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FICTION
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The Couple Next Door
Shari Lapena
People are capable of almost anything.
PEOPLE ARE CAPABLE OF ALMOST ANYTHING.
‘Meticulously crafted and razor-sharp. THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR
lingers long after you turn the final page’ HARLAN COBEN
Fast-paced and addictive, THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR announces a
major new talent in thriller writing.
You never know what's happening on the other side of the wall.
Your neighbour told you that she didn't want your six-month-old
daughter at the dinner party. Nothing personal, she just couldn't
stand her crying.
Your husband said it would be fine. After all, you only live next door.
You'll have the baby monitor and you'll take it in turns to go back
every half hour.
Your daughter was sleeping when you checked on her last. But now,
as you race up the stairs in your deathly quiet house, your worst fears
are realized. She's gone.
You've never had to call the police before. But now they're in your
home, and who knows what they'll find there.
What would you be capable of, when pushed past your limit?
'How well do we ever know those around us? THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR
will keep you glued to the pages in search of the answer. Even then,
you'll never guess the truth...until it's too late' LISA GARDNER
Shari Lapena worked as a lawyer and as an English teacher before
writing fiction. The Couple Next Door is her debut thriller.
July 2016
9780593077382
£12.99 : Hardback
320 pages
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Magic
Danielle Steel
A tender and passionate story exploring what it really means to have
magic in our lives . . . The inspiring and uplifting new novel from the
world's favourite storyteller, Danielle Steel.
It starts on a summer evening, with the kind of magic found only in
Paris. Once a year in the City of Light, a lavish dinner takes place
outside a spectacular landmark. Selected by secret invitation, the
guests arrive dressed in white, and when the night is over, hundreds
of white paper lanterns bearing everyone’s fervent wishes are
released into the sky. Amid this wondrous White Dinner, a group of
close friends stand at the cusp of change.
Jean-Philippe and Valerie are high-flying, successful and devoted to
their young family. But a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in China may
lead to separation – and temptation.
Bernadetta and Gregorio run an Italian clothing empire in Milan, but
Gregorio has a weakness that will ignite a crisis in their company, and
their marriage.
Screenwriter Chantal and Indian tech entrepreneur Dharam arrive as
friends, but their paths will be set on dramatically different courses
before the night ends.
A transformative year of successes and heartbreaks is to come, until
the next White Dinner . . .
Danielle Steel is famous for her inspirational stories about family, love and
life. Her novels will be enjoyed by readers of Penny Vincenzi, Jodi Picoult
and Diane Chamberlain.
Danielle Steel is one of the world’s most popular and highly acclaimed
authors, with over ninety international bestselling novels in print and
more than 600 million copies of her novels sold. She is also the
author of His Bright Light, the story of her son Nick Traina's life and
death; A Gift of Hope, a memoir of her work with the homeless; and
Pure Joy, about the dogs she and her family have loved.
July 2016
9780593069103
£18.99
Royal Octavo : Hardback
310 pages
To discover more about Danielle Steel and her books visit her website
at www.daniellesteel.com
You can also connect with Danielle on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/DanielleSteelOfficial or on Twitter:
@daniellesteel
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Lament for the Fallen
Gavin Chait
Perfect for fans of David Mitchell, Michel Faber and J G Ballard, this
darkly compelling literary debut tells a thrilling story that is shot
through with hope and a transcendent sense of wonder.
'Father, tell me a story?' asks Isaiah, moments before a strange craft
falls from the sky and smashes into the jungle near his isolated West
African community. Inside the ruined vessel the villagers find the
shattered body of a man. His name is Samara and he is a man
unlike any the villagers have seen before - a man who is perhaps
something more than human.
With his city home of Achenia hiding in the rubble left by a
devastating war, Samara has fallen 35,000 km to earth in order to
escape the automated hell of an orbiting prison called Tartarus. As he
struggles to heal himself, he helps transform the lives of those who
rescued him but in so doing attracts the attention of the brutal warlord
who rules over this benighted, ravaged post-21st century land. He is
not a man to be crossed, and now he threatens the very existence of
the villagers themselves and the one, slim chance Samara has of
finding his way home and to the woman - and the world - he loves.
And all the while - in the darkness above - waits the simmering fury
that lies at the heart of Tartarus . . .
Born in Cape Town in 1974, Gavin Chait emigrated to the UK eight
years ago. He has degrees in Microbiology & Biochemistry, and
Electrical Engineering. He is an economic development strategist and
data scientist, and has travelled extensively in Africa, Latin America,
Europe and Asia and is now based in Oxford. Lament for the Fallen his first novel - has its origins in a story he attempted to write when
he was a science fiction-obsessed twelve year old.
July 2016
9780857523693
£14.99
Royal Octavo : Hardback
320 pages
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Black Swan
Falling
Julie Cohen
When secrets tear you apart, can your family still save you? A
moving and surprising story about love, family and friendship.
Can you imagine keeping a secret so devastating, you couldn’t even tell the
people you love?
Honor’s secret threatens to rob her of the independence she’s
guarded ferociously for eighty years.
Jo’s secret could smash apart the ‘normal’ family life she’s fought so
hard to build.
Lydia’s secret could bring her love - or the loss of everything that
matters to her.
One summer’s day, grandmother, mother and daughter’s secrets will collide
in a single dramatic moment.
Is it too late for second chances?
Readers of Jojo Moyes, Liane Moriarty and Lisa Jewell will love this
surprising, moving story.
Julie Cohen grew up in Maine and studied English at Brown University
and Cambridge University. She moved to the UK to research fairies in
Victorian children’s literature at the University of Reading and this was
followed by a career teaching English at secondary level. She now
writes full time and is a popular speaker and teacher of creative
writing. She lives with her husband and their son in Berkshire.
Talk with Julie on Twitter: @julie_cohen or visit her website: www.juliecohen.com.
July 2016
9781784160630
£6.99
B Format (TW) : Paperback
400 pages
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Hereward: The Bloody Crown
(Hereward 6)
James Wilde
The concluding novel in James Wilde's bestselling historical series
chronicling the life and adventures of that near-forgotten English
hero, the warrior Hereward the Wake.
1081. And so the bloody battle for the crown of the Holy Roman
Empire begins.
Within the city of Constantinople itself, three venal factions will go to
any lengths - will, it seems, kill any who might stand in their way - to
seize the throne.
And outside the city's walls, twin powers threaten a siege that will
crush the once-mighty empire forever.
To the west, the voracious forces of the most feared Norman warlord
are gathering. While in the east, the Turkish hordes are massing theirs is a lust for slaughter.
And in the midst of this maelstrom of brutality and betrayal, Hereward
and his English spear-brothers prepare to make what could be their
final stand . . .
James Wilde is a Man of Mercia. Raised in a world of books, the
author studied economic history at university before travelling the
world in search of adventure. Unable to forget a childhood encounter in the pages of a comic - with the great English warrior, Hereward,
Wilde returned to the haunted fenlands of Eastern England,
Hereward's ancestral home, where he became convinced that this
legendary hero should be the subject of his first novel. Wilde indulges
his love of history and the high life in the home his family have
owned for several generations in the heart of a Mercian forest.
July 2016
9780593071878
£14.99
Royal Octavo : Hardback
320 pages
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The Secret Ways of Perfume
Cristina Caboni
A huge international bestseller, The Secret Ways of Perfume is an
evocative, poignant read set between the cobbled streets of
Florence and the lavender fields of Provence - perfect for fans of The
Tea Planter's Wife and Santa Montefiore
From Florence to Paris, a scent like no other can take you
unexpected places . . .
Ten-year-old Elena lives in Florence with her cold and distant
perfumier grandmother. Only when enveloped in aromas does Elena
feel at home, and she has nurtured a unique gift: the ability to
decipher the ingredients of a perfume, and experience the feelings it
evokes.
Years later, Elena’s talent leads her to the cobbled streets of Paris.
There she rediscovers an old, secret family perfume recipe that no
other perfumier has been able to replicate.
As Elena begins to open her heart to new adventures she meets a
man who is guarding his own secrets. From France’s sun-drenched
lavender fields to the ancient heart of Italy, together they will follow a
path of secret scents, distant memories and new hopes . . .
