and single covers and his 2011 exhibition Jockey
Full of Bourbon centered around paintings of Frank Sinatra, Elvis and Tom Waits. Earlier this year he exhibited with his wife
Helen under the joint title The Smiths.
Cooking/Biography • 160 Pages • 5.5 x 8 • 50 B/W Photos,
50 B/W Illustrations, 10 Line Drawings • 9780720620160
May • $19.95 (Can $23.95) • Cloth • Rights: US & Canada
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MY COOL
My Cool Treehouse
An Inspirational Guide to Stylish Treehouses
Jane Field-Lewis
Photographer Richard Maxted
Everything from fantasy treehouse castles to children’s
dens, exclusive treehouse accommodation in safari camps
and eco lodges, and custom-built eco classrooms and
sustainable buildings
Using high-end interiors, landscape and lifestyle photography
and styling in the specially commissioned images (shot in all
seasons and weather conditions), this book showcases 35 treehouses with different budgets and styles, from the rustic that
seem to disappear into the foliage to the futuristic made out of
contemporary materials. The accompanying narrative for each
of these genuine projects gives information about the location,
the owners and their inspiration as well as style notes.
Jane Field-Lewis is a stylist working in film and photography.
Her previous books include My Cool Campervan, My Cool
Shed, and many others in the series. Richard Maxted is a photographer whose clients include British Airways, Campbell’s,
Jim Beam, and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Home Improvement/Photography • 160 Pages • 9 x 7.5
300 Color Photos • 9781910496183 • August
$24.95 (Can $29.95) • Cloth • Rights: US & Canada
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MY COOL
My Cool Convertible
An Inspirational Guide to Stylish Convertibles
Chris Haddon
Photographer Lyndon McNeil
A broad mix of cool convertibles are shown with their
owners, from vintage to classic and modern, with
eye-catching photography and locations
In many ways, the convertible car is the ultimate expression
of automotive indulgence. Some of the finest and most stylish marques are included in this book that spans many decades: the Ford Thunderbird that helped boost the appeal of
the soft-top car, the unforgettable Austin-Healey 300 and the
classic Porsche 356 Speedster. The cars here range from early roadsters to midcentury statements of wealth and extreme
styling, through to iconic and retro examples, such as the Saab
900, Mazda MX5, Cadillac Coupé DeVille, Ford Escort XR3i,
Mercedes Pagoda, Peugeot 304, 1959 Nash Metropolitan,
Daimler Dart, Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider, Corvette Stingray,
BMW 2002, Citroen DS, Bentley S3, Aston Martin db5, Jaguar XJS, Lotus Elan, Ford Thunderbird, Austin Healey and
the VW Karmann Ghia.
Chris Haddon has 20 years of experience as a multi-disciplinary designer, focusing on brand development and web design. He and Lyndon McNeil previously collaborated on My
Cool Classic Car and My Cool Motorycycle.
Transportation/Photography • 160 Pages • 9 x 7.5
300 Color Photos • 9781910904305 • August • $24.95
(Can $29.95) • Cloth • Rights: US & Canada • Pavilion
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THEN AND NOW®
Chicago: Then and Now®
Kathleen Maguire
The third and latest edition of a top-selling book on Chicago, more than 150,000
copies sold to date
This book pairs archival photos with modern views to tell the story of the city’s rich
history. It is a story of determination and pride, and the evocative photos on these
pages reflect the many faces of Chicago’s heritage. Sites include: Grant Park, Lincoln
Park, Wabash Avenue, Lake Street, Marshall Field’s, State Street, Palmer House, Reliance Building, the Chicago Theatre, Majestic Theatre and Biograph Theater, Art
Institute of Chicago, Chicago Cultural Center, South Michigan Avenue, North Michigan Avenue, Board of Trade Building, The Rookery, Old Colony Building, Dearborn
Street Station, Chicago and North Western Terminal, Illinois Central Railyards, State
Street Bridge, Michigan Avenue Bridge, Wacker Drive, Chicago River from the Wrigley Building, Water Tower, Lake Shore Drive, Navy Pier, Oak Street Beach, Merchandise Mart, Wrigley Field, Comiskey Park, the Union Stockyards, and much more. A
detailed map lists major downtown sites featured in the book.
Kathleen Maguire is the author of Cool Chicago. She has lived in Chicago her entire life.
Architecture/Photography • 144 Pages • 11 x 9.5 • 175 Color Photos,
175 B/W Photos • 9781910904053 • Replaces: 9781607105800 • Available
$19.95 (Can $23.95) • Cloth • Rights: US & Canada • Pavilion
Detroit: Then and Now®
Cheri Gay
A vivid portrait of a city bouncing back from economic recession
This book is a fascinating document of history and change in one of the United States’
most important cities. Sites include Woodward Avenue, Detroit Waterfront ,Campus
Martius, Jefferson Avenue, Cadillac Square, Capitol Park, J.L. Hudson Company,
City Hall, Wayne County Building, Grand Circus Park, Michigan Theater, Capitol
Theater, Fox Theatre, YMCA Building, Detroit Athletic Club, Eastern Mark, Elmwood Cemetery, Belle Isle Casino, Scott Fountain, Palmer Park, Hurlbut Memorial
Gate, Cass Tech, Tiger Stadium, Wagner Baking Co., Michigan Central Railroad,
Ambassador Bridge, Orchestra Hall, Piety Hill, Detroit Public Library, the General
Motors Building, and much more. A map details the downtown sites featured in the
photographs.
Cheri Gay has lived in and around Detroit for more than 40 years. A graduate of the
University of Michigan and Wayne State University, she has spent more than 25 years
at the Detroit Public Library in a variety of roles, most recently as photo archivist in
the Burton Historical Collection. She is the author of Lost Detroit.
175 B/W Photos • 9781910904060 • Replaces: 9781571456892 • April
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THEN AND NOW®
Las Vegas: Then and Now®
Su Kim Chung
Vintage shots of famed Las Vegas locations are paired with photos of the same
view today, showing more than 100 years of the city’s famous history
Las Vegas: Then and Now captures the city’s evolution from a desert railroad outpost
into the gambling and entertainment capital of the world. Pairing historical photographs of the town with specially commissioned views of the same scene today, this
book provides the reader with an intriguing look into the history of a city that has
become a cultural icon for all that is best and worst in American society. Sites include
Fremont Street, Railroad Depot, Union Pacific Station, Arizona Club, Golden Nugget,
El Portal Theatre, Nevada Hotel, Sal Sagev Hotel, El Cortez, Vegas Vic, The Mint
Hotel, Las Vegas Post Office/Mob Museum, El Rancho Vegas, Last Frontier, New
Frontier, Little Church of the West, Flamingo, Thunderbird Hotel, Desert Inn, Sahara Hotel, Sands Hotel, Stardust, Riviera, La Concha Motel, Dunes Hotel, Caesars
Palace, Hacienda, Tropicana, Castaways, MGM Grand, Aladdin, Boardwalk, International, Landmark Hotel, Las Vegas Convention Center, Moulin Rouge, Showboat,
and much more.
Su Kim Chung is the manuscripts librarian/archivist in special collections at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries. A graduate of UCLA’s Information Studies
program, she also has an MA in history from CSU Fresno, and a PhD in Information
Studies from UCLA.
San Diego: Then and Now®
Nancy Hendrickson
Pairing fascinating archive pictures of the city from its Spanish old-town origins,
this photographic tour then looks at the bright and shining metropolis San Diego
is today
Known to its residents as “America’s Finest City,” San Diego has a mild, inviting
climate and stunning coastal scenery. San Diego: Then and Now looks at how the city
developed from a small village settled by early Franciscan missionaries and the Spanish military. It came under U.S. rule in 1846, but it was not until 1867 when San Francisco speculator and businessman Alonzo E. Horton acquired 960 acres of waterfront
land and promoted it as “New Town” that San Diego really began to take off. This
book pairs archival photographs with modern views of the same scene to illustrate
the city’s growth since these humble beginnings. It shows how the city’s architecture
still reflects and preserves its Spanish heritage, but also incorporates modern glass
skyscrapers and Victorian mansions. Sites include Horton Plaza, U.S. Grant Hotel,
Stingaree District, Speckels Theatre, Fifth Avenue, Seaport Village, Embarcadero, Star
of India, Coronado, Hotel del Coronado, Santa Fe Depot, Carnegie Library, El Cortez
Hotel, Long-Waterman Mansion, Villa Montezuma, The Prado, San Diego Zoo, Old
Globe Theatre, San Diego High School, Hillcrest, City Heights, Kensington, La Casa
de Estudillo, Casa de Bandini, Whaley House, Junipero Serra Museum, Ballast Point,
Point Loma, Ocean Beach, and Pacific Beach.
Nancy Hendrickson is a history writer specializing in genealogy and the American
West. She lives in San Diego.
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THEN AND NOW®
Texas: Then and Now®
William Dylan Powell
Covering all the major cities and iconic Texan locations, from the Alamo through
NASA and the Cadillac Ranch, this collection pairs vintage archive images from
across the Lone Star state with the same view as it looks today
Texas: Then and Now features the most prominent locations from around the state,
comparing vintage photographs with modern views of the same scenes today. Included on these pages are many of the great Texas universities, tourist draws in Austin
and Galveston, the historic oil strike at Spindletop, the old stockyards of Fort Worth,
the Texas State Capitol in Austin, and the state fairgrounds in Dallas. This collection
of Texas landmarks provides a vivid portrait of a dynamic and expanding state—but
one that has not forgotten its rich and enduring history. Featured sites include Austin, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Goliad, Houston, Galveston, Beaumont, Washington-on-the-Brazos, College Station, Waco, Hillsboro, Dallas, Fort Worth, Amarillo,
and El Paso.
William Dylan Powell is a regular contributor to the Houston Chronicle and the author of Austin: Then and Now and Houston: Then and Now. He lives in Houston.
Toronto: Then and Now®
Doug Taylor
Vintage images of Canada’s largest city—and North America’s fourth most populous—are paired with the same views as they look today, showing how the city
has evolved throughout the years
Toronto has long been a financial powerhouse in North America, and this is represented by its many grand bank buildings. Canada’s capital may be Ottawa, but the
financial power emanates from this thriving city, the fourth most populous in North
America. Sites include: Toronto Harbour, Fort York, Queen’s Quay Lighthouse, Toronto Island Ferries, Queen’s Quay Terminal, Canadian National Exhibition, Sunnyside Bathing Pavilion, Princes’ Gates, Royal York Hotel, Union Station, City Hall, St.
Lawrence Market, St. James Cathedral, Canadian Pacific Building, Bank of Montreal,
Dineen Building, Elgin Theatre, Arts and Letters Club, Old Bank of Nova Scotia,
Ryrie Building, Masonic Temple, Osgoode Hall, Royal Alexandra Theatre, Gurney
Iron Works, Boer War Monument, CN Tower, Old Knox College, Victory Burlesque
Theatre, Maple Leaf Gardens, University of Toronto, and much more.
Doug Taylor is a Toronto historian and the author of Toronto Theatres and the
Golden Age of the Silver Screen, There Never Was a Better Time: Toronto’s Yesterdays, and The Villages Within.
175 B/W Photos • 9781910904077 • June • $19.95 (Can $23.95) • Cloth
Rights: US & Canada • Pavilion
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THEN AND NOW®
New York: Then and Now®
Marcia Reiss and Evan Joseph
Pairing amazing vintage photos of the Big Apple with the same view as it looks
today, this updated edition includes a detailed map listing the major downtown
sites featured in the book
Sites include Ellis Island, Governors Island, Statue of Liberty, Battery Park, U.S. Custom House, Bowling Green, Federal Hall, Broad Street, Wall Street, Singer Building,
World Trade Center, Woolworth Building, City Hall, Park Row, Brooklyn Bridge,
Mulberry Street Market, Hudson River Piers, the High Line, Washington Square
Arch, Cooper Union, Fifth Avenue, the Flatiron Building, Metropolitan Life Building,
Madison Avenue, Macy’s Penn Station, Grand Central Station, Empire State Building,
Times Square, Rockefeller Center, Radio City, Plaza Hotel, Central Park, Columbus
Circle, Shea Stadium, and much more.
Marcia Reiss is the author of Architectural Details, Brooklyn Then and Now, Central
Park Then and Now, and Manhattan in Photographs. She is former policy director of
the Parks Council, now New Yorkers for Parks, and former public affairs director for
the New York City Department of Ports and Trade. She also taught at Columbia University and Hunter College and was a reporter for the Brooklyn Phoenix. A former
resident of Brooklyn and Manhattan, she lives in upstate New York.
$19.95 (Can $23.95) • Cloth • Also available as Trade Paper (9781910904138)
$14.95 • Rights: US & Canada • Pavilion
New York: Then and Now®
Compact Edition
Marcia Reiss and Evan Joseph
A compact edition of the bestselling collection of amazing then and now Big
Apple photos
Sites include Ellis Island, Governors Island, Statue of Liberty, Battery Park, U.S. Custom House, Bowling Green, Federal Hall, Broad Street, Wall Street, Singer Building,
World Trade Center, Woolworth Building, City Hall, Park Row, Brooklyn Bridge,
Mulberry Street Market, Hudson River Piers, the High Line, Washington Square
Arch, Cooper Union, Fifth Avenue, the Flatiron Building, Metropolitan Life Building,
Madison Avenue, Macy’s Penn Station, Grand Central Station, Empire State Building,
Times Square, Rockefeller Center, Radio City, Plaza Hotel, Central Park, Columbus
Circle, Shea Stadium, and much more.
Marcia Reiss is the author of Architectural Details, Brooklyn Then and Now, Central
Park Then and Now, and Manhattan in Photographs. She is former policy director of
the Parks Council, now New Yorkers for Parks, and former public affairs director for
the New York City Department of Ports and Trade. She also taught at Columbia University and Hunter College and was a reporter for the Brooklyn Phoenix. A former
resident of Brooklyn and Manhattan, she lives in upstate New York.
Architecture/Photography • 144 Pages • 7.5 x 6.5 • 175 Color Photos,
175 B/W Photos • 9781910904138 • April • $14.95 (Can $17.95) • Trade Paper
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Graffiti Planet
The Best Graffiti from Around the World
KET
A celebration of the creativity of graffiti art and its artists from all over the world
Ever controversial, graffiti, or street art, has become a significant art form and continues
to evolve and transform urban landscapes in cities around the globe. Compiled by one of
the graffiti scene’s legends, KET, this is a collection of the work of some of the world’s top
graffiti artists. See work from artists such as London’s Banksy, Munich’s Can2, New York’s
T-Kid, Sao Paolo’s Os Gemeos, and many more. This is a perfect companion to this dynamic
and vibrant art form, with glossy photos and an introduction by KET.
KET is a world-renowned graffiti artist, as well as a writer, lecturer, graffiti historian, producer, publisher, and painter. His photos and graffiti have been published and exhibited
internationally. KET lives in New York.
Art • 128 Pages • 8 x 5 • 100 Color Photos • 9781910552179 • Replaces: 9781843172802
July • $13.95 (Can $16.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada
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Street Art
The Best Urban Art from Around the World
KET
This introduction to graffiti and street art is the perfect companion for anyone interested
in learning about this highly prevalent art form
From Banksy and Blek le Rat to Nick Walker and Shepard Fairey, the street art movement
continues to sweep the globe. This exciting and dynamic art form has captured the imaginations of art-lovers everywhere, appearing in high-profile exhibitions and galleries. In this
introduction to some of the world’s most exciting street artists, world-renowned graffiti
artist, painter, and graffiti historian KET brings together another 100 awe-inspiring images
of urban art from around the world. With full-color glossy photographs of some of the most
extraordinary graffiti art from around the world, this follow-up to Graffiti Planet will fascinate and inspire anyone excited by this imaginative and relevant art form.
KET is a world-renowned graffiti artist, as well as a writer, lecturer, graffiti historian, producer, publisher, and painter. His photos and graffiti have been published and exhibited
internationally. KET lives in New York.
Art • 128 Pages • 8 x 5 • 100 Color Photos • 9781910552186 • Replaces: 9781910552186
August • $13.95 (Can $16.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada
Michael O’Mara/LOM Art
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9781910552056
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Inked
Lola Mars
Full of stunning, top-quality photographs of beautiful tattoos that will inspire artists
and tattoo aficionados alike
Inked brings you a stunning collection of the most intricate, unique, and exquisite tattoos,
from the subtle and delicate to one-of-a-kind whole-body pieces. Showcasing a range of
innovative new styles as well as traditional designs, and packing a punch of color and charisma, this book is proof that a tattoo is not just ink; it’s art.
Lola Mars is a tattoo obsessive who has been building up her gallery of body art since her
first tattoo when she was 18. She is a firm believer that tattoos are an art form that should
be celebrated.
Art • 160 Pages • 6 x 7.5 • 100 Color Photos, 20 B/W Photos • 9781849537254 • May
$16.95 (Can $19.95) • Cloth • Rights: US & Canada • Summersdale
World’s Best Tattoo Models
Ákos Bánfalvi
A contemporary collection of images of the world’s best tattoo models and body art
Beauty comes in many forms, and at least three of those are represented here. First, there are
some of the most beautiful women in the world. Next, there’s the beauty of an art form—the
art of the tattoo. The tattoos seen here represent some of the best tattoo art done to date.
Finally, there’s the beauty of another art form entirely—the photography. Combine all the
lovely models and their remarkable tattoos into a book with oversized pages filled with incredible photos, and a certain synergy emerges. The power of the images makes it all too easy
to turn from one page to another, before going back for a second and third look. Two plus
two does equal five when images of Amelia Dinmore, Monica Renee, and Katie Omand—
taken by artists like Keith Selle, Greg Truelove and Justice Howard—flow through the book,
interrupted only by complementary biographies and interviews.
Ákos Bánfalvi is a journalist and principal contributor to the Hungarian Tattoo magazine
and Tattoo Galeria magazine.
Photography/Art • 92 Pages • 9.5 x 12.5 • 60 Color Photos, Four-color Interior
9781922178947 • May • $14.95 (Can $17.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada
Wilkinson Press
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Sex and Horror: The Art of Alessandro
Biffignandi
Illustrations by Alessandro Biffignandi
A unique retrospective of one of the greats of the golden age
of Italian comics, focusing on some of his sexiest work
Between the late 1960s and the early ‘80s Italy went crazy for
the “fumetti sexy,” a home-grown genre of exotic comics with
a unique brand of twisted humor, violence, and up-front sensuality. Wilder and weirder than you can imagine, they were some
of the most outrageous and shocking comics ever produced, and
their highly erotic covers were seen on every newsstand and kiosk across the country. One of the most accomplished and prolific fumetti cover artists was Alessandro Biffignandi, whose artworks often featured horror, fantasy and sci-fi elements. This
book collects some of the sexiest and most provocative examples
of his work, which is highly coveted by collectors today.
Alessandro Biffignandi was born in Rome in 1935, and later attended the city’s Favalli studios, where he learned the finer points
of drawing. After graduating, he spent the late 1950s and early ‘60s working via Milan’s art agencies for the French market,
painting covers for various pocket comics. He also drew comic strips, including Rombo Bill (Rodeo 1959), Flambo (Flambo 1959), Antonin (Nevada), Agent Special K3 (Special Rodeo
1966), Sergeant Fury (Zembla), and Peter Berg (Hondo 1964).
Throughout the ‘60s and ‘70s Biffignandi painted hundreds of
pulp comic covers, but in the ‘80s he left the comic world behind
and started book cover illustration working in the horror, spy,
war, and science-fiction genres. His designs have graced books
published in the UK, U.S., and Italy.
Art/Horror • 140 Pages • 8.75 x 10.25 • 170 Color Illustrations
9780993337406 • August • $29.95 (Can $35.95) • Trade Paper
Rights: US & Canada • Korero Press
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i-D
75 Postcards of 75 Covers
i-D
75 mischievous boxed postcards of covers to celebrate 35 years of the pioneering British
fashion magazine i-D, founded by Terry Jones
i-D is one of the coolest fashion magazines around. Since it launched in 1980, it continues to
pioneer the hybrid style of documentary and fashion photography. Its design and typography
have always been intimately connected to street fashion and youth culture. i-D has launched
the careers of many models, stylists and photographers, and competed with the more directly commercial fashion magazines. i-D’s distinctive ‘winky face’ instantly brings a playful
irreverence to all its cover stars which include Kate Moss, Lady Gaga, Cara Delevigne, Linda
Evangelista, Karl Lagerfeld, Vivienne Westwood, Naomi Campbell and countless other style
icons. The postcards come in a box with a slide-on lid.
i-D began as a fanzine dedicated to the street style of punk-era London in 1980, and has
developed into a glossy magazine that documents fashion and contemporary culture, and has
broken ground defining it too. After more than 30 years, its editorial content still manages
to surprise and inspire.
Stationery/Fashion & Appearance • 75 Pages • 4.5 x 6.5 • 75 Color Photos
9781846148637 • June • $24.95 • Card Deck • Rights: US • Penguin UK/Particular Books
Food, Fashion, Friends
Recipes and Styling for Unforgettable Parties
Second edition
Fleur Wood
“A stop-you-in-your-tracks book unlike any we’ve seen before. Full of fresh styling and
food ideas for your next dinner party, birthday, event.” —Real Living
“The ultimate guide to entertaining with glamour, sophistication and fun.”
—vogue.com.au
“A stylish fairytale volume with luxe allure for grown-up girls with parties to plan.”
—Cosmopolitan
A guide to throwing the perfect event, from a decadent high tea to fondue in the forest
Cookbook, style guide and photographic tour de force, this is a gloriously indulgent celebration of the pleasures of frocking up, decking out and cooking up a storm. Fashion designer
and passionate home cook Fleur Wood shows us how to create the kind of event that delights
the eye and ignites the imagination, from a wild-child birthday party to a winter solstice
fondue dinner and afternoon tea in the greenhouse with the girls. Includes metric measures.
Fleur Wood is one of Australia’s leading fashion designers, with stores around Australia and
a loyal clientele in the United States and Europe. She is the author of Food, Fashion, Love.
She lives in New York.
Cooking • 224 Pages • 8.5 x 11.75 • 150 Color Photos, 25 B/W Photos • 9781921384189
Replaces: 9781921383700 • May • $35.00 (Can $42.00) • Trade Paper
Rights: US & Canada • Penguin Books Australia/Lantern AU
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The Groucho Club
Alice Patten
To mark the 30th anniversary of its founding, we take a
glimpse behind the Dean Street door into the life and times
of the world famous Groucho Club, told by its members, its
staff and its alumni
We begin at the beginning according to Liz Calder, Groucho’s
inventor. Liz’s friend and fellow publisher and founder Carmen
Callil called her “probably the most magnificent of the generation of women who changed things; who moved the centre of
the universe, of vision, and gave it a jolt.” The opening of the
Groucho Club in 1985 was a part of that jolt. Dreamt up by a
group of publishers as an alternative to stuffy gentleman’s clubs
who wanted somewhere to meet and relax, they approached Anthony Mackintosh owner of “The Zanzibar”—a members bar in
Covent Garden—and Restaurant 192. Tony and his partners got
to work and the Groucho Club was created. Premises were found
in Soho, the bohemian heart of London, and the doors opened to
a membership drawn from the arts, publishing, film, music and
advertising. It soon became the approved watering hole for the
bright young things. Over the years its 4,000 or so members have
become something of a dysfunctional family. And along the way
the Club has, through member’s donations, accidentally become
the guardian of one of the most, if not the most, special collections of modern British art on the planet. But above all it has
become a home away from home. To mark their 30th birthday in
2015 the Groucho Club published this, their first autobiography.
Alice Patten is an actress and writer. She has performed in the
West End, an award winning Bollywood film and television, including The Musketeers and Downton Abbey. After years of
enjoying the Groucho Club’s kind hospitality she has joined
forces with them to write the Club’s autobiography. This is her
first book.
Art/History • 288 Pages • 10 x 11.25 • 250 Color Photos, 50
B/W Photos • 9781848094703 • April • $65.00 • Cloth
Rights: US • Random House UK/Preface Publishing
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CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide 2016
43rd edition
Edited by Roger Protz
“An unparalleled resource.” —DRAFT magazine
Painstakingly researched listings, including Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England,
the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands
Fully revised and updated yearly, this guide features pubs across the UK that serve the best
real ale. It is completely independent with listings based entirely on evaluation by CAMRA
members, ensuring that each of the 4,500 pubs deserves their place, and that they all come
recommended by people who know beer. The breweries section lists every brewery—micro,
regional and national—that produces real ale in the UK, and their beers. Listings also include
contact information, facilities listings and opening hours. Tasting notes for the beers, compiled by CAMRA-trained tasting teams, are also included.
Roger Protz is the author of more than 25 books. In 2004, he won a Lifetime Achievement
Award from the British Guild of Beer Writers.
Travel/Cooking • 976 Pages • 5.5 x 9 • 50 Color Photos, 64 Maps • 9781852493271
Replaces: 9781852493127 • April • $29.95 (Can $35.95) • Trade Paper
Rights: US & Canada • CAMRA Books
The CAMRA Guide to London’s Best Beer, Pubs & Bars
Des de Moor
“The book is a joy to read and will be my constant companion on visits to the capital.”
—Roger Protz, editor, Good Beer Guide
“Meticulously researched and open-minded.” —Independent
“Probably The Best Book About Beer In London.” —Londonist
Completely revised, packed with detailed maps and easy-to-use listings
Laid out by area, this book will make it simple to find the best London pubs and bars—serving the best British and world beers—and to explore the growing number of London breweries offering tours, taprooms, and direct sales. The venue listings include a variety of real ale
pubs, specialist beer bars, brewery taprooms, and other outlets, with detailed information on
opening hours, local landmarks, and public transport links to make planning any excursion
quick and easy. The book also includes a comprehensive listing of London breweries.
Des de Moor is a well-known beer writer and a native Londoner. He was a contributor to
1001 Beers You Must Try Before You Die and writes for Beers of the World, Fullers First
Draught, and Walk magazines.
Travel/Cooking • 336 Pages • 5 x 8.25 • 9781852493233 • April • $22.95 (Can $27.95)
Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • CAMRA Books
101 Beer Days Out
Tim Hampson
“You will find museums, stately homes, farms, battlefields, coastal paths and, of course,
some of the UK’s most fascinating pubs all gathered together, and arranged by region, in
this neat, clearly laid-out volume.” —insidebeer.com
From brewery tours to beer festivals and hop farms to historic pubs
Britain has a huge variety of beer experiences for visitors to explore. This book brings together the very best events, activities and places to visit around the country, all with real ale
at their heart. It’s ordered geographically so you can easily find a beer day out wherever you
are, and includes full visitor information and maps. The venue listings include detailed information on opening hours, local landmarks, public transport links, entry fees, local accommodation, and other nearby attractions, to make planning quick and easy.
Tim Hampson is the author of The Beer Book and Great Beers: The Best from Around the
World. He is the chairman of the British Guild of Beer Writers, and his work has appeared in
American Brewer and Food & Travel magazine.
Travel/Cooking • 224 Pages • 5.5 x 8.5 • 100 Color Photos • 9781852493288
Rights: US & Canada • CAMRA Books
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So You Want to Be a Beer Expert?
A Hands-On Guide for the Inquiring Beer Drinker
Jeff Evans
A crash course in beer from a renowned expert that guides readers to their own conclusions regarding the best beers
The number and variety of excellent beers in general circulation has never been greater, both
in the pub (where guest ales and beer festivals are regular features) and in the supermarket.
This book presents a crash course in beer appreciation, with short cuts to an understanding
of the beer styles of the world, beer flavors, how beer is made, the ingredients, the best pubs
and bars, and more. The novelty of this book—and its key point of difference with other
beer titles—is that it doesn’t just relate the facts but helps readers reach conclusions for
themselves. Interactive tastings show readers, through their own taste-buds, what beer is all
about. The book covers all the basics of beer knowledge but then points readers eager for a
greater understanding toward places to visit, people to talk to and in-depth books to read.
Jeff Evans is an internationally known beer writer whose books include A Beer a Day, for
which he won the Coors Brewers National Journalism Award, The Book of Beer Knowledge,
and Good Bottled Beer Guide. He was the editor of the Good Beer Guide for eight years.
Cooking • 208 Pages • 7 x 8.5 • 9781852493226 • April • $24.95 (Can $29.95)
Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • CAMRA Books
Cellarmanship
The Definitive Guide to Storing, Serving and Caring for Cask Ale
Sixth edition
Patrick O’Neill
“Even if you’re not looking to work in a pub, you need this book to show you what goes
on behind the scenes, and help you understand what to expect from a good pub. Highly
recommended!” —World of Beers
“A great resource.” —The Boathouse Brewery (Columbus, Ohio)
The last word on storing, keeping, and serving real ale
An essential book for professionals in the drinks trade, beer festival organizers, and amateurs
wishing to serve a decent pint. This classic explains all you need to know about cellaring and
serving real ale, with step-by-step instructions, concise information, illuminating anecdotes,
and new content on KeyCask, FastCask, and other recent technologies.
Patrick O’Neill has run CAMRA beer festivals and the bar and cellar of a Private Members Club.
Cooking • 148 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781852493318 • Replaces: 9781852492786 • April
$15.95 (Can $18.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • CAMRA Books
Craft Cider Making
Third edition
Andrew Lea
“The definitive guide to artisan cider-making.” —Alex Hill, Vigo Presses and Bollhayes
Cider
From growing and caring for apples, to equipment and processes for different kinds of
cider
Fully revised and updated, this guide offers step-by-step instruction for small scale cider
making. It retains the best of traditional practice but also draws on modern understanding of
orcharding and fermentation science. Primarily for small scale makers ranging from a couple
of apple trees to several acres of orchard, and hoping to make between 10 and 10,000 liters,
it includes instructions on how to make still, dry cider; sparkling, sweetened, blended, and
keeved versions; and unfermented apple juice, cider vinegar, and perry.
Andrew Lea is a retired food biochemist who spent 13 years at the National Fruit and Cider
Institute. He has been a prize-winning hobby cider maker with his own small orchard.
Cooking • 128 Pages • 6.5 x 9 • 100 Color Illustrations • 9781785000157
Replaces: 9781904871989 • June • $24.95 (Can $29.95) • Trade Paper
Rights: US & Canada • Crowood Press
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Real Fresh Coffee
How to Source, Roast, Grind and Brew Your Own Perfect Cup
Gwilym Davies and Ben Townsend
Perfect your barista technique and find out about coffee styles around the world, with
profiles on single-origin coffee beans and their flavors
Coffee is the most popular drink worldwide with around two billion cups consumed every
day. More and more people are turning to good quality, fair trade coffee (premiumization);
evident by the number of independent coffee shops opening up in towns and cities as well
as the number of us playing home barista as the choice of specialist beans and professional coffee-making gadgets grows. This book is the ideal companion for those who want to
understand more about how to source and brew quality coffee. Good coffee and wine have
much in common, not least how the terroir of the crop affects the flavor profile of the finished coffee from different geographical areas, so that you can choose your beans with confidence. Whether you enjoy light and bright, warm and mellow, or dark and aromatic flavors,
discover how to roast and grind your own beans and use the brewing guides to refine your
coffee-making skills.
Gwilym Davies won the World Barista Championship in 2009. In 2011 he opened Prufrock,
a London café and training center which won the Best Independent Coffee Shop at the
2012 European Coffee Awards. He is currently Representative and Head Judge for the WCE
(World Coffee Events) and an Authorized Trainer for SCAE (Speciality Coffee Association of
Europe). Ben Townsend has been in the coffee industry for 10 years. In 2009 he opened the
Espresso Room, which was awarded best coffee in London by Time Out magazine. He has
worked as a trainer at London School of Coffee for eight years. In 2007 he co-developed the
UK’s first accredited coffee qualification. In 2013 he was a contributor to the SCAE Barista
Diploma System and he currently acts as Coordinator for the SCAE UK Education Chapter.
Cooking • 192 Pages • 8 x 9 • 100 Color Photos • 9781910496329 • July
How to Make Really Good Coffee
Caffe L’affare
Learn from the professionals—a must-have guide to making the best coffee
Many people like to kick-start their day with a really good cup of coffee. This is the book
for them! It gives a brief outline of how and where coffee is grown and processed and then
“spills the beans” on how to get the best cup your chosen equipment can provide whether
you use a plunger, filter, stovetop or full-blown espresso machine. Caffe L’affare first produced this book for the baristas who take a short training course with them, then the book
was developed for the general market and the home user. Now it has been expanded to add
further info on coffee tasting, production sustainability and the roasting process, along with
hot tips, new step-by-step preparations, an all-encompassing glossary and a bright new look.
Learn from the professionals and enhance your enjoyment of your coffee. Includes metric
measures.
Caffe L’affare was established in 1990, a pioneer of New Zealand’s now thriving cafe and
coffee culture. Still roasting from their central-Wellington premises, a stone’s throw from
their iconic cafe, L’affare is now New Zealand’s largest premium coffee brand.
Cooking • 64 Pages • 6.25 x 8..25 • 75 Color Photos, 1 B/W Photo, 20 Color Illustrations,
3 B/W Illustrations, 1 Map • 9781775536239 • April • $22.95 (Can $27.95) • Spiral
Rights: US & Canada • Penguin Books New Zealand/Random House NZ
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MASTERING
Mastering Black & White Photography
John Walmsley
The definitive work on how to shoot black and white images on today’s sophisticated digital SLR and compact digital cameras and smart phones
Jargon-busting text, illustrated with the author’s own stunning images, explains the
theory behind digital photography, along with a guide to the equipment and software
needed to take outstanding images. The book explains the basics of exposure and
good composition, file types, manipulating captured images using popular software,
and applying special effects (such as split toning, simulating film grain, lith prints and
using cyanotypes). A printing chapter discusses outputting and displaying images.
John Walmsley is a freelance photographer and workshop leader for Focus on Light.
Photography • 176 Pages • 9.75 x 9.75 • 200 B/W Photos • 9781781450871 • April
$29.95 (Can $35.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • Ammonite Press
Mastering Portrait Photography
Sarah Plater and Paul Wilkinson
An authoritative guide on portraiture, with a modern and vibrant approach
No more formal, corporate-style poses—this book offers a modern, vibrant approach,
capturing a moment in the subject’s lifestyle. It discusses technical aspects from equipment to exposure, aperture, metering, shutter speed, depth of field and white balance
settings, in addition to how natural light, color and movement affect an image. The
book also covers posing, home studios, backgrounds, artificial light, and pre-shoot
prep such as make-up, hair styling and clothing. Post-production topics include skin
retouching, color correction, printing options and presentation.
Sarah Plater has written for several photography magazines. Paul Wilkinson is a
multi-award winning portrait and wedding photographer.
Photography • 176 Pages • 9.75 x 9.75 • 125 Color Photos, 75 B/W Photos
9781781450857 • April • $29.95 (Can $35.95) • Trade Paper
Rights: US & Canada • Ammonite Press
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Practical Photojournalism
A Professional Guide
Martin Keene
Caption-writing, keywording, archiving, and more—the core
skills of the working photographer, detailed by an expert in
the field
Written by an expert in the field, Practical Photojournalism covers the basics of photography from an understanding of the effects of light, aperture, shutter speed, ISO and focusing, to an
appreciation of composition, perspective and dynamic range.
There’s in-depth advice on choosing and using cameras, lenses,
flashguns, tripods, filters and other equipment, including the role
of modern smartphones in today’s “citizen journalism.” The core
skills of the working photographer are detailed, with reference
to areas of speciality in news, fashion, royalty, advertising, sport
and war photography, and social history issues. Allied essential
skills such as caption-writing, keywording and archiving images
are also covered. This comprehensive book includes invaluable
information on the latest developments in picture transmission,
the role of the picture desk in the modern newspaper or news
agency, the legal aspects of photojournalism and the rights and
moral responsibility of the photographer. Digital photography
has broadly replaced film-based photography in the world of
photojournalism, and the author gives an authoritative guide to
the medium, along with practical instruction on postproduction
techniques, such as retouching, in addition to advice on cropping, sizing and manipulating images. Finally, a guide to established career paths into photojournalism offers useful sources for
further investigation.
Martin Keene has been a professional photographer for almost
40 years. In 1986 he was appointed staff photographer at the
Press Association, Britain’s national news agency, for whom he
currently works throughout the UK and overseas.
Photography • 260 Pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 250 Color Photos
9781781451175 • Replaces: 9780240514321 • April
$29.95 (Can $35.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada
Ammonite Press
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Courtroom Art
In the Dock with the Rich and Famous
Daniel Scott
More than 100 artworks of celebrity trials from Charles Manson to Lindsay Lohan
The modern rise in celebrity culture has seen a huge boom in courtroom art, with TV news
programs and newspapers commissioning artists to provide images of the latest celebrity
court case, sketched hastily to catch the evening news or morning editions. This is the first
survey of courtroom artists’ work, which, with upcoming changes in the rules about photography in court, may not be with us for much longer. It contains more than 100 images from
the world’s key courtroom artists, depicting celebrities as diverse as Mohammed Al Fayed
and Tom Cruise, and capturing some unforgettable moments: Winona Ryder’s demure new
courtroom image in 2002, Heather Mills McCartney throwing water over her estranged husband’s lawyer in 2008, and Nigella Lawson confessing to cocaine use in 2013. Accompanied
by exclusive insight from the artists, and descriptions of the court cases they illustrated, this
book is a fascinating record of this unique art form.
Daniel Scott has worked in publishing for over 20 years.
Art/True Crime • 112 Pages • 9 x 7.5 • 50 Color Illustrations • 9781910232347 • May
$22.95 (Can $27.95) • Cloth • Rights: US & Canada • Pavilion/Portico
Country House Colouring Book
Amy Jane Adams
Add your own touch of color to these artworks of British country houses interiors
and exteriors
This range of beautiful illustrations to color in, personalize and make your own is a wonderful way to unleash your creativity. The artist has explored the length and breadth of Britain
to uncover hidden countryside gems, and these intricate designs showcase the wonderful
world of the country house—from sprawling Edwardian mansion Polesden Lacey and romantic Lindisfarne castle to modernist masterpiece The Homewood and romantic cottages
such as Hill Top. Each artwork explores the interior or exterior of the property, decorating
each with the patterns and treasures that can be found inside and incorporating unique details from the history of the house and its inhabitants.
Amy Jane Adams graduated from Camberwell College of Arts and the London College of
Fashion and has trained in numerous art and design specialisms, undertaking placements
with renowned fine artist Jake Sutton and fashion designers Bruce Oldfield and Jenny Packham.
Art/Games • 96 Pages • 8.5 x 11 • 85 Color Illustrations • 9781909881778 • June
$15.95 (Can $18.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • National Trust
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Happy
Creating Joyous Living Spaces Through Design
Amanda Talbot
A global survey revealing how designers are creating joyous
living spaces that play to our emotions—speaking to our
hearts as much as our heads
Stylist and design consultant Amanda Talbot shows how, at
their best, architecture and design can make us safer, healthier, more efficient, enlightened and productive—all contributing
to a fundamental sense of wellbeing and happiness. She reveals
how architecture and interior design at their best can make us
safer, healthier, more efficient, enlightened and productive—
all contributing to a fundamental sense of wellbeing. Designers accomplish this with strategic planning and execution and
by using carefully chosen colors, textures, quality of materials
and finishes. Each chapter incorporates case studies from homes
around the world with the book divided into sections on Colour,
Communal, Down time, Edit, Flow, Humour, Light, Location,
Memories, Nature, Order, Pets, Play, Senses and Spontaneity. A
cutting edge contemporary design and photography showcase,
Happy captures the explosion of interest in “social” design and
explores how designers are interpreting happiness through aesthetic and tactile means.
Amanda Talbot is an internationally recognized stylist, and an
interiors and design consultant with a worldwide reputation. She
is the author of Rethink the Way You Live. Amanda spent 10
years in London working for IKEA, Elle Decoration, Livingetc
and Ilse Crawford.
Design/Architecture • 336 Pages • 9 x 11.5 • 300 Color Photos
9781743360545 • May • $55.00 (Can $66.00) • Cloth
Rights: US & Canada • Murdoch Books
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ClothBound
Iconic Fabric Design - Stories of a Handmade Process
Julie Paterson
A stunning production, covered in hand-designed, screenprinted cloth, ensuring no two books are exactly the same,
this book is a must-have for design aficionados
For over 20 years, Julie Paterson, founder of ClothFabric, has
been designing and printing contemporary textiles by hand.
Her iconic patterns, inspired by and connected to the Australian landscape, have been applied to furnishings, rugs, wallpapers and sold the world over. With exquisite photography filling
every page, ClothBound is the story of Julie’s most significant
and well-loved designs and offers a very intimate insight into the
creative process of an artist, designer and maker at work in her
shed.
Julie Paterson is a painter, printmaker and designer of textiles.
She is the founder of ClothFabric and the preeminent textile creator in Australia. Her fabrics and artworks grace the interiors of
hotels and restaurants, as well as homes around the world. She is
a sought-after speaker, teacher and exhibitor.
Design/Art • 240 Pages • 7.5 x 10.25 • 250 Color Photos
9781743362921 • May • $45.00 (Can $54.00) • Cloth
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Ordinary Made Extraordinary
24 Things to Make Using Everyday Stuff
Pascal Anson
“True original Pascal Anson urges us, with winning wit and idiot-proof step-by-steps
to turn ‘dad’ jeans, an ugly table, mismatched cutlery . . . into desirable stuff using the
alchemy of imagination. . . . Low skill levels and high concept.” —World of Interiors
“Inexpensive and relatively easy do-it-yourself design projects. . . . Step-by-step photos
show you how to do everything from dipping vintage cutlery in paint and reupholstering
an armchair in shoelaces to covering a wall in mirrors.” —Telegraph
Inspiring and achievable projects, with easy to follow step-by-step instructions, to transform the dull, the discarded and the down-at-heel into something really out of
the ordinary
International designer, artist and blogger Pascal Anson shows us how everyday items, junk
and interiors can be reinvented. He teaches readers to create a splendid chandelier with just
a few rolls of Sellotape, cast a stunning planted pot worthy of any designer homeware store
using a cheap bag of concrete mix and a recycled plastic food tub, and build a child’s dream
treehouse with nothing more than everyday cling film. There are ideas for projects for everyone, from the four-minute makeover skinny jeans, to repairing and reinventing worn out
trainers, to bigger projects such as the wood-clad car and the stylish hairy chair.
Pascal Anson is a designer, artist and blogger whose work focuses on finding new and extraordinary uses for the mundane. The smallest thing that Pascal has designed so far is an
eggcup, the largest a fleet of Airbus aircraft. He has collaborated with a wide variety of
brands and companies and exhibited his design pieces all over the world.
Crafts & Hobbies/Home Improvement • 240 Pages • 7 x 9.5 • 437 Color Photos
9780224095969 • April • $26.95 • Trade Paper • Rights: US
Random House UK/Square Peg
Pure Colour
A Pure Style Sourcebook of Colour Inspiration
Jane Cumberbatch
This sumptuous new book from stylist Jane Cumberbatch offers her Pure Style philosophy on color to anyone wanting more color in their home and life
Decorating a room is like painting a picture. There is nothing more pleasurable that starting
with a blank canvas and filling your home with the hues and textures that you find most
pleasing. The book is divided into five palettes: blues, greens, yellows, pinks and whites. The
garden, the sea and the landscape are our color charts and provide a veritable paintbox of
inspiration. From the bean greens of the vegetable patch to the eau de nil wash of a calm
evening tide, images are stored as snapshots. The first pink rosebud on a May morning is as
perfect a shade for a wallpaper border as it is a cue for a lipstick or fabric for a long swirly
summer skirt. So whether you are looking to transform your whole house, or simply for a
few quick and easy ideas to brighten up a neglected corner, you are sure to find inspiration
within these pages. Jane’s own notes and musings accompany stunning, evocative photographs. There are practical examples throughout, whether you prefer to experiment with
adding small splashes of contrasting color to bring life to a room, or try a softer, more harmonious scheme. The book is packed full of everyday ideas to enable you to furnish your
home with freshness and simplicity.
Jane Cumberbatch is a stylist, author, and journalist. A former decorating editor of House
& Garden magazine, she has also worked for Elle Decoration. Her books include Pure Style,
Pure Style Home and Garden, Pure Style Living, and Pure Style Recipes.
Home Improvement/Design • 256 Pages • 7.5 x 9.75 • 250 Color Photos • 9781909815988
June • $39.95 (Can $47.95) • Cloth • Rights: US & Canada • Pavilion
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Craft for the Soul
How to Get the Most Out of Your Creative Life
Pip Lincolne
“Pip has an enviable style that’s warm and chatty . . . a
much-needed kick in the pants to shake up your approach to
life and creativity. In the nicest possible way, of course . . .
Thoughtful and inspiring.” —Herald Sun
“Presents a number of simple but adorable patterns that
don’t require much more sewing skill than the ability to
stitch up a seam . . . If you’re a beginning sewer looking for
some easy-peasy, supercute projects to keep you busy this
winter, Lincolne’s book is a great choice.” —Bust magazine
on Sew La Tea Do
From the author of Meet Me at Mike’s, a step-by-step guide
to prioritizing creativity and living the creative life you’ve
always dreamed of
Pip Lincole is often approached by people who want to be creative, but don’t know where to start. This book shows you it is
as simple as setting up a routine, and creating time and space for
new ideas to come in. She shares her wisdom regarding priotizing
your own creativity, doing new things, finding things that spark
your excitement and passion, being positive, creating routines,
loving your work, and much more. And of course, no Pip book
is complete without some crafty projects. Here are 10 original,
exclusive projects to get you started on your creative journey:
crochet, knitting, pompoms and paint—something for everyone.
Pip Lincolne launched the blog meetmeatmikes in 2006. Her previous craft titles include Meet Me at Mike’s and Sew La Tea Do.
Crafts & Hobbies • 216 Pages • 6 x 9 • 12 Color Photos,
55 Color Illustrations • 9780670076598 • April
Penguin Books Australia/Viking AU
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Ruby & Custard’s Crochet
Creative Crochet Patterns to Make, Share and Love
Millie Masterton
The first book from gorgeous crochet brand Ruby &
Custard—perfect for beginners
Learn all the essential stitches with clear step-by-step photography and try more than 30-easy-to-follow patterns to make
beautiful and stylish accessories you’ll love to wear and make.
There are all new patterns for adults, children and babies, for
your home and for special occasions. Projects include beanie
hats, berets, cowls, gloves, scarves and mittens for grown ups;
themed, fun hats, scarves and mittens, play accessories and toys
for children; and gorgeous rattles, mobiles, blankets and cuddlies
for babies. You can also make cute home accessories, including
Christmas decorations, that make the perfect gifts—if you can
bear to part with them! Once you’ve tried the basic pattern, have
fun customizing designs—this book shows you everything you
need to know to master crochet and create bespoke creations.
Millie Masterton is the creator of the gorgeous British crochet
brand Ruby & Custard.
Crafts & Hobbies • 160 Pages • 8.5 x 9 • 142 Color Photos,
24 B/W Illustrations, 5 Charts • 9781785030550 • April
$19.95 • Trade Paper • Rights: US • Ebury Press
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Knitting
Stitch-led Design
Alison Ellen
A detailed and inspiring new book on knitting that pushes ideas and boundaries to
encourage creative thinking and confidence in experimenting
Knitting is one of the most versatile and exciting of textile structures. This book rediscovers
its potential by exploring new ideas for design through the power of the stitch. Written for
the dedicated knitter, it goes into the fine detail of how knitting works, questioning and
examining how stitches can influence and shape the fabric by pulling in, pulling up, and
making it stretchy or firm, thick, or thin. More than 40 projects are included that range
from simple, straightforward scarves and bags to more intricate jackets and organic sculptural 3D pieces. Detailed, innovative, and inspiring, it is invaluable reading for all knitters
and textile designers.
Alison Ellen began making hand knitwear in the 1980s and went on to teach short courses
and textile groups. Inspired by her research into knitting history and technique, she wrote
three books on knitting, including Hand Knitting: New Directions and Knitting: Colour,
Structure and Design.
Crafts & Hobbies • 272 Pages • 8.5 x 10 • 362 Color Photos • 9781785000294 • April
$55.00 (Can $66.00) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • Crowood Press
Knit
29 Holiday Classics
Jo Sharp
A collection of timeless designs for knitting projects that are simple, stunning, and accessible to knitters of all levels
Jo Sharp’s knitwear collections incorporate simplicity, comfort, and wearability. Her instructions for knitting are clear and simple to work with and are based on her 30 years of
experience in the industry. Jo’s books have proven to be popular and collectable over many
years of successful sales, and are renowned for their stunning photography and timeless style.
This book contains designs for women’s sweaters and cardigans, lacy cable knits, boleros,
cotton summer tops, beanies and scarves using lightweight tweeds, cottons, and mohair.
Many of the garments are worked on larger needles, making them quick and easy to knit.
The book contains designs for knitters at all levels.
Jo Sharp is a knitwear designer with cult standing and 30 years of experience in designing
and publishing her work. She has developed her own range of luxury hand knitting yarns
which are available online internationally. Jo has published 28 knitting titles which have
been distributed around the world. Her designs have also been published in numerous knitting journals internationally such as Vogue Knitting, Knitters, and Interweave Knits, and
her previous books include Knitted Sweater Style, Knitting Bazaar, and Knitting Emporium.
Crafts & Hobbies • 92 Pages • 9.5 x 12.5 • Four-color Interior • 9781925265026 • April
$14.95 (Can $17.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • Wilkinson Press
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Drawing and Painting the Nude
A Course of 50 Lessons
Philip Tyler
A practical and inspirational guide to learning how to draw and paint the nude
in 50 lessons
Artists have always been fascinated with portraying the nude: the beauty and nuances of the
human figure are endlessly absorbing. This practical and inspirational book celebrates and
continues that enduring and beautiful tradition by encouraging you to discover your own
talent and style. Philip Tyler looks in detail at the key skills and themes, such as perception,
proportion, composition, color, and facture, that the artist needs. He then investigates ideas
and styles, and encourages you to interpret the nude so your paintings have those elusive
qualities of vitality and relevance, which can turn a painting into a masterpiece.
Philip Tyler is a practicing artist, who regularly teaches and whose work is sold by Northcote
Gallery and Highgate Contemporary Art. He is passionate about painting the figure and has
made over 24,000 studies from life.
Art/Reference • 192 Pages • 8.5 x 11 • 320 Color Illustrations • 9781785000478 • May
Drawing and Painting on the iPad
Diana Seidl
The iPad is an incredible tool, and this guide will help any artist unlock its exciting and
creative potential
This book explains, in simple terms, all the processes and techniques the iPad offers. For the
novice, it gives a step-by-step guide to the tools and screen, and introduces concepts progressively as you expand your skills. For those with more experience, it suggests advanced ideas.
It also acts as a guide to the artistic toolbox—using effects such as drawing with pencil, painting in oils, working with watercolor, using felt tip pens and wax crayons—all on your lap
without fuss and mess. Exercises explain how to make pictures using the ArtRage app, and
it also covers taking and editing photographs, printing your images on a domestic printer,
framing, and selling your prints. The step-by-step examples demonstrate a range of fine art
genres, including portrait, landscape, flowers, still-life, and abstract composition. Emphasis is
given to artistic techniques that can be applied to different painting apps and other software.
Diana Seidl’s paintings and iPad prints have been exhibited and sold widely, and she teaches
iPad courses to both beginners and advanced students.
Art/Technology • 144 Pages • 8.5 x 11 • 245 Color Photos • 9781785000270 • April
Colour and Abstraction
George Blacklock
A practical look for artists and designers at understanding how color relates to abstraction
Colour and Abstraction looks at how color was liberated from its subservient role to drawing in developing pictorial space, and how—with traditional roles broken—abstraction was
born, allowing a more vibrant use of color. As a practical book, it explores how paint can
determine the color and drawing within a painting, especially in relation to how expressive,
cool, gestural, tactile, or intense the work will be. This, in turn, can determine the kind of
pictorial space that the artist uses, moving both toward and away from depiction. This new
book encourages you to understand how color relates to abstraction, and create a method of
painting that challenges and advances your own style.
George Blacklock is an experienced art tutor and the Dean of Chelsea College of Arts. He
has exhibited widely.
Art • 144 Pages • 8.5 x 11 • 194 Color Photos • 9781785000317 • April
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Painting Self-Portraits
Andrew James and Paul James
A valuable and unique insight into, and analysis of, the art of self-portraiture
Self-portraiture is a remarkably rich and varied genre, acting for centuries as a means for
artists to explore their inner and outer selves. This book looks deeper into the motives and
thoughts that lie behind the creative process. It also balances the goals of technical proficiency
and emotional authenticity so the artist is better equipped to make a compelling self-portrait. Written by identical twins, it offers a personalized, practical, and theoretical guide to
this most powerful of art forms. This book looks at the whole creative process involved in
making a self-portrait, with extended step-by-step demonstrations following three differing
approaches to self-portraiture. With an emphasis on the use of good observational skills,
expressive paint use, and a highly practical and critical self-analysis, this guide also offers a
thorough cultural and theoretical review of the history and categorization of the self-portrait,
as well as an analysis of two master self-portraits.
Andrew James has won many prestigious awards and is a member of the Royal Society of
Portrait Painters. Paul James has written for several publications and is currently an art
teacher in New York.
Art/Reference • 112 Pages • 8.5 x 11 • 87 Color Photos • 9781785000492 • May
Fine Art Screenprinting
Maggie Jennings
Written for beginners and enthusiasts, this new book allows traditional and textile artists to explore the magic and vibrancy of screenprinting
Fine Art Screenprinting explains the thrilling process of pushing ink through a mesh to produce large areas of vibrant color. With step-by-step examples, it explains the many and varied
ways of creating your designs as prints. It also encourages you to experiment, to achieve
exciting and unexpected results. Written for beginners and enthusiasts, it will inspire and
stretch artists to try new techniques and ideas. This new book covers the equipment and
materials found in the printmaking studio and explains the screenprinting process and how
to use positives with photo-sensitive emulsion. There is advice on printing techniques such
as making prints from paper stencils and mono-printing and it also gives full guidance on
screenprinting kits for use at home.
Maggie Jennings is a practicing artist and printmaker. Exuberant, colorful, and vibrant, her
main body of work is in the form of spontaneous, gestural mono-screenprints. She exhibits
widely and teaches all techniques of printmaking, as well as painting and drawing.
Crafts & Hobbies/Art • 144 Pages • 8.5 x 11 • 290 Color Photos • 9781847979810 • May
Making Sculpture from Scrap Metal
Peter Parkinson
Learn how to transform unlikely pieces of scrap metal into significant works of art—ideal for blacksmiths, sculptors, and metalworkers
Transforming unlikely pieces of scrap metal into significant works of art - giving new life to
things we throw away - is an accessible, creative, and fulfilling activity. This book describes
and illustrates the concerns and techniques involved in making this kind of sculpture, looking
behind the work at the richness and diversity of an area of sculpture that deserves to be far
better known. Topics covered include the role and purpose of sculpture, the particular qualities of sculpture made from scrap metal, and the practical processes involved in its making.
It also covers sources of scrap metal, identifying metals, reviewing metalworking techniques,
creative approaches, different types of sculpture, and the making, finishing, and installation
of pieces of sculpture.
Peter Parkinson is an artist blacksmith, making pieces of contemporary metalwork and public art. His work can be seen in public buildings and spaces in many cities in Britain. He also
teaches short courses on blacksmithing and is the author of The Artist Blacksmith and Forged
Architectural Metalwork.
Art/Crafts & Hobbies • 96 Pages • 7 x 9.5 • 108 Color Photos • 9781785000218 • May
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Creative Blacksmithing
Peat Oberon
Learn how to work with hot metal and to design and create your own pieces of creative blacksmithing
Discover the thrill of working with hot metal and creating your own pieces. This book shows
you how: with lavish photographs, it captures the excitement of working at the fire and
explains the techniques to get you started. Aimed at blacksmiths, sculptors, metal workers,
and farriers, this guide begins with what you need to get started, including equipment and
materials. Drawing on traditional methods, it encourages you to develop your own style
and to design your own tools and creations. Step-by-step instructions to shaping, bending,
splitting, and drawing down hot metal are given along with advice on traditional methods to
fasten metal pieces together. Projects included in this new book are making a hanging basket
bracket and a toasting fork.
Peat Oberon is an artist blacksmith who specializes in architectural, sculptural, and decorative ironwork and founded his own school of blacksmithing in the 1990s.
Crafts & Hobbies • 112 Pages • 7 x 9.5 • 176 Color Photos • 9781785000331 • April
Clock Cases
A Practical Guide to their Construction, Restoration and Conservation
Nigel Barnes and Karoliina Ilmonen
Written by two experienced clock restorers, this guide will be helpful to anyone interested in the repairing and restoration of mechanical clocks
This practical, informative, and beautifully illustrated book will be essential reading for all
those with a passion for mechanical clocks, and will be of particular interest to both amateurs and professionals alike who wish to work on clock cases and restore them in the correct
way according to modern best practice. The authors, both experienced horological restorers,
examine in detail the restoration processes and provide detailed descriptions, and a wealth
of photographs and diagrams. Difficult, and often misunderstood, areas of restoration and
conservation are explained in the context of 21st century thinking. The authors emphasize
that sensitive and sympathetic clock case restoration is essential and, indeed, is the most
economically attractive approach to adopt.
Nigel Barnes is a retired mining engineer whose family has a history of involvement in clockmaking stretching back to the 18th century. He is a member of the Institute of Conservator
Restorers in Ireland. Nigel and Karoliina Ilmonen jointly operate a clock restoration, conservation, and repair business. Karoliina Ilmonen graduated as a furniture restorer from the
Finnish University of Applied Science at Kouvola. She specializes in the restoration of European clocks. Karoliina is also a member of the Institute of Conservator Restorers in Ireland.
Reference/Antiques & Collectibles • 208 Pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 500 Color Photos
9781785000232 • April • $45.00 (Can $54.00) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada
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How to Build a Natural Swimming Pool
Wolfram Kircher and Andreas Thon
Tried-and-trusted advice on a feature that is increasingly in demand among aspirational,
eco-minded gardeners and designers
Natural swimming pools are the biggest news for gardeners since green roofs. The water
is cleaned by aquatic plants instead of chlorine so it is gentle on the eyes and healthy for
swimmers. These self-cleaning ecosystems are beautiful to look at and provide a valuable
water source for dragonflies, honeybees and other beneficial insects. Wolfram Kircher has researched extensively into the low-nutrientdependent plants that are needed for the surrounds
of natural swimming pools and the high-nutrient dependent plants that are required for the
regeneration zone. In the book he demonstrates how to maintain the nutrient level in perfect
balance to keep down the algae down and water sparkling. The authors have installed pools
for decades and trialled different systems and plants to come up with the best possible designs.
Wolfram Kircher is a leading international expert on natural swimming pools and teaches
plant ecology at the University of Applied Sciences at Bernburg, Germany. Andreas Thon is
an irrigation and water purification consultant and landscape architect who has built many
natural swimming pools. Noel Kingsbury is the author of Gardens by Design and The Glory
of the Tree.
Technology/Gardening • 328 Pages • 8.5 x 10 • 300 Color Photos, 75 Color Illustrations
9780993389214 • August • $45.00 (Can $54.00) • Cloth • Rights: US & Canada
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Planting Design for Dry Gardens
Beautiful, Resilient Groundcovers for Terraces, Paved Areas, Gravel and Other Alternatives to the Lawn
Olivier Filippi
“Coffee table books on gardening are generally useless, but here’s a beauty queen with
brains.” —Los Angeles Times on The Dry Gardening Handbook
More than sustainable 200 plants for dry garden regions, from an author with more
than 25 years of experience
Green lawns are restful to the eye, provide an excellent backdrop to plants and trees and
keep the weeds down, but in low-rainfall regions they often end up looking scrappy and
brown. This book offers low-level planting designs that are ecofriendly and so beautiful
they redefine the conventional distinction between lawn and plant borders. Inspired by the
wild plant communities of Europe, the Middle East, and the U.S., these rigorously trialed
plant combinations can be used on terraces, paths, gravel beds and flower borders, as well as
areas that are traditionally laid to lawn. Plant choices include the tough new macrothermal
grasses, carpeting groundcovers and stunning wild flower mixes that thrive among gravel
and stone. With a plant directory that lists over 200 tough but beautiful dry garden plants
and Filippi’s innovative maintenance techniques, this book will delight all dry garden owners
Olivier Filippi has spent 25 year studying native plant communities in the world’s driest
places and trialed plants and techniques in his experimental garden in the south of France.
He is the author of The Dry Gardening Handbook.
Gardening • 240 Pages • 9.25 x 11.75 • 400 Color Photos • 9780993389207 • May
$55.00 (Can $66.00) • Cloth • Rights: US & Canada • Filbert Press
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Fix Your Garden
Get Your Outdoor Space Blooming in No Time at All
Jane Moseley and Jackie Strachan
Aimed at the first-time homeowner or renter with little or no gardening know-how
Don’t know what to do with a messy garden or bleak-looking balcony? Want to stake your
claim on a little corner of a shared garden? No gardening experience whatsoever? This book
is the perfect solution. Packed with tips and tricks to get your green fingers going, this beautifully illustrated little book will help you make the most of your outdoor space, even if you’ve
only got a tiny windowbox. It will take you step by step from early analysis of the soil to find
out which plants will do best, to fixing that weed-covered wilderness of a backyard you’ve
inherited and starting to grow your own fruit and vegetables. With tips on garden design and
how to conquer common pests and diseases, this is a crash course in getting your outdoor
space sorted, and also contains information on houseplants so you can bring a little bit of
the outdoors in.
Jane Moseley and Jackie Strachan are greenfingered growers through and through. Jackie’s
large country garden is packed full of clever and beautiful touches, and Jane is an expert on
urban windowboxes and balconies. They are the authors of Fix Your Bike.
Gardening • 112 Pages • 7.5 x 6 • 100 Color Illustrations • 9781910232828 • May
Moon Gardening
Ancient and Natural Ways to Grow Healthier, Tastier Food
John Harris and Jim Rickards
“In this Cornish garden, the old ways still work their magic.” —Daily Telegraph
Achieve magical results through the most natural means, planting by the cycles of the
waxing and waning moon
What gardener wouldn’t want to increase their crop yield and grow healthier, better tasting
food, while reducing work and forking out less on fertilizer? This seemingly impossible winwin is achieved by planting and reaping in tune with the phases of the moon. Lunar gardening has been around for as long we have pulled food from the soil. It was practiced by the
Incas and the Native Americans, and is still followed by the Maoris and rural communities
in Eastern Europe—because it works. But with the mass adoption of fertilizers achieving
quicker results for a need-it-now-generation, these techniques had been all but forgotten by
the modern gardener. Head gardener at Cornwall’s famous Tresillian Estate, John Harris,
has researched, studied, and put in to practice the principles of gardening by the phases of
the moon for more than 40 years. The results he’s achieved are nothing short of astonishing.
He has never watered his garden, he only grows organically, and yet he’s won numerous
show awards and prizes for the size, abundance, and taste of his produce. Here he shows
you how you can do the same by following a few simple principles. This book, written in his
own inimitable style, is packed full of tips that improve results, anecdotes that inspire, and
resources you can rely on. Its ultimate aim is to pass on John’s treasure trove of horticultural
knowledge to future generations, so that we can all get more from our garden. And before
you ask, no: moon gardening doesn’t mean you have to start digging at night.
John Harris is head gardener at Tresillian House. Jim Rickards is the author of Out of Russia
and a former editor for HarperCollins and BBC.
Gardening • 256 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781784184155 • June • $24.95 (Can $29.95) • Cloth
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Gardens of the National Trust
Stephen Lacey
A new edition revised to embrace recent restorations, to introduce recently acquired
properties, and to showcase superb new photograph
The National Trust has the finest collection of gardens in the United Kingdom. In this book
Stephen Lacey paints a vivid historical and horticultural picture of the individual gardens,
placing them firmly within the context of gardening history in Britain. All the major periods
and styles of garden design are represented, ranging from the formality of early gardens
such as Hanbury Hall and Ham House, magnificent 18th-century landscapes like Stowe and
Croome Park and the heady Victorian creations of Biddulph Grange and Waddesdon Manor
to the famous plantsmen’s gardens of the last century, such as Nymans, Hidcote Manor and
Sissinghurst Castle. Much has happened in the gardens of the National Trust since the last
revision of this book. New entries featured include Dyffryn Gardens, a magnificent example
of Edwardian garden design, Tredegar House, situated in its 90 acres of beautiful gardens
and parkland, and the Arts and Crafts charm of Stoneywell. The book serves as a practical
guide as well as a source of inspiration. Each entry gives details of soil type and climate and
an appendix includes many other gardens to visit. In addition, there are practical features on
different aspects of gardening, written by National Trust head gardeners.
Stephen Lacey is a longstanding columnist and feature writer for the Telegraph and for 10
years was a regular presenter on BBC Television’s Gardeners’ World.
Gardening/Architecture • 432 Pages • 9.5 x 10 • 400 Color Photos • 9781909881792
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National Trust
Capability Brown
Father of Landscape Gardens
Sarah Rutherford
Tying in with the 300th anniversary of Capability Brown’s birth in 2016, an accessible
book that looks at the life, influences, techniques and works of the man who changed
the face of Britain—including Downton Abbey’s Highclere Castle
One of the most remarkable men of the 18th century, Lancelot “Capability” Brown was
known to many as “The Omnipotent Magician” who could transform unpromising countryside into beautiful parks that seemed to be only the work of nature. His list of clients
included half the House of Lords, six Prime Ministers and even royalty. Although his fame
has dimmed, visitors still enjoy many of his works today at National Trust properties such
as Croome Park, Petworth, Berrington, Stowe, Wimpole, Blenheim Palace, Highclere Castle
(location of the series Downton Abbey) and many more. This book tells his triumphant story, uncovers his aims and reveals why he was so successful. Illustrated throughout with color
photographs of contemporary sites, historical paintings and garden plans, this is an accessible resource for anyone who wants to know more about the man who created a landscape
style which for many defines the English countryside.
Sarah Rutherford is a garden historian and Kew-trained gardener. She has a passion for
Capability Brown and his landscape gardens and has visited and studied many to understand
the man and his legendary capabilities. As a consultant she has been preparing conservation
plans for over 12 years for all sorts of historic parks and gardens. Her books include The
Arts and Crafts Garden and The Victorian Cemetery.
Gardening/Architecture • 192 Pages • 7.5 x 9.75 • 120 Color Photos • 9781909881549
July • $34.95 (Can $41.95) • Cloth • Rights: US & Canada • National Trust
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Meadows at Great Dixter and Beyond
Christopher Lloyd
Introduction by Fergus Garrett
Photographer Jonathan Buckley and Carol Casselden
Acclaimed master of meadow gardening Christopher Lloyd, and his successor Fergus
Garrett, dole out advice in this new and expanded edition
To see a meadow in bloom is a great delight—it’s alive and teeming with life, mysterious,
dynamic and seemingly out of our control . . .
So Christopher Lloyd began his book on meadows, first published in 2004. No one knew
more about meadow gardening than Lloyd, who spent much of his long life developing the
flowering tapestries in his garden at Great Dixter, in the UK. In Meadows, he imparted that
lifetime’s learning, exploring the development and management of meadow areas, explaining how to establish a meadow in a garden setting, and describing the hundreds of beautiful grasses, bulbs, and perennials and annuals that thrive in different meadow conditions.
Lloyd’s classic text remains at the heart of this new book. However, here Fergus Garrett,
Christopher Lloyd’s head gardener and his successor at Great Dixter, greatly expands and
develops the theme of meadow gardening. Garrett’s introduction is accompanied by brand
new photography by Carol Casselden. This edition is completely redesigned.
Christopher Lloyd (1921-2006) wrote regularly for newspapers and magazines including the
Guardian and Country Life, and was the author of many gardening books. He was created
OBE in 2000 and also held the highest award of the Royal Horticultural Society, the Victoria Medal of Honour. Fergus Garrett went to Great Dixter as head gardener in 1992 and
worked closely with Christopher Lloyd for the next 15 years. He has since combined his fulltime, hands-on gardening role at Dixter with writing and lecturing all over the UK, Europe,
the US, Australia and New Zealand.
Gardening • 272 Pages • 8.25 x 10.75 • 200 Color Photos, Four-color Interior
9781910258033 • Replaces: 9780881926286 • June • $45.00 (Can $54.00) • Cloth
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Woburn Abbey
The Park & Gardens
Keir Davidson
The park and gardens at Woburn Abbey in Bedfordsire, England, tell a fascinating
story, and one that illuminates the history of English landscaping from the 16th century
to the present day
Drawing on the enormous quantity of material available in the Woburn Archives, as well as
the historic images and details preserved in the art in the Abbey itself, this book describes
how the park and gardens developed, following wider trends in landscaping as well as the
individual tastes of the successive dukes and duchesses. It also places the significant developments in the park and gardens in the context of the other gardens built at the time. Almost all
of the important figures in English landscaping—from Isaac de Caus to George London and
Henry Wise, Charles Bridgeman, and Humphry Repton—worked for the Bedford family at
one time or another. In our own time, a 10-year program of restoration of Repton’s Pleasure
Gardens initiated by the present Duchess is under way. When this is finished, in 2018, the result will be the most complete Repton pleasure grounds anywhere in the world. In this book
Keir Davidson weaves specific and wider themes together in a way that brings the whole
enthralling story to life, engaging the reader with historic gardens that are not simply part of
a lost past, but can be experienced today.
Keir Davidson is a landscape designer specializing in waterfalls of natural rock. He created
gardens in Japan and then worked for 18 years in the United States, building a 250-acre
private botanical garden in New York. For the past 16 years he has been associated with
Woburn Abbey and the Bedford family, initially as a waterfalls designer and subsequently as
a landscape historian.
Gardening/History • 240 Pages • 8.25 x 10.75 • 75 Color Photos, 50 B/W Photos,
75 Color Illustrations, 50 B/W Illustrations, Four-color Interior • 9781910258132
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Beth Chatto’s Shade Garden
Shade-Loving Plants for Year-Round Interest
Beth Chatto
Photographer Steven Wooster
First published as The Shade Garden, this Pimpernel Classic edition includes new photography by Steve Wooster and a new introduction by Beth Chatto
In this book, legendary plantswoman Beth Chatto reveals how the problem of shade in a garden can be turned to advantage. She tells how she transformed a derelict site into a woodland
garden that is tranquil and serene yet full of life and interest in every season. She describes,
too, a wealth of plants that will thrive in shady beds and borders and on walls.
Beth Chatto is the author of gardening classics including Beth Chatto’s Gravel Garden, The
Damp Garden, The Dry Garden, and The Green Tapestry. She was created OBE in 2002 and
also holds the Royal Horticultural Society’s Victoria Medal of Honour.
Gardening • 224 Pages • 6.75 x 9 • 200 Color Photos, Four-color Interior • 9781910258224
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You Should Have Been Here Last Week
Selected Writings
Tim Richardson
An amusing and thought-provoking compendium of stories, anecdotes, writings, and
reflections from an acute, knowledgeable, and irreverent commentator
A career spent traveling the world looking at gardens, and meeting their sometimes eccentric custodians, has resulted in a fund of unlikely experiences and encounters. There was,
for example, that alligator-infested American garden, or the time our hero set up his tent
in the woods at Great Dixter in a thunderstorm, only to find he was not where he thought
he was. On a more serious note, the book contains some of Tim Richardson’s most influential and provocative columns as well as articles and essays on specific gardens, places, and
landscape themes.
Tim Richardson is a garden columnist in the Daily Telegraph and the author of many books,
including Great Gardens of America and New English Garden. He is a trustee of the Garden
History Society, sits on the National Trust’s gardens advisory panel, wrote Oxford University’s first garden history course, and is a passionate advocate of fringe gardening. He is the
founder-director of the Chelsea Fringe Festival.
Gardening • 208 Pages • 5.25 x 8.5 • 9781910258354 • August • $29.95 (Can $35.95)
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Flower Reading Cards
Discover the Language of Nature
Cheralyn Darcey
An excellent introduction to flower reading and connecting
with nature, as well as an entry level botanical reference
If you have ever wondered what a flower means or why anyone has ever attributed symbolic meaning to a plant, then this
card set will answer those questions. Floramancy is a way of
connecting with the Language of Nature, and is the foundation
of this deck of cards and guidebook. The ancient art of reading
flowers and plants for divination and for healing insight is gained
through understanding these meanings, so that you may wish
them on others or bring that energy into your own world. The
box set consists of 36 cards and a 96 page full-color booklet of
the world’s favorite flowers. It features unique flower spreads
for readings, and a special card of the day instruction that will
delight those that love beautiful oracle tools and traditional
artwork. The artwork is uniquely created by Australian artist
Cheralyn Darcey on linocut with gouache paints. The guidebook
contains expanded meanings, in short sentences that express the
messages of each flower according to the Language of Nature, as
well as botanical profiles. The meanings correspond with Flower Essence, Herbal Medicine, and Aromatherapy attributes, and
this deck can be used as a supporting tool in these fields. Keywords on the face of each card indicate the overall energy of
the flower. The cards are very useful for meditation to craft a
beautiful and meaningful nature-connected meditation session
through imagery work. The cards are also wonderful tools in
holistic counseling, as they offer a gentle approach to opening
discussions.
Cheralyn Darcey is an environmental artist, author, and flower
reader. A lifelong teacher of creative arts with a focus on environmental arts, she has had a 30 year commitment to also sharing her passion for nature-based traditions with a strong center
of environmentalism. Her art has been featured in workshops,
exhibitions, art prizes, and publications internationally for the
last 30 years.
Body, Mind, Spirit • 96 Pages • 5.25 x 7.75
36 Color Illustrations, Four-color Interior • 9781925017588
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Astrology Secrets of the Moon
Discover Your True Life Path and Purpose
Patsy Bennett
Discover your truth path in life with this guide, using sun signs and the moon’s north
nodes, or soul signs
We are all familiar with our sun signs, but this book focuses on the new astrology and, in
particular, the fascinating study of the moon’s north nodes that, when used in conjunction
with your sun signs, can provide a detailed picture of your soul’s true path, your spiritual
quest in life. This handy dip-in, dip-out book features in detail each of the moon’s north
nodes, or soul signs, which are the gateway to divine inspiration and show where in your
life you can move along most easily and, ultimately, how to feel fulfilled. Each north node
is explained in great detail and has a list of approaches, talents, interests, challenges, and
potential pitfalls as well as an affirmation to help you focus on your own special attributes.
You will also be able to discover your most successful career paths and the most rewarding
activities and approach to life you can take based on your unique astrological makeup.
Patsy Bennett is an astrologer, psychic medium, and a journalist. Her daily, weekly,
monthly, quarterly, and yearly horoscopes are published in newspapers and magazines
throughout Australia.
Body/Mind/Spirit • 304 Pages • 6 x 9.25 • 12 Line Drawings • 9781925017762 • May
$22.95 (Can $27.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • Rockpool Publishing
The Mindfulness Journal
Exercises to Help You Find Peace and Calm Wherever You Are
Corinne Sweet
Simple, calming mindfulness exercises for busy modern living
In today’s busy world, finding physical and mental space for peace and calm amidst the competing demands of work, family and friends can be a challenge. Mindfulness is a simple and
powerful practice that can help you cut through the noise and reclaim tranquillity, wherever
you are. The Mindfulness Journal offers an introduction to mindfulness and easy exercises
that can be done whether you are sitting at your desk, squeezed on to a crowded train, or
standing in line at the supermarket. Beautifully illustrated, with notes pages to record your
thoughts, this journal is your indispensable companion to a more peaceful, stress-free day.
Corinne Sweet is a psychologist, psychotherapist and author of non-fiction titles including
Change Your Life with CBT and Overcoming Addiction. A journalist and broadcaster, she
is a well-respected figure in self-help and mindfulness is one of her specialist areas. .
Self-Help • 224 Pages • 5 x 8 • 100 Color Illustrations • 9780752265605 • April • $18.95
Trade Paper • Rights: US • Pan Macmillan/Boxtree
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ONE-STOP SERIES
The One-Stop History of the Bible
Robert V. Huber and Stephen M. Miller
“Christians—particularly Protestants—looking for an
accessible introduction to the composition and transmission of the Bible will find the bulk of this book edifying.”
—Publishers Weekly on The Bible: A History
A colorful and highly visual introduction to the history of
the Bible from its origins to modern times
Following on from the successful One-Stop Bible Guide and
One-Stop Bible Atlas comes this guide to the history of the Bible from its origins to how it has shaped history and nations. In
a highly visual way, The One-Stop Guide to the History of the
Bible tells the story of how the Bible was written down, how
the books of the Bible were selected, how and when the first
translations happened, and explores how key moments in both
World and Church history affected the Bible. This is an ideal
point of reference for all who wish to explore the history of
the Bible, especially those who prefer a strong visual approach.
Robert V. Huber has worked for over 20 years with the Reader’s Digest General Books Division, and for over five years with
Encyclopedia Americana. He holds a Master of Philosophy in
American and English Literature from the City University of
New York, an MA in Religious Studies, and a post-master’s
certificate in Scripture from the Institute of Religious Studies in
New York. He has also taught graduate courses in Scripture at
the Institute. He lives in New York City. Stephen M. Miller is
a freelance writer who specializes in Bible related projects. He
has a degree in journalism and a master’s degree in religious
education. Books he has worked on include The Illustrated
Dictionary of Bible Life and Times and The Complete Guide
to the Bible.
History/Religion & Theology • 128 Pages • 7.75 x 9.5
150 Color Photos, 25 B/W Photos • 9780745970363 • April
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Bible from Scratch
A Lightning Tour from Genesis to Revelation
New edition
Simon Jenkins
Illustrations by Simon Jenkins
“Jenkins has managed, quite remarkably, to sum up the whole of the Bible in a series
of entertaining hand written pages, peppered with cartoons and humorous asides.”
—Church of England Newspaper
A completely revised and redesigned edition of Simon Jenkin’s “lightning tour”
of the Bible, in words and cartoon pictures for those who want an accessible and
lighthearted introduction
For first-time readers, the Bible can be an intimidating and hefty read. This lively and witty
resource offers a lightning sketch of the Bible that clearly explains the essential meaning of
every book from both the Old and New Testaments. It provides helpful hints for understanding the motives and messages behind each of the Biblical writers and introduces all the
famous people and events from key stories. Filled with humorous illustrations and plenty of
wit, this is an ideal guide for getting to know the Bible.
Simon Jenkins is an author, editor and illustrator. His previous publications include Bible
Mapbook, R Father N Hvn, and Windows into Heaven: The Icons and Spirituality of Russia.
Religion & Theology • 256 Pages • 5 x 5 • Two-color Interior • 9780745968476
Rights: US & Canada • Lion Hudson/Lion Books
Mrs Luther and Her Sisters
Women in the Reformation
Derek Wilson
The story of what the Reformation did for women and what women did for the Reformation
Women have made crucial contributions to the life of the Church from New Testament
times onwards, but the Reformation saw an explosion in their involvement. Having benefited alongside their brothers from the Renaissance’s emphasis on learning, and with the
increasing casting aside of the belief that they were intellectually inferior, women learned to
read in ever increasing numbers—and most of them wanted to read the Bible. As a result,
many started to interpret Scripture for themselves, putting them on a collision course with
the Church.
Derek Wilson is a historian, broadcaster, speaker, and novelist. He is the author of The People’s Bible, A Brief History of Henry VIII, Charlemagne, Francis Walsingham, Spymaster, In
the Lion’s Court, Out of the Storm, and The Uncrowned Kings of England, among others.
Religion & Theology/History • 352 Pages • 6.25 x 7.75 • 9780745956350 • May
$27.95 (Can $33.95) • Cloth • Rights: US & Canada • Lion Hudson/Lion Books
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The Story of Beatrix Potter
Sarah Gristwood
A highly illustrated biography looking at the iconic work and fascinating life of
Beatrix Potter
Historian Sarah Gristwood follows Potter from her constricted Victorian childhood to the
success and tragedy of the years 1901-13, when she published nearly all her major books yet
was denied love by the death of her fiance. Finally, she traces the last 30 years of Potter’s life,
when she abandoned books to become a working farmer and pioneer of the conservation
movement in the early days of the National Trust. Special features throughout the book will
show how Beatrix Potter developed many of her most famous characters, including Peter
Rabbit, Mrs. Tiggy-winkle, and Jemima Puddleduck.
Sarah Gristwood is a Tudor biographer, former film journalist, and commentator on royal
affairs. Her books include Blood Sisters: The Women Behind the Wars of the Roses, Breakfast at Tiffany’s: The Official 50th Anniversary Companion, and Elizabeth & Leicester:
Power, Passion, Politics.
Biography • 176 Pages • 7.5 x 9.75 • 100 Color Photos • 9781909881808 • August
$27.95 (Can $33.95) • Cloth • Rights: US & Canada • National Trust
The Thomas the Tank Engine Man
The Life of Reverend W Awdry
Brian Sibley
“Of interest to Thomas fans and railroad aficionados.” —Library Journal
A fascinating biography of the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine and friends, now
in paperback
The Reverend W. Awdry was a devoted pastor and family man, who adored trains. He
started to tell stories about Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends in order to entertain
his son Christopher. Those stories have now gone on to entertain generations of children
around the world. A convinced pacifist, Awdry was thrown out of one curacy and denied
another during World War II, because of his beliefs. He was a man of courage, who believed
that you should live by certain rules. He built his imaginary world on the island of Sodor on
these rules, and showed how those who transgressed them would always be “punished, but
never scrapped,” as he said. The Thomas the Tank Engine Man is a charming biography and
a fascinating insight into the life of Reverend W. Awdry. First published 20 years ago before
the Britt Allcroft/Ringo Starr animations took Thomas to a worldwide TV generation, this
biography is now fully revised and updated.
Brian Sibley is a writer and broadcaster with a longstanding passion for the writings of C.S.
Lewis. His books include The Land of Narnia and Shadlowlands: The True Story of C.S.
Lewis and Joy Davidman. He is also known for his highly acclaimed BBC serializations of
the Chronicles of Narnia and The Lord of the Rings.
Biography • 352 Pages • 5 x 7.75 • 24 Color Photos, 24 B/W Photos • 9780745970295
Rights: US & Canada • Lion Hudson/Lion Books
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Much Ado About Shakespeare
Donovan Bixley
Shakespeare’s life, told in his own words and beautifully
illustrated by a great fan
There’s never been a period when Shakespeare was out of fashion. In his lifetime he was incredibly successful, and soon after
his death his works were published to the world. Within these
pages you’ll find a new interpretation of Shakespeare’s stages, a
play on words, which sheds light on the colorful and exuberant
world of Shakespeare’s life and times. You won’t find the sainted
genius—solemn with quill and ink-stained hand. High of brow
he may have been, but never high-brow. Never the snooty artist,
locked away from the world, Shakespeare was in the thick of it.
Much Ado About Shakespeare brings you the highs and lows,
the tongue in cheek, the truth and imagination . . . the fantastical
world of William Shakespeare in his own words and through the
magnificent art of Donovan Bixley.
Donovan Bixley is an illustrator and designer. He has illustrated
more than 100 stories, including the bestselling children’s book
Old Macdonald’s Farm and The Wheels on the Bus. He has also
written and illustrated half a dozen books of his own, including
Faithfully Mozart.
Biography • 120 Pages • 8.25 x 10.25 • Four-color Interior
9781927262023 • May • $19.95 (Can $23.95) • Trade Paper
Rights: US & Canada • Upstart Press
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The Bard in Brief
Shakespeare in Quotations
Hannah Manktelow
A new introduction to some of the best-loved literary works ever written, through early
printed texts that help us get closer than any other source material to Shakespeare the
working poet and playwright
Shakespeare is the greatest dramatist in the English language, but none of his manuscripts
survive. Less than half his plays were printed before he died, in editions known as quartos
from their relatively small size. Most of his plays appeared in the First Folio, a large, handsome volume printed seven years after Shakespeare’s death. What we know of his dramas
comes from these sources. This new introduction to Shakespeare’s work contains specially
chosen extracts from each of his plays and major poems, including collaborative and apocryphal work. Each quotation is accompanied by a full-page reproduction of an early printed
edition, along with brief notes about the context and story of the play.
Hannah Manktelow is a PhD student at the University of Nottingham and the British Library. She is researching provincial performances of Shakespeare.
Drama/Literary Collections • 96 Pages • 6.75 x 8 • 40 Color Photos • 9780712356336
July • $15.95 (Can $18.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada
British Library Publishing
Shakespeare in Ten Acts
Four hundred years after Shakespeare’s death, it is difficult to imagine a time when he was
not considered a genius. But those 400 years have seen his plays banished and bowdlerized,
faked and forged, traded and translated, re-mixed and re-cast. Shakespeare’s story is not
one of a steady rise to fame; it is a tale of setbacks and sea-changes that have made him the
cultural icon he is today. This revealing new book accompanies an innovative exhibition
at the British Library that will take readers on a journey through more than 400 years of
performance. It will focus on 10 moments in history that have changed the way we see
Shakespeare, from the very first production of Hamlet to a digital-age deconstruction. Each
performance holds up a mirror to the era in which it was performed. The first stage appearance by a woman in 1660 and a black actor playing Othello in 1825 were landmarks for
society as well as for Shakespeare’s reputation. The book will also explore productions as
diverse as Peter Brook’s legendary A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mark Rylance’s “Original Practices” Twelfth Night, and a Shakespeare forgery staged at Drury Lane in 1796,
among many others. More than 100 illustrations include the only surviving playscript in
Shakespeare’s hand, an authentic Shakespeare signature, and rare printed editions including
the First Folio. These—and other treasures from the British Library’s manuscript and rare
book collections—will feature alongside film stills, costumes, paintings, and production photographs. In this book, 10 leading experts take a fresh look at Shakespeare, reminding us
that the playwright’s iconic status has been constructed over the centuries in a process that
continues across the world today.
Gordon McMullan is a Professor of English at King’s College London and a director of
the London Shakespeare Centre. Zoe Wilcox is Lead Curator at the British Library for the
Shakespeare and performance exhibition which this book accompanies.
Theater • 240 Pages • 8.75 x 11 • 9780712356329 • July • $65.00 (Can $78.00) • Cloth
Also available as Trade Paper (9780712356312) $34.95 • Rights: US & Canada
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A Smidgeon of Shakespeare
Brush Up on the Bard with Lists, Facts and Fun
Geoff Spiteri
Covering characters, plots, and themes as well as binge drinking, rude gestures, and
South Park, an engaging collection of little-known facts about the world’s best-known
playwright
Far from being three-hour marathons of unintelligible, boring dialogue, Shakespeare’s plays
are in fact exciting, tragic, funny, and often downright rude masterpieces filled with memorable plots, great insults, filthy jokes, and eccentric characters. This handy guide to the bard’s
great works is packed with trivia and pithy entries that cover everything from Shakespeare’s
greatest villains to his most cutting insults. Did you know that 24 of Uranus’ 27 moons are
named after Shakespearean characters? Or that Hamlet has the most lines in a single play
(1569) and the second senator in Cymbeline the least (one solitary two letter world: ‘Ay)?
Or what Shakespeare was really talking about when he mentions pizzles, potato fingers, and
peculiar rivers? Ranging from the truly enlightening to the utterly obscure, the facts and insights in this comprehensive resource will bring to life as never before the fascinating world
of Shakespeare’s work.
Geoff Spiteri is an award-winning journalist and writer. He has worked in new media for a
number of popular websites.
Literary Criticism/Theater • 160 Pages • 5.5 x 7.5 • 9781910232996
Replaces: 9781906032456 • June • $13.95 (Can $16.95) • Cloth • Rights: US & Canada
Pavilion/Portico
Wealth or Poverty?
Jane Austen’s Novels Explored
Stephen Mahony
This insightful examination of the financial background of the life and times of Austen’s characters provides a fresh light on her characters, revealing hidden nuances to
modern readers
Money is significant in Jane Austen’s novels. Her characters worry about it, scheme for it,
and, of course, spend it. Money is not simply a way of placing people: it propels plots, adds
drama, and tells us much about an individual’s nature and morals. Taking the novels as his
starting point, Stephen Mahony looks at the wealth and social standing of Austen’s characters in relation to the economic background of the day, giving us real insight into their
aspirations and motivations. What did a servant earn? Just how poor was Miss Bates? What
were the pay and conditions of a midshipman like William Price? What would it cost to
house, clothe and feed the entire Bennet family? And how much would Elizabeth Bennet need
to live comfortably if she hadn’t married Darcy? The result is a revealing account of Austen,
her characters, and the England in which they lived.
Stephen Mahony spent 30 years in finance. He is the author of six books on financial subjects, and has written for the newsletter of the UK Jane Austen Society and for Regency
World magazine.
