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25 Game of Thrones A–Z
Animals/Pets ..................................................................................159–163
Architecture ....................................................................................1, 2, 4, 5
Art ............................................................................................6–10, 15–18
Audio ..............................................................................................53, 150
Autobiography/Biography ..................23, 24, 28–31, 36, 38, 40, 42–44, 48,
59, 69, 73, 76, 77, 138, 146, 147, 151–154, 160,
171–173, 195, 197, 198, 201–207, 211, 231–233
Blank Books/Journals ..............................................................................16
Body/Mind/Spirit ..........................................................................51–57, 74
Business/Economics ......................................................................69–71, 73
Classics ........................................................................80, 95, 96, 133–151
35 My Cool Bike Cooking/Food Writing ............................................................169, 220–230
Crafts....................................................................................17, 20–22, 220
Design ............................................................................................6–10, 14
Education ................................................................................................72
Erotica/Sexuality ........................................................75, 76, 131–133, 178
Family & Relationships ......................................58, 76, 167–171, 173, 176
Fashion/Beauty ..........................................................................10–13, 195
Fiction ..............................................79–133, 135–136, 138–147, 149–151
Dance/Film/Television/Theater ......................23–27, 34, 113, 175, 214, 215
Games ....................................................................................155–158, 178
Gardening ..............................................................................164–166, 221
84 Jack Glass Health & Fitness ............................................................38–40, 49–51, 226
History ......................32, 59, 62, 63, 66, 146, 161, 165, 193–213, 216–220
Home ..............................................................................................14, 166
Humor ......................3, 6, 25, 159, 161, 169, 173–181, 183–188, 192, 215
Language/Linguistics ..............................................................187, 190, 193
Law ........................................................................................................146
Literary Collections ........................................................................198, 199
Literary Criticism ......................................................27, 146, 147, 154, 191
Military ..........................................................195, 197, 200, 204–213, 218
Music..................................................................................................28–33
Mystery ................................................27, 86–89, 92, 93, 95, 96, 101–106
Nature ....................................................................................52, 161, 182
Philosophy................................................................................................73
114 This Is Life Photography ......................................1–6, 19, 31, 34, 35, 42, 164, 206, 214
Poetry ........................................................................................55–58, 137
Political Science ..............................................................................134, 196
Psychology................................................................................................48
Reference......................................................14, 32, 66, 166, 167, 169, 170,
180, 181, 187, 189–192, 234, 235
Religion ........................................................................59–65, 68, 136, 200
Science ................................................................................................64–67
Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror................................9, 79–84, 136, 140–143
Seasonal....................................................................................................63
Self-Help ..........................................................................49, 52, 69, 73–75
Social Science ......................................................................64, 68, 133, 148
Sports ................................................................................................35–48
142 She Technology ....................................................................................184, 196
Transportation ................................................................7, 8, 177, 214–218
Travel ..................................3, 134, 138, 148, 200, 217, 230–234, 236–240
True Crime ........................................................................................77, 78
Weddings ..........................................................................................19, 169
Writing ..............................................................................................26, 71
223 The Whole Cow
Cover art:
International Garden Photographer of the Year

Photographer Dennis Frates
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LOST
“Astounding black-and-white photographs . . . the pictures alone are worth the price of admission.”
—Publishers Weekly on Lost New York
This historical series celebrates the cherished places in a city that time, progress, and fashion have swept aside.
In loving detail, it looks back at many of the things that have helped create a city’s unique identity and have
since disappeared—the streetcars, the shops, the parks, the churches, the amusement parks, even the annual
parades. In one city-centric collection, it brings together the architectural gems that failed to be preserved,
the hotels that could not be adapted, and the novelty buildings that fell to the wrecking ball.
Lost Baltimore
Paul Kelsey Williams and Greg Alexander
A celebration of the cherished parts of Baltimore that
are no longer
Organized chronologically starting with the earliest
losses and ending with the most recent, this book fea-
tures much-loved Baltimore institutions that failed to
stand the test of time, including the Sun Iron Building,
Electric Amusement Park, and the Rennert Hotel.
Alongside the city’s iconic and much-missed buildings, it
also looks at traditions that have passed, such as mar-
ble doorsteps and painted window screens, and sports
franchises that have relocated, such as the Baltimore
Colts and Baltimore Bullets. Other sites include Carroll
Hall, Baltimore & Ohio Building, News American
Building, Montebello, Riverview Amusement Park, Toll-
gates, Latrobe Block, Bromo Seltzer Factory, Calvert
Street Station, Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Fells Point
historic homes, Downtown theaters, Centennial Foun-
tain, Camp Holabird, St. Mary’s Seminary, and Hutzlers.
Paul Kelsey Williams has a background in historic preser-
vation and architecture from Roger Williams and Cor-
nell Universities. Since 1995, he has been the proprietor
of Kelsey & Associates, “The House History People,” focusing on individual house and building research in Washington,
DC and beyond. He is the author of 12 books, including Capitol Hill and Greater U Street. He maintains a blog on
Washington, DC history at househistoryman.blogspot.com. Greg Alexander is the coauthor of Images of America: Capi-
tol Hill Woodley Park and Images of America: Woodley Park. He has contributed to such publications as the Baltimore
Sun, Maryland Family, Port of Baltimore Magazine, the Washington Blade, the Washington Post, and WHERE Baltimore.
He lives in Baltimore.
Photography/Architecture • 144 pp • 11 x 9.5 • 150 B/W Photos
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LOST
Lost Philadelphia
Ed Mauger and Bob Skiba
A nostalgic journey back in time to visit some of the
lost treasures that the city let slip through its grasp
Organized chronologically, starting with the earliest losses
and ending with the most recent, the book features much-
loved Philadelphia institutions that failed to stand the test
of time, such as the Horn & Hardart automat or the Mar-
ket Street ferries. It highlights grand buildings erected in
the Victorian era that were too costly to be refur-
bished, and movie theaters that the age of television made
redundant. Philadelphia’s shipbuilding tradition is one of
the more recent losses with the Navy Yard closing in 1995
and the historic Cramp & Sons shipyard disappearing much
earlier in 1946. Other sites include Fairmount Water Works,
the Great Central Fair, Music Fund Hall, Graff House, Ma-
sonic Hall, Smith and Windmill Islands, Grand Depot, Starr
Garden, Lubinville Film Studios, Logan Square, Baldwin
Locomotive Works, Metropolitan Opera House, Old Post
Office, Arch Street Theatre, Betsy Ross House, Baker Bowl,
Broad Street Station, Eastern State Penitentiary, and the
Stetson Hat Company.
Ed Mauger is the founder of Philadelphia on Foot, through which he fashions unique walking tours based on his in-depth
knowledge of city history and architecture and of the streets and byways of old Philadelphia. He has appeared on Good
Morning America, History Detectives, and the History Channel and is the author of Philadelphia in Photographs and
Philadelphia Then and Now. He lives in Philadelphia. Bob Skiba is the president of the Association of Philadelphia Tour
Guides. He lives in Philadelphia.
Photography/Architecture • 144 pp
11 x 9.5 • 150 B/W Photos
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Shit New York
Patrick Dalton
Following up Shit London, a hilarious collec-
tion of photographs depicting what shittiness
New Yorkers have to actually put up with
every day
Welcome to New York, one of the most vibrant and
beautiful cities in the world. It boasts some of the
planet’s most alluring and enduring attractions and
some of the most expensive retail and residential
square footage known to estate agents. It is the city
infamously referred to as “the city that never
sleeps.” And it’s true. It doesn’t. Which is why, now,
after all these years, it has started to look a little
tired. A little run down. A little exhausted. In short,
it is falling apart, on its knees, and in need of a
damn good bath. The book is a hilarious collec-
tion of photographs of the world’s most fascinat-
ing city at its worst. The photos reveal the
eccentricities, oddness, bleakness, and strangeness
of every nook and cranny of the sprawling five bor-
oughs. This is a warts-and-all walk around the world’s favorite city seen through the eyes of its locals and Patrick Dalton—the
quintessential Englishman in New York.
Patrick Dalton is the author of Rude London, Shit London, Shit London 2, and a contributor to Time Out magazine online.
Humor/Travel • 112 pp • 7.5 x 6 • 115 Color Photos
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THEN AND NOW: PEOPLE AND PLACES
The text on these editions has been kept to small captions to allow the amazing collection of past
and present photos to speak for themselves and show how much and how little has changed over
150 years—from the dawn of photography up through the 1960s and 1970s.
Each: Photography/Architecture • 144 pp • 11 x 9.5 • 175 Color Photos • 175 B/W Photos
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Charleston: Then and Now

People and Places
W. Chris Phelps
This celebration of a city with a rich and turbulent history pairs vintage
images from its past with photos taken today
Founded in 1670, Charleston has endured a succession of fires, hurricanes,
and earthquakes and played a key role in the American Revolution and the
Civil War, and Charlestonians have prevailed through it all. This collection
of photographs shows how much of this deeply fascinating city has survived,
and celebrates a few architectural gems that have been lost to natural dis-
asters and the wrecking ball. Sites include Cooper River Bridges, Fireproof
Building, Washington Square, East Battery, Coates Row, the Old Exchange,
Vendue Range, Custom House, Meeting Street, Old Slave Mart, Dock Street
Theatre, French Huguenot Church, the Old Powder Magazine, Charleston
Hotel, Market Hall, Gibbes Museum of Art, King Street, Osceola’s Grave,
Middleton Place, and Drayton Hall.
W. Chris Phelps hails from Richmond, Virginia and was educated in Charleston. He is the author of The Bombardment
of Charleston 1863–1865 and Charlestonians in War. Drawing on his background as a historian, Phelps cofounded Amer-
ica by Foot, one of the largest walking-tour companies in the country, which specializes in tours of Charleston and other
parts of South Carolina. He lives in Johns Island, South Carolina.
9781909108417
Charlotte: Then and Now

People and Places
Brandon Lunsford
A look at fascinating changes over the years in the fastest growing city in
the Southeast
Charlotte began as one of several small courthouse villages in the Carolina
Piedmont but grew after the discovery of gold nearby. In the years following
the Civil War the town became a symbol of the New South transitioning from
agriculture to industrialism at the heart of the pidemont’s textile industry.
By the turn of the century, skyscrapers, department stores, and congested streets
testified to the expansion of the little crossroads village of the early 1800s.
This easily accessible history of Charlotte is told using vintage photos, some
taken just after the Civil War, right up until the 1960s. Readers can see how
much or how little has changed in the intervening years. Sites include Trade
Street, South Tryon Street, First Ward, Belk Brothers, Ivey’s, City Hall,
First National Bank Building, Masonic Temple,
Hotel Charlotte, U.S. Mint Building, South Bre-
vard Street, United House of Prayer, Elizabeth Col-
lege, Ovens Auditorium, Dilworth, Myers Park,
Queens College, Biddle University, and Davidson.
Brandon Lunsford has a master’s degree in pub-
lic history from the University of North Carolina
and has worked at the Charlotte Mecklenburg His-
toric Landmarks Commission and the Charlotte
Museum of History. He lives in Charlotte.
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THEN AND NOW: PEOPLE AND PLACES
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Dallas: Then and Now

People and Places
Ken Fitzgerald
The landmarks, architecture, street scenes, stores, businesses, schools, and
fairgrounds of yesteryear are revisited to see what has been preserved or
what stands in their place today
John Neely Bryan built the first cabin on the side of the Trinity River in 1841,
and by 1845, when Texas was admitted to the Union, Dallas County and the
town of Dallas were established, taking their name from President James K.
Polk’s vice-president George Mifflin Dallas. This collection uses vintage
photographs chosen from nearly a million cataloged in the Dallas Public
Library from the early days of photography up until the 1960s. Sites include
Oak Cliff Viaduct, Founder’s Cabin, the Old Red Courthouse, Dealey Plaza,
Trinity River, Union Station, Lamar Street, Elm Street, Magnolia Petroleum
building, Dallas Scottish Rite, the Adolphus Hotel, Love Field, Dallas Hall,
and the State Fairgrounds.
Ken Fitzgerald works in neighboring Fort Worth and has written and photographed features for railway periodicals for 30
years. He first wrote and photographed the original Dallas: Then and Now in 2000 and has now wholly revised and
rephotographed the book a decade later. He lives in Benbrook, Texas.
9781909108400
Hollywood: Then and Now

People and Places
Rosemary Lord
A fascinating comparison of the orange groves and bean fields of yes-
terday with the slick urban existence that is Hollywood today
Moorish and Spanish revival architecture and Frank Lloyd Wright homes
still stand alongside modern structures such as Frank Gehry’s breathtaking
Disney Concert Hall. This book features early photographs matched with
specially commissioned contemporary images of the same locations, including
Graumann’s Chinese Theatre and the Cocoanut Grove nightclub, and show
what has changed and what has remained after 100 years of Hollywood. Sites
include Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood and Vine, Immaculate Heart High
School, Beachwood Village, Hollywoodland, Griffith Observatory, Hollywood
High School, Gower Street, Lasky Studios, Fox Studios, Chaplin Field, MGM
Studios, RKO Radio Pictures, Paramount, Hollywood Forever Cemetry,
Chateau Marmont, Whitley Heights, Roosevelt Hotel, and the Garden of Allah.
Rosemary Lord has spent more than 20 years working in Los Angeles, acting in theater, films, and television as well as
working as a senior publicist for Columbia Pictures. She is the author of Los Angeles Then and Now.
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Crap Graffiti
Adam Elliott and Richard Frazer
A riotously funny look at some of the most comical graffiti in England
Graffiti can be a diverse form of expression and a thought-provoking art,
whether painted on the side of a train or on a canvas hanging in a gallery;
or, as readers will see immortalized in these pages, it can be crude drunken
daubing, nonsensical statements, or hilarious outpourings of uncontained
rage. This amazing collection documents these bizarre and puerile creations,
celebrates the inept, and enthusiastically applauds creative dyslexia. This
is definitely not art, but really awful, lame graffiti: the incompetent attempts
of beginners or the “profound” musings of lunatics scrawled on the back
of toilet cubicle doors. Welcome to the Cream of the Crap.
Adam Elliott and Richard Frazer are the creators of crapgraffiti.com.
Humor/Art • 128 pp • 5.5 x 5.5
124 Color Photos
9780091948627 • April
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New Blood Tattoo

Flash, Inspiration and Art Reinvented
Allan Graves and Jorge Samatary
An up-to-the-minute look at the international vanguard of tattoo artists, including
cutting-edge blends of disparate art styles and genres
The world of tattoo has changed dramatically in the past 10 years, with skin art
growing more and more ubiquitous. Together with this, a fantastic group of young
new artists from the United States, Europe, Japan, Brazil, and China are entering
the market and redefining the tattoo, adding a mass of cross-cultural influences
and meanings. There has been an explosion of creativity, mixing such elements as
Hindu and European medievalism, Old Skool with Japanese influences, Mexican
Dia de los Muertos with East Coast urban grit, to name only a few. This vibrant
and striking new book features the best of these artists, and is a must-have for those
looking at getting new work done and tattoo artists looking for fresh inspiration.
Allan Graves is a London-based tattooist, whose skin-art career has seen him em-
bellish bodies in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Ibiza, Berlin, Barcelona, and London.
He is the owner of and leading artist at London’s famous Haunted Tattoos. His
other books include Beyond Tattoo and The Zombook. Jorge Samatary is a San
Francisco-based tattooist.
Art/Design • 176 pp • 8.5 x 10.5
100 Color Photos • 200 Color Illustrations
9781909051010 • August
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Pinstripe Planet 3
The Latest Fine Lines From the World’s Best
Herb Martinez
Following on the success of Pinstripe Planet and
Pinstripe Planet II, the latest in the series features
all-new art and many new artists
The pinstripe scene has continued to grow world-
wide and has expanded beyond hot rods to a much
wider audience include tattoos, objects, and panel
art. This third collection reflects these changes, while
including great new art from the core kustom
scenes. With the same great production values as the
earlier volumes and with a specially commissioned
stunning new cover by Jeral Tidwell, Pinstripe
Planet 3 includes artists from the U.S., Europe, and
Japan. Artists featured include Jesper Bram (Den-
mark), Explo (Finland), David Hightower (Pittsburg,
Kansas), Kamikaze (Japan), Kasmin (Japan), Maze
(Germany), Nefarious (UK), One Armed Bandit
(Windsor, Connecticut), Jeremy Pedersen (Rochester,
Minnesota), Thomas Sigvardsson (Sweden), Sugi Sack
(Japan), and Jeral Tidwell (Louisville, Kentucky).
This book will provide essential inspiration for any-
one into the kustom, hot rod, and tattoo scenes.
Herb Martinez is the author of Herb Martinez’s
Guide to Pinstriping, Pinstripe Planet, and Pinstripe
Planet II; and the proprietor of Herb Martinez Pin-
striping and Signs in Livermore, California.
Art/Transportation • 176 pp • 9.5 x 11.5
250 Color Photos
9781907621093 • June
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Motorcycle Graphics
Outsider Art, Graphics and Illustration
Gary Inman
More than 30 artists from around the world share
their art depicting freedom, speed, and the open road
in two dimensions
Classic and vintage motorbikes are once again at the
epicenter of counterculture. After decades of being mar-
keted as a midlife crisis toy, the motorcycle and the cul-
ture that surrounds it are returning to their authentic
roots—real machines ridden by those who care about
the machine and the release from quotidian drudgery,
rather than show. In the wake of this cultural shift have
emerged many new boutique custom shops and street-
riding outfitters. This collection features a wave of vi-
brant new graphic design that has emerged worldwide
to give the movement its aesthetic stamp. It will be
hugely inspiring to anyone on the motorbike scene and
graphic designers alike.
Gary Inman is a journalist who specializes in motor-
cycle culture. He is a former columnist for GQ Italy, a
columnist for Rolling Stone’s Italian edition, a regular
contributor to leading automotive and lifestyle titles
around the world, and coeditor and copublisher of the
cult motorcycle magazine Sideburn. He has ridden from
New York to San Francisco and back, and regularly
races flat track bikes on the UK’s speedway ovals. Artists
include Will Barras (UK), Dirty Donny (San Francisco),
Leviathan (Spain), Shawn McKinney (Los Angeles),
Scarlett Rickard (UK), Lennard Schuurmans (Netherlands), Silent TV (France), Tokyo Guns (Japan), Carby Tuckwell (Australia),
Chris Watson (UK), and Jeff Wright (Des Moines, Iowa).
Art/Design • 256 pp • 8.5 x 10.5 • 400 Color Illustrations • 100 B/W Illustrations
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Cyborg Graphics
Aliens, Cyborgs and Biomechanics
Martin de Diego
Martin de Diego Sádaba is a Spanish painter, illustrator,
and graphic designer. He is cofounder of the Hysteri-
calMinds art collective, cofounder of the Sugarflesh proj-
ect, and a member of international art collective
SlashThree. He has exhibited widely, including at the Ex-
quisite Corpses show in Amsterdam, in London, Bologna
(Italy), and Bilbao (Spain). His first U. S. exhibition will
be held in 2013.
Art/Design • 256 pp • 8.5 x 10.5
200 Color Illustrations
9781909051027 • August
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Glamour Henna
The Amazing Art of Contemporary Henna:
Fashion-Music-Bridal-Nude
Pavan Ahluwalia
A gorgeous look at a leading henna artist who has
revolutionized the art, mixing traditional inspiration
with cutting edge style
Henna and mehndi artist Pavan shares how she has rad-
ically reinvented the art, creating designs which mix the
traditions of henna with contemporary show business,
celebrity, and music. Using glitter, diamante bindis, and
colored body paint as well as henna, she has in effect
created a striking new art form much in demand on both
sides of the pond, and with the likes of Lady Gaga and
the Sugababes. This luxurious volume, packed with stun-
ningly photographed designs, will be a fount of inspi-
ration for henna clients, beauty professionals, makeup
artists, and anyone interested in new wave Indian cul-
ture. Pavan describes her techniques and discusses the
many sources, ancient and modern, which serve as her
inspiration—for example she explains how she incor-
porates designs her grandmother taught her, or ideas de-
rived from ancient saris, with elements of the latest music
and fashion.
Pavan Ahluwalia is one of the UK’s leading henna artists.
From a traditional Sikh family, Pavan is self-taught,
turned professional at 19, and now holds the Guinness
World Record as the world’s fastest henna artist. Her
work has graced the bodies of many celebrities, rock
bands, and fashion shows, as well as featuring across
many media, including designs for Sky TV, Star TV Asia,
and the BBC. She has also created window displays for
Harrods and Selfridges.
Art/Design • 160 pp • 8.5 x 10.5 • 200 Color Photos
9781909051058 • August
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Men’s File
Tracing the Roots of Style
Nick Clements
Nick Clements is a fashion photographer, filmmaker, and
current editorial director of the cult Men’s File magazine.
Since 1990 Nick’s fashion images have appeared in most
significant men’s fashion magazines in the U.S., Europe, and
the UK, including Arena, Esquire, Flaunt, GQ (UK, Italy,
Spain, U.S.), L’Uomo Vogue, and L’Officiel Hommes.
Nick’s photographic language borrows heavily from sub-
cultural style, acknowledging the debt much men’s fashion
has to the symbols of refusal and resistance apparent in sub-
cultures of the 1950s and 1960s. Using fashion photogra-
phy as a method of cultural investigation, his research at
London’s Royal College of Art attempts, simultaneously,
to explore contemporary revival subcultures and their in-
fluence on current men’s fashion and fashion photography.
Fashion & Appearance • 256 pp • 8.5 x 10.5
9781907621109 • August • $39.95 (Can $43.95) Cloth
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Quick Looks
Beautiful Makeup in Minutes
Rae Morris
Photographs by Steven Chee
From the phenomenal artist behind Express Makeup and Timeless
Makeup, here are the secrets to looking gorgeous in mere minutes
Rae Morris is a veteran of major international runway shows, so she
knows how to achieve beautiful looks fast. Here she reveals all the tricks
and trade secrets she’s learned over her highly successful career, from
how to apply razor-sharp eyeliner to how to transform your face with
the perfect brow shape. Rae’s number one tip: when you’re in a hurry,
always do your eyes first, as you can easily apply foundation and lip-
stick in your compact or rearview mirror. Full of sensational looks, with
step-by-step photographs and easy to follow instructions on how to
achieve them, this the perfect handbag-sized book for women who want
to look flawless in no time at all.
Rae Morris is Australia’s top makeup artist, having won the presti-
gious Australian Makeup Artist of the Year Award four times over. She
is also the makeup director for Australian Fashion Week and was the
keynote speaker at the 2009 International Make-Up Artist Trade Show.
She divides her time between Sydney and New York. She is the author
of Timeless Makeup. Stephen Chee is a fashion photographer who spe-
cializes in faces and makeup. Chee and Morris previously collaborated
on Beautiful Eyes, Express Makeup, and Makeup.
Fashion & Appearance • 96 pp • 6.5 x 9 • 160 Color Photos
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A Well-Dressed Lady’s Pocket Guide
Karen Homer
From the author of Things a Woman Should Know About Style, comes
an exhaustive yet compact bible to dressing well for all occasions
Whether one is faced with a black-tie dress code or concerned about what
underwear to buy, this book will emphatically answer all sartorial ques-
tions. It offers in-depth advice on how to dress timelessly and to best suit
one’s shape, accompanied by interesting facts about how clothes have
evolved over the years. The guide is written in a straightforward style with
fashion tips laid out in easy-to-follow bullet points and accompanied by
illustrations to demonstrate techniques, such as tying a scarf, or to show
the difference between fashion details, such as different necklines and col-
lars. Any woman who wants to avoid fashion faux pas and ensure she is
impeccably and appropriately dressed for every occasion will adore this
book. Includes a lavender placeholder ribbon.
Karen Homer is a fashion journalist who regularly writes for the Times
and has contributed to Elle, Harpers & Queen, and Vogue. She is also
the author of Things a Woman Should Know About Beauty, Things a
Woman Should Know About Shoes, and Things a Woman Should Know
About Style.
Fashion & Appearance • 192 pp • 4 x 6.5
21 B/W Photos • 6 B/W Illustrations
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Debrett’s Guide to Entertaining Etiquette
Debrett’s
A must-have guide for properly entertaining at home
Drawing on Debrett’s extensive expertise in manners and etiquette, this practical guide
will ensure that hosts and hostesses are able to cope with an array of dilemmas and chal-
lenges, including catering for vegans and people with food allergies, dealing with drunks,
getting guests to mingle, and providing special entertainments for small children and eld-
erly relatives. Structured around the four seasons, the book explores rituals, customs, and
traditions throughout the year, including Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Easter, Halloween,
and Bonfire Night.
Debrett’s is a specialist publisher founded in 1769, known for publishing a range of guides
on traditional British etiquette. Debrett’s is referenced as an authority in such classic fic-
tion as Sherlock Holmes stories, P. G. Wodehouse novels, Oscar Wilde works, and
Brideshead Revisited.
Reference • 176 pp • 7.5 x 9.5 • 50 Color Illustrations
9781471101557 • June • $34.95 Cloth • S&S Illustrated
Design Ideas for Your Home

Alison Dalby
Inspiration from a range of classic properties, from cozy cottages to grand manors,
is paired with practical information on working with color, pattern, texture, and
light to make the best of indoor space
Whether one is drawing inspiration from a grand Georgian townhouse or a simple
countryside cottage, the same design principles of color, pattern, texture, and light
can be applied to one’s own home. This guide demonstrates how to use color in the
home, running through the palette from greens, blues, reds, and yellows to pastels
and neutrals. It then moves on to using patterns—such as stripes or florals—in fab-
rics, wallpapers, and floors, and describes how to use light in a home to best advan-
tage, with insider tricks for creating task, background, or mood lighting using windows,
lamps, and mirrors. Finally, a section on accessories and displays explains how to use
treasured possessions to style inside space and truly make a home one’s own. This
practical guide is a sumptuous source of creative ideas, revealing how to re-create
the look and feel of a place and time while still retaining one’s own individual style.
Alison Dalby is the National Trust’s senior press officer for cultural heritage, his-
toric houses, and collections. She is a former freelance journalist specializing in homes
and interiors and still contributes to Period Living magazine.
Home Improvement/Design • 176 pp • 7.5 x 9.5 • 500 Color Photos
9781907892493 • August • $27.95 (Can $30.95) Cloth • National Trust
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Making Shapes
A Pop-Up Book
James Diaz and Francesca Diaz
A visual lesson in the beauty of geometry and the com-
plexity of simple-looking paper arts from two eminent
paper engineers
Shapes are central to art and in this book, James and
Francesca Diaz have created seven shapes in three di-
mensions, and four others as flat images. The big graphic
shapes are instructive and fascinating for everyone—from
children to art students and collectors of pop-ups.
James and Francesca Diaz are the authors of My First
Jumbo Book of Letters, My First Jumbo Book of Shapes,
and Popigami.
Art • 10 pp • 8 x 8 • Four-color Interior
9781857078275 • April • $19.95 (Can $21.95) Cloth
Tango Books
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The Redstone Book of the Eye
A Compendium of Visual Surprise
Edited by Julian Rothenstein
Introduction by David Shrigley
A stunning compendium of visual delight from the Redstone Press, culled from a life-
time’s collection of beautiful, strange, surprising, and intriguing images, with an in-
troduction by artist David Shrigley
“Julian Rothenstein’s books are extraordinary—their range of reference seems to be

universal and yet they have a flavor distinctly their own. The Redstone Book of the
Eye is no exception.” —Quentin Blake
Confounding expectations and countering the familiar, here is a collection of extraordi-
nary images to excite and tease the eye, see things anew, and make readers smile. As
we look at the world the eye seeks meaning, searches for the familiar. “I see!” we say
when things make sense. Featuring previously unpublished “found” images and visual
conundrums, this celebration of the visual world includes such contributors as Manuel
Alvarez Bravo, Saul Leiter, Grayson Perry, Bridget Riley, James Rosenquist, Ed Rushca,
and Saul Steinberg.
Julian Rothenstein is the former art director of the 1970s art magazine Bananas, the founder
of Redstone Press, and the coauthor of The Playful Eye. David Shrigley is a visual artist
who has work shown in the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the director of ani-
mated music videos for such artists as Blur and Bonnie Prince Billy, and the author of
The Book of Shrigley and What the Hell Are You Doing?
Art • 288 pp • 7.5 x 10.5 • Four-color Interior
9780224086868 • April • $34.95 Paper • Square Peg
Black White & Colour

A Creative Sketch and Doodle Book
Square Peg
An inspiring, beautiful, and irresistible doodle and sketch book for creative souls of all ages
Doodling can be done anywhere—in meetings, on the train, when brainstorming, or simply whenever we
have a pen and paper at hand. This utterly original and exquisitely produced book is the ultimate start-
ing-point for creative drawing, painting, sketching, coloring, and doodling. Quirky and fun, fine art or naive,
whatever your style, there is inspiration here for artists, painters, and idle doodlers alike. There are pages
to complete and keep, along with postcard-quality pages to cut out and send to friends, loved ones, and
fellow creatives. Wonderfully witty and irresistible, this is a must-have as well as the perfect gift.
Square Peg is an imprint of Random House UK, focusing on eclectic and commercial nonfiction.
Art • 124 pp • 4 x 11.5
Two-color Interior
9780224095334 • May
$16.95 Cloth • Square Peg
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The Modern Art Doodle Book
Create Your Own Masterpiece
Michael O’Mara Books
More than 50 full-color reproductions of iconic pieces of art by modern artists, from
Dalí to Matisse to Lichtenstein, for readers to complete
Encouraging readers to awaken their creativity and emulate the imagination that lies
behind every great work of art, this activity book contains iconic pieces of art for bud-
ding artists to complete in the style of the original artists. It includes work from such
greats as Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Tamara de Lempicka, Paul Gauguin, Patrick
Heron, Paul Klee, René Magritte, Joan Miró, Amedeo Modigliani, Georgia O’Keeffe,
Jackson Pollock, Vincent van Gogh, and more. Enlightening as well as enjoyable, each
set of doodles is complemented by a minibiography of the artist, describing their back-
grounds and inspirations. Doodlers can develop artistic skills they may not know they
had and explore their own artistic imaginations, creating masterpieces along the way.
Art/Crafts & Hobbies • 128 pp • 8.5 x 12 • Four-color Interior
9781843175902 • April • $15.95 (Can $17.95) Paper • Michael O’Mara
The Creative Colouring Book for Grown-Ups

Michael O’Mara Books
A unique coloring book containing pages of intricate patterns to color in and com-
plete in your own design and pallete—the perfect way to unwind, destress, and ex-
press creativity
Explore your natural creativity with some stunning and exotic patterns to color in, how-
ever and whenever you feel inspired. Doodling and coloring have long been known to
enhance one’s thought processes and provide a relaxing yet highly creative way to free
the mind. In this original and unique book you’ll find more than 100 detailed patterns
to color, providing endless entertainment and building into a piece of work that you can
truly call your own.
Art/Crafts & Hobbies • 128 pp • 8.5 x 11.5
B/W Illustrations Throughout
9781843178699 • June
$14.95 (Can $16.95) Paper • Michael O’Mara
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Making Contemporary Sculpture
Ian Dawson
Aimed at students, sculptors, gallery owners, and artists, a collection of informative
interviews with leading sculpture artists
Through interviews with leading artists, Ian Dawson describes what it is like to make
some of the most exciting contemporary sculpture of today. He considers the work
through its approach and looks at how sculptors have explored, celebrated, and
critiqued the world through materials, process, narrative, performance, collabora-
tion, and space. This compelling book reveals the skill, inspiration, and intuition
behind today’s sculpture.
Ian Dawson is a sculptor who first came to prominence in the 1990s with a series
of large-scale plastic sculptures that cele-
brated creativity through the destructive act.
His practice remains intensely experimental,
involving different processes and diverse
materials. He has exhibited internationally, and
his work is held in both public and private
collections worldwide.
Art • 208 pp • 8.5 x 10.5
9781847974303
June • $45.00 Cloth • Crowood Press
The Secrets of Bronze Casting

Sarah Craske
An essential guide to the secrets and creative potential of bronze casting aimed
at artists, sculptors, and foundries
Bronze casting is exciting and versatile: bronze can be poured or shaped to any re-
quired form. However, the full process is difficult to understand, and this practi-
cal book reveals its secrets and celebrates its versatility. With step-by-step guides
and advice throughout, it focuses on the casting of fine art sculpture, using the “lost
wax” process. By explaining the process and its potential, the book encourages artists
to experiment and produce exciting and unexpected results. It also offers insight
into the history of bronze casting, advice on installing a foundry in your own stu-
dio, and guidance on working with foundries, as well as inspirational photographs
by practicing contemporary artists.
Sarah Craske is an artist and the cofounding director of Meltdowns, a fine art pro-
duction studio.
Art • 144 pp • 8.5 x 10.5 • 303 Color Photos
9781847974136 • April • $34.95 Cloth • Crowood Press
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Landscape Photography
Art and Techniques
Neil Crighton
How to find the best way to photograph any landscape, at any time of year
Every continent, country, and region in the world has magnificent landscapes to pho-
tograph, and every season, climate, and time of day has its own unique quality. This
practical book describes how to evaluate a scene and work within its elements to
produce images that best encapsulate and describe the expanse, depth, and beauty of
a place. It explains how a digital camera produces a good landscape photograph and
advises on themes, composition, selection, lighting, and the use of software in the dig-
ital darkroom. The book is illustrated with stunning photographs that show how the
elements within a landscape, the changing seasons, and the light combine to give the
scene its feel and emotive quality.
Neil Crighton is a professional photographer and lecturer, with more than 40 years of ex-
perience. He established and runs a photography school and gallery.
Photography • 192 pp • 7.5 x 9.5 • 213 Color Photos
9781847973948 • May • $29.95 Paper • Crowood Press
Wedding Photography
Art and Techniques
Terry Hewlett
Take stunning photos of the bride and groom, the ceremony, and the story of the day
Weddings are beautiful and exciting occasions, but they are a tense challenge for the
photographer. This practical book explains how to take romantic signature shots, as
well as how to capture the spontaneous moments of the day. It introduces different
styles of wedding photography, advises on building a business, explains photographic
techniques, runs through the day’s timeline, and suggests how to prepare the final pho-
tographs. Written by an experienced professional and teacher, it gives essential tips
to managing the day and covers the small details that will ensure your photography
is cherished for a lifetime.
Terry Hewlett is a wedding photographer.
Photography/Weddings • 176 pp • 7.5 x 9.5 • 172 Color Photos
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BARBARA M. UNDERWOOD
Barbara M. Underwood
Barbara M. Underwood is a teacher, lacemaker, and designer. She has made a special study of the
fine traditional laces of the English East Midlands and has played a leading role in teaching and
promoting them. She is the author of Traditional Bedfordshire Lace.
Each: Crafts & Hobbies • 8.5 x 10.5 • April • $29.95 Cloth • Crowood Press
Introducing Traditional Bedfordshire Lace in 20 Lessons

An essential book for the newcomer to Bedfordshire lace, leading the lacemaker
from basic techniques to advanced floral designs
Traditional Bedfordshire lace, with its wonderful designs for flowers, leaf sprays, and
grounds, has a growing appeal for the modern lacemaker. This book offers a graded
course essential for the newcomer to Bedfordshire lace and provides a thorough ground-
ing in the techniques and the step-by-step instructions help provide the skills for tack-
ling Bedfordshire patterns independently, and compact patterns and clear diagrams
are easy to use. The large color display gives ideas for using and mounting the fin-
ished lace and shows the effectiveness of the colored threads.
116 pp • 2 Color Photos • 67 B/W Photos • 210 Line Drawings • 9780903585279
Traditional Bedfordshire Lace

Technique and Patterns
A comprehensive reference book that provides techniques and patterns on Bedford-
shire lace for the modern lacemaker
Bedfordshire lace, its history, and its fine and varied designs—particularly those of Thomas
Lester and his sons, lacedealers in Bedford for nearly a century—have attracted grow-
ing interest and many new practitioners in recent years. One attraction of the Bedford-
shire technique is its flexibility, which offers the lacemaker a certain freedom in deciding
the method of working. This book is based on the author’s extensive teaching experi-
ence and research into authentic traditional methods. The text sets out the techniques
and shows how to apply them to different parts of the pattern. The lace ranges from small
motifs to fine edgings, elaborate collars, and other dress accessories worked by the au-
thor and her students. More than 100 working diagrams are included as well as prick-
ings for all the lace illustrated. Advice
on interpreting and reproducing old
prickings is provided, and a folded
sheet of additional prickings is found
in an inside back cover pocket.
92 pp • 50 B/W Photos
206 Line Drawings
9780903585248
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CAROL ANDREWS
Carol Andrews
Carol Andrews is a creative embroideress and experienced teacher trained in botanical drawing.
Each: Crafts & Hobbies • Crowood Press
Embroideries from an English Garden

Projects and Techniques in Surface Embroidery
A colorful collection of 15 projects aimed at embroiderers of all levels of experience
Here is a celebration of colorful projects in surface embroidery celebrating the seasonal
flowers and fruits of the English garden. The book combines surface techniques with tra-
ditional designs in an exciting way, producing depth and other realistic effects that will
delight and instruct embroiderers of all levels of experience. Full instructions, working
diagrams, and color illustrations are used to explain the projects, while a separate sec-
tion on stitches and techniques provides additional support.
112 pp • 8.5 x 11.5 • 28 Color Photos • 237 Line Drawings
9780903585347 • May • $29.95 Paper
Making Needlework Accessories Embroidered

with Beads
An inspirational collection of 16 needlework projects, ranging from a needle
book and scissor case to a small purse and greeting cards
This innovative collection of projects celebrates the contents of the sewing box in
colorful designs embellished with fine bead embroidery. Discover how to create
stunning needlework accessories, as well as adornments for gifts and dress deco-
ration. The step-by-step illustrations will guide embroiderers through the projects.
128 pp • 8.5 x 9.5 • 40 Color Photos • 175 Line Drawings
9780903585330 • April • $24.95 Paper
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How Tea Cosies Changed the World
Loani Prior
Be drawn into a world of creative passion with the
vibrant designs featured in this follow-up to Really
Wild Tea Cosies
Loani Prior’s outrageous imagination has produced 24
new designs that transform the conventional tea cosy
into a knitted piece of art. New tea designs include Lily
of the Valley, Devilish, Spotted Gourd, Betty the Bur-
lesque Dancer, Forest Bloom, and Starry Night. It’s not
just about tea cosies though—readers can use the easy-
to-follow instructions and try their hand at Loani’s knit-
ted purse, or expand their skills with the double-knitted
scarf. Full of humor, flair, and creativity, this book will
delight and inspire adventurous knitters.
Loani Prior is the author of Wild Tea Cosies and
Really Wild Tea Cosies. She exhibits her knitted objets
d’art in galleries, blogs with the global community
of knitters, teacher knitting workshops, and judges tea
cosy competitions.
Crafts & Hobbies • 160 pp • 8.5 x 8.5
100 Color Photos
9781742664002 • June • $19.95 Paper
Murdoch Books
Also available:
Really Wild Tea Cosies

9781741966312
$19.95 Paper
22
Vanished Years
Rupert Everett
A fascinating, witty, and endlessly entertaining memoir that tells the truth about show business
“The veteran actor of stage and screen oozes rakish charm, a gossipy court jester provid-
ing wickedly witty—if not particularly consequential—commentary on show business
shenanigans. . . . A guilty pleasure, albeit a rather sophisticated and tony offshoot of the
species.” —Publishers Weekly on Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins
“Candide in modern drag.” —Kirkus Reviews on Hello Darling, Are You Working?
Reviews of Rupert Everett’s first memoir, Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins, compared
him to Evelyn Waugh, David Niven, Noel Coward, and Lord Byron. But Rupert Everett is—
of course—one of a kind. Mischievous, touching, and nothing less than brilliant, this new mem-
oir is filled with brand-new stories, from childhood to the present. Astonishing encounters,
tragedy and comedy, vivid portraits of friends and rivals, razor-sharp observations of the celebrity
circus from L.A. to London and beyond, there is something extraordinary on every page. A
pilgrimage to Lourdes with his father is both hilarious and moving. A misguided step into re-
ality TV goes horribly wrong. From New York to Moscow to Berlin to Phnom Penh, this mem-
oir takes the reader on a wild and wonderful new journey with a charming—and rather
disreputable—companion.
Rupert Everett is an actor who has appeared in many successful films, including An Ideal Husband, The Importance of Being
Earnest, The Madness of King George III, Prêt-à-Porter, My Best Friend’s Wedding, and Shakespeare in Love. He is the author
of a previous memoir, Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins, and a novel, Hello Darling, Are You Working?
Autobiography/Film • 336 pp • 6 x 9 • 8 Color Photos
9780349000213 • April • $19.95 Paper • Little, Brown
Daniel Day-Lewis
The Biography
Laura Jackson
A look at the personal life and artistic accomplishments of the famously elusive actor
“The insight into his preparation, choice of roles and motivations might serve well the
budding actor looking for inspiration.” —Publishers Weekly
Regarded by many as the finest actor of his generation, Daniel Day-Lewis is one of Holly-
wood’s most bankable stars. His diverse performances in roles such as cerebral palsy suf-
ferer Christy Brown in My Left Foot and Butcher Bill in Gangs of New York have cemented
his reputation as a chameleon method actor. Yet behind the on-screen personas and the-
atrical masks lies a complex figure about whom relatively little is really known. Acclaimed
biographer Laura Jackson has spoken to many close friends of the actor, including Dame
Judi Dench and Simon Callow, and has provided us with a fascinating insight into this in-
tense and talented star.
Laura Jackson’s other biographies include Bono, Jon Bon Jovi, Neil Diamond, Queen, and
Steven Tyler.
Biography/Film • 288 pp • 5 x 8 • 6 Color Photos • 6 B/W Photos
9781857826050 (Replaces 9781857825572) • May • $14.95 (Can $16.95) New in Paper
John Blake
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High Season
A Memoir of Heroin & Hospitality
Jim Hearn
An enthralling memoir of a working-class chef made good—and bad
This is a tale about living on the edge, restaurant kitchens, drugs, and addiction. It’s also a
story of waking up from a heroin hell to discover real love, family, and success. But what
happens when Jim, three young chefs, and a waiter do what it takes to feed Paris Hilton
and her sizeable entourage after they turn up for lunch without warning? The highs and
lows of this particular day climax in an unexpected tragedy that will change Jim’s life for-
ever. Raw, unapologetic, and behind-the-scenes in an utterly fascinating way, this is a rite-
of-passage story, a cautionary tale about heroin, and a celebration of hospitality.
Jim Hearn is a scriptwriter and chef. He has written five original feature-length screenplays,
has been been employed as a script assessor, and worked on the script for Chopper. This
is his first book.
Memoir • 252 pp • 5 x 8
9781742378411 • May • $17.95 (Can $19.95) Paper • Arena
The Stig: The Untold Story

Simon du Marche
The author has pursued Top Gear’s enigmatic Stig—sometimes literally—in a relentless
quest to unearth the truth and now, at last, his incredible findings can be revealed
The Stig is known to millions as Top Gear’s tame racing driver, famed for his skillful driv-
ing and his legendary reluctance to speak. Yet almost nothing is known about the man be-
hind the visor. Where did he come from? What is his motivation? Did he really once punch
a horse to the ground? Simon du Marche has devoted more than two years to getting inside
that trademark white helmet. Through extensive research and in-depth interviews with celebri-
ties, motorsport experts, and Top Gear presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and
James May, du Marche has built up an unprecedented picture of what lies beneath the white
suit. His quest threw up many questions: can Stig-like characters really be seen in the
hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt? Was the Stig present at some of the most pivotal moments
in history? Why is a driver of the Stig’s considerable ability not in Formula 1? How can any-
one not understand how stairs work? Happily, these questions and many others will be
answered in Simon du Marche’s landmark work, The Stig.
Simon du Marche has written more than 20 biographies including Princess Anne—A Life In
The Limelight, Dame Judi Dench—A Life of Faces, and Kerry Katona—A Life of Sorts. He
is perhaps best known for his multi-award winning title, Getting Inside Princess Michael of
Kent. He describes The Stig as his most challenging project to date.
Biography/Television • 320 pp • 6 x 9
9781849905794 • April • $22.95 Paper • BBC Books
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The Further Adventures of an Idiot Abroad
Karl Pilkington
Everyone’s favorite idiot is back, in this hysterical follow-up to An Idiot Abroad
Safely home from his latest travels, Karl Pilkington has decided it is time to share his hard-
earned wisdom of the world. Taking the Bucket List of “100 Things to Do Before You Die” as
his starting point, Karl combines brilliant stories from his recent adventures to Alaska, Siberia,
and beyond with entertaining, highly-opinionated views on what other people aspire to do with
their lives. He tackles such questions as Why on earth would anybody want to run with the
bulls in Pamplona, or go “storm chasing” through Tornado Alley? and Why would anyone
ever want to have lunch with the Queen, or touch hands with the Pope? A fitting finale to two
years of eventful globe-trotting, this companion guide is frank, funny, and strangely inspiring.
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, and Ricky Gervais Presents: The
World of Karl Pilkington.
Television/Humor • 380 pp • 5 x 8
9780857867506 • August
$14.95 Paper • Canongate UK
Also available:
An Idiot Abroad
9781847679277
$14.95 Paper
Game of Thrones A–Z

An Unofficial Guide to Accompany the Hit TV Series
Martin Howden
A fan guide to one of television’s most exciting shows, exploring its combination of po-
litical intrigue and family dysfunction against an epic fantasy backdrop
Hailed by critics and dubbed The Sopranos meets The Lord of the Rings, HBO’s lavish adap-
tation of George R. R. Martin’s series of fantasy novels has cast its spell over audiences thanks
to its memorable characters, surprise deaths, and violent action, and this exhaustive guide
will document the background dramas that have helped make it such a huge success. Read-
ers will find biographies of the main actors, episode guides, an overview of how the show
has already become part of pop culture, an in-depth look into the compelling world that
George R. R. Martin created, and more.
Martin Howden is the author of Blood Rivals: Vampire vs Werewolf and Robert Downey,
Jr.: The Biography.
Television • 288 pp • 5 x 8 • 16 Color Photos
9781857829969 • April • $14.95 (Can $16.95) Paper • John Blake
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Web TV Series
How to Make and Market Them . . .
Dan Williams
Up-to-date resources for both new and professional filmmakers, specifically focused on
web series productions
Today, people can watch television shows, feature films, live sports events, and just about
anything they want on their computers, tablets, or phones, and as the new-media market-
place continues to grow, so does demand for original content and opportunities for film-
makers. Online distributors such as YouTube, Hulu, and Funny or Die are interested in
acquiring web series that attract audiences and appeal to advertisers. This guide provides
advice and expertise to help readers create their own original, successful online shows—
projects that can be profitable, potentially be developed into film or television properties,
and help their creator to start a career in the industry. Readers will learn how to develop
characters and stories designed for new-media platforms, and will find tips for planning,
shooting, and editing that are tailored specifically to web-series production. This book also
extensively covers the latest distribution platforms and social media marketing strategies,
as well as examples of how to find financial sustainability through advertisers, branded con-
tent, and sponsorship partners. It has all of the tools necessary for both aspiring and ex-
perienced filmmakers to make the most of this growing new medium.
Dan Williams is a new-media writer and producer working on original independent, sponsored, and branded entertainment proj-
ects. Most recently, he created and produced a dramatic web series that was sold to BET Networks. He is a member of the In-
ternational Academy of Web Television, regularly participates in industry panels, and guest lectures at universities. Dan has also
worked at talent agencies and television studios, in development and production. He lives in Los Angeles.
Film/Media & Journalism • 224 pp • 5 x 8
9781842437858 • May • $24.95 Paper • Creative Essentials
Screenplays
How to Write and Sell Them
Craig Batty
An accessible yet comprehensive guide aimed at those with a keen interest in writing
feature-film screenplays
Using case studies, creative exercises, and interviews from the industry, this book will guide
readers through the necessary stages of writing a screenplay, from finding and developing ideas
to creating and executing characters to shaping structure and constructing scenes. It will also
consider how a screenplay might be sold or used to raise interest in the writer, exploring areas
such as finding and working with an agent, networking, using competitions, and raising pri-
vate production funds. The book’s approach is both creative and reflective, giving readers the
opportunity to learn a wealth of creative skills alongside skills that will encourage them to
think about themselves as writers and the work that they are developing. As such, the book
will empower readers in their own creative processes and allow them to successfully tell the
stories they want to tell. Rich with analyses from classic and contemporary films; littered with
practical models, paradigms, and creative tasks; and enhanced by the views of key industry
figures; the book is a must for any aspiring feature-film screenwriter.
Craig Batty is a writer and script consultant who has worked on many film and television
projects. He is the coauthor of The Creative Screenwriter, Media Writing, and Writing for
the Screen, and the author of Movies That Move Us.
Writing/Film • 256 pp • 5 x 8
9781842435038 • May • $24.95 Paper • Creative Essentials
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POCKET ESSENTIAL SERIES
Each: Film • 160 pp • 5 x 8 • $14.95 Paper • Pocket Essentials
French New Wave

Chris Wiegand
Offering profiles of principal stars such as Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina, and Brigitte
Bardot as well as reviews and analysis of all the major films in the movement, this is the per-
fect primer to the group of French filmmakers who have become synonymous with effortless
style and urban cool
“Entertaining and highly informative, it is certainly the most instantly accessible work on
the subject.” —Leeds Guide
The directors of the French New Wave were the original film geeks—a collection of celluloid-
crazed cinéphiles with a background in film criticism and a love for American auteurs. Having
spent countless hours slumped in Parisian cinémathèques, they armed themselves with hand-
held cameras, rejected conventions, and successfully moved movies out of the studios and on
to the streets at the end of the 1950s. By the mid-1960s, the likes of Jean-Luc Godard, François
Truffaut, and Claude Chabrol had changed the rules of filmmaking forever, but the movement
as such was over. During these key years, the New Wave directors employed experimental tech-
niques to achieve a fresh and invigorating new style of cinema. Borrowing liberally from the
varied traditions of film noir, musicals, and science fiction, they released a string of innovative
and influential pictures, including the classics Le Beau Serge, Jules et Jim, and A Bout de Souf-
fle. An introductory essay examines the social context of the movement in France as well as the directors’ considerable
influence on later generations of filmmakers across the globe. A handy multimedia reference guide at the end of the book
points the way towards further New Wave resources.
Chris Wiegand writes for Boxoffice Magazine, Crime Time, Film Threat, and bbc.co.uk. He is also the author of Fed-
erico Fellini: The Complete Films.
9781842439463 (Replaces 9781842432839) • July
Sherlock Holmes
Mark Campbell
With the recent successes of Robert Downey, Jr. on the big screen and Benedict
Cumberbatch on television, the popularity of Sherlock Holmes is riding high and here is
the essential guide
Who is Holmes? The world’s most famous detective, a drug addict with a heart as cold as
ice, or a millstone around the neck of his creator? He’s all of these things and much, much
more. Sherlock Holmes was the brainchild of Portsmouth GP Arthur Conan Doyle. A writer
of historical romantic fiction, Doyle became unhappy that the detective’s enormous success
eclipsed his more serious offerings. But after attempting to wipe him out at the Reichen-
bach Falls in Switzerland, Doyle was faced with a vociferous backlash from the general pub-
lic and eventually he had no choice but to bring his sleuth back from the grave to face more
puzzling mysteries. While not strictly speaking “canonical,” Holmes’ deerstalker, curved pipe,
and cries of “Elementary, my dear Watson!” have been immortalized in countless stage, film,
television, and radio productions. An iconic fictional creation, inseparable from his part-
ner-in-crime Dr. John Watson, Sherlock Holmes has charmed and fascinated millions of peo-
ple around the world since his first appearance more than a century ago. He is one of English
literature’s finest creations.
Mark Campbell is a theater critic who has written for Crime Time and the Independent,
and a main contributor to the two-volume British Crime Writing: An Encyclopedia. He has
also produced Pocket Essentials volumes on Agatha Christie and Doctor Who.
Literary Criticism • 9781842438879 (Replaces 9781842432334) • June
27
Harry Styles/Niall Horan
The Biography
Sarah Oliver
A must-have for any fans of One Direction, especially all those infatuated with
heartthrobs Harry Styles and Niall Horan—there’s no need to choose with this
flip biography
One Direction is currently dominating the charts and capturing the hearts of mil-
lions. This double biography of the band’s leading figures reveals how they coped
with Simon Cowell, the fame game, and high-profile romances. It also discusses what
lies in store for them as their careers continue to soar.
Sarah Oliver is the author of The Completely Unofficial Glee A–Z, Justin Bieber
A–Z, and One Direction A–Z.
Biography/Music • 288 pp • 5 x 8 • 16 Color Photos
9781782192206 • May • $14.95 (Can $16.95) Paper • John Blake
Will.i.am
The Unauthorized Biography
Danny White
The life story of actor, producer, songwriter, singer, rapper, and member of the Grammy Award–
winning Black Eyed Peas
Tracing the rise to fame and fortune of William James Adams, Jr., this biography explores his
troubled childhood and shows how his early love of flamboyant dress and his talent to rap
saved him from the sad fates that befell many of his friends and neighbors. Bringing the story
up to date, it reveals the truth behind his self-confessed “freak out” in 2008, his mixed for-
tunes as a manager, his relationship with pop star Cheryl Cole, and his time as a judge on The
Voice UK. It also discusses his stint carrying the Olympic torch, the time he’s spent working
alongside NASA on a project designed to inspire children to get involved in science, and his
philanthropic work. This is the perfect book for fans of this enigmatic individual, at last re-
vealing the truth behind the shades.
Danny White is a journalist and the author of Johnny Depp.
Biography/Music • 224 pp • 6 x 9 • 12 Color Photos • Michael O’Mara
Paper: 9781782430049 • April • $17.95 (Can $19.95)
Cloth: 9781782430032 • April • $24.95 (Can $27.95)
Olly Murs
The Biography
Justin Lewis
He opened for One Direction in North America, appeared on the Tonight Show, recorded
with Flo Rida—the story of the heartthrob singer whose U.S. fan base continues to grow
The cheeky guy with the tight trousers and the porkpie hat has sold out concert tours, re-
leased bestselling albums, and enjoyed a string of hits including “Please Don’t Let Me Go”
and “Heart Skips a Beat.” Not content with his triumphs as a singer, he has also become a
TV fixture. After becoming the cohost of the UK’s The Xtra Factor, he graduated to his own
series, Olly: Life on Murs. This biography follows his journey from suburbia to stardom and
beyond. It explores how a seemingly ordinary and grounded Essex boy was determined to
follow his dream—and was strong and shrewd enough to survive the heady world of enter-
tainment. Along the way, readers will learn how his promising first career as a semi-
professional soccer player was halted, and discover how he deals with the pros and cons of
a celebrity lifestyle.
Justin Lewis has been a writer and researcher for more than 20 years, specializing in music
and entertainment titles. He has contributed to The Rough Guide to Rock and Time Out’s
1000 Songs to Change Your Life.
9781857829532 • June • $14.95 (Can $16.95) Paper • John Blake
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Noel Gallagher
The Biography
Lucian Randall
A look at the musician who is as well-known for his singer-songwriting talent as he is
for his controversial, outspoken statements and his tempestuous relationships
With the renowned band Oasis at the forefront of the Britpop movement in the 1990s, Noel
Gallagher was responsible for writing some of the big anthems of the period, including “Won-
derwall” and “Champagne Supernova.” At their peak they were playing sold-out concerts
to more than 200,000 people. But what is the truth about the boy from Manchester? How
did his relationship with his father affect him? What caused the public and personal rivalry
with fellow Britpop band Blur? Why has he always had such a turbulent relationship with
his brother and the front man of Oasis, Liam? Is the band over for good this time? This
book maps out Noel’s story from the beginning, taking readers from his dysfunctional up-
bringing in Manchester to the man fans know now.
Lucian Randall is the author of the Chris Morris biography Disgusting Bliss. He has also
written for Esquire.
9781857829563 • May • $24.95 (Can $27.95) Cloth • John Blake
Queen Unseen
My Life with the Greatest Rock Band of the 20st Century
Peter Hince
An intimate and affectionate insider’s story of his years spent alongside Queen, with ex-
clusive personal photos
For more than a decade, Peter Hince worked with one of the greatest bands in the history
of rock, touring the world and heading up their road crew as they performed at some of
the best and biggest music venues in the world. Here he recalls the highlights of those years
with the band. He was with Freddie Mercury when he composed “Crazy Little Thing Called
Love,” he was responsible for making 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 that are invariably part of life on the road with a rock
band. Many books have been written about Queen and Freddie Mercury, but this is the first
real insider’s story. Packed with the author’s own exclusive photos, including never-before-
seen shots of Freddie, his female lover Mary, and other band members, this warm and witty
book will entertain and inform as a must read for any music fan.
Peter Hince met Queen in 1973 when they were opening for Mott the Hoople, began work-
ing for the band full time during their 1975 A Night at the Opera album, and stayed on as
the head of their road crew until their final concert in 1986.
Biography/Music • 288 pp • 5 x 8 • 15 Color Photos • 15 B/W Photos
9781857827958 (Replaces 9781843587484) • August • $14.95 (Can $16.95) New in Paper
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Roger Daltrey
The Biography
Tim Ewbank and Stafford Hildred
A frank look at one of rock’s most fascinating and enigmatic personalities, the Who’s
legendary lead singer
Drawing on interviews with Daltrey himself, as well as his friends and fellow musicians, this
is the most complete and revealing biography of one of rock’s most powerful personalities.
“Hope I die before I get old,” sang Roger Daltrey more than 40 years ago, but it didn’t quite
work out like that. The wild and passionate lead singer for supergroup the Who is still very
much alive, the premature deaths of Keith Moon and John Entwistle leaving Daltrey and
Pete Townshend as the only survivors of the legendary band. Roger Daltrey’s extraordinary life
is detailed here from start to finish: from being expelled from school and written off as a
violent thug before he ever made his first guitar out of a block of wood to the story of how
music and the Who became his salvation. His many years as the voice of a generation are
also discussed here, as the authors look at the life behind the icon strutting bare-chested on
stage, swinging the mic like a lariat at the Who’s dynamic concerts.
Tim Ewbank is an entertainment writer and former TV correspondent for the Daily Mail.
Stafford Hildred is a television critic and entertainment writer. They are the coauthors of
Jamie Oliver, Rod Stewart: The New Biography, and Russell Crowe: The Biography.
Biography/Music • 256 pp • 5 x 8 • 12 B/W Photos
9780749958787 • May • $13.95 Paper • Piatkus Books
Hallelujah!
The Extraordinary Story of Shaun Ryder and Happy Mondays
John Warburton and Shaun Ryder
The amazing and hilarious story of Shaun Ryder and Happy Mondays, with contributions from
Tony Wilson, Bez, Chris Moyles, and Fatboy Slim, and the cooperation of Ryder himself
“A classic tale of sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll and more drugs . . . amusing, entertaining,
and compelling.” —Heat
“A crudely entertaining portrait of excess.” —Times
Credited with a range of achievements, from creating Madchester and introducing indie kids
to dance music to bringing ecstasy to Britain, the Happy Mondays were the rock ‘n’ roll
story that beggared belief. In Shaun Ryder they had an inspired gutter poet; and in his side-
kick Bez they had a cultural icon. Here is the story of how this hapless group of ruffians,
thieves, thugs, and dealers, prompted by boredom, drugs, and a visit from the taxman, got
their act back together after six long years and played a sold-out world tour. Along the way
a man was set on fire, an orgy was staged, someone nearly drowned, and every single band
member got lost in Europe. There were guns, writs, jellyfish, fights, copious amounts of class
As, and a skull on a stick.
John Warburton is a former Daily Sport journalist and a close friend and confidant of Shaun
Ryder who accompanied him on the reunion tour. Shaun Ryder is the lead singer of Happy
Mondays and Black Grape.
Biography/Music • 264 pp • 5 x 8
9780753507810 • May • $16.95 Paper • Virgin Books
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Iron Maiden: On Board Flight 666
From Somewhere Back in Time to the Final Frontier
Photographs by John McMurtrie
Foreword by Bruce Dickinson
The first and only official book from one of the world’s biggest heavy metal bands,
with a foreword by frontman Bruce Dickinson
“This stunning coffee-table tome gives an intimate insight into the touring
machine that covered the globe not once but twice between 2008 and 2011. . . .
McMurtrie puts the reader in the heart of the action with some excellent
photography.” —Guitarist
“A mighty tome, focusing as much on the offstage and on-plane shenanigans
as much as the enormo-shows themselves. . . . Few other bands have this much
budget, let alone the creative vision, to attempt such a journey: this book is testi-
mony to that.” —Record Collector
On board their customized Boeing 757 plane named Ed Force One, piloted by lead
singer and airline captain Bruce Dickinson, Iron Maiden, their crew, and 12 tons of
equipment traversed the planet and broke the mold of traditional touring forever by
playing concerts in every continent except Antarctica over the course of the Somewhere Back In Time Tour of 2008–2009 and
the Final Frontier Tour of 2010–2011. The band’s official photographer, John McMurtrie, accompanied them throughout this
mammoth and groundbreaking undertaking, and the exciting results of his fly-on-the-wall coverage are represented in this unique
pictorial odyssey. John’s unrestricted access has allowed him to capture exclusive images and moments both onstage and off,
in nearly 600 spectacular photographs annotated with individual insights and anecdotes. Providing their legions of loyal fans
with an up-close look at the band as they circumnavigate the globe, this book provides an unprecedented insight into one of
the most adventurous rock tours ever undertaken; and into what makes this band so special.
Iron Maiden are one of the most internationally successful heavy metal bands of all time. In a career spanning more than three
decades they have undertaken 20 world tours and released 15 studio albums, six live albums, and numerous videos, DVDs, and
compilation albums, earning them more than 400 platinum and gold discs as well as countless accolades including a 2011 Grammy
Award for Best Metal Performance. John McMurtrie is an award-winning music photographer and the official photographer
for Iron Maiden. He regularly shoots covers for Metal Hammer magazine and Total Guitar magazine and contributes to Rolling
Stone and Q. Bruce Dickinson is the lead vocalist for Iron Maiden.
Music/Photography • 256 pp • 9.5 x 11.5 • 555 Color Photos • 38 B/W Photos
9781409141365 • June • $39.95 Cloth • Orion Publishing
Engelbert: What’s in a Name?

My Autobiography
Engelbert Humperdinck and Katie Wright
One of the world’s best-loved singing stars shares his story, from his first 10 years in India
to life now as a legend—including stories of friends from Muhammad Ali to Elvis Presley
“An unusually honest autobiography.” —Mail on Sunday

The man known simply as “Enge” by his millions of fans worldwide has sold more than 150
million records and is in the Guinness Book of Records for achieving 56 consecutive weeks
on the charts with “Release Me.” From living on the dole and receiving last rites with tu-
berculosis to buying a Hollywood palace with a heart-shaped pool and a fleet of 14 Rolls
Royces, Engelbert wears his “King of Romance” crown so well that horticulturists even named
a rose after him. And he has certainly lived up to his reputation, indulging in a string of af-
fairs and one-night stands, while remaining happily married to his first love Patricia. Forty
years after his early hits Enge is still at the very top, selling out concerts across the world
and even representing the UK at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest, recording his entry in
London, Nashville, and Los Angeles. Inspired by the warmth of his millions of affectionate
fans and the endless support of his wife, Engelbert shares his incredible life story with open-
ness, humor, and astonishing honesty.
Engelbert Humperdinck has been a legend in the international music industry for more than 40 years. He has four Grammy
nominations and a Golden Globe, has sold more than 150 million records, and his remarkable voice and extraordinary talent
have endeared him to millions of fans around the world. Katie Wright is a show business journalist who writes for such publi-
cations as People and US Weekly. She lives in Los Angeles.
Autobiography/Music • 248 pp • 5 x 8 • 14 Color Photos • 22 B/W Photos
9780753541104 • April • $14.95 Paper • Virgin Books
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The Gilded Stage
A Social History of Opera
Daniel Snowman
Fascinating and highly readable, this is the definitive social history of the world’s most
romantic, flamboyant, glamorous, and politically influential art-form: opera
“An operatic Grand Tour of opera houses, monarchs, artists, and audiences.”
—Opera America
“A mighty achievement, by far and away the best history of opera available.”
—Literary Review
From its beginnings in the Renaissance cities of northern Italy opera has permeated through
Europe, America, and beyond, becoming a global business in the digital age. This history
unwraps the story of opera from the charm and chaos of Mozart's Vienna to Frederick
the Great's Berlin. It covers the lure of fin-de-siècle Paris, the rough and tumble of the Aus-
tralian outback, and the new world of the Americas—colorful backdrops to the always
dramatic, sometimes tragic, sometimes hilarious episodes that make up this rich and fas-
cinating story.
Daniel Snowman’s books include critical portraits of the Amadeus Quartet and Placido
Domingo and, more recently, Historians.
Music/History • 496 pp • 6.5 x 9.5
9781843544678 • Available • $29.95 Paper • Atlantic Books
The Classic FM Quiz Book

Darren Henley and Tim Lihoreau
Readers are pushed to their memory limits to recall their most obscure music knowledge
with this collection of 1,000 questions and answers to stump every music lover
With questions for the novice, the enthusiast, and the downright expert, this book is guar-
anteed to set your musical knowledge a-quaver as you pit wits against Quick Fire, Famous
Quotations, True or False, Film Scores, Name the Year, Name the Composer, Classical Odd-
ities, and many more family-friendly rounds. This is the perfect companion for any quizmaster
looking to bring a little extra something to the quiz night; families looking to see, once and
for all, who really is the best; classical music buffs; and listeners who like to have their knowl-
edge expanded in the quiz’s playful manner. This book provides 1,000 questions to get you
thinking—and fortunately provides the answers too.
Darren Henley is the managing director of Classic FM. He has written or contributed to many
books on classical music, including The Classic FM Friendly Guide to Beethoven and The
Classic FM Friendly Guide to Music. Tim Lihoreau is the creative director of Classic FM and
the author of The Classic FM Friendly Guide to Elgar.
Music/Reference • 224 pp • 4.5 x 5.5
9781908739186 • May • $15.95 (Can $17.95) Cloth
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OVERTURE OPERA GUIDES
Each: Music • 5 x 8 • May • $29.95 Paper & DVD • Overture Publishing
Carmen
Georges Bizet
A complete guide, with DVD, to one of the most enduringly popular of all operas
“Neat little volumes they are, handy for carrying around, clearly printed and well set-out,
complete with libretto and translation, discography and a generous selection of illustra-
tions.” —Gramophone
Featuring articles that describe the genesis of the opera, its initial failure at its premiere, and
the various versions in which it went on to conquer opera stages, this guide is an in-depth look
at Carmen. There are also articles that analyze its appeal, explore its music, and detail its ex-
tensive performance history. The guide has 16 pages of illustrations, a musical thematic guide,
the full libretto and English translation (in both the dialogue and recitative versions), a discog-
raphy, bibliography, DVD, and website guides.
Georges Bizet (1838–1875) was a French composer and pianist of the Romantic era, best known
for the opera Carmen.
240 pp • 25 B/W Photos • 9781847495525
La Traviata
Giuseppe Verdi
A complete guide to Giuseppe Verdi’s famed opera, showing him at the height of his
middle-period powers
“Brilliantly produced and superb value.” —Sunday Times

Adapted from La dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils, La Traviata portrays the love
of the courtesan Violetta Valéry and the young Alfredo Germont in fashionable Parisian so-
ciety, with its inevitable tragic outcome. It had its premiere at La Fenice in Venice in 1853
and has gone on to become one of the most performed and greatly loved of all operas. This
guide contains articles about Verdi’s preparations for the first performances, a musical com-
mentary, an overview of the opera’s social background, and an examination of how the li-
bretto was adapted from Dumas’s play. Also included are a survey of important performances
and performers, 16 pages of illustrations, a musical thematic guide, the full libretto and Eng-
lish translation, a discography, bibliography, DVD, and website guides.
Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901) is one of Italy’s most celebrated opera composers. His best-known
operas include Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, and Aida.
250 pp • 20 B/W Photos • 9781847495518
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A Dance
Alexander Barabanov
An extraordinary photographic record of dance
through history—structured and “choreographed”
to form a dance in 10 movements
Alexander Barabanov, a key figure in the Russian
dance world, has sifted through many thousands of
photographs of dance to accumulate an extraordi-
nary collection of pictures, ranging from historical
ballet photographs to shocking avant-garde im-
agery. This work has been collected and edited to
form an astonishing sequence. Rather than being as-
sembled as an anthology, the sequence has in fact
been “choreographed” so the book is constructed to
form a dance in 10 movements. It begins with cre-
ation myths, follows erotic engagements, and leads
to a series of mass movements in the modern age. It
includes such gems as the young Nureyev’s first per-
formance with the Kirov and Baryshinikov’s debut
as well as images with brutal reference to Abu Ghraib
or the march of fascism.
Alexander Barabanov is a leading authority on
dance who lives in Moscow and London. He opened
a gallery for new Russian art in London and is an
adviser on the Diaghilev centenary events in Moscow.
Photography/Dance • 304 pp • 11.5 x 11.5
41 Color Photos • 79 B/W Photos
9780224085113 • April • $59.95 Cloth
Jonathan Cape
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MY COOL
My Cool Bike
An Inspirational Guide to Stylish Cycling
Chris Haddon
The newest in the My Cool series will appeal to bike nuts,
commuting cyclists, and design aesthetes everywhere
For some the bike is much more than an accessory for the
daily commute: there are the plucky few who have embarked
on life-changing momentous global journeys; while for oth-
ers bike ownership offers the chance to be part of a loyal,
passionate, and strong-minded community of fellow en-
thusiasts embarking on club excursions. The bikes featured
here chart the bicycle’s progress over the years in terms of
design and also celebrates those owners who have given their
bikes their very own stamp of individuality. Among this col-
lection of cool bikes are classic racing bikes, high-tech ma-
chines that use the latest in material science and
aerodynamics, eccentric bikes designed for specific purposes,
and rarities coveted by serious collectors. The book covers
all styles and makes from around the world, and is divided
into such sections as urban; commercial; touring and sport-
ing; vintage and eccentric; custom bikes; eco and commu-
nity bikes; workshops, shops and cafés; and accessories
including fashion.
Chris Haddon has 20 years of experience as a multidisci-
plinary designer, focusing on brand development and web
design. He is the author of My Cool Classic Car and the
coauthor of My Cool Campervan and My Cool Caravan.
Sports/Photography • 160 pp • 9 x 7.5
300 Color Photos
9781862059610 • August • $24.95 (Can $27.95) Cloth
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Ride!
From Ultra-cycling Rookie to Racing Across America
Joshua Kench
How a pretty unfit, very ordinary dude became an ultraendurance cyclist and undertook
one of the great feats of human endurance
At his brother’s wedding in 2002, 30-year-old Josh Kench sat with a cigarette in one hand
and a beer in the other and announced that he was going to do the coast-to-coast ride across
New Zealand. His pronouncement was met with derision and laughter, but he’s proved his
doubters wrong. Josh won the 2010 Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge, covering a mind-numb-
ing 8 laps of the 160 kilometer course in 55 hours. That was only the start of it. In June
2011, this 39-year-old plumber lined up at the start of the Race Across America—a 16-day
race stretching from California to Maryland. This is the inspiring story of how an ordinary guy
became an ultraendurance athlete and decided to take on the world.
Josh Kench is a plumber by day, cyclist by night. He never lets a weekend pass without tak-
ing the bike out for a long cycle.
Memoir/Sports • 256 pp • 6 x 9.5
Eddy Merckx
The Cannibal
Daniel Friebe
Despite his unique achievements, we know little about the Cannibal beyond his victories—
here is his full story
For 14 years between 1965 and 1978, Edouard Louis Joseph Merckx devoured his rivals, their
hopes, and their cycling careers. His legacy resides as much in the careers he ruined as the
445 victories—including five Tour de France wins and all the monument races—he amassed
in his own right. So dominant had Merckx become by 1973 that he was ordered to stay away
from the Tour for the good of the event. Stage 17 of the 1969 Tour de France perfectly illus-
trates his untouchable brilliance. Already wearing the yellow jersey on the col du Tourmalet,
the Tour’s most famous peak, Merckx powered clear and rode the last 140 kilometers to the
finish-line in jaw-dropping solitude, eight minutes ahead of his nearest competitor. Merckx’s
era has been called cycling’s Golden Age. It was full of memorable characters who, at any
other time, would all have gone on to become legends, yet Merckx’s phenomenal career over-
shadowed them all. How did he achieve such incredible success? And how did his rivals re-
ally feel about him? Merckx failed drug tests three times in his career—were they really set
ups as he claimed? And what of the crash that killed Merckx’s pacer Fernand Wambst, which
Merckx claimed deeply affected him psychologically and physically? Or the attack by a spec-
tator in 1975? This first comprehensive biography of Merckx in English will finally expose
the truth behind this legendary man. A well-respected sports journalist, the author has access
to the greats of the cycling world and has spoken to the whole range of Merckx contempo-
raries to get the full inside story behind this remarkable athlete.
Daniel Friebe is a leading cycling journalist. He is the features editor of Procycling Magazine, the
author of Mountain High, and he has written for publications including the Daily Tele-
graph, FourFourTwo, Spin Cricket Monthly, and the Sunday Telegraph.
Biography/Sports • 368 pp • 5 x 8
9780091943165 • Available • $16.95 Paper • Ebury Press
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Vive le Tour!
Amazing Tales of the Tour de France
Nick Brownlee
Fully revised and updated, this is the essential companion to the awe-inspiring event,
with a wealth of tales and trivia drawn from the Tour’s century-long history
“A quirky and inventive collection of history, statistics and random trivia . . . perfect
for whipping out of the back pocket of your cycling jersey to settle arguments or im-
press your friends.” —Observer
“An accessible . . . blend of history-lite, helpful explanation, and bizarre factoids.”

