Trafalgar Square Publishing Spring 2010 General Trade Catalog

Trafalgar Square Spring 2010 Catalog of Books

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666 Photography Of Virgin Queens and High Camp Divas Korero Books David LaChapelle meets Dita von Teese in this collection of the breathtakingly lush, absolutely unique portrait photography of an Austin-based studio. 666 Photography is an Austin, Texas based company that specializes in retro/vintage photography. Their props are handmade, their backdrops are handpainted, and if they can’t find the perfect costume, they make it! The awe-inspiring staged playful pop creations collected here feature such fantasy elements as modern women recast as High-Baroque Madonnas, amazing 1940s hair styles, dried-flower corsets, pin-up girls riding carousels, circus glamour, and ironic recreations of Weimar Germany cabaret and decadent 1920s Berlin. The visual invention is stunning. Often inspired by icons of female beauty and power ranging from mermaids to Mucha, these unique photographic visions have attracted such fans as Courtney Love. Collected here, they become a riot of astounding creativity and color. Photography • 176 pp • 9 x 12 Color Photos • B/W Photos 9780955833656 • July • $39.95 (Can $43.95) Cloth Korero Books

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Viva’s Pinups Bullet Bras and Backseat Betties Korero Books Introduction by Tyson McAdoo The East Coast’s top pin-up photographer takes readers back to the days of gun molls and garters in this stunning collection of vintage-inspired imagery. “Viva Van Story is an accomplished photographer who is being justly acclaimed as a worthy successor to Bunny Yeager. Van Story is taking the parameters of ‘cheesecake’ to new levels and the result (to say the least) is haute-cuisine. Pretty damn hot haute-cuisine, actually!” —Real Detroit Weekly “VVS’s photos are graced by the kind of drag strip dames and juice joint jezebels who populated the men’s mags of the 1950s—with a decidedly modern edge. It’s no surprise, then, that with NYC’s vibrant burlesque scene, she’s the photographer of choice for a wide range of tassel-twirling temptresses, hot-rod honeys, and tommy gun tarts.” —Eroszine New Jersey artist Viva Van Story is one of the most respected and busiest pin-up photographers in the country. Full of atmosphere and suggestion, her photographs perfectly capture a cool retroraunch 1940s vibe. Her timeless images range from smoldering seduction to coquettish playfulness, as she depicts women who are sexy, but also empowered, ironic, and complex. Her work headlined the Detroit Dirty Show, and she and her images have been featured in such publications as Bizarre Magazine, Car Kulture Deluxe, Deadbeat Magazine, DicE, Edge Detroit, Leg Show, New York Post, Ol’ Skool Rodz, Real Detroit Weekly, ROCKRGRL, Tattoo, and Varla Magazine. Tyson McAdoo is an Atlanta-based pin-up artist and on-air designer for Cartoon Network. He has inked such comic books as Big Daddy Danger, Blink, and X-Men, and his work was used on the Britney Spears Circus tour. Photography • 208 pp • 9.5 x 11 • Color Photos 9780955833663 • June • $39.95 (Can $43.95) Cloth Korero Books

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Kustom Kamera Greased Up Eye Candy Korero Books More hot rods, dragstrip girls, and burlesque starlets! Check out the electrifying photography coming out of the explosive lowbrow art scene celebrated in Kustom Graphics. “The sheer energy of the publication is staggering . . . an inspirational, visual feast.” —Total Tattoo on Kustom Graphics With more beautifully produced, adrenalin-soaked pages of visceral eye-popping images, this collection is a must have for all the greasers, hot rodders, and kustom artists who loved Kustom Graphics, as well as fans of stunning cutting-edge photography. The nine photographers profiled here include Dirk Behlau, aka Pixel Eye, whose images are collected in Speed Kings; Richard Heeps, whose photography collections include Man’s Ruin and Rolled Out; Laurent Bagnard, winner of an International Automotive Media Gold Award for The Electroline Diaries; Austin-based Gayla Partridge of the stunning The Fantastical World of 666 Photography; and Columbus, Ohio-based Chas Ray Krider, known for his book Motel Fetish. From the West Coast, there is L.A.-based Shannon Brooke, whose credits include People magazine and Traditional Rod and Kulture Magazine; David Perry of Benicia, California, whose books include Hot Rod Pin-Ups and Hot Rod Pin-Ups II; pin-up photographer Roy Varga of Placentia, California; and Pacific Northwest hot rod photographer April May. Biographies of every artist are included, as well as detailed captions for each work and an extensive contact section. Photography • 208 pp • 9.5 x 11 • Color & B/W Photos 9780955833649 • August • $39.95 (Can $43.95) Cloth Korero Books

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Vogue Covers On Fashion’s Front Page Edited by Robin Derrick and Robin Muir The century’s leading photographers—Bailey, Beaton, Newton, Testino, Weber, and many more—capture the most beautiful women—Angelica Huston, Twiggy, Kate Moss, Princess Diana, Sophia Loren, Naomi Campbell, and more—along with commissioned work from the great artists of the day, in this compendium of stunning covers from British Vogue. “This stunning coffee-table retrospective is a virtual who’s who of fashion.” —Creators News Service “Vogue Covers never misses a step . . . a beautiful and essential piece for both the fashion and the female conscious and a monument to the evolution of 20th century culture at large.” —popmatters.com Inventive, glamorous, gorgeous—since the beginning Vogue has set the standard for fashion magazines the world over and has become an icon in its own right. Vogue’s covers sum up the superlative visual ideals of the whole magazine. New in paperback, this book brings together more than 200 stunning images from nearly a century of covers, both illustrated and photographic. What sets Vogue’s covers apart is that each is so bold, so beautiful, and so emphatically different. They mark the course of history, chart changing fashions and ideas of beauty, and hold up a mirror to the cultural and social revolutions of the 20th century. Since 1916, Vogue’s covers have celebrated the most striking women of the day, captured by the century’s leading photographers, the greatest artists, and the most inventive fashion. Brilliant, captivating, and full of life, this is the face of the fashion world’s most influential magazine and the original style bible. Robin Derrick is the former art director of the Face, Italian Elle, Glamour France, and Arena magazines. He now spends his time between his role as creative director at Vogue and his photography commissions. Robin Muir is a writer, curator, and former picture editor of Vogue. They are the coeditors of People in Vogue and Unseen Vogue. Design/Fashion & Appearance • 256 pp • 6.5 x 8.5 Color and B/W Photos Throughout New in Paper: 9781408702130 • June • $24.95 Cloth: 9780316027854 • Available • $65.00 Little, Brown

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Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Portfolio 19 Rosamund Kidman Cox An outstanding compilation of nature photography, featuring the winners of the annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. More than 120 stunning images from the 2009 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition are gathered in this astounding compilation. The winning and commended photographs, each selected by an international panel of expert judges, are all included, and together these images cover a wide range of subjects and a diverse portfolio of styles. The photos include nature abstracts, depictions of animal behavior, and environmental reportage, and each image celebrates the splendor, drama, and variety of life on earth. The photographs are also accompanied by memorable captions that tell the story of how and why each shot was taken. Rosamund Kidman Cox edited BBC Wildlife Magazine for more than two decades and is the coeditor of Planet Earth: The Future. Photography/Nature • 160 pp • 10 x 10 • 120 Color Photos 9781846077609 • April • $45.00 Cloth • BBC Books

Landscape Photographer of the Year: Collection 03 Charlie Waite The most stunning images of the British Isles are collected in this look at the winners of the Landscape Photographer of the Year competition. Together with AA Publishing, Charlie Waite, one of today’s most respected landscape photographers, has created a prestigious competition for landscape photography. Britain’s heritage is celebrated by people around the world and entries are welcome from everyone, whether resident in the UK or simply visiting, as long as the image is from the British Isles. This book showcases the best pictures from amateur and professional photographers alike, from the third annual competition. Charlie Waite exhibits and sells his work worldwide; leads photographic workshop tours all over the world with his company, Light and Land; and lectures on photography. His other titles include Landscape: The Story of 50 Favourite Photographs, The Making of Landscape Photographs, and Seeing Landscapes. Photography • 224 pp • 10.5 x 10.5 • 147 Color Photos • 34 B/W Photos 9780749563349 • April • $44.95 Cloth • AA Publishing

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Scotland’s Mountains A Landscape Photographer’s View Joe Cornish Focusing on one of Scotland’s most beautiful geographical features, this stunning collection of work by an internationally acclaimed landscape photographer captures the unique character and breathtaking beauty of each mountainous range. With a careful eye and masterful appreciation of the properties of light and composition, Scotland’s national treasures are documented in a fascinating visual journey—from the soaring peaks of the Southern Highlands in the south and the fortress-like Torridonian and Assynt hills in the far north to the Cuillin of Skye in the west and the lofty Cairngorms, with their windswept plateaus and jewel-like ice formations, in the east. Accompanying the portfolio are detailed accounts of the photographer’s experiences in each region, the physical and creative challenges faced in order to capture the images, and reflections on the remarkable landscapes and features encountered. Acutely observed, visually engaging, and artistically definitive, this inspirational portfolio is essential for those drawn to the magic and majesty of Scotland’s rugged landscapes. Joe Cornish is an acclaimed contemporary landscape photographer and the author of First Light and Scotland’s Coast. He is the coauthor of Developing Vision and Style and Working the Light.

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Photography/Scottish Studies • 160 pp • 9.5 x 11 • 130 Color Photos 9781845133467 • April • $44.95 (Can $49.95) Cloth • Aurum Press

Scotland’s Coast 9781845130794 $55.00 (Can $60.95)

Creating Digital Photobooks How to Design and Self-Publish Your Own Books, Albums and Exhibition Catalogues Tim Daly No experience is needed to make a collection of prized images available in the most interactive, permanent, and portable form possible—a book. Revealing the simple techniques for creating unique, high quality prints from home with the advancement of digital printing technology, this handy DIY guide illustrates that the costs and complications of printing and displaying photographic work can been dramatically reduced. Whether promoting work, creating a record of a personal project, or designing something as personal as a photo album, this easy-to-follow instructional shows how to use a desktop computer to design, print, advertise, and distribute a sleek and stylish photobook with relative ease. Filled with step-by-step instructions and diagrams, this pragmatic and economical manual is a perfect resource for manufacturing a unique and high quality product for professional or personal use. Tim Daly is the author of Creating Exhibition-Quality Digital Prints, The Digital Colour Printing Handbook, and The Digital Printing Handbook. Photography • 128 pp • 9 x 9 • 200 Color Photos • 100 B/W Photos 9781902538556 • April • $32.00 (Can $34.95) Paper • Argentum

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The Boys from Ipanema Frank Waldecker From famed photographer Frank Waldecker comes a stunning collection of photographs that captures the essence and flavor of life on the sexy beaches of Brazil. Taken over a period of eight years, these playful and evocative photographs capture the essence of some of the most attractive men from Brazil’s hundreds of beautiful beaches. Filled with charm and sensuousness, they convey what is known as “alegria,” a joie de vivre that is distinctly Brazilian. Frank Waldecker’s photos have appeared in Cosmopolitan and Glamour magazines. He has also produced more than 20 photo calendars. Photography/Erotica • 128 pp • 8.5 x 10 • 130 B/W Photos 9783037665985 • April • $50.00 (Can $55.00) Cloth Edition Skylight

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How to Use a Sewing Machine Simplicity Step-by-step illustrations show beginners how to make and customize clothes, accessories, and soft furnishings—to repair old favorites and whip up skirts in no time! Tired of retail shopping? Looking for a way to save some cash? Thinking of taking up sewing but not sure where to start? This handy guide reveals everything sewers need to know to start making and mending at home with confidence. The book begins with all the information sewers need to choose the right machine, and covers the basics of using a sewing machine, from winding a bobbin to threading up and adjusting tension. A section on design covers the ins and outs of working with digitalized software, and the key sewing skills needed are covered next, including basic stitches, sewing seams, hemming, and inserting zips. There's an invaluable troubleshooting section as well as care tips and a jargon-buster glossary. Crafts & Hobbies • 144 pp • 8.5 x 9.5 100 Color Illustrations 9781843405542 • June • $19.95 (Can $21.95) Paper Simplicity

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The National Trust Pattern Design Postcard Book National Trust From Gothic and Victorian to Arts and Crafts and Art Deco, 25 postcards show the best of pattern design. The National Trust’s collection of wallpaper, ceramics, textiles, tiles, and furniture is almost unparalleled around the world, and the patterns they feature are some of the most important in design history. This beautiful collection of postcards features the cream of this design heritage. Ranging from colorful pietra dura from the 17th century, Chinoiserie, Victorian flock wallpaper, and Pugin designs, through the William Morris designs to Art Deco, this striking collection of heritage design postcards is a must for all lovers of beautiful design.The National Trust is a conservation organization in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. It owns many heritage properties, including historic houses and gardens, industrial monuments, and social history sites. Design • 25 pp • 6.5 x 4.5 • 25 Color Photos 9781905400881 • June • $11.95 (Can $12.95) Cloth • National Trust

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THE SMALL BOOK OF HOME IDEAS SERIES

The Colourful Home Vinny Lee Packed with suggestions, hints, and bright ideas, a guide to picking the perfect palette for any home. A creative use of color can completely transform a home and bring warmth, light, and welcome focus to even the smallest of spaces. Perfect for do-it-yourself decorators, this informative guide explains the principles of color theory and details classic color combinations for homes. A range of inspirational color schemes are also addressed in detail—among them all-white neutrals to jewel-bright shades of turquoise—and hints on ways to introduce color via wall, floors, fabrics, and furnishings are provided. Practical and chock-full of innovative ideas, this is the ultimate resource for adding life and style to any room. Vinny Lee is the author of several books on interior design, including Bathrooms, The Essential Guide to Decorating, Innovative Interiors, and Kitchens. Home Improvement • 144 pp • 7.5 x 8.5 • 200 Color Photos 9781906417192 • April • $19.95 (Can $21.95) Cloth Jacqui Small

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Bathrooms

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The Natural Home

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My Cool Caravan All You Need to Know About Retro Caravans Jane Field-Lewis and Chris Haddon A stylish celebration of the new wave of interest in campers, and the diverse ways in which owners are styling them. A weekend away in a stylish caravan provides the perfect antidote to 21st-century living, and more and more people are now breathing fresh “retro” vibes into the humble recereational vehicle. Old-style campers also tap into the nostalgia/retro market and the desire for a simpler lifestyle. My Cool Caravan aims to inspire a new generation of camper owners and provide an idiosyncratic sourcebook for the design conscious. The inspiration for the styling can come from many different sources—this book looks at 30 styled campers in detail, covering themes such as Country Cottage, Rustic, Romany, Funky 1970s, Airstream, Trailer Park Treasures, and Recycled. Jane Field-Lewis is a stylist working in film and photography. She co-owns a 1970s retro–modern styled camper. Chris Haddon has 20 years of experience as a multi-disciplinary designer, focusing on brand development and web design. He owns a 1970s British and a 1970s Airstream caravan. Transportation • 160 pp • 9 x 7.5 • 328 Color Photos 9781862058781 • June • $24.95 (Can $27.95) Cloth • Pavilion

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The Big Book of Top Gear 2010 BBC Books The Big Book of Top Gear is back—bigger, better, faster, louder and with 14 per cent more blatant untruths about The Stig. Inside these lavishly tooled pages, Top Gear rans will find loads of nonsense about Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May; including Clarkson’s notawaited fitness DVD, how to get Hammond to open a new supermarket, and James’s bizarre new sideline in satellite-navigation systems. Plus, in-depth information from the TV show includes unique insights into the special clothes worn by the hosts, a behind-the-scenes look at what the guest stars get up to off camera, and some rejected ideas for one of Top Gear’s most famous tests. Also included are masses of cartoons, car trivia, and a frankly ill-considered puzzle page. Transportation/Television • 128 pp • 8.5 x 11 200 Color Photos 9781846078248 • April • $24.95 Cloth • BBC Books

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Top Gear: Daft Cars

Top Gear: Top Drives

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Top Gear: Where’s Stig? Matt Master Illustrations by Rod Hunt Some say that the voice of Top Gear’s iconic figure can only be heard by cats, and that he is one of the world’s leading authorities on steam irons. All that is known is that he’s called Stig. But where is he? The mysterious Stig, Top Gear’s resident racing driver and one of the most popular members of the TG team, has finally got a book of his own. But fans will have to work hard to find him, as he’s been cleverly concealed in a series of brilliantly drawn scenes. He might be spotted getting down with the kids at a rock festival; or overseeing his workforce in his secret underground lair. He could be one of the spectators lining the route of Bonneville Salt Flats Speed Week; or soaking up the sun on the Costa del Stig. Filled with visual jokes and references to the TV series, and with extra credits for spotting his colleagues at Top Gear and a few other hidden gems, Where’s Stig? will give Top Gear fans hours of fun. Matt Master is a features writer and road tester for Top Gear magazine, and the author of Top Gear’s Midlife Crisis Cars. Rod Hunt is an illustrator whose clients include BBC, the Economist, IKEA, Maxim, Oxford University Press, and SyFy Channel. Humor/Transportation • 40 pp • 8.5 x 11.5 • 18 Color Photos 9781846078088 • April • $16.95 Cloth • BBC Books

Car Fever The Car Bore’s Essential Companion James May From political correctness to cars, Top Gear’s James May is back with his hilarious and controversial opinions on just about everything. “James May is the best thing ever to come out of Top Gear.” —Radio Times “Smart, sharply written.” —Guardian on James May’s Magnificent Machines James May has an opinion on most things. In addition to writing about his first love, cars, James also has a go at political correctness, the endless rules and regulations of modern life, the internal combustion engine, and personalized license plates. He discusses gastropubs, An indespensable guide to life for the modern driver, these highly entertaining observations from behind the wheel will have readers laughing out loud. Car Fever is an indispensable guide to life for the modern driver. James May is a writer, broadcaster, and cohost of Top Gear. His previous books include James May’s Magnificent Machines, May on Motors, and Oz and James’s Big Wine Adventure. Humor/Transportation • 208 pp • 6 x 9 9780340994542 • May • $19.95 Paper • Hodder & Stoughton

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Or Is That Just Me? Richard Hammond More antics from the much-loved Top Gear host, in the same vein as As You Do and On the Edge. “[Hammond’s] prose reveals him as a thoughtful, decent, generous-hearted man. He is capable of humility and his jokes are funny. As You Do is an unpretentious, well-built vehicle with pleasantly surprising extras and more speed and maneuverability than you would have thought.” —Evening Standard More of the wry, honest, and often hilarious chronicles of Richard Hammond—TV host, adventurer, and general drawer of the short straw. Continuing where As You Do left off, this book focuses on just a few of the many hair-raising stunts, expeditions, and encounters Hammond experienced over the last eventful year. Richard Hammond is internationally famous for cohosting Top Gear with Jeremy Clarkson and James May. His other titles include children’s books Can You Feel the Force? and Car Science, as well as As You Do, On the Edge, Richard Hammond’s Car Confidential, and What Not to Drive. Autobiography • 272 pp • 5 x 8 9780753825631 • July • $14.95 Paper Phoenix

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Mini The Car That Rocked the Nation Christy Campbell Foreword by Joanna Lumley A celebration of the iconic British feat of engineering with a cult following around the world. “A taut, suspense-filled account.” —New York Times on The Botanist and the Vintner “This virtuoso feat of historical detection reads like fiction.” —Booklist on The Maharaja’s Box From its birth in 1959, the Mini grew to become a national treasure and huge success: Princess Margaret owned one, as did Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, the Beatles, Peter Sellers, and Marianne Faithfull. Its popularity with women in particular marked it out from the crowd, and sales soared as the car was taken up by the new urban elite and took a starring role in The Italian Job. But there was trouble—the basic Mini sold for less than it cost to produce, and by the early 1980s the miracle machine had become a symbol of manufacturing incompetence. The end came in 2000, but a new generation of Mini was just around the corner, and today this motoring pin-up is as iconic as ever. Mini features contributions from those who have known and loved this troubled star, as well as its scornful critics. Full of fascinating facts and vivid stories, this book reads more like the life story of a wayward royal than a machine. Christy Campbell is a writer, journalist, and former defense correspondent and feature writer for the Sunday Telegraph. He is the author of The Botanist and the Vintner, The Maharajah’s Box, and Phylloxera, winner of the Glenfiddich-GQ Drink Book of the Year Award. Joanna Lumley is an actress and one-time Bond girl best known for her role in Absolutely Fabulous. Transportation • 288 pp • 5 x 8 9780753515785 • June • $14.95 Paper • Virgin Books

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101 WAYS SERIES Essential handbooks for anyone looking to get involved with the network marketing and sales industries. Andrew Griffiths is the internationally recognized bestselling author of 101 Secrets to a Winning Business, 101 Ways to Have a Business and a Life, 101 Ways to Market Your Business, and many more. Wayne Toms is a successful entrepreneur and keynote speaker with a background in mainstream business and the network marketing industry. Each: Business • 5.5 x 8 • May • $16.95 (Can $18.95) Paper • Allen & Unwin

101 Ways to Build a Successful Network Marketing Business Andrew Griffiths and Wayne Toms The concept of network marketing is sound: build relationships with like-minded people and sell quality products and services within this network. Some people make amazingly high incomes from their network marketing businesses, while others unexpectedly fall by the wayside. Why do some fail while others prosper? This insightful business guide gives smart, practical tips on how to succeed at network marketing. It explains simple and commonsense ways to treat any network marketing business like a mainstream business. By taking away the mystery, it illustrates in easy-to-master terms how anyone can turn every venture into a success. 248 pp • 9781741149593

101 Ways to Sell More of Anything to Anyone Andrew Griffiths The perfect book to help anyone improve their sales skills, this insightful and informative guide is filled with practical techniques grounded in good customer service that explains how seemingly simple tasks—such as knowing the product being sold and approaching the customer first—will help boost sales through increased customer satisfaction. Rather than gimmicky ideas, slick sales spiels, or fast-talking techniques to fleece customers, this book goes back to the solid values of selling, which are now more important than ever. Andrew explains the 10 biggest and most common sales mistakes and offers priceless tips that aid in selling more of anything to anyone in a positive and responsible way. 240 pp • 9781741147889

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Bulletproof Your Business Now Andrew Griffiths Essential advice every business needs to survive the tough times—and the good—from a leading marketing consultant who’s been there before. “A remarkably sensible, practical and useful book for business owners who want to be masters of their own fate. Andrew Griffiths knows his stuff.” —Ross Gittins, author, Gittinomics In this comprehensive guide to surviving the hard times, Andrew Griffiths teaches how to adopt some fundamental philosophies to change one’s life and make a business prosper. The advice offered in this book is simple and real, and comes in the form of easy-to-follow and easy-toimplement tips for the business owner. Reflecting the very best of what a street smart success story has learned along the way, Bulletproof Your Business Now inspires readers to take action and fight for business whenever times get tough.Andrew Griffiths is a professional marketing consultant. His company, Andrew Griffiths Enterprises, provides practical and creative marketing solutions to both large corporations and small business operators. He is the author of the bestselling business books 101 Ways to Market Your Business, 101 Survival Tips for Your Business and 101 Ways to Really Satisfy Your Customers, among others. Business • 181 pp • 4.5 x 7 9781741759891 • June • $14.95 (Can $16.95) Paper • Allen & Unwin

How to Bake a Business Recipes and Advice to Turn Your Small Enterprise Into a Big Success Julia Bickerstaff Starting with the basic ingredients, this simple, no fuss, and slightly irreverent guide will help any entrepreneur to bake a fabulous business from scratch. Packed with practical advice, this is the perfect book for women who want to start their own business. Starting a business can be an exciting and life-changing event for anyone— but this excitement brings anxiety, too, and that’s where this little book comes in. Designed especially for women, this informative guidebook is filled with expert information that will help women create and nurture their very own business. Chapters include Baking Basics—Getting the Concept Right; Proof of the Pudding—Ways to Improve Your Profit; Bread, the Stuff of Life—Ways to Improve Your Cash Flow; Weighing Up—How to Measure Success and Why It’s Important; and Cherishing the Baker—Recipes & One-Liners to Motivate, Inspire, and Nurture. Julia Bickerstaff is a chartered accountant, a small business expert, and a regular contributor to business related TV programs. Business • 276 pp • 5 x 7 9781741756920 • May • $17.95 (Can $19.95) Paper • Arena

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The Second Bounce of the Ball Turning Risk into Opportunity Ronald Cohen How to see beyond today’s certainties to tomorrow’s uncertainties—anticipating the next bounce. “A most valuable and instructive bible about how to move your enterprise forward and maneuver past early limitations and obstacles.” —Forbes “One of the best books written on entrepreneurship in recent years. It will reward any reader, from start-up owner to city banker.” —Financial Times In business, everyone can see the first bounce of the ball. It is the second bounce that is uncertain. Ronald Cohen, one of the world’s leading private-equity investors, argues that the entrepreneur’s aim is to take advantage of that uncertainty, for it is only in situations of uncertainty that significant gains can be made. Putting it another way, successful entrepreneurs know how to turn risk into opportunity. The book is essential reading for entrepreneurs, wannabe entrepreneurs, and all those who want to apply entrepreneurial approaches in all walks of life. It provides relevant background on the development of entrepreneurship and of the venture-capital and private-equity industry through the prism of Cohen’s experience at Apax. It provides guidance about how to take advantage of business opportunity, how to find the right people and the right money, the roles played by personality and luck, and the importance of ethics. Ronald Cohen is the cofounder of Apax Partners, Britain’s first venture capital firm. He is a recipient of the British Venture Capital Association’s Hall of Fame Award and the Harvard Business School’s Alumni Achievement Award. Business • 296 pp • 5 x 7.5 9780753824368 • May • $14.95 Paper • Phoenix