Literary Criticism • 192 Pages • 6 x 9 • 9780719814396 • April • $27.95 (Can $33.95)
Cloth • Rights: US & Canada • Robert Hale
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In Search of Anne Brontë
Nick Holland
The first biography of the author of Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall in
over half a century
Anne Brontë, the youngest and most enigmatic of the Brontë sisters, remains a bestselling
author nearly two centuries after her death. The brilliance of her two novels and her poetry
belies the quiet, truthful girl who often lived in the shadow of her more outgoing sisters. Yet
her writing was the most revolutionary of all the Brontës, pushing the boundaries of what
was acceptable. This revealing new biography opens Anne’s most private life to a new audience, and includes unpublished letters from Anne to the family to which she was governess
as well as first publication of a controversial image that could be the only photograph of the
three Brontë sisters.
Nick Holland is an author, professional copywriter and active member of the Bronte Society.
He runs the website and blog www.annebronte.org.
Biography • 288 Pages • 6 x 9 • 16 B/W Illustrations • 9780750965255 • June
$35.00 (Can $42.00) • Cloth • Rights: US & Canada • The History Press
Adventures in The Strand
Arthur Conan Doyle & The Strand Magazine
Mike Ashley
A broader picture of Conan Doyle’s life and work focused through the lens of his nearly
300 contributions, from serialized novels to poetry, in The Strand magazine
Conan Doyle’s name is synonymous with The Strand magazine, chiefly because of the Sherlock Holmes stories but also due to many of his other contributions, such as the Professor
Challenger stories, his articles on spiritualism and fairies, and his coverage of the major battles of World War I. From 1891 until his death in 1930, almost 300 contributions by Doyle
were published in The Strand, including 120 stories, 9 serialized novels, and dozens of other
items including poetry and interviews. It is impossible fully to appreciate Conan Doyle’s
artistic development without considering the context of The Strand, as it published almost
all of his most memorable and important stories, but it also published essays, commentary
and other works that have become unjustly forgotten. Doyle’s contributions highlight, for
example, his abilities as a sportsman, an interest which frequently found its way into his
fiction. This study charts his outlook and views, examines his shifting reputation during his
lifetime, and assesses how Doyle’s contributions to The Strand fit into his overall output as
a writer. Ashley uncovers hidden aspects of Doyle’s writings that reveal him to be a more
broadly talented writer than he is often given credit for.
Mike Ashley is the author and editor of more than 60 books, and one of the foremost historians of popular fiction. His books include The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes
Adventures, The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF, and Out of this World.
Literary Criticism • 288 Pages • 6.25 x 9 • 60 B/W Illustrations • 9780712309844 • June
$34.95 (Can $41.95) • Cloth • Rights: US & Canada • British Library Publishing
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The Rivals of Dracula
Stories from the Golden Age of Gothic Horror
Edited by Nick Rennison
Classic bloodchilling stories of the late Victorian and Edwardian era
Bram Stoker’s Dracula, still the most famous of all vampire stories, was first published in
1897. But the bloodsucking Count was not the only member of the undead to bare his fangs
in the literature of the period. Late Victorian and Edwardian fiction is full of vampires and
this anthology of scary stories introduces modern readers to 15 of them. A travel writer in
Sweden unleashes something awful from an ancient mausoleum. A psychic detective battles
a vampire that has taken refuge in an Egyptian mummy. A nightmare becomes reality in
the tower room of a gloomy country house. Including works by both well known writers
of the supernatural such as M. R. James and E. F. Benson and less familiar authors like the
Australian Hume Nisbet and the American F. Marion Crawford, The Rivals of Dracula is a
collection of classic tales to chill the blood and tingle the spine.
Nick Rennison is the author of numerous books, including 100 Must-Read Crime Novels, The Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide to Crime Fiction, Carver’s Quest, and Sherlock
Holmes: An Unauthorised Biography.
Horror • 288 Pages • 5 x 7.75 • 9781843446323 • June • $18.95 • Trade Paper
Rights: US • Oldcastle Books/No Exit
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Stories from the Golden Age of Gaslight Crime
Second edition
Edited by Nick Rennison
“It’s good to see that Mr. Rennison has also selected some rarer pieces—and rarer detectives, such as November Joe, Sebastian Zambra, Cecil Thorold and Lois Cayley.”
—The District Messenger (Newsletter of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London)
A mine of classic detective stories from the golden era of crime writing featuring
Holmes-inspired characters
Holmes and Watson were not the only ones foiling the plans of villainous masterminds in
Victorian and Edwardian England. The years 1890-1914 were a golden age for English
magazines, and the success of the Holmes stories spawned countless imitators. The 15 tales
in this anthology introduce readers to such sleuths as Jacques Futrelle’s dazzlingly intellectual genius Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, aka the Thinking Machine; Carnacki
the Ghost Finder, detective of the occult created by legendary horror writer William Hope
Hodgson; Eugene Valmont, a sophisticated and urbane French detective who lives in exile
in London and uses his Gallic wit and wisdom to solve mysteries; November Joe, Hesketh
Prichard’s Canadian woodsman who uses his powers of observation to bring villains to justice; Craig Kennedy, a scientific detective created by the American writer Arthur B. Reeve,
who uses new technological advancements like X-rays and microphones to solve crime; and
Hagar of the Pawn Shop, Fergus Hume’s feisty gypsy woman who investigates strange stories
associated with the objects that customers bring to her London shop.
Nick Rennison is the author of numerous books, including 100 Must-Read Crime Novels, The Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide to Crime Fiction, Carver’s Quest, and Sherlock
Holmes: An Unauthorised Biography.
Mystery • 320 Pages • 5 x 7.75 • 9781843447375 • Replaces: 9781842432488 • April
$18.95 • Trade Paper • Rights: US • Oldcastle Books/No Exit
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War and Peace
Tie-In Edition to Major New BBC Dramatisation
TV Tie-in Edition
Leo Tolstoy
Introduction by Andrew Davies
Translator Louise Maude and Aylmer Maude
“Better translators, both for knowledge of the two languages and for penetration into
the very meaning of the matter translated, could not be invented.” —Tolstoy on Louise
and Aylmer Maude
• Six part adaptation written by Andrew Davies (original House of Cards, Mr.
Selfridge) directed by Tom Harper (Peaky Blinders, Misfits), starring Paul Dano,
James Norton, Lily James, Jim Broadbent, Gillian Anderson, and Greta Scacchi.
To be aired in 2016, simulcast across A&E, LIfetime and History Channel.
The official tie-in to the BBC miniseries, with an exclusive introduction by series writer
Andrew Davies
Tolstoy’s beguiling masterpiece entwines love, death and determinism with Russia’s war
with Napoleon and its effects on those swept up by the terror it brings. Following the rise
and fall of some of society’s most influential families, this truthful and poignant epic is as
relevant today as ever.
Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) is the author of War and Peace (1864-69) and Anna Karenina
(1875-8). Andrew Davies is an Emmy Award-winning novelist and screenplay writer. Louise
and Aylmer Maude were English translators of Tolstoy’s works, and Aylmer also wrote his
friend Tolstoy’s biography.
Classics • 1216 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781849908467 • April • $14.95 • Trade Paper • Rights: US
BBC Books
The Story of a Nutcracker
Alexandre Dumas
Illustrations by Kitty Arden
Translated by Sarah Ardizzone
A sumptuous, glittering and beautiful edition of the tale which inspired the well-loved
ballet—the perfect Christmas gift
The nutcracker doll that mysterious Godfather Drosselmeyer gives to little Marie for Christmas is no ordinary toy. On Christmas Eve, at the clocks strike midnight, Marie watches as
the Nutcracker and her entire cabinet of playthings come to life and boldly do battle against
the malevolent Mouse King and his armies. But this is only the start: read on for a tale of
enchantment and transformation, enter a world by turns fantastical and sinister, a kindom
of dolls and spun-sugar palaces, and learn the true history of the brave little Nutcracker.
Adapted from a dark fairy-tale by ETA Hoffmann, Alexandre Dumas’ romance of childhood
imagination inspired Tchaikovsky’s world-famous ballet. Brilliantly adapted by translator
Sarah Ardrizzone and illuminated by Kitty Arden, this is the perfect Christmas gift for readers of all ages.
Alexandre Dumas was a French playwright, historian and prolific novelist, penning a string
of successful books including The Three Musketeers (1844), The Count of Monte Cristo
(1845), and Twenty Years After (1845). His novels have been translated into 100 different
languages and inspired over 200 films. Kitty Arden is an artist and designer who has worked
for such clients as Christian Dior, John Galliano, and Christian Lacroix. Sarah Ardizzone is
a translator who has received the Scott-Moncrieff Prize the Marsh Prize for Children’s Literature in Translation, and whose The Little Prince translation was chosen as one of the New
York Times’ Notable Books of 2010.
Classics/Seasonal • 192 Pages • 6 x 8.5 • 9780099596042 • August • $27.95 • Cloth
Rights: US • Random House UK/Vintage Classics
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VINTAGE CLASSICS
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
“At the end we are steeped through and through with the genius, the vehemence, the
indignation of Charlotte Brontë.” —Virginia Woolf
With an introduction by Maggie O’Farrell, author of Instructions for a Heatwave
As an orphan, Jane’s childhood is full of trouble, but her stubborn independence and sense
of self help her to steer through the miseries inflicted by cruel relatives and a brutal school.
A position as governess at the Thornfield Hall promises a kind of freedom. But Thornfield
is a house full of secrets, its master a passionate, tormented man, and before long Jane faces
her greatest struggle in a choice between love and self-respect.
Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855) is best known for Jane Eyre.
Classics • 560 Pages • 5 x 7 • 9781784870737 • April • $14.95 • Trade Paper • Rights: US
Random House UK/Vintage Classics
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Anne Brontë
“The title of ‘the first feminist novel’ has been awarded to other books, perhaps with
less justice.” —Guardian
When the mysterious and beautiful young widow Helen Graham becomes the new tenant
at Wildfell Hall rumors immediately begin to swirl around her. As her neighbor Gilbert
Markham comes to discover, Helen has painful secrets buried in her past that even his love
for her cannot easily overcome.
Anne Brontë (1820-1849) is the author of Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.
Classics • 416 Pages • 5 x 7 • 9781784870751 • April • $14.95 • Trade Paper
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
“You can dilute Wuthering Heights, as Mills &Boon and musicals have done. But if
you are honest, you cannot escape its central stark premise; all or nothing. The all is
not Heathcliff—that is the sentimental version. The all is what Heathcliff represents,
which is life itself.” —Jeanette Winterson
Cathy is a beautiful and willful young woman torn between her soft-hearted husband and
Heathcliff, the passionate and resentful man who has loved her since childhood. The power
of their bond creates a maelstrom of cruelty and violence which will leave one of them
dead and cast a shadow over the lives of their children. Emily Brontë’s novel is a stunningly
original and shocking exploration of obsessive passion.
Emily Brontë (1818-1848) is best known for Wuthering Heights.
Classics • 368 Pages • 5 x 7 • 9781784870744 • April • $14.95 • Trade Paper
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VINTAGE CLASSICS
Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
Washington Irving
Washington Irving’s eerie tales of the unnatural are collected here—perfect for
anyone looking for a strangely chilling story
There is a sequestered glen off the east coast of the Hudson, which has long continued under the sway of some witching power; the neighborhood abounds with tales,
haunted spots and twilight superstitions. But as hapless schoolmaster Ichabod Crane
will discover, the wildest of all stories in this region of shadows relate to one particularly dreadful specter—the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow. Washington Irving’s comic horror story is the best known of this collection of more than 30 stories,
observations and sketches written on his travels around Britain and America in the
18th century. Also includes ‘Rip Van Winkle’ and ‘Little Britain’.
Washington Irving (1783-1859) trained as lawyer before deciding to pursue a literary
career and, with his brother, producing a series of satirical essays and poems, including A History of New York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch
Dynasty and Sketch Book. He is also the author of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and
Rip Van Winkle.
Classics • 430 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781784870294 • August • $16.95 • Trade Paper
Well of Loneliness
Radclyffe Hall
One of the earliest and most controversial lesbian novels ever published, the subject of an indecency trial that found such figures as Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot,
Ernest Hemingway, and F. Scott Fitzgerald coming out in support of it
Stephen Gordon was a little girl who always felt different. A talent for sports, a hatred
of dresses, and a preference for horses and solitude were not considered appropriate
for a young lady of the Victorian upper classes. But when Stephen grows up and falls
passionately in love with another woman, her standing in the county and her place at
the home she loves become untenable. Stephen must set off to discover whether there
is anywhere in the world that will have her. The edition contains extra material which
tells the fascinating story behind the book’s controversial publication, trial and ban
in 1928.
Radclyffe Hall is the pen name of Marguerite Radclyffe-Hall (1880-1943), an English
poet and novelist. Hall was renowned for her open homosexuality, a subject dealt
with in her best-known novel, The Well of Loneliness (1928), a semi-autobiographical work and the only one of her eight novels to deal with overt lesbian themes. Her
open treatment of lesbianism in The Well of Loneliness occasioned a trial for obscenity; it was banned and an appeal refused, which resulted in all copies in Britain being
destroyed. The US allowed its publication after a long court battle. She also published
several volumes of verse including Twixt Earth and Stars: Poems and Songs of Three
Counties and Other Poems. Her novel Adam’s Breed won the Prix Femina and the
1927 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction.
Classics/LGBT Studies • 608 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781784870324 • May • $16.95
Trade Paper • Rights: US • Random House UK/Vintage Classics
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VINTAGE CLASSICS
Swing Hammer Swing!
Jeff Torrington
“Funny, clever, and bleak as hell. I wrote Torrington a fan letter, the only one
I’ve ever written.” —Bob Odenkirk
“Torrington’s writing is as voracious as it is vivid, encyclopedic in its reach.”
—Publishers Weekly
“The standard of Torrington’s writing is so high that for once one is not ashamed
to compare an unknown novelist to authors who are justly famous. That wag
Joyce is the truest neighbor, though contemporaries Pynchon and Rushdie will do
in a pinch. . . . Writers this good, writing in the English language, can almost be
counted on the fingers of one hand.” —Booklist
A reissue of a Whitbread-winning classic 30 years in the writing, blackly humorous, Joycean, and without compromise
Following Tam Clay around the Gorbals slums of 1960s Glasgow, Torrington combines lyrical verve with dark comedy in this modern odyssey of self-discovery. Direct,
aggressive, with an eye for a witty pun and an ear for Glaswegian dialect, Torrington
bends language to his uncompromising will. A riotous urban picaresque, Jeff Torrington’s comic novel marked a milestone in Scottish literature.
Jeff Torrington’s (1935-2008) first novel Swing Hammer Swing! took 30 years to
write and won the 1992 Whitbread Book of the Year Award.
Fiction • 422 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781784870126 • May • $16.95 • Trade Paper
Dumb House
John Burnside
“Wonderfully disturbing. . . . A poetic novel in the best and most troubling
sense.” —A. L. Kennedy, author, Paradise
“Exceptionally sinister. . . . The horror is tempered and fine-tuned by the exceptional beauty of Burnside’s writing. . . . One of the most chilling voices in recent
fiction.” —Times Literary Supplement
A profoundly disturbing and beautifully written classic of Scottish fiction
In Persian myth, it is said that Akbar the Great built a palace which he filled with
newborns, attended only by mutes, in order to learn whether language is innate or
aquired. As the children grew into their silent and difficult world, this palace became
known as the Gang Mahal, or Dumb House. In his first novel, John Burnside explores
the possibilities inherent in a modern-day repetition of Akbar`s investigations. The
unnamed narrator creates a twisted variant of the Dumb House. When the children
develop a musical language of their own, excluding their jailer, he extracts an appalling revenge.
John Burnside is the author of The Glister; Living Nowhere; Something Like Happy,
which was the Saltire Scottish Book of the Year; A Summer of Drowning which was
shortlisted for the Costa Prize; and Black Cat Bone, which won both the Forward
Prize and the T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry.
Fiction • 208 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781784870119 • April • $16.95 • Trade Paper
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PULP! THE CLASSICS
Pulp! The Classics is an imprint that gives favorite classic novels original retro covers in a pulp fiction style, with a
dash of wry humor. Using the original unabridged text from some of the best writers that have ever lived, with a pulp
treatment down to such details as sprayed colored edges, these books will be appreciated by any book lover with a
sense of humor.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
“We immediately fell in love with these awesome vintage-style redesigns of classic
novels.” —Flavorwire
This CUPCAKE was off her head!
What HAS happened to little Alice? Taking ‘shrooms, hanging out with hookah smoking ne’er do wells and being dragged to court. That’s gonna be one hell of a hangover!
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll (1832-1898),
was an author, logician and mathematician.
Classics • 160 Pages • 4.5 x 7 • 9781843443971 • April • $9.99 • Trade Paper
Rights: US • Oldcastle Books/Pulp! The Classics
Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
Change really BUGGED him . . .
Poor old Gregor. One day he’s depressed about his dreary traveling salesman gig, the
next, he’s roaching around the apartment and disgusting his family. All that’s left is
creeping the walls and eating garbage. How’s his sis ever going to find a sugar daddy
with her grotty bro in tow?
Franz Kafka (1883–1924) was born into a middle-class German-speaking Jewish family
in Prague and is regarded as one of the major fiction writers of the 20th Century. His
other works include The Trial, The Castle and In the Penal Colony. His unique body of
writing is considered to be among the most influential in Western Literature.
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THE CANONS
Awakening
Kate Chopin
Introduction by Barbara Kingsolver
Kate Chopin’s trail-blazing feminist novel join’s Canongate’s Canons series, with
an introduction by Barbara Kingsolver
Over one long, languid summer Edna Pontellier, fettered by marriage and motherhood, gradually awakens to her individuality and sexuality and experiences love outside of her passionless marriage. But as she discovers emotional freedom, so she comes
to realize the true extent of her psychological and social confinement, and its terrible
consequences for her future. This tender, brilliant, seductive, and devastating novel is
as beautifully written as it is politically engaging. The Awakening is as relevant today
as when it was first published two centuries ago.
Kate Chopin (1850-1904) was one of the most individual and adventurous of
19th-century American writers, whose fiction explored new and often startling territory. She is the author of two novels, The Awakening and My Fault, and several short
stories. Barbara Kingsolver is the Pulitzer-nominated author of 14 books, including
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral; The Poisonwood Bible; and Prodigal Summer. She has
been awarded a National Humanities Medal, and each of her books published since
1993 has been a New York Times bestseller.
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Lanark
A Life in Four Books
Alasdair Gray
Introduction by William Boyd
“Probably the greatest novel of the century . . . it marked the beginning of a new
era.” —Observer
“ I think it’s the best in Scottish literature this century.” —Iain Banks
This cornerstone epic is now available as a stunning Canons edition with an
introduction by William Boyd
Set in the disintegrating cities of Unthank and Glasgow, this modern vision of hell tells
the interwoven stories of two men: Lanark and Duncan Thaw. As the Life in Four
Books unfolds, the strange, buried relationship between Lanark and Thaw slowly
starts to emerge. Lanark is a towering work of the imagination and is the culmination
of 25 years of work by Gray, who also illustrated and designed the novel. On its first
publication it was immediately recognized as a major work of literature, and drew
comparisons with Dante, Blake, Joyce, Orwell, Kafka, Huxley and Lewis Carroll.
Thirty years on, its power, majesty, anger and relevance has only intensified.
Alasdair Gray has published 20 books, most of them novels and short stories. In his
own words, “Alasdair Gray is a fat, spectacled, balding, increasingly old Glaswegian
pedestrian who has mainly lived by writing and designing books, most of them fiction.” William Boyd is an award-winning novelist whose works include Any Human
Heart, Restless, and Waiting for Sunrise.
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Ticket to Paradise
Elizabeth Morgan
“Wonderfully vivid . . . Morgan has unveiled a hidden epic of Welsh nationalism and human survival that—in a world once more filled with desperate people crossing the world
in search of a safe haven—has more than a passing topical relevance.” —Daily Mail
Historical fiction at its best—based on the true story of the mass emigration from Wales
to Patagonia 150 years ago
Promised a paradise at the edge of the world, they found a place where the devil himself
would not care to loiter. The Welsh Valleys, 1865. Impoverished smallholder Dafydd Rhys,
his headstrong daughter Lisa and their family emigrate with friends to unknown Patagonia,
at the tip of South America, where they are promised a life free from the pits and from punishment for speaking their own language. But can Dafydd find the strength to lead his people
to overcome the tragedies and disasters they will face? This book includes a wealth of characters brought vividly to life who populate this tale of battles against injustice, bitter rivalries
and the terrible forces of nature. At its core is the story of one family’s quest to carve out a
better life for themselves and their descendants.
Elizabeth Morgan is a Welsh writer and actor.
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Dom Casmurro
Machado de Assis
Translator Robert Scott-Buccleuch
“Deftly translated . . . a book that deserves to be read.” —Publishers Weekly
First published in 1899, Dom Casmurro is acknowledged to be among the most important novels ever written in the Portuguese language
Bentinho Santiago, cosseted only child of a rich widow, lives next door to Capitu, the daughter of a lowly government official. As childhood friendship turns to adolescent love, an obstacle to the union exists in the form of a vow made by Bentinho’s mother before his birth:
her son is to be a priest. The lovers’ situation appears hopeless, but resourceful Capitu is not
easily discouraged. De Assis weaves a powerful and ultimately tragic story of love and disillusionment, full of the subtle irony that is the hallmark of his writing. In Capitu, his enigmatic
heroine, he has also created one of the most fascinating characters in Brazilian fiction.
Machado de Assis, Brazil’s greatest novelist, was a founder and first president of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. Robert Scott-Buccleuch held the Machado de Assis Medal for his
translations.
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Pleasures of Nature
A Literary Anthology
“Splendid. . . . The collection as a whole reads like a fresh treat, thanks to Hardyment’s
keen eye for pleasures of many kinds.” —New Yorker on Pleasures of the Table
A beautifully illustrated selection of great nature writing featuring a wide range of classic
authors, including many unusual and lesser-known accounts of the natural world
From Leonardo da Vinci on the shifting colors of the sky to Charlotte Brontë on the wild
moors of Yorkshire, and from DH Lawrence inhabiting the mind of the indomitable tortoise
to the intrepid Isabella Bird climbing a Hawaiian volcano, the anthology showcases many
voices—lyrical, awestruck, often deeply reflective. The texts gathered here, many accompanied by rarely seen artwork from early editions, are all grounded in close observation and
real love of the landscape, and reveal the tradition of nature writing to be deep-rooted and
infinitely varied.
Christina Hardyment is the author of Malory: The Knight Who Became King Arthur’s Chronicler and the editor of Pleasures of the Garden and Pleasures of the Table.
Nature/Literary Collections • 224 Pages • 5.25 x 7.5 • 40 Color Illustrations
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CHINA LIBRARY
Northern Girls
Life Goes On
Keyi Sheng
“The book as a whole comes across as a primal scream, a demand that readers
acknowledge the financial, emotional, legal, and sexual exploitation suffered by
millions of Northern Girls.” —L.A. Review of Books
“Sheng’s technique of writing through, and about, women’s bodies, is unusually
intimate and direct.” —New York Times
“Sheng is perhaps the mainland’s most eminent feminist writer today and Northern Girls hints at why.” —South China Morning Post
A gritty tale of one young woman’s move from rural China to the city
Qian Xiaohong is born in a sleepy Hunan village, where the new China rush toward
development is a distant rumor. A buxom, naïve 16-year-old, she joins the mass migration to the boomtown of Shenzhen where she navigates dangerous encounters with
ruthless bosses, jealous wives, sympathetic hookers and corrupt policemen. Moving
through a grinding succession of dead end jobs, Xiaohong finds solace in her close ties
with her fellow “northern girls,” who quickly learn to rely on each other for humor
and the enjoyment of life’s simple pleasures. This coming-of-age novel explores the
inner lives of a generation of young, rural Chinese women who embark on life-changing journeys in search of something better.
Sheng Keyi is a highly regarded writer central to China’s literary scene. Northern Girls
is the first of her full form works to be published in English.
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Civil Servant’s Notebook
Xiaofang Wang
“Wang Xiaofang is the undisputed king of the genre.” —New Yorker
A satirical absurdist blend blurring boundaries between fact and fiction in China’s halls of power
Dongzhou City needs a new Mayor. Government corridors are awash with rumor
and subterfuge as the local Communist Party mandarins go through the motions of
selecting a candidate. Dangerous factions begin to form around the two contenders,
Liu Yihe and Peng Guoliang. Devious plots, seduction, blackmail and bribery are all
on the table in a no-holds-barred scramble for political prestige and personal gain.
At the center of it all is a notebook whose pages contain information they shouldn’t.
Penned by a former insider, this book offers a glimpse into the distorted psyches of
those who roam the guarded halls of Chinese political power. “Serve the people” is
just about the last thing on their minds.
Wang Xiaofang was private secretary to Shenyang Deputy Mayor Ma Xiangdong
from 1997-1999. Ma achieved infamy for gambling and losing millions in public money, and was sentenced to death for his crimes. Wang Xiaofang was found innocent of
any involvement and left the service in 1999 to begin a career as political fiction writer.
He has published 13 novels of political fiction in China, and his works regularly top
the bestseller charts. This is the first of his books to be published in English.
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Hanging Devils
Hong Jun Investigates
Jiahong He
“Spot-on, classic-crime tone and highly charged atmosphere.” —Asia Literary Review
In his dogged pursuit of a killer, Hong Jun must walk the fine line between the ways of
the East and the West
Early 1990s China: Newly returned from the US, lawyer Hong Jun has just set up practice
in a fledgling legal system when his first case walks through the door. 10 years ago a local
beauty was killed on a state-owned farm in China’s frozen northeast, and the police rushed
to pin the crime on a likely culprit. Was the right man put away for the crime? In his struggle
to uncover the truth, Hong Jun ruffles more than a few feathers. As many race to cash in on
China’s glittering future, he is forced to challenge those who put personal ambition above the
rule of law—and those who will do anything to hide the sins of the past. In the finest tradition of international crime fiction, Hanging Devils is a gripping novel inspired by real events.
He Jiahong is one of China’s leading experts on criminal evidence, evidential investigation,
and criminal procedure. He obtained his doctorate in judicial science from Northwestern
University in Illinois and is a law professor at the People’s University in Beijing. As well as
publishing extensively on legal matters, he has written several bestselling crime novels, including a series of four books featuring the character of Hong Jun.
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Black Holes
Jiahong He
The follow-up to Hanging Devils, one of the Guardian’s top 10 Asian crime novels
When Xia Zhe, an ambitious trader at a state-owned securities company, is indicted for
corporate fraud, lawyer Hong Jun takes on the case at the request of the young man’s father.
But as the trial date looms, it becomes clear that this case of avarice and ill-gotten gains is
far from black and white. Hong Jun discovers a web of family secrets and hidden motives
leading back to the turbulence of the Cultural Revolution. What he doesn’t count on is that,
in dredging up these long-dormant histories, he must face the shadows of his own past to
get to the truth.
He Jiahong is one of China’s leading experts on criminal evidence, evidential investigation
and criminal procedure. He obtained his doctorate in judicial science from Northwestern
University in Illinois and is a law professor at the People’s University in Beijing. He also
presents legal programs on Chinese national television. He works extensively to promote
anti-corruption and efforts such as The Innocence Project and has published widely on the
subject of criminal law.
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Radish
Mo Yan
“That dark-skinned boy with the superhuman ability to suffer and a superhuman degree
of sensitivity represents the soul of my entire fictional output. Not one of all the fictional
characters I’ve created since then is as close to my soul as he is.” —Mo Yan,
2012 Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
“Goldblatt’s translation does justice to Mo’s rich prose. . . . Now that non-Chinese
readers can enjoy it, it serves as an affirmation that Mo’s perceptive and carefully crafted prose makes him worthy of the prestigious award.” —South China Morning Post
Thirty years after it first appeared, the Nobel Prize-winning author’s breakout story is
published for the first time in English
During China’s collectivist era in the late 1950s, a rural work team building an important floodgate receives a strange new recruit: Hei-hai, a skinny, silent and almost feral boy.
Hei-hai proves superhumanly indifferent to pain or suffering and yet, eerily sensitive to the
natural world. As the worksite becomes a backdrop to jealousy and strife, Hei-hai’s eyes
search for wonders that only he understands. One day, he finds all that he has been seeking
embodied in the most mundane and unexpected way: a radish.
Mo Yan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2012. Time magazine referred to
him as “one of the most famous, oft-banned and widely pirated of all Chinese writers.” His
works include Red Sorghum, The Republic of Wine, Big Breasts and Wide Hips, Life and
Death Are Wearing Me Out and The Garlic Ballads.
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Cathay: Ezra Pound’s Orient
Ira Nadel
The impact of Cathay, the collection of classical Chinese poetry translated by Pound
The English literati were fascinated by China at the turn of the century. London was a breeding ground for the avant-garde and modernist writers like Eliot, Yeats and Pound became
infatuated—but only Pound set out to re-invent, re-connect and eventually “rethink the nature of an English poem.” Published in 1915, Pound’s translations were popular and highly
controversial. His bold interpretations of Chinese form, wording and metric often bore little
resemblance to the original. Cathay set the stage for a new approach to poetry and eventually
for a newfound East in the West.
Ira Nadel is an American-Canadian biographer and literary critic. Nadel is a Fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada and winner of the 1996 Medal for Canadian Biography. He has also
been awarded a Killam Research Prize, Mellon and Dorot Fellowships at the Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, and a Beinecke Fellowship at Yale.
Nadel is the author of Ezra Pound: A LIterary Life and Various Positions: A Life of Leonard
Cohen. He is a book critic on CBC radio and a professor at University of British Columbia.
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THE CLOWN SERVICE
Clown Service
#1
Guy Adams
“This is the spy thriller that Douglas Adams never wrote . . . it’s hilarious and
well worth your time.” —Starburst
“A great beginning to what could become a classic series. . . . One of my top
three reads of the year.” —SFSite.com
“Rips along like the finest episode of the old Avengers series.”
—Independent on Sunday
Spooks meets X-Files with a generous helping of Le Carré, and a dash of Stephen
King, in this first in a new supernatural spy series
Toby Greene has been reassigned. After one screw-up too many, he finds himself
at a largely forgotten branch of the British Intelligence Service, working for August
Shining, a Cold War relic, and charged with defending the country from paranormal
terrorism. But when an ex-Soviet-era enemy returns with an insidious plan to raise the
dead and destroy London, it seems Toby’s impossible job is to save Great Britain—
whether he believes it or not.
Guy Adams is the author of more than 20 books. They include The Sherlock Files,
new adventures for Sherlock Holmes in The Breath of God and The Army of Dr
Moreau, novels in the Torchwood series including The House that Jack Built, and the
Heaven’s Gate Trilogy, which includes The Good the Bad and the Infernal.
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Rain-Soaked Bride
#2
Guy Adams
“There is much in this novel to entice us to take our sleeping bag to the nearest
bookshop doorstep and queue early for Book 3.” —Bookbag
“In a way, we wish Adams had started writing these thirty years ago so there
would be a rich vein of stories for the new fan to discover. As it is, we must be
content with two very well written and funny books. At least there’s a third on
the way, though it’s a shame we have to wait for it.” —Starburst Magazine
How do you stop an assassin that can’t be killed? The second entry in this acclaimed supernatural spy series.
Toby Greene is part of The Clown Service, a mostly forgotten branch of British Intelligence tasked with fighting paranormal threats. However, the Rain-Soaked Bride is no
ordinary assassin. Relentless, inexorable and part of a larger game, merely stopping
this impossible killer may notbe enough to save the day.
Guy Adams has written more than 20 books. They include The Sherlock Files, new
adventures for Sherlock Holmes in The Breath of God and The Army of Dr Moreau,
novels in the Torchwood series including The House that Jack Built, and the Heaven’s
Gate Trilogy, which includes The Good the Bad and the Infernal.
Science Fiction • 336 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780091953171 • June • $16.95 • Trade Paper
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ROADS TO MOSCOW
Empire of Time
#1
David Wingrove
“Wingrove is a master storyteller and Empire of Time is a gripping epic that
slingshots the reader across human history alongside characters enthralled by
their own passions.” —Michael Cobley, author, Seeds of Earth
“The Empire of Time could be the beginning of something brilliant: Blackout
meets Bond in a relentless race war Wingrove depicts with deftness and deference.” —Tor.com
From the author of the Chung Kuo series comes the ultimate time travel thriller—
genre-busting and epic in every way
There is only the war. Otto Behr is a German agent, fighting his Russian counterparts
across three millennia, manipulating history for moments in time that can change
everything. Only the remnants of two great nations stand and for Otto, the war is life
itself, the last hope for his people. But in a world where realities shift and memory
is never constant, can one man’s destiny be the deciding factor in a war between the
empires of time?
David Wingrove is the celebrated author of the Chung Kuo series. He is also the coauthor of Trillion Year Spree with Brian Aldiss and the Myst novels with Rand Miller.
Science Fiction • 496 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780091956165 • April • $16.95 • Trade Paper
Ocean of Time
#2
David Wingrove
The War for Time continues in the second entry of the gripping new time travel
thriller series from David Wingrove
From the frozen tundra of 13th Century Russia to the battle of Paltava in 1709 and
beyond, German Time Agent Otto Behr has waged an unquestioning, unending war
across time for his people. But now a third unidentified power has joined the game
across the ocean of time, and everything Otto holds dear could be unmade. An epic
novel in three parts, Roads to Moscow is the ultimate blend of thriller, historical
novel and science fiction.
David Wingrove is the celebrated author of the Chung Kuo series. He is also the coauthor of Trillion Year Spree with Brian Aldiss and the Myst novels with Rand Miller.
Science Fiction • 400 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780091956189 • June • $16.95 • Trade Paper
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LUKAS DRAKENFELD MYSTERIES
Drakenfeld
#1
Mark Charan Newton
“Contagiously optimistic. . . . The real nature of his novel: this is a cutting-edge
political thriller that for the most part, wouldn’t be out of place in a major city
like London or New York or modern day Rome.” —io9.com
The start of a thrilling new fantasy crime series inspired by the classical world of
Ancient Rome and authors such as C J Sansom
The Royal Vispasian Union monarchies have been bound together for 200 years by
laws enforced by the powerful Sun Chamber. Nations have flourished, but corruption,
deprivation and murder will always find a way. Following his father’s death, Sun
Chamber Officer Lucan Drakenfeld is called home to Tryum and rapidly embroiled
in a mystifying case. The King’s sister has been found murdered, her body in a locked
temple. Drakenfeld must separate superstition from certainty. The case makes him a
target, as Tryum’s underworld gangs focus on this new threat to their power. Embarking on the biggest investigation of his career, Drakenfeld soon realizes the evidence is
leading him toward a motive that could bring darkness to the whole continent. The
fate of the nations is in his hands.
Mark Charan Newton is best known for his series The Legends of the Red Sun, which
included Nights of Villjamur and City of Ruin. He holds a degree in environmental
science and is a former reviewer for The Ecologist.
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Retribution
#2
Mark Charan Newton
The second in a fantastic new fantasy series from the author of the Legends of
the Red Sun series
Having just solved a difficult case in his home city of Tryum, Sun Chamber Officer
Lucan Drakenfeld and his associate Leana are ordered to journey to the exotic city
of Kuvash in Koton, where a revered priest has gone missing. When they arrive, they
discover the priest has already been found—or at least parts of him have. But investigating the unusual death isn’t a priority for the legislature of Kuvash; there’s a kingdom to run, a census to create and a dictatorial Queen to placate. Soon Drakenfeld
finds that he is suddenly in charge of an investigation in a strange city, whose customs
and politics are as complex as they are dangerous. Kuvash is a city of contradictions;
wealth and poverty exist uneasily side-by-side and behind the rich façades of gilded
streets and buildings, all levels of depravity and decadence are practiced. When several more bodies are discovered mutilated and dumped in a public place, Drakenfeld
realizes there’s a killer at work who seems to delight in torture and pain. With no
motive, no leads and no suspects, he feels like he’s running out of options. And in a
city where nothing is as it seems, seeking the truth is likely to get him killed.
Mark Charan Newton is a fantasy author best known for his series The Legends of
the Red Sun, which included Nights of Villjamur and City of Ruin. He also holds a
degree in environmental science and is a former reviewer for The Ecologist.
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The Black Dream
#3
Col Buchanan
“Relies less on the genre’s usual staple of sorcery and curious creatures than on the
author’s impressive skill at fleshing out characters. . . . The tale ends with some rousing
action and a startling plot twist that cleverly hooks the reader for the author’s planned
sequel.” —Booklist on Farlander
“Completely absorbing. Once I was into it, I just couldn’t put it down. I’m looking
forward to the sequel!” —Glen Cook, author, The Black Company series, on Farlander
“One of the most refreshing new fantasies out there.” —SFX on Stands a Shadow
The third novel in the Heart of the World series
As the empire of Mann threatens the world with enslavement, only a single island nation continues to stand in its way—the Free Ports of the democras. For 10 years they have held their
own, but now the empire draws its noose even tighter over them. Rallying to its defense are
those from the secretive network known as the Few, including the cripple and troubleshooter
Coya Zeziké. Coya has hopes of enlisting the forest contrarè in the aid of the besieged city
of Bar-Khos. With him is Shard, the only Dreamer of the Free Ports, a woman capable of
manipulating waking reality or the strange dimensions of the Black Dream. The Roshun
order of assassins have also engaged in the war at last. But Ash, their ailing farlander, has
more urgent business to overcome. Facing him is a skyship voyage into the Great Hush, then
further journeying to the fabled Isles of Sky, where he hopes bring his dead apprentice Nico
back to life. Yet, his voyage into the unknown may save more than just Nico . . . it may save
the Free Ports themselves.
Colin Buchanan is an Irish fantasy writer. His previous two books in the Heart of the World
series are Farlander and Stands a Shadow.
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Monolith
Shaun Hutson
“Britain’s greatest living horror author.” —Dark Side
“An amalgamation of horror and police-procedural, with a little Jewish mythology
tossed in for good measure, there is much fun to be had here.” —This Is Horror
Shaun Hutson’s masterful work of horror—his first stand-alone novel in five years—
now with the Blood Red edition cover
“When you have eliminated the impossible whatever remains, however improbable, must be
the truth.” —Arthur Conan Doyle
On the banks of the river Thames a new building is being completed; a stunning creation of
glass and concrete that will be a new landmark on London’s skyline. Now people are dying
because of it. Dozens of mysterious accidents have claimed the lives of workmen during
the construction of the Crystal Tower. The owner, an enigmatic Russian businessman, has
family links back to the site to the 1930s and a dark family secret of unstoppable force. Of
malevolence created by man. Something evil has been reawakened and no one can stop it.
Shaun Hutson is one of the best known horror authors in the UK. He has written more than
30 novels. His novel Slugs was the basis of a U.S. horror film.
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CLIFF HARDY
Gun Control
#40
Peter Corris
“Corris belongs on the short lists of hard-boiled-crime
fans who like Down Under settings.” —Booklist on
Torn Apart
In the 40th Cliff Hardy book, Hardy plays a cool hand as
a decades-old crime resurfaces and old scores are settled
Is Sydney gun city? It certainly seems so when Cliff Hardy is
hired by entrepreneur and one-time pistol-shooting champion Timothy Greenhall to investigate the violent death of his
troubled son. Soon Hardy is pitched into a world of crooked
cops—former members of the Gun Control Unit—outlaw bikers and honest police trying to quietly clean the stables.Two
more murders raise the stakes and relationships are stretched
to breaking point. Hardy hooks up with a determined policewoman and forms an unlikely alliance with a charismatic biker
chief. Uncovering the tangled conspiracy behind the murders
takes Hardy to the Blue Mountains and Camden, to plush legal chambers and a confrontation in an inner-west park—all
against the roar of 750cc engines.
Peter Corris is best known as the father of Australian crime
fiction and the author of Cliff Hardy detective stories.
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THE DETECTIVE’S DAUGHTER
Detective’s Secret
#3
Lesley Thomson
“These surroundings exude menace, a feeling that will grip you until the very impressive end.” —Suspense Magazine on Ghost Girl
“A wonderfully eerie London setting and a chilling plot . . . Lesley Thomson is one
of our leading crime writers.” —Elly Griffiths, author, The Ghost Fields
Stella Darnell was the Detective’s Daughter. Now she’s solving cases of her own.
Jack Harmon craves silence and a bird’s eye view. From his new home in Palmyra Tower, he can raise binoculars to watch over west London. If he watches for long enough, he
will learn who has secrets. He will learn who plans to kill. But Jack does not see everything. A man has died beneath a late-night train, and Jack’s friend Stella, the detective’s
daughter, suspects it could have been murder. Now Jack and Stella are stirring up the
past with questions that no one wants answered—questions that lead to an unsolved
case nearly 20 years old.
Lesley Thomson is the author of the Detective’s Daughter series.
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Detective’s Shadow
#4
Lesley Thomson
“Fans of slow and steady suspense . . . will feel they’ve received their money’s
worth.” —Booklist on Ghost Girl
A chilling new case for the Detective’s Daughter
The summer of 1976 was the hottest in living memory. Britain sweltered, trees and
plants wilted, fire ripped through forests and rivers ran dry. In London’s Kew Gardens
a 10 year old girl was parted from her friends and, dizzied by scorching heat, wandered
lost into its secluded undergrowth. Forty years later, the detective’s daughter Stella Darnell takes on a chilling new case. Along with Jack, a train driver, she will be drawn to
the secret spaces of Kew, and to an unsolved murder that has lain dormant for decades.
Lesley Thomson is the author of the Detective’s Daughter series.
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KATIE MAGUIRE
Blood Sisters
#5
Graham Masterton
“White Bones and Katie Maguire deserve to be recognized as standing toe-to-toe
with the best books and detectives in the genre today . . . fans of television shows
such as Hannibal and Criminal Minds who enjoy their crime spiced with more
than a dash of violence should not hesitate to grab this book.” —Examiner.com on
White Bones
Katie Maguire Hunts a serial killer targeting nuns in her fifth outing
In a nursing home outside Cork, an elderly nun lies dead. She has been suffocated. It
looks like a mercy-killing—until another sister from the same convent is found murdered, floating in the Glashaboy river. Why would anyone want to kill them? When a
child’s skull is unearthed in the convent garden, Katie Maguire discovers a 50 year old
secret that might lead her to the killer, if the killer doesn’t find her first.
Graham Masterton has published more than 60 novels. He is an Edgar Award- and
Bram Stoker Award-winner and a World Fantasy Award nominee.
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Buried
#6
Graham Masterton
“One of the most original and frightening storytellers of our time.” —Peter James,
author, You Are Dead
The sixth gruesome thriller in the Katie Maguire series
Five years ago, a well-to-do family from north-east Cork disappeared without trace.
Now their mutilated bodies have surfaced in a nearby peat bog, perfectly preserved right
down to the smallest smashed fingernail. Katie Maguire suspects the family were victims
of a blood feud between two of Cork’s most violent gangs. As she investigates, their
bitter rivalry flares up once more—and this time it is Katie who is danger.
Graham Masterton has published more than 60 novels, including many acclaimed horror
novels. His books include The 5th Witch, Blind Panic, The Doorkeepers, and Spirit. He is
an Edgar Award- and Bram Stoker Award-winner and a World Fantasy Award nominee.
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DI HANLON
Cold Revenge
#2
Alex Howard
“A tenacious crime thriller with a difference. . . . You don’t need to have read the
first in the series ‘Time To Die’, to enjoy this slice of crime fiction.”
—lovereading.co.uk
She’s back—only it’s DCI Hanlon now—and undercover at an Oxford college to
find a high end sadomasochistic killer
Detective Inspector Hanlon has been promoted, and is undercover in Oxford to find the
sadomasochistic killer of two students. Philosophy lecturer Dr. Gideon Fuller, with his
penchant for high end sadistic sex, is in the frame, but Hanlon is not convinced. From
the specialist brothels in Oxford and Soho, to the inner sanctum of a Russian people
trafficker with a taste for hurting women, the trail leads Hanlon deeper and deeper into
danger—until she herself becomes the killer’s next target.
Alex Howard is the author of the DI Hanlon series.
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Hard Woman to Kill
#3
Alex Howard
“If you are wearying of by-the-numbers thrillers, juggling a variety of warmed-over
elements . . . take heart—there is still stimulating fare to be found.” —Crime Time
DCI Hanson is brought in out of the cold to hunt down the kidnappers of her partner, Enver Demirel
Chechnya: an incorruptible security officer is assassinated. Berlin: a small child grieves
for his father. In the East : an obese psychopath sets his feet on the first rungs of his criminal career. A frightened Russian woman seeks DCI Hanlon’s help in finding her missing
husband. Hanlon’s not keen on the case, until she hears a name she recognizes only too
well. Arkady Belanov, sadistic pimp and owner of an exclusive brothel in Oxford. When
DI Enver Demirel, her former partner and friend, disappears, Hanlon is forced into
an uneasy alliance with the London underworld to rescue him from the blood-stained
hands of the Russian mafia.
Alex Howard is the author of the DI Hanlon series.
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Blood Mist
Mark Roberts
“A genuinely innovative crime writer with a taste for the macabre and unexpected.”
—Daily Mail
“Dark, gripping and believable. Roberts’ intimate knowledge of Liverpool makes the
city into a sinister character of itself.” —Graham Masterton
Liverpool DCI Eve Clay hunts a Satanic killer who knows more about her past than she
does—first in a gripping new series from a Dagger-shortlisted author
DCI Eve Clay got the call at five minutes to midnight. A family of six, slaughtered in their
beds, their bodies dragged out to the landing to form an arcane pattern. Outside, a blizzard
rages past the well-kept houses of The Serpentine. None of the neighbors heard a sound.
Someone took great care to arrange those bodies so precisely. But who? And why? Somewhere in Eve’s minds, a long-buried memory flickers. But there is no time for hunches. She
must find the killers before they strike again. As Liverpool holds its breath, DCI Eve Clay
hunts a ruthless killer who knows more about her past than she does.
Mark Roberts is the author of What She Saw, which was longlisted for a CWA Gold Dagger.
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In the Name of Love
Patrick Smith
A literary crime novel from a remarkable new Irish writer set in a seemingly idyllic
island community on the Stockholm archipelago.
A young woman is brutally murdered on an island near Stockholm—a haunt of wealthy retirees and arty weekenders. Suspicion falls first on a family of Iraqi refugees, initially welcomed
into the community but gradually feared and shunned. But then, as the victim’s story unfolds,
suspicion begins inexorably to fall elsewhere. Lena Sundman was rude, dysfunctional, and
very young—everything a fastidious man like Dan Byrne disliked. Taking refuge on the island
after the sudden death of his wife, Dan finds himself strangely drawn to the troubled girl,
starting from the moment he reluctantly rescues her in the teeth of a gathering snowstorm.
This is a taut, elegantly chilling drama in the tradition of Scandinavian masters from Ibsen
to Larsson.
Born in Ireland, Patrick Smith has spent most of his life as a translator in Sweden and, having
published novels and short stories in Swedish, began his first novel in English at the age of 70.
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After the Storm
Jane Lythell
“Fascinating and clever. . . .The author’s real skill is her ability to invent memorable
original characters.” —Daily Mail
“A dark, mesmerising story where the underlying tension builds slowly.” —Novelicious
Relationships shift and suppressed secrets are stirred up when two young couples spend
10 days at sea
Rob and Anna have only just met Owen and Kim. Now they’ve boarded their handsome old
boat to travel to a far off island in the Caribbean. With only the four of them on board, it
should be paradise: lazy afternoons spent snorkelling; long nights enjoying the silence and
solitude of the sea. But ten days is a long time to spend with strangers—especially when one
of them carries a destructive secret.
Jane Lythell worked as a television producer and commissioning editor before becoming Deputy Director of the BFI and Chief Executive of BAFTA. She is the author of The Lie of You.
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The Mysterious Affair at Castaway House
Stephanie Lam
A stunning debut novel laced with mystery, secrets and love, for fans of The Suspicions
of Mr. Whicher
It’s 1965 and 18 year-old Rosie Churchill has run away to the beautiful but run-down Castaway House in the seaside town of Helmstone. But when she uncovers a scandal locked away
in the walls of the old house, she soon comes to realize that neither her own troubled past
nor that of the house will stay buried for long. In 1924, fresh-faced Robert Carver comes to
Castaway House to spend a languid summer in the company of his much wealthier cousin,
Alec Bray. But the Brays are a damaged family, with damaging secrets. And little does Robert
know that his world is about to change forever. As Rosie begins to learn more about Robert,
the further she is drawn into the mysterious history of the house, and their stories entwine.
Stephanie Lam is a debut novelist.
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The Starlings & Other Stories
A Murder Squad & Accomplices Anthology
Murder Squad
12 pictures, 12 tales of crime and mystery, from six acclaimed authors
Written by Murder Squad and their six accomplices, these page-turning stories uncover a
world of intrigue, suspense, and fear. Each tale is inspired by the atmospheric and evocative
Pembrokeshire collection of photographer David Wilson.
Murder Squad is a collective of six crime writers from the north of England. Ann Cleeves is
a crime fiction author whose books include Raven Black and Silent Voices. Martin Edwards
is the author of the Lake District Mysteries. Cath Staincliffe is the author of Dead to Me and
creator of TV series Blue Murder. Chris Simms is the author of the DI Spicer series. Kate
Ellis has written the the Joe Plantagenet series and the DI Wesley Peterson series. Margaret
Murphy is the author of Darkness Falls and Weaving Shadows.
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The Unusual Possession of Alastair Stubb
A Gothic Tale
David John Griffin
The Stubbs will terrify and delight in this weird and wonderful gothic tale for fans of
Gormenghast or China Mieville. Do you dare meet the Stubbs?
The turn of the last century and Theodore Stubb’s manor house resides in the quirky village
of Muchmarsh. A renowned entomologist, he is often within the attic adding another exotic specimen to his extensive collection of insects. But Theodore is also a master hypnotist,
holding the household in thrall to his every whim. Theodore’s daughter-in-law Eleanor is
a haunted figure, believing that her stillborn child Alastair lives and hides in the shadows.
Then she falls pregnant again, but this time by the hypnotic coercion and wicked ravishment
of Theodore. A dreadful act begets terrible secrets, and thirteen years later the boy Alastair
Stubb begins to lose his identity, and it is not long before mystery, intrigue and murder follow
gleefully in his wake. This is gothic terror of the highest order, a dream-like and hallucinatory
reading experience that promises to reveal secrets both disturbing and astonishing.
David John Griffin is a writer, graphic designer and app designer.
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MERRILY WATKINS MYSTERIES
Friends of the Dusk
#13
Phil Rickman
“Rickman, a historian of the first order, neatly segues
between church policies of today and seven centuries ago.
Be prepared to read slowly, maybe even take notes.”
—Kirkus Reviews on The Fabric of Sin
A medieval legend spawns an unhealthy cult, and a terrifying 13th case for Merrily Watkins
When autumn storms blast Hereford, centuries-old human
bones are found among the roots of a tree blown down on the
city’s Castle Green. At the nearby Cathedral, another storm is
building around a modernizing bishop who believes that the
Church must phase out irrelevant archaic practices—bad news
for Merrily Watkins, consultant on the paranormal or, as it
used to be known, diocesan exorcist. Especially as she’s now
presented with the job at its most medieval, in dealing with a
rambling 12th-century house thought to be haunted. Merrily’s
discovery of the house’s links with the medieval legend of a
man who resisted mortality threatens to expose the hidden history of a more modern cult and its trail of insidious abuse—a
trail that may not be closed.
Phil Rickman is the author of the John Dee series and the Merrily Watkins series.
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Promises of Blood
#3
David Thorne
The third Daniel Connell novel—even the dead like to keep their secrets
When dying millionaire William Gove asks Daniel Connell to execute his will, Daniel has
no idea what he’s getting himself into. Gove has chosen 10 random names from the phone
book as the recipients of his fortune. When he dies, Daniel sets out to track them down. But
a chance remark by one—that perhaps this is God’s way of compensating for her daughter’s
disappearance—gives him pause. Another mention of a missing person, and Daniel suspects
there may be something darker at work. His discoveries set him on a lethal trajectory with a
powerful family who believe themselves to be above the law.
David Thorne is the author of East of Innocence and Nothing Sacred.
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You Sent Me a Letter
Lucy Dawson
What if your worst enemy found out your darkest secret? What if they wanted to destroy your life?
At 2 a.m. on the morning of her 40th birthday, Sophie wakes in the darkness of her bedroom,
and finds a stranger watching her from the foot of her bed. The intruder hands Sophie a letter
and issues an ultimatum: the message is to be opened at her forthcoming party, in front of
gathered family and friends, at exactly 8 p.m. Any failure to comply will not end well. Sophie
can only think of one person who hates her enough to have hired a professional to menace
her like this: her fiancé’s ex-wife. But what can the letter possibly contain? And why must it
be read in front of everyone she loves best? This will be no ordinary 40th party. Sophie is not
the only person holding a secret about the evening ahead. When the clock strikes eight, the
course of several people’s lives will be altered forever.
Lucy Dawson is a former magazine editor and the author of His Other Lover and What My
Best Friend Did.
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Fishbowl
Matthew Glass
“A rare thriller that terrifies not because it is possible, but because it feels probable--if
not inevitable. . . . Sharp as a well-honed scalpel, Ultimatum is a masterful novel with
deftly drawn characters, real settings, and a dark, dark understanding of geopolitical
reality. The ending will leave you gasping.” —Douglas Preston on Ultimatum
“Both a gripping thriller and a remarkably intelligent political novel. Matt Glass weaves
together fascinating research, thoughtful analysis, and first-rate storytelling to produce
a novel that is hard to put down and will stay with readers long after the conclusion.”
—David Liss on Ultimatum
When you’re the next big thing in Silicon Valley, the whole world is watching
As a gifted Ivy League student, Andrei Koss hit upon an idea that would revolutionize social
networking and move it on by a generation. Enlisting the help of his best friends, Ben and
Kevin, he turned their dorm room into an operations base, where flashes of creative brilliance
and all-night-coding sessions led to the creation of Fishbowl. He is now the 21-year-old CEO
of a multi-billion-dollar empire. His creation reaches into every corner of the planet. But its
immense power has many uses, and some will stop at nothing to get a piece of it. The internet
is everywhere. Those who control it, control us.
Matthew Glass remains anonymous. He is the author of Ultimatum.
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Goldblatt’s Descent
Michael Honig
“One of the funniest—and bleakest—books I’ve read this year.” —Judith Flanders,
author, The Invention of Murder
From a former senior hospital doctor comes a biting, brilliant, black tragicomedy of
doctors, patients, lost hopes and last chances
‘But I just killed someone!’
‘I don’t know if I’d shout about it if I were you.’ Malcolm Goldblatt paused. ‘Look, you
didn’t kill him. It was waiting to happen. You just . . . helped.’
‘Malcolm, they’ll strike me off!’ ‘They can’t strike you off. You’re still a House Officer. They
haven’t struck you on yet . . . ‘
Malcolm Goldblatt has one last chance. Life, or his own obstinacy, has dumped him at the
door of Professor Andrea Small’s medical unit, where he will have the privilege of ministering to the world’s most unimportant disease. But in so many ways, this unit is like all the
others that Goldblatt has worked on, from Dr. Madic’s ferocious aversion to work, to Dr.
Burton’s knife-in-the-back ambition, right up to the monstrous vanities of the professor
herself—and that’s before he even meets the patients. Soon the familiar cycle of hope and despair threatens to drag him into its eddy, and with his finger never far from the self-destruct
button, the temptation to press it for what will surely be the final time begins to feel less like
professional suicide and more like salvation.
Michael Honig trained in medicine and worked at a number of London’s teaching hospitals.
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VARG VEUM
Where Roses Never Die
#19
Gunnar Staalesen
Translator Don Bartlett
“A Norwegian Chandler.” —Jo Nesbø, author, The Bat
“Top-tier Scandinavian crime fiction.” —Booklist starred
review of Cold Hearts
Newest in the Varg Veum series reaffirms Staalesen as one
of the world’s foremost crime thriller writers
September 1977. Mette Misvær, a three-year-old girl, disappears without trace from the sandpit outside her home. Her
tiny, close middle-class community in the tranquil suburb
of Nordas is devastated, but their enquiries and the police
produce nothing. Curtains twitch, suspicions are raised, but
Mette is never found. Almost 25 years later, as the expiration
date for the statute of limitations draws near, Mette’s mother approaches PI Varg Veum, in a last, desperate attempt to
find out what happened to her daughter. As Veum starts to
dig, he uncovers an intricate web of secrets, lies and shocking events that have been methodically concealed. When another brutal incident takes place, a pattern begins to emerge.
Chilling, shocking and full of extraordinary twists and turns,
Where Roses Never Die reaffirms Gunnar Staalesen as one of
the world’s foremost crime thriller writers.
Gunnar Staalesen published the first Varg Veum book in 1977.
He is the author of more than 20 titles, which have been published in 24 countries and sold more than four million copies.
Twelve film adaptations of his Varg Veum crime novels have
appeared since 2007. Staalesen, who has won three Golden
Pistols (including the Prize of Honour), lives in Bergen where
there is is a life-sized statue of Varg Veum in the city center. Don Barlett has translated books by Jo Nesbø’, Karl Ove
Knausgaard, and Per Petterson.
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The Evolution of Fear
Paul E. Hardisty
“The author’s deep knowledge of the settings never slows down the non-stop action,
with distant echoes of a more-moral minded Jack Reacher or Jason Bourne. A forceful
first novel by a writer not afraid of weighty issues.” —Maxim Jakubowski, editor, The
New Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction, on The Abrupt Physics of Dying
The gripping, frighteningly realistic sequel to eco-thriller The Abrupt Physics of Dying
Claymore Straker is a fugitive with a price on his head. Wanted by the CIA for acts of terrorism he did not commit, his best friend has just been murdered and Rania, the woman he
loves, has disappeared. As his pursuers close in, Clay follows Rania to Istanbul and then
Cyprus, where he is drawn into a violent struggle between the Russian mafia, Greek Cypriot
extremists, and Turkish developers cashing in on the tourism boom. As the island of love
descends into chaos, and the horrific truth is unveiled, Clay must call on every ounce of skill
to save Rania and end unimaginable destruction being wrought in the name of profit.
Canadian by birth, Paul E. Hardisty has spent 25 years working all over the world as an
engineer, hydrologist and environmental scientist. His debut novel, The Abrupt Physics of
Dying, was shortlisted for the CWA John Creasy (New Blood) Dagger.
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Epiphany Jones
Michael Grothaus
A page-turning psychological thriller novel about trafficking and America’s addiction to
celebrity, and a superb dark comedy with a powerful emotional core
Jerry has a traumatic past that leaves him subject to psychotic hallucinations and depressive
episodes. When he stands accused of stealing a priceless Van Gogh painting, he goes underground, where he develops an unwilling relationship with a woman who believes that the
voices she hears are from God. Involuntarily entangled in the illicit world of sex-trafficking
among the Hollywood elite, and on a mission to find redemption for a haunting series of
events from the past, Jerry is thrust into a genuinely shocking and outrageously funny quest
to uncover the truth and atone for historical sins.
Michael Grothaus is a journalist who spent years researching sex trafficking, using his experiences as a springboard for his debut novel Epiphany Jones. He has written for Fast
Company, VICE, the Guardian, and Engadget, and is the former European Editor for AOL’s
popular tech news site TUAW. He has had films shown on PBS and at the Art Institute of
Chicago. Originally from St. Louis, Michael currently lives in London.
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In Her Wake
Amanda Jennings
“Jennings writes with profound insight into character and a poetic gift for language,
exploring chilling themes with lyrical grace. In Her Wake is charged with dark, perfectly
observed emotion; a haunting and compelling read.” —Iona Grey, author, Letters to
the Lost
A chilling, evocative thriller that hinges on the abduction of a child—exquisitely written
and with a deftly orchestrated plot
A tragic family event reveals devastating news that rips apart Bella’s comfortable existence.
Embarking on a personal journey to uncover the truth, she faces a series of traumatic discoveries that take her to the ruggedly beautiful Cornish coast, where hidden truths, past betrayals and a 25-year-old mystery threaten not just her identity, but her life. Chilling, complex
and profoundly moving, In Her Wake is a gripping psychological thriller that questions the
nature of family—and reminds us that sometimes the most shocking crimes are committed
closest to home.
Amanda Jennings is the author of The Judas Scar and Sworn Secret.
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Wicked Game
Matt Johnson
“Terse, tense and vivid writing. Matt Johnson is a brilliant new name in the world of
thrillers. And he’s going to be a big name.” —Peter James, author, Dead Like You
The debut novel from an ex-soldier and police officer, this taut, emotive thriller features
a cop whose carefully concealed past has come back to haunt him
2001. Age is catching up with Robert Finlay, a police officer on the Royalty Protection team
based in London. He’s looking forward to returning to uniform policing and a less stressful
life with his new family. But fate has other plans. A policeman is killed by a bomb blast, and
a second is gunned down in his own driveway. Both of the murdered men were former Army
colleagues from Finlay’s SAS regiment, and a series of explosive events makes it clear that he
is not the ordinary man that his colleagues and new family think he is. And so begins a game
of cat and mouse in which Finlay is forced to test his long-buried skills in a fight against a
determined, unidentified enemy.
Matt Johnson served as a soldier and police officer for 25 years. He lectures on PTSD.
Half a Pound of Tuppenny Rice
David Coubrough
This debut novel is a gripping crime thriller set in picturesque Cornwall on England’s
south-western coast
The events of August 1972—a poisoning, a drowning and a possible cover-up—disturb the
17-year-old Grant Morrison. Forty years later, still obsessed with the case and the fear that
his late mother might have been involved, Grant sets out to unravel the twisted network of
the suspects’ relationships while haunted by an old nursery rhyme sung by the echoing voice
of a child.
David Coubrough is a successful entrepreneur who founded Portfolio Recruitment in 1985
and has gone on to hold a number of roles as chairman and non-executive director of several
businesses. Half a Pound of Tuppenny Rice is his debut novel.
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DCI FRANK MERLIN
Princes Gate
#1
Mark Ellis
“One of the most attractive characters to emerge in recent detective-thriller
fiction. . . . As an historian I can attest to Ellis’s impressive accuracy in his fine
descriptions of Blitz-hit London.” —Andrew Roberts, author, Napoleon: A Life
First in an atmospheric series set in wartime London mixing historical and
fictional characters and featuring DCI Frank Merlin—a charismatic halfSpanish detective
When a brilliant emigré scientist is killed by a hit and run driver and a young woman’s
body is washed up in the Thames, Merlin and his team must investigate. The woman
is an American Embassy employee. The Ambassador at this time is Joseph Kennedy.
DCI Merlin’s investigation of diplomats ruffles feathers at the Foreign Office—the
U.S. Ambassador is a well-known supporter of appeasement and many powerful Britons favor a negotiated peace settlement with Hitler. Another Embassy employee death
leads Merlin into the seedier quarters of wartime London where a corrupt night-club
owner, various diplomats and the Ambassador himself appear to be linked to the
deaths. Merlin has to pursue his work under the supervision of an Assistant Metropolitan Commissioner who is fearful about the impact of Merlin’s investigations on
Anglo-American relations at a time when America represents to many Britain’s the
only hope of salvation.
Mark Ellis is the author of the DCI Frank Merlin series.
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Stalin’s Gold
#2
Mark Ellis
“I found it very difficult to put this very gripping story down until the extraordinary end. . . I look forward hopefully to reading many more books by this very
gifted author. Strongly recommended.” —Eurocrime
DCI Merlin returns to help solve the mystery of a missing Polish RAF pilot, inadvertently stumbling upon a deadly international treasure hunt
Moscow, December 1938: Josef Stalin has lost some gold, and instructs his henchman
Beria to track it down. London, September 1940: above the city, the Battle of Britain
rages, and the bombs rain down. On the streets below, DCI Frank Merlin and his
officers investigate the sudden disappearance of Polish RAF pilot Ziggy Kilinski while
also battling and epidemic of looting unleashed by the chaos and destruction of the
Blitz. Kilinski’s fellow pilots, a disgraced Cambridge don, Stalin’s spies in London,
members of the Polish government in exile, and a ruthless Russian gangster are among
those caught up in Merlin’s enquiries. Sweeping from Stalin’s Russia to Civil War
Spain, from Aztec Mexico to pre-war Poland, and from Hitler’s Berlin to Churchill’s
London, a compelling story of treasure, grand larceny, treachery, torture, and murder
unfolds. Eventually, as Hitler reluctantly accepts that the defiance of the RAF has
destroyed his chances of invasion for the moment, a violent shoot-out in Hampstead
leads Merlin to the final truth—and Stalin to his gold.
Mark Ellis is the author of the DCI Frank Merlin series.
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NICK SHARMAN
Paint It Black
#11
Mark Timlin
“It is possible that South London contains some law abiding citizens in conventional relationships but they make no appearance in Timlin’s immoral, wildly
enjoyable books.” —Times
The 11th Nick Sharman thriller finds his daughter in danger, and him catapulted
back into a world he should have left behind
Nick Sharman—at last—is living a life of married bliss with his new partner (and
ex-stripper) Dawn. The bad boy has settled down, and the booze and the drugs and
the guns are but a happy memory—unlike his ex-wife Laura, now married to respectability. Laura’s quite capable of shattering the idyll, but this time it’s serious—their
15-year-old daughter Judith, the real love of Sharman’s life, has gone missing. The
police are looking, but have no leads. Laura fears the worst. Sharman still has his
own skills. But Laura’s call returns him to a world he thought he’d left. And when he
decides to right some wrongs in his own way, domestic bliss becomes a thing of the
past—and Sharman, once again, finds himself playing for keeps.
Mark Timlin is the author of more than 30 novels, including All the Empty Places,
Answers from the Grave, Guns of Brixton, and Stay Another Day, as well as Gangsters’ Wives and Lipstick Killers under the pseudonym Lee Martin. His Nick Sharman
novels were made into a television series starring Clive Owen.
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#12
Mark Timlin
“Sharman—who makes Sam Spade look like a curate—slugs, shoots and swears
his way through to a climax spattered with more dead bodies than a grand opera.
Enjoyably amoral rough stuff.” —Sunday Telegraph
Sharman’s 12th hardboiled thriller finds him digging for the truth about an old
friend’s death, and finding trouble
Harry Stonehouse had been a cop, a good one—and straight, unlike Nick Sharman.
After taking early retirement he’d landed a job at a security firm. Now he’s dead, and
his wife wants Nick to find out who killed him and why. Nick’s been taking a close
look at hell recently and doesn’t care too much about anything beyond the next Jack
Daniels. But Harry had been a friend, and Nick had screwed his wife and he feels
sorry for her. Big mistake. In an unlikely partnership with ex-DI Robber, escaping
from resentful retirement at his sister’s, Sharman sets off in pursuit—and finds himself
swept along in the deadly aftermath of a £20 million heist. And with that much money at stake, betrayal, double-crossing and murder are just for starters.
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NICK SHARMAN
Sharman and Other Filth
#13
Mark Timlin
A collection of seven Sharman stories and two other hardboiled stories from Timlin
They had so much on Sharman that he couldn’t move without their say-so. Stuff he’d
done for himself, and things he’d done for them, too. His name was ruined on both
sides of the fence. So they came up with one more job, the big one. When he found
out they’d snared him in a honey trap, he was ready to kill. The nastiest story you’ll
read this year, rubbing cheeks with a kaleidoscope of sin and substances and truckers’
favorites from the casebook of Nick Sharman.
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#14
Mark Timlin
“The king of the British hard-boiled thriller.” —Times
“Grips like a pair of regulation handcuffs’ .” —Guardian
In his 14th thriller, Sharman’s ex-wife is dead, and what should have been a
simple job puts his daughter in grave danger
Sharman’s Christmas with his daughter Judith starts with the worst of gifts: news
that his ex-wife Laura, her new husband, and their baby son have been killed in a
bomb explosion on a plane. Sharman and Judith seek what little consolation they can
from each other, but she instinctively knows that Sharman needs to take his mind off
things. Pushed by her, he accepts a seemingly straightforward, if unlovely job babysitting a big-time American dealer who is in custody but doing one last deal—only this
time on the right side of the law. But when Sharman’s around, babysitting is one step
away from carnage and disaster; wanted by the police, he turns for help from the
most unlikely of sources—the Yardie gangs that infest the estates of “sarf London.”
What begins as work turns to vengeance for his ex-wife’s murder and battle to save
the innocence—and life—of his daughter.
Answers from the Grave, Guns of Brixton, and Stay Another Day, as well as Gangsters’ Wives and Lipstick Killers under the pseudonym Lee Martin.
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Death in the Rainy Season
#2
Anna Jaquiery
The second in the Commandant Morel series of deeply atmospheric crime novels
Phnom Penh, Cambodia; the rainy season. When a French man, Hugo Quercy, is found
brutally murdered, Commandant Serge Morel finds his holiday drawn to an abrupt halt.
Quercy was the head of a humanitarian organization which looked after neglected youth.
The Parisian detective must navigate this complex and politically sensitive crime in a country
with few forensic resources, and armed with little more than a series of perplexing questions:
what was Quercy doing in a hotel room under a false name? What is the significance of his
recent investigations into land grabs in the area? And who could have broken into his home
the night of the murder? Morel will soon discover that in this lush land of great beauty and
immense darkness, nothing is quite as it seems.
Anna Jaquiery is the author of The Lying-Down Room.
Mystery • 256 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781447244493 • August • $14.95 • Trade Paper
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The Special Dead
#10
Lin Anderson
The 10th book in the Rhona Macleod series
When Mark is invited back to Leila’s flat and ordered to strip, he expects the experience of
his life. Waking later to find Leila gone, he opens the wrong door and finds he’s entered a
nightmare; behind the swaying Barbie dolls that hang from the ceiling is the body of the girl
he just had sex with. Rhona Macleod’s investigation reveals the red silk cord used to hang
Leila to be a cingulum, a Wiccan artifact used in sex magick. Sketches of sexual partners hidden in the dolls provide a link to nine men, but who are they? As the investigation continues,
it looks likely that other witches will be targeted too. Also investigating is newly demoted DS
Michael McNab, eager to stay sober and redeem himself with Rhona, but the case threatens
his resolve. Soon McNab realizes Freya may hold the key to identifying the men linked to the
dolls, but the Nine will do anything to keep their identities a secret.
Lin Anderson is the author of the Rhona MacLeod series.
Mystery • 400 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781447245728 • July • $14.95 • Trade Paper • Rights: US
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THE FRANCES DOUGHTY MYSTERIES
Death in Bayswater
#6
Linda Stratmann
“Known for her true crime writing (Chloroform: The
Quest for Oblivion), Stratmann has neatly turned that
expertise into a winning series. . . . The story unfolds
slowly and deliberately and aptly demonstrates the author’s awareness of Victorian society’s mores. Her wit will
reward readers who stay with the elaborate plot.”
—Library Journal on The Daughters of Gentlemen
“Historical mystery fans will be hooked.”
—Publishers Weekly on The Daughters of Gentlemen
“Formidable Victorian historical . . . most readers will
want to see more of Frances.”
—Publishers Weekly on The Poisonous Seed
A thrilling new case for the Lady Detective
London 1881: Bayswater is in the grip of panic as a ruthless
murderer prowls the foggy streets of the nation’s capital. Residents live in fear, rumors and accusations abound, and vigilante groups patrol by night. It is not of course, a suitable
case for a lady detective, but when a friend falls victim to the
killer’s knife, Frances Doughty cannot help but be drawn into
a sinister new case. Myth and reality collide in another thrilling
mystery, and Frances must untangle the truth from the lies in
order to solve her most difficult case to date.
Linda Stratmann is the author of the Frances Doughty Mystery series.
Mystery • 288 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780750963626 • June
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Fractured
Clár Ní Chonghaile
In one of the world’s harshest lands, three people must find out what it really means to
be free
Peter Maguire has been kidnapped in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. He does not know
where he is or what is going to happen to him. The journalist is filled with fear and, as the
days go by, this dread of the unknown is shot through with remorse for the mistakes of his
past. Peter’s mother Nina comes to Somalia to wait for her son’s release. His plight forces
her to relive another trauma—the fatal shooting in Liberia of Shaun Ridge, a young photographer she once loved, and Peter’s real father. Abdi, a Somali teenager working with Peter’s
captors strikes a tenuous friendship with the prisoner based on a shared feeling of captivity.
He decides to help Peter escape. Together they set off into the barren vastness of a land filled
with danger. Three people must journey into one of the world’s most dangerous places, the
human mind, to answer the question: are we ever truly free?
Clár Ní Chonghaile is a freelance reporter based in London. She has worked as a journalist
in Paris, Madrid, London, Abidjan, Dakar and, most recently, Nairobi.
Fiction • 302 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781785079825 • June • $14.95 (Can $17.95) • Cloth
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The New Eastgate Swing
#2
Chris Nickson
“Nickson paints precise pictures with words. . . . He makes us feel as though we are living in what seems like a fourteenth-century version of dystopia, giving this remarkable
novel a powerful immediacy.” —Booklist, starred review of The Crooked Spire
A gritty noir set in 1950s Leeds, the thrilling sequel to Dark Briggate Blues
Leeds, 1957: When enquiry agent Dan Markham and his new partner, retired Detective Sergeant Baker, take on a missing persons case, what appears to be a simple case soon turns into
a murder investigation when a body is recovered from the River Aire. The investigation takes
a deadly turn as the pair try and track down a Russian assassin and Markham finds himself
dragged into the heart of a Cold War—in Leeds.
Chris Nickson is the author of one previous Dan Markham title, Dark Briggate Blues.
Mystery • 272 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780750966986 • May • $16.95 (Can $19.95) • Trade Paper
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Where There’s Smoke
Simon Beckett
“A strong heroine penned by a man . . . should grip readers of both sexes all the way to
its incendiary climax.” —Michael Cordy, author, The Messiah Code
“Beckett ratchets up the suspense . . . and keeps the tension taut to the end with a late
twist. Whispers of the Dead reinforces the author’s place in the front rank of forensic
crime novelists.” —Publishers Weekly on Whispers of the Dead
Sophisticated and dark, its pages seeping with menace, a stand-alone thriller by the
author of the David Hunter series
Imagine not knowing the father of your child. Not knowing his name, what he looks like, or
what sort of person he is. Although she is desperate for a baby, that is something that Kate
Powell cannot accept. Single and independent, she likes to be in control of her own life—even
if it has, somehow, become strangely shallow and meaningless. Then Kate meets a man who
seems to be the answer to all her problems. But we all know appearances can be dangerously
deceptive. And Kate should too. Soon her life is out her hands, and out of control.
Simon Beckett has worked as a freelance newpaper journalist, and is the author of four international bestselling crime thrillers: The Chemistry of Death, Written in Bone, Whispers of
the Dead, and The Calling of the Grave.
Fiction • 370 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780857502766 • June • $13.95 • Trade Paper • Rights: US
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Killing Eva
#2
Alex Blackmore
“A down-and-dirty tale of survival, a la Taken; a hi-tech corporate thriller; a ‘70s style
political conspiracy; a Bond-style spy drama.” —Crime Thriller Fella
In the second Eva Scott thriller, Eva is wanted . . . dead
Witnessing a dramatic death at London’s Waterloo Station triggers a series of events that
shatter Eva Scott’s world. Dying words awaken a history she had thought long buried, and
soon, Eva’s life is out of her hands. A genetic key is keeping her alive, but foreshadowing
her death. People she’s lost materialize and then disappear, testing her sanity. Linked to her
survival is the potential takedown of an economic power, on which hang the lives of many
others. Eva’s life is no longer her own.
Alex Blackmore is a former finance lawyer and the author of Lethal Profit.
Fiction • 320 Pages • 5 x 7.75 • 9781843446576 • June • $16.95 • Trade Paper • Rights: US
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Inspector Abberline and the Just King
#2
Simon Clark
“Edgar Allan Poe for the twenty-first century.” —SFX Magazine
The second Inspector Abberline case, based on the detective who tried to find Jack
the Ripper
1890: A killer stalks the Isle of Faxfleet—a tiny, independent Yorkshire kingdom inhabited
by eccentrics and Victorian dropouts, and ruled by King Ludwig, a man obsessed with creating an academy of geniuses. When an academy member is killed by an arrow, Scotland
Yard dispatches Inspector Abberline, the world-famous “Ripper Detective,” and his assistant
Thomas Lloyd. The case is as fascinating as it is perplexing, and leads to a series of decidedly
peculiar crimes and a thrilling climax that plunges both men into danger.
Simon Clark is a horror writer who has won the British Fantasy Society Award and been
nominated for the Bram Stoker Award and World Fantasy Award.
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Cicely’s Sovereign Secret
Sandra Heath Wilson
“Beautifully told . . . impeccable research coupled with outstanding detail and intense
dialogue truly brings the 15th century alive in the reader’s mind.” —Historical Novel
Review
Following the historical Plantagenet trilogy, Lady Cicely returns in this a story
Lancastrian King Henry VII has a dark secret that his Yorkist foe, Jack de la Pole, Earl of
Lincoln, is determined to discover. But Jack is killed by Henry’s uncle, Viscount Welles. For
Lady Cicely Plantagenet, this is a double tragedy, as Jack is her adored cousin and passionate
lover, and Jon Welles is her treasured husband. Cicely is lured into danger and intrigue in
the royal court and the streets of London. She does not know who is truly a friend, and who
is an enemy. Above all she doesn’t know the secret so heinous it could topple the throne.
Sandra Heath Wilson is the author of Cicely’s King Richard and Cicely’s Second King.
Fiction/History • 368 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781910208373 • April • $15.95 (Can $18.95)
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VESPASIAN
The Furies of Rome
#7
Robert Fabbri
“An exciting addition to a very popular genre. More
please!” —Historical Novel Society on Tribune of Rome
“Fabbri as ever brings the Roman world to life, the heat
and size of its empire, Jerusalem, and the depth of character of the great names involved in the tale. . . . Highly
recommended.” —Parmenion Books on False God of Men
The seventh gripping installment of a nine-part story
AD 58: Rome is in turmoil once more. Emperor Nero has set
his heart on a new wife but to clear a path for her, he must
first assassinate his Empress, Claudia Octavia. Vespasian needs
to tread carefully here—Nero’s new lover, Poppaea Sabina, is
no friend of his and her ascent to power spells danger. Meanwhile, Nero’s extravagance has reached new heights, triggering a growing financial crisis in Britannia. Vespasian is sent to
Londinium to rescue the situation, only to become embroiled
in a deadly rebellion, one that threatens to destroy Britannia
and de-stabilize the empire.
Robert Fabbri is an assistant director and has worked on productions such as Billy Elliot, Hellraiser, Hornblower, and Patriot Games. His life-long passion for ancient history inspired
him to write the Vespasian series.
Fiction • 368 Pages • 6 x 9 • 9780857899705 • May
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The Pope’s Assassin
#3
Tim Severin
The third thrilling Saxon adventure
Rome, 799 AD. Pope Leo is viciously attacked by unknown assailants. Sigwulf, a Saxon
prince who has been banished to the court of King Carolus in Frankia, is sent to Rome as
a spy to find who was responsible. There, he discovers a web of lies—the only clue to the
attackers’ identity an intricate gold buckle, which Sigwulf links with a flagon in the home of
the Pope’s chamberlain. Could the attack have its source in the highest levels of the church?
Pope Leo had made enemies on his rapid ascension to St. Peter’s Throne. Returning to Frankia to report his discovery, Sigwulf learns that the flagon has been stolen. His journey to
trace it takes him into dangerous territory, to the notorious stronghold of the pagan Avars.
Tim Severin is the author of The Brendan Voyage and Odinn’s Child.
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The Templar Succession
#3
Mario Reading
Third in the John Hart series, for fans of Dan Brown, Scott Mariani and Sam Bourne
1998: Kosovo is in the grip of civil war, and John Hart is an aspiring photojournalist determined to capture the devastating scenes. On his mission to shed light on the atrocities he
discovers a house where women are enslaved purely for the pleasure of the Serbian soldiers.
Hart risks his own life to free the imprisoned women. 2015: John Hart has his world turned
upside down when he is left to care for a young woman—the daughter of one of the women
he freed that fateful day in Kosovo. Unable to turn his back on the girl, Hart sets out to find
the Captain. His quest takes him across Europe and into Africa where, on an isolated plateau
in the mountains of Ethiopia, he confronts the man who shows no remorse, and no regard
for life.
Mario Reading is the author of Nostradamus: The Complete Prophecies for the Future.
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9781782395331
The Darkness and the Thunder
1915: The Great War Series
#2
Stewart Binns
Second in The Great War series: a book a year for each year of the WW1 centenary
Continuing from Shadow of War, this book follows the terrible trials of life in the trenches
of the Western Front and the horrors of Gallipoli. The Thomases are scattered across Europe
and the Mediterranean. The Stewart-Murrays try to continue the heritage of noblesse oblige,
but realize that that world has gone forever. The miners and mill-workers of Burnley are still
preparing to contribute to the cause, while their wives confront the reality of war head-on.
Londoners Maurice and Harry, two Old Contemptibles from the Royal Fusiliers, fight on.
Stewart Binns is an award-winning documentarian and author of Anarchy, Conquest,
and Crusade.
Fiction • 656 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781405916288 • May • $14.95 • Trade Paper • Rights: US
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Words of Command
#12
Allan Mallinson
“Now at last a highly literate, deeply read cavalry officer of high rank shows one the
nature of horse-borne warfare in those times. . . A Close Run Thing is very much to be
welcomed.” —Patrick O’Brian on A Close Run Thing
“Highly entertaining, cleverly executed.” —Publishers Weekly on A Regimental Affair
Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew Hervey returns to take command of the 6th Light Dragoons in his 12th enthralling adventure
January 1830, one of the hardest winters in memory, and the prime minister, the Iron Duke,
is resisting growing calls for parliamentary reform, provoking scenes of violent unrest in the
countryside. But there are no police outside London and most of the yeomanry regiments
have been disbanded. Against this backdrop Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew Hervey, recently
returned from the Balkans, takes command of the 6th Light Dragoons. His fears that things
might be a little dull are quickly dispelled by the everyday business of vexatious officers,
difficult choices over which NCOs to promote, and not to mention the incendiarists on the
doorstep of the King himself. But it’s when the Sixth are sent to Brussels for the 15th anniversary celebrations of the battle of Waterloo and find themselves caught up in the Belgian
uprising against Dutch rule that the excitement really starts. Will Hervey be able to keep out
of the fighting—a war that would lead, nearly a century later, to Britain’s involvement in an
altogether different war—while safeguarding his country’s interests? Not likely!
Allan Mallinson is a former army officer of 35 years’ service. As well as the Matthew Hervey
series, which includes Honorable Company and The Sabre’s Edge, he is the author of Light
Dragoons, a history of four British Cavalry regiments, one of which he commanded. He
writes for the Times and Spectator.
Fiction • 360 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780857502520 • Replaces: 9780593073223 • May • $16.95
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The Mandate of Heaven
#3
Tim Murgatroyd
Final in a trilogy chronicling the turbulent events of the Mongol invasion of China
Hou-ming, city of ghosts, central China, 1304. In a vast graveyard created by Mongol
slaughter, three children forge a friendship that will determine their destinies. As the years
pass they find different paths. Yun Shu, rejected by her father for refusing to bind her feet,
seeks solace as a Daoist nun. Hsiung, enslaved by Mongols as a boy, becomes a ruthless rebel
warlord. Teng, artist and scholar, last son of a family ruined by the new Mongol dynasty,
risks his life to preserve his culture. To come together, they must endure war, treachery and
abuse of power. To win honor and unexpected love they must overcome dangerous enemies
and their own conflicts. Each of them must earn the Mandate of Heaven.
Tim Murgatroyd is the author of Breaking Bamboo and Taming Poison Dragons.
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Mistress of the Court
#2
Laura Purcell
The second in Laura Purcell’s captivating series of novels chronicling the lives and loves
of the consorts and mistresses of Britain’s rash, reckless and ebullient Hanoverian kings
Trapped in an abusive marriage, Henrietta Howard stakes everything on a new life in Hanover with its royal family, heirs to the British throne. Her beauty and intelligence win her
the friendship of clever Princess Caroline and her mercurial husband, Prince George—but
friendship is the last thing on the hot-blooded prince’s mind. Whatever George’s shortcomings, Princess Caroline is determined to make the family a success. Yet the feud between
her husband and his obstinate father threatens all she has worked for. As England erupts in
Jacobite riots, her family falls apart. She vows to save the country for her children to inherit—even if it costs her pride and her marriage.
Laura Purcell is a member of the Society for Court Studies and Historic Royal Palaces. She
featured on a recent PBS documentary, talking about Queen Caroline. Her previous book is
Queen of Bedlam.
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THE FOUR STREETS TRILOGY
The Four Streets
#1
Nadine Dorries
“The characters are engaging, the streets scenes cinematic and the theme of the novel
powerful.” —Times
“A vigorous and vibrant story . . . An addictive novel to be devoured in one sitting.”
—Sunday Express
The first installment in a heartbreaking family saga set in 1950s Liverpool
1950s Liverpool: in the tight-knit Irish Catholic community of the Four Streets, two girls
are growing up. One is motherless—and hated by the cold woman who is determined to
take her dead mother’s place. The other is hiding a dreadful secret which she dare not
let slip to anyone, lest it rips the heart out of the community. What can the people of the
Four Streets do when a betrayal at the very heart of their world comes to light?
Nadine Dorries has been the MP for mid-Bedfordshire since 2005.
Hide Her Name
#2
Nadine Dorries
The gripping sequel to The Four Streets is shot through with darkness, but also filled
with humor, warmth and charm
In the Four Streets, a dreadful murder has been committed, and 14-year-old Kitty Doherty
is pregnant with the dead man’s child. This secret is so dangerous that it is decided Kitty
must go to Ireland to await the baby’s birth. But in Liverpool, the police aren’t giving up
their search for the truth. Somewhere, in this tight-knit Irish Catholic community, someone must know something. The streets are alive with gossip and rumor, and it isn’t easy
to keep a secret that big.
Nadine Dorries has been the MP for mid-Bedfordshire since 2005.
The Ballymara Road
#3
Nadine Dorries
The final gripping installment of Four Streets trilogy, which began with The Four
Streets and continued in Hide Her Name
On Christmas morning, 1963, 15-year-old Kitty Doherty gives birth in a hostile Irish convent. Kitty knows her beautiful baby boy presents a huge danger to her family’s Catholic
community back in Liverpool’s Four Streets. When her baby is adopted by a wealthy family
in Chicago, Kitty considers the problem solved. But soon it’s obvious the baby is very sick,
and only his birth mother can save him. In Liverpool, things have begun to settle down. A
charismatic new priest has arrived. The Dohertys are coping with the tragic consequences of
Kitty’s pregnancy, and the police seem close to solving the double murder which rocked the
Four Streets to the core. But now all of that is about to be put at risk once more.
Nadine Dorries has been the MP for mid-Bedforshire since 2005.
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The Lost Soldier
Diney Costeloe
“A powerful and moving account of the brutality of war itself.”
—Tony Benn, British politician
A young woman’s fight to save a treasured war memorial uncovers a tragic story that
reverberates from World War I to the present day
In 1921, eight ash trees were planted in the dorset village of Charlton Ambrose as a timeless
memorial to the men killed in World War I. Overnight a ninth appeared, marked only as
for “the unknown soldier.” But now the village’s ashgrove is under threat from developers.
Rachel Elliot, a local reporter, sets out to save the memorial and solve the mystery of the
ninth tree. In so doing, she uncovers the story of Tom Carter and Molly Day: two young
people thrown together by the war, their love for each other, their fears for the present and
their hopes for the future. Embroiled in events beyond their control, Tom and Molly have to
face up to the harsh realities of the continuing war, the injustices it allows and the sacrifices
it demands.
Diney Costeloe published several successful sagas in the 1980s, before family life intervened.
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The Throwaway Children
Diney Costeloe
“The story is a compelling one . . many a reader will inevitably find themselves heckling
the characters from the sidelines, encouraging the good guys and booing the baddies.”
—Bookbag
Gritty, heartrending and unputdownable—the story of two sisters sent first to an English, then an Australian orphanage in the aftermath of World War II
Rita and Rosie Stevens are only nine and five years old when their widowed mother marries a
violent bully called Jimmy Randall and has a baby boy by him. Under pressure from her new
husband, she is persuaded to send the girls to an orphanage, not knowing that the papers she
has signed will entitle them to do what they like with the children. And it is not long before
the powers that be decide to send a consignment of orphans to their sister institution in Australia. Among them—without their family’s consent or knowledge—are Rita and Rosie, the
throwaway children.