Cristina Caboni lives in the province of Cagliari with her husband and
their three children. In addition to devoting herself full time to writing,
Cristina also works for the family beekeeping business, dealing with
the care of queen bees, and also enjoys cultivating a variety of roses.
The world of perfumes and natural essences has been a passion of
Cristina's for a long time. Her debut novel, The Secret Ways of Perfume,
is a tribute to the connection between scent, memory and emotion,
and was a highly acclaimed bestseller in Italy before its publication in
English.
August 2016
9781784160500
£7.99
B format : Paperback
416 pages
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Saviour of Rome
Douglas Jackson
For fans of Simon Scarrow and Ben Kane, the spectacular new novel
in Douglas Jackson's epic series sees Gaius Valerius Verrens
summoned by the emperor Vespasian to undertake a mission that is
tainted by treachery and seems like a death sentence...
AD 72. Titus Flavius Vespasianus, known as Vespasian, is Emperor of
Rome, but his grip on power grows increasingly fragile as economic
disaster threatens. The enormous riches from his Judaean campaigns
are all but spent, legions go unpaid, and the yields from Rome’s vital
Spanish goldfields have fallen dramatically since the civil war.
Gaius Valerius Verrens is recently married and building a new home
when the summons arrives from the Emperor. Vespasian needs a
man with the combined skills of a lawyer and a soldier to investigate
what is happening in remote, mountainous Asturica Augusta where
the authorities claim a bandit called The Ghost is ravaging the gold
convoys.
But when Valerius arrives in Asturica he faces a much more complex
situation. Stalked from the shadows he cannot tell ally from enemy,
the exploited native tribes are a growing threat, and the tortured
landscape itself seems capable of swallowing him up. Gradually he
finds himself drawn into a much wider conspiracy, one that could
plunge the Empire into a new conflict and that will place him on a
deadly collision course with his old friend and most dangerous
adversary, the former gladiator Serpentius.
August 2016
9780593075937
£18.99
Royal Octavo : Hardback
400 pages
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Just Kiss Me
Rachel Gibson
Sizzling hot contemporary romance from the New York Times
bestselling author RACHEL GIBSON
The latest hot and funny love story from New York Times bestselling
author Rachel Gibson, author of RESCUE ME and NOTHING BUT
TROUBLE.
It's been years since Vivian last saw Harrison. She was scrubbing
houses for a living, he was the gorgeous son of rich parents, not fit
for the likes of her.
She had vowed to get out of Charleston, become a big Hollywood star
and stick it to the snooty girls who made her cry. Vivian got what she
wanted – and more – but why does her glamorous life seem so
trivial?
Harrison got out too . . . making it all the way to Wall Street, until his
life took an unexpected twist and he traded in his cufflinks for
carpentry back in Charleston.
But escaping his heritage is nearly impossible. And now he’s come
face-to-face with the one who got away. He’s not looking for love.
He’s not even looking for sex . . . so why is resisting her the hardest
thing he’s ever done?
The one that got away just came back . . .
Rachel Gibson's storytelling career began at the age of sixteen when
she ran her Chevy Vega into the side of a hill, and told her parents
she'd been the victim of a hit and run. They believed her, and she's
been telling stories ever since. Rachel has three children and still lives
in her native Boise, Idaho. When not writing, she can be found
boating on Payette Lake with Mr. Gibson, shopping for shoes, or
forcing her love on an ungrateful cat. Visit her at
www.rachelgibson.com
August 2016
9780552170543
£7.99
B Format (TW) : Paperback
384 pages
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Rushing Waters
Danielle Steel
A powerful and dramatic novel - when a hurricane strikes New York
City, lives will be changed forever...
Caught up in the devastation of Hurricane Ophelia in New York, lives
are changed forever...
American Ellen is a successful interior designer married to a barrister
in London. She's visiting her mother in New York when the hurricane
warnings begin - but Grace refuses to leave her Tribeca apartment.
Soon though, evacuation becomes critical. Will the two women escape
the floods in time?
Charles' younger wife Gina left him the previous year and moved to
New York to be with her new partner, taking their daughters - a move
he has struggled to adjust to. Now, hard truths come out when the
family are reunited in a hurricane shelter.
Juliette is a thirty-one-year-old Emergency Room doctor whose
questions about the hospital's plans to deal with an emergency
situation are dismissed. But when disaster strikes, her reserves of
strength and stoicism come to the fore.
As the hurricane hits and the streets of New York fill with rushing
water, relationships are tested to the limit. Some break, others are
repaired, and new ones are forged.
Danielle Steel is famous for her powerfully emotional stories about family,
love and life. Her novels will be enjoyed by readers of Penny Vincenzi, Jodi
Picoult and Diane Chamberlain.
Danielle Steel is one of the world’s most popular and highly acclaimed
authors, with over ninety international bestselling novels in print and
more than 600 million copies of her novels sold. She is also the
author of His Bright Light, the story of her son Nick Traina's life and
death; A Gift of Hope, a memoir of her work with the homeless; and
Pure Joy, about the dogs she and her family have loved.
September 2016
9780593069141
£18.99 : Hardback
310 pages
To discover more about Danielle Steel and her books visit her website
at www.daniellesteel.com
You can also connect with Danielle on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/DanielleSteelOfficial or on Twitter:
@daniellesteel
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Mount!
Jilly Cooper
The glorious new novel from Jilly Cooper, featuring Rupert CampbellBlack and a raft of characters new and old, human and equine
The glorious new novel from Jilly Cooper, featuring Rupert CampbellBlack and a raft of characters new and old, human and equine
Everybody loves Jilly Cooper:
'Sex and horses: who could ask for more?' Sunday Telegraph
'Joyful and mischeivous' Jojo Moyes
'A delight from start to finish' Daily Mail
'Fun, sexy and unputdownable' Marian Keyes
'Escape into an alternative universe in which all is right with the world'
Guardian
'Flawlessly entertaining' Helen Fielding
Jilly Cooper is a journalist, author and media superstar. The author of
many number one bestselling novels, she lives in Gloucestershire with
her rescue greyhound.
She was appointed OBE in 2004 for services to literature, and in 2009
was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Letters by the University of
Gloucestershire for her contribution to literature and services to the
County.
September 2016
9780593072905
£20.00 : Hardback
744 pages
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All We Shall Know
Donal Ryan
The much anticipated new novel from the acclaimed author of The
Spinning Heart and The Thing About December.
‘Martin Toppy is the son of a famous Traveller and the father of my unborn
child. He’s seventeen, I'm thirty-three. I was his teacher. I’d have killed
myself by now if I was brave enough. I don’t think it would hurt the baby.
His little heart would stop with mine. He wouldn't feel himself leaving one
world of darkness for another, his spirit untangling itself from me.’
Melody Shee is alone and in trouble. Her husband doesn't take her
news too well. She doesn't want to tell her father yet because he’s a
good man and this could break him. She’s trying to stay in the
moment, but the future is looming – larger by the day – while the
past won’t let her go. What she did to Breedie Flynn all those years
ago still haunts her.
It’s a good thing that she meets Mary Crothery when she does. Mary
is a young Traveller woman, and she knows more about Melody than
she lets on. She might just save Melody’s life.
Donal Ryan’s new novel is breathtaking, vivid, moving and
redemptive.
Donal Ryan is from Nenagh in County Tipperary. His first two novels,
The Spinning Heart and The Thing About December, and his short story
collection A Slanting of the Sun, have all been published to major
acclaim. The Spinning Heart won the Guardian First Book Award, the EU
Prize for Literature (Ireland), and Book of the Year at the Irish Book
Awards; it was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary
Award; and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Desmond
Elliott Prize. The Thing About December was shortlisted for the Kerry
Group Irish Novel of the Year and Novel of the Year at the Irish Book
Awards, and the title story of A Slanting of the Sun won the writing.ie
Short Story of the Year at the Irish Book Awards. His third novel, All
We Shall Know, will be published in autumn 2016. Donal holds a
Writing Fellowship at the University of Limerick. He lives with his wife
Anne Marie and their two children just outside Limerick City.
September 2016
9780857524379
£12.99 : Hardback
224 pages
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The Midwives of Raglan Road
Jenny Holmes
The third heart-warming tale from the author of THE MILL GIRLS OF
ALBION LANE.
A heart-warming, nostalgic tale of triumph over adversity that
readers of Katie Flynn, Donna Douglas and Call the Midwife will adore.