The Believers How America Fell for Bernard Madoff’s $65 Billion Investment Scam Adam LeBor In a story that is part financial scandal and part Greek tragedy, this book dramatically humanizes the results of Madoff’s scam by focusing on his connection to, and catastrophic impact on, the Jewish community. “There’s almost no way to approach the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with objectivity . . . but [Lebor] has achieved the near-impossible. A well-rounded and truly human insight into the conflict.” —Publishers Weekly starred review on City of Oranges “Timely, important. I wish policy makers worldwide would read LeBor’s trenchant analysis.” —Margaret MacMillan, author, Paris 1919, on Complicity with Evil It was in luxurious Palm Beach, by the manicured lawns and Olympic-sized swimming pool, that financier Bernard Madoff ravaged the world of philanthropy and high society he strove so hard to join; vaporizing the assets of charities, foundations, and individuals that had trusted him with their funds. It seems nothing was sacrosanct to Madoff, possibly the greatest conman in history—even Elie Wiesel’s foundation lost tens of millions. How could Madoff, a pillar of the Jewish community, do this to a Nobel Laureate and Auschwitz survivor? How could some of the most sophisticated and worldly people in America fall victim to a collective delusion for years? To answer these unsettling questions, this book opens up the clubbish world where Madoff operated, tracing the links from Palm Beach and the Hamptons to the clubs of Manhattan society. It details the network of relationships across which flows hundreds of millions of dollars, and shows how despite material success and acclaim, some human impulses remain eternal. It reveals how an underlying sense of insecurity still shapes some of the richest and most successful individuals in America, making them crave ever more status and peer acclaim. Adam Lebor is an author and journalist with more than 25 years experience who currently reports from Central Europe for the Times. His previous books include City of Oranges, Complicity with Evil, and Seduced by Hitler. Finance/True Crime • 304 pp • 5.5 x 8.5 • 20 Color Photos 9780297859192 • Available • $28.95 Cloth • Weidenfeld & Nicolson

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Everything I Need to Know About Being a Manager, I Learned from my Kids Ian Durston A unique look at the modern workplace, and how raising children can shed light on the perennial challenges of management. “Excellent . . . not just funny and wise, but packed full of strategic insights for leaders.” —Peter Hyman, former head of the Prime Minister’s strategic communications unit Being a parent and being a manager have a lot in common. Both involve long hours and a daunting list of responsibilities. Both require clear communication skills and a good sense of humor. In this unique look at the modern workplace, Ian Durston, a successful project manager and happy father of three, uses his experience raising children to shed light on the perennial challenges of management. Issues such as leadership, motivation, performance, team building, and change are explored not only through the author’s experience as a manager, but, more importantly, through the rituals every parent must go through in raising his or her child. Getting his son to sleep while on vacation becomes a lesson in flexibility on the job; dealing with tantrums at home provides insight into the role of assertiveness at work; and watching his youngest begin to walk is used as an example of the trial-and-error method and the importance of failure as a learning tool. Ian Durston has worked in industry and business for 13 years, including a role at Deloitte Consulting, where his clients included Vodafone, Barclays Bank, General Motors, and the Ministry of Defense. Business • 208 pp • 5 x 8 9780749942243 • May • $12.95 Paper • Piatkus Books

The Kuan Yin Oracle The Voice of the Goddess of Compassion Stephen Karcher Use the oracle of the ancient Chinese Goddess of Compassion, Kuan Yin, to answer specific questions about life and the future. Kuan Yin, the Compassionate One or literally “the one who sees and hears the cries of the world,” is the principal goddess in the eastern firmament. She is centuries older than the Christian Virgin Mary, but connected with her in that in most illustrations she holds a rosary, suggesting purification of the cycle of birth and death, and a willow branch, a symbol of Buddhist virtues. Kuan Yin’s image can be found wherever there are Chinese or Japanese speaking people in the world—in homes, restaurants, workplaces, small urban temples, Buddhist, Taoist, and Shinto shrines—and the ritual of consulting her has brought solace, hope, and insight to countless people. It continues to be an integral part of the lives of tens of millions of people throughout the East today. Stephen Karcher’s interpretation of this ancient text presents the 100 Poems of the Goddess, as relevant today as they were 1,000 years ago, leading the reader to answers to specific questions about family, professional success, travel, health, and love. Stephen Karcher is an expert on the psychological and spiritual uses of divination. Besides translating the I Ching, he has authored titles such as I Ching Kit and Total I Ching. Body/Mind/Spirit/Buddhism • 304 pp • 5 x 8 9780749941338 (Replaces 9780751535310) • May • $15.95 Paper • Piatkus Books

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Covensense Patricia Crowther A question and answer book in which one of the world’s most famous witches explains numerous practices and beliefs of witchcrafts, both ancient and modern. In her latest book, Patricia Crowther explores some of the many questions she has been asked over almost 50 years as an initiate of the craft and a high priestess of the Great Goddess. What is a witch’s ladder? Why is the left hand associated with the devil? and Is it true that only a young woman can become a high priestess? are just some of the questions addressed here. An acknowledged authority on witchcraft and magic, the author offers the reader the benefit of her considerable knowledge. There are sections on Magic Mirrors, the validity of self-initiation, how to protect oneself against ill-wishing, the Mansions of the Moon, talismans, the language of flowers, and a guide to running a successful coven. Laced with poetry, Covensense is an instructive and exciting addition to any occultist’s library. Patricia Crowther is the author of High Priestess, Lid Off the Cauldron, One Witch’s World, and Witches Were for Hanging. Body/Mind/Spirit • 208 pp • 5.5 x 8.5 • 10 Color Photos • 7 B/W Photos 9780709087205 • May • $24.95 (Can $27.95) Cloth • Robert Hale

Ghost Hunting A Survivor’s Guide John Fraser An exploration of the fascinating history of ghost hunting, along with practical tips on ghost hunting from an expert. The Roman scholar Pliny the Younger wrote about ghost hunting—2,000 years later and the hunt still goes on. For all the thousands of hours spent by investigators in cold, dark houses, ghosts remain elusive and unproven. This book sets out to be a practical guide to show how ghost hunting can be done to best effect. Examining cases of ghost hunting in the past and present (including examples good, bad, and sometimes amusing), this guide asks if it is possible to find the answer to the age-old question of ghosts—and if so, how can progress be made on this intriguing and sometimes addictive quest? Packed with practical advice from John Fraser, the Vice Chair (Investigations) of the Ghost Club and now spontaneous case coordinator for the Society for Psychical Research, it is an essential purchase for all would-be ghost hunters. John Fraser is Council Member and Spontaneous Case Coordinator for the Society for Psychical Research. Body/Mind/Spirit • 192 pp • 8 x 5 9780752454146 • June • $24.95 (Can $27.95) Cloth • The History Press

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The Tarot Revealed A Beginner’s Guide Paul Fenton-Smith In a simple, straightforward style this completely revised and updated edition of a popular bestseller offers an easy formula for remembering the meanings of the cards and becoming a Tarot expert. “Intelligent and straightforward.” —Library Journal on Tarot Masterclass While its origins are swathed in mystery, the remarkable accuracy of the ancient Tarot has won many followers. It helps to interpret what’s going on in life physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Written in a clear and accessible style, and with 32 bonus charts, this is a valuable guide for both beginners and experienced readers interested in learning the Tarot. Using anecdotes to further clarify each card’s meaning, the manual helps to apply these interpretations to reallife situations. Within a short time, it will enable even the most novice of card readers to become an accomplished Tarot master. The guide encompasses every facet of the Tarot experience, including clearly interpreting each card alone and in combination, learning the many layers of meaning attached to each card, giving simple and advanced readings, and choosing the appropriate layout for each specific situation. Paul Fenton-Smith is the author of eight books, including Astrology Revealed, Mastering the Tarot, Palmistry Revealed, Tarot Masterclass, and Tarot Revealed. Body/Mind/Spirit • 240 pp • 6.5 x 8.5 88 B/W Photos • 82 Color Illustrations • 2 Charts 9781741752595 • May • $19.95 (Can $21.95) Paper Inspired Living

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Amazing Encounters with Those Who Have Passed Over And What They Teach Us About Life After Death Georgina Walker A touching and insightful collection of encounters with loved ones who have passed on to the other side. Packed with real-life encounters with the paranormal, this heart-warming book from Georgina Walker shares the remarkable stories of everyday people who have experienced shocking and unexpected moments of magic with loved ones beyond the grave. Each story contains invaluable insights into the spirit world, showing how those who have passed on continue to take an active interest in the lives of the living. Stories include accounts of loving guidance offered by departed loved ones as well as funny and endearing incidents that will inspire both laughter and tears. Georgina Walker is the author of Dearly Departed. Body/Mind/Spirit • 192 pp • 5 x 7 9781741757620 • April • $15.95 (Can $17.95) Paper • Inspired Living

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The Magic of Angels How to Recognise and Harness Your Own Angelic Powers Adele Nozedar Full of refreshing contemporary anecdotes, extraordinary experiences, personal journeys, and mind-blowing stories of angelic intervention, this is a must read for believers and cynics. Angels are a hot fashion item—from sky-gazing cherubs and cute little angel dolls with glittery wings to angels on t-shirts, shopping bags, and bumper stickers at any local mall. You can find an angel to help you with anything you like, from fixing your bike to finding the perfect partner. “Angelology” has become very big business. Is there something real behind this popular interest? The Magic of Angels seeks to discover the truth about angels and angelic energies, to strip away the veneer of popular misconceptions about these powerful forces, and to discover how to find the true magic of angels. For Adele Nozedar, personal experience has proved that angels truly exist, and that angelic energies are accessible to anyone who believes. Adele Nozedar is the author of Secret Language of Birds. Body/Mind/Spirit • 288 pp • 5 x 8 9781844548996 • June • $13.95 (Can $15.95) Paper • Metro Books

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Working with Angels, Fairies & Nature Spirits William Bloom A guide to cooperating with the invisible beings of energy who are a fundamental part of every aspect of our lives. “An absolutely terrific book.” —Caroline Myss, author, Sacred Contracts “An important guide for those who seek to be both grounded and spiritually connected.” —Julia Cameron, author, The Artist’s Way, on Psychic Protection Revealing a world that lies behind everyday reality, this guide describes the nature and purpose of spirits. Readers will learn how to sense angels and spirits and communicate with them, how to cooperate with this inner world for inspiration and guidance, and how to work with angels for healing and spiritual growth. The rewards include an ability to fulfill oneself and help others, and a deeper understanding of all aspects of one’s life. William Bloom’s other titles include Feeling Safe, Psychic Protection, and Soulution. Body/Mind/Spirit/Spirituality • 224 pp • 5 x 8 9780749941161 • June • $14.95 Paper • Piatkus Books

Inner Happiness Positive Steps to Feeling Complete Vera Peiffer A self-help guide for those who feel there is something missing in their lives and something more to life. With effective advice and easy-to-learn techniques, Vera Peiffer describes how to overcome feelings of loneliness, alienation, stress, and low self-esteem by thinking positively and working with the energy of body, mind, and soul. This guide explains why people feel disconnected and how this manifests in our daily life; describes how to be healthy on four levels—physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual—to feel complete; shows how to work more closely with an “inner” world, using positive thinking techniques and energy medicine; helps to build inner confidence to banish depression and lack of self-esteem; and illustrates issues with real-life case histories. Vera Peiffer has a degree in psychology and is an analytic hypnotherapist and health kinesiologist with a successful private practice. Her other titles include Positive Thinking, Positively Fearless, and Positively Single. Body/Mind/Spirit/Self-Help • 208 pp • 5 x 8 9780749941413 (Replaces 9780749922962) • June • $14.95 Paper • Piatkus Books

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Wild Love Discover the Magical Secrets of Freedom, Joy and Unconditional Love Gill Edwards Foreword by Neale Donald Walsch Reconnect with source energy to release a loving, creative, and unique potential. “This book is a delicious wisdom.” —Neale Donald Walsch, author, Conversations with God “Always inspiring and enlightening. Gill is a great spiritual teacher whose wisdom lovingly and clearly illuminates the inner worlds and everyday reality.” —William Bloom, author, Psychic Protection Leading spiritual writer Gill Edwards explains how a deep, magical, and joyous existence lies just beyond reality. Here, she helps readers find an elusive key to unlocking such a world by giving up old patterns of relating and aligning with source energy. Explaining that when trying to be good—or expect others to be good—individuals disconnect from the freedom, joy, and unconditional love that is a natural birthright, this resource shows that it is only when aiming to be happy and reach for dreams that a connection with source energy can be made. This is a beautifully written and inspiring book helps readers become wild and free, and to become a passionate and visionary creator of a personal heaven on earth. Gill Edwards is a chartered clinical psychologist, spiritual writer, and teacher. She trained in metaphysics, shamanism, and energy psychology, and runs Living Magically workshops. Her other titles include Life is a Gift, Living Magically, and Stepping into the Magic. Spirituality/Self-Help • 368 pp • 5 x 8 9780749940010 • June • $14.95 Paper • Piatkus Books

Pure Bliss The Art of Living in Soft Time Gill Edwards Foreword by Neale Donald Walsh An indispensable handbook for the 21st century reveals how to create your own heaven on earth. Explaining why people get stuck in an addictive cycle of struggle, effort, and busywork—the cycle of Hard Time—this book reveals the magical world of Soft Time, where one can learn to find true happiness, fulfillment, and inner peace. Pure Bliss offers 75 simple and practical guidelines for living in Soft Time in order to learn to tap into inner wisdom, be more creative and productive, fulfill a higher purpose, find peak performance, enjoy the simple pleasures of life, and find inner peace. The 75 short chapters are to be dipped into, meditated on and enjoyed. They cover themes that include personal relationships, the inner self, parenting, work, prosperity, health, and the home. Gill Edwards is a chartered clinical psychologist, a spiritual writer and teacher. She trained in metaphysics, shamanism, and energy psychology, and runs Living Magically workshops. Her other titles include Life is a Gift, Living Magically, and Stepping into the Magic. Body/Mind/Spirit • 320 pp • 5 x 8 9780749940058 (Replaces 9780749920524) • June • $14.95 Paper • Piatkus Books

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Spiritual Wisdom Practical Spirituality for People Today Claire Montanaro Information, advice, and easy-to-follow exercises help readers learn to maximize their potential as spiritual beings. Spiritual teacher Claire Montanaro explains the ancient spiritual truths, how they apply to individuals and the world, and how to achieve peace of mind and heart through spiritual understanding. Readers will learn the meaning and relevance of the spiritual laws, karma, reincarnation, the seven rays, the soul’s journey, life and death, and much more. This guide also explains how to contact and work with spiritual guides and how to discover a place in the divine cosmos—no matter what level of understanding and experience. Claire’s is the voice of spiritual reason—her message is intensely profound and yet essentially simple. Claire Montanaro works as a spiritual teacher, counselor, channel, and lecturer. Body/Mind/Spirit • 256 pp • 5 x 8 9780749929534 (Replaces 9780749928742) • May • $16.95 Paper • Piatkus Books

Forget the Elephants, Watch Out for the Fleas Justin Herald Many major problems start out as “fleas,” but if they are not attended to they grow into elephants—motivational speaker Justin Herald explains how to deal with these small issues before they grow into big problems. Many people have heard the saying “the elephant in the room” in regards to an issue that is impossible to overlook—no matter how hard one tries. The strange thing is, most people seem to concentrate and focus only on these big issues, thinking that if they are worked out, everything else will be fine. What people should really look out, however, are the “fleas”—the small issues. These little, pesky, and annoying things in life have the ability to become quite large over time, possibly as big as an elephant, and they need to be overcome and eradicated before that happens. Justin Herald tackles the areas that are most likely to be the fleas in people’s lives, so they can recognize and resolve them before they grow into larger and more difficultto-handle problems. Justin Herald is a recipient of the Robin Hood International Award for Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy, and the author of Get Motivated, How to Grow Your Business Without Spending a Single Cent, Prosperity on Purpose, So You Have a Great Idea for a Business, What Are You Waiting For?, and Would You Like Attitude with That? Self-Help • 132 pp • 5 x 7.5 9781741756913 • May • $14.95 (Can $16.95) Paper • Allen & Unwin

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Think! Before It’s Too Late Edward de Bono In a provocative examination of human thought from a historical perspective, lateral thinking guru de Bono reveals why people become stuck pondering problems such as climate change and war. “The master of creative thinking.” —Independent on Sunday “Edward de Bono is a cult figure in developing tricks to sharpen the mind.” —Times “A very useful book for teachers and non-teachers alike. His techniques provide an alternative to waiting for the Muse to appear.” —New York Times on Lateral Thinking The world is full of problems and conflicts. So why can we not solve them? According to Edward de Bono, current thinking cannot solve world problems because current thinking is itself the problem. And this is getting worse: we are so accustomed to readily available information online that we search immediately for the answers rather than thinking about them. Our minds function like trying to drive a car using only one wheel. There’s nothing wrong with that one wheel—conventional thinking—but we could all get a lot further if we used all four. De Bono examines why we think the way we do from a historical perspective and uses some of his famous thinking techniques combined with new ideas to show us how to change the way we think. If we strengthen our ability and raise our thinking level, other areas of our life—both personal and business success—will improve. De Bono is the master of the original big “concept” book and his enticement to us to use our minds as constructively as possible should appeal to a whole new generation of fans. Edward de Bono studied at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and has held appointments at the universities of Oxford, London, Cambridge, and Harvard. In 1967, de Bono invented the now commonly used term “lateral thinking” and his name has since become a symbol of creativity and new thinking. He has written numerous books, including Lateral Thinking and Six Thinking Hats. Self-Help • 264 pp • 5.5 x 8.5 9780091924096 • April • $19.95 Paper • Vermilion

Between the Monster and the Saint Richard Holloway A challenging and heartfelt study of the human capacity for good and evil. “A vigorously argued tract . . . Richard Holloway brilliantly illuminates the divided spirit of man.” —Observer “An inspirational writer at the height of his powers who does not shy away from personal revelation. His message deserves to be widely heard. It stands between us and chaos.” —Daily Mail “Holloway’s reflections on the problem of evil are arresting and profound.” —Literary Review Being human isn’t easy. Consciousness and free will give control over life, but the minds is an unpredictable place. People are susceptible to forces that are not fully understood. In his thought-provoking new book Richard Holloway holds a mirror up to the human condition. By drawing on a colorful and eclectic selection of writings from history, philosophy, science, poetry, theology, and literature, Holloway shows how to stand up to the seductive power of the monster and draw closer to the fierce challenge of the saint. Richard Holloway is the former Bishop of Edinburgh and the author of Doubts and Loves: What is Left of Christianity, Godless Morality: Keeping Religion Out of Ethics, and On Forgiveness: How Can We Forgive the Unforgivable? Philosophy • 204 pp • 5 x 8 9781847672544 (Replaces 9781847672537) • June • $14.95 Paper • Canongate UK Books

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Buddhism for Mothers of Schoolchildren Finding Calm in the Chaos of the School Years Sarah Napthali From the author of the acclaimed Buddhism for Mothers and Buddhism for Mothers with Young Children, a guide offering spiritual help for the challenging period of transition when children are off to school. “An eminently practical book that gives frazzled mothers usable advice and empathy . . . the approachable and authentic perspective of a rank-and-file practitioner who lives the techniques and situations she writes about. This book will be most useful for mothers of young children, providing them spiritual resources at a life stage when women need all the help they can get.” —Publishers Weekly on Buddhism for Mothers “The author guides busy women in the art of transforming their lives in the midst of chaos.” —Library Journal on Buddhism for Mothers “A lovely book for anyone that wants to become more present in their parenting.” —AmericanBuddhist.net, on Buddhism for Mothers of Young Children Raising school children is a radically different experience from tending children under the age of five. With children at school, life is both easier and harder and there are very different challenges on the horizon—mothers are often thinking of going back to work, or juggling work–life balance issues. They are questioning what they want out of life, how they want to interact with the world, and creating new definitions for themselves. Children are more demanding too, asking questions, testing boundaries, and beginning to define themselves as separate from their parents. Sarah Napthali explores the distinct issues arising from this phase of motherhood and how Buddhism can play a role in providing answers and direction, in her usual warm, wise, inclusive, and accessible style. Sarah Napthali is a mother of two who tries to apply Buddhist teachings in her daily life. Her working life has ranged from teaching English as a Second Language and corporate training, to human rights activism and interpreting. She is the author of Buddhism for Mothers and Buddhism for Mothers of Young Children. Spirituality/Childrens: Parenting & Family Care • 258 pp • 5.5 x 8.5 9781741756975 • July • $15.95 (Can $17.95) Paper • Allen & Unwin

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Essential Shiatsu Essential Shiatsu for Troubled Times Yuichi Kawada and Stephen Karcher A seminal guide to the Japanese art of finger pressure massage from a master practitioner. Shiatsu is the ancient Japanese art of finger pressure massage and, just like acupuncture, it aims to identify and treat the eight meridians of the human body by applying pressure and stimulation in order to treat a wide variety of ailments and lethargies. The eight meridians were known even in ancient times, but no one really knew fully their significance in putting right major imbalances. Here, experienced Shiatsu master Yuichi Kawada brings this ancient art up-to-date, fully explaining and illustrating the first-ever full mapping of the “new” meridians and offering instruction on how to stimulate them with hand pressure and stretching. The psychosomatic connection of illness is explained and the book features a comprehensive list of ailments and suggested Shiatsu treatments. The author also provides reassuring and inspiring case histories that show how the treatment has been effective in real-life cases. Yuichi Kawada grew up in a mountain village near Tokyo and learned Shiatsu from his father. Later he had formal training at the Nippon Shiatsu Institute in Japan. Stephen Karcher is an expert on the psychological and spiritual uses of divination. Besides translating I Ching, he has authored titles such as I Ching Kit and Total I Ching. Health/Body/Mind/Spirit • 208 pp • 5 x 8 • 150 Line Drawings 9780749940171 (Replaces 9780316859493) • June • $14.95 Paper • Piatkus Books

The Complete Guide to Female Fertility Kate Brian Balanced and informative, a guide for would-be mothers on the problems and solutions surrounding fertility. “No woman who ever wants to have a baby should be without [this book].” —Olivia Montuschi, Donor Conception Network With recent warnings about rising infertility rates and the dangers of delaying motherhood, many women are concerned about when or whether they will manage to have a baby. At the same time, news of the latest advances in reproductive technology suggest it may be possible to beat the female biological clock and put childbearing on hold. This practical and accessible guide answers the myriad questions that women have about fertility and pregnancy in the modern world. Proven facts are provided in an accessible manner with topics such as how the reproductive system works; when women are at their most fertile, how age affects chances of conceiving, how to boost fertility naturally, possible roadblocks to becoming pregnant, and what reproductive technology can do to help. Designed to inform and reassure, this essential resource also includes information on the common emotional aspects of relationships and fertility. Kate Brian is a writer for the Guardian, Parentwise, and the Parents’ Guide magazines and the author of In Pursuit of Parenthood. Health • 240 pp • 5 x 8 9780749928803 (Replaces 9780749927929) • June • $16.95 Paper • Piatkus Books

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Drug Repair That Works How to Reclaim Your Health, Happiness and Highs Jost Sauer Written for drug users and their families, this inspirational guide encourages users to build on their drug past—rather than bury it—in order to create happy, healthy, and passionate lifestyles. Drugs can be a tempting refuge for everyone—from school kids and housewives to stressed corporate executives and ex-hippies, all seeking enhanced experiences that everyday life fails to provide. These people use drugs because they make them feel good. The longer they take drugs, the harder it is to imagine life without them. Here, drawing on his longterm expertise in this area, Jost Sauer presents readers with a powerful, practical, stepby-step recovery regime and a wealth of case studies that deal with a whole range of issues to help people fully realize a life beyond drugs. Topics include what’s really going on in psychotic episodes, how to handle the post drug emotional roller-coaster, why raw foods hinder recovery, what forms of exercise work, and how to achieve natural highs. Jost Sauer is a former addict and is now a practitioner of Chinese medicine. He is the author of Higher & Higher. Self-Help/Health • 224 pp • 6.5 x 8.5 9781741751789 • May • $19.95 (Can $21.95) Paper • Inspired Living

Why Can’t I Look the Way I Want? Overcoming Eating Issues Melinda Hutchings A survivor of anorexia nervosa presents a detailed and honest account of the pain, the struggle, and the process of living with an eating disorder, and reveals how recovery is possible. Eating disorders are becoming ever more common, but for many people they are still a taboo subject. Drawing on the author’s own experience and that of fellow sufferers, this essential survival manual for victims not only reveals what having an eating disorder is really like, but also shows that it is possible to break free, recover, and live a healthy and satisfying life. Written specifically for teens and their families, Why Can’t I Look the Way I Want? is packed with practical information and case studies that tackle everything from dieting and food anxiety to physical and emotional rehabilitation and re-establishing relationships, as well as covering all the major disorders— including anorexia nervosa, bulimia, exercise bulimia, and the growing male eating disorder, muscle dysmorphia, or “bigorexia.” Melinda Hutchings is an inspiring role model and experienced public speaker who is also a survivor of an eating disorder herself. She is the author of Fighting for Life and How to Recover from Anorexia & Other Eating Disorders. Self-Help/Psychology • 240 pp • 6.5 x 8.5 • Two-color Interior 9781741757545 • June • $19.95 (Can $21.95) Paper • Inspired Living