The Girl With No Name
Diney Costeloe
A story of one child who escaped from Nazi Germany to England on the Kindertransport
Lise is 13 when she arrives in England in August 1939, with just one precious letter from the
mother she will never see again. Bullied at school for being German, worse is to come when
the Blitz blows her new home apart and she wakes up in hospital, with no memory of who
she is or where she came from. Only the letter in her pocket gives a clue as to her identity, so
the authorities give Lise a new name, make her a ward of court and despatch her to a children’s home. But one person is sure that she is still alive—Harry, the troubleprone boy who
protected her at school is determined to find and rescue Lise again if he can.
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Half the World in Winter
Maggie Joel
The misfortunes on the railway the Jarmyn family had built echoes the shocking death
of nine-year-old Sofia Jarmyn, while at the heart of the family a terrible secret tears their
lives apart
London, 1880. Lucas Jarmyn struggles to make sense of the death of his beloved youngest
daughter; his wife, Aurora, seeks solace in rigid social routines; and 18-year-old Dinah looks
for fulfillment in unusual places. Only the housekeeper, Mrs. Logan, seems able to carry on.
A train accident on the railway Lucas owns claims the life of nine-year-old Alice Brinklow
and, amid the public outcry, Alice’s father, Thomas, journeys to London demanding justice.
As he arrives in the Capital on a frozen January morning, his fate, and that of the entire
Jarmyn family, will hinge on such strange things as an ill-fated visit to a spiritualist, an errant
chicken bone, and a single vote cast at a board room meeting. Written with charm, humor,
and rich period detail, Maggie Joel has created an intriguing novel of a Victorian family adrift
in their rapidly changing world.
Maggie Joel ‘s short stories have been published in Canberra Arts Review and other periodicals.
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The Winter Folly
Lulu Taylor
The darker the lie, the deeper the secret—and this house is full of them. An engrossing
saga of mystery and romance.
It is 1965 and young Alexandra Crewe obediently marries the man her father has selected
for her. But very soon both she and her husband Laurence realize that their marriage is a
disaster. When real love finds Alexandra, she is powerless to resist. Her home becomes Fort
Stirling, a beautiful Dorset castle, but Alexandra fears that there will be a price to pay for this
wonderful new life. When tragedy strikes, it seems that her punishment has come, and there is
only one way she can atone for her sins. In the present day, Delilah Young is the second wife
of John Stirling and the new chatelaine of Fort Stirling. The house seems to be a sad one and
Delilah hopes to fill it with life and happiness, but it seems that the forces of the past might
be too strong for her. As Delilah searches for the truth, she realizes that perhaps some secrets
are better left buried.
Lulu Taylor is the author of Heiresses and Midnight Girls.
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The Snow Angel
Lulu Taylor
A forbidden passion comes with a lifetime of consequences, in this deliciously dark
family saga
Cressida Felbridge is living the high life as a debutante in 1960s London society when she is
courted by a friend of her brother’s and set to marry. Her father decrees that she have her
portrait painted, but as soon as she meets the painter Ralph Few, Cressie knows her life will
never be the same again. Soon, she is deeply in love with Ralph, but there is one problem:
Ralph is still married to Catherine. As Cressie is drawn into a strange, triangular relationship,
Catherine’s behavior becomes increasingly erratic. In the present day, Emily Conway has it
all: a huge West London house, two beautiful children and a successful husband, Will. But as
Emily and Will drive to a party, Will reveals that he has been betrayed by his business partner. Steering the car off the road at high speed, their perfect life is abruptly ended. When she
wakes from her injuries, Emily is told of a mysterious legacy: a house in Cumbria left to her
by a woman she has never met. Could this house provide the chance to start anew, or does it
hold secrets that she must uncover before it can be at peace?
Lulu Taylor is the author of Heiresses and Midnight Girls.
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House of Shadows
Pamela Hartshorne
What if the life you were remembering wasn’t your own?
When Kate Vavasour wakes in the hospital, she remembers nothing of the family gathered
around her, or of her life before the accident. The doctors diagnose post-traumatic amnesia
and say the memories should start returning. Which they do—but these memories are not
hers. They belong to Isabel Vavasour, who lived and died at Askerby Hall more than 400
years earlier. Returning to Askerby Hall to recuperate, Kate finds herself in a house full of
shadows and suspicions. But before she can uncover the mysteries of the present, she must
first discover the truth about the past. Was Isabel’s madness real, or was her mistake trusting
the one person she thought would never betray her?
Pamela Hartshorne is a historian as well as an award-winning romance writer.
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Suffragette Girl
Margaret Dickinson
A rich, vivid saga of love, loss and redemption, set during the years spanning two
world wars
When Florrie Maltby defies her father by refusing to marry Gervase Richards, she sets off
a chain of events that will alter her life. Instead she goes to London and becomes involved
with the suffragette movement. She’s imprisoned for her militant actions, and goes on hunger
strike. With her health deteriorating, there is one person who can save her—Gervase. After a
brief stay in the countryside to recuperate, Florrie returns to London to continue her fight for
women’s rights. Only the outbreak of the Great War puts a halt to her activities. It is when
James, her younger brother, is shamed by their father into volunteering, that Florrie enlists
as a nurse and is sent to the Front. Amidst the fear and horror of the hospital close to the
trenches, she finds love. But when her beloved brother is accused of desertion, help comes
from a very unexpected source.
Margaret Dickinson is the author of 25 titles, including Plough the Furrow, Sow the Seed
and Reap the Harvest.
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The Dress
Kate Kerrigan
“Kerrigan captures the 1942 Hollywood milieu nicely with her sure touch for historical
fiction.” —Booklist on Land of Dreams
“A delicious portrayal of the glamour of 1940s Hollywood.” —Hazel Gaynor, New
York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home, on Land of Dreams
A novel set in Ireland, New York and London, grippingly interweaving the stories of
Lily, a vintage fashion blogger, Joy, a 1950s New York socialite and the iconic dress she
commissioned
Lily Fitzpatrick loves vintage clothes, made all the more precious because they were once
owned and loved by another woman. Thousands follow her vintage fashion blog and her
daily Instagram feed. But this passion for the beautiful clothes of the past is about to have
unforeseen consequences, when Lily stumbles upon the story of a 1950s New York beauty,
who was not only everything Lily longs to be, but also shares Lily’s surname. Joy Fitzpatrick
was a legend. But what was the famous dress which she once commissioned, said to be so
original that nothing in couture would ever match it again? What happened to it—and why
did Joy suddenly disappear from New York high society? Kate Kerrigan’s enthralling novel
interweaves the dramatic story of Joy, the beautiful but tortured socialite, and that of Lily,
determined to uncover the truth and, if possible, bring back to life the legendary dress itself.
Kate Kerrigan is the author of City of Hope, Ellis Island, and Land of Dreams.
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Tiger Milk
Stefanie de Velasco
“Murder and its aftermath give shape to the novel, but what keeps you reading is the
author’s insight into the minds of this lively gang of teenagers. . . . The highs and lows
of the hot Berlin summer will resonate with anyone who has ever been a rebellious
teenager.” —Irish Examiner
“Earthy, raucous and convincing. These are likeable, vulnerable characters. . . . Many
novels about teenagers are sustained at a single frenetic pitch, De Velasco’s streetwise
panache has energy and daring but there is also a subtle poignancy.” —Irish Times
An explosive literary debut about leaving childhood behind, ready or not
“We need to practise for later on, for real life. We need to know everything so nobody can
ever mess with us.”
Nini and Jameelah are 14, best friends forever. This summer they’re going to grow up, together, on their terms. But things don’t always turn out the way you plan. As the summer
holidays stretch out before them, Berlin becomes their playground. At night they descend on
the red light district, impersonating the prostitutes there in order to practice for their first
time, giggling to each other, tipsy on Tiger Milk. But then, one night, Nini and Jameelah
witness a crime that threatens to ruin everything. Tender, funny, shocking and tragic, Tiger
Milk captures what it is to be young.
Stefanie de Velasco lives and works in Berlin. In 2011, she received the Literature Prize Prenzlauer Berg for the first chapters of Tiger Milk. This is her first novel.
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Mischief
Fay Weldon
“She’s a Queen of Words.” —Caitlin Moran, author, How to Be a Woman
“One of the great lionesses of modern English literature.” —Harper’s Bazaar
“A latter-day Aesop of wronged women.”
—People magazine
A master writer chooses her best short stories from her career at the forefront of contemporary fiction
Fay Weldon’s inimitable voice has never gone short of praise. Now she introduces her pick of
21 favorite short stories from a 50 year career as one of Britain’s foremost writers. Included
in print form for the first time is a new 100 page novella The Ted Dreams, a ghost story for
the age of cyber culture, big pharma, and surveillance.
Fay Weldon’s work includes more than 20 novels, five collections of short stories, several
children’s books, nonfiction books, magazine articles, and a number of plays written for television, radio, and the stage. Her books include Habits of the House, Life and Loves of a She
Devil, Long Live the King, The New Countess, and Rhode Island Blues. She was awarded
a CBE in 2001.
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Tremarnock
#1
Emma Burstall
“A really lovely novel.” —Penny Vincenzi, author, A Perfect Heritage
“Smart, funny and poignant.” —Daily Mail
The first in a trilogy set in a seaside town where one woman escapes with her daughter,
attempting to start a new life away from trouble
Tremarnock is a classic Cornish seaside village. Houses cluster around the fishing harbor. It
has a pub and a sought-after little restaurant. It is here that Liz has found sanctuary for herself and her young daughter, Rosie—far away from Rosie’s cheating father. Liz works all the
hours God sends. First thing in the morning she’s out, cleaning offices. At night she is waitressing in the village restaurant, while friends and neighbors rally round and mind Rosie. But
trouble is waiting just round the corner. As with all villages, there are tensions, secrets—and
ambitions. Emma Burstall’s wonderfully engaging first novel about Tremarnock is the story
of what happens when one shocking turn of events sweeps a small community.
Emma Burstall is a freelance journalist and the author of The Darling Girls, Gym and Slimline, and Never Close Your Eyes.
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The Looking Glass House
Vanessa Tait
Vanessa Tait, great-granddaughter of the Alice who inspired Alice’s Adventures in
Wonderland, tells the fascinating story of the childhood classic’s strange beginnings
through the eyes of a naive and deceived governess
What happened before Alice fell down the rabbit hole?
Oxford, 1862. As Mary Prickett takes up her post as governess to the daughters of the Dean
of Christ Church, she is thrust into a strange new world. Mary is poor and plain and desperate for change but the little girls in her care see and understand far more than their naive new
teacher. And there is another problem: Mary does not like children, especially the precocious
Alice Liddell. When Mary meets Charles Dodgson, the Christ Church mathematics tutor, at
a party at the Deanery, she wonders if he may be the person to transform her life. Flattered
by his attentions, Mary begins to believe that she could be more than just an overlooked,
dowdy governess. One sunny day, as Mary chaperones the Liddells on a punting trip, Mr.
Dodgson tells the story of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. But Mary is determined to
become Mr Dodgson’s muse—and will turn all the lives around her topsy-turvy in pursuit
of her obsession.
Vanessa Tait is the great-granddaughter of Alice Liddell, the little girl who inspired Lewis
Carroll to write Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The Looking Glass House is her first
novel, inspired by family treasures and stories of the ‘original’ Alice.
Thornfield Hall
Jane Stubbs
“There is drama and humour throughout this cleverly constructed novel; and warm
friendships and romantic liaisons intermingle with suspicions, cruelty and menace. The
characterisations are beautifully woven and it’s great fun to see the real Bertha Mason
emerge like a phoenix out of the ashes.” —Readers’ Digest UK
A clever and page-turning retelling of the classic novel, Jane Eyre. This is Jane Eyre
meets Downton Abbey, told from the point-of-view of the servants.
The Rochesters are very good at keeping secrets . . .
Thornfield Hall, 1821. Alice Fairfax takes up her role as housekeeper of the estate. But when
Mr Rochester presents her with a woman who is to be hidden on the third floor, she finds
herself responsible for much more than the house. This is the story Jane Eyre never knew—a
narrative played out on the third floor and beneath the stairs, as the servants kept their master’s secret safe and sound.
Jane Stubbs has taught English to a variety of ages in colleges and schools. As well as raising
a family, she has worked for various charities, has written a weekly column for a Scottish
newspaper, and has won prizes for her short stories.
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Jimfish
Christopher Hope
From one of South Africa’s finest novelists comes a glittering and vivid fable of politics
and power
In the 1980s, a small man is pulled up out of the Indian Ocean in Port Pallid, South Africa,
claiming to have been kidnapped as a baby. The Sergeant, whose job it is to sort the local
people by color, and thereby determine their fate, peers at the boy, then sticks a pencil into
his hair, as one did in those days, waiting to see if it stays there, or falls out before he gives his
verdict: ‘He’s very odd, this Jimfish you’ve hauled in. If he’s white he is not the right sort of
white. But if he’s black, who can say? We’ll wait before we classify him. I’ll give his age as 18,
and call him Jimfish. Because he’s a real fish out of water, this one is.’ So begins the odyssey
of Jimfish, a South African Everyman, who defies the usual classification of race that defines
the rainbow nation. His journey through the last years of Apartheid will extend beyond
the borders of South Africa to the wider world, where he will be an unlikely witness to the
defining moments of the dying days of the 20th century. Part fable, part fierce commentary
on the politics of power, this work is the culmination of a lifetime’s writing and thinking,
on both the Apartheid regime and the history of the 20th century, by a writer of enormous
originality and range.
Christopher Hope is the author of nine novels and one collection of short stories, including
Kruger’s Alp, which won the Whitbread Prize for Fiction, Serenity House, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and My Mother’s Lovers.
The King and the Slave
Tim Leach
The king is dead. Long live the king. When power falls on the shoulders of a young
man, only his slave can teach him how to be great. But power corrupts, and absolute
power . . . A new novel of the ancient world—in all its splendor and barbarity.
Ten years after the fall of Babylon, Cyrus’s army is on the march again. His slave Croesus, no
longer a young man, accompanies him as always, as does the king’s son and heir Cambyses,
who has inherited none of his father’s diplomacy or charisma and all of his vanity and violence. When the warriors of Persia are unexpectedly crushed in battle Cyrus is put to death,
and Cambyses assumes the throne. Croesus, once a king himself, is called upon to guide the
young man; but the young man cannot be guided, and after taking offense at an insult by an
Egyptian ruler, Cambyses takes the full force of his father’s empire to Africa for vengeance.
Tim Leach’s The Last King of Lydia was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize.
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Melnitz
Charles Lewinsky
“An outstanding novel of a quality only seldom met with . . . This reviewer cannot
remember having read such an extensive book in the last few years as swiftly, easily and
inquisitively as this one.” —Neue Zürcher Zeitung
The international-bestselling saga of a large and colorful Jewish family buffeted from
quiet respectability-of-sorts in 1871 to the Nazi death camps of 1945
1871. Cattle-dealer Solomon Meijer has made a reputation for himself as one of the few
honest Jews in Endingen, a rare Swiss town in which Jews are allowed to reside. He leads a
largely untroubled life, rewarded by his work and comforted at home by his wife and two
daughters. But all of this is set to end when he answers a knock at the door in the middle of
the night. On the doorstep stands his young distant cousin, Janki, half-dead and begging for
refuge. The pitiful figure is invited in and given a coveted place in the bosom of the family,
but when Janki recovers and regains his ambition and his fine-looks, he will change the Meijer family’s lives for generations to come. In the tradition of the great family romances of the
19th century, Melnitz is the saga of the Swiss-Jewish Meijer family, spanning five generations
from the Franco-Prussian War to World War II. It is a novel of fate, fortune and great falls;
a homage to the sunken world of Yiddish culture and a celebration of the enduring spirit of
biting Jewish humor.
Charles Lewinsky received the Schiller Prize Zürcher Kantonalbank for his novel St. John’s
and was nominated for the 2011 Swiss Book Prize for Gerron.
Himmler’s Cook
Franz-Olivier Giesbert
“A novel as excessive as it is joyful.” —L’Express
A gloriously rich and blackly funny French bestseller about Rose, a 105-year-old chef
who has experienced life at its fullest . . . and at its most deadly
“History is a bitch. She has taken everything from me. My children. My parents. My great,
true love. My cats. I don’t understand the stupid veneration that the human race feels for her.”
Aged 105, Rose has endured more than her fair share of hardships: the Armenian genocide,
the Nazi regime, and the delirium of Maoism. Yet somehow, despite all the suffering, Rose
never loses her joie de vivre. As she looks back over her long life—one of survival and, sometimes, one of retribution—she recalls those unique experiences that added such spice to her
life, whether it was being a confidante to Hitler, a friend to Simone de Beauvoir or cooking
for Heinrich Himmler.
Franz-Olivier Giesbert is a French author, journalist and television presenter. He has
worked for Le Nouvel Observateur, Le Figaro and Le Point and is the author of The
American: A Memoir.
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The Flea Palace
Elif Shafak
“Shafak is well set to challenge Mr. Pamuk as Turkey’s foremost contemporary novelist.” —Economist
“Zesty, imaginative . . . A Turkish version of Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club.” —USA
Today on The Bastard of Istanbul
Shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, The Flea Palace is a moving and
highly original novel about a group of individuals who live in the same building and
who together become embroiled in a mystery. From the author of The Bastard of Istanbul and The Forty Rules of Love.
Bonbon Palace was once a stately apartment block in Istanbul. Now it is a sadly dilapidated home to ten wildly different individuals and their families. There’s a womanizing,
hard-drinking academic with a penchant for philosophy; a ‘clean freak’ and her lice-ridden
daughter; a lapsed Jew in search of true love; and a charmingly naïve mistress whose shadowy past lurks in the building. When the trash at Bonbon Palace is stolen, a mysterious
sequence of events unfolds that result in a soul-searching quest for truth. By turns comic and
tragic, this is an outstandingly original novel driven by an overriding sense of social justice.
Elif Shafak is an award-winning novelist and the most widely read female writer in Turkey.
Critics have acclaimed her as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary literature in
both Turkish and English. Her novels include The Architect’s Apprentice, The Forty Rules
of Love and The Bastard of Istanbul which was longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction.
Her books have been translated into more than 30 languages.
Penguin UK/Viking
The Gaze
Elif Shafak
“Plays with ideas of beauty and ugliness like they’re Rubik’s cubes.” —Helen Oyeyemi,
author, Boy, Snow, Bird
“Shafak probes the many ironies of appearance and perception with entertaining and
affecting results.” —Publishers Weekly
“The best author to come out of Turkey in the last decade.” —Orhan Pamuk, author,
Snow
From award-winning writer Elif Shafak, a humorous and carnivalesque exploration of
what it means to look and be looked at
‘I didn’t say anything. I didn’t return his smiles. I looked at him in the wide mirror in front
of where I was sitting. He grew uncomfortable and avoided my eyes. I hate those who think
fat people are stupid.’
An obese woman and her lover, a dwarf, are sick of being stared at wherever they go, and
so decide to reverse roles. The man goes out wearing make up and the woman draws a
moustache on her face. But while the woman wants to hide away from the world, the man
meets the stares from passers-by head on, compiling his ‘Dictionary of Gazes’ to explore the
boundaries between appearance and reality. Intertwined with the story of a bizarre freakshow organized in Istanbul in the 1880s, The Gaze considers the damage which can be
inflicted by our simple desire to look at others.
Elif Shafak is an award-winning novelist and the most widely read female writer in Turkey.
Critics have acclaimed her as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary literature in
both Turkish and English. Her novels include The Architect’s Apprentice, The Forty Rules
of Love and The Bastard of Istanbul which was longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction.
Her books have been translated into more than 30 languages.
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The Book of Gold Leaves
Mirza Waheed
“Waheed writes about war with a devastating and unflinching calm, with the melancholy wisdom of someone attuned to but never hardened by its horrors.” —Guardian
“A harrowing tale of love in a time of conflict and change . . . The language in this book
is lyrical, indeed at times it seems to be poetry masquerading as prose.”
—News on Sunday
“Poetic and political with a warm sensuousness . . . the year’s best book.”
—Hindustan Times, ‘Books of the Year’
An extraordinary, heartbreaking love story set in war-torn Kashmir
In an ancient house in the city of Srinagar, Faiz paints exquisite papier-mâché pencil boxes
for tourists. Evening is beginning to slip into night when he sets off for the shrine. There he
finds the woman with the long black hair. Roohi is prostrate before her God. She begs for
the boy of her dreams to come and take her away. Roohi wants a love story. An age-old tale
of love, war, temptation, duty and choice, The Book of Gold Leaves is a heartbreaking tale
of a what might have been, what could have been, if only.
Mirza Waheed was born and brought up in Kashmir. His debut novel The Collaborator was
shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Shakti Bhat Prize, and longlisted for
the Desmond Elliott Prize. It was also book of the year for the Telegraph, New Statesman,
Financial Times, Business Standard and Telegraph India. Waheed has written for the BBC,
the Guardian, Granta, Al Jazeera English and The New York Times.
Fiction • 352 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780241970829 • June • $16.95 • Trade Paper • Rights: US
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In the Dark
Mai Jia
“Readers skate the line separating insanity from genius in Mai Jia’s riveting tale. . . . A
denouement at once heartbreaking and thought-provoking leaves readers pondering the
collective sanity of a world shrouding knowledge in enigmas. Gifted translators bring
English-speaking readers a Chinese literary treasure.” —Booklist starred review of
Decoded
“[Decoded]’s consuming interest—and it truly is a page turner—comes from its . . . gripping plot, otherworldly aura and flamboyant detail.” —New York Times Book Review
on Decoded
From the author of the acclaimed Decoded comes another pageturning tale combining
historical fiction, spycraft, and human drama
Hidden deep in the mountains, the recruits at ‘Unit 701’, China’s secret services, operate in a
dark, shadowy world. There is the ‘wind-listener’, a blind surveillance officer who can hear
sounds from miles away; the beautiful, unstable math genius who meets a violent end; the
old man who deciphers codes in his dreams; the spy who recounts a dangerous mission from
beyond the grave. In this story of conspiracies, geniuses, revolutionaries and terrible moral
choices, people sacrifice everything for a world of secrets—until, ultimately, it destroys them.
Mai Jia (the pseudonym of Jiang Benhu), the author of Decoded, is arguably the most successful writer in China today. His books are constant bestsellers, with total sales over three
million copies. He is hailed as the forerunner of Chinese espionage fiction, and has created a
unique genre that combines spycraft, code-breaking, crime, human drama, historical fiction,
and metafiction. He has won almost every major award in China, including the highest literary honor, the Mao Dun Award.
Penguin UK/Penguin
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No Lipstick in Lebanon
Paul Timblick and Fasika Sorssa
The fictionalized chilling true story of one Ethiopian woman’s ordeal working as a domestic servant in Beirut
Meron Lemma couldn’t know there was a fate worse than wasting away as a poor teenager in
the Ethiopian slum where she was born. Desperate to create her own destiny, and drawn by
the irresistible possibility of earning real dollars as a maid in Beirut, Meron leaves her devout
mother and family behind to join the many other Habesha migrants searching for a better life
in the Middle East. Only once there does she realize the ugly truth: instead of opportunity,
she has found captivity. Trapped and mistreated by the harsh Madame, Meron lives in constant fear for her spirit and even her life. Rich in cultural detail and exposing the ongoing,
under-reported horrors facing domestic workers in Lebanon today, this is a harrowing account of the unremitting hell of modern slavery. This is not just a fictionalized report of one
maid’s ordeal, but rather the uncovering of a larger issue plaguing a generation of women.
Paul Timblick met his wife, Fasika Sorssa, in Ethiopia. It is her own riveting ordeal that
serves as the basis for No Lipstick in Lebanon.
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Harry Mac
Russell Eldridge
A beautiful coming-of-age story set in a year of political turmoil in South Africa
“I can’t help feeling the lane where we lived had something to do with it all. As though these
families had been put there for a reason. . . it was so still, like everyone was holding their
breath a lot of the time.”
Tom and Millie are best friends who live in a quiet lane on the edge of town and rely on each
other to make sense of what’s going on in their lives—especially Harry Mac’s. Harry Mac,
Tom’s dad, is a man of silences and secrets. And now Tom is involved in one of those secrets.
At school, Tom sits through lessons on the arms race and President Kennedy, waiting until he
can be back on the lane, where life is far more interesting: why does a black car drive slowly
up the lane every night? And what did Harry Mac mean when he wrote in his newspaper
“people disappear in the night?” Set within a fascinating period of South African politics,
this coming-of-age story is full of heart, soul, and hope, in the tradition of Jasper Jones and
To Kill a Mockingbird.
Russell Eldridge is South African by birth.
Hush, Little Bird
Nicole Trope
A celebrity wife and a damaged young woman: how did they both end up in prison, and
what is the secret they share?
Birdy thought she would have to wait until she was free again to see Rose, but now Rose has
been convicted of a shocking crime and she and Birdy will be together. Birdy has been saving
all her anger for Rose. It is Rose who should have protected her and kept her safe. Birdy
was little, but Rose was big and she knows Rose could have saved her. This is a story about
monsters who hide in plain sight and about the secrets we keep from ourselves. It is about
children who are betrayed and adults who fail them. This is the story of Birdy, who was hurt,
and Rose, who must be made to pay. A provocative and compassionate read from the queen
of white-knuckle suspense and searing family drama. You won’t be able to put it down.
Nicole Trope is a former high school teacher with a master’s degree in children’s literature.
She is the author of I Ran Away First, which was shortlisted for the Text Publishing Prize, as
well as The Boy Under the Table, The Secrets in Silence, and Three Hours Late.
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MBA
Douglas Board
“A must read for anyone who enjoyed Franzen’s Freedom or Eggers’ The Circle.”
—Bookseller
Why is so much of the world Managed By Arseholes? Were they born that way? Did
they sweat to achieve it? Or did we send them to special schools to learn?
Why is so much of the world MBA? When business school hot shot Ben Stillman is fired, he
has the chance to find out. Ben jumps head first into turning his former business school into
world-class madrassa of capitalism. Ben has 10 days to rescue the launch of its spectacular
glass tower, and his own career—as well as confront terrorist plots, undercover police, the
extravagant demands of the super-rich, and the only woman who can save him from this
madness. A satirical thriller, a love story, and a wry look at modern management ideology
all rolled into one.
Douglas Board is co-head of Coachmatch Career Management. After growing up in Hong
Kong and receiving degrees from Cambridge and Harvard, he worked for the UK Treasury
and then as a headhunter. He is the author of Choosing Leaders and Choosing to Lead.
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I Am Because You Are
An Anthology of Stories Celebrating the Centenary of the Theory of General Relativity
New writing inspired by the centenary of the discovery of the most important theory in
modern physics
In November 1915, Einstein published his Theory of General Relativity. It made key predictions around gravity’s influence in space and time. It introduced new concepts around the
curvature of space, the passage of time, the bending of light, black holes and the behavior
of bodies in freefall. This is a collection of new fiction and non-fiction from novelists and
science writers, inspired by General Relativity. The results are charming, witty, sometimes
challenging but always accessible, presenting complex science themes in imaginative, highly
entertaining ways. Contributors include novelists Andrew Crumey and Dilys Rose alongside
popular science writers like Pedro Ferreira.
Pippa Goldschmidt is an astronomer and the author of The Falling Sky and The Need for
Better Regulation of Outer Space. She has been published in the New York Times. Tania
Hirshman is a former science journalist for such publications as WIRED and NewScientist.
She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
Science/Science Fiction • 196 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781910449264 • April • $14.95 (Can $17.95)
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The Legend of Barney Thomson
Movie Tie-In
Douglas Lindsay
“The plot, Russian literature fans, is a modern spin on Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment. The bloody ending, movie buffs, is pure Reservoir Dogs.” —Mirror
A timid barber becomes an inadvertent murderer in this hilarious black comedy, soon
to be a major film starring Emma Thompson, Ray Winstone and Robert Carlyle in
his directorial debut. Canadian distribution is set for January/February 2016, with US
distribution TBD.
Barney Thomson—an awkward, diffident, Glasgow barber—lives a life of desperate mediocrity. Shunned at work and at home, unable to break out of a 20-year rut, each dull day
blends seamlessly into the next. However, there is no life so tedious that it cannot be spiced
up by inadvertent murder, a deranged psychopath, and a freezer full of neatly packaged meat.
Barney Thomson’s uninteresting life is about to go from 0 to 60 in five seconds, as he enters
the grotesque and comically absurd world of the serial killer.
Douglas Lindsay has penned seven books in the Barney series, and several other crime novels
written in the non-traditional style.
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How to Be Brave
Louise Beech
Poignant, beautifully written and tenderly told, How to Be Brave weaves together the
contemporary story of a mother battling to save her child’s life with an extraordinary
true account of bravery and a fight for survival in World War II
When nine-year-old Rose is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, Natalie must use her
imagination to keep her daughter alive. They begin dreaming about and seeing a man in a
brown suit who feels hauntingly familiar, a man who has something for them. Through the
magic of storytelling, Natalie and Rose are transported to the Atlantic Ocean in 1943, to a
lifeboat, where an ancestor survived for 50 days before being rescued. This simply unforgettable debut celebrates the power of words, the redemptive energy of a mother’s love—and
what it really means to be brave.
Louise Beech writes travel pieces for the Hull Daily Mail, where she was a columnist for 10
years. Her short fiction has won the Glass Woman Prize, the Eric Hoffer Award for Prose,
and the Aesthetica Creative Works competition, as well as shortlisting for the Bridport Prize
twice and being published in a variety of UK magazines.
The Rise and Fall of the Miraculous Vespas
David F. Ross
“If you lived through the early Eighties this book is essential. If you didn’t it’s simply
a brilliant debut novel.” —John Niven, author, Kill Your Friends, on The Last Days
of Disco
The sequel to The Last Days of Disco, is an absurdly funny, riotously ambitious and
deeply human story of small-town rivalries, music, confused adolescence and, above all,
hope, from one of Scotland’s finest new voices
When a young Ayrshire band miraculously hits the big time with the smash hit record of
1984, international stardom beckons. That’s despite having a delusional teenage manager
propelled by a dark, malign voice in his head. Can Max Mojo’s band of talented social misfits
repeat the success and pay back the mounting debts accrued from an increasingly agitated
cartel of local gangsters? Or will they have to kidnap Boy George and hope for the best?
David F. Ross is the author of The Last Days of Disco.
Jihadi: A Love Story
Yusuf Toropov
An exceptional Homeland-style thriller that asks big questions about the nature of terrorism, uniquely formatted to show two perspective on each page
A former intelligence agent stands accused of terrorism, held without charge in a secret overseas prison. His memoir is in the hands of a psychologist with her own agenda, and her
annotations paint a much darker picture. As the story unravels, we are forced to assess the
truth for ourselves, and decide not only what really happened, but who is the real terrorist.
Peopled by a diverse and unforgettable cast of characters, whose reliability as narrators is always questioned, and with a multi-layered plot heaving with unexpected and often shocking
developments, Jihadi: A Love Story is an intelligent thriller that asks big questions.
Yusuf Toropov is an American Muslim writer. He’s the author or co-author of a number of
nonfiction books, including Shakespeare for Beginners. His full-length play An Undivided
Heart was selected for a workshop production at the National Playwrights Conference, and
his one-act The Job Search was produced off-Broadway. Jihadi: A Love Story, which reached
the quarter-finals of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, is his first novel. Yusuf currently lives in Ireland, and often returns to his hometown of Portland, Oregon.
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My Hearts Are Your Hearts
Carmel Bird
“While her essays provide insights into the origins, crafting, and intended effects of the
twenty stories in this collection, they also brim with exuberance about the process of
writing . . . whether the underlying vision of the stories in My Hearts Are Your Hearts
is amused, acerbic, wistful, or tender, all of them are thoroughly engaging.”
—Australian Book Review
The first in a new series combining short stories with an extensive essay in which the
author reflects on the stories’ origins
What are the hares getting up to among the sunflowers? Who is paying $6000 for a raincoat?
The priest is good, kind, adored, believed—but can the schoolgirl trust him? Who kills his
wife and dumps the body in the pool? What if you find your death was listed long ago online?
With lightness in the telling, with subtle harmonies and rhythms in the sentences, subversive
wit, tender observation—these 20 new stories from one of Australia’s foremost storytellers
explore the mysterious workings of the heart. Accompanied by the author’s comments on the
stories’ origins and themes, as well as insights into the creative process, this is the first in a
new series that is a must for lovers of short fiction—both readers and for writers.
Carmel Bird has published more than 25 books including novels, books on writing and short
story collections. Three of her books have been shortlisted in the Miles Franklin Award and
she has been shortlisted in the Victorian and New South Wales Premier Awards as in the
Ned Kelly and Australian Aurealis Awards. She has had stories published by Griffith Review,
Island, Antipodes, The Center for Fiction (New York), Australian Short Stories, New Australian Stories, Wordlines, and Kill Your Darlings.
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Out of Place
Prose Poems & Microfiction
Edited by Kirsten Tranter and Linda Godfrey
Australia’s best micro-wordsmiths have produced writing which reflects on dislocation—in space, time, feeling, psyche and memory
Here are big stories rendered in miniature and fleeting moments captured with elaborate
focus. A stolen glimpse of a father dancing alone to music; Gothic landscapes on the New
South Wales coast; incredible spectrums in the colors of butterflies; Aussie cricket and climate change; remembrances of an exiled home land; or the awkward sexual politics at a
funeral. These stories capture delightful and unsettling moments of estrangement, when the
new becomes familiar and the ordinary, sublime. Authors include Ceridwen Dovey, Rjurik
Davidson, Tania Hershman, Roberta Lowing, Angela Meyer, and John Tranter.
Kirsten Tranter is the author of The Legacy, which was selected as a Kirkus Reviews Best
Debut Novel of the year, shortlisted for the ABIA Literary Fiction award, the ALS Gold
Medal, the Indie Debut Fiction award, and longlisted for the Miles Franklin award. She grew
up in Sydney, lived in New York from 1998-2006, where she completed a PhD at Rutgers
University, and now lives in Berkeley and teaches at UC Berkeley. Linda Godfrey is the coeditor of several collections of microlit, including Flashing the Square, Small Wonder, and
Writing to the Edge.
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Blackheath
Adam Baron
“Fresh, honest, very funny, startlingly relevant. . . .The great male American novelists
have written passionately about domesticity, parenthood, marriage; at last there is
an English equivalent. . . . Adam’s book recalls Updike in his Rabbit years: sensual,
involved, poetic, incorrect, and enthralling in its honesty.” —Rachel Cusk, author,
Outline
“Fabulous.” —Hanif Kureishi, author, The Buddha of Suburbia
“Elegant, moving, intelligent and timely. A book by a man who understands women
better than they understand themselves.” —Fay Weldon, author, Habits of the House
A darkly comic, suspenseful story of modern marriage under pressure, for fans of Zoe
Heller, Alison Pearson, Nicky Hornby, Rachel Cusk
This groundbreaking novel, set in the affluent London suburb of Blackheath, tells the tumultuous story of two couples whose lives overlap with shocking consequences. Holding a
mirror up to contemporary gender politics and exposing the flaws and failures of so-called
equal parenting, this moving and sharply comic tale of life-after-children reveals the awful
truth at the heart of modern family life: love is not enough.
Adam Baron is the author of five crime novels, which have been widely translated and dramatized on BBC Radio.
Fiction • 320 Pages • 5 x 7.75 • 9781908434906 • June • $14.95 (Can $17.95)
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Blind Arrows
#2
Anthony Quinn
Following on from The Blood-Dimmed Tide comes the second in a series of three historical novels set in Ireland during World War I and the War of Independence
Dublin 1919. A city at war with itself, a cauldron of soldiers, spies, rebels and political
intrigue. The mysterious and seductive Lily Merrin, secretary at Dublin Castle, is on a mission, but whose side is she on and what is compelling her to consider the ultimate sacrifice?
Charismatic Irish revolutionary leader, Michael Collins burns with a vision for his country,
but others are plotting his downfall. And now Martin Kant, an English journalist, enters the
arena. A serial killer is at large and Lily is in mortal peril. Kant must employ every sinew of
his declining resources if he is to rescue not only Lily, but his own soul. Can hope survive
amidst the moral ruin, and love be sustained in a time of soaring ambition and bloodshed?
Anthony J. Quinn’s debut novel Disappeared was shortlisted for a Strand Literary Award
and listed by Kirkus Reviews as one of the top 10 thrillers of 2012.
Fiction • 256 Pages • 5 x 7.75 • 9781843445357 • May • $16.95 • Trade Paper
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Chappy
Patricia Grace
An honest and touching story of Maori family life that spans several decades, exploring
cross-cultural conflicts and the deep-seated need to belong
Uprooted from his privileged European life and sent to New Zealand to sort himself out,
21-year-old Daniel pieces together the history of his Maori family. As his relatives revisit their
past, Daniel learns of a remarkable love story between his Maori grandmother Oriwia and
his Japanese grandfather Chappy. The more Daniel hears about his deceased grandfather,
the more intriguing and elusive Chappy becomes. In this touching portrayal of family life,
acclaimed writer Patricia Grace explores racial intolerance, cross-cultural conflicts and the
universal desire to belong. Spanning several decades and several continents and set against
the backdrop of a changing New Zealand, Chappy is a compelling story of enduring love.
Patricia Grace is one of New Zealand’s most celebrated writers. She has published six novels and seven short story collections, as well as a number of children’s books and non-fiction. She won the New Zealand Fiction Award for Potiki in 1987, and was longlisted for
the Booker Prize in 2001 with Dogside Story, which also won the Kiriyama Pacific Rim
Fiction Prize.
Fiction • 256 Pages • 6.25 x 9 • 9780143572398 • April • $24.95 (Can $29.95)
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The Trial of Maximo Bonga
The Story of the Strangest Guesthouse in South East Asia
John Harris
Based on a true story, an eccentric war veteran is accused of the murder of a local girl in
the Philippines, and John takes on the dubious privilege of serving as his lawyer
On one of South East Asia’s most remote beaches, a young woman’s body is found. The corrupt local police think they have found the perfect fall guy in Maximo Bonga, a cantankerous
World War II veteran and owner of the weirdest guesthouse in town. But unbeknownst to
them, an unlikely friendship has been forged between Maximo and John, one of the boarders
of Maximo’s guest-house-cum-boot-camp, where an old machine gun and camouflaged mantraps stand guard, sandbags form fences and a tyrannical pet rooster terrorises the guests.
Along with an eccentric bunch of modern-world rejects, John sets out to defend the old soldier in a kangaroo court set up at the local cockpit, in a paradise like no other.
John Harris left his job at 18 to travel and work around the world. His trip around SouthEast Asia formed the background for his first book, The Backpacker.
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Roebuck
Tales of an Admirable Adventurer
Luke Waterson
Meet Anthony Knivet: baker, translator, man of words and indispensable advisor to
celebrated English generals and Portuguese governors alike, not to mention the kings of
several Brazilian tribes. A swashbuckling Elizabethan adventure!
Roebuck is based on the true story of Knivet’s escapades in South America during the 1590s,
when desperate to prove his worth to his father and his betrothed, he embarks with Thomas
Cavendish on the explorer’s ill-fated circumnavigation of the globe. Portuguese colonists capture him and want to hang him as a heretic and cannibals wait in the jungle with a hankering
for his flesh. But Knivet is determined to carve a name for himself in this New World. Whether acting as interpreter elect for the sadistic Cavendish, confidant to the devout but dangerous
Governor of Rio de Janeiro, or the guide upon which the entire Portuguese army comes to
depend, he strives for the recognition he believes he is due. Finally, deep in the jungle, he does
find his calling: inciting the tribes to unite, rise up against their Portuguese oppressors and
thus change the history of Brazil forever.
Luke Waterson writes for Lonely Planet. This is his debut novel.
The Heart Ladder
Sibby Macbain
There can be no future without embracing the lessons of the past
1970. Faith, an English woman living in New York, is pregnant with her first child, but the
father is fighting in Vietnam. A freak storm causes an accident on the battlefield and he disappears without trace. Faith returns to England to have her baby, and tries to begin life again.
Some years later, her son, Daniel, has grown up and is working in a book shop in Derby. He
leads an unremarkable life with a constant sense of there being something missing, that he
is destined for greater things in life. He is quiet, shy and somewhat in love with his flighty
co-worker, Fiona. He knows there is more to life than this. One day a mysterious stranger
arrives in town claiming to be his long-lost father, Jacob. This unexpected reunion, and the
development of a relationship between the two of them, sets Dan on a path he had never
expected. Life will never be the same again.
Sibby Macbain won the Urbane Publications competition prize of a publishing contract, and
The Heart Ladder is her debut novel.
Dinner at Rose’s
Danielle Hawkins
A beautifully written, funny, intelligent and heartwarming novel about a young woman
who leaves the city for her home town where she falls in love with a wonderful man—
and does much more besides
In the wake of an unfortunate best-friend-and-boyfriend-caught-having-sex-in-a-chair incident, Jo Donnelly flees her civilized city life to take up a temporary job at the physiotherapy
clinic in her small home town. Jo is ineptly assisted at work by a receptionist who divides her
time between nail care and surfing the internet. Meanwhile, her new roommate is a joyless
couch potato who hogs the TV and is vigilant in her quest to prevent excessive electricity
consumption. Life would seem a bit grim if not for Jo’s eccentric honorary Aunty Rose, who
lives up the valley with her pet piglet, four dogs and two sheep. Rose was a wise and infinitely
patient friend to both Jo and her bona fide nephew, Matthew, while they were growing up.
And when Rose is hit by illness Jo moves in to look after her, while Matt helps out as much as
his farming duties allow. But illness aside, it’s not long before the mischievous Rose is playing
cupid. This is an utterly charming, funny, insightful novel of friendship and love.
Danielle Hawkins is a large animal vet and the author of Chocolate Cake for Breakfast.
Romance • 416 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781743315576 • April • $15.95 (Can $18.95)
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Another Love
Amanda Prowse
A new gritty, emotional tale from Amanda Prowse
In the early years of their love affair, Romilly was happy. She had worked hard for her stunning, modern house in one of Bristol’s most fashionable suburbs. She adored her gorgeous,
gap-toothed daughter and her handsome, kind husband. Sure, life was sometimes exhausting—but nothing that a large glass of wine at the end of the day couldn’t fix. And then a
new neighbor arrived and everything unraveled. A glass of wine became a bottle; one bottle
became two. Romilly’s family were once everything to her. Now, after years of hiding the
drinking, she must finally admit that she has found another love . . .
Amanda Prowse is the author of six novels and four collections of short stories, including the
bestselling What Have I Done?
Head of Zeus
Perfect Daughter
Amanda Prowse
“Prowse handles her explosive subject with delicate skill . . . Deeply moving and inspiring.” —Daily Mail
“A powerful page-turner.” —Closer
“Uplifting and positive, but you may still need a box of tissues.” —Hello
Wife. Mother. Daughter. What happens when it all becomes too much?
Once upon a time, Jacks Morgan had dreams. She was going to have a successful career and
travel the world. She would own a house on the beach, and spend long nights with her boyfriend strolling under the stars. But life had other ideas. First Martha came along, then Jonty.
Then Jacks’ elderly mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and had to move in. Now their
little terrace in Weston-super-Mare is bursting at the seams. Jacks’ dreams were put on hold
long ago. But if she can save up enough to give her teenage daughter a bright future, then all
her sacrifice will be worth something . . . won’t it?
Amanda Prowse is the author of several novels, including What Have I Done?
The Christmas Cafe
Amanda Prowse
“A festive treat from the bestselling author . . . If you love JoJo Moyes and Freya North,
you’ll love this.” —Closer
“Magical.” —Now magazine
“A lively romance with emotional depth.” —My Weekly
Set between Sydney and Edinburgh at Christmas, this is a story of family ties, lost love,
and the power of the past
Bea is 53, and she’s just lost her husband after 30 years of marriage. To distract herself from
grief, she throws herself into her work running the Reservoir Street Kitchen in one of Sydney’s most fashionable districts. But then an email from a cafe-owner in Edinburgh prompts
her to take a trip to Scotland in the depths of winter. Her journey will be one of self-discovery, as she is drawn back to a secret past—and a secret love—that she has tried to forget.
Amanda Prowse is the author of several novels, including What Have I Done?
Fiction/Seasonal • 368 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781784970376 • August • $13.95 (Can $16.95)
99
ANDALUCÍAN NIGHTS TRILOGY
Indiscretion
#1
Hannah Fielding
In 1950s post-war Spain, a young woman’s journey of discovery takes her to a
world of forbidden passion, savage beauty and revenge
Spring, 1950. Alexandra de Falla, a half-English, half-Spanish young writer, abandons her privileged but suffocating life in London and travels to Spain to be reunited
with her long-estranged family. Instead of providing the sense of belonging she yearns
for, the de Fallas are riven by seething emotions, and in the grip of the wild customs
and traditions of Andalucía, all of which are alien to Alexandra. Among the strange
characters and sultry heat of this country, she meets the man who awakens emotions
she hardly knew existed. But their path is strewn with obstacles: dangerous rivals, unpredictable events, and inevitable indiscretions. What does Alexandra’s destiny hold
for her in this flamboyant land of drama and all-consuming passions, where blood is
ritually poured on to the sands of sun-drenched bullfighting arenas, mysterious gypsies are embroiled in magic and revenge, and beautiful dark-eyed dancers hide their
secrets behind elegant lacy fans?
Hannah Fielding is the author of Burning Embers, and The Echoes of Love, which
won the Gold Medal for Romance at the 2014 Independent Publisher Book Awards.
Romance • 512 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780992671884 • May • $14.95 (Can $17.95)
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Masquerade
#2
Hannah Fielding
A young writer becomes entangled in an illicit love affair, pulling her into a
world of secrets, deception, and dark desire
Summer,1976: Luz de Rueda returns to her beloved Spain and takes a job as the biographer of a famous artist. On her first day back in Cádiz, she encounters a bewitching,
passionate young gypsy, Leandro, who immediately captures her heart, even though
relationships with his kind are taboo. Haunted by this forbidden love, she meets her
new employer, the sophisticated Andrés de Calderón. Reserved yet darkly compelling,
he is totally different to Leandro – but almost the gypsy’s double. Both men stir unfamiliar and exciting feelings in Luz, although mystery and danger surround them in
ways she has still to discover.
Hannah Fielding has traveled extensively throughout Europe and runs her own business renovating rundown cottages. She has written three other novels: Burning Embers, Indiscretion, and The Echoes of Love, which won the Gold Medal for Romance
at the 2014 Independent Publisher Book Awards.
Fiction • 448 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780992994365 • May • $14.95 (Can $17.95)
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Blackpeak Station
Holly Ford
“A celebration, in a sense, of high country life, and all its beauty and splendour . . . sympathetically written to convey authentically the setting, the characters and relationships,
and the challenges of living in this remote part of New Zealand. The story is engaging,
the characters true, and the setting beautifully realized.” —Daily News
A compelling rural romance set in the rugged high country of New Zealand’s South Island
Four generations of the Black family have farmed Blackpeak Station. Next in line, or so she
believes, is Charlotte Black, stubborn as rock and unbiddable as the weather. But standing in
her way are 150 years of tradition, an older brother, and a father who believes that daughters
run families, not farms. To make her childhood dream of owning the family property come
true, she’ll have to be as tough as the mountains themselves. There can be no room for romance in Charlotte’s life. Or so she thinks, until it arrives at her door.
Holly Ford was raised in southern sheep country, spending her childhood and early adult
years among hill properties of varying sizes.
Romance • 352 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781775532842 • April • $16.95 (Can $19.95)
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Simon Says
Daniel Gothard
Hapless, lovelorn and prone to being chased by angry strangers, Simon is the everyman
who struggles to fit in with anyone. A romantic comic novel for fans of Nick Hornby
and David Nicholls.
Simon Templar always imagined the worst thing that could happen to him was his parents’
decision to give him the same name as a fictional hero. But then his entire life changes one
evening when his drunken father-in-law to be divulges some shocking news about his daughter—the love of Simon’s life. In the aftermath of the revelation Simon attempts to rebuild his
hopes through the strength of his best friendship with Sean and many failed attempts at new
relationships. Simon Says is about learning to love again, forgive mistakes and completely
understand the meaning of FUBAR.
Daniel Gothard has previously had two novels published and appeared in numerous literary
journals and anthologies. His last novel, Friendship and Afterwards, was shortlisted for The
People’s Book Prize. He is also an Arts Correspondent for After Nyne magazine.
Squeezed
David Atkinson
After a threesome, one man and two pregnant women discover that sometimes the price
paid for what we do comes in at too high a cost
If your wife organized a threesome for you on your honeymoon, what would you do? Scott
is shocked by his wife Hannah’s suggestion, but hesitantly agrees to go along with it. Back
home, both feel a little guilty about their encounter with a Thai prostitute called Marilyn,
but soon put it behind them when they discover Hannah is pregnant. They must both fight
to keep their family together when Marilyn turns up on their doorstep, six months pregnant,
and Scott comes to realize that in life there is often a price to pay for indiscretion. Squeezed is
a story about family, and how sometimes we don’t appreciate what we’ve got until it’s gone.
David Atkinson is the author of Love Byte, which was shortlisted for the Romantic Comedy
Novel of the Year Award 2015 by the Romantic Novelists’ Association.
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THE OXFORD BLUE SERIES
The First Time We Met
#1
Pippa Croft
The first novel in a sizzling new romance series for fans of E L James, Tammara Webber and Samantha Young
When daughter of a U.S. senator Lauren Cusack arrives at the enchanting Wyckham College of Oxford University, she hopes to mend her broken heart by throwing herself into
her studies. But then English aristocrat Alexander Hunt walks into her life and everything
changes. Handsome, brooding, and with his own dark past to escape, Alexander is exactly
what Lauren doesn’t need—but she finds herself helplessly drawn towards him. Both Alexander and Lauren know that they should stay away from each other, but sometimes desire
is so powerful that it conquers all else.
Pippa Croft is the pen name of an award-winning romantic novelist. Her debut novel which
won the RNA’s New Writers’ award.
Erotica/Romance • 368 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781405917025 • April • $14.95 • Trade Paper
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The Second Time I Saw You
#2
Pippa Croft
Lauren and Alexander’s journey continues in the second novel in the Oxford Blue
romance series
It’s the beginning of a new term at Wyckham College, Oxford, and a fresh start for Lauren
Cusack. Her fingers were badly burnt when a whirlwind romance with gorgeous English
aristocrat, Alexander Hunt, became too hot to handle—and now she’s determined to keep
her distance. Her resolve is shaken when Alexander appears on her doorstep—he’s been
completely torn apart by some devastating news. Lauren knows that she should stay away,
but their chemistry is undeniable and she soon finds herself back in Alexander’s arms. Can
Lauren handle the drama that comes with Alexander Hunt? Or will she have to sacrifice
the most exhilarating passion she’s ever known?
Erotica/Romance • 368 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781405917049 • June • $14.95 • Trade Paper
Third Time Lucky
#3
Pippa Croft
For fans of Sylvia Day and E. L. James, the third and final part of this exciting romance series
It’s the start of the Easter holidays and Lauren Cusack should be heading back to Washington before her final term at Wyckham College, Oxford. But this call changes everything.
Her relationship with impossibly handsome aristocrat Alexander Hunt has been turbulent,
passionate and addictive. Lauren knows she needs to walk away, but as she now rushes
to his side she knows she will be sucked back into his world. And sure enough, Alexander—even a seriously injured Alexander—is an intoxicating cocktail Lauren cannot resist.
Despite everything that is sent to thwart them—and with Alexander there is drama at every
turn—she finds herself happier than she’s ever been. But as her final term races by, and
she is offered the perfect job back in Washington while Alexander is tied to his Estate, the
impossibility of their romance hits home.
Erotica/Romance • 384 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781405917063 • August • $14.95 • Trade Paper
102
BLACK LACE CLASSICS
Magic and Desire
Portia Da Costa, Janine Ashbless, and Olivia Knight
In a scintillating collection of paranormal romance novellas, three top erotic
authors offer otherwordly tales of fantasy and sorcery
Ill Met by Moonlight: Can it be possible that a handsome stranger met by moonlight
is a mischievous fairy out to sample a taste of human love and passion? But what will
happen when the magic witching month of May is over? The House of Dust: Ishara
must descend into the Underworld and brave its challenges in order to bring her lover
back from the dead. The Dragon Lord: In the misty marshlands of Navarone, the
Princess is being married. Her parents desperately hope this will cure her lustfulness
and tendency to play with fire—she lights fires in the grate with her eyes, when no one
is looking and she is lustful in a land of rigid morality.
Portia Da Costa is the author of Continuum, Devil Inside, Hotbed, Kiss It Better,
Magic and Desire, Shadowplay, and The Tutor. Janine Ashbless is a well-established
writer of fantasy, science fiction, and erotic fiction. Her other titles include Burning
Bright, Divine Torment, and Enchanted: Erotic Fairy Tales. Olivia Knight is the author of The Ten Visions.
Erotica/Fantasy • 300 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780352347848 • Replaces: 9780352341839
April • $14.95 • Trade Paper • Rights: US • Virgin Books/Virgin Black Lace
Master of the Game
Portia Da Costa
Portia da Costa at her kinkiest, most imaginative best
When Joanna Darrell agrees to take a break from an office job that has begun to
bore her, she takes her first step into a new continuum of strange experiences. She is
introduced to people whose way of life revolves around the giving and receiving of
enjoyable punishment, and she becomes intrigued enough to experiment. Drawn in
by a chain of coincidences, like Alice in a decadent wonderland, she enters a parallel
world of perversity and unusual pleasure.
Portia Da Costa is the author of Devil Inside, Hotbed, Kiss It Better, Shadowplay,
and The Tutor.
Erotica • 288 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780352347855 • Replaces: 9780352331205 • May
$14.95 • Trade Paper • Rights: US • Virgin Books/Virgin Black Lace
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The Poetry of Sex
A raucous, highly enjoyable anthology edited by acclaimed poet Sophie Hannah
We’ve been at it all summer, from the Canadian border to the edge of Mexico . . .
Romance and poetry seem to go hand in hand but—implicit, explicit, nuanced or starkly
frank—sex itself has long been a staple subject for poets. In fact a great deal of erotic poetry
rejects the distinction. It’s hard to imagine a more fruitful subject for poets than sex, in all
its glorious manifestations: from desire and hope, through disappointment and confusion,
to conclusion and consequence. And little has changed over the centuries, as Sophie Hannah’s anthology vividly demonstrates, from Catullus pleading with Lesbos to Walt Whitman
singing the body electric. Moods and attitudes may vary but the drive persists as does the
desire to write about it. Sophie Hannah’s selection ranges from ancient Rome to modern
New York, from gay to straight, but her principle has been to go low on the sugar and high
on the excitement. The result is a raucous, highly enjoyable anthology. From Shakespeare to
Carol Ann Duffy, this book is essential reading for poetry lovers and romantics everywhere.
Sophie Hannah is a novelist and poet. Her fifth poetry collection Pessimism for Beginners
was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Award. Her bestselling novels include The Dead Lie Down,
The Wrong Mother, and The Monogram Murders.
Poetry • 240 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780241962633 • May • $18.95 • Trade Paper • Rights: US
Penguin UK/Penguin
Favourite Flower Poems
Edited by Samuel Carr
A collection of the best poetry to celebrate the humble flower, from Shakespeare, Keats,
Wordsworth, Blake, Donne, Tennyson, Whitman, Burns, Dickinson, Heaney and more
Beautifully illustrated with nostalgic illustrations of a range of beautiful blooms, this book
includes a diverse range of poems, from verses celebrating the beginning of spring with the
emergence of the snowdrops, daffodils, and bluebells to poems that honor the summer color
of asters, the heady scent of jasmine, and the brazen sunflower. The classic poets are featured
including Shakespeare, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Thomas Hardy, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson and Seamus Heaney. There’s also a range of rich poetry from less-famous names which
have stood the test of time and which evoke nature’s beauty.
Samuel Carr was the editor of a series of anthologies of poetry, including Ode to the Countryside and Ode to Flowers.
Poetry • 96 Pages • 5.5 x 7.5 • 50 Color Illustrations • 9781909881747 • May
$16.95 (Can $19.95) • Cloth • Rights: US & Canada • National Trust
104
At Liberty
From Rehab to the Front Row
Ed Burstell
“Indefatigable, indestructible and as decisive as a cleaver. Don’t mess with the Best.”
—Richard E. Grant, actor
“Liberty has made a great decision to take on talent like Ed Burstell.” —Manolo
Blahnik, fashion designer
How an American transplant became head of one of the UK’s most iconic institutions—
his outrageous story as only he could tell it
A truly inspirational memoir, this is Ed’s story: an affecting, candid and wildly funny tale of
one man’s meteoric rise to the top of the retail and fashion world—from heroin addict to MD
of Liberty, one of Britain’s most iconic institutions. Along the way, Ed shares his ups and
downs: the riotous hedonism of the 1980s New York and Florida party scenes; the devastating impact of the AIDS crisis, during which he lost his best friend; his first job as a spritzer at
Macy’s; his role in transforming the fortunes of two of New York’s most prestigious luxury
department stores; his battle with drug addiction and depression; his experiences working
with a multiplicity of high-profile stars; his top tips for surviving in fashion and retail; and
finally his coming to London to take the reins at Liberty, a stranger in a strange land. At
Liberty is a window onto a seemingly glamorous world, a world that Ed writes about with a
spark, wry, self-deprecating humor and a fantastic sense of pathos.
Before taking the top job at Liberty in 2008 (since when he’s presided over double-digit yearon-year growth), Ed Burstell was Senior Vice President at Bergdorf Goodman and General
Manager of Henri Bendel. Ed also writes for the New York Times and the Financial Times.
Memoir/Fashion & Appearance • 224 Pages • 6 x 9 • 28 Color Photos, 3 B/W Photos
9781782434689 • April • $27.95 (Can $33.95) • Cloth • Rights: US & Canada
Michael O’Mara
My Boys, My Body, My Business
Caprice Bourret
CEO Caprice Bourret discusses her experience as a highly succesful model and
dynamic businesswoman, and with refreshing candor, talks of her struggle to finally
become a mother
A candid, warm and engaging account of former “It” Girl and model Caprice Bourret’s quest
to become a mother after the brutal medical diagnosis that she would never carry a baby to
full term. She takes us from her early life with her single-parent mother and becoming Miss
Teen California, to her game-changing move to the UK where she found success modeling,
acting, and running her own lingerie business. Caprice then talks with wit and insight about
relationships, dealing with her experience of IVF and the heartache of miscarriage, finding
a wonderful surrogate and, finally the unexpected joy of two baby boys born within weeks
of each other. This book will inspire many women who have given up hope of motherhood.
Caprice Bourret moved from California to the UK in the early 1990s and soon became one of
the most photographed women in the world, appearing on over 300 magazine covers globally. She spent time mixing with the “A” list, appearing on reality TV, and has dated Rod
Stewart and soccer player Tony Adams. She received rave reviews for her performances in
the West End’s Vagina Monologues, and the musical Rent, and now runs a hugely successful
lingerie business. Her business acumen places her in high demand for motivational speaking
and she has also hosted her own travel shows on TV.
Autobiography/Performing Arts • 272 Pages • 6 x 9 • 14 Color Photos • 9781910536032
April • $27.95 (Can $33.95) • Cloth • Rights: US & Canada • Blink Publishing
105
First Lady
From Boyhood to Womanhood: The Incredible Story of New Zealand’s Sex-Change
Pioneer Liz Roberts
Liz Roberts and Alison Mau
The story of Kiwi pioneer Liz Roberts, the first person to undergo a full surgical sex
change in New Zealand
This inspirational memoir tells the story of how, with the help of medical specialists working
in previously uncharted territory, the author changed her name, her sex and her legal status
in the 1970s, freeing her to live a new life as a woman. The little boy born Gary Roberts in
1950s Christchurch knew from his earliest years that he was different from the other boys.
Gary overcame a violent childhood to train first as a florist, then a hairdresser. He moved
to England and his talent as a couture clothing designer was spotted and encouraged. He
released his own collection, which made headlines back in New Zealand. He also became
sure that a permanent change of sexual identity was a real possibility and began treatment.
It was Liz Roberts who returned to New Zealand. Ground-breaking surgery, two marriages,
and much heartbreak punctuated Liz’s official transition from man to woman. Today, she
still works as a designer and bespoke dressmaker. Her choices have made her enemies and
admirers across the country, but few would doubt her strength and grace in tackling one of
the most taboo life changes of all.
Journalist, broadcaster, writer and speaker Alison Mau is one of New Zealand’s most experienced media names, with a 20 year career as a top-level television host.
Biography/LGBT Studies • 248 Pages • 6 x 9.25 • 24 Color Photos, 12 B/W Photos
Upstart Press
Out at the Movies
A History of Gay Cinema
Second edition
Steven Paul Davies
“A thoughtful and well-presented overview of the subject with insightful perspectives on
the complex role and social, political, and artistic impact of gay cinema within modern
culture.” —Library Journal
“A detailed decade-by-decade look at the movies, actors and directors who defined each
period, with plenty of gems for your ‘to watch’ list.” —Gay Times
Over the decades, gay cinema has reflected the community’s journey from persecution to
emancipation to acceptance. Politicized dramas like Victim in the 60s, The Naked Civil
Servant in the 70s, and the AIDS cinema of the 80s have given way in recent years to films
which celebrate a vast array of gay lifestyles. Gay films have undergone a major shift, from
the fringe to the mainstream and 2005’s Academy Awards were dubbed “the Gay Oscars”
with awards going to Brokeback Mountain, Capote and Transamerica. The book discusses
gay cinema since then, and includes information on gay filmmakers and actors and their
influence within the industry. Interspersed throughout the book are some of the most iconic
scenes from gay cinema and the most memorable dialogue from key films.
Steven Paul Davies is the author of Alex Cox: Film Anarchist, Brat Pack: Confidential, A-Z
Cult Films and Filmmakers, The Prisoner Handbook and Get Carter and Beyond: The Cinema of Mike Hodges.
Film/LGBT Studies • 224 Pages • 7.5 x 9.75 • 51 Color Photos, 85 B/W Photos
9781843446613 • Replaces: 9781842432914 • June • $27.95 • Trade Paper • Rights: US
Oldcastle Books/Kamera Books
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The Art of Script Editing
A Practical Guide
Karol Griffiths
A comprehensive overview of this vital role, examining its responsibilities and functions
during all stages of the development process, both in film and television
Detailing the nuts and bolts of the job of script editing, this book looks at what’s required
and expected, how script editors assess a script, their approach to working with writers and
producers, and their input during rewrites and pre-production, up to a project’s completion.
It also examines the ways in which writers and producers can benefit from working with
a professional script editor as they seek to refine and communicate their vision. This is a
valuable resource for anyone developing a script, for writers and producers interested in
expanding their understanding of how a script is advanced, and for those pursuing a career
in script development.
Karol Griffiths has been a successful script supervisor, script editor and development associate for more than 20 years. She has worked with companies such as Warner Brothers,
Universal, Disney, Paramount and Fox Studios and runs her own freelance consultancy.
Film/Writing • 192 Pages • 5 x 7.75 • 9781843445074 • April • $29.95 • Trade Paper
Rights: US • Oldcastle Books/Creative Essentials
Understanding Cinematography
Brian Hall
A fully-illustrated, practical guide to the principles behind cinematography and the skills
of a cinematographer
Cinematography is the art and craft of visualizing and recording the moving image. The
cinematographer therefore has to use their technical and creative skills to photographically
capture the mood of the film and the vision of the director. Done properly, they add the magic and depth to a film, giving it a defining edge. This practical book explains the principles
behind cinematography, as well as the skills of the cinematographer. Having described the
equipment, it looks at how to interpret the script and advises on how to find a visual style.
Written by a respected cinematographer, it also explains the roles of the camera crew and the
importance of working as a team.
Brian Hall is an experienced practitioner and tutor in cinematography. His career in the
BBC’s film department spanned almost 25 years, mostly as a lighting cameraman but later as
film operations manager. Since then, as a senior lecturer, Brian has tutored students in film
production and cinematography at the Lincoln School of Film and Media at the University
of Lincoln.
Film • 144 Pages • 6.5 x 9 • 128 Color Photos • 9781847979919 • April
107
J.J. Abrams
A Study in Genius: The Unofficial Biography
Neil Daniels
The life story of the genius director, writer and producer behind some of the most authentically brilliant sci-fi and action productions of the last 20 years
J.J. Abrams is one of the most successful director-writer-producers working in Hollywood,
and now that he is being offered the chance to visit a galaxy far, far away to direct the
long-awaited Star Wars sequel, his reputation is set to shoot ever higher. Abrams’ success
has been such that he has himself become something of a brand, especially since his popular
revitalization of the Star Trek franchise. However, in the early 1990s Abrams began his career writing relatively average movie scripts, such as Regarding Henry and Forever Young,
before moving into TV with Felicity. It wasn’t until the spy series Alias that his career truly
launched. Since the early 2000s, Abrams has dominated genre-TV with the success of cult
shows such as Lost and Fringe. At the same time, he found time for the big screen, directing
Mission: Impossible III and Super 8 as well as producing the innovative monster movie Cloverfield. Then, not content with distinction in these two fields, 2013 saw the release of his
first novel S. with Doug Dorst. While Abrams sceptics note that not everything he has been
involved with has worked—a number of his TV shows have been cancelled and some of his
films have received mixed reviews—there’s no question that Abrams is one of Hollywood’s
most powerful people. This is the first biography of the cult legend who is set to dominate
the world of SF for years to come.
Neil Daniels is the author of Bon Jovi Encyclopaedia, Don’t Stop Believin’, and Iron Maiden.
Biography/Film • 288 Pages • 6 x 9 • 15 Color Photos • 9781784187750 • May
$29.95 (Can $35.95) • Cloth • Rights: US, Canada & Caribbean • John Blake
Eddie Redmayne
The Biography
Emily Herbert
Long gone are the days when Eddie Redmayne was just a pretty face—he is now an
incredibly popular actor, and a sex symbol to boot
In February 2015, when Eddie Redmayne won the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of
Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything, it was the ultimate accolade for an actor
who has thrilled audiences since bursting onto the scene a decade earlier. From indie stage
productions to Hollywood blockbusters, he has shown himself capable of tackling a huge variety of roles while cultivating a huge and devoted fan following known as “Redmayniacs.”
This book delves into the past of the hugely popular star, from his wealthy and privileged
origins to a tentative entry into the London theater scene to the heights of an international
film career. Now married to his childhood sweetheart Hannah Bagshawe, Eddie has also
been linked to a string of beautiful women before settling down. This book unearths little
known facts about Eddie, such as his acting debut in Animal Ark, his London stage work
while at university, when he was discovered by Mark Rylance, with whom he has often
been compared, and his groundbreaking work in films that confront explicit taboos. An
outstanding member of an exciting new generation of actors, Eddie looks set to dominate the
entertainment industry for decades to come.
Emily Herbert is the author of Lady Gaga: Behind the Fame, Michael Jackson: King of Pop,
and Robin Williams: When the Laughter Stops 1951–2014.
Biography/Film • 234 Pages • 6 x 9.5 • 13 Color Photos • 9781784188139 • April
108
Daniel Craig
The Biography
Sarah Marshall
From poverty-stricken early years and a struggling fledgling career to playing James
Bond and starring in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The most successful Bond of all time. One of the most stylish men in Britain. A United Nations ambassador. Skydiving with the Queen herself. Is there anything Daniel Craig can’t
do? With the release of Sceptre, Craig appeared for the fourth time as James Bond, and with
Skyfall breaking box-office records for the series, there is no reason to believe it will be his
last. The public and the critics have been united in their praise for Craig, however, there has
been much more the actor than just Bond. Roles in Layer Cake, Road to Perdition, and The
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo have met with acclaim, and shown a breadth in Daniel Craig’s
acting beyond the handsome Bond. This biography explores the road to success for one of
the world’s finest actors, examining not just the superstar gracing the cover of magazines, but
also the man behind the legend.
Sarah Marshall is the author of Jennifer Aniston, Lindsay’s Secrets, and Sienna’s Story.
Biography/Film • 294 Pages • 5 x 8 • 22 Color Photos • 9781784188122
Rights: US, Canada & Caribbean • John Blake
Robert Pattinson
The Biography
Sarah Oliver
How Robert Pattinson became this decade’s modern matinee idol
The Twilight Saga may have made “R-Patz” a household name, but long gone are the days
when he was just seen as a (very) pretty face. Named among TIME magazine’s 100 Most Influential People, and drawing critical acclaim for recent screen performances, he is carving a
reputation as a serious actor, artist and ambassador as well as a sex symbol. From supporting
charities against child trafficking through selling his artwork, to campaigning to raise cancer
awareness, it’s clear he has a heart of gold. And with critically acclaimed performances in
more mature movies like futuristic western The Rover, and an Oscar-bait role as T.E. Lawrence in Queen of the Desert on the horizon, there can be no doubt that Robert Pattinson is
set to be the modern-day matinee idol of the decade.
Sarah Oliver is the author of One Direction A-Z and Robert Pattinson A-Z.
Biography • 230 Pages • 5 x 8 • 11 Color Photos, 1 B/W Photo • 9781784186036 • April
$14.95 (Can $17.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US, Canada & Caribbean • John Blake
Dave Grohl
Times Like His
Martin James
“Fascinating.” —Guardian
First-hand interviews combine with meticulous research to tell the story of one of the
most unbelievable careers in the rock industry
Across the entire body of Foo Fighters albums, the whole legendary Nirvana tale, the pre-history in the nascent Seattle scene and Grohl’s flirtations with Queens of the Stone Age and his
super group side project Them Crooked Vultures, this is an utterly comprehensive, insightful
chronicle of Dave Grohl’s remarkable life. Drawing on new interviews with key figures in the
Grohl story, this definitive biography includes the stories of the 2007 multi-platinum opus
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, 2011’s Wasting Light, which saw Grohl reunited with
Nirvana producer Butch Vig, and Sonic Highways, their homage to classic rock.
Martin James has contributed to the Independent and has also written for the Independent
on Sunday, the Guardian, Mojo, Uncut, Dazed and Confused and many others. He is the
author of biographies on Moby, The Prodigy, and Fatboy Slim.
Biography/Music • 352 Pages • 5 x 8 • 15 Color Photos, 3 B/W Photos • 9781784187552
Rights: US, Canada & Caribbean • John Blake/Music Press
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Ray Davies
A Complicated Life
Johnny Rogan
“Meticulously researched, crafted with a near-obsessive passion and boasts abundant
original interviews . . . the many fans of [Davies] have never been served this well. . . .
Another benchmark for music biographies.” —Record Collector
The definitive biography of The Kinks’ legendary frontman and one of the most tumultuous tales in Rock history
Ray Davies, legendary frontman of The Kinks, is one of the all-time greatest rock ‘n’ roll
musicians—and also one of its most troubled and enigmatic. In the summer of 1964, Ray
Davies led The Kinks to fame with their number one hit “You Really Got Me.” Within
months, they were challenging The Beatles and The Rolling Stones in the charts, swamped by
fans and renowned for the rioting at their gigs. Over the next three decades, Davies wrote a
string of classics, including “All Day and All of the Night,” “Sunny Afternoon,” “Waterloo
Sunset,” and “Lola,” securing his status as one of the handful of people to have redefined
pop culture over the last 50 years. But Ray’s journey was tumultuous in the extreme, featuring breakdowns, lawsuits, punch-ups and a ban from the U.S. for almost four years. His
relationship with his brother Dave, The Kinks’ lead guitarist, is surely the most ferocious and
abusive in music history. Based on countless interviews conducted over several decades, this
richly detailed biography presents the most frank and intimate portrait yet of Ray Davies,
and promises to be the definitive biography of this most fascinating and complicated life.
Johnny Rogan is the author of more than 20 books, including Byrds: Requiem for the Timeless, Morrissey & Marr, and Van Morrison.
Biography/Music • 756 Pages • 5 x 8 • 36 B/W Photos • 9780099554080 • June • $23.95
Trade Paper • Rights: US • Random House UK/Vintage UK
Johnny Marr
The Smiths and the Art of Gunslinging
Richard Carman
The genius behind the revolutionary sound of The Smiths
The shimmering, muscular guitar pop of The Smiths shone like a beacon through the 1980s
as they took up the mantle of the best British band since The Beatles. Their unparalleled musicality inspired a generation of popular bands including Oasis, the Stone Roses, and Radiohead. Johnny Marr was behind that sound, and has proved to be a gun-slinger without equal,
a guitarist who rode the longest highways to find the most perfect sounds, and who built the
gilt-edged frames in which the lyrical portraits of co-writer Morrissey sat so perfectly. While
he may well be remembered forever for the haunting intro to “How Soon Is Now?” Marr
has not slowed down creatively, inspiring a generation of younger listeners through his work
with The Cribs, and even working with Hans Zimmer on the stunning soundtrack to the
critically-acclaimed blockbuster Inception. He remains as influential and important as ever.
Filled with insight and musical lore, this book traces the incredible story of how the son of
Irish immigrants rose to become the iconic architect of a new sound for British guitar music.
Richard Carman is the author of Robert Smith: The Cure & Wishful Thinking and has contributed to more than a dozen music books on artists, including Dave Grohl, Red Hot Chili
Peppers, Shaun Ryder, and The White Stripes.
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Sam Smith
The Biography
Stewart Allan
The first biography of four-time Grammy Award winning singer
For Sam Smith, the omens are good. When you record a song with John Legend for Comic
Relief, you know you are on the way to big things. More promisingly yet, comparisons are
being made to another hyper-successful Brit who sold Soul music back to America: while
Sam might be bullishly rejecting comparisons to Adele, the signs are all there. With his debut
album In the Lonely Hour having sold 4 million copies, he is rapidly catching the figure of 7
million to date for Adele’s breakthrough record, 19. And with four 2015 Grammy awards,
three Billboard Awards, an American Music Award, and nominations for MTV Video Music
Awards and BET Awards, he is on the rise. Sam Smith has massive crossover appeal, with his
album going gold or platinum all across the world and his touching honesty about loneliness,
love and his own sexuality coming through both in his music and his interviews to win him
fans of all ages and genders.
Stewart Allan is the author of 5 Seconds of Summer.
Biography/Music • 288 Pages • 6 x 9 • 12 Color Photos • 9781784187729 • April
Damon Albarn
Blur, Gorillaz and Other Fables
Martin Roach and David Nolan
“There are books about (and by) Blur, but never one this definitive.” —NME
A bio of the frontman of Blur, founder of Gorillaz, and solo artist in his own right
Damon Albarn is the frontman of Blur and the face of Britpop. While his peers have gradually
fallen by the wayside, Albarn has reinvented himself as the mastermind behind Gorillaz. With
his eclectic solo projects—such as the much-revered The Good, the Bad & the Queen—and
his work with legends like Bobby Womack, he has proven that he is one of British music’s
most innovative and important personalities. With the 2015 release of Blur’s first album for
more than a decade, Damon Albarn took his place once more as an iconic jewel in the crown
of the British music scene. This updated book covers his multiple musical personas in depth,
with first-hand interviews by those close to Albarn in his formative years, as well as social
and musical context that covers the Britpop era and Albarn’s reemergence as the Godfather
to the iPod generation.
Martin Roach is the author of Justin Timberlake, Coldplay, and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
David Nolan is an award winning journalist and author of Emma Watson and Ed Sheeran.
Biography/Music • 288 Pages • 5 x 8 • 16 B/W Photos • 9781784187613 • April • $15.95
(Can $18.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US, Canada & Caribbean • John Blake/Music Press
Tom Jones
An Extraordinary Life
Gwen Russell
With recollections from famous friends, relatives, and contemporaries, this is a complete
portrait of one of Britain’s most talented men
From the sleepy Welsh town of Pontypridd to the Hollywood Walk of Fame, from selling
vacuum cleaners door-to-door to sell-out Las Vegas shows, Tom Jones is Britain’s best-loved
singer-songwriter. Bestselling celebrity biographer Gwen Russell traces Tom’s phenomenal
journey from his earliest years and breakthrough hit “It’s Not Unusual” to owning the nation’s television screens in BBC hit show The Voice. Not only is his professional life fascinating reading—with collaborations including Cash, The Bee Gees, and Pavarotti, which read
like a who’s who of music history—but his personal life is an unbelievably juicy source of
gossip, with Tom’s multiple high-profile infidelities being detailed here. At his peak, this most
colorful of stars claimed to be sleeping with over 250 women a year.
Gwen Russell is the author of Beckham: The Future and Jeremy Clarkson: The Biography.
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Zayn
A New Direction: The Unauthorised Biography
Sarah Oliver
From his boyhood to his heyday with One Direction, and what comes next
Zayn Malik shocked the world on March 25, 2015 when he unexpectedly announced that
“after five years, I feel like it is now the right time for me to leave the band.” When One Direction first formed 2010, few could have expected the furor this would cause just a few years
later. Despite the setback of finishing third on The X Factor, the boys signed a multi-million
dollar contract and brought out number one single after number one single, gaining devoted
fans from all over the world. Known as being one of the most mischievous members of One
Direction, Zayn appeared to have settled down when he proposed to Perrie Edwards. But
after tabloid allegations rocked their sturdy relationship, it appeared Zayn had to make a
choice: the band that he loved or the love of his life. But, at the tender age of 22, there is no
suggestion that Zayn’s career is anywhere near over—just days after announcing the split,
he was back in the recording studio with Naughty Boy, working on potential solo material.
Sarah Oliver appeared in the documentary, One Direction: All for One and is the author of
Around the World with One Direction and One Direction A-Z.
Biography/Music • 256 Pages • 6 x 9 • 33 Color Photos • 9781784188078 • April
Queen Unseen
My Life with the Greatest Rock Band of the 20th Century
Peter Hince
An intimate and affectionate insider’s story of his years spent alongside Queen, with
exclusive personal photos
For more than a decade, Peter Hince worked alongside one of the greatest bands in the history of rock, touring the world and heading up their road crew. Here he recalls the highlights
of those years. He was with Freddie Mercury when he composed “Crazy Little Thing Called
Love;” he made sure that Freddie’s stage performances went without a hitch; and he was often there to witness Freddie’s famed tantrums. He was also party to the sex, drugs, and rock
and roll. Packed with Peter’s own photos, including never-before-seen shots of Freddie and
his female lover Mary, this warm and witty book is a must-read for any Queen fan.
Peter Hince met Queen in 1973, began working for the band full time during their 1975 A
Night at the Opera album, and was the head of their road crew until their final concert in
1986. He is a professional photographer.
Biography/Music • 320 Pages • 5 x 8 • 15 Color Photos, 15 B/W Photos
9781784187712 • Replaces: 9781843587484 • April • $16.95 (Can $19.95) • Trade Paper
Pink Floyd
James Ridley
A tribute to the legendary rock band, with in-depth coverage of the discography
Choosing remarkable artwork, still and moving images, innovative sound and light techniques and outer-worldly theatrics to complement their mind-bending soundscapes, Pink
Floyd has always championed mystique in rock music. The band has dealt with overwhelming success, death, fame, drugs, break-ups, solo careers, reformations, record-breaking albums and obscurity, but continues playing on in various forms. It is the sheer survival of Pink
Floyd that makes them such an astonishing act. Pink Floyd’s music is timeless and its legacy
indisputable, and this is what is celebrated in Pink Floyd, a true must-have for fans of the
band as it celebrates in full color the triumphs, tragedies and everything in between.
James Ridley is a freelance journalist, band manager, publicist and booking agent.
Music • 92 Pages • 8 x 12.5 • 60 Color Photos • 9781922178916 • April
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Live Wire: Bon Scott
A Memoir by Three People Who Knew Him Best
Mary Renshaw, John Darcy, and Gabby Darcy
The wild frontman for AC/DC, as his friends and loved ones knew him
From his early days with The Valentines, through to the rise of AC/DC, Live Wire gives us
the real story of what it was like to be Bon Scott’s friend, tour with him, and be part of the
close-knit world out of which one of biggest bands of all time emerged. With Bon, there
was always sex, drugs, and rock’n’roll, but this deeply personal insight also shows the humor, intelligence, and warmth of the man. From dilapidated apartments in inner Melbourne,
through to the legendary early years of AC/DC, Live Wire is a revealing portrait of Bon, told
by three of the people who knew him best. John Darcy was Bon’s roadie and mate. Gabby is
Darce’s wife and was a close friend of Bon’s. And Mary Renshaw was—as AC/DC’s former
bass player Mark Evans called her—Bon’s soulmate and companion. As Bon said, it’s a long
way to the top. And Mary, Darce, and Gabby were with him every step of the way. They
lived with him, they loved him, and this is how they remember him.
John Darcy is a legendary Australian roadie, and was the roadie for Bon Scott’s first major
band, The Valentines. Gabby Darcy was just 14 when she met The Valentines. Two years
later, she started going out with the band’s roadie, Darcy. More than 45 years later, they are
still together. Mary Renshaw is a Melbourne fashion designer. She was a teenager when she
met Bon Scott at a Valentines gig in 1967.
May • $24.95 (Can $29.95) • Trade Paper
Dog Eat Dog
A Story of Survival, Struggle and Triumph by the Man Who Put AC/DC on the
World Stage
Michael Browning
An insider’s account of the formation and early success of two of the world’s greatest
bands, AC/DC and INXS
Michael Browning first spotted AC/DC in September 1974. They were raw and rough, and
much of the crowd, Michael included, was bewildered by the flashy guitarist dressed as a
school kid. But Michael knew they had something—a blistering sound, killer songs, and a
wildly charismatic stage presence. Within a week he’d signed them to a management contract
and embarked on a shared journey that within five years would take them to international
prominence. A young street kid with an uncanny ear for music, Michael had kicked off his
career in the swinging clubs that made Melbourne the most happening place in Australia in
the ‘60s. In the ‘80s Michael did it again, signing an up-and-coming band called INXS to his
label Deluxe Records and setting them on the course to superstardom. Here is the story of
one of the true believers of the Australian music industry, the man who helped the country’s
two biggest bands achieve world domination, and lived to tell the tale.
Michael Browning was running Melbourne’s Hard Rock Cafe when he first encountered a
struggling AC/DC in 1974. When he and the band parted ways five years later, they were
on the brink of global domination. Prior to that, Michael managed such local stars as Billy
Thorpe and Doug Parkinson. After a stint in the U.S. in the early 1980s, Michael returned
to Australia, where he launched Deluxe Records, in the process discovering and developing
INXS, whom he signed to the label.
Memoir/Music • 352 Pages • 5 x 8 • 56 B/W Photos • 9781760291204
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For the Love of Classical Music
A Companion
Caroline High
From Gregorian chants to Stockhausen and beyond, this collection of infographics,
tables, and key fact boxes has something for both committed classical music fans and
complete beginners
Have you ever wondered . . . How the orchestra got its name? Who wrote the longest-ever
symphony? Just how do we know when to clap—and when not to? From Bach to Beethoven,
Vivaldi to Vaughan Williams, the world of classical music has something to enchant every
listener. Whether you’re an armchair connoisseur, a regular concert-goer, or an ardent musician, For the Love of Classical Music will take you on a tour encompassing landmark pieces
and performances, key artists and composers, and surprising facts about the world’s most
beautiful music.
Caroline High is a freelance journalist and writer whose talents range from the stage to the
stave and beyond. Caroline is the former editor of Best of British magazine, and former associate editor on Yours magazine.
Music • 240 Pages • 5.5 x 8 • 100 B/W Illustrations • 9781849537322 • April
Beethoven in China
Jindong Cai and Sheila Melvin
The compelling story of Beethoven and the Chinese people, including his role in the normalization of US-China relations
Beethoven’s music is the most frequently played of a classical composer in China today. First
introduced to China in 1906, he inspired intellectuals like Lu Xun, who considered him a
role model for dedication and aesthetic taste, and aspiring musicians. As a man who refused
to bow to royalty, Beethoven was celebrated by the Communist Party in the early days of
the revolution before he was banned for composing bourgeois music in the cultural vacuum
of the 60s and 70s. After the Cultural Revolution and the death of Mao, ‘Beethoven fever’
would sweep the country, presaging his present-day popularity. Melvin and Cai explore the
vicissitudes of Beethoven’s legacy in China, and the changing politics of the 20th century and
its oscillating affiliation with Western classical music.
Jindong Cai is the Gretchen B. Kimball Director of Orchestral Studies at Stanford University and the Music Director and Conductor of the Stanford Symphony Orchestra. He is the
three-time recipient of the American Society of Composers and Publishers award for Adventurous Programming of Contemporary Music. He lives in the Bay Area. Sheila Melvin has
contributed to international publications like the International Herald Tribune, Caixin, New
York Times and Wall Street Journal. She authored The Little Red Book of China Business,
and coauthored with Jindong Cai Rhapsody in Red. She splits her time between Palo Alto,
California, and Beijing.
History/Music • 100 Pages • 4.25 x 7 • 11 B/W Photos • 9780734399526 • May
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Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-Ay
The Dodgy Business of Popular Music
Simon Napier-Bell
“Simon Napier-Bell pulls no punches. He tells this roller coaster of a story like it is:
engaging, amusing, heartbreaking, enraging and appalling with every turn of the page.”
—Mark Knopfler, Dire Straits
“A fan’s delight. Mind-boggling in its scale, intimate in its detail. . . . With the author’s
sure hand, what could have been a dry, academic timeline . . . is instead a page-turning
drama.” —Huffington Post UK
A highly-acclaimed one-volume insider history of the whole damn music business
Let legendary rock manager Simon Napier-Bell take you inside not just a creative industry,
but a business that has made people wildly rich. This book describes the evolution of the
industry from 1713, the year parliament granted writers ownership over what they wrote,
to today, when a global industry is controlled by just three major players: Sony, Universal
and Warner. Inside you will uncover little-known industry facts, including how a formula
for writing hit songs in the 1900s helped create 50,000 of the best-known songs of all time;
how infighting in the American pre-war music industry shut down traditional radio and
created an opening for country music, race records and rock’n’roll; how Jewish immigrants
and black jazz musicians dancing cheek-to-cheek created a template for all popular music
that followed; and how rock tours became the biggest, quickest, sleaziest and most profitable
ventures the music industry has ever seen.
Simon Napier-Bell has been a film composer, songwriter, record producer, and author, but
he is perhaps best known for having managed such artists as The Yardbirds, Marc Bolan,
T. Rex, Japan and Wham! He is the author of I’m Coming to Take You to Lunch. He is a
director of Papa Entertainments PLC and of Snap-B Music.
Music • 400 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781783521043 • April • $16.95 • Trade Paper • Rights: US
Random House UK/Unbound
Keith Moon Stole My Lipstick
The Swinging ’60s, the Glam ’70s and Me
Judith Wills
Adventures with Morrison, Mercury, Bowie, and more—a nostalgic coming-of-age
memoir against the backdrop of the 1960s and 70s British music scene
A star-struck, naïve 17-year-old country bumpkin leaves home catches a coach to a
near-mythical land—London and the Swinging ‘60s. Days later, mascara running, itching
in her prickly suit, stammering from shyness, she turns up for a job interview with the UK’s
first ever pop magazine, Fab. On the strength of a letter she had invented, she is miraculously
hired and soon finds herself living her dream as a music journalist. Judith Wills reveals her
remarkable story in which she sang with Freddie Mercury, smoked Jim Morrison’s joint, had
a strange encounter with David Bowie, babysat Kate Beckinsale, accompanied Billy Fury to a
christening, went hiking with Mr. Spock, starred at the Albert Hall with Tom Jones, lunched
with George Best, graced the red carpet with Peter Sellers, got chased by Andy Williams, had
the Book of Mormon read to her by an Osmond, and met just about anyone who was anyone in the day, including Keith Moon—who stole her lipstick. After eight years of pop fan
heaven and hell, Judith Wills returned to the country where she became Britain’s bestselling
diet, food, and health writer.
Judith Wills is a bestselling author, food and health journalist, magazine editor and columnist.
Her books, including the bestselling The Food Bible, have sold millions of copies worldwide.
Memoir/Music • 256 Pages • 5 x 8 • 24 B/W Photos • 9780750966092 • June
$18.95 (Can $22.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • The History Press
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Tribe: Made in Britain
A Personal History of British Subculture
Martin Roach, Ian Snowball, and Pete McKenna
Teddy boys, skinheads, punks, goths, mods, rockers, bikers, ravers—a visual and literary tribute to Britains vibrant youth countercultures
From punks and teddy boys to mods and rockers, the last 50 years has seen the British Isles
overrun with the iconic styles and attitudes—youthful “tribes” changing the world with their
bold new ideas. Britain’s youth movements are regarded worldwide as pinnacles of musical,
fashion and artistic expression. As a reaction to post-War austerity and social conservatism,
the youth of Britain have consistently broken the mold, pioneering counter-culture movements across the world and shrugging off the shackles of old authority. The authors have
amassed a wealth of exclusive interviews with key players from all the iconic groups, as well
as stunning unpublished photographs from personal collections. The result is a beautifully
produced visual and literary tribute to Britain’s vibrant young underbelly and the passionate
cauldron of creativity they continue to stir up.