Summer 1936 - with the mill towns of Yorkshire still in the grip of the
Great Depression, newly trained midwife Hazel Price returns to the
streets of her childhood only to find that her modern methods and
supposedly 'stuck-up' ways bring her into conflict with her mother,
other family members and residents of Raglan Road.
Determined Hazel battles on. She knows that all eyes are on her as
she assists in home deliveries and supports the local GP. The days
are long and hard but Hazel brings knowledge and compassion to the
work she loves. But then the inevitable happens: a complicated
labour ends disastrously.
With accusations flying on Raglan Road, will Hazel's reputation survive
the tragedy? And what of John Moxon, the man she is beginning to
fall for - whose side will he take in the war between the old ways and
the new?
A heart-warming, nostalgic tale of triumph over adversity that readers of
Katie Flynn, Donna Douglas and Call the Midwife will adore.
Jenny Holmes lives in a beautiful part of Yorkshire and sets her sagas
in the industrial heartland nearby. She enjoys horse riding, gardening
and walking her dog in the dales. She also writes children’s books as
Jenny Oldfield.
October 2016
9780552171519
£5.99 : Paperback
400 pages
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One Little Mistake
Fleur Smithwick
One little lie. One little secret. One little mistake has changed
everything.
Vicky thought that nobody would know if she just stepped out for
twenty minutes.
Everything was quiet; it was so easy for her to slip away . . .
One little lie.
One little secret.
One little mistake has changed everything.
Now Vicky's best friend is going to help stop her whole life from falling
apart.
But if she’s keeping Vicky's secret, then Vicky is going to have to
keep hers in return . . .
Brought up in London, Fleur studied French Literature & Language at
Southampton University and has worked in various jobs, including
twelve years as a school secretary, before becoming a full-time writer.
As well as novels, she writes short stories and has won The Writers’
Village and Segora competitions and has been shortlisted twice for
Fish Publishing and The New Writer. She lives in Richmond with her
husband and two children. Find her on Twitter: @FleurSmithwick
October 2016
9780552779791
£6.99 : Paperback
368 pages
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The Fourth Victim
Anders Knutas series 9
Mari Jungstedt
The latest thriller from 'one of Scandinavia’s best crime writers' (The
Times). For fans of Henning Mankell and Jo Nesbo.
A violent robbery. A hit and run. A brutal murder.
In the stifling heat of an August morning on the beautiful Swedish
island of Gotland, terror shatters the calm.
An armed robbery is over in minutes, leaving a little girl on the road,
hit in the speed of the robbers’ flight.
Desperate to find those responsible, the police track down one of the
culprits. But he is dead, brutally murdered at a remote farm.
Tattooed on his arm are three initials: his own and two others. The
only clues as to the identity of his friends.
As the desperate hunt to find the remaining two robbers intensifies,
there’s every chance the murderer is on their trail too. Can Detective
Superintendent Knutas beat them to it?
Mari Jungstedt is one of the most successful crime fiction authors in
Sweden, and has sold over 3 million copies of her books worldwide.
Barry Forshaw writes that her Inspector Knutas novels are 'among the
most rarefied and satisfying pleasures afforded by the field'. She has
written nine novels set on the island of Gotland and featuring Knutas.
Mari lives in Stockholm with her husband and two children.
October 2016
9780857521514
£12.99 : Trade Paperback
288 pages
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No Place for a Woman
Val Wood
A story of determination and endurance, as a young woman
struggles to fulfil her dream of becoming a doctor, from Sunday
Times bestseller Val Wood.
Since winning the Catherine Cookson Prize for Fiction for her first
novel, The Hungry Tide, Val Wood has become one of the most
popular authors in the UK.
Born in the mining town of Castleford, Val came to East Yorkshire as a
child and has lived in Hull and rural Holderness where many of her
novels are set. She now lives in the market town of Beverley.
When she is not writing, Val is busy promoting libraries and
supporting many charities.
Find out more about Val Wood's novels by visiting her website:
www.valeriewood.co.uk
October 2016
9780593074336
£18.99 : Hardback
364 pages
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Cold Blood
(Nick Stone Thriller 18)
Andy McNab
A truly thrilling new Nick Stone novel - when members of the crew
start dying on an expedition to the North Pole, it is clear the
murderer must be amongst them
Accompanying a group of veteran soldiers on an expedition to the
North Pole should be a simple job for ex-deniable operative Nick
Stone. But when they're intercepted in their tracks by hulking men
with powerful weapons and an enormous ice-breaker ship claiming to
be US Navy, Stone immediately understands that not everyone on
this trip is who they say they are.
When members of the crew begin to die, it is clear that the murderer
must be amongst them. And when the very motivations of the trek
are called into question, Stone doesn't only have multiple murders on
his hands, he has an international crisis to deal with too.
From the day he was found in a carrier bag on the steps of Guy's
Hospital in London, Andy McNab has led an extraordinary life.
As a teenage delinquent, Andy McNab kicked against society. As a
young soldier he waged war against the IRA in the streets and fields
of South Armagh. As a member of 22 SAS he was at the centre of
covert operations for nine years – on five continents. During the Gulf
War he commanded Bravo Two Zero, a patrol that, in the words of his
commanding officer, 'will remain in regimental history for ever'.
Awarded both the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) and Military
Medal (MM) during his military career, McNab was the British Army's
most highly decorated serving soldier when he finally left the SAS.
Since then Andy McNab has become one of the world’s bestselling
writers, drawing on his insider knowledge and experience. As well as
three nonfiction bestsellers including Bravo Two Zero, the bestselling
British work of military history, he is the author of the bestselling Nick
Stone and Tom Buckingham thrillers. He has also written a number of
books for children.
October 2016
9780593073803
£18.99 : Hardback
448 pages
Besides his writing work, he lectures to security and intelligence
agencies in both the USA and UK, works in the film industry advising
Hollywood on everything from covert procedure to training civilian
actors to act like soldiers and he continues to be a spokesperson and
fundraiser for both military and literacy charities.
www.andymcnab.co.uk
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A Shilling for a Wife
Emma Hornby
Gritty and page-turning historical saga set in 1860s Bolton and
Manchester, perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin.
Sally Swann thought life couldn't get much worse. Then a single coin
changed hands.
A dismal cottage in the heart of Bolton, Lancashire, has been Sally’s
prison since Joseph Goden 'bought' her from the workhouse as his
wife. A drunkard and bully, Joseph rules her with a rod of iron, using
fists and threats to keep her in check.
When Sally gives birth, however, she knows she must do anything to
save her child from her husband's clutches. She manages to escape,
and taking her baby, flees for the belching chimneys of Manchester,
in search of her only relative.
But with the threat of discovery by Joseph, who will stop at nothing to
find her, Sally must fight with every ounce of strength she has to
protect herself and her son, and finally be with the man who truly
loves her. For a fresh start does not come without a price . . .
A SHILLING FOR A WIFE is powerful, absorbing storytelling that is
perfect for fans of saga by Dilly Court, Rosie Goodwin and Maggie
Hope.
Thirty-two-year-old mother of three Emma Hornby lives on a tight-knit
working-class estate in Bolton and has read sagas all her life. Before
pursuing a career as a novelist, she had a variety of jobs, from care
assistant for the elderly, to working in a Blackpool rock factory. She
was inspired to write after researching her family history; like the
characters in her books, many generations of her family eked out life
amidst the squalor and poverty of Lancashire's slums.
November 2016
9780593077528
£18.99 : Hardback
320 pages
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The Templar Heresy
James Becker
Chris Bronson is back in another fast-paced, race-against-time
thriller, from the bestselling author of The First Apostle.
An extraordinary discovery.
When his old friend, Angela, invites him out to her archaeological dig
in the Iraqi desert, Chris Bronson is expecting a relaxing few days
and an overdue catch-up. But when they arrive at the site they find
her colleagues slaughtered and a recent discovery defaced.
An ancient mystery.
Their only clue is an incomplete inscription, which holds the key to
uncovering the truth behind a centuries-old secret. With unknown
assassins hot on their heels, Chris and Angela are forced into a
desperate hunt across the globe for the final piece of the puzzle. And
if they don’t find it first, the consequences could be fatal . . .
The race of their lives.