—Guardian
The Tour de France is one of the most revered, thrilling sporting events in the world, not
to mention one of the most physically exhausting. Every year top cyclists from around
the globe break speed records and push themselves harder and faster in pursuit of the
legendary yellow jersey. Here is the ultimate guide to the competition’s heroes, cheats,
controversy, extreme terrain, triumphs, and tragedy—on and off the trail.
Nick Brownlee is a journalist, an author, and a professional cycling aficionado.
Sports • 288 pp • 5 x 7 • 20 B/W Photos
9781907554988 (Replaces 9781906032920) • July • $15.95 (Can $17.95) Cloth
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Tour de France
The History, the Legend, the Riders
14th edition
Graeme Fife
An updated edition sets the 2012 race in the context of the event’s remarkable history,
stretching back to July 1903
“A beast of a book which teems with energy.” —Herald

“Fife . . . has an infectious enthusiasm for the Tour and it shows in every sentence.
This is a difficult book to put down.” —Cycle Sport
Combining meticulous research with a pacy narrative style, this book penetrates the mys-
tique of the race and paints a colorful picture of the participants whose exploits have given
the Tour an enduring universal appeal. With tales of great solo rides, amazing fortitude, ter-
rible misfortune, and triumph, this is the definitive account of this extraordinary competi-
tion. Named one of the top-five sports books of the year by both the Independent and the
Times, it is the essential guide to the Tour.
Graeme Fife is a full-time writer who has worked in radio and written a number of books,
including The Beautiful Machine and The Terror. A keen cyclist, he has ridden all the cel-
ebrated cols of Tour legend.
Sports • 512 pp • 6 x 9 • 10 Color Photos • 7 B/W Photos
9781780575520 (Replaces 9781845967628) • April • $19.95 Paper
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Chasing Lost Times
A Father and Son Reconciled Through Running
Geoffrey Beattie and Ben Beattie
A book as much about fathers and sons as it is about an emotionally driven obsession
with running
Geoffrey Beattie is an extremely successful academic and celebrity psychologist. He was per-
haps a less successful father. His obsession with his career and his driving passion for run-
ning when he was at home almost destroyed his relationship with his son, but, ironically,
it is running that has brought them back together. This is the emotional story of a father
and son trying to repair a relationship through a shared activity that depends on sheer phys-
ical effort, the kind of physical effort that may once have been the source of commonality
between father and son in all previous generations but which seems to be absent in the mod-
ern world.
Geoffrey Beattie is the resident psychologist in the popular reality show Big Brother UK.
He is the author of Visible Thought: The New Psychology of Body Language; his academic
publications have appeared in a variety of international journals, including Nature; and he
has written for a range of newspapers and magazines, including the Guardian, the Inde-
pendent, the Observer, and the Times. Ben Beattie’s ambition is to become an elite runner,
a goal that he juggles with full-time work.
Memoir/Sports • 256 pp • 6 x 9 • 6 Color Photos • 6 B/W Photos
9781780575209 • April • $19.95 Paper • Mainstream Publishing
Marathon Training
Getting to the Start Line Strong and Injury-Free
Nikalas Cook
An experienced personal trainer describes how to go from nonrunning to
marathon success in 28 weeks
Every year, thousands of people are inspired to don their running shoes and take on
the challenge of a marathon. On the road to the finish line, though, many marathon
hopefuls fall by the wayside, struck down by injury. Plans that are too running-
intensive or that don’t prepare the body for running and ignore correct technique
are largely to blame. Nikalas Cook adopts a cross-training approach to running. He
incorporates functional strength training, complementary activities such as cycling
and swimming, and only three focused running sessions per week into his plan to
deliver runners to the finish line completely prepared and injury-free. In 28
weeks, readers can go from complete nonrunners, through their first 5k, 10k, half-
marathon, and finally to success in the full 26.2 miles of the marathon.
Nikalas Cook is a writer and coach who specializes in health, fitness, endurance, and
adventure sports.
Sports • 144 pp • 5.5 x 7 • 100 Color Photos
9780709093299 • May • $24.95 (Can $27.95) Cloth
Robert Hale
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CROWOOD SPORTS GUIDES
Mountain Biking
Skills, Techniques, Training
James McKnight
How to get started, as well as core techniques for all forms of moun-
tain biking
Aimed at beginners in mountain biking, this guide covers choosing a
bike, clothing, shoes, and equipment. It provides detailed coverage of
core techniques, including body positioning, climbing, cornering, and
braking, as well as techniques specific to trail riding. It offers tips for
training and for solving common riding problems. Bike maintenance
is also covered, with all the information needed to prolong a bike’s life
and keep the rider safe, including trail-side repair techniques. Nutri-
tion and fitness are covered, including hydration requirements. A guide
to the main race events discusses starting out in racing and explains
what happens on a race day.
James McKnight races mountain bikes professionally, guides and
coaches mountain bikers around Europe, and regularly contributes to
Dirt magazine.
Sports • 112 pp • 7.5 x 9.5 • 200 Color Photos
9781847974198 • June • $17.95 Paper • Crowood Press
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Cyclone: My Story
Barry McGuigan
The Irish legend of the ring and former world featherweight champion tells his story for
the first time
“Barry McGuigan was one of the best fighters of his generation, he had fanatical sup-
port. Barry’s a great ambassador for the sport of boxing.” —Sugar Ray Leonard
“At a dark hour in Ireland, Barry McGuigan’s spirit shone a light towards peace.
Barry’s not only a champion, he’s a hero.” —Bono
“He was an unlikely figure in the modern era when the mania of self-promotion has all
but obliterated the dignity of sportsmanship in these islands, the McGuigan years are
years we remember.” —Daniel Day Lewis
In a gripping autobiography, Barry McGuigan shares his stories of extraordinary professional
triumph and devastating personal tragedy. On a hot summer’s night in June 1985, during one
of the most emotionally charged fights of all time, McGuigan beat Eusebio Pedroza to become
featherweight champion of the world. Lasting a full 15 rounds, this epic battle was watched
by 27,000 spectators ringside and by a further 20 million on television around the world. Raised
in the border town of Clones, Co. Monaghan, at the height of the Troubles, Barry McGuigan
united people across sectarian and religious divides during a difficult time in Ireland’s political history. A Catholic, he married his
Protestant childhood sweetheart, Sandra, in 1981. An Irishman, he fought for the British Title wearing boxing shorts in the colors
of the UN’s Flag of Peace, and in place of a national anthem his father, Pat McGuigan, would often sing a heartfelt rendition of
Danny Boy before a fight. Engaging and intelligent, McGuigan is a renowned and revered figure in the boxing world and beyond.
Barry McGuigan, nicknamed the Clones Cyclone, is a former world featherweight champion boxer who was voted into the World
Boxing Hall of Fame in 2000 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2005. He currently enjoys a successful career as a
sports commentator, writer, and motivational speaker, and continues his involvement in the boxing world as president and founder
of the Professional Boxing Association, a boxing promoter, and a trainer.
Autobiography/Sports • 352 pp • 5 x 8 • 12 Color Photos • 24 B/W Photos
9780753539972 (Replaces 9780753539958) • April • $14.95 Paper • Virgin Books
Greatest Ever Boxing Workouts

Gary Todd
The sequel to Workouts from Boxing’s Greatest Champs will KO all boxing and com-
bat sport enthusiasts
Featuring a classic coterie of international boxing legends, this superb anthology is illus-
trated throughout with some of the best photos of them at work in the ring or training in
the gym. Celebrated present-day fighters and former champions featured here range from
the instantly recognizable Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather, Jr., Mike Tyson, Thomas
Hearns, and Roberto Duran to such respected international figures as Danny Williams and
Vitali Klitschko. Incorporating career biographies for every fighter, the reader is introduced
to the fitness and training regimes of some of the world’s most physically powerful men.
Culled from the author’s original research and interviews, the greatest champion pugilists
grant a look at their typical day and their personal workout regimes. Not just a boxing fan’s
album but a fitness guide for those looking for a seriously effective workout, this book grants
the reader vital knowledge from the Olympian gods of pugilism.
Gary Todd is the author of Workouts from Boxing’s Greatest Champs.
Sports/Fitness • 288 pp • 5 x 8 • 20 B/W Photos
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Wing Chun Kung Fu
Weapons Training
Sifu Shaun Rawcliffe
A thorough guide to the weapons forms, aimed at advanced Wing Chun students and
their instructors
Weapons training focuses on core elements of power usage and precision, improving stance,
structure, and strength. Mastering control of the weapons focuses on the need for total
body control and absolute accuracy of movement. This guide covers the principles of the
forms for Baat Cham Dao (the eight slashing or chopping knives form) and Luk Dim Boon
Kwun (six-and-a-half-point pole). It gives clear, concise explanations of the shape, struc-
ture, and movements of the weapons forms and applications where appropriate. Each sec-
tion of the forms is illustrated in detail with step-by-step photographs. This guide also provides
an essential training checklist to each key technique within the forms and examines the
benefits of training in the weapons forms.
Sifu Shaun Rawcliffe is the author of Simply Wing Chun Kung Fu and Wing Chun Kung
Fu: The Wooden Dummy.
Also available:
Each: $32.95 Paper
Simply Wing Wing Chun Kung Fu:

Chun Kung Fu The Wooden Dummy
9781861265968 9781847970268
The Fundamentals of Judo

Ray Stevens and Edward Semple
Identifies the essential techniques that define judo as a fighting art and looks at
how students should practice and develop these key skills
The core techniques of Judo are analyzed here in depth, for the benefit of both be-
ginner and experienced judo players. Each technique features step-by-step photogra-
phy and Ray Stevens’ detailed technical analysis. The book also discusses how judo
originated and evolved, the effect judo has had on the martial arts world, how a judo
club is structured, how students of different abilities can train and practice together,
how to get started, and how to get the most from training.
Ray Stevens is a 6th dan in judo and a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. His competi-
tive record for judo includes an Olympic Silver medal, a European Silver medal, two
Commonwealth Gold medals, and three British Open titles, and a host of other titles
and championships. Edward Semple is a black belt in both judo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
He is the author of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
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St Andrews Links
Six Centuries of Golf
Tom Jarrett and Peter Mason
Foreword by Jack Nicklaus
Revised and updated, the definitive story of the Home of Golf, witness to more than 600
years of golfing history
“If a golfer is to be remembered, he must win the title at St. Andrews.” —Jack Nicklaus
That the game evolved and developed into its final form at St. Andrews has never been in
question—St. Andrews is the home of the game’s most influential ruling body, the Royal
and Ancient Golf Club, and it was there in 1764 that today’s standard 18-hole round was
established when the 22-hole Old Course was reduced. One golf course has now become
seven and many of golf’s most dramatic moments, featuring the world’s most famous play-
ers, have occurred here. It has played host to the game’s greats, as well as those enthusi-
astic amateurs for whom the chance to play St. Andrews’ hallowed turf is a dream come
true. This celebratory volume of the official history of golf’s most important location was
written by Tom Jarrett, a caddie, journalist, golfer, and author, and updated by Peter Mason,
who was involved in managing the links throughout its most intensive—and controver-
sial—phase of development. It contains many previously unpublished and rarely seen pho-
tos from the archives of the St Andrews Links Trust.
Tom Jarrett was a historian and a journalist who lived all of his life in St. Andrews. Peter Mason is employed by the St. An-
drews Links Trust. Jack Nicklaus won 18 Major Championships during his illustrious professional career. He lives in North
Palm Beach, Florida.
Sports • 272 pp • 7.5 x 10.5
9781780575469 (Replaces 9781845965013) • April
$39.95 Cloth • Mainstream Publishing
A Day to Die For

1996: Everest’s Worst Disaster
Graham Ratcliffe
The truth about the 1996 Everest disaster by one of its survivors, with crucial new information
“[An] incredible story of high-adventure and of a very moving personal journey.”

—Outdoor Enthusiast
On May 10 and 11, 1996, eight climbers perished in what remains the worst disaster in Ever-
est’s history. Following the tragedy, numerous accounts were published, with Jon Krakauer’s
Into Thin Air becoming an international bestseller—but has the whole story been told? This
book reveals for the first time the full, startling facts that led to the tragedy. Graham Ratcliffe,
the first British climber to reach the summit of Mount Everest twice, was a firsthand witness,
having spent the night on Everest’s south col at 26,000 feet, sheltering from the deadly storm.
For years he has shouldered a burden of guilt, feeling that he and his teammates could have
saved lives that fateful night. His quest for answers has led to discoveries so important to an
understanding of the disaster that he now questions why these facts were not made public
sooner. History is dotted with high-profile disasters that both horrify and capture the atten-
tion of the public, but very rarely is the prevailing view of them revised to such devastating
effect.
Graham Ratcliffe is a member of Henry Todd’s team who was also on Mount Everest’s south col on May 10, 1996.
Memoir/Sports • 336 pp • 6 x 9 • 20 Color Photos
9781845966386 • Available • $19.95 Paper • Mainstream Publishing
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Steven Gerrard: My Liverpool Story
Steven Gerrard
A stunning illustrated celebration of Gerrard’s Liverpool career, complete with
exclusive photographs and intriguing commentary from the man who is a hero to
Liverpool’s fans worldwide
Steven Gerrard has been Liverpool’s most totemic player for more than a decade. The
31-year-old has been with the Merseyside outfit for the duration of his career and is now
certain to finish as that very rare animal indeed—a one-club man. He has recently signed
a new contract that will see him stay at Anfield through to the end of his playing days,
and that also includes an ambassadorial role for when he does finally retire.
Steven Gerrard has been Liverpool FC’s most talented player for a generation and one
of their all-time greats. During his illustrious Liverpool career, Gerrard has won the
Champions League, the League Cup three times, the FA Cup twice, and the UEFA Cup.
Autobiography/Sports • 304 pp • 5 x 8 • 250 Color Photos
9780755363964 • August • $12.95 Paper • Headline Book Publishing
The Didi Man: My Love Affair with Liverpool

Dietmar Hamann
The cult Liverpool player pens an open love letter to LFC, the city of Liverpool, and
its people
Dietmar “Didi” Hamann offers a warm, personal, and highly entertaining story of his time
on Merseyside at a soccer club that will always have a very special place in his heart. Hamann
is a complete one-off—the foreigner with a “Scouse” accent, the German who now plays cricket
for his local village team, the overseas soccer player turned anglophile who fell deeply in
love with the city of Liverpool, its people, and its eponymous soccer team. The classy mid-
fielder had a long and distinguished playing career, but it was his seven seasons at
Anfield that marked him out forever as a true Liverpool legend. His cult status was secured
when he came off the bench at half-time during the 2005 Champions League final in
Istanbul to inspire his team to a dramatic comeback and spectacular European glory.
Dietmar Hamann played professional soccer for Wacker Munich, Bayern Munich, Newcas-
tle United, Liverpool, Manchester City, and Milton Keynes Dons. In club soccer, he
has won two Bundesliga titles, two UEFA Cups, two FA Cups, and a Champions League win-
ners’ medal. At international level, he won 62 caps for his native Germany and has a 2002
World Cup runners-up medal for his efforts. In 2010 Hamann became player/coach at Mil-
ton Keynes Dons, and in 2011 he joined Leicester City as a first-team coach. He has recently
been appointed as Manager of Stockport County.
Memoir/Sports • 304 pp • 5 x 8
9780755362813 • May • $13.95 Paper • Headline Book Publishing
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Why Always Me?
The Biography of Mario Balotelli, City’s Legendary Striker
Frank Worrall
He is mercurial, troublesome, and frequently brilliant—this is the incredible story of the
most fascinating man in world soccer today
Born in Italy to Ghanaian parents, Mario Barwuah suffered life-threatening health prob-
lems as a baby. By the age of three he had recovered, but his parents then entrusted him to
a foster family—the Balotellis—and Mario grew up in the affluent village of Concesio. He
began his soccer career with Lumezzane, earning promotion to the first team at the age of
15. Balotelli’s skill soon brought him to the attention of the biggest clubs in Italy, and he
was signed by Inter Milan in 2006. Having made his first team debut in 2007, he became
the youngest Inter player to score in the Champions League in November 2008. His sec-
ond season at Inter was blighted by disciplinary problems, however, and a series of high-
profile clashes with manager Jose Mourinho, along with criticism from his teammates for
his behavior on the field, paved the way for a move to the Premier League. Balotelli soon
made his mark with a series of stunning goals—and yet more incidents, leading to increas-
ingly implausible newspaper reports about his antics. But the season was to end in glory,
with a man-of-the-match performance as City won the FA Cup, Balotelli was then instru-
mental in City’s incredible 2011–12 campaign, providing the assist that led to Sergio Aguero’s
Premier League–winning goal. A stunning performance in the Euro 2012 semifinal against
Germany sealed Balotelli’s status as a legend among Italian fans, and he is sure to provide
entertainment, goals, and controversy for years to come.
Frank Worrall is the author of Giggsy, The Magnificent Sevens, and Rory McIlroy.
Biography/Sports • 288 pp • 6 x 9 • 20 Color Photos
9781782190172 • May • $24.95 (Can $27.95) Cloth • John Blake
Pep Guardiola
The Biography
Guillem Balague
An entertaining, perceptive biography of the hugely successful manager of FC Barcelona
As a soccer player, Josep “Pep” Guardiola was a much-acclaimed defensive midfielder who
spent the majority of his playing career with FC Barcelona. He was part of the great Johan
Cruyff’s “dream team” that won the club’s first European Cup. After retiring as a player,
Guardiola became a coach at Barcelona, succeeding Frank Rijkaard as first-team manager
in 2008. In his first season, he led the team to the treble of La Liga, the Copa del Rey, and
the Champions League, and became the youngest-ever winning manager of that tournament.
The following season the club won six trophies in six competitions, playing some of the
most fabulous soccer ever witnessed. The team comprises global stars like Messi, Xavi, and
Iniesta and continues to compete at a level its rivals cannot match. This book tells how Pep
Guardiola did it—playing the beautiful game and winning.
Guillem Balague regularly appears on Sky Sports TV as its pundit on Spanish soccer. He is
the author of A Season on the Brink.
Biography/Sports • 153 pp • 6 x 9.5
25 Color Photos
9781409143758 • May
$29.95 Cloth • Orion Publishing
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Manchester United Greatest Ever Matches
Steve Bartram and Adam Marshall
Voted for by Manchester United’s fans from around the world, a collection of the great-
est games the team has ever played
Was the greatest Man U game the famous comeback in added time to win the Champions
League final in 1999? Or could it have been the Busby Babes’ swansong—a 5 to 4 thriller
at Highbury? And who can forget the 8 to 2 thrashing of Arsenal in 2011? These are just
a few of the greatest games ever played by Manchester United. In this remarkable and fas-
cinating book, United fans have voted by the thousands to say which matches they believe
were truly special. Featuring contributions from many of the stars who played in them as
well as from the fans that watched them, this book takes the reader to the heart of why
Manchester United is a club like no other: throughout its history are so many matches that
no one who saw them can ever forget. Deciding which game was the best of the bunch will
be up for debate.
Steve Bartram is a regular writer for manutd.com and for the United Review. He is the coau-
thor of Behind the Scenes at Manchester United and The Story of Our Season 2009–2010.
Adam Marshall is a sports journalist who also writes for manutd.com and has written for
ESPN and Yahoo.
Sports • 160 pp • 5 x 8
9781471110573 • May • $24.95 Cloth • Simon & Schuster UK
The Official Illustrated History of Manchester United

1878–2012
The Full Story and Complete Record
Manchester United Football Club
Foreword by Sir Bobby Charlton
The definitive, official history of Manchester United, the world’s most popular
soccer club, is the one book no fan can afford to be without
When the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company formed the Newton Heath
L and YR Cricket and Football Club in 1878, they could have had no idea what it
was they were starting. Renamed Manchester United in 1902 after financial prob-
lems, the new club would soon go on to win the league title and the FA Cup. It was
just the beginning of one of the most remarkable and gripping stories in sport. This
masterful account explains how United rose to success and how the club recovered
in the bomb-damaged aftermath of World War II under the brilliant guidance of Matt
Busby. The loss of the lives of eight players in the Munich Air Disaster of February
1958 stunned a nation and soccer fans around the world. Busby recovered to build
a new team around the talents of Best, Law, and Charlton, becoming the first Eng-
lish soccer club to win the European Cup in 1968. The incredible story of United’s
success, the great stars from Billy Meredith more than 100 years ago to Ferdinand, Giggs, and Rooney today, are all featured
in this essential volume, which is packed with stunning photographs and all the facts and figures a fan could ever want to know.
Manchester United Football Club has more than 333 million fans worldwide and is the best-supported club in the UK and Ire-
land. Sir Bobby Charlton is an English former professional soccer player who won the World Cup and was named the Euro-
pean Footballer of the Year in 1966.
Soccer/Sports • 368 pp • 9 x 11 • 150 Color Photos
9781471102622 (Replaces 9781847379108) • April
$45.00 Cloth • Simon & Schuster UK
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ON THIS DAY
Titles in the On This Day series recount, in diary form, major events and magic moments in the history of the club.
With individual entries for each day of the year and multiple entries for busier times, the books each cover a
particular club’s ups and downs, domestic and European cup runs, boardroom battles, and sensational signings.
Each: Sports • 192 pp • 4.5 x 7.5
April • $14.95 (Can $16.95) Cloth • Pitch Publishing
Manchester United On This Day Everton FC On This Day

History, Facts & Figures from Every Day of the Year History, Facts & Figures from Every Day of the Year
Mike Donovan Neil Roberts
9781908051783 9781908051844
Aston Villa On This Day Rangers On This Day

History, Facts & Figures from Every Day of the Year History, Facts & Figures from Every Day of the Year
Brian Beard Paul Smith
9781908051417 9781908051332
Celtic On This Day

History, Facts & Figures from Every Day of the Year
David Potter
9781908051349
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MISCELLANY
Sunderland FC Miscellany
Black Cats Trivia, History, Facts & Stats
Rob Mason
Fully endorsed by the club is this compendium with everything Sunderland FC related
This fan must-have is packed with fascinating facts, figures, trivia, stats, quirky stories,
and legendary anecdotes all relating to the history of the club. From memorable matches
and legendary players, the book follows no set order, chronological or otherwise, but
has plenty to keep any fanatic coming back for more.
Rob Mason is the author of Greatest Games: Sunderland.
Sports/Reference • 160 pp • 4.5 x 7.5
9781908051615 • April • $15.95 (Can $17.95) Cloth • Pitch Publishing
Also available:
Each: $15.95 (Can $17.95) Cloth
Aberdeen FC Bristol Rovers Coventry City Leeds United Leicester City

Miscellany Miscellany Miscellany Miscellany Miscellany
9781905411436 9781905411696 9781905411979 9781905411962 9781905411412
Motherwell FC Norwich City Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth FC

Miscellany Miscellany Miscellany Miscellany Miscellany
9781905411443 9781905411702 9781905411818 9781905411405 9781905411382
Bradford City Miscellany Derby County Miscellany Middlesex CCC Miscellany

9781905411740 9781908051073 9781908051219
Charlton Athletic Miscellany Glamorgan Miscellany Nottingham Forest Miscellany

9781908051523 9781908051806 9781908051530
Crystal Palace Miscellany Ipswich Town Miscellany Oldham Athletic Miscellany

9781905411559 9781905411542 9781905411399
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Scottish Football
It’s Not All About the Old Firm
Scott Burns
Heroes and legends of the Scottish game unite to share their stories and memories, in
their own words, as they helped their respective clubs step out of the shadows of Rangers
and Celtic
Offering a true behind-the-scenes story of some of the game’s greatest achievement, this his-
tory covers every title, European, Scottish Cup, and League Cup triumph from Sir Alex Fer-
guson’s time at Aberdeen to Dundee United’s Scottish Cup heroics of 2010. The triumphs
of Motherwell, Kilmarnock, Raith Rovers, St. Mirren, Dundee United, Aberdeen, Livingston,
Hibs, and Hearts are covered extensively by the very people who helped write themselves
into the history books of the Scottish game. The likes of Alex McLeish, Willie Miller, Paul
Lambert, Jimmy Nicholl, Stevie Kirk, Stuart Lovell, Paul Wright, Steven Fletcher, Jim Jef-
feries, David Goodwillie, and Maurice Malpas give a unique insight into some of their great-
est footballing moments. Fans finally have access to the inside story of each glory run, from
stays in haunted hotels to the dressing room and tunnel bust-ups to the illegal betting scan-
dals, as well as the joy and pain as individuals and teams overcame the odds and adversity
to come out on top.
Scott Burns is a sports writer with the Scottish Daily Express and has been covering do-
mestic, European, and international football for more than a decade.
Sports • 320 pp • 5.5 x 8.5 • 50 Color Photos • 16 B/W Photos
9781908051493 • April • $19.95 (Can $21.95) Paper • Pitch Publishing
The Locked Ward

Memoirs of a Psychiatric Orderly
Dennis O’Donnell
Shocking, moving, and controversial, this is an orderly’s extraordinary account of life
behind the locked doors of a secure psychiatric ward
“His tone is just right—perfect for the subject matter. He’s like a very good documen-
tary maker; he knows exactly where to point the camera.” —Spectator
Dennis O’Donnell started work as an orderly in the Intensive Psychiatric Care Unit of a large
hospital in Scotland in 2000. For seven years, he cared for patients with serious mental dis-
orders. In his daily life he encountered fear, violence, and despair, but also a considerable
amount of care and compassion. Recounting the stories of the patients he worked with and
those of his colleagues on the ward, he examines the different major mental disorders and their
symptoms and manifestations; various methods of treatment including medication, therapy,
and conversation; how religion, sex, wealth, health, and drugs can bear influence on men-
tal health; and the prevailing attitudes to psychiatric illness among the authorities, the pro-
fessionals, and society. What emerges is a document of humanity and humor, a remarkable
memoir that sheds light on a world that still remains largely unknown and hugely feared.
Dennis O’Donnell was an English teacher for many years before leaving to become a psy-
chiatric orderly.
Memoir/Psychology • 272 pp • 5 x 8
9780099554356 • April • $15.95 Paper • Vintage UK
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FIRST STEPS
First Steps is a series of short, affordable self-help books on a key range
of important topics, written by experts in their field.
First Steps Living with Dementia

Simon Atkins
An easy and accessible introduction to dealing with dementia, designed for
sufferers and caretakers alike
Millions of people across the world—including one in eight older Americans—
suffer from dementia, and millions more are affected by the affliction through
someone they know or love. Further complicating matters, dementia is not a
single disease, but rather a nonspecific illness syndrome in which affected areas
of cognition may be memory, attention, language, and problem solving. Due
to these complexities as well as the mass amount of sufferers, there is a clear
need for people to understand the condition better. Explaining what demen-
tia may mean both in the long term and in day-to-day life, this indespensable
guide explains what can be done to improve the mental health of sufferers. In-
cluding medication, lifestyle changes, and treatment centers, it covers every pos-
sible facet of dementia care in an accessible and compassionate manner.
Simon Atkins is a practicing doctor who has authored a number of arti-
cles focusing on dementia, as well as a member of BRACE, a charity dedicated
to funding scientific research for—as well as diagnosis and treatment of—
Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. He has also written for the Guardian,
Men’s Health, and various other publications.
Health/Self-Help • 96 pp • 5 x 7
9780745955568 • May • $9.95 (Can $10.95) Paper • Lion UK
Also available:
$9.95 (Can $10.95) Paper
First Steps out First Steps out First Steps out

of Anxiety of Depression of Eating Disorders
9780745955193 9780745955131 9780745955209
First Steps out of First Steps Through First Steps First Steps out
Problem Drinking Bereavement Through Separation of Weight Problems
9780745953977 9780745955353 & Divorce 9780745955384
9780745955360
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6 Weeks to Super Health
An Easy-to-Follow Programme for Total Health Transformation
Patrick Holford
From the author of The Optimum Nutrition Bible, a practical plan to achieve
peak health in six easy weeks
“Optimum nutrition is the medicine of the future.” —Dr. Linus Pauling,

two-time Nobel Prize winner
“Do-it-yourself health at its very best.” —Sunday Times
Step by step, top nutrition expert Patrick Holford explains how anyone can
use diet, supplements, and eating plans to overhaul their health. Following this
plan, readers will increase their energy, balance their hormones, boost their brain
power, tune up their digestion, increase their immunity, prevent pain and in-
flammation, and much more. After only six weeks, those who follow these steps
will find that they are healthier, stronger, and fitter, with a real basis upon which
to build lifelong health.
Patrick Holford is one of the world’s leading authorities on nutrition and men-
tal health. He has written 30 health books and is the founder of the Institute
for Optimum Nutrition. His books include The Holford Low GL Diet, The New
Optimum Nutrition Bible, and Optimum Nutrition for the Mind.
Health • 240 pp • 5.5 x 8.5
9780749956493 • April • $19.95 Paper • Piatkus Books
Also available:
The Feel The Optimum The 10 Secrets The Holford Diet

Good Factor Nutrition Cookbook of 100% GL Counter
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$19.95 Paper $24.95 Paper 9780749929114 $9.95 Paper
$17.95 Paper
Say No to Cancer The Low-GL Diet Made Easy

9780749954116 • $19.95 Paper 9780749927141 • $24.95 Paper
Say No to Heart Disease Optimum Nutrition Made Easy

9780749953485 • $15.95 Paper 9780749928667 • $19.95 Paper
Food is Better Medicine Than Drugs Smart Food for Smart Kids
9780749927974 • $22.95 Paper 9780749953454 • $22.95 Paper
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Health Revolution for Men
In 2 Weeks
Dr. Charles Clark and Maureen Clark
A leading authority on diabetes shares his highly successful program for revolutionizing
the health of middle-aged men
Based on many years of experience in this area, Charles Clark puts forward a program that ad-
dresses key psychological and physical issues in a way that works for men. Practical, goal-
oriented, and frank, the program will yield quick results in such areas as stress, weight,
cholesterol, and blood pressure. This health and body makeover for men doesn’t involve
obscure supplements, exercising to extremes, or fad diets. It presents a simple secret to los-
ing one’s gut—(and it isn’t quitting alcohol), explains why stress is a killer and how to tackle
it, offers key steps to prevent high cholesterol and heart disease, outlines the simplest way
to muscle-up, and tells readers how to deal with male menopause. This practical and easy
program will appeal to male buyers as well as to women who want to improve the health
of the men in their lives.
Dr. Charles Clark is a medical doctor, a professor of medicine, and the coauthor, along with
Maureen Clark, of The GI Bikini Diet and The New High Protein Diet Cookbook.
Health • 320 pp • 6 x 9.5 • 70 B/W Illustrations
9780749953492 • May • $19.95 Paper • Piatkus Books
Conscious Medicine
A Radical New Approach to Creating Health and Well-being
Gill Edwards
A revolutionary approach to healthcare that explains ways to free oneself from a limiting
past and shift one’s consciousness to achieve health and happiness
Building a bridge between science and spirituality, this book explains how mind and body are
inseparable and how emotions play a crucial role in health and disease. This new approach
to health care is based on the latest research into the transformative power of consciousness,
energy, and the bodymind. It explains how breaking one’s old habits of thought can not only
reverse disease processes and heal injuries but can also attract more positive events and cir-
cumstances into one’s life. This book also covers the author’s own journey toward health, and
why the current medical model is limiting, how negative thoughts activate the stress response
and make one ill, how the body speaks symbolically through symptoms and illness, and how
to break free from limiting patterns and create a new healthful future. Always thought-pro-
voking and inspiring, this is an accessible and practical book.
Gill Edwards is a psychologist who has been involved in mind-body medicine for 30 years,
runs workshops on conscious medicine, and is the author of Life Is a Gift, Pure Bliss, Step-
ping into the Magic, and Wild Love.
Body/Mind/Spirit/Health • 368 pp • 5 x 8
9780749942311 (Replaces 9780749941987) • June • $13.95 Paper • Piatkus Books
Also available:
Life Is a Gift Pure Bliss Stepping into the Magic Wild Love
9780749927813 9780749940058 9780749940706 9780749940010
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Skimming Stones
And Other Ways of Being in the Wild
Rob Cowen and Leo Critchley
A book of simple skills that can help us to interact with nature, achieve a deeper con-
nection with it, and even step inside another dimension
There are forces deep in everyone’s subconscious that find a pure expression in the simplest
of activities. This book explains why we should be taking the time to do them. It is born
out of a wish to share our passion for our landscape and the contemplative, reflective pleas-
ures and joys that were well-known to our grandparents, but which are in danger of being
lost and forgotten. They will help us get back to a place where we all belong.
Through teaching such basic outdoor skills as making and flying a kite, tracking an ani-
mal, damming a stream, and lighting a fire, this book also teaches the reader valuable les-
sons about life. These exercises are intended to be not only of practical value but also
techniques for meditation. They help the practitioner live in the moment and recover an-
cient insights and rhythms, while encouraging nature to reveal her secrets and treasures.
Rob Cowen is a musician and a writer whose work has appeared in the Express, the Inde-
pendent, and News of the World. Leo Critchley is a writer.
Body/Mind/Spirit/Nature • 256 pp • 5 x 8 • 56 B/W Illustrations
9781444735994 (Replaces 9781444735987) • June • $12.95 Paper • Coronet
The Wish
Angela Donovan
For those who have discovered The Secret, but want to find out how to really make
all their wishes a reality
Every once in a while, a life-changing book comes along—The Celestine Prophecy, The
Alchemist, The Secret—now there’s The Wish, a powerful step-by-step guide to mak-
ing dreams come true. It will help each reader to discover their real selves, recognize
and overcome their deepest fears, and use their unique passions and talents to live an
empowered life. It also explains how to boost one’s life energy and make one’s wishes
happen. Readers will be able to recognize the dreams that will work for them and those
that won’t, learn to create genuinely good vibes around themselves, and understand why
giving is essential to creating an abundant life. The Wish takes all the reader’s anxiety
and shreds it. In its place it puts strength, hope, and peace of mind, and explains how
to build on these qualities to make dreams come true.
Angela Donovan is a psychic intuitive who regularly hosts one-hour shows on the
Matrix News TV Network.
Body/Mind/Spirit/Self-Help • 332 pp • 5 x 6.5
9781743310281 (Replaces 9781742374932) • June
$17.95 (Can $19.95) New in Paper • Inspired Living
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YOU ARE . . .
You Are Abundant CD

Why You Are Enough the Way You Are
Revised edition
BelindaGrace
Five beautiful guided meditations to help listeners relax, connect with spirit
guides, and balance chakras
This delightful collection of inspiring and uplifting meditations guides lis-
teners along the pathway to greater spiritual awareness, inner peace, connection
with divine guidance and angels, and increased abundance. Soft background
music, paired with BelindaGrace’s words, takes listeners on a lovely inner
journey and makes meditation more pleasurable. The five meditations are You
Are Surrounded by Angels, The Violet Flame, Creating Rainbows, Your Cycle
of Prosperity, and Letting Go—Healing and Help from Your Guardian Angel.
BelindaGrace is a clairvoyant healer and the author of You Are Abundant,
You Are Clairvoyant, and You Are Inspired.
Body/Mind/Spirit • 1 pp • 5.5 x 5
9781921295645 (Replaces 9781921295201) • June
$19.95 (Can $21.95) CD • Rockpool Publishing
The Runes Pack

Horik Svensson
With 25 ceramic Runes, a velvet Rune storage pouch, and an instructional book, this
set has everything a beginner needs to begin learning the ancient Viking divination
system
The Runes are a simple-to-use and easy-to-understand method of divination based on
the ancient script of the Norse World. The Runes can be used to help solve a dilemma
or problem or enable one to focus in a difficult situation. This set contains all a novice needs
to begin readings for themselves, family, and friends. Users will be amazed at how ac-
curate the readings are and how they pinpoint exactly what to do to resolve a troubling
situation. The instructional book not only explains how to cast, read, and interpret the
Runes, but also provides a primer on Norse mythology and how the Runes were origi-
nally used.
Horik Svensson is an expert in ancient divination systems. He studied Tibetan Buddhism
under the Dalai Lama and is an expert in the Runes, the I Ching, and astrology.
Body/Mind/Spirit • 128 pp • 6 x 8
9781847329677 • May • $24.95 Boxed Set • Carlton Publishing Group
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Angel Whispers
Positive Affirmations to Guide and Encourage You
Debbie Malone
A beautifully boxed set of 52 affirmation cards, inspired
and channeled from angels
Trust in your intuition more, you do have inner sight!
You are a special person, you do make a difference!
Debbie Malone has put together inspirational messages she
has received from angels, hoping to share the encouragement
they give her with others. Users can pick a message each morn-
ing before starting the day to see what guidance the angels
wish to share with them. They can then keep the card with
them throughout the day to reinforce the message or return
it to the deck. The cards are sturdy and come with a mag-
netically sealing tactile box cover that replicates the feeling
of feathers on angels.
Debbie Malone is a medium.
Body/Mind/Spirit • 52 pp • 4.5 x 2.5
Magnetic Closing Box, with 52 Affirmation Cards
9781921878800 • May • $17.95 (Can $19.95) Card Deck
Rockpool Publishing
Earth Mother Dreaming

The Modern Guide to Living a Shamanic Life
Scott Alexander King
A comprehensive, hands-on workbook covering all things metaphysical offers simple, yet
practical activities, rituals, and ceremonies to reconnect with nature
Living in an urbanized, modern society, many have lost day-to-day contact with the beauty
and wisdom of Mother Earth. This guide will help readers to reenergize, reflect, and gain a
greater understanding of their connection to the natural world. It teaches natural healing
therapies and techniques such as Bach flower remedies and Chakra meditations, as well as
ways to forecast the weather, divine future events, and gain important messages from Mother
Earth. Readers will also learn how to understand messages from their powerful animal totems;
how to employ Wicca, crystal therapy, and bush magic; and how to explore the world of faery
and elemental spirits. Activities include creating a medicine pouch, medicine shield, dream
catcher, and journey drum. Readers will realize their gifts of power by participating in sa-
cred dance, breath, song, and divination, while learning how to follow the omens, signs, and
portents of nature.
Scott Alexander King is a shaman, visionary, and zoomancer—an individual who examines
the habits and appearance of animals to help explain or reveal the future path of other peo-
ple. He is the creator of Animal Dreaming Oracle Cards.
Body/Mind/Spirit • 352 pp • 6 x 9
9781921878534 • June • $24.95 (Can $27.95) Paper • Rockpool Publishing
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Heaven Sent
A Simple Guide to Connecting with Angels
BelindaGrace
A beautifully designed book outlining how to communicate with
one’s angels
Filled with heavenly exercises designed to bring readers in touch with their
personal angels, this book clearly outlines how to honor, meet, and
communicate with these celestial beings. It begins with preparation to meet
angels, including activating one’s angel antenna. It then walks the reader
through communication with their angels, including writing to them,
staying in touch, meeting them, and accepting messages from them. Lastly,
the book walks the reader through creating heavenly bliss through
meditation exercises.
BelindaGrace is a clairvoyant healer and the author of You Are Abundant,
You Are Clairvoyant, and You Are Inspired.
Body/Mind/Spirit • 120 pp • 6 x 6 • 48 Color Photos
9781921878022 • April • $17.95 (Can $19.95) Paper
Rockpool Publishing
The Prophet
Kahlil Gibran
A bestseller around the world and translated into more than 20 languages, this time-
less masterpiece is presented in a small, elegant gift edition
Inspired largely by the beauty and timelessness of nature, the best loved of Kahlil Gibran’s
many writings speaks of love and marriage, joy and sorrow, reason and passion, beauty
and death, and conveys the yearning for a unity of being that can only be achieved through
love. Illustrated with his own enchanting and mystical drawings, this is perhaps the most
famous work of religious fiction of the 20th century, a necessity for fans of The Secret
and The Alchemist, and a wonderful companion for anybody embarking on their own
spiritual journey.
Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931) was an artist, a poet, and a writer.
Poetry/Inspirational • 120 pp • 5.5 x 6.5 • 12 B/W Illustrations
9780434290819 • May • $19.95 Cloth • William Heinemann UK
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POEMS FOR LOVE AND LIFE
Derek Parker and Julia Parker
These unique anthologies of poems for love and life relates directly to readers’ sun signs. Poems have been chosen
specifically that relate to each sign’s characteristics and personality traits and that celebrate the animals, flowers, trees,
plants, and places that have come to be associated with the sign throughout 3,000 years of traditional astrology.
Derek Parker and Julia Parker are the coauthors of many astrology books,
including Parker’s Astrology and Parkers’ Encyclopedia of Astrology.
Each: Poetry/Body/Mind/Spirit • 96 pp • 5 x 8
May • $12.95 (Can $13.95) Paper • Ebury Australia
Poems for Love and Life for Aries Poems for Love and Life for Cancer
9781742757759 9781742757810
Poems for Love and Life for Taurus Poems for Love and Life for Leo
9781742757773 9781742757834
Poems for Love and Life for Gemini Poems for Love and Life for Virgo
9781742757797 9781742757858
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POEMS FOR LOVE AND LIFE
Each: Poetry/Body/Mind/Spirit • 96 pp • 5 x 8
May • $12.95 (Can $13.95) Paper • Ebury Australia
Poems for Love and Life for Libra Poems for Love and Life for Capricorn
9781742757872 9781742757698
Poems for Love and Life for Scorpio Poems for Love and Life for Aquarius
9781742757896 9781742757711
Poems for Love and Life for Sagittarius Poems for Love and Life for Pisces
9781742757919 9781742757735
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How Do I Love Thee?
Anna Harris
An elegant collection of quotes highlighting the many passionate ways writers have
declared their loves
Dearest, I wish I had the gift of making rhymes,
for methinks there is poetry in my head and
heart since I have been in love with you.
You are a poem.
—Nathaniel Hawthorne to Sophie Hawthorne
From the beginning of my life
I have been looking for your face
But today I have seen it.
—Rumi, from “Looking for your face”
A wealth of classic declarations of love from those who perfected the language of ro-
mance in poetry and prose. Including Shakespeare, Shelley, the Brontës, and many more,
these quotes are interspersed with love potions and romantic folklore and are sure to set
hearts aflame.
Anna Harris is a gift book author.
Poetry • 96 pp • 4 x 6 • Two-color Interior
9781849531993 • May • $9.95 (Can $10.95) Cloth • Summersdale
Classic Poems for Mothers

Edited by Max Morris
A celebration of motherhood in verse
Mother, dear mother, the years have been long,
Since I last listened your lullaby song;
Sing, then, and unto my soul it shall seem
Womanhood’s years have been only a dream.
Clasped to your heart in a loving embrace,
With your light lashes just sweeping my face,
Never hereafter to wake or to weep,
Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep.
—Elizabeth Chase Allen, from ‘Rock Me to Sleep’
This exquisitely illustrated anthology contains inspiring and moving poetry for mothers
by some of the best-loved writers in the English language, from Anne Bradstreet and William
Wordsworth to from Emily Dickinson and Rudyard Kipling.
Max Morris is the author of Classic Love Poems.
Poetry/Family & Relationships • 192 pp • 5 x 7 • Two-color Interior
Also available:
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9781840247114
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Luther & His World
Graham Tomlin
In this vivid account of the Reformation, readers learn about the process that led up
to Luther’s rebellion against the late medieval church and understand what drove him
“Tomlin’s writing is readable and informative. . . . For most people, this packed-full,
not so little, little book will be just enough for them to feel that they now ‘get’ Mar-
tin Luther.” —Church of England Newspaper
Graham Tomlin brings the world of the early reformers to life as he explores their battles
and disagreements and investigates their fight over what they considered to be correct
doctrine and the future of the early Church. The result is a truly illuminating account of
Martin Luther—the central figure in the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century—
that examines his background and the circumstances that led to his rebellion against the
church. It delivers a rich analysis of his significance for and contribution to Western
culture and Christianity.
Graham Tomlin is the author of many books, including The Power of the Cross, The Provoca-
tive Church, and Spiritual Fitness.
Biography/Religion & Theology • 160 pp • 5 x 7
9780745955889 • April • $9.95 (Can $10.95) Paper • Lion UK
David Livingstone
A New Assessment of His Life and Impact
Stephen Tomkins
Readers of popular history and biographies of inspiring history makers will find this an
honest and balanced account of the real man behind the Victorian icon
Two hundred years after his birth, Tomkins assesses David Livingstone’s life, impact, and
legacy in this balanced and honest biography. Livingstone has gone down in history as a
fearless explorer and missionary, who hacked his way through jungles to bring life and light
to the people of Africa—as well as to free them from slavery. Now, for the first time, fas-
cinating new evidence about his life and struggles has come to light in the letters and jour-
nals he left behind. Discover the man behind the Victorian icon—who he was and what he
was actually like—in his very own words.
Stephen Tomkins is the author of John Wesley: A Biography, A Short History of Christi-
anity, and William Wilberforce: A Biography.
Biography/History • 192 pp • 5 x 7.5 • 8 B/W Photos
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Simply the Bible
Nick Page
A brief, accessible, and fully illustrated reference book, perfect
for those who want an introduction to the Bible in a fresh,
visual way
For those who find the Bible a bit daunting or those who require a
quick overview, this book provides an instant introduction, explaining
clearly and simply the essential meaning of every Bible book.
Arranged in Bible-book order, it explains what each book is about,
its significance, what happens in 10 bite-sized chunks, and the key
characters. Each introduction is extensively illustrated in full-color,
making this the ideal starting point for all who want to get better
acquainted with the Bible.
Nick Page is the author of more than 60 books, including The Bible
Companion, Lord Minimus, The MAP, and The Tabloid Bible.
Religion & Theology • 128 pp • 6 x 7.5 • Four-color Interior
9780745955230 • June • $14.95 (Can $16.95) Paper • Lion UK
Also available:
The One-Stop Bible Atlas

9780745953526
$16.95 (Can $18.95) Paper
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A Spectator’s Guide to the Bible
John Dickson
An accessible introduction to the Bible for all, this book assumes
readers have no prior knowledge and answers all the key ques-
tions about the Bible
“[An] exuberantly joyful meditation . . . compelling and

readable. . . . This is a wonderful book and is highly recom-
mended for readers, indeed seekers, at all levels.”
—Publishers Weekly starred review, A Spectator’s Guide to Jesus
Although it is the world’s bestselling book, the Bible often remains
on one’s desk. John Dickson provides a straightforward guide that
brings this most influential of books to life. He explores what the
Bible is and isn’t, how it came to be, and its main themes. He as-
sumes no prior understanding or beliefs but addresses clearly and
simply principal questions involved in reading the Bible, such as How
can the creation accounts in Genesis be read alongside modern sci-
ence?, What do we make of the nihilistic God portrayed in parts of
the Old Testament?, and Who was Jesus and what was his mission?
The Bible has a powerful story to tell, andthis book is the perfect
guide to this influential and important work.
John Dickson, a historian specializing in world religions, is the au-
thor of Investigating Jesus, Jesus: A Short Life, A Spectator’s Guide
to Jesus, and A Spectator’s Guide to World Religions.
Religion & Theology • 224 pp • 5 x 7.5
Also available:
Investigating Jesus Jesus: A Short Life A Spectator’s Guide A Spectator’s Guide

9780745953502 9780745952802 to Jesus to World Religions
$19.95 (Can $21.95) Cloth $16.95 (Can $18.95) Paper 9780745953076 9780745953083
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The Story of the Holy Land
A Visual History
Peter Walker
A visual tour of the Promised Land, from the stark vis-
tas of the Judean wilderness to the lush banks of Jor-
dan, for those who want to see the places of the Bible
from the comfort of their own homes—and from the
best angles
Laid out in a stunning series of color spreads, the history
of the Holy Land—from Bible times to the present day—
is brought vividly to life. Peter Walker unearths the rich
layers of history of this sacred place, exploring the back-
drop to the events that occurred in Old Testament times
through to critical moments such as the Muslim conquest,
the Crusades, and the modern rediscovery of Bible sites.
The Holy Land frequently features in today’s headlines as
a much-fought-for territory. Many know part of its story,
as recounted in the Bible, but what happened after Jesus’s
time? This visually led guide beautifully captures the rich-
ness of the area bringing its story to life in a magical way.
Peter Walker is the author of In the Steps of Jesus, In the
Steps of Saint Paul, Jesus and His World, and The Jesus Way.
He is professor of New Testament at Trinity School of Min-
istry. He lives near Pittsburgh.
Religion & Theology/History • 160 pp • 8.5 x 10
Four-color Interior
9780745955827 • August • $24.95 (Can $27.95) Cloth
Lion UK
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The People’s Bible
The Remarkable History of the King James Version
Derek Wilson
Foreword by Diarmain MacCulloch
Now available in paperback, the story of one of the most influential, provocative, ambi-
tious projects of its day—the translation of the Bible into English
“A marvelous, witty, thought-provoking, and utterly compelling book written by a

master storyteller. It should be required reading for anyone interested in faith and the
shaping of the western mind.” —Jessie Childs, author, Henry VIII’s Last Victim
“An insightful and no-nonsense account of one of the most influential and well-loved
books in English—from its genesis in Lollardy to the revelation of its textual varia-
tions and multiple uses in the four centuries since its publication.” —Peter Furtado,
former editor, History Today
Beautifully presented and based on extensive scholarly research, this accessible volume traces
the fascinating history of the Authorized Version of the King James Bible from its earliest
predecessors through its remarkable influence on the church, literature, and wider society
throughout the English-speaking world. In 1604, the new King James I convened a meeting
at Hampton Court to address the problem of the Puritans. The recommendation, one of unparalleled political and religious sig-
nificance, was for the authorization of a new translation of the Bible that would be accessible to the common people and placed
in every Church in his realm. Within three years, a team of 47 scholars on six committees had begun work in Oxford, Cam-
bridge, and Westminster, and the fruit of their labors—the Authorized Version—was published in 1611.
Derek Wilson is a historian, broadcaster, speaker, and novelist. He is the author of A Brief History of Henry VIII, Charle-
magne, Francis Walsingham, Spymaster, In the Lion’s Court, Out of the Storm, and The Uncrowned Kings of England, among
others. Diarmaid MacCulloch is the author of the widely acclaimed Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years as well as of
Thomas Cranmer, for which he won the Whitbread Biography Prize, the James Tait Black Prize, and the Duff Cooper Prize.
Religion & Theology/History • 224 pp • 5.5 x 8.5
9780745955599 (Replaces 9780745953519) • May
$16.95 (Can $18.95) New in Paper • Lion UK
Approaching Christmas
Jane Williams
This beautiful and thoughtful companion to the season of Advent and Christmas
encourages readers to explore the true meaning of the festive season through a
combination of reflections, quotations, and classic images
“Using poetry, art and personal spiritual reflections, the author has produced a
gem of a book. . . . Add in the illustrations and presentation and Lion should
have another winner on their hands.” —Bookseller
With this companion, learn about the objects and activities associated with Christ-
mas—such as making lists, decorations, gifts, Christmas trees, music, food, and fam-
ily—as well as special days such as Christmas Eve and Epiphany. In each section, the
author brings together Christmas traditions, spiritual reflection, and quotations from
scripture and other writings through the ages. The result is an imaginative and stim-
ulating exploration of the riches of this season—illustrated throughout with color
reproductions of classic Christmas-themed paintings.
Jane Williams is a writer who contributes regularly to Church Times. She is a trained
theologian and the author of Angels, Approaching Angels, and Approaching Easter.
Religion & Theology/Seasonal • 128 pp • 6 x 7.5
9780745955902 • September • $16.95 (Can $18.95) Cloth • Lion UK
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Slaying the Dragons
Destroying Myths in the History of Science and Faith
Allan Chapman
In this lively and often surprising study, Chapman examines popular misunderstandings
about key events in the history of science-faith relations
For those interested in science-faith relations, this important study examines popular mis-
understandings about key events in history. It covers the major episodes such as Galileo’s
trial, the Wilberforce-Huxley debate, and the Scopes trial of 1925, but also looks further back
through the medieval period to the Classical age, revealing how these events have acquired
mythical and misleading statuses. Chapman exposes the facts that have been forgotten and
the contemporary opinions that have been supplanted by modern propaganda. Slaying the
Dragons is an important book that strips away layers of misunderstanding and misinter-
pretation.
Allan Chapman is the author of several books, including England’s Leonardo and Gods in
the Sky.
Science/Religion & Theology • 256 pp • 5.5 x 8.5
9780745955834 • May • $16.95 (Can $18.95) Paper • Lion UK
Beyond Human
Science and the Changing Face of Humanity
John Bryant
An exploration of what the most significant scientific advances of recent years mean for
us as humans
Recent scientific advances have made it possible to do the unthinkable—clone, design one’s
own babies, genetically enhance soldiers, and wipe out entire populations with a simple air-
borne chemical. Such technology means that nature no longer follows an inevitable course,
and that our decisions have unprecedented power. This book introduces many of the most
significant scientific advances of recent years, including food modification, genetics and eu-
genics, modern medical technology, and transhumanism or “improving” the species. Look-
ing at the dehumanizing effects of technology, it asks us to think about what these things
mean for us, arguing that new technology has developed so quickly to not consider all of its
ethical implications is to risk our own humanity.
John Bryant is a biologist and the coauthor of Bioethics for Scientists.
Social Science/Science • 256 pp • 5 x 7.5
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Calm the Soul
A Book of Simple Wisdom and Prayer
The Poor Clares, Galway
Using simple prayer ideas and meditations, the Poor Clares teach that success lies in com-
plete trust in God
The Poor Clares look at ways prayer can be incorporated into everyday life. They recognize
that in today’s busy world, many people neglect their souls and focus instead on the mind
and body. In direct contrast to those fixated on spectacular results, appearances, control,
and a tireless craving for success, the Poor Clares instead try to live life as Jesus teaches in
the bible. Using their simple prayer ideas and meditations, everyone can learn to speak to
God in a direct way to bring Him to their everyday lives.
The Poor Clares, Galway are members of a contemplative order of nuns in the Catholic Church.
Religion & Theology • 288 pp • 5 x 8
9781444743777 • August • $13.95 Paper • Hachette Books Ireland
Deceived Wisdom
Why What You Thought Was Right Is Wrong
David Bradley
A skeptic’s guide to debunking popular science myths and much “received wisdom” that
is just plain wrong
Accessible, clear, and humorous, this book answers questions people have pondered over
for a lifetime, such as Why did your mother remind you to take off your coat when inside,
or you won’t “feel the benefit” when you leave? Why would someone advise that what you
need to cool down is a nice cup of tea? And must you really let red wine breathe first to
improve its taste? It also covers why urinating on a jellyfish sting does not help, why cell
phones won’t give you cancer, and why recycling aluminum cans is not a waste of time. With
clear and witty writing, this book examines the science behind many popular myths, revealing
why many “truths” we think we know, we don’t really know at all.
David Bradley has contributed to and edited several books, including The Bedside Book of
Science. He has also written for New Scientist, the Telegraph, and the Guardian.
Science • 192 pp • 5 x 8
9781908739346 • April • $19.95 (Can $21.95) Cloth • Elliott & Thompson
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The Things That Nobody Knows
501 Mysteries of Life, the Universe and Everything
William Hartston
A playful, diverting, yet always scientifically rigorous look at those simple mysteries
that are yet to be solved
“Why are male cats more likely to be left-pawed and female cats right-pawed? It is
enormously reassuring to know that somewhere a natural philosopher is trying to
find out. . . . Slyly witty . . . and pleasingly optimistic.” —Guardian
Why are so many giraffes gay? Has human evolution stopped? Where did our alphabet
come from? Can robots become self-aware? Can lobsters recognize other lobsters by sight?
What goes on inside a black hole? Are cell phones bad for us? Why can’t we remember
anything from our earliest years? Full of the mysteries of life, the universe, and every-
thing, this is a fascinating and unputdownable exploration of the limits of human knowl-
edge of our planet, its history and culture, and the universe beyond.
William Hartston is a mathematician, industrial psychologist, and two-time winner of
the English chess championship. He runs competitions in creative thinking for the Inde-
pendent and is the author of The Encyclopedia of Useless Information.
Science/Reference • 384 pp • 5.5 x 8.5 • 100 B/W Illustrations
9780857896223 • April • $14.95 Paper • Atlantic Books
The Ascent of Man

Jacob Bronowski
Foreword by Richard Dawkins
A new paperback edition of Dr. Bronowski’s classic history of humankind, with a foreword
by Richard Dawkins
“The book and television series . . . are a superb teaching tool and a remarkable memo-
rial.” —Carl Sagan
“A great book . . . it taught me a huge amount about mixing history and science.”
—Simon Singh, author, The Code Book
Dr. Jacob Bronowksi’s classic traces the development of human society through our under-
standing of science. First published in 1973 to accompany the groundbreaking BBC televi-
sion series, it is considered one of the first works of “popular science,” illuminating the historical
and social context of scientific development for a generation of readers. In his highly acces-
sible style, Dr. Bronowski discusses human invention from the flint tool to geometry, agri-
culture to genetics, and from alchemy to the theory of relativity, showing how they all are
expressions of our ability to understand and control nature. In this new paperback edition,
The Ascent of Man inspires, influences, and informs as profoundly as ever.
Jacob Bronowski (1908–1974) was a mathematician, biologist, science historian, and author.
His other well-known works include The Origins of Knowledge and Imagination and The
Western Intellectual Tradition, From Leonardo to Hegel. Richard Dawkins is the author of
The God Delusion and The Selfish Gene.
History/Science • 352 pp • 5 x 8
9781849901154 • April • $17.95 Paper • BBC Books
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Are there Rainbows on the Moon?
Over 200 Weird & Wonderful Puzzles with Science
Erwin Brecher, PhD, and Mike Gerrard
More than 200 fascinating science puzzles perfect for as-
tounding friends, impressing party guests, and annoying rela-
tives
A book for the curious, this engaging read takes a slightly differ-
ent look at puzzle questions—every one is based exclusively on real
world science. Using scientific principles, it teaches how the moon
causes tides, how one can walk on a tightrope, why a golf ball
has dimples, whether you can cool a whole room by leaving the
refrigerator door open, and what makes glue stick. The answers
to these and many more puzzles, queries, and curios are found in-
side the pages of this volume of educational fun.
Erwin Brecher, PhD, has written 22 books, including How Do You
Walk on Fire?, Lateral Thinking Posers, and Lateral Thinking Puz-
zles. He is a member of Mensa. Mike Gerrard is an award-winning
travel author who has written Colors of Paris, Greece, and Top 10
Paris, among others. They previously collaborated on How Do You
Get an Egg into a Bottle?
Science • 288 pp • 5 x 8 • 200 B/W Illustrations
9781780971070 • April • $16.95 Cloth
Carlton Publishing Group
Also available:
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Egg into a Bottle? Walk on Fire?
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LITTLE BOOK OF
The Little Book of Death

Neil R. Storey
A repository of intriguing, fascinating, obscure, strange, and entertaining facts and trivia about
the one certainty in all our lives—death
Within this volume are some horrible, unfortunate, and downright ludicrous ends. Readers will
find out which body parts of the departed great and famous are still with us—and, in some cases,
what they sold for. They will also learn of odd last requests, burials, epitaphs, and death rites
from around the world; the strange fates of some cadavers; and a whole host of horrible tales
about mummies, vampires, zombies, and body snatchers. Anyone brave enough to read this book
will be entertained and enthralled and never short of some frivolous fact to enhance a conver-
sation or win a quiz.
Neil R. Storey is a true crime historian and the author of The Dracula Secrets and East
End Murders.
Social Science • 192 pp • 5 x 8 • 50 B/W Photos
9780752471518 • July • $17.95 (Can $19.95) Cloth • The History Press
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Sacred Secrets
Freemasonry, the Bible and Christian Faith
Mike Neville
An insider’s guide to the many links between Freemasonry, the Bible, and Christianity
Masonic secrets are of great interest to a wide audience, whether Freemasons or not, but
there is no other book that offers any form of guide to the stories used in Masonic ritual
and their links to the Bible and Christianity. New Masons are directed to a serious con-
templation of the Volume of the Sacred Law, and this book will enable initiates to understand
the Biblical text. Furthermore, it is a guide to the historical and geographical setting of
the Bible for all Freemasons and will allow them to make a daily advancement in Masonic
knowledge. Much of the ritual is based on the Bible, but many younger Masons may not
have attended Sunday school, so many of the Biblical characters and stories will be un-
known to them. Without this knowledge, much of the ritual is very difficult to understand,
and this book bridges that gap. This book will also aid the clergy, theologians, and any-
one else interested in Freemasonry to see the clear links between ritual and scripture. It
names the chapters of the Bible that have the most influence on the ceremonies, and chal-
lenges the view that the ritual is Satanically inspired.
Mike Neville is a Freemason and a member of the Holy Royal Arch, Mark, Royal Ark
Mariner, Royal & Select Masters, Allied Masonic Degrees, and Red Cross of Constantine.
He has performed much ritual, including Tracing Boards and lectures in several degrees.
Social Science/Religion & Theology • 256 pp • 6.5 x 10 • 101 B/W Photos
9780752480510 • April • $24.95 (Can $27.95) Paper • The History Press
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The Apple Revolution
Steve Jobs, the Counter Culture and How the Crazy Ones Took Over the World
Luke Dormehl
The true story behind the rise of the world’s largest technology company, with exclusive
insider interviews
“A gripping and often hilarious study of how a bunch of rebels came to influence all our
lives. In the words of nerds, this is an impossibly awesome piece of work.”
—Simon Garfield, author, Just My Type
This is the story of how the sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll generation changed the world for-
ever. Meet the crazy ones who created Silicon Valley—the hippies who started the Homebrew
Computer Club, the young ad executive who first sketched out Apple’s iconic logo, and the
engineers who met lying down in a cardboard geodesic dome at Stanford University. From
Steve Wozniak, who built the first breakthrough Apple computers, to Jony Ive, who imag-
ined the iPod—the designers, programmers, geeks, creatives, and dreamers are all here. And
at the center of it all, a bearded and barefoot Steve Jobs, whose singular vision would will
Apple Inc. into a future that it would come to own.
Luke Dormehl is a journalist and an award-winning documentary filmmaker. With a partic-
ular focus on pop culture, his writing has appeared extensively in dozens of online and print
publications, while his films have been screened at Cannes.
Business/Biography • 544 pp • 6 x 9
9780753540626 • May • $22.95 Paper • Virgin Books
Elite!
The Secret to Exceptional Leadership and Performance
Floyd Woodrow and Simon Acland
Whether seeking self-improvement or looking to get the best out of a team of hundreds, this
inspirational book offers the only approach that elevates one to that of the elite
Guaranteed to boost productivity, team cohesion, individual motivation, and overall lead-
ership, this book contains Floyd Woodrow’s deeply practical, innovative, and highly sought-
after teachings. While serving in the military, Woodrow inspired his men in the most
demanding of situations and drove his team to the highest levels of success. Awarded the
Distinguished Conduct Medal for bravery, he operated at the highest level of the elite. After
leaving the military, Woodrow brought the motivational lessons and techniques learned in
the world’s toughest environments to businesses, governments, sports teams, and police forces
around the world. His inspiring approach is united with a detailed understanding of the
theories and psychology that underpin cutting-edge motivational training.
Floyd Woodrow was in the elite Special Air Service Regiment and currently serves as the
chairman and CEO of Chrysalis Worldwide, the world’s leading values-based performance
optimization organization. Simon Acland is a highly successful entrepreneur and and the
author of Angels, Dragons, and Vultures.
Self-Help/Business • 256 pp • 6 x 9.5 • 20 Line Drawings • 5 Diagrams
9781908739452 • May • $24.95 Paper • Elliott & Thompson
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Show Me the Money
How to Find the Cash to Get Your Business Off the Ground
Alan Barrell, David Gill, and Martin Rigby
An invaluable how-to guide for entrepreneurs to raising capital investment—from start
to finish
In difficult markets and uncertain times, entrepreneurial ideas thrive. Usually highly ingen-
ious at identifying new opportunities, entrepreneurs are extremely adept at sowing success-
ful seeds in the otherwise rockiest of grounds. But ideas can only get one so far and many
entrepreneurs fail when they come to the major hurdle: how to find the money necessary to
get their business off the ground. This book is an absolutely invaluable guide to uncovering
the capital required to start or grow a business. Aimed at individual and small enterprise en-
trepreneurs looking to raise up to $1.5 million, it explains how to evaluate your business,
determining what stage you are at, when you will need investment, and how much. It then
explains what the different sources of finance are from banks to government initiatives to
angel investor networks. Matching your business to the most appropriate source of capital,
Show Me the Money provides an expert walkthrough of how to secure investment, from the
elevator pitch to the terms of the deal.
Alan Barrell has more than 30 years experience in senior executive positions in technology-
based industries worldwide. He is also teaches at several universities, including the Univer-
sity of Cambridge and several universities in China. David Gill is the managing director of
St. John’s Innovation Center, Cambridge and was tenured as a Sloan Fellow at the Stanford
Graduate School of Business. Martin Rigby is a venture investor and an entrepreneur. He
founded ET Capital Limited, has invested in more than 40 innovative technology businesses,
and is the cofounder and CEO of Psonar, a pay-per-play internet music service.
Business • 288 pp • 5.5 x 8.5
9781908739100 • June • $19.95 (Can $21.95) Paper • Elliott & Thompson
The Mess We’re In