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Who’s That Sleeping in My Bed? The Relationships for Grown-Ups Keren Smedley Wise and witty answers to a huge range of questions about relationships and the baby boomer generation. Being over 50 is not what it used to be: it does not mean giving up on sex and love. And the baby boomers—heirs to the sexual revolution of the 1960s—approach sex and relationships in a very different way than previous generations, continuing to want to be vital and sexual and encounter new options and problems. Keren Smedley, an accredited life coach, has been asked every question you could imagine—and some you couldn’t—about the relationship issues of today’s baby boomer. Whether it’s about starting again after the end of a long-term relationship, helping adult children come to terms with the end of old relationships, or coping with issues connected to same-sex relationships in later life, this guide addresses a huge range of questions. Like an extended advice column for boomers, this book will engage and inform both those who wish to tackle problems in their own lives, and those who simply wish to be entertained by the rich variety of life. Keren Smedley is a business and life coach and the author of Age Matters: Employing, Motivating and Managing Older Employees. Family & Relationships/Sexuality • 384 pp • 5 x 8 9780755318810 (Replaces 9780755318803) • August • $12.95 Paper Headline Springboard

Who’s That Woman in the Mirror? The Art of Ageing Gracefully Keren Smedley From confronting post-retirement fears to sleeping tips, dealing with grandchildren, deciding whether to dye one’s hair, and staying sexually vibrant, a professional life coach offers inspiring tips for navigating the challenges of later life. “Age is irrelevant, unless you happen to be a bottle of wine.” —Joan Collins In this hugely practical and always entertaining guide to later life, Keren Smedley argues passionately against outdated stereotypes concerning age, helping people change their beliefs and attitudes about aging. As a professional life coach she has been asked every kind of question imaginable about the uncertainties and problems facing people in later life. Whether the subject is sexuality, money, relationships, health, friends, or planning for the future, readers will be as impressed by the wisdom of the answers as by the variety of the questions. With quizzes, exercises, personal anecdotes, and tips for a broad range of questions and situations, this book will inform as it entertains. Keren Smedley is a business and life coach and a consultant on age-related issues. She is the author of Age Matters: Employing, Motivating and Managing Older Employees. Self-Help/Health • 304 pp • 5 x 8 • 12 B/W Illustrations 9780755317578 (Replaces 9780755317561) • April • $12.95 New in Paper Headline Springboard

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A Butler’s Guide to Gentlemen’s Grooming Nicholas Clayton From skin care and shaving secrets to knowing what to wear for what occasion and how to properly look after your clothes and shoes—who better than a butler to teach how to look, feel, and smell every inch a gentleman? A real gentleman knows that it is essential to be well-groomed, and while a bit of moisturizer will help, it is not enough. It’s a butler’s job to know, and this butler’s guide is the ultimate source of information for looking elegant with ease. It need not take long, and this short guide cuts to the chase—skin care, including the best shaving techniques; haircare, from the mop on your head to nasal hair trimming; a style guide, with tips on what to wear for any occasion; and taking care of clothes and shoes. This simple valet guide instructs on getting dressed to perfection to impress the ladies and the gents. Also the author of The Butler’s Guide to Table Manners, Nicholas Clayton has been a butler for 11 years. Health/Fashion & Appearance • 176 pp • 4.5 x 7.5 • 15 B/W Illustrations 9781905400850 • June • $11.95 (Can $12.95) Cloth • National Trust

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Orchids on Your Budget Live Smartly on What You Have Marjorie Hillis A charming gem from a more genteel age, this is an elegant and witty guide to living cheaply but chicly. “Candace Bushnell, your time’s up. Drain your cosmo and step aside. You’ve been usurped by yet another single-woman arbiter: Marjorie Hillis.” —Saturday Post (Canada), on Live Alone and Like It “A perfect bedside companion for the post-Bridget Jones generation.” —Daily Telegraph on Live Alone and Like It “It’s not difficult to have fun out of economizing (up to a point), both because of the sense of achievement it gives you and because everyone else is doing it, too . . . A slight financial pressure sharpens the wits, though it needn’t sharpen the disposition. But it takes an interesting person to have an attractive ménage on a shoe-string and to run it with gaiety and charm . . . Maybe you would rather play polo than pingpong, but if you’ve got an old pingpong set and no ponies, you’ll get a lot more fun out of life from being a pingpong champion than from taking a dispirited whack with a polo mallet every now and then.” First published in 1937, Orchids on Your Budget gives advice on all manner of subjects, from entertaining and creating the perfect capsule wardrobe to relinquishing the family estate. Easing worries about how to put the advice into practice, each chapter concludes with a case study providing examples of women who heeded—and those lamentable souls who ignored—Marjorie’s wise words. Marjorie Hillis (1889–1971) worked for Vogue for more than 20 years, where she became assistant editor. In 1936 her Live Alone and Like It became an instant bestseller. Finance/Humor • 192 pp • 4.5 x 7 9781844086184 • June • $15.95 Cloth • Virago UK

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The Allure of Chanel Paul Morand A close confidante presents the icon of haute couture in her own words, in an edition of the key biography specially illustrated with drawings by Karl Lagerfeld and photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Jean Moral, Frank Horvat, Francois Kollar, and Boris Lipnitzki. “Morand was a citizen of the world, with a sharp eye and a neat turn of phrase.” —Tablet “Morand successfully combined being a bestselling author and an important representative of the French government.” —Modern Language Review “This enchanting, tiny book is the closest anyone can get to a face-to-face with Coco. It’s written in her voice . . . and in her words.” —Spectator Coco Chanel invited Paul Morand to visit her in St. Moritz at the end of World War II when he was given the opportunity to write her memoirs. His notes of their conversations were put away in a drawer and only came to light one year after Chanel’s death. Through Morand’s transcription of their conversations, Chanel tells about her friendship with Misia Sert, the men in her life—Boy Capel, the Duke of Westminster, artists such as Diaghilev—her philosophy of fashion, and the story behind the legendary No. 5 perfume. The memories of Chanel told in her own words provide vivid sketches and portray the strength of Coco’s character, leaving an extraordinary insight into Chanel the woman, and the woman who created Chanel. This new, illustrated edition features a bevy of rare photographs from such contributors as Henri Cartier-Bresson and Horst P. Horst that provide an intimate depiction of Chanel behind the scenes. Paul Morand (1888–1976) was a diplomat, novelist, poet, traveler, and socialite. He is the author of Hecate and Her Dogs and Venices. Biography/Fashion & Appearance • 230 pp • 4.5 x 6 10 B/W Photos • 10 B/W Illustrations 9781906548100 • April • $29.95 (Can $32.95) Paper • Pushkin Press

Gucci Wars How I Survived Murder and Intrigue at the Heart of the World’s Biggest Fashion House Jenny Gucci The Gucci name conjures up images of designer handbags, world-class fashion shows, and exclusivity. But behind the glamour and opulence lies a family with a history of betrayal, jealousy, and even murder. “A Schadenfreude classic.” —Daily Mail For a decade, Jenny Gucci lived a life that most women can only dream of. Married to Paolo Gucci, one of the wealthiest men in the world, she stayed at the world’s most exclusive locations and kept company with celebrities and royalty. But such privilege came at a price and the darker side of Paolo’s personality began to take over. Desperate to break away from the influence of the family, Jenny instigated a divorce from Paolo—a move that left her homeless, penniless, hungry, and facing weekly court confrontations that would last for 10 years. She suffered threats and intimidation from him and feared for her safety and for that of their daughter Gemma, who he also refused to support. Even a spell in jail for contempt of court failed to move him. Then in a final act of defiance that shocked the world, he starved his racehorses in a sick attempt to plead poverty. Jenny has survived countless struggles and unbelievable trauma—yet has come through them all to become a stronger, more independent woman. This intriguing book gives an insider’s view of what it was really like to be at the heart of a force so powerful and, at times, so unscrupulous. Jenny Gucci is a performing soprano and voice coach currently dividing her time between London, Marbella, and New York. Autobiography/Fashion & Appearance • 288 pp • 5 x 8 • 29 Color Photos • 6 B/W Photos 9781844547753 (Replaces 9781844545322) • June • $12.95 (Can $13.95) New in Paper John Blake

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The World of the Bible John Drane Covering key historical events, the rise and fall of civilizations, and social evolution, this is an engaging look at the ancient cultures that existed during the time of the creation of the Bible. The Bible is often best understood when it is properly placed in the cultural and social context in which it was written. To this end, this extensive reference explores the culture of the Israelites and the ancient nations that surrounded and influenced them. The time periods covered include the Bronze Age of Palestine; the Age of Empires; the Dawn of the Modern World; and the history, cultures, and beliefs of such civilizations as the Canaanites, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, ancient Greeks, and ancient Romans. Comprehensive and enlightening, this is a thorough history that is ideal for both Biblical studies and general historians. John Drane is a professor of New Testament at the Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, and the author of several books, including After McDonaldization, Introducing the Bible, Introducing the New Testament, and Introducing the Old Testament. Religion & Theology/History • 256 pp • 8.5 x 10.5 125 Color Photos • 9780745952505 • April $34.95 (Can $36.95) Cloth • Lion UK

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Spiritual Intelligence A New Way of Being Brian Draper Advice on living every day with increasing integrity, wholeness, and well-being. “Inspiring.” —Douglas Coupland, author, All Families are Psychotic “It is a work of art to make a book of this nature so accessible and so understandable. Brian uses metaphors from many spiritual teachings and draws often on Christianity but in so doing provides such everyday examples to clarify and illustrate their deeper meanings.” —Sir John Whitmore, author, Coaching for Performance “Truly inspiring. A modern equivalent to Tolstoy’s Death of Ivan Illytch—a wake up call for us all.” —Oliver James, psychologist and author, They F*** You Up According to philosopher Danah Zohar, who coined the idea of spiritual intelligence, we live in a “spiritually dumb” culture. How can we find meaning from meaninglessness, hope from despair, reconciliation from alienation, and wholeness from fragmentation? In this book, Brian Draper asks how ordinary people—whether religious or not—can nudge themselves (or be gently nudged) to live on a daily basis with increasing integrity, wholeness, and well-being— in other words, to become more spiritually intelligent. The book is split into four main sections: “awakening,” “seeing your world afresh,” “living the change,” and “passing it on.” The narrative style is contemplative, reflective, and engaging. Brian Draper is the creative director of a business consultancy that helps to nurture the spiritual intelligence of employees and organizations and the author of Searching 4 Faith. Former editor of the Christian current affairs magazine Third Way, he is currently a lecturer in contemporary culture for London Institute for Contemporary Christianity, and he regularly writes and presents Thought for the Day on BBC Radio. Religion & Theology/Body/Mind/Spirit • 192 pp • 5 x 8 9780745953212 • April • $14.95 (Can $16.95) Paper • Lion UK

The ‘New’ Atheism 10 Arguments That Don’t Hold Water Michael Poole A compelling examination that identifies the holes in 10 of the most widely used arguments by new atheists. “Helpful and accessible . . . highly recommended.” —Alister McGrath, author, In the Beginning Recently, the “new” atheists have been putting out books, articles, bus ads, and TV programs in attempts to sway people to their cause. Through these tactics they’ve managed to gain a large amount of public attention and media exposure—but do their arguments really hold water? Using the analogy put forward by esteemed philosopher Anthony Flew, Michael Poole examines the new atheists’ use of the “10 leaky buckets” tactic of argumentation—presenting readers with a sum of arguments that are each individually defective, as though the cumulative effect should be persuasive. This closer look at the facts reveals that the buckets are, indeed, leaky. Michael Poole is a visiting research fellow in science and religion at King’s College in London. He is the author of The User’s Guide to Science and Belief. Religion & Theology • 96 pp • 4.25 x 7 9780745953939 • May • $4.95 (Can $5.95) Paper • Lion UK

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Saints Scot Bower A strikingly illustrated, highly aesthetic adventure through sainthood, from Polycarp and St. Francis to Brigid and St. Clare. Telling stories of heroism and humility, adventure and servitude, from the time of the early church fathers to the mid-13th century, this gorgeous reference combines engaging narrative, prayers, and feature boxes to bring the men and women of the past vividly to life. The guide follows the lives of both Eastern and Western saints, and couples their stories with evocative original artwork by Linda Baker Smith. It also offers judicious insight into how their concern for devotion, contemplation, stability, compassion, and reconciliation translate to the modern world. Scot Bower is a writer, speaker, missionary, and member of the 24-7 prayer international leadership team. Religion & Theology • 128 pp • 6 x 7.5 39 Color Illustrations • 9780745953472 • May $14.95 (Can $16.95) Cloth • Lion UK

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Martin Luther A Concise History of His Life & Works John Schofield A brief introduction to the man who initiated the Reformation and changed history. Martin Luther was so angered by the sale of indulgences (pardons for sins granted by the Pope) that, in 1517, he nailed 95 arguments for reform of the Roman Catholic Church to the doors of the church and the castle at Wittenberg. This act began one of the most momentous periods of change in history: the Reformation. So much has been written on Luther that it’s difficult for a beginner to know where to start. This book is an introduction, succinct and readable, but substantial and not skimpy. It covers or summarizes Luther’s major works and the main events of his life, and it invites the reader to meet him at his study desk, in the lecture hall, in the pulpit, at the dinner table. John Schofield is the author of Cromwell to Cromwell, Philip Melanchthon and the English Reformation, and The Rise & Fall of Thomas Cromwell. Biography/Political Science • 192 pp • 6 x 9.5 • 18 B/W Illustrations 9780752453903 • June • $24.95 (Can $27.95) Paper • The History Press

The Knights Templar and Scotland Robert Ferguson The first book to chronicle the history of the Knights Templar in Scotland, from 1127 to the present, with a new theory on Templar participation at the Battle of Bannockburn. Places and books such as Rosslyn Chapel and The Da Vinci Code have focused attention on Scotland’s Knights Templar. Who they were and what they did has been touched upon, but never properly explored. Close advisors to Scotland’s early kings, they were major property owners and respected landlords in a harsh and unforgiving time. But they were also secretive and arrogant. Did they flee to Scotland just prior to their arrest on Friday 13 October 1307? Did they fight with Robert the Bruce at Bannockburn in 1314? And how did the Templars continue on after Bannockburn? This book intertwines Templar and Scottish history, beginning with an overview of the Templars, and then applying this to Templar life in Scotland. It describes the Templar arrests in France and contrasts this with the Templar Inquisition at Holyrood, then following the Templars from Bannockburn to the present. Robert Ferguson is an attorney who was invested into the Knights Templar, Grand Priory of the Scots in 1998 and is the Priory’s Avocat. He is also a former regional vice-president of the Clan Ferguson Society of North America. He lives in Claremont, California. History • 192 pp • 6 x 9.5 • 16 B/W Photos 9780752451831 • May • $29.95 (Can $32.95) Cloth • The History Press

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The Confessions of Saint Augustine Saint Augustine Translated by E. M. Blaiklock Foreword by Maggi Dawn A preface by the translator that sets Augustine in the context of his time and a foreword by Anglican priest Maggi Dawn add to this new edition of a Christian classic. You made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it finds rest in you. St. Augustine was a towering figure in his own time, and remains the greatest of the fathers of the church. His Confessions are an autobiographical work, recalling crucial events in his life: his mid-4th century boyhood in rural Algeria, the rise to a lavish lifestyle at the imperial court in Milan, his struggle with sexual desires, and his conversion to Christianity. It has become one of the greatest of the Christian classics, revealing an individual in the joys and agonies of life lived to the full in search of truth. Augustine of Hippo (354–430), Bishop of Hippo Regius, was a philosopher and theologian. One of the fathers of the church, he is one of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity. E. M. Blaiklock (1903–1983) produced a large volume of literature in the fields of biblical studies and Christian apologetics. Maggi Dawn serves as chaplain to Robinson College, Cambridge University; is the author of Beginnings and Endings (and What Happens in Between): Daily Bible Readings from Advent to Epiphany; and contributes to such publications as Christian Century Journal and the Guardian. Autobiography/Religion & Theology • 304 pp • 9780340980125

Pilgrim’s Progress John Bunyan Edited by Rhona Pipe A new edition of the classic allegory of Christian life updates Bunyan’s 17th-century English and includes his Bible references, an introduction, and a new foreword. Walking through the wilderness of this world I came upon a place where there was a hollow. There I lay down to sleep: and as I slept I dreamed a dream. Pilgrim’s Progress tells the story of Christian and his spiritual pilgrimage from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City. On his journey he experiences joy, struggle, temptation, and danger during his memorable encounters with such characters as Pliable, Talkative, Giant Despair, Worldly-Wiseman, Evangelist, Apollyon, Faithful, Hopeful, and Ignorance. One of the most significant works in the English language, it has encouraged and inspired generations of Christians in their own spiritual journeys. John Bunyan (1628– 1688) was a writer and preacher. As a Puritan, he was arrested for preaching without a license and spent 12 years in jail. It was there that Pilgrim’s Progress, among other works, was written. Rhona Pipe is the author of The Big Book About Jesus and The Big Book of Bible Facts. Religion & Theology/Fiction • 208 pp • 9780340980156

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The Dark Night of the Soul St. John of The Cross Edited by Halcyon Backhouse Foreword by Alan Jamieson Written for all who long to find God in the middle of their darkest times, this new edition of a great spiritual classic includes an introduction from the translator and a new foreword. If a man wants to know for certain the road he is on he has to keep his eyes closed and walk in darkness. “The dark night of the soul” has come to typify that condition of spiritual dryness, depression, and seeming abandonment by God that many Christians experience at some stage in their lives. Here St. John, a 16th-century Spanish mystic and poet, describes the spiritual road that leads to union with God. On this road the soul must enter the Dark Night to be stripped of its imperfections, including the famous “seven deadly sins”—a process that often takes a number of years. Saint John of the Cross (1542–1591) was a Spanish mystic and a Carmelite friar and priest. He is known for his reforming of the Carmelite Order and his writings. Halcyon Backhouse is the editor of several Christian classics, including The Best of Meister Eckhart and The Cloud of Unknowing. Alan Jamieson is a sociologist, a pastor, and the author of A Churchless Faith. Religion & Theology • 136 pp • 9780340980132

Revelations of Divine Love Mother Julian of Norwich Edited by Halcyon Backhouse and Rhona Pipe Foreword by Jeremy Begbie The greatest of the female mystics, Julian is set in the context of her time in the introduction to this new edition. And all shall be well and all manner of things shall be well. In 1373, when she was 30 years old, Julian of Norwich received a series of 16 visions. Pondering in prayer their meaning for 20 years, she gradually came to realize their full significance. Written from the heart and borne from experience, Revelations of Divine Love is inspiring reading for all who seek to live their lives in close union with God. Her reflections are steeped in the Bible, contain many profound insights into contemplative prayer, and are as relevant today as when they were originally written. A spiritual guide for today, Julian additionally holds the distinction of being the first woman to write a book in the English language. Julian of Norwich (c.1342–c.1416) was an anchoress at the church of St. Julian, Norwich, where she received her 16 visions. Halcyon Backhouse is the editor of several Christian classics, including The Best of Meister Eckhart and The Cloud of Unknowing. Rhona Pipe is the author of The Big Book About Jesus and The Big Book of Bible Facts. Jeremy Begbie is a writer and lecturer on theology and founder of the Theology Through the Arts project. Religion & Theology • 192 pp • 9780340980101

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The Miracles of Mary Everyday Encounters of Beauty and Grace Bridget Curran Accessible, heartwarming, and miraculous stories of people—both famous and ordinary alike—and their remarkable encounters with the Virgin Mary. Although she lived two thousand years ago, the Virgin Mary continues to inspire countless generations with her miracles. This wonderful collection of accounts by everyday people includes stories of the silently weeping statues of Mary in Japan; apparitions of Mary in Rwanda, Yugoslavia, Poland, and Portugal; and of the statue of Mary in Sri Lanka that has been at the center of a number of miracles, including during the 2004 tsunami. Mary also appeared to millions in Zeitun, Egypt, uniting Muslims and Coptic Christians, and was inspiration to a young Polish boy who became a world leader. Told simply and honestly, these remarkable stories by everyday people allow the reader to experience the beauty and grace of these miraculous events, regardless of their background. Bridget Curran is a writer and filmmaker with a passion for the stories of Mary. Body/Mind/Spirit/Religion & Theology • 228 pp • 5 x 7.5 • 19 B/W Photos 9781741755145 • April • $16.95 (Can $18.95) Paper • Inspired Living

Chambers Dictionary of Beliefs and Religions Edited by Mark Vernon Up-to-date, impartial, cross-referenced, and international in focus, all areas of faith, belief, and religion are covered in a comprehensive reference for the general reader. Billions of people continue to place their faith in a god or gods, in spirits, or in some form of divinity. Many others adhere to alternative beliefs outside the major faith traditions, while for others science and secular modernity provide the basis for a meaningful life. This illustrated reference includes more than 3,200 entries ranging from Catholicism to sharia law, doomsday cults to eco-paganism, and yogic flying to the Flying Spaghetti Monster. It looks at what followers of the world’s major religions believe, at the origins of these faiths, and at how belief shapes our daily lives. It examines what happens when ancient faiths and the modern world collide, as in stem cell research or the teaching of creationism in schools. Mark Vernon is the author of several books, including After Atheism, The Philosophy of Friendship, and Wellbeing. He also writes for such newspapers as Financial Times, the Guardian, and Times Literary Supplement, and is a former priest. Reference/Religion & Theology • 736 pp • 6 x 9.5 • 200 Color Photos 9780550103444 • June • $34.95 Cloth • Chambers

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Now Open Sundays! A Celebration of Faith from a Church with a Message Rev. Paul Sinclair Spread the Word! A quirky, humorous celebration of faith by a very unique man of the cloth. For the past 20 years, Reverend Paul Sinclair has put up humorous church signs outside his church, grabbing the attention of passers-by— and on occasion, the media too. Each sign is a witty and thought-provoking reminder of faith, spreading peace and love in a wonderfully eccentric way. Regardless of religion, this book celebrates life and laughter. Thanks to Dawkins and his friends, much attention has been devoted to damning the importance of religion. Now Open Sundays! is a unique counterpoint, with enough sharp humor to have raders rolling in the aisles. Reverend Paul Sinclair is a priest and former pastor of Willesden Church. He owns Britain’s only motorcycle funeral business, using a custom-made sidecar hearse. Humor • 128 pp • 7.5 x 6 53 Color Photos • 3 B/W Photos 9781906032838 • June $12.95 (Can $13.95) Cloth • Portico

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Women Can’t Park, Men Can’t Pack The Psychology of Stereotypes Geoff Rolls Does shoe size predict penis size? Are oysters an aphrodisiac? Do redheads have fiery tempers? Are stepmothers wicked? Do politicians lie? Answering these and many other questions with an engaging mixture of humor and psychological insight, this book takes psychology to the battle of the sexes and beyond by examining the truths and misconceptions behind the stereotypes that we often take for granted. Author and psychology lecturer Geoff Rolls reveals why so many people are afraid of clowns, why cavemen preferred blondes, and the surprising trends regarding the name Wayne. Clever, compelling, and often surprising, this is the perfect book for anyone who wants to find out more about why we believe the things we do. Geoff Rolls is a psychologist and the author of Classic Case Studies in Psychology and Taking the Proverbial. Psychology/Humor • 240 pp • 5 x 8 • 27 B/W Photos 9780550104472 • June • $15.95 Cloth • Chambers

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Medicine’s Strangest Cases Michael O’Donnell A hugely enjoyable jaunt through the blood and guts of medical history. A choice prescription of medical oddities, this collection of true tales features an Essex man who kept getting pregnant; the physician who gave syphilis its name by writing a poem about it; and the future Lady Hamilton’s training as a courtesan through giving lectures on healthy living. The odd tales also feature 19th- and 20th-century doctors whose response to people having fun was to warn of danger—they condemned bicycling because it could stimulate the “sexual system” of “women of a certain temperament” and protected young men from the dread disease of masturbation by blistering their penises with iodine (ouch!). Laugh out loud and wince in sympathy with this insider’s collection of the most bizarre medical cases in history. Michael O’Donnell practiced medicine for 12 years, is the former editor of World Medicine, the author of two novels, and has written and hosted more than 100 TV documentaries. Medical/Humor • 316 pp • 5.5 x 8.5 9781906032906 (Replaces 9781861055637) • June $11.95 (Can $12.95) Paper • Portico