James Becker spent over twenty years in the Royal Navy's Fleet Air
arm and served during the Falklands War. Throughout his military
career he was involved in covert operations and numerous classified
projects. He is an accomplished combat pistol shot and has an
abiding interest in ancient and medieval history.
November 2016
9780857502308
£6.99
B Format (TW) : Paperback
480 pages
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The Award
Danielle Steel
An epic and emotionally resonant tale from the world's favourite
storyteller, Danielle Steel.
The Award is an epic, emotionally resonant tale stretching from World
War II France to present-day Paris, from one of our most gifted,
beloved storytellers: Danielle Steel at her finest.
Danielle Steel is famous for her inspirational stories about family, love and
life. Her novels will be enjoyed by readers of Penny Vincenzi, Jodi Picoult
and Diane Chamberlain.
Danielle Steel is one of the world’s most popular and highly acclaimed
authors, with over ninety international bestselling novels in print and
more than 600 million copies of her novels sold. She is also the
author of His Bright Light, the story of her son Nick Traina's life and
death; A Gift of Hope, a memoir of her work with the homeless; and
Pure Joy, about the dogs she and her family have loved.
To discover more about Danielle Steel and her books visit her website
at www.daniellesteel.com
You can also connect with Danielle on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/DanielleSteelOfficial or on Twitter:
@daniellesteel
November 2016
9780593068960
£18.99 : Hardback
310 pages
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The Shogun's Queen
Lesley Downer
From one of our finest chroniclers of Japan, its history, society and
culture - the acclaimed author of Geisha - comes this gripping and
richly detailed new historical novel, telling the true story of Princess
Atsu and her struggle to save Japan.
Only one woman can save her world from barbarian invasion but to do
so will mean sacrificing everything she holds dear - love, loyalty and
maybe life itself . . .
Japan, and the year is 1853. Growing up among the samurai of the
Satsuma Clan, in Japan's deep south, the fiery, beautiful and
headstrong Okatsu has - like all the clan's women - been encouraged
to be bold, taught to wield the halberd, and to ride a horse.
But when she is just seventeen, four black ships appear. Bristling with
cannon and manned by strangers who to the Japanese eyes are
barbarians, their appearance threatens Japan’s very existence. And
turns Okatsu’s world upside down.
Chosen by her feudal lord, she has been given a very special role to
play. Given a new name - Princess Atsu - and a new destiny, she is
the only one who can save the realm. Her journey takes her to Edo
Castle, a place so secret that it cannot be marked on any map.
There, sequestered in the Women’s Palace - home to three thousand
women, and where only one man may enter: the shogun - she seems
doomed to live out her days. But beneath the palace's immaculate
facade, there are whispers of murders and ghosts. It is here that Atsu
must complete her mission and discover one last secret - the secret
of the man whose fate is irrevocably linked to hers: the shogun
himself . . .
Lesley Downer's mother was Chinese and her father a professor of
Chinese, so she grew up in a house full of books on Asia. But it was
Japan, not China, that proved the more alluring, and she lived there
for some fifteen years.
She has written many books about the country and its culture,
including Geisha: The Secret History of a Vanishing World, and Madame
Sadayakko: The Geisha who Seduced the West, and has presented
television programmes on Japan for Channel 4, the BBC and NHK.
November 2016
9780593066867
£14.99 : Hardback
400 pages
B & W map
She lives in London with her husband, the author Arthur I. Miller, and
still makes sure she goes to Japan every year.
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Wings of the Storm
(The Rise of Sigurd 3)
Giles Kristian
The final volume in bestseller Giles Kristian acclaimed Viking saga
chronicling the rise of Sigurd Haraldarson - a story to rank alongside
the fiction of Bernard Cornwell, Joe Abercrombie and George R. R.
Martin.
Fighting in Sweden for an ambitious warlord, Sigurd Haraldarson and
his small but loyal band of oathsworn warriors are winning fame and
reputation. But Sigurd knows that to take on his hated enemy, the
oath-breaker King Gorm - the man who betrayed his father, a man
Sigurd has vowed to kill - he must earn riches enough to build an
army.
Many believe Sigurd to be Óðin-favoured, but his exploits have drawn
the eye of another god, too: Loki the Trickster, and when a daring
assassination attempt goes wrong, Sigurd finds himself a prisoner of
the powerful Jarl Guthrum. Bound like a slave, his luck having
seemingly deserted him, Sigurd is taken to the sacred temple at
Ubsola, a place where the blood of human sacrifice flows to appease
the gods.
It is at Ubsola that Sigurd will face the sacrificial knife. And it is here
that he will find a powerful relic, the great spear that was said to have
once belonged to Óðin himself. With such a spear in his possession
Sigurd might now assemble a host strong enough to challenge King
Gorm and wreak the revenge he craves.
For, like Óðin, Sigurd will be the Wild Huntsman tearing through the
sky on his fearsome steed, and the rage of his passing will be the
sound of wings of the storm.
With Wings of the Storm, one of our finest young historical novelists
brings his extraordinary Viking saga - an adventure to that is sure to
satisfy any 'Game of Thrones' fan - to a triumphant close
Family history (he is half Norwegian) inspired GILES KRISTIAN to
write his first historical novels: the acclaimed and bestselling Raven
Viking trilogy – Blood Eye, Sons of Thunder and Odin's Wolves. For his
next series, he drew on a long-held fascination with the English Civil
War to chart the fortunes of a family divided by that brutal conflict in
The Bleeding Land and Brothers’ Fury. Giles also co-wrote Wilbur Smith’s
recent No.1 bestseller, Golden Lion but in his new novels – God of
Vengeance (a Times Book of the Year) and now Winter’s Fire – he
returns to the world of the Vikings to tell the story of Sigurd and his
celebrated fictional fellowship. Giles Kristian lives in Leicestershire.
November 2016
9780593074558
£14.99 : Hardback
420 pages
B & W map
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Night School
(Jack Reacher 21)
Lee Child
The twenty-first Jack Reacher thriller by number-one bestselling
author Lee Child
In the morning, they gave Reacher a medal. And in the afternoon, they
sent him back to school.
Night School takes Reacher back to his army days, but this time he’s
not in uniform. With trusted sergeant Frances Neagley at his side, he
must carry the fate of the world on his shoulders, in a wired, fiendishly
clever new adventure that will make the cold sweat trickle down your
spine.
Lee Child is one of the world’s leading thriller writers. It is said one of
his novels featuring his hero Jack Reacher is sold somewhere in the
world every twenty seconds. His books consistently achieve the
number-one slot in hardback and paperback on bestseller lists on
both sides of the Atlantic, and are published in over one hundred
territories. He is the recipient of many prizes, most recently the CWA’s
Diamond Dagger for a writer of an outstanding body of crime fiction.
All his thrillers have been optioned for major motion pictures, the first
of which, Jack Reacher, was based on the novel One Shot, and the
second, for release in October 2016, will be based on Never Go Back.
He was born in Coventry, brought up in Birmingham, and now lives in
New York.
November 2016
9780593073902
£20.00
Royal Octavo : Hardback
432 pages
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The Beautiful Dead
Belinda Bauer
The new crime novel from Belinda Bauer, twice winner of Crime
Novelist of the Year, author of Rubbernecker and Blacklands.
'One of the most individual of crime writers . . . Bauer is streets
ahead of most of her rivals' Independent
'One of the most individual of crime writers . . . Bauer is streets
ahead of most of her rivals' Independent
An obsessed killer craves an audience for his crimes - even
advertising them beforehand.
As London is gripped by the fear that there is no safety in numbers,
ambitious TV reporter Eve Singer is keen to be first with the news
from every gory scene - until she starts to suspect that the killer has
two obsessions.
One is public murder.
And the other one is her . . .
Belinda Bauer grew up in England and South Africa and now lives in
Wales. She worked as a journalist and a screenwriter before finally
writing a book to appease her nagging mother. With her debut,
Blacklands, Belinda was awarded the CWA Gold Dagger for Crime Novel
of the Year. She went on to win the CWA Dagger in the Library for her
body of work in 2013. Her fourth novel Rubbernecker was voted 2014
Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. Her books have
been translated into 21 languages.