Why Politicians Can’t Fix Financial Crises
Guy Fraser-Sampson
An insightful analysis of why politicians have put the world into financial ruin and
have found no way out
Around the world, countries are struggling to deal with the aftermath of the 2007–08 bank-
ing crisis, hefty budget deficits, the threat of ongoing recession, and the rising costs of pen-
sion provision. The news is full of doom and gloom about the ever-growing mess the countries
are in. But the real problem is that the very people who should be sorting it out are instead
making it worse. In an entertaining mix of historical narrative and conceptual analysis, Guy
Fraser-Sampson argues that the present crisis has in fact been several decades in the mak-
ing and is the inevitable outcome of years of neglect and betrayal by those trusted to serve
and govern over the public. Taking Britain as his test case, he looks back at key economic
policy decisions since 1919 to reveal how politicians through the ages have gotten it so badly
wrong. Fraser-Sampson sets out the facts to support his claim that, at every opportunity,
the political elite has prioritized self-interest over long-term national well-being and have
caused the current situation; now the time has come for them to be called into account.
Guy Fraser-Sampson is a bestselling finance and economics author whose works include Cricket
at the Crossroads, No Fear Finance, and Private Equity as an Asset Class.
Economics • 288 pp • 6 x 9.5
9781908739063 • May • $29.95 Cloth • Elliott & Thompson
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Zombies, Bananas and Why There Are No Economists
in Heaven
The Economics of Real Life
Jessica Irvine
Use the power of economics to solve everyday problems with this witty, accessible, and
entertaining guide presenting Econ 101
Can economics help one lose weight? How does an emissions-trading scheme work? Why
are bananas so expensive? What really goes on inside the federal budget lock up? How can one
spot a zombie bank? Why do boy bands make so much money? From asylum seekers to ba-
nanas, this book uses fun facts to get to the heart of some of the biggest political and eco-
nomic debates. Part economics lesson, part quirky observation on modern life, this
collection of easily digestible, bite-sized nuggets of factual goodness will help transform even
the most economically illiterate person into an insightful commentator at their next after-
work drinoutingks or weekend barbeque.
Jessica Irvine is the economics writer for the Sydney Morning Herald.
Economics • 256 pp • 5.5 x 8.5
9781742379975 • April • $19.95 (Can $21.95) Paper • Allen & Unwin
Get Rich Blogging

Zoe Griffin
Zoe Griffin’s blog, Live Like a VIP, generates a six-figure income, and she spends her
life partying and writing about it—she explains how in this guide for aspiring bloggers
If you’re bored with being bossed around, frustrated that nobody is listening to your opin-
ions, and want to work less and earn more, then you need to quit your job—and start a
blog. There is no technical knowledge required: all you need is this book, a laptop, and an
internet connection, and you could be blogging your way to wealth and happiness. With
tips from the authors of the world’s most respected and financially successful blogs on fash-
ion, music, film, men’s lifestyle, and women’s lifestyle, this book explains how anyone can
start up a blogging business from scratch. Contributors include The Clothes Whisperer,
The Fashion Editor at Large, Mumsnet, Tech Week, Music News, and Mr Porter. Bloggers
learn how to create appealing content, choose a web host, spread the word on social media,
attract advertising, pitch to magazines and newspapers, and have fun along the way.
Zoe Griffin is a former show business gossip columnist for the Sunday Mirror.
Business/Writing • 288 pp • 5 x 8
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53 INTERESTING THINGS TO DO
Graham Gibbs, Sue Habeshaw, and Trevor Habeshaw
Graham Gibbs was professor at the Oxford Learning Institute at the University of Oxford.
Sue Habeshaw and Trevor Habeshaw lectured at the University of Western England.
Each: Education • 5.5 x 8.5 • May • $19.95 (Can $21.95) Paper • Allen & Unwin
53 Interesting Things to Do in Your Lectures

Tips and Strategies for Really Effective Lectures and Presentations
Revised by Anthony Haynes and Karen Haynes
Tried-and-true tips for creating dynamic lectures and presentations that students will remember
Lectures remain a staple form of teaching in higher and professional education, yet present-
ing doesn’t come naturally to most people. This handbook provides practical suggestions,
each tried and tested, for developing effective lectures and presentations across all disciplines.
The authors cover the full presentation process, from structuring the lecture to use of illus-
trations and technology, techniques to attract and sustain student attention, active learning
strategies, and dealing with questions. Whether one is new to lecturing and eager to develop
good presentation technique or more experienced and looking to expand an established reper-
toire, this handy guide offers plenty of helpful ideas.
Anthony Haynes has been visiting professor at Hiroshima University and Beijing Normal Uni-
versity. Karen Haynes is director of the Professional and Higher Partnership.
148 pp • 9781743311561
53 Interesting Things to Do in Your Seminars and Tutorials

Tips and Strategies for Running Really Effective Small Groups
Revised by Hannah Strawson
Tried-and-true tips for running effective small groups in higher education and training
Seminars and tutorials are staples of higher and professional education courses, but running
them well and ensuring that they are effective is not easy. This guide provides practical sug-
gestions for ways to develop one’s skills in running small groups. The authors cover all the is-
sues involved in running small groups: ways to begin, student-led seminars, groupwork, student
participation and responsibility, evaluation, written material, and expressing feelings. Whether
one is new to teaching and eager to develop good strategies or more experienced and looking
to expand an established repertoire, this handy guide offers plenty of rewarding suggestions.
Hannah Strawson is a lawyer.
134 pp • 9781743311585
53 Interesting Ways of Helping Your Students to Study

Proven Strategies for Supporting Students
Revised by Hannah Strawson
Tried-and-true tips for instructors to help students make the most of the learning process
Designed to help those who teach adults, this guide provides practical suggestions for help-
ing students to improve their learning in class and at home. The authors demonstrate how
educators can effectively support students through the whole learning process, with infor-
mation on better ways students can plan their studying, take notes, study with others, use
library resources, and take exams. With very little direct advice on “how to study,” this guide
will help instructors embrace a student-centered approach in which students are encouraged
to become autonomous learners.
Hannah Strawson is a lawyer.
160 pp • 9781743311592
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The Art of Perception
Memoirs of a Life in PR
Robert Leaf
Robert Leaf is the father of modern international public relations and this is the memoir
of a man who has been at the forefront of the PR industry for almost 50 years
“There’s no other person in the public relations business who knows more about the ins
and outs of establishing a global network capable of serving the public relations and
communications of the world’s largest corporations. What he writes is well worth read-
ing.” —Harold Burson, cofounder, Burson-Marsteller
The Art of Perception is the memoir of Robert Leaf, the man who is considered to be the all-
time leader in the field of international public relations. As the international CEO of Burson-
Marsteller, which became the world’s largest PR firm during his tenure, he was the first executive
to bring PR to the Soviet Union during the Cold War and established the first official Chi-
nese government PR firm. He started the first international PR firm in the Middle East and
opened offices throughout the world. He has advised governments, major corporations, and
leading individuals, and has been involved in some of the biggest news stories of the time.
Now, in a changing world of 24-hour news cycles in which global disasters are shared on the
most personal levels and events make it from smartphone to headline news in seconds, the
need to manage perceptions has never been more essential for corporations and individuals. In a memoir that is as entertaining
as it is informative, Leaf shares his unique experiences in a book that is essential reading for communicators, business profes-
sionals, and anyone who would like to improve their skills in the art of managing perceptions.
Robert Leaf has lived in New York, Brussels, London, and Hong Kong and was with international PR firm Burson-Marsteller
for 40 years and still acts as an advisor to the firm. He now has his own company, Robert S. Leaf Consultants, and specializes
in advising and training top executives. He is listed in Who’s Who in the World, Who’s Who in America, and Debrett’s People
of Today, and was awarded the Chartered Institute of Public Relations first award for outstanding achievements in interna-
tional public relations.
Memoir/Business • 304 pp • 6 x 9.5 • 10 B/W Photos
9780857890023 • Available • $29.95 Cloth • Atlantic Books
The Philosopher’s Beach Book

Reason While You Rest
Mel Thompson
An invitation to relax and think, to wiggle one’s toes in the sand—literally or metaphor-
ically—and reflect on the meaning of life
Many a vacationer has found him or herself stretched out on the beach or taking a relaxed
stroll in the evening, musing on life “back home” from a new perspective, and wondering
if it all makes sense. Now is the chance to give life a gentle, intellectual prod, with these
short, thoughtful essays on such questions as Does morality add up? Is your thinking en-
gaged? Is fairness possible? What part does luck play in your life? and How did you be-
come who you are? This book invites those on vacation to ask questions, explore the
assumptions of everyday life, and challenge their own values. While we go on vacation to
see something new, it also offers a new perspective on the familiar, a perfect time to chal-
lenge and clarify habitual ways of thinking.
Mel Thompson is the author of Teach Yourself Ethics and Teach Yourself Philosophy.
Self-Help/Philosophy • 180 pp • 5 x 8
9781444139006 • June • $13.95 Paper • Hodder Education
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The No Excuses Guide to Uncovering
Your Purpose
Finding It, Living It, Loving It!
Stacey Demarco and Jade-Sky
The latest book in the No Excuses Guides series shares down-to-earth
yet deeply spiritual advice on how to get out of a rut and feel enthu-
siastic and interested in life
Stacey Demarco and Jade-Sky offer their mix of honesty, wisdom, and
clarity and show you how to uncover your true purpose once more, tran-
sition out of the unsatisfactory job you are in and start loving your work
again. Discover what your life purpose is and how it can evolve over a
lifetime, how to clearly interpret and identify your life purpose, how to
weave your purpose into current work and family situations, and how
to transition safely and with ease from where you are to where you want
to be. This book includes lots of magical and spiritual techniques to blast
through obstacles, build your self-esteem, attract what you need, and fall
in love with your own uniqueness. Get out of “purpose limbo” and start
living the purpose-full life that you want now.
Stacey Demarco is a metaphysicist, spiritual practitioner, and the author
of The No Excuses Guide to Soul Mates, Witch in the Bedroom, and Witch
in the Boardroom. Jade-Sky is a psychic, a medium, and the author of
What Happens Next?
Self-Help/Spirituality • 120 pp • 6 x 8
9781921878718 • May • $14.95 (Can $16.95) Paper
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The Confidence to Be Yourself
How to Boost Your Self-Esteem
Dr. Brian Roet
Foreword by Claire Rayner
Working with the idea of a spectrum of confidence, this helpful, practical guide helps read-
ers take up their position on the spectrum and work toward full confidence
Offering practical techniques and case histories to help readers boost their confidence levels,
this invaluable handbook starts by explaining what confidence is. It defines confidence and ex-
plores whether it is a birthright or an acquired ability. The reader learns to confront feelings
of self-confidence in terms of how both how they feel within and how they project confidence
in public, learning that an apparently confident person may be experiencing very different
emotions to the ones presented. There are case histories, exercises, and confidence-booster
sections throughout the book. Everyone has areas of life where they could benefit from in-
creased confidence and assertiveness, and this practical guide shows the way.
Dr. Brian Roet is trained as a medical doctor and has worked as a psychotherapist for 30
years. Claire Rayner (1931–2010) was a novelist, a journalist, and an advice columnist.
Self-Help • 256 pp • 5 x 8
9780749940997 • April • $13.95 Paper • Piatkus Books
Sex Drive
In Pursuit of Female Desire
Dr. Bella Ellwood-Clayton
For many women an active sex life is on the bottom of their “to do” list—is women’s sex-
ual desire in the Western world at an all time low? A sexual anthropologist investigates.
Lack of libido is women’s most common sexual problem, and once in a secure relationship,
a women’s sex drive often begins to plummet. Exploring what libido is and why it is being
depleted, this book argues that women don’t want sex because they don’t feel sexy. At a
time when women’s libidos are being threatened by the wider forces of media, market-
ing, medication, and increasingly pressured lives, who can blame them? With increasing num-
bers of women with low libido being diagnosed as “sexually dysfunctional,” the race to create
a “pink Viagra” is on. This book engages such questions as Do we have unrealistic expec-
tations about our sex drive? Who defines what is normal and abnormal? And could “low
libido” in fact be the natural order of things? Provocative, authoritative, and engaging, this
book is both fascinating reading and sure to create passionate debate.
Dr. Bella Ellwood-Clayton is a sexual anthropologist who makes appearances on television
and radio, has written for many major newspapers and magazines, and made a documen-
tary with National Geographic.
Sexuality • 324 pp • 5.5 x 8
9781741756661 • June • $19.95 (Can $21.95) Paper • Allen & Unwin
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Unhooked
The Rehab of a London Call Girl
Clare Gee
A frank, semifictionalized account of an alcoholic, cocaine-addicted hooker’s experiences
in a residential drug rehabilitation facility
Addicted to coke and booze and reliant on selling her body for cash, Katie, the heroine of
Hooked, can no longer cope with the life she’s created for herself. She has messed up badly
and thrown everything away. Mentally, she is an anxious wreck, and physically she is in
pieces—yet she is terrified of who she will become without her vices. She has to do some-
thing, though, and her choices are get help or die. She leaves London and admits herself to
a residential rehab center for three months. Reformed addict Clare Gee draws on her own
experiences of cocaine addiction, alcoholism, and prostitution in telling a moving story of
a young woman battling through hell to create a sober life for herself. There are threats of
expulsion from rehab and relapses, but through dedication and honesty, Katie begins the
long journey to becoming clean and finding peace of mind.
Clare Gee is the author of Hooked and has written for the Guardian. She was born in Africa
in 1977 and sent to live with her English father when she was five. At 16 she moved to Lon-
don, where she descended into a life of alcohol, drugs, and prostitution. After a period of
rehabilitation in 2003, she rebuilt her life in London.
Also available:
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Sugar Daddy Diaries

When a Fantasy Became an Obsession
Helen Croydon
The confessional memoir of a TV journalist who sets out to explore her guilty fantasy
of dating a rich older man
“A fascinating insight into Helen’s world of highbrow sex parties, international globe-
trotting, and high-powered, successful men.” —Cosmopolitan
Frustrated with her stalled career as a broadcast journalist and uninspired by dating naive
and needy guys her own age, Helen Croydon joins a website to seek an older man. She ex-
pects it to be just a few fun dates in some fancy bars but finds herself propelled into a world
of Prada shopping trips, fine dining, first-class travel, and fascinating, powerful men. Helen’s
soul-searching dating adventures take her to New York, Malaysia, highbrow sex parties, top
ski resorts, and London’s finest hotels. When one of her dates alludes to a monthly allowance,
she is shocked, but how long will her resistance to the idea last? This confessional true story
questions modern ideals about relationships, examines the attraction of power, and asks if
money can ever be the currency of love.
Helen Croydon is a freelance journalist, a broadcaster, and a relationship commentator,
specializing in topics surrounding modern relationships, sex, love, and attraction. She writes
regularly for various national newspapers and magazines and has a monthly column in
the Erotic Review.
Memoir/Family & Relationships • 320 pp • 5 x 8
9781845967666 • May • $14.95 Paper • Mainstream Publishing
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The Cocaine Diaries
A Venezuelan Prison Nightmare
Paul Keany and Jeff Farrell
An unforgettable cocktail of drugs, riots, rape, beatings, murders, and kidnappings—
the unbelievable true story of years spent in a South American jail
It won’t happen to me. That’s what I thought when I got on the plane to Venezuela. But it
did—I got caught.
Caught smuggling half a million euros’ worth of cocaine, Paul Keany was sexually assaulted
by Venezuelan drug-enforcement officers before being sentenced to eight years in the
notorious Los Teques prison outside Caracas. There he was plunged into a nightmarish world
of coke-fueled killings, gun battles, stabbings, extortion, and forced hunger strikes until
finally, just over two years into his sentence, he gained early parole and embarked on a
daring escape from South America. Aided by his extensive prison diaries, Keany reveals the
true horror of life inside Los Teques: a shocking underworld behind bars where inmates
pay protection money to stay alive, prostitutes do the rounds, and vast amounts of cocaine
are smuggled in for cell-block bosses to sell on to prisoners for huge profits. This remark-
able story is told by Keany with honesty, courage, and even humor, despite knowing that
every day behind bars might have been his last.
Paul Keany was a successful self-employed plumber until the Irish property crash in 2008.
An aspiring novelist, he has turned his back on the murky world of drug smuggling to focus
on a life of writing. Jeff Farrell is an independent Irish journalist and documentary film-
maker specializing in Latin American affairs. His work has appeared in various publica-
tions, including the Daily Telegraph and the Guardian.
Memoir/True Crime • 272 pp • 6 x 9
Cry and You Cry Alone

The Girl Who Vowed She’d Never Forget
Rosalinda V. Hutton
A moving memoir about the horror and trauma of abuse at a Catholic children’s home
in 1960s England
After an idyllic early childhood in Surrey, Linda’s life descended into poverty and chaos when
her parents’ marriage crumbled and her unstable mother’s sanity declined. She experienced
a brief period of comfort in a caring foster home before being plunged into the dark, terri-
fying world of a 1960s institution. St Anne’s Convent, Orpington, was a Catholic children’s
home run by the infamous Sisters of Mercy and a former monk who inflicted bizarre and
barbaric beliefs and practices on the children in his care, and this is the achingly honest story
of a survivor of shocking child abuse that took place in the heart of an English suburb.
Rosalinda V. Hutton works with adults with learning difficulties and mental-health problems.
Memoir/True Crime • 240 pp • 5 x 8 • 12 B/W Photos
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The Butler Did It
My True and Terrifying Encounters with a Serial Killer
Paul Pender
An incredible, blackly humorous, firsthand account of one man’s friendship with a
notorious serial killer, who served a life sentence from 1978 until his death in 2002
“A rip-roaring read—and Hollywood can’t be long in coming a-calling to turn this

story into a film.” —Ross King, author, Bruneschelli’s Dome
“Terrific. Incredibly funny!” —Bruce Beresford, director, Tender Mercies,
Driving Miss Daisy
This book is in one sense the record of a friendship, if friendship can be held to include death
threats. To this day I cannot sharpen a pencil—and as a writer I sharpen a lot of pencils—
without experiencing a frisson of fear. Roy is once again thrusting the pencil’s needle-sharp
point towards my retina, threatening to ram it through my eye and into my brain, as he help-
fully informs me “This’ll kill you outright, you cunt!”
Medical experts I have subsequently consulted tell me he was right: that is indeed a very ef-
fective way of killing someone. One of the many strange things about Roy is that though he
may have been a pathological liar, in his own peculiar fashion he was a stickler for the truth.
Roy Fontaine, also known as Archie Hall, was a butler to Britain’s aristocracy, and a rumored lover of Prince Charles’ great-
uncle, Lord Mountbatten. He was also a serial killer whose modus operandi was to gain the confidence of his wealthy employers
before taking their jewels and then their lives. This is the dark and strange story of an unusual friendship between screenwriter
Paul Pender and Roy Fontaine, who considered Pender an ally and asked him to write his life story. In a chilling twist, Fontaine
then threatened to kill Paul. Paul Pender reveals the secrets of Roy Fontaine’s double life and describes his often terrifying en-
counters with a convicted serial killer.
Paul Pender wrote and coproduced the movie Evelyn starring Pierce Brosnan and is currently head of television at Infinity Media,
the company that produced the Oscar-winning film Capote. He lives in Hollywood.
True Crime • 272 pp • 5.5 x 8.5
Shadowland
How the Mafia Bet Britain in a Global Gamble
Douglas Thompson
An astonishing, firsthand account of an unknown chapter in Mafia history
A revelatory and dramatic true-life thriller spanning much of the 20th century, this page-turn-
ing chronicle tells of an elaborate Mafia plan to invade Europe and take over its gambling
by using 1960s London as a bridgehead. The capital city of the Swinging Sixties was a world
of gambling, guns, and gangsters. Several veterans of the era are astonished that they survived
it and some feel protected enough—now that most of the killers are themselves dead—to re-
veal to author Douglas Thompson the details of one of history’s greatest criminal conspira-
cies and how world-champion boxer Freddie Mills really died. The tension is ferocious as the
tale moves from London to New York and Las Vegas, down to Miami, into Havana, on to
the Bahamas, and back to an unexpected denouement in London. This brutal, terrifying, in-
trigue-packed account of the Mob’s Machiavellian global manipulation of governments and
officials even unearths a London connection to the assassination of JFK. Recounting events
from the viewpoint of the pawns as well as the kingmakers, this chronicle includes big play-
ers of Mafia history, controlled by the gangster genius Meyer Lansky, but it also considers the
hit men, the fixers, the hoodlums, and the wiseguys.
Douglas Thompson has written more than 20 books, including Clint and Frank Lampard. He
divides his time between England and California.
True Crime • 304 pp • 5.5 x 8.5 • 12 B/W Photos
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JAMES HERBERT
James Herbert
James Herbert is an author of chilling fiction whose works include Fluke, Nobody True, Once,
Others, and Portent. His more than 20 novels have sold more than 48 million copies worldwide and
are available in 33 languages. In 2010 he was awarded the World Horror Convention Grand Master Award.
Each: Horror • 288 pp • 5 x 8 • April • $12.95 Paper • Pan Books
The Dark
A blackness leaves its lair and slowly begins to spread
It came like a malignant shadow with seductive promises of power. Some-
where in the night, a small girl smiled as her mother burned, asylum
inmates slaughtered their attendants, and in slimy tunnels once-human
creatures gathered. Madness raged as the lights began to fade, and hu-
manity was attacked by an ancient, unstoppable evil.
9780330522076 (Replaces 9780330376204)
Creed
What happens when the paparazzi go too far and photograph some-
thing that really shouldn’t be there?
Sometimes horror is in the mind, and sometimes it’s real. Telling the
difference isn’t always easy. It wasn’t for Joe Creed. He’d just pho-
tographed the unreal, and now he had to pay the price. He always
thought that demons were just a joke, but the joke was on him and it
wasn’t very funny—it was deadly.
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Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
Twenty-seven grisly tales from the master of gothic fiction range
from chilling horror to suspenseful mystery
Few authors’ names conjure up such an air of ghoulish terror as that
of Edgar Allan Poe. Although best known for his classic gothic hor-
ror tales such as “The Pit and the Pendulum,” “The Fall of the House
of Usher,” or “The Premature Burial,” he also wrote mystery thrillers
like “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” or “The Mystery of Marie
Roget,” and curious stories like “The System of Doctor Tarr and Pro-
fessor Fether.” The best of his chilling horror stories and other sus-
penseful tales are presented here in one fantastic volume, providing
an ideal introduction to this master of the macabre for those unfa-
miliar with Poe’s work or a welcome return to Poe’s dark and mys-
terious world for committed enthusiasts.
Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was a wonderfully versatile author, best
known for his disturbing tales of terror, who holds a venerable place
in the history of American literature.
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Tales and poems include:

The Raven The Fall of the House of Usher The System of Dr Tarr
and Professor Fether
The Gold-Bug The Pit and the Pendulum
The Angel of the Odd
The Facts in the Case The Premature Burial
of M. Valdemar The Man of the Crowd
The Masque of the Red Death
MS. Found in a Bottle “Thou Art the Man”
The Cask of Amontillado
A Descent into the Maelstrom Hop-Frog
The Imp of the Perverse
The Murders in the Rue Morgue Berenice
The Oval Portrait
The Mystery of Marie Roget Ligeia
The Assignation
The Purloined Letter Morella
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Black Cat Narrative of A. Gordon Pym
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CHUNG KUO
David Wingrove
“Imagine a collaboration between James Clavell and Frank Herbert and the result might be something
very much like Chung Kuo . . . smart, involving, entertaining.” —San Francisco Chronicle
“One of the masterpieces of the decade.” —Washington Post
“The achievement of a master world-builder.” —Omni
The Chung Kuo series has been in development for more than two decades. Eight books were published between
1988 and 1998 in 14 different territories to resounding international acclaim. The series has now been recast,
remastered, rewritten in 20 volumes, including two new prequel volumes and an entirely new ending; there are more
than 500,000 additional words of new story. Corvus will publish all remaining 18 volumes available by June 2015.
David Wingrove is the Hugo Award–winning coauthor of The Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction,
and the coauthor of the first three books in the Myst series.
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The Middle Kingdom

The third entry in a 20-volume masterpiece of world-building to match George R. R.
Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire
The year is 2196. The great Empire of Ice, Chung Kuo, has finally been shaken after more than
a century of peace enforced by brutal tyranny. The Minister of the Edict—an official responsible
for licensing all technology that could lead to Change—has been assassinated. The seven ruling
T’ang struggle to maintain Stasis, even as their mile-high, continent-spanning cities descend into
chaos. Amid the chaos, the rebels responsible for the assassination seize the opportunity to effect
Change. But the assassination was orchestrated by those far closer to the ruling power, and this
betrayal—the first of many—will lead them all into the world-shattering War of Two Directions.
352 pp • 9781848877313 • May
Ice and Fire

A war is fought within the levels of Chung Kuo’s great world-spanning City in the fourth
entry in this epic series
The year is 2201. Chung Kuo, the great City that covers the globe, enjoys an uneasy peace, but
it is a peace that will soon be disrupted by the discovery of the Aristotle File, which charts the
real history of the world—a truth which has been suppressed for millennia. Cold, cruel, and
calculating, Howard DeVore is determined to end the rule of the Seven T’angs and make way
for his own bid for power. The harbinger of Change is the starship The New Hope—and its
destruction will force the rebel factions into open warfare with the Seven.
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THE SHOAL SEQUENCE
Gary Gibson
Gary Gibson is the author of the Final Days series and the
two stand-alone novels Angel Stations and Against Gravity.
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Stealing Light
For a quarter of a million years, an alien race has been hiding a vast and terrible secret
“Packed with massive concepts and dark psychological twists . . . a seriously entertaining
sci-fi pageturner.” —SFX
In the 25th century, only the Shoal possess the secret of faster-than-light travel (FTL), giving
them absolute control over all trade and exploration throughout the galaxy. Mankind has op-
erated within their influence for two centuries, establishing a dozen human colony worlds scat-
tered along Shoal trade routes. Dakota Merrick, while serving as a military pilot, has witnessed
atrocities for which this alien race is responsible. Now piloting a civilian cargo ship, she is cur-
rently ferrying an exploration team to a star system containing a derelict starship. From its wreck-
age, her passengers hope to salvage a functioning FTL drive of mysteriously non-Shoal origin.
But the Shoal are not yet ready to relinquish their monopoly over a technology they acquired
through ancient genocide.
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Nova War
Dakota and Corso are taken prisoner by the Bandati in the second book of the Shoal Sequence
“Gibson stakes his claim to be considered alongside the leading triumvirate of British hard
sf writers . . . Nova War is a gripping read and a treat for all fans of intelligent space
opera.” —Guardian
Dakota discovered the Shoal’s dark and dangerous secret, and now she works toward stopping
not only the spread of this knowledge, but also the onset of the nova war. Found adrift near a
Bandati colony world far away from Consortium space, Dakota and Corso find themselves the
Bandati’s prisoners, and it rapidly becomes clear to them that the humanity’s limited knowledge
of the rest of the galaxy, filtered through the Shoal, is direly inaccurate. The Shoal have been fight-
ing a frontier war with a rival species, the Emissaries, with their own FTL technology for more
than 15,000 years. Realizing that the Shoal may be the Galaxy’s one chance at sustained peace,
Dakota is forced to work with Trader to prevent the spread of deadly knowledge carried onboard
the Magi ships—but it seems that the nova war is inevitable.
450 pp • 9781447224105
Empire of Light
The third novel in the Shoal Sequence space opera series continues on from Stealing Light
and Nova War
The nova war is spreading as the Emissaries wage a fierce and reckless campaign, encroaching
on the area of space occupied by humanity and forcing the Shoal into a desperate retreat. While
Dakota Merrick goes in search of the entity responsible for creating the Maker caches, Corso,
left in charge of a fleet of human-piloted Magi ships, finds his authority crumbling in the face
of assassination attempts and politically motivated sabotage. If any hope exists at all, it lies in
an abandoned asteroid 1,000 light-years beyond the Consortium’s borders, and with Ty White-
cloud, the only man alive with the skill to decipher the messages left behind by an ancient race
of star travelers. But Whitecloud is locked in a prison cell aboard a dying coreship adrift in space,
awaiting execution for war crimes against Corso’s own people. For humanity to survive, Corso must
find some way to keep Whitecloud alive—and that’s only if Dakota doesn’t kill him first.
450 pp • 9781447224112
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GARY GIBSON
Gary Gibson
Gary Gibson is the author of the Shoal Sequence and the Final Days series.
Each: Science Fiction • 5 x 8 • August • $12.95 Paper • Tor
Against Gravity
If you lived long enough, this could be your future, too
“Powerfully told, with room for an expansion of the story, this sf suspense thriller
belongs in most libraries.” —Library Journal
It is the late 21st century, life is much different than it used to be, and people are not what
they seem. Kendrick Gallmon, survivor of an infamous secret research facility called the Maze,
is trying to pick up the pieces of his life, even though he knows his nervous system, which is
riddled with unstable nanotech augmentations, is slowly killing him. Then one day his heart
stops beating forever, and a ghost urges him to return to the source of all his nightmares, a
long-abandoned military complex filled with entirely real voices of the dead.
400 pp • 9781447224136
Angel Stations
An intriguing, far-ranging space opera tracing the interlocking stories of several charac-
ters—human, metahuman, and alien—as the galaxy faces crisis
Eons ago, a super-scientific culture known as “Angels” left incomprehensible relics all over
the galaxy. Among these phenomena were the Stations, whereby human spacecraft could jump
instantly from one part of the galaxy to another, and from them the brilliant Angel tech-
nology could be explored and exploited. One of these stations orbits the planet Kaspar, where
the only other known sentient species outside Earth has been meticulously allowed to con-
tinue evolving in its own world of primitive ignorance. But suddenly Kaspar’s mysterious
“Citadel” has become the vital key to repelling the fast-approaching threat. At what cost,
though, to its native inhabitants and to the human residents of the orbiting Angel station?
300 pp • 9781447224129
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Jack Glass
Adam Roberts
Golden Age SF meets golden age crime from the author of Swiftly, New
Model Army, and Yellow Blue Tibia—an innovative literary voice work-
ing at the height of his powers
“Should have won the 2009 Booker Prize.” —Kim Stanley Robinson,
author, 2312, on Yellow Blue Tibia
Jack Glass is the murderer—we know this from the start. Yet as this ex-
traordinary novel tells the story of three murders committed by Glass, the
reader will be surprised to find out that it was Glass who was the killer and
how he did it. And by the end of the book our sympathies for the killer are
fully engaged. Riffing on the tropes of crime fiction (the country house mur-
der, the locked room mystery) and imbued with the feel of golden age SF, this
is another bravura performance from Roberts. Whatever games he plays with
the genre, whatever questions he asks of the reader, Roberts never loses sight
of the need to entertain. This novel has some wonderfully gruesome moments,
is built around three gripping HowDunnits, and comes with liberal doses of
sly humor. Roberts invites us to have fun and tricks us into thinking about
both crime and SF via a beautifully structured novel set in a society whose
depiction challenges notions of crime, punishment, power, and freedom.
Adam Roberts is a novelist whose titles include By Light Alone, The Dragon
with the Girl Tattoo, Gradisil, New Model Army, Salt, Swiftly, and Yellow
Blue Tibia. His work has been nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award
and the Philip K. Dick Award.
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AELRIC
The Ghosts of Athens

Richard Blake
Decadent, desperate sixth-century Athens is the setting for the fifth
historical thriller featuring British adventurer Aelric
“A rollicking and raunchy read. . . . Anyone who enjoys their

history with large dollops of action, sex, intrigue, and, above all,
fun will absolutely love this novel.” —Historical Novels Review on
The Terror of Constantinople
It is 612 AD and Aelric—senator of the Roman Empire, fresh from a blood-
bath in Egypt—is forced to divert the Imperial galley to Athens. He finds
a demoralized and corrupt provincial city threatened by an army rumored
to contain 20 million starving barbarians. Not to mention an explosive
religious dispute, an unexplained corpse, and hints of something worse
than murder. He will have to call upon all his formidable intellect and
lethal ingenuity to survive his enemies inside and outside the city walls.
Richard Blake is a historian, broadcaster, and university lecturer.
Fiction • 448 pp • 5 x 8
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AGENT OF ROME
The Imperial Banner

Nick Brown
The Roman Emperor Aurelian has defeated Queen Zenobia and crushed the Palmyran
revolt, but now dark forces threaten a fragile peace, in the sequel to The Siege
“A masterful debut from a new author completely at home in this era; the writing is
deft, the action swift and bloody, and the characters believable and engaging. I look for-
ward greatly to the next one.” —Manda Scott, author, The Crystal Skull, on The Siege
Faridun’s Banner, hallowed battle standard of the Persian Empire, has fallen into Roman
hands and is to be returned to the Persians as part of a crucial peace treaty. But on the eve
of the signing the banner is stolen. Recalled to Syria, imperial agent Cassius Corbulo is charged
with recovering the flag. Accompanied by his faithful servant Simo and ex-gladiator body-
guard Indavara, Cassius must journey across the dangerous Syrian desert to the equally per-
ilous streets of Antioch. He and his companions face ruthless brigands, mysterious cults,
merciless assassins, and intrigue at every turn. The hunt is on.
Nick Brown is the author of The Siege.
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The Ancient Curse

Valerio Massimo Manfredi
An ancient crime, with a curse that remains
In the darkest hours of the night at the Museum of Volterra, young archaeologist Fabrizio
Castellani is immersed in his work. He has discovered that the famous Etruscan statue known
as “the shade of twilight” contains a mysterious object, seemingly enclosed within the sculp-
ture itself. He is suddenly interrupted by a phone call from an icy female voice, warning him
to abandon his research at once. A series of gruesome killings follow. The victims, who have
all been involved in the desecration of an unexplored tomb, seem to be have been torn to pieces
by a beast of unimaginable size. Meanwhile, as Fabrizio excavates the Etruscan tomb he dis-
covers something extraordinary and chilling. Will Fabrizio manage to unravel these secrets
without being sucked into the spiral of violence himself?
Valerio Massimo Manfredi is professor of classical archaeology at Luigi Bocconi University
in Milan. Further to numerous academic publications, he has published 13 works of fiction,
including the Alexander trilogy, which has been translated into 34 languages in 55 countries.
His novel The Last Legion was released as a major motion picture. He has written and hosted
documentaries on the ancient world and has penned screenplays for cinema and television.
Mystery • 400 pp • 5 x 8
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86
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
City of Fiends
Michael Jecks
Thrilling new novel in the acclaimed series from historical master Jecks
“A textbook example of how to blend action and detection in a histori-

cal.” —Publishers Weekly
“Jecks once again brings early 14th-century England to life with his
encyclopedic knowledge of the period. . . . Series fans will eagerly
await the sequel.” —Publishers Weekly on King’s Gold
It’s 1327 and England is in turmoil. King Edward II has been removed from
the throne and his son installed in his place. The old man’s rule had proved
a disaster for the realm and many hope that his removal may mean the
return of peace to England’s cities. Keeper of the King’s Peace, Sir Bald-
win de Furnshill and his friend Bailiff Simon Puttock had been tasked with
guarding Edward II, but they have failed in their task and now ride fast
to Exeter to inform the sheriff of the old king’s escape. In Exeter, the sher-
iff has problems of his own. Overnight the body of a young maid has been
discovered, lying bloodied and abandoned in a dirty alleyway. The city’s
gates had been shut against the lawlessness outside, so the perpetrator must
still lie within the sanctuary of the town. When Baldwin de Furnshill ar-
rives, along with Sir Richard de Welles, a companion of old, he is tasked
with uncovering the truth behind this gruesome murder. But, in a city where
every man hides a secret, his task will be far from easy.
Michael Jecks is the bestselling author of the Knights Templar series and
a member of the Medieval Murderers.
Mystery • 500 pp • 4.5 x 7
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MATTHEW BARTHOLOMEW CHRONICLES
Murder by the Book

Susanna Gregory
The 18th episode in the popular Cambridge series of medieval mysteries,
featuring the physician-cum-sleuth, Matthew Bartholomew
“Superb. . . . The pace never slackens . . . Gregory again proves adept

at weaving a plot complicated enough to be baffling but not so intricate
as to become confusing.” —Publishers Weekly starred review of
Mystery in the Minster
“Gregory again displays her mastery of complex storytelling and period
detail.” —Publishers Weekly starred review of The Killer of Pilgrims
“A perfect choice for historical fans who miss Ellis Peters.”
—Library Journal on A Vein of Deceit
It is drawing near to the end of term, and the University at Cambridge is in
turmoil over the opening of a new Common Library. There is an attack on
one of the masters at a meeting to discuss the matter, and a body is found
floating in the pond in the library’s garden on the eve of its opening. Mean-
while, there are rumors of a large force of dangerous smugglers lurking in
the Fens. Aided by their friend Sheriff Tulyet, Bartholomew and Michael must
thwart the invaders before the Feast of Corpus Christi the following week—
to fail might mean the destruction of the town.
Susanna Gregory is a Cambridge academic and the author of the Matthew
Bartholomew Chronicles and the Thomas Chaloner series.
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THOMAS CHALONER MYSTERIES
Death in St James’s Park

Susanna Gregory
Superspy of Restoration London, Thomas Chaloner foils an uprising in his
eighth outing.
Five years after Charles II’s triumphant return to London there is growing mis-
trust of his extravagant court and of corruption among his officials—and when
a cart laden with gunpowder explodes outside the General Letter Office, it is
immediately clear that such an act is more than an expression of outrage at
the inefficiency of the postal service. As intelligencer to the Lord Chamber-
lain, Thomas Chaloner cannot understand why a man of known incompetence
is put in charge of investigating the attack while he is diverted to make
enquiries about the poisoning of birds in the King’s aviary in St James’s Park.
He becomes even more suspicious of his employer’s motives when he discov-
ers that the witnesses he needs to interview have close links to the business
conducted in the General Letter Office, activities more firmly centered on
intercepting people’s mail than delivering it. Then human rather than avian
victims are poisoned, and Chaloner knows he has to ignore his master’s
instructions and use his own considerable wits to defeat an enemy whose deadly
tentacles reach into the very heart of the government—an enemy who has the
power and expertise to destroy anyone who stands in the way.
Susanna Gregory is the pseudonym of a Cambridge academic who was previ-
ously a coroner’s officer. Her series of medieval mysteries have gained a for-
midable following.
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NAPOLEONIC WAR
Adrian Goldsworthy
“Take a distinguished historian, a long and bloody war against an apparently invincible enemy, and
you have a good recipe for what promises to be a classic series.” —Good Book Guide
Authored by a prominent historian, this adventure series set during the Napoleonic War follows the fictional 106th
Regiment of Foot as they fight their way through Portugal, Spain, Canada, France, and finally to the ridge at Waterloo.
These are military adventures with a hint of Thackeray and a hefty dash of Austen, and alongside our heroes in the
106th regiment is Wickham, the rascal from Pride and Prejudice, whose further career will be revealed in the series.
Adrian Goldsworthy is a historian whose nonfiction books include Antony and Cleopatra,
Caesar: Life of a Colossus, and How Rome Fell. They have sold more than a quarter of a million
copies and have been translated into more than 12 languages.
Each: Fiction • 5 x 8 • Phoenix
True Soldier Gentlemen

Combining the vivid detail of a master historian with the en-
gaging characters and pulsating action of a natural storyteller,
the first volume in a series set during the Napoleonic Wars
“In this Jane Austen-meets-Bernard Cornwell novel,

Goldsworthy brilliantly evokes the reality of life—and
death—in the early 19th century British Army.”
—Daily Mail
The year is 1808, and Hamish Williams is a “gentlemen volun-
teer” in the 106th regiment. A man serving with the ranks but
living with the officers—and uncomfortable in both worlds—he
is looked down on by those with the money or influence to buy
their rank and distrusted by the common soldiers who know he
is not one of them. But Williams is determined to prove by deeds
alone that he is a man worthy of advancement, and when the 106th
embarks for Portugal to begin what will become known as the
Peninsula War against Napoleon, he knows his chance of glory
is at hand. Soon he is receiving a sharp lesson in the realities of
war, as the 106th undergoes a bloody baptism at the hands of the
French—and he realizes that his single-minded devotion to honor
may not, after all, be the quickest route to promotion.
378 pp • 9780753828366 • May • $12.95 Paper
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NAPOLEONIC WAR
Each: Fiction • 5 x 8 • Phoenix
Beat the Drums Slowly

It is Christmas 1808 and Britain’s army faces destruction, in the second title in the series
Faced with appalling weather and pursued by an overwhelming French army led by
Napoleon himself, the very survival of Britain’s army is at stake. But while the 106th Foot
fights a desperate rearguard action for the newly promoted Hamish Williams, the retreat turns
into an unexpectedly personal drama. Separated from the rest of the army in the initial chaos,
he chances upon another fugitive, Jane MacAndrews, the daughter of his commanding offi-
cer and the woman he is desperately in love with. As the pair battle the elements and the pur-
suing French, picking up a rag-tag band of fellow stragglers along the way as well as an
abandoned newborn, the strict boundaries of their social relationship are tested to the limit
with surprising results.
326 pp • 9781780224947 • July • $12.95 Paper
Send Me Safely Back Again

The third novel in the series sees new challenges for the men of the 106th Foot, as the
British army attempts to recover from the disaster of Corunna and establish a foothold
Facing the battles of Medellin and Talavera, the 106th will have their mettle severely tested
on the battlefield. But if Napoleon is to be ejected from Spain, war must also be waged in
more covert ways. For Hanley, the former artist who is a more natural observer than fighter,
the opportunity to become an exploring officer leads him into even more dangerous terri-
tory, the murky world of politics and partisans. And while Ensign Williams seeks to uncover
the identity of the mysterious Heroine of Saragossa, a conspiracy of revenge within the reg-
iment itself threatens to destroy him before he has even faced a shot from the French.
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THE FRANCES DOUGHTY MYSTERIES
The Daughters of Gentlemen

A Frances Doughty Mystery
Linda Stratmann
The second book in the series of Victorian murder mysteries set in London, with a clever
and determined female sleuth
“Most readers will want to see more of Frances.”

—Publishers Weekly on The Poisonous Seed
Frances Doughty is a young sleuth on her first professional case, trying to discover who dis-
tributed dangerously feminist pamphlets to the girls of the Bayswater Academy for the Edu-
cation of Young Ladies. Armed with only her wits, courage, and determination, she finds that
even the most respectable denizens of Bayswater have something to hide, and what begins as
a simple task soon becomes a case of murder. As election fever erupts and the formidable ladies
of the Bayswater Women’s Suffrage Society swing into action, Frances enquiries expose lies,
more murders, and a long-concealed scandal—and she makes a powerful new friend.
Linda Stratmann is the author of Chloroform:
The Quest for Oblivion and The Poisonous Seed.
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THE URSULA GRANDISON MYSTERIES
Deadly Inheritance
An Ursula Grandison Mystery
Janet Laurence
An American heiress, an English aristocrat, a nursery maid’s death, a tangle of deception and
adultery—the first book in a thrilling new Edwardian murder mystery series
“A better-than-average British cozy that’s both stylish and entertaining.” —Booklist on

Death at the Table
American Ursula Grandison accompanies Belle Seldon to visit her sister, Helen, Countess of
Mountstanton, commissioned by their father, multimillionaire Chauncey Seldon, to discover
what is wrong with Helen’s marriage and what has happened to her dowry. At decaying stately
Mountstanton House, Ursula finds that the Earl is a cold fish, the Dowager Countess of Moun-
stanton the mother-in-law from hell, and Helen has not forgiven her for stealing her great love.
Ursula discovers the drowned body of Polly, the nursemaid, thought to have deserted the house-
hold. Neither the Earl’s brother, Colonel Charles Stanhope, nor Ursula believes Polly’s death
was an accident. Investigating against the Earl’s wishes, they uncover a tangle of deception reach-
ing into the past that threatens the reputation of the house of Mountstanton. After another death,
Ursula fights to reveal the truth, to save Belle from dreadful scandal, and to fulfill Mr. Seldon’s
commission, with a final shocking denouement.
Janet Laurence is the author of the Darina Lisle culinary crime novels, which include Death at
the Table. She is the former chairman of the Crime Writers’ Association and was included in
the Times’ “100 Masters of Crime” in 1998.
9780752470016 • May • $16.95 (Can $18.95) Paper • The Mystery Press
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DETECTIVE SERGEANT BEST MYSTERIES
Joan Lock
Joan Lock is an ex-policewoman and the author of eight nonfiction books. She has been
a regular contributor to the police press and the journal of the Crime Writers’ Association.
Each: Mystery • 192 pp • 5 x 9 • $14.95 (Can $16.95) Paper • The Mystery Press
Dead Image
The first book in an exciting series is a dramatic Victorian murder case set against a his-
toric London tragedy
“Finds new material among the teeming Holmesian possibilities of late-Victorian Lon-
don . . . a solidly researched crime novel.” —Times
The explosion was heard 20 miles away. It killed boatmen and wrecked the exotic villa of
Lawrence Alma-Tadema, the fashionable St John’s Wood artist. But what caused the 1874 Re-
gents Park explosion? Fenian bombs? Sabotage by rival railways or other firms? Or was it
something personal? And whose was the other body found in the canal? An artist’s model?
The missing King’s Cross barmaid? Or another victim of the so-called Thames murderer? As
he struggles to find the answers, Scotland Yard’s Sergeant Ernest Best straddles the conflict-
ing worlds of art, wealth, and privilege and that of the poverty-stricken canal boatmen in an
intriguing mystery that will change his life forever.
9780752464558 • May
Dead Born
The thrilling sequel to Dead Image is again based on fact—a dramatic murder case is set
against an 1878 historic tragedy
“Gripping.” —Publishers Weekly

When the bodies of a number of babies are found scattered around Islington, the volatile De-
tective Sergeant Best is sent undercover to lodge next door to a suspected baby farm. He shad-
ows an alleged “child dropper” onto a Thames pleasure steamer and finds himself caught up
in Britain’s worst civilian tragedy—the 1878 sinking of the Princess Alice—a ghastly expe-
rience that will haunt Best forever. His determination to avenge the death of a young preg-
nant girl he had befriended and save the life of another becomes a crusade. Meanwhile, his
beloved Helen returns from Paris with the promise of a decision as to their future.
9780752464565 • August
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The Great Deception
Joy Chambers
A thrilling tale of intrigue and danger, filled with tension, excitement, and romance
“Brimming with drama and intrigue.” —Publishing News

“A great roller coaster of a novel, with plenty of fierce fighting, thrilling exploits, and
tender romance. The main characters . . . are well-rounded and full of flaws and com-
plexities [and] the exotic backdrop is well depicted.” —Historical Novels Review on
For Freedom
Set in New South Wales in 1947, Shelly Wareing’s husband Cole vanishes into the night,
leaving only a note to say that he will come back no matter how long it takes Shelly is be-
wildered—what could be the reason for his sudden disappearance? Searching for clues, Shelly
discovers a box containing Nazi medals, an SS ring, and a photo of a radiantly beautiful
woman signed for her husband. Determined to uncover the truth, she sets out to track down
Laetitia de Witt, the woman pictured in the photograph. Meanwhile, halfway across the
world, Cole is on his own mission for the truth—while his enemies, who believe him to be
a traitor, are in close pursuit.
Joy Chambers is the author of For Freedom.
9780755352661 • May • $12.95 Paper • Headline Book Publishing
Hurricane Hole
John Kerr
A gripping combination of espionage and tragic love is set against the backdrop of the
tropical Bahamas and the celebrated murder of Sir Harry Oakes, the wealthiest man in
the British Empire
“Fine writing . . . a compelling tale. I can see why people are so interested in this
writer.” —Atlantic Monthly on Cardigan Bay
Tom Hamilton, a young American undercover agent, arrives in Nassau in late 1942, when
German U-boats are sinking dozens of Allied merchant ships in the Caribbean. Posing as a
playboy, Hamilton has been sent by his Washington bosses to investigate Nils Ericsson, a
Swedish industrialist with known ties to the Nazis, whom he suspects is building a case for
the U-boat fleet in Hurricane Hole. Hamilton falls in love with a beautiful Englishwoman,
Evelyn Shawcross, but her affiliation to both Ericsson and the Duke of Windsor, wartime
governor of the Bahamas, could not only ruin his operation to foil the plot but prove haz-
ardous and deadly.
John Kerr is the author of Cardigan Bay, Fell the Angels, and A Rose in No Man’s Land.
He lives in San Antonio, Texas.
Fiction • 224 pp • 6 x 9.5
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SHERLOCK HOLMES
Sir Athur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was a prolific author of fiction, plays, poetry,
and nonfiction and is best known for his Sherlock Holmes stories and novels.
Each: Classics/Mystery • 656 pp • 6.5 x 8.5 • April • $16.95 Paper • Prion
Sherlock Holmes
The Complete and Unabridged Novels
A dazzling compendium featuring all four original Sherlock Holmes novels
Perfect for mystery lovers, this anthology collects together the only four full-length nov-
els starring the super sleuth Sherlock Holmes. Published in 1887, A Study in Scarlet was
the first novel to feature Holmes and presents a grisly murder to the detective and his
new-found companion, Dr. Watson. In The Sign of Four, Holmes must solve a perplexing
case involving a damsel in distress, intrigue in colonial India, stolen treasure, a baffling
murder, and four despicable ex-convicts. The Hound of the Baskervilles—perhaps the
most famous of all Sherlock Holmes titles—features bizarre behavior and mysterious
deaths on the Devon moors. In The Valley of Fear, Holmes unravels the mystery of a
dead man’s mistaken identity and faces up to his old foe, Professor Moriarty.
9781853758881 (Replaces 9781853756825)
Sherlock Holmes
24 Classic Short Stories
This enthralling collection of Sherlock Holmes adventures comprises the first two
volumes of short stories—The Adventures and The Memoirs—as they were origi-
nally gathered together in book form, with 12 adventures in each volume
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes contains four of Conan Doyle’s own all-time fa-
vorite Holmes mysteries, “The Adventure of the Speckled Band,” “The Red-Headed
League,” “A Scandal in Bohemia,” and “The Five Orange Pips.” The Memoirs of Sher-
lock Holmes has another three of Conan Doyle’s favorites in “The Adventure of the
Reigate Squire,” “The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual,” and “The Adventure of the
Final Problem.” It is in “The Final Problem,” of course, that Dr. Watson sadly reports
the death of Holmes at the Reichenbach Falls near Meiringen in Switzerland. Holmes’s
titanic struggle with his arch enemy, Professor Moriarty, had seen them both appar-
ently plunge over a sheer drop, although Watson never actually saw Holmes’s body.
This was Conan Doyle’s attempt to bring an end to Holmes’s adventures, but he was
to be resurrected by popular demand eight years later. The Memoirs also includes “The
Adventure of the Greek Interpreter,” in which Holmes’s brother, Mycroft, appears for
the first time and “The Adventure of the Gloria Scott,” in which Holmes describes to
Watson his very first case.
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The Annals of Sherlock Holmes
Paul D. Gilbert
From the author of Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock Holmes and the Giant
Rat of Sumatra
“A solid and respectable addition to the ranks of faithful emulations of the Doyle
originals.” —Publishers Weekly on The Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes
A sparkling collection of three new Sherlock Holmes stories draw on details and hints from
the pages of Conan Doyle’s classic works. From the pen of the acclaimed Doctor John Wat-
son readers are introduced to previously unsolved mysteries, as referenced in many of the
original stories.
Paul D. Gilbert is the author of The Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes and
the Giant Rat of Sumatra, and Sherlock Holmes in Russia.
Mystery • 224 pp • 6 x 9.5
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Netherwood
Jane Sanderson
Eve Williams is about to discover just how the other half really live, in this epic and ab-
sorbing “big house” drama perfect for Downton Abbey fans
Above stairs, Lord Netherwood keeps his considerable fortune ticking over with the profits
from his three coal mines in the vicinity. It’s just as well the coal is of the highest quality, as
the upkeep of Netherwood Hall, his splendid estate on the outskirts of town, does not come
cheap. And that’s not to mention the cost of keeping his wife and daughters in the latest fash-
ions—and keeping the heir, the charming but feckless Tobias, out of trouble. Below stairs,
Eve Williams is the wife of one of Lord Netherwood’s most stalwart employees. When her
ordered existence amid the terraced rows of the miners’ houses is brought crashing down
by the twin arrivals of tragedy and charity, Eve must look to her own self-sufficiency and
talent to provide for her three young children. And it’s then that “upstairs” and “downstairs”
collide in truly dramatic fashion.
Jane Sanderson is a former BBC radio producer.
9780751547634 • April • $11.95 Paper • Sphere
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ELIZABETH JEFFREY
Elizabeth Jeffrey
Elizabeth Jeffrey is the author of more than 20 historical sagas, including Rockhurst Hall and The Thirteenth Child.
Each: Fiction • 368 pp • 4.5 x 7 • $8.99 Paper • Piatkus Books
The Buttercup Fields

Can wrong choices early on affect a family’s lives forever?
Since they were pupils in the village school, it had been obvious that Becca the ploughman’s daugh-
ter and George the blacksmith’s son would one day marry. But Becca’s scheming younger sister, Ellen,
upsets their plans with a shocking announcement: she is pregnant with George’s child. Shock and
disillusionment sour Becca’s good nature, but it is partly restored when Jethro, newly returned to
the district, begins to pay her attention and eventually proposes marriage. He has inherited a nearby
cottage from his aunt and has plans to build a business specializing in furniture. While Becca and
Jethro run their thriving business, Ellen and George have too many children and not enough money.
The needy Ellen is forced to accept the charity that Becca offers, but it seems the two sisters will
not be true friends again—especially as George remains convinced he married the wrong sister.
9780749957964 • April
Cast a Long Shadow

A dramatic historical family saga, filled with scandal and intrigue
The year is 1916 and 20-year-old Poppy Barlow is clearing the desk of her late father when she
comes across a faded photograph of her father with his two sisters—aunts that Poppy never knew
she had—along with their address. Poppy contacts her aunts and is thrilled when they invite her
to stay with them in Sheffield. But while Dale House might look grand from the outside, on closer
inspection the place is run-down and crumbling. Poppy determines to change all this and applies
for a job at the local scythe works, to the horror of her aunts. As Poppy learns to survive, she is
tormented by many unanswered questions. Why had her father rejected Dale House? Why had he
never mentioned his sisters or the past? And what could have happened between her aunts and
Frederick Kenton, her new boss, that could cause them so much anguish every time his name or
the scythe works is mentioned?
9780749957940 • April
Dowland’s Mill
Marriage is not always happily ever after when the new family is not all that it seems
The evening Rose Bentley takes a shortcut home across the marsh proves a fateful one. Panicked
by the rising tide and struggling on a sprained ankle, it is no wonder she imagines seeing a dead
body in a mud-drowned gully, but her rescuer Michael Dowland, the brusque but attractive son
of the mill owner, assures her there is nothing there. In the cozy warmth of the kitchen at Dow-
land’s Mill, visions of dead bodies do seem far-fetched, and soon Rose begins to fall in love with
both man and house. Once installed in the mill as Michael’s wife, Rose sees a different picture. De-
spite her gentle manner, Mrs. Dowland rules her family with a rod of iron. More worrying to Rose
is the change in Michael who is no longer the loving man she married. But Rose is only beginning
to discover the truth about the family at Dowland’s Mill.
9780749957933 • May
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ELIZABETH JEFFREY
Hannah Fox
A young woman’s fight to prove that her family name is one to be reckoned with
“A well-rounded and enjoyable romantic story.” —Historical Novels Review

When Hannah Fox’s younger brother Sam is ridden down in the street by Thomas Truswell, the
spoiled son of the most powerful industrialists in Sheffield, she sets off to the Truswell’s estate
to complain. Lady Truswell is taken with the hot-tempered young girl who has come to demand
an apology of her son. Promising to deal with Thomas, Lady Truswell offers Hannah a position
as housemaid on the estate, but Hannah’s father forbids her to have anything to do with the
Truswells. In his anger he reveals that his grandfather was once in partnership with a Truswell,
who stole his silver designs and made a fortune that should rightly have been shared with the
Foxes. Dismissing this as history, Hannah defies her father—only to find that the Truswells’ taste
for treachery is not all past.
9780749957971 • May
Far Above Rubies

Will a long-hidden secret ruin one woman’s hard-won happiness?
When lovely Laura Chapman wakes up to find herself destitute in a London workhouse with all
her belongings stolen, she cannot imagine how she will ever get over the shame. An orphan newly
arrived from India, Laura is at the mercy of Jack Plant, the workhouse overseer, whose intentions
are far from honorable. Distraught and penniless, Laura is taken in by the poor but kindly Tay-
lor family and, determined to pay her way, becomes a factory girl at Beresford’s Silk Mill where
she comes to the attention of Alex Beresford, the talented engineer son of the factory owner. It
begins to seem as if love and happiness are still possible for a girl whose life has been blighted
by sorrow—until the day Jack Plant appears to threaten her newfound security by revealing the
secret she has tried so hard to keep.
9780749957926 • June
Fields of Bright Clover

A dramatic saga of love lost and found again
Rachel Gardner’s family life is far from a happy one. Her father, Stanhope, is cold and remote,
and her mother Nellie seems to care for nothing but housework. Then, one day, Stanhope col-
lapses in the street and dies—and the façade he had built up carefully for so many years is re-
vealed as a sham. Sad and confused, Rachel leaves home and flees to the one place she has known
parental kindness: the home of the rector’s daughter Angela, her school friend. As her feelings
for Angela’s elder brother David deepen into romance, Rachel believes she has everything she ever
desired. But after the outbreak of World War II, David joins the RAF and returns horribly in-
jured, refusing to see her. Fate, however, gives Rachel another chance at love, and just as the pieces
of her once-shattered life are falling into place, a new disaster threatens everything she holds dear.
9780749957995 • June
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ELIZABETH JEFFREY
In Fields Where Daisies Grow

A dramatic family saga, filled to the brim with scandal and intrigue
After a London pub brawl in which her beloved father is injured, 13-year-old Sally Stangate and
her family must flee to begin a new life in the Essex village where he was born. But when they ar-
rive, Sally has an uncanny feeling that her future in Wyford will be ill-starred. Her premonition
proves to be well-founded; six years later, just after the outbreak of World War I, an old family se-
cret destroys her hopes of marriage to Tim, the man she loves, and estranges her from her family.
Determined to put the past behind her, Sally goes to work in her Aunt Becca’s antiques shop. When
she falls in love with a young shipwright, Sam Bridges, she believes the chance of happiness is hers
once more—but Sam’s mother opposes the match, and Sally is forced to watch her lover go off to
war at the very moment when she needs him most.
9780749957896 • June
Mollie on the Shore

Forced to live in an a tense and troubled home, can Mollie possibly make a happy life for herself?
After the death of her mother, Mollie Barnes is sent to live in her aunt and uncle’s house and forced
to endure her aunt’s simmering resentment. One day, the tension explodes, leading to a shocking
revelation about Mollie’s parentage. Every day, Mollie had been working by the shore, under the
shadow of a large and imposing house. Now she knows that the master of the house, James Grainger,
is her real father, she vows that one day she will sit at his table. But her dreams of finding accept-
ance are shattered as she finds herself the unwilling object of her half-brother’s affections.
9780749957889 • June
Ginny Appleyard
After heartbreaking news, Ginny is forced to make a decision no woman should have to make
When Ginny Appleyard’s childhood sweetheart returns after his racing season aboard the yacht
Aurora, her hopes that he is bringing her an engagement ring are shattered, as Nathan disembarks
with Isobel Armitage, the daughter of Aurora’s owner. Instead of the hoped-for proposal, Nathan
tells Ginny that he is leaving Colne, in East Anglia, and following Isobel to London to pursue his
dreams of becoming an artist. Already distraught at the tragic death of her father, Ginny is devas-
tated to hear that Nathan and Isobel are to be married. More heartache is in store when Ginny re-
alizes that she is pregnant. Forced by her mother to choose between a loveless marriage of convenience
to the rough sailor Will Kesgrave and the more sinister option of being “put away,” Ginny Apple-
yard’s future is far from certain.
9780749957988 • July
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ELIZABETH JEFFREY
To Be a Fine Lady
A wedding-day revelation changes everything in this romantic saga
Abandoned as a baby, Joanna was brought up by the cruel farmer who found her and put to work
on his land as soon as she could walk. Despite such hardship, Jo still keeps her spirits up, strength-
ened by the knowledge that she was discovered in a luxurious blue velvet cloak—evidence that
her true mother must have been a fine lady. When successful factory owner Abraham Silkin de-
cides that she has the potential to make him a good wife, Jo believes that her dreams of living in
splendor are finally coming true—but she hasn’t bargained on her forbidden attraction to Abra-
ham’s godson. Nor does she realize that the truth about her family lurks just around the corner,
and is getting ready to reveal itself on the most important day of her life.
9780749958091 • July
Travellers’ Inn
A historical saga full of scandal and intrigue
Bethany and her mother are left destitute following the scandalous death of her father. Forced to
leave their beloved home with little more than the clothes they are wearing, their last hope is to
prevail upon their only living relative, Bethany’s great aunt Sarah, who runs a coaching inn and
reluctantly agrees to let them stay. Bethany impresses Sarah with her attitude to hard work and
soon manages to convince her to build up the business again. As trade at the inn improves, their
future begins to look secure. But trouble lies ahead, not only in the rumors of a planned railway,
but also in the form of Zachary Brown, an itinerant laborer who takes a shine to Bethany, but
who is not all he seems.
9780749957872 • August
The Weaver’s Daughter

An escape from an arranged marriage leads to deeper troubles still
When Anna hears her father’s plans to marry her off to an old widower, she is determined to es-
cape. Gathering together everything they own, Anna and her childhood sweetheart Jan board a
boat from Holland to England. Heading for Colchester, the hub of the thriving cloth trade, life
is not easy for the young lovers—Jan falls terribly ill on their journey and they are shocked to
find seething tensions between the English and the Dutch. On the advice of the local church min-
ister, Jan finds work in very poor conditions. Faring better, Anna is offered a place in the minis-
ter’s house. But when lecherous motives behind Minister Archer’s generosity are revealed, Anna
flees her new home. But with no money and nowhere to live, the future looks perilous for Jan
and Anna.
9780749958084 • August
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COOPER & FRY
Dead and Buried

Stephen Booth
DS Ben Cooper comes closer to death than he ever has before
in the 12th Cooper & Fry case
“Intelligent, suspenseful. . . . A master of psychological

suspense, Booth hauntingly evokes the ambiguities of place
and the enduring complexity of human relationships.”
—Publishers Weekly on One Last Breath
“Mix Stephen King paranoia with Charlotte Bronte wildness
of atmosphere and character, and you get a whiff of what
Booth concocts.” —Booklist on Blind to the Bones
“Stephen Booth makes high summer in Derbyshire as dark
and terrifying as midwinter.” —Val McDermid, author,
The Retribution, on Black Dog
Brutal acts of firestarting have ravaged the Peak District, and now
a new wave of moorland infernos sweeps across the national park.
For DS Ben Cooper, the blazes are best left to the firefighters, even
with the arsonists still at large. But when an intruder breaks into
an abandoned pub, Cooper is on the case—and he swiftly unearths
a pair of grim surprises. The first is evidence of a years-old double
homicide, and the second is a corpse, newly dead. What links the
three deaths? Where are the missing bodies? Who is responsible—
and how do the raging fires fit in? For Cooper and his rival DI Diane
Fry, it’s the most twisted investigation of their lives, and with an
ingenious killer pulling the strings, it could also be their last.
Drenched in atmosphere, rich with suspense, Stephen Booth’s re-
lentless new thriller builds to a shock finale that will catch even the
most seasoned suspense readers off guard.
Stephen Booth is the CWA Dagger–winning author of the acclaimed
Cooper & Fry series of thrillers, including Blind to the Bones, The
Dead Place, One Last Breath, and Scared.
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DCI LORIMER
Sleep Like the Dead

Alex Gray
No one rests in peace in the thrilling new case for DCI Lorimer
and psychologist Solly Brightman, taking readers from the
streets of Glasgow to the Balearics and North Africa
“Gray’s best book yet. . . . A thoroughly impressive outing

from a writer ready to join the top rank of crime authors.”
—Daily Express
“A welcome new member of the Tartan noir pack.”
—Val McDermid, author, A Place of Execution
There’s a hitman in Glasgow: unpaid and angry, he’s decided to set-
tle his own debts. Elsewhere in the city, Marianne Brogan can’t sleep.
She’s plagued by a nightmare: someone in the shadows, whispering
threats, stalking her every move. To make matters worse, Marianne
can’t get hold of her brother, Billy. Despite knowing some shady char-
acters from Glasgow’s underworld, Billy’s always been there for her,
until now. DCI Lorimer and his team are faced with a string of seem-
ingly unconnected but professional killings. Without witnesses or
much conclusive evidence to build a case, the officers are drawing
a blank. Criminal psychologist Solly Brightman is off the case due
to budget cuts, but is more closely connected to the murders than
he could possibly know. As the hitman plans a bloody ransom to
get his fee, the race is on to find out just who hired him—and who’s
next on the hit list.
Alex Gray has been awarded the Scottish Association of Writers’ Con-
stable and Pitlochry trophies for her crime writing, and is the Scot-
tish Chapter convenor for the Crime Writers’ Association. Previous
titles in the DCI Lorimer series include The Riverman and Pitch Black.
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MERRILY WATKINS MYSTERIES
The Secrets of Pain
Phil Rickman
Merrily Watkins, parish priest, single mother, and exorcist, works for the Diocese of Here-
ford in a remote village on the border of England and Wales. Cozy? Not in the least.
Syd Spicer, ex-SAS trooper, has found himself back in the regiment, this time as its chaplain,
responsible for the spiritual welfare of the hardest men in or out of uniform. Faced with a case
that would normally be passed discreetly to Hereford diocesan exorcist Merrily Watkins, Spicer
is forced to handle it himself and is coming close to a breakdown. Meanwhile, with recession
biting deep, urban crime has spilled into the countryside and old barbaric evils are revived.
When a wealthy landowner is hacked to death in his own farmyard, the senior investigating
officer DI Frannie Bliss is caught in the backlash, his private life in danger of exposure. With
the framework of her own world beginning to crack, Merrily is persuaded to venture into areas
where neither a priest nor a woman is welcome.
Phil Rickman is the author of the Merrily Watkins Mystery series, which includes The Re-
mains of an Altar, The Fabric of Sin, and To Dream of the Dead.
9781848872752 • April • $12.95 Paper • Corvus
CAHILL AND FINCH
Protection
G. J. Moffat
The fourth thriller in the Glasgow-set crime series featuring Alex Cahill and Logan Finch
Chase Black, guilty of the brutal serial murder of five families, walks free in Denver on a
technicality. When Black heads to London to promote the memoirs he wrote while in prison, his
lawyer hires the UK’s best bodyguards—led by the American Alex Cahill. When it becomes
clear that a violent psychopath is hunting Black, and may in fact have been the serial killer
all along, Logan is caught between his duty to a client who may be a killer and the instinct
to survive the increasingly deranged individual that wants him dead.
G. J. Moffat is a criminal defense lawyer and the author of Daisychain, Fallout, and Blindside.
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INSPECTOR IKMEN MYSTERIES
Deadline
Barbara Nadel
The 15th Turkish crime novel from Barbara Nadel, the “Donna Leon
of Istanbul”
“Intriguing . . . all will appreciate the skill with which Nadel depicts the
tensions underlying contemporary Turkish society as well as her ability to
make each of her characters fully human.” —Publishers Weekly on Arabesk
“Add Inspector Ikmen and his motley crew to the growing list of out-
standing fictional cops plying their trades across all parts of Europe and
Asia, which have become hotbeds of police procedural excellence.”
—Booklist on Belshazzar’s Daughter
When Inspector Cetin Ikmen is invited to a murder-mystery evening at
Istanbul’s famous Pera Palas Hotel, he finds himself embroiled in a deadly
game of life imitating art. Halfway through the evening, one of the actors is
found actually dead in the room where Agatha Christie used to stay when
she was in Istanbul. Walking in the steps of the great, Ikmen experiences fear
and hatred that have echoes deep in his own and his country’s past.
Barbara Nadel received the Crime Writers’ Association Silver Dagger for Deadly
Web. Other titles in the Inspector Ikmen mysteries series include Belshazzar’s
Daughter, Death by Design, and The Ottoman Cage. She is also the author
of the Francis Hancock series.
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PRIMAVERA BLACKSTONE MYSTERY SERIES
Deadly Business
Quintin Jardine
The thrilling fourth Primavera Blackstone crime mystery from
Scotland’s Crime Master
“If Ian Rankin is the Robert Carlyle of Scottish crime writing,

then Jardine is surely its Sean Connery.” —Glasgow Herald
It’s the Fiesta de San Juan in Spain, the national celebration of the
summer solstice, and there’s much excitement about a huge firework
display in the village of St. Marti. But Primavera Blackstone is more
inflamed by the appearance of a mysterious writer, Duncan Culshaw,
who is determined to rake through the ashes of her past. And when
extortion and blackmail are mentioned, Primavera realizes the heat
is on. Duncan has his fingers burned playing fast and loose with
the fiercely protective Prim, but when he marries a dying woman
for her money and threatens the inheritance of Prim’s son Tom, things
are going to get explosive. But happily, there’s a new guardian angel
in town.
Quintin Jardine is the author of the Bob Skinner Mysteries, the Oz
Blackstone series, and the Primavera Blackstone series.
9780755357109 • August • $12.95 Paper
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INSPECTOR SINGH INVESTIGATES
Shamini Flint
“Singapore’s answer to Dirty Harry—in a turban. Shamini Flint’s books are packed
with penetrating insights into the myriad cultures of the Far East.”
—Tarquin Hall, author, The Case of the Missing Servant, on A Bali Conspiracy Most Foul
“Character-driven as well as plot-driven, the story ominously ticks on like a bomb in the midst
of suspenseful twists and turns to a most surprising yet satisfying catharsis.”
—Qiu Xiaolong, author, Inspector Chen series, on A Bali Conspiracy Most Foul
This series features a crime-solving hero like no other—a fat cantankerous, cynical Sikh with a turban—utterly endear-
ing and brilliant at solving crimes. Each novel is set in a different Asian city. Singh has found himself in Malaysia, Bali,
Singapore, Cambodia, India, and China, making this series perfect for fans of crime fiction in far-away settings.
Shamini Flint was a lawyer for 10 years, traveling extensively in Asia during that period. She is the author of several
previous Inspector Singh books, including A Bali Conspiracy Most Foul and A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder.
Each: Mystery • 320 pp • 5 x 8 • $12.95 Paper • Piatkus Books
A Deadly Cambodian Crime Spree