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The Ants Are My Friends A Celebration of Misheard Lyrics and Other Linguistic Gaffes Martin Toseland A celebration of those who fumble around the edges of the English language, capturing those moments when words and phrases are unintentionally transformed into something new and wonderful, with a special section for that most recent category of linguistic incompetence—Bushisms! “A very amusing book. Or, possibly, an evilly musing buck.” —Guardian In The Ants Are My Friends—delightfully misheard from Bob Dylan’s “Blowing in the Wind”—Martin Toseland has collected the very best, and very worst, linguistic gifts of the gaffe. Examples have been plucked gleefully from three categories of blunders: malapropisms—named after Mrs. Malaprop in Sheridan’s play The Rivals where the wrong word pops out to bizarre results; eggcorns—where a new word is created from misheard real one (the name comes from someone misunderstanding “acorn” as “eggcorn,” as it has the same shape); and of course mondegreens, or misheard lyrics, a rich vein of accidental invention. Such classic mondegreens are collected as Ray Parker Jr.’s “Who Ya Gonna Call, Gus Foster,” Eurythmics’ “Sweet Dreams are Made of Cheese,” Roy Orbison’s “Only Baloney,” AC/DC’s “Dirty Deeds Done with Sheep,” and Bob Dylan’s “Mr. Tangerine Man.” Martin Toseland is a former commissioning editor for Penguin Press and Collins Reference. Humor/Language & Linguistics • 158 pp • 5 x 8 • 40 B/W Illustrations • Portico New in Paper: 9781906032401 • August • $9.95 (Can $10.95) Cloth: 9781906032067 • Available • $12.95 (Can $14.95)

Letters from a Professional Nuisance Surreal Job Applications, Absurd Requests and Bizarre Complaints Michael A. Lee A hilarious collection of witty and outrageous letters, ranging from inventive job applications and requests for unusual (and often nonexistent) items to complaints about the fantastical, the impossible, and the mundane. “A very funny book indeed.” —Michael Palin, Monty Python Michael A. Lee pens an application to become the Beast of Bodmin Moor, inquires where he might be able to purchase a “corporate ladder” to help his career, and writes a grumbling complaint to Harry Ramsden’s fish-and-chip shop about the chip on his shoulder. Irrereverent, imaginative, and sometimes downright silly, these letters frequently provoke responses from the recipients that prove to be equally funny. There are replies from such venerable institutions as MI5, the office of the Archbishop of York, assorted Royal Societies and peers, the French Navy, and even the Pope—absolutely no one is safe from the author’s acerbic pen and unique imagination. Michael A. Lee ’s first letter for his previous collection Written in Jest, in which he applied to become the Mayor of El Paso, appeared on CBS News. He is also the author of Nothing to Complain About? Humor • 316 pp • 5.5 x 8.5 9781906032883 • June • $14.95 (Can $16.95) Paper • Portico

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The History of the World Through Twitter Jon Holmes and Mitch Benn Foreword by Stephen Fry Complete with fore-tweet by Stephen Fry, 100 great moments in history are hilariously and educationally condensed to the familiar 140 charac A humorous voyage through world history, this time the story is told through the speculative tweets of its most famous people: from the Lord’s commentary at the creation of the universe to Hardy’s view from the Battle of Trafalgar, and from the Mona Lisa’s reaction to being painted to Jackie O’s take on the JFK assassination, this book takes an irreverent romp through the annals of history. Jon Holmes is a six-time Sony award-winning writer, comedian, broadcaster, and confirmed Twitter-comedian. He writes a regular column for the Sunday Times. Mitch Benn is a British musician and stand-up comedian known for his humorous songs performed on BBC radio. Humor/History • 112 pp • 4.5 x 7 9781853757501 • April • $13.95 Cloth • Prion

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Wit Wit Wit Des MacHale A compilation of quips, one-liners, and smart-ass comments, this follow-up to Des MacHale’s brilliant Wit ranges from the wildest to the most withering of wits. “Wit . . . unlike most books of humorous quotations, is actually funny.” —Independent, on Wit “A majority is that quality that distinguishes a crime from a law.” —Ambrose Bierce “Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.” —G. K. Chesterton “I’ve done for golf what Truman Capote did for Sumo wrestling.” —Bob Hope All subjects are covered—from music and films, to politics and religion; from sport and food to literature and the theater. Casting a wide net and attracting a variety of sources, the volume represents comedians from past and present, as well as a host of other classic favorites. Des MacHale is the author of 40 humor books, including Lovers’ Wit and Wit. Humor/Reference • 288 pp • 4.5 x 7 9781853757136 • May • $16.95 Cloth • Prion

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My Secret Diary From Swaziland to Neverland Bubbles He is undoubtedly the most famous chimp on the planet, but how many of his fans can claim to know the real Bubbles? Fully updated, including how he has dealt with the recent death of his close friend Michael, this is a story that will challenge, inspire, and amaze. Behind his seemingly-perfect life of gold-plated tire swings and personal chefs, there is a dark history of medical experiments, addiction, and loss. But with the help of his man-pet Michael Jackson, Bubbles has grown to become bigger than King Kong—figuratively speaking. In this collection of very personal and honest entries from his diary, Bubbles gives the whole story— including his awful childhood in a brutal research clinic and his eventual daring escape; how he adopted a struggling young singer and revitalized his career by eating one of his gloves; his life in Neverland, where a $2,000-a-day banana addiction saw him balloon to a dangerous weight; the dark depression that led to a suicide attempt; his numerous conquests of some of the world’s most glamorous lady-monkeys; how a vicious rivalry with Cheetah almost ruined him professionally; and how in a breathtaking career change, he has become one of the most innovative abstract painters the animal world has ever seen. Humor • 228 pp • 5 x 8 • 8 B/W Photos 9781844549139 • April • $13.95 (Can $15.95) Paper • John Blake

Don’t Even Think About It! 101 Dangerous Things Not to Do Before You Grow Old Richard Wilson Nostalgia will get you nowhere, kids—far more useful than a homemade periscope, here is the hilarious antidote to retro Books for Boys. “A funny book from the man behind some of Britain’s funniest TV shows. Quite an achievement for such a miserable old bastard.” —John O’Farrell, author, Global Village Idiot, on Can’t Be Arsed It’s a grim fact that the world isn’t as nice as it used to be. People are ruder, more greedy, more selfish, and more violent. And even though those hardback retro books with flock covers and embossed titles look nice, they won’t help turn back the clock. Making a pin-hole camera, skimming stones, and whittling wood isn’t going to bring world peace. In fact, the world is only made more dangerous by people making their own bunsen burners and careering down hills in soap-box carts. Well, here’s an alternative book for boys—although it won’t just mock the things that Dad did. The book also has useful suggestions for skills to acquire that actually help: how to tell decent jokes, three essential chords on the guitar, how to drill a hole and put a rawlplug in it, how to play pool, and how to learn the half-volley in any sport. Richard Wilson is head of comedy for television production company Hat Trick Productions and the author of Can’t Be Arsed: 101 Things Not To Do Before You Die. Humor • 224 pp • 5 x 8 • 25 B/W Illustrations 9781906032746 • May • $15.95 (Can $17.95) Cloth • Portico

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The Secret Body Language of Girls Decoding the Far-Too-Subtle Body Language of Women Mal Croft and Matt Windsor Funny, handy, and easy-to-use, this “how to” guide helps confused men comprehend the visual signifiers and crack the codes of the elusive opposite sex. For anyone who has ever wondered if a woman is flirting with them—or if she merely has something in her eye—this hilarious and helpful guide aims to demystify the numerous physical signs and signals women send every day. Exploring the subtle ways that women work, whether warding off potential suitors or indicating they are listening, the manual explains the complex, dynamic, and sometimes baffling lengths women will go to in order to communicate—even when they don’t know they are doing it. From barroom gazes and silent-but-lethal pouting to feminine flirting and good old, crude and graphic displays of affection, it’s all here. Mal Croft writes for such magazines and newspapers as Empire, the Independent, and PLUG. Matt Windsor is a designer, illustrator, and the author of School Dinners, Serial Killers, and Sex Made Easy. Social Science/Humor • 128 pp • 5 x 6 9781906032814 • May • $11.95 (Can $12.95) Cloth Portico

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Chocolate and Cuckoo Clocks: The Essential Alan Coren Alan Coren Edited by his children, Giles and Victoria, this anthology of writing from the humorist and former Punch magazine editor features chapter introductions by fans of Coren—Victoria Wood, Stephen Fry, AA Gill, Clive James, and Melvyn Bragg. “Anthologies of humorous writing are usually deadly, but this one collates Alan Coren’s work into decades, each with an introduction by someone you’ve heard of . . . Coren’s anarchic silliness has something to play against.” —Daily Telegraph “A comic genius.” —Times In a prolific 40-year career Alan Coren wrote for the Times, Observer, Tatler, Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, Listener, Punch, and the New Yorker, and published more than 20 books including The Sanity Inspector, Golfing for Cats, and The Collected Bulletins of Idi Amin (he turned down an invitation from Amin to visit Uganda saying, “I’ll probably end up as a sandwich”). Even 20 years ago he estimated that he had published six million words, or 10 copies of War and Peace. This anthology draws together the best of Coren’s previously published material as well as previously unpublished autobiographical material. Coren was one of Britain’s most prolific and now much-missed humorists, finding the comedy of life all around him and rendering it, hilariously and compellingly, in polished and witty prose which will be eagerly devoured by his loyal fanbase. Alan Coren (1938–2007) was an English humorist, writer, and satirist who was well known as a regular panelist on BBC radio’s The News Quiz and a team captain on BBC television’s Call My Bluff. Coren was also a journalist, and for nine years was the editor of Punch magazine. Humor/Autobiography • 438 pp • 5 x 8 • 5 Color Photos • 9 B/W Photos 9781847673213 (Replaces 9781847673206) • July • $14.95 Paper • Canongate UK Books

Wordwatching How to Break into the Dictionary Alex Horne One man’s quest to coin a new word. If bootylicious can get in the dictionary . . . “Remarkably touching, honest, and dryly witty.” —Time Out on Birdwatchingwatching “Alex Horne’s comedy stand up is a distinctive mix of the geeky and the quietly rebellious. He’s obsessed with words and how we use them, has a penchant for puns and is a virtuoso of the vowel and consonant. There’s an anarchic subversiveness ticking away in the background throughout. This clever show works on several levels and its enthusiasm for words is infectious.” —Stage on Wordwatching, the show Alex Horne loves words. He loves them so much, in fact, that he decided to invent his own— to create a brand new verbal concept and successfully implant it into the English language, and the Oxford English Dictionary. But breaking into the dictionary was going to take more than just a gentle word in the ear of the OED’s editor, as Alex soon discovered. Evidence was required—Alex needed proof that his word was in print and used by more people than just him and his mom. He needed, to use the dictionary’s word, a “corpus” of examples, so a corpus he resolved to create. And he gave himself 1,000 days in which to do it. This is the story of what happened next. This is a hugely entertaining book full of wordy trivia and funny tales of verbal invention. Alex Horne is a stand-up comedian, nominated in 2003 for the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He is the author of Birdwatchingwatching, based on his show Birdwatching, which appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe. His follow-up show, Wordwatching, also appeared at the festival. Humor/Entertainment • 288 pp • 5.5 x 8.5 9781905264612 • May • $16.95 Paper • Virgin Books

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Straight from the Fridge, Dad A Dictionary of Hipster Slang Second edition Max Décharné Revised, updated, and expanded 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 vocabularybuilding guide for your inner hipster is time well spent. Décharné has compiled the most righteous slang from film noir, blues, country, jazz, and pulp fiction; with annotations and examples galore, it’s guaranteed 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 “Fun and appealing . . . draws heavily on American slang . . . highly recommended for reference collections serving writers, historians, hipsters, and anyone who enjoys language.” —Library Journal Much of the slang popularly associated with the hippie generation of the 1960s actually dates back before World War II, hijacked in the mainstream from jazz and blues street expressions, 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? One isn’t drunk—just plumb full of staggerjuice. 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, Straight From the Fridge, Dad 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 • 194 pp • 7.5 x 9.5 • 125 Color Photos • 48 B/W Photos 9781842432884 (Replaces 9781842431207) • April • $24.95 Paper • No Exit

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Chambers Mini Book of Facts Edited by Chambers Small enough to fit into a pocket, yet comprehensive enough to keep readers absorbed for hours, this is an essential title for information junkies. Chambers Mini Book of Facts is a pocket-sized mine of information on everything from Nobel Prize winners to national holidays, sporting achievements, and political leaders. Its 13 factpacked thematic sections will keep information junkies entertained for hours. Broad coverage of topics—including arts and culture, science, history, geography, and sports—features more than 250 tables and lists and mini biographies of 1,500 key figures. Meticulously researched and expertly written, the highly acclaimed Chambers list has been at the forefront of presenting knowledge and learning in an engaging and accessible way since it was first established in the 19th century. Reference • 432 pp • 4 x 5.5 • 250 Tables 9780550104311 • June • $9.95 Paper • Chambers

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Chambers Dictionary of First Names An Indispensable Guide to More Than 10,000 Names Julia Cresswell Aaliyah to Zyta—10,000 names, from the wildly popular to the highly unusual, are listed with their meanings, histories, pronunciations, and variants. What does the name Calvin mean? (Bald.) What is the meaning of Beverley? (Beaver stream.) Which boy’s name means “little seal?” (Ronan.) Which girl’s name means “spear strength?” (Gertrude.) And what links Merle and Mavis? (Both are birds—Merle means blackbird, and Mavis means songthrush.) This handy reference offers pronunciations, meanings, histories, variant spellings, and other colorful information regarding 10,000 names in more than 4,000 entries. It also explains changing fashions in names; mentions famous historical, literary, or cultural figures who bore a name; and offers invaluable advice on everything from cultural traditions to potential pitfalls in naming a child. Ideal for expectant parents or anyone with an interest in the origins of names, Chambers Dictionary of First Names is endlessly fascinating. Julia Cresswell’s other titles include The Watkins Dictionary of Angels, Collins Gem Babies’ Names, and Collins Gem Irish Babies’ Names. Reference/Language & Linguistics • 480 pp • 5 x 8 9780550104298 • June • $14.95 Paper • Chambers

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Confucius for Today A Century of Chinese Proverbs Gerd de Ley and David Potter The profound wisdom of the great thinker whose golden rule was “Never impose upon others what you would not choose for yourself.” It is better to light the candle than to curse the darkness. He who asks a question may be a fool for five minutes; he who asks no questions stays a fool for ever. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. With such wisdom and truth as to be eternally relevant, Chinese proverbs have found their ways through the centuries and into many cultures. Coming face to face with the monumental wisdom of the legendary Master Kung—better known by his Latinized name of Confucius— and others is a revealing and humbling experience. The Master’s influence is to be found in the greater part of all proverbs that emanate from China. Confucius encouraged in his followers a careful study of the outside world, and a process of deep thought through which to consider and judge their observations. As Confucius said, “As one lamp serves to dispel a thousand years of darkness, so one flash of wisdom destroys ten thousand years of ignorance.” Gerd de Ley and David Potter’s previous collections include Do Unto Others . . . and Then Run and Erotic Wit. Philosophy/Reference • 128 pp • 5 x 8 • Robert Hale New in Paper: 9780709089575 • May • $11.95 (Can $12.95) Cloth: 9780709085508 • Available • $15.95 (Can $17.95)

Her Ladyship’s Guide to the Queen’s English Caroline Taggart Never again will you say you’re disinterested when you mean uninterested, or fumble trying to find the correct word for the “toilet” when talking to bishops and barons. Wherever you are, whatever the company, good English will always stand you in good stead. The world’s most important language has a number of difficult areas and pitfalls, and almost all of us have some area to improve, whether it’s how to spell “millennium” or how to pronounce “schedule” the British way. Her Ladyship’s guide quickly takes you through the major problem areas. It covers: common mistakes in grammar (which will belie a lowly upbringing), common misspellings, commonly misused words, and the all-important choice of words and phrases to use in posh society, with a fool-proof pronunciation guide. Caroline Taggart has been an editor of non-fiction books for nearly 30 years. She is the author of I Used to Know That: Stuff You Forgot From School. Language & Linguistics/Reference • 176 pp • 4.5 x 7.5 9781905400935 • August • $12.95 (Can $13.95) Cloth • National Trust

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THE BEST AT EVERYTHING Each: Family & Relationships/Reference • 160 pp • 5 x 8 May • $15.95 (Can $17.95) Cloth • Michael O’Mara

The Husbands’ Book: For the Husband Who’s Best at Everything Jim Maloney The best husbandly way to do everything, from coping with in-laws and making an easy but impressive dinner to answering “Do you like my new haircut?” Marriage is one of the oldest and most respected of traditions. The Husbands’ Book is a light-hearted celebration of the role of beloved husbands and promises to give them more reason to wear their wedding ring with pride. Included are imaginative ideas for celebrating wedding anniversaries—and how to avert disaster if you forget. Tips and tales are provided for every stage of husbandhood—from nervous bridegrooms to senior spouse. Practical advice helps keep households running smoothly, and top-10 tips keep husbands in their wife’s good graces. A wonderful gift for all married men, The Husbands’ Book is a delightfully informative and entertaining addition to any household. Jim Maloney is married to Alison Maloney, author of The Wives’ Book. 9781843173267

The Wives’ Book: For the Wife Who’s Best at Everything Alison Maloney Making the most of marriage, from the honeymoon to an empty nest. Often described as “the better half” of the husband-and-wife team, the role of wife is sacred and wide-ranging. The Wives’ Book celebrates all the quirks, traditions, and achievements of wifehood, including fascinating stories of wives throughout history, imaginative ways of celebrating wedding anniversaries, humorous and thought-provoking quotes from literature, heart-warming tales from real-life wives, and practical advice for keeping households shipshape and running like a dream. Delightfully informative and beautifully packaged, this is a lovely celebration of marriage and a great gift for all brides. Alison Maloney is a film and features journalist and former children’s book editor. Her husband Jim Maloney is the author of The Husbands’ Book. 9781843173250

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The Seniors’ Survival Guide New Tricks for Old Dogs Geoff Tibballs Seniors who are still frightened to set their VCR clocks will soon be immersed in their iPods with the help of this lighthearted and humorous look at the annoyances and frustrations that afflict anyone trying to cope with modern life. “Grandpa will get Geoff Tibball’s jokey The Senior Survival Guide simply for its explanation of the difference between Wi-Fi and hi-fi, Jpeg and clothes peg.” —Telegraph Are you worried that the times are moving on without you and you’re simply being dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century? Does the thought of using an iPod or Blackberry make your palms sweaty? Does the idea of going into Starbucks for a coffee strike fear into your heart? The Seniors’ Survival Guide is here to help clear the fog and make sense of all the confusing mumbo-jumbo surrounding modern life. It includes everything from buying and selling on eBay and using that internet thingy to understanding teenspeak, tackling global warming, and negotiating telephone helplines. With this book the mechanical beeping, buzzing, and whirring that surrounds and afflicts your everyday life will soon begin to fade. Geoff Tibballs’ many humor books include The Mammoth Book of Dirty, Sick, X-Rated and Politically Incorrect Jokes; The Mammoth Book of Humor; and The Mammoth Book of Zingers, Quips, and One-Liners. Family & Relationships/Humor • 176 pp • 5 x 7.5 9781843172369 • June • $15.95 (Can $17.95) Cloth Michael O’Mara

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Good Times with Older Dogs Care, Fitness and Health Dorothee Dahl A comprehensive guidebook for owners and caregivers that explains the changes and health concerns common to elderly dogs. A dog’s golden years can be a special and very enjoyable period. This extensive resource provides advice on making the most of a dog’s senior years as well as information on older dogs’ special needs. The primary behavioral changes that can occur are addressed along with tips on ensuring that older dogs stay fit and healthy for as long as possible. Information on feeding and communicating with animals that can no longer see or hear well is also included. Dorothee Dahl was inspired by her experience with her own old dogs to deal intensively with the topic and encourage other pet owners to spend time with senior dogs. Pets • 80 pp • 6.5 x 9.5 • 50 Color Photos 9783861279723 • April • $19.95 (Can $21.95) Paper Cadmos Books

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Safe and Sound with Child and Dog Dagmar Cutka A complete guide to developing healthy and secure relationships between dogs and children of all ages. Living with a dog can have a positive effect on a child’s development by promoting social skills and a sense of responsibility. This practical guide provides information on how to choose a family dog and on how best to prepare a dog for the arrival of a new baby. A range of tools for teaching young children how to interact with dogs—including play-based educational games, illustrations, and examples drawn from practical experience—are also included. This is an indispensable companion for all those sharing their everyday lives with children and dogs. Dagmar Cutka runs a dog school and is an experienced dog trainer. Pets • 80 pp • 6.5 x 9.5 • 80 Color Photos 9783861279716 • May • $19.95 (Can $21.95) Paper • Cadmos Books

A Dog for Life The Book Your Dog Would Want You to Read Claire Bessant, Peter Neville, and Bradley Viner An essential guide to the best practices for caring for elderly dogs. There comes a point in every dog’s life when the signs of aging become noticeable, and owners naturally become less certain about how to care for their beloved pet. As this wonderful, informative book shows, looking after an older dog is a straightforward process that does not need to involve cranky diets or dog aerobics. It is packed full of practical information for the dog owner, such as how to find a vet, health checks to make at home, and a handy A to Z of canine afflictions for quick reference. Claire Bessant is a veterinary journalist whose other titles include The Cat Whisperer, The Complete Guide to the Cat, How to Talk to Your Cat, and What Cats Want. Peter Neville is a pet psychologist with a behavior therapy clinic. He is the author of The Perfect Kitten. Bradley Viner runs his own animal practice and is the author of the All About Your series of pet books. Pets • 288 pp • 5 x 8 • 16 Color Photos 9781844549030 (Replaces 9781857825626) July • $13.95 (Can $15.95) Paper John Blake

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The Dog Vinci Code Unlock the Secrets to Training Your Dog John Rogerson In an essential manual for any dog owner, a respected canine behaviorist outlines simple, step-by-step techniques for training a dog. “After reading this fascinating book, not only will you understand your dog but your dog will understand you.” —Robert Alleyne, author, The Trouble-Free Dog In the world of cell phones and email, where communication is available at the touch of a button, are we leaving man’s best friend in the dog house? The modern dog has more frustration, is more sheltered, and has less freedom than his ancestor. It is becoming alarmingly clear that we are in danger of losing our ability to understand and communicate with our canine friends at the most basic level. If you want to know what makes your dog tick, why he acts the way he does, how to change the way he behaves, or how to truly communicate with and train him, then this guide will help. This book is about learning how to communicate with your dog on an emotional level, which will in turn give him the ability to understand everyone in your family. By understanding “the code,” you will gain more control over your dog and then be able to offer him more freedom and less frustration than ever before, making for a more contented companion. John Rogerson is a leading dog trainer and behaviorist who pioneered many of the techniques that are now standard practice in behavior therapy and training. He has run courses on training and behavior for organizations such as the U.S. Air Force Dog Section, The Blue Cross, Illinois State University, Washington State Vet School, and Miami Fire Department Search and Rescue Team. Pets • 320 pp • 6 x 9.5 9781844548736 • April • $24.95 (Can $27.95) Cloth • Metro Books

The Secret Life of Cats Everything Your Cat Would Want You to Know Claire Bessant Every cat owner can learn how to minimize their cat’s stress, keep their cat safe indoors and out, and educate themselves on the various health issues on the forefront of modern feline discussion. Cats are the most mysterious of creatures, and their behaviors often confuse as much as they delight. Here at last is the fascinating key to fully understanding life with a cat. For many, cats are best friends, wonderful companions who bring endless comfort and amusement. In this incredible book, Claire Bessant uses her years of experience to show how to better communicate with and look after pets. Readers learn what those meows mean, how to read cat body language, how to tell their likes and dislikes, and much more—this book really is the ultimate guide to cat care. Written out of the belief that the more that is understood about a cat, the more fulfilling life will be for both pet and owner, this wonderful book shows how to fully appreciate a cat’s natural behavior and help it live its life to the highest standard. Claire Bessant is the author of Cat: The Complete Guide, The Cat Whisperer, and How to Talk to Your Cat. Nature • 288 pp • 5 x 8 • John Blake New in Paper: 9781844548040 • May • $12.95 (Can $13.95) Cloth: 9781844543045 • Available • $19.95 (Can $24.95)

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Playtime for Cats Activities and Games for Felines Helena Dbalý and Stefanie Sigl A range of great ideas for spicing up play and boosting both fun and fitness. All cats, young and old, need plenty of playtime. Daily activities help safeguard their well-being and physical and mental fitness, and work to prevent the development of behavioral abnormalities. Unfortunately, cats are frequently bored and can suffer from their owner’s lack of imagination. This comprehensive guide offers a host of creative ideas that add diversity and excitement to all play. Special attention is paid to developing a “fiddling board,” a special device that will provide hours of entertainment once it is adjusted to the tastes and needs of owner and pet alike. Helena Dbalý is a cat breeder. Stefanie Sigl is a cat and dog psychologist. Pets • 112 pp • 6.5 x 9.5 • 98 Color Photos 9783861279709 • April • $24.95 (Can $27.95) Paper Cadmos Books

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Falling for Fallacies Misleading Commonplace Notions of Dressage Riding Jean-Claude Racinet A thorough reevaluation of the most misunderstood aspect of dressage riding from a renowned equestrian expert. The world of modern dressage includes a broad canon of doctrines that are rarely, if ever, questioned. Despite their constant use, many riders are confused by the exact meanings and implications of numerous terms and approaches. What does it really mean, for instance, to drive the horse “onto the bit?” Does a stronger application of the rider’s aids really encourage the horse to place its hind legs further under its body? Is the term “collection” really synonymous with the increased forward engagement of the hind legs under the center of balance? This complete review of every aspect of dressage provides a thorough investigation and a critical analysis of the anatomical and biomechanical aspects of riding. It offers a long-overdue explanation of the sense and nonsense of commonly-used training doctrines and reveals prejudices in order to support the art of horse-orientated equitation. Jean-Claude Racinet was a renowned trainer, rider, and teacher skilled in the French tradition of the Légèreté. Sports/Pets • 160 pp • 9.5 x 10.5 • 79 Color Illustrations 9783861279693 • April • $49.95 (Can $54.95) Cloth • Cadmos Books