For more information visit www.belindabauer.co.uk
November 2016
9780593075517
£14.99
Royal Octavo : Hardback
318 pages
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The Wrong Case
James Crumley
'As sweetly profane a poet as American noir could have asked for'
Ian Rankin
A timeless classic from one of the most respected post-Chandler crime
writers, credited by Michael Connelly and Dennis Lehane as a major
influence.
Meet Milo Milodragovitch. He’s been running a thriving business
helping settle divorce cases; other people’s misery can be lucrative.
But liberal new divorce laws mean he has no choice but to diversify.
And that means something more proactive than just drinking and
staring out the window…
When beautiful Helen Duffy asks him for help in finding her missing
brother, he really can’t resist. He needs the money but mostly he just
wants to spend more time with her. But what seems like a routine
case is far from it, and a long-past crime haunts their every move…
James Crumley was born in Three Rivers, Texas and spent most of
his childhood in South Texas. He served three years in the US Army
before teaching at University of Texas at El Paso, University of
Montana and University of Arkansas. He passed away in 2008.
His private eye novels featuring Milo Milodragovitch and C. W.
Sughrue are regarded as masterpieces of contemporary crime fiction,
praised by Dennis Lehane, Ian Rankin and George Pelecanos. He was
awarded the Dashiell Hammett Award for Best Literary Crime Novel
and the CWA Silver Dagger Award.
November 2016
9781784161941
£8.99 : Paperback
256 pages
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Incendium
A D Swanston
For fans of C J Sansom, S J Parris and Rory Clements, a tense
historical thriller set against the backdrop of treason and terror in
Elizabethan England . . .
Summer, 1572 and England is vulnerable. Fear of plague and
insurrection taint the air, and heresy, fanaticism and religious unrest
seethe beneath the surface of society. Rumour and mistrust lead to
imprisonment, torture and sometimes murder. To the young lawyer
Christopher Radcliff and his patron and employer, Robert Dudley, Earl
of Leicester, the prospects for peace are grave - and as Leicester's
chief intelligencer, he is charged with investigating both the rumours
of rebellion at home and invasion from abroad.
But Radcliff's own life is far from orderly. His relationship with the
widow Katherine Allingham is somewhat turbulent and the cut-throat
world of court politics leaves no room for indiscretions.
That the queen's own cousin, the Duke of Norfolk, is found guilty of
treason, it is a sign of just how deep the dissent goes. Jesuit priests
have been sent to England in order to foment revolt but the threat of
a Catholic uprising comes not just from within. Across the channel,
France is caught up in a frenzy of brutal religious persecution and
England's other enemy of old, Spain, is making preparations to
invade. England is a powder-keg, just waiting for a spark to ignite it and then Christopher Radcliff hears word of a plot that could provide
that spark. The word is 'incendium' - but what does it mean and who
lies behind it? Suddenly Christopher Radcliff is caught up in a race
against time...
December 2016
9780593076248
£14.99
Royal Octavo : Hardback
400 pages
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Frost at Midnight
James Henry
The fourth book in the bestselling prequel series, starring R. D.
Wingfield’s unforgettable creation Jack Frost – younger, greener,
and just as uncouth.
The fourth prequel to R. D. Wingfield's A TOUCH OF FROST, perfect
for fans of David Jason's Jack Frost and readers who love Stuart
MacBride and Peter James.
August, 1983. Denton is preparing for a wedding. Detective Sergeant
Waters should be on top of the world with less than a week to go until
he marries Kim Myles. But the Sunday before the big day, instead of
a run-through with his best man, the church is sealed off. The body of
a young woman has been found in the churchyard, and their idyllic
wedding venue has become a crime scene.
Detective Sergeant Jack Frost has been homeless for the past three
months, ever since his wife’s family sold the matrimonial house. He’s
been staying with Detective Constable Sue Clarke but with a baby to
take care of and the imminent arrival of her mother, she’s given him
his marching orders.
But as best man to Waters, he’s got a responsibility to solve the
mystery of the dead girl in the churchyard. Can he put his own
troubles aside and be the detective they need him to be? All in all,
August looks set to be a wicked month in Denton…
James Henry is the pen name for James Gurbutt, who has long been
a fan of the original R. D. Wingfield Frost books and the subsequent
TV series. He works in publishing, and enjoys windsurfing and long
lunches.
After a successful career writing for radio, R. D. Wingfield turned his
attention to fiction, creating the character of Jack Frost. The series
has been adapted for television as the perennially popular A Touch of
Frost, starring David Jason. R. D. Wingfield died in 2007.
December 2016
9780593073636
£12.99
Royal Octavo : Hardback
320 pages
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The Owl Always Hunts At Night
Samuel Bjork
The second dark and twisted Norwegian crime thriller from Samuel
Bjork - a Scandinavian bestseller
When a young woman is found dead, the police are quick to respond.
But what they find at the scene is unexpected. The body is posed, the
scene laboriously set. And there is almost no forensic evidence to be
found.
Detective Mia Krüger has been signed off work pending psychological
assessment. But her boss has less regard for the rules than he
should. Desperate to get Mia back in the office, Holger Munch offers
her an unofficial deal.
But the usually brilliant Mia is struggling and the team are unable to
close the case. Until a young hacker uncovers something that forces
the team to confront the scope of the murderer’s plans and face the
possibility that he may already be on the hunt for a second victim.
Samuel Bjork is the pen name of Norwegian novelist, playwright and
singer/songwriter Frode Sander Øien.
December 2016
9780857522528
£14.99 : Hardback
384 pages
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NON-FICTION
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Bump It Up
The dynamic, flexible exercise and healthy
eating plan for before, during and after
pregnancy
Professor Greg Whyte, OBE
Written by the UK's No.1 performance consultant, and with an
inspirational foreword by celebrity fitness expert Davina McCall, this
is a dynamic, flexible exercise and healthy eating plan for before,
during and after pregnancy.
A consultant to numerous sportswomen and celebrities, and the
performance expert behind the incredible Comic Relief and Sports
Relief challenges, Professor Greg Whyte OBE is well known for his
innovative fitness programmes which are regarded as the gold
standard when it comes to healthy living.
In BUMP IT UP, Greg clears away the confusion and dispels the many
myths surrounding exercise and pregnancy to offer invaluable
guidance on how to exercise safely and eat healthily through each
trimester and beyond. Describing pregnancy as a two-year journey,
not merely one that lasts for nine months, Greg, a father of three,
also explains how the right exercise and a healthy, balanced lifestyle
will ...
· boost your chances of conception
· help you to be fit and relaxed through each stage of your pregnancy
· reduce your stress levels as you prepare for labour
· keep you energized and active as you adapt to the demands of
motherhood
Guiding you through each trimester, Greg provides an easy-to-follow,
fully illustrated exercise programme suitable for all levels of fitness,
and a healthy eating plan, which includes expert guidance on nutrition
and a range of delicious and adaptable recipes created by an awardwinning food writer.
August 2016
9780593077481
£14.99 : Trade Paperback
256 pages
line drawings
Designed to keep you feeling on top form, and with an inspirational
foreword by mum and celebrity fitness expert Davina McCall, BUMP IT
UP is both practical and empowering – a one-stop-shop for essential
advice on how to be fit, active and healthy before, during and after
pregnancy.
Professor Greg Whyte OBE is a physical activity expert, worldrenowned sports scientist and Director of Performance at the Centre
for Health and Human Performance on Harley Street in London. Greg
has spent over two decades enhancing the quality of life of a broad
range of people, from Olympic Champions to cancer patients, and
celebrities to first-time mums. A father of three, Greg has helped not
only his own wife but also a huge number of mums, optimise their
pregnancy, delivery and early years and is a regular media contributor
on the topic. Greg is also an ambassador for Turtle Tots, a specialist
swim school dedicated to helping mums during pregnancy and
beyond.
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Ring of Fire
Liverpool into the 21st century: The Players'
Stories
Simon Hughes
The third in this insightful series, Ring of Fire follows the fortunes of
Liverpool FC in the 2000s, the exhilarating highs and excruciating
lows, through interviews with key players and managers from that
exciting decade.
In Ring of Fire, Simon Hughes meets the primary characters that
helped inspire Liverpool to the forefront of European football again.
Following the success of Red Machine and Men in White Suits, books
which depicted Liverpool’s domination of the 1980s and fall in the
1990s, Ring of Fire, which focuses on the 2000s, is the third edition in
a bestselling series based on revealing interviews with former players.