The fourth in the series about the corpulent, chain-smoking, likeable inspector from Sin-
gapore’s police service is set against the Khmer Rouge Tribunal
Inspector Singh is in Cambodia, wishing he wasn’t. He has been sent as an observer to the
international war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh in the latest effort by his superiors to en-
sure that he is anywhere except in Singapore. But for the first time the fat Sikh inspector finds
himself on the verge of losing his appetite, when a key member of the tribunal is murdered
in cold blood. The authorities are determined to write off the incident as a random act of vi-
olence, but Singh thinks otherwise. It isn’t long before he finds himself caught up in one of
the most terrible murder investigations he’s witnessed, the roots of which lie in the dark depths
of the Cambodian killing fields.
9780749953478 • May
A Curious Indian Cadaver

This time his superiors are trying to keep him out of trouble through compulsory sick leave—
but it always seems to find Inspector Singh, including in his fifth adventure when he trav-
els to India
Inspector Singh is sick of sick leave, so when Mrs. Singh suggests they attend a family wed-
ding in Mumbai, he grudgingly agrees, hoping that the spicy Indian curries will make up for
extended exposure to his wife’s relatives. Unfortunately, the beautiful bride-to-be disappears
on the eve of her wedding—did she run away to avoid an arranged marriage, or is there some-
thing more sinister afoot? When a corpse is found, the fat inspector is soon dragged into a cu-
rious murder investigation with very firm instructions from Mrs. Singh to exonerate her family.
But as he uncovers layer upon layer of deceit, he knows it isn’t going to be that easy.
9780749953423 • August
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Unsinkable
Dan James
Told through the eyes of several characters on board the Titanic, this breakneck histor-
ical conspiracy thriller re-creates the luxurious world on the brink of destruction
It is April 14th, 1912, the maiden voyage of the world’s most luxurious passenger liner, Ti-
tanic. Each passenger has their own reason to make the crossing, but for former Special Branch
police officer Arthur Beck it is the only way he can escape the demons of his past. Also on
board is Martha Heaton, a journalist sent to cover the great ship’s journey and prove her-
self as a serious reporter. As the huge ship nears the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, Beck and
Martha are closing in on a murderous criminal. But, with time running out, they must stop
him—before it’s too late. In the spirit of Robert Harris’s Pompeii, this book will have read-
ers questioning everything they know about the sinking of the world’s most famous ship.
Dan James is a pseudonym for an award-nominated thriller and nonfiction author. He is a
journalist who has contributed to the Daily Mail and the Guardian.
9780099558132 • April • $12.95 Paper • Arrow
The Tomb of Alexander

Seán Hemingway
One of the greatest secrets of all time is about to be revealed in an epic archaeological
thriller from the grandson of Ernest Hemingway
Alexander was one of the greatest leaders of all time. After he died, his tomb was the most
renowned and respected shrine in the Roman Empire, the object of veneration by great em-
perors and leaders the world over. It stood at the heart of the grandest city on earth. And
then it disappeared. Centuries later, on a dig in Crete, curator and archaeologist Tom Carr
is convinced that he’s discovered a vital clue. At his side is a beautiful young artist, Victo-
ria Price. Together, they are prepared to risk everything to find the tomb and solve one of
the most enduring mysteries of our time.
Seán Hemingway is an archaeologist and a curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in
New York. He has a PhD in classical art and archaeology from Bryn Mawr College and was
a Fulbright Scholar to Greece. The author of numerous writings about ancient Greek art,
he has also edited several books by his grandfather, Ernest Hemingway. He lives in Maple-
wood, New Jersey.
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Arctic Floor
Mark Aitken
Ex-U.S. Marine hero Gerry Galen is caught in the middle of a lethal international bat-
tle for control of the Arctic’s massive oil deposits in a high-octane new thriller guaran-
teed to get hearts racing
Gerry Gallen is searching for peace after years serving as a captain in the U.S. Marines spe-
cial forces. But when Gallen agrees to lead a team of former soldiers looking after the per-
sonal security of an eccentric oil billionaire, he finds himself catapulted onto a roller coaster
of violence and double-crossing, where private intelligence operators and clandestine hit
teams are commonplace. Powerful U.S. and Russian interests are vying for the Arctic’s valu-
able oil fields and it seems they’ll stop at nothing to secure control of them, even if it means
global catastrophe. Gallen and his men are faced with a choice between personal safety and
saving the world. They can either walk away or go to the Arctic floor.
Mark Aitken is a ghostwriter and journalist.
9781743310687 • May • $16.95 (Can $18.95) Paper • Arena
A Serpent Uncoiled
Simon Spurrier
A missing mobster, a bizarre spiritualist society, and three deaths are all linked by a chill-
ing forensic detail in this wry, witty, and utterly unique take on the classic private eye novel
“An elaborately tooled razor of a book.” —Warren Ellis, author, Transmetropolitan

“A unique protagonist, a unique voice, and a plot that sucks you in from the first page.
Spurrier’s sharp, brilliant prose is addictive.” —Mike Carey, author, Felix Castor novels
Working as an enforcer in London’s criminal underworld brought Dan Shaper to the edge of
a breakdown. Now he’s a private investigator, kept perilously afloat by a growing cocktail of
drugs. He needs to straighten up and rebuild his life, but instead he gets the attention of his
old gangland masters and a job offer from Mr. George Glass. The elderly eccentric claims to
be a new age messiah, but now needs a savior of his own: he’s been marked for murder. Adrift
amidst liars and thugs, Shaper must push his capsizing mind to its limits, as he is stalked not
only by a unique and terrifying killer, but by the ghosts of his own brutal past.
Simon Spurrier has written for such Marvel comics series as Ghost Rider, Silver Surfer, and X-
Men. He has also written several Warhammer 40,000 and 2000 AD–related novels, includ-
ing Fire Warrior and Lord of the Night.
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JIM EVANS
The First Horseman

Clem Chambers
This next installment in the Jim Evans thriller series focuses on what might happen if hu-
mans had the ability to turn back the body clock
“Part science-fiction, part Grisham thriller . . . plays out its doomy prophecies with un-
erring skill . . . a real page-turner.” —Crime Time on The Armageddon Trade
“Clem Chambers’ writing is as slick and thrilling as it is authentic. Kusanagi is
superb.” —Matt Hilton, author, Cut and Run
If we were able to repair telomeres, the tiny proteins found at the end of every strand of human
DNA, we could live much longer, perhaps even become immortal, like Hydra. Yet when such
a medicine would result in many more billions of people fighting to live among ruins of an
ecologically exhausted planet, what would be the point? Professor Cardini sees no point. He
plans to deal with seething humanity in a way that will both shock and horrify. Will he suc-
ceed in releasing his tiny, but deadly “First Horseman” and wreak bloody havoc on the world?
Not if Jim Evans can help it.
Clem Chambers is the author of The Armageddon Trade, Kusanagi, and The Twain Maxim.
9781842436547 • April • $14.95 Paper • No Exit
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Fixer
PF Lennon
A tense and atmospheric conspiracy thriller set in London and Paris
“An intelligent and well-written examination of prejudice and paranoia, misogyny,

jealousy and fear.” —Times Literary Supplement on Steel Witches
Charlie Blanco solves problems. He handles the corporate assignments that nobody else will
take. When he arrives in Paris to locate a missing businessman, he finds a young supermodel
in fear of her life and a global business that takes no prisoners. Suddenly a quick PR fix
has turned into something much more sinister. Who is hunting Charlie from London to the
back streets of Paris? What kind of ruthless corporation is he up against? And, as the body
count rises, who can he really trust?
PF Lennon is the author of Corn Dolls, which was shortlisted for the Theakston’s Old Pe-
culier Crime Award, and Steel Witches.
9780340962695 • June • $10.95 Paper • Hodder & Stoughton
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Low Life
Ryan David Jahn
Combining gritty noir, psychological drama, and dazzling plotting, this shocking novel
from the author of The Dispatcher and Good Neighbors announces Jahn as a brilliant
new American voice, perfect for fans of Auster and Ellroy
“Armed with a seat-of-the-pants plot that takes some audacious risks and prose that
proves gritty and gruelling, Jahn has produced a thriller with a steely death-grip. I
walked into a tree reading it; no greater recommendation needed.” —Financial Times
“Well-written, fast-paced . . . along the order of Quentin Tarantino and with a long
and bloody trail to the end.” —Charlaine Harris, author, the Sookie Stackhouse series
“A stomach churner. If you want a book that grabs you—almost chokes you—and
won’t let go, this is it. But it should come with a warning label: Caution, a serious
writer at work.” —Ridley Pearson, author, Killer Weekend on The Dispatcher
When Simon Johnson is attacked in his crummy Los Angeles apartment, he knows he must
defend himself or die. Turning on the lights after the scuffle, Simon realizes two things:
one, he has killed his attacker; two, the resemblance of the man to himself is uncanny. Over
the coming days, Simon’s lonely life will spiral out of control. With his pet goldfish Francine
in tow, he embarks on a gripping existential investigation into his own murky past as well as that of Jeremy Shackleford, the
(apparently) happily married math teacher whose body is now lying in Simon’s bathtub under 40 gallons of ice. But Simon has
a plan. Gradually, he begins to assume the dead man’s identity, fooling Shackleford’s colleagues, and even his beautiful wife.
However, when mysterious messages appear on the walls around Simon’s apartment, he realizes that losing his old self will be
more difficult than he’d imagined. Everything points to a long forgotten date the previous spring when his life and Shackle-
ford’s first collided. As the contradictions mount, and the ice begins to melt, the events of the past year will resolve themselves
in the most catastrophic way.
Ryan David Jahn is the author of the CWA John Creasey Dagger–winning novel Acts of Violence and The Dispatcher. He lives
in Lousville, Kentucky.
9780230746831 • April • $12.95 Paper • Pan Macmillan
Reaper
Jon Grahame
The revenge murder Jim Reaper starts to plan becomes complicated when thousands begin
to die in a natural disaster that almost kills the world
“Dark, brutal and action packed. Just what I love to read.” —Matt Hilton, author,
Cut and Run
Lonely and embittered ex-cop Jim Reaper has nothing much to live for—until he learns that
the man who raped his 14-year-old daughter is out of prison after serving only three years.
Obsessed with vengeance, Reaper is largely indifferent to reports of what the media have
labeled SuperSARS, a virulent pandemic sweeping westward from China. It is the apocalypse
that everyone predicted but no one believed would ever happen. It wipes out 98 percent of
the world’s population as well as every vestige of government, law enforcement, and civi-
lized society. Still traumatized by the loss of their loved ones, many now simply struggle to
survive while hoping to rebuild a decent life for themselves in a world full of fear and un-
certainty; where every town and city is a hell of shadows, smoke, and distant screams; where
feral gangs simply take what they want and savagery is rife. All Jim Reaper had ever wanted
to do was take his revenge and then die. But the fates that have taken the lives of so many
others have different plans for Reaper: his destiny is to become an instrument of both sal-
vation and retribution in a torn and desperate land.
Jon Grahame is the pseudonym of journalist and writer Denis Kilcommons, who won the
John Creasey Award for his first book The Dark Apostle.
Fiction • 378 pp • 5 x 7.5
9781905802524 • April • $12.95 (Can $13.95) Paper • Myrmidon Books
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DUNCAN FALCONER
Assassin
Duncan Falconer
Another explosive case for special forces operative John Stratton
“A gripping and authentic view of life and death in the dangerous world
of private protection.” —Soldier on Traitor
After a CIA-sponsored op in the Middle East’s Khorasan Valley, operative John
Stratton is looking forward to a holiday, until old friend and ex-SBS commander
Berry Chandos calls him up out of the blue. Through his contacts, Chandos
has discovered that a nuclear dirty bomb has gone missing in Pakistan. When
Chandos disappears a few days later, Stratton finds himself drawn into a des-
perate race to find his old partner before an assassin targets him and before
the bomb can fall into the wrong hands. Alone and unsupported, Stratton must
fight to find his friend and discover the truth in this high-voltage thriller.
Duncan Falconer, a former member of the elite Special Boat Service (SBS) of the
Royal Marines, left after more than a decade of operational service to work in pri-
vate security. His SBS exploits were documented in the bestselling First into Ac-
tion. His other books include The Hostage, Mercenary, The Protector, Traitor,
and Undersea Prison. He is currently a screenwriter who lives in Los Angeles.
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The Beautiful Child
Emma Tennant
From the acclaimed author of Pemberley and Thornfield Hall comes a tale inspired by
Henry James
“The text virtually breathes Jane Austen.” —New York Times Book Review on Pemberley
The Beautiful Child is the last-known unfinished story by the great American writer, end-
ing on a Jamesian note of terror and amplified throughout by Tennant’s trademark femi-
nist, dreamlike style. A chilling account of cruelty and neglect, it suggests a terrifying real
scandal behind James’s inability to complete his story of a couple who beseech a fashion-
able artist to paint the child they never had—none other than the dipsomaniac Mr. and Mrs.
Smith, longstanding servants of James until the novel was abandoned.
Emma Tennant is best known for a postmodern approach to her fiction, which often gives
a dreamlike twist to classic stories. Her books include a sequel to Pride and Prejudice called
Pemberley and Thornfield Hall: Jane Eyre’s Hidden Story.
9780720614817 • April • $13.95 (Can $15.95) Paper • Peter Owen Publishers
Istemi
Alexei Nikitin
One of the most ambitious and wildly inventive novels to have come out of Russia in
years, this short novel embraces the Brehznev years, the USSR’s disintegration, and cap-
italist shock therapy in the post-Soviet bloc
The eponymous hero, part of a brood of bored science students, helps concoct a strategy
game set in different eras where each “ruler” of his territory competes in Orwellian per-
manent war. But the KGB uncovers highly plausible and suspicious military plans and a
long penance for each “combatant” ensues. All too late, Istemi is the first to realize the mys-
terious and disturbingly prophetic nature of a seemingly innocent invention. He is power-
less as events long foretold for each unfold, including a hellish tour of duty in Afghanistan,
incarceration in an asylum, and mindless bureaucratic drudgery—but what fate awaits Is-
temi as communist absurdist reality turns into postcapitalism nightmare?
Alexei Nikitin is an author and the editor of the literary magazine Rearguard. In 2000 he
was awarded the Vladimir Korolenko Literary Award for the best Russian prose in Ukraine.
He is the author of Mahjong.
Fiction • 180 pp • 5.5 x 8.5
9780720614640 • May • $13.95 (Can $15.95) Paper • Peter Owen Publishers
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Marilyn’s Last Sessions
A Novel
Michel Schneider
Translated by Will Hobson
Blending psychoanalysis and film noir in a riveting tragedy, this prize-winning novel is an
intimate look at Marilyn Monroe’s last days
“Psychoanalysis and the darkened screen have never seemed so close. Schneider’s novel is
made in the image of his heroes: larger than life, tortured and downright unique.” —Evene
“The edifying roman noir of Marilyn Monroe’s latter years. The very beautiful Marilyn’s
Last Sessions is an unprecedented portrait of a shooting star.” —Les Inrockuptibles
In the years before her death, Marilyn Monroe come to rely on Dr. Ralph Greenson more and
more, meeting with him almost every day. He was her analyst, her friend, and her confessor.
He was the last person to see her alive and the first to find her dead. In this highly acclaimed
novel, Marilyn’s last years, and her last sessions on Dr. Greenson’s couch, are brilliantly re-
created. This is the story of the world’s most famous and elusive actress and the world she
inhabited, surrounded by such figures as Arthur Miller, Truman Capote, and John Huston. It
is a remarkable piece of storytelling that illuminates one of the greatest icons of the 20th cen-
tury and the Hollywood world in which she lived and died.
Michel Schneider won the Prix Interallié, an annual French literary award for a novel written by a journalist, for Marilyn’s Last
Sessions. Will Hobson is a critic and translator whose translations include the Goncourt Prize–winning The Battle by Patrick
Rambaud and Being Arab by Samir Kassir, which won the Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Award.
Fiction • 404 pp • 5.5 x 8.5
9781847670366 • April • $24.95 Cloth • Canongate UK
The Pillow Book of the Flower Samurai

Barbara Lazar
Memoirs of a Geisha meets Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in a gorgeously vivid, fresh
historical that instantly captures the imagination
I am Kozaisho: fifth daughter, woman-for-play, teller of stories, lover, wife, and
Flower Samurai.
In the rich, dazzling, brutal world of 12th century Japan, one young girl begins her epic
journey, from the warmth of family to the Village of Outcasts. Marked out by an auspi-
cious omen, she is trained in the ancient warrior arts of the samurai. But it is through the
power of storytelling that she learns to fight her fate, twisting her life onto a path even
she could not have imagined. With stunning precision, the narrative evokes the beauty and
clarity of the art and culture of Japan at that time, with Kozaisho’s tales woven in bring-
ing a fable-like quality to the tale.
Barbara Lazar is a former teacher and a former mainframe programmer for NASA. She
has spent the last 12 years meticulously researching this novel. She writes and teaches in San
Antonio, Texas.
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This Is Life
Dan Rhodes
A twisted romantic comedy from one of the most distinctive writers around
“Rhodes . . . has produced another wonderful work with his latest novel. . . . Often
comic and sometimes tragic, readers will be immersed in these characters, each with
a different rhythm; even the least significant of supporting players are brought to life.”
—Publishers Weekly starred review
“A reminder of how strange ordinary life is and it challenges us to ‘adjust to the
darkness.’” —Guardian
“A charming and warm-hearted book, full of dark paradoxes and witty ideas and
sexual jokes and people you would like to spend time with.” —Observer
In Paris, art student Aurélie Renard throws a stone and sets in motion a chain of events that
will turn her life upside down. Suddenly finding herself in sole charge of a stranger’s baby
and with no idea how babies work, it’s only thanks to the help of her adoring professor and
her gun-toting heartbreaker of a best friend that Aurélie is able to navigate her way through
the most extraordinary and calamitous seven days of her life. Meanwhile, in a Pigalle cin-
ema, a naked man is doing his best to show the people of Paris, Aurélie among them, what
it means to be alive.
Dan Rhodes is the author of six other books: Anthropology, Don’t Tell Me the Truth About Love, Timoleon Vieta Come Home,
Gold, Little Hands Clapping and, writing as Danuta de Rhodes, The Little White Car. In 2003 he was named by Granta maga-
zine as one of their 20 best young British novelists and in 2010 by the Daily Telegraph as one of their best British novelists under
40. He is the winner of many awards, including the Author’s Club First Novel Award and the E. M. Forster Award.
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The square was empty now, and quiet. Aurélie stood besides the buggy, and looked at the baby. His battered face was
peeping out from under his hat. “Hello Air-bear,” she said. She corrected herself. “I’m sorry. I mean hello . . . Her-bert.
Her-bert. Her-bert.” She had to get his name right. She owed him at least this. She kelt over him. “So . . . Herbert,” she
said. At last she felt able to rest her hand on his shoulder. She gave it a squeeze. “Do you think we can be friends?”
He looked at her, then did something she hadn’t expected: he smiled. It was amazing. He seemed to smile with his
whole face, and even his arms and legs joined in, flapping up and down and side to side. He made a sound as well, a
kind of squelchy giggle. She took that for a yes. She knew this ought to be a cue for her to grab her digital camera and
take a photo, but she didn’t. She just looked at him and smiled back. There would be plenty of time for photos.
She tried to work out what to do next. She took stock of the situation. It was a nice buggy, a sleek, bright red three-
wheeler with a black frame. It looked expensive. She was pleased to see that the buggy and the baby’s bag matched her
new coat. She needed to cling to something, and she told herself that this colour coordination was a clear sign that this
unexpected turn of events was meant to be. As she crouched beside her new friend she lit her fifth cigarette of the morn-
ing, in the hope that it would help her think things over.
She put her used match back in the box, and made a point of blowing the smoke away from Herbert’s face. She had
responsibilities now.
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The Lightkeeper’s Wife
Karen Viggers
A woman at the end of her life, a man unable to restart his, and a history of guilty secrets
and things left unsaid—this is a powerful, moving novel of love, loss, and family
“The rocky isolation of Bruny Island and the vast, spreading whiteness of Antarctica are
presented in loving detail by an author who clearly knows and respects her landscapes.
These descriptions serve as a powerful complement to this moving story of changing
family dynamics and the isolation and solitude found in nature and within ourselves.”
—Booklist
Elderly and in poor health, Mary fulfills her wish to herself to live out her last days on Bruny
Island off of Tasmania, with only her regrets and memories for company. Her late husband was
the lighthouse keeper on Bruny, and she’d raised a family on the wild windswept island, until
terrible circumstances forced them back to civilization. The long-buried secret that has haunted
her for decades now threatens to break free, and she hopes to banish it in the time she has
left. Mary’s youngest son Tom loves Bruny as much as she does and understands her primal
connection to the island. Years before he spent a winter working in Antarctica and returned
from that empty loneliness to find his marriage over and his life destroyed. Still wounded, Tom
lives a simple life, unable and unwilling to make real connections with people in case he gets
hurt again, but then he meets Emma, newly returned from Antarctica and as open and welcoming as Tom is not. As Mary’s time
winds down, both she and Tom must face their pasts in ways they cannot even begin to imagine, and Mary finds that the script
she’s written to the end of her life has taken on a few twists of its own.
Karen Viggers works part-time in a veterinary practice and provides veterinary support for biologists studying native animals.
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Shooting Angels
Christopher Hope
From an extremely distinguished and wildly imaginative novelist, this story goes right
to the broken heart of his home country, South Africa, as a man returns to the city after
decades in hiding to find out what happened to the woman he loved
“It might seem fanciful to call Christopher Hope the South African Evelyn Waugh,
but there is something in the comparison. . . . Beautifully paced, elegantly written,
witty, moving and provocative.” —Times Literary Supplement
“A mordant coming-of-age novel, a political novel, and a savage portrait of Joe Angel,
whose gift for survival in the shifting sands of post-apartheid South Africa, and whose
rage for control, are breathtaking to the very end.” —Guardian
Somehow, Joe Angel, the most famous businessman in the country, had found Charlie in
the backwater where he had been hiding all these years. He’d arrived unannounced to give
him an envelope full of money and a simple message: come back to the Capital to learn
what really happened to Constanza—the woman he loved—on that terrible night decades
before. At first, Charlie is furious that Joe should just reappear, and with such an outra-
geous demand. But by the time Charlie returns to the city to meet Joe, the tycoon is dead.
And so begins Charlie Croker’s epic journey back into his own past. It is an odyssey that seems, at times, to lead right to the
broken heart of the country itself. After a lifetime spent trying to forget, Charlie realizes that there can, finally, be a reckoning
with his those he has loved, those he has betrayed, and the guilt that has been suffocating him.
Christopher Hope is the author of nine novels and one collection of short stories, including Kruger’s Alp, which won the Whit-
bread Prize for Fiction, Serenity House, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and My Mother’s Lovers.
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When Hoopoes Go To Heaven
Gaile Parkin
The irresistible story of Benedict Tungazara, a 10-year-old boy in Swaziland who loves
beautiful birds, his mother’s cakes, and making people happy
Ten-year-old Benedict is feeling happy. His family’s new home in Swaziland has the most
beautiful garden in the whole entire world, teeming with insects, frogs, and his favorite cin-
namon-colored birds. Here, crouched in the cool shade of the lucky-bean tree, it’s easy to
forget the loneliness that comes from his siblings playing without him and easy to stop him-
self from fretting about how to fix his Mama’s failing cake-baking business. Of course, there
are many things in Africa that cannot be put right by a boy who isn’t yet big. But in Bene-
dict’s wonder-filled world, even the ugliest situation has a certain magic. Warm, funny, and
brimming with life, this novel paints a fresh and compelling picture of life in Swaziland that
will capture readers’ imaginations and restore their faith in humanity.
Gaile Parkin has lived in many different parts of Africa, including Swaziland, where When
Hoopoes Go to Heaven is set. She is currently a freelance consultant in the fields of edu-
cation, gender, and HIV/AIDS. She is the author of Baking Cakes in Kigali.
9780857894113 • May • $12.95 (Can $13.95) Paper • Corvus
Old Sins
Penny Vincenzi
A reissue of Penny Vincenzi’s irresistible first novel, with a new introduction by the author
“The novel’s characters seem especially compelling and intelligent in this surefire win-
ner for the popular fiction collection.” —Library Journal
“Penny is the doyenne of the modern blockbuster.” —Glamour
Two clever, stylish, and ambitious women are fighting for control of a multimillion-dollar
cosmetics empire. What is the secret that lies behind its charming, ruthless creator, Julian
Morell? And why, when he dies, does he leave half his fortune to a complete stranger? Here
are the designer interiors, the jewels, the cars, and the to-die-for couture of the rich and the
super-rich—the glittering, fabulous world Julian created for himself, and the women who
loved him. And here is a love story—poignant, sexy, and tempestuous—featuring a mother,
a mistress, a wife, and a daughter, all of whom are overshadowed by old sins.
Penny Vincenzi is a journalist and the author of such blockbusters as Another Woman, The
Best of Times, More Than You Know, No Angel, Sheer Abandon, and Something Dangerous.
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No Child of Mine
Susan Lewis
What if you knew a child was in danger and no one believed you?
“Like a British Jodi Picoult, Lewis excels at entertaining in a manner

that is sensational at heart yet, in execution, understated and quietly
enjoyable.” —Booklist on Stolen
Alex Lake’s day job is all about helping people, especially children. She cares
about them passionately and does everything in her power to rescue them
from those who mean them harm. It’s as frustrating a career as it can be
rewarding, though all too often she is left wondering if she has done enough.
When the case of three-year-old Ottilie Wade comes to her attention, every-
thing changes. She finds herself completely unable to detach from the child
the way she should and feels an overpowering need to make a real differ-
ence in little Ottilie’s life. To do this she needs the support of her superiors,
but no one is prepared to believe that Ottilie is in danger. In the end, Alex
follows the only course left to her and takes the law into her own hands.
Susan Lewis is the bestselling author of more than 20 novels, including
Vengeance, Wicked Beauty, Wildfire, and The Hornbeam Tree, which was
short-listed for the Romantic Novelists’ Association Romantic Novel of the
Year Award.
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LOUISE CANDLISH
Louise Candlish
Louise Candlish is the author of eight novels, including
The Double Life of Anna Day, I’ll Be There For You, and Since I Don’t Have You.
Each: Fiction • 5 x 8 • May • $10.95 Paper • Sphere
Other People’s Secrets

An enthralling tale of two families who meet on vacation and the secrets that bind them
“A brilliantly told, emotionally charged tale.” —Dorothy Koomson, author, Marshmal-

lows for Breakfast
“Clever, engrossing and unputdownable.” —Jill Mansell, author, Rumor Has It
Ginny and Adam Trustlove arrive in Italy torn apart by personal tragedy. Two weeks in a
boathouse on the edge of peaceful Lake Orta is exactly what they need to restore their faith
in life—and each other. Twenty-four hours later, the silence is broken. The Sale family have
arrived at the main villa: wealthy, high-flying Marty, his beautiful wife Bea, and their privi-
leged, confident offspring. It doesn’t take long for Ginny and Adam to be drawn in, espe-
cially when the teenage Pippi introduces a new friend into the circle. For there is something
about Zach that has everyone instantly beguiled, something that loosens old secrets—and
creates shocking new ones. And, yet, not one of them suspects that his arrival in their lives
might be anything other than accidental.
384 pp • 9780751543544
The Second Husband

A charming neighbor turns the world of Kate and her daughter upside down—is he as per-
fect as he seems?
“A smart and heart-warming read.” —Waterstone’s Books Quarterly

His voice was sweet, intimate, demanding: “There is a way out of this, you know. You could
agree to marry me.”
When Davis Calder moves in next door to Kate Easton and her two children, no one has any
idea of the devastation about to be unleashed. With Kate struggling to accept her daughter
Roxy’s growing independence, and with tensions between Kate and her first husband Alistair
still very much alive, there’s enough family tension to go around already. Before they know it,
glamorous, charismatic Davis is the only one who seems able to keep the peace. Soon Kate
has fallen in love and agreed to be his wife. Until, one wedding day later, Kate makes a dis-
covery that blows the whole family apart.
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The Day You Saved My Life

A child falls into the river, a stranger jumps in to rescue him, and
four lives are changed for ever
“I loved this book. It reminded me of Joanna Trollope at her

best. . . . Perfect.” —Jojo Moyes, author, The Last Letter from
Your Love
“A terrific tension and sense of unease runs through the
pages. . . . A clever take on love, loss and deceit and a good
summer read.” —Irish Independent
On a perfect summer’s day in Paris, tourists on the river watch in shock
as a small boy falls into the Seine and disappears below the surface.
As his mother stands frozen, a stranger takes a breath and leaps. This
is just the beginning of a spellbinding story of passion, heartbreak,
and destiny—an unforgettable novel about mothers and daughters,
husbands and wives, and the extraordinary ways in which life and
love intersect.
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Harmattan
Gavin Weston
A haunting beautiful story of Haoua, a young girl growing up in a remote village in the
Republic of Niger
Spirited, independent, and intelligent, Haoua has benefited from a stable home life and a
loving and attentive mother. She enjoys working and playing with her siblings and friends,
and she worships her elder brother, Abdelkrim, a serving soldier who sends money home
to support the family. But on his last home visit, Abdelkrim quarrels with their father,
accusing him of gambling away the money he sends and of being the cause of their mother’s
worsening health. It also emerges that their father plans to take a second wife. Despite this,
Haoua finds contentment in her schoolwork, her dreams of becoming a teacher, and in writ-
ing assiduously to the family in Ireland who act as her aid sponsors. But for Haoua, there
are new storm clouds on the horizon. As civil strife mounts in Niger, Haoua begins to fear
for Abdelkrim’s safety. Haoua’s mother’s illness is much more serious and further advanced
than anyone had recognized, and her father’s plans are turning out to be far more threat-
ening than she could have ever imagined. Approaching her 12th birthday, Haoua is alone
and vulnerable for the first time in her life.
Gavin Weston is an artist and designer from Ireland and a former aid worker in West Africa.
Harmattan is based both on his firsthand experiences of Niger and its people and his con-
tinued involvement as an aid sponsor.
9781905802579 • June • $19.95 (Can $21.95) Paper • Myrmidon Books
Suddenly
Bonnie Burnard
A phone call in the night, an unexpected diagnosis, a shocking revelation—suddenly life can
change forever
“Extremely moving and perversely uplifting.” —Times

“The writing is never less than lyrical.” —Sunday Times
Sandra, Colleen, and Jude have been friends for nearly a lifetime. They share sexual secrets,
decorating tips, counsel on marriage, even a hairdresser. Despite their differences and occa-
sional snarls, the friendship only grows stronger over time, and their partners, Jack, Richard,
and Gus, go along with it, letting this union shape their lives. Now, with Sandra’s crisis, every-
one must find a way to endure the present and imagine the future. Sweeping through and be-
yond the second half of the 20th century—from men in space to 9/11—this novel set in small-town
Ontario creates an astonishingly intimate portrait of three women balanced on the knife edge
of middle age.
Bonnie Burnard is the author of A Good House and the winner of the Giller Prize, the Com-
monwealth Writers’ Prize, and the Marian Engel Award.
Fiction • 304 pp • 5.5 x 8.5
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The Manual of Darkness
Enrique de Hériz
The world’s best magician is going blind, but is there a story that can save him?
“A witty, complex look at the long history of sleight-of-hand and deception, told with
a magical flourish.” —Times
“A clever, tricksy puzzle of a book where a procession of darkly memorable scenarios
play with the reader’s imagination on a variety of levels, with a final reveal that is
mind-bogglingly effective.” —Metro
“Captivating . . . a fascinating read, beautifully researched and exquisitely written.”
—Booklist starred review of Lies
Victor Losa has spent his life studying magic. His mentor, Mario Galvan, taught him not only
the practical aspects of the art, but also its history and the lives of famous Victorian magi-
cians, including the most enigmatic of them all, Peter Grouse, a pickpocket who challenged
the best of the day. Now, Victor Losa is standing outside a green door, ready to receive an
ovation from his colleagues after having been proclaimed the world’s best magician. Suddenly
a light appears in his eye and he can’t see the door anymore. But this is no magic trick—he
is diagnosed with a rare degenerative condition of the optical nerve. In short, he is rapidly
going blind. As he loses his sight, Victor finds that there are new ways to conjure the world through stories of the past, pres-
ent, and future. And finally he learns the secret behind his mentor’s teachings.
Enrique de Hériz has worked as an editor and translator and has undertaken translations to Spanish of writers such as Annie
Proulx, Nadine Gordimer, Stephen King, Peter Carey, and John Fowles. He is the author of Lies.
9780753828168 • April • $16.95 Paper • Phoenix
Amber Scott Is Starting Over

Ruth Saberton
Amber is a city girl through and through—now she must learn to cope with country life,
in the hilarious new novel from the author of Katy Carter Wants a Hero
“Fastpaced and laugh-out-loud funny. With her clever, enchanting, hilarious tale,
Saberton makes it crystal clear that chick lit is alive and well, and that Katy Carter is
the heir apparent to Bridget Jones. One can only hope for a sequel.” —Booklist on
Katy Carter Wants a Hero
Amber Scott loves her city life—she has a terrific job working at a glossy magazine and a
fiancé, Ed, whom she’s known since college. So Ed’s news that he has taken a job in the
West Country turns Amber’s world upside down. The new life in Cornwall does not get off
to the best start. The huge house Ed was so into is, well, huge—what is Amber going to do
with four acres? And when a handsome, if surly, man leads the local hunt over her land,
it’s more than Amber can stand. So how is it that, before long Amber is friends with the
local eccentric Lady of the Manor, making love potions at her mother’s recommendation,
and answering the door naked to strangers?
Ruth Saberton is the author of Katy Carter Wants a Hero and Ellie Andrews Has
Second Thoughts.
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The Tenderloin
John Butler
An electrifying debut coming-of-age story set in San Francisco during the dotcom boom
“The Tenderloin bleeds its raw honesty onto every page—it is a truly felt and moving
book.” —Kevin Barry, author, City of Bohane
“Debut coming-of-age novels are nothing new, but ones that freshen the genre are.”
—Sunday Independent
I had seen the Internet recently, in a café on Haight and Steiner that had a grey coin-oper-
ated computer terminal in the corner. One guy was using it to read what another guy was
saying about some computer thing. And another Irish friend of a friend had it in their apart-
ment when Milo and I called over one night, and he tried to show it to us, but it seemed he
was using it to talk to a guy just like him about some computer game and I couldn’t un-
derstand why he didn’t just pick up the phone. But at least I knew about it.
It’s 1995 and Evan has embarked on an adventure that will change his life—leaving
his Dublin home for the rolling hills and fog-swept bays of San Francisco. Between the In-
ternet revolution and the rave culture, young naive Evan is completely clueless about how
to succeed; but he’s determined to stumble on, looking for work, looking for love, and, ul-
timately, looking to define himself. Soon, however, the troubles of his past catch up with
him, and everything begins to unravel.
John Butler is a filmmaker, a comedy writer, and an occasional columnist and interviewer
for the Irish Times. His writing has appeared in the Dublin Review, the San Francisco Chron-
icle, and on NPR.
9780330519892 • May • $12.95 Paper • Picador
Caroline
A Mystery
Cornelius Medvei
The utterly beguiling and moving story of what happens when a man who is becoming
tired of life meets a donkey called Caroline—a strange and beautiful modern Aesop’s fable
“This absolutely engrossing tale is written with a serene poise.” —Sunday Times
When Mr. Shaw meets Caroline on his summer holiday, she turns his world upside down.
Caroline, whose eyes a man could drown in. Caroline, who likes spring onions. Caroline,
who is in fact a donkey. To the outrage of his neighbors and the bemusement of his wife,
when Mr. Shaw returns to the city he takes Caroline with him. She plays chess magnificently,
charms his colleagues, and, most importantly, Caroline reawakens in Mr. Shaw an appetite
for life he thought he’d lost. But can this idyll last? Unfolding with the beauty and power of
fable, this tale depicts a glorious Indian summer in one man’s life. It is tender, funny, and
endlessly enjoyable.
Cornelius Medvei is the author of Mr Thundermug.
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The Cry of the Go-Away Bird
Andrea Eames
A fresh and gripping debut about growing up in Zimbabwe during the recent years of vi-
olent change
“Captures brilliantly the atmosphere of corroding trust that pervades the Coopers’
farm. . . . Eames’s description of how the two groups steer around and at times into each
other crackles with tension and authenticity. . . . Eames is a young writer with talent,
whose novel tackles matters of substance.” —Guardian
“A frank and unvarnished portrait of life behind the headlines, sharpened by details from
the author’s own Zimbabwean girlhood.” —Daily Mail
“Against a shocking backdrop of recent historical events, Andrea Eames has used a fresh,
candid voice to create an intimate, sensitive and moving debut novel.” —Metro
Elise loves the farm that is her home; she loves playing with beetles and chameleons in the
garden, buying sweets from the village shop, and listening to the stories of spirits and charms
told by her nanny, Beauty. As a young white girl in 1990s Zimbabwe, her life is idyllic. Her
clothes are always clean and ironed, there is always tea in the silver teapot, gin and tonics are
served on the veranda, and, in theory at least, black and white live in harmony. However this
dream-world of her childhood cannot last. As Elise gets older, her eyes are opened to the complexities of adult existence, both
through the changes wrought in her family by the arrival of her stepfather Steve, and through her growing understanding of
the tensions in Zimbabwean society. As Mugabe’s presidency turns sour, the privileged world of the white farmers begins to
crumble into anarchy. This novel follows Elise as she attempts to make sense of her place in the world while her family strug-
gle to stay afloat in the collapsing economy and escalating horror that surrounds them. As the violence intensifies and the farm
invasions begin, Elise and her family are forced to confront difficult choices and the ancient unforgiving ghosts of the past.
Andrea Eames was brought up in Zimbabwe. She has worked as a bookseller and an editor.
The White Shadow

Andrea Eames
A young boy struggles to protect his mysterious and gifted younger sister in this suspenseful
story set against the backdrop of the Zimbabwe War of Liberation
“Eames grew up in Zimbabwe and conveys a strong sense of political turmoil en-
flamed by sinister witch doctors, brutal guerilla factions and superstitious misogyny . .
. compelling.” —Guardian
“A lovely writer. . . . This is a bolder and welcome move for Eames, writing outside of
her own direct experience.” —Independent on Sunday
“Look after your sister, Tinashe.”
Tinashe is a young Shona boy living in a small village in rural Rhodesia. The guerilla war
of the late 1960s haunts the bushlands, but it only infrequently affects his quiet life; school,
swimming in the river, playing with the other kids on the kopje. When his younger sister,
Hazvinei, is born, Tinashe knows at once that there is something special about her. Their
life in the village, once disturbed only by the occasional visits of his successful uncle and
city cousin, Abel, now becomes entangled with the dual forces of the Shona spirit world
and the political turmoil of the nation. As Tinashe, Hazvinei, and Abel grow older, their
destinies entangle in ways they never expected. Tinashe is prepared to follow his sister anywhere—but how far can he go to
keep her safe when the forces threatening her are so much darker and more sinister than he suspected? Andrea Eames weaves
together folklore and suspense in this compelling tale of a boy struggling to do the right thing in an unpredictable world.
Andrea Eames was brought up in Zimbabwe. She has worked as a bookseller and an editor. She was longlisted for the 2012
Dylan Thomas Prize for The White Shadow.
9780099565420 • June • $14.95 Paper • Vintage UK
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Professor Andersen’s Night
Dag Solstad
A master of Norwegian literature critiques contemporary society with wry wit in an ex-
istential murder story
“Norway’s most distinguished living writer. . . . Wryly humorous and needle-sharp

in skewering pretension, Solstad is unlike anyone currently writing in English. . . .
A deeply rewarding novel.” —Sunday Times
“Remarkably nuanced. . . . With sublime restraint and subtle modulation, Solstad con-
veys an entire age of sorrow and loss.” —Publishers Weekly on Shyness and Dignity
It is Christmas Eve, and 55-year-old Professor Andersen is alone, drinking coffee and cognac
in his living room. Lost in thought, he looks out of the window and sees a man strangle a
woman in the apartment across the street. Professor Andersen fails to report the crime. The
days pass, and he becomes paralyzed by indecision. Desperate for respite, the professor sets
off to a local sushi bar, only to find himself face to face with the murderer. This is an unset-
tling yet highly entertaining novel of apathy, rebellion, and morality. In flinty prose, Solstad
presents an uncomfortable question—would we, like his cerebral protagonist, do nothing?
Dag Solstad is one of Norway’s leading contemporary authors. His work has consistently
won critical acclaim and he is the only author to have received the Norwegian Literary Crit-
ics’ Award three times. He is the author of Shyness and Dignity.
Seven Ways to Kill a Cat

Matías Néspolo
As tense as a thriller, as vivid as an undercover documentary, a brilliant first novel from
Argentina takes readers right into the streets and slums of Buenos Aires as one young
man fights for his life
“A startlingly strong debut. . . . Tarantino-style fast editing, black humor and sicko-
hilarious gun-toting slapstick. . . .This is a brilliant debut and as fast a read as any
graphic novel you’ll come across—but with a lot more style and drama.” —Time Out
“Bears comparison with such masters of description of life in the slums as Alexander
Baron and Nelson Algren . . . an excellent adventure story that also documents urban
poverty and violence, with faultless dialogue and at breathtaking pace.” —Independent
In Buenos Aires the economy has collapsed and people are protesting on the streets. But in
the barrio, life goes on—the slums of the city are ruled by gangs, drugs, and guns. Gringo
and Chueco are almost adults, and joining the gang warfare that governs their community
seems inevitable. Chueco thinks he can join El Jetita’s gang but remain his own man, while
Gringo knows this can’t happen—you obey the leader or else. As the two get drawn ever
deeper into the turf war between El Jetita and his rival Charly, Gringo sees an alternative
way of life, and love, pass before his eyes. A few days ago he and Chueco were joking about
killing cats; now he’s fighting to save his skin. Matias Nespolo’s bold and brilliant first novel
takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride through a place of crime and deprivation.
Matías Néspolo was selected by Granta in 2010 as one of their best young contemporary
Spanish-language novelists. This is his first novel.
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Worth
Jon Canter
A fast-paced, wildly entertaining, and blackly comic novel about
the perils of loving your neighbor
“Jon Canter is hilarious and self-deprecating, a wonderful,

wise and witty writer.” —Helen Fielding, author, Bridget
Jones’s Diary
“As an advertisement for either urban or rural living among
self-satisfied characters, Worth is a toe-curling horror story;
as a cheeky and well-directed poke in said characters’ eyes,
it’s a winner.” —Independent on Sunday
For Richard and Sarah, leaving the rat-race of London for the sleepy
village of Worth feels like a dream come true. But their new life
isn’t quite as idyllic as it at first seems. The cottage is tiny, the neigh-
bors are racist, and they find themselves reverse-commuting back
to London on the weekends. And then Catherine moves next door
and it’s love at first sight. Smart, sophisticated Catherine, with her
good wine, her foreign travel and—well—her London ways. But
there are things about Catherine that don’t quite add up—topics
avoided, questions unanswered. She describes a manipulative but
never-seen sister, who she says is making her life hell. Richard and
Sarah offer advice as best they can, but they are starting to feel
uneasy. The rural idyll is beginning to fade. Before long Richard
and Sarah realize that rather than being the answer to their prayers,
Catherine might in fact be quite the opposite.
Jon Canter is the author of two novels, Seeds of Greatness and A
Short Gentleman. He has also written stand-up comedy for many
of Britain’s most prominent comedians and comment pieces for the
Guardian.
Renate thought the Where House “amazing”' But then Renate drew on a bottomless, self-filling well of amazement.
Everything connected with fashion or fame astonished her. I was with her the day she moved into her flat in Belsize Park.
(Six months later, when she told me it was time, I moved in there myself.) I opened the door to the plumber, who’ come
to plumb her washing machine. He was a big man, maybe six foot six, with a gold chain round his neck. I can’t remem-
ber his name. I can only remember what she told me about him, in his presence, as he put his metal briefcase of tools on
her marble counter: “He is the plumber of Noel Gallagher!”
“Amazing,” I said. In deference to her, the word was now my default utterance, it was what I said when she offered
me a cup of coffee. “The plumber of Noel Gallagher.”It was an unfortunate phrase, as if he had inserted his hand inside
the blocked Gallagher and watched with satisfaction, on withdrawing it, as a tide of anthemic songs poured out of the
great man. How was it that we shared a plumber with the architect of Britpop (who always seemed to me, an instinc-
tive Blur man, to be more of a builder)? This was what Renate wanted me to ask. But I didn’t give her the satisfaction.
I didn’t care or, to be accurate, I cared but I didn’t want to care. Later while Renate was on the phone to her best friend
Ingrid, I watched my clothes tumble over each other, shirt-sleeves flailing. The washing machine’s gdug-gdug became, in
my head, the fearsome wail of “Wonderwall,” Liam Gallagher’s voice going round and round, round and round, as if
there were a dog trapped in the washing machine, its head stuck to its tail, howling Britpop up its own hole.
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Desolation Island
Adolfo García Ortega
The first work by this celebrated Spanish author to appear in
English, this dazzling seafaring tale spans four centuries of ad-
venture and pays homage to literary greats such as Baudelaire,
Melville, and Sebald
“Ortega’s energy and relentless inventiveness succeed in cre-

ating a seamless and utterly compelling blend of the past
and the present, the real and the imaginary. A Bolaño-like
encyclopedia . . . One of the most original novels to have ap-
peared in Spain in recent years, Desolation Island is ulti-
mately a magnificent tale of travel.” —Literary Review
“An adventure story . . . an extravagantly enthralling—and
thought-provoking—novel.” —Times Literary Supplement
As the 20th century draws to a close, a ship heads for Punta Are-
nas on the Straits of Magellan at Chile’s southern tip. On board
is Oliver Griffin, a man on an unusual quest. His journey is in-
spired by a photograph of his grandparents embracing a strange
automaton that now resides in the Punta Arenas museum. This
fearsome metal warrior is a 16th-century robot, a relic of a pro-
posed mechanical army, commissioned by Philip II of Spain to
guard the strait against the English. The automaton was discov-
ered on Desolation Island by a grieving woman scouring the ar-
chipelago for the bodies of her shipwrecked husband and son.
Griffin has long been fascinated by this place, where the Magel-
lan Strait meets the Pacific, and spends his life drawing intricate
maps of the island. With a host of characters both real and imag-
inary, this tale of discovery features countless stories spinning
around its central axis of the extraordinary automaton. Taking
in 16th-century wizardry, court politics, the modern shipping in-
dustry, the cinematic version of The Invisible Man, and personal
letters and family photographs, this mesmerizing, original novel
is a testament to man’s insatiable desire for knowledge. This classic seafaring tale strikes at the heart of that eternal mystery—
our obsession with the sea, as terrible as it is irresistible.
Adolfo García Ortega is a translator, a literary critic, a journalist, and the former editorial director of the Spanish publishing
house Seix Barral. His critically acclaimed novels have won many prizes. Desolation Island won him the Castilla y León Critic
Award and is his first book to be translated into English.
She soon faced a bitter truth: despite her lively imagination and constantly researching in books about engines and
clocks and visits to scrap merchants in the port and blacksmiths and engineers, one part was missing, the crucial part
that could set the rest in motion as well as the range of actions the figure could perform that she’d studied in relation to
the intricate device designed by Melvicius. The automaton’s mobility had a limited number of potential movements that
were set hierarchically, meaning it could consecutively lift its arms, raise and lower its jaw, extend its forearms and then
its wrists while its head twisted to the left, make a one hundred and eighty degree turn from its waist, fling its head back-
wards and apparently seize something in the articulated fingers of its right hand. In a word, it moved like a warrior con-
ceived to instill fear from afar.
All those movements were possible and could be performed consecutively in a single sequence, which naturally and
quite intentionally, from a long distance, produced the appearance of real human movement, or could be enacted sepa-
rately, in distinct phases, thanks to small levers on springs that Graciela gradually discovered strategically placed through-
out the body. However, for all this to happen, the missing piece was essential: Graciela found an empty space at the very
centre of the automaton. It was the key part, known as the matrix or fulcrum, and Graciela began to think of it as the
automaton’s heart. Which was a very precise description, added Griffin.
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Disappearing Home
Deborah Morgan
An unsentimental, beautifully written, Raymond Carver-esque tale of a childhood in jeopardy
“This coming-of-age novel is not without hope as Robyn finds small instances of hu-
manity in her otherwise bleak world.” —Booklist
“Touchingly well executed.” —Library Journal
From her parents’ 1970s tenement home Robyn soon becomes so skilled at shoplifting that her
reputation spreads. She takes her punishment at school but is much more scared of the vi-
cious threats of her father—and as frightened for her mother’s safety as for her own. Her
fun-loving grandmother offers her comfort, wisdom, and hope that Robyn might be differ-
ent from her parents. As her father’s random cruelty intensifies, she has to seek refuge in her
grandmother’s home and in the homes of friends, even joining her mother in a women’s shel-
ter, all the time learning more about the unpredictable ways of the people around her and
her own potential. She’ll need all of this precocious wisdom and the assistance of her grandma to
face up once and for all to the twisted violence in her home and engineer a way out of this
childhood to reach a place of safety and freedom.
Deborah Morgan has worked as a chambermaid, a bingo caller, a dressmaker, and a grade
school teacher.
9781906994426 (Replaces 9781906994327) • June • $12.95 (Can $13.95) Paper
Tindal Street Press
The Night Flower

Sarah Stovell
A Romany girl and a disgraced governess are transported as convicts to Tasmania in this
hugely entertaining Victorian gothic
Two girls are brought together under the worst of circumstances: a prison ship taking them
from London to “parts beyond the sea.” Miriam is a Romany girl drawn from freedom in the
hills to London to eke out a living playing her tin whistle in a city where her people are de-
spised. When her mother dies from cholera—the “gypsy disease”—she’s caught breaking and
entering and sentenced to transportation. Rose has been brought up to expect more, but when
her husband dies from the “gypsy disease” and her father is sent down for illegal slave-trad-
ing, she’s separated from her children and forced to take a governess’s job. When she’s caught
pawning silver to send money back to her children, the judge shows no mercy. Barely sur-
viving an appalling voyage, the two arrive just before Christmas into the blinding sun of the
strange new island: Van Dieman’s Land. Here they are sent to work in the town’s nursery,
where women of ill-repute give birth before being sent for correction. The nursery is run by
corrupt, debauched Reverend and his idealistic son, who soon takes a fancy to Miriam. But
Rose, her best friend and close confidant, watches jealously and makes plans to reverse their
fortunes. This tale takes the reader on a thrilling Dickensian adventure to a Tasmanian “fron-
tier town” where anything could happen and “morality” is made by monsters.
Sarah Stovell is a debut novelist.
Fiction • 320 pp • 5.5 x 8.5
9781906994402 • May • $22.95 Cloth • Tindal Street Press
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The Cult of Nostalgia
Bruce Bruschi
A fantastically evocative portrait of Paris and all its charms, in the 1920s, the 1960s,
and today, as the story follows a contemporary woman and her great-uncle on their
parallel journeys
Carly is a 30-year-old life coach with no clue as to which direction any life should take,
including her own. Her boyfriend of nine years, Simon, is neurotic and emotionally over-
bearing. With his latest venture into a self-help cult called Morningside, his behavior
becomes even more peculiar and secretive, until Carly convinces herself that he is plan-
ning a surprise wedding. And indeed he is—he suddenly marries one of the other Morn-
ingside cult members, disappearing on an impromptu honeymoon to Paris, and taking
along with him Carly’s recent gift from a deceased great-uncle—an unpublished mem-
oir of his time in Paris during the 1920s. What do Simon and Morningside want with
it? Why has he taken it to Paris? Woven into Carly’s story are two others—that of her
great-uncle as he returns to Paris in the 1960s after an absence of nearly 40 years and
struggles to remember his youth there in the 1920s, and the other, of course, is his mem-
oir of that extraordinary period itself, spent among the famous expatriates of the day,
from the Hemingways and the Fitzgeralds to Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas.
Bruce Bruschi is a previous resident of Honolulu who has won many prizes for his short stories and plays. He won first prize
in the Honolulu Magazine International Short Story Contest in 1990, won the Kumu Kahua Award for Best Play by a resident
of Hawaii four times, and was a finalist for the Best Play Award of the American National Repertory Theater.
9781908122407 • May • $15.95 (Can $17.95) Paper • Cutting Edge Press
Dead Cat Bounce

Seth Freedman
The tale that American Psycho might have been, had Bret Easton Ellis been born a Jew
in North West London, and had Patrick Bateman escaped to Israel before his first kill
The protagonist is just your average deeply unpleasant North London Jewish supremacist
coke fiend with a (disputed) borderline personality disorder, a city trader-turned Mossad agent
and Guardian journalist. His plan is to do the obvious: drop out of university; hang out in
North West London taking lots of coke; gamble away his trust fund; get a job as a city trader;
get involved with share fraud, drug dealing, and a pregnant shikse; flee London to become
a Mossad agent embedded in Israeli Defense Force—and wait for the shit to hit the fan.
Seth Freedman is a former stockbroker who has served in the Israeli Army. He has written more
than 300 articles for the Guardian and is the author of Binge Trading, a nonfiction book
based on his trading career.
9781908122322 • May • $15.95 (Can $17.95) Paper • Cutting Edge Press
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Gorillaland
Greg Cummings
A thrilling tale of kidnap, blood diamonds, civil war, and ecological catastrophe set deep
in the Congolese jungle
Derek Strangely runs a safari tour company with his sidekick Pedro, a Tutsi with a sad his-
tory. One day he stumbles upon a mauled child soldier and three large diamonds belong-
ing to General Cosmo, who presides over the jungle, thwarting the efforts of UN
peacekeepers. Hired by mysterious diamond merchant Katz, Derek and Pedro head into
the jungle followed closely by the young and idealistic Natalie Cox who is determined to
reveal Katz’s illegal trade. Kidnapped by Cosmo and force-marched into the wilderness,
the four hostages become pawns in a dangerous game. It seems that the murderous Madame
Azziza Nshuti is at the heart of everything. What is she up to? Is there a link between her
and Katz? Can she be trusted? Has she corrupted members of the UN? As Lake Kivu threat-
ens to release a deadly gas over the inhospitable terrain, the hostages’ lives are in the bal-
ance as they try to escape their captors and avoid drug-fueled, violent, and unpredictable
child soldiers. Cummings’ fast-paced, gripping action-adventure marks the arrival of an
author who compares to Wilbur Smith at the height of his powers.
Greg Cummings is an award-winning wildlife conservationist who achieved remarkable
success protecting gorilla populations in the wild through community-based initiatives in
East and Central Africa. Since 2009 he has been a director of WildLIGHT, a registered char-
ity in Uganda where he lives.
Fiction • 430 pp • 6 x 8.5 • 1 Map
9781908122308 • April • $29.95 (Can $32.95) Cloth • Cutting Edge Press
Woman Master
Mehrnaz Stars
An elegantly written tale of one Persian woman’s journey—she marries for love, and
eventually loses everything and must start again. The author says “I wanted to tell a
Persian story and I wanted Westerners to hear it the way an Iranian might hear it.”
Strong, independent, and always with an opinion of her own, Pari grew up in an envi-
ronment where women were expected to marry young and bear children, but she elopes
with a wealthy older man who already has one wife. Her husband is Master to a large
rural village community and his new wife Pari becomes the Zan-Arbab, the Woman Mas-
ter. Realizing that she is unable to have children, Pari lives vicariously through the vil-
lagers, who teach her important life lessons. Her somewhat idyllic life changes drastically
when, soon after her husband takes another wife who can bear him children, he loses
all his money and is forced to sell his villages. Pari flees to her cousin Zeeba’s house in
Tehran where she finds that the family is full of conflicts and strong personalities wait-
ing to collide. Though she is treated as a servant responsible for cooking, cleaning, and
other menial tasks, Pari is the one person Zeeba and the other women in the household
turn to in times of trouble. As time goes by Pari sees changes in the status of women in
Iranian society and the new challenges this brings to young and old alike. Throughout
the turmoil, she maintains a steady resilience and in doing so suggests that age-old cul-
tural traditions have much to offer the Iran of today.
Mehrnaz Stars is a former oil futures analyst, currency trader, and market analyst. This is
her first novel.
9781908122285 • June • $14.95 (Can $16.95) Paper • Cutting Edge Press
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Bundu
Chris Barnard
Translated by Michiel Heyns
A classic Afrikaans novel full of romance, adventure, and com-
passion, translated for the first time into English
In a place near Mozambique, drought is causing devastation.
Hosts of desperate natives seek refuge in a forgotten outpost, an
underresourced clinic run by a small group of volunteers and
courageous nuns. But the human flow soon becomes too much
for them, and there is no help from outside. Within the small iso-
lated community, a plan takes shape that is as outrageous as it
is inspired—a last bid to acquire more supplies. This tale is about
the people and the animals of Africa in the heights of their beauty
and the depths of their despair. It is a love story and a medita-
tion on the mystery of our powers and the limitations that we
share with animals.
Chris Barnard is a former journalist who has published 30 books,
including novels, plays, short stories, film scripts, and children’s
books. In 2012 he was recipient of the Department of Arts and
Culture’ South African Literary Awards (SALA) for lifetime
achievement. Michiel Heyns is the author of The Children’s
Day. His translation of the acclaimed novel Agaat won the Sol
Plaatje Award for Translating and the South African Translators’
Institute Award for a Literary Translation, and was shortlisted
for the Best Translated Book Award in the United States.
9781846882333 • May • $15.95 Paper • Alma Books
It was five o’clock in the afternoon and the yard a sweltering hollow in the forest. I was shaving; the first time in many
days. It was painful because the blade was worn and the water lukewarm. There was a glass of wine in front of me on
the windowsill and after every fifth or sixth razor stroke I would dab more soap on my chin and sip at the wine and the
wine wasn’t up to much but it was wine and it was cold. I made sure, each time, to replace the glass precisely on its lit-
tle wet ring. And to take my mind off the business of shaving I tried to remember when last I’d seen a human being.
Normally Vusi would be somewhere in the vicinity from early to late, but without him the house and the yard and the
forest presented a lonesome aspect. Was it De Gaspri, the previous Friday, when he’d brought provisions? Or had Stry-
dom been here after him? Before I could remember, I realised suddenly that the glass of wine had disappeared. I wasn’t
holding it in my hand; I hadn’t placed it in another spot; I’d certainly not been imagining it. The neat little circle of damp
was still clearly visible on the windowsill. But the glass of wine was gone.
I replaced the razor carefully in the basin and leant out of the window. It must have toppled over and out. But there
wasn’t a glass on the ground outside. The yard was dead quiet. There wasn’t the slightest sign of life anywhere. I looked
all around me on the floor.
My almost-full not-up-to-much ice-cold wine had disappeared without a trace.
In the previous few days food had disappeared from the house several times. The five strips of half-dry meat from the
screen cupboard on the back stoep; the three last stale crusts from the bread tin; a basket of wilted beetroot and carrots
from the pantry; the last bottle of preserved peaches that I’d schlepped with me from camp to camp for how many years
and had been too stingy to open.
At first I thought it was the baboons. We were in our third successive dry summer and there was no food left in the
veld. The baboons came close to the yard every now and again and Vusi had had to chase them from the stoep several
times. Even shy forest birds had come into the kitchen looking for crumbs.
The wine gave me pause. Could it really be baboons?
In the kitchen, on my way out to the yard, I suddenly got the sharp smell of sweat. And the screen door was open.
The screen door that I always kept latched to keep snakes out, was wide open.
But there was nobody in the yard. And there was no sign of my wine glass. After dinner, when I went looking for my
torch in the bedroom, I discovered that both my blankets had disappeared from my bed.
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Helen and Desire
Alexander Trocchi
A subversive and deeply suggestive masterpiece, Trocchi’s greatest erotic novel
“The most brilliant man I’ve ever met.” —Allen Ginsberg

“Trocchi’s development of character and story is handled with great sensitivity and
really does merit your attention—this is the work of a gifted wordsmith.”
—Scottish Book Review
“The outlaw prince of Scottish literature, Trocchi set the standard for all subversives
and saboteurs.” —Guardian
How difficult it is to explain! The terribly mute hunger in our bodies! If I touch my thigh
here in the near darkness of the tent my whole body is again instinct with the driving urge
that brought me here, and I cannot explain it. As always, it is stronger than fear. For me it
has always been that way . . .
When the irrepressible Helen runs away from the small town she grew up in, she discovers
a world of excitement and experience beyond even her imagination, from Sydney to Sin-
gapore, Bombay, Monte Carlo, and the Sahara desert.
Alexander Trocchi (1925–1984) is a novelist best-known for Young Adam and the semi-
autobiographical heroin classic Cain’s Book. His groundbreaking literary journal, Mer-
lin, published for the first time such writers as de Sade, Appollinaire, Beckett, Henry Miller,
and Vladimir Nabokov.
Erotica • 176 pp • 5 x 8
9780857869418 • April • $13.95 Paper • Canongate UK
Silken Bonds
Zara Devereux
An erotic tale with a seasonal twist
Tamzin is a career girl who is on the fast track. She’s always put business before pleasure
but often to the detriment of personal relationships, which can be frustrating. After a Christ-
mas party gets a little out of hand, a friend reveals that she keeps sane through visits to a
certain hotel in Norfolk, catering for all tastes, and she offers to take Tamzin. This entic-
ing and festive tale is perfect for fans of Fifty Shades who are looking for something a bit
different for Christmas.
Zara Devereux is the author of Fanning the Fantasy, The Punishment, and Wicked Ways.
Erotica • 320 pp • 5 x 8
9780751550931 • May • $11.95 Paper • Sphere
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THE SECRET LIVES OF EMMA
Natasha Walker
Natasha Walker is a debut novelist.
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Beginnings
Incredibly hot and sensual, this new erotic series starring an older and experienced female
lead taps into our deepest romantic fantasies
Thirty-something Emma Benson is a free spirit. For her a good life means a life of sensual-
ity. So it’s a surprise to everyone when she marries David, a successful businessman, and set-
tles down in the suburbs. One year on, and she’s trying so hard to be loyal to her man. Not
easy to do when you’re passionate and uninhibited. But then, while sunbathing in her gar-
den, her neighbor’s 18-year-old son appears. And Emma has found her new project—she will
be his perfect teacher.
282 pp • 9781742758442 • April
Distractions
Continuing the adventure, Walker picks up where the last book left off with Emma end-
ing her affair with her young neighbor—only to start a tryst with an old friend and her
husband
After a steamy affair with her young neighbor, Emma Benson flees to her friend Sally’s beach
house to recharge her emotional batteries. Her marriage to David has been going through a
testing time, but now she’s determined to be the wife he would like her to be. If only it was
that easy—for how does one tame a woman who’s brimming with uninhibited sensual de-
sires, a woman for whom pleasure is the ultimate goal in life? Sally’s beach house is the per-
fect place to relax and reconnect with a secret relationship Emma had thought had ended
years before. But the arrival of David at the beach house reignites her fantasies—and offers
her a temptation she can’t help acting upon.
330 pp • 9781742758572 • June
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Incest
Marquis de Sade
Translated by Andrew Brown
One of the most powerful and shockingly controversial novellas by Marquis de Sade
When the immoral libertine Monsieur de Franval marries and fathers a daughter, he decides to
inculcate in her a sense of absolute freedom, an unconventional education that involves the two
becoming secret lovers. But Franval’s virtuous, God-fearing wife becomes suspicious and confronts
him, setting off a tragic chain of events. Part of de Sade’s the Crimes of Love cycle, this shocking
tale tests the limits of morality and portrays the consequences of freedom and pleasure.
Marquis de Sade (1740–1814) was a French aristocrat famous for his libertine lifestyle. He spent
many years in various prisons and insane asylums. Sade’s works are notorious for their combi-
nation of philosophical discourse and pornography. Andrew Brown is the author of Roland Barthes:
the Figures of Writing and his translations include Zola’s For a Night of Love, Gautier’s The
Jinx, Hoffmann’s Mademoiselle de Scudéri, and Gide’s Theseus.
200 pp • 9781847492975 • May • $14.95
Sakhalin Island
Anton Chekhov
Translated by Brian Reeve
The only edition in print of Chekhov’s exposé of the Tsarist penal system
In 1890, the 30-year-old Chekhov, already knowing that he was ill with tuberculosis, undertook
an arduous 11-week journey from Moscow across Siberia to the penal colony on the island of
Sakhalin. Now collected here in one volume are the fully annotated translations of his impres-
sions of his trip through Siberia and the account of his three-month sojourn on Sakhalin Island,
together with author’s notes, extracts from Chekhov’s letters to relatives and associates, and pho-
tographs. Highly valuable both as a detailed depiction of the Tsarist system of penal servitude
and as an insight into Chekhov’s motivations and objectives for visiting the colony and writing
the exposé, this haunting work of tremendous importance had a huge impact both on Chekhov’s
subsequent work and on Russian society.
Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) was a Russian short story writer, playwright, and physician. Brian
Reeve is a Russian translator.
480 pp • 9781847492913 (Replaces 9781847492074) • April • $16.95
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
Foreword by Jay Parini
A new edition of one of the most popular classics of world literature with a wealth of extra
material, including illustrations and an apparatus focusing on the life and works of Melville
“The greatest American novel.” —William Faulkner