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The Great European Schools of Classical Dressage Vienna, Saumur, Jerez, Lisbon Henry Guillaume Photographer Alain Laurioux A thorough, behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of four of the most elite riding schools in the world. For nearly 400 years, four illustrious riding schools have striven for perfection in the equestrian art: the Spanish Riding School in Vienna; the Cadre Noir in Saumur, France; the Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art in Jerez, Spain; and the Portuguese School of Equestrian Art in Lisbon. Each school is a guardian of traditions—ancient, technical, and artistic—and together they have preserved and enriched the long dressage tradition. This meticulously researched study reveals the inner workings of each of these schools, including details about their traditions, their systems for recruiting and training riders, and of course their horses. It also discusses the future of these prestigious yet seemingly anachronistic establishments. Alain Laurioux is general stage manager of the Cadre Noir equestrian troop and professional photographer. Guillaume Henry is a riding instructor trained in Saumur, a widely published author of technical and historical books and articles on equestrianism, and the founder of the Pegase Academy. Sports/Pets • 208 pp • 9.5 x 12 • 88 Color Photos • 56 B/W Photos 9783861279686 • August • $54.95 (Can $60.95) Cloth • Cadmos Books

Lateral Work Training for a Supple Horse Johannes Beck-Broichsitter Featuring exercises covering initial steps up through fully developed maneuvers, a complete guide to teaching and performing lateral work. Lateral work is an essential part of any training program and a key step to developing a supple horse. This step-by-step guide covers each lateral movement and provides exercises designed to prepare horse and rider for the first lateral steps as well as stretching and loosening exercises. Instructions demonstrate how to properly structure a training session, clearly direct the horse to perform required movements, and systematically educate the horse to perform lateral work. It is an ideal reference for all types of horses, including those preparing for competition. Johannes Beck-Broichsitter is a renowned dressage trainer. Sports/Pets • 128 pp • 6.5 x 9.5 103 Color Photos • 41 Color Illustrations • 5 B/W Illustrations 9783861279730 • May • $29.95 (Can $32.95) Paper • Cadmos Books

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Dinosaurs Steve Brusatte and Michael Benton Packed with the latest research and discoveries, this giant-sized title is as unique and impressive as the dinosaurs themselves and is sure to entertain adults and children alike. Take a journey through the prehistoric world and trace the evolution of the most astonishing creatures ever to have walked the earth. More than 170 giant-sized and superbly detailed computergenerated illustrations provide a stunning visual catalog of dinosaurs, bringing the prehistoric world to life like never before. The expert text identifies each species—what they looked like, what they ate, and how they lived and died—and each dinosaur is accompanied by information on period, global location, and habitat, order and family, size and life-span, habits and diet, predators and prey. Steve Brusatte is a researcher of vertebrate paleontology at the University of Bristol focusing on the anatomy and evolution of dinosaurs. Michael Benton is the author of The Penguin Historical Atlas of Dinosaurs and Walking with Dinosaurs. He also acted as consultant on the Walking with Dinosaurs series for the BBC. Animals/Nature • 224 pp • 14 x 17 9781847244178 • April • $39.95 (Can $43.95) Cloth Quercus

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BRENTFORD TRILOGY Robert Rankin Robert Rankin is the author of The Da-Da-De-Da-Da Code, The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse, Necrophenia, The Toyminator, and The Witches of Chiswick. Each: Science Fiction • 5 x 8 • June • $12.95 Paper Reissue • Gollancz

The Brightonomicon Twelve tasks await unlikely partners in this bizarre reimagining of the Necronimicon. “As humorous fantasy goes, The Brightonomicon is a triumph of gleeful nonsense.” —Publishers Weekly Having been thrown from Brighton Pier by the leader of The Canvey Island Mod Squad, the hero narrowly escapes drowning thanks to the Perfect Master, the self-styled Logos of the Aeon—not to mention the reinventer of the Ocarina—also known as Hugo Rune. The hero has lost his memory, and in desperation he agrees to join The Lad Himself in the solving of 12 mysteries based upon The Brightonomicon, the new zodiac signs formed by the alignment of Brighton streets. Together they must find the Chronovision before it falls into the wrong hands and affords ultimate power to the would-be world dictator Count Otto Black. 360 pp • 9780575085466 (Replaces 9780575077737)

Knees Up Mother Earth A small town soccer field is the breeding ground for unspeakable horrors, and it’s up to the local pub-goers to save the day. “Crazy, classic Rankin.” —Daily Mirror “A very English form of insanity.” —Guardian Developers are planning to destroy Brentford’s beloved soccer grounds. Something must be done, and the men of The Flying Swan—Brentford’s celebrated drinking house—take up the challenge. Norman has recently discovered a Victorian computer that holds the secrets of the super-technology of a bygone age, and Archroy has just returned from his seventh voyage with the fabled Golden Fleece. Surely, with these stalwarts working for the cause, the field is as good as saved. But this is Brentford, and the ancient forces of evil—Old Testament horrors, beasts from the bottomless pit, and Lovecraftian demons— are stirring. 396 pp • 9780575085459 (Replaces 9780575076495)

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ROBERT RANKIN “One of the rare guys who can always make me laugh.” —Terry Pratchett, author, Discworld series “To the top-selling ranks of humorists like Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett, let us welcome Mr. Rankin.” —Times Robert Rankin is the author of The Brightnomicon, The Da-Da-De-Da-Da Code, Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse, Knees Up Mother Earth, Necrophenia, The Toyminator, and The Witches of Chiswick.

Retromancer In the latest madcap adventure from Robert Rankin, history has gone askew and it’s up to the one and only Hugo Rune to face down aliens and monsters galore in order to put everything in its right place. There is a big and evil magic upon the face of the Earth, and history has consequently been changed. The Germans have won World War II; America is a nuclear wasteland; and, worst of all, the breakfast menu at the Wife’s Legs Café in Brentford is serving bratwurst rather than the proper British sausage. When the world is all wrong and it needs setting right, the only hope left is Hugo Rune, a man who offers the world his genius and asks only that his expenses be covered. With the aid of his faithful acolyte and companion Rizla—also known as the Retromancer—Hugo sets out to rewrite history the way it should be. Together they return to war-torn London to solve the 12 cosmic conundrums based on Hugo’s personal tarot deck, each mystery leading them closer to a final terrifying confrontation. They must match their wits against beautiful spies, advanced alien technology, killer robots, and death rays; do battle with an ancient god; and come face-to-face once more with Hugo Rune’s arch-enemy, the sinister Count Otto Black. Science Fiction • 368 pp • 6 x 9.5 9780575084971 • May • $24.95 Cloth • Gollancz

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ROBERT RANKIN “One of the rare guys who can always make me laugh.” —Terry Pratchett, author, Discworld series “To the top-selling ranks of humorists like Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett, let us welcome Mr. Rankin.” —Times Robert Rankin is the author of The Brightnomicon, The Da Da De Da Da Code, Knees Up Mother Earth, Necrophenia, and The Toyminator. Each: Science Fiction • 5 x 8 • June • $12.95 Paper Reissue • Gollancz

The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse A fiendish murderer is attacking classic nursery rhyme characters, and it’s up to Jack and a disgruntled teddy bear detective to stop the killings before it’s too late. “Although the story is wickedly clever and the payoff is a great and satisfying surprise, the real delight comes from watching Rankin work his linguistic magic: characters talk in hilariously circular and self-aware dialogue, and puns and wordplay are packed into the prose like sardines in a tin.” —Publishers Weekly “Rankin more than lives up to his deliriously inventive title.” —Entertainment Weekly Once upon a time Jack set out to find his fortune in the big city. But the big city is Toy City, formerly known as Toy Town, and it has grown considerably since the good old days. It isn’t all that jolly any more, and there is a serial killer loose on the streets who is slaughtering old, rich nursery rhyme characters one by one. Meanwhile, Private Eye Bill Winkie has gone missing, leaving behind his sidekick Eddie Bear of the Toy City Police to take care of things. Eddie may be a battered teddy with an identity crisis, but someone’s got to stop the killer. Eddie and Jack team up to take down the killer, and along the way participate in heavy doses of bad behavior, car chases, and plenty of gratuitous sex and violence. 304 pp • 9780575085435 (Replaces 9780575074019)

The Witches of Chiswick What if the whole of 19th-century history had been rewritten by a group of conniving witches, and what if a boy in the 23rd century discovered their long-lost secret? “Will Starling saves the world from itself . . . Attention–deficit SF humor: like Douglas Adams on a sugar high.” —Kirkus Reviews A great and sinister conspiracy exists to keep mankind from uncovering the truth about its past. The Victorian authors and artists, for instance, did not simply dream up their various fantastic futuristic fictions; instead, their ideas were all based upon fact. The war of the worlds was a true account of real events; Captain Nemo’s Nautilus even now lies rusting at the bottom of the North Sea; and there really was an invisible man. Furthermore, Queen Victoria had a sexual relationship with Dr. Watson, the elephant man was a product of an E.T./human hybridization program, and Jack the Ripper was a terminator robot sent from the future. In actuality, a cabal of Victorian Witches from the Chiswick Townswomen’s Guild—working with advanced Babbage super-computers— rewrote 19th-century history. But now a 23rd-century boy called Will Starling has uncovered the truth about everything. 396 pp • 9780575085442 (Replaces 9780575075450)

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ROBERT RANKIN “One of the rare guys who can always make me laugh.” —Terry Pratchett, author, Discworld series “To the top-selling ranks of humorists like Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett, let us welcome Mr. Rankin.” —Times Robert Rankin is the author of The Brightnomicon, Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse, Knees Up Mother Earth, Necrophenia, and The Witches of Chiswick. Each: Science Fiction • 5 x 8 • June • $12.95 Paper Reissue • Gollancz

The Toyminator Eddie Bear and Jack must once again team up, this time to save Toy City from the end of days. “A gleefully mad collision between self-referential movie script and gumshoe noir/alien-abduction parody . . . Inspired lunacy that will be relished by anyone with a taste for humor in the bawdy, irreverent, smart-alecky, wisecracking British style.” —Kirkus Reviews “What you’re getting is vintage Rankin. Booze sodden private dick Eddie Bear is a marvellous creation.” —Starburst “Wacky and slightly peverse. If the title makes you smile, play spot-the-film references.” —Times Somewhere over the rainbow and just off the Yellow Brick Road stands Toy City, and things are not going well for the city’s inhabitants. There have been outbreaks of STC— Spontaneous Toy Combustion—and there are strange portents in the Heavens. The preachers of Toy City’s many religions are predicting that the End Times are approaching and that a Toy City Apocalypse will soon come to pass. With the body count rising and the forces of law and order baffled, it is time for a heroic duo to step forward and save the day. Eddie Bear, Toy City Private Eye, and his loyal sidekick Jack must face their biggest challenge yet: to save not only toykind, but the world of mankind too. 324 pp • 9780575085473 (Replaces 9780575079519)

The Da Da De Da Da Code Featuring aliens, flying saucers from hell, and the music of the devil, a roller coaster romp of a novel that features the biggest conspiracy in the history of man. “Clever and witty.” —Kirkus Reviews All Jonny Hooker has to do to claim a big prize is to solve the Da Da De Da Da Code. Jonny knows that beat: it is scattered throughout popular music and it has something to do with the Devil’s Chord, the great blues musician Robert Johnson, Elvis Presley—who is of course still alive—and the Secret Parliament of Five, who dictate world affairs. When he solves the Code, Jonny will discover why all the most famous rock musicians die at 27, the truth about raising an ancient god, and all about the destruction of the world. 306 pp • 9780575085480 (Replaces 9780575082274)

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Consorts of Heaven Jaine Fenn Set in the same universe as Principles of Angels, a thrilling scifi story of a mother’s quest to save her gifted son from horrific fate at the hands of a mysterious and all-powerful group of gods. “Fenn’s second offering is altogether stranger and more ambitious. A beautifully paced quest, a novel that doles out its revelations slowly yet confidently. The characters are welldrawn and believable. There’s more than enough here to suggest that British SF has a major new talent in its midst.” —SFX “The mutually dependent relationship between Kerin and the stranger is sensitively drawn, as is the depiction of a society kept in ignorance by a religious elite.” —Guardian “A vivid and unusual world, populated by an interesting array of characters.” —Times, on Principles of Angels When a naked, amnesiac stranger is found outside a remote highland village, he is taken in by Kerin, a widow whose unconventional ways are tolerated because her son Damaru is “skytouched.” Those who are skytouched are able to affect matter, and are tested by the Beloved Daughter, the living goddess who rules the world from the City of Light. If he is found worthy, Damaru will become a Consort of the skymothers, the gods themselves. Kerin and the stranger—nicknamed Sais—accompany Damaru to the City, but as Sais recovers his memory, he realizes that the world does not work the way everyone else assumes it does. As Kerin and Sais uncover the true nature of the world, they discover the unimaginable fate of the Consorts, a fate Kerin will do anything to stop her son from sharing. Jaine Fenn is the author of Principles of Angels, and has had short stories published in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine and On Spec.

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Science Fiction • 384 pp • 5 x 8 9780575083240 • August • $14.95 Paper • Gollancz

CHRONICLES OF ISAMBARD SMITH

Wrath of the Lemming Men Toby Frost Attention Blackadder, Python, and Red Dwarf fans: Isambard Smith and his loyal and noble friend, the psychopathic alien headhunter Suruk, are back in a third laugh-outloud installment. “If you are in the mood for a light and funny space opera adventure, then you can’t do any better than . . . Space Captain Smith. Very enjoyable and strongly recommended.” —Fantasy Book Critic “This warm-hearted and funny interstellar romp gives the sacred cows of sci-fi a good kicking before racing home in time for tea.” —Dick Maggs, director, BBC Radio’s The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy on Space Captain Smith From the depths of space, a new foe rises to do battle with mankind: the British Space Empire is threatened by the lemming-people of Yull, ruthless enemies who attack without mercy, fear, or any concept of self preservation. At the call of their war god, the Yull have turned on the Empire, hell-bent on conquest and destruction in their rush towards the cliffs of destiny. When the Yullian army is forced to retreat at the battle of the River Tam, the disgraced Colonel Vock swears revenge on the clan of Suruk the Slayer, Isambard Smith’s homicidal alien friend. Now Smith and his crew must defend the Empire and civilize the stuffing out of a horde of bloodthirsty lemming-men— which would be easy were it not for a sinister robotics company, a Ghast general with a fondness for genetic engineering, and an ancient brotherhood of Morris Dancers—who may yet hold the key to victory. Toby Frost has written film reviews for the book The DVD Stack and articles for Solander magazine. Science Fiction • 320 pp • 5 x 8 9781905802357 • April • $12.95 (Can $13.95) Paper Myrmidon Books

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Conan the Barbarian The Original, Unabridged Adventures of the World’s Greatest Fantasy Hero Robert E. Howard Seventeen original adventures from Conan’s creator are prefaced by an essay called “The Hyborian Age,” which Howard wrote in 1932 to give his Conan stories a background that would set them in a historical context. Conan the Barbarian is a name known throughout Cimmeria, Brythinia, Turan, and all the territories bordering the Vilayec Sea—as well as most countries more familiar to us in the real world. The character has become a multi-faceted industry, as famous in the world today as he was in his own world during the Hyborian Age. More than 50 novels and countless short stories featuring Conan have been written by a diversity of authors, but the stories contained in this massive volume are all by the character’s creator, Robert E. Howard. Originally written by Howard to be published in the magazine Weird Tales in the 1930s, these include the first published Conan story, “The Phoenix on the Sword,” and short stories such as “The Tower of the Elephant” and “A Witch Shall Be Born,” as well as the novel The Hour of the Dragon. Although many have taken up the challenge to extend Conan’s adventures over the years, Howard was a master of his craft, lovingly creating a mythical world in which his original masterpieces reign supreme. Robert E. Howard’s (1906–1936) tales of heroic and supernatural fantasy won him a huge audience across the world and influenced a whole generation of writers, from Robert Jordan to Raymond E. Feist. Fantasy • 656 pp • 7 x 8.5 9781853756993 • April • $29.95 Paper • Prion

Stories include: The Hyborian Age Phoenix on the Sword The Scarlet Citadel The Tower of the Elephant Black Colossus The Slithering Shadow The Pool of the Black One Rogues in the House Shadows in the Moonlight Queen of the Black Coast The Devil in Iron The People of the Black Circle A Witch Shall Be Born Jewels of Gwahlurc Beyond the Black River Shadows in Zamboula Red Nails

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THE WARS OF LIGHT AND SHADOW SERIES Janny Wurts “Fantasy writing of a high level . . . Wurts is an accomplished builder of worlds, scenes and characters through well-chosen detail, with an ear for dialogue and an eye for realism.” —Publishers Weekly “The author’s attention to detail and her skill for creating memorable heroes and villains lend a sense of immediacy to a tale of epic battles and great betrayals.” —Library Journal Each: Fantasy • 656 pp • 4.5 x 7 • April • Paper • Voyager

Traitor’s Knot Alliance of Light: Volume Four The gripping penultimate installment of the Alliance of Light. Having conquered the maze and achieved self-redemption, Arithon, Master of Shadow, is now the guest of the formidable sorcerer, Davien the Betrayor. No one knows how his influence will affect Arithon’s recovered mage power, or his newly awakened rogue talent for prescience. Meanwhile Arithon’s relentless enemies will stop at nothing to ensure his downfall. The Koriani enchantresses are determined to make him their captive and their pawn. And as the Alliance of Light fanatics regroup after their defeat, the core of their priesthood now stands corrupted by a dark cabal who plot to enslave their leader, Lysaer, and use the Mistwraith’s curse as their own private weapon to break the world’s order. The sorcerers of the Fellowship compact are sorely beset and the clans are counting their ruinous losses. Arithon, who holds their last hope of survival, chooses the most dangerous course: he dedicates himself to avoiding killing, though allies and enemies muster for war, single-mindedly blind to the consequences. 9780007101146 • $8.99

Stormed Fortress Alliance of Light: Volume Five The spellbinding final installment of the Alliance of Light—though Athera may be free, the fight is far from over! The heart-stopping conclusion to the Alliance of Light series brings Lysaer’s army of Light to besiege the great citadel of Alestron. Master of Shadow, Arithon, has discovered that young Jeynsa s’Valerient, whom he has sworn to protect, has joined the ranks of his disowned allies within the threatened citadel. Worse, following a failed rescue attempt, his beloved Elaira, his double, Fionn Areth, and the spellbinder Dakar are also trapped within Alestron’s walls. The chancy wiles of Davien the betrayer must spirit Arithon across the enemy lines to attempt a perilous rescue mission. Arithon must seek the heartcore of his talent, even while embroiled in a savage battle against those he has vowed to protect. But treachery strikes from deep within the duke’s ranks. Arithon stands alone at the hour of reckoning as the true purpose of the Koriani enchantresses becomes, at long last fully, unveiled—with the covetous Prime Matriarch now poised to snatch a prize, a prize beyond that of merely integrity and life. 9780007217816 • $9.99

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THE STONE DANCE OF THE CHAMELEON

The Third God Ricardo Pinto Six years in the writing, the concluding volume of Ricardo Pinto’s acclaimed The Stone Dance of the Chameleon fantasy trilogy is now in paperback. “Outstanding . . . a new kind of writing. Pinto is blazing a trail where others, no doubt, will follow.” —Amanda Foreman, author, The Duchess “A remarkable feast which I avidly consumed.” —Dennis L. McKiernan, author, The Eye of the Hunter Amidst the massacre he helped bring about, Carnelian is now desperate to find a way to avoid more carnage. His spurned lover Osidian—seeking revenge and determined to win back his stolen throne—has deliberately stoked the wrath of the Masters who rule the world from its center, Osrakum. Osidian’s actions threaten to overturn the repressive order of the Commonwealth, and Carnelian soon learns that he and those he loves are inextricably enmeshed in the terrible power game of the Masters. If he is to survive, he has no choice but to stand with Osidian in defiance of the invincible power of the Masters. In his struggle, Carnelian will unleash apocalyptic forces that will bring his world to a reckoning none could have foreseen, though it has been simmering for 4,000 years. Ricardo Pinto is the author of The Chosen and The Standing Dead in The Stone Dance of the Chameleon series. Fantasy • 928 pp • 5 x 8 • Bantam Press New in Paper: 9780553815054 • August • $16.95 Cloth: 9780593050514 • Available • $29.95

Aces High The 10 Best Air Ace Picture Library Comic Books Ever! Steve Holland Pilots who soared and swooped through the sky, cannons and machine guns blazing—the best battles of the Air Ace Picture Library, which ran from 1960 to 1970, are collected here.

Includes: Flash Point, Fighter Fighter!, No Survivors, War Smoke, Dive Bomber, Target Tirpitz, Whirlwind in the Sky, Steel Bats, Teeth of Battle, and Blast Bomb First launched in 1958, the War Picture Library produced numerous battle stories, but perhaps their most popular were those featuring the adventures of the warriors of the air. The flyers were seen as the glamour boys of World War II—they handled the most sophisticated and technically advanced combat machines ever invented—and there was almost limitless scope to develop stories based around their exploits. The machines they flew—including fighters such as Spitfires, Hurricanes, Messerschmitts, Mustangs, and Zeros—were lovingly recreated by the finest artists. The 10 stories featured in this exciting collection include tales of a flak-blasted night sky over Germany and a twisting and turning Typhoon with a Focke-Wulf in its sights. The included images are reproduced 25 percent larger than in their original published form. Steve Holland is the author of more than a dozen books relating to comics and pulp culture, including Sci-Fi Art and The Trials of Hank Janson, nominated for the Silver Dagger Award by the Crime Writers Association. Graphic Novels • 656 pp • 7 x 8.5 9781853757037 • April • $29.95 Paper • Prion

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GRAPHIC SHAKESPEARE William Shakespeare “The series constitutes an excellent unpatronizing introduction to Shakespeare.” —Financial Times Each: Graphic Novels/Drama • 136 pp • 7 x 10 • April • $15.95 (Can $17.95) Paper • Can of Worms Press

Othello Illustrations by Oscar Zarate Racism, love, jealousy, betrayal—the Bard’s classic themes come to live in this striking graphic adaption, complete with glossary. “It’s a marvelous twitchy performance from Zarate’s cartoon Othello . . . the more anxious the hero, the closer the artist follows his darting eyes.” —Guardian The page becomes the stage in this full folio interpretation of Shakespeare’s play depicting the tragedy of jealousy, passion, deceit, and the destruction of an overwhelming love. Zarate’s gorgeous interpretive illustrations provide a compelling backdrop to the bard’s words. Oscar Zarate is the creator of several graphic novels, including A Small Killing, with writer Alan Moore, and It’s Dark in London. He also worked on many of the titles from the For Beginners and Introducing series, such as Freud for Beginners and Lenin for Beginners. 9781904104087

Twelfth Night Illustrations by John Howard One of Shakespeare’s most-loved comedies is brought to vibrant visual life. “Wonderful cartoon version—Viola in black leather, Olivia as a vamp, Sir Toby Belch clutching a copy of Sporting Life—from the talented studio of John Howard.” —Catholic Herald John Howard’s excellent and intricate illustrations set the play in a near contemporary period setting, making the humor and the Bard’s words more accessible. John Howard is an artist and illustrator who has won numerous awards, notably eight from the New York and Los Angeles Society of Illustrators. His work is in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian and the Library of Congress. He lives in New York City. 9781904104094

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KNIGHTS TEMPLAR Michael Jecks Michael Jecks is the bestselling author of the Knights Templar series and a member of the Medieval Murderers.

The Bishop Must Die As the threat of war hangs over England, Sir Baldwin and Bailiff Puttock must work desperately to prevent murder, in the latest thrilling mystery in this hugely popular series. “The most wickedly plotted medieval mystery novels.” —Times “As usual in Jecks, the meticulous period detail paints a compelling portrait of medieval life.” —Kirkus Reviews on The Templar, The Queen and Her Lover 1326. In France, King Edward II’s estranged wife Queen Isabella shames him by refusing to return to England, and humiliates him further by flaunting her adulterous relationship with the king’s sworn enemy, traitor Sir Roger Mortimer. When the king hears she has betrothed their son to the daughter of the Count of Hainault, all England fears an invasion of Hainault mercenaries. Meanwhile the Treasurer of England’s life is threatened. He has made many enemies in a long political life and Sir Baldwin and Simon must do all they can to find the would-be assassin before he can strike. Mystery • 384 pp • 6 x 9 9780755344208 • April • $24.95 Cloth • Headline

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No Law in the Land Baldwin and Simon must deal with chaos close to home in the riveting novel from the medieval crime master. “Boasts an exciting, twisting plot.” —Publishers Weekly “Fans of well-researched historicals will welcome Jecks’s 26th Knights Templar mystery.” —Publishers Weekly on The King of Thieves King Edward II is furious when he learns that his wife Queen Isabella has defied him and remains in France with their son. As the unfortunate messengers of this unhappy news, Sir Baldwin de Furnshill, Keeper of the King’s Peace, and his friend, bailiff Simon Puttock, are instantly dismissed from court. Returning to their homes in Devon, the pair are shocked to find that outlaws now hold sway in the land. As the chaos escalates, the bodies of two clerics are found among a party of travelers, all of them—men, women, and children—savagely murdered. Baldwin and Simon are called to investigate, but when they discover the culprit is a friend of the king, they become wary about accusations of treason. Until, that is, Simon’s own daughter suddenly disappears. Mystery • 510 pp • 4.5 x 7 9780755357901 • June • $8.99 New in Paper • Headline

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CROWNER JOHN MYSTERIES Bernard Knight Bernard Knight is the author of the Crown John Mysteries series and is a member of the Medieval Murderers.