Martin Roach is the author of Dr Martens, The Top Gear Story, and Viva Coldplay! Ian
Snowball and Pete Mckenna are the coauthors of Dexy’s Midnight Runners and In the Blood.
Social Science • 228 Pages • 6 x 9 • 20 Color Photos • 9781906191290 • April
$27.95 (Can $33.95) • Cloth • Rights: US, Canada & Caribbean • John Blake/Music Press
London
Then & Now In Colour
Laina Watt
Modern photography is set against stunning Victorian views of the city in this pictorial
record of the changing face of London
London is a city of enormous beauty, a dynamic, ever-evolving cityscape built up over hundreds of years of architectural evolution. Amidst this riot of growth and splendor, some truly
iconic sights may be found, landmarks which have been drawing tourists by the thousands
since before the days of Queen Victoria. This superb collection compares 40 rare archive
images of central London’s most iconic views and landmarks—including the Houses of Parliament, Piccadilly Circus, Oxford Street and Trafalgar Square—with modern images of the
capital. In full color, and drawing on only the finest photographs, it will delight visitors,
residents and historians alike.
Laina Watt is a professional photographer. After graduating from Central St Martin’s College of Art in 2002, Laina worked as a sculptor in the studio of Damien Hirst before opening the online gallery The Fine Art Company. Due to popular demand, Laina produced an
original range of contemporary photographs of London. Her architectural photographs have
been showcased in the press and exhibited in locations around both the UK and Europe.
They can also be found in various London locations such as Chelsea Football Club, The
Gherkin, Lloyd’s Bank, John Lewis and Goldman Sachs.
Photography/History • 96 Pages • 6.5 x 9 • 90 Color Photos • 9780750964968
Rights: US & Canada • The History Press
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Pub Dogs of London
Portraits of the Canine Regulars in the City’s World
Famous Hostelries
Graham Fulton
Photographer Fiona Freund
A beautiful book of hilarious, charming and heart-melting
photographic portraits of the canine customers of London’s
legendary watering holes
Pub Dogs of London is a beautiful, charming coffee-table book
of photographic portraits of the many and varied canine regulars
of London’s inimitable public houses. With a range of famous
breeds as well as the expected scruffy mongrels, and with biographical profiles of each pub-visiting pooch, this is the musthave record of the capital’s world-famous demi-monde. The
book also includes some occasional humorous verse inspired by
the images from poet Graham Fulton.
Fiona Freund is a professional portrait photographer who has
been a regular contributor to Vogue UK since 2004. Other clients include: Elle, Elle Decor, EMI, ES Magazine, Esquire, Gina
Shoes, Guardian Weekend, Harpers’ Bazaar, Heinemann Publishing, Hugo Boss, Ikea, Marie Claire, Marie Curie, MGM, Mix
Max, MoJo, Nivea, Observer Life, Q, Select, Standard Life, Tatler, the Telegraph, Telegraph magazine, Terrence Higgins Trust,
Thames and Hudson, Time Out, Universal Music and many
more. Graham Fulton is an acclaimed poet with a number of
books to his name and contributed to Pub Dogs of Glasgow.
Photography/Pets • 160 Pages • 5.5 x 8.5 • 70 Color Photos
9781910449417 • May • $16.95 (Can $19.95) • Cloth
Rights: US & Canada • Freight Books
Also available:
9781910449554
$16.95 (Can $19.95)
Cloth
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100 Things that Caught My Eye
Chris Packham
A fascinating and informative look into the mind of an
exceptional wildlife photographer at the moment he captures
every picture
Award-winning photographer Chris Packham has traveled the
world in his quest for the ultimate image. Here, readers are offered a rare glimpse into the imagination of an exceptional photographer at the moment he captures each picture. Chris has chosen these iconic images from over 25 years of traveling. Alongside
each image is an accompanying explanation as to why he took
it. Chris believes that taking great pictures requires the mind, not
just the knowledge of science or of which lens does what. “It is
about engaging that part of the brain which feels for the picture,
that learns how to see it coming and then, in that critical instant,
makes all the decisions from the heart. No book of technique
will help you at the crucial moment. That type of advice has to
be far behind you when you are poised finger on button. This is
just you, alone, at the only moment in all time when, if you feel
it, the picture may be there. It’s not spiritual. Equally it’s not
scientific or empirical. It is artistic. That fusion of all disciplines
which some of our species can manifest as a great gift.”
As a young scientist, Chris Packham studied kestrels, shrews and
badgers, and later studied zoology at Southampton University.
Post graduation he began taking photographs and trained as a
wildlife film cameraman. He has hosted several BBC nature series, and is the author of The Practical Naturalist.
Photography/Nature • 208 Pages • 10.25 x 10
106 Color Photos • 9781905825837 • April
Blink Publishing
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Landscape Wales
Terry Stevens
A collection of breathtaking vistas and magnificent views
taken from the Welsh countryside
A pictorial celebration of the glorious natural treasures and
landscapes of Wales. Featuring spectacular mountains, dramatic
coastlines, gentle lowlands, and idyllic river valleys, Landscape
Wales also focuses on people and their connection with the natural environment, from those who work the land to those who
enjoy its potential for recreation.
Terry Stevens is the deputy director of Visit Wales, and has long
been involved in analyzing and advising many different aspects
of the tourist industry in Wales. Through his leisure and tourism consultancy firm, Stevens Associates, he has produced many
reports and research papers for a client list which includes both
public and private sector organizations and businesses from all
over the UK.
Photography/Nature • 160 Pages • 12 x 12 • 100 Color Photos
9781909823464 • April • $39.95 (Can $47.95) • Cloth
Rights: US & Canada • Graffeg
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Little Loves
New Zealand Children and their Favourite Animals
Rachael Hale McKenna
From the bestselling author of 101 Cataclysms, Snog, and
Cat-titudes to Live By
Rachael Hale McKenna’s stunning photographs catch the joy
and delight that exist between children and animals and show
off the amazing New Zealand landscape, whether it be coast,
country, or city. There are many cute and funny stories about
the children’s relationships with their favorite animals. Some are
also deeply moving. There are children living on remote farms,
in small towns, by the beach, and in big cities, and yet they all
have in common their love for their special pets. And the animals
love them right back, some of them providing incredible support
to children who are chronically ill or disabled. As well as kittens
and puppies, there are all sorts of pets, such as horses, rabbits,
goats, pigs, chickens, and even eels!
Rachael Hale McKenna is the author of 101 Cataclysms, Cat-titudes to Live By, The New York Dog, Snog, and other bestselling titles.
Animals • 320 Pages • 8.5 x 10.5 • 9781877505508 • May
$35.00 (Can $42.00) • Cloth • Rights: United States, Canada,
China, South Korea & Taiwan • Allen & Unwin
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Advanced Dressage Training
Medium to Grand Prix
Angela Niemeyer Eastwood and Andrea Hessay
Learn the hows and whys of advanced training in a practical, logical fashion
Dressage now encompasses many complementary disciplines, including psychology. Technical skills need to go hand in hand with mental commitment, discipline, dedication, and
resilience. This book introduces the idea that aids are just that: they let the horse know what
the rider wants. When this is understood, the horse should be allowed to do whatever has
been asked of him, until something else is required or the horse needs a reminder. The pursuit
of excellence—not perfection—is what dressage is all about. This book offers advice and
encouragement toward an advanced partnership.
Angela Niemeyer Eastwood is a British Dressage Accredited Trainer, holds her BD UKCC
Level 3 Dressage Coaching Certificate, is a Para Dressage Coach, and is a member of the
International Dressage Riders’ Club. Andrea Hessay is a listed BD dressage judge. She and
Angela co-authored Understanding Dressage Training.
Horses/Sports • 192 Pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 300 Color Photos • 9781785000881 • May
The Horse Grooming Manual
Alison Pocklington
A practical guide to establishing good grooming practice, which is of vital importance to
a horse’s health and welfare
Grooming is of vital importance to a horse’s health and welfare. This highly illustrated book
provides practical advice for establishing good grooming practice. Topics covered in the book
are: handling of the horse for grooming; routine cleaning and grooming; clipping and trimming; grooming for showing, eventing, dressage, racing; and hunting; healthcare associated
with the skin and grooming; and how to spot problems. There are more than 300 step-bystep color photographs included to illustrate techniques.
Alison Pocklington trained for the British Horse Society (BHS) exams, gaining her BHS Instructor Stable Manager’s Certificate. She then went on to groom internationally, preparing
horses up to Olympic level. She has trained students for exams up to BHS Instructor level.
Alison was awarded the Horse and Hound groom of the year award in 2000, and is the author of The Essential Guide to Professional Horse Care and Grooming.
Horses • 192 Pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 300 Color Photos • 9781785000805 • April
Posture and Performance
Principles of Training Horses from the Anatomical Perspective
Gillian Higgins and Stephanie Martin
A practical and comprehensive riding and training guide through the understanding of
how anatomy can affect performance
From an equine therapist and rider comes a training manual, based on the Horses Inside
Out philosophy: ‘Understanding Anatomy Improves Performance and Reduces the Risk of
Injury’. Divided into three main parts: Principles of Anatomical Riding and Training; Exercises for Horse and Rider; Troubleshooting, the book contains a wealth of practical tips and
exercises broken down into easy to follow, well-illustrated steps showing how riders can improve their riding skills and potential. The author suggests ways to improve horses’ physique,
posture, flexibility, stability, core strength, performance and movement and how to reduce
muscular and movement problems, and reduce the risk of injury. This beautifully illustrated
book looks at how to deliver a safe, varied, fun, effective and achievable training program. It
provides all the ingredients for riders to make informed decisions to maximise their own and
their horse’s potential, gain more enjoyment, satisfaction and improve their skills.
Gillian Higgins is the author of Horse Anatomy for Performance and How Your Horse Moves.
Horses • 160 Pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 100 Color Photos • 9781910016008 • June
$32.95 (Can $39.95) • Laminated Hardcover • Rights: US & Canada
Quiller Publishing/Kenilworth Press
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Long Reining
From the Beginning through the Levade
Thomas Ritter
Long reining introduction, prerequisites, and how to begin
It is no wonder that more and more riders are discovering the old tradition of long reining
for themselves. It helps the horse to improve his balance and ability to collect without the
weight of the rider, and it lends itself well to training difficult movements in a horse friendly manner. Dr. Thomas Ritter explains the correct aids from the beginning through Haute
École in practical terms. Thanks to the discussion of frequent mistakes and their corrections,
long reining novices and experienced trainers alike can find much new information here. The
author’s passion and enthusiasm for long reining are evident throughout. Many helpful tips
invite you to experiment!
In addition to his successful participation in dressage competitions, Dr. Thomas Ritter has
trained numerous riders and horses through the highest levels. He is especially interested in
the ways dressage movements can function therapeutically by reshaping the horse’s various
muscle groups. Among his teachers were Dorothee Baumann-Pellny, Thomas Faltejsek, and
Egon von Neindorff.
Horses • 176 Pages • 6.5 x 9.5 • 100 Color Photos • 9780857880192 • April
$49.95 (Can $59.95) • Cloth • Rights: US & Canada • Cadmos Publishing
It’s Showtime
Circus Tricks: Learning Fun for Horses and Rider
Sylvia Czarnecki
How to teach your horse to do a compliment
Circus tricks don’t just look impressive, but they also develop trust between horse and handler, supply exercise, and bring variety into training. What is special about this book is that
the author doesn’t represent one single training system but instead combines years of practical experience and her knowledge of equine learning behavior to show how to train towards
exercises such as bow, lying down, sitting, and more. Tricks covered here include warm up,
bow, mountain goat, sitting up and lying down, the sit, and Spanish walk.
Sylvia Czarnecki discovered her passion for circus and trick training with horses many years
ago. As a result of training many different horses through the years she has discovered that
the horse’s personality will dictate the best way of teaching it these tricks. She is a qualified
media-designer and gives courses on trick training throughout Germany.
Horses • 144 Pages • 6.5 x 9.5 • 120 Color Photos • 9780857880185 • May
$29.95 (Can $35.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • Cadmos Publishing
Ethics and Ethology
For a Happy Dog
Anders Hallgren
A program for giving your dog the best life possible, based on common-sense and empathy
This book will help you to achieve the best possible relationship with your dog. It explains
the best way to motivate, lead and interact with dogs, and how to simply enjoy the time
together. Modern ethology, which has shown us how dogs live naturally and what needs
they have, plays a big role. Furthermore, findings from teaching psychology concerning
the best training methods for dogs are considered—whether the dog learns something
new or if the dog’s behavior has to be corrected. The result is a clear plea for a gentle and
positive approach.
Anders Hallgren is a dog psychologist who has dealt with dogs for more than 40 years. His
previous books include Mental Activation and Stress, Anxiety and Aggression in Dogs.
Pets • 144 Pages • 6.5 x 9.5 • 50 Color Photos • 9780857880178 • April
$19.95 (Can $23.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • Cadmos Publishing
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Golden Retrievers
A Practical Guide for Owners and Breeders
Elana Rose
A practical guide to caring for a Golden Retriever, and an essential resource for all dog
owners and professionals
Books in the A Practical Guide for Owners and Breeders series explore in detail all aspects
of owning and caring for individual breeds of dog. Written in an accessible style, this book
focuses on providing practical information about caring for your Golden Retriever, and
will be an essential resource for all dog owners and professionals. Topics covered include
breed standard; choosing a puppy or rescue dog; care at every stage of life, puppy through
to elderly dog; diet and training; healthcare and breed-specific health issues; breeding and
whelping; and showing.
Elana Rose is an experienced dog trainer and breeder. She owns a dog training company running training classes and consultation. Having previously worked at The Kennel Club, Elana
has a vast knowledge base of showing, trials, and all aspects of dog ownership.
Pets • 192 Pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 150 Color Photos • 9781785000379 • April
Why Does My Parrot . . . ?
Second edition
Rosemary Low
“When you are buying your new bird and its cage and toys, make sure this book is part
of your purchases. It will save a lot of headaches at a later date, and you will love reading it.” —Cage & Aviary Birds
“Parrot authority Rosemary Low seeks to prevent many common problems owners
have . . . The A-to-Z format makes it an easy reference tool.” —Bird Talk
This trusted reference downplays the usefulness of positive and negative reinforcement
in teaching parrots—and calls instead for well-informed owners, lots of stimulation, and
empathetic handling
Parrots are sensitive creatures whose intelligence is often grossly underrated and, as a result,
frequently exhibit behavior that is misunderstood by their owners. This reference guide to
owning a parrot answers questions about problems and tensions between these feathered
creatures and their owners. The basic elements of parrot psychology are explained, as are
environmental factors that can cause biting, screaming, and feather plucking. Case studies
of specific relationships are used to illustrate both good and bad examples of the pet/owner
relationship.
Rosemary Low is the author of The Parrot Companion and has been the curator of two of
the world’s largest parrot collections. She was the editor of PsittaScene for 15 years.
Pets/Animals • 224 Pages • 5.25 x 8.5 • 36 B/W Illustrations • 9780285643055
Rights: US, Canada & Philippines • Souvenir Press
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All Things Strange and Wonderful
My Adventures as a Vet in Africa
Dr. Reb
Dr. Reb went to Malawi with the Peace Corps hoping for an adventure—he didn’t
expect that saving two puppies and teaching a local girl to become a chess champion
would transform his life forever
As a newly graduated vet Dr. Reb signed up for a two-year stint with the Peace Corp Volunteers, and found himself in Malawi. A national fuel shortage meant no delivery of supplies,
and he had to improvise at every turn. Then he was introduced to a local witch doctor, Dr.
Mzimba, and two very sick puppies, Skippy and Bozo. After shaking my hand, Dr. Mzimba
took hold of both of my wrists and turned them over so that the palms faced upward. As he
studied them, they began to tingle. The Peace Corps had given me extensive crosscultural
training, but I didn’t recall anything about greetings of this nature. Then he stared into my
eyes and while the tingling in my hands began to fade, my cheeks now felt as if an electrical
charge was passing through them. Through a smile that filled his face, he said, “I’ve been
waiting a long time for you, Dokotala.” So began Dr. Reb’s strange and wonderful adventures, where he discovered that in Africa anything can happen and usually does, especially
when puppies become your companions in body as well as spirit.
Dr. Reb is an American citizen currently residing in Western Australia with his family. He
has a degree in veterinary science and is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Associations. His adventures in Malawi were the result of a stint with the Peace Corp.
Autobiography/Animals • 272 Pages • 6 x 8.5 • 9781925048490 • June
$19.95 (Can $23.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • Finch Publishing
Hercules the Bear
A Gentle Giant in the Family
Maggie Robin
A story so fantastic it is scarcely credible, this unique tale possesses an emotionally riveting core similar to that which made H is for Hawk such a sensational success
When Scottish Ladies Show-Jumping Champion Maggie Nimmo married British Commonwealth Wrestling Champion Andy Robin, she knew that her family would be unusual, for
with Andy came a nine-month old grizzly bear. Maggie Robin, Hercules’s adopted mother,
started writing this account of her family while in the depths of despair, during those long
hours when her “son” Herc was lost, apparently gone forever, in the wild and unforgiving
terrain of the island of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides. This new and completely revised
edition brings the story up to date, telling of the bear’s many appearances in advertisements,
films, and on television until, once again, disaster struck, when he was nearly crippled by
damage to his spine. Maggie’s account relates how she and Andy slowly nursed Hercules
back to health, partly through swimming exercises until, in the fullness of time, he died at the
age of 25. His death left the Robins bereft, but in time they came to realize just how much
Hercules had taught them and others, and the debt they owed him. Told in Maggie’s own
words, this is the extraordinary story of how she and Andy achieved what everyone said was
impossible: the domestication of “the fiercest animal in the New World.” Maggie, Andy, and
Herc proved the experts wrong, and in doing so have become folk heroes in their own time.
Here is their story.
Maggie Robin is a former Scottish Ladies Show-Jumping Champion who, together with her
husband, British Commonwealth Wrestling Champion Andy Robin, raised a grizzly bear cub
named Hercules as part of her family.
Animals/Family & Relationships • 256 Pages • 5.5 x 8.5 • 9781784188153 • May
$24.95 (Can $29.95) • Cloth • Rights: US, Canada & Caribbean • John Blake/Metro Books
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More Moaning
The Return of the Enlightened One
Karl Pilkington
The brand new book from the absolutely unique television star
Karl is back on the road once again looking for answers to some
of life’s big questions. In his inimitable style, he tackles the juicy
subjects of health, art, values, identity and pollution. Will his
travels around the world reveal the meaning of life? Find out in
this hilarious new book.
Karl Pilkington is a Sony Award–winning, Emmy Award–nominated radio producer, best known for starring in An Idiot
Abroad and producing and cohosting The Ricky Gervais Show
on the radio and later in the form of podcasts and an HBO television show. He is the author of Happyslapped by a Jellyfish,
An Idiot Abroad, Karlology, The Moaning of Life, and Ricky
Gervais Presents: The World of Karl Pilkington.
Humor • 288 Pages • 6 x 9 • 9781782117315 • August
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Dull Men of Great Britain
Celebrating the Ordinary
Leland Carlson
Discover the fascinating people, mundane hobbies and particular passions that inspire
the Dull Men’s Club
Neil collects bricks, Kevin is a roundabout enthusiast, John runs the Apostrophe Protection
Society and Keith’s actual job is watching paint dry. They are members of the Dull Men’s
Club and are passionate about the everyday, unglamorous things in life. They are dull and
proud and urge the good ordinary men of the nation to join them now. Whether you have
a thing for pylons or rhubarb, reclaim and celebrate the ordinary. Includes free honorary
membership and certificate.
Leland Carlson is the assistant vice president of the Dull Men’s Club (the club’s highest office). Leland and his good friend Grover Click formed the club when they both were living in
New York. The club was a place for them to get away from the city’s hustle and bustle, glitz
and glam, and instead enjoy ordinary, mundane, everyday things. They didn’t need to be
“in” and trendy; it was OK to be dull. Leland is a semi-retired accountant. Now he only does
either debits or credits, but never both. He leaves it to someone else to balance the books. He
divides his time between England and the U.S.
Humor • 96 Pages • 7 x 5.75 • 50 Color Photos • 9781785030901 • May • $17.95 • Cloth
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Toast on Toast
Cautionary Tales and Candid Advice
Steven Toast
“Steven Toast is the comedy character of the moment, and Toast of London is the comedy event. Brilliant.” —Guardian on Toast of London
The newest character from Matt Berry, of Snuff Box, IT Crowd, and Mighty Boosh,
Steven Toast offers inspiration with this memoir-slash-acting-guide. Be inspired by
the genius by just happens to boast the most luxurious quiff-and-tache combination
in showbiz.
Toast on Toast is the must-have book for all budding actors—and non-actors too. In this
part memoir, part “how to act” manual, Steven Toast draws on his vast and varied experiences, providing the reader with an invaluable insight into his journey from school plays to
RADA, and from “It’s a Right Royal Knockout” to the Colony Club. Toast on Toast contains all the surreal humor of the TV show.
Steven Toast is played by Matt Berry. Matt Berry is a writer, actor, comedian and musician.
He co-writes and stars as Steven Toast in cult comedy show Toast of London. His other
shows include The IT Crowd, House of Fools, The Mighty Boosh, and Garth Marenghi’s
Darkplace. Berry wrote, starred, and composed all the music in the comedy show Snuff
Box. He also co-wrote and performed in a parody rock opera, AD/BC: A Rock Opera, with
Richard Ayoade, which also stars Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt. Arthur Mathews is an
Irish comedy writer and actor, who is best known for Father Ted, which he co-wrote with
Graham Linehan. He has also contributed to The Fast Show, Harry Enfield and Chums,
Brass Eye and he has co-written Toast of London with Matt Berry.
Humor/Television • 304 Pages • 5.25 x 8.5 • 12 Color Photos • 9781782117490 • April
$27.95 (Can $32.95) • Cloth • Rights: US & Canada • Canongate UK
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Dad Disasters
When Dads Go Bad
Ian Allen
Dads who have found new ways of making even the simplest situation into a disaster
Your typical dad is highly skilled in putting his foot in it in a variety of hilarious ways. This
book contains a wealth of stories from around the world illustrating the disastrous situations dads both famous and ordinary have created. Of course, no book for dads would be
complete without a sprinkling of dad jokes old and new. Whether the dad in your life is a
seasoned veteran with all the campaign medals or a terrified new recruit who still doesn’t
which way up the baby goes, this is the perfect book for him.
Ian Allen is a professional dad. He is the compiler of 365 Reasons to Be Proud to Be a Dad,
Crap Dad Jokes, and The Very Embarrassing Book of Dad Jokes.
Humor • 112 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781911042006 • August • $16.95 (Can $19.95) • Cloth
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The Book of He
Peter Berner
“He never climbed a tall mountain or saved a family from a burning building or even
donated his time to charity, but he also never stood in the way of anyone who wanted
to do these things. That had to count for something.”
Peter Berner has created a collection of humorous illustrations which take a very droll look
at modern life from the perspective of a very ordinary man who has no desire to be anything
but very ordinary.
Peter Berner is one of Australia’s most popular and respected media entertainers, stand-up
comics and corporate performers. Peter has written and performed solo comedy in both Australia and the UK since 1988. His intelligent humor has always set him apart as a performer
who can comfortably straddle comedy styles as disparate as satire, observational comedy and
reactive comedy with ease, leaving audiences in hysterics.
Humor • 160 Pages • 5.25 x 6.5 • 80 B/W Illustrations • 9781925048544 • May
$11.95 (Can $13.95) • Cloth • Rights: US & Canada • Finch Publishing
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Dimly Lit Meals for One
Heartbreaking Tales of Sad Food and Even Sadder Lives
Tom Kennedy
“DLMFO will make you laugh until you’re no longer hungry.” —Washington Post
“One man’s quest to chronicle the most depressing dinners
on the internet.” —Buzzfeed
An anthology of despair for all the people out there who have
ever seasoned a dish with the bitter salt of their own tears
Consider the top image. A plate of chick peas and plain spaghetti,
accompanied—we can only assume—by the mournful, haunting
wail of a conch.
Based on the popular Tumblr, this book features never-before-seen photographs of humanity at its lowest culinary ebb,
accompanied by tragicomic stories that will either leave you crying with laughter, or just crying. You’ll meet a cast of colorless
characters trapped in a kitchen hell of their own devising, witness their struggles to fulfill their recommended five a day, and
marvel at how much human misery can be heaped onto a single
plate. Fuelled by the author’s first-hand experience at the dark
heart of miserable food photography, Dimly Lit Meals for One
is the culmination of one man’s quest to chronicle the exact opposite of food porn. Bigger, sadder, and funnier than ever before,
this book serves up bite-sized portions of hilarity and heartbreak
alongside some of the most inept food photography ever seen.
Tom Kennedy started Dimly Lit Meals for One in 2014, and it
was named one of Mashable’s top 25 viral blogs for the year. His
writing has been featured on vice.com.
Humor • 240 Pages • 7.5 x 5.5 • 120 Color Photos
9781784186890 • April • $18.95 (Can $22.95) • Cloth
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Is it in Yet?
The Big Book of Sexual Failures
Mark Leigh and Jim Rickards
Sexual failures of the world, unite! With a compendium of the most stunning sexual humiliations in recorded history, now is the time to stand up and be counted (or measured).
A celebration of sexual failures, Is it in Yet? is an antidote to all those self-help books obsessed with sexual performance. These bizarre but true tales of sexual stupidity and strangeness include the perils of having sex with a hot lasagna, the couple who suffocated while
making love in the back of a hearse, the flasher who only exposed himself to department
store mannequins, the man who mistook superglue for lubricant, the man who married
his horse (and gave her lingerie), and such alarming fetishes as clowns, falling down stairs
and licking eyeballs. Let’s not forget the couple who were run over by the New York subway after having impromptu sex on a mattress they threw on the tracks, or the man from
California who had an experimental electronic penile implant inserted, which would give
erections upon the press of a button—or whenever his next-door neighbor used his electric
garage door. If it’s deviant, disturbing or just plain dumb, it’s in this weird, wild, wonderfully
awkward collection.
Mark Leigh is the author of How to Chat Someone Up at a Funeral and Epic Fail.
Humor • 272 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781784186883 • April • $14.95 (Can $17.95)
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Life-abet
An A to Z of Existence
Aaron Gillies
In an intelligent and witty accurate visual dictionary, the popular Twitter comedian analyzes today’s most popular everyday parlance and pursuits amongst 19 to 35 year-olds
to hilarious effect
With 35,000 plus followers on Twitter and regular spots on media websites, including the
Huffington Post, The Poke and Buzzfeed, 28 year old Aaron Gillies aka @TechnicallyRon
is already an established “voice of a generation” with his popular, sharp and precisioned
brand of visual comedy satire. Firmly in touch with his masculinist and feminist issues, @
TechnicallyRon is not afraid to take a pop at the subliminal messages on body image and self
esteem to be found in the media, and on the covers of magazines. He speaks largely to a 18
to 35 unisex demographic, and counts high profile journalists and comedians among his fans.
Aaron Gillies is a writer for numerous publications including The Poke, Huffington Post and
Hoot Comedy, and is better know as his twitter alias TechnicallyRon.
Humor • 256 Pages • 6.5 x 8.5 • 100 Color Illustrations • 9781910536247 • May
$16.95 (Can $19.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • Blink Publishing
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Prick with a Fork
Larissa Dubecki
A hilarious and horrific expose of the restaurant industry from the waiter’s POV
If a bad attitude could be subject to copyright, my ten years as a waiter would have left me
obscenely wealthy. Working the floor, I was the Kerry Packer of passive aggression. Sullen
insolence was my personal trademark, diligently honed and perfected over time. For a long
list of perceived diner slights—ranging from ordering the tomato sauce separately to the
fries, to calling me ‘dear’—I could perform a Jekyll and Hyde switch into the most perfunctory, robotic and joyless server the world has ever seen. If I didn’t like a group of people I
would endeavour to do my very best to ensure that the only thing left of their night was a
cold, dry husk. That I regularly used something I privately referred to as the ‘Dead Eyes’
should reveal plenty.
Before she was one of Australia’s top restaurant critics, Larissa Dubecki was one of its worst
waitresses. This loving homage to her 10-year reign of dining-room terror covers psychopathic chefs, lecherous owners, impossible demands, and insufferable customers—just the
start of an average shift. Therapy for former waiters, a revelation to diners, and pure reading
pleasure for anyone interested in what really happens out the back of the restaurant, Prick
with a Fork is an hilarious and horrific dissection of the restaurant industry, combining the
gritty take-no-prisoners attack of Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential with the gross
confessions and forensic grunge of John Birmingham’s He Died with a Felafel in His Hand.
Larissa Dubecki has been the chief restaurant critic and food writer for The Age and The Age
Good Food Guide, as well as a restaurant critic for Australian Gourmet Traveller. She has
appeared on MasterChef a number of times, and has been a judge on Iron Chef Australia.
From 1991 to 2002 she was also a very bad waitress.
Humor/Cooking • 304 Pages • 6 x 9 • 9781925266054 • May • $19.95 (Can $23.95)
Allen & Unwin
Unchosen
Julie Burchill
“A joy to behold. . . . Any Jew who feels anxious in these days of palpable anti-semitism
ought to read this book. It’s funny, and we all need a laugh. But more importantly, it’s
a timely reminder that no, my friends, you do not walk alone.” —Jewish Chronicle
“I’m afraid I can’t really dignify her latest offering with the ascription “book.”
—Will Self, Guardian
“’Riotous . . . currently my on-tour bedside companion.” —Bryan Ferry, Daily Mail
A hilarious and heartfelt memoir from a controversial journalist, on the great love of her
life, the Jewish people
What if your first love was not one person but an entire culture? This is a loud and heartfelt
celebration of one woman’s relationship with the Jewish people. Growing up as a blonde,
popular, West Country schoolgirl, Julie Burchill was the unlikeliest convert to militant Zionism but learning of the cruelty the Jewish people faced throughout history turned her into
their biggest champion. From her marriage to a “not Jewish enough husband” to drunken
holidays in Israel, arguments with lesbian rabbis to being banned from her local synagogue,
this is a brilliantly funny and unflinchingly honest account of a philo-Semite that will shock
and delight in equal parts. Join Julie as she examines her 40-year obsession with the Jewish
people and recounts a love affair that is as hedonistic, passionate and outspoken as its author.
Julie Burchill started work aged just 17 at New Musical Express and has since had a long
and impressive career in journalism, writing for many publications on various topics such as
punk music, film reviews and feminism Julie has written more than a dozen books, including
Sugar Rush.
Memoir/Jewish Studies • 256 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781783521036 • April • $17.95
Trade Paper • Rights: US • Random House UK/Unbound
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Some Comics by Stephen Collins
Stephen Collins
“Perfect single page distillations of 21st-century life. And
they are hilarious. . . . There truly is something for everyone.” —Creative Review
“Has the tone of a playful fable, from the cracked syntax
of its title onward. . . . For a book about the liberating joys
of disruption, though, it’s exceptionally disciplined: Collins renders several hundred pages of immaculately ruled
buildings and bean-faced people (and the fuzzy curlicues
that interfere with them) in meticulous, microdetailed pencil
textures.” —NewYorkTimes.com on The Giant Beard that
Was Evil
A new collection from the cartoonist behind the acclaimed
New York Times-bestselling The Gigantic Beard that Was Evil
Here are some comics by Stephen Collins. Or, to be precise, a little over 100 comics by Stephen Collins—some from his weekend
Guardian strip, and many unseen. They constitute your opportunity to a) discover what plastic bags really think about b) explore
all of the Pope’s hot new features c) have everything ruined by
the internet. Enjoy!
Stephen Collins is a cartoonist and illustrator whose first book,
The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil, was included in A.V. Club’s
“Best Comics of the Year,” became the first graphic novel to be
shortlisted for Waterstone’s Book of the Year and won the Edinburgh Festival’s inaugural 9th Art Award. Stephen previously
won the Jonathan Cape/Observer Graphic Short Story Prize.
His work has appeared in many publications worldwide, and
he contributes regular comics to the Guardian Weekend and
Prospect magazine.
Graphic Novels • 120 Pages • 9.25 x 4.5 • Four-color Interior
9780224099691 • April • $24.95 • Cloth • Rights: US
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The Wayward Leunig
Cartoons that Wandered Off
Michael Leunig
Four hundred definitive cartoons spanning five decades
The cartoons in The Wayward Leunig: Cartoons That Wandered Off have been selected from five decades of work, and are
wide-ranging, potent, hilarious, insightful, relevant, original and
beautiful. A companion to Essential Leunig, this collection is a
must-have for Leunig fans.
Michael Leunig is a cartoonist whose previous titles include
Strange Creatures and When I Talk to You: A Cartoonist Talks
to God.
Art • 408 Pages • 9.5 x 9.5 • 400 Color Illustrations
9780670078769 • May • $49.95 (Can $59.95) • Cloth
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Thunderbirds: The Vault
Marcus Hearn
Thunderbirds Are Go! in this wonderful book ceelbrating 50 years of the classic series
On September 30th, 1965, International Rescue successfully completed their first assignment, and the Tracy brothers imprinted themselves on a generation of captivated children.
Thirty-two episodes, many repeats, 60 territories, two feature films, three albums, numerous
comics, books, toys, videos and DVDs and five decades later, Thunderbirds are still saving
the world from the brink of peril. Thunderbirds: The Vault is the first ever lavishly illustrated, definitive, beautifully packaged, presentation hardback telling the story of this enduring
cult phenomenon. Packed with previously unpublished material, including prop photos, design sketches, production memos and other collectible memorabilia, plus specially commissioned photography of original 1960s merchandise and new interviews with cast and crew,
it’s going to be a collectors’ dream and a fantastic piece of cult TV history.
Marcus Hearn is a film and television journalist and has been an editor at such diverse publishers as Marvel Comics, EMAP and DeAgostini. In 1996 he became editor of the UK’s official Star Wars Magazine. He’s the author of many books, including The Cinema of George
Lucas, Doctor Who: The Vault, Hammer Glamour, and The Hammer Vault.
Television • 240 Pages • 10.5 x 10.5 • 200 Color Photos, 100 B/W Photos • 9780753556351
April • $39.95 • Cloth • Rights: US • Virgin Books
Thunderbirds Comic Collection Volume 2
Egmont UK
5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Thunderbirds are go!
Fifty years after Thunderbirds first blasted off onto British TV, discover the comic strips that
captured the thrill and excitement of the cult TV series in spectacular style. This dazzling collection features the first 12 comic strips illustrated by the legendary Frank Bellamy originally
published in the 1960’s. This is the perfect collection for Thunderbirds fans everywhere.
Gerry Anderson (1929-2012) was a television and film producer, director, and writer known
for his futuristic television shows, the most successful of which was Thunderbirds.
Graphic Novels • 224 Pages • 8.5 x 11 • 9781405279215 • April • $39.95 • Cloth
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Quotable Cats
Milly Brown
A fabulous collection of feline quotes and poems, illustrated with beautiful color
photographs
“Like all pure creatures, cats are practical.” —William S. Burroughs
This stunning photographic collection of quotations about felines is a delightful celebration
of our whiskered friends, perfect for any cat lover.
Milly Brown is the author of The Cat Lover’s Companion and The Wind in My Ears.
Pets • 128 Pages • 4 x 5.5 • 60 Color Photos • 9781849536172 • April
Quotable Dogs
Milly Brown
A wonderful gathering of canine quotes and poems, complete with beautiful color
photographs
“The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.” —Ambrose Bierce
This stunning photographic collection of quotations about canines is a delightful celebration
of our four-legged friends, perfect for any dog-lover.
Milly Brown is the author of The Cat Lover’s Companion and The Wind in My Ears.
Pets • 128 Pages • 4 x 5.5 • 60 Color Photos • 9781849536189 • April
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The Most Amazing YouTube Cat Videos Ever!
120 of the Coolest, Craziest and Funniest Internet Kitty Clips
Matthew Woods
Including 120 clips, with each entry carrying a QR code, this guided tour examines the
most rewarding YouTube cat clips
More than 6 billion hours of video are watched each month of YouTube—still the world’s
number one video sharing website. Not all of these are cat videos—but they do make up
a significant proportion, as more and more people get involved in what can now truly be
described as an industry in its own right. With more than two million YouTube cat videos,
there are festivals and award ceremonies celebrating the best examples of feline footage.
Now The Most Amazing YouTube Cat Videos Ever! brings together the cutest, funniest,
and most spectacular examples of the unstoppable Internet phenomenon in one carefully
curated collection. From global viral hits to hidden gems and the most creative spins on this
fast-moving new genre, this is the perfect gift for cat video experts and newbies alike.
Matthew Woods is a celebrated entertainment journalist and self-confessed YouTube addict.
Pets/Humor • 128 Pages • 4.5 x 7 • 9781853759413 • April • $9.95 • Trade Paper
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The Most Amazing YouTube Dog Videos Ever!
120 of the Coolest, Craziest and Funniest Internet Doggy Clips
Adrian Besley
A celebration of Chica and all the other canine celebrities that delight YouTube users
across the world
When Sylwester Wardega, a Polish Youtuber, decided to dress his dog Chica in an oversized
spider costume and “unleash” her on unsuspecting passers-by in his hometown, an internet
phenomenon was born. The so-called “Mutant Giant Spider Dog” was one of the most
popular videos on YouTube in 2014—some achievement when you know that more than
1 billion unique users visit the video sharing site each month. Bringing together the most
adorable and moving examples of this unstoppable online trend, this carefully curated collection includes 120 clips, with each entry carrying a QR code, instantly guiding readers to
the most rewarding YouTube dog clips. From global viral hits to hidden gems and the most
creative spins on this ever-evolving new genre, this is the perfect gift for dog video fanatics
and newbies alike.
Adrian Besley is a celebrated writer whose books include The Dangerous Books for Idiots,
How to Fart at School, The Retrosexual Manual: How to Be a Real Man, and You Don’t
Know . . . Jack Schitt.
Pets/Humor • 128 Pages • 4.5 x 7 • 9781853759420 • April • $9.95 • Trade Paper
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Off the Leash: A Dog’s Best Friend
Rupert Fawcett
The sequel to the Off the Leash: The Secret Life of Dogs
In its first year as a daily cartoon blog on Facebook, Off the Leash developed a regular daily
following of half a million dog lovers from around the world, and has become a place where
people who are passionate about pooches share anecdotes, pictures and jokes. Capturing the
secret thoughts and dreams of dogs, Rupert Fawcett’s cartoons are brilliantly observed, and
touchingly true to life. As well as the best dog photos sent in by fans of Off the Leash: A
Dog’s Best Friend rounds up a new selection of touching, hilarious drawings of dogs of every
size, shape and breed doing what they do best: stealing beds, out-smarting cats and questing
for the perfect stick.
Rupert Fawcett is a cartoonist whose collections include Off the Leash: The Secret Life of
Dogs and Off the Leash: It’s a Dog’s Life.
Humor • 160 Pages • 6 x 7 • 150 B/W Illustrations • 9781447268086 • May • $16.95
Cloth • Rights: US • Pan Macmillan/Boxtree
Off the Leash: It’s a Dog’s Life
Rupert Fawcett
The third installment of Off the Leash cartoons for dog lovers
In its first year as a daily cartoon blog on Facebook, Off the Leash developed a regular daily
following of half a million dog lovers from around the world, and has become a place where
people who are passionate about pooches share anecdotes, pictures and jokes. Capturing
the secret thoughts and dreams of dogs, Rupert Fawcett’s cartoons are brilliantly observed,
and touchingly true to life. This third book celebrates the wonderful world we create for our
dogs, from the gloriously cheeky pooches who steal our sofa space, out-smart cats and wrap
us around their little paws, to the adoring four-legged friends who want nothing more than
our complete and undivided attention. Featuring dogs of every size, shape and breed, these
cartoons delightfully capture the glorious relationships between dogs and their owners.
Rupert Fawcett is a cartoonist whose past collections include Off the Leash: The Secret Life
of Dogs and Off the Leash: A Dog’s Best Friend.
Humor • 160 Pages • 6 x 7 • 150 B/W Illustrations • 9780752265742 • June • $16.95
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Animal Selfies
Charlie Ellis
The selfie craze has finally reached the animal kingdom
From the sublime to the ridiculous, this book collects the best
photos of creatures great and small who have taken their love of
a good picture into their own claws, flippers, and hooves.
Charlie Ellis is the author of Cat Selfies and Dog Selfies.
Humor/Animals • 96 Pages • 5.5 x 5.5 • 48 Color Photos
9781849537667 • April • $12.95 (Can $15.95) • Cloth
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Way of Dog
A Canine Guide to Ancient Chinese Wisdom
Cherry Denman
Let man’s best friend lead you down the path to doggy enlightenment
Suddenly, dogs are everywhere. Dressed in designer couture, carried around in bicycle baskets and monogrammed handbags, they rule the stylish roost that is the new China. In the
space of 25 years they have maneuvered themselves from hot pot to Hermès. How did they
achieve this? By doing what dogs do best. Absolutely nothing. Aided by juicy dog snacks of
wisdom from Confucius to Sun Tzu, Cherry Denman captures through beautiful pen-and-ink
illustrations their laid-back strategy for success so that you too may survive this man-eatman world.
Cherry Denman has written and illustrated more than 20 books, including Diplomatic
Incidents.
Humor/Pets • 140 Pages • 5.25 x 6.5 • 65 B/W Illustrations • 9780734310774 • June
$16.95 (Can $19.95) • Cloth • Rights: US & Canada • Penguin Books China/Viking China
How to Be a Dog
Maxwell Woofington’s Guide to Living with Humans and Getting the Upper Paw
Maxwell Woofington and Mark Leigh
Discover what your dog really thinks about you with this humorous guide to the world
as seen through a dog’s eyes
Written by a dog, and with helpful additions by other dogs, How to Be a Dog is essential
reading, not just for all canines but also for their owners and dog lovers alike, providing an
insight into their pet’s sometimes curious behavior. As you’d expect from a book written by
a dog about humans, it’s irreverent, cynical, and disrespectful. Dogs provide helpful observations and advice on specific issues: for example, how to retain any semblance of self-esteem
while wearing the “Cone of Shame” anti-scratch collar, or how to really frustrate your owner when playing “fetch.” How to Be a Dog is the official rule book of the doggie world, a
hilarious guide for living with humans, and always getting the upper paw.
Maxwell Woofington is a pedigree cocker spaniel who sees himself less as Man’s Best Friend
and more as his very cynical and irreverent acquaintance. Practicing what he preaches, Max
continues to be the alpha male of the Leigh family with whom he lives.
Humor/Pets • 160 Pages • 5 x 8 • 65 B/W Photos, 25 B/W Illustrations • 9781782434177
April • $15.95 (Can $18.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • Michael O’Mara
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Manhood
Is a Serious Business
Cath Tate
Take a lighthearted look at the universally strange ways of men with this hilarious collection of vintage images with amusing captions
This hilarious book—a perfect gift for the man in your life, or perhaps an unsuspecting brideto-be—brings together the best of Cath’s work on men. Packed with mirth-making images of
men in all their ridiculous glory and insights into the mysterious way their minds work, this
is a perfect reflection of modern-day manhood.
Cath Tate has been creating her distinctive brand of greetings cards for over 30 years. Featuring hand-colored vintage pictures teamed with witty and subversive captions, the cards have
been highly influential and continue to sell in their thousands. She is the author of Friends.
Humor • 112 Pages • 5 x 7 • 56 Color Photos • 9781909396395 • May
Mothers
We’re Nowhere Without Them
Cath Tate
This ideal gift for moms everywhere celebrates the joys and confusions of motherhood
In this highly amusing new addition to the series, Cath gives us the lowdown on life as a
mother. It embraces all aspects of motherhood, from that first terrifying journey home from
the hospital with your screeching bundle of joy, through teenage tantrums and the empty
nest, to those disconcerting years when you begin to turn into your own mother. Insightful,
quirky, and downright hilarious, this book is the perfect present for your own mom, or someone who’s about to become one.
Older
But Not Wiser
Cath Tate
Full of subversive wit, amusing images, and strange pairings, this collection will making
anyone grin at the thought of aging
This hilarious book—an ideal birthday gift—brings together the best of Cath’s work on aging. Wise, cynical, and—very occasionally—warm, it is packed with insights into this sadly
universal process, whether we choose to embrace it or defy it. After all, as Cath says, “Age
doesn’t matter—unless you’re a cheese.”
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AND PROUD OF IT
Introducing . . . Esme! You may have noticed Esme, our little feathered friend, gracing some of our covers. She’s
always full of joy and happiness, singing her message of goodwill. Follow her on twitter at @esmethebird for a
daily dose of cheer!
18 and Proud of It
Summersdale
“Youth comes but once in a lifetime.” —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Congratulations—you’re now officially classed as an adult! This little book, packed with
wise and witty quotations, is the perfect way to show the world that you are 18 and proud
of it.
Summersdale is one of the UK’s top independent nonfiction publishers.
Inspirational • 160 Pages • 4 x 5.5 • 9781849536905 • April • $9.95 (Can $11.95) • Cloth
21 and Proud of It
Summersdale
“Birthdays are nature’s way of telling us to eat more cake.” —Jo Brand
Congratulations—you’ve come of age! This little book, packed with wise and witty quotations, is the perfect way to show the world that you are 21 and proud of it.
Inspirational • 160 Pages • 4 x 5.5 • 9781849536912 • April • $9.95 (Can $11.95)
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30 and Proud of It
Summersdale
“Everything I know I learned after I was 30.” —Georges Clemenceau
Congratulations—you’re starting another exciting new decade! This little book, packed
with wise and witty quotations, is the perfect way to show the world that you are 30 and
proud of it.
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40 and Proud of It
Summersdale
“At age 20, we worry about what others think of us. At 40, we don’t care what they
think of us.” —Ann Landers
proud of it.
50 and Proud of It
Summersdale
“By the time we hit 50. . . We have learned to take life seriously, but never ourselves.” —Marie Dressler
This book is packed with celebratory quotations to help you shrug your shoulders, blow
out the candles, and be proud to say you’re 50!
60 and Proud of It
Summersdale
“I’m 60 years of age. That’s 16 Celsius!” —George Carlin
proud of it.
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65 and Proud of It
Summersdale
“Retirement at 65 is ridiculous. When I was 65 I still had pimples.” —George Burns
Congratulations—you’re starting another exciting new time in your life! This little book,
packed with wise and witty quotations, is the perfect way to show the world that you are 65
and proud of it.
70 and Proud of It
Summersdale
“To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful then to be 40 years
old.” —Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
This book is packed with celebratory quotations to help you shrug your shoulders, blow out the
candles and be proud to say you’re 70!
80 and Proud of It
Summersdale
“The advantage of being 80 years old is that one has many people to love.” —Jean
Renoir
Congratulations—you’re starting another exciting new decade! This little book, packed with
wise and witty quotations, is the perfect way to show the world that you are 80 and proud of it.
90 and Proud of It
Summersdale
“Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.” —Jean Paul
Congratulations—you’re starting another exciting new decade! This little book, packed with
wise and witty quotations, is the perfect way to show the world that you are 90 and proud of it.
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GIFT WIT
In Your 40s and Still Cool!
Humorous Quotes for those Celebrating their Fourth Decade
Adrian Besley
“At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.”
—Benjamin Franklin
“The first forty years of life give us the text: the next thirty supply the commentary.”
—Arthur Schopenhauer
Adrian Besley is the author of The Outdoor Book for Adventurous Boys and The Most
Amazing YouTube Videos Ever!
Humor • 160 Pages • 4 x 7 • 9781853759550 • July • $13.95 • Cloth • Rights: US • Prion
Rockin’ Into Your 50s
Humorous Quotes for those Celebrating their Fifth Decade
Adrian Besley
“Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at
fifty.” —Coco Chanel
“A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his
life.” —Muhammad Ali
Adrian Besley is the author of The Outdoor Book for Adventurous Boys and The Most Amazing YouTube Videos Ever!
In Your 60s and Still Crazy!
Humorous Quotes for those Celebrating their Sixth Decade
Malcolm Croft
“When I turned 60, it didn’t bother me at all.” —Yoko Ono
“My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She’s 97 today and we
don’t know where the hell she is.” —Ellen DeGeneres
Malcolm Croft is the author of 5 Seconds of Summer: The Ultimate Fan Book.
In Your 70s and Still Having Fun!
Humorous Quotes for those Celebrating their Seventh Decade
Malcolm Croft
“To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years
old.” —Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
“The French are true romantics. They feel the only difference between a man of forty and one
of seventy is thirty years of experience.” —Maurice Chevalier
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GIFT WIT
Grandma You’re the Best!
Humorous Quotes Celebrating Brilliant Grandmothers
Malcolm Croft
More than 300 quotes celebrating grandmothers everywhere
“As I learned from growing up, you don’t mess with your grandmother.” —Prince William
“If nothing is going well, call your grandmother.” —Italian Proverb
“A grandmother is a little bit parent, a little bit teacher, and a little bit best friend.” —Author
Unknown
Humor • 160 Pages • 4 x 7 • 9781853759529 • May • $13.95 • Cloth • Rights: US • Prion
Grandad You’re the Best!
Humorous Quotes Celebrating Brilliant Grandfathers
Adrian Besley
More than 300 quotes celebrating grandfathers everywhere
“One of the most powerful handclasps is that of a new grandbaby around the finger of a grandfather.” —Joy Hargrove
“More and more, when I single out the person who inspired me most, I go back to my grandfather.” —James Earl Jones
Adrian Besley is the author of The Outdoor Book for Adventurous Boys and The Most Amazing YouTube Videos Ever!
Together Forever
Humorous Quotes Celebrating Love and Marriage
Malcolm Croft
More than 250 quotes about weddings, marriage, and engagement
“I have great hopes that we shall love each other all our lives as much as if we had never married at all.” —Lord Byron
“My mother says I didn’t open my eyes for eight days after I was born, but when I did, the first
thing I saw was an engagement ring. I was hooked.” —Elizabeth Taylor
Malcolm Croft is a celebrated humor writer and journalist.
With Love . . .
Humorous Quotes for Someone Special
Malcolm Croft
More than 250 quotes about love and being in love
“Love isn’t something you find. Love is something that finds you.” —Loretta Young
“Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.”
—Oscar Wilde
Malcolm Croft is a celebrated humor writer and journalist.
Humor • 160 Pages • 4 x 7 • 9781853759468 • August • $12.95 • Cloth • Rights: US • Prion
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So You’re 65!
Mike Haskins and Clive Whichelow
A handbook for the newly creaky
You’ll never be able to sing “When I’m 64” again or complain about politicians being old
and out of touch—they’re now all younger than you and out of touch. However, look on the
bright side: you’ve already outlived Mozart by 30 years and youngsters will seek your sage
advice on how to play vinyl records.
Mike Haskins and Clive Whichelow have written for Dead Ringers, Smack the Pony, and
Spitting Image, as well as for the Daily Mirror, Express, and Mail on Sunday. They are the
co-authors of How to Survive Marriage, Laugh with Mother, and So You’re Retired!
Humor • 96 Pages • 4.5 x 6 • 9781849537261 • May • $9.95 (Can $11.95) • Cloth
Congratulations on Your Retirement
Ted Heybridge
A cheerful selection of quotes and wise words that will appeal to men and women alike,
at any age of retirement
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” —Mae West
“When they tell me I’m too old to do something, I attempt it immediately.” —Pablo Picasso
Your life is about to change—you’re going to retire! Say hello to stress-free lie-ins and relaxing afternoon strolls, to having all the time in the world to do what YOU want to do. This
delightful little book will help you through those leisurely days with a smile on your face.
Ted Heybridge is a gift book author.
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FOR THE BEST
For the Best Dad in the World
Summersdale
“A father is a giant from whose shoulders you can see forever.” —Perry Garfinkel
“There’s no pillow quite so soft as a father’s strong shoulder.” —Richard L. Evans
All fathers are wonderful, but you know yours is the greatest—a constant source of friendship, protection, and love. Now, with this handsome collection of quotations celebrating
everything that’s great about fathers, you can say thank you to the best dad in the world.
Inspirational • 160 Pages • 4 x 5.5 • 9781849535670 • May • $9.95 (Can $11.95) • Cloth
For the Best Daughter in the World
Summersdale
“A daughter is one of the most beautiful gifts this world has to give.” —Laurel
Atherton
“To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.” —Euripides
The bond between mother and daughter is special and unrivaled—a constant source of
friendship, love, and joy. This beautiful collection of quotations celebrates everything
that’s great about daughters, and will make every daughter see how much she is appreciated and loved.
Inspirational • 160 Pages • 4 x 5.5 • 9781849536691 • May • $9.95 (Can $11.95)
For the Best Grandparent in the World
Summersdale
“Grandparents are there to help the child get into mischief they haven’t thought of
yet.” —Gene Perret
“It is as grandmothers that our mothers come into the fullness of their grace.”
—Christopher Morley
Grandparents are a wonderful and constant source of understanding, advice, and love.
Now, with this beautiful collection of quotations celebrating everything that’s great
about grandparents, you can make every grandparent see how much they are appreciated and loved.
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FOR THE BEST
For the Best Sister in the World
Summersdale
“For there is no friend like a sister.” —Christina Rossetti
Through all of life’s ups and downs, you can always rely on a sister to be there for you – a
wonderful and constant source of friendship, advice, and love. This beautiful collection
of quotations celebrates everything that’s great about sisters, and will make every sister
see how much she is appreciated and loved.
Inspirational • 160 Pages • 4 x 5.5 • 9781849536684 • May • $9.95 (Can $11.95)
For the Best Teacher in the World
Summersdale
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
—Nelson Mandela
“Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher.”
—Japanese proverb
The best teachers inspire us with their advice, wisdom, and friendship. This charming
collection of quotations celebrates everything that’s great about the people who teach us,
and will make every teacher see how much they are appreciated and valued.
Inspirational/Education • 160 Pages • 4 x 5.5 • 9781849536196 • July
$9.95 (Can $11.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • Summersdale
It’s Always Beer O’Clock
Summersdale
Quotes celebrating the unique comforts of a cold one
“He was a wise man who invented beer.” —Plato
“Beer makes you feel the way you ought to feel without beer.” —Henry Lawson
“God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer.” —Anne Sexton
“Good people drink good beer.” —Hunter S. Thompson
Whether you are celebrating the good times, commiserating the bad or simply relaxing with
a pint of perfection, there is a drink to see you through every occasion. Raise a glass to this
collection of quips and quotes from the world’s wisest and wittiest drinkers.
Humor/Cooking • 160 Pages • 4 x 5.25 • 9781849537032 • May • $9.95 (Can $11.95)
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365 DAYS OF...
365 Days of Calm
Yvette Jane
“Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
This book offers a daily helping of inspirational quotations and insightful ideas to help you
create a calm moment every day and bring you peace and tranquility all year round.
Yvette Jane is the author of 365 Days of Mindfulness, 365 Days of Wisdom, and You’re Never
too Old to . . . .She is also the founder of Place of Serenity, where she teaches mindfulness,
meditation, and relaxation.
365 Days of Friendship
Lizzie Cornwall
“A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.” —Elbert Hubbard
Celebrate your friendship with this book of inspirational quotations and advice for keeping
your friendships strong all year round.
Lizzie Cornwall is the author of 365 Days of Happiness, 365 Days of Romance, and You’re
Never too Old to . . . .
365 Days of Prayer
Victoria Lorenzato
“Prayer is exhaling the spirit of man and inhaling the spirit of God.” —Edwin Keith
Create a peaceful moment for prayer every day with this book of inspirational quotations and
insightful activities to refresh your spirit all year round. This is the perfect gift for any occasion,
from a first communion or confirmation to a new parent or Godparent at a christening, or
simply for anybody facing a new challenge in life.
Victoria Lorenzato is a part-time secondary school chaplain with experience teaching religion
and philosophy in a busy London high school.
365 Days of Yoga
Sarah Richardson
“The rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind & the harmony of the soul create the
symphony of life.” —B. K. S. Iyengar
Find inspiration for your yoga practice every day with this book of inspirational quotations
and insightful ideas to stimulate both mind and body all year round. This is the perfect gift for
anybody who could use a little inspiration to begin or continue their love of yoga, at any time
of year.
Sarah Richardson is a yoga teacher, a massage therapist, an artist, and the award-winning author of Art in a Box and Make Your Mark.
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THE GIFT OF . . .
The Gift of Happiness
Yvette Jane
“The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” —Dalai Lama
“Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.” —Helen Keller
The gift of happiness is something to cherish. This book of uplifting wisdom and inspiring quotations will help you ease into a thankful and joyful state of mind, allowing you
to meet each day with a renewed sense of gladness.
Yvette Jane is the author of 365 Days of Mindfulness, 365 Days of Wisdom, and You’re
Never too Old to . . . She is also the founder of Place of Serenity, where she teaches mindfulness, meditation, and relaxation.
Inspirational • 160 Pages • 3.5 x 5 • 9781849536066 • June • $9.95 (Can $11.95)
The Gift of Healing
Yvette Jane
“The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician.” —Paracelsus
The gift of healing is something to embrace. This book of uplifting wisdom and inspiring
quotations will help you ease into a restorative state of mind, allowing you to meet each
day with a renewed sense of well-being.
The Gift of Mindfulness
Yvette Jane
“Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.” —Thích Nh?t H?nh
“Be happy in the moment, that’s enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.”
—Mother Teresa
The gift of mindfulness is something to nurture. This book of uplifting wisdom and inspiring quotations will help you ease into a calm yet focused state of mind, allowing you to
meet each day with a renewed sense of being in the “now.”
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THE BOOK OF . . .
The Book of Calm
Lizzie Cornwall
“You cannot perceive beauty but with a serene mind.” —Henry David Thoreau
“Everything comes gradually at its appointed hour.” —Ovid
When you’re finding it hard to get a moment’s peace amongst all the hectic activity in your
life, take a step back, breathe deep, and open this book. Peppered with uplifting quotations
to bring a smile to your face and filled with inspiring ideas to help free your mind of worries
and focus on the moment, this charming book is your first step on the way to finding inner
tranquility.
Never too Old to . . .
Inspirational • 96 Pages • 5.5 x 6 • 9781849535977 • April • $9.95 (Can $11.95) • Cloth
The Book of Love
Lizzie Cornwall
“Ultimately, love is everything. —M. Scott Peck
“Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.”
—Alexander Smith
This dreamy collection of romantic quotations, statements, and ideas will make sparks fly
and give you the chance to show your loved one how much they mean to you.
Lizzie Cornwall is the author of 365 Days of Happiness, 365 Days of Romance, and
You’re Never too Old to . . .
Inspirational • 128 Pages • 5.5 x 5.5 • 9781849536431 • April • $9.95 (Can $11.95)
The Book of Mindfulness
Lizzie Cornwall
“Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.”
—Thích Nhât Hanh
“You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry, don’t worry. And be sure to smell the
flowers along the way.” —Walter Hagen
Mindfulness techniques can reduce the noise and stress of everyday life by creating small
moments of calm, and can help you reach a happier state of mind. This book contains both
uplifting quotations and a host of ideas you can use throughout the day, in any situation,
which will help you to focus on the moment and find inner happiness.
Never too Old to . . .
Inspirational • 128 Pages • 5.5 x 5.5 • 9781849536554 • April • $9.95 (Can $11.95)
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I Love You
Lisa Swerling and Ralph Lazar
Filled with adorable drawings and a heartfelt message, a quirky gift book from the husband and wife team behind the Happiness Is . . . brand
The simplest romantic gestures are the best—scribble “I Love You” with a red crayon and it
can get you into all sorts of trouble! This is the perfect (and quirkiest) way to say those three
little words.
Lisa Swerling and Ralph Lazar are the New York Times-bestselling authors of Happiness Is
and Me Without You. They have won numerous awards, including The Washington Post
Book of the Week and the US Parents’ Voice Award in 2006 and 2009. They live in Marin
County, California.
Humor • 96 Pages • 4.5 x 4.5 • 45 Color Illustrations, Two-color Interior • 9781849535144
April • $9.95 (Can $11.95) • Cloth • Rights: US & Canada • Summersdale
The Little Book of Relaxation
Lucy Lane
Tips and quotes to calm the mind
Spend some time in the library reading or just flicking through magazines and old books.
Tune in to the atmosphere of quiet and listen to the sounds of pages turning and people
concentrating around you.
This essential pocket-sized companion is packed with inspiring quotations from writers, spiritual leaders and philosophers, along with simple but effective tips to help you bring moments
of calm into your daily life. The Little Book of Relaxation will benefit the mind and heart and
make a real difference to every day.
Lucy Lane is a freelance writer with an interest in yoga and mindfulness.
Inspirational • 160 Pages • 4 x 5.25 • 9781849537872 • June • $9.95 (Can $11.95) • Cloth
Prayer First Aid Kit
Prayers for Everyday Dilemmas, Decisions and Emergencies
Victoria Lorenzato
With appeal for anyone who identifies as spiritual or religious, these prayers will help
bring peace to anyone’s life
Whether you’re in need of advice, comfort, or an outlet for joy in happy occasions, the
world of prayer can offer a safe and reassuring place to express your feelings and search for
answers. Let this collection of inspiring and illuminating prayers for every occasion help you
resolve the dilemmas in your life.
Victoria Lorenzato is a part-time secondary school chaplain with experience teaching religion
and philosophy in a busy London high school. With qualifications in coaching and NLP and
a long history of volunteer work, Victoria is passionate about supporting young people on
their faith journey into adulthood.
Religion & Theology/Inspirational • 192 Pages • 4 x 6.5 • 9781849537346 • May
151
THE JOY OF
The Joy of Birdwatching
Alan Davies and Ruth Miller
“I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly
give them fruit for their songs.” —Joseph Addison
This pocket-sized miscellany, packed with fascinating facts, handy hints, and captivating stories and quotes from the world of birds, is perfect for anyone who knows the incomparable joy
of birdwatching.
Alan Davies and Ruth Miller are the authors of Best Birdwatching Sites in North Wales and
The Biggest Twitch.
Nature/Outdoor • 160 Pages • 4.5 x 7 • 9781849536707 • April • $15.95 (Can $18.95) Trade
Paper • Rights: US & Canada • Summersdale
The Joy of Camping
Phoebe Smith
“For as long as I stay here, I know I will have to also get to the wild places.” —Robert
Macfarlane
This pocket-sized miscellany, packed with tips on equipment, food, surviving bad weather, and
finding the right campsite, and with facts and stories from the world of camping, is perfect for
anyone who knows the incomparable joy and adventure of pitching their tent under an open
sky.
Phoebe Smith is editor of Wanderlust.
Outdoor • 160 Pages • 4.5 x 7 • 9781849536981 • June • $16.95 (Can $19.95) • Cloth
The Joy of Dance
Carole Edrich
“Dance is the hidden language of the soul.” —Martha Graham
This pocket-sized miscellany, packed with fascinating facts, captivating stories, and inspiring
quotes from the world of dance, is perfect for anyone who knows the incomparable joy and
freedom of slipping on your dance shoes and expressing yourself through movement to music.
Carole Edrich specializes as a dance photographer and writes a dance blog.
Dance • 160 Pages • 4.5 x 7 • 9781849536370 • June • $16.95 (Can $19.95) • Trade Paper
The Joy of Retirement
Ted Heybridge
“Don’t simply retire from something; have something to retire to.”
—Harry Emerson Fosdick
This miscellany, packed with useful information, practical advice, and inspiring ideas from holidays to hobbies, and gardening to grandparenting, is perfect for anyone who has retired and
wants to make the most of their newfound life of leisure.
Ted Heybridge is a gift book author.
Inspirational • 160 Pages • 4.5 x 7 • 9781849536615 • June • $16.95 (Can $19.95) • Cloth
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INSPIRATION AND MOTIVATION
Inspiration and Motivation for Artists
Maya Goldsworthy
Draw more—paint better—create now!
“To be an artist is to believe in life.” —Henry Moore
This colorful little book of uplifting quotes and tailored tips delivers motivational sparks and
creative signposts for artists. Read it, doodle in it, turn it into an inspirational collage—whatever you do it, the aim is simple: to get you creating art!
Maya Goldsworthy is an artist.
Art/Inspirational • 128 Pages • 4 x 6 • 9781849537070 • May • $11.95 (Can $13.95)
Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • Summersdale
Inspiration and Motivation for Musicians
Tamsin King
Play more—compose better—create now!
“Music is your own experience . . . If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn.”
—Charlie Parker
creative signposts for musicians. Read it, play to it, use it as a makeshift percussion instrument—whatever you do it, the aim is simple: to get you making music!
Tamsin King is the author of Music Festivals: An Essential Pocket Guide to Surviving in Style.
Music/Inspirational • 128 Pages • 4 x 6 • 9781849537063 • May • $11.95 (Can $13.95)
Inspiration and Motivation for Runners
Ali Clarke
Run more—run better—run now!
“Every day is a good day when you run.” —Kevin Nelson
hearty encouragement for runners. Read it, run with it, use it as a training weight—whatever
you do it, the aim is simple: to get you running!
Ali Clarke is a dedicated runner and triathlete.
Running & Jogging/Inspirational • 128 Pages • 4 x 6 • 9781849537056 • May
Inspiration and Motivation for Writers
Chloe Henderson
Write more—write better—write now!
“Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book . . . give it all.” —Annie Dillard
creative signposts for writers. Read it, write on it, put it in a frame on your desk—whatever you
do with it, the aim is simple: to get you writing!
Chloe Henderson has a lifelong obsession with books and all things literary.
Writing/Inspirational • 128 Pages • 4 x 6 • 9781849537049 • May • $11.95 (Can $13.95)
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WIT
Gardening Wit
Quips and Quotes for the Green-Fingered
Jane Brook
“To turn ordinary clothes into gardening clothes, simply mix with compost.” —Guy Browning
“I was flattered to have a rose named after me until I read the description in the catalogue: no
good in bed, but perfect up against a wall.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
Jane Brook is the author of You Know You’re a Horse Lover When . . . .
Humor/Gardening • 192 Pages • 4.5 x 7 • 9781849536646 • May • $16.95 (Can $19.95)
Golfing Wit
Quips and Quotes for the Golf-Obsessed
Aubrey Malone
“A golf ball will always travel furthest when hit in the wrong direction.” —Henry Beard
“Golf has given me an understanding of the futility of life.” —Aubrey Eban
Aubrey Malone is the author of more than 50 books, including Hollywood Trivia, It’s Great to
be Back on Terra Cotta, and Wicked Irish Wit.
Humor/Sports • 192 Pages • 4.5 x 7 • 9781849536622 • May • $16.95 (Can $19.95) • Cloth
Kitchen Wit
Quips and Quotes for Cooks and Food Lovers
Jane Brook
“Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all.”
—Harriet van Horne
“Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.” —Orson Welles
Jane Brook is the author of You Know You’re a Horse Lover When . . . .
Humor/Cooking • 192 Pages • 4.5 x 7 • 9781849536639 • May • $16.95 (Can $19.95)
Musical Wit
Quips and Quotes for Music Lovers
Vicky Edwards
“I don’t know anything about music. In my line you don’t have to.” —Elvis Presley
“Learning music by reading about it is like making love by mail.” —Luciano Pavarotti
Vicky Edwards is the author of Fifty Thrifty Tips for Your Dream Wedding, The Little Book of
Pigs, and Tea, a Drink with Jam and Bread.
Humor/Music • 192 Pages • 4.5 x 7 • 9781849536776 • May • $16.95 (Can $19.95) • Cloth
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New York in Quotations
Michael Getz
New York, New York! The city where dreams are made, skyscrapers soar and the buzz
never dies.
“One belongs to New York instantly, one belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five
years.” —Tom Wolfe
“I went to New York City to be born again.” —Kurt Vonnegut
“There is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless.” —Simone de Beauvoir
Whether you wish to follow the glamorous footsteps of Holly Golightly on Fifth Avenue or
be thrilled by the sheer vastness of Central Park, this book, bursting with quotes about the
city that doesn’t sleep, is guaranteed to inspire, entertain and leave you wanting more!
Michael Getz is a proud American who has a penchant for American history and culture, as
well as a particular interest in conspiracy theories. He has also written BULLSHIT! Amazing
Lies and Unbelievable Truths from Around the Globe and American Wit and Wisdom.
Reference • 160 Pages • 4 x 5.25 • 9781849538428 • July • $9.95 (Can $11.95) • Cloth
American Wit and Wisdom
Quips and Quotes in Celebration of the USA
Michael Getz
The wisest sayings about the U.S.
“Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn’t block traffic.” —Dan Rather
“To me, the American Dream is being able to follow your own personal calling.”
—Maya Lin
“Laughter is America’s most important export.” —Walt Disney
With quips, quotes and musings from Abraham Lincoln and Katherine Hepburn to Joan
Rivers and Jim Carrey, this book will arm you with the sharpest wit and wisdom in the
whole of America.
Michael Getz is a proud American who has a penchant for American history and culture, as
well as a particular interest in conspiracy theories. He has also written BULLSHIT! Amazing
Lies and Unbelievable Truths from Around the Globe and New York in Quotations.
Humor/Reference • 208 Pages • 4.5 x 7 • 9781849538411 • July • $15.95 (Can $18.95)
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KEEP CALM
Keep Calm for Americans
Summersdale
“This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.”
—Elmer Davis
God bless America! No other place on earth can boast that it sent the first person to the
moon, invented rock ‘n’ roll, and serves donut burgers for dinner. Celebrate the awesomeness of the US with this book packed with proverbs, facts, and quotations that will make
you proud to be an American.
Inspirational • 160 Pages • 4 x 5.5 • 9781849538732 • August • $9.95 (Can $11.95)
Keep Calm for Canucks
Summersdale
“Our faith in the people is great. Our courage is strong. And our dreams for this
beautiful country will never die.” —Pierre Trudeau
“The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there
ought to be as many for love.” —Margaret Atwood
“You miss 100 per cent of the shots you don’t take.” —Wayne Gretzky
“You can’t catch skunks with mice.” —Canadian proverb
We may be a polite bunch, and yes we like maple syrup on our pancakes and curds on
our chips, but there’s far more to Canada than snow and ice hockey. So grab a two-four
and some Timbits, and settle in for a celebration of the best bits of this skookum country.
Humor • 160 Pages • 4.25 x 5.25 • 9781849538671 • April • $9.95 (Can $11.95) • Cloth
Keep Calm and Poo On
Summersdale
Uplifting advice for those in need of relief
“Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.” —Rodin
“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.” —Aristotle
“The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.” —Marcus Tullius Cicero
“You do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet.”
—Alan King
Poo is something we all do, so why not celebrate it? Become inspired as you sit and ponder
the deeper meanings of life and learn how to use those few minutes a day to the best of your
advantage. This book is packed with motivational quotes and proverbs to help you make
the ultimate use of your time in the toilet.
Humor • 160 Pages • 4.25 x 5.25 • 9781849537384 • May • $9.95 (Can $11.95) • Cloth
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Camper Love
Jamie Tinney
“Glossy love-letter to the Volkswagen Kombi.” —Classic Cars
The perfect gift for any travel enthusiast eager to hit the road with the freedom offered
by a VW camper van
The venerable VW has graced our roads since 1950 and its popularity, above all other
camper vans, has never faded. Bursting with beautiful photography, this celebration of
the coolest van on earth is the perfect gift for VW owners, and those who aspire to be in
possession of one.
Transportation • 128 Pages • 9.5 x 7.5 • 9781849535922 • June • $22.95 (Can $27.95)
Trains
A Miscellany
Ray Hamilton
Hop on board, sit back, and enjoy the ride!
Trains have played an important role in shaping lives, changing geography, and writing
history. Whether you pine for the romantic age of the steam engine, thrill at the speeds of
today’s super-fast trains, dream of traveling on the world’s great long-distance rail journeys,
or yearn to take the “Toy Train” to Darjeeling, this book offers a fantastic, whistle-stop tour
of train travel.
Ray Hamilton is a freelance writer and editor, and the author of The Joy of Golf, Le Tour
de France, and Military Quotations.
Transportation • 272 Pages • 4.5 x 7 • 9781849537094 • June • $16.95 (Can $19.95)
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Cinema
From the Silent Screen to the Hollywood Blockbuster
Graham Tarrant
A miscellany of silver screen facts and lore
Have you ever wondered what year Alfred Hitchcock released his first film, which film made
the biggest box office loss of all time, or who were the first actors to receive separate Oscars
for playing the same role? This fascinating miscellany contains the answers to these questions and more! Packed with profiles of the heroes and villains of film, explorations of genre,
statistics and infographics, Cinema is perfect for any movie buff who loves the storytelling
magic of the silver screen.
Graham Tarrant is the author of some 30 books on a variety of subjects, but would swap
them all for a walk-on part in a Western or for a turn round the floor in a glitzy Hollywood musical.
Film • 160 Pages • 4.5 x 7 • 9781849537209 • April • $15.95 (Can $18.95) • Cloth
Quotable Wilde
Max Morris
“I can resist everything except temptation.” —Lord Darlington, Lady Windermere’s Fan
“A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.” —Erskine, The Portrait of
Mr W.H.
This collection of Oscar Wilde’s funniest quotations and sharpest observations is perfect
for those who can resist everything except this talented Irish writer’s humor and rapier wit.
Max Morris is the author of Classic Love Poems, Quotable Dickens, and Quotable Shakespeare.
Reference • 160 Pages • 4 x 5.5 • 9781849536950 • April • $9.95 (Can $11.95) • Cloth
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THE LITTLE INSTRUCTION BOOK FOR. . .
The Little Instruction Book for Cats
Kate Freeman
“If you need to give yourself a good lick after a particularly dirty day in the garden, do
it in full view of the family while they’re eating.”
This indispensable handbook is full of witty asides and tongue-in-cheek advice for the cat
about town, from perfecting your curtain-scratching technique to getting your head stroked
without looking as though you wanted it.
Kate Freeman is the author of the Little Instruction Book series.
Humor/Pets • 128 Pages • 6 x 4.5 • 9781849536288 • April • $9.95 (Can $11.95)
The Little Instruction Book for Dogs
Kate Freeman
“Fetch can only be played with sticks of a throwable size.”
This indispensable handbook is full of witty asides and tongue-in-cheek advice for the dog of
the house, from techniques for the utmost shoe-destruction to perfecting your puppy-dog-eyes
expression in exchange for treats.
Humor/Pets • 128 Pages • 6 x 4.5 • 9781849536295 • April • $9.95 (Can $11.95)
The Little Instruction Book for Grandparents
Kate Freeman
“For their first birthday get your grandchild a lovely big cardboard box—hours of fun
for a baby.”
This indispensable handbook is full of witty asides and tongue-in-cheek advice to guide you
through the magical experience of becoming a grandparent, from buying presents before the
birth to the joy of babysitting.
Humor • 96 Pages • 6 x 4.5 • 9781849536318 • April • $9.95 (Can $11.95) • Trade Paper
The Little Instruction Book for Students
Kate Freeman
“Embrace the time-honored traditions of student life by stealing a traffic cone.”
This indispensable handbook is full of witty asides and tongue-in-cheek advice to guide you
through the exciting experience of being a student, from tying the perfect toga to faking attention effectively during lectures.
Humor • 96 Pages • 6 x 4.5 • 9781849536325 • April • $9.95 (Can $11.95) • Trade Paper
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STRANGEST SERIES
Golf’s Strangest Rounds
Andrew Ward
Fully revised, redesigned and updated, this book is the perfect gift for any golf fanatic
Golf’s Strangest Rounds is an absorbing collection of bizarre tales from the lengthy annals
of the sport’s history. There are stories of tragedy, eccentricity, tactical slipups and ones
that defy categorization altogether—meet “Mysterious Montague,” for example, one of the
world’s best golfers but a man who refused ever to compete in a tournament. You’ll find
plenty of golfing greats here—Gene Sarazen, Chip Beck, Greg Norman, Nick Faldo—all of
whom have played their parts in irrational finishes, record rounds and famous freak shots.
The tales within these pages are bizarre, fascinating, hilarious and, most importantly, true.
Andrew Ward is the creator of the Strangest series. His other titles include Bridge’s Strangest Hands and Cricket’s Strangest Matches.
Golf/Humor • 304 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781910232934 • Replaces: 9781907554070 • June
$13.95 (Can $16.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • Pavilion/Portico
Law’s Strangest Cases
Peter Seddon
Revised, redesigned and updated for a new generation of legal eagles, this book is the
perfect gift for lawyers, armchair detectives and true crime aficionados everywhere
A rollicking collection of barely believable stories from five centuries of legal history—
you’ll be gripped by these tales of murder, intrigue, crime, punishment and the pursuit of
justice. Meet the only dead parrot ever to give evidence in a court of law, the doctor with
the worst bedside manner of all time, the murderess who collected money from her mummified victim for 21 years, and explore one of the most indigestible dilemmas: If you’d
been shipwrecked 2,000 miles from home, would you have eaten Parker the cabin boy?
The tales within these pages are bizarre, fascinating, hilarious and, most importantly, true.
Peter Seddon is the author of World Cup’s Strangest Moments and Tennis’s Strangest
Matches.
Law/Humor • 256 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781910232897 • Replaces: 9781905798285 • June
London’s Strangest Tales
Tom Quinn
“This book served up so many little known facts it knocked my socks off.” —TucsonCitizen.com
Revised, redesigned and updated for a new generation of London-lovers, a brilliant
alternative guide to the city
Take a walk on London’s weirder side with an absorbing collection of curious tales from
one of the world’s greatest cities. This book is packed with amazing things you didn’t know
about Britain’s capital, like the fact that it’s still forbidden to run, carry an umbrella or
whistle in the Burlington Arcade, and the fat lamppost at the corner of Trafalgar Square
that is secretly a tiny prison cell. And did you know that the entrance to Buckingham Palace
you see from the Mall is actually the back door and not the front? The stories within these
pages are bizarre, fascinating, hilarious and, most importantly, true.
Tom Quinn has written five titles in the Strangest series, including Military’s Strangest
Campaigns and Science’s Strangest Inventions.
History/Humor • 256 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781910232880 • Replaces: 9781907554643
June • $13.95 (Can $16.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • Pavilion/Portico
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Medicine’s Strangest Cases
Michael O’Donnell
Revised, redesigned and updated for 2016, this book is the perfect gift for medical
students, clinicians, hypochondriacs and history fans
Medicine’s Strangest Cases is a choice prescription of weird and wonderful tales from the
history of medicine, featuring the German doctor who fought a duel with a sausage, the
Harley Street physician-turned-novelist who invented a disease—and its remedy—to keep
his clients happy, and the quiet and cautious Swiss scientist who inadvertently unleashed
LSD on the world. The stories in this book are bizarre, fascinating, hilarious, and, most
importantly, true. Laugh out loud and wince with sympathy with this rundown of the
most bizarre medical cases ever.
Michael O’Donnell practiced medicine for 12 years before becoming a writer. He was
editor of World Medicine, has published two novels, and written and presented more
than 100 TV documentaries in Europe and the U.S.
Medical/Humor • 316 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781910232941 • Replaces: 9781906032906
July • $13.95 (Can $16.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • Pavilion/Portico
Running’s Strangest Tales
Iain Spragg
Packed with tales that are so odd you’ll hardly believe them, this book makes the perfect gift for all running enthusiasts, from the seasoned marathoner to the park jogger,
and those who only ever run a bath
Running’s Strangest Tales is a fascinating collection of weird and wonderful stories from
the world of running, from the earliest marathon to today’s high-tech, apped-up approach.
Within these pages you’ll find the bizarre story of the Norwegian soccer player forced to
miss a crucial World Cup qualifier after colliding with a moose on his morning jog, the
American ultra-marathoner who had all his toenails removed to improve his running, and
why some runners at the 2015 Tokyo marathon were wearing GPS-enabled, edible bananas, complete with LEDs and incoming Twitter updates.
Iain Spragg is a London-based journalist and author with more than 15 years’ experience.
His books include Cristiano Ronaldo and London Underground’s Strangest Tales.
Running & Jogging/Humor • 240 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781910232927 • July
Shakespeare’s Strangest Tales
Iain Spragg
Published to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, this treasury
of curious tales is a must-read for all Shakespeare lovers and theater fans
A fascinating playbill of stories from the weird and wonderful world of Shakespearean
theatre through the centuries, including distinguished actors falling off stages, fluffed lines,
performances in the dark, and why you must never, ever say the name of that Scottish play,
especially if you are Peter O’Toole. Discover a wealth of Shakespearean shenanigans over
the years, including the terrible behavior of the groundlings at Shakespeare’s Globe, and
how Dame Maggie Smith got even with Sir Laurence Olivier.
Iain Spragg is a journalist and author with more than 15 years’ experience. His books include The London Underground’s Strangest Tales.
Performing Arts/Literary Criticism • 240 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781910232903 • July
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POCKET GIANTS
Alfred the Great
Barbara Yorke
Why King Alfred was “the Great” in his own day, in later centuries and today
Why is Alfred “the Great?” A simple answer is that he has been seen as a man who saved
England, invented English identity and pioneered English as a written language. He is the
first Englishman for whom a biography survives, so we know more about Alfred and his
ideals than we do for most people who lived over 1,000 years ago. A slightly longer answer
would say that things are a bit more complicated, and that one reason Alfred seems to be
so “great” was that he made sure we were told that he was. To get the measure of Alfred
we need to look at what he actually managed to achieve. Can we resurrect the “real” King
Alfred? Even if we have to part company with some of the Victorian adulation, we are still
left with a pretty impressive and surprising person.
Barbara Yorke is the author of Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England.
Biography/History • 128 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780750961479 • June • $12.95 (Can $15.95)
Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • The History Press
Jane Austen
Caroline Sanderson
“This delicious acorn of a book is as spare, elegant and to-the-point as the literary
oak it describes.” —Emma Thompson
A wealth of vivid detail about the short life of this enduringly beloved novelist
Jane Austen lived just into her forties, rarely strayed from the genteel social circle into
which she was born, wrote only six novels, and achieved little fame in her lifetime. Yet
200 years after her death her novels are beloved by readers all over the world who continue to be inspired, beguiled and delighted by her insights into the calculations, and
complexities of human hearts and minds. This astute biography gets to the quick of the
enigmatic woman who was Jane Austen, and to the enduring qualities in her work which
make it so universally loved and admired.
Caroline Sanderson is non-fiction editor of The Bookseller and was a judge for the 2013
Costa Biography Award.
Biography/Literary Criticism • 128 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780752493190 • July
King Arthur
Nick Higham
One of the world’s best-known, iconic and accessible royal figures
Why is King Arthur a giant? Because his story has had such strong influences on our understanding of the history of Europe and the English-speaking world. Because the debate
about Arthur as a historical figure has been central to understanding the fall of Roman
Britain and the formation of England for much of the last 1,300 years. Because Arthur is
one of the best-known kings in world history, whose reign was viewed as a golden age, an
epoch in which to center tales of right and wrong, of faith and faithlessness, and of courage
and falseness, the moral and spiritual values of which continue to resonate today not least
among those who dismiss Arthur as a late literary construct. Because an understanding of
Arthur and all the different things he has meant to scores of generations up to the present
is fundamental to our understanding of our own past, our understanding of ourselves and
the ways in which we can benefit from history.
Nick Higham is the author of Britons in Anglo-Saxon England.
Biography/History • 128 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780750959216 • July • $12.95 (Can $15.95)
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Brunel
Eugene Byrne
The life of a man some consider the greatest engineer of them all
It’s often claimed that through his ships, bridges, tunnels and railways Brunel played a critical role in creating the modern world. In the soaring ambitions of the Victorian age, nobody
thought bigger than Brunel. He made plenty of mistakes, some of them ruinously expensive.
But he also designed and built several structures which are still with us to this day. For those
we have to thanks he man who was famously described as “in love with the impossible.”
Eugene Byrne is a freelance journalist, author and researcher. He is the author of Darwin: A
Graphic Biography.
Charles Darwin
Stephen Webster
The human character behind one of the world’s greatest scientists
When Darwin announced his theory of evolution by natural selection, he did more than transform biology—he told us that humans too are part of nature. His decisive experience—a fiveyear round-the-world voyage on the Beagle—set him thinking about the diversity of life, ideas
that would challenge the scientific establishment and Victorian society. This concise account of
Darwin’s life and work makes vividly clear why his work continues to influence us all.
Stephen Webster has received the Association for British Science Writers prize and was funded
by the Wellcome Trust to write the libretto for Darwin’s Dream.
Biography/Science • 128 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780752499406 • May • $12.95 (Can $15.95)
Albert Einstein
Andrew May
A concise biography of the man whose research shaped the modern world
Everyone knows that Einstein was a genius, yet only a few people understand his work. One of
many brilliant scientists grappling with the deepest problems of theoretical physics during the
first half of the 20th century, he may not have been the most important or influential of them,
but he was the most revolutionary. He almost single-handedly transformed the way the world
thinks about light, matter, space and time. This short book allows modern readers to separate
myth from reality.
Andrew May has degreea Natural Sciences and astrophysics, and works in defense science.
Biography/Science • 128 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780750963800 • August • $12.95 (Can $15.95)
Queen Elizabeth II
Victoria Arbiter
Why she is one of the most influential monarchs in history
At age 25, Elizabeth II became Britain’s 40th monarch and vowed to dedicate her life to service and duty on behalf of her country. She is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign
states, head of the 53 member Commonwealth of Nations, Supreme Governor of the Church
of England, and head of the armed forces. Most notably, however, on September 11, 2015, she
became the longest reigning monarch in British history. She has consistently adapted in order to
remain relevant, while devotedly upholding the age-old traditions of the monarchy.
Victoria Arbiter is CNN Royal Contributor and a regular on Entertainment Tonight and CTV.
Biography • 128 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780750966160 • August • $12.95 (Can $15.95)
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Henry Ford
David Long
A controversial figure, and one of the world’s great industrial pioneers
Why is Henry Ford a giant? Because he put the world on wheels. Henry Ford did not
invent the motor car, nor did he invent the assembly line or mass production. But more
than anyone before or since he is remembered as the man who almost singlehandedly took
an expensive contraption of doubtful utility and recast it as a machine which changed
the world forever. A Michigan farmer’s son who became a dollar billionaire, a ruthlessly
single-minded autocrat who became a folk hero, a pacifist who went on to inspire Adolf
Hitler—he was a boss who paid his workers twice as much as his competitors yet waged an
unrelenting war on unions and badly abused the power he had worked so hard to attain.
David Long has regularly appeared in the Times, Sunday Times, and many magazines internationally. He is the author of 20 books, as well as an award-winning ghostwriter. For
more than 25 years he was motoring editor of a wide variety of newspapers and magazines
including the Sunday People, Loaded, Maxim, Penthouse, and Mayfair.
Biography/Business • 128 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780750958554 • May • $12.95 (Can $15.95)
Anne Frank
Zoe Waxman
One of the world’s most famous—and misrepresented—Holocaust victims
The Diary of Anne Frank is one of the most famous and bestselling books of all time,
yet the girl who wrote it remains an enigma. The real Anne Frank has been lost, hidden
behind the phenomenon that her posthumously published Diary produced. This concise
biography will rediscover Anne Frank: telling her story from the beginning to the tragic
end. It will place her life within the wider context of the Holocaust itself, and also explore
her afterlife: seeking to explain why her Diary still speaks to us today.
Zoe Waxman is a senior research fellow at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish
Studies. Her first book was Writing the Holocaust.
Biography/History • 120 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780750955638 • May • $12.95 (Can $15.95)
Hannibal and Scipio
Greg Fisher
Two of the most important figures in the ancient world—and two implacable adversaries
In 218, Hannibal Barca, desperate to avenge the defeat of Carthage in the First Punic War,
launched an ambitious ground invasion of Italy. With just a small force, he crossed the
Alps and pitted his polyglot army against Rome’s elite citizen infantry. At Cannae, in 216,
Hannibal destroyed an 80,000-strong Roman force in one afternoon, delivering a blow
unequalled in Roman history for half a millennium to come. The Romans had no answer to
Hannibal until the young Scipio volunteered to take over Rome’s armies in Spain. In the decade which followed, Scipio turned Rome’s desperate fortunes into a stunning victory over
Carthage. The portrait of Hannibal and Scipio takes the reader through one of the greatest
military campaigns in history, driven by two remarkable and fascinating men.
Greg Fisher is Associate Professor in the Department of History and College of the Humanities at Carleton University, Ottawa. He is the author of Between Empires: Arabs, Romans,
and Sasanians in Late Antiquity.
Biography/History • 128 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780750955904 • August • $12.95 (Can $15.95)
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Henry V
A. J. Pollard
One of England’s most renowned military heroes
His victories have become the touchstone of English nationalism, militarism and imperialism. He was a military genius, yet his megalomania was not in the best interests of his
kingdom, let alone the people of France who suffered at his hands. This engaging biography
rejects the jingoistic approach to one of England’s most renowned military heroes.