When the young Ishmael gets on board Captain Ahab’s whaling ship, little does he suspect that
the mission on which he is about to embark is the fulfillment of his master’s obsessive desire for
revenge on Moby Dick, a white whale who has already claimed countless human victims and de-
stroyed many fleets. With some sinister crew members in their midst and the hazardous condi-
tions of the sea to contend with, the expedition becomes increasingly dangerous the closer it gets
to its quarry. One of the great American novels, Moby Dick epically combines rip-roaring ad-
venture, a meticulously realistic portrayal of the whaling trade, and a profound philosophical
disquisition on the nature of good and evil.
Herman Melville (1818–1891) is a key figure in 19th-century American literature, most famous
for his works Billy Budd and Moby Dick. Jay Parini is the author of The Last Station and The
Passages of H.M. He is a professor at Middlebury College in Vermont.
704 pp • 9781847492746 (Replaces 9781847491831) • June • $14.95
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The Intelligent Woman’s Guide

To Socialism, Capitalism, Sovietism and Fascism
Bernard Shaw
Foreword by Polly Toynbee
A thought-provoking classic of political propaganda exposing the excesses of capitalism—
entertaining, lucid, and relevant to today’s social movements
As a lifelong socialist, Shaw believed that economic inequality was a poison destroying every as-
pect of human life, perverting family affections and the relations between the sexes. According to
him, all British institutions were “corrupted at the root by pecuniary interest”—and idealism, in-
tegrity, and any piecemeal attempts at political reform were futile in the face of the gross injustice
built into the Empire’s economic system. Begun in 1924—the year of the British Labor Party’s first
period of office under Ramsay MacDonald (who hailed it as “the world’s most important book
since the Bible”)—and first published in 1928, this guide draws on Shaw’s decades of activism.
Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) was a Nobel Prize–winning Irish playwright and critic, as well as an
ardent socialist and activist for the working class. Polly Toynbee is a Guardian columnist.
Political Science • 300 pp • 5.5 x 8.5 • 9781847492432 • April • $19.95 Cloth
Constantinople
Edmondo de Amicis
A remarkable 19th-century account of Constantinople that expertly combines personal an-
ecdote, breathtaking visual observation, and entertaining historical information
Edmondo de Amicis’s brilliant look into an integral facet of world history begins with a daz-
zling description of the city gradually appearing through the fog as the author’s ship approaches
it through the harbor. His narrative further goes on to provide an invaluable record of Con-
stantinople as it used to be—a fascinating crossroads between Eastern and Western civilization
and one of the most cosmopolitan cities of its time—as well as a vivid example of a European
tourists’ reaction to it—part delight, part incomprehension. This book will provide an enrich-
ing read for lovers of history or those planning to visit Istanbul themselves.
Edmondo de Amicis (1846–1908) was a poet, a novelist, and a short story and travel writer.
He is best remembered for his children’s story Cuore.
Literary Collections/Travel • 352 pp • 5 x 8
9781847492661 (Replaces 9781847491589) • April • $16.95 Paper
Travels in the South of France

Stendhal
Translated by Elisabeth Abbott
Featuring engravings from its first edition, a captivating travelogue from one of France’s great-
est authors
“Part travelogue, part guidebook, part journal in time, Stendhal’s observations are fresh
and engaging, and make a welcome reappearance in this pleasantly produced and illus-
trated translation by Elisabeth Abbott.” —Times Literary Supplement
First published posthumously, Stendhal’s travel notes on his 1838 journey to southern France
contain descriptions of cities such as Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Marseilles that are peppered by
numerous personal digressions, anecdotes, and cultural musings. A captivating and pioneering
work of the travel-writing genre, it provides an illuminating perspective on the south of France
in the 19th century and the phenomenon of tourism in general.
Stendhal (1783–1842), the pen name of Marie-Henri Beyle, is most famous for his two realist
masterpieces, The Charterhouse of Parma and The Red and the Black. Elisabeth Abbott has
previously translated the work of numerous French and Italian authors.
Literary Collections/Travel • 228 pp • 5 x 8
9781847492920 (Replaces 9781847491121) • May • $17.95 Paper
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The Double
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Translated by Hugh Aplin
One of the most accessible and entertaining works by Dostoevsky
Constantly rebuffed from the social circles he aspires to frequent, the timid clerk Golyadkin is
confronted by the sudden appearance of his double, a more brazen, confident, and socially suc-
cessful version of himself, who abuses and victimizes the original. As he is increasingly perse-
cuted, Golyadkin finds his social, romantic, and professional life unraveling in a spiral that leads
to a catastrophic denouement. Dostoevsky’s second published work of fiction, which foreshad-
ows in its themes many of his mature novels, is the surreal and hallucinatory tale of an unfor-
tunate antihero, at once chilling in its depiction of the dark sides of human nature, and exuberantly
comical. Includes pictures and an extensive section on Dostoevsky’s life and works.
Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821–1881) is considered one of the greatest writers of all time. His works
include such seminal novels as Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and The Brothers Karamazov.
Hugh Aplin has translated Mikhail Bulgakov’s A Dog’s Heart and The Fatal Eggs, Fyodor Dos-
toevsky’s The Eternal Husband, and Mikhail Kuzmin’s Wings.
256 pp • 9781847493019 • May • $14.95
The Good Soldier

Ford Madox Ford
A classic found on such lists as Modern Library 100 Best Novels, the Observer’s “100 Great-
est Novels of All Time,” and the Guardian’s “1,000 novels everyone must read”
This novel tells the stories of two outwardly happy couples who meet at a health spa in Germany
just before the start of World War I, and whose loveless, adultery-ridden relationships are strained
and gradually disintegrate, with tragic consequences. Drawing inspiration from his own personal
life, Ford Madox Ford innovatively used nonchronological flashbacks as well as an unreliable nar-
rator to reveal the scandalous affairs, lies, and betrayals behind the façade of respectability and
craft a masterly work of fiction and a subtle investigation of the notions of truth and deception.
Ford Madox Ford (1873–1939) is remembered as one of the most eminent figures in early 20th-
century English literature. He is best known for his novel The Good Soldier and for founding
the journals the English Review and the Transatlantic Review.
Wilhelm Meister
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Translated by H. M. Waidson
A new edition of one of the greatest and most influential masterpieces of German literature—
includes Wilhelm Meister’s Years of Apprenticeship and Wilhelm Meister’s Years of Travel
Seduced by the chimerical world of the theater and taking upon himself the grand ambition of
becoming a successful performer and dramatist, the merchant’s son Wilhelm Meister embarks
on a tumultuous quest of self-discovery. Along his path he finds himself having to negotiate love,
desire, and the need to face up to his own past and responsibilities. A landmark in the history
of European literature, Goethe’s novel is not only one of the key works of Weimar Classicism
and the prototype for the bildungsroman genre, but also a timeless tale of coming into one’s own
and a fascinating portrayal of the late-18th-century theater world.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) was one of the greatest German writers and the leader
of the Weimar Classicism movement. Most famous for his seminal poetic drama, Faust, and his novel
The Sorrows of Young Werther, Goethe was also a poet, theologian, philosopher, and scientist.
H. M. Waidson has previously translated Goethe’s Elective Affinities.
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Supernatural Short Stories

Charles Dickens
The only single-volume edition in print of Dickens’s tales of the supernatural, enriched
with pictures and additional material on his life and works
Charles Dickens wrote a number of supernatural and horror stories, some of which were
included in his longer works, while others were published in magazines. This collection gath-
ers them together in one volume, providing an invaluable insight into the author’s story-
telling apprenticeship and his steady growth towards excellence. As well as offering a further
dimension to the world of his better-known masterpieces, these tales, from “A Madman’s
Manuscript” to “The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton” to the celebrated “The Sig-
nalman,” illustrate Dickens’s well-known love of a spooky story told around a blazing fire,
the pastime of a bygone age to be rediscovered for our own delight.
Charles Dickens (1812–1870) is considered one of the English language’s greatest writers.
His works include Bleak House, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Great Expectations,
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, and A Tale of Two Cities.
300 pp • 9781847492272 • May • $12.95 Paper
The Life of Our Lord

Charles Dickens
An unusual children’s classic from the author of A Christmas Carol gives a retelling
of the Christ story in an accessible and amusing manner
Never published in its author’s lifetime and intended solely for his own children—to whom
he read it every Christmas—Life of Our Lord is a straightforward and gently humorous
take on Jesus Christ’s life and teachings. Far removed from the sharp satire and social di-
mension of his more famous writings, but showcasing his characteristic humanity and
genius for storytelling, this is both an essential work for those wanting to see a different,
more intimate side to Dickens’s prose and a timeless retelling for children and adults alike.
Charles Dickens (1812–1870) is considered one of the English language’s greatest writ-
ers. His works include Bleak House, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Great Ex-
pectations, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, and A Tale of Two Cities.
128 pp • 9781847492890 (Replaces 9781847491664) • April • $16.95 Cloth
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Love Poems
Alexander Pushkin
Translated by Roger Clarke
A selection of the very finest love poems from the master of the genre, in a lavishly pro-
duced edition
The wondrous moment of our meeting . . .
I well remember you appear
Before me like a vision fleeting,
A beauty’s angel pure and clear.
One of the many aspects of Alexander Pushkin’s immense contribution to Russian language
and literature, and perhaps the one he is most popular for, is his mastery of the love poem, a
genre which he perfected like few others before or after him. This volume contains a selec-
tion of his most famous and enduring verse explorations of love, such as “I Loved You,” “Night,”
and “A Magic Moment I Remember,” pieces that are crowning achievements of the European
canon and still have the same timeless emotional resonance today.
Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837) was a novelist, dramatist, and poet, penning such influen-
tial works as Eugene Onegin and Boris Godunov. He is now considered the father of mod-
ern Russian literature. Roger Clarke has previously translated Pushkin’s Boris Gudonov and
Ruslan and Lyudmila.
9781847493002
Poems
Charles Dickens
A rare collection of Dickens’s poetry, ideal for Dickens enthusiasts
He has turned from his farm! From his home he has cast
The old man who has tilled it for years;
Though each tree and flower is linked with the past,
And a friend of his childhood appears.
While Charles Dickens is best known and celebrated for his prolific journalistic output and
novelistic creations, he also devoted some of his creative energies to verse. At turns sentimental,
melancholy, playful, humorous, and satirical, and ranging considerably in tone and format,
from songs to narrative prologues for novels and “squibs” for newspapers, the poems in this
collection highlight Dickens’s gift for language and his unfailing power to touch.
Charles Dickens (1812–1870) is considered one of the English language’s greatest writers. His
works include Bleak House, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Great Expectations, The
Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, and A Tale of Two Cities.
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The Last Expedition The 39 Steps The Three Musketeers
R. F. Scott John Buchan Alexandre Dumas
Introduction by Ranulph Fiennes Introduction by Stella Rimington A much-loved swashbuckling tale. Car-
Includes the British Antarctic track The first of five novels featuring action dinal Richileu’s machinations are no
chart and Ponting’s glass-plate negatives hero, and the basis for the classic Hitch- match for the Musketeer’s determina-
of the photographs that he took while cock film tion to act “one for all and all for one!”
on the British Antarctic Expedition,
1910–1912 “Richard Hannay is, like his Ameri- “The Napoleon of storytellers.”
can brother Philip Marlowe, a mod- —Washington Post
“The stuff of legend, but what stands ern knight errant.” —Observer The young D’Artagnan travels to Paris de-
out is Scott’s skill as a writer.” It is May 1914 and Britain is on the eve termined to join King Louis XIII’s elite
—Guardian of war with Germany. Richard Hannay is guards. Hot-headed and raring to prove
Captain Scott’s gripping account of his ex- living a quiet life in London, but after a himself, D’Artagnan challenges three
pedition to the South Pole tell of a jour- chance encounter with a mysterious strangers to a duel. These strangers are
ney that was meant to be a voyage of stranger he stumbles into a hair-raising ad- none other than the daring band of Mus-
scientific discovery and a heroic explo- venture—a desperate hunt across the coun- keteers—Porthos, Athos, and Aramis.
ration of the last unconquered wilderness. try and against the clock, pursued by the D’Artagnan’s fearless spirit impresses them
Scott’s expedition, carried in the Terra police and a cunning, ruthless enemy. and the Musketeers take him under their
Nova, pitted him and his team not only Hannay’s life and the security of Britain are wing. Soon, the wicked plots of Cardinal
against the elements but also against the in grave peril, and everything rests on the Richelieu and Milady de Winter propel the
Norwegian explorer Amundsen. Ulti- solution to a baffling enigma: what are four musketeers to adventures on horse-
mately, Scott was beaten by both. The jour- the 39 steps? back, across seas, and over rooftops to de-
nals are full of incident and drama, John Buchan (1875–1940) led an interest- fend the honor of the Queen and protect
courage and endurance, hope and bitter ing and varied life as a statesman, barris- the life of the King. This is a rousing tale
disappointment. These journals were ter, journalist, intelligence officer, Member of thrilling swordplay and royal intrigue,
found, along with Scott’s body, several of Parliament, historian, biographer, poet, brave friends and the basest treachery.
months after his death and just 11 miles and novelist. His work was a considerable Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) wrote
from base camp and safety. influence on other novelists, including plays, travel books, children’s stories,
R. F. Scott (1868–1912) was a British ex- Graham Greene, Ian Fleming, and John le memoirs, and novels, including The Count
plorer who led two expeditions to the Carré. He published his most popular of Monte Cristo.
South Pole. Ranulph Fiennes is an elite sol- novel, The Thirty-Nine Steps, in 1915, and
Classics • 634 pp • 5 x 8
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both fiction and nonfiction, including former director general of MI5.
Killer Elite and Race to the Pole.
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Women in Love Eugénie Grandet
D. H. Lawrence Honoré de Balzac
Introduction by Howard Jacobson Introduction by Rose Tremain
With an introduction by the author of The Finkler Question Published in association with the Orange Prize for fiction,
with an introduction by Rose Tremain, describing why
Women in Love begins one blossoming spring day in England
she chose it as the book she’d like to pass on to the next
and ends with a terrible catastrophe in the snow of the Alps.
generation
Ursula and Gudrun are very different sisters who become en-
tangled with two friends, Rupert and Gerald, who live in their Monsieur Grandet is a very rich man whose chief care is his
hometown. The bonds between the couples quickly become in- gold. He runs his household with exacting miserly attention
tense and passionate, but whether this passion is creative or and his wife and daughter suffer a Spartan existence. On the
destructive is unclear. In this astonishing novel, widely con- evening of his daughter Eugénie’s 23rd birthday his foppish
sidered to be D. H. Lawrence’s best work, he explores what it nephew Charles suddenly arrives from Paris. Eugénie has never
means to be human in an age of conflict and confusion. known passion, but now, in an instant, she falls in love and
D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930) was a pioneer of English mod- her life is changed forever. Monsieur Grandet will not coun-
ernism and is best known for his novels Lady Chatterley’s Lover, tenance his daughter’s marriage to her penniless cousin, and
The Rainbow, and Women in Love. Howard Jacobson is the Eugénie’s determination to follow her heart leads her into di-
Booker Prize–winning author of The Finkler Question and rect conflict with her father.
Whatever It Is, I Don’t Like It. Honoré de Balzac’s (1799–1850) masterpiece Comédie humaine
comprises 91 separate works, including Eugénie Grandet, Père
Goirot, The Wild Ass’s Skin, and The Black Sheep. Many of
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his novels were critically acclaimed on publication and went
on to profoundly influence numerous authors. Rose Tremain
is the author of Music & Silence, which won a Whit-
bread Award. She has judged the Booker Prize twice.
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Tess of the
D’Urbervilles
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OZ
L. Frank Baum
L. Frank Baum (1856–1919) was an American author of children’s books, best known for writing
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote 13 novel sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and a host of other
works, totaling 55 novels, 83 short stories, more than 200 poems, and an unknown number of scripts.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

“The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick,” said the Witch, “so you
cannot miss it. When you get to Oz do not be afraid of him, but tell your story and ask
him to help you.”
Sam Raimi’s prequel Oz: The Great and Powerful, starring James Franco,
Michelle Williams, and Zach Braff, is due to be released March 2013
One of the best-known stories of all time, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz—often shortened
to The Wizard of Oz—is a timeless classic. Written as a children’s book, it has captured the
hearts and minds of generations and can be read and enjoyed at any age. The story chron-
icles the adventures of a young girl named Dorothy Gale in the Land of Oz, after being swept
away from her Kansas farm home in a storm. There she makes her way to the Emerald City,
along the way famously meeting the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodsman, and Cowardly Lion, all
desperate to meet the infamous Wizard who they believe has the power to grant their most
desired wishes. All Dorothy wants is to go home—but there are no ruby slippers here—they
were an embellishment added to the 1939 MGM movie. This story has been translated widely
and its huge success led to Baum writing a further 13 books based in the Land of Oz.
160 pp • 9781843913900
The Marvellous Land of Oz

The sequel to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, set shortly after the events in the first book
A fantastical tale of endless imagination, this story follows the adventures of a young boy
named Tip, who, for as long as he can remember has been under the guardianship of a witch
named Mombi in the Land of Oz. One night he plans his escape to the Emerald City, steal-
ing Mombi’s powder of life. Along the way he meets with the Scarecrow and Tin Woods-
man as well as Jack Pumpkinhead, the Wooden Sawhorse, the Highly Magnified Woggle-Bug,
and the amazing Gump. Can they escape Mombi and make it to the Emerald City? This story
is as exciting and endearing today as it was when first published more than 80 years ago.
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OZ
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The Emerald City of Oz

The sixth Oz book has Dorothy coming up with a very creative solution to her aunt and
uncle’s financial woes
Dorothy has decided to take Uncle Henry and Aunt Em to live in the Land of Oz, with the
help of Princess Ozma. As they embark together on a tour of the land, Dorothy is unaware
that the Nome King, squatting in his underground Kingdom, is plotting to seize the Land of
Oz. He sets out to recruit new allies to help the Nome army and burrows his way to the cen-
ter of the Emerald City. Can his diabolical army be defeated by Dorothy, Princess Ozma of
Oz, and their friends? In this captivating installment in the Oz series, as well as being reac-
quainted with favorite characters from previous books such as the Cowardly Lion, Billina
the yellow hen, and the Wooden Sawhorse, we are introduced to many weird and wonderful
news ones such as the Miss Cuttenclip, the paranoid Flutterbudgets, and the living kitchen
utensils of Utensia.
9781843913924
Glinda of Oz
The last book in Baum’s series sees Princess Ozma and Dorothy travel through a re-
mote region of Oz
Dorothy travels with Princess Ozma to an obscure corner of the Land of Oz in order to pre-
vent a war between the Skeezers and the Flatheads. The leaders of the two tribes are deter-
mined, and Dorothy and Ozma find themselves imprisoned on the Skeezers’ glass-covered
island, which has been magically submerged in the bottom of its lake. They summon Glinda,
the most powerful sorceress of Oz who, with help from several magicians and magical as-
sistants, must find a way to raise the island and liberate its trapped inhabitants.
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SHE
H. Rider Haggard
H. Rider Haggard (1856–1925) was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations,
predominantly Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. His stories continue to be popular
and influential, including the much-loved Allan Quatermain and King Solomon’s Mines.
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She
One of the classics of imaginative literature, first serialized in The Graphic magazine in
1886–1887, and an influence on writers from Atwood to Tolkien
When Leo Vincey’s father dies, he is left in the care of his father’s confidant Professor Ho-
race Holly with one parting gift—a strange casket that he is to open on his 25th birthday.
The years pass and when the day arrives to open it, Leo and Horace discover the ancient
and mysterious “Sherd of Amenartas” detailing the history of Leo’s ancestors. Following
the instructions on the Sherd they journey to Eastern Africa to uncover hidden family se-
crets. Traveling across hazardous terrain, they make their way to the kingdom of K’r, where
She awaits them. Ayesha is She—the white Queen of the Amahagger. Eternally beautiful and
fiercely cruel, she can cast her spell upon any man and ensnare them. But she is only after
one. For 2,000 years she has been waiting for the return of the man she once loved, a man
she herself killed in a fit of jealous rage, and she believes that Leo Vincey is that man.
240 pp • 9781843913962
Ayesha: The Return of She

Ayesha is back in the thrilling sequel to She, bursting with adventure, desire, and disaster
Witnessing Ayesha’s dramatic demise, Horace Holly and Leo Vincey have not given up their
hope of seeing her again after she promised in her last moments of life she would return. Still
haunted by her presence 16 years later, they receive a vision that She has been reincarnated, so
they set off on a dangerous journey through unchartered lands battling murderous tribes, av-
alanches, and glaciers before finally arriving in the court of Kaloon. Ruled by the evil Khan
Rassen and his imperious wife, the Khania Atene, Kaloon is an uneasy, dangerous place and
when Atene declares her love for Leo, disaster is soon on the cards, especially when Leo be-
lieves he has finally located Ayesha. Brimming with drama, passion, revenge, and adventure, this
fitting sequel to a much-loved classic richly deserves a revival.
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SHE
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She and Allan

Two of Haggard’s most memorable characters come face to face in this epic fantasy ad-
venture, the third book in the She sequence
Wanting to learn if he can communicate with deceased loved ones, adventurer Allan Quar-
termain seeks a meeting with the feared Zulu witch-doctor Zikali. Zikali tells Allan he must
seek out a great white sorceress who rules a hidden kingdom far to the north, and he charges
Allan to take a message to her. So begins Allan’s treacherous journey into unknown and dan-
gerous country where he encounters wild animals and cannibals, narrowly escaping death.
Upon reaching the lost kingdom of Kôr, Allan is summoned to meet Ayesha who seeks Allan’s
help. A rebel fraction lead by the dreaded Rezu is trying to overthrow Ayesha and she asks
Allan to lead the army of Kôr against attack. He reluctantly agrees as only once he has com-
pleted his task will Ayesha teach him the terrifying trick to travel to the spiritual realm.
240 pp • 9781843913986
Wisdom’s Daughter
In the fourth and final book in the She sequence, the beautiful and immortal Ayesha tells
her tale of power, wisdom, love, and deception, in her own words
Arabian by birth, Ayesha’s natural beauty was the cause in her father’s kingdom of many
wars and conflicts between jealous princes and suitors, leading to a rumor that she was cursed.
Swearing an oath of celibacy, to serve Isis the Goddess of the Spirit of Nature and turn away
from Aphrodite the Goddess of Love, she seeks to protect herself, until Greek soldier of for-
tune Kallikrates comes to her for sanctuary and her resolve weakens. But Kallikrates does
not arrive alone—he is pursued by the Pharaoh’s daughter who is widely jealous of Ayesha’s
beauty and vows to destroy her. Only by staying true to Isis does Ayesha survive, and as a
reward Isis leads her to the hidden kingdom of Kôr in Africa, to herald in a new Golden
Age. The kingdom of Kôr hides many secrets, including The Flame of Eternal Life where ul-
timately Ayesha’s vanity, obsession, and desire lead to her downfall.
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A Dog’s Heart The Blue Castle The Mad Toy
Mikhail Bulgakov L. M. Montgomery Roberto Arlt
Foreword by A. S. Byatt A timeless, heartwarming classic from The first novel by one of the greatest
A n i n g e n i o u s n ew t w i s t t o t h ethe author of Anne of Green Gables, writers of Latin American literature is
“Frankenstein” parable in a new trans- this delightful and witty romance will a semiautobiographical story reflecting
lation of one of the most popular sweep readers away the energy and chaos of early 20th-cen-
satires on the Russian Revolution and tury Buenos Aires
Valancy Stirling is 29, unmarried, and has
on Soviet society
never been in love. Living with her over-
Feeling the alienation of youth, Silvio
Having been scalded by boiling water ear- bearing mother and meddlesome aunt, she Astier’s gang tours neighborhoods, in-
lier that day and with little chance to sur- finds her only consolation in the “forbid-flicting waves of petty crime, stealing
vive the severe winter night, a stray dog den” books of John Foster and her day- from homes and shops until the police are
is left for dead on the streets. Lamenting dreams of the Blue Castle—a place where forced to intervene. Drifting then from one
his fate, he is ill-prepared for the chance all her dreams come true and she can be career and subsequent crime to another,
arrival of a wealthy professor who be- who she truly wants to be. Shortly after Silvio’s main difficulty is his own intelli-
friends him and takes him home. However, her birthday Valancy receives some news gence, with which he grapples. Writing in
it seems the professor’s motives are not en- about her health that makes her decide to the language of the streets and basing his
tirely altruistic—an expert in medical ex- throw caution to the wind and make a writings in part on his own experience,
perimentation, he sees his new charge as fresh start. Rebelling against her family she with his characters wandering in a mod-
the potential subject for a bizarre opera- soon discovers a surprising new world, full ern world, Arlt creates a book that com-
tion, and implants glands from a dead of love and adventures far beyond her bines realism, humor, and anger with
criminal in the dog. The resulting half- most secret dreams. One of Montgomery’s detective story. Although astronomically
man, half-beast is, as to be expected, a only novels intended for an adult audience, famous in South America, Roberto Arlt’s
monstrosity, yet one that fits in remark- The Blue Castle is filled with humor name is still relatively unknown in An-
ably well with Soviet society. and romance. glophone circles, but the rising wave of ap-
Mikhail Bulgakov is best known for The L. M. Montgomery (1874–1942) was a preciation of South American literature is
Master and Margarita, widely hailed as one Canadian author best known for a series bringing him to the fore.
of the greatest novels of the 20th century. of novels beginning with Anne of Green Roberto Arlt (1900–1942) is widely con-
A. S. Byatt is the acclaimed Booker-prize Gables, published in 1908. Montgomery sidered to be one of the founders of the
winning author of such works as The Bi- went on to publish 20 novels as well as modern Argentine novel and has been mas-
ographer’s Tale, The Children’s Book, Lit- 500 short stories and poems. sively influential on Latin American lit-
tle Black Book of Stories, and Possession. erature, including the 1960s Boom
generation of writers such as Gabriel
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The Perils of Certain English Prisoners The Position of Peggy Harper
Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins Leonard Merrick
A classic collaboration between two literary giants, The Per- Foreword by George Orwell
ils of Certain English Prisoners is a gripping adventure story Set in British theater-land in the very early 20th century, a
filled with murder, intrigue, and strong female characters tale of one man’s quest as an actor for a secure wage and
fame
Following on from the success of The Lazy Tour of Two Idle
Apprentices, Hesperus presents another collaboration from close “The special thing that Merrick could do, and which no one
friends and literary giants, Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. else seems to have done, is to reproduce the atmosphere of low-
Their legendary friendship resulted in a number of joint liter- class theatrical life: the smell of greasepaint and fish and chips,
ary ventures, in this case Collins wrote the second chapter under the sordid rivalries . . . the forlorn collection of press cuttings,
Dickens’ supervision. Inspired by events of the Indian Mutiny the manager who bolts in the middle of the tour with all the
in 1857, but wishing to distance himself from the context of takings.” —George Orwell
India itself, Dickens chose to set his novella in Central Amer- Christopher Tatham lurches from bit part to bit part, always
ica. This adventure story takes place on an island near the Eng- hoping for the longed-for leading-man role, relying on the kind-
lish colony of Belize, where a silver mine is overrun by ness of relations to keep him housed and clothed. A chance en-
pirates, who in turn murder a number of English colonists and counter with the enchanting Peggy Harper seems to preempt
take the remaining prisoner. In the diverting narrative that fol- a change of fortune. Will they both attain the success they crave?
lows, the initiative of intrepid women prisoners enables the cap- Toasting engagements without ginger beer, living hand-to-
tives to escape. mouth, Merrick’s seedy world makes for grim reading and when
Charles Dickens (1812–70) is a novelist whose books are still Peggy turns out to be as fame-hungry, vain, and vacant as she
regarded as among the most popular and widely read classics first appears, Christopher’s lot looks unlikely to improve. In
of all time. Wilkie Collins (1824–89) was an English author an age in which fame and celebrity are widely courted and
whose best-known works are The Moonstone, No Name, and craved, this book still makes for an intriguing and, potentially,
The Woman in White. cautionary tale.
Classics • 112 pp • 5 x 8 Leonard Merrick (1864–1939) was an English novelist. Born
9781843913894 • April • $14.95 (Can $16.95) Paper Leonard Miller, he worked as an actor and actor-manager under
Hesperus Press the stage name of Leonard Merrick. He was widely admired
by his peers, J. M. Barrie calling him the “novelist’s novelist.”
George Orwell (1903–1950) was an English author, essayist,
journalist, and literary critic best known for his novels 1984
and Animal Farm.
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The Great Meadow Nietzsche Animal Trials
Elizabeth Madox Roberts Stefan Zweig Edwards Evans
First published in 1930 and short- Translated by Will Stone An edited version of the text Criminal
listed for the Pulitzer, the winner of A new translation of the compelling Prosecution and Capital Punishment
Hesperus’ “Uncover a Classic” com- third part of Stefan Zweig’s The Strug- of Animals—omitting much of the
petition is a long-neglected American gle with the Demon legal analysis and concentrating on an
classic, a romantic saga of love on the extraordinary range of trials
This edition of Nietzsche displays Zweig’s
Kentucky trail in colonial America
particular forte for creatively mapping the To try an animal in a court of law for
Diony Hall has waited for many years for psychology of his subject and their his- “crimes” and then sentence it to impris-
her betrothed to return to marry her. Try- torical significance. Zweig eschews tradi- onment or death seems barbaric, but for
ing to fathom the nature of identity and tional academic discussion and focuses on hundreds of years until the mid-19th cen-
her place in the vast newly created Amer- Nietzsche’s habits, passions, and obses- tury this practice was commonplace in Eu-
ica, Diony spends her time at the family sions. This work, concentrating on the rope, and became the subject of a book
hearthside, combining her love of reading man rather than the work, on the tragedy called Criminal Prosecution and Capital
with her roles within the family circle and of his existence and his apartness from the Punishment of Animals. They include a pig
the daily tasks on the homestead. When world in which he moved in enforced iso- tried found guilty of strangling and killing
Berk Jarvis returns and they are married, lation, is a brief tour de force and essen- a baby in its cradle—the sentence was
they both bid farewell to Virginia, family, tial reading for anyone interested in Zweig death and the pig was hanged and a
community, and security to head out to or Nietzsche. The reader is drawn inex- group of rats who were summoned to
found a new family and a new life together orably into Nietzsche’s tragic trajectory. court for eating the local barley, but failed
in the wilderness of Kentucky. What fol- Illustrated with stunning new photo- to turn up—their defense counsel suc-
lows is a breathtaking story of love and graphs relating to Nietzsche and his Eu- cessfully argued that they had probably
death, as the settlers cross the Appalachian ropean locations. not received the summons and should be
Mountains and struggle to carve a new life Stefan Zweig (1881–1942) was the author let off. There were even trials of inanimate
on the unforgiving frontier at the mercy of Beware of Pity, Journey into the Past, Post- objects, such as a Russian bell put on trial
of shortages, harsh winters, and the per- Office Girl, and many others. Will Stone is for abetting insurrection. It was found
petual danger of Indian attack. This as- an award-winning poet and the translator guilty and exiled to Siberia.
tonishing novel, with its rhythmic prose, of Stefan Zweig’s Journeys. Edward Payson Evans (1831–1917), a
has too long been forgotten. historian, a linguist, and associate of
Literary Criticism/Biography
E l i z a b e t h M a d ox R o b e r t s ( 1 8 8 1 – Ralph Waldo Emerson, taught at the Uni-
120 pp • 5 x 8
1941) was a novelist and poet. Though versity of Michigan before moving to
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her writing is comparable to Willa Cather, Germany, where he became a specialist in
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William Faulkner, and Robert Penn War- Oriental languages and German literature.
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ren, she also possesses a vital link to suc-
Law/History • 140 pp • 5 x 8
ceeding generations of female authors
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HESPERUS CLASSICS BRIEF LIVES
Venus in the Cloisters Evelyn Waugh John Milton
Or The Nun in Her Chemise Michael Barber Richard Bradford
L’Abbé du Prat An examination of the man behind the A concise, layered look at the life and
Foreword by Matthew Sweet myth, his writings, and their signifi- work of one of the most preeminent
Responsible for the first trial for cance then and now writers in the English language
obscenity in the United Kingdom, this
Evelyn Waugh was the finest novelist of William Shakespeare and John Milton are
classic of libertine literature relates
his generation in England, the “Com- the two most important poets in English.
a series of five dramatic conversations
manding Officer” mourned by Graham Shakespeare’s achievements are unchal-
between two fictional nuns—smut
Greene. He also lived a life less ordinary lengeable and secure, while Milton’s claim
or satire?
than most, which, like his alter ego Pin- to eminence is far more controversial. He
“Is it right that a girl so accomplished be fold’s, became increasingly stylized and wrote the only poem in English recognized
secluded as you are? No, no, my child, I anachronistic as the class he had gate- as an epic, Paradise Lost, a poem which
want to share with you my most secret crashed lost its preeminence in the Age of challenged the beliefs and presupposi-
habits, and to give you a true notion of the the Common Man. By the time he died, tions of all of its readers. As a literary
deeds of a wise nun.” halfway through the “swinging sixties,” he writer his political and historical signifi-
This landmark erotic novel salaciously was regarded as, at best, a museum piece. cance is unique; he was at the center, in-
presents the education, or perhaps indoc- Then, following the posthumous publica- volved in, the most traumatic period of
trination, of green Catholic nun Sister tion of his riveting Diaries and Letters, he
modern British history, and this left an im-
Agnes at the hands of her more experi- and his work experienced a renaissance print on his writings. Richard Bradford ad-
enced cohort Sister Angelique. Religious that continues to this day. dresses two key topics in this short account
demystification coincides with sexual Michael Barber is a writer and broadcaster of Milton’s life and work: the parallels be-
awakening in a scurrilous work that who conducted a Paris Review interview tween Paradise Lost and the events in Eng-
stands as a precursor to those of authors with Anthony Powell and wrote Powell’s land of the mid-to-late 17th century; and
such as the Marquis de Sade. entry for the Oxford Dictionary of Na- the question of whether Milton’s writings
tional Biography. reflect his sense of despair at man’s ap-
L’Abbé du Prat was the pseudonym
parent failure to make the best of
used by the Vicar-General of the Diocese Biography/Literary Criticism the world after the Fall and is thus the first
of Nantes. Matthew Sweet is a journalist, 120 pp • 5 x 8 testimony of his religious doubt.
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ON
On Europe On Poverty
Mark Twain Charles Dickens
A brand new selection of Twain’s views on Europe and the A collection of Dickens’s valuable writings on the most vul-
Europeans, taken from several volumes of travelogues re- nerable segments of society
counting his journeys across the continent with wit, vivac-
Dickens is famous for his moralizing, and the entreaties
ity, and humor
within his fiction to help the poor and characters such as the
In a little while we were speeding through the streets of Paris Cratchit family or little Joe in Bleak House have become iconic
and delightfully recognizing certain names and places with figures in popular recollections of the 19th century’s working-
which books had long ago made us familiar. It was like meet- class struggles. This collection includes articles such as “A Poor
ing an old friend when we read Rue de Rivoli on the street cor- Man and his Beer” and “Walk in the Workhouse,” based di-
ner; we knew the genuine vast palace of the Louvre as well as rectly upon Dickens’ own involvement and experience of walk-
we knew its picture; when we passed by the Column of July ing around the more derelict areas of London and England to
we needed no one to tell us what it was or to remind us that meet the poor firsthand and report their plights to the read-
on its site once stood the grim Bastille, that grave of human ing population. It also considers Dickens’ own charitable work,
hopes and happiness . . . such as his involvement in setting up a refuge for prostitutes,
Throughout France, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland, the food, as defended in his article “A Home for Homeless Women.” In
the language, the customs and the people, no subject escapes contrast to his personal nostalgia for the innocence of child-
Mark Twain’s analysis of the most amusing kind, though he al- hood, Dickens tirelessly argued against those who hearkened
ways seems to pull it back from the brink and err on the side back to the good old days, instead flying the flag for evolu-
of humor rather than offense. Providing a captivating snapshot tion and development.
into late-19th-century Europe, Twain also documents the po- Charles Dickens (1812–1870) is a novelist whose books are
litical zeitgeist of a changing era. The author also takes the op- still regarded as among the most popular and widely read clas-
portunity to lambast fellow travel writers, lampooning their sics of all time.
overwrought style and grandiose emotional outpourings. Fol-
Classics/Literary Collections • 120 pp • 5 x 8
lowing the age-old tradition of new-world travelers returning
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to the old world, Twain’s account features the usual blend of
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awe and disillusionment that met Americans in equal measure
when confronted with lands so steeped in history and legend
and yet now in the grip of modernity.
Mark Twain (1835–1910) was an American humorist, satirist,
social critic, lecturer, and novelist of numerous classics, including
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Classics/Travel • 120 pp • 5 x 8
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VIRAGO MODERN CLASSICS
Each: Classics • 5 x 8 • Virago UK
My Brilliant Career
Miles Franklin
A delightfully irresistible classic coming-of-age story, made available in a beautiful hard-
back for adult and young adult readers
“A splendidly vivid display . . . carrying the reader by force of its narrative and its
sharply detailed, entirely convincing voice.” —Times
The idea of marriage even with the best man in the world seems to me a lowering thing.
Trapped on her parents’ farm in the Australian outback, ebullient 16-year-old Sybylla Melvyn
simultaneously loves bush life and hates the physical burdens it imposes. She longs for a more
refined, aesthetic lifestyle—to read, to think, to sing—but most of all she longs to do great
things. Suddenly her life is transformed. Whisked away to live on her grandmother’s gracious
property, she finds herself under the gaze of wealthy, handsome Harry Beecham. And soon
she must choose between everything a conventional life offers and her own plans for a bril-
liant career. First published in 1901, this book features an unforgettable, feisty heroine, who is
refreshingly modern.
Miles Franklin (1879–1954) was born into a pioneering family settled in New South Wales,
Australia. She wrote My Brilliant Career when she was only 16. Publication in 1901 brought
instant fame and a notoriety that was so unwelcome that she forbade its republication until 10
years after her death. Miles Franklin traveled to America, where she worked for the Women’s
Trade Union League, and later during WWI to London and Salonika, where she did war work.
In 1933 she returned to Australia, where she spent the rest of her life. My Career Goes Bung,
the sequel to My Brilliant Career, was published in 1946, and her autobiography, Childhood
at Brindabella, posthumously in 1963.
320 pp • 9781844088164 • April • $19.95 Cloth
The Yellow Wallpaper

Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Introduction by Maggie O’Farrell
As powerful today as it was upon publication in 1892, an important, widely anthologized
story of a descent into psychosis from America’s leading early 20th-century feminist intel-
lectual
Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrenched this small literary masterpiece from her own experience.
Narrated with superb psychological skill and dramatic precision, it tells the story of a name-
less woman driven mad by enforced confinement after the birth of her child. Isolated in a colo-
nial mansion in the middle of nowhere, forced to sleep in an attic nursery with barred windows
and sickly yellow wallpaper, secretly she does what she has to do—she writes. She craves in-
tellectual stimulation, activity, and loving understanding, but instead she is ordered to her bed-
room to rest and “pull herself together.” Here, slowly but surely, the tortuous pattern of the
wallpaper winds its way into the recesses of her mind.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935) was a writer of nonfiction and poetry, an editor, and
a feminist theorist. Maggie O’Farrell is the author of After You’d Gone, My Lover’s Lover,
and The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox.
64 pp • 9780860682011 • June • $9.95 Paper
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Ring for Jeeves
P. G. Wodehouse
Read by Martin Jarvis
A new recording by Martin Jarvis featuring the much-loved
Jeeves and Wooster
We find ourselves in the austerity of the 1950s, when England’s
aristocracy was feeling the pinch. Bertie Wooster has gone to a
residential self-help school to learn how to darn his socks. Until
he reemerges, Jeeves has signed up with Bill Rowcester (pronounced
Roaster), an earl who is failing to make ends meet in trade and
yearning to sell his stately home, which has charm and damp in
equal measure. In his new environment Jeeves is required to exert
his mammoth brain to what would be breaking point for any nor-
mal intellect. Apart from the current economic crisis and his em-
ployer’s complete ignorance of digging and delving, Jeeves has to
duck and weave to preserve his temporary master from grievous
injury at the hands of a very angry White Hunter and a small but feisty fiancée. If that wasn’t enough, we also meet a rich Amer-
ican lady with addictions to psychic phenomena and White Hunters, which have to be humored by night as well as by day. Be-
lieve it or not, Jeeves flits across this minefield with all the grace and agility of an adagio dancer and makes it look easy, which
is yet another indication of his truly Olympian stature.
P. G. Wodehouse (1881–1975) was an English writer of novels, stories, and musical theater, best known for his Jeeves and Bland-
ings Castle series. Martin Jarvis is an accomplished actor who has been described by Vanity Fair as “the Olivier of audiobooks.”
He divides his time between London and Los Angeles.
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Zane Grey
Zane Grey
A classic collection of three of the best from the absolute master of the Western novel
Riders of the Purple Sage, Grey’s best-known bestseller, is a thrilling saga set on the
Utah-Arizona border country that features a despicable villain and a straight-shootin’
hero in a tale of passion, rivalry, and revenge. In The Trail Driver, the heroine is dis-
guised as a boy while a cast of hard-bitten, weather-beaten characters drive 4,000 cat-
tle north out of Texas, braving the weather, marauding outlaws, and hostile Indians
along the way. Rangers of the Lone Star features Texas Ranger Russ Sittell working
undercover on a ranch to break a rustling ring, a dangerous assignment made all the
more hazardous by the fact that the ranch owner is the local mayor. These three epic
tales represent a wonderful way for Western fans familiar with Zane Grey’s work to
drift back into his stories of life on the range but are equally attractive for newcom-
ers who would like to sample a little of the wild west.
Zane Grey published his first book in 1903 at the age of 31. His writing style and his
depiction of the old “wild” west led to him becoming one of the highest-earning au-
thors of popular literature of his time.
Classics • 656 pp • 6.5 x 8.5
9781853758874 (Replaces 9781853757068) • April • $16.95 Paper • Prion
C. S. Lewis
A Biography of Friendship
Colin Duriez
Discover the real C. S. Lewis—the man behind the remarkable enigma
“In a graceful, sympathetic, and appealing dual biography, Duriez stresses their influ-
ences on one another and the depths of their friendship.” —Booklist on Tolkien and
C. S. Lewis
Explore this sparkling new biography that brings out the significance of C. S. Lewis’ key
friendships, revealing their impact on his thoughts and writings. C. S. Lewis was one of the
most high-profile academics of his time. He saw the world as story-shaped and believed his
imagination to be the center of his being. He was a man who was at home with ideas and
debate and yet he valued friendship above all else, and not just with fellow intellectuals.
Among his most important friendships were the other members of the Inklings. Drawing
on the latest scholarship and previously unpublished material, this book delves into his re-
markable life through these key people—those that knew him best.
Colin Duriez is a widely respected authority on Tolkien and a regular speaker at Tolkien
conferences. He is the author of The C. S. Lewis Encyclopedia, A Field Guide to Narnia,
The Inklings Handbook, Tolkien and C. S. Lewis: The Gift of Friendship, and Tolkien and
the Lord of the Rings, among others.
Biography • 256 pp • 5 x 7.5
9780745955872 • June • $16.95 (Can $18.95) Paper • Lion UK
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Marcel Proust
The Ark and the Dove
Mireille Naturel
Edited by Patricia Mante-Proust
Through the exclusive documents that Patricia Mante-
Proust inherited, she revisits her rich family history in im-
ages and anecdotes
“The thing about Proust is his combination of the utmost

sensibility with the utmost tenacity. He searches out these
butterfly shades to the last grain. He is as tough as catgut
and as evanescent as a butterfly’s bloom. And he will I
suppose both influence me and make me out of temper
with every sentence of my own.” —Virginia Woolf
This first publication of a collection of original Proustian treas-
ures includes numerous documents from the family’s collection
in the National Archives and items found in the drawers of Aunt
Léonie’s famous house in Illiers-Combray, as well as corre-
spondence, rare and unpublished manuscripts, and memories
rediscovered in the places that Proust frequented and loved. Its
purpose is to celebrate a life and an era that, through the magic
of an inimitable style, will live for eternity. For a long time I
used to go to bed early is probably one of the most famous quo-
tations from French literature, the very first words of an epic
structure compared by its author to a cathedral. In the case of
Remembrance of Things Past it is impossible to distinguish be-
tween the author and the work. No writer has ever pushed in-
trospection and remembrance to such a level. Through his prodigious quest for the flavor of the little madeleine cake, he has ac-
quired an almost mystical aura for generations of readers throughout the world. Proust has often been described as feverish,
excessively shy, a recluse in his cork-lined room; yet, between visions and real-life experiences, who was Marcel Proust in real-
ity? Could the famous Questionnaire that he compiled and answered and that bears his name shed any light on this enigma?
Mireille Naturel is the general secretary of the Society of Friends of Marcel Proust. She is the author of Proust and Flaubert:
the Secret of Writing and Proust and the Literary Act: Receiving and Creating, the editor of How Proust Is Received Abroad
and Correspondence and Manuscripts, and she produced the critical edition of Swann in Love for Flammarion. Patricia Mante-
Proust is the great-grand-niece of the writer and the keeper of his estate.
Biography • 192 pp • 11 x 13 • 350 B/W Photos
9783283012182 • April • $65.00 (Can $71.95) Cloth • Edition Olms
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The World of the Brontës
Pitkin Guides
A high-quality guide to perhaps the world’s most famous literary family
Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë are the authors of some of the best-loved books in the
English language, including Jane Eyre (1847), Wuthering Heights (1847), and The Ten-
ant of Wildfell Hall (1848). These novels were penned in their Yorkshire home, Howarth
Parsonage (now the Brontë Parsonage Museum), where the Reverend Patrick Brontë’s daugh-
ters and their brother, Branwell, spent much of their lives. The Brontë sisters lived in a
time when the class system was very rigid and their education, when many people could
not even read, was unusual. Although their house was one of the largest in Howarth, the
family lived modestly. The girls had to work as governesses, and their lifestyle at home
and work, as well as their imaginations, influenced their writing. The freedoms afforded
the sisters, along with the restrictions of the Victorian age, are brought to life in these
pages, fully illustrated with lustrous images.
Biography • 32 pp • 6.5 x 9.5 • 50 Color Photos • 10 B/W Photos
9781841654164 • June • $8.95 (Can $9.95) Paper • Pitkin Publishing
Tolkien and the Peril of War

Robert S. Blackham
How the Great War impacted Tolkien’s life and work
J. R. R. Tolkien’s experiences of the Battle of the Somme forever imprinted on his mind and be-
came a dramatic source of inspiration for The Lord of the Rings. This absorbing book charts
Tolkien’s life from 1914 to 1918, using old postcards, maps, and photographs to paint a picture
of the places and times that relate to one of the leading authors of the 20th century. Tolkien joined
the army in 1915 and trained in Bedford and Brocton Camp on Cannock Chase while his wife
lived in the village of Great Haywood, close to the camp. A number of the places in and around
Great Haywood were destined to appear in his later works. In 1916 Tolkien learned of the death
of two of his school friends in the bloody Battle of the Somme. He contracted Trench Fever in
late October 1916 and returned to Birmingham, his hometown, by hospital ship and train. The
final part of the book covers his time in England, an era in which he was blighted by illness. Richly
illustrated, this fascinating volume is an essential purchase for Tolkien-lovers everywhere.
Robert S. Blackham is a member of the Birmingham Tolkien Strategy Group and the vice chair
of the Shire Country Park Friends, a park named to commemorate Tolkien’s childhood connec-
tions with the area in Birmingham. He is the author of The Roots of Tolkien’s Middle-Earth, The
Pitkin Guide to Tolkien, Tolkien’s Birmingham, and Tolkien’s Oxford.
Biography • 144 pp • 4.5 x 9 • 30 Color Photos • 150 B/W Photos
9780752457802 • May • $19.95 (Can $21.95) Paper • The History Press
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LITERARY MISCELLANY
Each: Literary Criticism • 192 pp • 4.5 x 7 • 30 B/W Photos • June • Cloth • The History Press
The J. R. R. Tolkien Miscellany

Robert S. Blackham
A detailed look at the fascinating and enigmatic world of J. R. R. Tolkien, covering ground
from his friendship with C. S. Lewis to pipe smoking in his life and fictional works
Examining Tolkien’s place in literary history, his books, and his iconic characters, this mis-
cellany presents readers with facts, trivia, and quotes from his life and works. It covers his
early life in southern Africa and Birmingham, his part in the two World Wars, his religious
faith, and his fame and its problems. It also discusses Tolkien the illustrator, the places that
inspired his fictional world of Middle-earth, and Tolkien on the silver screen. Lighthearted
and extremely informative, this guide has something for fans both old and new.
Robert S. Blackham is a member of the Birmingham Tolkien Strategy Group and the vice
chair of the Shire Country Park Friends, a park named to commemorate Tolkien’s childhood
connections with the area in Birmingham. He is the author of The Roots of Tolkien’s Mid-
dle-Earth, The Pitkin Guide to Tolkien, Tolkien’s Birmingham, and Tolkien’s Oxford.
Biography • 9780752487199 • $17.95 (Can $19.95)
The Agatha Christie Miscellany

Cathy Luzmore
An exploration of the fascinating and enigmatic world created by the undisputed Queen
of Crime
Examining her place in literary history, her books, and her iconic characters, including Her-
cule Poirot and Miss Marple, this unique collection features all of the facts, trivia, and quotes
that feature in Christie’s legendary stories and the subsequent film and television adaptations. It
also delves into the secrets, mysteries, and tricks that made her the most sensational and suc-
cessful mystery writer of her time. Her life is also considered here as well as the influences it
had on her writing. There is a book-by-book analysis giving the key clues and red herrings,
the method of murder, and other interesting facts and trivia that will help readers get even
more enjoyment from her stories.
Cathy Luzmore runs the website www.christiemystery.co.uk.
9780752479606 • $16.95 (Can $18.95)
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PROGRESS IN CHESS
Fighting Chess with Hikaru Nakamura
Karsten Müller and Raymund Stolze
Prologue by Lubosh Kavalek
The first book to focus on United States Chess Champion
“I would recommend Fighting Chess with Magnus Carlsen to anyone

interested in chess history and culture. . . . This book would be an ex-
cellent addition to the aspiting player’s library” —Chess Life
Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura’s fascinating journey to the top of world
chess is documented in this look at his life and career. Hikaru was not a
typical child prodigy; at his first Junior World championships he didn’t even
make it onto the winners’ podium. He won a World Cup medal at the age
of 13, and at the age of 24, he is still surprising the chess world. He is con-
sidered by many to be the greatest American chess player since the legendary
Bobby Fischer, and this book features a prologue penned by Lubomir
Kavalek, Bobby’s insider and supporter at the match of the century against
Boris Spasski in 1972.
Karsten Müller is a German Grandmaster and the coauthor of Fundamen-
tal Chess Endings and How to Play Chess Endgames. He finished third in
the German Championship in 1996 and was runner-up in 1997. Raymund
Stolze is a chess journalist. Lubosh Kavalek is a Czech-American world-class
chess player who holds both the International Master and International Grand-
master titles, won two Czechoslovak and three U.S. championships, and was
inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame in 2001. He is the chess colum-
nist for the Huffington Post and the former chess columnist for the Wash-
ington Post. He lives in Reston, Virginia.
Games • 200 pp • 6.5 x 9.5
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MASTER BRIDGE SERIES
Famous Bridge Disasters
Fourth edition
David Bird
Hugely entertaining descriptions of the most spectacular and amusing
disasters suffered by the world’s top players
There are two reasons for studying the most famous bridge disasters from
the top level of play: readers can both learn from them and, combining learn-
ing with laughter, they can enjoy them. Readers will be directly involved
in the action at various stages, invited to make their own choice of bid,
lead, or play. This is excitement in itself, for the hands are all taken from
top-class matches. Here is a wonderful chance to laugh, sympathize, and
learn under David Bird’s expert guidance.
David Bird is the bridge critic for the Evening Standard, the Glasgow Times,
and the Mail on Sunday; a regular contributor to magazines including Amer-
ican Contract Bridge Bulletin, Bridge Magazine, Bridge Plus, and English
Bridge; and a prolific author with 97 bridge titles to his name, including
52 Great Bridge Tips on Declarer Play and Teach Yourself Better Bridge.
Games • 120 pp • 5 x 8
9780297867807 (Replaces 9780304357949) • May • $18.95 Paper
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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BRAIN FITNESS BOOT CAMP
Tim Dedopulos and Matthew Donegan
A fun and energetic range of puzzle books designed to wake up a puzzler’s brain and get it into peak condition.
It’s like having a personal mental-fitness instructor—but without the shouting. The puzzles provided at various
skill levels include spot-the-difference, missing word, silhouette, simple sudoku, and kakuro.
Tim Dedopulos is an author, a puzzle setter, and an editor. He worked for Wizards of the Coast and White Wolf, and his
other books include Killer Sudoku and The Photo Puzzle Challenge. Matthew Donegan is a puzzle compiler and checker.
Each: Games • 176 pp • 5 x 7 • May • $8.95 Paper • Carlton Publishing Group
Brain Fitness Boot Camp Rookie

Basic Training
Rookie puzzles give one’s brain an invigorating warm-up and get it prepped for even big-
ger challenges. Readers will be amazed at what their minds are capable of when it is
put through its paces.
9781847329356
Brain Fitness Boot Camp Demanding

Mental Assault Course
Demanding puzzles are for solvers who relish a challenge. These puzzles test observation,
logic, lateral thinking, and number skills. Those who have already mastered the rookie-
level puzzles are ready for this.
9781847329363
Brain Fitness Boot Camp Tough

Mind Field
Tough puzzles are not for the faint of heart—puzzlers will need to muster all of their pow-
ers of observation, logic, lateral thinking, and arithmetic to get through this series of hard-
core mental challenges.
9781847329370
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Puzzles, Brainteasers & Mathematical Diversions
A Definitive Collection of the Best Puzzles Ever Devised
Erwin Brecher, PhD
Hundreds of puzzles to give any puzzler’s brain a great workout
For those who enjoy putting their mental agility to the test, this book offers a superb col-
lection of many types of puzzle, all crammed into this one volume. There are riddles, lat-
eral-thinking problems, mathematical posers, mysteries to solve, and many more. The book
not only provides the solutions, but also guides the reader through the thought process lead-
ing to the solutions.
Erwin Brecher, PhD, has written many books, including How Do You Walk on Fire?, Lat-
eral Thinking Posers, and Lateral Thinking Puzzles. He is a member of Mensa.
Games • 160 pp • 5 x 8 • 100 Line Drawings
9781847327260 • April • $12.95 Paper • Carlton Publishing Group
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Puzzles and Words

David Astle
A quirky dictionary and puzzle book in one pocket-sized volume
Word nerds and puzzle nuts welcome: this is a book to keep your mind tickled. With more
than 400 word stories and 160 original brainteasers, this collection has something to keep all
ages amused for hours. From agenda to zumba, it explains how words came to be, and it
also offers puzzles such as anagram challenges, riddles, rhymes, and brain teasers.
David Astle is a full-time word nerd. His mania shines in his weekly Wordplay column in
the Sydney Morning Herald and his cultish blog, www.davidastle.com.
Games • 160 pp • 5 x 8
9781743311035 • June • $9.95 (Can $10.95) Paper • Allen & Unwin
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The Dog That Survived the Titanic
And Other Amazing Animal Stories
Robert Lodge
From the moving and miraculous to the cute and courageous, more than 500 uplifting an-
imal stories to warm hearts and entertain
Inspired by the story of Rigel, the Newfoundland dog who not only survived the Titanic dis-
aster by treading water for more than three hours but also saved the lives of a number of the
ship’s passengers when his barking alerted the rescue ship Carpathia, this book is an uplift-
ing collection of amazing but true animal tales. It includes a collie named Nipper who shep-
herded trapped animals out of a burning barn; an Oklahoma kangaroo named Irwin who
wore a man’s suit and slept in his own bed; an elephant who was an antismoking crusader;
and the poet Virgil’s beloved pet who was given the equivalent of a $75,000 funeral, com-
plete with a full orchestra and love poems—and was a housefly. This wonderful assortment
of amazing animal-related antics reveals the wonderful courage, character, and cleverness of
our animal friends.
Robert Lodge is a journalist and author who has worked for the Daily Telegraph and the
Sunday Times. His recent books include 1001 Ridiculous Football Stories.
Animals/Humor • 192 pp • 5 x 8
9781780970103 • May • $17.95 Cloth • Carlton Publishing Group
Animal Heroes
Ben Holt
Some of the most extraordinary true tales of bravery across the natural world, from do-
mestic pets to wild animals
Have you ever been astonished by an instance of animal agility, intelligence, or bravery?
No matter how cute and cuddly our animal companions are, sometimes they do something
that is truly amazing—even saving human lives. This book includes the tales of Magic, the
miniature pony who helped a woman speak again after three years of silence; Stubby, the
stray dog who braved the front line with soldiers in World War I; Moko, the bottlenose dol-
phin who guided a mother whale and her calf back out to sea; and many more.
Ben Holt is the author of Dog Heroes.
Animals/Pets • 192 pp • 5 x 8
9781849532075 • May • $12.95 (Can $13.95) Paper • Summersdale
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Tales from the Tail End
Adventures of a Vet in Practice
Emma Milne
Foreword by Brian Blessed
James Herriot meets Bridget Jones in this honest, no-holds-barred account of the ups
and downs of a vet’s life
Misty was ecstatic to see her owner but to the nurse’s surprise her owner just stood there
and said, “What have you done with my dog’s head?” “I’m sorry,” replied the nurse, “what
do you mean? She’s just been in for spaying.” “That isn’t my dog’s head. The rest of it is
my dog but you’ve put a different head on it.”
On a crisp October morning in 1996, Emma Milne started her first job as a newly qualified
vet, and now she tells the full story. We discover the numerous things that can get stuck in an
animal’s stomach, how to stop a cow exploding, and—the biggest truth of all—that animals
are easy to deal with in comparison to their owners. They say that truth is stranger than fic-
tion, and these tales turn out to be stranger, and funnier, than could ever be imagined.
Emma Milne is a passionate campaigner for animal welfare and received the Vet of the Year
Award from the International Fund for Animal Welfare in 2008. Brian Blessed is an actor
and voice artist whose voice has appeared in Family Guy and Star Wars: Episode I. A great
supporter of animal rights, he runs an animal sanctuary from his home.
Memoir/Pets • 320 pp • 5 x 8
The Dog Owner’s Handbook

The Complere Guide to Choosing, Rearing and Training
Second edition
Annette Conn
From choosing what kind of dog is right for you to the best treats and
toys to spoil your new pup, the essential reference for any new dog owner
Packed full of exercises, tips, and practical advice, this handbook covers every-
thing new owners need to know. It explains how to introduce a puppy to a
new home; how to prevent attention-seeking behavior; how to
teach a puppy sit, lie down, stay, and walk on a loose lead; and how to give
him the right amount and type of exercise. It also offers tips on diet and
general good health. Full of adorable photographs of cute canines and ac-
cessible information presented in bite-sized chunks, this is an essential ref-
erence book for any dog owner that will help deepen the bond between owner
and best friend.
Annette Conn is a professional dog-behavior consultant and training in-
structor with more than 30 years of experience working with dogs.
Pets • 144 pp • 8.5 x 8 • 160 Color Photos
9781847327314 (Replaces 9781844422081) • June • $17.95 Paper
Carlton Publishing Group
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When Dogs Turn Bad
Rex Barker
A look at what happens when canines go criminal
Don’t be fooled by their sweet, furry faces, wagging tails, and lolling tongues;
these mutts are mad, bad, and packing some serious attitude. Combining pho-
tos of the most dastardly dogs with captions that reveal how mischievous
they really are, this book demonstrates that perhaps they’re not really man’s
best friend after all.
Rex Barker is a gift book author.
Humor/Pets • 96 pp • 5.5 x 5.5 • 45 Color Photos
9781849533126 • June • $10.95 (Can $11.95) Cloth • Summersdale
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Nest
The Art of Birds
Janine Burke
Part natural history, part folklore, part exploration of art and aesthetics, part memoir,
a beautiful book that will appeal to bird lovers, readers of literature, and art lovers
“Nest, Burke writes, is a word that ‘conjures fundamental notions of home, family,
privacy, shelter and rest.’ Her book alights intelligently and compassionately on each
of these ideas, and between its pages the reader is given pause to gaze up at the sky
and marvel at the pelicans or sparrows flying overhead.” —Sydney Morning Herald
As an amateur naturalist and nature lover, Janine Burke, art historian and author, has spent
many years observing birds. Here is the story of her passion, a personal, wide-ranging, and
intimate book that will appeal to all those who love nature, literature, and art. What are
nests if not art created by nature? If a nest is not art, how can we account for those ex-
quisite, painstakingly, constructed creations that are decorated, or woven through with feath-
ers, or studded with objects of a particular color or sheen? This book reveals both the art
and mystery found in nature and celebrates them with lyricism, insight, and great affec-
tion. In the tradition of Longitude, Cod, or The Cello Suites, this memoir is also a short
education that encompasses celebration and theory, investigation and memoir, the familiar
and the revelatory—as surprising and enticing as any beautiful, intricately constructed nest.
Janine Burke is an art historian, a biographer, a novelist, and a curator. Her novel Com-
pany of Images was short-listed for both the Age Book of the Year award and the Miles
Franklin Award. She is also the author of The Sphinx on the Table.
Nature/History • 184 pp • 5.5 x 8.5 • 16 Color Photos
9781742378299 • April • $27.95 (Can $30.95) Cloth • Allen & Unwin
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My Horse Told Me
Everyday Communication with Your Horse
Daniela Bolze
Photographs by Christiane Slawik
A guide to reading a horse’s communication
With their wide range of expressive behaviors, horses are always full of surprises. These
behaviors can range from curious, friendly, and insecure to threatening, as a warning of
attack. This book trains the horse lover’s eye to the communication that constantly takes
place between horses, but more importantly between people and horses in their day-to-
day dealings with one another.
Daniela Bolze set up her own riding school to teach the equine language to newcomers. She
is the author of Schooling as You Hack. Christiane Slawik is a journalist and equine pho-
tographer whose books include Happiness Is a Horse and Horse: A Portrait.
Horses • 128 pp • 6.5 x 9.5 • 80 Color Photos
9780857880109 • June • $29.95 (Can $32.95) Paper • Cadmos Books
The Difficult Horse

Understanding and Solving Riding, Handling and Behavioural Problems
Sarah Fisher and Karen Bush
Discusses why a horse may develop unwanted behaviors and offers practical exer-
cises to address them
“Problem” behavior is usually more of a problem for the handler than the horse, who
is likely to have established patterns of behavior as a way of helping himself feel safe
in situations he finds mentally and/or physically stressful. As well as explaining the
reasons for a horse’s reactive and sometimes dangerous responses, this book suggests
a number of practical exercises that can help to address a wide range of commonly
encountered issues. It discusses stress management, horse body language, phobias, and
the uses of TTouch and NLP. Even if a reader considers their horse to be problem-free,
these exercises will still be invaluable in helping them and their horse to develop a
closer, more pleasurable, and successful relationship.
Sarah Fisher is a TTouch Instructor and animal-behavior specialist. She is the author
of 100 Ways to Train the Perfect Dog and Know Your Horse Inside Out. Karen Bush
is a riding instructor and the author of Handy Hints for the Horse Person and The
Principles of Teaching Riding.
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My Riding Days Return
A Guidebook to Taking Up the Reins Again
Marlitt Wendt
A practical guide for returning riders ready to revisit their favorite childhood activity
Many former riders have fond memories of childhoods spent in the saddle, but those
happy hours spent riding didn’t seem possible once work and family came along. En-
couraging riders to take up the reins again, this book brings together all of the informa-
tion needed to successfully get back in the saddle. It helps new-again riders to develop
visions and goals, to find the right riding school and the right riding style, and to deal
with horses on equal footing without fear.
Marlitt Wendt is a behavior biologist specializing in horses and the author of How Horses
Feel and Think and Trust Instead of Dominance.
Stallions: Care and Management

A Complete Guide to Safer Management
Stephan Schneider and Steffi Birk
A comprehensive guide to owning and caring for stallions
Providing well-founded information about everything that stallion owners should know,
this guide’s topics range from basic training and presentation for competitions and shows
to breeding and management. Throughout the book, particular emphasis is placed on not
transfiguring stallions as a “myth” but presenting them as what they are—horses.
Stefan Schneider is a veterinarian and horse trainer who coruns a training stables. Steffi
Birk studied equine communication science and has been riding since childhood.
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International Garden Photographer
of the Year
Celebrating Five Years of Award-Winning Images
Garden and Landscape Photographic Art Ltd
From an exquisitely detailed close-up of a delicate flower
to sweeping, panoramic garden vistas, this sumptuous book
showcases the talents of some of the world’s best garden
photographers, both professional and amateur
A compilation of the very best images from the first five years
of the International Garden Photographer of the Year com-
petition are presented in this beautiful volume. The compe-
tition was established in 2008 and is the world’s premier
competition specializing in garden, plant, flower, and botan-
ical photography. Garden photography is a hugely diverse pho-
tographic subject, combining artistic interpretation with the
wonders of the natural environment. For some it’s about a
love of the beauty of plants; for others it’s an opportunity to
express an appreciation of the wider natural landscape and
its inherently fragile nature. Ultimately, it’s about a love of
the diversity of the natural world and its ability to continu-
ally surprise, inspire, and delight.
Photography • 256 pp • 10.5 x 11 • 250 Color Photos
9781743362020 • April • $49.95 Cloth • Murdoch Books
U.S. sites featured include:

Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello Gardens
(Charlottesville, Virginia), Richland Wild-
flower Project (Oregon), Na Aina Kai Botanical
Gardens (Kauai, Hawaii), Callaway Gardens
(Pine Mountain, Georgia), Highland Spring
(Middleburg, Virginia), Garden of Eden
Botanical Gardens (Maui, Hawaii), Portland
Japanese Garden (Portland, Oregon), the High
Line (New York City), Wildflower Garden
(University of Oregon), San Bernardino
National Forest (California), Longwood
Gardens (Pennsylania), Washington Park
Arboretum (Seattle, Washington) Enchant-
ment Lake (Washington), Na Pali Coast Trail
(Kauai, Hawaii), Manti-La Sal National Forest
(Utah), Shenandoah National Park (Virginia),
Grayton Beach State Park (Northwest Florida)
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Design Ideas for Your Garden
Jacq Barber
Inspiration from the UK’s finest gardens is paired with practical information
on how to apply design elements and planting styles to suit any garden or space
From the grand lakes at Stowe and the sculpted yew hedges at Powys Castle through
to the wildflowers at Thomas Hardy’s cottage and the herb-filled kitchen garden
at Avebury Manor, the gardens of the National Trust are a fantastic source of in-
spiration for gardeners of any level. This book shows how different elements in the
National Trust’s gardens can be applied to any garden, whether large space or just
a window box. National Trust head gardeners provide unique insights and tips
throughout, explaining how to apply their expertise to reinterpret a garden while
still retaining one’s own individual creative style. There are chapters covering how
to introduce structure and texture, what to plant in each season, various water
elements, pots and containers, delicious edible planting, and wild gardens that will
thrive throughout the year. This practical guide is a sumptuously illustrated, in-
spirational source of creative ideas that can be adopted and adapted to suit all gar-
dens, no matter what their size, shape, or budget.
Jacq Barber is a gardener, design historian, and freelance writer and
lecturer. She spent nearly a decade working for the National Trust,
visiting many of the gardens featured in this book.
Gardening • 176 pp • 7.5 x 9 • 500 Color Photos
9781907892417 • August
$27.95 (Can $30.95) Cloth • National Trust
The Rose
Jennifer Potter
Now available in a small gift format—a vividly written and lavishly illustrated his-
tory of the Queen of Flowers, for fans of Anna Pavord’s The Tulip and Andrea Wulf’s
The Brothers Gardener
“Sumptuous illustrations support Potter’s eclectic, expert research to provide an all-

encompassing, yet precisely focused, treatise on this botanical queen.” —Booklist
Ever since Sappho planted roses at the shrine of Aphrodite, no flower has captured the imag-
ination in quite the same way. Here, the acclaimed horticultural historian Jennifer Pot-
ter sets out on a quest to uncover the life of a flower that has been viewed so hetrogenously
by different cultures in different countries across the centuries. Beginning her story in
the Greek and Roman empires, she travels across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the
Americas to unravel its evolution from a simple briar of the northern hemisphere to the
height of cultivated perfection found in rose gardens today. Whether laying bare the flower’s
long association with sexuality and secret societies, questioning the Crusaders’ role in
bringing roses back from the Holy Land, or hunting for its elusive blooms in the gar-
dens of the Empress Josephine at Malmaison, Jennifer Potter reveals why this flower,
above all others, has provoked such fascination.
Jennifer Potter is the author of Secret Gardens and Strange Blooms: The Curious Lives
and Adventures of the John Tradescants. She writes reviews regularly for the Times
Literary Supplement.
History/Gardening • 544 pp • 6.5 x 9.5 • 125 Color Photos • Atlantic Books
Cloth: 9781848871779 • April • $27.95
Larger Cloth Format: 9781848878341 • Available • $45.00
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Dig for Victory
Summersdale
Wise words for gardeners
“It’s difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a home-grown tomato.”
—Lewis Grizzard
The World War II slogan is still pertinent in these thrift times as more people than ever
are turning to self-sufficiency and growing their own fruit and vegetables. This little com-
pendium is packed with tips and hints on how to make the most of your garden along
with witty quotations to help you dig for victory.
Gardening/Reference • 160 pp • 3.5 x 5
Make Do and Mend