Crowner Royal A promotion places John amidst a cluster conspiracies in this 13th volume in the acclaimed series. “Another stellar historical whodunit from the practiced pen of a master.” —Booklist “Straightforward, descriptive prose, spiced with a few period terms, brings 12th-century England to life.” —Publishers Weekly “Fans of Crowner John won’t be disappointed.” —Kirkus Reviews London, 1196. At the command of Richard the Lionheart, Sir John de Wolfe has left his beloved West Country for the Palace of Westminster, where he has been appointed Coroner of the Verge. But with the king overseas, embroiled in a costly war against King Philip of France, Sir John is dismayed to discover that the English court is a hotbed of greed, corruption, and petty fighting. The murder of one of the palace clerks, stabbed in broad daylight and thrown into the River Thames, leads John to suspect that there’s a conspiracy underway to overthrow King Richard. And with the visit of the dowager Queen Eleanor fast approaching, the new Coroner must risk his life to prove his suspicions are right, root out the traitors within, and prevent a national catastrophe. Mystery • 400 pp • 4.5 x 7 9781847393289 (Replaces 9781847372970) June • $7.99 New in Paper • Pocket Books UK

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Taming Poison Dragons Tim Murgatroyd In a sumptuous, captivating tale of 12th-century China, an old man draws upon the experiences of his youth to face multiple challenges, from an evil warlord to a wayward son. Western China, 1196: Yun Cai, an adored poet in his youth, is now an old man, exiled to his family estates, full of regret and feelings futility. But the “poison dragons” of misfortune shatter his orderly existence. First, when his village is threatened by a vicious civil war, his family stability is threatened by his second son, a brutal rebel officer. Meanwhile, Yun Cai struggles to free an old friend, P’ei Ti, from a hellish prison—no easy task when P’ei Ti is the rebels’ most valuable hostage, and Yun Cai sees himself only as a frightened old man. Throughout his ordeals, Yun Cai draws from the glittering memories of his youth, when he journeyed to the capital to study poetry, joined the upper ranks of the civil service, and secured the friendship of P’ei Ti. Above all, he reflects Su Lin, a great love he won and lost, and for which he paid with his freedom and almost his life. Yun Cai is forced to reconsider all that he is and all that he has ever been in order to summon the wit and courage to confront the warlord General An-Shu and his beautiful but cruel consort, the Lady Ta-Chi. Taming Poison Dragons is Tim Murgatroyd’s first novel. Fiction • 320 pp • 5 x 7.5 9781905802395 • August • $13.95 (Can $15.95) Paper • Myrmidon Books

MASTERS OF THE SEA

Ship of Rome John Stack Against a backdrop of the clash of the Roman and Carthaginian empires, the battle for sovereignty takes place on the high seas in the first book of an exciting new series. “Seriously entertaining . . . stirring descriptions of ancient warfare. You can almost taste the salt, see the blood, and hear the shouts and screams. John Stack is to be welcomed into the ranks of first-rate historical writers.” —Tuam Herald “Crank up the testosterone, this one’s a fighter!” —U Magazine Ireland “A fascinating and evocative insight into the high politics and military life of the times.” —Daily Mail Atticus, captain of one of the ships of Rome’s small, coastal fleet, is from a Greek fishing family. Septimus, legionary commander, reluctantly ordered aboard ship, is from Rome, born into a traditionally army family. It could never be an easy alliance. But the arrival of a hostile fleet, larger, far more skillful, and more powerful than any Atticus has encountered before, forces them to act together. So Atticus, one of Rome’s few experienced sailors, finds himself propelled into the middle of a political struggle that is completely foreign to him. Rome needs to build a navy quickly but the obstacles are many; political animosities, legions adamant that they will only use their traditional methods; and Roman prejudice even from friends, that all those not born in Rome are inferior citizens. The enemy is first class, experienced, and determined to control the seas. Can Atticus, and the fledgling Roman navy, staffed with inexperienced sailors and unwilling legionaries, outwit and outfight his opponents? Fiction • 368 pp • 5 x 8 9780007285242 • April • $12.95 Paper • HarperCollins UK

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SIMON FONTHILL SERIES John Wilcox John Wilcox is a former international journalist and the author of the Simon Fronthill series. Each: Fiction • Headline

The Shangani Patrol In this gripping new military adventure, adventurer Simon Fonthill is forced to take sides in the last and most tragic battle of 19th-Century British South Africa. “Wilcox writes with an intimate knowledge of the African continent, an encyclopedic knowledge of the Victorian era . . . and all the dash of a great adventurer.” —Nottingham Evening Post on The Guns of El Kebir In the African Cape, Simon Fonthill—one-time subaltern and ex-captain in the North West Frontier’s Royal Corps of Guides—and his wife Alice find themselves on tribal land and at the mercy of ruthless Matabele warriors. While being held under the orders of the warrior king Lobengula, Fonthill becomes aware of a Portuguese plot to undermine a valuable treaty between Lobengula and the richest man in Africa, Cecil Rhodes. When friction develops between Rhodes and the Matabele tribesmen, Fonthill is forced to take sides. Together with Alice and his comrade 352 Jenkins, he becomes embroiled in one of the bloodiest battles in British history, the Shangani River massacre. 320 pp • 6 x 9 9780755345618 • April • $24.95 Cloth

Siege of Khartoum The eyes of the world are on the fate of General Gordon and the English-held Khartoum as it comes under siege, in this suspenseful novel in the thrilling Fonthill series. “If you’re looking for wartime adventure in the tradition of Bernard Cornwell and C. S. Forester and a hero to match Sharpe or Hornblower, then search no more.” —Northern Echo on The Guns of El Kebir 1884. Queen Victoria’s hero General Gordon is under siege. Hoards of Dervish warriors, loyal to the Mahdi, the Sudanese warlord and Messiah, are baying for British blood. With a small army and diminishing supplies, Gordon fears Khartoum will fall. Ex-captain and one-time subaltern Simon Fonthill is summoned to Cairo on a vital mission. He must enter the heavily guarded city undetected and make contact with Gordon ahead of the relief force. Together with comrade 352 Jenkins, Fonthill makes the treacherous journey across the Nile. But when they’re captured by a sadistic Dervish patrol, it seems hope of a British victory is all but lost. Can Fonthill and Jenkins survive interrogation and save Khartoum? 480 pp • 5 x 8 9780755345601 • May • $9.99 Paper

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The Horns of the Buffalo

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Carthage A Novel Ross Leckie Concludes the classical Punic trilogy that began with Hannibal and continued with Scipio. “A lusty, full-throttle portrait, stunningly depicted.” —New York Times “A highly contemporary novel making what might be seen as a series of dusty dates, relevant to our modern lives. Leckie’s knowledge of the period is profound, and his maneuvering of that history effortless, as he solders fact and fiction to create a novel with real historical depth.” —Times “By turns lucid, enlightening, and thrilling, this is the historical novel at its best.” —Historical Novel Society Ross Leckie tells of the final Punic War: the story of a great city and a people’s utter eradication under the relentless rise of Rome. But its chief characters, one the bastard son of Hannibal, the other of Scipio, would have wished it otherwise. Both seek peace, but are caught up in war. As they struggle between duty and belief, they stand to lose everything in the face of their fathers’ devastating legacies. Written as a series of letters and entries, the multiple voices of the novel are woven into a masterful exploration of human drives, political intrigue, and the process of history making itself. Ross Leckie is the author of Aristotle’s Alchemy and the Carthage Trilogy. Fiction • 212 pp • 5 x 8 9781847671011 • July • $12.95 Paper Resissue Canongate Books

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“Written in a simple, visceral style that brings a raw immediacy to descriptions of ancient battle . . . A ripping good read whose lesson in ancient history is yet another reward.” —Publishers Weekly

“Full of wonderful scenes . . . Leckie lights up this world for us with fabulous energy. What was once cold history becomes full-bodied adventure.” —Times

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Den of Wolves Empress of Rome Book 1 Luke Devenish Sex, murder, corruption, and intrigue collide at the dawning of the Roman empire. It is 44 BC and the rival powers of Rome are driving the republic to a violent end. A soothsayer foretells that the young Tiberius Nero, if he is wed to his cousin, the darkly beautiful Livia Drusilla, will sire four kings of Rome. Fuelled by ambition, Livia devotes her life to fulfilling the prophecy. No crime is too great when destiny beckons. So begins a murderous saga of sex, corruption, and obsession at the dawning of the age of emperors. Narrated by the 100-year-old slave Iphicles, Den of Wolves brings to life the great women of imperial Rome—Livia, Julia, Antonia, and Agrippina—who relied on their ambition, instincts, and cunning to prosper. Luke Devenish superbly recreates these outstanding women and their times in the first book of a dramatic new series. Luke Devenish is a scriptwriter, novelist, playwright, and lecturer. Former head writer for Australian soap opera Neighbours, he still writes for the show regularly. Fiction • 480 pp • 5 x 8 9781863256223 • June • $16.95 (Can $18.95) Paper • Bantam Australia

The Naqib’s Daughter Samia Serageldin A passionate tale of heroism, betrayal, and love, based on historical figures and set during Napoleon’s campaign in Egypt. “Using a beautiful prose style, Serageldin makes Gigi’s problems vivid and real . . . fascinating and highly entertaining.” —Library Journal “Promises and delivers the straightforward delights of an unpretentious historical novel . . . crammed with terrific detail, it is to be enjoyed for its mise-en-scène and color.” —Sunday Times “Serageldin’s richly observed study of a family and culture in transition and crisis succeeds both as ironical Proustian reminiscence and as a telling exploration of the ambiguities of status, loyalty, and belonging.” —Kirkus Reviews, on The Cairo House Lady Nafisa—aristocrat, philanthropist, and wife of Mamluke leader Murad Bey—wakes one morning to find her worst fears confirmed: Cairo is under threat from Napoleon’s Grande Armée. For Nafisa, the approach of the French means her husband must go to war, and she fears she will be widowed a second time. For 14-year-old Zeinab, daughter of a respected Naqib, it is the end of her childhood. To save her family she is married to Napoleon, and life in the French court in Egypt becomes a game to her, one with many pleasures, including the love of one of Napoleon’s trusted entourage. When the occupation fails, and the French begin to withdraw, only Nafisa can protect Zeinab from the wrath of the mob. Bringing to life in vivid strokes the vanished world of the exotic Mamluke warrior-slaves, this enthralling novel explores the complex and dangerous relationship between occupier and occupied. Samia Serageldin is the author of the autobiographical novel The Cairo House. Fiction • 320 pp • 6 x 9.5 9780007182176 • April • $24.95 Cloth • Fourth Estate

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The Guardians of the Covenant An Epic Quest for the Bible’s Darkest Secret Tom Egeland Full of old secrets and present day detection, this mystery is perfect for fans of Angels and Demons and The Da Vinci Code. “A complex and fast-paced conspiracy thriller of Old Norse myth, Ancient Egyptian superstition, and Christian secret societies. With codes, runes, hidden maps, [and] archaic symbols, it’s a treat for all fans of Steve Berry, Raymond Khoury, and Dan Brown!” —Kate Mosse, author, Labyrinth When a quirky archaeologist finds ancient Viking parchments containing runes and riddles, his mundane life is changed for good. As he embarks on a dangerous quest to discover their origin, he finds himself plunged into the heart of an ancient religious conspiracy, fighting for his life. From Egyptian tombs and antiquarian bookshops in modern day Egypt to the year 1013— when Viking warriors raided a tomb and unknowingly stole the greatest secret of the Old Testament—he is led on a mystifying trail of clues through past and present alike. With powerful forces fighting against him, will he be able to succeed in unveiling a religious cover-up when the consequences of failing are fatal? Tom Egeland has worked as a journalist. Fiction • 496 pp • 5 x 8 9780719521539 • August • $11.95 Paper • John Murray

Pilgrim James Jackson Packed with authentic historical detail, this epic, swashbuckling novel is set during the Children’s Crusade—an extraordinary period of superstition, violence, and religious fervor. “Jackson brings history to life in this terrifying tale of bloody battles, youthful courage and treachery.” —Livewire, Pick of the Titles “This is history—and terrific history—on every page.” —Frederick Forsyth, author, The Day of the Jackal, on Blood Rock In 1212, the forces of Christendom are on the march again. There is much to avenge. Twentyfive years ago, the Christian army lay slaughtered on the desolate plain of the Horns of Hattin. Mighty Saladin, ruler of the Moslem world, went on to capture Jerusalem, crush the Crusaders, and push back the remnants of the Latin empire to a thin line of threatened coastal forts. The Holy Land seemed lost. But now the Pope has called for crusade. Many take the cross for pilgrimage and battle. Among them is Otto, a young noble heading for the Holy Land in search of his vanished Hospitaller Knight father, and Brother Luke, a mysterious Franciscan on a mission of his own. And then there are the children, tens of thousands of them, pledged to recapture Jerusalem and find the True Cross, the holiest of relics lost to the forces of Islam. But what begins as a religious quest will turn into a harrowing nightmare of hardship and danger. For dangers press in and the way ahead is perilous. Some will not survive. James Jackson has written four previous thrillers, including Blood Rock, and The Counter-Terrorist Handbook. Fiction • 502 pp • 4.5 x 7 9780719569340 • April • $9.99 Paper • John Murray

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Testament Alis Hawkins “An elaborate double narrative, zig-zagging between the 14th century and the present day.” —Mail on Sunday “An ambitious first novel . . . skillfully bridges two vastly different time periods.” —Peterborough Evening Telegraph It is 1385, and master mason Simon of Kineton is building his magnum opus—a great college to rival any in England. But the Bishop of Salter, hostile to free education, is determined to sabotage Simon’s project. When rumors spread that the mason’s son is cursed, the bishop sees an opportunity to undermine both Simon and the college. 600 years later, in the same city, Damia Miller has been employed to promote penniless Kineton and Dacre College. She soon realizes that a grotesque wall painting uncovered during renovations may hold the key to the ancient college’s survival. A startling feat of imaginative skill, this debut novel is a heartbreaking reminder of what it is that makes us human—no matter what era we are born into. Alis Hawkins is a speech and language therapist, working in schools. Fiction • 568 pp • 5 x 8 9780230706385 • May • $13.95 Paper • Pan Books

The Twisted Heart Rebecca Gowers A startling literary murder mystery and a tale of modern love from an Orange longlisted author. “A genuinely puzzling historical murder mystery linking Dickens to the gruesome murder of a prostitute. Fresh and clever and very funny.” —Guardian “Gowers’s writing is absolutely beautiful.” —Times “Singularly convincing and genuinely moving . . . 21st-century love is laid tenderly but unflinchingly bare in this ultimately strange and lingering novel.” —Independent on Sunday “A dark delight of a novel.” —Metro When Kit, a work-obsessed literature student, goes on a whim to a dance class she is hoping simply to take her mind off her studies. Soon it looks like Joe, a stranger she meets there, may tempt her to put her books aside and live a little. But when Kit uncovers a mystery involving the young Charles Dickens and the slaughter of a prostitute known as the Countess, she is sucked back in to the world of books, and discovers how Dickens became tangled up with this horrendous crime. Rebecca Gowers is the author of The Swamp of Death and of When to Walk, long-listed for the Orange Prize. Mystery • 288 pp • 5 x 8 9781847671554 (Replaces 9781847671547) • August • $12.95 Paper • Canongate Books

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A Thousand Suns Alex Scarrow “An intense what-if that ties a present-day freelance photographer to an ill-fated WWII German assault on Manhattan . . . Scarrow has a real talent for pacing, and he keeps the tension escalating.” —Publishers Weekly “An exuberant and epic tale.” —Good Book Guide “An epic tale that moves between the present and the last days of the Third Reich.” —Eastern Daily Press It’s early April 1945, deep in the bloodied days of World War II. The Nazi regime is being slowly throttled by the oncoming Russian and Allied armies and Hitler rages uselessly in his Berlin bunker. But the high command have one more throw of the dice to make. An audacious plan is hatched to save the Fatherland and beat off the oncoming apocalypse. All it will take is a hodge-podge squadron of escort fighters, a captured U.S. bomber, and one brave but suicidal pilot to fly it over the Atlantic into the beating heart of America. Half a century later, a rusting plane is discovered, sunk with its crew, off the coast of New York—a relic from a bygone age. Chris Roland, a brilliant young photographer, is sent to take photos of this time capsule. But it is only when he discovers that the fragments of Nazi uniforms on the decaying corpses that he realizes that he has come across a secret so terrible that even 50 years later it could still kill him. Alex Scarrow is the author of Last Light. He is the brother of historical novelist Simon Scarrow. Fiction • 496 pp • 5 x 8 9781409117308 (Replaces 9780752881355) • June • $12.95 Paper • Orion Publishing

The Blood Lance Craig Smith Amoral, Glock-toting heroes Kate, Ethan, and Malloy don holsters and body armor again in the enthralling sequel to The Painted Messiah. “A marvelously thrilling book . . . the distinction between villain and hero is constantly blurred . . . a most enthralling story.” —Paul Doherty, author, the Hugh Corbett mysteries, on The Painted Messiah Kufstein, Austria, 1939: at the foot of a mountain known as the Wilder Kaiser lies the body of Otto Rahn, Himmler’s own archaeologist. Rahn’s pursuit of the legendary Blood Lance of the Cathars has set in motion a tragic chain of events reaching far beyond the holocaust. Switzerland 1997—Lord Robert Kenyon is a wealthy financier and a senior member of humanitarian order the Knights of the Holy Lance. While climbing the Eiger with his new bride, he is attacked and murdered and his wife Kate left for dead. New York City 2008—when billionaire Jack Farrell cuts loose after defrauding his own company, ex-CIA agent Thomas Malloy is assigned to track him down. The trail leads to Germany and the Order of the Holy Lance. With his friends, former art thieves Kate and Ethan Brand, Malloy set out to unlock the secrets of the order: Malloy seeks his man while Kate must find the truth about what happened on the slopes of the Eiger 11 years before—and exact her vengeance. Craig Smith is a former professor at the University of North Colorado. His first novel The Whisper of Leaves won a bronze medal in ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Awards. Mystery • 384 pp • Myrmidon Books New in Paper: 9781905802296 (Replaces 9781905802234) • 5 x 8 June • $12.95 (Can $13.95)

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THOMAS CHALONER MYSTERIES Susanna Gregory Susanna Gregory is the pseudonym of a Cambridge academic who was previously a coroner’s officer. Her series of medieval mysteries have gained a formidable following. Each: Mystery • May • Sphere

A Murder on London Bridge There is an electric air of foreboding on the streets of 1664 London—an atmosphere Thomas Chaloner fears will only take a small spark to ignite into another civil war. The murder of a man in broad daylight on London Bridge is the first indication that the Earl of Clarendon’s fears of a rebellion against the newly restored monarchy may be wellfounded. His spy, Thomas Chaloner, suspects the assassin may be a member of a group dedicated to seeing the return of Puritanism, and at the same time he learns of a faction close to the King determined to bring back the old ways of the Roman Catholic Church. He discovers, too, that the killing on the Bridge is not the only assault committed there recently, and begins to decipher a link between the violence and the people who manage the Bridge and its buildings. As he moves unobtrusively between White Hall, the mansions along the Strand, and the congestion on the only river crossing he becomes aware of an undercurrent of restlessness in the capital. It soon becomes clear that the groups he is investigating are planning some extraordinary climax to achieve their separate aims on Shrove Tuesday, which gives him little time to identify the ring-leaders and thwart their intentions. 464 pp • 5.5 x 8.5 9781847442529 • $29.95 Cloth

The Westminster Poisoner The fourth mystery featuring detective and former spy Thomas Chaloner. “Excellent . . . effortlessly blends authentic historical details with plenty of red herrings.” —Publishers Weekly Christopher Vine, a Treasury clerk working in solitary piety in the Painted Chamber of the Palace of Westminster, is not alone. A killer waits in the draughty hall to ensure Vine will not live to see in the New Year. And Vine is not the only government official to die that season. The Lord Chancellor fears his enemies will skew any investigation to cause him maximum damage, so he commissions his own inquiries into the murders and, with his suspicions centered on Greene, another clerk, he instructs Thomas Chaloner to prove that Greene is the killer. Chaloner can prove otherwise, but unraveling the reasons behind his employer’s suspicions is as complex as discovering the motives for the killings. His search for the real murderer plunges him into a stinking seam of corruption that leads towards the Royal apartments and to people determined to make Christmas 1663 Chaloner’s last. 480 pp • 5 x 8 New in Paper: 9780751539554 (Replaces 9781847441003) • $12.95

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A Conspiracy of Violence

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MATTHEW BARTHOLOMEW CHRONICLES Susanna Gregory Susanna Gregory is the pseudonym of a Cambridge academic who was previously a coroner’s officer. Her series of medieval mysteries have gained a formidable following. Each: Mystery • August • Sphere

The Killer of Pilgrims The Sixteenth Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew Matthew Bartholomew’s latest adventure finds him racing to save the university. “Strong-stomached readers will relish this trip into England’s grim and grimy past.” —Publishers Weekly on To Kill or Cure When a wealthy benefactor is found dead in Michaelhouse, Brother Michael and Matthew Bartholomew must find the culprit before the college is accused of foul play. At the same time, Cambridge is plagued by a mystery thief, who is targeting rich pilgrims. Moreover, pranksters are at large in the university, staging a series of practical jokes that are growing increasingly dangerous, and that are dividing scholars into bitterly opposed factions. Bartholomew and Michael soon learn that their various mysteries are connected, and it becomes a race against time to catch the killer–thief before the university explodes into a violent conflict that could destroy it forever. 416 pp • 5.5 x 8.5 9781847442987 • $24.95 Cloth

A Vein of Deceit The Fifteenth Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew Medieval physician-cum-sleuth Matthew Batholomew must uncover the foul play that connects an untimely death and a pile of missing funds. Despite a new influx of well-heeled students, Michaelhouse has suffered from an acute lack of funds that has made itself manifest in a lack of decent provisions. It is only when the Brother in charge of the account books dies unexpectedly that an explanation is revealed: large amounts of money had been paid for goods the college never received. Although shocked by this evidence of fraud, Matthew Bartholomew is more concerned with the disappearance of a quantity of pennyroyal from his herbarium. Pennyroyal is known to cause a woman to miscarry, and a pregnant visitor to his sister’s household has died from an overdose of the substance. Had she meant to abort her child, or had someone else wanted to ensure that she was unable to provide an heir to her husband’s wealthy estates? When Matthew learns that it was the dead woman’s husband who had received Michaelhouse’s missing money, he begins to search for other connections and quickly exposes a treacherous conspiracy. 480 pp • 5 x 8 New in Paper: 9780751539158 (Replaces 9781847441102) • $12.95

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MORLAND DYNASTY Cynthia Harrod-Eagles Cynthia Harrod-Eagles is the author of the Bill Slider series as well as the Morland Dynasty novels. Each: Fiction • April • Sphere

The Fallen Kings Continuing the addictive saga of the Morland family, now with its many branches spread across the Empire and the new world. “Reading her is a joy.” —Irish Times German troops flood back from the Russian front for an all-out assault in 1918 France. The overwhelmed British reel back; the specter of defeat haunts the land. In the front line, Bertie struggles to bring out his battered battalion; at home Jessie, carrying his child, faces her family’s censure. Thomas follows the Romanovs to Ekaterinburg as Russia descends into bloody civil war. Emma drives an ambulance in the FANY, and Jack is shot down. In the last, terrifying year of the war, the Morlands are more than ever in the thick of it, winning through by courage, steadfastness, and love. 592 pp • 5.5 x 8.5 • 9781847441157 • $29.95 Cloth

The Foreign Field This installment in the rich tapestry of the Morland Dynasty continues the addictive saga of the Morland family, now with its many branches spread across the Empire and the new world. “Even those unfamiliar with the grand tradition of British family sagas . . . will find it easy to get hooked on this addictive series.” —Booklist It’s 1917 and the Allies are determined to finally defeat a weakened Germany—everything is building up to the summer’s Big Push. Germany strikes back with U-boat attacks to starve England out, giant airplanes to bomb London, and the cunning withdrawal to the Hindenberg Line. Every Briton must do his bit, and the Morlands are involved at every stage: fighting and nursing in France, stoically surviving at home, and finding love where they can along the way. Continuing the great saga of the Morland dynasty, The Foreign Field carries its members into a new set of conflicts and tests their courage to the limit. 528 pp • 4.5 x 7 • 9780751537703 • $8.99 Paper

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The Measure of Days

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PRIMAVERA BLACKSTONE MYSTERY SERIES Quintin Jardine “Jo Bannister, Peter Turnbull, and Ian Rankin can be considered read-a-likes, but when it comes to the depiction of a multilevel police force in action, Jardine . . . stands alone.” —Library Journal on Death’s Door “This gritty, fast-paced mystery will pin even the most squeamish readers to the page.” —Publishers Weekly on Thursday Legends “Highly recommended for patrons who enjoy British police procedurals.” —Library Journal on Dead and Buried Quintin Jardine is the author of the Bob Skinner Mysteries and the Oz Blackstone series.