A.J. Pollard is the author of Imagining Robin Hood. He has contributed to History Today
and BBC History Magazine.
Edward Jenner
Rob Boddice
An arresting account of a medical life and heroic legacy
Edward Jenner is a giant of modern medicine. Throughout history, smallpox plagued humanity
as an incurable blight, the suffering of which Jenner helped bring to an end. Surmising from
milkmaids’ immunity that cowpox might defend against smallpox, in 1793 he inserted some of
the matter from a human case of cowpox into a boy’s arms. He subsequently inoculated the boy
with smallpox itself, and found him to be immune. In 1979 smallpox was declared extinct. This
is the story of Jenner’s life and his profound legacy of medical experimentation, public health
provision, and the prevention of other diseases, from anthrax to measles.
Rob Boddice edited Pain and Emotion in Modern History. He lives part time in Montreal.
Biography/Science • 128 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780750961080 • June • $12.95 (Can $15.95)
Abraham Lincoln
Adam I. P. Smith
“So many things I didn’t know about Lincoln . . . so many different points of view.” —
Steven Spielberg
The life of our most notable president, and an exploration of why he still matters
Abraham Lincoln confronted the great questions of his age: slavery, democracy and nationalism. This biography explains the national and international factors that shaped the life of an
ambitious, brilliant man who rose to power as the modern world was taking shape.
Adam I. P. Smith is the author of The American Civil War and No Party Now.
Biography/Political Science • 128 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780752497754 • May
Nelson Mandela
Colin Bundy
Explores the man and politican behind the global icon
Nelson Mandela’s place in history is secure: he was one of the best known prisoners in the
world, the first president of post-apartheid South Africa, and a global icon with a degree of
moral authority matched by very few. This biography explores his various identities—dashing
young urbanite, charismatic nationalist politician, underground military commander and Black
Pimpernel, tried, convicted, and a political prisoner for 27 years; president of a democratic
South Africa—and assesses these independently of his nigh-mythic status.
Colin Bundy is a historian, and is best known for The Rise & Fall of a South African Peasantry.
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Horatio Nelson
Peter Warwick
A naval hero who is revered today by navies around the world
Why is Nelson a hero? Because he was a captain before he was 21, a man who shaped the
course of history from the decks of his ships, hailed as a savior of the nation, a hero killed in
action at the moment of his greatest victory at the Battle of Trafalgar and immortalized ever
since. What lies beneath the romantic legend? What did he do before he became famous?
Why did he fall from grace twice? Did he really put a telescope to his blind eye? What made
his leadership special? This book traces Nelson’s spectacular and often controversial career.
Peter Warwick chairs The 1805 Club, the International Committee for Waterloo 200, The
New Waterloo Dispatch, and Thames Alive.
Biography/History • 128 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780750962667 • July • $12.95 (Can $15.95)
Isaac Newton
Andrew May
One of the greatest figures in the history of science
Isaac Newton believed everything in the physical universe could be described using mathematical relationships. His law of gravity explained why objects fall downwards, how
the moon causes the tides, and why planets and comets orbit the sun. While his work
has been added to over the years, his basic approach remains at the heart of the scientific
worldview. Yet Newton also believed the universe was created to a precise and rational
design—a design that was fully understood by the earliest people. Newton considered it
his life’s work to rediscover this knowledge. In chasing his impossible goal, Newton managed to contribute more to our understanding of the universe than anyone else in history.
Andrew May went to the same Cambridge college, Trinity, as Sir Isaac Newton. After
gaining his first degree in Natural Sciences he went on to do a PhD in astrophysics at
Manchester University. He now works in defense science.
Biography/Science • 128 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780750962322 • June • $12.95 (Can $15.95)
Napoleon
William Doyle
One of the most captivating and influential figures in modern European history
In the space of less than 20 years, Napoleon turned Europe upside down. Rising from obscure origins to supreme power by a mixture of luck, audacity and military genius, he was
able to harness the energies released by the French Revolution to resolve the internal problems which it had created, before turning his restless ambition to remodeling the political
structure of the whole continent in a series of brilliant military victories. He was never able
to finally subdue all his foreign enemies, and in the end they came together to bring him
down; but by then it was impossible to restore what he had destroyed, or, in France, to destroy much of what he had created. The memory of his epic exploits, carefully refashioned
during his last years in exile, haunted Europe for over a century, while the more distant
effects of his career changed the whole destiny of the Americas and of the world.
William Doyle is the author of 15 books, including The Oxford History of the French
Revolution.
Biography/Military • 128 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780750961097 • July • $12.95 (Can $15.95)
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Pope John Paul II
Hugh Costello
A controversial Pope who rose from obscurity to become a hugely influential global
statesman
The world was stunned when Karol Wojtyla became the first non-Italian pope for 450
years. He revolutionized the office, fighting totalitarianism and inspiring millions. In the
process, he dismayed many with his autocratic style and inflexible stance on issues such
as contraception and women priests. This book explores what made John Paul such an
important and divisive figure. What were the forces that shaped his ideas? What clues in
his early life can help us understand this most contradictory of men? What gave him the
strength to survive an assassination attempt and a very public battle with Parkinson’s
disease with his authority and—among many—his popularity undiminished?
Hugh Costello is an Emmy-nominated screenwriter and has written many dramas for
BBC Radio, including Conclave, about the election of Pope John Paul II, and The Guest
of St Peter’s, about the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI.
Biography/Religion & Theology • 128 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780752493510 • May
Giuseppe Verdi
Daniel Snowman
A man whose life intersected with the heroic struggle for Italian independence
Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901) was the Shakespeare of opera, the composer of Rigoletto,
Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Aida and Otello. The chorus of Hebrew slaves from Nabucco
(1842) is regarded in Italy as virtually an alternative national anthem, and the great tragedian rounded off his career 50 years later with a rousing comedy, Falstaff. When Verdi
was born, much of northern Italy was under Napoleonic rule, and he grew up dreaming
of a peninsula governed by Italians. When this was achieved, in 1861, he became a deputy
in the first all-Italian parliament. Verdi died in 1901, mourned as the emodiment of the
nation he’d helped create.
Daniel Snowman is the author of The Gilded Stage: A Social History of Opera.
Biography/Music • 128 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780752493251 • June • $12.95 (Can $15.95)
Robert the Bruce
Fiona Watson
An arresting account of the life of the hero of Scotland
From disastrous beginnings after he took the throne of Scotland, having murdered a powerful rival, Robert I became a military leader of consummate genius. Throwing away the rulebook of medieval warfare, which favored the mounted knight, he remodelled the Scottish
army as a disciplined, audacious band of brothers capable of surprising castles, raiding and
extracting blackmail as far south as Yorkshire and even defeating a mighty English army
in pitched battle. Ruthless, charismatic, indomitable and lucky, the ‘Bruce’ is a towering
example of an underdog capable of turning disadvantage into advantage and winning the
day through talent and sheer determination. The English turned the lessons they learnt from
him to good effect in their Hundred Years war against France.
Fiona Watson is a writer, historian and broadcaster living on the edge of the Scottish mountains rather too near the site of the battle of Bannockburn. Her most recent book was
Macbeth: A True Story.
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PENGUIN MONARCHS
Offering short, fresh, expert accounts of England’s rulers in a collectible format, Penguin Monarchs is a 45-book series
that looks at the individual reigns of Britain’s kings and queens over the last 1,000 years. For each biography, a new
portrait has been commissioned by an artist or illustrator, the ruler’s signature is imprinted into the book cover under
the dust jacket, and color-banded spines reflect the chronology of the royal houses.
Elizabeth II
The Steadfast
Douglas Hurd
A political insider’s count of Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II is now the longest-serving monarch who ever sat on the English or British
throne. Yet her personality and influence remain elusive. This book, by a senior politician who has spent significant periods of time in her company, and is also a distinguished historian, portrays her more credibly than any other yet published.
Douglas Hurd is a politician, biographer, and novelist who served in the governments
of Margaret Thatcher and John Major, as Minister for Europe (1979-83), Secretary
of State for Northern Ireland (1984-85), Home Secretary (1985-89) and Secretary of
State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1989-95). His previous books include
Robert Peel: A Biography and Choose Your Weapons.
Biography • 96 Pages • 4.5 x 7 • 8 Color Photos, 8 B/W Photos • 9780141979410
May • $24.95 • Cloth • Rights: US • Penguin UK/Allen Lane
Henry V
From Playboy Prince to Warrior King
Anne Curry
A vivid new interpretation of his reign
Henry V’s invasion of France, in August 1415, represented a huge gamble. As heir to
the throne, he had been a failure, cast into the political wilderness amid rumors that he
planned to depose his father. Despite a complete change of character as king—founding monasteries, persecuting heretics, and enforcing the law to its extremes—little had
gone right since. He was insecure in his kingdom, his reputation low. On the eve of
his departure for France, he uncovered a plot by some of his closest associates to remove him from power. Agincourt was a battle that Henry should not have won—but
he did, and the rest is history. Within five years, he was heir to the throne of France.
Anne Curry explores how Henry’s hyperactive efforts to expunge his past failures,
and his experience of crisis—which threatened to ruin everything he had struggled to
achieve—defined his kingship, and how his astonishing success at Agincourt transformed his standing in the eyes of his contemporaries, and of all generations to come.
Anne Curry is the author of Agincourt: A New History and Caesar’s Gallic Wars.
A former President of the Historical Association, she is chair of the Agincourt 600
Committee in conjunction with the Royal Armouries.
Biography • 160 Pages • 4.5 x 7 • 9780141978710 • April • $19.95 • Cloth
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Stephen
The Reign of Anarchy
Carl Watkins
A resonant new portrait of the ruler
Known as ‘the anarchy’, the reign of Stephen (1135-1141) saw England plunged into a
civil war that illuminated the fatal flaw in the powerful Norman monarchy: without rules
ordering succession, conflict within William the Conqueror’s family was inevitable. But
there was another problem: Stephen himself. With the nobility of England and Normandy anxious about the prospect of a world without the tough love of the old king Henry
I, Stephen styled himself a political panacea—a promise he was unable to keep. Unable
to transcend his flawed claim to the throne, Stephen’s actions betrayed his uneasiness. As
Watkins shows here, the resulting violence throughout England arose from the struggle
to navigate a new and turbulent kind of politics.
Carl Watkins is the author of History and the Supernatural in Medieval England.
Biography • 128 Pages • 4.5 x 7 • 9780141977140 • April • $19.95 • Cloth
Rights: US • Penguin UK/Allen Lane
William II
The Red King
John Gillingham
An elegant new look at the Red King
William II (1087-1100), or William Rufus, will always be most famous for his death:
killed by an arrow while out hunting, perhaps through accident or perhaps murder. But,
as John Gillingham makes clear in this biography, as the son and successor to William the
Conqueror it was William Rufus who had to establish permanent Norman rule. A ruthless, irascible man, he frequently argued acrimoniously with his older brother Robert over
their father’s inheritance—but he also handed out effective justice, leaving as his legacy
one of the most extraordinary of all medieval buildings, Westminster Hall.
John Gillingham is the author of The Middle Ages and Medieval Britain.
Biography • 128 Pages • 4.5 x 7 • 9780141978550 • May • $19.95 • Cloth • Rights: US
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William IV
A King at Sea
Roger Knight
A notable naval historian relishes the follies of one of the more unsuitable monarchs
William IV, ‘the Sailor King’, is best known for his naval career and for living for 20 years
with the actress Mrs. Jordan, with whom he had 10 children. Knight’s book shows that
William was pretty much a disaster in whatever field he found himself.
Roger Knight was Deputy Director of the National Maritime Museum until 2000, and now
teaches at the Greenwich Maritime Institute at the University of Greenwich. His previous
books are The Pursuit of Victory: The Life and Achievement of Horatio Nelson, which
won the Duke of Westminster’s Medal for Military History, the Mountbatten Award, and
the Anderson Medal of the Society for Nautical Research, and Britain Against Napoleon.
Biography • 112 Pages • 4.5 x 7 • 9780141977201 • June • $19.95 • Cloth • Rights: US
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Eureka!
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ancient Greeks But Were Afraid to
Ask
Peter Jones
“Packed with intriguing nuggets for novices and experts alike. . . . He flits between the
beautiful and the banal, never missing a good story.” —Times
“I love the fact that a book like this exists: populist and inclusive in intention, cultured
in execution, and often cheerfully abstruse in content. . . . Jones is a storyteller at heart,
unashamed to entertain while educating by stealth, as all the best teachers do.”
—Spectator
From the Trojan War through to the rise of the Roman empire, Peter Jones tells the epic
story of ancient Greece
The ancient Greeks gave us our alphabet and much of our scientific, medical and cultural
language; they invented democracy, atomic theory, and the rules of logic and geometry; laid
the foundations of philosophy, history, tragedy and comedy; and debated everything from
the good life and the role of women, to making sense of foreigners and the best form of government, all in the most sophisticated terms. But who were they? Peter Jones tells their epic
story by breaking down each major period into a series of informative nuggets. Along the
way he introduces the major figures of the age, including Homer, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle,
Alexander the Great, Euclid and Archimedes; explores the Greek myths and the role of the
gods; provides fascinating insights into everyday life in ancient times; and shows us the very
foundations of Western culture.
Peter Jones taught Classics at Cambridge and at Newcastle University, before retiring in 1997.
He is the author of various books on the Classics, including Learn Latin and Learn Ancient
Greek, as well as Reading Virgil’s Aeneid I and II, Vote for Caesar and Veni, Vidi, Vici.
History • 400 Pages • 5 x 8 • 5 Maps • 9781782395164 • April • $15.95 (Can $18.95)
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Veni, Vidi, Vici
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Romans But Were Afraid to Ask
Peter Jones
“Jones spans all 1,200 years of Roman history with seemingly unstoppable enthusiasm.
. . . Informative, casually erudite but engagingly unstuffy, he makes the classical world
feel both beguiling and fresh. . . . The book is full of fascination.” —Sunday Times
“Jones has an eagle’s high eye for the history of Rome from Aeneas to Augustine and a
pigeon’s ground-level eye for the graffiti scratcher of Pompeii.” —Times
A beguiling and entertaining introduction to the Romans, vividly bringing to life the
people who helped create the world we live in today
The Romans left a long-lasting legacy and their influence can still be seen all around us,
from our calendar and coins to our language and laws, but how much do we really know
about them? Help is at hand in the form of this book which tells the remarkable, and often
surprising, story of the Romans and the most enduring empire in history. Fusing a lively and
entertaining narrative with rigorous research, Veni, Vidi, Vici breaks down each major period into a series of concise nuggets that provide a fascinating commentary on every aspect of
the Roman world, from plebs to personalities, sauces to sexuality, games to gladiators, poets
to punishments, mosaics to medicine, and Catullus to Christianity.
Peter Jones has written a regular column, “Ancient & Modern,” in the Spectator for many
years and is the author of various books on the Classics, including Latin Crosswords, Learn
Latin, Reading Latin, and Reading Ovid.
History • 416 Pages • 5 x 8 • 5 Maps • 9781782393900 • Replaces: 9781848879034
May • $14.95 (Can $17.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • Atlantic Books
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I Love Kings & Queens
400 Fantastic Facts Inside
Richard Smyth
Hundreds of incredible true facts about British kings and queens
Did you know that, after the Battle of Hastings, Harold’s tattoos were used to identify his
body? Or that Elizabeth of York was the model for the queen in the first deck of cards? That
Queen Victoria appears on the 1851 Census with her occupation listed as “the Queen?” Or
that Henry VIII used a wheelchair and wore glasses? This fun little fact book, with 400 fantastic facts about royal history and more than 100 illustrations, will delight fans of British
history everywhere!
Richard Smyth is a writer and researcher with a longstanding interest in British History. His
previous books include English History: Strange But True.
History • 160 Pages • 7 x 6 • 100 Color Illustrations • 9781841656953 • June
The History Press/Pitkin Publishing
I Love Shakespeare
Warren King
Learn hundreds of incredible true facts about the Bard
Did you know that one of Shakespeare’s relatives was executed for plotting against Elizabeth
I? Or that there are more than 80 records of Shakespeare’s name, but not one of them says
“William Shakespeare?” That Shakespeare once played the ghost in Hamlet? Or that Shakespeare wore a gold earring in his left ear? This fun little book, containing 400 fantastic facts
about the Bard and his work and more than 100 illustrations, will delight fans everywhere!
Warren King is the pen name of teacher and consultant Ralph Goldswain. Together with his
son John, he runs the extremely well-regarded website No Sweat Shakespeare.
Literature • 160 Pages • 7 x 6 • 100 Color Illustrations • 9781841656960 • June
I Love the Tudors
Mickey Mayhew
Learn hundreds of incredible true facts about the Tudors
Did you know that Henry VII’s father died in prison before he was even born? Or that
Scotland Yard takes its name from Margaret Tudor’s Scottish retinue? That Henry VIII was
too fat to walk down the stairs? Or that Elizabeth I wore poisonous makeup? This fun little
book, containing 400 fantastic facts about the Tudor era and more than 100 illustrations,
will delight Tudor fans everywhere!
Mickey Mayhew is a writer and researcher from London. He has a PHD in Tudor history,
and his previous books include The Little Book of Mary Queen of Scots.
History • 160 Pages • 7 x 6 • 100 Color Illustrations • 9781841656977 • June
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STORY SERIES
The English Castles Story
Marc Alexander
The best of England’s castles, including Windsor, Warwick, and Alnwick
To use a phrase from Shakespeare, castles are “stories in
stones.” They remained the architectural landmarks of 1,000
years of British history. They have also provided the setting for
some of the most dramatic deeds in British history in war and
political conflict. This well researched and vividly illustrated
book explores the story of England’s castles, featuring many
of the most colorful examples, as well as a timeline, glossary,
and list of castles.
Marc Alexander is a consultant editor of Heritage Magazine
and for many years he contributed a regular history column
to Majesty magazine. He has written more than 60 books, including Britain’s Royal Heritage, A Companion to Folklore,
Myths & Customs of Britain, and A Companion to the Royal
Heritage of Britain.
History/Architecture • 128 Pages • 7.5 x 5
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English Cathedrals
Andrew Sanders
Learn the history behind the beautiful and awe-inspiring cathedrals of England
England is blessed with many beautiful cathedrals, including the world-renowned Durham,
with its geometrically carved pillars; Wells, with its astonishingly graceful scissor arch; and
the gloriously uplifting Ely and its octagonal tower. This book is a highly readable account of
the history of England’s cathedrals, from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day. It discusses
their significance, from a time when faith was an integral part of everyday life, to the present,
more secular society. It also discusses the developments in cathedral architecture over the
centuries and the English cathedral city.
Andrew Sanders has written four substantial studies of Dickens and his novels, is the author
of The Short Oxford History of English Literature, and has edited and annotated editions of
Bleak House, David Copperfield, Dombey and Son, and A Tale of Two Cities. He is former
president of the Dickens Fellowship and a trustee of the Charles Dickens Museum.
Architecture • 240 Pages • 6 x 9.25 • 57 Color Photos, 10 B/W Photos • 9780719816598
May • $24.95 (Can $29.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • Robert Hale
I Should Know That: Great Britain
Everything You Really Should Know About GB
Emma Marriott
“An ideal introduction to all matters British.” —Good Book Guide
The perfect book to help improve and test your knowledge of Great Britain’s history,
geography, culture, and more
From icons of British history to geography, and the economy to the legal system, I Should
Know That: Great Britain covers a wide range of topics, filling in all those embarrassing
gaps in your knowledge of the fair isle. Inspired by the UK citizenship test, this useful and
interesting guide includes sections such as essential British history, the current political and
legal system, migration to Britain, women’s rights, geography, and culture. Learn all about
the Magna Carta, the House of Lords, the Old Bailey, and the Commonwealth, and more
light-hearted topics such as allotments, pets, haggis, and marmite, while scoffing at the unfortunate but hilarious gaffes made by our politicians. Packed full of information, this entertaining and fact-filled guide to Great Britain is perfect for anyone who wishes that they knew
more about the UK.
Emma Marriott is a freelance writer and editor whose previous works include Bad History:
How We Got the Past Wrong, The History of the World in Bite-sized Chunks, and I Used
to Know That: History.
Reference • 256 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781782434313 • May • $13.95 (Can $16.95)
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Medieval Graffiti
The Lost Voices of England’s Churches
Matthew Champion
Decoding the secret language of the churches of England through medieval carved markings and personal etchings on church walls
For centuries carved writings and artworks in churches lay largely unnoticed. So archaeologist Matthew Champion started a nationwide survey to gather the best examples. In this
book he shines a spotlight on a forgotten world of ships, prayers for good fortune, satirical
cartoons, charms, curses, windmills, word puzzles, architectural plans and heraldic designs.
Drawing on examples from surviving medieval churches in England, the author gives a voice
to the secret graffiti artists: from the lord of the manor and the parish priest to the people
who built the church itself. Here are strange medieval beasts, knights battling unseen dragons, ships sailing across lime-washed oceans and demons who stalk the walls. Latin prayers
for the dead jostle with medieval curses, builders’ accounts and slanderous comments concerning a long-dead archdeacon. Strange and complex geometric designs, created to ward off
the “evil eye” and thwart the works of the devil, share church pillars with the heraldic shields
of England’s medieval nobility.
Matthew Champion studied history and landscape archaeology at the University of East
Anglia. As a freelance archaeologist he is widely regarded as England’s leading expert on
medieval graffiti inscriptions, and has worked with organizations such as English Heritage
and the National Trust, as well as writing and lecturing extensively upon the subject. Matthew is currently Project Director of the multi-award winning Norfolk and Suffolk Medieval
Graffiti Survey.
Architecture • 272 Pages • 5.25 x 8 • 41 Color Photos, 27 B/W Illustrations
9780091960414 • Available • $24.95 • Cloth • Rights: US • Ebury Press
After the Fire
London Churches in the Age of Wren, Hawksmoor and Gibbs
Angelo Hornak
In order to rebuild after the Great Fire of London, architects were called upon, including
Christopher Wren, who crafted a variety of cathedrals and churches to replace those lost
The Great Fire that swept through London in 1666 is estimated to have destroyed at least
13,000 houses and some 88 churches, including St. Paul’s Cathedral. But this tragedy had a
silver lining: it presented Christopher Wren with the opportunity to create one of the most
impressive groups of buildings in the history of architecture. In 1667, Wren was appointed
Surveyor in charge of rebuilding the churches. In the years that followed—and with the assistance of, among others, Nicholas Hawksmoor and Robert Hooke—he rebuilt St. Paul’s and
51 churches. There is extraordinary variety in the solutions he adopted to solve the problem
of building rational, classical buildings on irregular medieval sites. He also had the good
fortune of being able to call on craftsmen of exquisite skill. The other central event in the
story of London’s churches is the Fifty New Churches Act of 1710. Fifty was optimistic; but
the dozen or so “Queen Anne Churches” which resulted from the Act were wonderful. The
book closes with the more restrained churches built by James Gibbs, whose St. Martin-inthe-Fields, completed in 1724, became the prototype for many colonial churches, especially
in North America, over the next 100 years.
Angelo Hornak is an architectural photographer whose books include London from the
Thames.
Architecture/History • 256 Pages • 8.25 x 10.75 • 140 Color Photos, 70 B/W Photos,
70 B/W Illustrations, Four-color Interior • 9781910258088 • June • $65.00 (Can $78.00)
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The Agincourt Companion
A Guide to the Legendary Battle and Warfare in the Medieval World
Anne Curry
The captivating story of the battle; how Henry V led an outnumbered army to glory,
the skills of the archers, and the core military tactics that proved so successful for the
English army
The Battle of Agincourt on October, 25, 1415, remains one of the most glorious victories in
British history, with a legacy that endures today. A pivotal moment in the Hundred Years
War between France and England, it reinvigoratead the English campaign in France and
bolstered the English crown’s hereditary claims to French land. Published to mark the 600th
anniversary of this famous victory, The Agincourt Companion tells a wider story about warfare in the middle ages. Delving into the development and advances in weaponry, armor and
tactics during this period and the impact this had on the battlefield, this is a richly detailed
look at the world of medieval warfare.
Anne Curry is Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Southhampton and
one of the world’s leading experts on the battle of Agincourt. She is chair of the Agincourt
600 Committee, an organization that marked the anniversary with celebrations in 2015. Her
previous books include Agincourt: A New History, Caesar’s Gallic Wars, and The Hundred
Years’ War.
History • 160 Pages • 5 x 7.75 • 9780233004716 • April • $19.95 • Cloth • Rights: US
Andre Deutsch
Magna Carta and All That
A Guide to the Magna Carta and Life in England in 1215
Rod Green
Reveals the compelling story behind this documents, as well as what life was truly like
in England in 1215
Magna Carta, the Great Charter, was granted at Runnymede on June 15th, 1215 by King
John, and has since become one of the most important and celebrated documents in English
history. It challenged and limited royal authority for the first time, established the Rule of
Law in England and created core principles that are reflected in many constitutional documents around the world today. Magna Carta and All That reveals the compelling story behind this document, as well as what life was truly like in England in 1215. Looking at how
Magna Carta impacted on the people and the customs of the day and the key personalities
behind the political power struggle of the time, it also explores the lives of ordinary people,
both free men and serfs, in medieval English society. With fascinating facts and insights,
this book gives a richly detailed look at the medieval world and the lasting legacy of this
crucial document.
Rod Green has worked as an editor and author for more than 30 years.
History • 160 Pages • 5 x 7.75 • 9780233004648 • April • $18.95 • Cloth • Rights: US
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Penguins, Pineapples and Pangolins
First Encounters with the Exotic
Claire Cock-Starkey
Extracts from a wide variety of historical sources reveal the reactions and thoughts of
Europeans as they experience exotic imports, or visit a new country and take in strange
animals, peoples and plants
Can you remember seeing a tiger for the first time? Tasting a pineapple? Touching a cactus?
Probably not, because in these modern times everyone is very knowing—knowledge is at our
fingertips and it sometimes feels as if there is nothing new to discover. The awe and excitement from that moment has been lost because these objects and experiences have become
ordinary to us. But, if we travel back in time a few hundred years, before the age of globalization, people were encountering new foods, animals, plants, peoples and cultures for the first
time as overseas trade routes opened up. Compiled from the archives of the British Library,
this new book reflects the wonderment and curiosity of these new experiences.
Claire Cock-Starkey was series editor for all seven editions of Schott’s Almanac. Her most
recent book is How to Skin a Lion.
History • 192 Pages • 6 x 8.25 • 30 B/W Illustrations • 9780712356367 • August
Medieval & Renaissance Interiors
Eva Oledzka
The interiors inhabited by people in the Middle Ages and Renaissance as told to us by
illuminated manuscripts—a major reference on a little-studied subject
Illuminated manuscripts are an excellent source of information about the interiors inhabited
by people in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Artists regularly depicted the castles and
palaces of the ruling classes, as well as the houses of ordinary people—merchants, craftsmen
and peasants. This attractive new book is the first to study the subject in such depth, and it
uncovers a wealth of little-known illuminations that help us to learn more about life at home,
in workshops and elsewhere. The author presents manuscript miniatures as illustrations to
an account of house interiors which includes their architectural features (such as windows,
doors or fireplaces), furniture and other household objects. She concentrates on the social,
cultural and stylistic aspects of Gothic domestic settings and presents them in the context of
their Romanesque antecedents and Renaissance successors.
Eva Oledzka is Special Collections and Western Manuscripts reference librarian at the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford. Her primary interests and her doctoral research are in the
field of representations of European architecture, domestic interiors and material culture
in late medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts. She holds postgraduate degrees
in Medieval and Later Archaeology, English Medieval Studies, Heritage Management and
Museum Studies.
History/Architecture • 160 Pages • 8.5 x 11 • 120 Color Photos • 9780712349734 • August
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How Fat Was Henry VIII?
And Other Questions on Royal History
Raymond Lamont-Brown
Which king invented the handkerchief? Which queen pretended to be invisible? Which
king was afraid of witches? Why did Charles II hide in an oak tree?
Most of us know that Queen Victoria ruled over a great Empire, that King John signed the
Magna Carta, and that Harold was killed at the Battle of Hastings. But this book, for inquisitive visitors to the royal palaces and monarchy buffs everywhere, takes us to the heart
of the matter, and tells us what we really want to know about life behind the palace walls:
Which monarch had the most eccentricities? Which king pawned his crown? Did monarchs
use contraception? What made Mary I “bloody”? Was George III’s madness caused by porphyria, or was it arsenic poisoning? Who was Britain’s first royal motorist? Did Mary Queen
of Scots murder her husband?
Raymond Lamont-Brown is the author of Carnegie, Edward VII’s Last Loves, John Brown
and Kempeitai: Japan’s Dreaded Military Police.
History • 192 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780750966269 • Replaces: 9780752453774 • July
Divorced, Beheaded, Died . . .
The History of Britain’s Kings and Queens in Bite-sized Chunks
Kevin Flude
“Written with a lively wit but crammed with factual information, this is the perfect way
to mug up on your British history.” —the Oldie
“One way we remember history is by means of a good yarn . . . Flude’s gem of a book
works on this premise—that it is the human stories of our monarchs we remember—and
he breaks them down into delightful bite-sized chunks.” —Family History Monthly
An entertaining, informative, and essential guide to all the kings and queens throughout
British history—without all of the boring bits
Featuring tales of murder, adultery, beheadings, civil war, usurpation, and madness, this
book takes you on a gallop through the history of all of England’s kings and queens, plus
some of the less well-known Scots and Welsh rulers. Discover the sticky end that befell Edward II, the story of the princes in the Tower, the tale of the queen who reigned for less than
a fortnight, and find out whether Macbeth really was a king of Scotland. Presented in an
accessible, chronological format, this essential guide will fill in all those gaps in your history
knowledge, remind you of those details you’d forgotten, and provide some fascinating and
amusing facts about one of the longest-running monarchies in the world.
Kevin Flude is the director of the Old Operating Theatre museum in London.
History • 176 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781782434634 • Replaces: 9781843173625 • May
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Tudor Monarchs
Lives in Letters
Andrea Clarke
An unprecedented personal glimpse into the Tudor court, through their own words
The Tudor period (1485-1603) is a story of drama, intrigue and tumultuous change but also
of triumphs and progress, and it saw the emergence of an English national identity. Four
hundred years after the Tudor era ended with the death of Elizabeth I, this extraordinary period in English history still fascinates and captures the public imagination like no other. The
Tudor kings and queens remain the most well-known and fascinating English dynasty. The
enormous increase in the quantity of surviving documents from Henry VIII’s reign onwards
means that the Tudor period is the first in English history to be so thoroughly documented
in manuscript form. The British Library holds an incredibly rich and important collection
of Tudor letters which enables this book to tell their story in their own words, their own
handwriting, a close up look at a world of turbulent political scheming and grand, sometimes destructive love affairs. The selection in this book includes famous letters about major
historical turning-points as well as unpublished eyewitness accounts by the key players in
16th-century life.
Andrea Clarke is Lead Curator of Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts at the British
Library. She co-curated the exhibition Henry VIII: Man and Monarch with David Starkey in
2009, and is the author of Love Letters: 2000 Years of Romance.
History/Biography • 160 Pages • 5.75 x 8.25 • 50 Color Photos • 9780712357746 • August
Royal Secrets & Scandals
Brenda Williams
Looking behind the pomp and ceremony to explore the secrets and scandals of the Royals from the Anglo Saxons to the Victorians
What constituted a secret or a scandal in times gone by? This entertaining title in this new
series gives an overview of the times and attitudes to “secrets,” and what was meant by a
“scandal.” This book uncovers revelations of royal bedchambers, courts, spies and plots, financial scandals, dynastic tangles, and the exploits of both regal villains and so-called saints.
From the rule of absolutist kings to the more prudish Victorians, scandals can be linked to
many a royal personage with often dramatic impacts on reigns and history. Exposing the
secrets of both the private and public lives of these past rulers, Royal Secrets & Scandals
guarantees to amuse and surprise.
Brenda Williams is the author of a wide range of Pitkin Guides.
History • 32 Pages • 6.5 x 9.5 • 50 Color Photos • 9781841656878 • June
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Red Roses
Blanche of Gaunt to Margaret Beaufort
Amy Licence
The first collective biography of the women of the Lancastrian family
The Wars of the Roses were not just fought by men on the battlefield. There were daughters,
wives, mistresses, mothers and queens whose lives and influences helped shape the most dramatic of English conflicts. This book traces the women’s stories on the Lancastrian side, from
the children of Blanche, wife of John of Gaunt, through the turbulent 15th century to the
advent of Margaret Beaufort’s son in 1509, and establishment of the Tudor dynasty. From
Katherine Swynford and Catherine of Valois’s secret liaisons to the love lives of Mary de
Bohun and Jacquetta of Luxembourg, to the Queenship of Joan of Navarre and Margaret of
Anjou, this book explores how these extraordinary women survived in extraordinary times.
Amy Licence is an award-winning author and historian whose books include Cecily Neville:
Mother of Kings and The Six Wives & Many Mistresses of Henry VIII. She has written for
the Guardian, the TLS, Huffington Post and BBC History and appeared in Philippa Gregory’s BBC documentary The Real Women of the Wars of the Roses.
History/Women’s Studies • 352 Pages • 6 x 9 • 16 B/W Photos, 18 B/W Illustrations
9780750964005 • June • $35.00 (Can $42.00) • Cloth • Rights: US & Canada
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The Third Plantagenet
George, Duke of Clarence, Richard III’s Brother
John Ashdown-Hill
From the author of The Last Days of Richard III comes the first full biography of
George, Duke of Clarence—now in paperback
George, Duke of Clarence has had so little written about him, that historians face many
questions: Where was he born? What was he like? What set him against his brother Edward
IV? He played a central role in the Wars of the Roses—but was he for York or Lancaster?
Is the story of his drowning in a barrel of wine—as in Richard III—true? And was “false,
fleeting, perjur’d Clarence” in some ways the role model behind the 16th-century defamation
of Richard III? Finally, where was he buried and what became of his body? Can the DNA
used recently to test the remains of his younger brother, Richard III, also reveal the truth
about the supposed “Clarence bones” in Tewkesbury? John Ashdown-Hill exposes the myths
surrounding this pivotal and central Plantagenet, with remarkable results.
John Ashdown-Hill is a historian and the author of The Last Days of Richard III. He has
appeared on NPR and the Smithsonian Channel as an expert on Richard III.
Biography/History • 288 Pages • 5 x 8 • 40 B/W Photos • 9780750964838
The Sister Queens
Isabella & Catherine de Valois
Mary McGrigor
The first history of sisters Isabella and Catherine de Valois, French princesses who both
married English kings amid the brutal Hundred Years’ War
Two sisters: born nine years apart to a mad French king during the turbulent years of the
Hundred Years War, the bitter series of conflicts that set the House of Plantagenet against
the House of Valois. Catherine de Valois, the beautiful young bride of Henry V, conducted a
passionate love affair with the young Owain Tudor, with whom she was to found the entire
Tudor dynasty. Her sister Isabella was married aged seven to Richard II, subsequently fled
England following his murder, only to find her country fatally divided. This is a gripping tale
of love, exile, and conflict in a time when even royal women had to fight for survival.
Mary McGrigor is the author of several books, including Argyll, The Other Tudor Princess,
and The Tsar’s Doctor.
History • 288 Pages • 6 x 9 • 9780750964203 • May • $35.00 (Can $42.00) • Cloth
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1415 Agincourt
A New History
Anne Curry
The most comprehensive book on the battle ever published, updated with new foreword
and additional material
As night fell in Picardy on Thursday October 24, 1415, Henry V and his English troops,
worn down by their long march after the taking of Harfleur and diminished by the dysentery
they had suffered there, can little have dreamt that the battle of the next day would give
them one of the most complete victories ever won. Anne Curry’s startling history recreates
the campaign and battle from the perspectives of the English and the French. One of the best
battle accounts ever published, Anne Curry has updated this classic work in honor of 600th
anniversary of Agincourt.
Anne Curry is the world’s leading authority on the battle of Agincourt. She is the advisor to
the Agincourt battlefield center, was historical consultant for the ITV documentary of the
battle, and is a lead member of the Agincourt 600 Committee.
History/Military • 384 Pages • 6 x 9 • 20 Color Photos, 40 B/W Photos • 9780750964869
Replaces: 9780752445663 • Available • $33.95 (Can $40.95) • Trade Paper
Insurrection
Henry VIII, Thomas Cromwell and the Pilgrimage of Grace
Susan Loughlin
Reexamine Tudor England’s largest and most significant rebellion
Autumn 1536. Both Katherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn are dead. Henry VIII has married
Jane Seymour, and still awaits his longed-for male heir. Disaffected conservatives in England
may have seen an opportunity for a return to Rome and an end to religious experimentation.
However, Thomas Cromwell has other ideas. In August, the Lutheran influenced Ten Articles
of the Anglican Church was published and the dissolution of the monasteries had started.
The obstinate monarch, enticed by monastic wealth, is determined not to change course. Fear
and resentment has been unleashed in northern England in the largest, spontaneous uprising
against a Tudor monarch. That rebellion is the Pilgrimage of Grace, in which 30,000 men
have taken up arms against the king. This book reviews the evidence for that opposition and
examines the abundant examples of religiously motivated dissent. It also highlights the rhetoric, reward and retribution used by the Crown to enforce its policy.
Susan Loughlin holds a PhD in History from the National University of Ireland, Galway.
History • 224 Pages • 6 x 9 • 20 Color Photos • 9780750967334 • July
Wolsey
The Life of King Henry VIII’s Cardinal
John Matusiak
An evocative, long overdue biography of Tudor England’s most fascinating statesman
Wolsey is, arguably, the first comprehensive book to explore the many contrasting layers of
Thomas Wolsey’s life and career, and represents the first genuinely popular biography of the
much-maligned cardinal to appear in more than 30 years. Making no assumptions, it looks at
the real person in the cold light of his actions, and uncovers a man of contradictions and extremes whose meteoric rise was marked by an equally inexorable descent into desperation, as
he attempted in vain to satisfy the tempestuous master whose ambition ultimately broke him.
Far from being one more familiar portrait of an overweight and overweening spider or another cautionary tale of pride preceding a fall, this is the gripping story of how consummate
talent, noble intentions, and an eagle eye for the main chance can contrive with the vagaries
of power politics to raise an individual to unheard of heights before finally consuming him.
John Matusiak is the author of Henry VIII and the forthcoming The Tudors in 100 Objects.
Biography/Religion & Theology • 416 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780750965354
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The Other Tudor Princess
Margaret Douglas, Henry VIII’s Niece
Mary McGrigor
The first history of Henry VIII’s beloved niece and one-time heir to the throne
A shadowy and mysterious character in Tudor history, Margaret Douglas now takes center
stage in this tale of the bitter struggle for power during the reign of Henry VIII. Margaret is
Henry’s niece, and finds herself in favor with her uncle. In 1536, when the King turns against
his second wife Anne Boleyn, he declares his daughters Mary and Elizabeth, bastards—and
appoints Margaret as his heir to the throne. But when he discovers Margaret’s love affair
with Anne Boleyn’s uncle, Henry imprisons her and her lover in the Tower. Through Margaret’s marriage of her son, Lord Darnley, to his cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots, she unites their
claims to the throne, but under the reign of Elizabeth tragedy strikes again when Lord Darnley is murdered, possibly by his wife. As Margaret reaches old age, her place in the dynasty is
still not safe, and she dies in mysterious circumstances.
Mary McGrigor is the author of Wellington’s Spies and Anna, Countess of the Covenant.
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James I
Scotland’s King of England
John Matusiak
A compelling popular biography of England’s first Stuart ruler
Few kings have been more savagely caricatured or grossly misunderstood than England’s
first Stuart. Yet, as this new biography demonstrates, the modern tendency to downplay his
defects and minimize the longer term consequences of his reign has gone too far. For, in spite
of genuine idealism and flashes of considerable resourcefulness, James I remains a perplexing
figure. A flawed, if well-meaning, foreigner in a rapidly changing and divided kingdom, his
passionate commitment to time-honoured principles of government would, ironically, prove
his undoing, as England edged unconsciously towards the crossroads and the shadow of the
Thirty Years War descended like a pall upon Europe.
John Matusiak is a frequent contributor to History Review and History Today, and is the
author of Henry V, Henry VIII, The Tudors in 100 Objects, and Wolsey.
Biography/History • 352 Pages • 6 x 9 • 40 Color Illustrations, 16 B/W Illustrations
9780750955621 • May • $35.00 (Can $42.00) • Cloth • Rights: US & Canada
The History Press
James II
King in Exile
John Callow
“Impressively researched and stylishly written . . . the most perceptive and detailed biography we have . . . of any of the Stuart monarchs.” —Daily Telegraph
A new edition of an evocative, intriguing biography
For 11 years, from his defeat at the Battle of the Boyne in July 1690 until his death in 1701,
James II lived in one of the most spectacular baroque palaces in Europe, holding court as a
king in exile. This period is almost completely ignored by those writing about James and yet
it was the period which set in train the rise in Jacobitism and allowed James to attempt to
fashion the opportunity for his comeback as rightful king. This book reassesses James’s strategy for dealing with his downfall and presents a portrait of a man who planned for himself
great political rewards. That these plans did not materialize was the result of the changing
perception of monarchy in Britain but James left a lasting legacy in the form of Jacobitism on
the one hand and a deep suspicion of Catholic monarchs on the other.
John Callow is the author of The Making of King James II.
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Life Below Stairs
In the Victorian & Edwardian Country House
Siân Evans
From the cook, butler and housekeeper to the footman, lady’s maid and nanny, a
fascinating glimpse behind the scenes of some of Britain’s grandest houses, in a smaller
format reissue
The largely untold stories of innumerable, rather humble, lives spent “in service” are lying
just below the surface of many great houses; the physical evidence can be seen in surviving servants’ quarters, the material of their everyday life, even their uniforms and possessions. This account provides a fascinating glimpse at who’s who behind the scenes, from the
cook, butler and housekeeper to the footmen, lady’s maids, governesses and tutors, nannies
and nursemaids. Offering insight into the hierarchy within the servant’s quarters, from the
power-wielding cook to the ever-discreet butler, this guide discusses how relationships were
forged and changed as the gap between upstairs and downstairs was bridged. Describing
their typical working day as well as the holidays, entertainments and pastimes enjoyed on a
rare day off, not to mention the whirl of the social season, this previously unwritten history
recalls vividly the nature of their lives below stairs. A bygone era is brought to life through
letters, journals, interviews, lively descriptions and stunning photography of the places and
possessions left behind.
Siân Evans is a cultural historian who has worked for the National Trust, The Victoria &
Albert Museum and the Design Museum. She is author of Pattern Design and Ghosts: Mysterious Tales from the National Trust.
History • 192 Pages • 7.5 x 9.75 • 100 Color Photos, 50 B/W Photos • 9781909881648
Replaces: 9781907892110 • April • $19.95 (Can $23.95) • Cloth • Rights: US & Canada
National Trust
London: A Travel Guide Through Time
Matthew Green
Step back in time and discover the sights, sounds and smells of London through
the ages in this enthralling journey into the capital’s rich, teeming and occasionally
hazardous past
Let time traveler Dr. Matthew Green be your guide to six extraordinary periods in London’s
history—the ages of Shakespeare, medieval city life, plague, coffee houses, the reign of Victoria and the Blitz. We’ll turn back the clock to the time of Shakespeare and visit a savage
bull and bear baiting arena on the Bankside. In medieval London, we’ll circle the walls as
the city lies barricaded under curfew, while spinning further forward in time we’ll inhale the
‘holy herb’ in an early tobacco house, before peering into an open plague pit. In the 18th
century, we’ll navigate the streets in style with a ride on a sedan chair, and when we land in
Victorian London, we’ll take a tour of freak-show booths and meet the Elephant Man. You’ll
meet pornographers and traitors, actors and apothecaries, the mad, bad and dangerous to
know, all desperate to show you the thrilling and vibrant history of the world’s liveliest city.
Dr. Matthew Green is an historian and broadcaster, with a PhD in the history of London
from Oxford University. He writes historical features for the Telegraph and Guardian, appears in documentaries on the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, and gives talks all over London. He
is the co-founder of Unreal City Audio, which produces immersive, critically acclaimed tours
of London as live events, audio downloads and apps. He is passionate about bringing history
to life not only through writing but with tours, talks, TV and radio.
History • 512 Pages • 5.5 x 8 • 12 B/W Photos, 6 Maps • 9780718179762 • June • $24.95
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Shakespeare’s Bastard
The Life of Sir William Davenant
Simon Andrew Stirling
A study of a poet who made significant strides to securing Shakespeare’s reputation,
culminating with the answer to the question: was he Shakespeare’s natural son?
Sir William Davenant (1606-1668)—Poet Laureate and English Civil War hero—is one of the
most influential and neglected figures in the history of British theater. He introduced “opera,”
actresses, scenes, and the proscenium arch to the English stage. Narrowly escaping execution
for his Royalist activities during the English Civil War, he revived theatrical performances
in London, right under Oliver Cromwell’s nose. Davenant was known to boast over a glass
of wine that he wrote “with the very spirit” of Shakespeare and was happy to be thought
of as Shakespeare’s son. By recounting the story of his eventful life backwards, through his
many trials and triumphs, this biography culminates with a fresh examination of the issue of
Davenant’s paternity. Was his mother the voluptuous and maddening “Dark Lady,” and was
he Shakespeare’s “lovely boy?”
Simon Andrew Stirling is the author of The King Arthur Conspiracy and Who Killed William
Shakespeare? The Murderer, the Motive, the Means.
History/Drama • 256 Pages • 6 x 9 • 20 B/W Illustrations • 9780750961073 • May
Betsy and the Emperor
Anne Whitehead
The little known story of how the exiled Napoleon Bonaparte ingratiated himself with
an English family on the South Atlantic island of St. Helena
After Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, he was sent into exile on
Saint Helena—reduced from the most powerful figure in Europe to a prisoner on a rock in the
South Atlantic. But the fallen emperor was charmed by the pretty teenage daughter of a local
merchant, Betsy Balcombe. Anne Whitehead brings to life Napoleon’s last years on Saint Helena, revealing the central role of the Balcombe family. She also lays to rest two centuries of
speculation about Betsy’s relationship with Napoleon. With her extraordinary connections to
royalty and high society, Betsy Balcombe led a life worthy of a Regency romance, but she was
always fighting for her independence. This account reveals Napoleon at his most vulnerable
and reflective, and a woman caught in some of the most dramatic events of her time.
Anne Whitehead is the author of Bluestocking in Patagonia and Paradise Mislaid, which was
winner of the NSW Premier’s Award for Australian History.
Biography/History • 464 Pages • 6 x 9 • 9781760112936 • May • $22.95 (Can $27.95)
Allen & Unwin
The Real Mary Kelly
Jack the Ripper’s Fifth Victim and the Identity of the Man that Killed Her
Wynne Weston-Davies
With echoes of The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher and Sherlock Holmes in his pomp, The
Real Mary Kelly is not only a classic “whodunit,” but an engrossing and utterly original
“whoisit?”
Many researchers have tried over the decades to discover Mary Jane Kelly’s true identity. She
was the final and most brutally murdered victim of Jack the Ripper, but almost nothing is
known about her family or her earlier life. In this thrilling book, author, qualified surgeon
and Mary’s great-nephew Wynne Weston-Davies explores the inscrutable circumstances behind the Ripper’s fifth and final victim and how the elusive life of Mary Jane Kelly is wholly
intertwined with the mystery of her legendary killer.
Wynne Weston-Davies has worked as a senior surgeon at numerous hospitals throughout
London. As the great nephew of Elizabeth Weston Davies, the author has unique access to
his family’s history.
True Crime/Biography • 272 Pages • 6 x 9 • 10 B/W Photos • 9781910536094 • April
$27.95 (Can $42.95) • Cloth • Rights: US & Canada • Blink Publishing
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PENGUIN SPECIALS
While for many, World War I was a European war, its battles were fought as far away as the Shantung Peninsula in
northeastern China, and its legacy continues to reverberate in the modern geopolitical relationships that the world’s
biggest rising power has with its neighbors. To mark the centenary of World War I, Penguin China assembled a series
of Specials by the world’s top China hands that bring a fresh perspective to the conflict.
Betrayal in Paris
How the Treaty of Versailles Led to China’s Long Revolution
Paul French
“A marvelous initiative; of a strong collection, Paul French’s Betrayal in Paris
may be the most thought-provoking to date. . . . The combination of [its] brevity,
French’s smooth, easy-to-read prose and the thought-provoking implications would
make it an excellent text for stimulating debate in regional history and politics
classes.” —Asian Review on the series
At the conclusion of ‘the war to end war’, the victors set about redesigning the world
map at the Paris Peace Conference. For China, Versailles presented an opportunity to regain territory lost to Japan. Yet, the country was to be severely disappointed. This study
explores China’s betrayal by the West, the charismatic advocates it sent to the conference and the hugely significant May Fourth Movement that resulted from the treaty.
Paul French is author of Midnight In Peking, for which he won the Edgar Award for
Best Fact Crime, and North Korea: The Paranoid Peninsula.
History • 104 Pages • 4.25 x 7 • 9780143800354 • April • $9.95 (Can $11.95)
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Chinese Labour Corps
The Forgotten Chinese Labourers of the First World War
Mark O’Neill
A rare look at how and why more than 100,000 Chinese laborers worked to help
the Allies
As the young men of Europe were fighting in the trenches, a little known contingent
of Chinese laborers crossed the world to provide support vital to the Allied war effort.
Largely illiterate farmers from northern China, these men were simply attempting to
make a better life for themselves, ignorant of the war and its causes. Under brutal conditions many died for their efforts, and their involvement wasn’t recognized for decades—
it is still not widely known. This book brings their story to light, describing in detail the
laborers’ recruitment, their daily experiences in a foreign land and the horrific work they
carried out, including the clearing of remains from battlefields.
Mark O’Neill has been a journalist in Asia since 1978, working for Reuters and the
South China Morning Post. His books include Tzu Chi: Serving with Compassion.
History/Military • 122 Pages • 4.25 x 7 • 9780143800316 • May • $9.95 (Can $11.95)
Also available:
9780143800118
$9.95 (Can $11.95)
Trade Paper
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PENGUIN SPECIALS
From the Tsar’s Railway to the Red Army
The Experience of Chinese Labourers in Russia During the First World War
and Bolshevik Revolution
Mark O’Neill
It is a little known fact that during World War I Russia received the majority of Chinese wartime laborers working overseas. Despite assurances that they would not be
involved in the war, thousands of Chinese workers dug trenches and carried ammunition for troops on the Eastern Front under brutal conditions. Then, in 1917, life for
the Chinese worsened with the Bolshevik Revolution’s arrival. Some of the workers
signed up to fight for the Red Army and many were left stranded in Russia, unemployed and destitute. Their plight has been described as the most tragic episode in 400
years of Chinese emigration. The men had crossed the border into Russia with dreams
of earning enough money to build a house or business for their family at home. None
could have imagined the hell that awaited them.
Mark O’Neill has been a journalist in Asia since 1978, working for Reuters and the
South China Morning Post. His books include Tzu Chi: Serving with Compassion.
History/Military • 98 Pages • 4.25 x 7 • 9780734310477 • April
Picnics Prohibited
Diplomacy in a Chaotic China During the First World War
Frances Wood
A look at the ripple effects of World War I on the infant Chinese republic
World War I came at an inopportune time for China. The country had joined a number of international organizations and ratified the Hague Conventions, but found
its diplomatic efforts hampered by its young, inexperienced leadership, its factional
regional divisions, and its foreign-controlled treaty ports and concessions. Unfortunately for the Chinese, representatives of combatant nations navigated a diplomatic
tightrope between carrying out their patriotic duty to support war efforts and making
sure their “hosts”, the Chinese, did not take advantage of the turbulence to upset the
colonial pecking order.
Frances Wood is former curator of Chinese Collections at the British Library. She is
the author of China’s First Emperor and His Terra Cotta Warriors, The Diamond
Sutra, and The Silk Road.
History • 124 Pages • 4.25 x 7 • 9780143800330 • April • $9.95 (Can $11.95)
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The Forgotten Spy
The Untold Story of Stalin’s First British Mole
Nick Barratt
The story of the man who started the Cold War—a journey through post-World War I
Europe into the shadows where agents, special agents, and double agents lurked, when
everyone had something to hide
In this gripping book, Nick Barratt delves into the murky waters of the British and Russian
secret service. Tracing the story of his great uncle Ernest Holloway Oldham—known as
ARNO to his “friends” in the Russian secret service—we are taken on a journey through
the dark secrets of agents, special agents and double agents, during a period of history when
everyone had something to hide. After serving in the British army during World War I,
Ernest was drafted into the Communications Department of the UK Foreign Office, where
he was charged with delivering encrypted messages to embassies and consulates around the
world. Over the course of the next decade or so, Ernest was drawn deeper and deeper into
the paranoid underworld of pre-Cold War espionage and into a double-life that became the
darkest of secrets.
Nick Barratt is a broadcaster and historian who has worked for various media organizations
including the BBC’s Who Do You Think You Are? television series. Formerly a columnist
for the Daily Telegraph and Editor in Chief of Your Family History magazine, he is also the
author of Lost Voices of the Titanic.
Biography/Political Science • 288 Pages • 6 x 9 • 11 B/W Photos • 9781910536063 • April
Spynest
British and German Espionage from Neutral Holland 1914 -1918
Edwin Ruis
An explosive account of the competing spy networks that used the neutral Netherlands
as their base in World War I
After World War I broke out, the port city of Rotterdam in particular became a prolific
breeding ground for secret agents and spies. The neutrality of the Netherlands, its geographical position in between the most powerful warring nations, and its proximity to the Western
Front meant that British and German secret services both chose Holland as their main base
for spying operations on each other. On neutral Dutch ground, newly established intelligence services learned the spy trade. Spynest tells the story of the secret agents involved,
their Dutch hirelings, and the spies they recruited and sacrificed between August 1914 and
November 1918.
Edwin Ruis is a historian and the author of Gith Mission. Ruis writes regularly for the World
at War magazine and has appeared on radio and TV discussing World War I. He has also
lectured at public events and international conferences.
History/Political Science • 256 Pages • 6 x 9 • 16 B/W Photos • 9780750965064 • June
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Elegy
The First Day on the Somme
Andrew Roberts
The New York Times-bestselling author on the first day of the Somme Offensive
On July 1, 1916, after a five-day bombardment, 11 British and five French divisions launched
their long-awaited “Big Push” on German positions on high ground above the Rivers Ancre
and Somme on the Western Front. Some ground was gained, but at a terrible cost. German
machine-guns—manned by troops who had sat out the storm of shellfire in deep dugouts—inflicted terrible losses on the British infantry. The British Fourth Army lost 57,470 casualties,
the French Sixth Army suffered 1,590 casualties, and the German 2nd Army 10,000. And
this was but the prelude to 141 days of slaughter that would witness the deaths of between
750,000 and 1 million troops. Andrew Roberts evokes the pity and the horror of the blackest
day in the history of the British army—a summer’s day turned hell on earth by modern military technology—in the words of casualties, survivors, and the bereaved.
Andrew Roberts is a prize-winning historian, journalist, and broadcaster. His books include
Masters and Commanders, Napoleon: A Life and The Storm of War.
History/Military • 304 Pages • 5 x 8 • 60 B/W Photos • 9781784080020
The Monocled Mutineer
Second edition
William Allison and John Fairley
One of the most secret events of WWI, complete with eyewitness accounts
In 1917, as British troops were preparing for the Battle of Passchendaele, a mutiny broke out
among the 100,000 soldiers at the Etaples training camp in Northern France. This mutiny
was one of the most guarded secrets of WW1. Private Percy Toplis, a survivor of the Battle
of Loos, had deserted from the Army Medical Corps before re-enlisting and he was accused
as the ringleader of the mutiny. By this time he was back in England where he was living in
disguise and was the most wanted man in England (suspected of murder and fraud) before
being killed by a policeman in 1920. Drawing on extensive interviews with survivors of the
mutiny as well as with friends and relatives of Percy Toplis, this updated edition includes
a new introduction and epilogue that expand on newly discovered information about the
events of the mutiny and the government’s response to it.
William Allison worked extensively in Fleet Street and at BBC television news. John Fairley
is the chairman of Highflyer Productions.
Military/History • 208 Pages • 5.25 x 7.75 • 13 B/W Photos • 9780285643109
Replaces: 9780704332874 • July • $16.95 (Can $19.95) • Trade Paper
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Wherever the Firing Line Extends
An Irish Journey Along the Western Front
Ronan McGreevy
This comprehensive tour of the Western Front is a celebration of the Irish men who
fought and died during World War I
World War I was the biggest conflict in Irish history. More men served and more men died
than in all the wars before or since that the Irish fought in. Often forgotten at home and
written out of Irish history, the Irish soldiers and their regiments found themselves more honored in foreign fields. From the first shot monument in Mons to the plaque to the Royal Irish
Lancers who liberated the town on Armistice Day 1918, Ronan McGreevy takes a tour of the
Western Front. He visits those places where the Irish made their mark and left their mark in
the monuments, cemeteries, and landscapes of France and Flanders.
Ronan McGreevy is a senior journalist with the Irish Times. He writes a regular column and
features, and produces video content for the Irish Times website to support his written pieces.
For the purpose of this book he will be travelling around Europe as part of his work with the
Irish Times and serialization of elements of this work in the Irish Times is planned.
History/Military • 288 Pages • 6 x 9 • 9781845888732 • July • $33.95 (Can $40.95)
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Too Brave to Live, Too Young to Die
Teenage Heroes from World War I
Nigel Cawthorne
The mechanized butchery of World War I made no exceptions, and this account looks
at those who, not yet 20 years old, managed to receive the British Army’s highest honor,
often perishing in the process
World War I was a slaughter on an unprecedented scale. Nevertheless, there was no shortage
of young men willing to sacrifice themselves for their country. Some lied about their age to
join up, not just at the start of the war when it was seen as a glorious adventure, but even
towards the end, when the true horror of the mechanized butchery was known to one and all.
This book concerns the young men who were not yet 20 when they won the Victoria Cross,
the British armed forces highest award for gallantry. Many perished in the action that earned
them the VC. Others survived to receive the award, but then went on to die later in the war.
One was as young as 16. Several were just 18, though they were supposed to be 19 before
they were allowed to serve overseas. They were sailors and airmen, as well as soldiers, and
they came from Britain, Ireland, Australia, Canada, Nepal, and India. Each one demonstrated an exceptional nerve and bravery. While some did survive World War I—even going on
to serve in World War II—they showed an reckless indifference to death that made them Too
Brave to Live, Too Young to Die. World War I has been over for nearly 100 years now, but
the tales of their valor live on. These men and their exploits deserve to be remembered—in
the hope that young men will never be called on to do such things again.
Nigel Cawthorne is the author of more than 150 books, including VC Heroes, Heroes on the
Frontline, and Special Forces: War on Terror.
Military/History • 288 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781784188115 • April • $27.95 (Can $33.95)
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The First World War in Quotes
Mirrorpix
The lives of soldiers, politicians and civilian families, in their own words
With the aid of photographs from the news archives of Mirrorpix, this book offers readers
the opportunity to read a critique and review of the inspirational, moving, shocking and
sometimes humorous words of the men and women who experienced The Great War first
hand. Technological advances in weaponry and the use of mechanized warfare resulted in
what was the most devastating war in history—although much of the conflict was confined
to the defensive trench networks carved through the battlefields of Europe, separated by
barren, cratered “no-man’s land” strewn with barbed wire. This book presents a poignant,
nostalgic record of the lives of military commanders, ordinary soldiers, politicians, royalty
and civilian families whose lives were torn asunder in a four-year conflict that redrew the
map of the world.
Mirrorpix represents the archives of the Mirror Group Newspapers. This incorporates the
archives of the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, People, Daily Record, and Daily Herald.
History • 192 Pages • 6.5 x 6.5 • 100 B/W Photos • 9781781451182 • May
$11.95 (Can $13.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • Ammonite Press
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Burn the Sea
Flame Warfare, Black Propaganda and the Nazi Plan to Invade England
James Hayward
Rumors of walls of fire and charred corpses followed the UK’s plans on how to protect
themselves from invading Nazi forces—but are these rumors true?
September 1940. Britain is rife with rumors of dead Nazis washed up on the beaches of the
southeast coast—their bodies charred as though burnt alive. This book explores the truth
behind these rumors and the intriguing story of Operation Lucid—the British plan to create a
network of flame barrages to incinerate any Nazi invasion flotilla. Soon stories of flame warfare spread across Europe and to America, where journalists report that “10,000 Germans
lost their lives” in the failed invasion attempt of Britain. The notion of Britain setting the seas
surrounding France and the coast aflame is everywhere. This book reveals the propaganda
and the reality of the plans to protect Britain from invasion.
James Hayward’s previous books include Myths and Legends of the First World War and
Myths and Legends of the Second World War. As a lawyer he worked on the Bloody Sunday
inquiry, a role which cemented a long-standing interest in investigative research.
History/Military • 192 Pages • 6 x 9 • 16 B/W Illustrations • 9780750965989 • May
Death at Dawn
Captain Warburton-Lee VC and the Battle of Narvik, April 1940
Alf R. Jacobsen
An epic work on the pivotal battles of April 10th and 13th, 1940, as Hitler’s forces
attempted to land in Narvik, Norway to reach desperately needed iron ore
Hitler’s desperate need for iron ore was the main reason for his attack on Norway in April
1940. The battle for Narvik’s ice-free harbor soon became a crucial objective for both Allied
and Axis forces. Attack at Dawn covers the two key battles that fought on 10th and 13th of
April. The first battle was initiated by the British Navy, who had orders to prevent a German
landing. U-boats failed to spot the patrolling British destroyer flotilla and, early in the morning on April 10th, they sank two German destroyers and six merchant ships in the harbor.
The Germans retreated but, unbeknown to the British, five more destroyers were anchored
nearby. Battle continued on April 13th. In total, 10 destroyers sank—only U51 survived by
escaping to sea. Attack at Dawn is an epic drama which involved naval and land forces. It is
the first key investigation of the battle and forms part of an award-winning trilogy.
Alf R. Jacobsen is a Norwegian journalist, nonfiction writer, and novelist.
History/Military • 224 Pages • 6 x 9 • 48 Color Photos, 100 B/W Illustrations
9780750965378 • July • $37.95 (Can $45.95) • Cloth • Rights: US & Canada
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Operation Basalt
The British Raid on Sark and Hitler’s Commando Order
Eric Lee
The raid that led to the Fuhrer’s directive, in case commandos tried to surrender: “All
quarter is to be denied on principle.” It was obeyed.
Operation Basalt was a raid carried out by British commandos on the island of Sark on the
night of October 3-4, 1942. It was intended to reassure Channel Islanders that they had not
been forgotten following their German occupation, to force the Germans to deploy resources, and to gain intelligence through German prisoners. Thought a tactical success, the raid
remains mired in controversy, remembered because of Hitler’s reaction. Three days after the
raid, he issued this order: “In future, all terror and sabotage troops of the British and their accomplices, who do not act like soldiers but rather like bandits, will be treated as such . . . and
will be ruthlessly eliminated in battle, wherever they appear.” Using the National Archive in
Kew and the Sark Society archives, Eric Lee tells the Basalt story for the first time. Did the
commandos kill bound and unarmed German soldiers?
Eric Lee served 11 years in the Israel Defence Forces reserves in a combat unit. He has written
for numerous magazines, including Modern Combat.
History/Military • 224 Pages • 5 x 8 • 16 B/W Illustrations • 9780750964364 • June
189
Warsaw Boy
A Memoir of a Wartime Childhood
Andrew Borowiec
“The best-ever account of what is was like to be young and fighting in the Warsaw
Rising.” —Sunday Herald, Books of the Year
The remarkable true story of a 16-year old boy soldier in war-torn Poland
Poland suffered terribly under the Nazis, and they waged a ferocious guerrilla war. In August
1944,15-year-old Resistance volunteer Andrew Borowiec lobbed a grenade onto German
soldiers. “I felt I had come of age. I was a soldier and I’d just tried to kill some of our enemies.” The Warsaw Uprising lasted for 63 days. The insurgents were mostly poorly equipped
locals, some younger than Andrew. Over that summer he faced danger at every moment.
Wounded the day after his 16th birthday, he was captured in a makeshift hospital. From one
of the most harrowing episodes of World War II, this is an extraordinary tale recounted by
one of the few remaining veterans of Poland’s bravest summer.
Andrew Borowiec left Poland after the war and attended Columbia University’s Graduate
School of Journalism.
Memoir/History • 384 Pages • 5 x 8 • 16 B/W Photos • 9780241964033 • May • $18.95
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Pogrom: November 1938
Testimonies from ‘Kristallnacht’
Wiener Library
A major contribution to Holocaust studies, this is the definitive eyewitness account of
the events of Kristallnacht—the first act of the Holocaust
On November 9th and 10th, 1938, the first act of the Holocaust was carried out. Across
Germany and Austria over 1,200 synagogues were desecrated while thousands of Jewish
businesses were attacked and looted, 90 people were killed and over 25,000 Jewish men were
deported to concentration camps. The Jewish Central Information Office, later re-named
The Wiener Library, immediately compiled eye-witness testimonies of the events: from face
to face and telephone interviews, letters, written reports and newspaper articles. Some are
raw and angry, some beg for help, others are defiant; their voices vividly bring to life the
destruction that followed. Accompanied by material from the Library’s collection that sets
the events in a historical and international context, as well as a detailed glossary.
Produced by the The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide, the world’s
leading, and oldest, archive of material related to the Holocaust and the Nazi era.
History/Jewish Studies • 784 Pages • 5.25 x 8.5 • 18 B/W Photos, 1 Chart, 2 Maps
9780285643079 • June • $39.95 (Can $47.95) • Cloth • Rights: US, Canada & Philippines
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A True Story of the Great Escape
A Young Australian POW in the Most Audacious Breakout of WWII
Louise Williams
“Brilliant achievement. . . . reminds us that the story of the Great Escape should not be
owned by Hollywood, but rather by the families of those who made the greatest sacrifice.” —Guy Walters, author, The Real Great Escape
The story of an Australian POW in the famous Great Escape from Stalag Luft III
Shot down in 1942, Australian pilot John Williams became a POW in the notorious Stalag
Luft III camp in Germany. John and his best mate Rusty Keirath were among the 76 POWs
who tunneled their way out of the camp in what became famous as the Great Escape. John’s
family was never told what happened to him. His niece Louise Williams has pieced together
his life, from his upbringing in a tight-knit family hit hard by the Depression, his exploits in
the air, the inventive collaboration of the POWs, to the tragic outcome of their escape.
Louise Williams has recreated his story from family memories, letters, documents, oral histories, and interviews with survivors of the Great Escape.
Military/Biography • 256 Pages • 6 x 9 • 9781743313893 • April • $22.95 (Can $27.95)
Allen & Unwin
Dead on Time
The Memoir of an SOE and OSS Agent in Occupied France
Jean Claude Guiet
The story of Violette Szabo’s wireless operator, from Harvard at 15 to the CIA
Jean Claude Guiet was born in Belfort, France. His parents headed the French Department at
a college in the U.S. for 30 years, so he spent his school years here and summers in France. In
1940, at 16, he was recruited by the OSS (the precursor of the CIA). After Fort Bragg training
he parachuted into France with Violette Szabo to prevent the 2nd SS Panzer Division from
reinforcing Normandy before D-Day. Resistance groups organized by his immediate superior wrecked trains, shot up convoys and all the while Jean was coding and transmitting. As
D-Day approached, he was a witness to the first daylight drop of supplies. After the liberation
of Paris he was sent to Indo-China to train tribes to fight the Japanese in the jungles of China,
Vietnam, Burma, Laos and Cambodia. After the war he worked for the CIA in Washington
and the Far East. His unique story is told in a self-deprecating and elegant style.
Jean Claude Guiet was an American citizen. He worked for the CIA throughout the 1950s—
the files are still classified. After that he worked for Honeywell Inc and became active in the
Civil Rights Movement and against the Vietnam War. He died in 2013.
Autobiography/Military • 208 Pages • 6 x 9 • 40 B/W Photos • 9780750965262 • June
Great Escapes
The Story of MI9’s Second World War Escape and Evasion Maps
Barbara Bond
Fascinating stories of secret maps used by prisoners of World War II
The creation of MI9 in December 1939, the rationale for the new military intelligence branch
and the context of the history of military mapping on silk is outlined in this history. The map
production program is described, together with its progress and the challenges faced. The
various groups of maps are identified and described, together with the source maps on which
they were based. The ingenious methods of smuggling the maps into the camps, with other
escape aids, in apparently innocuous leisure items are described. The maps were then copied
and reproduced to support the escapes. Coded correspondence with the camps is discussed,
and a successful deciphering of some of that correspondence is provided.
Barbara Bond spent her career as a map researcher in the Ministry of Defence, eventually
becoming the senior civilian Director and Deputy Chief Executive.
History/Military • 264 Pages • 7.5 x 10 • 9780008141301 • May • $39.95 • Cloth
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Australians: Flappers to Vietnam
#3
Thomas Keneally
“Very readable yet thorough.” —Library Journal on The
Australians: Origins to Eureka
“Keneally . . . utilizes some wonderful vignettes gleaned
from primary sources to advance his narrative. . . . A wonderful beginning of a project that should provide enjoyment
for both general readers and scholars.” —Booklist on The
Australians: From Origins to Eureka
The outstanding final volume of acclaimed author Thomas
Keneally’s major new three-volume history
Australia emerged from World War I into a decade of profound
change, characterized by a revolution in behavior among the
young; by the first great age of consumerism; by the new and
increasingly sophisticated impact of the movies; by secret right
wing armies and the emergence of the Communist Party; and by
two less remembered and very interesting PMs, the handsome,
somber Stanley Melbourne Bruce of the Melbourne Establishment, and Jim Scullin, unpretentious Labor man of humbler Irish
parentage. As in the two previous volumes, Keneally brings history to vivid and pulsating life as he traces the lives and the deeds
of Australians known and unknown. As another war grew closer
he followsthe Great Crash and the rise of Fascism, and explains
how Australia was inexorably drawn into a war which led her
forces into combat throughout Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Pacific. At home an atmosphere of fear grew with the fall of Singapore and the bombing of Darwin, the Japanese advance and then
the American Alliance and the arrival of General MacArthur.
Peace brought its own problems with the Depression that left one
third of Australians unemployed.
Thomas Keneally is best-known for the Booker Prize-winning
novel Schindler’s Ark, which was adapted into the movie Schindler’s List. His other titles include the Penguin Lives biography
Abraham Lincoln, American Scoundrel, and A Commonwealth
of Thieves. His other awards include the Miles Franklin Award,
the Los Angeles Book Prize, The Royal Society of Literature
Prize, the Scripter Award of the University of Southern California, the Mondello International Prize, and the Helmerich Prize.
History • 636 Pages • 6 x 9.25 • 100 B/W Photos,
7 B/W Illustrations • 9781925267280
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The Spy Catchers
The Official History of ASIO, 1949-1963
David Horner
“A fascinating account of ASIO’s early years.” —The Hon. John Howard, OM, AC,
former Prime Minister of Australia
“One of our most important official histories.” —The Hon. Kim Beazley, AC, Australian Ambassador to the United States of America
With unprecedented access to their hitherto sealed records, this is the first volume of a
remarkable official history of Australia’s national security intelligence service
For the first time, ASIO has opened its archives to an independent historian. With unfettered
access to the records, David Horner tells the real story of Australia’s domestic intelligence
organization, from shaky beginnings to the expulsion of Ivan Skripov in 1963. From the
start, ASIO’s mission was to catch spies. In the late 1940s, the top secret Venona program
revealed details of a Soviet spy ring in Australia, supported by leading Australian communists. David Horner outlines the tactics ASIO used in counterespionage, from embassy bugging to surveillance of local suspects. His research sheds new light on the Petrov Affair, and
details incidents and activities that have never been revealed before. This authoritative and
ground-breaking account overturns many myths about ASIO, and offers new insights into
broader Australian politics and society in the fraught years of the Cold War. The Spy Catchers is the first of three volumes of The Official History of ASIO.
David Horner is professor of Australian defence history in the Strategic and Defence Studies
Centre at the Australian National University. A graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, he served as an infantry platoon commander in South Vietnam. He is the author or editor of 32 books, including Duty First, In Action with the SAS, and SAS: Phantoms of War.
History/Military • 736 Pages • 6 x 9 • 9781760290429 • April • $24.95 (Can $29.95)
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Ships to Remember
1400 Years of Historic Ships
Rorke Bryan and Austin Dwyer
Spanning nearly 1,500 years of history and representing all major ship categories, these
highly illustrated and readable accounts are based on a primary study of existing or
replicas ships
Ships To Remember is a beautifully illustrated collection of stories about remarkable ships.
Some are famous, but many, like the tugs Yelcho, Foundation Franklin, and Turmoil are
virtually unknown. The book includes two boats, the Bounty’s launch and the James Caird,
which completed two of the most extraordinary voyages in maritime history, but all of the
vessels had interesting and dramatic careers and were involved in many major historical
incidents. They include the catastrophic sinking and eventual recovery of the Vasa, Nelson’s
triumph at the Battle of Copenhagen, Darwin’s epochal voyage on HMS Beagle, and pivotal
World War II relief of Malta by the tanker, Ohio.
Rorke Bryan is a specialist in geomorphology and dryland management who has published
widely and worked in all over the world. Austin Dwyer graduated from the Burnley School
of Professional Art, Seattle, taught Illustration and Design, and co-founded Cohen-Dwyer
Advertising and Marketing. A prominent marine artist, he has exhibited widely and won
numerous awards.
History/Transportation • 192 Pages • 9.75 x 9 • 48 Color Photos, 130 B/W Illustrations
9780750965903 • August • $45.00 (Can $54.00) • Cloth • Rights: US & Canada
The History Press
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RMS Titanic
The Wider Story
Patrick Mylon
Rare postcards, photographs, company advertising, sheet music, and other White Star
Line memorabilia reveal Titanic’s story and legacy from around the world
While much has been written about the Titanic disaster and its victims, the tragedy sent
repercussions around the world. Here Patrick Mylon explores many of the lesser-known aspects of Titanic’s legacy, telling the story around the disaster. Using rare and often previously
unpublished images from his collection of White Star memorabilia, he puts emphasis on the
vessels, events, and locations Titanic encountered, was affected by and influenced in her short
life. From strike-bound ships at Southampton, via those vessels that sent her ice warnings on
that fateful night, through to the rescue vessels Carpathia and others, special trains, company advertising, newspaper reports, memorials, and even sheet music, this history provides a
visual record of the disaster from a new perspective.
Patrick Mylon has spent his working life in the travel industry. He is a member of various
societies connected with the Titanic and the White Star Line. He is the author of The White
Star Collection and The Unseen Olympic.
History/Transportation • 144 Pages • 9.75 x 9 • 9780750961363 • July
Titanic Unseen
Images from the Bell and Kempster Albums
Senan Molony and Steve Raffield
Two unpublished photograph albums include new and rare images of Titanic herself,
and seagoing scenes aboard her White Star sister vessels
The work of two passionate photographers, Philip Bell and John Kempster, offer insights into
what it meant to build, deploy and operate the great White Star ships in the era of Titanic.
From the surging spectacle and excitement of a launch, to the lazy days of a long homeward
haul from Australia, we see intimate details of life on-board or are asked to confront the
ever-present dangers of an industrial shipyard. RMS Titanic was from the gene pool of an ever-strengthening fleet of vessels that eventually extended to a globe-girdling enterprise. These
rare pictures, from a pair of extraordinary albums, provide her context.
Senan Molony is the Political Editor of the Irish Daily Mail and the author of a number of
historical works, including several books on the RMS Titanic and related ships. He is also
author of Lusitania: An Irish Tragedy, and has appeared in many TV and radio maritime
documentaries.
Transportation/Photography • 144 Pages • 10 x 10 • 24 Color Photos, 160 B/W Photos
9780750967174 • July • $45.00 (Can $54.00) • Cloth • Rights: US & Canada
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The Union-Castle Line
Sailing Like Clockwork
Mike Roussel and Sam Warwick
A full history of the prominent shipping company, from the middle of the 19th to the
late 20th century
This book charts the history of the British shipping company, the Union-Castle Line. Carrying mail, passengers and cargo between the UK and South Africa, the line began in the middle
of the 19th century and ran until its demise in 1977, a victim of emerging competition from
jet aircraft, increasing fuel costs and containerization of cargo. This volume investigates the
requisition and use of the company vessels for military transportation, identifying the war
losses in both World Wars, and includes a review of Union-Castle shipwrecks and some examples of wrecks that have been dived. There are also in-depth and personal accounts of life
when in port and on board from dockers, passengers, crew and employees.
Mike Roussel is the author of Spitfire’s Forgotten Designer. Sam Warwick’s grandfather was
first master of QE2, and his father was a master of QE2 and first master of QM2. He has runs
www.qe2.org.uk. They are the coauthors of Shipwrecks of the Cunard Line.
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History/Transportation • 192 Pages • 9.75 x 9 • 40 Color Illustrations, 170 B/W Illustrations
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First Class Cargo
A History of Combination Cargo-Passenger Ships
William H. Miller
The little-known history of luxury small liners combining passengers and cargo
This book is about the unique, largely ignored and forgotten passenger-cargo ships that were
not liners but more than ordinary freighters. The first appeared in the 1930s but their heyday was post-war until the 1960s. There were dozens of these ships, often carrying 50-300
passengers in very comfortable, sometimes quite luxurious quarters. They were club-like,
even yacht-like, and preferred by many, pre-jet travelers who wanted a longer, more restful
journey, away from the often hotel-like quality of the big ocean liners. They also happened to
be cargo vessels, carrying holds of cargo while adhering to scheduled sailings. William Miller
presents an important record of a little-documented aspect of maritime history.
William H. Miller, or “Mr. Ocean Liner,” has written 85 books on passenger ships and is
an acknowledged world expert in his field. Along with appearing in numerous TV documentaries and news broadcasts, he has been a guest lecturer aboard 75 different ships, including
over 100 voyages with the Cunard Line. He has sailed on over 350 voyages on 300 ships.
Transportation/History • 96 Pages • 9.75 x 9 • 56 Color Photos, 100 B/W Photos
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The Fighter Pilot’s Handbook
Magic, Death and Glory in the Golden Age of Flight
Gordon Thorburn
The evolution of the airplane as a weapon of war
This study takes the reader on a journey from the first flying machines in the late 19th century, to the development of the specialized fighter aircraft armed with one or more machine
guns. It takes in the development of the devices that allowed a machine gun to fire through
the propeller arc, the coming of aerial photography and airborne wireless, parachutes, engine
design, test flying and problems of flight, including the dreaded “spin” that killed so may pilots, and the invention of aerial tactics such as the Immelmann Turn. Here, too, are the pilots
who became famous. Some, like Germany’s “Red Baron,” Britain’s James McCudden, and
Eddie Rickenbacker of the US, are still well-known. In 1914 it was all new, this business of
flying at the enemy. It is a story of creativity, of machines, experiments, turning points, ebb
and flow, and heroes. Starting from almost nothing, the fighting men established the principles that ultimately made aircraft the most important weapon of all.
Gordon Thorburn is the author of No Need to Die: American Flyers in RAF Bomber Command.
Transportation/Military • 246 Pages • 5.5 x 8.5 • 55 B/W Photos • 9781784188191 • May
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Building the Supermarine Spitfire
Speed in the Skies
Mark A. Chambers
Exploring the prototypes of the iconic Spitfire and the gripping Supermarine search for
speed in the skies
This illuminating history traces the design and development of one of World War II’s most
remarkable fighter aircraft. The unique sleek design of the Spitfire was truly a thing of aerodynamic beauty. From unprecedented achievements in winning and setting new world speed
records in the great Schneider Trophy Races of the late 1920s and early 1930s to being
rolled out for eventual aerial combat in one of the world’s most tumultuous and destructive
conflicts, the Supermarine Spitfire served as a game changer. Mark Chambers uses many unpublished illustrations to explore the history of this iconic aircraft.
Mark A. Chambers works as a contractor for the NASA Langley Research Center and has
won numerous awards for his NASA work. He is the author of Flight Research at NASA
Langley Research Center, as well as articles for Aviation Magazine. He lives in Newport
News, Virginia.
Transportation/History • 144 Pages • 9.75 x 9 • 20 Color Photos, 210 B/W Illustrations
9780750961462 • June • $45.00 (Can $54.00) • Cloth • Rights: US & Canada
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The Strangest Aircraft of All Time
Keith Ray
Discover the strangest aircraft ever conceived around the world—complete with technical details and illustrations
If your idea of a “bizarre” aircraft is pre-war DH Dragon Rapide, a bloated Boeing Super
Guppy, or a BA Airbus with an “ethnic” tail design, then think again! What about . . Horatio Phillips’s Multiplane with its 200 separate wings? The Goodyear Inflatoplane, a totally
inflatable aircraft which needs to avoid landing near rose bushes? There was the Fieseler F1
103R, basically a V1 flying bomb with a seat, or the Nakajima Ki-115, a plane designed to
take off but not to land. Who could forget the Caspian Sea Monster, a 10-engine 500-ton
giant designed to fly at 500 km/hr at a mind boggling altitude of just 16 feet . . Not to mention the Hughes H4 Hercules, the plane with the longest wingspan ever, made entirely from
plywood. Now THAT is what bizarre aircraft is all about!
Keith Ray enjoyed had a long career in management consultancy, after originally studying
engineering at Cambridge University. He is the author of the Extremely Serious Guides series
as well as Bizarre Cars, and is an avid cartoonist.
Transportation • 168 Pages • 7 x 6 • 80 Color Illustrations, 50 B/W Illustrations
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Vanished
Planes that Disappear
Chris McLeod
Discover the mysteries of flights and pilots that disappeared, from Amelia Earhart to
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
From Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Electra to the MH370 Boeing 777, at least 100 planes, and
the people in them, have disappeared from the skies since humans first took to the air. Accidents and terrorism are threats, yet a person has a one in 5,000 chance of perishing in a car
crash compared to a one in 11 million chance of being involved in a fatal plane crash. However, the mystery and speculation surrounding a vanishing plane generates great drama. Here
are some of the most curious—and mostly unresolved—disappearances in 100 years of flight.
Chris McLeod was a newspaper journalist for more than 40 years and has always been keenly interested in investigative stories, particularly those with elements of mystery, conspiracy
and suspicion.
Transportation/History • 132 Pages • 8.25 x 11.25 • 132 Color Photos • 9781922178978
April • $16.95 (Can $19.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • Wilkinson Press
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Space Race
70 Years of Triumph, Tragedy & Mystery
Chris McLeod
An exploration of the Space Race and a look at the significant people, spacecraft, and
events of the past 70 years
It may be 46 years since we landed on the moon, but our yearning for space travel and exploration has not abated. There may be no more moon landings (for now), but billions of
dollars are still being spent to get humans off this earth and exploring outer space. Author
Chris McLeod is fascinated by space travel and in Space Race he explores some of the most
significant developments from the past few decades, as well as what’s in store in the decades
to come. Read about the Space Race between the Russians and the Americans. Remember
the heartbreaking space shuttle disasters of both Challenger and Columbia. Learn about the
robotic exploration of Mars—and the hope that one day people will walk on the Red Planet—and discover what space agencies across the world are planning for the future.
Chris McLeod was a newspaper journalist for more than 40 years and has always been keenly interested in investigative stories, particularly those with elements of mystery, conspiracy,
and suspicion.
Technology/Science • 128 Pages • 8.25 x 11.25 • 9781925265170 • May
JFK: An American Coup D’etat
The Truth Behind the Kennedy Assassination
Colonel John Hughes-Wilson
The true story behind the murder of JFK by a rogue sniper
Ever since President John F. Kennedy was gunned down in Dallas 50 years ago, various theories have swirled around what was a key event in American—and world—history. Despite
the conclusions of the Warren Report—that the President had been assassinated by a lone
gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald—many people doubt that to be true. Indeed, President Nixon
later admitted on tape that the report was “a hoax committed on the American people.” John
Hughes-Wilson, a former colonel in British Intelligence, set out in 2007 to go through the
millions of words and thousands of pieces of evidence, to put together an intelligence jigsaw
of what really happened that dreadful high noon in Dallas in 1963. The result is a dramatic
exposure of what actually took place and a clear indication that, while some of the pieces of
that jigsaw may be missing, the truth is emerging. While the U.S. Federal Archive still keeps
a million documents relating to the case under lock and key, it is beyond reasonable doubt
that Jack Kennedy was the victim of a plot to remove the President of the United States.
John Hughes-Wilson highlights the facts behind why Marilyn Monroe had to be silenced,
LBJ’s corrupt secrets, the Kennedys’ secret Cuban coup plans, how the mafia manipulated
politicians and the CIA, and how the assassination was covered up. Reading this book no
one can be in any doubt that JFK’s death was not at the hands of a lone deranged gunman,
but a deadly plot to remove a President who threatened vested interests at home and abroad.
Colonel John Hughes-Wilson served in the British Army’s Intelligence Corps for 30 years
and is a specialist consultant to the UN and the European Union. He is the author of A Brief
History of the Cold War, Military Intelligence Blunders, and The Pupper Masters.
History/True Crime • 368 Pages • 5 x 8 • 8 B/W Photos • 9781784184209
197
Frost
That Was the Life that Was
Neil Hegarty
The official biography of the iconic journalist, written in collaboration with his wife
and three sons and with exclusive access to his vast archive, featuring many unpublished
writings from Frost
Sir David Frost, who died suddenly in August 2013, was the only person to have met and
interviewed every British Prime Minister since Harold Wilson as well as seven presidents of
the United States. Other world leaders he interviewed included Nelson Mandela, Mikhail
Gorbachev, Vladimir Putin, Henry Kissinger, Benazir Bhutto, Shimon Peres, Yasser Arafat
and Benjamin Netanyahu. Many of these encounters were set amid the turbulence of world
events with the interviews becoming defining moments of history themselves. And yet there
was so much more than politics: Frost’s interviews saw him lock horns with film stars, royalty, musicians, comedians, authors and sporting heroes. His range was unique and extraordinary and is unlikely ever to be equaled. From his humble background as the son of a Methodist minister, through his defining years at Cambridge and then quickly onwards through
the 1960s to when Frost became the most successful TV host in the world, his work defined
the mood of the moment. During that period, Frost didn’t just report the news, he made the
news. This would be a trait he carried throughout his life and career. Frost is an epic story
of personal achievement set amidst a rapidly changing world, encountering the great and the
good that have dominated news and entertainment over the last 50 years.
Neil Hegarty is the author of Story of Ireland. His journalism has appeared in the Irish Times
and Daily Telegraph and he has written radio documentaries for RTE.
Biography/Media & Journalism • 352 Pages • 5 x 8 • 37 Color Photos, 33 B/W Photos
9780753556726 • August • $18.95 • Trade Paper • Rights: US • Ebury Press
Great Lives
A Century in Obituaries
Second edition
Compiled by Anna Temkin
An updated second edition includes such figures as Nelson Mandela, Steve Jobs, Neil
Armstrong and Margaret Thatcher
The Times obituaries have given readers throughout the world an instant picture of a life
for over 150 years. This book brings together 124 of these pieces, with obituary updated
and reproduced in their entirety. The Times register provides a rich store of information and
opinion on the most influential characters of the 20th and early 21st century. Major figures
of influence from our times and from recent history such as Sigmund Freud, Pablo Picasso
and Diana, Princess of Wales are included. Authoritative, fascinating, insightful and endlessly engaging, The Times Great Lives is a must for anyone with an interest in the history and
people of the 20th century.
Anna Temkin is the assistant obituaries editor for the Times.
History • 704 Pages • 6.25 x 9.5 • 9780008141288 • Replaces: 9780007201693 • June
$45.00 • Cloth • Rights: US • HarperCollins UK/Times Books UK
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Riddledom
101 Riddles and Their Stories
David Astle
“The Sergeant Pepper of cryptic crosswords—a complete mind fuck.” —Geoffrey Rush,
actor, on David Astle
The author of Puzzles and Words continues on his brain-bending path into the field
of riddles
Why are ladies like arrows? When is a bird not a bird? What do you call a nun with a washing machine on her head? Welcome to the weird new word adventure from David Astle,
plunging into the realm of riddles, chasing down and prising open 101 curious questions
from around the planet. A mind-trip across time and place, Riddledom uncovers riddle relics
from more than 50 cultures, delving into language and deception, sampling Pompeii walls
and Twitter feeds. Readers can unravel each mini-chapter, wrestling with riddles from Wonderland or Zanzibar, Oedipus Rex or Harry Potter. French acrobats, lusty dairymaids, ancient monks—you’ll meet the lot in Riddledom. Readers will roam Tasmania and Mongolia,
seeking out riddles on clay tablets and Popsicle sticks.