Summersdale
Thrifty advice for homeowners
A stitch in time saves nine.
Don’t let being cash-strapped hold you back from having a house and garden to be proud
of. This little book offers sage advice on how to use your precious resources of time, en-
ergy, and money effectively to make a cozy, happy home. With tips on mending, upcy-
cling, cleaning, and gardening interspersed with witty quotations, this is an essential addition
to every household.
Home Improvement/Reference • 160 pp • 3.75 x 5
A Gardener’s Miscellany
Isobel Carlson
Garden lovers everywhere will be inspired by this miscellany of quotations, poems, and
beautiful prose celebrating the natural world
“What a desolate place would be a world without a flower! It would be a face without a
smile, a feast without a welcome.” —A. J. Balfour
From Jane Austen to Rudyard Kipling, this charming collection covers every aspect of hor-
ticulture, from the simple satisfaction of harvesting produce to admiring the humble daisy.
Isobel Carlson is the author of Trugs, Dibbers, Trowels and Twine; Words from the Gar-
den; and Words of Love.
Gardening/Reference • 160 pp • 5 x 8
9781849532600 • April • $15.95 (Can $17.95) Cloth • Summersdale
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FOR A . . .
Summersdale
Say thank you to someone special with these fun and stylish little books, packed full
of lovingly selected quotations and retro illustrations for a special person in your life.
Each: Family & Relationships/Reference • 96 pp • 3.5 x 5 • May • $7.95 (Can $8.95) Cloth
For a Fabulous Wife

“The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much
surprised himself.” —Voltaire
“Every man who is high up likes to think that he has done it all him-
self, and the wife smiles and lets it go at that.” —J. M. Barrie
“Let us now set forth one of the fundamental truths about marriage:
the wife is in charge.” —Bill Cosby
“I love being married. It’s so great to find that one special person
you want to annoy for the rest of your life.” —Rita Rudner
9781849532907
For a Fantastic Teacher

“Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and
it is for you to find the other three.” —Confucius
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”
—William Butler Yeats
“When a teacher calls a boy by his entire name, it means trouble.”
—Mark Twain
“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”
—Carl Sagan
9781849532891
For a Great Friend

“A good companion shortens the longest road.” —Turkish proverb
“Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed
love.” —Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
“Cultivate solitude and quiet and a few sincere friends, rather than
mob merriment, noise, and thousands of nodding acquaintances.”
—William Powell
“Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until
they arrive.” —Anäis Nin
9781849532884
For a Wonderful Husband

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving some-
one deeply gives you courage.” —Lao Tzu
“What a happy and holy fashion it is that those who love one
another should rest on the same pillow.” —Nathanael Hawthorne
“I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one’s wife
happy. First, let her think she’s having her own way. And second, let
her have it.” —Lyndon B. Johnson
“Husbands are like fires—they go out when they’re left unattended.”
—Cher
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Summersdale
Packed with playful poems, sweet thoughts, and cute illustrations, these fun and affectionate
books will show someone close to you just how much you care on their birthday.
Each: Family & Relationships • 80 pp • 4.5 x 4.5 • 38 Color Illustrations
August • $7.95 (Can $8.95) Cloth • Summersdale
Happy Birthday Grandad Happy Birthday Grandma

We do the crossword together Grandma, we’d like to make a fuss of you
And I always feel quite bright You won’t believe your eyes
You give me lots of little clues Birthday treats from dawn to dusk
So I get the answers right! And a great big birthday surprise
I love to help you in the garden A grandma is so special
With my miniature fork and spade In every person’s life
It`s all the special times like these To help them deal with troubles
Where great memories are made And times of pain and strife
A gift book full of reasons why grandpa is the best. A gift book full of reasons why you appreciate grandma.
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SUMMERSDALE
Summersdale
Each: 160 pp • May • $7.95 (Can $8.95) Cloth • Summersdale
Keep Calm for Dads

Wise words for fathers
“Never raise your hand to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected.” —Red Buttons
Being a dad is great, but nobody ever said it was easy. This book is packed with inspiring and witty
quotations to help dads keep going through the hard times and enjoy fatherhood in all its glory.
Family & Relationships/Reference • 3.75 x 5 • 9781849532549
Keep Calm for Brides

A calming collection for the nearly newlywed
“A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.”
—Mignon McLaughlin
It is going to be the happiest day of your life. Well, it’ll need to be after the months of stress be-
fore it all begins. Honeymoon? You need a vacation. Here’s a book packed with quotations to
help you manage your inner bridezilla and keep smiling until the day you say “I do.”
Weddings/Reference • 3.75 x 5 • 9781849532419
Keep Calm Sure It’ll Be Grand

Cheering words for testing times, courtesy of the Irish
“Birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn’t we?” —Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
So what if the craic’s not as good as you expected, you can’t get a decent pint of Guinness for
love nor money, and the Celtic Tiger is whimpering instead of roaring—you’ve still got the luck
of the Irish and that’s all you need to succeed. Here’s a book packed with quotations and proverbs
to help keep the indomitable Irish spirit alive. Sláinte!
Humor/Reference • 3.5 x 5 • 9781849533027
Save Water, Drink Wine

Good advice for toasting times
“There comes a time in every woman’s life when the only thing that helps is a glass of cham-
pagne.” —Bette Davis
They say that wine is bottled poetry, so whether your poison is crisp champagne or a velvety
Merlot, raise your glass and toast the good times, the not so good, and the downright awful.
Here’s a book packed with zesty and full-bodied quotations to keep the spirits up and the glass
half-full.
Cooking/Reference • 3.75 x 5 • 9781849532693
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Mothers & Daughters
How to Stay Close and Stay Sane
Joan Sauers
A beautiful hardcover gift edition of a collection of warm,
witty, and wise advice for making the most of life’s most
rewarding relationship
For daughters: Go through her photo albums together and
ask her who the old folks are. They may not seem that im-
portant now, but ancestors become more interesting the older
you get.
For mothers: Reply to questions honestly, no matter how
bizarre. Death, disease, and nipple-piercing are fascinating sub-
jects to little girls, so get your answers ready.
Featuring more than 300 indispensable tips, gentle advice, and
concise observations, this is the perfect resource for mothers
or daughters at any stage in their lives. From reminders to re-
member you love her even when you want to kill her to feisty suggestions on age-appropriate dress and reflections on aging to-
gether, this is a light, bright, and fun yet always tender look at one of life’s most special—and most complicated—relationships.
Joan Sauers is a television and film writer as well as the author of Get to Know Your Gut and Quick Fixes for Everyday Back Pain.
Family & Relationships/Reference • 192 pp • 7.5 x 5
9781742755663 • April • $12.95 (Can $14.95) Cloth • Bantam Australia
Grandmother’s Wisdom
Good, Old-fashioned Advice Handed Down Through the Ages
Lee Faber
How to banish moths from clothing, cook the perfect omelette, repot plants, keep fruit
fresh, and all the other tips that grandmothers seem to just know
Grandmothers have been handing out advice for centuries and their tried-and-tested meth-
ods are often the answer to many modern-day problems. Did you know that malt vinegar
and baking soda are as good as any branded cleaning product? That you can make your
own delicious lemonade? That there’s a shampoo that’s perfect for your hair color? Or what
the best way to banish nasty bruises and a nagging toothache is? This collection gathers
find all the recipes, tips, and good old common sense that grandmothers have learned and
put into use throughout their lives. All the methods actually work—not an old wives’ tale
in sight. Charming, entertaining and practical, this is the perfect gift for someone needing
a little bit of Grandma’s guidance. Includes dual measures.
Lee Faber is the author of Grandfather’s Wisdom.
Family & Relationships/Reference • 160 pp • 5 x 8 • 28 Line Drawings
9781843179610 (Replaces 9781843173663) • June • $15.95 (Can $17.95) Cloth
Michael O’Mara
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The Wisdom of Women
Intimate Stories of Love, Loss and Laughter
Candida Baker
A celebration of the highs and lows of one woman’s life through the experiences of
many others
“What a lovely book this is! It’s like being invited to . . . join an intimate conversa-
tion with women who are not only wise but also honest, open and brave as they
duck and weave through the big moments of life.” —Stephanie Dowrick, author,
Choosing Happiness
The first and most important woman in my life was my mother. As it should be, in an
ideal world.
Candida Baker grew up in a colorful family, with an actor father and costume designer
mother. Her parents’ complex, and at times chaotic, lives made for a challenging envi-
ronment, and from an early age Candida understood the importance of friends, finding
comfort and support from many close friendships with women and from ongoing loving
relationships with all her sisters. Here she celebrates all the wisdom and nurturing that
supportive female friends, family, mentors, and even strangers can bring to our lives. With
great deftness she weaves the tapestry of her life around the experiences of other women
who freely share their stories of kindness, laughter, betrayal, and loss. This book posi-
tively sparkles with womanly warmth and humor.
Candida Baker is the author of The Amazing Life of Cats, The Infinite Magic of Horses,
and The Wonderful World of Dogs.
Memoir/Family & Relationships • 344 pp • 6 x 8 • 15 B/W Photos
9781741759532 • May • $19.95 (Can $21.95) Paper • Inspired Living
When I Die
Lessons from the Death Zone
Philip Gould
Written in his last few months, this is a hugely inspiring and ultimately uplifting look at
“lessons from the death zone” from a prominent British Labor politician
“It is odd to call a book written by someone who knows they are dying uplifting and
exhilarating. But such a book is When I Die . . . What makes this book exciting, chal-
lenging and rewarding is his deeply personal account of how courage overcame fear;
how he found in the incoming of mortality a fresh and invigorating purpose in life . . .
This is a book that will give you pleasure and peace.” —Tony Blair
“The book’s power comes from the urgency and simplicity of the message. . . . At a
time when few of us know how to face the inevitability of our own extinction, Gould
has provided an admirable model.” —Sunday Times
Written during the last few months of his life, this memoir describes the journey Philip
Gould took with his illness, leaving to readers what he called his lessons from the death zone.
On January 29, 2008 Philip Gould was told he had cancer. He was stoical and set about his
treatment determined to fight his illness, in the face of difficult decisions he sought always
to understand the disease and the various medical options open to him. In 2010, after two hard years of chemotherapy and sur-
gery, the tests came up clear—Philip appeared to have won the battle. But his work as a key strategist for the Labor party took
its toll, and feeling ill six months later, he insisted on one extra, precautionary test, which told him that the cancer had returned.
Thus began Philip’s long, painful, but ultimately optimistic journey towards death, during which time he began to appreciate
and make sense of his life, his work, and his relationships in a way he had never thought possible. He realized something that
he had never heard articulated before: death need not be only negative or painful, it can be life-affirming and revelatory. This
courageous, profoundly moving, and inspiring work is as valuable a legacy to the world as anyone could wish to bestow—hugely
uplifting, and beautifully written, with extraordinary insight.
Philip Gould (1950–2011) was polling and strategic adviser to Tony Blair and deputy chairman of Freud Communications. He
was a visiting professor in media and politics at the London School of Economics and a member of the House of Lords, as well
as the author of The Unfinished Revolution. He died at the age of 61 in 2011.
Memoir • 240 pp • 5 x 8
9780349139111 • June • $12.95 Paper • Abacus
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After the Crash
Martin Spinelli
A deeply moving true story of how a father and son used tragedy to transform
their relationship
In the pit of my stomach, as I kissed my four-year-old son Lio and my darling wife Sasha
goodbye, I knew something was up. By that evening, the police had told me about the crash.
Lio’s bright and talented mother was killed that day, and he narrowly escaped the same fate.
But instead of it being an ending for us, the crash was a beginning.
Lio’s miraculous recovery from severe brain damage and a coma defied medical science. As
I witnessed his astonishing journey—from intensive care bed to 10 Downing Street—and
fought to pull him through horrific injuries and the loss of his mother, I found real purpose
and meaning for the first time in my life.
Here is the story of four-year-old Lio's incredible recovery, and how his father Martin and
he rebuilt their lives. Much more than a moving personal story, the book is a guide for not
just surviving disaster, but mastering it and using it to transform one's life for the better.
Martin Spinelli is a media, film, and music professor. In his 20s, as a reporter, anchor, and
producer in Buffalo, New York, he produced award-winning news features for NPR as well
as the acclaimed literary series LINEbreak. Both his benchmark radio art series Radio Radio and LINEbreak are included in
the permanent collection of the Museum of Television and Radio in New York while all of his radio work and writing are archived
in the Martin Spinelli Collection at the University at Buffalo Library. He was the founder of the Academic Radio Program at
the City University of New York at Brooklyn College where he produced the AIDS-informational soap Welcome to America
broadcast on Radio Africa International. His many essays about media art and history have been published in anthologies as
well as journals, such as Convergence, Object, and Postmodern Culture.
Memoir • 352 pp • 5 x 8
Love’s Last Gift

How One Woman Lost Her World and Found Her Way
Bébhinn Ramsay
A beautifully written, emotional, ultimately uplifting account of a young widow’s process
of overcoming loss and embracing life
“Written in a deeply personal, but accessible manner, many will find this a truly uplifting
memoir of the endless road of real love. So skip this week’s latest chick-lit-lite in favour
of something more truly substantial and more emotionally true.” —Irish Examiner
Bébhinn Ramsay was only 31 when her husband died suddenly, leaving her widowed with
two small children. In the aftermath of his death she tried to come to terms with the sense
of lonelieness, loss, injustice, and devastation she felt at the premature death of the father
of her children and the great love of her life. Here we see Bébhinn retrace the steps of her
relationship with Alastair from when they met and fell in love in London, to the birth of
their two sons, to when he died over the course of three days while on vacation in America,
to the days, weeks, months, and years that followed his death. In a searingly honest and at
times heartbreaking account she describes the ways she tried to come to terms with his sense-
less death, and how, through opening her mind and her heart, she ultimately found accept-
ance, peace, and eventual happiness.
Bébhinn Ramsay oversees a child-focused charity.
Memoir • 284 pp • 5 x 8
9781444743128 • June • $13.95 Paper • Hachette Books Ireland
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The Still Single Papers
The Fearless Musings of a Romantic Adventurer Aged Thirty-Two-and-a-Half
Alison Taylor
A candid, humorous dating memoir from a fresh, edgy, and distinctive new female voice
“An unflinchingly frank and funny look at 21st century dating that makes Carrie Brad-
shaw look like a nun.” —Big Issue
“Funny, relatable and utterly enjoyable . . . the new chick-lit anti-heroine.” —Stylist
“Men who read this will never again fire off a flippant text flirtation.” —John Niven,
author, Kill Your Friends
Single girls today are smarter, stronger, and funnier, and journalist Alison Taylor is the witty
voice for this new generation of women who are looking for “the one” but not willing to un-
dergo a personality lobotomy in the process. Covering 12 months in the life of one ever-hope-
ful—but never desperate—romantic, this book charts what happens before a date, during a
date, and when there are no dates. Hanging out at music festivals, bars, and various capital
cities, readers join the self-styled “lovefool” and friends on her quest for fun, romance, and
someone to care about. On her travels, Alison asks the tough questions, like: What does that
text really mean? Did you shave that yourself? and Are you fucking kidding me? Alison’s ad-
ventures will ring true with a whole generation of cool, educated, and ambitious women who
can’t quite believe that there are so few hot, single straight guys out there. But that doesn’t
stop them from looking and hoping, and hoping and looking.
Alison Taylor writes about relationships, fashion, the arts, and lifestyle for Elle, the
Guardian, Harper’s Bazaar, Stella, and Stylist.
Memoir/Humor • 256 pp • 5 x 8
9781780575582 • May • $14.95 Paper • Mainstream Publishing
First Catch Your Husband

Adventures on the Dating Front Line
Sarah Bridge
A nonfiction cross between Bridget Jones’ Diary and Sex and the City, this is a humor-
ous dating guide by a 30-something woman willing try almost anything to find the
perfect partner
Sarah Bridge is smart, successful, and single. As a newspaper journalist, she has a hectic day
job and a busy social life, and is perfectly happy with both. But something—or someone—
is missing. Embarking on a quest to find her soulmate, she tries everything from speed-dat-
ing and wine-tasting to Scottish dancing and singles holidays, island-hopping and army assault
courses to self-help books and fortune-telling. Whether climbing mountains in Morocco or
swimming at midnight in the Caribbean, Sarah is on a mission to meet Mr. Right. But will
anything actually work? And how will she feel after putting herself, and her heart, out there?
An entertaining, touching, and thought-provoking account of life on the front line of dat-
ing, this tale will inspire anyone who has ever been, or wanted to be, in love.
Sarah Bridge is a leisure correspondent for the Mail on Sunday.
Family & Relationships/Humor • 336 pp • 5 x 8
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Questions to Which the Answer Is “No!”
John Rentoul
A celebration of the age-old tactic beloved by journalists of creating a sensational story
out of nothing, this book is a collection of articles that caught the world’s attention
just from the headline alone
Honoring the journalistic skill of basing an entire article on a fantastically far-fetched
question-based headline, John Rentoul brings together for the first time the winning en-
tries from his blog, Questions to Which the Answer Is “No!” With an introductory essay
on the art of headline writing, articles are grouped thematically in subjects from sports
to politics, current affairs, and history. Readers will find dozens of attention-getting ar-
ticles, including journalistic gems such as: “Was JFK killed because of his interest in aliens?,”
“Can your dreams predict the future?,” and “Has Marilyn Monroe been reincarnated as
a shop assistant called Chris?” This book will leave you not knowing whether to laugh
or cry at the state of journalism today.
John Rentoul is chief political commentator for the Independent on Sunday, was previ-
ously chief leader writer for the Independent, and is the author of The Banned List and
Tony Blair: Prime Minister.
Humor/Media & Journalism
160 pp • 5 x 8 • 20 B/W Photos
9781908739308 • April
$17.95 (Can $19.95) Cloth
Elliott & Thompson
I Didn’t Get Where I Am . . .

How the Rich and Famous Achieved Their Success
Charlie Croker
Countless revealing and entertaining glimpses into the methods—and sometimes madness—
of many of the world’s most famous figures
Did you know that Beethoven made every cup of coffee with exactly 60 beans? Or that Shirley
Temple always had precisely 56 curls in her hair? Or that the young Frank Sinatra practiced
underwater swimming as a way of developing his ability to hold long breaths? This
book brings a blend of gripping trivia and incisive humor to the question of how famous high
achievers reached those heights. Readers will see Chopin sleeping with wedges between his
fingers to increase their span, learn how P. G. Wodehouse reminded himself which pages of a
manuscript still needed work, and find out why Thomas Edison chose his research assistants
on the basis of their soup-eating habits. From ancient Egypt to the modern day, here are the
secrets of their success.
Charlie Croker is the pseudonym of Mark Mason, a former BBC producer and the author
of Screwed Up English.
Humor • 144 pp • 5 x 8 • 50 B/W Photos
9780752465319 • June • $17.95 (Can $19.95) Cloth • The History Press
174
Are We Live?
The Funniest Bloopers from TV and Radio
Marion Appleby
From Iggy Pop simulating sex with a teddy bear on a children’s show to Mike Tyson’s
musing that he “might just fade into Bolivian,” a hilarious book about all the things that
can and have gone wrong in a broadcasting studio
Whether it’s Nicki Minaj’s Good Morning America wardrobe malfunction or an Antiques
Roadshow ceramic expert mistakenly describing a piece of Victoria Regina porcelain as “Ric-
toria Vagina,” this book takes in the full spectrum of unintentional comedy gold. This rip-
roaring collection of broadcasting calamities covers a range of laugh-out-loud situations
from wardrobe malfunctions to the nightmare that is the outside broadcast—the world of
TV and radio has never been so funny.
Marion Appleby is the author of Man Fail.
Humor/Television • 192 pp • 5 x 8
9781843178668 • May • $9.95 (Can $10.95) Paper • Michael O’Mara
Enormous Boobs
Stupidest Bloopers and Hilarious Headlines
Richard Benson
From hapless headlines to lost in translation, the funniest blunders ever in print
“The ladies of the Merry Oldsters enjoyed a swap social on Friday evening. Everybody brought
along something they no longer needed. Many ladies brought their husbands with them.”
—Pennsylvania Post
“Originally my mother was Spanish. Then she became a Jehovah’s Witness.”
—Geri Halliwell
“You can hardly tell where the computer models finish and the real dinosaurs begin.”
—Laura Dern on Jurassic Park
“ I t h i n k t h a t gay m a r r i a g e s h o u l d b e b e t we e n a m a n a n d a wo m a n .”
—Arnold Schwarzenegger
Laugh out loud at this selection of the funniest faux pas, silliest slips, and most blatant bloop-
ers that ever made it into print (and some that didn’t), from newspaper headlines and menus
to ads and signs. You’ll be checking everything you type after reading this.
Richard Benson is the author of Blackboard Blunders, F for Effort!, and F in Exams.
Humor • 128 pp • 5 x 7 • 20 B/W Illustrations
9781849531818 • April • $10.95 (Can $11.95) Paper • Summersdale
175
Let’s Not Age, Let’s Just Marinate
Bev Williams
A collection of cartoons offering painless ways to age, from the author of Older, Wiser
. . . Sexier
When a recipe says “add wine,” never ask “to what?”
This cheeky but charming book brings together the best of Bev Williams’s cartoons with
witty quotations, a reminder that getting older doesn’t have to bring dignity and wis-
dom—whoever said it should, anyway?
Bev Williams is the author of Older, Wiser . . . Sexier.
Humor • 80 pp • 4 x 6
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Older, Wiser . . . Older, Wiser . . .

Sexier (Men) Sexier (Women)
9781849530194 9781849530200
The Little Black Book of Chat-up Lines and Flirting

Jake Harris
Never again be surrounded by hotties and stuck for an opening line
I think there’s something wrong with my phone. Could you try calling it for me to see
if it rings?
Would you touch me, so I can tell my friends I’ve been touched by an angel?
You remind me of a parking ticket. You’ve got “fine” written all over you.
From classic romantic to speed seduction, plus killer put-downs and hot tips on body
language and online dating, this is the only ammunition you’ll need to raise your game.
Jake Harris is the author of The Little Book of Essential Foreign Chat-up Lines.
Humor/Family & Relationships • 128 pp • 4.5 x 6
9781849531948 • August • $8.95 (Can $9.95) Paper • Summersdale
176
Naughty Number Plates
Steve Bedwell
A hilarious look at personalized license plates
that have been banned for being too risqué, ex-
plicit, or downright dumb
Personalized number plates are inspired by many
factors. Many desire to stand out from the crowd,
make a statement, and reflect something of their
owners’ personalities. Others are just rude, crude,
and offensive, which is why they are rejected. Here
is a collection of the worst of them, from the
risky—H8DL4W, to the risqué—XX69ME.
Steve Bedwell is a comedian.
Humor • 128 pp • 8.5 x 5.5
120 Color Photos
9781921878725 • May
$12.95 (Can $13.95) Paper
Rockpool Publishing
177
Cock-a-doodle-do!
Draw Your Own Dirty Doodles!
Rose Adders
Let your undecent imagination run riot with these decidedly adult doodle prompts
All an artist needs is a pen, pencil, or something else to fill in the blanks in this collec-
tion of provocative designs. Perfect for boring work meetings, readers can punish these
naughty pages by drawing in the answers to such queries as Who is in the chains? and
What’s stuck in the fishnets? as well as finishing the drawing of exotic dancers, illus-
trating exactly what the binoculars are spying on, and showing exactly what’s been left
in the rock star’s dressing room.
Rose Adders is the author of Roodles and The Travel Doodle Book.
Humor/Games • 96 pp • 5 x 7 • 92 Line Drawings
9781780970332 (Replaces 9781844422258) • May
$8.95 Paper • Carlton Publishing Group
How to Bonk in Public

Mats and Enzo
How to get busy wherever you are, and how to avoid classic public bonking problems
(Partner too loud at the movies? Just chew popcorn louder.)
We all know the feeling—you’re bored at the bus stop and need something to occupy your
time for 10 minutes, or that subtitled German art film is just plain dull, leaving you with
an hour to spare. Worry no more about what to do, because this handbook will liberate
your mind, body, and soul with more than 50 ways to get busy outdoors, and the solu-
tions to more than 50 problems you may encounter. Too many people around? No prob-
lem, this book’s full of ideas to get you far from the madding crowd. Broad daylight?
Don’t panic, you will find many ways to avoid lines of sight. Next time you want to break
the monotony of a trip to the supermarket or need to improvise a ball gag from a piece
of fruit, this book has you covered.
Mats and Enzo are the coauthors of How to Bonk at Work and How to Poo at Work.
Humor • 144 pp • 5 x 7
100 Color Illustrations • Two-color Interior
9781853758171 • May
$12.95 Paper • Prion
178
Amuse Agents
When Small Ads Go Bad
Preston Likely
A hilarious and subversive collection of more than 70 hoax
advertisements placed in shop windows around by guerrilla
advertiser Preston Likely
National No-Breathing Day
UFO for Sale
Turn Your Mouse into a Celebrity
Pick-Pocketing Course
From Philosophical Gardener for Hire to Missing Box of
Matches, these witty and unique photos will have readers laugh-
ing out loud. The fun increases further when members of the
public engage in genuine replies to the fictitious ads. You will
never look at a small ad in the same way again.
Preston Likely has received news coverage in the Daily Star,
Metro, and regional newspapers for his advertisements.
Humor • 144 pp • 7.5 x 5.5 • 120 Color Photos
9781849533218 • May
$12.95 (Can $13.95) Paper • Summersdale
You’re Not Old, You’re Just Not That Young

Harvey Little
Hilarious advice for the young at heart—if only at heart
“You don’t get older, you get better.” —Shirley Bassey
“Don’t let ageing get you down. It’s too hard to get back up.” —John Wagner
You might not be a spring chicken any more, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t keep on
strutting your stuff. Stay young at heart and see the lighter side of getting older with this col-
lection of funny and uplifting quotations from those who have been there, done it, and got
the sensible shoes.
Harvey Little is a gift book author.
Humor • 160 pp • 4.5 x 7
179
WIT
Tom Hay
Tom Hay is a gift book author.

Each: Humor • 96 pp • 3.5 x 5 • August • $9.95 (Can $10.95) Cloth • Summersdale
Scottish Wit
Quips and Quotes
From Dumfries to Dundee and from Glen Coe to Glasgow, the funniest wisecracks and
one-liners from the land of the brave
“Marriage is a wonderful invention: then again, so is a bicycle repair kit.” —Billy Connolly
If you love Loch Ness and are partial to a blast of the bagpipes, you’ll savor these hilarious
quips and quotes from such celebrated characters as Billy Connolly, Chic Murray, and Robert
Louis Stevenson.
9781849533065
English Wit
Quips and Quotes
From Bognor to Blackpool and from Land’s End to Leeds, the funniest wisecracks and one-
liners from the green and pleasant land
“The English winter—ending in July to recommence in August.” —Lord Byron
“An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one.” —George Mikes
“The difference between English and American humour is $150 a minute.” —Eric Idle
If you love fish and chips and the odd spot of Morris dancing, you’ll revel in these hilarious quips
and quotes from such celebrated characters as William Shakespeare, Eric Idle, and Eddie Izzard.
9781849533058
Irish Wit
Quips and Quotes
From Cork to Kilkenny and from Dublin to Donegal, the funniest wisecracks and one-
liners from the Emerald Isle
“Never hit an Irishman when he’s down. He might get up again.” —Seamus O’Leary
If you take your Guinness with a twist of Gaelic, you’ll love these hilarious quips and quotes
from such celebrated characters as Oscar Wilde, Terry Wogan, and Spike Milligan.
9781849533331
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A LITTLE BIT OF WIT
Edward Green
Edward Green is a gift book author.

Each: Reference • 160 pp • 3 x 4 • $5.95 (Can $6.95) Paper • Summersdale
A Little Bit of Churchill Wit

The finest one-liners, musings, and words of wisdom from Britain’s best-loved leader
“An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile—hoping it will eat him last.”
“It would be a great reform in politics if wisdom could be made to spread as easily and
as rapidly as folly.”
“I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of
meeting me is another matter.”
Winston Churchill famously led Britain through some of its darkest days with pride
and determination and was renowned for his rousing speeches, razor-sharp intellect, and
ready wit.
9781849533072 • July
A Little Bit of Shakespeare Wit

The finest witticisms, musings, and words of wisdom from one of the greatest
ever wordsmiths
“Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.” —Clown, Twelfth Night, Act 1, scene 5
“I pray you, do not fall in love with me, for I am falser than vows made in wine.”
—Rosalind, As You Like It, Act 3, scene 5
“Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself.” —Norfolk, King
Henry VIII, Act 1, scene 1
Whether you are in need of inspiration, advice, or an insult clever enough to floor your
foes, this little book is sure to hold the answer.
9781849533089 • April
Also available:
A Little Bit A Little Bit

of Golfing Wit of Old Git Wit
9781849530880 9781849530064
$5.95 ($6.95) Paper $4.95 ($5.95) Paper
181
The Camper’s Friend
A Miscellany of Wit and Wisdom
Phoebe Smith
A compendium of facts and fun for those who love roughing
it in the great outdoors
“It always rains on tents. Rainstorms will travel thousands of miles
against the prevailing winds, for the opportunity to rain on a
tent.” —Dave Barry
“Nature halts self-absorption, makes you less frantic about all
that’s going on in your own small mental or physical world.”
—Margaret Drabble
Whether they enjoy sleeping under canvas, underneath the stars,
or prefer a bit of glamping in a yurt, happy campers of all types
will savor this miscellany of quotations, trivia, and prose celebrating
the great outdoors, interspersed with useful tips on everything from
wild foraging to choosing where to bed down for the night.
Phoebe Smith has gone on walking and backpacking adventures
all around the world.
Outdoor/Reference • 208 pp • 5 x 7 • 12 B/W Illustrations
9781849532488 • June • $14.95 (Can $16.95) Cloth
Summersdale
Also available:
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9781849531900 9781849531467
$15.95 ($17.95) Cloth $13.95 ($15.95) Cloth
The Gardener’s Friend The Traveller’s Friend The Walker’s Friend

9781849531528 9781849531894 9781849530521
$13.95 ($15.95) Cloth $15.95 ($17.95) Cloth $14.95 ($16.95) Cloth
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I Told You I Was Ill
Dying for a Laugh
Liz Evers
Bringing together a holy host of the world’s stupidest deaths, strange send-offs, bizarre wills,
and hilarious headstones, this is a side-splitting book that dares to laugh in the face of death
Death may be bleak but—rest in peace—there is nothing gloomy about this curious compendium
of tales of the departed. This book looks at the funny side of one of life’s certainties, re-
counting stories of inventors done in by their own inventions, actors expiring on stage, and
extraordinarily elaborate fake death plots. With advice on planning your big finish and how
to attract the crowds at your funeral, as well as inspirational anecdotes involving extremely
wealthy animals, no headstone is left unturned in the quest for hilarity. From funeral facts and
famous last words to musings on the afterlife, all that is witty and wry about kicking the bucket
is presented here for your amusement.
Liz Evers is a freelance writer and the author of I Used to Know That: Shakespeare.
Humor • 192 pp • 5 x 8 • 20 B/W Illustrations
9781843176220 • May • $15.95 Cloth • Michael O’Mara
Man Fail
Stupid Things Men Do
Marion Appleby
A hilarious collection celebrating the foolishness of the male sex
“Half this game is 90 percent mental.” —Danny Ozark, Major League Baseball manager
“I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father.” —Greg Norman, golfer
“If only faces could talk” —Pat Summerall, sports broadcaster
From simple celebrities to foolish criminals, love rats to office idiots, and nitwits in the news—
this hilarious collection celebrating male foolishness is packed with quotations, anecdotes,
and true-life tales about the ridiculous exploits of the hairier sex. Readers will find a fan-
tastic selection of the side-splitting bloopers, mistakes, and misunderstandings that have been
boldly uttered by the male sex. It spans from the rich and famous to the everyday man on
the street, offering hilarious anecdotes that defy belief and typify the failings of the male species
in general.
Marion Appleby is the author of Are We Live?
Humor • 192 pp • 5 x 8
9781843176985 • June • $12.95 (Can $13.95) Paper • Michael O’Mara
183
Unexpected Item in the Bagging Area
Driven Crazy by the Modern World?
Chris Martin
A hilarious call to arms for everyone infuriated by 21st-century technology, from iPhones
to e-readers to self-service checkout
If you point my smart phone at the sky, its star-gazing app can supposedly identify and name
planets outside of our galaxy. Extraordinary—but even more extraordinary is that it can’t
actually make telephone calls. Trying to get a signal on it is like searching for the Yeti—some
people believe it exists but you would probably have to trek to the Himalayas to find it.
For those who yearn for the good old days before one needed a degree in computer pro-
gramming just to make a phone call, this is the perfect book, rebelling against the crazes
and popularity of the unfathomable trappings of the contemporary world. Technophobes
who have found themselves shouting at a recorded voice on the phone, been driven crazy
by the illogical pricing of train tickets, or found themselves drowning in a sea of half-re-
membered passwords, have found their manifesto.
Chris Martin is the author of Celebrity Tattoos, The Gentleman’s Guide to Beard and Mous-
tache Management, and The Golfer’s Companion.
Humor/Technology • 192 pp • 5 x 8 • 25 B/W Illustrations
9781843179443 • June • $15.95 (Can $17.95) Cloth • Michael O’Mara
Wearing Combovers
And 49 Other Things That the Modern Man Shouldn’t Do
Carl Walker
A guide to egregious modern male behaviors that simply must stop, such as wearing
comedy ties and socks
Some men labor under the curious misapprehension that cycling without using one’s hands
constitutes a social achievement. Other men manage to convince themselves that a com-
bover could be mistaken for a lustrous body of hair. There exist men who will toss a piece
of candy up in the air on a public street, with the sole purpose of trying to catch it
in their mouth. In a moment of historical literary significance matched only by the Dooms-
day book and the first edition of the King James Bible, this book finally brings together
an account of the strange and frankly unacceptable habits of modern men with the clear
and obvious reasons why these habits must, for the sake of the future of the human race,
be cast aside.
Carl Walker is a psychology professor with 10 years of experience researching and publishing
academic work on human behavior. He is uniquely qualified to write this book on account
of being the only man who considers himself a world authority on men who juggle.
Humor • 96 pp • 5 x 7
9780709098119 • June • $10.95 (Can $11.95) Cloth • Robert Hale
184
Jack Shit
The Ultimate in Toilet Humour
Trevor de Silva and Steve Allen
A collection of photos provide literal interpretations
of “chicken shit,” “weird hippy shit,” “drowning in
a sea of shit,” “no shit, Sherlock,” and more
If you’re down in the dumps or feeling a bit poo, then
this brown book is the one for you. A salute to per-
haps the most useful word in the English language, this
hilarious collection really is “the shit.”
Trevor de Silva is a copywriter and filmwriter. Steve
Allen is a digital artist and designer.
Humor • 96 pp • 5.5 x 5.5 • 45 Color Photos
9781849531719 • April
$10.95 (Can $11.95) Cloth • Summersdale
185
The British
An Awfully Useful Guide
Toby Hill
Everything you ever wanted to know about the British but were too polite
to ask
We’re terribly sorry to interrupt, but if it’s not too much trouble we’re pub-
lishing this awfully helpful book on all the things that make Britain, um, well,
sort of British, containing everything you ever wanted to know but were too
polite to ask. We’d say you could read it on the train, but it’s likely to have
been delayed—due to leaves on the line. Probably better to read it with a nice
cup of tea and a few digestives instead.
Toby Hill is the author of Never Hug a Belly Dancer.
Humor • 96 pp • 5.5 x 5.5 • 40 Color Illustrations
Also available:
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$8.95 (Can $8.95) Cloth
Jokes for All the Family

Harry Hilton
Prepare to have your ribs tickled, your funny bone waggled, and your leg pulled with
this hilarious bumper compendium of jokes for all the family
Did you hear about the teacher who was cross-eyed? He couldn’t control his pupils.
Why did the duck cross the road? Because the chicken needed a day off.
From clever oneliners and knock-knock jokes to classic themes such as light bulbs, chick-
ens crossing the road, and men walking into bars, there are laughs aplenty for everyone.
Harry Hilton is a gift book author.
Humor • 128 pp • 5 x 8
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ESSENTIAL FOREIGN . . .
Emma Burgess
Emma Burgess is the author of The Little Book of Essential Insults.

Each: Humor/Reference • 128 pp • 3 x 4 • $5.95 (Can $6.95) Paper • Summersdale
Essential Foreign Swear Words

Never again be lost for words while abroad
When you want to get your point across in a foreign language there’s only one way to
do it: by swearing your ass off. Impress the world with a stream of multilingual pro-
fanity from this nifty little book. It contains comprehensive coverage of swear words
in French, German, Italian, and Spanish, with a bonus glossary of other languages at
the back.
9781849532747 • April
Essential Foreign Insults

Insulting newfound foreign friends has never been such fun
Forget asking for the time or directions to the nearest supermarket, with this essential
phrasebook you can impress the locals with the dexterity of your filthy mouth—guar-
anteed to get your point across. This guide contains comprehensive coverage of swear
words in French, German, Italian, and Spanish, with a bonus glossary of other languages
at the back.
9781849532754 (Replaces 9781840243857) • May
Also available:
The Little Book of

Essential Foreign
Chat-up Lines
9781840245790
$4.95 (Can $5.95) Paper
187
SOMETHING & LOVING IT!
Daisy Hay
Ever noticed how life just keeps getting better? These little books are must-have accessories to one’s
thirties, forties, and fifties, filled with inspiring quotes and tips to bring ever more sparkle into each day.
Daisy Hay is the author of Toddler Tips, A Woman Needs a Man Like a Cat Needs a Bicycle, and
A Woman Needs a Man Like a Dog Needs a Tutu.
Each: Humor • 80 pp • 4.5 x 4.5 • Four-color Interior • June • $7.95 (Can $8.95) Cloth • Summersdale
30 Something & Loving It!

“You yourself, as much as anybody else in the entire universe, deserve your love
and affection.” —Buddha
“To my eye, women get sexier around 35. They know a thing or two, and knowl-
edge is always alluring.” —Pierce Brosnan
“Sex appeal is 50 percent what you’ve got and 50 percent what people think you’ve
got.” —Sophia Loren
Tips for a thrilling decade include “Go for a walk in the countryside with your
camera and capture something beautiful,” “Buy a book on how to mix cocktails
and try them out with your friends,” and “Save water drink wine!”
9781849532174

“The lovely thing about being 40 is that you can appreciate 25-year-old men more.”
—Colleen McCullough
“Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted.” —John Lennon
“If you’re going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you
might as well laugh about it now.” —Marie Osmond
Tips for a fulfilling decade include “Find your nearest antique market and go hunt-
ing for something special” and “Why not plan a party and invite all of your
friends? No need to wait for a special occasion!”
9781849532181

“There comes a time in every woman’s life when the only thing that helps is a
glass of champagne.” —Bette Davis
“The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your
age.” —Lucille Ball
“If you find yourself 50 years old and you aren’t doing what you love, then what’s
the point?” —Jim Carrey
Tips for a fabulous decade include “Buy an old typewriter and use it to write
letters to your friends and family,” “Take a day off and visit a health spa for
some well-earned pampering,” and “Visit your favorite restaurant with some-
one close to you—and don’t skip dessert!”
9781849532198
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Quotable Dickens
Max Morris
An old curiosity shop of a book that’s sure to delight all lovers of the great writer’s
uniquely humorous and perceptive style
“There is no such passion in human nature, as the passion for gravy among commercial
gentlemen.” —Mrs. Todgers in Martin Chuzzlewit
This handpicked collection gathers together Charles Dickens’ wisest and wittiest quo-
tations, ranging from his famous and much-loved novels to his lesser-known letters, plays,
and short stories.
Max Morris is the author of Classic Love Poems.
Reference • 160 pp • 3.75 x 5
What Would Dickens Do?

Constance Moore
Words of comfort and guidance from one of the greatest writers of all time
Should you take your work home with you?
“No; the office is one thing, and private life is another. When I go into the office, I leave the
Castle behind me, and when I come into the Castle, I leave the office behind me.” —Mr. Wem-
mick in Great Expectations
Bringing together the thoughts of some of Dickens’s best-loved and most-maligned charac-
ters, as well as his own opinions, this collection answers age-old questions that continue to
perplex the finest minds of today: Can destiny be changed? Is society in decline? and How
should you celebrate your freedom after being stuck in a chimney? If you find yourself fac-
ing hard times, trying to deal with other people’s great expectations, or going home every
night to a bleak house, look inside for advice from the master.
Constance Moore is a gift book author.
Reference • 208 pp • 4.5 x 7
9781849532525 • April • $15.95 (Can $17.95) Cloth • Summersdale
Love
Katie Evans
Celebrate love with a timeless collection of poetry, prose, and love letters
from some of the greatest romantics ever
“There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.” —George Sand
The orange is a symbol of love, fertility, splendour. Orange blossom was an
ancient token of fertility used in bridal wreaths. The colour is associated with
fire and luxury.
Beautifully designed, including inspirational thoughts on love and fascinating
sections on romantic symbols, the food of love, star signs, and legends, this
heartwarming gift book is bound to bring a smile to the face of a loved one.
Katie Evans is a gift book author.
Reference • 96 pp • 4.5 x 4.5
189
Straight from the Fridge, Dad
A Dictionary of Hipster Slang
Max Décharné
A new, pocket-sized version of the richly illustrated edi-
tion—just the thing for all hipsters, B-girls, weedheads,
moochers, shroud-tailors, bandrats, top studs, gassers,
snowbirds, trigger-men, grifters, and long gone daddies
“An afternoon spent poring through a vocabulary-

building guide for your inner hipster is time well
spent . . . Décharné has compiled the most righteous
slang from film noir, blues, country, jazz and pulp fic-
tion; with annotations and examples galore, it’s guar-
anteed to turn a rube into a real wild child.”
—Entertainment Weekly
“There’s no question that in the pages of Straight
from the Fridge, Dad, everyday speech is put through
some hilarious and convoluted permutations. But you
don’t have to take that on faith. Just cop a squat, cast
your lamps on the book’s leaves and dig its mellow
kicks.” —Chicago Tribune
“If you are the kind of hep cat who harbors a burning
urge to gas the slobs, then the righteous Max is the
man. He shoots the works to fascinating and often hi-
larious effect.” —Esquire
Much of the slang popularly associated with the hippie gen-
eration of the 1960s actually dates back before World War
II, hijacked in the main from jazz and blues street expres-
sions, mostly relating to drugs, sex, and drinking. Why talk
when you can beat your chops, why eat when you can line
your flue, and why snore when you can call some hogs?
You’re not drunk—you’re just plumb full of stagger-juice and your skin isn’t pasty, it’s just cafe sunburn. Need a black coffee?
That’s a shot of java, nix on the moo juice. Containing thousands of examples of hipster slang drawn from pulp novels; classic
noir and exploitation films; blues, country, and rock’n’roll lyrics; and other related sources from the 1920s to the 1960s, this
book lays down the righteous jive.
Max Décharné is a musician—a former member of Gallon Drunk, now the singer with the Flaming Stars—and the author of
Hardboiled Hollywood and King’s Road.
Reference/Language & Linguistics • 192 pp • 6.5 x 8.5 • 125 Color Photos • 48 B/W Photos
9781842435328 (Replaces 9781842432884) • May • $22.95 Paper • No Exit
190
Oranges and Lemons
Rhymes from Past Times
Karen Dolby
A nostalgic and entertaining look back through childhood nursery rhymes and stories,
explanations of their origins and meanings, and the controversies surrounding them
Plugging into the memories and knowledge of our earliest years, this collection gathers the
most well-known and best-loved nursery rhymes, many of which we always seem to have
known yet struggle to remember clearly, along with some that may be less familiar. It ex-
amines the history of the rhymes, how they have evolved through the centuries, and the con-
troversies surrounding their origins. Looking at classic favorites such as “Humpty Dumpty,”
“Hickory Dickory Dock,” and “Georgie Porgie” will put readers back in touch with a time
lost in hazy nostalgia, just on the edge of memory.
Karen Dolby is also the author of numerous children’s titles including Chocolate Island,
Dragon in the Cupboard, and House of Shadows.
Literary Criticism/Reference • 192 pp • 5 x 8 • 35 B/W Illustrations
9781843179597 • April • $15.95 (Can $17.95) Cloth • Michael O’Mara
The Book Lovers’ Companion

What to Read Next
Foreword by Lionel Shriver
More than 200 truly rewarding reads are covered, with a nonspoiler synopsis, background
information, discussion points, and suggested companion volumes
With so many fantastic books out there, book clubs and avid readers can have difficulty
choosing what to read next—thankfully, this comprehensive guide brings together the best
and most loved titles for easy reference. Featuring a diverse selection, from Pride and Prej-
udice to The Handmaid’s Tale, The Kite Runner to Cloud Atlas, the guide includes inter-
esting discussion points and facts as well as potential companion books with similar themes,
honest opinions from readers, and razor-sharp reviews from critics, so readers will know
they’re making the right choice every time. Top-10 lists are also included, such as Top 10
Quick Reads (Metamorphosis, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie), Top 10 Challenging Reads
(Anna Karenina, Possession), Top 10 Gay Reads (Giovanni’s Room, Oranges Are Not the
Only Fruit), and Top 10 Chilling Reads (The Stand, Ring). Compiled by a range of English
literature experts and avid readers, this book is sure to inspire any book lover.
Lionel Shriver is the author of The Post-Birthday World; So Much for That, a finalist for
the National Book Award; and We Need to Talk About Kevin, the winner of the Orange
Prize. She lives in London and New York City.
Literary Criticism/Reference • 224 pp • 5 x 8
9781843179603 • April • $12.95 (Can $13.95) Paper • Michael O’Mara
191
Wittypedia
Over 5,000 of the Funniest Quotations
Des MacHale
A massive compilation of wit and wisdom from all eras, on all topics
“Anyone who uses the phrase ‘easy as taking candy from a baby’ has never tried taking candy
from a baby.” —Fran Lebowitz
“A lie is a very poor substitute for the truth, but the only one discovered to date.”
—Mark Twain
“George Gershwin played us a medley of his hit.” —Oscar Levant
“Life is very important to many Americans.” —Bob Dole
From the funniest phrases by famous comedians to the deepest philosophy from the great-
est thinkers of all time, passing by some highly amusing and downright dumb celebrity ob-
servations, this compendium has it all. It includes insults, declarations of love and other
feelings, comments on others and general observations on the state of the world, arranged
into topic categories for handy reference.
Des MacHale is the author of more than 40 humor books, including Wit and Lovers’ Wit.
Humor/Reference • 560 pp • 5 x 8
9781853758232 • June • $14.95 Paper • Prion
The Twitter History of the World

Everything You Need to Know About Everything in 140 Characters
Kelvin MacKenzie and Chas Newkey-Burden
A humourous look at the world’s history in 140 characters
The Iraq War
@TonyBlair
#FF @GeorgeWBush - you should see the DMs he’s been sending me about WMDS in Iraq
#terrifying
09:32am, September 12, 2001
@GeorgeWBush
@Tony Blair - that’s ma boy!
05:04am, March 20, 2003
Who would say what during wartime? What would Jesus tweet? And how would history’s
most indecent of scandals have played out on our computer screens? This hilarious book takes
a 140-character romp through history, exploring what it might be like if Twitter had always
been part of our lives. From dinosaurs to Princess Diana, the Magna Carta to phone-hack-
ing, including “Famous Last Tweets,” hysterical hashtags, and salacious “Follow Fri-
days,” here is the story of the world told via 140 characters or less.
Kelvin Mackenzie is a pundit and often appears on both television and radio. Chas Newkey-
Burden is a leading celebrity biographer and a fanatic tweeter. His books include Adele, Amy
Winehouse, and Justin Bieber.
Humor • 288 pp • 4.25 x 7 • 9 B/W Illustrations
192
A Classical Primer
Ancient Knowledge for Modern Minds
Dan Crompton
A basic but enjoyable introduction to the study of the culture of the ancient Greeks and
Romans, from the languages to literature, philosophy, art, and much more
For those who didn’t take Classics at school, or who have forgotten most of what they knew,
this primer is a look back at classical civilization—how they lived and how many aspects
of our own daily lives have been directly influenced by theirs, from roads and concrete, to
central heating, the 12-month calendar, cranes, and even pizza. It covers Greek and Latin
languages; offers Greek and Roman history in a nutshell from the Bronze Age through the
fall of the Roman empire; provides an introduction to Greek literature including The Iliad,
The Odyssey, and the Greek tragedies; and covers the basics of Latin literature. It also pro-
vides basic background on philosophy, including Socrates and Plato; ancient architecture
including the Parthenon and the Colosseum; and science and technology, including such in-
ventions as the alarm clock, the vending machine, flushing toilets, and glass. This handy
book shows that even a basic knowledge of Classics is not only essential, but also incredi-
bly fascinating.
Dan Crompton is the author of The World’s Oldest Joke Book: Hundreds of Hilariously
Terrible Ancient Jokes.
History • 192 pp • 5 x 7 • 7 B/W Illustrations • 3 Maps
9781843178804 • May • $15.95 (Can $17.95) Cloth • Michael O’Mara
The Story of English

How an Obscure Dialect Became the World’s Most-Spoken Language
Joseph Piercy
The fascinating story of how the English language has developed over the last 15 centuries
Illustrating the compelling history of how the relatively obscure dialects spoken by tribes
from what are now Denmark, the Low Countries, and northern Germany became the most
widely spoken language in the world, this history also explores how that language evolved
during the last two millennia. Chronologically ordered and divided into six main sections
covering pre-Roman and Latin influences, the ascent of Old English, and the succession of
Middle English, Early Modern, and then Late Modern English to today’s global language,
this fascinating book also explores such factors as the history of the printing press, the works
of Chaucer, the evolution of The American Dictionary of the English Language—commonly
known as Webster’s—and the magisterial Oxford English Dictionary, to the use of slang
in today’s speech and the coming of electronic messaging. This is the perfect gift for any
lover not just of English, but of the history and development of language.
Joseph Piercy is the author of Are You Turning into Your Dad? and Slippery Tipples: A Guide
to Weird and Wonderful Spirits & Liqueurs.
Language & Linguistics/History • 192 pp • 5 x 8
9781843178835 • April • $15.95 (Can $17.95) Cloth • Michael O’Mara
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A History of the World
Andrew Marr
From the earliest civilizations to the 21st century, this global journey through human
history is the companion volume to a Discovery Channel/BBC coproduced series, such
as Life and Planet Earth
Our understanding of world history is changing, as new discoveries are made on all the con-
tinents and old prejudices are being challenged. In this truly global journey Andrew Marr
revisits some of traditional histories, which have tended to be Eurocentric, telling mankind’s
story through tales of Greece and Rome and the crowned heads of Europe’s oldest monar-
chies. Here he widens the lens, concentrating as much, if not more on the Americas, Africa,
and Asia. Instead of focusing on one episode of history occurring in one place, he draws
surprising parallels and makes fascinating connections, focusing on a key incident or episode
to tell a larger story: for instance, the liberation of the serfs in Russia, which took place at
the same time as the American Civil War and resulted in the abolition of slavery. But he be-
gins the account with an episode in the life of Tolstoy, who racked up huge gambling debts
and had to sell land and slaves as a result. Fresh and exciting, this is popular history at its
very best.
Andrew Marr is a political journalist who has worked for the Daily Express, the Independ-
ent, the Scotsman, and the Observer, and spent five years as the BBC’s political editor. He
is the author of The History of Modern Britain, The Making of Modern Britain, and The
Real Elizabeth.
History • 500 pp • 5.5 x 8.5
9780230764309 • April • $22.95 Paper • Macmillan UK
Chronologia
24 Hours of History
Norman Ferguson
A quirky and original reference book containing 24 hours of history that have changed
the world
At what time was Guy Fawkes discovered underneath the Palace of Westminster? When was
Captain Bligh ordered off the Bounty? At what time was Einstein’s Theory of Relativity proved?
What time was on the clock when Titanic sunk? All these questions and 400 more are an-
swered here, giving a unique twist on how history is presented. Events are arranged not in
order of place, theme, or date, but by the time of day they took place. There are 24 chapters,
one for each hour of the day, with each chapter including major battles, assassinations, crimes,
deaths, and disasters, all presented by the hour and minute they took place.
Norman Ferguson is a web editor and author who has written comedy for radio and television.
History • 160 pp • 5 x 8 • 15 B/W Photos
9780752470207 • May • $17.95 (Can $19.95) Cloth • The History Press
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The Umbrella Unfurled
Its Remarkable Life and Times
Nigel Rodgers
A delightful illustrated history of the umbrella—protector against rain and sun, weapon,
and fashion accessory
Culturally ubiquitous and multifunctional, the umbrella comes in many colors, shapes, and
sizes, and its significance in different forms and throughout time is explored here. Its use
in the ancient cultures of Egypt is discussed, where it was often made of palm leaves and
colored feathers, denoted rank, and even had a religious significance. The place of umbrel-
las in Roman times is also explained, where it was commonly used by women of fashion—
and supposedly by effeminate men to defend themselves. This entertaining history also covers
the Edwardian times, the Duke of Wellington, London stockbrokers, and the KGB.
Nigel Rodgers is the author of 16 books on subjects ranging from Roman architecture to
travel and philosophy and has been translated into 11 languages. Among his books are
Life in Ancient Rome, The Roman Army, and Philosophers Behaving Badly.
History/Fashion & Appearance • 144 pp • 5 x 8
9781903071687 • June • $15.95 (Can $17.95) Cloth • Bene Factum Publishing
The Goldfish Club

Danny Danziger
The author of 1215 and Museum tells the gripping stories of the members of the Gold-
fish Club—an organization of people who have survived a jump or a crash from an air-
craft into water
“The genius of Danziger is to get to the heart of an institution through myriad per-
sonal interviews . . . from cleaner and waitress through curator, trustee, and CEO.”
—Atlantic on Museum
Mayday. Mayday. Mayday.
What is it like to have to broadcast these words from the cockpit of a stricken aircraft?
And what is it like to then leave that aircraft and become exposed to the elements, and some-
times the waiting enemy? The members of one of the world’s most unusual clubs provide
the answers in this incredible book. Formed during World War II to celebrate the survival
of pilots who had been forced to bail out over water, the Goldfish Club has taken on new
airmen—and one woman—ever since. The oldest member is 100, the youngest in his 20s.
They share one pivotal moment, but their experiences beyond this couldn’t be more dif-
ferent. One veteran of World War II will never forget having to walk through a hostile Ger-
man town at the point of a Nazi bayonet. An American B-17 navigator found his courage
in the cell of an SS prison after his Flying Fortress broke up over Italian waters. A
downed British helicopter pilot struggled against the cold of the North Norwegian Sea in
the middle of an Arctic winter. Their stories, and those of many other Goldfish Club mem-
bers, are told in this book.
Danny Danziger is the author of many acclaimed nonfiction books, including 1215,
Museum, and The Whatchamacallit.
Military/Biography • 320 pp • 5 x 8
9780751545883 • June • $12.95 Paper • Sphere
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The Cable
Wire to the New World
Gillian Cookson
The compelling story of how the first transatlantic cable was laid—updated with new images
“Handsome illustrations add value to Cookson’s exposition on a popular topic.”

—Booklist
This is the compelling story of the dramatic efforts to lay the Atlantic telegraph during the
1850s and 1860s, from the first failed attempts to the expedition that finally succeeded. An
inconceivably audacious endeavor to overcome the forces of nature in the name of human
progress and technology, the laying of the cable was to change forever our means of com-
munication. In this exceptionally researched book, Gillian Cookson reveals the people who
dared, lost, and profited from this vital progression.
Gillian Cookson is an acknowledged expert on the transatlantic telegraph cable.
Technology/History • 168 pp • 5 x 8 • 60 B/W Photos
9780752487861 (Replaces 9780752439037) • May • $17.95 (Can $19.95) Paper
The History Press
Burma
A Nation at the Crossroads
Benedict Rogers
Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu
The first major book on the contemporary situation in Burma, at a fascinating time of fast-
moving change in the country
Wide-ranging, expertly researched, and full of brand-new accounts of the courage and deter-
mination of the Burmese people, this book explains the country’s conflicted history, as well
as its contemporary struggle for justice. For more than 50 years, Burma has been ruled by a
succession of military regimes that rank among the most oppressive dictatorships in the world.
Accused of crimes against humanity, they have brutally mistreated their people. Yet in the last
couple of years, and in spite of sham elections, the pace of change has been breathtaking. Much
is now hoped for. However, Burma is one of the most ethnically diverse nations in Southest
Asia: there are roughly seven major ethnic groups living along its borders. They have a long
history of conflict with the government and have been cruelly treated by the current regime.
Their future affects the country as a whole, as Benedict Rogers explains. Drawing heavily on
his many factfinding visits both inside Burma and along its frontiers, he gives a unique ap-
praisal of the current ethnic situation and its implications for the nation as a whole. Burma
stands poised for freedom, or for further repression. No one can be sure. This fascinating and accessible book describes what
is really happening inside this beautiful, secretive, and potentially prosperous country.
Benedict Rogers is a writer and human rights advocate specializing in Asia. He’s a regular contributor to the Guardian, Inter-
national Herald Tribune, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal, and has given briefings and speeches at Oxford Uni-
versity, the White House, Congress, European Parliament, and other venues. Focused on Burma for much of the past 15 years,
he has traveled almost 40 times to the country and all of its borders. His previous books include A Land Without Evil and Than
Shwe: Unmasking Burma’s Tyrant. Archbishop Desmond Tutu is a Nobel Prize–winning human rights activist who served as
chair of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission to investigate apartheid-era crimes.
History/Political Science • 304 pp • 6 x 9
9781846043468 • Available • $19.95 Paper • Rider
196
Tamil Tigress
My Story As a Child Soldier in Sri Lanka’s Bloody Civil War
Niromi de Soyza
In 1987, 17-year-old Niromi de Soyza shocked her middle-class Sri Lankan family by join-
ing the Tamil Tigers. Equipped with a rifle and cyanide capsule she was one of the rebels’
first female soldiers—this is her story of her time as a guerrilla
“Shows how corrupting and demoralizing war can be, regardless of which side you are
on.” —BUST magazine
“Readers will both empathize with and judge de Soyza’s experiences in the Tamil strug-
gle as she candidly shares the messy truths of what occurred in the jungle and how she
came to leave the Tigers behind.” —Publishers Weekly
How could it be that a well-educated, middle-class, Catholic-educated girl from a respectable
family came to be fighting with the Tamil Tigers? The Sri Lanka that Niromi de Soyza knew
growing up in Jaffna included daily gun fights and a systematic campaign by an elected gov-
ernement to wipe out parts of its own population. In a fit of righteous anger and teenage ide-
alism she joined the Tamil Tigers to defend her rights and the lives of her friends and neighbors.
Two days before Christmas, in 1987, she found herself, at the age of 17, as part of a small
platoon of militant Tamil Tigers, most of them teenage girls, in an ambush by the Sri Lankan army. With her was her lifelong
friend, Ajanthi, also 17. Ajanthi was killed that day as they came under heavy fire. Today Niromi lives in Sydney with her hus-
band and children—and now she is telling her amazing story.
Niromi de Soyza works for Sydney University.
Memoir/History • 316 pp • 5 x 8 • 7 Color Photos • 4 B/W Photos
9781743310700 (Replaces 9781742375182) • June • $17.95 (Can $19.95) Paper • Allen & Unwin
Fighting Blind
On Assignment in War-torn Iraq
Shane Horsburgh and Jason K. Foster
Fast-paced, gripping, and real, a former SWAT team leader and Commando trainer shares
his story—an intense and sometimes humorous account of a remarkable life
Australian Shane Horsburgh spent years immersed in the chaotic, adrenaline-fueled world
of high-risk policing and counterterrorism, but when the thrill wore off, he quit his job and
flew into Baghdad to work for the U.S. Department of Defense, training commandos for the
post-Saddam Iraqi police force. Life in Iraq is surreal, violent, and unpredictable—and the
enemy is almost impossible to pick. Shane relates how he endures intense physical and men-
tal stress brought on by rogue insurgents, mortar attacks, roadside bombs, and intense heat,
doing his best to survive while staying focused on the job. When he meets an elderly Iraqi
man, known as the Professor, their brief encounter changes his life.
Shane Horsburgh delivers corporate and public programs around conflict-resolution issues.
Memoir/Military • 288 pp • 6 x 9.5
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After Everest
Inside the Private World of Edmund Hillary
Paul Little
A fascinating exploration of the life of mountaineer and adventurer Edmund Hillary,
penetrating beyond the legend to reveal a character of paradoxes
Edmund Hillary is a world icon and a towering figure among adventurers. The interest
in him and in his family’s dedication to making a contribution to the welfare of the Nepalese
people is well known. However, it is the drama of Sir Edmund’s later years that throw
light into the world of the private man: the death of his wife and daughter in an air crash,
his remarriage to the widow of an old friend, and, finally, the falling out, after his own
death, of his widow and his eldest son, Peter. All these stories of the Hillary legacy, and
the many books written about his life, are about what he did, but this book explores who
Edmund Hillary was and the many paradoxes of his character: the individualist who al-
ways worked with a team, the lonely boy who ended up loved by millions, the man who
could be distant from his own children but is regarded as a surrogate father by thousands
of Nepalese, and the left-leaning thinker who accepted the highest order of chivalry from
Queen Elizabeth II. This is the story of the man behind the legend.
Paul Little is a journalist.
Biography • 376 pp • 6 x 9.5
9781877505201 • April • $19.95 (Can $21.95) Paper • Allen & Unwin
21 Speeches That Shaped Our World

The People and Ideas That Changed the Way We Think
Chris Abbott
A thought-provoking collection of 21 speeches that have shaped the modern world
“Introduces and pulls together a fascinating gallery of speakers and turning points in
recent history. . . . Interesting concept, well executed.” —New Internationalist
“An interesting selection of speeches. . . . Throughout, Abbott provides a thorough
historical context and argues convincingly for the relevance of the ideas expressed.”
—Financial Times
In this fascinating book, a political analyst takes a close look at 21 key speeches that have shaped
the world today. He examines the arguments embedded in these speeches, which have innspired
people to achieve great things or do great harm, and he draws upon his political expertise to
explain how our current understanding of the world is rooted in pivotal moments of history.
These moments are captured in the words of a range of influential speakers, including Emme-
line Pankhurst, Martin Luther King, Jr., Enoch Powell, Napoleon Beazley, Kevin Rudd, Alexan-
der Solzhenitsyn, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Osama bin Laden, Margaret Beckett, Winston
Churchill, Salvador Allende, Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair, Tim Collins, Mohandas Gandhi,
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Robin Cook, and Barack Obama. The speeches in this book are arranged thematically, linked by con-
cepts such as “Might Is Right,” “With Us or Against Us,” and “Give Peace a Chance.” Each transcript is accompanied by an in-
sightful commentary that analyzes how the words relate to contemporary society.
Chris Abbott is a writer and researcher specializing in international security and foreign affairs. He is the founder and execu-
tive director of Open Briefing, the world’s first civil-society intelligence agency, and the coauthor of Beyond Terror.
History/Literary Collections • 322 pp • 5.5 x 8.5
9781846042720 • April • $17.95 Paper • Rider
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The People Speak
Voices That Changed Britain
Colin Firth, Anthony Arnove, and David Horspool
A powerful, inspiring, and refreshing take on British history—a true
people’s history
“The idea was simple. Take the most impassioned speeches about the
fight for what is right and bring them to life for a new generation. The
reason why it’s so powerful is because it’s about everything that mat-
ters to us: love and life, sex and death, justice and freedom. We’ve found
some amazing speeches from the most unlikely places, British voices
that have been ignored for centuries because history is a tale often told
by the winners.” —Colin Firth
Inspired by the U.S. version produced by Anthony Arnove, Josh Brolin,
Matt Damon, Chris Moore, and Howard Zinn, the story of Britain is
told now through the voices of the visionaries, dissenters, rebels, and
everyday folk who took on the establishment and stood up for what
they believed in. Here are their stories, letters, speeches, and songs, from
Oscar Wilde on trial to Mohandas Ghandi’s Quit India speech to Bobby
Sands’ prison diary to Zadie Smith on library closures. Bringing to-
gether some of the most powerful words in British history, this collec-
tion reminds readers that democracy has never been a spectator sport.
Colin Firth (CBE) is a Bafta– and Academy Award–winning actor. His
films include Bridget Jones’s Diary, The English Patient, The King’s
Speech, and A Single Man. Anthony Arnove is the author of Iraq: The
Logic of Withdrawal, the editor of The Essential Chomsky and Iraq
Under Siege, the coauthor with Howard Zinn of Terrorism and War
and Voices of a People’s History of the United States, and the codirec-
tor of The People Speak with Chris Moore and Howard Zinn. David
Horspool is an editor of the Times Literary Supplement and the author
of King Alfred. He writes regularly for the Guardian, the New York
Times, the Sunday Times, and the Telegraph.
History/Literary Collections • 532 pp
6 x 8.5 • 3 B/W Illustrations • Canongate UK
Paper: 9780857864468 • April • $22.95
Cloth: 9780857864451 • April • $27.95
Contents Include
1215: Magna Carta 1940: Charlie Chaplin, The Great Dictator

c. 1593: William Shakespeare, Sir Thomas More 1941: George Orwell, ‘England, Your England’
1729: Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal 8 August 1942: Mohandas Gandhi, Quit India
1776: Thomas Paine, Common Sense 1964: Adrian Mitchell, ‘Tell Me Lies About Vietnam’
4 July 1776: U.S. Declaration of Independence 11 December 1970: John Lennon, ‘Working
1789–91: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, ‘Destruction Class Hero’
of the Bastille’ 30 January 1972: Pauline M, Bloody Sunday
1792: Mary Wollstonecraft, Vindication of the 1982: The Clash, ‘Know Your Rights’
Rights of Woman 1982: Elvis Costello, ‘Shipbuilding’
1793–1804: William Blake, Poems 1990: Sinéad O’Connor, ‘Black Boys on Mopeds’
1795: Robert Burns, ‘A Man’s a Man for A’ That’ 15 February 2003: Mary Compton, Speech at Stop
2 March 1812: Lord Byron, ‘Ode to the Framers the War Demonstration
of the Frame Bill’ 2005: Harold Pinter, Nobel Prize Speech
7 August 1841: Charles Dickens, ‘The Fine Old March 2008: People’s Navy Chagos Protest
English Gentleman’ 3 April 2008: Ian McKellen, Stonewall Speech
February 1848: Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, 9 September 2009: Mark Steel on Immigration
Communist Manifesto 2010: Facebook Group, Tony Blair’s memoir
February 1891: Oscar Wilde, ‘The Soul of a Man 27 November 2010: Barnaby Raine, Student
under Socialism’ Protest Speech
1917: Wilfred Owen, ‘Disabled’ 30 March 2011: Zadie Smith, Library Closures
1938: Virginia Woolf, Three Guineas
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Marching to the Drums
A History of Military Drums and Drummers
John Norris
A full history of the crucial role played by drums in the history of warfare, including pre-
viously untold stories from the American Civil War and Napoleonic Wars
This is the first work to chart the rise of drums in military use and how they came to be used
on the battlefield as a means of signaling. This use was to last for almost 4,000 years when
modern warfare with communications rendered them obsolete. Even so, drummers continued
to serve in the armies of the world and performed many acts of heroism as they served as stretcher
bearers to rescue the wounded from the battlefield. From ancient China, Egypt, and the Mon-
gol hordes of Genghis Khan, the drum was used on the battlefield. The 12th-century Crusaders
helped reintroduce the drum to Europe, and during the Napoleonic Wars of the 18th and 19th
centuries, the drum was to be heard resonating across Europe. Drummers had to flog their
comrades and beat their drums on drill parade. Today they are ceremonial, but this work tells
how they had to face enemies across the battlefield with only their drum.
John Norris served for six years as a rifleman in the Grenadier Guards and is a military jour-
nalist. His other books include Artillery: A History, Mortars of World War II, and Pistols at Dawn.
Military/History • 160 pp • 6 x 9.5 • 40 B/W Photos
9780752468792 • May • $22.95 (Can $25.95) Paper • Spellmount
Glastonbury, the Templars and the Sovran Shroud