For Liverpool FC, this was a decade that began with modernisation
and trophies under manager Gerard Houllier, and it was underpinned
by improbable Champions League glory under Rafael Benitez. But
that is only half the story. The decade ended in defeat with the club
being within hours of bankruptcy after the shambolic reign of
American owners, Tom Hicks and George Gillett.
In Ring of Fire, Hughes’s interviewees take you through Melwood’s
training ground gates and into that inner sanctum – the Liverpool
dressing room; each one delivers insights into the minds of the
players, coaches and boardroom members as they talk frankly about
exhilarating highs and excruciating lows, from winning cups in Cardiff
and Istanbul to the political infighting that undermined a succession
of managerial reigns.
Ring of Fire tells the real stories: those never told before by the key
players who lived through it all.
Simon Hughes is a journalist and author. He writes for the Daily
Telegraph and the Sunday Telegraph, as well as Liverpool Football Club's
official magazine. His book Red Machine won the Antonio Ghirelli Prize
for Italian Soccer Foreign Book of the Year 2014. His other titles
include Secret Diary of a Liverpool Scout and The Torres Story. He lives in
Liverpool.
August 2016
9780593076590
£18.99
Royal Octavo : Hardback
320 pages
line illustrations
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Sam and Chester
How a mischievous pig transformed the life of
my autistic son
Jo Bailey
How a mischievous pig transformed the life of a boy with autism
When Sam Bailey-Merritt was just two years old, almost overnight he
lost the ability to communicate or function. His mother, Jo, was at a
loss as to what to do as she saw her son grow increasingly isolated
and begin to suffer from uncontrollable meltdowns. Eventually, Sam
was diagnosed with autism.
Sam's condition continued to worsen and, just when Jo had all but
given up hope of being able to help him, the family went on a day
trip to a nearby miniature pig farm. Sam immediately bonded with a
tiny ginger piglet called Chester, who stood sad and alone, apart from
the rest of the litter. The connection between the boy and the animal
was immediate and their unusual friendship blossomed from the
moment the family brought Chester home. The tiny pig refused to
leave Sam's side - it was as if he knew that Sam needed a friend.
And, for the first time in five years, Jo saw her son really laugh.
While Sam's confidence grew, Chester grew in a different way: the
micro pig that was supposed to become the size of a Cocker Spaniel
in fact ballooned to three times that size - with hilarious
consequences for the family! Chester has turned Sam's life around.
He now has the ability to communicate his feelings, make friends and
is caring and kind towards others.
Sam and Chester is the heart-warming story of how a teacup-sized
ginger pig helped to transform the life of a boy with autism. It is the
emotional story of a mother's fight to win back her son.
Jo Bailey, 47, lives in Devon with her two sons Sam, 12 and Will, 11,
and her husband Darren - and of course Chester the pig, aged 6.
August 2016
9780593077368
£12.99 : Hardback
288 pages
33
Debriefing the President
The Interrogation of Saddam Hussein
John Nixon
The full story of the interrogation of Saddam Hussein - by the CIA's
lead interrogator
In December 2003, after one of the largest, most aggressive
manhunts in history, US military forces captured Iraqi president
Saddam Hussein near his hometown of Tikrit. Beset by body-double
rumors and false alarms during a nine-month search, the Bush
administration needed positive identification of the prisoner before it
could make the announcement that would rocket around the world.
At the time, John Nixon was a senior CIA leadership analyst who had
spent years studying the Iraqi dictator. Called upon to make the
official ID, Nixon looked for telltale scars and tribal tattoos and asked
Hussein a list of questions only he could answer. The man was indeed
Saddam Hussein, but as Nixon learned in the ensuing weeks, both he
and America had greatly misunderstood just who Saddam Hussein
really was.
Debriefing the President presents an astounding, candid portrait of one
of our era’s most notorious strongmen. Nixon, the first man to
conduct a prolonged interrogation of Hussein after his capture, offers
expert insight into the history and mind of America’s most enigmatic
enemy. Nixon faithfully recounts his debriefing sessions and
subsequently strips away the mythology surrounding this brutal and
complex man. His account is not an apology, but a sobering
examination of how preconceived ideas led Washington
policymakers—as well as Tony Blair and the Bush White House—
astray, with terrible consequences for the world.
John Nixon was a senior leadership analyst with the CIA from 1998 to
2011. He did several tours in Iraq and was recognized by a number of
federal agencies for his contribution to the war effort. During his time
with the CIA, Nixon regularly wrote for, and briefed, the most senior
levels of the US government. He also taught leadership analysis to
the new generation of analysts coming into the CIA at the Sherman
Kent School, the Agency’s in-house analytic training center. Since
leaving the Agency in 2011, Nixon has worked as an international risk
consultant in Abu Dhabi, UAE. He lives in Alexandria, Virginia. This is
his first book.
August 2016
9780593077788
£16.99 : Hardback
224 pages
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The War in the West: A New History
Volume 2: The Allies Fight Back 1941-43
James Holland
The second instalment in a revealing and forceful new multi-volume
history of the Second World War from one of the UK's most exciting
and expert young historians
Continuing this ground-breaking new history, in The Allies Fight Back
the tide begins to turn against the Axis.
The Second World War is arguably one of the most familiar periods of
recent history. But not as James Holland sees it. In this second
volume of his epic new history, Holland looks at the conflict from a
broader perspective than ever before, challenging what we think we
know about the war that shaped our world.
Looking at the war from the top to the bottom, from the battle front
to the factories and the shipyards and the streets of Britain, Holland
tells the story of the turning tide: in the Battle of the Atlantic, in the
Mediterranean and in North Africa, and in the escalating Allied
bombing campaign of Nazi Germany.
In The Allies Fight Back, James Holland continues a narrative history of
those who fought and lived through the middle years of the Second
World War. Told from all sides, incorporating startling new research
and archival discoveries that will change the way you think about this
most familiar episode, The War in the West is a truly game-changing
account of one of the most turbulent and dramatic periods in history.
James Holland is a historian, writer, and broadcaster. The author of
the best-selling Fortress Malta, Battle of Britain, and Dam Busters, he
has also written nine works of historical fiction, five of which feature
the heroic Jack Tanner, a soldier of the Second World War. He
regularly appears on television and radio, and has written and
presented a number of documentaries, most recently Cold War, Hot
Jets, and Normandy 44 for the BBC. Co-founder and Programme
Director of the Chalk Valley History Festival, he is also a Fellow of the
Royal Historical Society.
Justine Stoddart
August 2016
9780593071670
£20.00
Royal Octavo : Hardback
464 pages
35
SymmetryBreakfast
Cook-Love-Share
Michael Zee
From the Instagram phenomenon SymmetryBreakfast this is a
cookbook about the most important meal of the day - how to make it
with love, present it with style and eat it with pleasure to feed not
only your own soul but the souls of your loved ones too.
SymmetryBreakfast is a beautiful cookbook for foodies and feeders
who wonder why breakfast has to be out of a box. It's for people who
love exploring diverse foods, those who get a kick out of hosting
friends and family, and those who like making food look pretty on the
plate.
Through inspirational food and gorgeous photography, it explores
what breakfast is and what it means to people around the world. From
Hawaiian Loco Moco and Russian blinis, to Spanish churros and New
York bagels, it surprises with the foreign and delights with the
familiar.
With over 80 delicious recipes and cocktails for perfectly plated
breakfasts, more complex dishes for seasoned cooks and recipes with
a great story behind them, SymmetryBreakfast will make you hungry,
cheer you up and change the way you think about breakfast.
SymmetryBreakfast is an online phenomenon that incorporates world
cuisines, contemporary design and a story of love over the meal of
breakfast. Featured in the Guardian, Washington Post, Telegraph and
endorsed by Jamie Oliver, it is also a favourite account of Kevin
Systrom, Instagram CEO and co-founder.
Michael studied photography at the Arts Institute at Bournemouth and
later went on to teach Art and Design in secondary schools in
London’s East End. He then completed his masters in Museums and
Galleries in Education and works in public programming at the Victoria
& Albert Museum, London.
August 2016
9780593077290
£14.99
Other : Hardback
272 pages
Michael’s passion for cooking comes from his parents and his mixed
English, Scottish and Chinese heritage. Weekends and school
holidays would be spent working in his father’s Chinese and English
chippies in Liverpool and teaching himself to bake for his mother’s
sweet tooth.