David Astle has written two novels, plus five non-fiction works: Cluetopia, Puzzled, One
Down, One Missing, Offbeat Australia and Riddledom. Between books, he is a crossword
setter for the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age. His short stories have won several
awards, including a trip to Beijing via Dublin as part of the James Joyce Suspended Sentence
Prize in 2001.
Games • 304 Pages • 6 x 9 • 9781760112608 • May • $19.95 (Can $23.95) • Trade Paper
The Queen’s English
And How to Use It
Bernard C. Lamb
“Covers everything from grammar to writing letters and giving talks.” —Country Life
“Having been asked many times if he could recommend a definitive guide to use of our
glorious language and not satisfied that the right book existed. Lamb wrote it himself.”
—Yorkshire Post
Written by the President of the Queen’s English Society and covering all of the basics,
this clear and practical guide will teach anyone how to write and use English correctly
Written by the President of the Queen’s English Society and covering all of the basics, this
clear and practical guide will teach anyone how to write and use English correctly.What is
good English, and why do we need it? The Queen’s English shows how the English language,
used properly, has great power to instruct, move and entertain people, but used incorrectly, can lead to a lack of clarity and confusion. This book informs in a light-hearted way,
reminding readers how to use the basics of grammar, punctuation and spelling, as well as
further teaching them new tips and tricks of style, rhetoric, vocabulary and the use of foreign
phrases, to give their writing and speech a stylish and impressive flair. The book also shows
the perils of using language incorrectly, offering extremely (if unintentionally) humorous
examples of where bad English can cause one thing to mean something entirely different!
Authoritative yet entertaining, and illustrated with pithy drawings, this is the ideal book for
anyone who strives for clear, stylish and accurate communication.
Bernard C. Lamb is President of the Queen’s English Society and is a published author. The
Queen’s English Society is a registered charity which has become a recognized authority on
‘proper’ English.
Language & Linguistics • 256 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781782434344 • Replaces: 9781843174820
May • $13.95 (Can $16.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • Michael O’Mara
199
Apostrophe Catastrophe
And Other Grammatical Grumbles
Patrick C. Notchtree
A simple and amusing explanation of what goes wrong with the apostrophe, with hilarious examples of its misuse
The apostrophe causes more problems in the English language than any other aspect of grammar. Even many college-educated adults don’t know how to use it properly, and public signage is filled with examples of its misuse. This ideal gift for grammar sticklers and the grammatically challenged alike offers an easy method to determine how to use the apostrophe,
with no exceptions. Join the pedants as they revolt against our misuse of this essential piece
of punctuation and learn how to use the apostrophe, once and for all.
Patrick C. Notchtree is a former teacher who has taught grammar to thousands of children.
He runs the website www.dreaded-apostrophe.com.
Language & Linguistics • 160 Pages • 4.25 x 7 • 65 B/W Illustrations • 9780750965125
April • $17.95 (Can $21.95) • Cloth • Rights: US & Canada • The History Press
Words of a Feather
An Etymological Explanation of Astonishing Word Pairs
Graeme Donald
Discover fascinating linguistic quandaries and tidbits in this wonderful collection,
including what connects the South African Rand currency with ‘randy,’ and why you
would find ‘woman,’ ‘whip,’ and ‘vibrator’ in the same etymological bed
In this quirky and humorous volume, Graeme Donald explores the fascinating links and
curious connections between words. While at first these word pairs may appear to have very
little in common, owing to years of linguistic shift, their origins can be traced back to the
same root. In exploring these etymological twins, Words of a Feather reveals the oddities of
the English language and the fascinating stories that have made our vocabulary so rich. The
perfect gift for language lovers and history buffs alike, this beautiful book contains over 200
word pairs with a common ancestry.
Graeme Donald is the author of a number of books on the meaning and origins of words, and
on scientific and historical misconceptions. He has written for many newspapers and had a
column about word origins in the Today newspaper for more than 10 years.
Language & Linguistics/Humor • 256 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781784188146 • April
$18.95 (Can $22.95) • Cloth • Rights: US, Canada & Caribbean • John Blake/Metro Books
Even More Things That Nobody Knows
501 Further Mysteries of Life, the Universe and Everything
William Hartston
“With humor and an inquiring mind, [Hartson] examines perennially confounding quandaries, and his investigations will surely pique the curiosity of kids and scholars alike.”
—Publishers Weekly on The Things that Nobody Knows
A fascinating exploration of the limits of human knowledge of our planet, its history and
culture, and the universe beyond, from the author of The Things that Nobody Knows
There are many, many more things that nobody knows. Do animals have a sense of humor?
Why do we have five fingers? How long can humans live? What did Jesus do in his youth?
Which speech did Lincoln deliver at Gettysburg? Does the appendix have any use? Is there
an odd perfect number? In this witty and enlightening follow-up to The Things that Nobody
Knows, William Hartston takes us on a guided tour of 501 further gaps in our knowledge of
cosmology, mathematics, animal behavior, medical science, music, art, and literature.
William Hartston is a mathematician, industrial psychologist, twice winner of the English
chess championship, and the author of The Encyclopedia of Useless Information.
Reference • 400 Pages • 5.5 x 8.5 • 9781782396109 • July • $19.95 (Can $23.95)
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New Words for Old
Recycling Our Language for the Modern World
Caroline Taggart
How we adapt and adopt words in the English language to suit our changing needs
The English language is a versatile and agile thing, and as our world changes, so too does the
way we use it. Aspirin, television, selfie—there was a time when these creations didn’t exist,
but rather than coin a completely new word to describe them, we often adopt and adapt
existing words to suit new purposes, or simply put two together to form a third. New Words
for Old looks at the story behind the words we use every day and how their meanings have
changed over time. From technology and fashion to politics and music, our language displays
centuries of imagination and creativity, so often overlooked. Tracing the development of
green from the days when it was just a color, web when it was something spiders made and
trolls when they were nothing more threatening than the baddies in fairy tales, this is a fascinating tour through the history of the words we use every day and demonstrates just how
wide we cast the net when trying to describe something new.
Caroline Taggart’s books have sold over 850,000 copies. They include the bestseller I Used
to Know That as well as The Classics and My Grammar and I or Should That Be Me?
Language & Linguistics • 192 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781782434726 • June • $16.95 (Can $19.95)
Cloth • Rights: US & Canada • Michael O’Mara
Oranges and Lemons
Rhymes from Past Times
Karen Dolby
“Highly recommended to anyone with an interest in old rhymes, or really in history
generally . . . a beautiful book.” —Bookbag
A nostalgic collection of some of the most well-known and best-loved nursery rhymes,
reminding you of their words and exploring their origins and meanings
Everyone has their favorite nursery rhymes, learned when we were so young that we seem to
always have known them and their instantly recognizable tunes and rhythms. For many, they
were the first verses we heard, the first lines we learned by heart. Much more than simple
verses for children, nursery rhymes are interwoven with our earliest memories and are part
of our heritage. This beautiful collection examines the history of these rhymes, looking at
how they have evolved through the centuries, and the controversies surrounding their origins.
Karen Dolby is also the author of numerous children’s titles, including Chocolate Island,
Dragon in the Cupboard, and House of Shadows.
Literary Criticism • 192 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781782434856 • Replaces: 9781843179597
August • $13.95 (Can $16.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • Michael O’Mara
Black Cats & Evil Eyes
A Book of Old-Fashioned Superstitions
Chloe Rhodes
Hundreds of beliefs passed down through the generations have their foundations in our ancestors’ efforts to ward off evil, which they blamed for hardship, illness, and injustice in times
when life was, as often as not, “nasty, brutish and short.” Black Cats & Evil Eyes sets these
superstitions in their historical and social context, explaining how fear of the Devil, demons,
evil spirits, and witchcraft drove people to arm themselves with rituals and talismans to repel
dark forces and allow them to live long and healthy lives. In examining many of our common
superstitions, this book illuminates the customs, beliefs, and practices that link us to an ancient, and often darker, human past.
Chloe Rhodes is the author of A Certain “Je Ne Sais Quoi”, One for Sorrow, and The
Office Book.
Folklore & Mythology • 192 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781782434863 • Replaces: 9781843178873
April • $13.95 (Can $16.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • Michael O’Mara
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Irish Ghost Tales
And Things that Go Bump in the Night
Tony Locke
A spine-chilling collection of tales of ghostly encounters based on the oral tradition
of storytelling
Discover the darker side of Ireland with this collection of spine-chilling tales from across the
country. Within the pages of this book Tony Locke will take you on a journey through the
magical land of Erin. As you turn the pages you will find a whole host of dark spectral beings
just waiting to take you by the hand. You will explore castles and graveyards, and be introduced to banshees, warlocks, spectres, poltergeists and the Undead. You will read about the
spirit of a child that possesses a doll, the vengeful druid who guards a tomb and the ghost of
a cannibal woman who enjoyed eating children. Based on the myths and legends of Ireland
these tales have been collected and retold by professional storyteller Tony Locke. So why not
pull up a chair and sit awhile? You know you’re never too old for a story.
Tony Locke is a professional storyteller and member of the Storytellers of Ireland who grew
up listening to the tales of his grandfather who was also a storyteller. He has a degree in
Heritage Studies and also writes and presents his own radio show.
Folklore & Mythology • 192 Pages • 5 x 8 • 30 Line Drawings • 9781845888671 • August
The History Press/The History Press Ireland
Where Dragons Soar
And Other Animal Folk Tales of the British Isles
Pete Castle
Tales from the British Isles containing beasts both real and mythical
Passed down from generation to generation, the stories in this collection are as ancient and
recent, powerful and fantastical, imaginary and magical as the animals of myth and legend
they feature. You will find tales of beasts from across the British Isles, from the Hartlepool
Monkey and Derby’s Flying Donkey to the Black Dog of Peel and Scotland’s Loch Ness Monster. Read about dragons soaring across snow-tipped mountains, wolves prowling gloomy
woods, birds in flight by rugged coastlines, and fish swimming in bottomless lakes. These
enchanting tales will appeal to young and old and can be enjoyed by readers time and again.
Pete Castle is a professional storyteller and folk musician. He appeared at the prestigious
Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, DC.
Folklore & Mythology • 192 Pages • 5 x 8 • 30 B/W Illustrations • 9780750961868 • May
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9780750955881
Collins COBUILD Learner’s American Dictionary
Third edition
Collins UK
This 3rd edition dictionary is packed with features for intermediate-level students who
want to build their vocabulary and increase their fluency in English
This dictionary is ideal for intermediate-level learners of American English. With full-sentence definitions written in simple, natural English, this dictionary is easy to use and understand. The examples, taken from the 4.5-billion-word Collins Corpus, show learners how the
words are really used in authentic contexts. This dictionary covers all the essential words,
phrases, and idioms that students at this level need to master in order to speak and write
effective American English. It also includes a wide range of curriculum terms for students
whose first language is not English, but who are studying other subjects at school through
the medium of English. A wide range of vocabulary-building features, many of them with
full-color illustrations, encourage students to learn new words and improve their fluency. The
Collins Cobuild American Learner’s Dictionary contains invaluable guidance on the English
language and is the complete reference tool for learners of English.
Collins UK is a leading information-led publisher of illustrated and narrative nonfiction.
Reference • 1128 Pages • 6 x 9 • 9780008135782 • August • $39.95 • Trade Paper
Rights: US • HarperCollins UK/Collins
Collins COBUILD Basic American Dictionary
Second edition
Collins UK
This 2nd edition dictionary is ideal for elementary-level learners of American English
The Collins Cobuild American Basic Dictionary covers all the essential words and phrases
that students at this level need to master. The full-sentence definitions are written using simple language, and the examples, taken from the 4.5-billion-word Collins Corpus, show learners how English is really used. It also includes a wide range of curriculum terms for students
whose first language is not English, but who are studying other subjects at school through
the medium of English. Packed full of engaging vocabulary-building features, the dictionary
encourages students to learn new words and improve their fluency. The features help learners
to explore the language for themselves, giving them the tools they need to decode new words
and texts and to become confident learners and speakers of English. With hundreds of images
illustrating key terms, the Collins Cobuild American Basic Dictionary is the ideal reference
tool for elementary learners of American English.
Reference • 608 Pages • 6 x 9 • 9780008135799 • August • $29.95 • Trade Paper
Collins Gem Chinese Dictionary
Third edition
Collins Dictionaries
For all those learning Chinese for study or for travel
This is the ideal text for anyone who needs a wealth of reliable information in a portable
format. It contains all the everyday words and phrases used in today’s Chinese and English that you will need to know, with a practical supplement for travelers. It offers extra
help with essential vocabulary, and thousands of useful phrases to guide you to the correct
translation. Offering help with the pronunciation of Chinese words, the dictionary includes
pinyin for all Chinese headwords, translations, phrases and examples. Pinyin is the official
phonetic system for transcribing Chinese characters into the Roman alphabet, and is accepted in all Chinese-speaking countries. In addition, the dictionary also includes both simplified
and traditional or complex Chinese characters. Simplified characters are generally used in
mainland China and Singapore, while traditional characters are mainly used in Taiwan,
Hong Kong and Macau. The radical index is a clear guide to looking up Chinese characters,
helping the user to navigate the dictionary and find Chinese characters without knowing
their pronunciation.
Collins Dictionaries have been pioneers in dictionary publishing since 1819.
Reference • 672 Pages • 3.25 x 4.5 • Ages 15 & Up • Grades 10 & Up • 9780008141837
Replaces: 9780007457168 • August • $11.95 • Trade Paper • Rights: US
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203
COLLINS GEM
Collins French Phrasebook and Dictionary
Fourth edition
Collins UK
A reliable, portable and easy-to-use phrasebook is a travel essential, and with Collins Gem
phrasebook and dictionary, the right word will always be at your fingertips. This indispensable language guide covers the topics and phrases that crop up everyday when traveling,
from finding a hotel to choosing wine. It includes travel information and tips, a 3,000
word dictionary, a comprehensive menu decoder, grammar and pronunciation sections,
and “face to face” sections. You will never be at a loss for words when traveling again.
Reference • 256 Pages • 3.25 x 4.5 • 9780008135881 • Replaces: 9780007358588 • June
$8.95 • Trade Paper • Rights: US • HarperCollins UK/Collins
Collins German Phrasebook and Dictionary
Fourth edition
Collins UK
phrasebook and dictionary, the right word will always be at your fingertips. This indispensable language guide covers the topics and phrases that crop up everyday when traveling, from finding a hotel to choosing wine. It includes travel information and tips, a 3,000
Collins Greek Phrasebook and Dictionary
Fourth edition
Collins UK
from finding a hotel to choosing wine. It includes travel information and tips, a 3,000
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COLLINS GEM
Collins Italian Phrasebook and Dictionary
Fourth edition
Collins UK
from finding a hotel to choosing wine. It includes travel information and tips, a 3,000 word
dictionary, a comprehensive menu decoder, grammar and pronunciation sections, and “face
to face” sections. You will never be at a loss for words when traveling again.
Collins Portuguese Phrasebook and Dictionary
Fourth edition
Collins UK
phrasebook and dictionary, the right word will always be at your fingertips. This indispensable
language guide covers the topics and phrases that crop up everyday when traveling, from finding a hotel to choosing wine. It includes travel information and tips, a 3,000 word dictionary,
a comprehensive menu decoder, grammar and pronunciation sections, and “face to face” sections. You will never be at a loss for words when traveling again.
Collins Spanish Phrasebook and Dictionary
Fourth edition
Collins UK
Collins Turkish Phrasebook and Dictionary
Third edition
Collins UK
Reference • 256 Pages • 3.25 x 4.5 • 9780008135959 • June • $8.95 • Trade Paper
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COLLINS EASY LEARNING
Collins Easy Learning French Grammar
Third edition
A focus on grammar for anyone learning French at school, at work or at home
Collins Easy Learning Grammar titles provide easily accessible information in an attractively
presented layout. Key grammatical points are highlighted, and a glossary gives clear explanations of grammatical terminology. The books also discuss all the regular verb forms and conjugations, and the most common tenses of irregular verbs are shown in full. An index contains
thousands of verbs, cross-referred to their conjugation model.
Reference • 320 Pages • 5.0 x 7.75 • 9780008141998 • Replaces: 9780007367825 • July
Collins Easy Learning German Grammar
Fourth edition
A focus on grammar for anyone learning German at school, at work or at home
Collins Easy Learning Italian Grammar
Third edition
A focus on grammar for anyone learning Italian at school, at work or at home
Collins Easy Learning Spanish Grammar
Third edition
A focus on grammar for anyone learning Spanish at school, at work or at home
Reference • 320 Pages • 5.0 x 7.75 • 9780008142018 • July • $14.95 • Trade Paper
206
Collins Easy Learning French Verbs
Third edition
The main section of these handy books consists of 112 fully conjugated verbs, regular and
irregular. Each is self-contained in a double-page spread showing all the major tenses, clearly
set out with pronouns. Major constructions and idiomatic phrases are given for most verb
models. Similarly conjugated verbs are listed with their translations for complete clarity. An
alphabetical index lists more than 2,000 widely used verbs, and each one cross-refers the user
to its basic model in the main verb tables.
Reference • 320 Pages • 5.0 x 7.75 • Grades K–12 • 9780008158415 • Replaces:
9780007369744 • July • $14.95 • Trade Paper • Rights: US • HarperCollins UK/Collins
Collins Easy Learning German Verbs
Fourth edition
The main section of the book consists of 200 fully conjugated verbs, regular and irregular, weak
and strong. Each is self-contained in a full-page spread showing all the major tenses, clearly
set out with pronouns. The tables also tell you if the verb is weak or strong and if it takes the
auxiliary “haben” or “sein”. New German spellings are included throughout. There is a special
section on modal and auxiliary verbs, as well as an extensive introduction on the formation and
use of tenses in German. A full alphabetical index of all the most widely used German verbs,
cross-refers the user to its basic model in the verb tables.
Collins Easy Learning Italian Verbs
Third edition
The main section of the book consists of 120 fully conjugated verbs, regular and irregular.
Each is self-contained in a double-page spread showing all the major tenses, clearly set out
with pronouns. Major constructions and idiomatic phrases are given for most verb models. An
alphabetical index lists over 1000 widely used verbs, and each one cross-refers the user to its
basic model in the main verb tables. The handy verb wheel covers the most common tenses for
28 essential Italian verbs and is the perfect tool for checking verb patterns wherever you are.
Collins Easy Learning Spanish Verbs
Third edition
The main section of the book consists of 120 fully conjugated verbs, regular and irregular.
Each is self-contained in a full-page spread showing all the major tenses, clearly set out with
pronouns. The introduction gives a detailed explanation of each of the three main tenses. It also
deals with compound tenses and the use of the passive. An alphabetical index lists almost 3000
widely used verbs, each one cross-refers the user to its basic model in the main verb tables. The
handy verb wheel covers the most common tenses for 28 essential Spanish verbs.
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Complete German Grammar Verbs Vocabulary
3 Books in 1
Second edition
Grammar, verbs and vocabulary in one volume, ideal for beginners who need a clear
and easy-to-understand German reference guide
The grammar section provides easily accessible information, with key grammatical points
highlighted throughout, hundreds of examples of real German, and a full glossary of grammatical terminology. The verbs section offers 127 fully conjugated regular and irregular
verbs. Major constructions and idiomatic phrases are given for all verb models. The handy
vocabulary section covers 50 topics (such as family, free time, careers, computing, education, food and drink, health, and shopping).
Reference • 720 Pages • 5 x 7.75 • Ages 12 & Up • Grades 7 & Up • 9780008141783
May • $19.95 • Trade Paper • Rights: US • HarperCollins UK/Collins
Complete Italian Grammar Verbs Vocabulary
3 Books in 1
Second edition
Lessons on grammar, verbs, and vocabulary in one volume, ideal for beginners who
need a clear and easy-to-understand Italian reference guide
highlighted throughout, hundreds of examples of real Italian, and a full glossary of grammatical terminology. The verbs section offers 120 fully conjugated regular and irregular
May • $19.95 • Trade Paper • Rights: US • HarperCollins UK/Collins
Complete Spanish Grammar Verbs Vocabulary
3 Books in 1
Second edition, 2
Lessons on grammar, verbs, and vocabulary in one volume, ideal for beginners who
need a clear and easy-to-understand Spanish reference guide
highlighted throughout, hundreds of examples of real Spanish, and a full glossary of grammatical terminology. The verbs section offers 120 fully conjugated regular and irregular
June • $19.95 • Trade Paper • Rights: US • HarperCollins UK/Collins
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Collins World Atlas
12th edition
Collins Maps
The clear and detailed mapping in this Collins atlas has been brought fully up-to-date to
reflect all recent geopolitical changes
This great value contains all the world maps you need in a budget atlas, for family, study and
business use. It offers fully revised, detailed reference maps of the world; a map of the world’s
countries and physical features; an introductory section with facts on all the countries of the
world, including flags, area, population, capital city, languages, religions and currency; a map
of the world’s time zones; and over 10,000 index entries.
Collins Maps allow you to explore the world through accurate and up-to-date mapping created by Collins UK, a leading information-led publisher of illustrated and narrative nonfiction.
Reference • 64 Pages • 9.0 x 12.25 • 9780008158514 • Replaces: 9780007531783 • May
Collins World Atlas: Illustrated Edition
Sixth edition
Collins Maps
A paperback edition of this fully revised general reference atlas in the exciting Collins
world atlas range
This perfect family reference atlas provides a comprehensive and topical view of today’s
world and the issues facing it. It includes. It includes more than 150 pages of highly accurate
and fully up-to-date maps, with an index of over 50,000 place names. Highly illustrated
thematic pages provide detailed information on, and interpretations of, major geographical themes and global issues, including the environment, world conflict, population, climate
change and the international drugs trade. A fully revised world statistics section offers thousands of country statistics that enable the reader to learn more about the world. Comparative
satellite images show dramatic examples of environmental change e.g. deforestation.
Collins Maps allow you to explore the world through accurate and up-to-date mapping created by Collins UK, a leading information-led publisher of illustrated and narrative nonfiction.
Reference • 240 Pages • 9 x 12.25 • Grades K–12 • 9780008136628
Replaces: 9780007452651 • June • $24.95 • Trade Paper • Rights: US
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Collins World Atlas: Mini Edition
Sixth edition
Collins UK
A detailed guide to the world in a handy format
This new edition of the popular mini world atlas has been brought fully up-to-date to reflect
all recent global changes. Designed in the distinctive Collins style, this is a detailed guide to
the world in a handy format. Detailed maps, specifically designed for this small format, provide balanced and up-to-date coverage of the world. The maps rely on the latest cartographic
technology to ensure their accuracy, accessibility and distinctive style. The level of detail is
impressive for such a small format atlas, and the index contains references to over 20,000
place names. All recent political changes are included in the mapping, as are recently changed
place names.
Reference • 256 Pages • 4 x 6 • Grades K–12 • 9780008136659 • Replaces: 9780007492282
July • $9.95 • Trade Paper • Rights: US • HarperCollins UK/Collins
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The Times Map of the World
12th edition
Times Atlases
Fully revised and updated to include the latest political changes
This folded Times Map of the World contains politically colored mapping which shows individual countries and their capital city, major roads, railways and cities and towns clearly.
Local name forms are used for all towns and cities with the English or historical alternative
shown in brackets—i.e. Mumbai (Bombay), Sankt Peterburg (Leningrad)—where space permits. This makes the map readily accessible to the general reader who needs an up-to-date
map to follow reports of world events in newspapers, on radio and television. It is perfect
for the home and office. It covers all of the world, centered on the Greenwich Meridian, and
including maps of the North and South Pole regions. Its scale is 1:25,000,000; 1 cm to 250
km; 1 inch to 395 miles.
Times Atlases are the world’s most prestigious and authoritative maps and atlases.
$11.95 • Folded • Rights: US • HarperCollins UK/Times Books UK
London by Tube
150 Things to See Minutes Away from 88 Tube Stops
Christopher Winn
The largest Hindu temple in Europe, the oldest film studios in the world, the tallest
building in Britain—how the Tube can take you wherever you want to go in one of the
world’s most fascinating cities
London is a city of surprises and variety, over 600 square miles packed full of character, spectacle and sensation. And to really know London you must look beyond the obvious; there are
broad vistas and quiet corners, iconic sights and grand boulevards, historic buildings, quaint
villages, verdant parks, cobbled alleyways, museums, monuments, statues, markets, theatres,
cathedrals and ancient churches. This book unearths and explores a stupendous range of
interesting places, some well known, some less well known, some almost unknown, all of
which lie within an easy walk of a Tube station. Taking you to 88 stations and 150 different
places of interest, viewpoints, walks, unique museums, historic pubs—if you want a day out
and you want to do something different then London is your town, the Tube is your means
and See London by Tube is your guide.
Christopher Winn’s books include I Never Knew that About Ireland, I Never Knew that
About London, and I Never Knew that About New York.
Travel • 224 Pages • 4.25 x 7 • 58 B/W Illustrations • 9781785031502 • June • $16.95
Cloth • Rights: US • Ebury Press
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Road Atlas Ireland
Sixth edition
AA Publishing
This updated 6th edition atlas of Ireland includes detailed city plans and is tourist-friendly
Updated from Ireland’s Official Mapping Agencies, OSI and OSNI, this atlas includes AA
(Automobile Association)-approved camping sites and AA listed golf courses, picnic sites,
port plans, and ferry routes. Plus, there are motorway strip maps detailing all of Ireland’s
motorway junctions. It includes 11 detailed city and town plans with street indexes: Belfast,
Cork, Londonderry, Dublin, Galway, Killarney, Kilkenny, Limerick, Sligo, and Waterford,
and an easy-to-read 3,500 place name index, including tourist sites.
AA Publishing is the UK’s largest travel publisher.
Travel/Reference • 104 Pages • 8.5 x 11.5 • 9780749577292 • April • $16.95 (Can $19.95)
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Collins Handy Road Atlas Ireland
Collins Maps
A comprehensive yet easily portable road atlas of Ireland
Complete with information on places of tourist interest, this handy format route planning
atlas in full color also features fully indexed town center plans of Belfast, Cork, Dublin,
Galway, Limerick, and Londonderry. The whole of Ireland is mapped at 9 miles to 1 inch.
The cartography is beautifully designed with color classified roads and subtle layered height
tinting. Also included are a list of tourist information centers; descriptions of places of interest; a full index of place names and places of interest; information on airports, ferries, and
radio stations; and a mileage chart.
Collins Maps allow you to explore the world through accurate and up-to-date mapping
created by Collins UK, a leading information-led publisher of illustrated and narrative
nonfiction.
Travel • 64 Pages • 5.75 x 8.25 • 9780008158644 • Replaces: 9780007490523 • June •
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Italian Joy
Carla Coulson
In an account of her first five enchanted years living in Florence, Italian Joy is an insider’s tribute to a country of grand
passion and true beauty—now in paperback
Carla Coulson had it all, or so everyone told her—a glamorous
inner-city apartment, a successful business and a designer wardrobe. One lonely Christmas Eve, however, she realized what was
missing: excitement, work she was passionate about and, most of
all, love. So, Carla packed up her life and boarded a plane. Italy
was her first port of call and became her true destination. With a
camera and nothing to lose, she found herself immersed in Florence, tasting the food, learning the language, meeting the people,
discovering a new career and country—and photographing her
new life. Carla’s evocative text and rich photographs bring alive
the laughter, warmth and passion of Italy. We meet the people
who have embraced her; we see the streets, bars, churches and
markets that have enchanted her; and we feel her gioia (joy).
In 2000, Carla Coulson left her corporate job and glamorous
Sydney life behind in pursuit of a dream to start a new life for
herself in Europe as a photographer. She is also the author of
Chasing a Dream and Paris Tango. Her photography has been
published in Marie Claire, Australian Gourmet Traveller, Collezione, Vogue Entertaining + Travel and Flair, among others.
Travel/Memoir • 280 Pages • 7 x 8.25 • 9781921384165
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Lost Japan
Last Glimpse of Beautiful Japan
Alex Kerr
“One of the finest books about Japan written in decades.” —Insight Japan
“A must read.” —Wall Street Journal on Dogs and Demons
Now fully revised in a new edition, this enchanting and fascinating insight into Japanese landscape, culture, history and future was winner of Japan’s Shincho Gakugei
Literature Prize
Originally written in Japanese, this passionate, vividly personal book draws on the author’s
experiences in Japan over 30 years. Alex Kerr brings to life the ritualized world of Kabuki,
retraces his initiation into Tokyo’s boardrooms during the heady Bubble Years, and tells
the story of the hidden valley that became his home. But the book is not just a love letter.
Haunted throughout by nostalgia for the Japan of old, Kerr’s book is part paean to that
great country and culture, part epitaph in the face of contemporary Japan’s environmental
and cultural destruction.
Alex Kerr is an American writer, antiques collector and Japanologist. His other works include Dogs and Demons and Living in Japan. He was the first foreigner to be awarded the
Shincho Gakugei Literature Prize for the best work of non-fiction published in Japan.
History/Travel • 256 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780141979748 • Replaces: 9781741795233 • June
$18.95 • Trade Paper • Rights: US • Penguin UK/Penguin
Fragrant Heart
A Tale of Love, Life and Food in Asia
Miranda Emmerson
“An interesting and instructive book in more ways than one.” —The Good Book Guide
“For those ready to explore the variety of Asian cuisine, this is the guide to follow.”
—Audley Travel Magazine
“Fragrant Heart is a compelling outsider’s perspective on the region. The recipes for a
range of Asian dishes look pretty good, too.” —Jetsetter Magazine
One couple’s last big adventure—traveling through China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and Malaysia—turned from a trip to a culinary love affair
We buy food we can point to. We stalk the streets until rush hour and wait for the little
hatches to open in the sides of restaurants. From the steamy openings, cooks in overalls sell
jiaozi (dumplings) and bowls of thick, sticky, white congee—an unholy cross between soup
and porridge. Baozi, steamed white buns, are light as air. I buy them filled with water spinach and nettle—delicious dipped in sharp, black Chinese vinegar.
In 2008, Miranda and her partner set off for one last big adventure before settling down.
They chose to travel through South-East Asia. All did not go to plan: Asian flu, falling off
boats, and the general chaos of a life abroad challenged them at every step, and yet, in the
midst of it all, they fell in love with the culture and culinary delights of China, Vietnam,
Cambodia, Thailand, and Malaysia.
Miranda Emmerson is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 4 Extra, where
she specializes in abridging books for radio and adapting them for dramatic serialization.
Travel/Memoir • 320 Pages • 5 x 7.5 • 9781849535588 • April • $14.95 (Can $17.95)
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Can We Live Here?
Finding a Home in Paradise
Sarah Alderson
Inspirational, hilarious and fascinating, this is an unforgettable travel memoir and a
unique guide to quitting your job, following your dreams and finding your home in a
far-flung paradise
Having spent most of her life in London, Sarah Alderson quit her job in 2009 and took off
on a round the world trip with her husband and tutu-wearing daughter, on a mission to
find a new place to call home. After a year spent exploring India, Singapore, Australia and
the U.S., they settled in Bali, where inspiration struck for Sarah, whose vocation as a writer
began to flourish. Her blog Can We Live Here? was begun, and soon captured the attention
of many readers eager for escapism and useful information on living in a vastly different
culture, as well as interested in following along with Sarah’s four year journey of personal
growth. This book of the same name is revised and updated for a whole new audience and
will engage, inspire and inform readers, and make starting a new life more than just a dream,
but a real possibility.
Sarah Alderson is the author of Out of Control and The Sound.
Travel/Memoir • 288 Pages • 5 x 8 • 8 Color Photos • 9781910536117 • May
Narrowboat Nomads
Living the Dream on the English Waterways
Steve Haywood
One man and his cat again takes to the British canals, this time accompanied by the
author’s wife—but will their relationship survive the heat waves and tight quarters?
Austerity might be getting everyone else down, but Steve is waving his worries goodbye on
another of his light-hearted trips around the picturesque English waterways. This time it’s a
bit different, though—he’s not just cruising with his cat, Kit, but with his long-suffering wife,
Em, who’s given up work and wants her share of easy living, too. They’ve rented out their
home and there’s no going back now as they cruise from the historic River Thames, through
the Midlands, and westward into the hills of Wales, meeting a familiar cast of eccentrics and
oddballs along the way, and experiencing one of the hottest summers of recent years. But
how, after life in a four-bedroom house, do they manage to survive together squeezed into a
space the size of a shed?
Steve Haywood is the author of Narrowboat Dreams, One Man and His Narrowboat, and
Too Narrow to Swing a Cat.
Travel/Memoir • 320 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781849537285 • June • $15.95 (Can $18.95)
Tsunami Kids
Rob Forkan and Paul Forkan
The true story of four siblings who lost their parents in the devastating Sri Lankan tsunami, and how they turned tragedy into inspiration
On December 26, 2004, Rob, Paul, Matty, and Rosie Forkan, ages 8-17, lost their parents
in the tsunami that devastated Sri Lanka. They faced a 124 mile trek to get home to safety.
The ingenuity, and resilience they displayed was the result of their unusual upbringing. Taken
out of school, they received an unconventional education, carrying out voluntary work for
charities in India alongside their parents. Since the tsunami, Rob and Paul have created a
multinational brand, Gandy’s Flip Flops, based in the front room of their rented home, and
set up Orphans for Orphans, a charitable organization that uses 10% of the profits to support children deprived of education, nutrition, and medication. This is a heartbreaking yet
uplifting journey, told by two inspirational survivors.
Rob Forkan and Paul Forkan are the cofounders of Gandys Flip Flops and Orphans for
Orphans. They wrote their story with the cooperation of younger siblings Matty and Rosie.
Biography • 270 Pages • 5 x 8 • 32 Color Photos • 9781782434429
Rights: US & Canada • Michael O’Mara
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The Crossing
My Journey to the Shattered Heart of Syria
Samar Yazbek
Translator Nashwa Gowanlock and Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp
“A testament to the indomitable spirit of her countrymen . . . shocking, searing, and
beautiful.” —Daily Beast
“Bears comparison with George Orwell’s Homage to Catalonia . . . it may be that [she]
has written one of the first political classics of the 21st century.” —Observer
A powerful testament by an award-winning Syrian journalist
Samar Yazbek was well-known in her native Syria as a writer and a journalist but, in 2011,
she fell foul of the Assad regime and was forced to flee. Since then, determined to bear witness to the suffering of her people, she revisited her homeland by squeezing through a hole in
the fence on the Turkish border. Here she testifies to the appalling reality that is Syria today.
From the first innocent demonstrations for democracy, through the beginnings of the Free
Syrian Army, to the arrival of ISIS, she offers remarkable snapshots of soldiers, children,
ordinary men and women simply trying to stay alive. Some of these stories are of hardship
and brutality that is hard to bear, but she also gives testimony to touches of humanity along
the way: how people live under the gaze of a sniper, how principled young men try to resist
orders from their military superiors, how children cope in bunkers. Yazbek’s portraits of life
in Syria are very real, and her prose, luminous. The Crossing is undoubtedly both an important historical document and a work of literature.
Samar Yazbek is a journalist who has written op-eds for the New York Times and Washington Post. Her translated work includes A Woman in the Crossfire, her diaries of the first four
months of the Syrian uprising.
Memoir/Social Science • 288 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781846044885 • July • $16.95 • Trade Paper
Rights: US • Ebury Press
American Interior
The Quixotic Journey of John Evans, His Search for a Lost Tribe and How, Fuelled by
Fantasy and (Possibly) Booze, He Accidentally Annexed a Third of North America
Gruff Rhys
“A story about gullibility, contradiction, ambition, inexplicable wanderlust . . . this brilliantly life-affirming book highlights a world of wonder far beyond orthodox history.”
—Guardian
“Written in an exuberant, entertaining style, American Interior is alive to the quixotic
nature of Evans’s quest, while offering a sideways look at the nexus between history and
myth.” —Financial Times
A psychedelic historical travelogue from Welsh pop legend Gruff Rhys
In 1792, John Evans, a 22-year-old farmhand from Snowdonia, Wales, traveled to America
to discover whether there was indeed, as widely believed, a tribe of Welsh-speaking native
Americans still walking the great plains. In 2012, Gruff Rhys set out on an “investigative
concert tour” in the footsteps of John Evans, with concerts in New Orleans, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, St. Louis, North Dakota, and more. This book is the story
of these journeys. It is also an exploration of how wild fantasies interact with hard history
and how myth-making can inspire humans to partake in crazy, vain pursuits of glory, including exploration, war, and the creative arts.
Gruff Rhys is known for his work as a solo artist as well as singer and songwriter with Super
Furry Animals and Neon Neon, and for his collaborations with Gorillaz, Mogwai, Dangermouse and Sparklehorse among others.
Memoir/Travel • 320 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780241965368 • Replaces: 9780241146019 • April
$18.95 • Trade Paper • Rights: US • Penguin UK/Penguin
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The Umbrian Thursday Night Supper Club
Marlena de Blasi
“Marlena de Blasi’s glittering descriptions and mouthwatering recipes take you directly into the heart of Italy and into the souls of the Italian people.” —Adriana Trigiani,
author, The Shoemaker’s Wife
“Celebrates the life-affirming joys of food and friendship . . . Marlena de Blasi recounts
meals she and four Italian neighbours cook together every week and the stories they
share about their lives and loves.” —Good Housekeeping
From a bestselling author comes the true story of five extraordinary women who meet in
the hills above Italy’s Orvieto to cook, eat, and tell the stories of their incredible lives
Every week on a Thursday evening, a group of four Italian rural women gather in a stone
house in the hills above Italy’s Orvieto. There—along with their friend, Marlena—they cook
together, sit down to a beautiful supper, drink their beloved local wines, and talk. Surrounded by candlelight, good food and friendship, Miranda, Ninucia, Paolina, and Gilda tell
their life stories of loves lost and found, of ageing and abandonment, of mafia grudges and
family feuds, and of cherished ingredients and recipes whose secrets have been passed down
through generations. For fans of all things Italian, and the thousands of readers who loved
The Kabul Beauty School; Eat, Pray, Love; and Best Exotic Marigold Hotel; this book is a
culmination of de Blasi’s 20 years spent living, traveling, cooking, eating, and drinking in
Italy, and of course it includes recipes for the most mouthwatering Umbrian dishes.
Marlena de Blasi is the internationally bestselling author of A Thousand Days in Venice, as
well as four further bestselling memoirs and a novel, Amandine. She is also the author of two
internationally published cookbooks of Italian food.
Autobiography/Cooking • 304 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780099591856 • Replaces: 9780091954307
August • $16.95 • Trade Paper • Rights: US • Random House UK/Windmill Books
Going Up Is Easy
The First Woman to Ascend Everest Without Oxygen
Lydia Bradey and Laurence Fearnley
Provocative, stirring, and beautifully written, this is the story of how one woman took
on the mountaineering world and won
In 1988, Lydia Bradey became the first woman to climb Mount Everest without supplementary oxygen. She made the ascent alone and to date she is the only New Zealander to
have made an oxygen-free ascent. Her climb was a truly remarkable achievement but also
an internationally controversial one. Going Up Is Easy details for the first time the events
surrounding Bradey’s historic feat, as well as her many hair-raising expeditions through
Alaska, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, India, China, Europe, and New Zealand. In the spirit of
John Krakauer’s Into Thin Air or Joe Simpson’s Touching the Void, this book celebrates a
life lived on the edge. Through her stories, we encounter a woman propelled by curiosity
and passion to become one of the greatest female high-altitude adventurers of recent times.
Co-written with acclaimed novelist Laurence Fearnley, a long-time friend of Bradey, and
stunningly illustrated throughout, Going Up Is Easy is a life story by turns dramatic, tender,
funny, frank and inspiring.
Lydia Bradey is one of Australasia’s foremost high-altitude mountaineers. She made her first
ascent of Aoraki/Mount Cook while still a teenager. She then traveled to Alaska, Nepal,
Bhutan and Pakistan, where, in 1987, she became the first Australasian woman to climb an
8000-meter peak. In 1988, she made a historic ascent of Mount Everest, becoming the first
woman to reach the summit without supplementary oxygen. Employed as a professional
mountain guide, she has made two further ascents of Everest as well as climbed and guided
extensively throughout Nepal, Pakistan, Antarctica, South America, Africa and Europe. Laurence Fearnley is the author of The Hut Builder.
Autobiography/Sports • 272 Pages • 6 x 9.25 • 23 Color Photos, 36 B/W Photos, 1 Map
Penguin Books New Zealand
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Surviving Ireland
Colm Tobin
A brilliant, scathing look at Ireland by a top Irish comedy writer
Here, comedian Colm Tobin unmasks the true essence of this mysterious mist-green land
with its jagged teddy-bear outline, lurking guiltily to the Western edge of Europe. Are the
Irish really the slick, upwardly-mobile, bright-young things of Europe with the skinny jeans
and the unnecessary spectacles? Or are they the slack-jawed simpletons you see staring toothlessly out of postcards, patting their donkeys, patiently waiting for death? Irishness means
more than merely holding a passport with a harp on it. Some say you can hear Irishness in
the lonesome lilt of uileann pipes. That you can smell it in the farts of a billion Guinness
drinkers. Look hard enough and you can see it winking back at you from the shimmering,
oily thighs of Michael Flatley. But what is it, really? It’s safe to say that Ireland is no longer
just a physical place. Who are the Irish people now and where are they going? And who in
the name of sweet Jesus is going to pay for it all?
Colm Tobin is an acclaimed comedy writer and TV producer, with more than 40,000 followers on Twitter. As well as writing for TV shows such as Irish Pictorial Weekly, he wrote and
produced the satirical series Langerland, and has written pieces for the Irish Times.
Humor • 256 Pages • 5.25 x 8.5 • 25 B/W Illustrations • 9781848272132 • June • $18.95
Cloth • Rights: US • Transworld Publishers/Transworld Ireland
Junkie Buddha
A Journey of Discovery in Peru
Diane Esguerra
An inspiring and uplifting memoir about finding value in profound loss
This is the story of one woman’s journey from her son’s revelation that he had been sexually
abused in childhood through to the scattering of his ashes at Machu Picchu in Peru. Sacha
had died of a heroin overdose. A journal Diane kept while traveling around Peru and her experiences, encounters and reflections form the basis of her gut-wrenching and gripping book
that reconnected her to life. Time and again in Peru, a place, event or a person reminded
her of her son and the rollercoaster-white-knuckle-ride they had been on together, and these
experiences are meaningfully and beautifully woven into this moving and uplifting narrative.
Diane once asked “Why me?” and now asks “Why not me?”—a shift that now underlines
her healing.
Diane Esguerra left school and home at 16. It was then that she discovered the value of
learning and proceeded to get degrees in English and psychotherapy. In work, she has taught
English to Islamic judges in London, been a performing artist around the world and has
been a playwright, creating parts for women that are less one dimensional than many of
those around today. Diane has had success with her plays Victoria Island, set in Lagos, and
performed at the National Theatre of Nigeria with a mainly Nigerian cast, and Moti Roti—a
Bollywood comedy with an all-Indian cast, at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East and in Montreal. Although a writer of fiction, after the death of her son Diane felt compelled to write
her fascinating memoir.
Memoir/Travel • 256 Pages • 5 x 7.75 • 9781903070994 • April • $14.95 (Can $17.95)
Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • Eye Books
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Dancing with a Cocaine Cowboy
Love and Life with a Colombian Drug Trafficker
Robyn Windshuttle
He was a handsome and charismatic Colombian, she was a beautiful showgirl—the
extraordinary true story of how she became entangled in a European cocaine ring and
how it changed her life forever
In her teens, with only $8 in her pocket, and against the brutal rule of her father, Robyn
Windshuttle left her Australian beach life to dance her way around the world. From Hong
Kong, where she landed a job with the world famous Bluebelles, onto Paris, Monte Carlo,
Ibizia and Milan, Robyn lived the exciting life of a showgirl. But it was in Paris when she met
Daniel, a handsome and charismatic Colombian, that her life really changed. Drawn to him,
a trusting and naive Robyn takes Daniel at his word that he is a photographer. But while
living an exotic and extravagant life in Paris, Robyn is unwittingly drawn in to the world of
his Colombian drug syndicate. Her innocence is shattered and out of the uncertainty, violence and drama of this world, she finds strength to reclaim her own life and that of the son
she had with Daniel.
Now nearing 60, Robyn Windshuttle is as glamorous as she was as a young woman. She
returned to Australia to raise her son and set up a dance school, and she also has a daughter.
Memoir/True Crime • 320 Pages • 6 x 9 • 9781760111427 • May • $17.95 (Can $21.95)
Allen & Unwin
Hooked
The Salacious Secrets of Samantha X: Sydney’s Top High-Class Call Girl
Samantha X
A fly-on-the-wall sexy, juicy page-turner of what really goes on behind the walls of
Sydney’s most infamous brothel
Samantha X is not your typical hooker. She’s the wrong side of 35, has two kids, and counts
dining at her local pizzeria as a wild night out. Career-wise, Samantha had it all: writing for
Australia’s top-selling women’s magazines, appearing as a media expert on television, and
traveling the world for the sake of a good story. But after a marriage breakdown, and with
two kids, she turned her back on the media. Samantha decided to dust off her stilettos and
work at Sydney’s most infamous brothel, where she soon became one of their most in-demand girls. Not only was she making great cash, but she was also privy to the real-life stories
of her clients—irresistible to the journalist in her. How could she not keep a record of their
salacious stories? She heard everything: from tearful married men confessing their secrets, to
lesbian threesomes, to servicing the odd married couple trying to reignite their relationship.
But while whoring can be lucrative and fun, it also comes with a hefty price, as Samantha
soon finds out. The only problem is, can she kick her addiction to what she believes to be the
best job in the world?
Samantha X started her career as a journalist for London’s tabloid press. After 13 years as
a magazine writer in Sydney, Samantha decided selling her body was far more lucrative and
fun, and the stories she heard from within the brothel’s walls were more fascinating than any
story she’d covered.
Autobiography/Sexuality • 288 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780857984487 • Replaces: 9780857984470
April • $17.95 (Can $21.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada
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On Forgiveness
Richard Holloway
“Full of human wisdom, this is a psychologically acute and absorbing approach to a
very important subject.” —Philip Pullman, author, His Dark Materials trilogy
In this inspiring work, Richard Holloway tackles the great theme of forgiveness
One of the most important books on this essential topic, On Forgiveness draws on the great
philosophers and writers such as Frederick Nietzsche, Jacques Derrida, and Nelson Mandela. Both timely and a timeless modern classic, On Forgiveness is a pertinent and fascinating
discourse on how forgiveness works, where it came from, and how the need to embrace it is
greater than ever if we are to free ourselves from the binds of the past.
Richard Holloway was Bishop of Edinburgh and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church.
His books include Looking in the Distance, Godless Morality, Doubts and Loves, and Leaving Alexandria, which won the PEN/Ackerley Prize 2013 and was shortlisted for the Orwell
Prize 2013. He has written for the Times, Guardian, Observer, Herald, and Scotsman.
Self-Help/Philosophy • 112 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781782116288 • April • $16.95 (Can $19.95)
Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • Canongate UK/Canongate Canons
Schools of Fish
Alan Sampson
“Sampson had a reputation as a an ‘ass-kicker’ . . . Then something unforeseen happened. Something terrifying for both father and son that unleashed the poetry locked
inside the boy who couldn’t read. It’s a moment that packs considerable emotional
punch, a twist in the tale that makes Schools of Fish more than just another mea culpa
memoir.” —Spectrum
One principal’s story of what happened when he began to think outside the classroom
Alan Sampson was a very strict high school principal, renowned for transforming weak
schools into centers of excellence. But the long hours took their toll on his home life. As
his marriage ended, he was given charge of a city high school on a downward spiral. In this
school was one of the most troublesome students he had ever met—his own son, Greg. As
Alan strove to find a way to tame his son’s behavioral problems, he and Greg battled each
other as well as the ingrained obstacles in the education system. Only when they both found
the courage to step outside the rules did they find their way through to each other, and realize
that the best education in life can be found outside the school system.
Alan Sampson has worked in education for 30 years.
Memoir/Education • 224 Pages • 6 x 8.5 • 9781925048452 • June • $22.95 (Can $27.95)
Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • Finch Publishing
All the Days After
A Story of Love, Loss and Resilience Beyond Black Saturday
Sue Gunningham
A personal and revealing account of how it feels to be one of the many affected by a
major natural disaster, and dealing with the resulting grief and loss
On Saturday, February 7, 2009, teacher Sue Gunningham waits impatiently in her car for
news of her long-time partner Barry Johnston, who has been declared missing in the savage
Australian bushfires that would come to be known as the “Black Saturday” fires. Little does
she realize that the loss of her partner is just the beginning of her battle. She has to deal with
the frantic search for him; the coroner, solicitors, and the funeral parlor to have Barry’s remains identified and returned; continual rounds of formal interviews with police, case managers, psychologists, and the Victoria Bushfire Royal Commission; and trying to rebuild both
the cottage and her life. Raw and compelling, All the Days After will resonate with anyone
who has suffered through devastating grief.
Sue Gunningham develops and delivers financial literacy workshops to remote indigenous
communities and disadvantaged groups in Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Regions.
Memoir • 272 Pages • 6 x 8.5 • 8 Color Photos • 9781925048506 • May
$24.95 (Can $29.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • Finch Publishing
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Doubling Back
Ten Paths Trodden in Memory
Linda Cracknell
“Wonderfully explores the strange durability of the paths that we make in our lives, in
our dreams and after our deaths.” —Robert Macfarlane, author, The Old Ways
“Of all the current crop of excellent “new Nature Writers” Linda Cracknell is probably
the most physically present to the reader. . . . Refreshing, lovely, fun: good walking and
good writing.” —Sara Maitland, author, From the Forest
A masterwork of travel writing, now in paperback
In 1952, Linda Cracknell’s father embarked on a hike through the Swiss Alps. It was the last
walk he would ever take. Linda retraces that fateful journey 50 years later, following the trail
of the man she barely knew. This collection of walking tales take their theme from that pilgrimage. The walks trace the contours of memories, following friends, writers, and relations
along trails across mountains, valleys, and coasts from the Highlands of Scotland to Kenya.
Each walk is about the reaffirming of memories, beliefs, and emotions, and especially of the
connection that one can have with the past. This book celebrates life, family, friendship, and
walking through mountain landscapes richly textured with stories. A masterwork of travel
writing in the vein of Robert Macfarlane and Roger Deakin, this lyrical, poignant book contains stunning landscape descriptions.
Linda Cracknell was shortlisted for the Scottish First Book Award for her story collection
Life Drawing and the Robin Jenkins Literary Award for environmental writing.
Memoir/Travel • 272 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781910449301 • Replaces: 9781908754547 • May
$14.95 (Can $17.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • Freight Books
A Field Guide to Melancholy
Jacky Bowring
From Sartre to emo, a survey of a complex, contradictory condition encompassing literature, art, film, music, and architecture
Melancholy is a critical part of what it is to be human, yet everything from Prozac to selfhelp psychology books seems intent on removing all signs of sadness from contemporary
existence. A Field Guide to Melancholy surveys this ambivalent concept and takes a journey
through the articulation of melancholy in a variety of languages, from the Russian toska
of Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin to kaiho—expressed in the dancing of the Finnish tango. This
guide finds melancholy within the work of writers such as W. G. Sebald and Jean-Paul Sartre,
the art of photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto and multi-media artist Gerhard Richter, the films
of Andrei Tarkovsky and Patrick Keiller, the music of Erik Satie and Tom Waits, the architecture and landscapes of ruins, and the 21st century’s predilection for memorials.
Jacky Bowring is a critic, designer, and writer.
Psychology • 240 Pages • 5 x 7.75 • 9781843446231 • Replaces: 9781842432921 • May
$19.95 • Trade Paper • Rights: US • Oldcastle Books
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Heart of the Original
Originality, Creativity, Individuality
Steve Aylett
“This staggeringly brilliant book has scarcely a line in it that won’t make you wish
you’d thought of it first. Raising the bar to the point where it’s a hazard to migrating
birds, this is a sizzling and hilarious manifesto where its author means every blazing
word. . . . Probably the most astonishing thing that you will read during this otherwise
lacklustre incarnation.” —Alan Moore, creator, V for Vendetta and Watchmen
“Aylett crams more ideas into one sentence than you’ll find in all the novels on the New
York Times bestseller list put together.” —Bookmunch
Award-winning satirist and sci-fi writer Steve Aylett explores our professed desire and
hidden revulsion towards originality
True creativity, the making of a thing which has not been in the world previously, is originality by definition. But while many claim to crave originality, they feel an obscure revulsion
when confronted with it. The really new is uncomfortable and disturbing. Repetition of the
familiar is preferred. The hailing of old ideas as original lowers the standard for invention
and robs most creative people of the drive to do anything interesting, let alone seek out the
universe of originality which is drumming its fingers, wondering why nobody calls. This is a
book for those who care not for the fashionable simulacra of the media creative, but for an
understanding of the hard road to true originality. Part manual, part history of ideas, part
manifesto, this is a unique experimental journey around the outer limits of our culture. It
debunks myths and wages war on cliché and platitude—a rallying cry and disruptive book
for those bored with merely thinking outside the box.
Steve Aylett is the author of several books including LINT, Slaughtermatic and Shamanspace. He won the Jack Trevor Story Award and was a finalist for the Philip K Dick Award.
Social Science • 112 Pages • 4.25 x 7 • 9781783520916 • April • $15.95 • Cloth
Rights: US • Random House UK/Unbound
Backyard Bees
A Guide for the Beginner Beekeeper
Doug Purdie
The ultimate guide to keeping a hive through the seasons
Backyard Bees is the ultimate guide to installing and maintaining a hive of European honey
bees. It includes extensive advice on choosing a hive and the equipment you need; case studies and anecdotes from beekeepers from all walks of life; as well as 20 delicious recipes for
all that honey, from toasted honey granola to Bees Knees cocktails All you need is a bit of
space in your backyard or on your rooftop, and a little love for the creatures that pollinate
the veggie patches of your neighborhood. Once introduced to the charms of beekeeping and
the taste of warm honeycomb direct from the hive, you’ll be hooked! Includes dual measures.
Doug Purdie and his partner at The Urban Beehive maintain more than 90 beehives on
city rooftops, balconies, backyards and in community gardens around Sydney. He runs
beginner beekeeping courses and is president of the Amateur Beekeepers Association of
New South Wales.
Nature/Cooking • 208 Pages • 6.75 x 9.5 • 113 Color Photos • 9781743361719 • April
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Ms Marmite Lover’s Secret Tea Party
Exquisite Recipes for Ultimate Afternoon Teas
Kerstin Rodgers
“You’ll be inviting people over just to legitimize the baking
you’ll be unable to stop doing.” —Independent on Sunday
A decadent, comprehensive guide to the ultimate afternoon
teas—Strawberry and Hibiscus Soup, Avocado Chocolate
Butterfly Cakes, Ginger Blondies, Salted Caramel Lollies,
and much more
There is no more pleasurable way to while away a few hours
than by indulging in a delectable afternoon tea. In this book,
queen of the tea party, Kerstin Rodgers, reveals her secrets, from
dressing the table (including making your own tea towels, cake
stand, and teacup candles), to baking scrumptious sweet and savory treats. As well as recipes for classic tea party fare—Scones,
Teacakes, Tartlets, Cupcakes, Crumpets, Biscuits, Muffins and
more—the book looks beyond finger sandwiches with playful
and sophisticated themed teas. Spoil your guests with a decadent
Marie Antoinette-inspired party, complete with delicate French
Fancies and an impressive Croquembouche Tower, or treat them
to Bubble Tea, fragrant Lavender Temari Cakes and personalized Fortune Cookies. Packed with recipes for tea party treats,
hot and cold drinks and cocktails, as well as tips for creating the
right atmosphere, this gorgeous collection is a must-have for any
aspiring host looking to create deliciously decadent tea parties at
home. Includes metric measures.
Kerstin Rodgers blogs as Ms Marmite Lover and has become
an integral part of the London food scene since launching her
underground supper clubs in 2009. She won the Fortnum & Mason Best Online Food Writer Award in 2014 and her blog, The
English Can Cook, won the Guild of Food Writers Award for
blog of the year in 2013.
Cooking • 256 Pages • 8.25 x 9.25 • 150 Color Photos,
30 Color Illustrations • 9780224098755 • May • $29.95
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Pop, Bubble & Fizz
Recipes for Homemade Drinks & Snacks
Tove Nilsson
Rhubarb, Lime & Lemongrass Soda; Green Cucumber Lemonade; Cantaloupe Agua
Fresca; Lovely Rose Lemonade; Black Orange Soda; Flavored Kombucha; Root Beer;
Orchata; Bubble Tea—and the snacks to pair with them
This book is not about sickly sweet soft drinks. It’s about tasty alternatives with the perfect
balance between acidity, sweetness and bitterness. Pop, Bubble & Fizz has a sparkling selection of easy-to-follow recipes for all your favorite drinks including home brewed sodas, iced
teas and coffees, ice cream sodas and more. Learn how to make delicious homemade soda
syrups from beautiful natural ingredients, how to mix the ultimate lemonade, how to make
fun and fruity bubble tea, and discover the brewing secrets behind the kombucha trend.
Plus, you can accompany your refreshing drinks with an array of irresistible salty and sweet
snacks—Crispy Onion Rings, Deep-Fried Olives, Vinegar Crisps, Smoke Maple Popcorn,
Cherry Ice Cream, and more. It’s never been easier to enjoy a round of thirst-quenching
drinks. Includes dual measures.
Tove Nilsson is a chef, food-writer and sommelier. She often writes for Sweden’s leading
food magazines and appears on the morning news and the radio to share recipes.
Cooking • 128 Pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 50 Color Photos, 20 B/W Illustrations • 9781910496268
June • $19.95 (Can $23.95) • Cloth • Rights: US & Canada • Pavilion
Porridge & Muesli
Healthy Recipes to Kick-start Your Day
Viola Adamsson
Choose from 35 delicious recipes and give your breakfast a new lease on life
Porridge is the breakfast of choice for celebrities, chefs, athletes and dieters, but it’s also one
of the most comforting foods out there—the ultimate winter breakfast. The latest superfood to grab media attention, oats are revered for their cholesterol–lowering properties and
what’s more, they are super cheap. We think of porridge and oatmeal as having a Scottish
heritage but in fact versions using different grains originated from other parts of the world,
including barley porridge from Norway. This delightful book offers a wealth of recipes for
the porridge fan, with chapters on the different grains available, ideas for bircher muesli and
granola, and wonderful fruit compotes and other toppings. You’ll be amazed at how versatile this dish is. Includes dual measures.
Viola Adamsson is a Doctor of Medicine specializing in Nordic dietary habits and its health
effects. She has participated in world championships and Olympiads in the role of dietician and porridge cook. Viola’s research is the base for the Gourmand World Cookbook
Award-winning The Nordics’ Best Food.
Cooking • 96 Pages • 7.5 x 8.5 • 35 Color Photos • 9781910496299 • May
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Biota
Grow. Gather. Cook.
James Viles
Using local produce to create exquisite yet home-cook friendly dishes
Biota is about habitat-inspired food using local produce to create pure dishes, with each
recipe telling a story of how that dish came to be. Underpinning James Viles’ food is a celebration of the balance of animal and plant life. His food brings together ingredients, textures
and flavors that exist alongside each other in nature. There are 60 recipes, with accompanying stories, that reflect on the notion of biota, “the animals and plant life of a particular
region” and the philosophy of using what is at hand. Lush photography captures the hunting
and foraging that James does for Biota; showcasing the local flora and fauna. The message is
simple—take your inspiration and intuition from the very place that surrounds you. Includes
dual measures.
Chef and owner of two-hatted Biota Dining & Rooms in New South Wales, Australia, James
Viles has become one of Australia’s most respected young chefs and restaurateurs.
Cooking • 256 Pages • 9 x 11.5 • 121 Color Photos • 9781743365571 • May
Saison
Simon Wright
A magnificent cookbook from one of New Zealand’s most admired and inspiring chefs
The famous Auckland restaurant The French Cafe has long been the epitome of excellence,
the standard to which others aspire. The service is exemplary, the atmosphere cosseted and
refined yet convivial, and the food . . . well, the food is nothing short of heavenly. Husband
and wife team Simon (chef) and Creghan (front of house) Wright have woven magic there
ever since they took the restaurant over in 1999. They are never satisfied with resting on the
laurels of their numerous awards. Instead they constantly strive for even higher standards
and an even richer experience for their guests. Be it their recent garden development or adjustments to the menu, The French Cafe exemplifies perfection. This cookbook showcases Simon Wright’s glorious approach to food and his respect for the seasons in which ingredients
are at their peak. Lavishly produced and beautifully photographed, it’s the next best thing to
dinner at The French Cafe.
Simon Wright trained as chef at leading restaurants in London, including at Harvey’s where
he worked with Gordon Ramsay for the legendary Marco Pierre White. He and his wife
Creghan Molloy purchased the famous Auckland restaurant The French Cafe in 1999 with
business partners Simone Forde and Chris Mackay. They later bought the restaurant outright
and went on to win a string of major awards.
Cooking • 304 Pages • 10.5 x 12 • 150 Color Photos • 9781775537373 • April
Penguin Books New Zealand/RH NZ Godwit
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Anatolia
Adventures in Turkish Cooking
Somer Sivrioglu and David Dale
A richly illustrated entertaining and informative exploration
of the regional cooking culture of Turkey, lightened and
adapted for modern life
Turkish-born chef Somer Sivrioglu and coauthor David Dale
reimagine the traditions of Turkish cooking, presenting recipes ranging from the grand banquets of the Ottoman empire
to the spicy snacks of Istanbul’s street stalls. In doing so they
explain their take on the classics and reveal the surrounding rituals, myths and folk wisdom of both the old and new Turkey.
More than 150 dishes are featured, and images of the recipes are
complemented by specially commissioned photographs shot on
location in Turkey. Also included are feature spreads on local
Turkish chefs and producers and their specialties, adding another fascinating layer to the book. Take a unique glimpse into the
worlds of old and new Turkey with this beautiful, multidimensional cookbook. Includes dual measures.
Somer Sivrioglu grew up in Istanbul and moved to Sydney when
he was 25. He now runs the acclaimed Efendy restaurant, where
he draws on a multitude of cultural influences to recreate the
food traditions of his homeland. David Dale is an Australian
journalist, commentator on popular culture, and food writer. In
his earlier books, David analyzed how Italian cooking conquered
the world. He’s convinced that “Turkish is going to be the next
international invader.”
Cooking • 360 Pages • 10 x 10.5 • 110 Color Photos
9781743360491 • April • $59.95 (Can $72.00) • Cloth
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Chicken
Over Two Hundred Recipes Devoted to One Glorious Bird
Catherine Phipps
A beautiful cooking bible dedicated to our favorite bird—more than 200 recipes, and
every cooking method you could possible imagine for this most popular and versatile
of meats
Chicken tonight? Fried, flambéed, roasted, barbecued, smoked, stewed, grilled, put in a
sandwich or made into soup, the versatility of chicken knows no bounds and this book contains every recipe for chicken that you will ever need. There are recipes old and new to tempt
and inspire you: Smoky Chicken Chowder; Whole Smoked Chicken, Chinese Style; Chicken
with 40 Cloves of Garlic; Buffalo Wings; Chicken Tagine with Preserved Lemon and Olives;
Butter Chicken; Gin-Soaked Chicken; Larb; Chicken and Apricot Tart; Chicken with Blood
Oranges and Cauliflower “Couscous,” and plenty of information on sauces, rubs, sandwiches, making stock, and more. This is a culinary world tour from Jerk Chicken to Oyako-don
to Chicken Adobo, with over 200 recipes using a vast array of flavors, and a chicken lover’s
feast. Includes metric measures.
Catherine Phipps is a Guardian food columnist and the author of The Pressure Cooker
Cookbook.
Cooking • 256 Pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 80 Color Photos • 9780091959722 • April • $35.00
The Gourmet Farmer Goes Fishing
The Fish to Eat and How to Cook It
Matthew Evans and Nick Haddow
Edited by Ross O’Meara
Eighty recipes for sustainable seafood species cooked simply
Food critic turned farmer and sustainable seafood activist Matthew Evans, with his two best
chef friends, show how seafood should be cooked. Simple recipes demystify everything from
kingfish to sea urchin, snapper to octopus. Sometimes the lesser known seafood species have
stronger gastronomic and ecological reasons to eat them! This book is all about the taste of
food fresh from the sea, cooked with care and respect for the seafood populations. Includes
dual measures.
Matthew Evans is a former chef and food critic, the author of Gourmet Farmer Deli Book
and The Real Food Companion, a writer for Feast magazine, and a farmer. Nick Haddow
is a cook, award winning cheesemaker and founder of The Bruny Island Cheese Company.
Ross O’Meara is a chef and a smallholder in Tasmania.
Cooking • 240 Pages • 8 x 10 • 80 Color Photos • 9781743364628 • April
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Hot Dog!
The Wonderful World of the Wiener
Andy Lynes
A celebration of the hot dog, from lowly beginnings to 21st
century street-food star
The humble hot dog has become a stellar street-food sensation.
Long gone are the days in which a squirt of ketchup or mustard
made for a well-dressed dog; today’s hot dog is more likely to be
brought alive with kimchi, sauerkraut or satay sauce. Hot Dog!
is a mouthwatering celebration of the hot dog and its illustrious
history, from its Germanic roots through to its arrival in America where it was quickly adopted as the ball-park convenience
food of choice. Explore exciting recipes for gourmet dogs, from
Currywurst to Spanish Dogs (with grilled chorizo), as well as the
ultimate classic recipes. You can also order up delicious buns,
sides and sauces—from Brioche to Pretzel Buns, Potato Salad to
Chilli-cheese Fries, and Sweet Pickle Relish to homemade Ketchup. All of your quick-fire questions will be answered: Where did
that name come from? What exactly is a corn dog? Is it ever OK
to use a knife and fork? (No.) Loaded with irresistible recipes
and fascinating nuggets of wiener trivia, from Barack Obama’s
perfect hot dog to why the hot dog was one of the first foods
enjoyed in space, this is the ultimate resource for every hot dog
aficionado. Includes dual measures.
Andy Lynes edited the Metro newspaper’s Good Taste food and
drink pages. He also writes for the Independent on Sunday, the
Times, Sainsbury’s Magazine and Waitrose Food Illustrated, and
has been nominated for the Glenfiddich Award.
Cooking • 96 Pages • 7.75 x 5 • 50 Color Photos
9781910496626 • May • $16.95 (Can $19.95) • Cloth
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Meatballs
The Ultimate Guide
Matteo Bruno
The humble meatball becomes a whole new taste experience
with everything from lobster meatballs to tofu and mushroom meatballs
Meatballs make the perfect dish for a Monday night supper or a
Saturday night dinner party; and here are meatballs like you’ve
never seen them before. Seared beef carpaccio meatballs, or deluxe pork with fennel and orange. Here we have meatballs for
lamb, beef, goat, rabbit, veal, chicken, fish, lobster, pork and venison. There are even vegetarian (meat)balls—corn and quinoa,
chickpea and cauliflower. Almost as important as the meatball
itself is what the meatball sits on. Here are 20 ideas for sotte
palle (literally “underneath the balls”) including creamy polenta,
roasted pumpkin, wasabi slaw, and cheesy bread. Serve with a
aioli, gorgonzola or creamy mushroom sauce (three of the 20 options), top with truffle salt or crushed pistachios, and start eating!
Includes dual measures.
Matteo Bruno is the owner of three Melbourne based Meatball
& Wine bars. He is also the owner of Flinders Lane Food &
Beverage Co, an Australian importer of the finest Italian wines
and represents some of Australia’s most celebrated wine makers.
Cooking • 176 Pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 100 Color Photos
9781743365137 • May • $24.95 (Can $29.95) • Cloth
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Maggie Beer’s Spring Harvest Recipes
Maggie Beer
More than 80 springtime recipes, divided by ingredient into such chapters as Asparagus,
Garlic, Goat’s Cheese, Honey, Spring greens, Strawberries, and much more
Maggie Beer’s Spring Harvest Recipes brings together all of Maggie Beer’s signature recipes
from the spring chapter of her cookbook Maggie’s Harvest, including detailed descriptions
of seasonal ingredients and inspiring accounts of memorable meals with family and friends.
The recipes highlight Maggie’s philosophy of using the freshest and best seasonal produce
available in the Barossa Valley South Australia, and treating it simply, allowing the natural
flavors to speak for themselves. Describing herself as a “country cook,” Maggie cooks from
the heart and is passionate about instilling in others this same confidence—to use recipes
as a starting point, and be guided by instinct and personal taste. This book from one of
Australia’s best-loved cooks is essential for anyone with an appreciation of the pleasures of
sourcing, cooking and sharing seasonal food. Includes metric measures.
Maggie Beer appears as a guest chef on Australia’s MasterChef and she has an export kitchen, which produces a wide range of pantry items for domestic and international markets. Her
previous cookbooks include Maggie’s Harvest and Maggie’s Table.
Cooking • 176 Pages • 7.5 x 10.25 • 55 Color Photos • 9781921384233 • April
Maggie Beer’s Summer Harvest Recipes
Maggie Beer
More than 80 summertime recipes, divided by ingredient
This collection brings together Maggie Beer’s signature recipes from the summer chapter of
her cookbook Maggie’s Harvest, including detailed descriptions of seasonal ingredients and
inspiring accounts of memorable meals. The recipes highlight Maggie’s philosophy of using
the freshest and best seasonal produce available, and treating it simply, allowing the natural
flavors to speak for themselves. Describing herself as a “country cook,” Maggie cooks from
the heart and is passionate about instilling in others this same confidence—to use recipes as
a starting point, and be guided by instinct and personal taste. This book from one of Australia’s best-loved cooks is essential for anyone with an appreciation of the pleasures of seasonal
food. Includes metric measures.
Maggie Beer appears as a guest chef on Australia’s MasterChef. Her previous cookbooks
include Maggie’s Harvest and Maggie’s Table.
Cooking • 208 Pages • 7.5 x 10 • 55 Color Photos • 9781921384240 • June
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9781920989545
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Simply Vegetables
Over 150 Modern Veggie Recipes
Sybil Kapoor
Exciting, modern recipes for everything from peas and new potatoes through more
unusual produce such as scorzonera and borlotti bean
This beautiful vegetable book offers simple, modern recipes, and encourage readers to cook
vegetables when they are at their very best and come into season—especially useful if they
grow their own. Discover an incredible range of vegetable dishes. Each of the 49 featured
vegetables is accompanied by practical information for preparation and culinary notes with
options for different ways of cooking. The book is packed with atmospheric photography
and contains mouth-watering recipes such as cucumber ice cream, salt-baked celeriac, wild
mushroom and barley risotto, sticky blackcurrant shallots and carrot and cardamom cake.
This is a timely book to tie in with the current renaissance in vegetable gardening community
agriculture schemes. Includes dual measures.
Sybil Kapoor is has won awards for her food writing, including two prestigious Glenfiddich
Awards, and two Michael Smith Awards from the Guild of Food Writers. She has was shortlisted for the Food Writer of the Year at the Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards
2013. Her career began as a chef in London and New York. She is the author of London:
Authentic Recipes Celebrating the Foods of the World and Taste: A New Way to Cook.
Cooking • 320 Pages • 7.5 x 9.75 • 200 Color Illustrations • 9781910904374 • July
Very Veggie Family Cookbook
Delicious, Easy and Practical Vegetarian Recipes to Feed the Whole Family
Sara Ask and Lisa Bjärbo
Sixty vegetarian recipes adapted for family life, divided into chapters based on the time
it takes to cook them
In a time when more and more people turn their eyes away from the meat counter and
look at the vegetables on offer instead, the question of cooking for a young family raises its
head. For many people this is a thorny issue, because what are you supposed to make when
cooking vegetarian food for the whole family? Will everyone be satisfied and full enough?
Will the children even taste it? There are recipes here that take only 20 minutes on a stressful day after work, but also dishes for nights in the week when you might be able to spend
a bit longer than half an hour on dinner. There are recipes for the weekend that are a bit
more demanding, but also a bit more luxurious. There are also recipes for finger food, good
snacks, yummy desserts and lots of practical tips. This book is for anyone who is looking for
vegetarian cooking inspiration. Whether the aim is for your family to do without meat now
and then, or whether you already cook lots of veggie food but are bored with your old recipes, this cookbook is a colorful, stylish, fun and large source of inspiration in your kitchen.
Sara Ask is a children’s dietitian, food journalist and lecturer with a lot of experience in
creating recipes for parenting magazines among others. Lisa Bjärbo is a journalist, writer,
blogger and parent of two very picky vegetarians.
Cooking • 144 Pages • 7.5 x 9 • 75 Color Photos • 9781910496220 • April
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The Fresh Vegan Kitchen
Delicious Recipes for the Vegan and Raw Kitchen
David Bailey and Charlotte Bailey
Irresistible, vibrant vegan food from award-winning vegan street food pioneers
David and Charlotte Bailey’s food is not about what’s missing—it’s about maximizing the
potential and flavor of plant-based ingredients. Discover enticing egg- and dairy-free dishes
from regions with a long tradition of vegetarian eating, such as Asia and India, as well as
innovative twists on Spanish tapas, Middle Eastern mezze, Chinese dim sum and more. From
big breakfasts to light salads and comforting mains to low-sugar sweet treats, The Fresh
Vegan Kitchen is a glorious collection of exciting, satisfying recipes that taste terrific. An
inspirational collection of recipes featuring classic dishes from a wealth of cultures, including
Thai Coconut Curry, Israeli Chickpea Pancakes, Moroccan Vegetable Patties and Chinese
Tofu Rolls. You can even treat yourself to mouth-watering sweet treats and make classic
desserts, from a Pineapple and Coconut Cheesecake to a sumptuous Chocolate Mousse.
When David and Charlotte Bailey fell in love with a Citroën H van they saw parked in Notting Hill, Wholefood Heaven was born. Having worked in many leading restaurants, including as the founding head chef of Saf, where he cooked with Chad Sarno, David followed his
heart and hit the road. The ethos of Wholefood Heaven is simple: no matter where you are,
you should be able to buy high-quality, nutritious, healthy, ethical and tasty fresh food. They
won Best Main Dish at the British Street Food Awards for their Buddha Bowl.
Easy Vegan
140 Delicious and Inspiring Recipes
Sue Quinn
Tomato and Cucumber Panzanella Salad, Rich Mushroom Lasagne, Pistachio Cake with
Orange Blossom Water—delicious recipes without animal products for wannabe vegans,
existing vegans or those wishing to learn more
Veganism is a growing trend worldwide but many of the books currently on the market are
health focused rather than recipe and taste focused. They can also look rather forbidding
and serious. Easy Vegan offers 160 delicious recipes for anyone wanting to eat fewer animal
product for ethical and health reasons, as well as those who might just want to experiment
with this style of cooking or who have family or friends who are vegan. These recipes are
proof that vegan food can be tasty and interesting. Easy Vegan includes great explanations
on how to replace the animal-sourced elements of recipes: how to “veganize” a recipe; how
to make vegan butter, cream, mayo or milk; and how to replace eggs in a recipe. It also uses
illustrations to break down some of the facts surrounding vegan food into visuals, so key
information is easy (and fun) to assimilate. Includes dual measures.
Sue Quinn is a food writer who writes for the Guardian and Delicious magazine. She is the
author of Super Foods Every Day and hosts her own food blog, penandspoon.com.
$29.95 (Can $35.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • Murdoch Books
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Raw
150 Dairy-Free and Gluten-Free Vegan Recipes
Omid Jaffari
Amazing gourmet recipes for every day, as well as the basic kitchen skills needed to
incorporate plant-based, raw vegan food into your life
Here are 150 dairy-free and gluten-free vegan recipes that let you into the secret of creating
gourmet raw cuisine everyday. Eating organic, nutritionally dense, uncooked plant foods can
really improve your health and wellbeing because the less food is processed, the less stress
it puts on the digestive system. The three sections in Raw—raw materials, staples and recipes—guide you through the processes for creating delicious raw vegan cuisine. From using
a dehydrator and stocking a pantry with the best ingredients, to making raw vegan staples
for your fridge and freezer, to combining these staples to make delicious breakfasts, soups,
salads, pastas, risottos, tarts, desserts and chocolates, Raw is a guide to clean to nourishing
food that is full of goodness for body and soul. Includes dual measures.
Omid Jaffari is a world renowned chef, having worked at London’s River Café and now
based at Melbourne’s Botanical Cuisine. This is his first book.
Cooking • 280 Pages • 8 x 10 • 220 Color Photos • 9781760110024 • June
The Raw Food Kitchen Book
Amanda Brocket
Step into the raw food kitchen and discover a way of eating that leaves you feeling
healthy, energized and revitalized
Amanda Brocket is a passionate advocate of eating raw—fresh natural food that has not
been heated over 44°C (or 111°F). After a five-year health battle, she discovered raw food
and quickly lost weight, stopped craving sugar, regained her energy and cured herself of her
health condition. In this book Amanda explains how to start incorporating more raw food
into your diet to experience its life-changing benefits. There are more than 80 delicious,
nourishing recipes to get you started, as well as expert advice on ingredients, preparation,
techniques and equipment. Includes dual measures.
Amanda Brocket is a qualified raw food chef, teacher and coach. The Raw Food Kitchen
Head Office runs regular classes and retreats and offers transformation programs online. The
Raw Food Kitchen Book is Amanda’s first cookbook.
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Primal Kitchen
Real Food Recipes
Sarah Dueweke
Delicious paleo-friendly breakfasts, lunches, dinners and snacks for sustained good health
In Primal Kitchen, chef and primal-eating enthusiast Sarah Dueweke shares recipes for
delicious breakfasts, lunches, dinners and energizing snacks for sustained good health.
With its emphasis on natural ingredients and meals high in protein and healthy fats and
carbohydrates, primal eating offers the benefits of a paleo diet with fewer restrictions.
Full-fat dairy products, including butter, cheese, yogurt and milk, are allowed in limited
quantities, as is alcohol and some starchy fruit and vegetables. By substituting grains such
as wheat, corn and rice for “primal-friendly” alternatives and eliminating refined sugars
in favor of natural sweeteners, Sarah’s innovative recipes show how you can enjoy home
baking and treat foods and still find weight maintenance easy. Slow-cooked casseroles,
hearty salads and power-packed breakfasts are so satisfying and delicious they are sure
to prove popular with family and friends. By following Sarah’s simple guidelines for a
primal diet you’ll find it simple to adapt everyday dishes and discover new favorites in the
process. Includes metric measures.
Sarah Dueweke is a trained chef from Washington, D.C. who has lived in New Zealand since
2011. Having struggled with weight and body image issues, Sarah switched to eating a primal diet with an emphasis on natural ingredients and meals high in protein and healthy fats
and carbohydrates. Despite starting to eat foods she had avoided for years, such as bacon
and cheese, her weight issues disappeared and she found she had never felt better. She shares
her experience of primal eating and delicious recipes for primal breakfasts, lunches, dinners
and snacks in this, her first cookbook.
$34.95 (Can $41.95) • Flexibound • Rights: US & Canada • Penguin Books New Zealand
The Chef Gets Healthy
100 Gluten-Free Recipes
Tobie Puttock and Georgia Puttock
“This book is jam-packed with really delicious, honest, healthy food. Embrace it in your
weekly routine and I’m sure you’ll feel the benefits—I hope you love it as much as I
do.” —Jamie Oliver
With recipes for Baked Eggs with Capsicum and Tomatoes, Quinoa Broccolini and
Asparagus Salad, Roast Chicken with Sage and Lemon, and much more, this cookbook
sets out to prove that food can be delicious without gluten, refined sugar, and highly
processed carbs
What happens when an acclaimed Australian chef is asked to ditch his favorite fat-laden ingredients, forgo many of the rich Italian dishes he has spent 20 years perfecting, and remove
gluten from his recipes? Well, because it’s Georgia, the love of his life who’s asking, he puts
his heart and soul into changing the way they eat. With advice from fitness and nutrition
guru Donna Aston, Georgia helped Tobie identify the changes they needed to make and get
healthy. They created 100 recipes free of gluten, refined sugar, and highly processed carbs,
with a healthy amount of “good” fats, lots of fresh fruit and vegetables, and, above all,
masses of flavor. From breakfast to lunches, dinners, and dessert, this is how they eat now.
Tobie Puttock worked for Italian restaurant Caffe e Cucina before honing his skills in restaurant kitchens in Italy, Switzerland, and the UK, including time behind the burners at London’s River Cafe and Fifteen London. Tobie then returned home to establish the Australian
counterpart, Fifteen Melbourne. Tobie has his own YouTube channel, which is part of Jamie
Oliver’s Food Tube network. He is the author of Cook Like an Italian, Daily Italian, and
Italian Local. Georgia Puttock spent several years working for some of Australia’s premier
fashion labels and as a freelance makeup artist. She now works as a feline vet nurse. Jamie
Oliver is a British chef and celebrity whose credits include The Naked Chef.
Cooking/Health • 208 Pages • 8.5 x 11 • 9780670077588 • April • $35.00 (Can $42.00)
Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • Penguin Books Australia/Lantern AU
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Eat Greek for a Week
Fabulous Food that Will Improve Your Health in Seven Days
Tonia Buxton
How the culinary wonders of Greece can lead to a happy, healthy and rewarding diet—
includes specific recipes to increase libido, manage diabetes, reach an ideal weight, look
younger, or increase chances of getting pregnant
A qualified nutritionist, Tonia Buxton takes readers on a journey across her homeland and
shows how Greek food can not only manage your weight more effectively, but can help slow
aging, improve your sex life, and even prevent the development of diabetes. From delicious
dolmades to mouth-watering moussaka, leave the mundane weekly dinners at home and join
Tonia on a culinary journey of discovery as she shows you how the dishes of her Hellenic
homeland can lead to a happy and healthy lifestyle. With extensive charts on the benefits of
particular nutrients, and more than 50 recipes ranging from a simple Tzatziki to a superb
souvlaki, Eat Greek for a Week is a wonderful introduction to Greek cooking. Includes
metric measures.
Tonia Buxton is a gourmet chef, writer and television personality. She was the presenter of
the UK Discovery Channel’s award-winning series My Greek Kitchen and My Cypriot Kitchen. Tonia is the author of Have a Baby and Look Better than Ever.
Naturally Sassy
My Recipes for an Energised, Healthy and Happy You
Saskia Gregson-Williams
Be fit not skinny, happy not guilty with 100 healthy recipes for every day, deliciously
free from meat, dairy and wheat
Saskia’s delicious, easy-to-make recipes will prove to sugar addicts, hardened carnivores and
dairy lovers that plant-based eating is delicious, fun and satisfying—as well as really good
for you. Recipes are either quick and simple or can be made ahead, ingredients are affordable
and easy to find, and you don’t need lots of expensive equipment to make this food. As a
ballet dancer, this diet gives Saskia all the energy and nutrition she needs to train, recover
and perform—but you don’t have to be an athlete to benefit from this book. These recipes
will overhaul your health, leave your skin healthy and glowing, give you energy to tackle
every situation and occasion from gym work-outs to that special occasion for which you
need to look for best, and give your body all the nutrients it needs to be healthy. Includes
dual measures.
Saskia Gregson-Williams is a trained ballet dancer and the founder of Naturally Sassy, a
healthy food brand. She is also the food editor for Hip and Healthy and is a brand ambassador for Free People and Sweaty Betty. Naturally Sassy Superfood Bites are sold at a growing
range of health retailers, including Planet Organic. She lives in London and Chicago.
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Rick Stein: From Venice to Istanbul
Discovering the Flavours of the Eastern Mediterranean
Rick Stein
The award-winning chef leads readers through an ancient
landscape discovering great food, creating dishes from recipes that have lasted the course of time
From the mythical heart of Greece to the fruits of the Black Sea
coast; from Croatian and Albanian flavors to the spices and aromas of Turkey and beyond—the cuisine of the Eastern Mediterranean is a vibrant melting pot brimming with character. This
book includes more than 100 spectacular recipes discovered by
Rick during his travels. The ultimate mezze spread of baba ghanoush, pide bread and keftedes. Mouthwatering garlic shrimps
with soft polenta. Heavenly Dalmatian fresh fig tart. Packed with
stunning photography of the food and locations, and filled with
Rick’s passion for fresh produce and authentic cooking, this collection of inspiring recipes evokes the magic of the Eastern Mediterranean at home. Includes metric measures.
Rick Stein’s talent for creating delicious flavor combinations in
his books and restaurants have won him a host of awards, accolades and fans. As well as hosting a number of television series,
he has published many cookbooks, including Complete Seafood,
French Odyssey, Far Eastern Odyssey, and Rick Stein’s India.
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Masu
Nic Watt
Combining beautiful photography and creative styling and
design with excellent recipes, this stunning cookbook is
designed to make Japanese cooking accessible
This is the story of Masu, a Japanese restaurant in Auckland
which has won many awards, and much acclaim from diners.
Nic Watt gives cooks lists of the items needed for a Japanese
pantry, the tools to make great Japanese food, and the philosophy behind it. You’ll learn how to make sashimi the right way,
how to make sushi simply, how to make great salads and soups,
and how to wow your family and friends with menus that taste
sensational but are actually really easy to make. It also includes
delicious desserts and cocktails; try the scrumptious white miso
pavlova and you’ll be in heaven. Includes dual measures.
Nic Watt honed his cooking skills at the Park Hyatt in Tokyo,
Japan. Senior positions at both the Michelin starred Nobu and
the Park Hyatt in London followed before he headed the kitchen
at the world- renowned Huka Lodge. In 2013, he opened the
multi-award winning Masu by Nic Watt in Auckland.
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The Little Chinese Cookbook
More than 80 Delicious Recipes
Murdoch Books
A culinary travel guide and cookbook all in one
The Little Chinese Cookbook explores the ways in which geography, climate, culture and
tradition have shaped one of the world’s most popular cuisines. It takes a look at the behindthe-scenes world of growers, artisans, chefs and home cooks, whose passion for produce is
reflected in the regional styles and flavors of China’s rich and varied food. Special features
focus on aspects of agriculture and food production that characterize China’s traditions of
cooking at home and restaurant dining. More than 80 recipes include seafood, dim sum recipes, hotpots and desserts. Includes dual measures.
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The Little Thai Cookbook
More than 80 Delicious Recipes
Murdoch Books
A culinary travel guide and cookbook all in one
The Little Thai Cookbook explores the ways in which geography, climate, culture and tradition have shaped one of the world’s most popular cuisines. It takes a look at the behindthe-scenes world of growers, artisans, chefs and home cooks, whose passion for produce is
reflected in the regional styles and flavors of Thailand’s rich and varied food. Special features
focus on aspects of agriculture and food production that characterize Thailand’s traditions
of cooking at home and restaurant dining. Featured are More than 80 recipes include street
food, seafood specialities, stir-fries, vegetable dishes and curries. Includes dual measures.
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Guillaume: Food for Family
Guillaume Brahimi
In his follow-up to Food for Friends, celebrated chef Guillaume Brahimi creates
mouth-watering menus in seven of Australia’s most beautiful homes
Join Guillaume for a decadent winter luncheon hosted by Cate Blanchett in an iconic country
woolshed or a stylish seafood lunch at the beachside hideaway of Kellie Hush, editor-in-chief
of Harper’s BAZAAR. Guillaume also shares more of his family’s favorite recipes—relaxed,
delicious meals designed to satisfy a household of hungry children (and a busy French
chef)—before inviting you behind the scenes of his brand new restaurant. This is full-flavored, big-hearted food, perfect for sharing with those you love. Stunning photography by
Anson Smart and Earl Carter ensures Food for Family is a true feast for the eyes as well as
the tastebuds. With a foreword by model Sarah Murdoch.
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French-born Guillaume Brahimi is one of Australia’s most respected chefs. He trained under
Michelin-starred chef Joel Robuchon in Paris before moving to Sydney in 1990. His celebrated restaurant Guillaume at Bennelong, situated in the southern shell of the iconic Sydney
Opera House, won almost every major accolade in Australian food, as well as international
recognition. The restaurant held its last service on New Year’s Eve 2013. Bistro Guillaume,
his award-winning take on the classic French bistro, opened in Melbourne in 2009; a second venue followed in Perth in 2012. Guillaume launched his eponymous new restaurant in
Sydney in 2014.
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Mr Singh’s Fabulous Fiery Cookbook
Anglo-Asian Fusion Recipes with Bite
Mr. Singh
A guide to getting the most out of fiery chilli sauces
Mr Singh’s fiery chilli sauces are a true family affair, produced by the Singh family in their
East London home. In this enthusiastic and accessible cookbook, the Singh family shares
their knowledge of incorporating spicy chillies into a family diet. From Mr. Singh’s sweet
and sticky chilli chicken to cool couscous, Granny Singh’s paneer or Mamma Singh’s quick
dhal, every recipe incorporates one of their classic sauces in some way and will show you
how to create your own version of their fiery products. This book is sure to become a true
family favorite on the cookbook shelf. Includes dual measures.