Blood Red Primavera Blackstone herself becomes the prime suspect in the second breathtaking novel in crime writer Quintin Jardine’s brilliant new series. Primavera is enjoying the quiet life in an idyllic village on the Catalan coast of Spain. The attractive single mother and eight-year-old Tom, son of the late and still lamented Oz Blackstone, are popular figures in the tiny community. But her close friendship with the parish priest has eyebrows rising and tongues wagging. Then a dispute explodes with a powerful councilman who refuses to allow the village wine fair to go ahead. When his body is found, head caved in, some ominous questions are asked. Mystery • 416 pp • 6 x 9 9780755340248 • May • $24.95 Cloth • Headline

Inhuman Remains Shock! Oz Blackstone has died and his ex-wife, the feisty, tough-talking Primavera Blackstone, takes over as investigator in this thrilling adventure from Quintin Jardine, award-winning author of the Bob Skinner Mysteries series. Her mind still filled with thoughts of Oz, her dead ex-husband, Primavera Blackstone is in Spain with their eight-year-old son son Tom when the peace is breached with the arrival of her elderly but formidable Aunt Adrienne. All is not well in Auntie’s world: her roguish son Frank has become involved with a shady international casino project and has disappeared. Primavera flies to Seville to track him down only to find herself a fugitive with her life under threat. Aunt Adrienne then joins the missing persons list, and Tom is forced to flee to safety. As Primavera crosses Spain in a struggle to stay alive and free Adrienne, she soon finds herself at the center of a maelstrom of mystery. Mystery • 416 pp • 4.5 x 7 9780755340231 (Replaces 9780755340217) • April • $8.99 New in paper • Headline

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BOB SKINNER MYSTERIES SERIES

Fatal Last Words Quintin Jardine It’s no ordinary summer for DCC Bob Skinner as murder mystery leaps from the page into reality in the 19th volume of Quintin Jardine’s outstanding cop series. “One of the stronger entries in this hard-hitting police series . . . a nice surprise ending.” —Publishers Weekly August in Edinburgh: as Skinner stands on the edge of a career-defining moment and his fiancée, Scotland’s First Minister Aileen de Marco, faces a political crisis—one of Scotland’s most successful crime writers is found dead at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. As the mystery deepens, Skinner finds himself crossing swords with an enemy from the past, while his investigating detectives are faced with the unwelcome complication of a duke’s junkie daughter. Meanwhile, a second Scottish celebrity dies violently in Australia. It seems impossible, but could the two be connected? As DCS Mario McGuire heads to Melbourne to investigate, back in Scotland his boss’s big moment is compromised in the most dramatic and unexpected manner, as a famous friendship is shattered forever. Quintin Jardine is the author of the Bob Skinner Mysteries and the Oz Blackstone series. Mystery • 512 pp • 4.5 x 7 9780755329175 (Replaces 9780755329151) • August • $8.99 Paper • Headline

DAISY LANE SERIES

Fatal Cut June Hampson As Daisy builds a future for herself and her sons, is there any escaping the past? Daisy Lane is gradually coming to terms with her troubled past. Roy Kemp, the notorious gangster and Daisy’s former lover, is in prison along with the Kray twins. Daisy wants to enjoy her newfound freedom, but must watch over Roy’s criminal empire in his absence, all the while attempting to continue her illicit relationship with Vinnie Endersby—just about the only straightdealing cop in Gosport. But it isn’t long before another gangster decides to challenge Roy’s dominance; while Roy counts his days to freedom, the criminal landscape is changing, as vice and extortion are replaced by hard-core pornography and drugs. Soon, the bodies of mutilated girls are found dumped around the outskirts of Gosport—the deadly product of a ruthless gang. Meanwhile, Daisy must make a difficult choice. The greater the threat to Roy’s empire, the more involved Daisy becomes in his life. But Vinnie and Daisy have waited years to be together. Before Daisy can make any decisions, matters take a deadly turn. June Hampson is the author of Broken Bodies, Damaged Goods, and Trust Nobody. Mystery • 288 pp • 4.5 x 7 9781409103745 • July • $9.99 Paper • Orion Publishing

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DETECTIVE KAREN SHARPE MYSTERY SERIES

Unsafe John Connor Things have gotten personal for Detective Karen Sharpe—will she crumble under the pressure? “Compelling.” —Guardian “A first-rate thriller with a terrific climax.” —Sunday Telegraph “Engrossing debut . . . Sharpe will remind many of a young Jane Tennison—stubborn, angrily vulnerable, and with some of the best instincts on the force.” —Publishers Weekly on Phoenix On the day Karen Sharpe is promoted to detective sergeant, she loses control and attacks a prisoner she is interrogating. Duly suspended, Karen is investigated and seemingly cleared, but more than a year later the incident still casts a long shadow. When the battered body of a young girl is discovered, it kicks off an inquiry that pushes Karen and a trainee, DC Marcus Roth, too close for comfort, both on and off-duty. The investigation leads to Mary Bradley, currently the caregiver for a helpless six-year-old boy, Andrew Farrar. As the truth of Mary Bradley’s violent past emerges, the inquiry becomes a race against time before Andrew becomes just another one of her child victims. Meanwhile, with the case holding more and more personal resonance for Karen, Marcus discovers that, when threatened, she has a tendency to ignore the rule book and act on instinct. Before the scores are finally settled Marcus wonders whether Karen’s legitimate world and Mary Bradley’s illegitimate one are really any different. John Connor is a former attorney who prosecuted numerous homicide cases and advised the police in numerous drug and organized crime operations, many involving covert activity. He is the author of four previous books in the Detective Karen Sharpe Mystery series: Phoenix, The Playroom, A Child’s Game, and Falling. Mystery • 496 pp • 5 x 8 9781409102076 (Replaces 9780752885247) • August • $11.95 New in paper • Orion Publishing

RHONA MACLEOD SERIES

Final Cut Lin Anderson Think CSI: Glasgow—the sixth book in the series combines forensic investigation with a breakneck pace. “A sexy new rival for Rebus.” —Scotsman Where the hell had the kid found a human skull? McNab heard an intake of breath behind him as someone else made out the shape in the torchlight. A metre away now, McNab crouched on a level with the child. “Where did you find that, Emma?” he said softly. She stared at him. “I was lost. I heard them calling me.” When Claire regains consciousness after a stranger causes her car to crash in a snowstorm, she is frantic to discover her nine-year-old daughter Emma missing from the back seat. Then Emma is found in the woods nearby, unharmed but cradling a child’s skull. She claims it “called to her”—and she can hear another voice nearby. Meanwhile, forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod is trying to discover the identity of a corpse found badly burned in a trash bin. The body is wearing a soldier’s ID tag, but DNA tests show it’s not him. When DS Michael McNab asks for her help identifying the remains Emma found, they discover the two cases are linked in ways they could never have imagined. Lin Anderson is the author of Blood Red Roses, Driftnet, Torch, Deadly Code, Dark Flight, and Easy Kill. Mystery • 344 pp • 4.5 x 7 9780340922453 • June • $9.99 Paper • Hodder & Stoughton

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DI JOE FARADAY Graham Hurley “There is no one writing better police procedurals today.” —Sunday Telegraph “Quite simply the best police procedural I’ve read this year.” —Harlan Coben, author, The Woods, on The Take “People who cannot wait for the next John Harvey or Stuart MacBride will find a good substitute here.” —Library Journal starred review of Blood and Honey

No Lovelier Death Two murdered teenagers. Who will get to the killer first? The police, or the crimelord who owes a debt to the dead girl’s father? A judge and his wife go away on holiday and lose everything. While they are away their 17-year-old daughter throws a party, it goes out of control, there is a riot, and she and her boyfriend are murdered. A massive police investigation, stretching the force’s resources to breaking point, is launched with DI Faraday in charge. The judge’s neighbor who has promised to keep a eye on things while he was away feels he owes the man a debt. And he has his own reputation to think about. He wants the name of the killer. Perhaps it’s the neighbor, Bazza McKenzie, a man who made his fortune supplying the city with class-A drugs. Or maybe it’s the man in his organization charged with getting the job done, ex-DC Paul Winter. In Graham Hurley’s gripping new crime thriller Faraday and Winter are finally on the opposite sides of the law, but they’re both after the same thing. Paul Winter is treading his most dangerous line yet. Graham Hurley is an award-winning TV documentary maker who now writes full time. Mystery • 400 pp • 4.5 x 7 9780752884141 • June • $8.99 Paper • Orion Publishing

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The Take

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DI TOM MARINER Chris Collett "Mariner is a wonderful character." —Liza Cody, author, the Anna Lee Mysteries series "An intelligent and compassionate writer." —Judith Cutler, author, Still Waters "I really couldn't put it down." —Raw Edge Magazine on Blood of the Innocents “Readers will enjoy the police work and look forward to future Mariner stories.” —Publishers Weekly on Blood Money

Stalked by Shadows Mariner may be facing a serial killer in the fifth entry in the series. Lucy Jarrett is terrified. She’s convinced that somebody is watching her, following her home from work and lurking in shadows. But when she looks, there’s nobody there. The phone calls are real enough, even if the caller never speaks, although they never seem to happen when her husband is at home. She’s struggling to make anybody believe her, but with the recent murder of another young woman, DI Tom Mariner must take Lucy’s fears seriously. That’s not all that DI Mariner has to contend with—his team is stretched to the limits when Nina Silvero, the widow of a former police officer, is found brutally murdered in an attack that could hark back to her husband’s past misdemeanors. Someone, it seems, is out for revenge. Chris Collett is the author of Worm in the Bud, Blood of the Innocents, Written in Blood, and Blood Money. Mystery • 320 pp • 4.5 x 7 9780749909543 • July • $8.99 Paper • Piatkus Books

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INSPECTOR IKMEN MYSTERIES SERIES Barbara Nadel “Nadel’s lively characters pop off the page—particularly tech-challenged Ikmen, who recalls Clouseau in his slapstick relationship with his mobile phone—and the author ably evokes the sights and sounds of Turkey . . . a richly textured tale packed with earthy humor and intrigue.” —Publishers Weekly on The Ottoman Cage “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 “A real treat . . . Add Inspector Ikmen and his motley crew to the growing list of outstanding 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 Barbara Nadel received the Crime Writers’ Association Silver Dagger for Deadly Web. Other titles in the Inspector Ikman Mysteries series include Belshazzar’s Daughter, The Ottoman Cage, and Arabesk. Each: Mystery • May • Headline

River of the Dead Eleventh in the series, the new, chilling psycho-mystery from highly acclaimed and award-winning author Barbara Nadel is riveting, exotic, and impeccably plotted. “This page turner of a book proceeds to an exciting conclusion . . . picking up and reading the 11th title by Barbara Nadel was like putting on a comfortable pair of gloves; she writes with such fluidity and grace about a country she has a lot of intimacy with . . . a real delight.” —eurocrime.co.uk Convicted murderer and drug baron Yusuf Kaya has escaped from Istanbul prison and he appears to have had inside help. Ikmen is called to investigate Kaya’s contacts in the city, while Inspector Suleyman heads to Kaya’s hometown of Mardin, a dangerous city in the southeast of Turkey. As Ikmen delves deeper into Kaya’s past, the body count continues to rise. It’s not long before the two Inspectors are caught up in a terrifying web of arms and drug running, terrorism, blackmail, and murder. 384 pp • 4.5 x 7 • 9780755348978 • $8.99 Paper

Death by Design In the 12th volume of the acclaimed Inspector Ikmen mysteries, the chain-smoking, hard-drinking Istanbul detective ventures on to the mean streets of low-life London to solve a vicious conspiracy. When the Istanbul police raid a counterfeit goods factory in the run-down district of Tarlabasi, a young man with explosives strapped to his chest blows himself up in front of them. In the process, Istanbul’s Inspector Çetin Ikmen is injured. Documents found in the factory lead the authorities in both Istanbul and London to believe that a terrorist attack, in part orchestrated from the Tarlabasi factory, is about to be enacted in the British capital. Ikmen goes undercover among the North London Turkish community, although what he uncovers there is certainly not what his British colleagues were expecting. 320 pp • 6 x 9 • 9780755335671 • $24.95 Cloth

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Ghost Song Sarah Rayne A condemned building holds a dark secret in the newest haunting thriller from Sarah Rayne. “A memorable novel with the right mix of suspense, horror, and emotion. Amazingly, she leaves no loose ends.” —Publishers Weekly starred review on A Dark Dividing The old Tarleton music hall is the subject of a mysterious building restriction that has kept it closed for more than 90 years. When Robert Fallon is asked to survey the structure, he finds clues indicating that its long twilight sleep may contain a sinister secret. Joining forces with researcher Hilary Bryant, Robert discovers the legend of the Tarleton’s ghost, a mysterious figure that was first glimpsed during the era of Toby Chance, a charismatic performer who vanished suddenly and inexplicably in the early 1900s. After almost a century the Tarleton’s dark silence is about to end, but there are those who find its reopening a threatening prospect. As Robert and Hilary delve into the macabre history, they both become menaced by the secrets of the past. Sarah Rayne is the pseudonym of a well-known, award-winning British author of several suspense novels. Fiction • 472 pp • 4.5 x 7 9781416522249 (Replaces 9781847373175) • August • $8.99 New in paper • Pocket Books UK

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The Eleventh Plague Darren Craske Picking up where The Equivoque Principle left off, this adventure is chock-full of Egyptian curses, ancient treasures, dastardly wrong-doers, desert thieves, and vicious betrayals—once again it’s all very Quaint. Bidding an emotional farewell to Dr. Marvello’s Travelling Circus, Quaint leaves for Egypt with only clairvoyant fortune-teller Madame Destine by his side. Once in the land of the pyramids they must do battle with desert thieves, unearth long-buried secrets, and attempt to foil the villainous Hades Consortium’s plans to poison the River Nile. With a whole new cast of characters this is a ripping Victorian adventure story featuring Cornelius Quaint— part Sherlock Holmes, part Indiana Jones, part Harry Houdini. The Times called The Equivoque Principle a “boisterous comedy” with “hairpin plot twists” and its sequel follows in the grand tradition of Victorian serials. Darren Craske began his career writing comic books. Mystery • 320 pp • 5 x 8 9781906321857 • June • $12.95 Paper • The Friday Project

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THE WESLEY PETERSON MURDER MYSTERIES Kate Ellis “This is a series that just gets stronger with each new book.” —Publishers Weekly “Cleverly plotted and competently written, providing an engaging glimpse of what life is like for the average small-town British cop . . . pleasantly entertaining and engaging procedural. For fans of the village cozy.” —Booklist “A lively, unfancy prose style, an absorbing story, and believable characters make for a praiseworthy debut.” —Kirkus Reviews “An exciting blend of historical and present-day police procedural . . . Peterson's skill and intuition make this is an involving, adventurous, nicely detailed work for all collections.” —Library Journal

Each story in this series combines an intriguing contemporary murder mystery with a parallel historical case and features archaeology graduate Detective Sergeant Wesley Peterson who fights crime in the mean streets— or mean lanes—of South Devon. Kate Ellis is the author of the Wesley Peterson Murder Mysteries and the Joe Plantagenet Murder Mysteries and has twice been nominated for the Crime Writers’ Association Short Story Dagger Award. Each: Mystery • 4.5 x 7 • $9.99 Paper • Piatkus Books

The Skeleton Room Might a shipwreck and a long-hidden skeleton may be the keys to five apparently unrelated deaths in recent years? Detective Sergeant Wesley Peterson finds the truth to be as shocking as it is unexpected. “The slow build gathers apace with this lovely series of Devon-based crime tales that always feature an enthralling historical sub-plot.” —Bookseller When workmen converting former girls' boarding school, Chadleigh Hall, into a luxury hotel find a skeleton in a sealed room, DI Wesley Peterson and his boss, Gerry Heffernan are called in to investigate. Within minutes they have a second suspicious death on their hands—a team of marine archaeologists working on a nearby shipwreck have dragged a woman's body from the sea, and it becomes clear that her death was no accident. The dead woman's husband may be linked with a brutal robbery of computer equipment, but Wesley soon discovers that the victim had secrets of her own. As he investigates Chadleigh Hall's past and the woman's violent death, matters are further complicated for Wesley when a man wanted for a murder appears on the scene, a man who may know more about Wesley's cases than he admits. 384 pp • 9780749933760 • $9.99 • April

The Plague Maiden Detective Wesley Peterson looks for possible links between the murder of a vicar, the disappearance of a former Sunday school teacher, and threats to the local supermarket. “A beguiling author who interweaves past and present. Like its predecessor—the book works well on both levels.” —Times When a letter arrives at the police station addressed to a chief inspector Norbert, it causes quite a stir. Though Norbert has long since moved on, the letter claims to have evidence that the man convicted of murdering the Reverend Shipbourne during the course of a robbery in 1991 is innocent. Despite having a full case load—including investigating a series of vicious attacks on a local supermarket chain—detective Wesley Peterson is forced to follow up on the letter writer’s claims. Meanwhile archaeologist Neil Watson is excavating a site in Pest Field when he discovers a mass grave that leads him to conclude that the site—earmarked for development—houses an ancient medieval plague pit. More disturbing is the discovery that the grave is home to a more recent resident. 368 pp • 9780749934613 • June

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THE WESLEY PETERSON MURDER MYSTERIES Kate Ellis Each: Mystery • 4.5 x 7 Paper • Piatkus Books

A Cursed Inheritance The legacy of a terrifying massacre plagues an English town, and its roots reach back centuries—and possibly across the Atlantic to the U.S. “The guesswork goes on until the end in the latest of this excellent series.” —Good Book Guide The brutal massacre of the Harford family at Potwoolstan Hall in 1985 shocked the populace and passed into local folklore. When a journalist researching the case is murdered 20 years later, the horror is reawakened. Now a New Age healing center, 16th-century Potwoolstan Hall is reputed to be cursed because of the crimes of its builder, and it seems the inheritance of evil lives. As more people die violently, detective Wesley Peterson must discover why a young woman has transformed a doll’s house into a miniature reconstruction of the massacre scene. The solution seems to lie in the ruined remains of an early English settlement in Virginia, but when the truth is finally revealed, it turns out to be as horrifying as it is dangerous. 368 pp • 9780749936068 • August

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A DAN SHEPHERD MYSTERY Stephen Leather “Leather has a gift for making the pages fly by as bodies pile up, tension builds, and clues drop; effective, economical characterizations . . . captivate readers without hampering the rapid-fire narrative.” —Publishers Weekly “Stephen Leather should be nestling in your bookshelves alongside Frederick Forsyth and Jack Higgins.” —Daily Mail

Rough Justice If you want to play the big boys’ games, you have to fight by big boys’ rules. Dan “Spider” Shepherd is sent undercover to investigate a group of policemen in the Territorial Support Group. Fed up with all the paperwork and the fact that the system is geared to support the criminals rather than the victims, they have started to act as vigilantes, planting forensic evidence to frame known criminals, and moving on to more drastic methods. Spider is far from happy about deceiving fellow policemen, and things are complicated on other fronts for him too: his friend Jimmy Sharpe is tied up in an undercover investigation that is causing problems, and he’s discovered an extremely disturbing film on his son’s cell phone. Stephen Leather is a former journalist for the Times. His other titles include The Chinaman, Cold Kill, Hard Landing, The Long Shot, Pay Off, Private Dancer, Soft Target, and Tango One. Mystery • 480 pp • 6 x 9 9780340924945 • August • $15.95 Paper • Hodder & Stoughton

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TERENCE STRONG Terence Strong is the author of Cold Monday, Dragonplague, Sons of Heaven, This Angry Land, and Wheels of Fire. Each: Fiction • 4.5 x 7 • Paper • Pocket Books UK

President Down A fast-moving, chillingly authentic military action-adventure novel in the bestselling tradition of Andy McNab. “Possibly the best American/British versus Islamic terrorists book I have read.” —Bookseller magazine “An edge-of-the-seat thriller written at a relentless pace with some powerful characters.” —Kirkus Reviews on Cold Monday Phil Mason, former intelligence officer and one-time instructor at the British Army School of Sniping, is struggling to make ends meet as a private investigator when he’s contacted by his former MI5 liaison officer. The overstretched security service needs all the help it can get hunting down members of al-Qaeda terror cells in the UK—and Mason needs the cash. But in the murky intelligence world of smoke and mirrors, nothing is what it seems. As a routine surveillance operation escalates into a full-blown international crisis, Mason must come to terms with the unthinkable: there must be a traitor within Britain’s security forces. Entering a desperate race against time to identify and avert a major terrorist threat, Mason must hastily rehone his counter-sniper skills as he returns to the business he swore he had left behind forever—the killing game. 528 pp • 9781416522065 • May • $9.99

Stalking Horse Exploring the jumpy, nerve-shredding life of a man under deep cover to penetrate a terrorist organization, this military adventure novel features spectacular action behind the lines in Iraq leading up to the Gulf War. “Belongs to the action man school of writing, backed up by hands-on research.” —Times After six years in deep cover to penetrate the IRA, Max Avery was a man on the edge. A man starting to crack, and wanting out. But London and Washington had other ideas. Iraq had invaded Kuwait and Saddam Hussein threatened a terror strike to win him the Gulf War before it began. They needed a stalking horse to get close to the enemy—and Avery was their man, whether he liked it or not. Plunged into a nightmare mission with the SAS and the American Delta Force, Avery finds his wife, his future, and his very life on the line. 592 pp • 9781847392688 • August • $9.99

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STRATTON THRILLERS Duncan Falconer A former member of the elite Special Boat Service of the Royal Marines, Duncan Falconer left after more than a decade of operational service to work in private security. His SBS exploits were documented in the bestselling First into Action. He lives part of the time in Los Angeles. Each: Fiction • Sphere

Traitor “A gripping and authentic view of life and death in the dangerous world of private protection.” —Soldier Stratton is blamed for a failed task against the Russian Navy that turns out to be the catalyst for a complex plot involving a traitor within MI6, the secret Ministry of Defense organization that creates special equipment for the British Secret Service and Special Forces. The adventure leads to a battle on board a North Sea oil platform hijacked by criminals, and comes to a ripping climax in the heart of Russia, far below ground. 352 pp • 6 x 9.5 9781847441195 • July • $24.95 Cloth

Mercenary The heat is on as Stratton finds himself embroiled in a national revolution at the heart of Central America with the CIA lurking in the shadows. As a favor to a CIA officer, SBS operative Stratton carries out what appears to be an inconsequential task in Central America. But Stratton’s actions push him into the midst of a national rebellion, and against his own principles he becomes emotionally involved and decides to join the popular uprising. Unknown to him, however, the rebellion is a fight not just against the local government, and the CIA is very much involved. As events spiral disastrously out of control, Stratton must face up to his biggest and most treacherous challenge to date. 400 pp • 5 x 8 9780751539516 (Replaces 9781847441027) • July • $9.95

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Two Tribes Charlie Owen The next gritty installment in the hooligan cop series by the acclaimed author of Foxtrot Oscar. “A kaleidoscope of unbridled moral mayhem. [Charlie Owen] narrates with a genuinely deft, distinctly nonregulation-issue wit.” —Daily Telegraph “After just three books, the policemen in this wonderful series seem like old friends. Raw, crude, ugly and brazenly real. . . . Shocking and funny, a great read.” —Guardian on Bravo Jubilee It’s the 1970s, and the boys in blue are preparing for the mother of all riots. The National Front is wreaking havoc north of Manchester, and Detective Chief Inspector Dan Harrison needs to pull off something special if his boys are to retain control. As the picket lines form and the two sides square up for battle, a rare moment of inspiration strikes—could the hit movie Zulu provide an ingenious way out of mayhem? Or has the DCI finally lost his mind? Charlie Owen enjoyed a 30-year career as a policeman. He is the author of Horse’s Arse, Foxtrot Oscar, and Bravo Jubilee. Mystery • 384 pp • 5 x 8 9780755345717 • June • $9.99 Paper • Headline

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The Twilight Time Karen Campbell Filled with broken hearts and shattered lives, this is an atmospheric and affecting debut urban crime novel from an exciting new Scottish talent. “I loved it. A great, original character, and the plot fairly whizzes along.” —Kate Atkinson, author, Case Histories “Gritty as hell, shot through with black humor and with enough pace and atmosphere to give the likes of Denise Mina a run for their money.” —Mark Billingham, author, Buried Anna Cameron is a new sergeant in the Flexi Unit. On her first day in the new job she discovers she’ll be working with her ex, Jamie, now married and with a child. In at the deep end emotionally after many years without him, she’s also plunged headlong into the underworld of Glasgow’s notorious Drag—the haunt of working girls, drug dealers, and sad, seedy men. Someone is carving up the faces of local prostitutes, an old man has been brutally killed, and racist violence is on the rise; Anna must deal with all this alongside tensions and backstabbing within her own team. Atmospheric, affecting, and beautifully written, The Twilight Time is Karen Campbell’s debut novel. Mystery • 352 pp • 5 x 8 9780340935606 (Replaces 9780340935699) • April • $12.95 Paper • Hodder Paperbacks