Michael created SymmetryBreakfast for his partner Mark in their
Hackney flat in 2013. Mark’s hectic job as a menswear fashion
designer means late nights and weekends in the office. Early on in
their relationship, breakfast became a sacred moment in the day and
Michael started on his mission to make each meal as celebratory as
possible. Over 800 breakfasts later, Michael still wakes up early to
make breakfast for Mark, looking carefully around the world and at
home for inspiration, taking a simple idea and making it beautiful.
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Home and Away: Round Britain in Search of
Non-League Nirvana
Dave Roberts
A brilliant evocation of non-league football and its diehard fans as
Dave Roberts follows his beloved Bromley FC and rediscovers a
country he has not lived in for 35 years.
Dave Roberts was, for once, almost lost for words as the news sank
in. Perennial underachievers Bromley, in the vertigo-inducing fifth tier
of English football? It was the greatest achievement in the club's 130year history and, by extraordinary coincidence, Dave had decided to
spend the next 12 months in the UK, after an absence of 35 years,
deciding whether he and his wife Liz could live there. And what better
way to explore modern day Blighty than by following a roadmap
based on the fixtures in the Vanarama National League? It was like
the ultimate package holiday; well, for Dave at least.
Home and Away takes Dave - and occasionally Liz too - the length and
breadth of the land on a journey of discovery, with Bromley games
thrown in. So from the White Cliffs of Dover and the English Riviera
(Torquay) through the timeless charm of the Cotswolds (Forest Green,
Cheltenham) to towns steeped in history (Lincoln, Chester), faded
seaside resorts (Southport, Barrow) and fallen giants of the game
(Grimsby, Wrexham, Tranmere - OK, pushing it there), the season
unfolds, and the ultimate 'home or away' decision approaches.
Against the odds, the season also proves not to be full of the endless
disappointments football fans are conditioned to expect. Unfancied
Bromley are on a mission, they have a man called Moses up front,
and the promised land of the Football League might not be beyond
their capabilities...
Dave Roberts has been one of those annoying bike couriers, a
security guard, a Civil Servant, a KFC chef who was fired for trying to
steal a sample of the secret recipe, and a train driver - all before
reaching the age of twenty. After that, he settled for a career in
advertising, which was eventually cut short by illness, but not before
accidentally winning a Silver Lion at Cannes. He now writes books,
which all seem to have a theme in common: obsession...
August 2016
9780593076804
£12.99
Demy Octavo : Trade Paperback
304 pages
37
Spymaster
The life of Britain's most decorated Cold War
spy and head of MI6, Sir Maurice Oldfield
Martin Pearce
The life of Britain's most highly decorated Cold War Spymaster, Sir
Maurice Oldfield
The extraordinary story of the most highly decorated British
spymaster of the Cold War, Sir Maurice Oldfield. Chief of the Secret
Intelligence Service (commonly known as the SIS or MI6), he was the
first Chief to be named and pictured in the press, and often alleged
by them to be the model for the screen versions of both Ian
Fleming’s M and John Le Carré’s George Smiley.
This major study of Oldfield’s life portrays one of the UK’s most
important and complex spies of the Cold War era. He was the first
Chief of MI6 that hadn’t come from an upper-class background or
studied at Eton or Oxbridge. Rather, he was a farmer’s son from a
provincial grammar school who found himself accidentally plunged
into the world of espionage by the outbreak of the Second World War.
Oldfield was our man in Washington at the time of the Cuban Missile
Crisis and the assassination of JFK, and was largely responsible for
keeping Britain out of the Vietnam War.
This is the fascinating life story of Maurice Oldfield, written by his
nephew Martin Pearce, who remembers asking his uncle what he did
for a job. 'Oh it’s quite boring really, dear boy. I’m a kind of security
guard at embassies,' was the reply...
Martin Pearce is Sir Maurice Oldfield's nephew. He grew up getting
postcards around the world from his mysterious uncle, who turned out
to be the real-life 'M'.
This is his first book.
August 2016
9780593075203
£20.00
Royal Octavo : Hardback
320 pages
38
Carneval
A celebration of meat cookery in 100 stunning
recipes
Harry Eastwood
One cook’s quest to uncover the secrets of sizzling fast grilling and
silky slow cooked meat
Packed full of delicious, satisfying recipes and loads of meat wisdom,
Carneval promises to give you a better understanding of how to
source, cook and appreciate the meat that you eat. Full of delicious
meat recipes from around the world, popular family favourites, such
as Swedish Meatballs and Ragu Bolognese, rub shoulders with more
unusual dishes, like Middle Eastern Kibbeh and Chinese Kung Pao
Chicken.
Whether you want to master the art of a perfectly cooked steak, or
transform cheaper, tougher cuts into silky, melt-in-the-mouth
delights, Harry Eastwood encourages you to honour the whole animal
and eat meat with joy and moderation. The very best way to do that
is to make sure that every meat meal is a Carneval.
Harry Eastwood first came to the public's attention in 2007 when she
co-presented Channel 4's popular prime-time television series Cook
Yourself Thin. She later went on to present the twenty-part US version
of the show on Lifetime network and is the author of three cookery
books: Red Velvet & Chocolate Heartache, The Skinny French Kitchen and
A Salad for All Seasons. Famous for her original, imaginative and
unusual approach to lowering the calories and introducing colour and
goodness into our favourite dishes, Harry's focus is the creation of
easy and reliable recipes that work each and every time. She is
currently working on her fourth cookbook and her latest solo TV series
entitled Baking Badis due out worldwide on the Fox Network and
National Geographic People channel in January 2015. She is also a
regular presenter on the long-running France 2 live morning show,
C’est Au Programme in Paris, where she lives.
September 2016
9780593069950
£20.00
246 x 189 mm : Hardback
256 pages
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The Long and Winding Road
Alan Johnson
The third volume of Alan Johnson's bestselling and award-winning
memoirs takes us to the corridors of Westminster and lifts the lid on
the life of a hard-working constituency MP...
When Tony Blair brought Alan Johnson into Parliament in 1997, it was
something of a culture shock. Blair famously said to him 'Oh, so you
really are working class aren't you'. But Alan eventually took to the
corridors of power as to the manner born, fuelled by his passionately
held principles and his loyalty to his constituents in Hull West and
Hessle.
But this is no self-aggrandising memoir of politicking and
skulduggery. In the bestselling tradition of This Boy and Please, Mister
Postman, Alan's honesty and authenticity shine through every
engaging word. Prepare to see Westminster as you've never seen it
before.
Alan Johnson was born in May 1950. He is a British Labour Party politician
who served as Home Secretary from June 2009 to May 2010. Before that,
he filled a wide variety of cabinet positions in both the Blair and Brown
governments, including Health Secretary and Education Secretary. Until 20
January 2011 he was Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer. Johnson has
been the Member of Parliament for Hull West and Hessle since 1997.
September 2016
9780593076033
£16.99 : Hardback
320 pages
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Incomplete Shakespeare: Hamlet
John Crace & John Sutherland
John Crace, creator of the Guardian's 'Digested Read' column,
parodies Hamlet in a brilliantly funny reduced form, with Professor
John Sutherland providing notes.
To celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, this is
the fourth of a new collection of the Bard's greatest plays, digested to
a few thousand words with invaluable side notes from John
Sutherland. Funny and incredibly clever, these parodies are a joy for
those who know their Shakespeare, perfect for the theatre goer
needing a quick recap, and a massive relief for those just desperate
to pass their English exam.
John Crace (Author)
John Crace is the Guardian's parliamentary sketch writer and author of
the ‘Digested Read’ columns and he writes regularly for Grazia. He is
the author of I Never Promised you a Rose Garden: A short guide to
modern politics, the coalition and the general election and also Baby
Alarm: A Neurotic’s Guide to Fatherhood, Vertigo: One Football Fan's Fear
of Success , Harry's Games: Inside the Mind of Harry Redknapp,
Brideshead Abbreviated: the Digested Read of the Twentieth Century and
The Digested Twenty-first Century. He lives in London.