A New Perspective on the Grail Legends
Juliet Faith
A convincing new study of the Glastonbury legends
Shedding new light on the Grail stories and the arrival of Christianity to Somerset, this book
illustrates important links between Glastonbury and the Celtic settlement at Old Lammana
in Cornwall and examines old tales of an object of great importance—known as “the Sovran
cloth”—secretly hidden at both places. The author reveals that Henri de Blois, Abbot of Glas-
tonbury, assisted in the transmission of the Grail stories, and that his family line were in pos-
session of the Shroud and first exhibited it at Lirey in France in 1356. She also examines why
there was such great importance placed on oral traditions in ancient times, and what impor-
tance these traditions hold for present-day historians. Richly illustrated and compiled using
original research, this book is sure to appeal to everyone interested in the Knights Templar
and their Somerset history.
Juliet Faith is the author of The Knights Templar in Somerset.
History/Religion & Theology • 128 pp • 6.5 x 9.5 • 50 B/W Photos
Treasures of the Great Silk Road

Edgar Knobloch
A exploration of the jewels of Central Asian archaeology, art, and architecture
This comprehensive account of the culture and history of Central Asia describes the Great
Silk Route and people who combined over the centuries to produce a cultural flowering under
Timur and his successors in the late medieval and early modern periods. This text is spiced
with quotations from the works of contemporary travelers, while providing an expert’s com-
mentary on the archaeological, architectural, and decorative features of the sites he describes.
Stunning and evocative photographs are supplemented by numerous maps, incorporating the
recent developments in the region’s borders and frontiers. With up-to-date information on
borders, check points, and visas, this book should appeal not only to scholars and those in-
terested in the great cultural heritage of this region, but also to travelers to the region.
Edgar Knobloch is the author of Russia and Asia: Nomadic and Oriental Traditions in Russ-
ian History. His photographs have been exhibited at the British Museum and the Royal Ge-
ographic Society.
History/Travel • 248 pp • 6.5 x 10 • 100 Color Photos • 25 Maps
9780752471174 • June • $24.95 (Can $27.95) Paper • The History Press
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Samurai War Stories
Teachings and Tales of Samurai Warfare
Anthony Cummins and Yoshie Minami
The first English translation of 17th-century Japanese Samurai works, which have never
been out of print in Japan since printing was invented
Enter the world of 17th-century Japanese warfare and the warrior elite, the Samurai. This is
a collection of three major texts, published in English translation for the first time. These works
include writings on the three distinct military strata: the Samurai, the Ashigaru or foot sol-
dier, and women in war. They include guidelines, tactics, commentaries, and advice written
by Samurai of the period, as well as intricate illustrations. Narratives of actual battles and
sieges are included in the texts, such as the famous Battle of Sekigahara. This collection is an
invaluable resource that sheds new light on the world of the legendary Japanese warrior.
Anthony Cummins is the author of Conversations with an Assassin, The Illustrated Guide
to Viking Martial Arts, To Stand on a Stone, and True Path of the Ninja. He is a martial arts
teacher and a specialist on the ninjutsu manuals of Japan, and has released several DVDs as
well as working as a host in the documentary The Ninja: Shadow Warriors. Yoshie Minami
translated the Shoninki by Natori Masazumi, also in collaboration with Antony Cummins.
History • 160 pp • 9.5 x 10 • 30 B/W Illustrations
9780752490007 • July • $19.95 (Can $21.95) Paper • Spellmount
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Tudor Survivor
The Life & Times of William Paulet
Margaret Scard
A captivating portrait of a great man who for many years held the purse strings of Eng-
land and was instrumental in the greatest events of the period
“Fascinating reading.” —Booklist

From the Siege of Boulogne to the execution of two queens, the Reformation, and the be-
ginnings of Elizabeth’s Golden Age, Paulet was there, and the story of his fascinating life
reveals both the nature of life at the Tudor court and the birth of the modern nation state.
The ultimate courtier, Henry Paulet served at the courts of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary,
and Elizabeth for an astonishing 46 years and was one of the men responsible for intro-
ducing the changes in religious, economic, and social issues which shaped England as it is
today. He was a judge at the trials of Fisher, More, and the alleged accomplices of Anne
Boleyn, and though born a commoner, by his death he was the senior peer in England and,
as Lord High Treasurer, he held one of the most influential positions at court. With his long
and varied career within the royal household and in government, the story of his life also
gives valuable insight into everyday life, from etiquette and bathing to court politics and
the monarchs themselves.
Margaret Scard works as an interpretative historian at Hampton Court Palace.
Biography/History • 256 pp • 6 x 9.5 • 25 Color Photos
9780752470108 (Replaces 9780752459424) • June • $19.95 (Can $21.95) New in Paper
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The Impossible Life of Mary Benson
The Extraordinary Story of a Victorian Wife
Rodney Bolt
The remarkable true story of the life of Mary Benson: wife of an archbishop, friend of
Queen Victoria, mother of three “unpermissably gifted” children—including E. F. Ben-
son, and in love with dozens of women
“Utterly absorbing . . . devilishly good.” —Guardian

“One of the most riveting biographies you’ll read all year.” —Scotsman
“Reading Bolt’s lively narrative . . . is pure pleasure.” —Publishers Weekly starred re-
view of The Librettist of Venice
Sometimes touching and sometimes hilarious, this is the story of one lovable, brilliant woman
and her trajectory through the often surprising opportunities and the remarkable limitations
of a Victorian woman’s life. Young Minnie Sidgwick was just 12 years old when her cousin,
12-year-old Edward Benson, proposed to her in 1853. Edward went on to become Archbishop
of Canterbury and little Minnie—as Mary Benson—to preside a social world that ranged
from Tennyson, Henry James, and Oscar Wilde to foreign royalty and Queen Victoria her-
self. Yet Mrs. Benson’s most intense relationships were not with her husband and his asso-
ciates, but with other women. When the Archbishop died, Mary, or “Ben” to her intimates, turned down an offer from the Queen
to live at Windsor, and set up home in a Jacobean manor house with her friend Lucy Tait. Drawing on the diaries and novels
of the Bensons themselves, including E. F. Benson’s Mapp and Lucia novels, as well as the writing of contemporary writers and
poets, this book creates a very rich portrait of Mary Benson, her family, her close female friends, and their world.
Rodney Bolt is the author of History Play and The Librettist of Venice, which was shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Award.
Biography/History • 384 pp • 5 x 8 • Atlantic Books
Paper: 9781843548621 • April • $14.95
Cloth, titled as As Good as God, As Clever as the Devil: 9781843548614 • Available • $34.95
The Gothic King

A Biography of Henry III
John Paul Davis
The first biography in many years of Henry III
The son and successor of Bad King John, Henry III reigned for 56 years from 1216 and was
the first child king in England for 200 years. England went on to prosper during his reign and
his greatest monument is Westminster Abbey, which he made the seat of his government—
indeed, Henry III was the first English King to call a parliament. Though often overlooked by
historians, Henry III was a unique figure coming out of a chivalric yet Gothic era: a compul-
sive builder of daunting castles and epic sepulchres; a powerful, unyielding monarch who faced
down the De Montfort rebellion and waged war with Wales and France; and, much more than
his father, Henry was the king who really hammered out the terms of the Magna Carta with
the barons. John Paul Davis brings all his forensic skills and insights to the grand story of the
Gothic King in this, the only biography in print of a most remarkable monarch.
John Paul Davis is the author of Pity for the Guy and Robin Hood: The Unknown Templar.
Biography/History • 240 pp • 5.5 x 8.5 • 12 B/W Photos
9780720614800 • May • $19.95 (Can $21.95) Paper • Peter Owen Publishers
Robin Hood:
Also available: The Unknown Pity for the Guy
$23.95 (Can $26.95) Paper Templar 9780720613490
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The Great Survivors
How Monarchy Made It Into the Twenty-First Century
Peter Conradi
From the coauthor of The King’s Speech comes a portrayal of Europe’s royals
In this riveting and extensively researched account of the royals, Peter Conradi—the celebrated
coauthor of The King’s Speech, on which the Academy Award–winning film of the same name
was based—reveals the scandals, excesses, conflicts, and interests hidden behind the pomp
of the ceremonial garb and the grandeur of official functions. Taking the reader on a jour-
ney between past and present into a world populated by great celebrities such as Wallis Simp-
son, Grace Kelly, and Princess Diana, as well as lesser-known and slightly murkier aristocratic
figures, this book analyzes the reasons behind this anachronistic paradox by looking at the
history of the main European dynasties and providing a keyhole glimpse into their world,
their lives, and their secrets. At a time when Western society appears to be demanding more
equality and democracy, people’s fascination with monarchies shows no signs of waning.
Peter Conradi is an author and a journalist who works for the Sunday Times. He is the au-
thor of Hitler’s Piano Player and Iris Murdoch: A Life and the coauthor of The King’s Speech:
How One Man Saved the British Monarchy.
Biography/History • 400 pp • 5 x 8 • 30 Color Photos
9781846882340 (Replaces 9781846882159) • April • $18.95 Paper • Alma Books
Il Duce and His Women

Mussolini’s Rise to Power
Roberto Olla
Translated by Stephen Parkin
The first biography to offer insights into Mussolini’s private life, with a particular focus
on his attitude toward women and his relationships with many mistresses, enriched by
firsthand documents and previously unpublished photographs
The figure of Benito Mussolini looms large as one of the most influential during the first
half of the 20th century. Most have tried to erase the memory and the actions of the once
powerful dictator, while others have made an attempt to reassess his life and works, despite
the indelible legacy of death, violence, and destruction he left behind. But who is the real
Benito Mussolini? Now that more than 60 years of scholarship and an abundance of first-
hand documents by his closest relations and his many lovers are available to the researcher,
the elusive, contradictory, and often misunderstood traits of his character are beginning to
take shape into a more meaningful and better defined portrait of the man, the politician,
and the leader. This book charts the main events in Mussolini’s private and public life, from
his humble beginnings in Romagna as the son of a blacksmith to his years as the director
of a leading Socialist newspaper and his irresistible rise to power, with a particular focus
on his renowned appetite for women, and the lesser-known influence they had on his decision-making. The result is a riveting
account that will shock and haunt the readers for a long time.
Roberto Olla is the author of The Godfathers and an award-winning writer and TV journalist. He has produced a number of in-
ternationally acclaimed history documentaries, including The Last Godfathers and Emigrants broadcast by the History Channel.
Biography/History • 400 pp • 5 x 7.5 • 45 B/W Photos
9781846881831 • May • $16.95 Paper • Alma Books
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Churchill’s White Rabbit
The True Story of a Real-Life James Bond
Sophie Jackson
A revealing biography of Edward Yeo-Thomas GC, the man who inspired Ian Fleming’s
James Bond
Edward Yeo-Thomas GC was one of the bravest of the brave. A fluent French-speaker, he
joined SOE and was parachuted into occupied France three times to work with the Resist-
ance. Appalled by the lack of help the British were providing, he managed to arrange a five-
minute meeting with Winston Churchill, during which he persuaded him to do more. On
his third mission he was betrayed and captured by the Gestapo; he suffered horrendous tor-
ture before being sent to Buchenwald concentration camp, from where he eventually man-
aged to escape, making it back to Allied lines shortly before the end of the war. This biography
reveals new information about how the torture affected Yeo-Thomas, the state of SOE-Re-
sistance cooperation, Gestapo typhus experiments at Buchenwald, and how “White Rabbit,”
Yeo-Thomas, provided the inspiration for Ian Fleming’s famous secret agent, James Bond.
Sophie Jackson is the author of Churchill’s Unexpected Guests, The Horse in Myth and Leg-
end, and The Medieval Christmas.
Biography/Military • 224 pp • 6 x 9.5 • 30 B/W Photos
9780752467481 • June • $29.95 (Can $32.95) Cloth • The History Press
Ask Forgiveness Not Permission

The True Story an Operation in Pakistan’s Badlands
Howard Leedham
The true account of a lone British Special Forces advisor working for the United States
in Pakistan
On retirement from an unusual military career Howard Leedham settled in the United States
with his American wife and successfully flew executive jets—until he was recruited in 2003
by the State Department’s airwing. Despite being British, he had the unusual skills they re-
quired, and his specific brief was to activate a fleet of antiterrorist helicopters that had been
given to the Pakistan armed forces but never properly used. This was easier said than done—
he had to win over opposition from inside the State Department, and in particular from their
Islamabad Embassy, and also dispel the suspicions of the Pakistani Armed Forces. The hel-
icopters were released and brought up to the high standard of mechanical and operational
maintenance required. He had to get past the closed door of the appropriate Pakistani gen-
eral, which he did by offering to stand outside the general’s bathroom and outline his plans.
He was given command of a team of Pathan soldiers to train in Special Forces tactics and
helicopter skills—they became an amazingly loyal team and the book describes in detail sev-
eral very successful discreet operations. Howard had to do all this while under great per-
sonal threat, unable to distinguish friend from foe, even among his own troops. This book
recounts in fascinating detail the successes and failures of an unusual military operation in
one of the most inhospitable and turbulent environments in the world.
Howard Leedham was the first British officer to command a U.S. Marine Corps squadron
on active service.
Autobiography/Military • 352 pp • 5 x 8 • 32 Color Photos
9781903071670 • May • $17.95 (Can $19.95) Paper • Bene Factum Publishing
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Gas! Gas! Quick, Boys!
How Chemistry Changed the First World War
Michael Freemantle
Reveals for the first time the true extent of how chemistry rather than military strategy de-
termined the shape, duration, and outcome of World War I
Chemistry was not only a destructive instrument of World War I, but also protected troops and
healed the sick and wounded. From bombs to bullets, gas to anesthetic, khaki to camouflage,
chemistry was truly the alchemy of the war. This history explores its dangers and its healing
potential, revealing how the arms race was also a race for chemistry, to the extent that Ger-
many’s thirst for fertilizer to feed the creation of their shells nearly starved the nation. It ex-
plains chemicals such as cordite, lyddite, mustard gas, phosgene, and gunmetal.This is a true
picture of the horrors of the “Chemists’ War.”
Michael Freemantle is a chemist. He is the former senior correspondent for Chemical & Engi-
neering News, the weekly magazine of the American Chemical Society, and he has written nu-
merous books on the history of chemistry.
History/Military • 240 pp • 6 x 9.5
9780752466019 • June • $29.95 (Can $32.95) Cloth • Spellmount
The Road to En-dor

A True Story of Cunning Wartime Escape
E. H. Jones
The incredible true story of two WWI POWs who used amateur magic to convince their cap-
tors that they were in touch with the spirit world
Captured during World War I, Lieutenant E. H. Jones, a Welsh officer in the Indian Army, and
Lieutenant C. W. Hill, an Australian serving in the R.A.F., were prisoners of war at the Yozgad
prison camp in Turkey. Duty bound as officers to attempt to escape, Jones sensed that what had
previously been the harmless fun of fooling around with a homemade Ouija board could be turned
into something much more productive. Playing on the credulous nature of their captors, Hill
and Jones weaved an incredibly elaborate plot, hatched to plan their escape. Acting as mediums
for the Ouija board, they attempted to convince their captors that they were gradually descending
into insanity—which, had it been true, would have seen them repatriated. A true story of brav-
ery, dedication, and extreme hardship, this book is a fascinating account of a daring escapade.
E. H. Jones (1883–1942) was a Welsh officer in the Indian Army.
Autobiography/Military • 300 pp • 5 x 8
9781843914631 • August • $15.95 (Can $17.95) Paper • Hesperus Press
The Resistance
The French Fight Against the Nazis
Matthew Cobb
A gripping and insightful history of the French Resistance and the men and women who op-
posed Nazi occupation during World War II
“A fine piece of work . . . paying tribute to men and women who did extraordinary things
in the face of one of the most hideous tyrannies in history.” —Sunday Times
Based on personal stories, eyewitness accounts, and archival material, this vivid history goes be-
hind the tales of derring-do and explains the forces that shaped the fight against the Nazis, pro-
viding a deeper explanation of events. The French resistance to Nazi occupation during World
War II was a struggle in which ordinary people fought for their liberty, despite terrible odds and
horrifying repression. Hundreds of thousands of Frenchmen and women carried out an armed
struggle against the Nazis, producing underground anti-fascist publications and supplying the
Allies with vital intelligence. With major themes of courage, self-sacrifice, betrayal, and strug-
gle, this book shatters the illusion of a unified Resistance created by General de Gaulle, and brings
to vivid life a true story of heroes and conflicts forgotten over the next half-century as the move-
ment became a myth. Based on hundreds of French eyewitness accounts and including recently-released archival material, this
book uses dramatic personal stories to take the reader on one of the great adventures of the 20th century.
Matthew Cobb is a translator.
History • 416 pp • 5 x 8 • 20 B/W Photos
9781847391568 • May • $16.95 Paper • Simon & Schuster UK
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Cecil Beaton: Theatre of War
Cecil Beaton
The definitive edition of Cecil Beaton’s war photography, drawing on a
wealth of material and accompanied by his own diary entries
“Touching and often harrowing.” —Huffington Post

“One of the most beautiful books of the year.” —Telegraph
Deluxe edition 9780224096294 includes 100 extra photographs
capturing the British home front, the Middle East, India,
arms and vehicle manufacturing in Britain, the Burma
Campaign, and the war in China. It is bound in cloth with
a slipcase, with tipped in images on the front and back.
At the beginning of World War II Cecil Beaton was commissioned by the British
government to photograph the home front. He set to work recording both
the destruction of the city and the heroism of Londoners under attack. He
conducted a survey of Bomber and Fighter Commands for the RAF, which
was published with his own astute commentary. Beaton was an effective pro-
pagandist, but his voice, like his photographs, was touchingly elegant. Beaton’s
wartime work amounted to 7,000 photographs. He traveled through the West-
ern Desert and on to Iraq, Palestine, Transjordan, Syria, and India, where he photographed the final days of the Raj in New
Delhi and Calcutta before joining the Burma campaign. He ended the war deep in Chinese territory where he witnessed the Na-
tionalist resistance to the Japanese. This collection of Beaton’s masterful WWII photography captures the home front, the Mid-
dle East, arms and vehicle manufacturing in Britain, India, the Burma Campaign, and the war in China. It also includes a chronology
placing events in Beaton’s life alongside developments in photography, journalism, and the arts; war photography; and world
events. His original photographs are reproduced large on the page, alongside his diary extracts, allowing for deep scrutiny and
appreciation of the images and their artist.
Cecil Beaton was a diarist, painter, and interior designer, but is most recognized as a fashion and portrait photographer for Life
magazine, Vanity Fair, and Vogue. He won several theater and film awards, including two Academy Awards for stage and cos-
tume design.
Photography • April • 12 x 12.5 • Jonathan Cape
Cloth: 360 pp • 9780224096294 • $150.00 • 300 B/W Photos
Cloth: 228 pp • 9780224096300 • $50.00 • 200 B/W Photos
The Female Few

Spitfire Heroines of the Air Transport Auxiliary
Jacky Hyams
The fascinating accounts of the female pilots who transported the aircraft flown during
the Battle of Britain, based on previously unpublished interviews with four pilots
Through the darkest days of World War II, an elite group of courageous, gifted women risked
their lives as courier pilots, flying Lancaster Bombers, Spitfires, and many other aircraft in
hundreds of perilous missions. The role of these women pilots of the Air Transport Auxil-
iary was to deliver the planes to the male RAF pilots who would take them into battle, dan-
gerous work that the women carried out unarmed and without radios. Fifteen would lose
their lives. Here, four of these astonishingly brave women tell their stories for the first time—
awe-inspiring tales of incredible risk, tenacity, and sacrifice. Their spirit and fearlessness in
the face of death still resonates years later, and their accounts reveal a forgotten chapter in
the history of World War II. As Yvonne Macdonald, now 90 and living in Cape Cod, says,
“It was a kind of freedom you never get any other way, it was as if you had wings sewn on
your back. A lot of people here in Cape Cod don’t even know I was in World War Two. Or
what I did.” They do now.
Jacky Hyams is a journalist and the author of The Real Downton Abbey. She has written
for many newspapers and magazines, including London Evening Standard, Rolling Stone, the
Sydney Morning Herald, and the Times.
Biography/Military • 192 pp • 5.5 x 8.5 • 16 B/W Photos
9780752480961 • April • $26.95 (Can $29.95) Cloth • Spellmount
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The Rebecca Code
Rommel’s Spy in North Africa and Operation Condor
Mark Simmons
Researched using previously unstudied MI5 and MI6 files, this study reveals the part played
by Count Laszlo Almasy, the protagonist of the film The English Patient
John Eppler thought himself to be the perfect spy. Born to German parents, he grew up in
Egypt, adopted by a wealthy family and was educated in Europe. Fluent in German, English,
and Arabic, he made the Hadj to Mecca but was more at home in high society or traveling
the desert on camelback with his adopted Bedouin tribe. After joining the German Secret Serv-
ice in 1937, in 1942 he was sent across the desert to Cairo by Field Marshal Rommel. His
guide was the explorer and Hungarian aristocrat Laszlo Almasy, a man made famous by the
book The English Patient. Eppler’s mission was to infiltrate British Army Headquarters and
discover the Eighth Army’s troop movements and battle plans. This book reveals the story
of Operation Condor and its comedy of errors and how it was foiled by Major A. W. “Sammy”
Sansom of the British Field Security Service. It is a tale of the desert, of the hotbed of intrigue
that was 1940s Cairo, and the spy who was to send his reports using a code based on Daphne
du Maurier’s novel Rebecca.
Mark Simmons has written more than 100 feature articles mainly on naval/military and travel
subjects. He is the author of The Battle of Matapan.
Biography/Military • 192 pp • 5 x 8 • 20 B/W Photos
9780752468709 • June • $15.95 (Can $17.95) Paper • Spellmount
Arnhem Lift
A German Jew in the Glider Pilot Regiment
Louis Hagen
A tale of great heroism and tragic misjudgement, by an extraordinary man with an ex-
traordinary story to tell
“The most moving pages written about the conflict.” —Sunday Times
“Done with a skill and sensitivity that is rarely found in this war’s real heroes, there
is even room for real thought.” —Observer
Our huts had been locked and left just as they were when we left them on Monday morn-
ing. We took the keys, went in and sat down on our beds. The four of us looked round the
hut. There were eighteen empty beds. It was very quiet now . . .
Of the 10,000 men who landed at Arnhem, 1,400 were killed over nine days, and more
than 6,000—about a third of them wounded—were captured. It was a bloody disaster. The
remarkable Louis Hagen, an “enemy alien” who had escaped to England having been im-
prisoned and tortured in a Nazi concentration camp as a boy just a few years earlier, was
one of the minority who made it back. What makes this book so unforgettable is not only
the breathtaking drama of the story itself, it is the unmistakable talent of the writer. The
narrative was first published anonymously in 1945. When 45 years later at a dinner party in Germany, Louis Hagen met Major
Winrich Behr, Adjutant to Field Marshal Model at Arnhem, Louis added Behr’s side of the story to add even more insight to the
original work.
Louis Hagen (1916–2000), born into a Jewish banking family, was sent to Schloss Lichtenburg concentration camp for writing
an anti-Nazi joke on a postcard to his sister. A high-ranking Nazi judge and friend of the family got him out and he escaped to
England. He eventually became a glider pilot, fighting for the British at Arnhem. He is the author of several books, including
Ein Volk, ein Reich. He went on to be a successful journalist and film producer.
Memoir/Military • 144 pp • 6 x 9.5 • 12 B/W Photos
9780752468686 • June • $18.95 (Can $20.95) Paper • Spellmount
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Spies in the Sky
The Secret Battle for Aerial Intelligence During World War II
Taylor Downing
The thrilling, little-known story of the partner organization to the famous code-break-
ing center at Bletchley Park
“Superbly researched and fluently written . . . fills in a huge gap in Second World War
historiography in both an exciting and intellectually stimulating way.”
—Andrew Roberts, author, The Storm of War
“A fascinating read and a significant contribution to the history of World War Two.”
—David Reynolds, author, In Command of History
This is the story of the daring reconnaissance pilots who took aerial photographs over Oc-
cupied Europe during the most dangerous days of World War II and of the photo interpreters
who invented a completely new science to analyze those pictures. They were inventive and
ingenious: they pioneered the development of 3-D photography and their work provided
vital intelligence throughout the war. With a whole host of larger-than-life characters at its
heart, from the legendary pilot Adrian “Warby” Warburton, who went missing while on a
mission, to photo interpreters Glyn Daniel, later a famous television personality, and Win-
ston Churchill’s daughter, Sarah, this history is compelling reading, and the first full account
of the story of aerial photography and the intelligence gleaned from it in nearly 50 years.
Taylor Downing is the author of Churchill’s War Lab.
History/Military • 416 pp • 5 x 8 • 34 B/W Photos
9780349123400 (Replaces 9781408703625) • May • $15.95 Paper • Abacus
Cold War
For Forty-Five Years the World Held Its Breath
Jeremy Isaacs and Taylor Downing
Introduction by Peter Hennessy
The story of the half-century since the end of World War II
“Offers a clear, succinct summary of the defining element of life in the second half of
the 20th century . . . those requiring an accessible survey of the causes and effects of the
Cold War need search no further.” —Kirkus Reviews
This history’s framework is the confrontation, military and ideological, between two great
powers that dominated the world during these years. It is a story of crises and conflict on a
global scale: from the Berlin Blockade and the Cuban Missile Crisis, to the tanks in the streets
of Warsaw, Budapest, and Prague, to spies, student riots, and encounters in space. Jeremy Isaacs
and Taylor Downing record epic history through the detail of individual human experience:
the recollections not only of statesmen whose decisions led to these momentous events, but
also of the ordinary men and women whose lives were bound up in these years of conflict. This
is the first comprehensive history for the general reader to benefit from the recent opening of
Soviet, East European, and Chinese archives as well as formerly classified American documents.
In a driving narrative that it both gripping and informative, the true story of the Cold War
can at last be told.
Jeremy Isaacs was the executive producer of Cold War, a 24-part series broadcast on BBC2.
Taylor Downing is the author of Churchill’s War Lab. Peter Hennessy is the author of Hav-
ing It So Good: Britain in the Fifties.
9780349120805 • August • $22.95 Paper • Abacus
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The Race for Hitler’s X-Planes
Britain’s 1945 Mission to Capture Secret Luftwaffe Technology
John Christopher
An account of the race for secret Nazi aviation technology at the end of World War II
During World War II, Hitler’s engineers had pioneered an incredible array of futuristic secret
weapons, from the Me 262, the first operational jet fighter, to the deadly V2 intercontinental
ballistic missile. With the Third Reich shattered and lying in ruins, in the summer of 1945, the
Allies launched a frantic race to grab what they saw as the justifiable spoils of war. The Ameri-
cans and Russians in particular were anxious to secure not only the aircraft and the research
and production facilities, but also the key German scientists and engineers. This Nazi technol-
ogy would define the balance of power in the phony peace of the Cold War era, launching an
arms race that shaped the modern world for decades to come. Using previously unpublished
secret Air Ministry reports, and offering comprehensive photographs of the aircraft, research,
and manufacturing facilities, this book tells the untold story of the British mission to Germany.
John Christopher is an aviation writer and a professional balloon pilot. His books include The
Apollo Story and Transatlantic Airships.
History/Military • 224 pp • 6.5 x 10 • 120 B/W Photos
9780752464572 • June • $32.95 (Can $36.95) Cloth • Spellmount
Hitler’s Flemish Lions

The History of the SS-Freiwilligan Grenadier Division Langemarck (Flamische Nr. I)
Jonathan Trigg
An examination of Flemish soldiers’ motivation to answer Himmler’s call to arms
Illustrated with rare photographs, many previously unpublished, and with close analysis of
the key figures such as Flemish Knight’s Cross winner Remy Schrijnen, this is a fascinating
study of fanatical courage. By the end of World War II there were soldiers of more than 30
nationalities fighting in the 38 combat division of the Waffen SS; Reich Germans were in the
minority. How did a regime founded upon notions of its own racial superiority come to wel-
come hundreds of thousands of foreigners into its military elite, and what motivated these
men? Here the author examines in depth the Langemarck division, composed entirely of fight-
ers drawn from the Flemish lands of Northern Belgium. Motivated by a powerful anticom-
munist zeal and a desire to escape forever the interference of their traditional enemy, France,
these men fought at Stalingrad and in the encircling battles of the Volkhov pocket. The divi-
sion was destroyed by the Russian juggernaut in 1945.
Jonathan Trigg is the author of Hitler’s Gauls, Hitler’s Jihadis, and Hitler’s Vikings.
History/Military • 224 pp • 6 x 9.5 • 40 B/W Photos
9780752467306 (Replaces 9781862273856) • June • $22.95 (Can $25.95) New in Paper
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Blood in the Snow, Blood on the Grass

Treachery, Torture, Murder and Massacre—France 1944
Douglas Boyd
Based on original research and personal reminiscences of French and Allied participants, this story
highlights the cynical disregard for civilian lives shown by British SOE and American OSS
Nearing D-Day, Allied intelligence used Royal Air Force airdrops to send Allied liaison officers
down with supplies to the thousands of young men hiding in France’s forests and hill country. Here
the officers defied the two principles of guerrilla warfare: never concentrate your forces or risk a
pitched battle. They assembled small armies of untrained civilians in wild country where it was
believed Allied airborne forces would land and help them drive the hated occupiers out of their
country. In reality they were being used as bait—to draw German forces away from the invasion
beaches. They were hunted down by collaborationist French paramilitaries, Wehrmacht, and Waf-
fen-SS troops, dying in the snows of winter through to high midsummer. Those taken prisoner were
raped, tortured, and shot or deported to death camps in Germany.
Douglas Boyd has lived in France for more than 30 years and personally interviewed hundreds of
survivors of the German occupation. His books, which include April Queen and French Foreign
Legion, have been translated into 17 languages.
History/Military • 192 pp • 6 x 9.5 • 48 B/W Photos
9780752470269 • May • $29.95 (Can $32.95) Cloth • Spellmount
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Take Budapest
The Struggle for Hungary, Autumn 1944
Kamen Nevenkin
Describes the failed attempt of the Red Army to capture Budapest and Vienna in late
1944, in order to forestall the Western Allies in Central Europe—with previously un-
published photographs
October 1944: Soviet troops launched a powerful attack on Budapest from the south, the
culmination of a series of military, political, diplomatic, and underground moves under-
taken by Hitler, Stalin, and Churchill since the collapse of the Axis front in the Balkans
two months earlier. However, what had been planned as a bold stroke to knock Hungary
out of the war and bring the Red Army as far as Munich quickly became a stalemate. The
end result was that Stalin’s forces failed to reach Bavaria, but the dictator was not disap-
pointed: Soviet pressure against the German southern flank forced Hitler to transfer a con-
siderable number of his armored reserves to Hungary, and thus largely facilitated Zhukov’s
drive on to Berlin. Here, Kamen Nevenkin tells the fascinating story of this operation using
a number of never before published German and Russian archival documents, including
German papers exclusively held in the Russian military archive. Along with a detailed tac-
tical narrative, this book also uses first-person accounts to render a human tale of war, cre-
ating an ultimately fascinating read.
Kamen Nevenkin is the author of Into the Enemy’s Den.
History/Military • 288 pp • 6.5 x 10 • 60 B/W Photos • 20 Maps
The Illustrated Handbook of Flak

German Anti-Aircraft Defences 1935–1945—Weapons, Emplacements, Equipments
Denis Lepage
The last line of defense—the men, weapons, and fortifications of the German anti-air-
craft teams
During World War II, as the Allies sent thousands of aircraft to attack the German home-
land, it was the flak teams that stood as the last line of defense. This handbook covers all
aspects of German antiaircraft artillery: its development from the first antiballoon artillery
in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 to the sophisticated ground-to-air rockets in use by 1945;
the administrative, strategical, and tactical organizations involved; and the variety of weapons
used. It details the uniforms worn by the men including flags, badges, and medals; equip-
ment used such as searchlights, range finders, and radar; and mobile flak emplacements and
permanent fortifications. The services involved are also described, including the police, fire
brigades, paramilitary auxiliaries, and the German Red Cross. With more than 300 illus-
trations created by the author, this is an outstanding reference work, providing new insight
into the antiaircraft teams who fought to hold back the overwhelming might of the Allied
bombers during World War II.
Denis Lepage is a writer, a translator, and an illustrator specializing in military history. He
is the author of 12 books, including Vauban and the French Military.
History/Military • 288 pp • 6.5 x 10 • 310 B/W Illustrations
9780752474755 • May • $32.95 (Can $36.95) Cloth • Spellmount
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D-Day Diary
Life on the Front Line in the Second World War
Carol Harris
Eyewitness accounts of the experiences of those who participated in D-Day, including sailors,
soldiers, airmen, and civilians from both sides
Historian Carol Harris collects together remarkable tales of bravery, survival, and sacrifice
from what was one of the war’s most dramatic and pivotal episodes, and presents them
arranged as a chronological narrative. June 6, 1944 is one of the most memorable dates of
World War II. It marked the beginning of the end of the conflict as Allied forces invaded Nor-
mandy and fought their way into Nazi-occupied Europe. Operation Overlord, as the inva-
sion was codenamed, was an incredible feat that proved to be a turning point that would
eventually result in the defeat of Nazi Germany. Around 150,000 soldiers landed on the beaches
of Normandy on the first day in the largest amphibious operation in history, and within a
month more than 1 million men had been put ashore. As memory becomes history, firsthand
accounts of this incredible moment become more and more precious.
Carol Harris is a writer and journalist who has written extensively on World War II and the
1930s and 1940s. She is the author of Blitz Diary.
9780752462202 • May • $24.95 (Can $27.95) Cloth • The History Press
Sunflowers and Snipers

Saving Children in the Balkan War
Sally Becker
Credited with saving 300 lives through evacuation and many more through medical aid
during her time in the Balkans, Sally Becker’s story is both uplifting and a warning of
the true nature and price of war
“Your vocation has inspired, and continues to inspire, many people in search of a bet-
ter and fairer world.” —President Rexhep Meidani, President of Albania 1997–2002
In May 1993, Sally Becker went to Bosnia to help victims of war, delivering medical aid
and evacuating wounded children from the besieged city of Mostar. She was dubbed the
“Angel of Mostar,” and was hailed for her efforts to save children from all sides. When
Milosevic ordered his troops into Kosovo her missions continued, this time on foot across
the mountains, to bring sick and injured children and their mothers to safety. While doing
so she was captured by Serb paramilitaries and sent to prison, but neither this nor being
shot by masked gunmen could make her abandon her task. This book reveals not only the
suffering of the ordinary people and the bravery of those who helped them, but also the
systematic inertia and ineptitude of government institutions and the often languid reac-
tions of the United Nations.
Sally Becker is an author and former leader of Operation Angel, a British charity in Kosovo.
Her work rescuing victims of war has been recognized with many awards and she has been
featured in Good Housekeeping and the Washington Post. She is a goodwill ambassador
for Children of Peace.
Autobiography/History • 256 pp • 6 x 9.5 • 50 Color Photos • 40 B/W Photos
9780752483092 • April • $29.95 (Can $32.95) Cloth • The History Press
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BATTLE STORY
Written by experts for nonexperts, these volumes of accessible and informed military history include key profiles,
fact boxes, maps, and orders of battle, ensuring the reader knows what happened and why at every battle in history.
Each: History/Military • 160 pp • 5 x 8 • 50 B/W Photos • June • $16.95 (Can $18.95) Cloth • Spellmount
Maiwand 1880
Edmund Yorke
A legendary victory of Afghan forces over the British Army
The battle of Maiwand was one of the most serious defeats of the British Army during the Great
Game and one of the only times during the 19th century that an Asian force defeated a Western
power. The battle commenced on July 27, 1880, as Afghan forces moved towards the Maiwand Pass
in Afghanistan in attempt to cut British communications between Kabul and Kandahar. In a disas-
ter reminiscent of Isandlwana the previous year, the British underestimated the Afghan forces and
ignored key intelligence, thus being forced to attack the Afghan forces at the village of Maiwand,
with nearly 3,000 British troops to 8,500 to 15,000 Afghan warriors. British forces far outstripped
the Afghans in firepower and were confident of a swift victory, yet Khan’s command skills and tac-
tical flexibility led him to deploy his troops in such a way that their swords and spears were able
to overcome the British rifles. The battle taught the British that their military objectives in Afghanistan
were difficult and costly to achieve, the defeat resounded throughout Victorian England.
Edmund Yorke is the author of Battle Story: Isandlwana and Battle Story: Rorke’s Drift.
9780752479378
Verdun 1916
Chris McNab
The tale of one of the bloodiest engagements of World War I
The Battle of Verdun resulted in 698,000 deaths, 70,000 for each of the 10 months of battle. The
French Army in the area were decimated and it is often most tragically remembered as the battle
in which the French were “bled white.” The fortress town of Verdun had stood against many at-
tacks throughout history, but had been worn down by relentless German bombing during 1915
and 1916. However, it was a potent symbol of French resistance that the French Army was loathe
to relinquish easily, and it was partly for this reason that the German Commander von Falken-
hayn choose to launch a major offensive here. His attack commenced on February 21, with the
Germans using shock troops and flamethrowers to clear the French trenches. The French contin-
ued to fight valiantly despite heavy losses and eventually rolled back German forces from the city.
In the end it was a battle that saw much loss of life for little gain on either side.
Chris McNab is a freelance writer and historian whose other books include The Machine Gun
Story, The World War I Story, and The World War II Story.
9780752488707
Kursk 1943
Mark Healy
A clear, concise account of those dramatic days in 1943
In July 1943, Hitler launched Operation Zitadelle, the last German offensive on the Eastern Front.
It was an attempt to shorten the German lines by eliminating the Kursk salient—created after their
defeat at Stalingrad—and was designed to result in the encirclement of the Red Army. In reality
the German tanks came up against impenetrable Russian defenses: minefields, artillery, and anti-
tank emplacements, spread through lines 250km deep and manned by Russian troops whose ac-
tions often verged on the suicidal. The greatest tank battle in history, Kursk assured the Nazis’
defeat and was “the swan song of the German tank arm.” Involving more than 9,000 tanks, 5,000
aircraft, 35,000 guns and mortars, and 2.7 million troops (of whom 230,000 became casualties),
the Battle of Kursk was a conflict whose scale and barbarity eclipsed all other clashes in Europe.
Mark Healy is the author of The Tiger Tank Story and Zitadelle: The German Offensive Against
the Kursk Salient 4-17 July 1943.
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Tet Offensive 1968

Andrew Rawson
The Viet Cong campaign that shook the United States
By January 31, 1968, the United States had been fighting the Vietnam War for more than 10 years,
but the American people never thought they wouldn’t win. The Tet Offensive changed all that. Over
seven bloody months the North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong launched hundreds of attacks
across South Vietnam, hitting military and political targets, including the U.S. embassy. The 77-day
siege captured the imagination of the world as the Marines fought a desperate battle. As the offensive
petered out and the U.S. military reestablished control, the generals in Saigon and the politicians in
Washington, DC were forced to reassess their strategy for South Vietnam. Involving more than 1.5
million combatants, of whom more than 50,000 were killed, not to mention the thousands of civilian
casualties, the Tet Offensive was a bitter political victory for the communist forces.
Andrew Rawson is the author of Bridge at Remagan and Battle Story: Iwo Jima 1945.
9780752487847
Goose Green 1982

Gregory Fremont-Barnes
The detailed story of the first major engagement of the Falklands War.
The Battle for Goose Green has become an integral part of the Falklands story and yet it nearly
didn’t take place at all. Goose Green was earmarked to be isolated, with the bulk of the British
Army focused on Port Stanley, however as the momentum of the invasion force ground to a halt,
political pressure came into play. It was important for the British to be seen to be achieving some-
thing in the campaign. So, despite much opposition, Brigadier Julian Thompson was forced to
give the order to attack the Goose Green area. The British 2 PARA Regiment were deployed against
12th Argentinean Regiment, which numbered approximately 1,200 men well-equipped with ar-
tillery and small-arms; the British believed that the Argentinean force numbered at least half this
and set off with a strength of 690 men. There followed a bitter and bloody fight, as the Argen-
tine forces fiercely defended the Goose Green area.
Gregory Fremont-Barnes is the author of The Boer War 1899–1902, Napoleon Bonaparte, and
The Wars of the Barbary Pirates.
9780752488028
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Top Gear: The Cool 500
The Coolest Cars Ever Made
Matt Master
The undisputed coolest rides on the planet, from the car fanatics at Top Gear
Ever since Karl Benz first powered up his Patent-Motorwagen in 1885, man has
salivated and swooned over automobiles—and none more so than the motor-
ing fanatics at Top Gear Magazine, who have test-driven, critiqued, and wor-
shipped some of the finest cars in motoring history. While many have fallen short
of Top Gear’s exacting standards, others have triumphed, proving so damn cool
they’re termed “SubZero.” This unique bible of motoring coolness recounts the
stories behind history’s greatest cars, from prewar vintage motors to the supercars
of the future, pairing stunning Top Gear photography and rarely seen archival
photographs with expert commentary. It breaks down the technology behind
these incredible machines and places each car in the context of its time, with
anecdotes and analysis that explain just what’s so cool about each one. From
the quintessential British luxury of the Bentley Brooklands to the Italian sex ap-
peal of the Bizzarini Strada, the old Hollywood glamour of the Chrysler Air-
flow to the futuristic lines of the Aston Martin Bulldog via Steve McQueen’s
Ford Mustang and James Dean’s doomed Porsche Spyder, this is social history as much as car worship. This is the evolution of
cool, Top Gear style: the definitive guide to the undisputed coolest cars on the planet.
Matt Master started as a features writer and road tester at Top Gear Magazine. He is the author of Daft Cars, Top Gear’s Midlife
Crisis Cars, Where’s Stig?, and Where’s Stig?: World Tour.
Transportation • 312 pp • 10 x 11 • 250 Color Photos
9781849901390 • April • $39.95 Cloth • BBC Books
Top Gear Portfolio

The World’s Greatest Cars
Top Gear Magazine
World-class car photography from Top Gear Magazine
“The best photos from Earth’s greatest car show.”

—0–60 Magazine
For the petrolheads at Top Gear Magazine, car photography is
about more than just a car on a stretch of tarmac. It’s about ul-
timate escapism. For Top Gear, a truly great photograph should
instantly transport you to the location and behind the wheel, de-
livering the speed, power, and atmosphere of the moment in one
shot. In this collection of the magazine’s finest car photogra-
phy, readers can get up close and personal with the hottest cars
of recent years in some of the most stunning locations. They
will see the world reflected in gleaming bodywork, raindrops on
windscreens at 90 miles per hour, and the blur of wheels against
a backdrop of epic vistas. This is the perfect coupling of auto-
motive masterpieces of design and world-class photography.
Transportation/Photography • 256 pp • 8 x 6.5
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Top Gear: Ambitious but Rubbish
The Secrets Behind Top Gear’s Craziest Creations
Richard Porter
The stories behind the Top Gear boys’ weird, wonderful, and
frequently disastrous homemade vehicles
Essential reading for Top Gear fans, this book reveals the off-cam-
era secrets behind some of the show’s most memorable creations.
From the challenge of turning a Reliant Robin into a rocket and
the genesis of the Hammerhead-i Eagle Thrust electric car to the
complexities of building a caravan airship and the inspiration for
destruction-testing a Toyota Hilux, it is packed with the previously
untold stories behind dozens of classic TV moments. Top Gear has
never shied away from trying to answer questions no one has even
thought to ask, questions such as Can you make a convertible peo-
ple carrier? Can you cross the Channel in a pick-up? and Can you
turn a combine harvester into a snow plough? This book reveals
how those insane ideas came about with remarkable tales of in-
genious invention and idiotic engineering, and it’s also a terrify-
ing window into the minds of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond,
and James May.
Richard Porter is a Top Gear script editor and the author of three
editions of The Big Book of Top Gear, Crap Cars, and My Dad
Had One of Those.
Transportation/Television • 128 pp • 7.5 x 6 • 362 Color Photos
Top Gear: Where’s Stig? The World Tour

Glovebox Edition
Rod Hunt
Stig makes like a rock star with his very own world tour
Every now and then, Top Gear’s tame racing driver needs a change of scene, and after
a power-lap-packed year that’s seen the fearless man in white elevated to bona fide
celebrity status, Stig has decided he needs to escape the flashing bulbs of the paparazzi
and do something for himself—it’s time to hit the tarmac with an Esperanto-language
CD and a pet passport for a world tour. Stig’s journey spans the continents, from the
snow-capped mountains of the north to the tropical jungles of the equator and dusty
deserts of the south, and fans can watch him every step of the way. Stig is hidden within
every brilliantly drawn scene, along with Clarkson, Hammond, and Captain Slow, and
there will be plenty of other Top Gear gags to keep readers going back for more. Where’s
Stig? took readers by storm last year, and this follow-up will have Top Gear fans revving
their super-charged engines to come along with him on the ride of a lifetime.
Rod Hunt is an illustrator whose clients include BBC, the Economist, IKEA, Maxim,
and Syfy Channel.
Humor/Transportation • 40 pp • 6 x 8
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Bugatti Veyron
A Quest for Perfection: The Story of the Greatest Car in the World
Martin Roach
Written with the full cooperation of Bugatti, the inside story of the vehicle that
has singlehandedly redefined the notion of a “supercar”
“This is the equivalent of Concorde. There is nothing like it.” —Jay Leno
“This is the greatest car ever made and the greatest car we will ever see in our
lifetime.” —Jeremy Clarkson, Top Gear
The Bugatti Veyron’s statistics are mind-boggling: 0-60 miles per hour in 2.5 seconds,
a top speed of 253 miles per hour, an engine with 10 radiators and four turbos, a launch
control system taken from F1, and even windscreen wipers that create sizeable down-
force—a feat of engineering grandiosity that, in automotive terms, rivals the achieve-
ments of the great 19th-century industrialists. The author of this book sets out to track
down the mythical beast that is a Bugatti Veyron and ultimately attempts to drive one.
He traces the genesis of this remarkable machine through Bugatti’s long and glorious
early days and then through its more turbulent modern era. Traveling to the top-secret
Bugatti research and development workshop in Germany; touring the factory and chateau
in France where these stunning cars are hand-built; interviewing famous engineers, super-rich owners, automotive presidents, and
a host of other expert eyewitnesses to this unique car’s many achievements; he ponders this mechanical whirlwind and in so doing
has written a page-turning study of a modern masterpiece. Part history, part personal obsession, part travelogue, and part humorous
quest, this book will appeal to both fans of cars and serious petrol-heads, Top Gear viewers as well as anyone who has ever raised
an eyebrow as a shiny piece of metal on four wheels drives past in the street. For the first time, Bugatti has allowed access to the
Veyron’s chief engineer, designers, test drivers, archivists, the Bugatti factory, photographers, and the president of Bugatti himself.
Martin Roach is the author of several music biographies, including Coldplay and Justin Timberlake, as well as The Top Gear Story.
Transportation• 176 pp • 7.5 x 9.5 • 104 Color Photos • 2 B/W Photos
9781848093669 • April • $24.95 Paper • Preface Publishing
CLASSIC LINERS
Classic Liners Île de France and Liberté

France’s Premier Post-War Liners
William H. Miller
The latest in the Classic Liners series evokes the glamour and ambience
of two of the most beloved liners of the 1950s
Île de France, completed in 1927, was a hugely famous prewar liner, a ship
with unique style and character. She was said to offer “the cheeriest way to
cross the Atlantic.” After wartime service as a valiant troopship, she was
restored with what Paris fashion calls a “new look,” relaunched in 1949.
The Liberté was built in 1930, originally the German Europa, but ceded to
France as reparations in 1946. She was de-Germanized and restyled in French
Line luxury as the Liberté, recommissioned in 1950. The Île de France sailed
until 1958, the Liberté until 1961, and this illustrated book concentrates
on their heydays in the glorious, post–World War II years, when they were
the largest and grandest liners under the French flag. Both ships were famed
for their service and onboard ambience, but most especially for their cook-
ing—they were said to be the best-fed liners on the Atlantic.
William H. Miller is the author of The Great Liners Story, SS France/Nor-
way, SS France/Norway, and The QE2.
Transportation/History • 96 pp • 10 x 9
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In Search of Steam
Photographing the World’s Steam Railways
Keith Strickland
Foreword by Christian Wolmar
More than 200 outstanding photos of steam around the world
Since the 1970s Keith Strickland has traveled the world in search
of steam, camera in hand, and in this outstanding book he has
gathered together his finest images that show the contrasting style
of steam travel today in Europe, Africa, China, Cuba, India, and
beyond. This unique look at steam around the globe presents the
reader with fascinating insights into the locos in action, stations,
passengers, industry, and the daily lives of those who make a liv-
ing beside the tracks. These superb photographs capture the heady
atmosphere of steam railways and the sheer pleasure of trains
as a means of travel. It is a book that will appeal as much to the
armchair and traveling tourist as to those with a passion for steam.
In his capacity as an active worker for the the Railway Children
charity, Keith Strickland is donating all his proceeds from this
book to them to improve the lives of children in the Third World
who have made railway stations their impromptu homes.
Keith Strickland has been traveling the world in search of steam
for nearly 40 years. Christian Wolmar is the author of Blood,
Iron, and Gold: How the Railways Transformed the World, has
written for major British newspapers for many years, and has
contributed to many other publications, including the New York
Times and Newsday.
Transportation/Travel • 160 pp • 6.5 x 10 • 200 B/W Photos
9780752465609 • May • $32.95 (Can $36.95) Cloth
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STORY SERIES
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The VW Beetle Story

Giles Chapman
The complete history of the Volkswagen Beetle
The KdF car, a German acronym for Strength Through Joy, was conceived
by Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich as a true German “people’s car.” There is
little in the legacy of 1930s Nazi Germany that is positive, but after World
War II—and with a little help from the British—the Volks Wagen, de-
signed by the great Ferdinand Porsche, really did help put the average
man on the road in a car that was reliable and wellbuilt. First it set bench-
marks for customer satisfaction across Europe and sales soared. Then
it arrived in North America and the slope-backed, rear-engined econ-
omy car became a cult hit. By the time the very last original Beetle was
built in 2003, more than 21 million had been built, making it the bestselling car model of all time. Although its concept
is dated by modern standards, the Beetle magic is undimmed, which is why Volkswagen introduced an all-new, modern
Beetle in 1998. It has carved out a niche as a distinctive and eye-catching car in a world of automotive clones.
Giles Chapman is an award-winning writer and commentator on the history and culture of cars. He’s the former editor of
Classic & Sports Car, the world’s bestselling classic car magazine, and is the author of more than 15 books including Car
Emblems, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Extraordinary Automobiles, and Top Gear: My Dad Had One of Those.
Transportation/History • 90 Color Photos • 9780752484600 • April
The Typhoon Story

Tim McLelland
A historical account of the creation and development of what is now the most
numerous and significant combat aircraft in service with Britain’s Royal Air Force
The Typhoon now forms a major part of the RAF inventory and is a cornerstone
of NATO operations, serving with the forces of Italy and Germany, among oth-
ers. This book will look at the fascinating history of the program, from the early
days of the Experimental Aircraft program through to the creation of the Eurofighter
and the entry into operational service of the Typhoon.
Tim McLelland is the author of The Victor Story.
Transportation/Military • 100 Color Photos • 9780752487687 • July
The Mary Rose Story

John Christopher
The fascinating story behind King Henry VIII’s doomed flagship, the Mary
Rose, including an up-to-date account of her restoration
John Christopher takes a fresh look at the design and construction of the Mary
Rose, her illustrious naval career, and the reasons behind the sinking. He also
tells of the incredible salvage mission to recover the famous ship and the preser-
vation of a fascinating and unique time capsule of life in Tudor times. She was
the finest vessel in Henry VIII’s navy, the flagship of the fleet, and one of the
first to be equipped with heavy guns. The Mary Rose struck fear into the hearts
of England’s enemies and yet, during the Battle of the Solent in 1545, this great
warship inexplicably heeled over and sank in full view of the King who was watch-
ing from the shore. Even now the cause of this disaster remains shrouded in controversy. Had water poured in through
the open gunwales of the overladen ship, or had the French guns found their target?
John Christopher splits his time between flying, working with airships, and writing on all aspects of transportation. His
previous titles include The Apollo Story, Transatlantic Airships, and The Zeppelin Story.
History/Military • 40 Color Photos • 59 B/W Photos • 9780752464046 • May
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Australians
Eureka to the Diggers
Thomas Keneally
The second volume of bestselling author Thomas Keneally’s unique trilogy of Australian
history in which people are always center stage
“A very readable yet thorough work.” —Library Journal on Australians: Origins

to Eureka
“Keneally evokes these distant lives with concrete detail and vivid sympathy . . .
his people inhabit the same world we do—we meet them without the hesitation
of reaching across voids of time and space.” —Sydney Morning Herald on
Australians: Origins to Eureka
In the continuation of an impeccably researched, engagingly written people’s history, this
is the story of Australia through people from all walks of life, from Eureka to Gallipoli.
From the 1860s to the great rifts wrought by World War I, an era commenced in which
Australia pursued glimmering visions of equity in a promised land. Immigrants and Abo-
riginal resistance figures, bushrangers and pastoralists, working men and pioneering women,
artists and hard-nosed radicals, politicians and soldiers all populate this richly drawn por-
trait of a vibrant land on the cusp of nationhood and social maturity. This is truly a new history of Australia, by an author of
outstanding literary skill and experience, and whose own humanity permeates every page.
Thomas Keneally is a novelist, playwright, and nonfiction author who 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 Pen-
guin Lives biography Abraham Lincoln, American Scoundrel: The Life of
the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles, and A Commonwealth of Also available:
Thieves: The Improbable Birth of Australia.
History/Australian Studies • 464 pp • 7 x 9 Australians
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The Biggest Estate on Earth

How Aborigines Made Australia
Bill Gammage
Reveals the complex, country-wide systems of land management used by Aboriginal
people in presettlement Australia
“A beautiful and profound piece of writing, one that has importance for us all.” —Age
“This bold book, with its lucid prose and vivid illustrations, will be discussed for
years to come.” —Australian Book Review
Across Australia, early Europeans commented again and again that the land looked like
a park, with extensive grassy patches and pathways, open woodlands, and abundant wildlife.
Bill Gammage has discovered this was because Aboriginal people managed the land in a
far more systematic and scientific fashion than most people have ever realized. For more
than a decade, he has examined written and visual records of the Australian landscape.
He has uncovered an extraordinarily complex system of land management using fire, the
life cycles of native plants, and the natural flow of water to ensure plentiful wildlife and
plant foods throughout the year. Aboriginal people spent far less time and effort than Eu-
ropeans in securing food and shelter, and this book reveals how. Once Aboriginal people
were no longer able to tend their country, it became overgrown and vulnerable to the hugely damaging bushfires Australians
now experience. With details of land-management strategies from around Australia, this book rewrites the history of the con-
tinent, with huge implications for today.
Bill Gammage is a historian and the author of the The Broken Years: Australian Soldiers in the Great War and Sky Travellers.
History/Australian Studies • 384 pp • 6.5 x 9.5 • 48 Color Photos • 7 B/W Photos • 3 Maps
9781743311325 (Replaces 9781742377483) • April • $34.95 (Can $38.95) New in Paper • Allen & Unwin
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Make Do and Mend
Keeping Family and Home Afloat on War Rations
Foreword by Jill Norman
Facsimiles of official British government WW II leaflets cover repairing, refurbishing, and
recycling, and provide a fascinating insight into how propaganda promoted national unity
“A fascinating slice of social history.” —Daily Telegraph

With wartime England’s industrial output concentrated on the war effort and a clothes ra-
tion in place by June 1940, basic clothes were in short supply in the nation and high fash-
ion was an unknown commodity. Adults were issued as little as 36 coupons a year to spend
on clothes, but a man’s suit could cost 22 coupons, a coat 16, and a lady’s dress 11. The
need to recycle and be inventive with other materials became more and more necessary, and
so the government issued a series of leaflets containing advice on how to make fabric and
clothing go the extra mile. Reproduced in this intriguing collection, these pamphlets included
tips on recycling curtains into dresses and instructions for turning old sheets into under-
wear. Covering darning, patching, knitting, and more, this is a nostalgic look at the inno-
vative thriftiness of the 1940s.
Jill Norman is a noted chef and the author of Herb and Spice.
History/Crafts & Hobbies • 160 pp • 5 x 8 • 110 Color Illustrations
Michael O’Mara
Eating for Victory

Healthy Home Front Cooking on War Rations
Second edition
Foreword by Jill Norman
A nostalgic collection of Ministry of Food leaflets, featuring advice on everything from
one-pot meals to how to preserve tomatoes
Food rationing was introduced in England in January 1940 after supply ships were attacked
by German U-boats. The first food items to be rationed were butter, sugar, bacon, and ham,
though restrictions were also eventually placed on meat, fish, jam, biscuits, cheese, eggs, and
milk. In response, the Ministry of Food produced a series of “Eating for Victory” pamphlets
that advised the general public on how to cope with these shortages. Designed to lift spirits
in a time of shortage, these jolly leaflets contained a variety of recipes and cooking advice
ranging from how to make steamed and boiled puddings and hints on how to reconstitute
dried eggs. For all the hardship that rationing brought, the food restrictions resulted in many
people eating more healthily than ever before. A nostalgic look back at one of the most dif-
ficult and yet healthiest times in history, this quaint collection is also a relevant guide to good
eating today. Recipes include metric measurements.
Jill Norman is a noted chef and the author of Herb and Spice.
History/Cooking • 160 pp • 5 x 8 • 110 Color Illustrations
Michael O’Mara
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The Cooks’ Book
Age-Old Advice and Tips for the Kitchen
Louise Dixon
The proper way to eat lobster, how to use different types of chilies, an explanation of
different cuts of meat, how to infuse oils and vinegars—jam-packed with useful hints,
tips, wit, and wisdom, this celebration of food will delight and inspire the cook in every
home
“This great book is a treasure-trove of information, hints, recipes, stories and fun!”
—Country Kitchen Magazine
Whether a cook wants to get back to basics, throwing away the convenience food and cook-
ing some good old grub, or is simply interested in learning about the tried-and-tested meth-
ods used in the good old days, collected in this guide are the wisdom and advice of the trained
chef. A treasure trove of information, this beautiful retro-look book will bring out the best
in everyone in the kitchen. It includes advice on food hygiene, handling, and preparation;
techniques and tricks to help bread rise and pies taste just like grandma made them; old
and surprising new uses for store cupboard staples; tips and tricks for successful jams, pre-
serves, and pickles; storage and reheating advice; and, stories, anecdotes, quips, and quotes
from food writers, gourmands, and chefs. Recipes include dual measurements.
Louise Dixon is a cookbook editor.
Cooking • 160 pp • 5 x 8 • 38 B/W Illustrations
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The Gardeners’ Book

Age-Old Advice and Tips for the Garden
Diana Craig
Famous gardeners, what gardening catalog lingo really means, the lowdown on snugs
and snails—this reference is the green-thumbed friend that every novice gardener needs
“Buried among the tongue-in-cheek tips, gardening quotations and fascinating facts
aimed at making you the envy of the allotment, there are some real nuggets of infor-
mation that will benefit even the most green-fingered.” —Amateur Gardening
“Easy to read with plenty of amusing illustrations, [I] would definitely recommend
it—even to an experienced gardener.” —English Garden
This guide is packed with useful tips, surprising ideas, and amusing anecdotes and is perfect
for embarking on a new project or for rejuvenating an existing garden. A celebration of the
wonderful and ancient art of gardening, this is also a compendium of practical tips. It in-
cludes gardening lore and history, garden games, ideas for making a garden the most im-
pressive on the block, how to make and nurture a compost heap, when to sow a lawn, how
to keep tools in pristine condition, and advice on planning a garden to maximum effect. From
allotment gardening to tending the topiary and from greenhouse to greenfly, this handy book
will inspire and spur growers on to greater things.
Diana Craig is an author and editor with a particular interest in nature.
Gardening • 160 pp • 5 x 8 • 28 B/W Illustrations
9781843179573 (Replaces 9781843173274) • April • $15.95 (Can $17.95) Cloth
Michael O’Mara
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Wild Food
Delicious Recipes from the Hedgerow
Wild at Heart
A guide to gathering edible plants in the wild and using them creatively in dif-
ferent recipes—jams, jellies, relishes, baking, fruit cordials and liqueurs, and more
Seasonal, local, and wild foods—they’re free, fun, and very tasty. Harvesting pro-
duce from the hedgerows, meadows, and woods rather than just visiting the su-
permarket is rewarding and economical. The joy of turning nature’s bounty into
delicious produce to enjoy with the family or to use to make a lovely gift is being
rediscovered in kitchens of today. This book demonstrates how easy it is to use one’s
“harvest” in lots of different ways. Those who are fed up with just making jam
can try fruit leather, cheese, rose petal syrup, or a wickedly alcoholic drink instead.
The book covers flowers and hips (elderflowers, dandelions, and roses); berries
(blackberries, elderberries, bilberries, wild raspberries, wild strawberries, rowan
berries, and berry mixtures); fruit with stones (wild plums and damsons, sloes, wild
cherries); fruit with pips (crab apples, quinces, medlars); nuts (hazelnuts, chest-
nuts, walnuts); and leaves (wild garlic, sorrel, nettles, samphire, dandelions, and
other saladings). This very practical book covers 100 recipes, both sweet and sa-
vory, as well as tips on gathering, seasonal guidance and the law, and common sense. Recipes include dual measurements.
Wild at Heart is a small business set up by Ginny Knox and Caro Willson to make a range of award-winning jellies, relishes,
and fruit cheeses based on traditional recipes and using wild, native, or ancient fruits.
Cooking • 192 pp • 8.5 x 9.5 • 100 Color Photos
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Cook It, Freeze It, Eat It

100 Easy Recipes to Cook Ahead
Sara Lewis
How to make the most of the freezer, to save time and money
By cooking in bulk and freezing gluts, cooks can cut down on the cost of ingredi-
ents and the time spent in the kitchen, and this book explains how. It is packed
with 100 delicious recipes, including Lentil and Venison Sausage Stew; Thai Co-
conut Fish Curry; Garlicky Stilton and Dauphinoise; Pear, Saffron and Ginger Tarte
Tatin; Easy Spiced Banana and Apricot Bread; and Peach and Mascarpone Crum-
ble Cake. All the basic recipes a busy cook needs can be found right here, such as
a ragù sauce that can be frozen and then turned into numerous dishes. Every recipe
features health and safety advice on freezing, defrosting, and reheating, and there
are at-a-glance charts of ingredients to show which ones can be frozen and for how
long. Recipes include dual measurements.
Sara Lewis is the author of numerous cookbooks, including The Bread Book, 200
Chicken Dishes, and 200 Slow Cooker Recipes. She was the cooking editor for Prac-
tical Parenting magazine and is now a contributor to Slimming World magazine.
Cooking • 176 pp • 8 x 9.5 • 50 Color Photos
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The Whole Cow
Recipes & Lore for Beef and Veal
Christopher Trotter
A companion volume to The Whole Hog, this gourmet cel-
ebration of the cow and all its parts offers more than 100
recipes from around the world
“Historically informative, geographically diverse, and at-

tractively designed. . . . Recommended for carnivores in
search of inspiration and dilettantes who want to know
more about pig lore and butchery.” —Library Journal on
The Whole Hog
Much more than just a cookbook, this book is a unique blend
of historical, geographical, and culinary interest, together with
clear explanations of how to cook different cuts of beef and
veal. It is a celebration of the cow and all its variants. The book
not only explains all the different ways to cook with beef and
veal, but it also gives the history and importance of great and
rare breeds, butchers’ recommended cuts, and true head-to-tail
eating. It includes the latest on ethical veal, and is a must-buy
for any meat enthusiast. Recipes include dual measurements.
Christopher Trotter is a freelance chef and food writer, restau-
rant inspector, and food consultant. He is the coauthor of The
Food and Cooking of Scotland, Scottish Traditional Recipes,
A Taste of Scotland, and The Whole Hog.
Cooking • 272 pp • 7.5 x 10 • 80 Color Photos
9781862059559 • April • $34.95 (Can $38.95) Cloth
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Sweet Magic
Kate Shirazi
The newest title in the Magic series offers simple,
short recipes for toffees, fudges, chocolates, jellies,
and after-dinner sweets
Delicious, irresistible, and easy-to-follow, the recipes in
this collection cover a wide range of sweets from around
the world. Chapters are divided into fruit and nut,
chocolates, toffees and fudges, and after-dinner sweets,
and recipes include baby florentines, fruit jellies, and
blackcurrant marshmallows. Written in Kate Shirazi’s
no-nonsense, irreverent style, Sweet Magic is full
of treats to entice the whole family. Recipes include
dual measurements.
Kate Shirazi is the author of Cake Magic, Chocolate
Magic, Cookie Magic, and Cupcake Magic, all avail-
able separately or in the compendium Baking Magic.
She founded the Cakeadoodledo mail-order cupcake
business from her farmhouse kitchen.
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Easy Weekends
Food by Neil Perry
Neil Perry
A celebration of cooking at home, with more than
100 recipes that focus on flavorsome food for any
weekend occasion
“Neil Perry is one of the very few chefs whom I

would consider to be a gastronomic ‘global citizen.’
With The Food I Love we get to experience his for-
midable knowledge and nonpareil sensitivity regard-
ing the pleasures of the table, but in this case geared
for those who love to cook at home. A tip of the hat
to you, Neil, for this incredible work reminds me of
why I got into this field in the first place!”
—Charlie Trotter on The Food I Love
“A stunningly beautiful collection that is as suitable
for the coffee table as it is for the kitchen. . . . Gor-
geous yet practical and versatile enough for cooks at
all levels, this book will inspire and delight.”
—Publishers Weekly on Balance & Harmony
Whether readers are looking for an easy and delicious fam-
ily stir-fry on a Friday night, clever ideas for Saturday din-
ner party menus, or ideas for preparing a slow-cooked
Sunday feast for friends, this book has an inspiring and
accessible recipe that is just the thing. As Australia’s best
known chef, Neil Perry is often associated with the food
served at his successful restaurants around Australia, from
the flagship contemporary Australian fine diner Rockpool,
to his popular Rockpool Bar & Grill steakhouses and the
Asian flavors of Spice Temple. However, with this book
he arms home cooks with all they need to make incredible meals in their own kitchens. Recipes include dual measurements.
Neil Perry is one of Australia’s preeminent chefs and restaurateurs. His Sydney restaurant Rockpool is rated one of the top restau-
rants in the world. Neil has been creating menus for Qantas for seven years and has his own Fresh Food label. His previous
books include Balance & Harmony, The Food I Love, and Simply Asian.
9781742669731 • June • $44.95 (Can $49.95) Cloth • Murdoch Books
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The Eat Well Cookbook
Dairy-Free and Gluten-Free Recipes for Food
Lovers
Jan Purser and Kathy Snowball
A cookbook that lets allergy sufferers have their
cake and eat it too
Based on a philosophy for health and well-being, this
cookbook offers a selection of sensational healthy
food for all occasions, whether it’s dinner for two,
a family meal, or entertaining a large group. All
recipes are gluten- and dairy-free, making them per-
fect for people with sensitivities, dieters, those suf-
fering from allergies, or people who just want to look
and feel healthier. Mouthwatering meals—including
marinated quail with red cabbage salad, seared tuna
with panzanella and caper dressing, Portuguese-style
duck rice, and baked pumpkin “gnocchi” with
roasted tomatoes and salsa verde—fill each page, and
all recipes offer vegetarian substitutions. Recipes in-
clude dual measurements.
Jan Purser is a naturopathic nutrition consultant, re-
medial therapist, and meditation teacher. She has
worked in the food and food-publishing industry for
more than 20 years and has written six books on
health, food, and meditation. She is currently the
health and nutrition editor of Australian Good
Taste magazine. Kathy Snowball is a freelance food
writer and the author of numerous cookbooks and
has worked as a food editor at Australian Gourmet
Traveller and Australian Women’s Weekly.
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Janella’s Wholefood Kitchen
Janella Purcell
Make wholefoods the star of the table with 130 tempting recipes from a Gour-
mand-awarded nutritionist and cook, each clearly marked as vegetarian, vegan, raw,
dairy-free, or gluten-free
Janella Purcell is passionate about healthy eating, about eating food that is as close
to the way nature created it as possible, and, most importantly, about making whole-
foods easy, enticing, and lick-your-fingers delicious. The focus of this book is on sea-
sonal produce, with most recipes suitable for vegetarians and vegans. From soups to
main courses, party food to salads and desserts, this cookbook will start cooks on
the path to, or help them maintain, a healthy lifestyle. Recipes include Malay Tem-
peh Noodles, Miso Soup, Guilt-Free Crumbed Fish and Chips, Millet and Tofu Cro-
quettes, Maple Nut “Cheese” Cake, Chocolate and Orange Mousse, and Pistachio and
Rosewater Halva.
Janella Purcell is a naturopath, nutritionist, herbalist, iridologist, and chef. She is the
author of Eating for the Seasons and Janella Purcell’s Elixir.
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After Toast
Recipes for Aspiring Cooks
Kate Gibbs
Finally, a cookbook that answers the question all aspiring cooks ask—what
can I cook once I’ve mastered toast? The essential young person’s guide to
real, and really awesome, food.
Toast is the entry into the kitchen for many cooks—the dish a young cook first
learns not to burn, or that they make when there is nobody around to cook for
them. It’s a reliable culinary introduction. But what comes next? Taking aspir-
ing cooks into the kitchen fray, this cookbook shows young adults what to eat
and how to cook. Distilling culinary advice from her own upbringing, the au-
thor offers must-know tricks for the new-to-cooking, modernizes classics, and
inspires an interest in healthy cooking. Recipes for crunchy, fried mozzarella-
stuffed croquettes; French roast chicken; mini cheeseburgers; and proper salads
meet ideas for sprawling weekend feasts. This book raises the bar for the packed
lunch, serves up new ideas on snacks, shows teens and 20-somethings what to
cook for friends or mom, and puts an end to endless fridge searches by answering
the perpetual question “What can I eat?”
Kate Gibbs is an established food and travel writer, journalist, cookbook author, and the granddaughter of Australian cooking
legend Margaret Fulton. Kate has a food column in Sunday Life magazine and writes regularly for the Sydney Morning Herald,
the Wall Street Journal, Australian Gourmet Traveller, and Frankie magazine, among many other publications. She has won awards
for her writing, including a National Press Club Journalism Award.
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MY KITCHEN TABLE
100 Essential Curries