Mr. Singh’s business started in a garden shed in 1985, using Popa Singh’s secret recipe
chilli sauce, and has grown to supply the likes of Harvey Nichols, Selfridges, Ocado, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, over 450 independent retailers, and exported to New York, South Africa,
and Ireland.
Cooking • 160 Pages • 7.5 x 9 • 60 Color Photos • 9781910496473 • July
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A Lombardian Cookbook
From the Alps to the Lakes of Northern Italy
Alessandro Pavoni
Cheese in Beer and Grappa Batter, Rainbow Trout Tartar, Pumpkin Gnocchi with Gorgonzola Sauce—some of the best recipes of the Northern Italian province of Lombardy
Renowned chef Alessandro Pavoni hails from Lombardy, home to some of Italy’s most famous dishes, including osso bucco, bollito misto and panettone. In his first cookbook, Alessandro reveals the secrets to these traditional classics, along with more than 100 of his treasured family recipes featuring Lombardy’s rich produce—cave-aged cheeses and cured meats,
polenta, tender spit-roasted meat and risotto made from rice grown on the plains of the River
Po. Having learned to cook as a boy standing by his Nonna’s side, Alessandro understood,
from an early age, the power of food to nourish and bring joy. This passion continues to
inspire him to create delicious, comforting dishes that will bring a little bit of Lombardy into
your own home. Includes dual measures.
Alessandra Pavoni is the renowned chef of Sydney’s two-chef-hatted Ormeggio at the Spit.
Roberta Muir is the author of 500 Cheeses and Sydney Seafood School Cookbook and the
manager of Sydney Seafood School.
Cooking • 224 Pages • 9 x 11 • 120 Color Photos • 9781921383380 • June
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Mezzogiorno
Southern Italian Cooking
Francesco Mazzei
“Mazzei’s recipes are in equal measure respectfully traditional and brilliantly contemporary. An absolute must for any food lover.” —Stanley Tucci, author, The Tucci Cookbook
Calabrian-born Francesco Mazzei is one of the great Italian chefs working in Britain today
Francesco Mazzei hails from Calabria—the toe on Italy’s boot and the region noted for
producing n’duja (a spicy, spreadable pork sausage). Like n’duja, Mazzei has come to prominence in the last few years impressing fellow chefs, bloggers, and critics alike. Mazzei has led
a varied career that has straddled Rome, Edinburgh, London, Bangkok (where he opened an
Italian restaurant at the Royal Sporting Club), and Calabria. He opened L’Anima in 2008,
which has since become one of the leading lights of London’s collection of Italian restaurants. Signature dishes at L’Anima, such as Charcoal scallops with n’duja and salsa verde
and Spit roast leg of lamb with cannellini beans and black cabbage, offer prime examples of
a style that marries rustic Calabrian flavors with Modern European precision. This, his first
book, is a straightforward 80 terrific southern Italian recipes with an introduction to the
food of Southern Italy. Includes metric measures.
Calabrian-born Francesco Mazzei is chef-patron of L’Anima, one of Britain’s most celebrated Italian restaurants, and he launched L’Anima Café in the summer of 2014, the first
of a new chain planned to expand over the next three years. Francesco appears regularly on
Saturday Kitchen and MasterChef, and he hosted the MasterChef celebrity final at L’Anima
in 2014.
Cooking • 288 Pages • 8.25 x 10.25 • 140 Color Photos • 9781848094635 • June
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Anna Del Conte on Pasta
Anna Del Conté
“The book that actually changed the way the English thought about Italian cooking.”
—Nigella Lawson
“My favorite Italian food writer.” —Delia Smith
“Not quite the Italian Larousse Gastronomique, but a reasonably close contender.”
—Library Journal on Gastronomy of Italy
The influential book on pasta has been fully revised and updated, with more than 30
new recipes and specially commissioned illustrations
First published in 1976 as Portrait of Pasta, this book revolutionized the way pasta was
perceived internationally. Now it’s been fully updated to create Anna Del Conte On Pasta,
a delicious collection of 120 recipes, many of which can be cooked within minutes. It starts
with a fascinating historical account of pasta, then guides you through how to cook pasta,
and explores the different types of pasta. The recipes, which come from every region of
Italy, are divided into easy to navigate chapters on meat, dairy, vegetables, soups, stuffed
and baked pastas. This classic Italian cookbook will quickly prove essential in your kitchen.
Anna Del Conte is widely recognized as the doyenne of Italian cooking. Her books include
The Gastronomy of Italy, The Italian Kitchen, and The Classic Food of Northern Italy,
which in 1996 won both The Guild of Food Writers Book Award and the Orio Vergani prize
of the Accademia Italiana della Cucina. She was also awarded the Guild of Food Writers
Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011.
Cooking • 208 Pages • 7.5 x 9.25 • 23 B/W Photos, 100 B/W Illustrations • 9781909815629
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My Simple Italian
100 Inspired Recipes from One of Britain’s Best Italian Chefs
Theo Randall
“One of my favorite books of the year, and a must-have for any pasta lover. Theo’s
cooking is sublime.” —Jamie Oliver on Pasta
Theo Randall shows how just a few simple ingredients can be turned into mouth-watering Italian feasts without fuss, in what ever time you have to spend in the kitchen
Theo Randall loves Italian food. As head chef at the iconic River Cafe he won a Michelin star
for his Italian menus, and his restaurant Theo Randall at the InterContinental is consistently
voted one of the best Italians in the UK. Here, Theo wants to show you how to make his
favorite Italian dishes at home—the food he cooks and eats when he’s not working at his
restaurant. Theo focuses on what he loves best—a few top quality ingredients making perfectly balanced flavor combination—and offers over 100 recipes with simple methods that
work in a home kitchen. Theo’s recipes take from just 15 minutes to make from scratch so
you can pick a dish depending on the time you have, then spend more time eating, enjoying
and sharing the food you’ve prepared. Chapters are split by meal times with an emphasis on
simplicity, with big and small sharing plates and lots of one-pots on offer. There are speedy
starters, mains and desserts, but Theo shows you how to make Italian staples from scratch
too. So, when you do have time and want to make your own pastry or bake your own pizza,
you have the best recipes to hand. Includes metric measures.
Theo Randall, who served his apprenticeship with Max Magarian in London and Alice Waters in San Francisco, was head chef at the Michelin-starred River Cafe for ten years. He now
runs his own restaurant, Theo Randall at the InterContinental Park Lane, in London, and
has earned unparalleled rave reviews from critics and food-lovers. His previous cookbook
is Pasta.
Cooking • 224 Pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 100 Color Photos • 9780091929015 • May • $45.00
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Courtyard Kitchen
Recipes and Growing Tips for Herbs and Potted Fruits
Natalie Boog
Simple and effective advice for potting and growing herbs and potted fruits in a small
outdoor space—and wonderful recipes with which to enjoy them
Herbs and potted fruits thrive in small, easy-to maintain spaces—in courtyard pots and
troughs, on decks or balconies or in window boxes. Herbs are inexpensive to pot and grow
and add wonderful flavor to the simplest dish, and of course there’s nothing quite like cooking with home-grown ingredients. Courtyard Kitchen is prefaced with simple tips and hints
on selecting the best herbs for your space and setting up and maintaining them; it includes essential information on seasons, cropping times and basic plant care. Following this are more
than 80 simple fresh food recipes with clever flavor-matching ideas based around a specific
herb or potted fruit theme—basil, mint, coriander, lemon, parsley, strawberry, thyme, rosemary, chilli. There are risottos, roasts, pizzas, salsas, salads, soups, recipes for pasta, polenta,
couscous; there are sorbets, cakes and treats—delicious, easy recipes that celebrate the sheer
pleasure of home cooking with herbs you’ve grown yourself. Includes dual measures.
Natalie Boog ran a fruit and vegetable co-operative which prompted her to start a very successful food blog, from which the idea for Courtyard Kitchen arose.
Cooking/Gardening • 240 Pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 200 Color Photos • 9781760110659 • April
Eat the Week
Every Meal Every Day
Anna Barnett
Recipes that cater to anything the average week can throw at you, from wholesome and
healthy Mondays to spendy Saturdays, from carb-cravings and comfort foods to cheats
and tricks using little more than leftovers
It’s Tuesday, you’re feeling lazy and you’re craving flavor. It’s Thursday, the weekend is in
sight and it’s time to share a feast with friends. It’s Saturday, you’re ready to splash the cash
and go big. Eat the Week is stylish, practical and personal. Anna Barnett has devised creative
recipes inspired by our different moods as we navigate the week. There’s everything from
weekend brunches and comforting dishes packed full of carbs to nutritious salads and zesty
Asian noodles for when you want something lighter, plus cheats, insider tricks and imaginative ways with leftovers. On Mondays it’s all about simple dishes, healthy-eating resolutions,
minimum fuss and robust flavors; on Saturdays, when you have more time to shop and cook,
things get a bit more extravagant. Taking you from Monday through to Sunday, breakfast
through to dessert, Eat the Week will take the hassle out of food shopping and meal planning
and put the fun back into your week. Includes dual measures.
Anna Barnett has worked as an event organizer, a celebrity booker for MTV and PA for Kelly Osbourne, but food has always been a passion. Anna writes a weekly column, “The Reluctant Vegetarian,” for the Independent and runs her own blog at annabarnettcooks.co.uk.
She regularly turns her house into a pop-up restaurant and has been extensively featured in
UK food magazines and national press.
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Apple Blossom Pie
Memories of an Australian Country Kitchen
Kate McGhie
Tried and tested family recipes, filled with stories and anecdotes, a book to be read for
the pleasures of the Australian rural lifestyle as much as practicality
Kate McGhie is a farmer’s daughter, born into seven generations of a family who worked
and respected the land. Their farm in rural Victoria produced everything they ate. There
were dairy and beef cattle, sheep and goats; the vegetable garden was huge; and the potato
patch filled two acres with five different varieties. The orchard was shared: the lower third
for possums, the top third for birds and the middle section for Kate’s family—everyone was
happy. In this book filled with over 120 recipes and stories from her family’s farm, Kate
McGhie writes with wit and warmth as she explores the foundations and flavor of Australian
country cooking, drawing on tradition to present classic, tried and true dishes as well as contemporary interpretations for today’s table. Chapters cover soups and starters; vegetables;
meat, poultry and fish; fruit; baking; and preserving. Includes dual measures.
Kate McGhie is one of Australia’s most respected food authorities and commentators. She
has been the Herald Sun food writer for over 20 years and is a former chair of the international Association of Culinary professionals. She began her career as a chef working in
Europe and Asia. Kate returned to Australia to establish her own restaurant and consult to
the food industry.
Margaret and Me
Recipes for Life from My Grandmother’s Kitchen
Kate Gibbs
“Appealing and easy to navigate.” —Publishers Weekly on After Toast
Favorite recipes and heartwarming, poignant stories from an Australian food dynasty
Food writer Kate Gibbs grew up at the apron strings of her grandmother, Margaret Fulton.
The matriarch of Australian cooking taught Kate everything she needed to know about
cooking, including how to make bereavement soup, how thickly to spread butter on bread
and that porridge must absolutely be made with salt. Here Kate reveals some of the highs and
lows from the life of her extraordinary grandmother, and her own experiences growing up in
a foodie family. Kate distills this kitchen wisdom into 50 beautifully photographed recipes,
a mixture of classic dishes such as Scotch broth and homemade crumpets that recall Margaret’s Scottish heritage, to Kate’s takes on slow-roasted lamb shoulder and custard-filled chocolate profiteroles. These are the recipes that both women grew up with and which endure as
family favorites. Includes dual measures.
Kate Gibbs is a food and travel writer whose work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal
and the Sydney Morning Herald. She is the author of After Toast: Recipes for Aspiring Cooks.
Margaret Fulton is an Australian cooking guru and the author of Margaret Fulton Baking.
Cooking • 256 Pages • 6.75 x 9.5 • 77 Color Photos, 8 B/W Photos • 9781743310274
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National Trust Kitchen Cookbook
National Trust
The National Trust has nearly 200 cafes, in 2014 serving
3.2 million cups of tea and 2.68 million homemade cakes—
here they share their hugely popular, tried-and-tested dishes
so you can cook your favorites at home
This collection offers more than 100 recipes for British seasonal
dishes, ranging from classics like Steak and Ale Pie to to newer
favorites like Pumpkin Pearl Barley Risotto and Vegetable Tagine. Desserts range from scones (of which the National Trust
sell millions and particularly pride themselves) to Ginger and
Satsuma Cake and Orange and Poppyseed Cake. Many of the
recipes use ingredients sourced from the National Trust’s kitchen
gardens and farms—and so make the most of the fresh summer
peas or autumnal squashes. The book also features recipes that
are linked to National Trust places, such as the hearty beef stew
enjoyed by Churchill at Chartwell, Agatha Christie’s favorite
Lobster Bisque which she ate at Greenway, or the Plum Cake
recipe handed down to Beatrix Potter from her mother. Includes
dual measures.
The National Trust has four million members. It protects some
of the most important spaces and places in England, Wales and
Northern Ireland.
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Heart on a Plate
Heart-Shaped Food for the Ones You Love
Emma Marsden
From Big Heart Pizza with Truffle to Big Red Velvet Heart—give your heart on a plate
with delicious and simple heart-shaped recipes for the ones you love
Show your loved ones just what they mean to you with these brilliant and creative ideas for
food cooked with love. Whether you make surprise Mother’s Day lace-pancakes, prepare a
romantic meal for two with steak and heart-shaped potato chips, or pack a lunchbox filled
with love for a first day at school, or whip up spiced chocolate mousse with shortbread
hearts for a dinner party, your loved ones will know you care. These are recipes that fill your
heart with love that will keep your belly satisfied, too. Includes metric measures.
Emma Marsden is a food writer and stylist who studied at Leiths School of Food & Wine.
She was Cookery Editor at Good Housekeeping magazine, is the author of Tea at Fortnum
& Mason, and contributes regularly to Harrods’ magazine.
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Christmas on a Plate
Emma Marsden
Quick and easy festive recipes that will fill your home with Christmas sparkle, from
Orange Snowflake Cakes to Spiced Cheesecake Shots
Make your own edible gifts, from Reindeer Donuts to Snowball Truffles, create simple party
canapés and snacks, like Spiced Cheesecake Shots or a Camembert Parcel, and offer guests
Snow Hot Chocolate with spice and brandy. Everything you need for a delicious and decorative festive season! Includes metric measures.
Emma Marsden is a food writer and stylist who studied at Leiths School of Food & Wine.
She was Cookery Editor at Good Housekeeping magazine, is the author of Tea at Fortnum
& Mason, and contributes regularly to Harrods’ magazine.
Cooking/Seasonal • 112 Pages • 8.25 x 9.25 • 60 Color Photos • 9780224101011 • August
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The French Baker
Jean Michel Raynaud
A master baker who has worked as head patissier in Michelin-starred restaurants offers a guide to delicious French
baking at home that is equally practical and achievable
From a master patissier comes a guide to delicious French-style
baking in the home kitchen. The French Baker features 95 recipes accompanied by beautifully shot and styled images; the more
complex and technical baked items are supported by step-bystep photography and further hints and tips. Throughout the
book, recipes are interspersed with narrative sections that feature
French-born Jean Michel’s stories of his training and work in patisseries in France and give insights into the place of bakers and
baking in French society. Introductions and breakouts also provide information about the recipes’ histories, traditions and cultural significance. The recipes are a mix of sweet and savory and
are grouped into chapters focusing on biscuits; cakes and muffins; breads; tarts and pies; choux pastry; brioche; flaky pastry;
spreads and jams; and creams and curds. Includes dual measures.
Jean Michel Raynaud is head patissier of Sydney’s Renaissance
Patisserie and Baroque restaurant. He began his career under
the tutelage of master patissier Robert Schicchi in Marsaille in
France and was a head pastry chef by the age of 20. After settling
in Australia, he specialized in the exclusive wedding cake market
as head chef of Sweet Art and Planet Cake in Sydney.
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Epic Kitchen Adventures
Tasty Treats Ready in Minutes!
Raphael Gomes
Join YouTube’s favorite kitchen wizard Raphael Gomes
(with more than 202k followers) on an epic adventure
through his unique world of tasty and tantalizing treats
Entertaining countless followers and subscribers with his YouTube posts, Raphael Gomes has been sharing his outrageous
fast food recipes with hungry fans across the globe. His new and
quirky cookbook provides tried and tested recipes that promise to be ready in minutes. With basic prep-time and speedy
delivery, these yummy treats are perfect for those looking for
something more fun and less time consuming than standard
cookbooks. With the accompanying free app, readers can access
additional exclusive content. By scanning icons throughout the
book they will be able to unlock the new videos, pictures and
advice from Raphael to help them snack with style and with
speed. Approximately 50 recipes include Chocolate Mug Cake,
3 Ingredient Nutella Muffins, Crispy Bacon and Cheese RollUps, One-Minute Microwave Mini Pizzas, and Oreo Popcorn.
Includes metric measures.
Raphel Gomes, aka #raphablueberry, is an internet sensation.
He has fans around the world but notably in the United States,
Canada, Australia, Portugal, India, Singapore, Malaysia, The
Netherlands and Germany. In his teens Raphael took to vlogging on YouTube where he combined his passion for cooking to
create Cooking with Raphael and now It’s Rapha Blueberry, a
YouTube sensation with more than 202,000 followers.
Cooking/Entertainment • 176 Pages • 6 x 7.75
80 Color Photos, Four-color Interior • 9781910536193 • May
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FLAVOURS OF WALES
Flavours of Wales Collection
Gilli Davies
Photographer Huw Jones
Recipes exploring the history and techniques of traditional Welsh cuisine
More than 100 easy-to-follow recipes allow both the experienced and would-be chef
to create a true taste of Wales. Five course sections—starters and light dishes; fish and
seafood; vegetarian dishes; meat, poultry, and game; and puddings and baking—each
featurs full recipes and photographs. Includes metric measures.
Gilli Davies is the author of many cookbooks based on local food culture in Wales
and Cyprus, as well as a 10-part TV series, Tastes of Wales. Huw Jones is a UK-based
food photographer.
Cooking • 192 Pages • 8 x 10 • 50 Color Photos • 9781909823617 • May
Flavours of Wales: Starters & Light Dishes
Gilli Davies
These traditional appetizers are the perfect introduction to a full Welsh meal
With new and easy-to-follow recipes exhibiting some of the best flavors and dishes
Wales has to offer, stunning photography by Huw Jones and recipes by Gilli Davies,
these are a must-have for any Welsh kitchen. These 23 recipes exploring the history,
produce, and techniques of traditional Welsh cuisine, and include favorites such as
Deep Fried Cockles and Cawl. Includes metric measures.
Gilli Davies is the author of many cookbooks based on local food culture in Wales
and Cyprus, as well as a 10-part TV series, Tastes of Wales. Huw Jones is a UK-based
food photographer.
Cooking • 48 Pages • 4.75 x 6 • 10 Color Photos • 9781909823167 • May
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FLAVOURS OF WALES
Flavours of Wales: Fish and Seafood
Gilli Davies
From traditional Welsh Cakes to Salmon Bread and Butter Pudding, these easy to
follow recipes allow you to discover a true taste of Wales
This little book contains more than 20 recipes for fish and seafood dishes by Gilli Davies,
inspired by traditional and new Welsh cooking. Lavishly illustrated with mouth-watering
images by Huw Jones, it contains insightful notes on the key ingredients which make these
recipes truly Welsh. Includes metric measures.
Gilli Davies is the author of many cookbooks based on local food culture in Wales and Cyprus, as well as a 10-part TV series, Tastes of Wales. Gilli runs children’s cookery classes,
a training scheme to encourage restaurants to use local ingredients, and a variety of other
food events. Huw Jones is a UK-based food photographer.
Flavours of Wales: Meat, Poultry and Game
Gilli Davies
These traditional Welsh recipes are a must-have for any carnivore’s kitchen
This little book contains recipes for meat, poultry, and game by Gilli Davies, inspired by
traditional and new Welsh cooking, and has been lavishly illustrated with mouth-watering
images by Huw Jones. With 23 recipes exploring the history, produce, and techniques of
traditional Welsh cuisine, Meat, Poultry and Game includes favorites such as Welsh lamb
with lavender and fagotts. Includes metric measures.
Flavours of Wales: Vegetarian Dishes
Gilli Davies
This pocket-sized book contains Welsh recipes, perfect for any vegetarian’s kitchen
With new and easy-to-follow recipes exhibiting some of the best flavors and dishes Wales
has to offer, stunning photography by Huw Jones, and recipes by Gilli Davies, these are
a must-have for any Welsh kitchen. With 23 recipes exploring the history, produce, and
techniques of traditional Welsh cuisine, Vegetarian Dishes includes favorites such as Glamorgan Sausages and Welsh Rarebit. Includes metric measures.
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FIRST STEPS
First Steps to Living with Diabetes
Types 1 and 2
Simon Atkins
The latest in the First Steps series offers insight and advice for sufferers of Diabetes
Type 1 and Type 2
Diabetes, both Types 1 and 2, is a common condition that is becoming more widespread
and affects well over three hundred million people worldwide. It is a condition that can
be present at birth, or can develop in later life. Whenever it presents itself, the sufferer
needs to know how to cope with it, who they can turn to, what lifestyle changes they
may need to adopt, and what treatments are available. All that information is in this
guide. Whether you have been diagnosed as an adult, or are looking after a child with
diabetes, whether it is Type 1 or Type 2, whether it is affecting your weight, your skin,
or your eyesight—this book will tell you all you need to know.
Dr. Simon Atkins is a practicing doctor and the author of First Steps to Living with
Dementia and First Steps through Insomnia. He has written for the British Medical
Journal, the Guardian, Men’s Health, and the Observer.
Health/Medical • 96 Pages • 5 x 7 • 9780745970431 • April • $9.95 (Can $11.95)
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First Steps to Living with Digestive Problems
Simon Atkins
Find out how to identify and treat digestive issues from this new title in the First
Steps series
Digestive problems can come in many guises, from difficulties in swallowing, through
the stomach, to constipation, gas, IBS, and beyond. In this handy introductory guide,
doctor and author Simon Atkins explains the issues in layman’s language. He covers
both what we can do for ourselves, and when we need to call on professional help. As
digestive problems become more widespread and more acute—often fuelled by stress,
obesity, lack of exercise, and poor health—we all need to know what to do and when.
This book covers food intolerance, medical treatments, what to be concerned about,
dietary treatments, therapy, and more.
Dr. Simon Atkins is a practicing doctor and the author of First Steps to Living with
Dementia and First Steps through Insomnia. He has written for the British Medical
Journal, the Guardian, Men’s Health, and the Observer.
Health/Medical • 96 Pages • 5 x 7 • 9780745970417 • August • $9.95 (Can $11.95)
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PERSONAL HEALTH GUIDES
Your Guide to Understanding and Dealing
with Dementia
What You Need to Know
Keith Souter
According to the World Health Organization, there is an average of one new case
of dementia every four seconds
Dementia encompasses a range of brain diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease, that
cause cognitive impairment and are much more likely to occur with age. Dementia has
a serious effect on the lives of not only its sufferers, but also has a significant impact on
their family and friends. This book gives the basic information needed to understand
what dementia is, how to recognize it, and, most essentially, how to deal with it, including details on the different types of dementia; risk factors and investigation; the various
treatments and supports available; and daily living, diet, exercise, and attitude.
Dr. Keith Souter is an established medical writer and Fellow of the Royal College of
General Practitioners. He is the author of 50 Things You Can Do Today to Manage
Back Pain, Understanding and Dealing with Stroke, Understanding and Dealing with
Depression, and Understanding and Dealing with Heart Disease.
Health • 272 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781849537704 • April • $14.95 (Can $17.95) • Cloth
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Your Guide to Understanding and Dealing with
Type 2 Diabetes
What You Need to Know
Keith Souter
An estimated 29.1 million people, or 9.3%, of the US population has diabetes, with
type 2 being the most common form
Type 2 diabetes often smolders on for a long time before it is recognized and diagnosed—it is believed that there are hundreds of thousands of undiagnosed cases. This
book gives the basic information needed to understand what type 2 diabetes is, how to
recognize it, and, most essentially, how to manage it, including details on the symptoms
of type 2 diabetes; risk factors for type 2 diabetes and how to reduce those risks; the
various medicinal treatments and support available; and changes to daily routines, diet,
exercise, and attitude that can improve life with type 2 diabetes.
Dr. Keith Souter is the author of 50 Things You Can Do Today to Manage Back Pain,
Understanding and Dealing with Stroke, Understanding and Dealing with Depression,
and Understanding and Dealing with Heart Disease.
Health • 224 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781849535427 • April • $14.95 (Can $17.95) • Cloth
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Forgetiquette
What to Do When Someone You Love Begins to Forget
Joan Sauers
A gift book of advice and support for those dealing with the caretaking challenges of a
loved one with memory loss
Having a loved one with memory loss is no laughing matter, but a little humor can help.
With her sage advice and trademark irreverence, Joan Sauers helps to relieve the frustration
of dealing with dementia sufferers while offering practical advice that will help you help
them. Above all she reminds you that, though it may feel like the loneliest job in the world,
you are not alone.
Joan Sauers was born in New York and worked in film and television in New York, London,
and Los Angeles before settling in Australia. She is the author of 12 books including Mothers
& Daughters. She is a consultant and lecturer in screenwriting.
Health/Humor • 192 Pages • 7.5 x 5 • 9780857986597 • June • $16.95 (Can $19.95)
Cloth • Rights: US & Canada • Random House Australia/Bantam Australia
Healthy Habits
52 Ways to Better Health
Cris Beer
Healthy Habits: 52 Ways to Better Health is an easy-to-read book offering an effective “habit-a-week” approach. Incorporate one new habit per week into your lifestyle across an entire
year (52 weeks). By following the week-by-week advice within these pages you will start
to regain the energy and vitality you thought you’d lost or never previously attained. Your
appetite and body weight will come into alignment with what is healthy for your frame. In
essence, you will regain your health back and with it your life. These no-fuss tips are for every
busy person who thinks they have no time to look after their health. They are supported by
evidence-based research, and easy to implement into everyday life.
Dr. Cris Beer holds qualifications in medicine, biomedical science, integrative and nutritional
medicine, health coaching, as well as personal fitness training. She was the health consultant
for The Biggest Loser Retreat on the Gold Coast, and writes a General Practitioner column
for the Sunday Telegraph’s Body and Soul.
Health • 288 Pages • 7.5 x 9.75 • 60 Color Photos, Four-color Interior • 9781925017540
May • $24.95 (Can $29.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • Rockpool Publishing
The Art of Balanced Living
The Right Diet and Lifestyle for Your Body Type
Shaun Matthews
How the body-type diet of the ancient Indian Ayurveda tradition can help us live healthier, happier and more balanced lives today
The advice in this book is based on the body-typing system of Ayurveda, India’s traditional
system of healing. Yoga and meditation are well known elements of Ayurveda, but fewer
people know about the body type diet and how it affects physical, emotional and mental
health. The three body types, or doshas, Vata, Pitta and Kapha, reflect and affect everything
from the health of our skin to the state of our finances. This book answers questions such as
Why can’t I lose that last bit of weight? Why is digestion so sensitive to raw food? Why do I
get angry so quickly? Why can’t I tolerate hot spices? It also contains recipes and stories from
people whose lives have changed after implementing the body-type diet.
Dr. Shaun Matthews has worked as a general practitioner since 1992. He studied Ayurvedic
medicine in India at Gujarat Ayurveda University and trained as yoga teacher at the Bihar
School of Yoga. He is the author of Journeys in Healing.
Nutrition/Body/Mind/Spirit • 256 Pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 8 B/W Photos, 16 Line Drawings
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Fat Planet
The Obesity Trap and How We Can Escape It
David Lewis and Margaret Leitch
“A must read for those wishing to understand the true causes of obesity and what
we can do about it.” —Hank Cardello, Director, Obesity Solutions Initiative,
Hudson Institute
The true causes of the global obesity epidemic, and how we can overcome it
More than a billion people worldwide are overweight and over 600 million are obese. This
book examines the social and psychological causes of the obesity pandemic in order to determine why this is, and what we can do. It reveals ground-breaking research into the behavior
of corporations that relentlessly promote foods high in sugar, fat and salt, with shockingly
similar neurological effects to hard drugs. It considers the prevalence of food cues which stimulate our desire to consume. And it debunks fad diets and drugs, suggesting practical, easily
implemented strategies for sustainable weight loss.
Dr. David Lewis is a neuropsychologist and the author of Impulse. Dr. Margaret Leitch is a
research scientist.
Nutrition/Social Science • 320 Pages • 5 x 8 • 3 B/W Photos, 5 B/W Illustrations
9780099594123 • April • $17.95 • Trade Paper • Rights: US • Random House UK/Arrow
The Ice Diet
A Six-Week Plan to Lose Weight and Feel Great
Peta Bee
Super-charge your body’s calorie-burning powers to change the way you look and
feel forever
Based on cutting-edge scientific research, The Ice Diet reveals natural ways to beat weight
gain by firing up your body’s metabolism to fight flab. Health and diet expert Peta Bee has devised a unique six-week plan in three easy-to-follow stages that focus on your diet, fitness and
lifestyle. It’s the secret Hollywood celebrities have known for some time—cool temperatures
in your diet and lifestyle unleash your body’s fat-fighting ability to give you the body nature
always intended you to have. You will learn to understand the difference between good and
bad body fat, eat supercool foods, discover how spices can accelerate slimming, and transform an exercise routine to maximize weight loss. Peta’s delicious meal plans will excite your
taste buds and fuel your body to burn excess calories. The Ice Diet is the ultimate fast-track
to weight loss, providing dramatic and life-changing results.
Peta Bee is an award-winning journalist who has written six books, including The Food Swap
Diet. She writes weekly for The Times.
Nutrition • 256 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780718180744 • June • $14.95 • Trade Paper
3 Minute Workouts
Kusal Goonewardena
An effective workout plan that utilizes high-intensity interval training, and takes just
three minutes to complete
How many times have you been meaning to do some exercise, but life just gets in the way?
Kusal Goonewardena has worked with hundreds of elite athletes who are always short on
time because of travel. He has perfected a short exercise plan to keep them at peak fitness.
Now, he is sharing this plan with you! This book is full of easy to learn exercises and advice
that will have even the busiest person able to give their body the attention it deserves.
Kusal Goonewardena is an elite athlete sports physiotherapist and the head of sports medicine at Melbourne University Sport. He takes care of all the Olympians and Winter Olympians who represent Australia from the University of Melbourne.
Fitness/Health • 132 Pages • 6 x 9 • 100 Color Photos • 9781925265132 • April
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Bound Feet Blues
A Life Told in Shoes
Yang-May Ooi
A groundbreaking, wonderfully unconventional memoir, this performance in book form
interweaves personal stories, cultural reflections and a multi-faceted exploration of what
it means to be a woman
In Chinese tradition, women with tiny bound feet were desirable as wives and lovers, their
delicate feet seen as objects of both status and sexual fetish. What can the ancient tradition
of footbinding tell us about the role of women beneath the gaze of men and the relationship between mothers and daughters? Drawing on her own history, novelist and performer
Yang-May creates a layered tapestry of meaning and exploration, deftly exploring themes of
female desirability, identity and empowerment while giving the reader a compelling insight
into her own incredible story.
Yang-May Ooi is a creative artist, award-winning TEDx speaker, performer, and the author
of The Flame Tree and Mindgame. Her sold out solo story performance, Bound Feet Blues,
was showcased in London’s West End.
Autobiography/Women’s Studies • 320 Pages • 5 x 8 • 30 B/W Photos • 9781910692301
April • $24.95 (Can $29.95) • Cloth • Rights: US & Canada • Urbane Publications
#singlebutdating
10 Steps to a More Datable You
Nikki Goldstein
10 steps for women navigating their way through the modern dating world
How many times have you been confronted with a checklist that asks you to define yourself
as single, married, widowed, or divorced? What about those of us who don’t see ourselves in
these boxes—women who are happily single but dating? What it means to be a single woman
has evolved. We’re no longer waiting for the phone to ring. Sure, we’re looking for love, but
why take ourselves off the market in the meantime? Today, we want to do it all, without
necessarily saying “I do:” love affairs, casual flings, booty calls, internet dating, holiday romances, finding Mr. Right, Mr. Right Now, and even Mr. Wrong. We are open to the idea of
marriage and true love, but are making the most of the #singlebutdating life while we have
it. #singlebutdating is not a set of rules and steps to help you bag a husband and walk down
the aisle. It’s a single girl’s guide to life in a modern dating world, and the tools she needs to
survive and thrive in it.
Dr. Nikki Goldstein is an expert on sex and relationships. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in
Psychology, a Postgraduate Diploma in Counseling, and a Doctorate of Human Sexuality
from San Francisco’s Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality. She writes for Maxim, and is a regular contributor to Cleo, Dolly, and Latte Life.
Self-Help/Family & Relationships • 288 Pages • 6 x 9 • 9780857989642 • May
Random House Australia/Ebury Australia
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Free! Love Your Work, Love Your Life
Chris Barez-Brown
“Successful people love what they do. You can too. Read Free! and learn how to make
work work for you.” —Marshall Goldsmith, bestselling author of What Got You Here
Won’t Get You There
“Buy this book and free your mind, life and career.” —Shaa Wasmund, author, Do
Less, Get More
A book that will inspire you to set your own rules at work, and make your job work
for you
Life and work are intrinsically linked. They are not separate; they are one. If we want to live
an extraordinary life, we have to make our work equally extraordinary. When your work
resonates with purpose, you jump out of bed every morning, excited by the possibilities the
day holds for you. Everything else in your life seems to have a glow about it, and you exude
much more personal shine. My aim in writing this book is to help you feel like that every day.
To help you make your work work for you. To feel truly free. Reading Free! will remind you
that you are fantastic and have the ability to do amazing things; show you that work is your
slave, not the other way round; help you make work your ticket to an extraordinary future;
and put you in the driving seat and show you a route to freedom.
Chris Baréz-Brown is on a mission to bring creative leadership to the business world and
beyond. After helping turn Carling Black Label into the first British billion pound brand, he
joined ?What If!, the innovation and ideas agency. In 2009, he founded Upping Your Elvis,
a business whose sole focus is to release the genius of organizations by helping their people
shine more brightly. He works with the likes of Coca-Cola, Nike, Diageo, and WPP to help
their teams make an extraordinary impact. He is the author of How to Have Kick-Ass Ideas
and Shine.
Self-Help/Business • 208 Pages • 5 x 7 • 9780670923557 • April • $18.95 • Trade Paper
Rights: US • Penguin UK/Portfolio Penguin
Smack My Pitch Up!
Business Writing Success
Andreas Loizou
A concise, forthright and wholly practical guide, filled with examples, tips, exercises and
working case studies
Business writing is often terrifying. Many of us get blocked, lost, anxious and confused when
forced to put our thoughts into words. In our frantic, numbers-driven world, the importance
of clear writing is often overlooked. Here are the tools and techniques to improve the quality
and speed of your writing. Whether it’s a two-line email or a 200 page report, your communication skills will rocket and you’ll have the toolbox you require to pitch effectively whatever your business. Learn how to attract readers and, once they’re completely in your thrall,
turn them into loyal followers. Your confidence will grow as you learn how to structure and
plan your writing. You’ll get clear messages across quickly, and you’ll do it with style.
Andreas Loizou is an author and consultant, and designs and delivers courses in finance and
writing around the world. His current client list includes the Bank of England, the Financial
Conduct Authority, the London Stock Exchange, Lloyds and Santander. After starting his
business career as a Chartered Accountant at PWC, Andreas analyzed UK and Spanish banks
at Goldman Sachs. He is the author of The Devil’s Deal: An Insider’s Tale of How Money
is Made.
Business/Writing • 160 Pages • 4.25 x 7 • 9781910692455 • April • $13.95 (Can $16.95)
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21st Century Networking
How to Become a Natural Networker
David Sole and Belinda Roberts
The essential guide to networking in the modern era—what every professional needs to
know to boost their career
Networking can be seen as a daunting and intimidating task, yet interpersonal relationships
remain at the heart of success for career and business development. In straightforward and
simple terms, this book offers a practical approach to developing this core skill. Including
chapters on assessing your networks, developing your personal brand, the softer skills of
networking, using social media and making networking part of your everyday life, 21st Century Networking is filled with case studies to bring the theory to life through real examples.
David Sole played international rugby for Scotland and has been an executive coach since
2001, co-founding The School for CEOs in 2011. Belinda Roberts is founder of The Networking Coach which provides networking and LinkedIn classroom based training, and
WeDO Scotland, a support and collaborative organixation for entrepreneurs.
Business/Self-Help • 224 Pages • 6 x 9.25 • 9781783962310 • April • $33.95 (Can $40.95)
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The Warrior, the Strategist and You
How to Find Your Purpose and Realise Your Potential
Floyd Woodrow
All you need to develop the motivation and strength to succeed in any area of life
Having served in the SAS for more than 20 years, Floyd Woodrow MBE DCM has achieved
at the very highest levels. Inspiring his men in the most demanding of situations, he drove
his team to success, ultimately being awarded the UK’s second-highest award for gallantry,
the Distinguished Conduct Medal. The Warrior, the Strategist and You uses Floyd’s deeply
practical, innovative and highly sought-after teachings to show how each of us can unlock
both the Warrior and the Strategist within. Through invaluable lessons drawing on Floyd’s
own experience, you will learn to harness your discipline and ability to fight for what you believe (the Warrior) while developing the analytical mindset to plan, deliver and communicate
the important milestones in line with your objectives (the Strategist). This is a philosophy
for business, for battle, for sports—and for everyone who wants to realise their potential
and be the very best that they can be. Floyd will help you to understand your motivations
and overcome your fears, to clearly plan your goals, and to accomplish that plan boldly and
successfully, mentally overcoming life’s greatest obstacles.
Floyd Woodrow MBE DCM is the chairman and CEO of Chrysalis Worldwide, the world’s
leading values-based performance organization. He coaches international sporting teams,
leading banks and financial institutions, governments, police forces, emergency services and
international corporations on all aspects of elite performance and leadership. He is coauthor
of Elite!: The Secret to Exceptional Leadership and Performance.
Business/Self-Help • 256 Pages • 6 x 9.25 • 9781783962730 • July • $27.95 (Can $33.95)
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The Second Curve
Thoughts on Reinventing Society
Charles Handy
“The bracing manifesto of a forward-looking radical. . . . successfully channels the
energy and enthusiasm of the younger generation, in whom Handy places great hope.
. . . Handy’s prescience over the decades has earned him the right to dabble and, given
his record, you would not want to bet against some of his radical ideas coming true.”
—Financial Times
“Gentle but incisive . . . [Handy’s] voice is a reassuring, challenging presence. We
should continue to listen to it.” —Management Today
A leading management guru looks to the future
Charles Handy builds on a life’s work to glimpse into the future and see what challenges
and opportunities lie ahead. He looks at current trends in capitalism and asks whether it is
a sustainable system. He explores the dangers of a society built on credit. He challenges the
myth that remorseless growth is essential. He even asks whether we should rethink our roles
in life—as students, parents, workers and voters—and what the aims of an ideal society of
the future should be. Provocative and thoughtful, he sets out the questions we all need to ask
ourselves—and points us in the direction of some of the answers.
Charles Handy is an independent writer, broadcaster and teacher. He has been an oil executive, an economist, a professor at the London Business School, the Warden of St. George’s
House in Windsor Castle and the chairman of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of
Arts, Manufacture and Commerce. He was educated in Ireland, England (Oxford University)
and the U.S. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). His many books include The Elephant
and the Flea, Gods of Management, Myself and Other Important Matters, and Waiting for
the Mountain to Move.
Business/Social Science • 224 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781847941343 • May • $17.95 • Trade Paper
Rights: US • Random House UK/Random House Business UK
Trust Me, PR Is Dead
Robert Phillips
“Thrilling . . . a passionate revolution.” —Huffington Post
“Cohesively combine much of the disparate strands of thought about the discipline’s
pressing need for reinvention, in a style that is, by turns, provocative and amusing.”
—The Holmes Report
An inside look at the demise of traditional industry and the roles that trust, truth and
transparency play in modern capitalism and politics
Robert Phillips spent 25 years at the top of the PR industry, traveling the world to speak
alongside Prime Ministers and CEOs (in between presenting naked in Finnish boardrooms
saunas and trying to bring an end to the British monarchy). But then he quit his job as CEO
EMEA of Edelman, the world’s largest PR firm, for one reason: he no longer believed in what
he was doing. Messages can no longer be managed. The age of “spin” is over. In this age of
activism and individual empowerment, power is shifting from state to citizen; employer to
employee; corporation to citizen-consumer. From media to publishing, law to diplomacy,
and internal communications to leadership itself, traditional industries are facing a near inevitable demise. How can the PR industry be so seemingly unaware that it is experiencing its
own death throes? And if everything is dead, what comes next? Using nearly 200 anecdotes,
interviews, and case studies (including companies like Unilever, John Lewis Partnership, and
Patagonia), Robert Phillips answers these questions and proposes a new model of leadership
and accountability across business and politics.
Robert Phillips has been advising global corporations and writing, publishing and speaking
on the future of communications for over 25 years. He is the former (EMEA) President &
CEO of Edelman—the world’s largest Public Relations firm—and Global Chair of its Public
Engagement & Future Strategies group.
Business • 336 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781783520831 • April • $18.95 • Trade Paper
Rights: US • Random House UK/Unbound
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Ending the War on Drugs
Edited by Richard Branson
An important and timely book on Drug Policy Reform from a team of opinion-makers
and world leaders, assembled by Richard Branson
In the last nine years alone, more than 100,000 people have lost their lives to drug-war violence in Mexico. 50 years ago, governments around the world made it illegal to produce, sell,
and possess certain drugs. Five decades later, illegal drug use is at an all time high and $100
billion of government money around the globe is spent every year on drug-related criminal
law enforcement and the so-called war on drugs. Drug prohibition laws have put the drug
market into the hands of organized criminals, and the Global Commission on Drug Policy
(GCDP) are seeking to alter opinion towards prohibition-focused drug laws and criminalization, bringing to light potential new policies and attitudes which will reduce organized
crime, drug-related violence, and the supply and demand of illicit drugs. Harm reduction
is at the forefront of their agenda and this collection of essays outlines key facts, debates,
and perspectives on the war on drugs, and how we can end it. Contributors include Ernesto
Zedillo (former president of Mexico), Ruth Dreifuss (former president of Switzerland), Henrique Fernando Cardoso (former president of Brazil), Olusegun Obasanjo (former president
of Nigeria), Cesar Gaviria (former president of Colombia), Pavel Bem (former mayor of
Prague), Michel Kazatchkine (UNSG’s Special Envoy on HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and
Central Asia), Anand Grover (former UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health), Carl
Hart (Professor, Columbia University), and George Soros (philanthropist).
Richard Branson is an English businessman and investor who is best known as the founder
of Virgin Group. His previous books include Like a Virgin, Losing My Virginity, The Virgin
Way, and Screw Business as Usual.
Political Science/Law • 224 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780753557464 • March • $18.95
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International Public Affairs
A Global Perspective
Edited by Stuart Thomson
Leading international lobbyists and writers, from across Europe, Australasia, and North
America, provide an international look at recent changes in public affairs
In our highly politicized world, public affairs plays a more important role than ever not
just in how each nation functions and internally but how it is presented and interacts on
the global stage. With an extensive introduction to lobbying and public affairs in individual
countries, this book covers the main changes in recent years including the regulatory environment; nature of the sector/main players, consultants vs in-house; key challenges for the
sector; issues of political importance; key practices, main avenues of political engagement
(institutional) and methods (briefings, meetings, media) as well as providing compelling conclusions on the likely changes and future direction of public affairs. Contributors: Lionel
Zetter (UK), Eric Schell (France), Cornelius Brand (Germany), Toby Moffett (U.S.), Spiro
Anastsiou (New Zealand), Tracey Cain (Australia), Hal Danchilla (Canada), Davis Hodge
(Brazil), Valerie Pinto (India), Kajsa Stenstrom (Brussels), Michael Sugich (Middle East),
Robert Magyar (China), Andreea Dobra and Laura Florea (Romania, as a “new democracy”), and Andrew Escott (the challenges of running a PA over multi countries).
Stuart Thomson is a public affairs and communications consultant with the law firm Bircham Dyson Bell. He advises clients on political and media engagement, reputation management and crisis communications. He has appeared on the BBC and Sky News, has judged for
the PR Week and Public Affairs News awards, and he blogs for Huffington Post.
Political Science/Business • 288 Pages • 6 x 9 • 9781910692127 • June
$32.95 (Can $39.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • Urbane Publications
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American Football’s Forgotten Kings
The Rise and Fall of the London Monarchs
Alex Cassidy
The first book to be written on the only professional American football team to play
in England
In 1991, their first year of existence, the London Monarchs won the first World Bowl title at
Wembley. Just seven years later the team had folded and swiftly disappeared from the public
consciousness. This book recounts the true story of the only professional American football
team to ever exist in England. It details each of the Monarchs’ seasons, both statistically
regarding on-field performance and culturally with the American players’ stories of their
experience in London. It also delves into the history of the NFL’s European experiments,
the World League of American Football, and NFL Europe. Chronicling the Monarchs’ surprising rise and shocking decline, Alex Cassidy has interviewed players, coaches, and fans to
pinpoint the successes and failures of the flagship European franchise.
Alex Cassidy has written for numerous publications, including the Guardian, Vice Sports,
and Gridiron Magazine.
Football • 256 Pages • 5.5 x 8.5 • 15 Color Photos • 9781785310478 • April
$24.95 (Can $29.95) • Cloth • Rights: US & Canada • Pitch Publishing
Boris Becker’s Wimbledon
My Life and Career at the All England Club
Boris Becker and Chris Bowers
One of the most recognizable names in tennis shares his unique story in this
illustrated autobiography
Of the many illustrious champions in tennis, there are few whose names are as synonymous
with Wimbledon as Boris Becker, who, in 2015, celebrated the 30th anniversary of his remarkable entry into the sport’s pantheon of greats. Boris’s story is almost without parallel
in tennis, from astonishing teenage talent, to champion, to a renowned television commentator, manager, and now coach to one of the world’s greatest contemporary players, Novak Djokovic. In this wonderful new book, Boris shares his unique story, tracing his career
through the many changes in the sport but which has, at its heart, his loving relationship
with Wimbledon, the place where it all began for him. He talks frankly about his own career,
reflecting on what it was like to play in the era of McEnroe, Connors, Lendl and Edberg,
and the changes that have transpired in fitness, the media, the partying, the equipment, the
tactics, the personalities, the technology, and the commerce.
Boris Becker is one of the most celebrated tennis players of the modern era. A six times
Grand Slam Champion and former World Number One, Boris became the youngest-ever
winner of the Wimbledon Championships in 1984, and went on to win the competition in
1985 and 1989. He currently coaches the World Number 1, Novak Djokovic. Chris Bowers
is the author of Federer and Novak Djokovic.
Autobiography/Tennis • 224 Pages • 10 x 10 • 93 Color Photos, 15 B/W Photos
Blink Publishing
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Frankly Kellie
Becoming a Woman in a Man’s World
Kellie Maloney
One woman’s journey of self-realization from her life as the former boxing promoter,
Frank Maloney, through to the extraordinarily brave decision to publicly reveal her
decision to live her life as a female in August 2014
Not many people have had as unique a journey as Kellie Maloney. Born Frank Maloney into
a tough working class family in the 1950s, the young man gravitated towards the world of
boxing, where he became a very well respected boxing promoter and worked with the likes
of undisputed heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis and European champion Tony Jeffries.
Decades later, Frank decided the time was right to become the person he was always destined
to become, and in this enthralling autobiography, recalls in great detail the unique instance
where one life ends and one can begin. Packed with wonderful insight and anecdotes about
herself and those she knew both inside and outside the world of boxing, Frankly Kellie is
a story with another dimension—a tale of an identity kept hidden for decades and how the
overcoming of a deep inner turmoil can propel anyone into a brand-new life. Insightful and
astute, Kellie talks openly about the years of anguish and torment, recounting extracts from
her diary and explaining in unflinching detail the emotional roller coaster she endured over
the years, from childhood through to telling loved ones the truth. With humor and humility
this book takes the reader on a journey through the transgender process the physicality and
the emotion and celebrates the life of an incredible individual.
Kellie Maloney is a boxing manager and promotor. She lives in London.
Autobiography/LGBT Studies • 272 Pages • 6 x 9 • 31 Color Photos, 6 B/W Photos
9781910536230 • Available • $27.95 (Can $33.95) • Cloth
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Dempsey and the Wild Bull
The Four Minute Fight of the Century
John Jarrett
A long overdue story of one of boxing’s greatest ever fights, against a vivid Roaring
Twenties atmosphere
They still call it the most sensational fight ever for the world heavyweight championship,
between champion Jack Dempsey and his hammer-fisted Argentine challenger, Luis Angel
Firpo. Back in the Roaring Twenties, 85,000 packed into New York’s Polo Grounds to see
all three minutes 57 seconds of it. Nobody asked for their money back. In the first round
Firpo was floored seven times, but got up to deck the champion, then knocked him clean into
the press section. Pushed back into the ring as the count reached nine, the champion survived
the round, thinking he had been knocked out. In round two, Dempsey knocked Firpo out in
57 seconds. The four-minute Fight of the Century was over! “The Wild Bull of the Pampas”
became Argentina’s most famous citizen, after the infamous Perons. Dempsey, half a million
dollars richer, rested and rusted for three years before losing his title to Gene Tunney.
John Jarrett is the author of six books, including Champ in the Corner, Dynamite Gloves,
and Toy Bulldog. He has been a boxing writer for 50 years.
Boxing • 256 Pages • 5.5 x 8.5 • 15 Color Photos • 9781785310317 • April
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ON THIS DAY
Boxing on this Day
Nick Parkinson
Underdogs, dirty fighting, cheating, ring invasions, pain,
and nobility—a unique, concise history of boxing with an
entry for each day of the year
Revisit the sport’s most magical moments, from title tear-ups,
shocks and famous knockouts to bizarre dramas. Here are
hundreds of ring highlights, all mixed in with a maelstrom of
quirky anecdotes and legendary characters to produce an irresistibly dippable boxing diary with an entry for every day of
the year. It’s not just the stunning punches and smart one-liners
that makes the history of the fight game so absorbing. Boxing
is never far from controversy or hyperbole, surviving fixes and
numerous scandals while producing some of sport’s most famous names from Dempsey to Louis, from Ali to Tyson, from
Lennox Lewis to Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Nick Parkinson is the boxing reporter for the Daily Star Sunday and ESPN.co.uk. He also writes about boxing for the
Daily Mirror and Daily Star, having previously covered the
sport for the Sunday Times, the Daily Mail and other newspapers worldwide.
Boxing • 256 Pages • 4.75 x 7.5 • 9781785310522 • April
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Big Game Hunter
A Biography of Frederick Courtney Selous
Norman Etherington
The story of an adventurer, hunter, and naturalist in late 19th-century Africa, who
would inspire novelists such as Rider Haggard and Wilbur Smith
“He led a singularly adventurous and fascinating life, with just the right alternations between
the wilderness and civilization.” —Teddy Roosevelt, 1917
The life of Frederick Courteney Selous was filled with extraordinary adventures, from elephant-hunting and diamond-prospecting, to an early expedition to found Rhodesia (now
Zimbabwe) in the European scramble for Africa. This biography examines Selous’ relationships with other influential people of the time, including Robert Baden-Powell, Frederick
Russell Burnham, Cecil Rhodes, King Lobengula of the Ndebele, and President Teddy Roosevelt. Big Game Hunter paints a skillful portrait of a complex man who started as an elephant hunter but who eventually founded some of the first game reserves in Africa and was
acclaimed by both the National History Museum and the Royal Geographical Society for his
collections and discoveries.
Norman Etherington is a professor of history at the University of Western Australia and a
former president of the Australian Historical Association.
Biography • 224 Pages • 6 x 9 • 10 Color Photos, 10 B/W Photos • 9780719808289 • June
$29.95 (Can $35.95) • Cloth • Rights: US & Canada • Robert Hale
Manhunter
The Art of Tracking
Ian Maxwell
An invaluable tracking book for search and rescue teams, outdoor pursuit teachers,
livestock owners and gamekeepers, and all outdoor enthusiasts
Manhunter is the ultimate guide to tracking skills in both wild and urban environments.
Written by an experienced tracker, the book looks at the qualities and skills you need to
track successfully, the different methods involved, the psychology of tracking, and strategies
to deal with counter-tracking techniques. Covering Combat Tracking, Hunter Force, Tactical Tracking, Counter IED, Border Patrol, Police Search, Search and Rescue, and Surveillance, Manhunter will help hone the tracking skills needed to find anyone on any terrain or
in any weather conditions.
Ian Maxwell is one of a handful of people who is a Level 3 Combat and Tactical Tracking
Instructor. He has tracked people in most countries in the world and has spent time tracking
with the U.S. Border Patrol and U.S. special forces. He has trained British police officers,
New Mexico state troopers, Canadian Forces, Kenyan and Tanzanian armed rangers, and
members of special forces from around the world. He has also provided information for
forensic psychologists and is a registered expert witness. Ian has presented several television
programs on tracking, including his own series Max’s Big Tracks and Big Cat Track.
Outdoor • 208 Pages • 5.5 x 8.5 • 70 B/W Illustrations • 9780719810763 • July
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Alain Prost
Maurice Hamilton
Explore the story of Alain Prost via the most integral players in the story—from Alain
himself to some of the most important men of his team, including John Watson, Tony
Jardine and Ron Dennis
Four-time Formula One Drivers’ Champion Alain Prost is one of the best racing drivers of all
time. Having discovered karting at the age of 14 during a family holiday, Prost progressed
through motorsport’s junior ranks, winning the French and European Formula Three championships, before joining the McLaren Formula One team in 1980 at the age of 24. In his
six seasons with McLaren, he won 30 races and three driving titles and in 1985 he became
the first French World Champion. In 1986 he became the first back-to-back champion since
Jack Brabham 26 years earlier. In 1987, his 28th Grand Prix victory beat Jackie Stewart’s
14-year-old record. However, in 1988 his new teammate Ayrton Senna won eight races and
the driving title. Thus began the sensational rivalry that conspired to push two of the sport’s
greatest drivers to unprecedented heights of success and controversy, and the most bitter
feud in Formula One history.
Maurice Hamilton is a motorsports writer and is a regular contributor to the media, from
newspaper articles and specialist racing magazines to F1 blogs and social media platforms.
He has also written books with McLaren, including 50 Years of Racing and has co-written
the autobiographies of F1 legends such as Martin Brundle and Ken Tyrrell. This book was
fully supported by Alain Prost who worked closely with Maurice and provided him with
exclusive interviews. Jenson Button is a Formula One Driver.
Biography/Sports • 320 Pages • 9.75 x 10 • 100 Color Photos • 9781905825981 • April
Top Gear Drives of a Lifetime
Around the World in 25 Road Trips
Dan Read
Top Gear’s 25 most amazing road trip adventures, ever
Every year, Top Gear dispatches correspondents to cover many serious stories around the
world. Wherever they go, they ask tough questions and leave no stone unturned in search
of the cold, hard truth. Questions such as: Is it possible to drive a Ferrari up a Scottish ski
slope? Exactly how far can you drive a bulldozer across the Antarctic before it falls down
a big crack? And what happens when you drive a small 4X4 up a volcano, during an earthquake, with a high chance of eruption? The answers to all of the above, and more, can be
found in this book featuring Top Gear’s best adventures, neatly arranged in precise geographic order: top, middle and bottom. These are not Sunday drives to country pubs. You
will not find any mentions of freshly cut grass and picnics under oak trees. In fact, you are
more likely to encounter roadside landmines and a pack of Chilean llamas with a relaxed
approach to personal hygiene. Of course you will also find supercars on winding mountain
passes, but this book goes much further, bringing you the most unusual combinations of
car and tarmac—or lack of it—from across our planet. All of which are accompanied by a
surprisingly useful collection of travel tips, featuring such useful advice as when to go, what
the weather’s like and where to find a reasonably priced beer.
Dan Read is—in TG’s best tradition—best described as ambitious but rubbish. Dan has been
writing for Top Gear Magazine for seven years, and is occasionally allowed out of the office
to write a story. Thoughtfully he’s even included a few of his own trips in the book, including
the one where he drove a small hatchback to the border of North Korea, and another where
he got a Ferrari stuck on a ski slope. Ambitious? Definitely. Rubbish? Always.
Travel/Television • 264 Pages • 8.5 x 11 • 200 Color Photos • 9781849909693 • May
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Diego Costa
The Beast
Chris Davies
An in-depth look into the life of this hard-as-nails striker for Chelsea FC and his rise to
the very top
Fresh from an outstanding season in Spain, where his 36 goals had propelled Atlético Madrid to a first La Liga title since 1996 and to within seconds of a maiden Champions League
crown, Diego Costa arrived at Stamford Bridge for £32 million. Brazilian by birth, Costa
had caused an enormous wave of controversy in his homeland after opting to take Spanish
citizenship and a subsequent place in Spain’s squad over the opportunity to represent the
Seleção in a home World Cup in 2014. An early exit for Spain ensued but, undeterred, Costa arrived in the English capital tasked by manager Jose Mourinho with scoring the goals
that had eluded many of his predecessors the previous season. And with a Premier League
record of seven goals in his first four starts he took to the physical nature of England’s top
division with typical aplomb. Costa began his nomadic rise to the top via the lower echelons
of Portuguese and Spanish football, before establishing himself as a force under Diego Simeone’s rejuvenated Atléti. Affectionately nicknamed “El Cholo” (the Beast), his pace, power,
aggression and deadly finishing have swiftly seen him become a crowd favorite at the Bridge.
Chris Davies is the author of Deadly Dimitar and King Carra.
Biography/Sports • 288 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781784186500 • May • $14.95 (Can $17.95)
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#2Sides
My Autobiography
Rio Ferdinand
Candid and outspoken, one of the finest soccer players of his generation tells the story
of his truly fascinating career
In #2Sides Rio Ferdinand talks candidly about David Moyes’ first season with Manchester
United and the comparisons in management style with long-standing boss Sir Alex Ferguson.
He talks about the highs and lows at the Premier League club, his opinion on the John Terry
racism row, thoughts on players through the years including Cristiano Ronaldo and Roy
Keane, retiring from international soccer, plus plenty of celebrity stories and insight into the
friends, family, players and managers that have influenced him most. Rio also discusses the
training and discipline needed as well as advice for keeping a level head in a world where
fame, money and celebrity are thrust upon you.
Rio Ferdinand joined Manchester United in 2002 for nearly £30 million, breaking the transfer fee record once more. As of May 2013, he remains the most expensive English player
ever, and the most expensive defender ever transferred. Off the pitch Rio is involved with
youth charities and has his own magazine and apparel range.
Autobiography/Sports • 288 Pages • 6 x 9 • 46 Color Photos, 1 B/W Photo
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I Think Therefore I Play
Andrea Pirlo and Alessandro Alciato
“Like its author, Andrea Pirlo, I Think Therefore I Play is short, subtle and imaginative.
It is football as art and philosophy rather than warfare.” —London Times
“Refrains from self-justification and score-settling, preferring to display a mischievous
wit and an acute gift for observation.” —Guardian
One of the best and most popular footballers in the world tells his story with warmth,
humor and insight
Pirlo’s profile could not be much higher, having competed in the Champions League final in
May 2015 and then embarking on a new career signing with MLS side New York City FC
in July 2015. The vibrancy, humor and vivid insight that carry Pirlo’s autobiography along
confounds his image as a dead-eyed assassin on the field of play. All the big names are in
there: Lippi, Ancelotti, Conte, Maldini, Shevchenko, Seedorf, Buffon, Kaka, Nesta, Costacurta, Gattuso, Berlusconi and Ronaldo (“the real one”). But they’re not always in their work
clothes. We hear Berlusconi playing the piano and telling “various types” of joke at Milan’s
training ground. We see Pirlo and Daniele De Rossi drawing Nesta’s ire as they take him on a
mystery tour of the German countryside in a hire car days before a World Cup semi-final. And
we smell the aftermath of Filippo Inzaghi’s graphically described pre-match routine.
Andrea Pirlo has been the playmaker for each of Italy’s big three clubs—Inter, Milan and Juventus. He has won the Champions League and the World Cup. He reinvented his position,
playing deeper than any playmaker before him and using a wider passing range. He is also
one of the best free-kick takers in the history of soccer. In July 2015, he signed for MLS side
New York City. Alessandro Alciato is also the coauthor of Carlo Ancelotti: The Beautiful
Games of an Ordinary Genius.
Autobiography/Sports • 200 Pages • 5 x 8 • 20 Color Photos • 9781909430167 • Available
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The Five-a-Side Bible
Inside the World of Tasty Tackles and Terrible Touches
Chris Bruce
A funny, practical and hugely entertaining exploration of five-a-side football (indoor soccer)
Magazine-style and full of humor, anecdotes and practical information, The Five-a-Side Bible covers sports science, tactics, nutrition, fitness warm-ups and warm-downs, but with an
emphasis on fun. It reflects the shared experiences of participants and covers everything from
the crazy team names—The Neville Wears Prada, Murder on Zidane’s Floor—to wacky
stories of ill-discipline and injuries, outlandish excuses for not playing, kit disasters, the fivea-side archetypes and tips from pros like former England international Matt Le Tissier and
current Everton winger Aiden McGeady. Fully illustrated in color, The Five-a-Side Bible will
profile the best five-a-side players in the UK and provide a bucket list—including a pitch on
top of a skyscraper in Shanghai and one on Copacabana beach—for those who want to take
their fives obsession to the next level.
Chris Bruce is a lawyer and proprietor of 5-a-side.com, the biggest website dedicated to fivea-side in the world with 50,000 monthly users.
Soccer • 240 Pages • 6 x 8.5 • 50 Color Photos, 20 B/W Photos, 30 Color Illustrations,
Four-color Interior • 9781910449288 • April • $24.95 (Can $29.95) • Cloth
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GREATEST GAMES
Aston Villa Greatest Games
James Driver-Fisher
Stretching from the club’s Victorian foundation across
more than 140 years to the Premier League era, 50 of the
club’s most glorious, epochal, and thrilling games
Expertly presented in evocative historical context, and described incident-by-incident in atmospheric detail, Aston Villa Greatest Games offers a terrace ticket back in time, taking
in their 19th-century dominance of club soccer, the ignominy
of relegation to the Third Division, and then lifting Europe’s
biggest trophy just a decade later. An irresistible cast list of
club legends—Pongo Waring and Peter Withe; Charlie Aitken,
Paul McGrath, and Peter McParland—springs to life in these
thrilling tales of goalscoring feats, great comebacks, Wembley
glory, and the odd glorious yet crushing disappointment. In
all, a journey through the highlights of Villa history which is
guaranteed to make any fan’s heart swell with pride.
A journalist with the Bridgnorth Journal and the Shropshire
Star, James Driver-Fisher was brought up in Erdington, Birmingham, and has been an Aston Villa fan all his life. Having
followed the highs and lows of the club for the past 25 years,
he has developed an escalating fascination with Villa’s illustrious history. Ron Atkinson is a former soccer player who
managed Aston Villa 1991-1994.
Soccer • 192 Pages • 6.25 x 9.5 • 20 Color Photos
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High Performance Fencing
The Seventh Essential
Ed Rogers
A practical guide to the highly competitive speed and endurance sport of modern fencing, aimed at intermediate to advanced level fencers, coaches, and teachers
Legendary fencing instructor Maitre Bac H. Tau described what he called the “six essentials that are in a fencer’s mind:” “The first is called spirit; The second, rhythm; The third,
thought; The fourth, technique; The fifth, tactic, and the last is strategy.” As a fencer you
can fight with spirit, experience rhythm, think your way around problems, and develop
technique, tactic, and strategy by training with top-flight fencing masters. But there is more.
Modern fencing is a highly competitive speed and endurance sport, and the “seventh essential” in a high-performance fencer’s mind is how to prepare themselves physically and mentally to fence. Here, Ed Rogers covers every aspect of the preparation required by a fencer
competing at the highest level. The book provides sound practical advice and is based on
tried-and-tested training principles that have repeatedly proved successful.
Ed Rogers is on the board of Scottish Fencing and on the list of examiners for the British Academy of Fencing in Scotland. His first book Fencing—Essential Skills Training was
placed on British Fencing’s recommended reading list. He is a veteran Scottish international,
retired architect, and town planner, who now spends much of his time coaching and writing
about fencing. Georgina Usher is CEO of British Fencing.
Sports • 160 Pages • 6.5 x 9 • 148 Color Photos • 9781847979858 • April
Darts
Skills - Tactics - Techniques
Patrick Chaplin
An instructional and practical darts guide aimed at beginners, false beginners wanting
to revise their darts technique, and more experienced players looking to further develop
their tactics
Crowood Sports Guides are the perfect tool for anyone wanting to improve their performance, from beginners learning the basic skills to more experienced participants working
on advanced techniques. These practical, no-nonsense guides will help give you that all-important advantage. Darts covers: a history of darts, rules of the game, choosing the right
equipment, basic skills, how to improve your throwing technique, and great suggestions for
making your practice more interesting. Learn everything from how to improve your throwing technique, to the rules of the game, to how to choose the right equipment.
Patrick Chaplin has written on the history and development of darts for many years. He has
co-authored books with three professional darts players, three-time World Professional darts
champion, John Lowe, multi-world titled Trina Gulliver MBE, and twice News of the World
Individual Darts Champion, Bobby George.
Sports • 96 Pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 95 Color Photos • 9781785000058 • April
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Sex, Lies and Handlebar Tape
The Remarkable Life of Jacques Anquetil, the First Five-Times Winner of the
Tour de France
Paul Howard
“Paul Howard has not allowed Anquetil’s astonishing love life to overwhelm his equally
extraordinary career . . . an impeccably researched book (Book of the Week).”
—Independent on Sunday
The astonishing biography of first 5-times winner of the Tour de France, French cycling
star Jacques Anquetil, revealing the truth behind the legend, the man and the cyclist
For the first time since his death in 1987, this astounding biography reveals the extraordinary
truth behind the legend, the man, and the cyclist. His list of “firsts” alone makes him worthy
of a place in the cycling pantheon: the first man to win the Tour de France five times; the first
man to win all three grand tours—the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia, and Vuelta a España;
and the first man to win both the Tour and Vuelta in the same year. However, the extraordinary life of Anquetil does not stop at his achievements on a bike. He candidly admitted
to using drugs, offended legions of fans by confessing that his only motivation for riding
was financial, and infamously indulged his enthusiasm for the high life. He also seduced
and married his doctor’s wife, had a child with her daughter, and then sustained a ménage
à trois with both wife and stepdaughter under the same roof for 12 years. When this “family” eventually imploded, he attempted to inspire jealousy in his former lovers by having a
child with his stepson’s ex-wife. Containing exclusive contributions from Anquetil’s family,
friends, teammates, and rivals, Sex, Lies and Handlebar Tape untangles myth from reality
and confirms that fact is definitely stranger than fiction.
Paul Howard is a writer who contributes frequently to cycling magazines and the national
press. His first book, Riding High, was shortlisted for the National Sporting Club’s Best New
Sports Writer prize. He is also the author of Two Wheels on Ny Wagon.
Biography/Sports Cycling • 320 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781910948002 • Replaces: 9781845964610
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Muck, Sweat & Gears
A Celebration of Cycling
Second edition
Alan Anderson
A compendium of fascinating facts, quotations, statistics, stories, personalities, advice
and trivia. fully revised to include cycling’s dramatic increase in popularity since the
volume was first published
This revised and updated edition includes stories on: Bono’s cycling accident in Central Park;
the wedding of Solange Knowles and Alan Ferguson, when they rode to church on white
bicycles; the London 2012 Olympic Games and 2014 Commonwealth Games cycling events;
the Tour de Yorkshire starting in 2015 and the 2014 Tour de France grand depart (and Giro
d’Italia starting in Ireland in the same year); epic bicycle journeys; MAMIL (middle-aged
men in lycra) activities; and new technology. Muck, Sweat & Gears is the perfect gift for the
cyclist in your life whether he or she is an everyday commuter, mountain biker, cycle courier,
tourist or racer.
An avid touring cyclist, Alan Anderson has pedaled through the UK and Europe and clocks
up a couple of thousand miles a year on his Dawes touring bike. He has contributed book reviews to publications such as New Statesman, Times Literary Supplement, and Private Eye.
Sports Cycling • 176 Pages • 4.5 x 7.25 • 9781780977003 • Replaces: 9781847328397
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Bike Porn
Mountain Bikes
Chris Naylor
“A good addition to a collection of bicycle design titles, generating inspiration and interest in some really fantastic two-wheeled machines.” —Bike Commuters on Bike Porn
Photos and quotes, perfect for those who love getting dirty with their bikes
All mountain bikes are made for the great outdoors, but some bikes are made for greatness.
This seductive selection of photographs and inspirational words brings together close-ups,
full-body shots, and thrilling action, from mountain biking’s hottest rigids, hardtails, and
full-suspensions.
Chris Naylor enjoys cycling and never leaves home without a puncture repair kit. He is the
author of The Cyclist’s Friend and Fixie for Life.
Sports Cycling/Humor • 128 Pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 60 Color Photos • 9781849537438 • May
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The World’s Toughest Races
From the Most Extreme to the Downright Weird
Ali Clarke
From the North Pole Marathon to Tour d’Afrique, Patagonia Expedition Race to Empire State Building Run-Up
What do fierljeppen, running 156 miles in the Sahara desert and coal-carrying all have in
common? They’re just some of the wackiest, toughest and most extreme manpower races and challenges dreamed up by the human race. This fact-packed miscellany is bursting
with all the details, statistics and anecdotes of the world’s most unusual competitions (ever
heard of bog snorkelling?) and intense endurance contests. Whether you’re an armchair thrill
seeker or you’re wild enough to have an adventure or two under your belt, this book will
entertain and inspire.
Ali Clarke is a dedicated runner and triathlete.
Sports • 240 Pages • 5.25 x 7.25 • 9781849537308 • April • $14.95 (Can $17.95)
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Mixed Martial Arts
Rodney Stewart
Detailed descriptions of many of the major forms of Martial Arts that are popular
throughout the world, and a history of Mixed Martial Arts
Mixed Martial Arts has never been more popular. Men and women of all ages are taking up
various disciplines for exercise, self-defense and to help improve their own mental and physical wellbeing. Author and skilled Martial Artist Rodney Stewart provides a detailed explanation of the various popular forms of Martial Arts, including their history and techniques.
Rodney also covers the rise of UFC—a Mixed Martial Arts organization that has created one
of the world’s fastest growing spectator sports. Learn about the big names and fights that
have made UFC a global sensation.
From a young age, Rodney Stewart has spent many hours honing his Martial Arts skills.
Aside from building a successful career in photography, Rodney has learnt Kung Fu, Tai Chi,
Akido and Systema. He continues to practice, and also teaches students.
Martial Arts • 92 Pages • 9.5 x 12.5 • 60 Color Photos • 9781922178404 • May
Trading Secrets
Squash Greats Recall Their Greatest Duels
Rod Gilmour
The greatest names in squash describe their most famous matches, the stories behind
their success, the legendary training secrets, and physical attributes that made them
champions
From Pakistani great Azam Khan and the extraordinary story of how he came to Britain,
Trading Secrets follows the emergence of Geoff Hunt and Jonah Barrington, two players
who took fitness and sporting rivalry to a new level in the 1960s and 1970s. Their rivalry
ignited the back pages of newspapers across the globe. Trading Secrets also lifts the lid on
the stars’ secrets in a sport that is slowly rediscovering its lustre after several decades in the
wilderness. Reflecting this popular resurgence, the book looks at the battles of Peter Nicol,
Britain’s first world champion, and Canadian magician Jonathon Power, before the likes
of Nick Matthew and Ramy Ashour recall the matches which have transcended them into
modern greats of the game. Their duels have been brought to life with archived reports from
squash’s correspondents of the time.
Rod Gilmour coauthored James Willstrop’s Shot and a Ghost: A Year in the Brutal World
of Professional Squash, which was nominated for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year
in 2012. He has covered squash for the Daily Telegraph since 2008, along with a plethora of
Olympic sports. Malcolm Willstrop is a three-time world champion squash player.
Sports • 272 Pages • 5.5 x 8.5 • 15 Color Photos • 9781785310430 • May
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YESTERDAY & TODAY
Grand Prix Yesterday & Today
Bruce Jones
This unique collection of vintage and modern Formula One photography provides a stunning celebration of the world’s leading motor sport
Within the pages of this timely celebration of motor racing are spreads showing a
facet of the sport from those pioneering days of more than 100 years ago, juxtaposed
with a similar one of recent times. Complementing these experly chosen images are
reflections on the situations then and now. The structure of the book allows current
Formula One fans to see the technological changes over the years and, paradoxically,
how the fundamentals of motor racing have remained largely unaltered. Times may
change, but Grand prix motor racing remains the compelling spectacle that it always
has been.
Bruce Jones, a former editor of Autosport magazine, is one of the most respected commentators and reporters on the motor racing scene around the world. He is the author
of the yearly Formula One Guide, as well as 60 Years of Formula One and The Treasures of Formula One. Sir Stirling Moss, OBE, is a former Formula One racing driver.
Motor Sports/Photography • 192 Pages • 11 x 8.25 • 100 Color Photos
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Moto GP Yesterday & Today
Michael Scott
This stunningly illustrated book shows vintage Moto GP photographs alongside
related images from the modern era
Moto GP has never seen anything like this before, in what is a unique visual study of
the world’s leading motorcycle championship. The topics covered inside include the
legendary champions, famous tracks, great races, and life away from the track, which
has resulted in a unique record that reveals Moto GP from a new and exciting perspective. Written by leading Moto GP journalist, Michael Scott, Moto GP Yesterday
& Today illustrates how much the sport has changed over the years, but also how
several of the fundamentals of motorcycle racing has remained unaltered.
Michael Scott has been a motoring journalist for almost 40 years, and has specialized
in motorcycle grand prix racing, attending almost every GP, since 1984. He is the
author of MotoGP: The Illustrated History and Wayne Rainey: His Own Story. Valentino Rossi is a multiple MotoGP World Champion.
Motor Sports/Photography • 192 Pages • 11 x 8.25 • 100 Color Photos
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GP Classics
F1’s 20 Greatest Cars
Chris Lambden
Discover the 20 greatest cars of the past 65 years of Formula One racing and learn how
each car redefined the meaning of “the world’s fastest racing competition”
For 65 years now, motor racing enthusiasts have marveled at the elite technology powering the world’s fastest racing cars of Formula 1. Starting with the Alfa Romeo 158/159 of
the opening 1950 and 1951 racing seasons, each advance in technology has created more
speed and more power and kept racing fans on the edge of their seats. Chris Lambden has
followed and reported on Formula One racing for many years and has closely watched the
cars develop. In GP Classics, he features the machines that have turned the most heads over
the decades. The story of these cars has become almost mythical. The cars have transformed
battling teams into powerful manufacturers and drivers into world champions. This is a must
read for any fan of motor racing and car manufacturing.
Chris Lambden is a motorsport writer and publisher. He published Australian Motorsport
News for more than 15 years, edited the leading motorsport magazine Auto Action, contested three Australian touring car seasons, including the famous Bathurst 1000, with a privately-entered team (Privateer Cup winner), and launched Motorsport News. Most recently,
in partnership with leading UK Formula One photographer Keith Sutton, he launched the
international online magazine GPWEEK.com.
Transportation/Antiques & Collectibles • 132 Pages • 8.25 x 11.25 • Four-color Interior
Wilkinson Press
The World at My Feet
The Extraordinary Story of the Record-Breaking Fastest Run Around the Earth
Tom Denniss
The truly remarkable story of Tom Denniss’ record-breaking circumnavigation of the
world on foot
In 2013, Australian Tom Denniss became the fastest person to circumnavigate the world
on foot. His epic journey lasted nearly two years, and for each of the 622 days it took him
to run around the planet, Tom completed the equivalent of a marathon or more. Based on
distance alone his feat was an extraordinary act of endurance, but along the way Tom also
survived a near-death experience on an ice cliff as he was running over the top of the Andes,
was chased by dogs, snakes, and suspicious border police, narrowly avoided lethal cars and
buses, suffered in 140-degree heat and sub-zero blizzards, tore through 17 pairs of shoes, and
raised tens of thousands of dollars for Oxfam. He also experienced an amazing diversity of
scenery, culture, food, and people as he traversed New Zealand, North and South America,
Europe from the Atlantic to the Bosphorus, and Australia from Fremantle to Sydney. The
World at My Feet is his account of an incredible 26,232 kilometer run, and a vivid insight
into an adventure of truly global proportions.
Tom Denniss works for Oceanlinx, a company he founded in 1997 which has developed a
technology to convert the energy in ocean waves into electricity. Peter FitzSimons is a journalist and the author of How Hemlines Predict the Economy.
Running & Jogging • 392 Pages • 6 x 9 • 9781760112097 • April • $19.95 (Can $23.95)
Allen & Unwin
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The Reason I Run
How Two Men Transformed Tragedy into the Greatest Race of Their Lives
Chris Spriggs
How do people come together when tragedy tries to tear them apart?
When 39-time marathon runner Andrew Spriggs was diagnosed with motor neurone disease
he knew his running days were over. But a surprise message from his nephew Chris, offering
to push him in his rickety wheelchair in one last marathon, reunites them in a race against
time. Rich with insights and inspiration, personal discoveries and unforgettable encounters,
The Reason I Run is an astonishing story that will make you laugh, weep and wonder. Join
Chris on an incredible journey that will stay with you for the rest of your life. Covering
themes of love, loss and coping with abandonment, this book includes practical advice on
mindfulness and other copying strategies useful for everyday life in good times and bad.
Chris Spriggs is a runner (in denial about getting slower), writer and coach. He is founding
director of the mentoring charity Lifespace Trust and a coach at NowShowUp.com. He has
spoken on BBC radio and written for a number of publications, including Men’s Running
and Youthwork.
Memoir/Sports • 304 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781849537247 • June • $14.95 (Can $17.95)
Tricurious
Surviving the Deep End, Getting into Gear and Racing to Triathlon Success
Laura Fountain and Katie King
Two friends give their personal accounts of the highs and lows of training for a triathlon
Laura was a self-certified couch potato who, until a few years ago, could only run for a
couple of minutes at a time, and couldn’t swim. She has now completed several marathons
and is a committed triathlete. But Laura couldn’t have achieved what she has without the
advice and support of her friend Katie. A life-long runner, fair-weather cyclist and bornagain swimmer, Katie helped Laura through the ups and downs of training for a triathlon. As
well as surmounting fears of failure and, more importantly, Laura’s fears of drowning in the
swim start, their triathlon journey gave them the opportunity to push their limits and have
fun along the way. Tricurious tells Laura’s and Katie’s story with energy and humor. Filled
with anecdotes and advice about the trials and tribulations of preparing for a triathlon, this
inspiring book will answer your questions and leave you curious to experience the joy (and
pain) of swim, bike, run.
Laura Fountain is a journalist and writes a regular column for Running Fitness magazine.
She runs a running group for beginners to help them complete their first 5k and is the author
of The Lazy Runner. Katie King indulges in a love of sport and writing outside of her day
job. She believes that there are no such things as bad races, just good stories, and makes it
her mission to find the funny side, no matter how tough it gets; she writes about it on her
blog Cake of Good Hope.
Running & Jogging/Memoir • 320 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781849537148 • April
272
Golf Stole My Brain
And Other Strange Golfing Tales
Dale Concannon
Tales of golf’s manic obsessives and their wacky fairway antics
According to the legendary Sam Snead, golf is the most frustrating sport of all. “One day
you are up on Cloud Nine and the next day you couldn’t scratch a whale’s belly,” he once
famously said. Like many of us who play the game, he understood that few sports offer
more opportunity to make complete fools of ourselves than golf. For anyone from the most
celebrated professional to the lowliest hacker, it can appear deceptively easy at times, and
virtually impossible at others. Highlighting the idiosyncratic nature of the game and the often
messianic fervor of those who play it, this collection of unique and often amusing tales will
have you shaking your head in disbelief. From the European Ryder Cup star who claimed
his rental house was haunted, to the German farmer who filed a lawsuit against a nearby
golf club claiming they had “murdered” 30 of his cows, absolutely nothing is out-of-bounds.
Dale Concannon is the author of Nick Faldo: The Definitive Biography.
Golf • 288 Pages • 5.5 x 8.5 • 9781784187699 • April • $24.95 (Can $29.95) • Cloth
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The Random History of Golf
Embarrassing Shanks & Outrageous Slices
Aubrey Ganguly and Justyn Barnes
Illustrations by Tony Husband
A compilation of sports reports, spoof correspondence and reminiscences from pros,
caddies, playing partners and armchair pundits
This is the story of golf as it’s never been told before: Mary Queen of Scots cheers herself
up at the links at Leith following the murder of her husband Lord Darnley; Dwight D. Eisenhower’s valet shoots the breeze as he clears up the Oval Office following a particularly
grueling Presidential putting practice session; and Bob Hope’s chauffeur experiments with
some one-liners while waiting for his boss in the clubhouse car park. The albatrosses, the Big
Berthas, the yips and the holes-in-one that have provided the perfect excuse to linger at the
19th hole are amusingly recalled for the delectation of the Fair Isle sweater brigade.
Aubrey Ganguly is the Editorial Director at Future Publishing. Justyn Barnes is a former
editor of United magazine and now works as a freelance writer, contributing regularly to
various publications. Tony Husband is an award-winning cartoonist.
Humor/Sports • 128 Pages • 4 x 7 • 100 B/W Illustrations • 9781853759383 • May • $14.95
Cloth • Rights: US • Prion
The Roar of the Crowd
A Sporting Anthology
From a village cricket match recorded by PG Wodehouse, to Charles Dickens at the
horse races and DH Lawrence at a wrestling match
So many things are at work in our relationship with sport. Partisanship at the most visceral
level, amazement at the display of the human body operating at the extremes of power, speed
and strength, appreciation of grace, cunning, timing, spatial awareness, drama, forethought.
Decades of rivalry are balanced by moments of sweet skill. This major new anthology of great
sports writing captures the drama, the moments of speed and strength, as portrayed by great
writers about many sports across the centuries.
Julian Walker is a writer and artist who leads workshops at the British Library on literature,
art, history, printing and the English language. His previous books include How to Cure the
Plague and Other Curious Remedies and The Finishing Touch.
Literary Collections/Sports • 224 Pages • 5.25 x 7.5 • 9780712309738 • July
$29.95 (Can $35.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • British Library Publishing
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Moonwalker
Adventures of a Midnight Mountaineer
Alan Rowan
From a man whose love of Scotland’s mountains would override his body clock and all
conventional notions of health and safety comes a book that’s both a deeply personal
memoir, and a riotous travelogue
When Alan Rowan finished his shifts as a sub-editor at a national newspaper at midnight,
he knew he was too jacked up on deadline adrenaline to attempt sleep. At the same time, he
was starting to worry if he would ever complete his ambition: to reach the summit of every
“Munro” in Scotland—those peaks of over 3000 feet. One crazy night, he decided upon a
single solution to both problems. He would begin his ascents in the middle of the night, see
the sun rise above the clouds and then come down the mountain just as everyone else was going up, before arriving home to have breakfast with his unsuspecting family. Moonwalker is
part guide to the magnificent Munros of Scotland, part memoir, part comedy, part adventure
yarn, part tragedy. We see Alan’s transformation from desk jockey to midnight mountaineer,
meet dodgy car salesmen, rabid sheepdogs, charging deer, superstitious Germans and crooked confectioners—all the while seeing the best of Scotland in a unique light.
Alan Rowan has been a journalist for more than 30 years and a mountaineer for almost as long.
He writes a nationally syndicated column in the UK as Moonwalker and lectures on journalism.
Memoir/Outdoor • 248 Pages • 5 x 7.75 • 22 Color Photos • 9781909430174 • April
$17.95 (Can $21.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • BackPage Press
Indie Games
The Complete Introduction to Indie Gaming
Mike Diver
A guide to independently produced video games which, free from the big studio demands, cross boundaries and explore realms to create experiences unlike any other
Illustrating the rapidly expanding world of independently produced video games, this book
features conversation with the makers themselves about the possibilities open to developers
freed of trend-specific shackles. These are the dream-weavers, the creators of entire universes
ripe for exploration, or fantastical lands rich in secrets, and deeply intimate stories that can
only be told through the fascinating medium of modern video games. Including contributions
from legendary developers like Tim Schafer and David Braben, alongside newer studios like
Dennaton Games and Simogo, this book goes behind the scenes of some of the most stirring
experiences you’ll ever have with a controller in your hands.
Mike Diver has edited Clash magazine’s website, contributed to NME and Kerrang!, and
appeared on radio shows for the BBC and Xfm. Mike writes his own blog, From Sinking.
Games • 128 Pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 150 Color Photos • 9781910552094 • July
$17.95 (Can $21.95) • Cloth • Rights: US & Canada • Michael O’Mara/LOM Art
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Sudoku 1
Gareth Moore
This volume contains more than 200 new Sudoku puzzles to challenge, exercise your brain,
and improve your mental agility. Fiendishly addictive and great fun, Sudoku looks simple
but can be wickedly tricky. Solve the puzzles in this book—exercise your mind and enjoy the
satisfaction!
Gareth Moore is the author of a wide range of brain-training and puzzle books for both children and adults, including The Brain Workout, The Kids’ Book of Crosswords, The Little
Book of Puzzles, and Train the Brain.
Games • 224 Pages • 4.25 x 7 • 9781782434757 • April • $7.95 (Can $9.95) • Trade Paper
Sudoku 2
Gareth Moore
Fun, fascinating, and addictive, here are 200 all-new Sudoku puzzles to enjoy! With fresh new
puzzles guaranteed to train the novice and test Sudoku experts, this is the perfect companion
for the work commute, holidays, and rainy afternoons. Build your logic and reasoning skills,
improve your memory, and keep your brain healthy and young by giving it a regular workout .
. . but beware: as thousands of people have discovered, these puzzles are highly addictive!
Gareth Moore is the author of a wide range of brain-training and puzzle books for both children and adults, including The Brain Workout, The Kids’ Book of Crosswords, The Little Book
of Puzzles, and Train the Brain.
Games • 224 Pages • 4.25 x 7 • 9781782434764 • April • $7.95 (Can $9.95) • Trade Paper
Sudoku 3
Gareth Moore
Sit back, sharpen a pencil, and sharpen your brain! Arranged through different levels of difficulty, Sudoku 3 provides you with a clear progression as you work your way through the book
(with all the answers in the back, if you get stuck). Exercise your mind, challenge your logic
skills, and enjoy the satisfaction.
Games • 224 Pages • 4.25 x 7 • 9781782434771 • June • $7.95 (Can $9.95) • Trade Paper
Sudoku 4
Gareth Moore
Give your brain a workout with these entertaining and challenging puzzles. These all-new puzzles, arranged in order or difficulty, will test and entertain Sudoku novices and experts alike.
Easy to learn but trickier to master, these puzzles help you to keep your brain healthy by giving
it a regular workout. The perfect companion for the work commute, holidays, or rainy afternoons, here are over 200 puzzles just waiting to test you.
Gareth Moore is the author of a wide range of brain-training and puzzle books for both children and adults, including The Brain Workout, The Kids’ Book of Crosswords, The Little Book
of Puzzles, and Train the Brain.
Games • 224 Pages • 4.25 x 7 • 9781782434788 • June • $7.95 (Can $9.95) • Trade Paper
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Sudoku 5
Gareth Moore
Give your brain a workout and test your logic skills as you progress through the challenging
puzzles in this book. Whether you’ve already caught the Sudoku bug or are simply interested
in finding out what all the fuss is about, Sudoku 5 has something for everyone, with different
levels of difficulty. Providing hours of (sometimes infuriating) fun, Sudoku is the perfect distraction to improve your brain power and exercise your mind, keeping your grey matter fit
and healthy. All you need is a pen or pencil and some clarity of thought – but beware, these
beautifully simple but surprisingly challenging puzzles are fiendishly addictive!
Games • 224 Pages • 4.25 x 7 • 9781782434795 • August • $7.95 (Can $9.95)
Sudoku 6
Gareth Moore
Build on your logic and reasoning skills, exercise your mind, and enjoy these fiendishly addictive Sudoku puzzles! Created by puzzles expert Dr. Gareth Moore, this collection of more
than 200 all-new Sudoku has something for everyone, diehard players and novices alike.