John Sutherland (Author)
John Sutherland is Lord Northcliffe Professor Emeritus of Modern
English Literature at University College London and previously taught
at the California Institute of Technology. He writes regularly for the
Guardian, The Times and the New York Times, and is the author of many
books including Curiosities of Literature, Is Henry V a War Criminal? (with
Cedric Watts), biographies of Walter Scott, Stephen Spender and the
Victorian elephant Jumbo, and The Boy Who Loved Books, a memoir.
October 2016
9780857524287
£6.99 : Hardback
96 pages
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Incomplete Shakespeare: Much Ado About
Nothing
John Crace & John Sutherland
John Crace, creator of the Guardian's 'Digested Read' column,
parodies Much Ado About Nothing in a brilliantly funny reduced form,
with Professor John Sutherland providing notes.
To celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, this is
the third of a new collection of the Bard's greatest plays, digested to a
few thousand words with invaluable side notes from John Sutherland.
Funny and incredibly clever, these parodies are a joy for those who
know their Shakespeare, perfect for the theatre goer needing a quick
recap, and a massive relief for those just desperate to pass their
English exam.
John Crace (Author)
John Crace is the Guardian's parliamentary sketch writer and author of
the ‘Digested Read’ columns and he writes regularly for Grazia. He is
the author of I Never Promised you a Rose Garden: A short guide to
modern politics, the coalition and the general election and also Baby
Alarm: A Neurotic’s Guide to Fatherhood, Vertigo: One Football Fan's Fear
of Success , Harry's Games: Inside the Mind of Harry Redknapp,
Brideshead Abbreviated: the Digested Read of the Twentieth Century and
The Digested Twenty-first Century. He lives in London.
John Sutherland (Author)
John Sutherland is Lord Northcliffe Professor Emeritus of Modern
English Literature at University College London and previously taught
at the California Institute of Technology. He writes regularly for the
Guardian, The Times and the New York Times, and is the author of many
books including Curiosities of Literature, Is Henry V a War Criminal? (with
Cedric Watts), biographies of Walter Scott, Stephen Spender and the
Victorian elephant Jumbo, and The Boy Who Loved Books, a memoir.
October 2016
9780857524270
£6.99 : Hardback
96 pages
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The Princess Diarist
Carrie Fisher
From Princess Leia herself: another brilliantly hilarious selfexamination of her unlikely life and times. A thoroughly original and
intimate memoir by the bestselling author of Postcards from the Edge
and Wishful Drinking.
Carrie Fisher became a cultural icon as Princess Leia in the first Star
Wars trilogy. She starred in countless films, including Shampoo and
When Harry Met Sally. She is the author of Shockaholic; Wishful Drinking
(which became a hit Broadway production); and four bestselling
novels, Surrender the Pink, Delusions of Grandma, The Best Awful and
Postcards from the Edge.
October 2016
9780593077566
£16.99 : Hardback
288 pages
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From Frazzled to Fabulous
How to juggle fatherhood, a successful career,
'me time' and looking good
Man Who Has It All
Is it really possible for men to juggle kids, housework, a career, high
-impact lips, winter hair and healthy jacket potato fillings? Drawing
on his popular Twitter account, @manwhohasitall says yes, it is, and
shows other busy working dads how they too can have it all!
While his hotly anticipated book doesn't pretend to have all the
answers, the Man Who Has It All helps men to nurture opinions of
their own, make time to smile and choose between a career or baby.
It includes words of wisdom on everything from accentuating the parts
of your body you like, e.g. good legs, in order to draw away from
problem areas, e.g. the things you do and say, to working out how to
fit yoghurt into your busy schedule.
This is a must-have book for frazzled dads who are struggling to stay
hydrated and get to the bottom of the ironing pile. Oh, and it's for
women who believe that men should be fully supported to have it all
and, more importantly, do it all. Those women will love this book.
The Man Who Has It All has a crazy-busy life juggling low-fat yoghurt,
glowing skin, a career and healthy snacks. He spends his precious
'me time' on Twitter and Facebook, giving other busy dads sanitysaving tips.
October 2016
9780593077863
£8.99 : Hardback
192 pages
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The Tunnels
Greg Mitchell
A thrilling Cold War story of the harrowing attempts to escape East
Germany and the remarkable rescue missions tunnelling beneath the
Berlin Wall.
In the summer of 1962, one year after East German Communists
built the Berlin Wall, a group of daring young West Germans came up
with a plan. They would risk prison, Stasi torture, even death to
liberate friends, lovers, and strangers in East Berlin by digging tunnels
under the Wall. Among the tunnellers and escape helpers were a
legendary cyclist, an American student from Stanford, and an
engineer who would later help build the tunnel under the English
Channel.
Then two U.S. television networks, NBC and CBS, heard about the
secret projects, and raced to be first to air a spectacular 'inside tunnel'
special on the human will for freedom. The networks funded two
separate tunnels in return for exclusive rights to film the escapes. In
response, President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of State Dean
Rusk, wary of anything that might raise tensions and force a military
confrontation with the Soviets, maneuvered to quash both
documentaries.
Unfolding week by week, sometimes hour by hour, Greg Mitchell's
riveting narrative deftly cuts back and forth from one extraordinary
character to another. There's the tunneller who had already served
four years in the East German gulag; the Stasi informer who betrays
the "CBS tunnel"; the young East Berliner who escapes with her baby,
then marries one of the tunnellers; and broadcast legend Daniel
Schorr, who battled unsuccessfully to save his film from White House
interference and remained bitter about it to the end of his life.
Looming over all is John F. Kennedy, who was ambivalent about-even hostile toward-- the escape operations. Kennedy confessed to
Dean Rusk: "We don't care about East Berlin."
Based on extensive access to the Stasi archives, recently declassified
U.S. documents, and new interviews with tunnellers and refugees, The
Tunnels provides both rich history and high suspense. Award-winning
journalist Mitchell captures the hopes and fears of everyday Berliners;
the chilling reach of the Stasi secret police; U.S. networks prepared to
"pay for play" yet willing to cave to official pressure; and a White
House and State Department eager to suppress historic coverage.
The result is "breaking history," a propulsive read whose themes
reverberate even today.
November 2016
9780593075968
£20.00
Royal Octavo : Hardback
304 pages
GREG MITCHELL is the author of nearly a dozen books, including
Tricky Dick and the Pink Lady (a New York Times Notable Book); The
Campaign of the Century (winner of the Goldsmith Book Prize, hailed by
Christopher Hitchens as "enthralling"); and, with Robert Jay Lifton,
Hiroshima in America ("Devastating and persuasive"--Los Angeles
Times). He blogs actively about media and politics; has produced
several acclaimed film documentaries; and won numerous awards as
the editor of Editor & Publisher.
@GregMitch
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The Storm in a Teacup
the physics of everyday life
Helen Czerski
Physicist and rising BBC star, Dr Helen Czerski explains how familiar,
everyday objects can help us to understand the complex physical
principles that govern our world.
Hidden in everyday objects is the science that explains the human
body, planet Earth and the way our civilisations works. And once you
know the principle involved in boiling an egg, or sticking a magnet to
a fridge, or jumping into a pool of water, pieces of a much larger
puzzle will slot into place.
This book links the little things – the unexpected pinkness of
blueberry jam or the way the air smells before it rains – with big
complex systems in a book that will alter the way you see the world.
Helen Czerski shows how the familiar, from coffee stains to ketchup
bottles, can shed light on Antarctic winds, medical tests and our future
energy needs.
Did you know that it is the small amount of water contained in
popcorn that, when heated, blows the kernel inside out? Or that this
science also explains the lungs of a whale, a popping champagne
cork and a supersonic jet?
Beautifully written and accessible for all, this leaves the reader
empowered to make their own observations, and most importantly it
is enormous fun.
Helen Czerski is a lecturer in the Mechanical Engineering Department
at University College London. As a physicist she studies the bubbles
underneath breaking waves out in the open ocean to understand their
effects on weather and climate.
Helen regularly presents BBC programmes on physics, the ocean and
the atmosphere – recent series include Colour: the spectrum of science;
Orbit, Operation Iceberg, Supersenses, Dara O’Briain’s Science Club, as
well as programmes on bubbles, the sun and our weather. She is also
a columnist for Focus magazine, shortlisted for PPA columnist of the
year in 2014, and has written numerous articles for The Guardian.
November 2016
9780593075425
£16.99 : Hardback
320 pages
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