Madhur Jaffrey
A diverse selection of delicious curries, from the world authority on Indian food
Madhur Jaffrey has collected 100 curry recipes from dals to biryanis, vegetarian to meat,
simple and elaborate. Everybody loves a curry, and this book has a recipe to suit every
taste. Recipes include dual measurements.
Madhur Jaffrey is regarded by many as the world authority on Indian food. Her first book,
An Invitation to Indian Cookery, was published in 1973 and since then she has written more
than 15 cookbooks, now considered classics in their field. They include At Home with
Madhur Jaffrey, Madhur Jaffrey’s Quick & Easy Indian Cooking, and Madhur Jaffrey’s
World Vegetarian.
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100 Fish and Seafood 100 Meals in Minutes 100 Vegetarian Feasts
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Curry Magic
How to Create Modern Indian Restaurant Dishes at Home
Pat Chapman
How to bring the flavor of your local curry restaurant to your home kitchen
“Readers on this side of the Atlantic will welcome Chapman’s easy to follow hand-
book. . . . Recipes are adapted for the typical Western kitchen and cook . . . these
recipes are a pleasure to read, a pleasure to cook from and, most importantly,
a pleasure to sample.” —Publishers Weekly
Many people are first introduced to Indian food at a restaurant, and this wonderful book
will teach cooks the simple, effective, and time-saving techniques used by Indian chefs. Un-
like many cookbooks, this one offers straightforward instructions that focus on how to cre-
ate food with an infinite variety of tastes, helping readers to cook delicious, hassle-free meals.
There is an excellent selection of well-tested dishes combining all the restaurant favorites
with a liberal sprinkling of recipes found in Indian homes. With a little practice cooks will
be able to produce snacks, meals, or even banquets that will delight their family and friends.
Recipes include dual measurements.
Pat Chapman is the author of The Modern Balti Cookbook and The New Curry Bible.
Cooking • 288 pp • 5 x 8 • 16 Color Photos
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The Three Sisters Quick and Easy
Indian Cookbook
Delicious, Authentic and Easy Recipes to Make
at Home
Sereena Kaul, Alexa Kaul, and Priya Kaul
Drawing on a lifetime of passion for food, the Three
Sisters have brought together a second collection
of traditional recipes, tailored for quick and
easy preparation
“A colorful introduction to Indian cooking likely

to appeal to cooks ready to plunge into Indian
cuisine at home. . . . Instructions are clear and
well organized. . . . This enjoyable, attractive
cookbook is a good general introduction to Indian
cooking, particularly for beginners.” —Library
Journal on The Three Sisters Indian Cookbook
Combining speedy one-pot curries, tasty dishes, and
snacks inspired by their mother’s and grandmother’s
recipes, this beautiful cookbook also incorporated the
authors’ own experiences of delicious Indian street food.
Once readers have the sisters’ recommended selection
of essential spices listed in the front of the book, they can
easily make a myriad of fabulous meals, delectable
desserts, and fragrant treats. There will be no reason
to reach for the takeout menu again when cooks can
achieve maximum flavor in moments. This collection
is perfect for busy people who love cooking and do not want to compromise on authentic Indian flavors.
Sereena Kaul, Alexa Kaul, and Priya Kaul are the coauthors of The Three Sisters Indian Cookbook. They learned how to cook
by watching their mother and their grandmother produce exquisite meals for huge family gatherings, and here they have sim-
plified those dishes to suit their own smaller families and hectic lifestyles.
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CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide 2013
40th Anniversary Edition
Roger Protz
Now in its 40th year, this guide is fully revised and updated with de-
tails of more than 4,500 locations across the UK serving the best real
ale—from country inns to urban-style bars and backstreet boozers
“The definitive rundown of the best places in the UK to get a pint

of real ale, from cosy country inns to upmarket style bars.”
—Time Out Magazine
“Indispensable.” —Independent
More than just a pub guide, this is a complete book for beer lovers. Com-
pletely independent, with no entry fees for listings, it is revised and up-
dated yearly by CAMRA’s 110,000 members. Along with pub reviews
and information, the guide has a unique Breweries Section which
lists more than 600 breweries—micro, regional, and national—that pro-
duce real ale in the UK, and the beers they brew. Pub entries give de-
tails of the beers served, food, pub history, architecture, transportation
links, beer gardens, accommodation, disabled access, and facilities for
families. Tasting notes for the beers, compiled by CAMRA-trained tast-
ing teams, are also included. A full-color, 36-page features section at the
front contains informative and interesting articles relating to beer, pubs,
and brewing. The 39th edition was named 2nd in the “Best Beer Book”
category at the Gourmand Cookbook Awards.
Roger Protz is a journalist, a broadcaster, a campaigner, and the author
of more than 15 books about beer and brewing, including 300 Beers to
Try Before You Die. Twice a winner of the Glenfiddich Drink Writer of
the Year Award, he also won a Lifetime Achievement Award from the
British Guild of Beer Writers.
Travel/Cooking • 908 pp • 5.5 x 9
32 Color Photos • 12 B/W Photos • 59 Maps
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A Bull on the Beach
Enjoying the Good Life in Mallorca
Anna Nicholas
Nicholas draws readers back into the delight of learning the ins and outs of running an
organic, self-sufficient farm in her fifth book
Having settled in a Mallorcan mountain idyll, Anna Nicholas, her husband the Scotsman,
and their son Ollie want to become as self-sufficient as possible. Anna teams up with or-
ganic farmers and smallholders to learn how to tend sheep, make cheese and honey, and
grind flour, while the Scotsman creates havoc with his friend Pep in an attempt at wine-
making and tries to fathom what’s troubling the wriggly inhabitants of his beloved wormery.
However, Anna can’t quite shake off her old clients from the PR world and is persuaded by
Greedy George to create a media storm for his new Spanish leather store, involving an eld-
erly bullfighter and a gigantic bull on a Barcelona beach.
Anna Nicholas is a journalist and author based in Mallorca, Spain. She has authored sev-
eral books, including Donkeys on My Doorstep, Goats from a Small Island, A Lizard in
My Luggage, and Cat on a Hot Tiled Roof.
Memoir/Travel • 352 pp • 5 x 8
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Circle Line
Around London in a Small Boat
Steffan Meyric Hughes
Join the editor of Classic Boat magazine as he sets sail around London, glides through
historical monuments, and unearths long-forgotten secrets from beneath the waterway
“His account of the voyage is both charming and revealing.” —Bookseller

Magic, to a sailor, is harnessing the wind—getting something for nothing—the surprise of
a gust, the boon of a side-wind, and the trial of a headwind and best of all, the moment
when a change in direction means turning away from the head seas and wind and spray in
silence and warmth.
In 1969, man flew to the moon and sailed around the world solo. In 2009, sailor and Lon-
doner Steffan Meyric Hughes thought he’d try something a little closer to home and be-
came the first to sail and row around London in a small boat. Along the way, he discovered
the history of the great city’s future and great secrets of the mysterious Thames: wrecks,
bombs, and intrigue. This is the story of a unique journey on the forgotten waterways of
one of the world’s greatest capitals; an investigation into the way we live today; and a hu-
morous, moving trip down memory lane.
Steffan Meyric Hughes is a journalist and current news and features editor of Classic Boat
magazine. He has contributed to the Observer, the Independent, Time Out.
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Mud, Sweat & Gears
Cycling from Land’s End to John O’Groats (Via the Pub)
Ellie Bennett
The tale of a scenic cycling trip—including an index of the 50 finest beers tasted on the trip
“Ellie Bennett is funny, she can talk the rear wheel off a Dawes three-speed and she
loves a decent pint. I’d tag along with her any day.” —Oz Clarke, author, Oz Clarke’s
Pocket Wine Guide
“Great fun and surprisingly informative.” —Mark Beaumont, author, The Man Who
Cycled the World
“One more wouldn’t hurt,” said Mick. I looked at him doubtfully. “I’m not sure. It’s gone
three o’clock already. What time does it get dark in Cornwall at this time of year?” “Not
for ages,” said Mick, waving his hand dismissively. “One more and then we’ll get on.” He
headed back to the bar with our empty beer glasses.
As Ellie’s 50th birthday approaches and her ambitions of a steady income, a successful ca-
reer, and an ascent of Everest seem as far away as ever, she begins to doubt she’s capable
of achieving anything at all. So when her best friend Mick suggests a grueling cycle ride
from Land’s End to John O’Groats, she takes up the challenge. They opt for the scenic route,
which takes them along cycle paths, towpaths, and the back roads and byways of Britain.
Unable to resist sampling local beers in the pubs they pass along the way, the pints start to
stack up faster than the miles they’re putting under their tires, and Ellie wonders if they’ll
ever make it to the finishing line.
Ellie Bennett is a writer and a cyclist.
The Hairy Hikers

A Coast-to-Coast Trek Along the French Pyrenees
David Le Vay
A humorous, reflective, often poignant account of two increasingly hairy hikers’ coast-
to-coast trek along the length of the French Pyrenees, revealing the history and geogra-
phy along the way
With a glint in his eye, Rob turns and asks me if I want to “touch his furry puma.” We are
only hours into the trip and things have already taken a sinister turn. Thankfully, it turns
out he is referring to the little embossed logo on his new shirt.
Fueled by a degree of midlife crisis and the need to escape from routine, armed with rusty
schoolboy French and plenty of schoolboy humor, friends David and Rob set out to walk
the fabled GR10 hiking trail, a French footpath running the length of the Pyrenees Moun-
tains. It will take them from the Hendaye on the Atlantic coast to Banyuls-sur-Mer on the
Mediterranean, through beautiful scenery and one of the most spectacular mountain ranges
in Europe. Just about perfect—if you can put aside the inevitable snoring-induced conflict
and bad habits that result from two men spending more than seven weeks in each other’s
company. This tale will appeal to weekend walkers, serious trekkers, and all who simply
enjoy a good story of human endeavor and foolishness.
David Le Vay is a child therapist.
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Extreme Frontiers
Racing Across Canada from Newfoundland to the Rockies
Charley Boorman
Traveling mainly on his much-loved bike, the intrepid adventurer explores the world’s
second largest country—home to some of the most stunning and challenging terrain
“Replete with colorful characters, hair-raising action, and enough raw machismo to
knock over an elephant.” —Kirkus Reviews on Race to Dakar
Vintage Boorman, this book is packed with all the excitement and adventure—and bikes!—
of his previous travels. Along the way he works with Alberta’s famous “Bear Whisperer,”
travels with Native Canadians and learns about their mythology and shamanic rituals, gets
involved in the world-famous National Lumberjack competition, works with the Mounties
search and rescue team, and visits the world’s smallest jail in Ontario. He takes a raft along
the Nahanni River, crosses Canada’s only desert in Okanagan Valley, climbs the Canadian
Rockies, and circumnavigates Newfoundland by taking an old steel sloop through the in-
famous Iceberg Alley, stopping to camp, hunt, and cook with local foraged food.
Charley Boorman is the author of By Any Means and Race to Dakar and coauthor with
Ewan McGregor of Long Way Down and Long Way Round.
Travel/Autobiography • 320 pp • 5 x 8 • 42 Color Photos
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Extreme Rambling
Walking Israel’s Barrier. For Fun.
Mark Thomas
A hilarious, fascinating attempt by an activist and comedian to understand the Middle East
“Horrifying and hilarious.” —Evening Standard

The Israeli barrier is probably the most iconic divider of land since the Berlin Wall. It has
been declared illegal under international law and its impact on life in the West Bank has been
enormous. Mark Thomas decided the only way to really get to grips with this huge divide
was to use the barrier as a route map, to “walk the wall,” covering the entire distance. In the
course of his ramble he was tear-gassed, stoned, sunburned, rained on, and hailed on, and
even lost the wall a couple of times. But thankfully he was also welcomed and looked after
by Israelis and Palestinians—from farmers and soldiers to smugglers and zookeepers—and
finally learned a unique insight of the real Middle East in all its entrenched yet life-affirm-
ing glory. And all without hardly ever getting arrested.
Mark Thomas has worked as an activist comedian for more than 20 years. He is one of a
limited number of people to be awarded a UN Global Human Rights Defender Award and
has also been awarded a Kurdish National Congress Medal of Honor among other citations.
His three-year campaign to stop the building of the Ilisu Dam in Turkey was ultimately suc-
cessful and saved 78,000 Kurds from being displaced. He is the author of As Used on the
Famous Nelson Mandela and Belching out the Devil.
Memoir/Travel • 346 pp • 5 x 8 • 20 B/W Photos • 3 Maps
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London Style Guide
Eat Sleep Shop
Saska Graville
A journey to the heart and soul of London, this gorgeous guide reveals the hidden and
stylish places that make the city so incredibly unique and eclectic
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them to reveal their city secrets. By delivering a carefully chosen selection of the smaller,
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close and personal.
Saska Graville has worked as a writer and editor in women’s magazines and newspapers
for more than 20 years. She is currently a travel correspondent for the Sun-Herald.
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Walking in Ireland
50 Walks Through the Heart and Soul of Ireland
Christopher Somerville
The best walks in Ireland, from the Nephin Beg Mountains in Mayo to Dingle Way in Kerry
Walking has never been a more popular pastime and nowhere is more beautiful for walkers to
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Christopher Somerville is a travel author of more than 30 books, including AAA Spiral Guide:
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2014 Collins Britain Road Map

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Title Index
Title Index Baking Magic ....................................................224

Barbara M. Underwood ......................................20
Classic Black Magic from Dennis Wheatley ..........80
Classic FM Quiz Book, The ..................................32
Battle of the Bulge 1944–45..............................213 Classic FM Friendly Guide to Elgar, The ................32
10 More Ways to Improve Your Bridge ..............156
Battle Story ..............................................212, 213 Classic FM Friendly Guide to Motzart, The ..........32
10 Secrets of 100% Healthy People, The ............50
Beat the Drums Slowly ........................................91 Classic Liners ....................................................216
100 Cakes and Bakes ........................................228
Beautiful Child, The ..........................................112 Classic Liners Île de France and Liberté ..............216
100 Easy Chinese Suppers ................................228
Beautiful Eyes......................................................12 Classic Love Poems..............................................58
100 Essential Curries ........................................228
Before We Say Goodbye....................................119 Classic Poems for Mothers ..................................58
100 Fish and Seafood........................................228
Beginnings ........................................................132 Classical Primer, A ............................................193
100 Foolproof Suppers ......................................228
Belladonna at Belstone ........................................87 Cocaine Diaries, The............................................77
100 Great Chicken Recipes................................228
Beyond Human ..................................................64 Cock-a-doodle-do!............................................178
100 Great Low-Fat Recipes................................228
Biggest Estate on Earth, The ..............................219 Code of the Woosters, The................................150
100 Meals in Minutes........................................228
Bishop Must Die, The ..........................................87 Cold War ..........................................................208
100 Pasta Recipes..............................................228
Black Cab Wisdom ............................................186 Collins Castles Map of Scotland ........................240
100 Quick Stir-Fry Recipes ................................228
Black White & Colour ..........................................16 Collins Dublin Street Finder Map ......................236
100 Recipes for Entertaining..............................228
Blindside ..........................................................103 Collins Greater London Street Atlas ..................238
100 Vegetarian Feasts ......................................228
Blood in the Snow, Blood on the Grass..............209 Collins Ireland Handy Road Atlas ......................236
2014 Collins Britain & Ireland Handy
Blood of Alexandria, The ....................................85 Collins Ireland Touring Map ..............................240
Road Atlas ......................................................237
Blood on the Strand ............................................89 Collins London Handy Street Map ....................240
2014 Collins Britain Big Road Atlas....................237
Blood Red ........................................................105 Collins Scotland of Old ......................................240
2014 Collins Britain Essential Road Atlas............237
Blue Castle, The ................................................144 Collins Scotland Touring Map ............................240
2014 Collins Britain Road Map ..........................238
Body in the Thames, The ....................................89 Collins Tartans Map of Scotland ........................240
2014 Collins Europe Road Map ........................239
Bone of Contention, A ........................................88 Collins Travel Guides..........................................240
2014 Collins France Road Map ..........................239
Book Lovers’ Companion, The ..........................191 Collins World Atlas: Mini Edition ......................234
2014 Collins Ireland Road Map..........................239
Bosworth 1485 ................................................213 Conan the Barbarian ..........................................80
2014 Collins Scotland Road Map ......................239
Boy Bishop’s Glovemaker, The ............................87 Confidence to Be Yourself, The ..........................75
2014 Road Maps ..............................................239
Bradford City Miscellany......................................47 Conscious Medicine ............................................51
21 Speeches That Shaped Our World ................198
Brain Fitness Boot Camp ..................................157 Conspiracies of Rome..........................................85
222 Opening Traps: After 1.d4 ..........................155
Brain Fitness Boot Camp Demanding ................157 Conspiracy of Violence, A....................................89
222 Opening Traps: After 1.e4 ..........................155
Brain Fitness Boot Camp Rookie ........................157 Constantinople..................................................134
30 Something & Loving It! ................................188
Brain Fitness Boot Camp Tough ........................157 Contract............................................................108
39 Steps, The ....................................................138
Bridge with the Blue Team ................................156 Cook It, Freeze It, Eat It ....................................222
Brief Lives..........................................................147 Cook’s Friend, The ............................................182
Bristol Rovers Miscellany......................................47 Cookie Magic....................................................224
53 Interesting Things To Do ................................72
British, The ........................................................186 Cooks’ Book, The ..............................................221
53 Interesting Things to Do in Your Lectures........72
Bugatti Veyron ..................................................216 Cooper & Fry ....................................................101
53 Interesting Things to Do in Your Seminars
Bull on the Beach, A..........................................231 Coventry City Miscellany ....................................47
and Tutorials ....................................................72
Bundu ..............................................................130 Crap Graffiti..........................................................6
53 Interesting Ways of Helping Your Students
Burma ..............................................................196 Creative Colouring Book for Grown-Ups, The ......17
to Study ............................................................72
Butcher of Smithfield, The ..................................89 Creed..................................................................79
6 Weeks to Super Health ....................................50
Butcher of St Peter’s, The ....................................87 Crowood Sports Guides ......................................39
Abbot’s Gibbet, The ............................................87
Butler Did It, The ................................................78 Cry and You Cry Alone ........................................77
Aberdeen FC Miscellany ......................................47
Buttercup Fields, The ..........................................97 Cry of the Go-Away Bird, The............................123
Aelric ..................................................................85
By Any Means ..................................................233 Crystal Palace Miscellany ....................................47
After Everest ....................................................198
By Light Alone ....................................................84 Cult of Nostalgia, The........................................128
After the Crash ................................................172
C. S. Lewis ........................................................151 Cupcake Magic ................................................224
After Toast ........................................................227
Cable, The ........................................................196 Curious Indian Cadaver, A ................................106
Against Gravity....................................................83
Cahill and Finch ................................................103 Curry Magic ......................................................228
Agatha Christie Miscellany, The ........................154
Cake Magic ......................................................224 Cyborg Graphics ..................................................9
Agent of Rome....................................................86
Calm the Soul ....................................................65 Cyclist’s Friend, The ..........................................182
Alma Classics ............................................133–137
Cambrai 1917 ..................................................213 Cyclone: My Story ..............................................40
Amber Scott Is Starting Over ............................121
Camper’s Friend, The ........................................182 Daisychain ........................................................103
Amuse Agents ..................................................179
CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide 2013 ......................230 Dallas: Then and Now ..........................................5
Ancient Curse, The..............................................86
Carmen ..............................................................33 Dance, A ............................................................34
Angel Stations ....................................................83
Carol Andrews ....................................................21 Daniel Day-Lewis ................................................23
Angel Whispers ..................................................54
Caroline ............................................................122 Dark, The ............................................................79
Animal Heroes ..................................................159
Cast a Long Shadow ..........................................97 Daughters of Gentlemen, The ............................92
Animal Trials......................................................146
Cat on a Hot Tiled Roof ....................................231 David Livingstone ................................................59
Annals of Sherlock Holmes, The ..........................96
Cecil Beaton: Theatre of War ............................206 Day to Die For, A ................................................42
Apple Revolution, The ........................................69
Celtic On This Day ..............................................46 Day You Saved My Life, The ..............................119
Approaching Christmas ......................................63
Chapel of Bones, The ..........................................87 Daylight on Iron Mountain ..................................81
Arctic Floor........................................................108
Charleston: Then and Now....................................4 DCI Lorimer ......................................................102
Are there Rainbows on the Moon? ......................67
Charlotte: Then and Now ......................................4 D-Day Diary ......................................................211
Are We Live? ....................................................175
Charlton Athletic Miscellany ................................47 Dead and Buried ..............................................101
Armageddon Trade, The ....................................109
Chasing Lost Times ............................................38 Dead Born ..........................................................93
Arnhem 1944–45..............................................213
Chocolate Magic ..............................................224 Dead Cat Bounce ..............................................128
Arnhem Lift ......................................................207
Choice, The ......................................................117 Dead Image ........................................................93
Art of Perception, The ........................................73
Christmas Magic ..............................................224 Dead of Night ..................................................104
As Easy as Murder ............................................105
Christopher Trotter ............................................223 Deadline............................................................104
Ascent of Man, The ............................................66
Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes, The ....................96 Deadly Brew, A....................................................88
Ask Forgiveness Not Permission ........................204
Chronologia ......................................................194 Deadly Business ................................................105
Assassin ............................................................111
Chung Kuo..........................................................81 Deadly Cambodian Crime Spree, A....................106
Aston Villa On This Day ......................................46
Churchill’s White Rabbit ....................................204 Deadly Defence ................................................156
Australians ........................................................219
Circle Line ........................................................231 Deadly Defence Quiz Book, The ........................156
Australians: Eureka to the Diggers ....................219
City of Fiends ......................................................87 Deadly Inheritance ..............................................92
Ayesha: The Return of She ................................142
241
Title Index
Deadly Web ......................................................104 First Horseman, The ..........................................109 Holford DietGL Counter, The ..............................50
Death by Design................................................104 First into Action ................................................111 Hollywood: Then and Now ....................................5
Death in St James’s Park ......................................89 First Steps............................................................49 Hooked ..............................................................76
Death Ship of Dartmouth, The ............................87 First Steps Living with Dementia ..........................49 Hornbeam Tree, The ..........................................117
Debrett’s Guide to Entertaining Etiquette ............14 First Steps out of Anxiety ....................................49 How Do I Love Thee? ..........................................58
Deceived Wisdom ..............................................65 First Steps out of Depression ..............................49 How Do You Get an Egg into a Bottle?................67
Deep Waters ....................................................104 First Steps out of Eating Disorders ......................49 How Do You Walk on Fire?..................................67
Der Fliegende Holländer/The Flying Dutchman ....33 First Steps out of Problem Drinking......................49 How Tea Cosies Changed the World....................22
Der Rosenkavalier/The Knight of the Rose............33 First Steps out of Weight Problems ......................49 How to Bonk in Public ......................................178
Derby County Miscellany ....................................47 First Steps Through Bereavement ........................49 Hurricane Hole ....................................................94
Design Ideas for Your Garden ............................165 First Steps Through Separation & Divorce ............49 I Didn’t Get Where I Am . . . ..............................174
Design Ideas for Your Home ................................14 Five Ways to Kill a Man ....................................102 I Told You I Was Ill ............................................183
Desolation Island ..............................................126 Fixer ..................................................................109 I Am Scrooge ......................................................84
Detective Sergeant Best Mysteries ......................93 Food is Better Medicine Than Drugs ....................50 I’ll Be There for You ..........................................119
Devil’s Acolyte, The..............................................87 For a . . . ..........................................................167 Ice and Fire..........................................................81
Devil’s Disciples, The ............................................88 For a Fabulous Wife ..........................................167 Idiot Abroad, An ................................................25
Devil’s Edge, The ..............................................101 For a Fantastic Teacher ......................................167 Idomeneo............................................................33
Didi Man, The: My Love Affair with Liverpool ......43 For a Great Friend ............................................167 Il Duce and His Women ....................................203
Difficult Horse, The............................................162 For a Wonderful Husband ................................167 Illustrated Handbook of Flak, The ......................210
Dig for Victory ..................................................166 Frances Doughty Mysteries, The ..........................92 Imperial Banner, The............................................86
Disappearing Home ..........................................127 French New Wave ..............................................27 Impossible Life of Mary Benson, The..................202
Dispensation of Death ........................................87 Friar’s Bloodfeud, A ............................................87 Improve Your Declarer Play at Trump
Distractions ......................................................132 Fundamentals of Judo, The..................................41 Contracts ........................................................156
Dog Heros ........................................................159 Further Adventures of an Idiot Abroad, The ........25 Improve Your Slam Bidding................................156
Dog Owner’s Handbook, The ............................160 Galahad at Blandings ........................................150 In Fields Where Daisies Grow ..............................99
Dog That Survived the Titanic, The ....................159 Gallipoli 1915....................................................213 In Search of Steam ............................................217
Dog’s Heart, A ..................................................144 Game of Thrones A–Z ........................................25 In Search of the Ninja ........................................201
Domain ..............................................................79 Gardener’s Friend, The ......................................182 Incest ................................................................133
Don Giovanni ......................................................33 Gardener’s Miscellany, A....................................166 Inhuman Remains..............................................105
Donkeys on My Doorstep ..................................231 Gardeners’ Book, The........................................221 Inspector Ikmen Mysteries ................................104
Double Life of Anna Day, The ............................119 Gary Gibson ........................................................83 Inspector Singh Investigates ..............................106
Double, The ......................................................135 Gas! Gas! Quick, Boys! ....................................205 Intelligent Woman’s Guide, The ........................134
Dowland’s Mill ....................................................97 Get Rich Blogging ..............................................71 International Garden Photographer
Dragon with the Girl Tattoo, The ........................84 Ghosts of Athens, The ........................................85 of the Year ......................................................164
Duncan Falconer ..............................................111 Gilded Stage, The................................................32 International Road Atlases ................................237
Earth Mother Dreaming ......................................54 Ginny Appleyard ................................................99 Introducing Traditional Bedfordshire Lace
Easy Weekends ................................................225 Glamorgan Miscellany ........................................47 in 20 Lessons ....................................................20
Eat Well Cookbook, The....................................226 Glamour Henna ..................................................10 Investigating Jesus ..............................................61
Eating for the Seasons ......................................227 Glasgow Kiss ....................................................102 Ipswich Town Miscellany......................................47
Eating for Victory ..............................................220 Glastonbury, the Templars and the Sovran Irish Wit ............................................................180
Eddy Merckx ......................................................36 Shroud ............................................................200 Iron Maiden: On Board Flight 666 ......................31
Edgar Allan Poe ..................................................80 Glinda of Oz......................................................141 Isandlwana 1879 ..............................................213
El Alamein 1942................................................213 Goats from a Small Island..................................231 Istemi ................................................................112
Elite! ..................................................................69 Goldfish Club, The ............................................195 Iwo Jima 1945 ..................................................213
Elizabeth Jeffrey ..........................................97–100 Good Soldier, The..............................................135 J. R. R. Tolkien Miscellany, The ..........................154
Ellie Andrews Has Second Thoughts ..................121 Goose Green 1982............................................213 Jack Glass............................................................84
Embroideries from an English Garden ..................21 Gorillaland ........................................................129 Jack London ........................................................80
Emerald City of Oz, The ....................................141 Gothic King, The ..............................................202 Jack Shit............................................................185
Empire of Light....................................................82 Grandmother’s Wisdom ....................................170 James Herbert ....................................................79
Engelbert: What’s in a Name?..............................31 Great Deception, The ..........................................94 Janella Purcell’s Elixir..........................................227
English Wit........................................................180 Great Meadow, The ..........................................146 Janella’s Wholefood Kitchen ..............................227
Enormous Boobs ..............................................175 Great Survivors, The ..........................................203 Jesus: A Short Life ..............................................61
Essential Foreign . . ...........................................187 Greatest Ever Boxing Workouts ..........................40 Jim Evans ..........................................................109
Essential Foreign Insults ....................................187 Hairy Hikers, The ..............................................232 Johah, The ..........................................................79
Essential Foreign Swear Words ..........................187 Hallelujah! ..........................................................30 John Milton ......................................................147
Eugene Onegin ..................................................33 Hand of Justice, The ............................................88 Jokes for All the Family......................................186
Eugénie Grandet ..............................................139 Hannah Fox ........................................................98 Kabul 1841–42 ................................................213
Evelyn Waugh ..................................................147 Happy Birthday..................................................168 Katy Carter Wants a Hero..................................121
Everton FC On This Day ......................................46 Happy Birthday Grandad ..................................168 Keep Calm for Brides ........................................169
Express Makeup ..................................................12 Happy Birthday Grandma ..................................168 Keep Calm for Dads ..........................................169
Extreme Frontiers ..............................................233 Harem ..............................................................104 Keep Calm Sure It’ll Be Grand ..........................169
Extreme Rambling ............................................233 Harmattan ........................................................120 Killer in Winter, A ................................................88
Fallout ..............................................................103 Harry Styles/Niall Horan ......................................28 Killer of Pilgrims, The ..........................................88
Famous Bridge Disasters ....................................156 Hastings 1066 ..................................................213 King of Thieves, The ............................................87
Far Above Rubies ................................................98 Health Revolution for Men ..................................51 King’s Gold..........................................................87
Feel Good Factor, The..........................................50 Heaven Sent........................................................55 Knights Templar ..................................................87
Fell the Angels ....................................................94 Heavy Weather..................................................150 Kursk 1943 ......................................................212
Female Few, The................................................206 Helen and Desire ..............................................131 Kusanagi ..........................................................109
Fencing ..............................................................39 Hesperus Classics ......................................145, 147 La Bohème ..........................................................33
Fields of Bright Clover ........................................98 Hesperus Press ..........................................144–146 La Traviata ..........................................................33
Fighting Blind ....................................................197 High Season ........................................................24 Lair......................................................................79
Fighting Chess with Hikaru Nakamura ..............155 History of the World, A ....................................194 Landscape Photography ......................................19
Fighting Chess with Magnus Carlsen ................155 Hitler’s Flemish Lions..........................................209 Last Expedition, The ..........................................138
First Catch Your Husband ..................................173 Hockey................................................................39 Lateral Thinking Posers ......................................158
242
Title Index
Lateral Thinking Puzzles ....................................158 Mercenary ........................................................111 Overture Opera Guides........................................33

Le Nozze di Figaro/The Marriage of Figaro ..........33 Merrily Watkins Mysteries..................................103 Oxford United Miscellany ....................................47
Leeds United Miscellany ......................................47 Mess We’re In, The..............................................70 Oz ............................................................140, 141
Leicester City Miscellany ......................................47 Middle Kingdom, The..........................................81 Parsifal ................................................................33
Leper’s Return, The..............................................87 Middlesex CCC Miscellany ..................................47 Passion for Killing, A..........................................104
Let’s Not Age, Let’s Just Marinate ......................176 Midsummer Night's Dream, A ............................33 Pelican at Blandings, A ......................................150
Life Is a Gift ........................................................51 Miscellany ..........................................................47 People Speak, The ............................................199
Life of Our Lord, The ........................................136 Moby Dick ........................................................133 People’s Bible, The ..............................................63
Lightkeeper’s Wife, The ....................................115 Modern Art Doodle Book, The ............................17 Pep Guardiola ....................................................44
Literary Miscellany ............................................154 Modern Voices ..................................................144 Perils of Certain English Prisoners, The ..............145
Little Bit of Churchill Wit, A ..............................181 Mollie on the Shore ............................................99 Philosopher’s Beach Book, The ............................73
Little Bit of Golfing Wit, A ................................181 Moon..................................................................79 Piccadilly Jim ....................................................150
Little Bit of Old Git Wit, A ................................181 Mothers & Daughters ........................................170 Piccadilly Plot, The ..............................................89
Little Bit of Shakespeare Wit, A ........................181 Motherwell FC Miscellany....................................47 Pillow Book of the Flower Samurai, The ............113
Little Bit of Wit, A..............................................181 Motorcycle Graphics..............................................8 Pinstripe Planet 3 ..................................................7
Little Black Book of Chat-up Lines and Mountain Biking..................................................39 Pirate, The ........................................................111
Flirting, The ....................................................176 Mud, Sweat & Gears ........................................232 Pitch Black ........................................................102
Little Book Of ......................................................68 Muffin Magic ....................................................224 Pity for the Guy ................................................ 202
Little Book of Boxing, The....................................68 Murder by the Book ............................................88 Plague on Both Your Houses, A ..........................88
Little Book of Death, The ....................................68 Murder on London Bridge, A ..............................89 Plymouth Argyle Miscellany ................................47
Little Book of Essential Foreign Chat-up My Best Games ................................................155 Pocket Essential Series ........................................27
Lines, The........................................................187 My Brilliant Career ............................................149 Poems ..............................................................137
Little Book of Genius, The ..................................68 My Cool ..............................................................35 Poems for Love and Life ................................56, 57
Little Clapping Hands ........................................114 My Cool Bike ......................................................35 Poems for Love and Life for Aquarius ..................57
Lizard in My Luggage, A....................................231 My Cool Campervan ..........................................35 Poems for Love and Life for Aries ........................56
Locked Ward, The ..............................................48 My Cool Caravan ................................................35 Poems for Love and Life for Cancer ....................56
London Style Guide ..........................................234 My Cool Classic Car ............................................35 Poems for Love and Life for Capricorn ................57
Long Way Down ..............................................233 My Cool Shed ....................................................35 Poems for Love and Life for Gemini ....................56
Loos 1915 ........................................................213 My Horse Told Me ............................................162 Poems for Love and Life for Leo ..........................56
Lord Emsworth Acts for the Best ......................150 My Kitchen Table ..............................................228 Poems for Love and Life for Libra ........................57
Losing You ........................................................117 My Riding Days Return ......................................163 Poems for Love and Life for Pisces ......................57
Lost ..................................................................1, 2 Mystery in the Minster ........................................88 Poems for Love and Life for Sagittarius ................57
Lost Baltimore ......................................................1 Napoleonic War ............................................90, 91 Poems for Love and Life for Scorpio ....................57
Lost Chicago ........................................................2 Naughty Number Plates ....................................177 Poems for Love and Life for Taurus ......................56
Lost Innocence ..................................................117 Nest ..................................................................161 Poems for Love and Life for Virgo........................56
Lost New York ......................................................2 Netherwood........................................................96 Poisonous Seed, The............................................92
Lost Philadelphia ..................................................2 New Blood Tattoo..................................................6 Portsmouth FC Miscellany ..................................47
Lost San Francisco ................................................2 New Instant Guide to Bridge ............................156 Position of Peggy Harper, The ............................145
Lost Washington, D.C. ..........................................2 New Model Army ................................................84 Pound of Flesh, A ..............................................102
Louise Candlish ........................................118, 119 Nietzsche ..........................................................146 Primavera Blackstone Mystery Series..................105
Love ..................................................................189 Night Flower, The ..............................................127 Professor Andersen’s Night ................................124
Love Poems ......................................................137 No Child of Mine ..............................................117 Progress in Chess ..............................................155
Love’s Last Gift ..................................................172 No Excuses Guide to Uncovering Your Prophecy of Death, The ......................................87
Low Life ............................................................110 Purpose, The ....................................................74 Prophet, The ......................................................55
Low-GL Diet Made Easy, The ..............................50 No Excuses Guide to Soul Mates, The ..................74 Protection ........................................................103
Luther & His World..............................................59 No Law in the Land ............................................ 87 Protector, The....................................................111
Mad Monk of Gidleigh, The ................................87 No Turning Back................................................117 Psychic Sectrets ..................................................74
Mad Toy, The ....................................................144 Noble Killing, A ................................................104 Pure Bliss ............................................................51
Maiwand 1880..................................................212 Noel Gallagher ....................................................29 Puzzles and Words ............................................158
Make Do and Mend ..........................................166 Norwich City Miscellany ......................................47 Puzzles, Brainteasers & Mathematical
Make Do and Mend: Keeping Family and Nottingham Forest Miscellany..............................47 Diversions........................................................158
Home Afloat on War Rations ..........................220 Nova War ............................................................82 Queen Unseen ....................................................29
Makeup ..............................................................12 Oath, The............................................................87 Questions to Which the Answer Is “No!” ..........174
Making Contemporary Sculpture ........................18 Official Illustrated History of Manchester Quick Looks ........................................................12
Making Needlework Accessories Embroidered United 1878–2012, The ....................................45 Quotable Dickens ..............................................189
with Beads ........................................................21 Old Sins ............................................................116 Race for Hitler’s X-Planes, The............................209
Making Shapes....................................................15 Older, Wiser . . . Sexier (Men) ............................176 Race to Dakar....................................................233
Malice of Unnatural Death, The ..........................87 Older, Wiser . . . Sexier (Women) ......................176 Rangers On This Day ..........................................46
Man Fail ............................................................183 Oldham Athletic Miscellany ................................47 Really Wild Tea Cosies ........................................22
Manchester United Greatest Ever Matches ..........45 Olly Murs ............................................................28 Reaper ..............................................................110
Manchester United On This Day ..........................46 Omdurman 1898 ..............................................213 Rebecca Code, The............................................207
Manual of Darkness, The ..................................121 On ....................................................................148 Redstone Book of the Eye, The ............................16
Marathon and Half-Marathon Running................39 On Europe ........................................................148 Resistance, The..................................................205
Marathon Training ..............................................38 On Poverty ........................................................148 Ride! ..................................................................36
Marcel Proust ....................................................152 On This Day ........................................................46 Right Ho, Jeeves ................................................150
Marching to the Drums ....................................200 One-Stop Bible Atlas, The....................................60 Right to the Edge ..............................................233
Marilyn’s Last Sessions ......................................113 Open Files ........................................................155 Ring for Jeeves ..................................................150
Mark of a Murderer, The ....................................88 Operative, The ..................................................111 Riverman, The ..................................................102
Marvellous Land of Oz, The ..............................140 Optimum Nutrition Cookbook, The ....................50 Road to En-dor, The ..........................................205
Mary Rose Story, The ........................................218 Optimum Nutrition Made Easy ............................50 Robin Hood: The Unknown Templar ................ 202
Master Bridge Series..........................................156 Oranges and Lemons ........................................191 Roger Daltrey ......................................................30
Masterly Murder, A..............................................88 Order for Death, An ............................................88 Rorke’s Drift 1879 ............................................213
Matthew Bartholomew Chronicles ......................88 Other People’s Secrets ......................................118 Rose, The ..........................................................165
Men’s File ............................................................11 Outlaws of Ennor, The ........................................87 Runes Pack, The ..................................................53
243
Title Index
Sacred Secrets ....................................................68 Straight from the Fridge, Dad ............................190 Vintage Classics ........................................138, 139
Sakhalin Island ..................................................133 Strange Allure ..................................................117 Virago Modern Classics ....................................149
Samurai War Stories ..........................................201 Suddenly ..........................................................120 Vive le Tour! ........................................................37
Save Water, Drink Wine ....................................169 Sugar Daddy Diaries ............................................76 VW Beetle Story, The ........................................218
Say No to Cancer ................................................50 Summer Lightning ............................................150 Walker’s Friend, The ..........................................182
Say No to Heart Disease ......................................50 Summer of Discontent, A ....................................88 Walking in Ireland ............................................236
Scottish Football..................................................48 Summersdale ....................................................169 Waterloo 1815 ..................................................213
Scottish Wit ......................................................180 Sunderland FC Miscellany....................................47 Wearing Combovers..........................................184
Screenplays ........................................................26 Sunflowers and Snipers ....................................211 Weaver’s Daughter, The ....................................100
Second Husband, The........................................118 Supernatural Short Stories ................................136 Web TV Series ....................................................26
Secret Lives of Emma, The ................................132 Survivor, The ......................................................79 Wedding Photography ........................................19
Secrets of Bronze Casting, The ............................18 Sweet Magic ....................................................224 Well-Dressed Gentleman’s Pocket Guide, A ........13
Secrets of Creative Thinking ..............................155 Swiftly ................................................................84 Well-Dressed Lady’s Pocket Guide, A ..................13
Secrets of Endgame Technique ..........................155 Sword of Damascus, The ....................................85 Westminster Poisoner, The ..................................89
Secrets of Pain, The ..........................................103 Take Budapest ..................................................210 What Happens Next? ..........................................74
Secrets of Positional Play ..................................155 Tales from the Tail End ......................................160 What Would Dickens Do? ................................189
Send Me Safely Back Again ................................91 Tamil Tigress......................................................197 When Cats Turn Bad ........................................161
Sepulchre ............................................................79 Tarnished Chalice, The ........................................88 When Dogs Turn Bad ........................................161
Serpent Uncoiled, A ..........................................108 Templar, the Queen and Her Lover, The ..............87 When Hoopoes Go To Heaven ..........................116
Service with a Smile ..........................................150 Templar’s Penance, The........................................87 When I Die ........................................................171
Seven Ways to Kill a Cat ....................................124 Tenderloin, The..................................................122 When Meerkats Turn Bad ..................................161
Sex Drive ............................................................75 Terror of Constantinople, The ..............................85 When to Bid, When to Pass ..............................156
Shadowland ........................................................78 Tess of the D’Urbervilles ....................................139 White Shadow, The ..........................................123
She ..........................................................142, 143 Tet Offensive 1968 ............................................213 Whole Cow, The ..............................................223
She and Allan....................................................143 Then and Now: People and Places ....................4, 5 Whole Hog, The ................................................223
Sherlock Holmes..................................................27 Things a Woman Should Know About Beauty ....13 Why Always Me? ................................................44
Sherlock Holmes..................................................95 Things a Woman Should Know About Style ........13 Wicked Beauty ..................................................117
Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat Things That Nobody Knows, The ........................66 Wicked Deed, A ..................................................88
of Sumatra ........................................................96 This Is Life ........................................................114 Wild Food ........................................................222
Sherlock Holmes: 24 Classic Short Stories ............95 Thomas Chaloner Mysteries ................................89 Wild Love............................................................51
Sherlock Holmes: The Complete and Three Musketeers, The ......................................138 Wilhelm Meister ................................................135
Unabridged Novels ............................................95 Three Sisters Indian Cookbook, The ..................229 Will.i.am ............................................................28
Shit London.......................................................... 3 Three Sisters Quick and Easy Indian Wing Chun Kung Fu ..........................................41
Shit London 2........................................................3 Cookbook, The ..............................................229 Wing Chun Kung Fu: The Wooden Dummy ........41
Shit New York ......................................................3 Timeless Makeup ................................................12 Wisdom of Women, The ..................................171
Shoal Sequence, The ..........................................82 Times Atlases, The ............................................235 Wisdom’s Daughter ..........................................143
Shooting Angels................................................115 Times Reference Atlas of the World, The ..........235 Wish, The............................................................52
Show Me the Money ..........................................70 To Be a Fine Lady ..............................................100 Wit ..................................................................180
Shrine ................................................................79 To Kill or Cure ....................................................88 Wittypedia ........................................................192
Siege, The ..........................................................86 Tobruk 1941......................................................213 Woman Master ................................................129
Silent Truths ......................................................117 Tolkien and the Peril of War ..............................153 Women in Love ................................................139
Silken Bonds......................................................131 Tolls of Death, The ..............................................87 Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The............................140
Simply the Bible ..................................................60 Tomb of Alexander, The ....................................107 World of the Brontës, The ................................153
Simply Wing Chun Kung Fu ................................41 Top Gear Portfolio ............................................214 Worth ..............................................................125
Since I Don’t Have You ......................................119 Top Gear: Ambitious but Rubbish ......................215 Yellow Blue Tibia ................................................84
Singapore 1942 ................................................213 Top Gear: The Cool 500 ....................................214 Yellow Wallpaper, The ......................................149
Skimming Stones ................................................52 Top Gear: Where’s Stig? The World Tour ............215 You Are . . . ........................................................53
Slaying the Dragons ............................................64 Tour de France ....................................................37 You Are Abundant CD ........................................53
Sleep Like the Dead ..........................................102 Tournament of Blood, The ..................................87 You’re Not Old, You’re Just Not That Young ......179
Slow Cooker Magic ..........................................224 Traditional Bedfordshire Lace ..............................20 Ypres 1914–15 ..................................................213
Smart Food for Smart Kids ..................................50 Traitor ..............................................................111 Zane Grey ........................................................151
Something & Loving It!......................................188 Traitor of St. Giles, The ........................................87 Zombies, Bananas and Why There Are
Something Fresh ..............................................150 Traveller’s Friend, The ........................................182 No Economists in Heaven ..................................71
Son of Heaven ....................................................81 Travellers’ Inn ....................................................100
Spear, The ..........................................................79 Travels in the South of France ............................134
Spectator’s Guide to Jesus, A ..............................61 Treasures of the Great Silk Road ........................200
Spectator’s Guide to the Bible, A ........................61 Triathlon..............................................................39
Spectator’s Guide to World Religions, A ..............61 True Soldier Gentlemen ......................................90
Spies in the Sky ................................................208 Tudor Survivor ..................................................201
Squash ................................................................39 Twitter History of the World, The ......................192
Squire Throwleigh’s Heir ......................................87 Typhoon Story, The ............................................218
St Andrews Links ................................................42 Umbrella Unfurled, The ....................................195
Stallions: Care and Management ......................163 Uncle Fred in the Springtime ............................150
Stealing Light ......................................................82 Undersea Prison ................................................111
Stepping into the Magic ......................................51 Unexpected Item in the Bagging Area ..............184
Steven Gerrard: My Liverpool Story......................43 Unholy Alliance, An ............................................88
Sticklepath Strangler, The ....................................87 Unhooked ..........................................................76
Stiff Upper Lip Jeeves ........................................150 Unsinkable ........................................................107
Stig, The: The Untold Story..................................24 Ursula Grandison Mysteries, The..........................92
Still Single Papers, The ......................................173 Vanished Years ....................................................23
Stolen ..............................................................117 Vein of Deceit, A ................................................88
Story of English, The..........................................193 Venus in the Cloisters ........................................147
Story of the Holy Land, The ................................62 Verdun 1916 ....................................................212
Story Series ......................................................218 Very Good, Jeeves: Vol 2 ..................................150
244
Contributor Index
Contributor Index Chapman, Pat ..................................................228

Charlton, Sir Bobby ............................................45
Falconer, Duncan ..............................................111
Farrell, Jeff ..........................................................77
Chee, Steven ......................................................12 Ferguson, Norman ............................................194
Abbott, Chris ....................................................198
Chekhov, Anton ................................................133 Fiennes, Ranulph ..............................................138
Abbott, Elisabeth ..............................................134
Christopher, John ......................................209, 218 Fife, Graeme ......................................................37
Acland, Simon ....................................................69
Clark, Dr. Charles ................................................51 Firth, Colin ........................................................199
Adders, Rose ....................................................178
Clark, Maureen ..................................................51 Fisher, Sarah ......................................................162
Ahluwalia, Pavan ................................................10
Clarke, Roger ....................................................137 Fitzgerald, Ken ......................................................5
Aitken, Mark ....................................................108
Clements, Nick ....................................................11 Flint, Shamini ....................................................106
Alexander, Greg ....................................................1
Cobb, Matthew ................................................205 Ford, Ford Madox ..............................................135
Allen, Steve ......................................................185
Collins UK ................................................234–240 Foster, Jason K. ................................................197
Andrews, Carol ..................................................21
Collins, Wilkie ..................................................145 Franklin, Miles ..................................................149
Aplin, Hugh ......................................................135
Conn, Annette ..................................................160 Fraser-Sampson, Guy ..........................................70
Appleby, Marion........................................175, 183
Conradi, Peter ..................................................203 Frazer, Richard ......................................................6
Arlt, Roberto ....................................................144
Cook, Nikalas ......................................................38 Freedman, Seth ................................................128
Arnove, Anthony ..............................................199
Cookson, Gillian................................................196 Freemantle, Michael ..........................................205
Astle, David ......................................................158
Cowen, Rob ........................................................52 Fremont-Barnes, Gregory ..................................213
Atkins, Simon......................................................49
Craig, Diana ......................................................221 Friebe, Daniel ......................................................36
Baker, Candida ..................................................171
Craske, Sarah ......................................................18 Gammage, Bill ..................................................219
Balague, Guillem ................................................44
Crighton, Neil......................................................19 Garden and Landscape Photographic Art Ltd ....164
Barabanov, Alexander..........................................34
Critchley, Leo ......................................................52 Gee, Clare ..........................................................76
Barber, Jacq ......................................................165
Croker, Charlie ..................................................174 Gerrard, Mike......................................................67
Barber, Michael ................................................147
Crompton, Dan ................................................193 Gerrard, Steven ..................................................43
Barker, Rex ........................................................161
Croydon, Helen ..................................................76 Gibbs, Graham....................................................72
Barnard, Chris ..................................................130
Cummings, Greg ..............................................129 Gibbs, Kate ......................................................227
Barrell, Alan ........................................................70
Cummins, Anthony ..........................................201 Gibran, Kahlil ......................................................55
Bartram, Steve ....................................................45
Dalby, Alison ......................................................14 Gibson, Gary ................................................82, 83
Batty, Craig ........................................................26
Dalton, Patrick ......................................................3 Gilbert, Paul D.....................................................96
Baum, L. Frank ..................................................140
Danziger, Danny ................................................195 Gill, David ..........................................................70
Beard, Brian ........................................................46
Davis, John Paul ................................................202 Gilman, Charlotte Perkins..................................149
Beaton, Cecil ....................................................206
Dawkins, Richard ................................................66 Goldsworthy, Adrian ..........................................90
Beattie, Ben ........................................................38
Dawson, Ian ........................................................18 Gould, Philip ....................................................171
Beattie, Geoffrey ................................................38
de Amicis, Edmondo ........................................134 Grahame, Jon....................................................110
Becker, Sally ......................................................211
de Balzac, Honoré ............................................139 Graves, Allan ........................................................6
Bedwell, Steve ..................................................177
de Diego, Martin ..................................................9 Graville, Saska ..................................................234
BelindaGrace ................................................53, 55
de Hériz, Enrique ..............................................121 Gray, Alex ........................................................102
Bennett, Ellie ....................................................232
de Sade, Marquis ..............................................133 Gregory, Susanna ..........................................88, 89
Benson, Richard ................................................175
de Silva,Trevor .................................................. 185 Grey, Zane ........................................................151
Bird, David ........................................................156
de Soyza, Niromi ..............................................197 Griffin, Zoe..........................................................71
Birk, Steffi ........................................................163
Debrett’s ............................................................14 Habeshaw, Sue....................................................72
Bizet, Georges ....................................................33
Décharné, Max..................................................190 Habeshaw, Trevor ................................................72
Blackham, Robert S. ..................................153, 154
Dedopulos, Tim ................................................157 Haddon, Chris ....................................................35
Blake, Richard ....................................................85
Demarco, Stacey ................................................74 Hagen, Louis ....................................................207
Blessed, Brian ....................................................160
Devereux, Zara ..................................................131 Haggard, H. Rider..............................................142
Bolt, Rodney......................................................202
Diaz, Francesca....................................................15 Hamann, Dietmar................................................43
Bolze, Daniela ..................................................162
Diaz, James ........................................................15 Harris, Anna ........................................................58
Boorman, Charley ............................................233
Dickens, Charles........................136, 137, 145, 148 Harris, Carol ......................................................211
Booth, Stephen ................................................101
Dickinson, Bruce..................................................31 Harris, Jake........................................................176
Boyd, Douglas ..................................................209
Dickson, John......................................................61 Hartston, William ................................................66
Bradford, Richard ..............................................147
Dixon, Louise ....................................................221 Hay, Tom ..........................................................180
Bradley, David ....................................................65
Dolby, Karen......................................................191 Haynes, Anthony ................................................72
Brecher, PhD, Erwin ....................................67, 158
Donegan, Matthew ..........................................157 Haynes, Karen ....................................................72
Bridge, Sarah ....................................................173
Donovan, Angela ................................................52 Healy, Mark ......................................................212
Bronowski, Jacob ................................................66
Donovan, Mike .................................................. 46 Hearn, Jim ..........................................................24
Brown, Andrew ................................................133
Dormehl, Luke ....................................................69 Hemingway, Seán..............................................107
Brown, Nick ........................................................86
Dostoevsky, Fyodor............................................135 Henley, Darren ....................................................32
Brownlee, Nick ....................................................37
Downing, Taylor ................................................208 Hennessy, Peter ................................................208
Bruschi, Bruce ..................................................128
Doyle, Sir Athur Conan........................................95 Herbert, James ....................................................79
Bryant, John ........................................................64
du Marche, Simon ..............................................24 Hewlett, Terry......................................................19
Buchan, John ....................................................138
du Prat, L’Abbé ................................................147 Heyns, Michiel ..................................................130
Bulgakov, Mikhail ..............................................144
Dumas, Alexandre ............................................138 Hildred, Stafford..................................................30
Burgess, Emma..................................................187
Duriez, Colin ....................................................151 Hill, Toby ..........................................................186
Burke, Janine ....................................................161
Eames, Andrea ..................................................123 Hilton, Harry......................................................186
Burnard, Bonnie ................................................120
Edwards, Gill ......................................................51 Hince, Peter ........................................................29
Burns, Scott ........................................................48
Elliott, Adam ........................................................6 Hobson, Will ....................................................113
Bush, Karen ......................................................162
Ellwood-Clayton, Dr. Bella ..................................75 Holford, Patrick ..................................................50
Butler, John ......................................................122
Enzo..................................................................178 Holt, Ben ..........................................................159
Byatt, A. S. ........................................................144
Evans, Edwards ................................................146 Homer, Karen ......................................................13
Campbell, Mark ..................................................27
Evans, Katie ......................................................189 Hope, Christopher ............................................115
Canter, Jon........................................................125
Everett, Rupert ....................................................23 Horsburgh, Shane ............................................197
Carlson, Isobel ..................................................166
Evers, Liz ..........................................................183 Horspool, David ................................................199
Chambers, Clem ..............................................109
Ewbank, Tim ......................................................30 Howden, Martin..................................................25
Chambers, Joy ....................................................94
Faber, Lee..........................................................170 Hughes, Steffan Meyric ....................................231
Chapman, Allan ..................................................64
Faith, Juliet........................................................200 Humperdinck, Engelbert......................................31
Chapman, Giles ................................................218
245
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Hunt, Rod ........................................................215 Milne, Emma ....................................................160 Schneider, Stephan............................................163
Hutton, Rosalinda V.............................................77 Minami, Yoshie ................................................201 Scott, R. F. ........................................................138
Hyams, Jacky ....................................................206 Moffat, G. J.......................................................103 Semple, Edward ..................................................41
Inman, Gary ..........................................................8 Montgomery, L. M. ..........................................144 Shaw, Bernard ..................................................134
Irvine, Jessica ......................................................71 Moore, Constance ............................................189 Shirazi, Kate ......................................................224
Isaacs, Jeremy....................................................208 Morgan, Deborah..............................................127 Shrigley, David ....................................................16
Jackson, Laura ....................................................23 Morris, Max ................................................58, 189 Shriver, Lionel ....................................................191
Jackson, Sophie ................................................204 Morris, Rae..........................................................12 Simmons, Mark ................................................207
Jacobson, Howard ............................................139 Müller, Karsten ..................................................155 Skiba, Bob ............................................................2
Jade-Sky..............................................................74 Nadel, Barbara ..................................................104 Slawik, Christiane..............................................162
Jaffrey, Madhur ................................................228 Naturel, Mireille ................................................152 Smith, Paul..........................................................46
Jahn, Ryan David ..............................................110 Néspolo,Matías ................................................ 124 Smith, Phoebe ..................................................182
James, Dan........................................................107 Nevenkin, Kamen ..............................................210 Snowball, Kathy ................................................226
Jardine, Quintin ................................................105 Neville, Mike ......................................................68 Snowman, Daniel ................................................32
Jarrett, Tom ........................................................42 Newkey-Burden, Chas ......................................192 Solstad, Dag......................................................124
Jarvis, Martin ....................................................150 Nicholas, Anna ..................................................231 Somerville, Christopher ....................................236
Jecks, Michael ....................................................87 Nicklaus, Jack ......................................................42 Spinelli, Martin ..................................................172
Jeffrey, Elizabeth..................................................97 Nikitin, Alexei ....................................................112 Spurrier, Simon..................................................108
Jones, E. H. ......................................................205 Norman, Jill ......................................................220 Square Peg..........................................................16
Kaul, Alexa........................................................229 Norris, John ......................................................200 Stars, Mehrnaz ..................................................129
Kaul, Priya ........................................................229 O’Donnell, Dennis ..............................................48 Stendhal............................................................134
Kaul, Sereena ....................................................229 O’Farrell, Maggie ..............................................149 Stevens, Ray ........................................................41
Kavalek, Lubosh ................................................155 Oliver, Sarah ........................................................28 Stolze, Raymund ..............................................155
Keany, Paul ........................................................77 Olla, Roberto ....................................................203 Stone, Will ........................................................146
Kench, Joshua ....................................................36 Ortega, Adolfo García ......................................126 Storey, Neil R. ......................................................68
Keneally, Thomas ..............................................219 Orwell, George..................................................145 Stovell, Sarah ....................................................127
Kerr, John............................................................94 Page, Nick ..........................................................60 Stratmann, Linda ................................................92
King, Scott Alexander..........................................54 Parini, Jay ..........................................................133 Strawson, Hannah ..............................................72
Knobloch, Edgar................................................200 Parker, Derek ......................................................56 Strickland, Keith ................................................217
Laurence, Janet ..................................................92 Parker, Julia ........................................................56 Summersdale ............................................166–168
Lawrence, D. H. ................................................139 Parkin, Gaile......................................................116 Svensson, Horik ..................................................53
Lazar, Barbara ..................................................113 Parkin, Stephen ................................................203 Sweet, Matthew................................................147
Le Vay, David ....................................................232 Pender, Paul ........................................................78 Taylor, Alison ....................................................173
Leaf, Robert ........................................................73 Perry, Neil ..........................................................225 Tennant, Emma ................................................112
Leedham, Howard ............................................204 Phelps, W. Chris ....................................................4 Thomas, Mark ..................................................233
Lennon, PF ........................................................109 Piercy, Joseph ....................................................193 Thompson, Douglas ............................................78
Lepage, Denis....................................................210 Pilkington, Karl....................................................25 Thompson, Mel ..................................................73
Lewis, Justin ........................................................28 Pitkin Guides ....................................................153 Todd, Gary ..........................................................40
Lewis, Sara ........................................................222 Poe, Edgar Allan..................................................80 Tomkins, Stephen ................................................59
Lewis, Susan......................................................117 Poor Clares, The, Galway ....................................65 Tomlin, Graham ..................................................59
Lihoreau, Tim ......................................................32 Porter, Richard ..................................................215 Top Gear Magazine ..........................................214
Likely, Preston....................................................179 Potter, David ......................................................46 Toynbee, Polly ..................................................134
Little, Harvey ....................................................179 Potter, Jennifer ..................................................165 Tremain, Rose....................................................139
Little, Paul ........................................................198 Prior, Loani ..........................................................22 Trigg, Jonathan ................................................209
Lock, Joan ..........................................................93 Protz, Roger ......................................................230 Trocchi, Alexander ............................................131
Lodge, Robert ..................................................159 Purcell, Janella ..................................................227 Tutu, Archbishop Desmond ..............................196
Lord, Rosemary ....................................................5 Purser, Jan ........................................................226 Twain, Mark ......................................................148
Lunsford, Brandon ................................................4 Pushkin, Alexander............................................137 Underwood, Barbara M.......................................20
Luzmore, Cathy ................................................154 Ramsay, Bébhinn ..............................................172 Verdi, Giuseppe ..................................................33
MacCulloch, Diarmain ........................................63 Randall, Lucian ....................................................29 Viggers, Karen ..................................................115
MacHale, Des ....................................................192 Ratcliffe, Graham ................................................42 Vincenzi, Penny ................................................116
MacKenzie, Kelvin ............................................192 Rawcliffe, Sifu Shaun ..........................................41 von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang..........................135
Malone, Debbie ..................................................54 Rawson, Andrew ..............................................213 Waidson, H. M. ................................................135
Manchester United Football Club ........................45 Rayner, Claire ......................................................75 Walker, Carl ......................................................184
Manfredi, Valerio Massimo ..................................86 Reeve, Brian ......................................................133 Walker, Natasha ................................................132
Mante-Proust, Patricia ......................................152 Rentoul, John ....................................................174 Walker, Peter ......................................................62
Marr, Andrew....................................................194 Rhodes, Dan......................................................114 Warburton, John ................................................30
Marshall, Adam ..................................................45 Rickman, Phil ....................................................103 Wendt, Marlitt ..................................................163
Martin, Chris ....................................................184 Rigby, Martin ......................................................70 Weston, Gavin ..................................................120
Martinez, Herb ......................................................7 Rimington, Stella ..............................................138 White, Danny ......................................................28
Mason, Peter ......................................................42 Roach, Martin ..................................................216 Wiegand, Chris ..................................................27
Mason, Rob ........................................................47 Roberts, Adam ....................................................84 Wild at Heart ....................................................222
Master, Matt ....................................................214 Roberts, Elizabeth Madox ..................................146 Williams, Bev ....................................................176
Mats ................................................................178 Roberts, Neil........................................................46 Williams, Dan......................................................26
Mauger,Ed .......................................................... 2 Rodgers, Nigel ..................................................195 Williams, Jane ....................................................63
McGuigan, Barry ................................................40 Roet, Dr. Brian ....................................................75 Williams, Paul Kelsey ............................................1
McKnight, James ................................................39 Rogers, Benedict ..............................................196 Wilson, Derek......................................................63
McLelland, Tim..................................................218 Rothenstein, Julian ..............................................16 Wingrove, David..................................................81
McMurtrie, John..................................................31 Ryder, Shaun ......................................................30 Wodehouse, P. G...............................................150
McNab, Chris ....................................................212 Saberton, Ruth ..................................................121 Wolmar, Christian..............................................217
Medvei, Cornelius ............................................122 Samatary, Jorge ....................................................6 Woodrow, Floyd ..................................................69
Melville, Herman ..............................................133 Sanderson, Jane ..................................................96 Worrall, Frank ....................................................44
Merrick, Leonard .............................................. 145 Sauers, Joan ......................................................170 Wright, Katie ......................................................31
Michael O’Mara Books ........................................17 Scard, Margaret ................................................201 Yorke, Edmund ................................................212
Miller, William H. ..............................................216 Schneider, Michel ..............................................113 Zweig, Stefan ....................................................146
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Publisher ISBN Prefixes

& Publisher Index
Allen & Unwin (174175, 174237, 174331 The History Press (07524) ..................68, 153, 174, Pitch Publishing (1908051) ............................46–48
1877505) ........................12, 36, 71, 72, 75, 115, 194, 196, 200, 201, 204, 210, 211, 216–218
158, 161, 197, 198, 219, 226, 227 The Mystery Press (07524)..........................92, 93 Random House Australia
Arena (174237)........................................24, 108 Pitkin Publishing (184165) ..............................153 Bantam Australia (174275) ....................132, 170
Inspired Living (174175, 174237, Spellmount (07524) ..............200, 201, 205–207, Ebury Australia (174275) ............................56, 57
174331) ..................................................52, 171 209, 210, 212, 213
Random House UK
Alma Books (184688)................................130, 203 Hodder & Stoughton (0340, 14447) ......85, 86, 109 Arrow (009) ..................................107, 116, 117
Alma Classics (184688, 184749) ............133–137 Coronet (14447) ..............................................52 BBC Books (184990) ..................24, 66, 214, 215
Overture Publishing (184749) ..........................33 Hodder Education (14441) ..............................73 Ebury Press (009)..................6, 36, 228, 233, 236
Jonathan Cape (0224) ..............................34, 206
Anova John Blake (178219, 185782) ................23, 25, 28, Preface Publishing (184809) ..........................216
National Trust (1907892) ..........................14, 165 29, 40, 44, 71, 192 Rider (184604) ......................................196, 198
Pavilion (186205, 1909108) ..................1, 2, 4, 5, Metro Books (178219) ..................................228 Square Peg (0224)............................................16
35, 222–224 Vintage Classics (009) ............................138, 139
Portico (1905798, 1907554) ........................3, 37 Korero Books (1907621) ................................7, 11 Vintage UK (009) ..............48 120, 122–126, 149
Virgin Books (07535)......................30, 31, 40, 69
Atlantic Books (085789, 184354, Lion UK (07459) ..............................49, 59–64, 151 William Heinemann UK (0434) ........................55
184887) ..............................32, 66, 73, 115, 165
Corvus (085789, 184887) ................81, 103, 116 Little, Brown (0349) ............................................23 Robert Hale (07090) ........................38, 94, 96, 184
Abacus (0349)........................................171, 208
Bene Factum Publishing (1903071)............195, 204 Piatkus Books (07499) ........................30, 50, 51, Rockpool Publishing (1921295,
75, 97–100, 106 1921878) ....................................53–55, 74, 177
Cadmos Books (085788) ..........................162, 163 Sphere (07515, 184744) ............88, 89, 96, 101,
102, 111, 118, 119, 131, 195, 233 Simon & Schuster UK (14711) ......45, 87, 205, 229
CAMRA Books (185249) ..................................230 Virago UK (086068, 184408) ................120, 149 S&S Illustrated (14711) ....................................14
Canongate UK (085786, 184767) ..............25, 113, Mainstream Publishing (178057, Summersdale (184953) ..............58, 159–161, 166,
114, 131, 150 184596) ........................38, 42, 76–78, 172, 173 168, 169, 175, 176,
179–182, 185–189, 231, 232
Carlton Publishing Group (178097, Michael O’Mara (178243, 184317) ............17, 170,
184732) ............................53, 67, 157–160, 178 175, 183, 184, 191, 193, 220, 221 Tango Books (185707) ........................................15
Prion (185375) ............13, 80, 95, 151, 178, 192
Murdoch Books (174266, 174336) ............22, 164, Tindal Street Press (1906994) ............................127
Crowood Press (0903585, 184797) ..............18–21, 225, 234
39, 41, 162
Myrmidon Books (1905802) ......................110, 120
Cutting Edge Press (1908122) ..................128, 129
Oldcastle Books
Edition Olms (3283) ..................................152, 155 Creative Essentials (184243) ............................26
No Exit (184243) ....................................109, 190
Elliott & Thompson (1908739)......................32, 65, Pocket Essentials (184243) ..............................27
69, 70, 174
Orion Publishing (14091) ......................31, 44, 121
Graffito Books (190951) ..............................6, 8–10 Gollancz (0575)................................................84
Phoenix (0297, 07538, 178022) ........90, 91, 121
Hachette Books Ireland (14447) ..................65, 172 Weidenfeld & Nicolson (0297) ........................156
HarperCollins UK Pan Macmillan (0230, 0330)........................86, 110

Collins Geo (000)....................................234–240 Macmillan UK (0230)......................................194
Pan Books (0330) ............................................79
Headline Book Publishing (07553) ................43, 94, Picador (0330)................................................122
103–105, 108, 113 Tor (14472) ................................................82, 83
Hesperus Press (184391)....................140–148, 205 Peter Owen Publishers (07206)..................112, 202
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