Arranged by level of difficulty, these puzzles provide a clear progression, giving a real sense
of satisfaction and achievement. Ranging from the gently tasking through to the extremely
challenging, Sudoku require no language or mathematical skills, but are a pure pattern-spotting and logic conundrum. Providing hours of captivating (although sometimes infuriating)
fun, these beautifully simple yet tricky puzzles are waiting to test you!
Games • 224 Pages • 4.25 x 7 • 9781782434801 • August • $7.95 (Can $9.95)
The Times Killer Su Doku Book 12
#12
The Times Mind Games
The latest volume in the Killer Su Doku series from the puzzle suppliers to The Times,
featuring the highest-quality puzzles with an extra element of arithmetic
This 12th addition to the Times Killer Su Doku series will test puzzlers’ skills to the limit,
adding the challenge of arithmetic and taking Su Doku to a new and even deadlier level of
difficulty. The puzzles use the same 9x9 grid as Su Doku but with an added mathematical
challenge. The aim is not only to complete every row, column, and cube so that it contains
the digits 1 thru 9, it is also necessary to ensure that the outlined cubes add up to the same
number as well. With 150 new Moderate, Tough, and Deadly Killer Su Doku puzzles, there
is no chance to ease in with Easy puzzles. For those who like to live dangerously and push beyond their mental comfort zone, steel yourself for the Times’ next, terribly tough installment.
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785. A daily
cryptic crossword is published in the main newspaper, and the Mind Games section in the
Times2 supplement contains Su Doku, Killer Su Doku, KenKen, word polygon puzzles, and
a quick crossword.
Games • 256 Pages • 5 x 7.75 • 9780008136475 • June • $10.95 • Trade Paper
276
The Garden Pocket Puzzle Book
David Squire
From herb-themed word searches to identifying who wrote quotes such as “What’s in a
name? That which we call a rose By another word would smell as sweet.”
This brain-teasing puzzle book is the perfect way to relax after a hard day’s toil in the
garden. With 200 intriguing puzzles, ranging from Spot the Difference to plant and flower
anagrams, interspersed with beautiful historical engravings and fascinating facts and garden
folklore, it’s guaranteed to keep your mind as sharp as a thorn, and germinate lots of ideas
in your mental greenhouse!
David Squire has spent a lifetime gardening and writing. He has written 80 books which
have been published in over 18 countries. He is the author of The Bee-Kind Garden, A Miscellany for Garden-Lovers, and Palms and Cycads.
Gardening/Games • 160 Pages • 4.5 x 6 • 75 B/W Illustrations • 9781849536820 • April
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Gardens of the National Trust Postcard Box
National Trust
Fifty postcards of some of the most beautiful gardens in the National Trust
The National Trust cares for the finest collection of gardens in the UK, and these 50 postcards show some of the most beautiful. From the dense color of cottage gardens and the
geometric perfection of knot gardens to the sweeping grandeur of Capability Brown’s vistas,
there’s a perfect card for every occasion. The cards are presented in an attractive hinged box
that can be reused.
The National Trust has four million members. It protects some of the most important spaces
and places in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Stationery/Gardening • 50 Pages • 4.5 x 6.25 • 50 Color Photos • 9781909881815 • June
$19.95 (Can $23.95) • Cards • Rights: US & Canada • National Trust
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English Chintz Fabrics
Wrapping Paper: 12 Sheets
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Twelve sheets of gift wrap, featuring Art Deco designs from the Victoria & Albert
Museum, London
Twelve sheets of 19.5 x 27.5 inch wrapping paper are folded into a paperback book, which
has a notepad binding for a clean, easy-tear off.
The Victoria & Albert Museum in London is the world’s leading museum of art and design
with collections unrivaled in their scope and diversity. It was established to make works of
art available to all and to inspire British designers and manufacturers. Today, the V&A’s
collections, which span over 2,000 years of creativity in virtually every medium and from
many parts of the world, continue to intrigue, inspire, and inform.
Art/Design • 12 Pages • 10 x 13.5 • 12 Color Illustrations, Four-color Interior
9781910258460 • July • $17.95 (Can $21.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada
Pimpernel Press
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Flowers, Fruit & Vegetables from the Natural
History Museum
Wrapping Paper: 12 Sheets
Natural History Museum, London
Twelve sheets of gift wrap, featuring flora designs from the Natural History
Museum, London
Twelve sheets of 19.5 x 27.5 inch wrapping paper are folded into a paperback book, which
has a notepad binding for a clean, easy-tear off. The gift wrap features illustrations of colorful flowers, fruits, and vegetables from the Natural History Museum, London—perfect for
the gardener in your life.
The Natural History Museum, London is a museum exhibiting a vast range of specimens
from various segments of natural history.
Art/Gardening • 12 Pages • 10 x 13.5 • 12 Color Illustrations, Four-color Interior
9781910258613 • July • $17.95 (Can $21.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada
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9781910258552
9781910258538
Good Shit, Bad Shit
A Journal for Life’s Little Ups and Downs
Dan Marshall
There’s GOOD SHIT and there’s BAD SHIT
“Life is a four-letter word.” —Lenny Bruce
“Isn’t humanity neat? Bullshit. We’re a virus with shoes, ok?” —Bill Hicks
No matter what kind of shit’s happening in your world, this journal will help you get through
it. Besides inspiring quotes, it offers lists to fill of the day’s “GOOD SHIT” and “BAD
SHIT,” before summing up the day by shading in the Shit-O-Meter. At the end of each week,
draw or write in the “Best Shit of the Week” and “Worst Shit of the Week” pages. Scribble
away your stress, ink your indecision, and transcribe your triumphs—whatever it takes to
tackle life’s many little ups and downs!
Dan Marshall is the author of Life Hacks: Helpful Hints to Make Life Easier.
Stationery/Humor • 160 Pages • 5 x 7.5 • 9781909865075 • Available
$11.95 (Can $13.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • Summersdale/Huck & Pucker
Memory Stick
Polly Smart
Draw the cover of a much-love book and write a review.
Write a track list of favorite songs that take you back to special times. Write what they remind you of.
Need a place to store all those moments, ideas, and experiences, both crazy and everyday?
Fill this journal with memories to create a record of who you are and what makes you tick.
Download your brain into MEMORY STICK! With writing prompts and spaces for ticket
stubs, autumn leaves, and other items that represent important moments, this will become a
scrapbook of thoughts, happenings, hurrahs, ideas, and conversations.
Polly Smart is an author.
Stationery/Writing • 144 Pages • 5 x 7.5 • 9781909865082 • Available
$12.95 (Can $15.95) • Trade Paper • Rights: US & Canada • Summersdale/Huck & Pucker
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...AND PROUD OF IT JOURNALS
Arty . . . and Proud of It
Summersdale
Pronounce your creative tendencies with this fabulous journal
Life in the 21st century is about being true to yourself and celebrating your passions and
opinions. We kick off with this fabulous range of . . . And Proud of It . . . journals.
They invite you to show the world who you really are, with their unique statement covers.
Whether you’re a dreamer, a hipster, a genius, arty, geeky, or bookish, tell everyone about
it with one of these great new journals from Huck & Pucker. Write, stick, scrawl, or scribble—how you use your journal is up to you! These hardcover journals each feature elastic
closure, lined pages, and acid-free paper.
Stationery • 160 Pages • 5 x 7.5 • 9781909865013 • Available • $9.95 (Can $11.95)
Hardback Blank Book • Rights: US & Canada • Summersdale/Huck & Pucker
Bookish . . . and Proud of It
Summersdale
Declare your literary leanings with this fabulous journal
opinions. We kick off with this fabulous range of . . . And Proud of It . . . journals. They
invite you to show the world who you really are, with their unique statement covers.
Dreamer . . . and Proud of It
Summersdale
Keep your daydreams alive with this fabulous journal
opinions. We kick off with this fabulous range of . . . And Proud of It . . . journals.
They invite you to show the world who you really are, with their unique statement covers.
280
...AND PROUD OF IT JOURNALS
Geeky . . . and Proud of It
Summersdale
Celebrate your geek status in style with this fabulous, character-affirming journal
Whether you’re a dreamer, a hipster, a genius, arty, geeky, or bookish, tell everyone
about it with one of these great new journals from Huck & Pucker. Write, stick, scrawl,
or scribble—how you use your journal is up to you! These hardcover journals each feature elastic closure, lined pages, and acid-free paper.
Genius . . . and Proud of It
Summersdale
Declare your brilliance with this fabulous journal
Hipster . . . and Proud of It
Summersdale
Proclaim your trend-setter status with this fabulous journal
opinions. We kick off with this fabulous range of . . . And Proud of It . . . journals. They invite you to show the world who you really are, with their unique statement covers. Whether
you’re a dreamer, a hipster, a genius, arty, geeky, or bookish, tell everyone about it with
one of these great new journals from Huck & Pucker. Write, stick, scrawl, or scribble—how
you use your journal is up to you! These hardcover journals each feature elastic closure,
lined pages, and acid-free paper.
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NOTES & QUOTES
William Shakespeare: Notes & Quotes
Michael O’Mara Books
Sharpen your quill and pen your thoughts in this gorgeous
notebook, and prepare to be inspired by the Bard of
Avon’s most thought-provoking quotes
One of history’s most influential and renowned playwrights,
Shakespeare was able to manipulate language in a way that
still resonates to this day. This elegant notebook, featuring
some of the best-known quotations from his works, will inspire writers as they pen their own jottings and thoughts. Practical and stylishly designed, these pages contain soft lines and
decorative illustrations throughout, so writers will enjoy getting organized and jotting down their notes wherever they are.
Michael O’Mara Books has established a reputation for
high-profile autobiographies and biographies, innovative humor and nonfiction, and highly commercial children’s books.
Stationery • 128 Pages • 5.25 x 7.75 • 9781782435419
May • $16.95 (Can $19.95) • Flexibound
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A Dylan Odyssey Notecards: Pack One
Illustrations by Sarah Edmonds
Unique greeting cards for lovers of the Welsh poet
This pack of five cards features quirky and fun maps documenting the locations, buildings
and people that inspired the life and work of Wales’ beloved poet, Dylan Thomas. Each card
has an extended caption inside with notes on the map and anecdotes from Dylan’s life. Pack
contains five 6.5 x 6.5 inch cards and envelopes, packaged in a clear plastic box.
Sarah Edmonds is an illustrator and designer. Her clients have included National Theatre
Wales and National Museum Wales.
Stationery • 5 Pages • 7 x 7 • 10 Color Illustrations • 9781909823891 • May
$16.95 (Can $19.95) • Cards • Rights: US & Canada • Graffeg
A Dylan Odyssey Notecards: Pack Two
Illustrations by Sarah Edmonds
Cards for true fans of the Welsh poet
This pack of five cards features quirky and fun maps documenting the locations, buildings
and people that inspired the life and work of Wales’ beloved poet, Dylan Thomas. Each card
has an extended caption inside with notes on the map and anecdotes from Dylan’s life. Pack
contains five 6.5 x 6.5 inch cards and envelopes, packaged in a clear plastic box.
Sarah Edmonds is an illustrator and designer. Her clients have included National Theatre
Wales and National Museum Wales.
Stationery • 5 Pages • 7 x 7 • 10 Color Illustrations • 9781910862117
May • $16.95 (Can $19.95) • Cards • Rights: US & Canada • Graffeg
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Jackie Morris Queen of the Sky Notecards Pack 1
Jackie Morris
Illustrations by Jackie Morris
Elegant notecards capturing 5 paintings and 5 illustrations of the peregrine falcon
This pack of five beautifully illustrated cards features five of the breathtaking paintings created by Jackie Morris for her tale of nature, courage, and love, Queen of the Sky, which traces
the developing bond between a woman and the peregrine falcon she rescued. Each card bears
a caption from Jackie on the back and is blank on the inside for your own message. Each pack
comes in a hard box that contains five 6.5 x 6.5 inch cards and envelopes.
Jackie Morris is an internationally bestselling author, illustrator, and photographer. She
is the author of East of the Sun, West of the Moon; Can You See a Little Bear; and Tell
Me a Dragon.
Jackie Morris Queen of the Sky Notecards Pack 2
Jackie Morris
A second set of notecards capturing Jackie Morris’s lovely representations of the peregrine falcon
This pack of five beautifully illustrated cards features five of the breathtaking paintings created by Jackie Morris for her tale of nature, courage, and love, Queen of the Sky, which traces
the developing bond between a woman and the peregrine falcon she rescued. Each card bears
Jackie Morris is an internationally bestselling author, illustrator, and photographer. She is the
author of East of the Sun, West of the Moon; Can You See a Little Bear; and Tell Me a Dragon.
Jackie Morris Hare Cards
Jackie Morris
Handsomely designed notecards by artist Jackie Morris have blank insides for a personal message
This pack of five beautifully illustrated cards features five of Jackie Morris’ stunning paintings and illustrations of ethereal and mystical hares, including two images from The Song
of the Golden Hare. Each card bears a caption from Jackie on the back and is blank on the
inside for your own message. Each pack comes in a hard box that contains five 6.5 x 6.5 inch
cards and envelopes.
author of East of the Sun, West of the Moon; Can You See a Little Bear; and Tell me a Dragon.
Stationery • 5 Pages • 7 x 7 • 5 Color Illustrations • 9781910862148 • June
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Jackie Morris Tiger Cards
Jackie Morris
Exquisite artwork of big cats from Jackie Morris’s children’s book collaboration with
Caroline Pitcher
This pack of five beautifully illustrated cards features five of Jackie Morris’ lovely illustrations of tigers created for her children’s book Lord of the Forest. Each card bears a caption
from Jackie on the back and is blank on the inside for your own message. Each pack contains
five 6.5 x 6.5 inch cards and envelopes.
Jackie Morris is an internationally bestselling author, illustrator, and photographer. She
is the author of East of the Sun, West of the Moon; Can You See a Little Bear; and Tell
Me a Dragon.
Jackie Morris Snow Leopard Cards
Jackie Morris
Striking portrayals of snow leopards set against Himalayan landscapes
This pack of five beautifully illustrated cards features five of Jackie Morris’ magnificent illustrations of snow leopards created for her children’s book The Snow Leopard. Each card bears
Jackie Morris Can You See a Little Bear Cards
Jackie Morris
Sumptuous illustrations taken from Jackie Morris’s children’s book collaboration with
James Mayhew
This pack of five beautifully illustrated cards features five of Jackie Morris’ gorgeously illustrations created for her children’s book Can You See a Little Bear. Each card bears a caption
from Jackie on the back and is blank on the inside for your own message. Each pack comes
in a hard box that contains five 6.5 x 6.5 inch cards and envelopes.
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@MYSADCAT 2017 Calendar
Tom Cox
Spend each month of the year with the world’s most melancholy cat
My Sad Cat is a Twitter phenomenon with almost 300,000 followers eagerly enjoying the
daily challenges of The Bear, a 19-year-old philosopher, poet, musician and environmentalist
trapped in the body of a cat. Now you can indulge in The Bear’s humorous thoughts and feelings throughout the year by way of this 2017 calendar. Containing 12 images with captions,
each calendar features a punched hole for easy display, space to write notes on every day of
2017, and comes cello-wrapped.
Tom Cox is a humor writer, the Guardian’s former rock music critic, and the author of The
Good, the Bad and the Furry. Still a regular columnist for the Guardian, Tom also writes a
column for Your Cat magazine and various other publications.
Humor/Pets • 24 Pages • 11.5 x 8.25 • 12 Color Photos • 9781910862261
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@MYSMUGCAT 2017 Calendar
Tom Cox
Share Smug Cat’s condescending wit with family and friends by way of this unique
calendar
My Smug Cat is a Twitter phenomenon with almost 60,000 followers enjoying the smug
satisfaction of Ralph; dandy, hunk, genius, sexbomb, and undisputed star of Tom Cox’s last
three books. Ideal as a gift, each calendar features a punched hole for easy display, space to
write notes on every day of 2017, and comes cello-wrapped. Go on, admit it. You want to
be him really, don’t you?
Tom Cox is a humor writer, the Guardian’s former rock music critic, and the author of The
Good, the Bad and the Furry. Still a regular columnist for the Guardian, Tom also writes a
column for Your Cat magazine and various other publications.
Humor/Pets • 24 Pages • 11.5 x 8.25 • 12 Color Photos • 9781910862278
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Celestine and the Hare 2017 Calendar
Karin Hines
Enjoy 2017 with a lot of laughter, silliness, joy and a gentleness of life
Delight in the felted creatures that are Celestine and the Hare—but watch out for the norty
weasels who will be after your choklit. Full color throughout, this calendar features 12 images detailing the adventures of the delightful hand-crafted animals made by Karin Hines, together with some interesting additions to the list of public holidays! Also includes a punched
hole for easy display, space to write notes on every day of 2017, and comes cello-wrapped.
Karin Hines handcrafts creatures that come to life with their own character. They play, are in
short films, and have goodbye photos before going off to their new homes.
Photography/Crafts & Hobbies • 24 Pages • 11.5 x 8.25 • 12 Color Photos
9781910862285 • Replaces: 9781909823693 • June • $16.95 (Can $19.95) • Wall
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The Hare 2017 Calendar
The Hare Preservation Trust
Published in conjunction with The Hare Preservation Trust
The Hare Calendar 2017 is a celebration of this most elusive, ethereal and evocative of creatures. Through a series of fantastic, unique, and never before published images, each month
offers further insight into the lifestyle, activities and environmental challenges faced by the
hare. All pictures have been submitted by the worldwide membership of the trust.
The Hare Preservation Trust is a volunteer-run organization that works to protect and celebrate the brown hare throughout Britain.
Photography/Animals • 24 Pages • 11.5 x 8.25 • 12 Color Photos • 9781910862346 • June
$16.95 (Can $19.95) • Wall • Rights: US & Canada • Graffeg
Landscape Wales 2017 Calendar
Tirlun Cymru
Terry Stevens
A full color wall calendar featuring 12 powerful images of inspiring locations around Wales
A pictorial celebration of the glorious natural treasures and landscapes of Wales, this calendar feautres stunning images from Terry Stevens’s photography book Landscape Wales. It
features a punched hole for easy display and space to write notes on every day of 2017, and
it comes cello-wrapped.
Terry Stevens is the deputy director of Visit Wales, and has long been involved in analyzing
and advising many different aspects of the tourist industry in Wales.
Photography/Travel • 24 Pages • 11.5 x 8.25 • 12 Color Photos • 9781910862247
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David Wilson 2017 Calendar
David Wilson
A full year month-to-view wall calendar which celebrates the work of one of Wales’ best
photographic talents
This calendar contains 12 black-and-white images from around Wales, highlighting its architecture and landscape. Each calendar features a punched hole for easy display, space to write
notes on every day of 2016, and comes cello-wrapped.
David Wilson is a Welsh landscape photographer, renowned for his atmospheric black-andwhite images.
Photography/Travel • 24 Pages • 11.5 x 8.25 • 12 B/W Photos • 9781910862322
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Jackie Morris 2017 Calendar
Jackie Morris
A lavish, large-format wall calendar featuring the artwork of best-selling international
author, artist, and book illustrator, Jackie Morris
Twelve full-color images of Jackie Morris’s work are accompanied by text detailing the composition of each piece. Each calendar features a punched hole for easy display, space to write
notes on every day of 2016, and comes cello-wrapped.
Jackie Morris’s books are published in 17 languages. She lives in a small cottage on the
remote Pembrokeshire coast in West Wales. Jackie’s work is informed by her deep love of
nature, exploring the worlds of bears, cats, birds, and whales. She is the editor and illustrator
of The Barefoot Book of Classic Poems and the author and illustrator of The Snow Leopard
and Tell Me a Dragon.
Art • 24 Pages • 12 x 12 • 12 Color Illustrations • 9781910862216
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Gilliamesque
A Pre-posthumous Memoir
Terry Gilliam
The legendary director, animator and founding member of
Monty Python offers an intimate glimpse into his world in
this fascinating memoir illustrated with hand-drawn sketches, notes, and memorabilia from his personal archive
From his no-frills childhood in the icy wastes of Minnesota, to
some of the hottest water Hollywood had to offer, via the cutting edge of ‘60s and ‘70s counter-culture in New York, LA
and London, Terry Gilliam’s life has been as vivid and unorthodox as one of his films. Gilliam’s “pre-posthumous memoir”
also features a cast of amazing supporting characters including
George Harrison, Robin Williams, Jeff Bridges, Robert De Niro,
Brad Pitt, Uma Thurman, Johnny Depp, Heath Ledger and all
of the fellow Pythons, as well as cameo appearances from some
of the heaviest cultural hitters of modern times, from Woody
Allen to Frank Zappa, Gloria Steinem to Robert Crumb, Richard Nixon to Hunter S. Thompson. Gilliam’s encounters with
the great and the not-so-good are revealing, funny and hugely
entertaining. This book is an unrestrained look into a unique
creative mind and an incomparable portrait of late 20th century
popular culture.
Terry Gilliam is a director, screenwriter, animator, actor, and
member of Monty Python. He is well known for directing films
that have achieved cult status, including Brazil (1985), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), The Fisher King (1991),
12 Monkeys (1995), and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998),
and is ranked among the top film directors of the 20th century.
He has won many awards and prizes and has lost even more.
Autobiography • 304 Pages • 7.75 x 10 • 250 Color Photos
9781782111061 • December • (Can $55.00) • Cloth
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Letters of Note
Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience
Edited by Shaun Usher
“[An] incomparable compendium of human relationships and emotion.” —Time Out
NY Holiday Gift Guide
“Start reading it and you’re lost. “ —Library Journal starred review
“Perhaps the book’s greatest virtue . . . is its ability to inject individual humanity into
historical events and time periods.” —Cool Hunting
With letters penned by Amelia Earhart, Fidel Castro, Groucho Marx, Mick Jagger, and
more, this collection is at turns beautiful, sad, mystifying, and wonderful
Letters of Note is a collection of more than 100 of the world’s most entertaining, inspiring,
and unusual letters, based on the seismically popular website of the same name—an online museum of correspondence visited by over 70 million people. From Virginia Woolf’s
heart-breaking suicide letter, to Queen Elizabeth II’s recipe for drop scones sent to President
Eisenhower; from the first recorded use of the expression “OMG” in a letter to Winston
Churchill, to Gandhi’s appeal for calm to Hitler; and from Iggy Pop’s beautiful letter of
advice to a troubled young fan, to Leonardo da Vinci’s remarkable job application letter,
Letters of Note is a celebration of the power of written correspondence which captures the
humor, seriousness, sadness, and brilliance that make up all of our lives. Included are letters
from Zelda Fitzgerald, Iggy Pop, Fidel Castro, Leonardo da Vinci, Bill Hicks, Anaïs Nin,
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Amelia Earhart, Charles Darwin, Roald Dahl, Albert Einstein, Elvis
Presley, Dorothy Parker, John F. Kennedy, Groucho Marx, Charles Dickens, Katharine Hepburn, Kurt Vonnegut, Mick Jagger, Steve Martin, Emily Dickinson, and many more.
Shaun Usher is a writer and sole custodian of the popular blog Letters of Note.
Literary Collections/Popular Culture • 384 Pages • 8.25 x 11.25 • 9781782112235 • April
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More Letters of Note
Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience
Edited by Shaun Usher
“Reading through them is addictive, like dipping into a bag of variously tempting assorted candies, knowing that the next one will always bring surprise and pleasure. Usher
has an evident knack for selecting letters that land with the force of a good short story,
with personalities and dramatic arcs emerging swiftly, from just a page or two.”
—New Yorker
The follow-up to Letters of Note delivers the same mix of the heartfelt, the historically
significant, the tragic, the comic and the unexpected. Discover Richard Burton’s farewell
note to Elizabeth Taylor, Helen Keller’s letter to The New York Symphony Orchestra about
“hearing” their concert through her fingers, the final missives from a doomed Japan Airlines
flight in 1985, David Bowie’s response to his first piece of fan mail from America and even
Albus Dumbledore writing to a reader applying for the position of Defence Against the Dark
Arts Professor at Hogwarts.
Literary Collections/Popular Culture • 384 Pages • 8.25 x 11.25 • 9781782114543 • April
(Can $49.95) • Cloth • Rights: Canada • Canongate UK
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THE CANONS
Bachelors
Muriel Spark
“Spark’s novels linger in the mind as brilliant shards, decisive as a smashed glass is
decisive.” —John Updike, New Yorker
“I am dazzled by The Bachelors. It is the cleverest and most elegant of all Spark’s
clever and elegant books.” —Evelyn Waugh
The Bachelors displays the best of Sparkian satire, placing her at the heart of a great literary tradition alongside Waugh and Trollope, Wilde and Wodehouse. Much celebrated
but overtaken by The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie to such a degree that it is now little
read, it demands rediscovery.
Muriel Spark (1918–2006) was a poet and novelist who also wrote children’s books,
radio plays, the comedy Doctors of Philosophy, and biographies of 19th-century literary figures, including Mary Shelley and Emily Brontë. Spark has garnered international
praise and awards including the David Cohen Prize for Literature, the Ingersoll T.S.
Eliot Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Boccaccio Prize for European
Literature, the Gold Pen Award, the first Enlightenment Award, and the Italia Prize for
dramatic radio.
Fiction • 240 Pages • 5 x 7.75 • 9781782117551 • May • (Can $19.95) • Trade Paper
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Finishing School
Muriel Spark
“A work of glittering Sparkian ice, whose thinly frozen surface tempts you to jump
up and down jovially above something deeper and darker.” —Ali Smith
Muriel Spark is once again at her biting, satirical best. On the edge of Lake Geneva
in Switzerland, a struggling would-be novelist and his wife run a finishing school of
questionable reputation to keep the funds flowing. When a 17-year-old student’s writing career begins to show great promise, tensions begin to run high. A keen portrait of
devouring regret, psychological unravelling, and the glittering promise of youth, The
Finishing School is the perfect natural partner to Muriel Spark’s most famous novel, The
Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
Muriel Spark (1918–2006) was a poet and novelist who also wrote children’s books,
radio plays, the comedy Doctors of Philosophy, and biographies of 19th-century literary figures, including Mary Shelley and Emily Brontë. Spark has garnered international
praise and awards including the David Cohen Prize for Literature, the Ingersoll T.S.
Eliot Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Boccaccio Prize for European
Literature, the Gold Pen Award, the first Enlightenment Award, and the Italia Prize for
dramatic radio.
Also available:
Fiction • 128 Pages • 5 x 7.75 • 9781782117575 • August • (Can $19.95)
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9780857862273
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Hunger
Knut Hamsun
Introduction by Jo Nesbø
“One of the most disturbing novels in existence.” —Time Out
Widely considered to be the forefather of 20th century modern literature, presented here
with an introduction by Jo Nesbø and an afterword by Paul Auster
Lying awake in his attic room, a young aspiring writer prepares himself for the day ahead.
He dresses and then descends into the unforgiving streets of Kristiana, one of many journeys
he will come to make through this strange city, looking for inspiration and sustenance. As the
narrator’s behavior becomes increasingly irrational and absurd, the reader is drawn deeper
into his intense world. First published in 1890, Hunger is Hamsun’s first novel, a disturbing
and darkly humorous masterpiece of existential fiction that anticipated and influenced much
20th-century fiction, including the work of Camus, Kafka and Fante.
Knut Hamsun was born in Norway in 1859. Hunger was his first novel. He went on to
write many works of fiction, including Mysteries, Pan and Victoria. He died in 1952, and
since then a growing number of readers have been drawn to his work for its extraordinary
qualities of insight and imagination. Jo Nesbø is the bestselling author of the Harry Hole
crime series. Paul Auster is the bestselling author of The Brooklyn Follies and The New York
Trilogy. He lives in Brooklyn.
Classics • 272 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781782117124 • April • (Can $22.95) • Trade Paper
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A Fortunate Man
The Story of a Country Doctor
John Berger
Photographer Jean Mohr
“John Berger seems to me peerless; not since Lawrence has there been a writer who
offers such attentiveness to the sensual world with responsiveness to the imperatives of
conscience.” —Susan Sontag
“A masterpiece. When A Fortunate Man was published in 1967 it marked the most
significant step forward in the collaboration of a writer and photographer since Let us
Now Praise Famous Men by Walker Evans and James Agee. Incredibly, it still does.”
—Geoff Dyer, author, Another Great Day at Sea
Booker Prize-winner Berger’s exploration of what it means to heal, inducted into the
Canons series nearly 50 years after its first publication
In 1966, John Berger spent three months in the Forest of Dead shadowing an English country GP, John Sassall. Sassall is a fortunate man—his work occupies and fulfills him, he lives
among the patients he treats, and the line between his life and his work is happily blurred.
Berger’s text and the photography of Jean Mohr reveal with extraordinary intensity the life
of a remarkable man. It is a portrait of one selfless individual and the rural community for
which he became the hub. Drawing on psychology, biography, and medicine, this is a profound exploration of what it means to be a doctor, to serve a community, and to heal.
John Berger is the author of King, The Success and Failure of Picasso, Understanding a Photograph, and Ways of Seeing, one of the most influential books on art in the 20th century.
Gavin Francis is a general practitioner and novelist, and the author of Empire Antarctica.
Jean Mohr is a documentary photographer who has produced 26 books of photography,
including five with John Berger and one with Edward Said.
Essays/Medical • 176 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781782115038 • Replaces: 9781782115014 • May
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The Gypsy Goddess
Meena Kandasamy
“Powerful . . . The Gypsy Goddess has a lyrical, radical core,
which offers bold perspectives on the relationship between
poverty and power.” —Guardian
“It would take Carol Ann Duffy, Caroline Criado-Perez,
Kandasamy’s hero Arundhati Roy and, if her first work of
fiction The Gypsy Goddess is anything to go by, Salman
Rushdie to match Kandasamy’s infinite variety . . . A novel
of self-conscious experimentalism and unmistakable fury, it
throws down a gauntlet to conservative literary and political
sensibilities.” —Independent
A mighty thunderclap of a novel, this laugh-out-loud funny,
brilliantly angry book is as much about a true-life massacre
as it is about the impossibililty of writing a novel about a
true-life massacre. It sits on the line between powerful fiction
and fearsome critique.
Tamil Nadu, 1968. Village landlords rule over a feudal system
that forces peasants to break their backs in the fields or suffer
beatings as punishment. In the misery of their daily lives it is
little wonder that the Communist Party begins to gain traction,
a small spark of defiance spreading from villager to villager. As
communities across the region begin to take a stand against the
landlords, the landlords vow to break them; Party organizers suffer grisly deaths and the flow of food into the market-places dries
up. But it only serves to make the villagers’ resistance burn more
fiercely. Finally, the landlords descend on one village to set an
example to the others.
Meena Kandasamy is a poet, fiction writer, translator and activist who is based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. She has published two collections of poetry, Touch and Ms. Militancy. She
holds a PhD in socio-linguistics from Anna University Chennai,
has represented India at the University of Iowa’s International
Writing Program and was made the Charles Wallace India Trust
Fellow at the University of Kent, Canterbury. The Gypsy Goddess is her first novel.
Fiction • 304 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781782391807 • April
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The Amber Fury
Natalie Haynes
“Gripping and elegiac, funny and achingly sad, Haynes’ tale
pulls you along like a river to the falls. Hypnotic.”
—Joss Whedon
“A handsomely structured psychological mystery, and a
moving exploration of grief.” —Lionel Shriver, author, We
Need to Talk About Kevin
“I stayed up all night to finish The Amber Fury. It’s gripping
and compelling, a real page-turner, written with humanity
and warmth.” —S.J. Watson, author, Before I Go to Sleep
“Impossible to put down.” —Herman Koch, author,
The Dinner
A dark psychological page-turner about an inexperienced
teacher who builds a powerful—and ultimately dangerous—
connection with her students. The Secret History meets Notes
on a Scandal.
When you open up, who will you let in? When Alex Morris loses
her fiancé in dreadful circumstances, she moves from London to
Edinburgh to make a break with the past. Alex takes a job at a Pupil Referral Unit, which accepts the students excluded from other
schools in the city. These are troubled, difficult kids and Alex is
terrified of what she’s taken on. There is one class, a group of five
teenagers, who intimidate Alex and every other teacher on The
Unit. But with the help of the Greek tragedies she teaches, Alex
gradually develops a rapport with them. Finding them enthralled
by tales of cruel fate and bloody revenge, she even begins to worry that they are taking her lessons to heart, and that a whole new
tragedy is being performed, right in front of her.
Natalie Haynes is a writer, broadcaster, reviewer and classicist.
She judged the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the
Year in 2010, The Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2012, and the
Man Booker Prize in 2013. The Amber Fury is her first novel,
and was shortlisted for the Deanston Scottish Crime Book of
the Year Award.
Fiction • 320 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781782392781 • April
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The Bird Skinner
Alice Greenway
“(A) thrilling, evocation of young love . . . as fresh as it is heartbreaking. With an attention to detail that’s both poetic and precise.” —New York Times
“Greenway’s rapturous prose and warm empathy assert that there is beauty to be found
in even the unhappiest lives.” —Washington Post
“Atmospheric and engrossing.” —People magazine
From the L.A. Times Award-winning author of White Ghost Girls comes an evocative
tale of memory, loss, and the redemptive power of friendship
It is 1973. Jim Kennoway, a distinguished ornithologist and Second World War veteran,
has just left his work at the Natural History Museum in New York, turned his back on his
family and retreated to an island boathouse off the coast of Maine. His desires are simple:
to be left alone with his cigarettes, gin and battered copy of Treasure Island, and to forget.
Jim’s solitude is shattered when Cadillac Baketi, a tall, ebullient and dazzlingly bright young
woman from the Solomon Islands arrives on her way to study medicine at Yale University.
Cadillac is the daughter of Tosca, an island scout Jim befriended during the war when they
collected and skinned birds while spying on the Japanese. Jim curses the intrusion as he finds
his thoughts catapulting back to his youth and a dark truth about his time in the Solomons.
Yet it may be that Cadillac, from the Pacific islands Jim thought he’d left behind, can teach
him to be human again.
Alice Greenway is an American who grew up in Hong Kong. As the daughter of a foreign
correspondent she also lived in Bangkok, Jerusalem and the United States. She now lives in
Scotland with her family. Her first novel, White Ghost Girls, was longlisted for the 2006
Orange Prize.
Fiction • 336 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780857897275 • May • (Can $16.95) • Trade Paper
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Between Enemies
Andrea Molesini
“A wonderful book that burrows into your brain.” —La Stampa
“Redolent of Earnest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms.” —Il Sole 24 Ore
A once-noble family is brought low by invading forces during World War I, and decides
to work together to exact revenge, no matter the cost
November, 1917: when Austrian forces advance into Northern Italy, the aristocratic Spada family find their estate requisitioned by enemy soldiers. A cruel act of violence against
a group of local village girls sparks their desire for revenge. The whole family—from the
eccentric grandparents to the secretive servants—have their own ideas about how to fight
the enemy, but their courage is soon put to the test and it seems that some are willing to
compromise. 17-year-old Paolo Spada, the youngest member of the family, is forced to bear
witness as his once proud family succumbs to acts of love and hate, jealousy, and betrayal.
Andrea Molesini is an Italian novelist, poet, and essayist whose work has been translated
into nine languages. Her novels include Not All Bastards Are from Vienna.
Fiction • 304 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9780857897978 • Replaces: 9780857897954 • August
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The First True Lie
Marina Mander
Translator Stephen Twilley
“Narrated by the ebullient Luca, whose voice is every bit
as engaging as the best child narrators out there: imagine a
blend of Oskar (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close), Blue
(Special Topics in Calamity Physics), and Christopher Boone
(The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time). . . . A
buoyant picture of hope in the face of disaster, and life in the
face of death.” —Publishers Weekly
“From page one I was with Luca, the adorable and witty
young narrator of this brilliant and emotionally upsetting
story. I lived in his words and in his head, and stayed there
for a long time after I had finished the book.”
—Herman Koch, author, The Dinner
Translated from the Italian, Marina Mander’s beautifully
written, haunting English language debut is recommended
for fans of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
“They always tell you that you shouldn’t tell lies, but without
lies I’d already be in an orphanage. This, in any case, is my first
true lie.”
Luca and his mom are like two peas in a pod in their special, fragile world. Then, one winter morning his mother doesn’t wake up.
Luca suddenly finds himself alone for the first time. Terrified of
what telling the truth might bring, he decides to keep the biggest
secret of his life. Luca goes along to school every day, pretending
everything is as it always has been. But he returns home every
night to a cold, dark house. So he begins to build a protective
bubble with the memories of his mother, the words and stories he
so loves—and his cat Blue—against the truth on the other side of
the bedroom door.
Marina Mander is the author of two previous books, including a
collection of short stories. Her debut novel The First True Lie is
her first book to be published in English. She works in publishing
in Italy. Stephen Twilley is managing editor of Public Culture
and Public Books and a translator of Italian literature.
Fiction • 192 Pages • 4.5 x 7 • 9780857865496 • April
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Return to Fourwinds
Elisabeth Gifford
“Hints of magic abound in Gifford’s haunting fiction debut. . . . Gifford has an ability
to bring depth to her characters, whether they live in the 19th century or the 20th, and
this helps hold together her sweeping tale.” —Publishers Weekly on The Sea House
For fans of Kate Morton and Rachel Hore, the mystery of a runaway bride. Can a century of family secrets be unraveled in time to bring her back?
What will it cost to hide your deepest secrets from those you love most? At Fourwinds they
gather: Alice and Ralph, Patricia and Peter, to celebrate the marriage of their children. But
the bride is nowhere to be seen. What could have caused Sarah to vanish? As both families
search for the answer, the past floods through the corridors of the old house. What secret has
Ralph been keeping from his wife? What is it about Alice’s wartime encounter with Peter that
has haunted her ever since? Return to Fourwinds is a sweeping, lyrical story of the things we
choose to tell and the secrets that we keep.
Elisabeth Gifford is the author of The Sea House.
Fiction • 368 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781782391166 • April • (Can $14.95) • Trade Paper
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7 Miles Out
Carol Morley
“Morley excels at articulating difficult experiences. . . . Astonishing.”
—Guardian
A beautifully crafted, devastating autobiographical novel
In 1977, Carol Morley (fictionalized as “Ann”) was 11 years old when her dad drove her to
school one morning, then drove home and killed himself. Trapped in a house with her emotionally distant mother, Ann starts drinking at 12, drops out of school at 16, and spends her
teens trying to explore her emerging sexuality as well as coming to terms with her father’s
death. In a Manchester of the hedonistic 1980s, Ann finds the perfect playground for her
self-destruction and promiscuity, hiding behind heavy drinking and drugs, trying to come to
terms with why her father wanted to end his life. Told mainly from Ann’s (Carol’s) perspective, this story reveals the often devastating consequences of family secrets, and follows a
young woman’s struggle to find a place she belongs, finally finding a place at Central St. Martins in London to study fine art and film and achieving international acclaim. Though names
and some events have been changed, this is Carol’s compelling and inspirational true story.
Carol Morley has written and directed a number of films. These include I’m Not Here, Gold
Plaque winner at the Chicago International Film Festival, the BAFTA-nominated The Alcohol Years, and the BFI-backed Dreams of a Life.
Fiction/Autobiography • 256 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781910536155 • May • (Can $17.95)
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PopCo
Scarlett Thomas
“Brilliant and rebellious. . . . I only put this book down to
eat and sleep. It captivated me, pure and simple. . . . PopCo
is a history lesson, a modern fable, an adventure story, even
a romance. And it involves buried treasure! More than anything though, it is a wonderfully, gorgeously, original piece
of work. The world has never seen anyone like Alice Butler,
and Scarlett Thomas has gone a long way towards crafting a
one-of-a-kind piece of literature.” —Bookslut
“Thomas’s latest smart, engaging novel . . . delivers a
captivating heroine and a pointed cultural critique that will
especially resonate with the No Logo crowd.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Thomas has always been a sharp observer and deft creator
of character; it’s a pleasure to see those skills employed in
the context of a strong plot and stronger point of view.”
—Kirkus Reviews
A fantastically mindmelting adventure from the author of
The End of Mr. Y
Alice Butler has been receiving some odd messages—all anonymous, all written in code. Are they from someone at PopCo, the
profit-hungry corporation she works for? Or from Alice’s long
lost father? Or has someone else been on her trail? The solution, she is sure, will involve the code-breaking skills she learned
from her grandparents and the key she’s been wearing around
her neck since she was 10. PopCo is a grown-up adventure of
family secrets, puzzles, big business, and the power of numbers.
Scarlett Thomas is the author of Bright Young Things, Going
Out, The End of Mr. Y, which was longlisted for the Orange
Broadband Prize for Fiction in 2007, Our Tragic Universe, and
The Seed Collectors. She teaches creative writing at the University of Kent.
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The Exile
Vengeance of Memory
Mark Oldfield
“A powerful, hypnotic debut novel filled with the horror of conflict, treachery, and
intrigue, it’s a must-read.” —New York Journal of Books on The Sentinel
A spellbinding second installment in a trilogy of rare power and narrative scope that
unlocks the dark heart of Spain, weaving past and present together to portray a country
still scarred by civil war, still riven by fear and hatred, still plagued by secrets
1954: Comandante Guzmán has been posted deep into the Basque country to confront a man
known only as “El Lobo.” High in the mountains, Guzman will have to fight for his life, not
only against El Lobo, but also against someone who has been searching for him for a very
long time. 2010, Madrid: Forensic Investigator Ana María Galindez has spent seven months
in hospital recovering from the blast that nearly killed her. Her obsession with Guzman’s
fate has disturbed long dormant forces. Now she shall reap the consequences: she will be
purposely humiliated, abandoned by colleagues and friends, accused of murder—and worse.
Mark Oldfield is the author of The Sentinel.
Fiction • 496 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781781851531 • June • (Can $14.95) • Trade Paper
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Sirius
The Story of a Little Dog Who Almost Changed History
Jonathan Crown
“Rarely a book is so intelligent, funny and cute at the same time.” —Kultur Spiegel
The remarkable story of a fox terrier who changed world history—as a Hollywood star,
a circus attraction, and the Führer’s lap dog
Berlin, 1938: Sirius, a dashing fox terrior, lives a charmed life with the German Jewish Liliencrons. But, with the rise of Nazism, the Liliencrons decide to leave Berlin for Hollywood.
Sirius takes his destiny into his own hands with the kind of melancholic mirth exclusive to his
breed. He becomes a celebrated film star and circus performer, friend to Rita Hayworth and
Cary Grant. But, when a magic trick goes wrong, Sirius ends up back in war-torn Berlin. Never one to despair, he finds himself in the Führer’s headquarters as Adolf Hitler’s lap dog—and
an informant for the resistance. Dictated to him by his dog Louis—Sirius’s grandson—Jonathan Crown has at last made this inspiring story available to the non-canine population.
Jonathan Crown’s fox terrier Louis—Sirius’s grandson—told him this family history, Crown
simply wrote it all down. This is, therefore, the first ever novel written by a dog.
Fiction • 256 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781784082000 • Replaces: 9781784081997 • May
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Gunner Girls and Fighter Boys
Mary Gibson
A London factory girl joins the fight against Hitler
May Lloyd’s father calls her his homing pigeon because of her uncanny knack of navigating
her way around the streets of South London—even in pitch darkness. It is a gift that will save
her life when the Blitz destroys nearly everything that she holds dear. With her home in ruins,
May joins the ATS—the women’s branch of the British Army—and becomes a gunner girl,
operating Ack Ack guns against the Luftwaffe. Meanwhile, her sister Peggy makes a daring
bid to escape a stifling marriage and find love and freedom amid the heady chaos of war.
Mary Gibson was born and brought up in Bermondsey, where both her grandmother and great
aunt worked in the Pearce Duff factory. She is the author of Custard Tarts and Broken Hearts.
Fiction • 448 Pages • 5.75 x 9 • 9781781855966 • May • (Can $27.95) • Cloth
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TWILIGHT OF EMPIRE
Swords Around the Throne
#2
Ian Ross
“Hugely enjoyable. The author winds up tension into an explosion of fast-paced
events.” —Conn Iggulden, author, Wars of the Roses
“Lifts the curtain on a neglected but fascinating period of Roman history with
a deft hand and a keen eye. Highly recommended.” —Anthony Riches, author,
Empire series
Second in the series finds Rome in peril—and the old order changing
Centurion Aurelius Castus has been summoned back from Britain, to find himself
caught in a conspiracy threatening to bring down the Emperor Constantine. Rewarded
for saving the emperor’s life in battle, Castus is promoted to Corps of Protectores, the
elite imperial bodyguard—the swords around the throne. But he soon discovers the
court is as dangerous as the battlefield; behind the gilded facade of empire, there are
plots, betrayals and seductions, a nest of traitors, and one relentless enemy.
Ian Ross has been writing about the later Roman world for more than a decade.
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Battle for Rome
#3
Ian Ross
“An impressive debut. . . . This is a thumping good read, well-crafted, atmospheric
and thoroughly enjoyable. A real page-turner. Where’s the next volume?”
—Ben Kane, author, The Forgotten Legion on War at the Edge of the World
The third installment in the brilliant Twilight of Empire series sees Constantine
battle to regain control of Rome from the tyrant Maxentius
Centurion Aurelius Castus has been promoted to tribune and seems settled in a life of
comfort with his new wife and young son. But Rome is in the tyrranical grip of the
usurper Maxentius, and Constantine is forming a plan for a surprise attack from the
west, in order to take the city. Castus, who once saved the emperor’s life, is called upon
to play a key role in the campaign. Once again he is caught up in events far beyond his
control, where nothing is quite what it seems, not even his new marriage.
Ian Ross has been researching and writing about the later Roman world and its army
for more than a decade.
Fiction • 416 Pages • 5.75 x 9 • 9781784081201 • April • (Can $28.95) • Cloth
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STEEL CITY THRILLERS
Justice for the Damned
A Steel City Thriller
#3
Ben Cheetham
Thirty years of fear, thirty years of closed minds—it’s all about to change, in this
fast-paced, hard-hitting thriller
A Sheffield prostitute has disappeared. With no family to fight for her, she’s just the
latest in a long line of missing girls stretching back three decades. Nobody cares about
their names. Nobody remembers their faces. They are the unloved, the damaged, the
forgotten, the damned. Among the women working South Yorkshire’s streets, rumors
of a serial killer have long circulated. But the police’s top brass don’t want to know
about it. Talk of serial killers panics the public and embarrasses the department. But
two very different detectives, each driven by their own dangerous obsessions, are
being drawn into a murky world of perversion, murder and corruption that stretches
from the streets to the corridors of power.
Ben Cheetham self-published his first novel, Blood Guilt, in 2011. It sold more than
100,000 copies.
Spider’s Web
A Steel City Thriller
#4
Ben Cheetham
“Fast-moving action and lots of twists make this debut novel a most enjoyable
read.” —Times on Blood Guilt
“A tough case for DI Jim Monaghan . . . demonstrating Cheetham’s gritty authority in a novel that grips the reader by the throat.” —Good Books Guide
A sister bent on revenge meets a detective whose obsession may hold the key to
her past
February 14th, 1993. Sheffield United supporters remember it as the day their team
won a famous victory against Manchester United. The date is lodged in Anna Young’s
brain for a different reason. That was the day her 13-year-old sister, Jessica, was abducted. Fast forward 20 years. The case has long since gone cold. But Anna won’t let
it die. She made a promise to look after her little sister. And it’s a promise she intends
to keep no matter how long it takes. A detective with one thing on his mind, Jim
Monahan is equally determined to bring down a sadistic sex-ring. But everywhere he
turns, he finds himself entangled in a web of political power and silence. Then comes
a bizarre 20-year-old clue that might just blow the whole thing apart.
Ben Cheetham self-published his first novel, Blood Guilt, in 2011. It sold more than
100,000 copies.
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White Sands
Experiences from the Outside World
Geoff Dyer
“Dyer is to essays what Anthony Bourdain is to food. . . .
That rare writer one reads not to learn something new but to
enjoy his sidelong take on a subject.”
—L.A. Times on Another Great Day at Sea
“This is what I find most remarkable about Dyer: his tone.
Its simplicity, its classlessness, its accessibility and yet its erudition. . . . [Dyer’s humor is] what separates him from Berger and Lawrence and Sontag: it’s what makes these essays
not just an education, but a joy.” —Zadie Smith, Harper’s
Magazine on Otherwise Known as the Human Condition
New essays from one of the world’s greatest globetrotters
Episodic, wide-ranging, funny, and smart, this exploration of
why we travel marks a return to the subject of Dyer’s most successful book, Yoga for People Who Can’t Be Bothered to Do It,
albeit with the wisdom of age. From viewing a lightning field
in the Mexican desert by night, to chasing Gauguin’s ghost in
French Polynesia, from falling in love with a tour guide in the
Forbidden City of Beijing to tracking down the house of a childhood idol in L.A., Dyer pursues all permutations of the peak
experience. His trademark style blends travel writing, essay,
criticism, and fiction, with a smart and cantankerous wit that is
unmatched. Like Alain De Botton’s On Travel and Rebecca Solnit’s A Field Guide to Getting Lost, this is a book for armchair
travelers and slacker philosophers everywhere.
Geoff Dyer has won the Somerset Maugham Prize, the Bollinger
Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction, a Lannan Literary Award, the International Center of Photography’s 2006
Infinity Award for writing on photography, and the American
Academy of Arts and Letters’ E.M. Forster Award. In 2009 he
was named GQ’s writer of the year. He also won a National
Book Critics Circle Award in 2012.
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One Life
My Mother’s Story
Kate Grenville
“Written in the third-person, blending her mother’s plain, brisk language and her own
novelistic skills . . . moving . . . Grenville’s feminist instincts, which run quietly through
her life and writing, built on her mother’s example.” —Sydney Morning Herald
“A work of imaginative sympathy, it is as successful as it is audacious . . . Clear, authentic and utterly engaging . . . Provides a microcosm for the changes taking place on the
world stage in the period spanned.” —Independent on Sunday
From the author of The Secret River and The Lieutenant comes a deeply moving homage to her mother
One Life is the story of Nance Russell, whose life spanned a century of tumult and change.
In an act of great imaginative sympathy, her daughter Kate Grenville has drawn on the fragments of memoir Nance left, to create an intimate account of the patterns in her mother’s
life. In many ways Nance’s story echoes that of many mothers and grandmothers, for whom
the spectacular shifts of the 20th century offered a path to new freedoms and choices. In other ways Nance was exceptional. In an era when women were expected to have no ambitions
beyond the domestic, she ran successful businesses as a registered pharmacist, laid the bricks
for the family home, and discovered her husband’s secret life as a revolutionary.
Kate Grenville’s novel The Secret River received the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, and
was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Miles Franklin Literary Award. The Idea
of Perfection won the Orange Prize. Grenville’s other novels include Sarah Thornhill, The
Lieutenant, Lilian’s Story, Dark Places, and Joan Makes History.
Memoir • 304 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781782116875 • May • (Can $19.95) • Trade Paper
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Gods of the Morning
A Bird’s Eye View of a Highland Year
John Lister-Kaye
“I love this book. No one writes more movingly, or with such transporting poetic skill,
about encounters with wild creatures.” —Helen Macdonald, New York Times bestselling author of H is for Hawk
“Lister-Kaye is a gifted writer, braiding memories of childhood and wide-ranging journeys as a naturalist with the rhythms of life at Aigas . . . Gods of the Morning perfectly
encapsulates the paradoxical relations human beings have to the natural world.”
—Wall Street Journal
An inspiring, poetic celebration of the author’s deep relationship with his local landscape, and the birds that come and go through the year
For more than three decades, John Lister-Kaye has been enraptured by the spectacular seasonal metamorphosis at Aigas, the world-renowned Highlands field center. Over the years,
the glen’s wildlife has come to infiltrate his soul, whether it is a warbling blackcap’s cascading refrains, whooper swans hauling winter along with them, pine martens causing havoc
in the hen run, or a regal roe buck strutting in the broom and gorse, suddenly gilded by a
fiery ray of sunlight. He has come to understand intimately these creatures’ movements, but
increasingly unpredictable weather patterns have caused sometimes subtle, sometimes seismic shifts in their behavior. This study follows a year through the turning of the seasons at
Aigas, exploring the habits of the Highland animals, and in particular the birds—his gods of
the morning—for whom he has a lifelong passion. This affectionate and wise celebration of
the British landscape and the birds that come and go through the year is a lyrical reminder of
the relationship we have lost with the seasons, and a call to look afresh at the natural world
around us.
John Lister-Kaye is the author of nine books, including At the Water’s Edge.
Nature • 240 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781782114178 • Replaces: 9781782114154 • June
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Realm Divided
A Year in the Life of Plantagenet England
Dan Jones
A vivid, in-the-round portrait of English society in the year of Magna Carta, from the
bestselling author of The Plantagenets
England, 1215. The year of Magna Carta and King John’s war with his barons, but also of
crusading and church reform, of foreign wars and dramatic sieges, of trade and treachery; a
year in which London would be stormed by angry barons; England would be invaded by a
French army; and a supposedly impregnable castle would be brought down with burning pig
fat. But this was also a year in which life, for most people, just went on. Thus 1215 opens a
window onto everyday life in the 13th century. It offers a vivid and authoritative portrait—
from royal court to peasant wedding—of medieval life in the round, as well as an exhilarating
and revelatory exploration of the big themes of politics, warfare, religion, feudalism, mercantilism, travel, and the law in a transformative year in English history.
Dan Jones is an award-winning journalist and the bestselling author of The Plantagenets: The
Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England.
History • 304 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781781858837 • Replaces: 9781781858820 • June
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No More Champagne
Churchill and His Money
David Lough
“Brilliantly illuminates one of the few unexplored aspects of Winston Churchill’s life.”
—Piers Brendon, former Keeper of the Churchill Archives Centre in Cambridge
The untold story of Winston Churchill’s precarious finances—and one of most original
and surprising book about Churchill to emerge for many years
The popular image of Churchill conjures up a man of wealth and substance. The reality is
that Britain’s most celebrated 20th-century statesman lived for most of his life on a financial
cliff-edge. Only fragments of information about his finances have previously emerged. With
the help of unprecedented access to Churchill’s private records, David Lough creates the first
fully researched narrative of Churchill’s private finances and business affairs. As he reveals
the scale of Churchill’s financial risk-taking, combined with an ability to talk or write himself
out of the tightest of corners, the links between the private man and public figure become
clear.
David Lough is a financial advisor.
Biography • 528 Pages • 5 x 8 • 9781784081829 • June • (Can $18.95) • Trade Paper
83 Minutes
Matt Richards and Mark Langthorne
A comprehensive, truly horrifying account of the crucial minutes leading up to Michael
Jackson’s tragic passing
On June 25th, 2009, the world was rocked by the tragic news that Michael Jackson was
pronounced dead on arrival at a Los Angeles hospital. He was 50 years old. As the news
reverberated around the world, it was accompanied by even more shocking and controversial information—the revelation that Jackson had died in the care of his personal physician,
Doctor Conrad Murray, a whole 83 minutes before Murray put in a 911 call. In this comprehensive and truly horrifying account of those crucial minutes—Murray’s frantic attempts to
cover his tracks and revive his client before the truth could be revealed—are laid bare. This is
a compelling, multi-perspective tracking of all who were involved at the scene, and their part
to play in the events surrounding Jackson’s tragic passing. The cocktail of drugs employed
to keep Jackson alive, administered by Murray himself; the harrowing conditions in which
this troubled musical genius ended his life, are all described from official court documents.
Matt Richards is an award-winning film director, television producer and screenwriter. Mark
Langthorne is CEO of Roland Mouret and has previously worked in the music industry and
managed such stars as Kanye West and Annie Lennox.
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The Essential
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The Gentleman’s
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In the Company
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Romantic Illustration
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1000 Years of
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Books as History
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Lady Cycling
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How to Be Pretty
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Title Index
Title Index
#2Sides�� 263
3 Minute Workouts�� 252
7 Miles Out�� 297
18 and Proud of It�� 140
21st Century Networking�� 255
83 Minutes�� 304
100 Things that Caught My Eye�� 118
101 Beer Days Out�� 13
365 Days of Calm�� 148
365 Days of Friendship�� 148
365 Days of Prayer�� 148
365 Days of Yoga�� 148
1415 Agincourt�� 180
Abraham Lincoln�� 165
Advanced Dressage Training�� 121
Adventures in The Strand�� 41
After the Fire�� 174
After the Storm�� 61
Agincourt Companion, The�� 175
Alain Prost�� 262
Albert Einstein�� 163
Alfred the Great�� 162
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland�� 47
All the Days After�� 219
All Things Strange and Wonderful124
Amber Fury, The�� 294
American Football’s Forgotten Kings
�� 258
American Interior�� 215
American Wit and Wisdom�� 155
Anatolia�� 225
Animal Selfies�� 137
Anna Del Conte on Pasta�� 240
Anne Frank�� 164
Another Love�� 99
Apostrophe Catastrophe�� 200
Apple Blossom Pie�� 242
Art of Balanced Living, The�� 251
Art of Script Editing, The�� 107
Arty . . . and Proud of It�� 280
A Smidgeon of Shakespeare�� 40
Aston Villa Greatest Games�� 265
Astrology Secrets of the Moon�� 34
At Liberty�� 105
A True Story of the Great Escape� 191
Australians: Flappers to Vietnam�� 192
Awakening�� 48
Bachelors�� 291
Backyard Bees�� 221
Ballymara Road, The�� 81
Bard in Brief, The�� 39
Battle for Rome�� 300
Beethoven in China�� 114
Beth Chatto’s Shade Garden�� 32
Betrayal in Paris�� 184
Betsy and the Emperor�� 183
Between Enemies�� 295
Bible from Scratch�� 36
Big Game Hunter�� 261
Bike Porn�� 268
Biota�� 224
Black Cats & Evil Eyes�� 201
Black Dream, The�� 56
Blackheath�� 96
310
Black Holes�� 51
Blackpeak Station�� 101
Blind Arrows�� 96
Blood Mist�� 61
Blood Sisters�� 59
Book of Calm, The�� 150
Book of Gold Leaves, The�� 91
Book of He, The�� 127
Book of Love, The�� 150
Book of Mindfulness, The�� 150
Bookish . . . and Proud of It�� 280
Boris Becker’s Wimbledon�� 258
Bound Feet Blues�� 253
Boxing on this Day�� 260
Brunel�� 163
Building the Supermarine Spitfire� 195
Buried�� 59
Burn the Sea�� 189
Camper Love�� 157
CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide 2016�� 13
CAMRA Guide to London’s Best Beer,
Pubs & Bars, The�� 13
Can We Live Here?�� 214
Capability Brown�� 30
Cathay: Ezra Pound’s Orient�� 52
Celestine and the Hare 2017 Calendar
�� 287
Cellarmanship�� 14
Chappy�� 97
Charles Darwin�� 163
Chef Gets Healthy, The�� 233
Chicago: Then and Now®�� 4
Chicken�� 226
Chinese Labour Corps�� 184
Christmas Cafe, The�� 99
Christmas on a Plate�� 244
Cicely’s Sovereign Secret�� 76
Cinema�� 158
Civil Servant’s Notebook�� 50
Clock Cases�� 27
ClothBound�� 20
Clown Service�� 53
Cold Revenge�� 60
Collins COBUILD Basic American
Dictionary�� 203
Collins COBUILD Learner’s American
Collins Easy Learning French Grammar
�� 206
Collins Easy Learning French Verbs207
Collins Easy Learning German
Grammar�� 206
Collins Easy Learning German Verbs
�� 207
Collins Easy Learning Italian Grammar
�� 206
Collins Easy Learning Italian Verbs207
Collins Easy Learning Spanish
Grammar�� 206
Collins Easy Learning Spanish Verbs
�� 207
Collins French Phrasebook and
Collins Gem Chinese Dictionary�� 203
Collins German Phrasebook and
Collins Greek Phrasebook and
Collins Handy Road Atlas Ireland�� 211
Collins Italian Phrasebook and
Collins Portuguese Phrasebook and
Collins Spanish Phrasebook and
Collins Turkish Phrasebook and
Collins World Atlas�� 209
Collins World Atlas: Illustrated Edition
�� 209
Collins World Atlas: Mini Edition�� 209
Colour and Abstraction�� 25
Complete German Grammar Verbs
Vocabulary�� 208
Complete Italian Grammar Verbs
Complete Spanish Grammar Verbs
Congratulations on Your Retirement
�� 145
Country House Colouring Book�� 18
Courtroom Art�� 18
Courtyard Kitchen�� 241
Craft Cider Making�� 14
Craft for the Soul�� 22
Creative Blacksmithing�� 27
Crossing, The�� 215
Dad Disasters�� 127
Damon Albarn�� 111
Dancing with a Cocaine Cowboy� 218
Daniel Craig�� 109
Darkness and the Thunder, The�� 79
Darts�� 266
Dave Grohl�� 109
David Wilson 2017 Calendar�� 288
Dead on Time�� 191
Death at Dawn�� 189
Death in Bayswater�� 73
Death in the Rainy Season�� 72
Dempsey and the Wild Bull�� 259
Detective’s Secret�� 58
Detective’s Shadow�� 58
Detroit: Then and Now®�� 4
Diego Costa�� 263
Dimly Lit Meals for One�� 128
Dinner at Rose’s�� 98
Divorced, Beheaded, Died . . .�� 177
Dog Eat Dog�� 113
Dom Casmurro�� 49
Doubling Back�� 220
Drakenfeld�� 55
Drawing and Painting on the iPad�� 25
Drawing and Painting the Nude�� 25
Dreamer . . . and Proud of It�� 280
Dress, The�� 85
Dylan Odyssey Notecards:
Pack One, A�� 283
Dylan Odyssey Notecards:
Pack Two, A�� 283
Dull Men of Great Britain�� 126
Dumb House�� 46
Easy Vegan�� 231
Eat Greek for a Week�� 234
Eat the Week�� 241
Eddie Redmayne�� 108
Edward Jenner�� 165
Elegy�� 187
Elizabeth II�� 168
Empire of Time�� 54
Ending the War on Drugs�� 257
English Castles Story, The�� 172
English Cathedrals�� 173
English Chintz Fabrics�� 278
Epic Kitchen Adventures�� 246
Epiphany Jones�� 67
Ethics and Ethology�� 122
Eureka!�� 170
Even More Things That Nobody
Knows�� 200
Evolution of Fear, The�� 67
Exile, The�� 299
Fat Planet�� 252
Favourite Flower Poems�� 104
Field Guide to Melancholy, A�� 220
Fighter Pilot’s Handbook, The�� 195
Find My Way Home�� 70
Fine Art Screenprinting�� 26
Finishing School�� 291
First Class Cargo�� 195
First Lady�� 106
First Steps to Living with Diabetes249
First Steps to Living with Digestive
Problems�� 249
First Time We Met, The�� 102
First True Lie, The�� 296
First World War in Quotes, The�� 188
Fishbowl�� 65
Five-a-Side Bible, The�� 264
Fix Your Garden�� 29
Flavours of Wales Collection�� 247
Flavours of Wales: Fish and Seafood
�� 248
Flavours of Wales: Meat, Poultry and
Game�� 248
Flavours of Wales: Starters & Light
Dishes�� 247
Flavours of Wales: Vegetarian Dishes
�� 248
Flower Reading Cards�� 33
Flowers, Fruit & Vegetables from the
Natural History Museum�� 278
Flea Palace, The�� 90
Food, Fashion, Friends�� 11
Forgetiquette�� 251
Forgotten Spy, The�� 186
For the Best Dad in the World�� 146
For the Best Daughter in the World
�� 146
For the Best Grandparent in the
World�� 146
For the Best Sister in the World�� 147
For the Best Teacher in the World147
For the Love of Classical Music�� 114
Fortunate Man, A�� 292
Four Streets, The�� 81
Fractured�� 74
Fragrant Heart�� 213
Frankly Kellie�� 259
Free! Love Your Work, Love Your Life
�� 254
French Baker, The�� 245
Fresh Vegan Kitchen, The�� 231
Friends of the Dusk�� 63
From the Tsar’s Railway to the Red
Army�� 185
Frost�� 198
Furies of Rome, The�� 77
Garden Pocket Puzzle Book, The�� 277
Gardening Wit�� 154
Gardens of the National Trust�� 30
Gardens of the National Trust Postcard Box�� 277
Gaze, The�� 90
Geeky . . . and Proud of It�� 281
Genius . . . and Proud of It�� 281
Gift of Happiness, The�� 149
Gift of Healing, The�� 149
Gift of Mindfulness, The�� 149
Gilliamesque�� 289
Girl With No Name, The�� 82
Giuseppe Verdi�� 167
Gods of the Morning�� 303
Going Up Is Easy�� 216
Goldblatt’s Descent�� 65
Golden Retrievers�� 123
Golfing Wit�� 154
Golf’s Strangest Rounds�� 160
Title Index
Golf Stole My Brain�� 273
Good Shit, Bad Shit�� 279
Gourmet Farmer Goes Fishing, The
�� 226
GP Classics�� 271
Graffiti Planet�� 8
Grandad You’re the Best!�� 144
Grandma You’re the Best!�� 144
Grand Prix Yesterday & Today�� 270
Great Escapes�� 191
Great Lives�� 198
Groucho Club, The�� 12
Guillaume: Food for Family�� 238
Gun Control�� 57
Gunner Girls and Fighter Boys�� 299
Gypsy Goddess, The�� 293
Half a Pound of Tuppenny Rice�� 68
Half the World in Winter�� 83
Hanging Devils�� 51
Hannibal and Scipio�� 164
Happy�� 19
Hard Woman to Kill�� 60
Hare 2017 Calendar, The�� 287
Harry Mac�� 92
Healthy Habits�� 251
Heart Ladder, The�� 98
Heart of the Original�� 221
Heart on a Plate�� 244
Henry Ford�� 164
Henry V�� 165
Henry V�� 168
Hercules the Bear�� 124
Hide Her Name�� 81
High Performance Fencing�� 266
Himmler’s Cook�� 89
Hipster . . . and Proud of It�� 281
Hooked�� 218
Horatio Nelson�� 166
Horse Grooming Manual, The�� 121
Hot Dog!�� 227
House of Shadows�� 84
How Fat Was Henry VIII?�� 177
How to Be a Dog�� 138
How to Be Brave�� 94
How to Build a Natural Swimming
Pool�� 28
How to Make Really Good Coffee�� 15
Hunger�� 292
Hush, Little Bird�� 92
I Am Because You Are�� 93
Ice Diet, The�� 252
i-D�� 11
I Love Kings & Queens�� 171
I Love Shakespeare�� 171
I Love the Tudors�� 171
I Love You�� 151
Indie Games�� 274
Indiscretion�� 100
In Her Wake�� 68
Inked�� 9
In Search of Anne Brontë�� 41
Inspector Abberline and the Just King
�� 76
Inspiration and Motivation for Artists
�� 153
Inspiration and Motivation for
Musicians�� 153
Inspiration and Motivation for
Runners�� 153
Inspiration and Motivation for Writers
�� 153
Insurrection�� 180
International Public Affairs�� 257
In the Dark�� 91
In the Name of Love�� 61
In Your 40s and Still Cool!�� 143
In Your 60s and Still Crazy!�� 143
In Your 70s and Still Having Fun!� 143
Irish Ghost Tales�� 202
Isaac Newton�� 166
I Should Know That: Great Britain173
Is it in Yet?�� 129
Italian Joy�� 212
I Think Therefore I Play�� 264
It’s Always Beer O’Clock�� 147
It’s Showtime�� 122
Jackie Morris 2017 Calendar�� 288
Jackie Morris Can You See a Little
Bear Cards�� 285
Jackie Morris Hare Cards�� 284
Jackie Morris Queen of the Sky Notecards Pack 1�� 284
Jackie Morris Queen of the Sky Notecards Pack 2�� 284
Jackie Morris Snow Leopard Cards285
Jackie Morris Tiger Cards�� 285
James I�� 181
James II�� 181
Jane Austen�� 162
Jane Eyre�� 44
JFK: An American Coup D’etat�� 197
Jihadi: A Love Story�� 94
Jimfish�� 88
J.J. Abrams�� 108
Johnny Marr�� 110
Joy of Birdwatching, The�� 152
Joy of Camping, The�� 152
Joy of Dance, The�� 152
Joy of Retirement, The�� 152
Junkie Buddha�� 217
Justice for the Damned�� 301
Keep Calm and Poo On�� 156
Keep Calm for Americans�� 156
Keep Calm for Canucks�� 156
Keith Moon Stole My Lipstick�� 115
Killing Eva�� 75
King and the Slave, The�� 88
King Arthur�� 162
Kitchen Wit�� 154
Knit�� 24
Knitting�� 24
Lanark�� 48
Landscape Wales�� 119
Landscape Wales 2017 Calendar�� 287
Las Vegas: Then and Now®�� 5
Law’s Strangest Cases�� 160
Legend of Barney Thomson, The�� 93
Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other
Stories�� 45
Letters of Note�� 290
Life-abet�� 129
Life Below Stairs�� 182
Little Book of Relaxation, The�� 151
Little Chinese Cookbook, The�� 23
Little Instruction Book for Cats, The
�� 159
Little Instruction Book for Dogs, The
�� 159
Little Instruction Book for Grandparents, The�� 159
Little Instruction Book for Students,
The�� 159
Little Loves�� 120
Little Thai Cookbook, The�� 237
Live Wire: Bon Scott�� 113
Lombardian Cookbook, A�� 239
London�� 116
London: A Travel Guide Through Time
�� 182
London by Tube�� 210
London’s Strangest Tales�� 160
Long Reining�� 122
Looking Glass House, The�� 87
Lost Japan�� 213
Lost Soldier, The�� 82
Maggie Beer’s Spring Harvest Recipes
�� 229
Maggie Beer’s Summer Harvest
Recipes�� 229
Magic and Desire�� 103
Magna Carta and All That�� 175
Making Sculpture from Scrap Metal26
Mandate of Heaven, The�� 80
Manhood�� 139
Manhunter�� 261
Margaret and Me�� 242
Masquerade�� 100
Mastering Black & White Photography
�� 16
Mastering Portrait Photography�� 16
Master of the Game�� 103
Masu�� 236
MBA�� 93
Meadows at Great Dixter and Beyond
�� 31
Meatballs�� 228
Medicine’s Strangest Cases�� 161
Medieval Graffiti�� 174
Medieval & Renaissance Interiors�� 176
Melnitz�� 89
Memory Stick�� 279
Metamorphosis�� 47
Mezzogiorno�� 239
Mindfulness Journal, The�� 34
Mischief�� 86
Mistress of the Court�� 80
Mixed Martial Arts�� 269
Monocled Mutineer, The�� 187
Monolith�� 56
Moon Gardening�� 29
Moonwalker�� 274
More Letters of Note�� 290
More Moaning�� 125
Most Amazing YouTube Cat Videos
Ever!, The�� 135
Most Amazing YouTube Dog Videos
Ever!, The�� 135
Mothers�� 139
Moto GP Yesterday & Today�� 270
Mr Singh’s Fabulous Fiery Cookbook
�� 238
Mrs Luther and Her Sisters�� 36
Ms Marmite Lover’s Secret Tea Party
�� 222
Much Ado About Shakespeare�� 38
Muck, Sweat & Gears�� 267
Musical Wit�� 154
My Boys, My Body, My Business�� 105
My Cool Convertible�� 3
My Cool Treehouse�� 2
My Hearts Are Your Hearts�� 95
@MYSADCAT 2017 Calendar�� 286
My Simple Italian�� 240
@MYSMUGCAT 2017 Calendar�� 286
Napoleon�� 166
Narrowboat Nomads�� 214
National Trust Kitchen Cookbook� 243
Naturally Sassy�� 234
Nelson Mandela�� 165
New Eastgate Swing, The�� 74
New Words for Old�� 201
New York in Quotations�� 155
New York: Then and Now®�� 7
No Lipstick in Lebanon�� 92
No More Champagne�� 304
Northern Girls�� 50
Ocean of Time�� 54
Off the Leash: A Dog’s Best Friend136
Off the Leash: It’s a Dog’s Life�� 136
Older�� 139
One For My Baby�� 1
One Life�� 303
One-Stop History of the Bible, The� 35
On Forgiveness�� 219
Operation Basalt�� 189
Oranges and Lemons�� 201
Ordinary Made Extraordinary�� 21
Other Tudor Princess, The�� 181
Out at the Movies�� 106
Out of Place�� 95
Painting Self-Portraits�� 26
Paint It Black�� 70
Penguins, Pineapples and Pangolins
�� 176
Perfect Daughter�� 99
Picnics Prohibited�� 185
Pink Floyd�� 112
Planting Design for Dry Gardens�� 28
Pleasures of Nature�� 49
Poetry of Sex, The�� 104
Pogrom: November 1938�� 190
Pop, Bubble & Fizz�� 223
PopCo�� 298
Pope John Paul II�� 167
Pope’s Assassin, The�� 78
Porridge & Muesli�� 223
Posture and Performance�� 121
Practical Photojournalism�� 17
Prayer First Aid Kit�� 151
Prick with a Fork�� 130
Primal Kitchen�� 233
Princes Gate�� 69
Promises of Blood�� 64
Pub Dogs of London�� 117
Publisher Index�� 310
Pure Colour�� 21
The Roar of the Crowd�� 273
Queen Elizabeth II�� 163
Queen Unseen�� 112
Queen’s English, The�� 199
Quotable Cats�� 134
Quotable Dogs�� 134
Quotable Wilde�� 158
Radish�� 52
Rain-Soaked Bride�� 53
Random History of Golf, The�� 273
Raw�� 232
Raw Food Kitchen Book, The�� 232
Ray Davies�� 110
Real Fresh Coffee�� 15
Real Mary Kelly, The�� 183
Realm Divided�� 304
Reason I Run, The�� 272
Red Roses�� 179
Retribution�� 55
Return to Fourwinds�� 297
Rick Stein: From Venice to Istanbul
�� 235
Riddledom�� 199
Rise and Fall of the Miraculous
Vespas, The�� 94
Rivals of Dracula, The�� 42
Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, The�� 42
RMS Titanic�� 194
Road Atlas Ireland�� 211
Robert Pattinson�� 109
Robert the Bruce�� 167
Rockin’ Into Your 50s�� 143
Roebuck�� 98
Royal Secrets & Scandals�� 178
Ruby & Custard’s Crochet�� 23
Running’s Strangest Tales�� 161
Saison�� 224
311
Title Index/Publisher Index
Sam Smith�� 111
San Diego: Then and Now®�� 5
Schools of Fish�� 219
Second Curve, The�� 256
Second Time I Saw You, The�� 102
Sex and Horror: The Art of Alessandro
Biffignandi�� 10
Sex, Lies and Handlebar Tape�� 267
Shakespeare in Ten Acts�� 39
Shakespeare’s Bastard�� 183
Shakespeare’s Strangest Tales�� 161
Sharman and Other Filth�� 71
Ships to Remember�� 193
Simon Says�� 101
Simply Vegetables�� 230
#singlebutdating�� 253
Sirius�� 299
Sister Queens, The�� 179
Smack My Pitch Up!�� 254
Snow Angel, The�� 83
Some Comics by Stephen Collins� 131
So You’re 65!�� 145
So You Want to Be a Beer Expert?� 14
Space Race�� 197
Special Dead, The�� 72
Spider’s Web�� 301
Spy Catchers, The�� 193
Spynest�� 186
Squeezed�� 101
Stalin’s Gold�� 69
Starlings & Other Stories, The�� 62
Stephen�� 169
Story of a Nutcracker, The�� 43
Story of Beatrix Potter, The�� 37
Strangest Aircraft of All Time, The196
Street Art�� 8
Street that Rhymed at 3am�� 71
Sudoku 1�� 275
Sudoku 2�� 275
Sudoku 3�� 275
Sudoku 4�� 275
Sudoku 5�� 276
Sudoku 6�� 276
Suffragette Girl�� 84
Surviving Ireland�� 217
Swing Hammer Swing!�� 46
Swords Around the Throne�� 300
Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-Ay�� 115
Templar Succession, The�� 78
Tenant of Wildfell Hall, The�� 44
Texas: Then and Now®�� 6
Third Plantagenet, The�� 179
Third Time Lucky�� 102
Thomas the Tank Engine Man, The37
Thornfield Hall�� 87
Throwaway Children, The�� 82
Thunderbirds Comic Collection
Volume 2�� 133
Thunderbirds: The Vault�� 133
Ticket to Paradise�� 49
Tiger Milk�� 85
Times Killer Su Doku Book 12, The
�� 276
Times Map of the World, The�� 210
Titanic Unseen�� 194
Toast on Toast�� 126
Together Forever�� 144
Tom Jones�� 111
Too Brave to Live, Too Young to Die
�� 188
Top Gear Drives of a Lifetime�� 262
Toronto: Then and Now®�� 6
Trading Secrets�� 269
Trains�� 157
Tremarnock�� 86
Trial of Maximo Bonga, The�� 97
312
Tribe: Made in Britain�� 116
Tricurious�� 272
Trust Me, PR Is Dead�� 256
Tsunami Kids�� 214
Tudor Monarchs�� 178
Umbrian Thursday Night Supper Club,
The�� 216
Unchosen�� 130
Understanding Cinematography�� 107
Union-Castle Line, The�� 194
Unusual Possession of Alastair Stubb,
The�� 62
Vanished�� 196
Veni, Vidi, Vici�� 170
Very Veggie Family Cookbook�� 230
War and Peace�� 43
Warrior, the Strategist and You, The
�� 255
Warsaw Boy�� 190
Way of Dog�� 138
Wayward Leunig, The�� 132
Wealth or Poverty?�� 40
Well of Loneliness�� 45
Where Dragons Soar�� 202
Where Roses Never Die�� 66
Where There’s Smoke�� 75
Wherever the Firing Line Extends� 187
White Sands�� 302
Why Does My Parrot . . . ?�� 123
Wicked Game�� 68
William II�� 169
William IV�� 169
William Shakespeare: Notes & Quotes
�� 282
Winter Folly, The�� 83
With Love . . .�� 144
Woburn Abbey�� 31
Wolsey�� 180
Words of a Feather�� 200
Words of Command�� 79
World at My Feet, The�� 271
World’s Best Tattoo Models�� 9
World’s Toughest Races, The�� 268
Wuthering Heights�� 44
Your Guide to Understanding and
Dealing with Dementia�� 250
Your Guide to Understanding and
Dealing with Type 2 Diabetes�� 250
You Sent Me a Letter�� 64
You Should Have Been Here Last
Week�� 32
Zayn�� 112
Publisher Index
AA Publishing�� 211
Allen & Unwin�� 57, 83, 92, 98, 113,
120, 130, 183, 191–193, 199, 218,
236, 271
Ammonite Press�� 16–17, 188
Andre Deutsch�� 175
Atlantic Books/Corvus��63–65, 77–78,
87, 294, 297
Atlantic Books�� 65, 88–89, 170, 200,
293, 295
Bantam Australia�� 251
BackPage Press�� 264, 274
BBC Books�� 43, 235, 262
Black Lace�� 103
Blink Publishing�� 105,
118, 129, 183, 186, 214, 234, 246,
258–259, 262–263, 297, 304
British Library Publishing�� 39, 41, 49,
176, 178, 273
Cadmos Publishing�� 122
Caffeine Nights Publishing�� 56
CAMRA Books�� 13–14
Canongate UK��125–126, 189–290,
296, 298, 302–303
Canongate Canons�� 48, 219,
290–291, 292
Carlton Publishing Group/Carlton267,
270
Crowood Press�� 14, 24–27, 107, 121,
123, 266
Ebury Press�� 23, 126, 174, 198, 210,
215, 226, 234, 240
Egmont UK�� 133
Elliott & Thompson�� 255
Eye Books�� 217
Lightning Books�� 93
Filbert Press�� 28
Finch Publishing�� 124, 127, 219, 251
Freight Books�� 93, 117, 220, 264
Graffeg��62, 119, 247–248, 283–288
HarperCollins UK
Collins�� 203–209, 211, 276
Times Books UK�� 191, 198, 210
Head of Zeus��58–61, 81–82, 85–86,
99, 187, 299–301, 304
History Press�� 183
John Blake��108–109, 112, 128–129,
197, 263
Metro Books�� 29, 109–112, 116,
124, 188, 195, 200, 273,
Korero Press�� 10
Legend Times Group/Legend Press 74
Lion Hudson/Lion Books�� 35–37, 249
London Wall Publishing�� 69, 100
Mainstream Publishing�� 267
Michael O’Mara�� 105, 138, 173, 177,
199–201, 214, 275–276, 282
LOM Art�� 8, 274
Murdoch Books�� 19–20,
221, 224–226, 228, 231–232, 237,
241–242, 245
Myriad Editions�� 96
Myrmidon Books�� 80
National Trust�� 18, 30, 37, 104, 182,
243, 277
Oldcastle Books�� 220
Creative Essentials�� 107
Kamera Books�� 106
No Exit�� 42, 70, 71, 75, 96
Pulp! The Classics�� 47
Orenda Books�� 66–68, 94
Pan Macmillan
Boxtree�� 34, 136
Macmillan UK�� 78
Pan Macmillan, continued
Pan Books�� 72, 83–84
Tor�� 55–56
Pavilion�� 2, 4–7, 15, 21, 127, 223,
230–231, 238, 240
Portico�� 18, 29, 40, 139,
160–161, 227
Penguin Books Australia
Hamish Hamilton AU�� 238
Lantern AU�� 11, 212, 229,
232–233, 239
Viking AU........................................
22, 132
Penguin Books China�� 52, 114,
184–185
Viking China....................................
50–51, 138
Penguin Books New Zealand�� 97,
216, 233
Bantam NZ.......................................
101
Random House NZ�� 15
RH NZ Godwit�� 224
Penguin UK
Allen Lane�� 168–169
Michael Joseph�� 182
Particular Books�� 11
Penguin� 62, 79, 91, 102, 104, 190,
213, 215, 252
Portfolio Penguin�� 254
Viking�� 90
Peter Owen Publishers�� 1, 49, 68
Pimpernel Press�� 31–32, 174, 278
Pitch Publishing�� 258–260, 265, 269
Prion�� 135, 143–144, 273
Quiller Publishing/Kenilworth Press
�� 121
Random House Australia/
Ebury Australia�� 218
Random House UK��
Arrow�� 252
Del Rey�� 53, 54
Jonathan Cape�� 131
Preface Publishing�� 12, 239
Random House Business UK�� 256
Square Peg�� 21, 222, 244
Unbound�� 92, 115, 130, 221, 256
Vintage Classics...............................
43–46
Vintage UK�� 110
Windmill Books�� 216
Robert Hale/Buried River Press76, 101
Robert Hale�� 40, 76, 173, 261
Rockpool Publishing�� 33–34, 251
Souvenir Press�� 123, 187, 190
Spineless Wonders�� 95
Summersdale�� 9, 97,
114, 134, 137, 140–142, 145–159,
213–214, 268, 272, 277
Huck & Pucker�� 279–281
Vie�� 250
The History Press�� 41, 115–116,
162–167, 172, 177, 179–181, 186,
189, 191, 193–196, 200, 202
Pitkin Publishing�� 171, 178
The History Press Ireland�� 202
The Mystery Press�� 73–74
Transworld Publishers
Bantam Press�� 75, 79
Transworld Ireland�� 217
Upstart Press�� 38, 106
Urbane Publications�� 62, 98, 101,
253–254, 257
Virgin Books�� 133, 257
Virgin Black Lace�� 103
Wilkinson Press� 9, 24, 112, 196–197,
252, 269, 271
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Anne McGilvray & Company
Dallas Showroom
2332 Valdina
Dallas, TX 75207
Phone 800-527-1462
Fax 214-638-4535
[email protected]
Nationwide Book Distributors Ltd
Phone 64-03-366-9559
Fax 64-03-366-4801
[email protected]
San Francisco Showroom
680 8th Street, Suite 160
Phone: 415-241-6968
John Reed Book Distribution
Phone 612-4997-2936
Fax 612-4997-2937
[email protected]
www.johnreedbooks.com.au
Bermuda, Caribbean Islands,
Central and South America,
Mexico & U.S. Military Bases
J. C. Carrillo, Inc.
Phone 505-986-8458
Fax 505-438-0206
[email protected]
www.jc-carrillo.com
Jerry Cruz Carrillo Ortiz
L.A. Mart Showroom, Suite 345
Phone 213-749-7754
Minneapolis Gift Mart
Orange Gallery, #378
Phone 952-932-7153
World Market Center Las Vegas
445 S. Grand Central Parkway, C1090
Phone 800-527-1462
China
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan & Ohio
China Publishers Marketing
Phone/Fax: 0086-21-54259557
[email protected]
Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia,
Brunei, Thailand & Hong Kong
Kelley & Crew
Contact: Amy Kelley
Chicago, IL 60654
Phone 800-373-1712
Fax 773-442-0810
[email protected]
Shaik Mohamed Ariff
Fathima News Enterprise
Phone 65-6220-0532
Fax 65-6226-0123
[email protected]
Delaware, District of Columbia,
Maryland, Long Island, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Upstate New York,
Virginia & West Virginia
Singapore & Malaysia
Publishers Marketing Services Pte Ltd
Phone 65-62565166
Fax 65-62530008
[email protected]
Philippines, Micronesia & Korea
Mind Mover Publishing House
Phone 63-2-435-1015
Fax 63-2-920-7533
[email protected]
Japan
DIP, Inc.
Phone 81-3-5842-9050
Fax 81-3-5842-9080
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina & Tennessee
225 Unlimited
Contact: Kim Higgins
317 Northlake Blvd., Suite 1016
Altamonte Springs, FL 32701
Phone 800-846-1309
Fax 407-895-1764
[email protected]
Atlanta Showroom
AmericasMart
Building Two, Suite 1718
Phone 800-846-1309
Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon
& Washington
The Barron Collection
Contact: Rebeca Barron
Pacific Market Center, Suite 432
6100 4th Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98108
Phone 800-791-4321
Fax 800-791-7914
[email protected]
New York City
Shorelines
Contact: Perry Shore
155 W. 72nd St. Suite #506
New York City, NY 10023
Phone 1-800-Shorelines
Fax 212-580-7298
[email protected]
Hawaii
Independent Publishers Group
Contact: Scott McWilliams
Phone 312-337-0747 x200
[email protected]
ISBN Sales
Contact: Rick Kelly
141 Friends Lane
Newtown, PA 18940
Phone 215-428-1552
Fax 215-736-1981
[email protected]
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, Rhode Island
& Vermont
Road Runners
Contact: Angela Schmook
58 Joyce Road
Hartsdale, NY 10530
Phone 888-674-6349
Fax 813-996-2981
[email protected]
To inquire about eligible returns, write or call:
Independent Publishers Group, Returns Department
814 North Franklin Street, Chicago, IL 60610 (312) 337-0747
Returns will be refused at this address.
No credit will be given for ineligible returns.
Titles in this catalog can be combined with titles
from our other fine catalogs:
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AA Publishing
Allen & Unwin
Ammonite Press
Andersen Press
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BackPage Press
BBC Books
Bene Factum Publishing
Berbay Publishing
Blink Publishing
Bonnier Publishing
Caboodle Books
Cadmos Books
Caffeine Nights Publishing
CAMRA Books
Canongate UK
Cargo Publishing
Carlton Publishing Group
Cherry Red Books
Cherrytree Books
Collins UK
Crowood Press
Cutting Edge Press
Double-Barrelled Books
Edition Olms
Edition Skylight
Egmont UK
Elliott & Thompson
Eye Books
Far Far Away Books
Filbert Press
Finch Publishing
Fine Feather Press
Freight Books
Front Row Books
Graffeg Publishing
Graffito Books
Hardie Grant Egmont
Head of Zeus
Hesperus Press
The History Press
Hogs Back Books
John Blake
KAMA Publishing
Korero Press
Laburnum Press
Legend Times
Lion Hudson
Little Hare
Little Island Books
Maverick Arts Publishing
Methuen
Metro Publications
Michael O’Mara Books
MMS Gold
Mogzilla
Moonlight Publishing
Murdoch Books
Myriad Editions
Myrmidon Books
Natural History Museum, London
NBS Publications
Oldcastle Books
Orenda Books
Palazzo Editions
Pallas Athene
Pan Macmillan
PatrickGeorge
Pavilion
Penguin Australia
Penguin China
Penguin New Zealand
Penguin UK
Peter Owen Publishers
Phoenix Yard Books
Pikku Publishing
Pimpernel Press
Pitch Publishing
Pucci Books
Quiller Publishing
Racing Post Books
Random House Australia
Random House UK
ReadZone Books
Robert Hale
Rockpool Publishing
Scriptum Editions
Souvenir Press
Spineless Wonders
SPY Publishing
Summersdale
Tango Books
Transworld Publishers
Tulip Books
Upstart Press
Urbane Publications
Virgin UK
Wilkins Farago
Wilkinson Press

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