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Ian Rankin and Inspector Rebus The Official Story of the Bestselling Author and His Ruthless Detective Craig Cabell Packed with insightful interviews with Rankin, plotlines, story analysis, and a complete collector’s guide, this fascinating accompaniment to a much-loved series will thrill both the initiated and the soon-to-be. Detective John Rebus first appeared in Ian Rankin’s 1987 bestseller Knots and Crosses and has since gone on to appear in 17 books and numerous short stories. For more than 20 years these critically acclaimed novels have delighted readers and set a benchmark in contemporary crime fiction. These notoriously gritty stories have been adapted into a television series— the public cannot get enough of this hard-drinking, no-nonsense, complex detective. Although the fictional Inspector retired to the backwaters of Edinburgh’s dark side in the 2007 novel Exit Music, the books endure. Here, Craig Cabell draws from his extensive interviews with Ian Rankin to explore both the writer and his creation, and how their relationship has developed over the years. He also investigates the dark cellars and sinister back streets of Rebus’ Edinburgh—a dark, foreboding city thar shatters any stereotypes of shortbread and kilts. Learn about the unusual connection between Rankin and Rebus, how the author was a punk musician and swineherd before becoming a writer, and why he was so inspired by fellow Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson and his gothic masterpiece The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Craig Cabell is the author of Dennis Wheatley: Churchill’s Storyteller, Ian Fleming’s Secret War, and Snipers: Profiles of the World’s Deadliest Killers. Biography/Literary Criticism • 288 pp • 6 x 9.5 9781844548668 • May • $26.95 (Can $29.95) Cloth • Metro Books

The Maze of Cadiz Aly Monroe A fantastic evocation of a run-down town at the end of the line, reminiscent of Graham Greene’s depiction of Havana. “It’s really quite wonderful.” —Linda Fairstein, author, The Deadhouse “A gripping thriller . . . precision and grace . . . rich authenticity. Let’s hope Monroe finds an American readership and the book becomes more readily available here soon.” —Orange County Register “An impressive novel with an extraordinary, dreamlike atmosphere . . . The next can’t come too soon.” —Financial Times “A splendid debut . . . terrific and convincing historical atmosphere; I am delighted that she is writing more Peter Cotton novels.” —Times “Her writing is skilful and evocative . . . a stylish and impressive debut.” —Economist Sent to Spain in 1944 to arrest a rogue spy, British agent Peter Cotton expects an easy first assignment. But he arrives to find his quarry dead and all of Cadiz awaiting his arrival. In a hotbed of scandal and murder, Cotton must navigate a labyrinth of international conspiracies, shifting political allegiances, and a mysterious local expatriate community to discover the truth. What he unearths could just tilt the emerging balance of post-war power and the course of history for ever. This is Aly Monroe’s first novel, part of a projected series that begins during World War II and follows the process of decolonization and the aftermath of Empire. Fiction • 298 pp • 5 x 8 9781848540323 • May • $12.95 Paper • John Murray

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CLIFF HARDY SERIES Peter Corris Peter Corris is best known as the father of Australian crime fiction and the author of Cliff Hardy detective stories. Each: Fiction • 5 x 7.5 • $12.95 (Can $13.95) Paper • Allen & Unwin

Open File Cliff Hardy revisits an unsolved case from the 1980s. Twenty years later, can he crack the one that got away? Cliff Hardy, with his PI license canceled and his career in Sydney at an end, is preparing for a trip overseas. Cleaning out his office, he comes across an open file—an unresolved case from the 1980s. As he starts reading he’s thrown back to his investigation of the disappearance of Justin Hampshire. At first glance this investigation was a straightforward missing person matter, but the investigation took on twists and turns involving military history, Sydney criminals, and corruption at high levels that caused it to remain unsolved. Now, 20 years later, will he finally be able to put the case to rest? 216 pp • 9781741754179 • June

Deep Water Still reeling from the shock death of his partner, Cliff suffers a heart attack—but this isn’t enough to keep him from investigating a mysterious disappearance. Stripped of his private detective license and devastated by the murder of his partner Lily Truscott, Cliff Hardy travels to the U.S. to help Lily’s brother’s tilt for a world boxing title. In San Diego he suffers a heart attack and undergoes a quadruple bypass. He meets nurse Margaret McKinley, an expatriate Australian who is concerned about the disappearance in Sydney of her father—renowned geologist Dr. Henry McKinley. Hardy undertakes to investigate in association with Hank Bachelor, his former associate who now runs his own agency. It turns out that McKinley had discovered a way to tap into the massive Sydney basin acquifier, a possible solution to the city’s water problems. Working with Margaret who visits Sydney, Hardy obeys the strict rules for the restoration of his health—but in pursuing the truth and the malefactors, he makes his own rules. 214 pp • 9781741756777 • July

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The Hurricane Party Klas Östergren A stunning entry in Canongate’s internationally acclaimed Myths series, which includes books by Margaret Atwood, Karen Armstrong, Alexander McCall Smith, and Jeanette Winterson. “The reader is very quickly spun into very strange realms in Klas Östergren’s wildly imaginative take on the Norse myths. Östergren’s high-octane weaving together of future dystopia with ancient mythology makes for an exhilarating adventure that races through times, places, and ideas.” —Metro “Terrific plotline . . . courageous blend of sci fi, crime fiction, and mythology, of genre sensibility and literary style.” —Sunday Business Post “An ambitious and fully fleshed-out entry in the Myths series.” —Herald Hanck Orn’s son is dead. When they come to the door they tell him it was a heart attack, but he knows they are lying, so he travels to the archipelago at the outermost reaches of the land to find out what really happened. He lands on an island and is met by a young woman, hair streaked with blood, raving like a lunatic. She is one of the sisters, who tell him the story of how his son died in the great hall of the Clan, the Norse gods, who were holding a party. But the festivities soon got out of hand, the guests began to argue with one another, and the mischievous shape-shifter Loki dealt a deadly blow. Set in a dystopian future that recalls Orwell and Zamyatin, Klas Östergren has weaved a dizzying story of magnificent scope and foul play. Moving from the golden halls to the depths of the underworld, it is about one man’s search for justice for his son in a world on the brink. Klas Östergren is the author of several novels, including Swedish cult classics Gentlemen and Gangsters. A leading star of Sweden’s literary scene for nearly three decades, he has won countless prizes, among them Piratenpriset and the Doblougska prize from the Swedish Academy. Östergren is also an esteemed translator, playwright, and scriptwriter. His many translations include works by J. D. Salinger, the collected works of Ibsen, and numerous playwrights, such as Ted Hughes and Harold Pinter. Fiction/Folklore & Mythology • 304 pp • 5.5 x 8.5 9781847672582 • June • $16.95 Paper • Canongate Books

Being Emily Anne Donovan Moving, funny, and ultimately heartwarming, Being Emily is a wonderful novel about a young girl trying to find her place in the world amid the turmoil that only her own family can create. “Heart-wrenching plot and spirited prose . . . her best offering yet.” —Sunday Herald “A tender, lyrical coming-of-age narrative, its people draw with love.” —Guardian “Her deliciously corkscrewed tale flows with the sap of everyday life.” —Sunday Times Things are never dull in the O’Connell family. Still, Fiona, squeezed between her quiet brother and her mischievous line-dancing twin sisters, thinks life in their tenement flat is far less interesting than Emily Brontë’s. But tragedy is not confined to Victorian novels, and life for Fiona in this happy domestic setup is about to change forever. Following the devastating events of a single day, her family can never be the same. But perhaps, new relationships will develop—built on a solid foundation of love. Anne Donovan is the author of the novel Buddha Da, which was short-listed for the Orange Prize, the Whitbread First Novel Award, and the Scottish Book of the Year Award; was nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award; received a Scottish Arts Council Award; and won the Le Prince Maurice Award in Mauritius. She has also written for radio and the stage and has been working on the screenplay for the film of Buddha Da. Fiction • 298 pp • 5 x 8 9781847671257 • June • $12.95 Paper • Canongate Books

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Hell Yasutaka Tsutsui Translated by Evan Emswiler A masterpiece of surrealist literature from one of Japan’s best-known science fiction writers. “The nice thing about Tsutsui is that history and modernity combine effortlessly, as do drab reality and fantasy.” —Daily Telegraph “The hell in Japanese writer Yasutaka Tsutsui’s surrealist novella is not the conventional fire and brimstone version. In fact this hell is not very dissimilar to the world that the inhabitants have just left.” —Financial Times Fifty-seven-year-old Takeshi has just been involved in a traffic accident. When he wakes up, he is in a strange bar and is no longer crippled as he has been for most of his life, but able to walk without crutches in his everyday business suit. Looking around, he sees a number of familiar faces—Izumi, a colleague who had died in a plane crash five years before; his childhood friend Yuzo, who had become a yakuza and had been killed by a rival gang member; and Sasaki, who had frozen to death as a homeless vagrant. This is Hell—a place where three days last as long as 10 years on Earth, and people are able to see events in both the future and the past. Yuzo can now see the yakuza that killed him as he harasses a friend of his. The actress Mayumi and the writer Torigai are chased by the paparazzi into an elevator that drops to floor 666 beneath ground level. The vivid depiction of afterlife portrayed in Hell admits the traditional horrors, but subjects them to Tsutsui’s unique powers of enchantment—witty, amusing, and praised for its poetic style and the wizard-like light touch of the author’s shifting focus. Yasutaka Tsutsui has won several literary prizes and was made a Chevalier Order of Arts and Literature by the French government. His books include Salmonella Men on Planet Porno. Evan Emswiler is a translator. Fiction/Fantasy • 300 pp • 5 x 8 9781846880469 (Replaces 9781846880377) • June • $12.95 (Can $13.95) New in paper • Alma Books

Beyond the Blossoming Fields Jun’ichi Watanabe Based on the extraordinary and colorful life of a trailblazer who overcame multiple obstacles to rewrite the rules for Japanese women, this spellbinding novel is from the author of the Japanese publishing sensation A Lost Paradise. “This detailed novel, eye-opening in its descriptions of the sacrifices women endured, will interest those curious about women's issues in Japan in the late 1800s.” —Historical Novels Reviews “Excruciatingly beautiful and scary . . . This is a delicate, daring, sexual, sensual reading experience.” —Publishers Weekly on A Lost Paradise

A Lost Paradise sold nearly three million copies in Japan As a young girl from a wealthy family, Ginko Ogino seems set for a conventional life in the male-dominated society of 19th-century Japan. But when she contracts gonorrhea from her husband, she suffers the disgrace of divorce. Forced to bear the humiliation of being treated by male doctors, she resolves to become a doctor herself in order to treat fellow female sufferers and spare them some of the shame she had to endure. Her struggle is not an easy one—her family disowns her, and she has to convince the authorities to take seriously the very idea of a female doctor and allow her to study alongside male medical students and take the licensing exam. Based on the real-life story of Ginko Ogino—Japan’s first female doctor—Jun’ichi Watanabe does full justice to the complexity of her character and her world in a fascinating and inspirational work of fiction. Jun’ichi Watanabe has written numerous scientific texts and biographical books, but he is best known for his works of fiction such as A Lost Paradise; which became a cultural phenomenon in Japan spawning movies, television programs, and even a new slang expression for having an affair. He has been awarded several major literary prizes, including the Naoki Prize and the Eiji Yoshikawa Prize. Fiction • 350 pp • 5 x 8 9781846880780 (Replaces 9781846880643) • May • $14.95 (Can $16.95) New in paper • Alma Books

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Beauty Raphael Selbourne Provocative and compassionate, this story of a British Muslim girl forced to flee from her family is both a radiant story of survival and a timely contribution to debates about multiculturalism, integration, and separatism. “Shocking, explosive, and tender—I could not put it down.” —Maggie Gee, author, The White Family Beauty—in both name and appearance—is a 20-year-old Bangladeshi, returned to England after having disgraced her family by fleeing an abusive arranged marriage. Forced onto the job-hunter’s treadmill and under extreme domestic pressure, she cracks and runs away. Her encounters with officialdom, fellow claimants, and strangers in the city streets, complicated by the restrictions and comfort of her language and culture, place her at the mercy of such unlikely helpers as Mark, a friendly, Staffordshire bull terrier-breeding ex-offender, and Peter, a middle-class underachiever on the rebound from a bitter relationship. With determination and good humor, Beauty moves ever closer to making her choice between family duty and personal freedom. All the while, however, her brothers are searching for her across town. Can she make the choice herself, before she’s forced to? A sharply rendered, compassionate, and challenging portrait of a fragmented, multicultural urban England. Born in Oxford within a distinguished academic family, Raphael Selbourne studied politics, before moving to Italy where he was a translator. Fiction • 326 pp • 5 x 8 9780955647673 • May • $13.95 (Can $15.95) Paper • Tindal Street Press

Heartland Anthony Cartwright In this richly imagined novel about grassroots politics, football, and the far right in a multicultural town, Anthony Cartwright enters the heartland of post-9/11 Britain. “Brilliantly realized . . . expertly interweaves the stories of friends on either side of a stricken community’s social and religious divide.” —Esquire “This is what fiction should be and what readers want it to be: passionately engaged. The ambition and achievement shine forth from every sentence.” —David Peace, author, Tokyo Year Zero “A writer with a wonderful ear for dialect and an unblinking sense of Britain as it is today. Anthony Cartwright’s patient, attentive storytelling shines a glowing light on areas of our common experience.” —Jonathan Coe, author, The Rotters’ Club It is spring 2002 in the Black Country, with local elections looming. A mosque is being built on the site where iconic steelworks once dominated the town. “The Tipton Three” are in Guantanamo while the whites-only British National Party expect to win new seats on the council. Rob, once a professional soccer player like his famous father, is now a tracksuited teaching assistant, and a schoolboy whom he is teaching to read is stabbed in a gang attack. Within this cauldron, two local soccer teams that are split along racial lines, play a Sunday league decider, billed by the press as “a match to spark race war.” While England plays Argentina for the World Cup, the characters gather—Rob, Glenn, Jim, Tom, and Stacey behind the bar— to see what hope and solidarity they still share. Anthony Cartwright’s debut The Afterglow won a Betty Trask Award and was short-listed for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. Fiction • 304 pp • 5 x 8 9781906994082 • August • $13.95 (Can $15.95) Paper • Tindal Street Press

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Indeterminate Creatures A Novel Alan Apperley A rich cast of eccentric characters orbit around a young, newly pregnant couple, in this comedy that explores the dilemma of parenthood from both mother and father’s viewpoints with uncanny accuracy. Hope and Michael celebrate the first anniversary of their relationship with rain-soaked, drinkfueled sex that results, accidentally, in conception. She’s a librarian at the local university and he’s a stock controller at a plastics company, with a fascination for the migration of the Monarch butterfly—and also for his best friend’s girlfriend, the copper-haired, dark-eyed Evette. Hope and Michael view the nine months ahead with honesty, anxiety, duplicity, and excitement—but very differently indeed. A network of eccentric friends—Jeffrey, Parmjit, Alex, and Preston—weaves in and out of the expectant couple’s lives, offering advice and testing their sometimes strong, sometimes fragile relationship. At Hope’s 30th birthday party, the gift of an Austrian painting turns into an astonishing historical quest. Meanwhile Michael connects more closely with his own family, as this contemporary couple struggle to negotiate the meaning of their future together, and the possibility of an entirely new life. Alan Apperley is a professor of media studies and a member of 1980s cult postpunk band the Nightingales. Fiction • 384 pp • 5 x 8 9780955647680 • June • $14.95 (Can $16.95) Paper • Tindal Street Press

The Three Suitors of Fred Belair E. A. Markham Beloved Caribbean author E. A. Markham’s final collection of hilarious, erudite stories. “Wonderfully rich and entertaining . . . radiantly full of life.” —Independent “Markham’s writing has a deep, unshowy wisdom.” —Times “Past and present, real and imagined, melt convincingly together; the prose is graceful, inventive and robust, the pattern of free association yields charming results.” —Guardian Winifred Belair is one of the returnees who gossip over drinks on the verandas of the Caribbean island of St. Caesare. Fred is still good looking and eligible, but her friends warn her about the visit of the Reverend Alex Taylor from Barbados, a man who is “looking for a soul mate to help him with the Good Works. And save the world.” Readers of E. A. Markham’s inimitable stories will be pleased to be reminded of the warmth, wit, and wisdom of a muchmissed, unclassifiable writer. E. A. Markham (1939–2008) was born on the Caribbean island of Montserrat and educated in London and Wales. Best known for his collections of poetry—most notably The Rough Climate, short-listed for the T. S. Eliot Prize—his short stories also received warm critical praise. Fiction • 288 pp • 5 x 8 9780955647635 • July • $14.95 (Can $16.95) Paper • Tindal Street Press

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Among Thieves Mez Packer A countercultural thriller about drug smuggling and counterfeit money races from the 1970s ska heyday of Coventry, England to the backpacking trail of India and Spain. “Reminiscent of Martin Amis—but better plotted. Mez Packer has triumphantly pulled off the trick of writing across the gender divide—each of her male characters is complex and convincing.” —Independent on Sunday “A witty, fast-paced thriller . . . Packer has a gift for quirky conversational detail and social satire. A promising new novelist.” —Times Literary Supplement “A highly original debut . . . an often comical, sometimes profound journey across continents, psyches, and the minutiae of the drugs trade.” —Guardian It’s 1984 and two ex-campus drug dealers are locked in a feud of mysterious origin. Chilly Pads has the upper hand and the money, while Andy has the charisma and the girls. But when Andy sets up a disastrous deal with IRA gangsters, he’s paid in fake dollars—and, much to Pads’ delight, needs his help financing a scam to recoup his money. The two leaders send a shady pair—ska-loving Jez and Jamaican Bas—to launder the money in Spain, where Jez becomes convinced they’re being followed and completely unravels. When they meet beautiful, feisty Becca, they worry that Pads may have hired her to spoil the group plans, and carry out his own. Either way, Becca impresses Andy and Chilly Pads and they recruit her for the next big job—smuggling hash into the UK from India. Mez Packer is a former BBC broadcast journalist. Fiction • 288 pp • 5 x 8 9780955647628 • April • $13.95 (Can $15.95) Paper • Tindal Street Press

The Armageddon Trade Clem Chambers “A digital-age John le Carré.” —Ted Greenwald, senior editor, Wired Magazine “A spellbinding look, by a market master, at what happens when professional money meets international terrorism.” —Richard L. Hudson, author, The Misbehavior of Markets “With uncanny accuracy, Chambers takes you into the mind of the young-gun bank traders. He’s been there and done that himself. But disturbingly, he also takes you into the mind of the fanatical terrorist. Whoa!” —Paul Wilmott, author, Frequently Asked Questions in Quantitative Finance “Captures the nature of the traders behind the foolishness and greed stalking the financial markets.” —Daily Mail

Advertising in Ellery Queen magazine Jim is the working-class boy wonder who can read stock charts like 50-foot road signs. His uncanny talent has taken him from errand boy to trading superstar. Whether he’s a genius, or a fluke he doesn’t know. The mysterious Max Davas, emperor of trading, makes billions dealing U.S. Treasuries using more computing firepower than NASA—but now his models are telling him that something is about to go catastrophically wrong. The same trading system that has made him one of the richest and most powerful men in the world is telling him that in a year’s time, gold will be worthless, so will oil, so will Microsoft, and the dollar won’t be trading at all. The Euro, the Pound, the Yen, sugar, wheat, coffee . . . all will fall down to zero. But are predictions fate? Or does this cockney kid hold the key to the Armageddon trade? Clem Chambers is CEO of ADVFN, Europe’s number-one stocks and shares website. He has written investment columns for Business, the Daily Telegraph, the Scotsman, and Wired Magazine, and has spoken on investment matters for television channels including CNBC. Fiction • 352 pp • 4.5 x 7 9781842433102 (Replaces 9781842432983) • Available • $8.99 Paper • No Exit

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The Director Alexander Ahndoril An affectionate and terrifyingly intimate biographical novel of the great director Ingmar Bergman—brilliant, neurotic, and visionary. “What a great read! The writer seduced me into his world in much the same mesmerizing way that Bergman might do in one of his films. A wonderful novel.” —Jeremy Irons “Utterly strange, original, and unsettling . . . arrests our attention like an autopsy performed on a living man.” —Joyce Carol Oates “I was deeply moved and think you’re a fantastic novelist!” —Ingmar Bergman, March 2006 “It's an insult!” —Ingmar Bergman, September 2006

Long-listed for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize The director is Ingmar Bergman; the time is 1961; and the setting is the shooting of Winter Light, a film about how his life would have been had he followed his father’s wishes and become a priest. As actors and crew gather to film this alternative destiny, Bergman tries to draw his father into the process, but quickly finds himself plunged back into the emotions of his childhood—both terrorized by his brutal and dominating father, and desperately longing for his approval—and reality gradually begins to crack and crumble, tipping him into a world of false memories and dangerous fantasies. Compelling and breathtakingly original, The Director mixes biographical fact taken from Bergman’s writing and family documents with a wild kaleidoscopic imagination to reveal the boy and the man behind the great filmmaker. Alexander Ahndoril is one of Sweden’s most celebrated, dynamic, and original writers, the author of eight novels and 10 plays, as well as short stories, essays, and screenplays. Fiction/Film • 234 pp • 5 x 8 9781846270482 • June • $15.95 Paper • Portobello Books

Pynter Bender A Novel Jacob Ross The first novel from a major new talent in Anglo-Caribbean writing brilliantly describes the birth of a modern West Indian island and the shaping of its people as they struggle to shuck off the systems that have essentially kept them in slavery for centuries. “Beautifully profound. It is strange and otherworldly. It has the narrative power and seamless craft of a masterpiece. It is a book for all time.” —Bernardine Evaristo, author, Blonde Roots “A curious, captivating book! With startlingly descriptive language Ross manages to get right inside the heads and hearts of his characters, all the while showing the effect upon them of a decidedly magical, mysterious landscape.” —Independent on Sunday “The world is depicted in all its harshness and beauty in this evocative, lyrical debut novel of life in the cane fields of pre-independence Grenada.” —Independent Pynter Bender is a child of the cane fields of Grenada, the second smallest independent state in the world; a boy born blind but whose eyes are healed, allowing him to see great beauty. Pynter’s father leaves him to be brought up by the Bender women, a close-knit group of aunts and cousins, and Pynter’s early life is shaped by them. He begins to understand a world beyond them when his uncle, Birdie the Beloved, the best baker on the island, occasionally returns to the family on his brief periods out of jail. When Pynter comes to love a woman, and later flees his family to hide in the canes from the marauding soldiers, he can no longer ignore the violent world beyond the yard where he lives. This extraordinary debut novel charts the painful awakening of a rural population, essentially organized around serfdom, into a raw and uncertain future that can only be achieved through fighting—a civil war that Pynter is drawn in to. It is about the conflict between the world of men and women, men who walk away from their families and from the cane fields, and their women who forbear. Jacob Ross is the author of two collections of short stories, Song for Simone and Way to Catch the Dust. Fiction • 288 pp • 5 x 7.5 9780007222988 • April • $12.95 Paper • HarperPerennial

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The Widower Ray Kluun The sequel to Love Life and an unconventional tale of parental redemption. “A bestseller in Europe, and the translation is poignant, humorous, and very graphic on the cancer . . . his lacerating portraits of the medical establishment will certainly hit home.” —Publishers Weekly on Love Life “Wrenching, humorous, compelling.” —Booklist on Love Life Following his wife Carmen’s funeral, chronicled so movingly in Love Life, Dan tries to pick up the pieces. He is now the sole parent of little Luna. But inevitably, in his grief, he goes right off the rails. His friends worry for him and for Luna. His hedonism becomes self-destructive, and deep down he knows it’s better to have Luna stay with friends than for her to witness his decline. He sells his share of the business to his partner and goes on a drugaddled holiday to Ibiza, drowning himself in the party scene. Dan reaches rock bottom and realizes he can’t go on like this. His friends advise him to go on a long trip, taking Luna with him, and to try and take stock of his life. He decides to take Luna to Australia, via Bali and Thailand. There, as they travel across the continent, they begin to tentatively establish a new relationship and Dan finally comes to realize what it is he wants and needs in his life. Ray Kluun is the author of Love Life. Fiction • 294 pp • 5 x 8 9780330454353 • May • $13.95 Paper • Pan Books

The Orientalist and the Ghost Susan Barker Dark themes of colonial misconduct, racial prejudice, and doomed love resonate throughout this epic literary novel following three generations of one family from the chaotic upheaval of postwar Malaysia to 1990s Britain. ‘‘Magnificent . . . superbly written. Susan Barker’s book is full of flawed but wellmeaning people trying to carry on under tragic and absurd circumstances; they mostly fail, but manage to entrance us in the process. A brilliant book, one of the best I’ve read in a long time.’’ —Audrey Niffenegger, author, The Time Traveler’s Wife In Malaysia during the 1950s Communist insurrection, a young Englishman, Christopher, falls in love with a Chinese girl—an affair that ends in tragedy when, under attack from Communist guerrillas, Christopher is betrayed, beaten, and left for dead. In 1969, Frances, Christopher’s Eurasian teenage daughter, is seduced by a Chinese teacher twice her age and drawn into the Malay-Chinese race riots in Kuala Lumpur. The story then travels to 1990s London, when the ghosts of that time return to haunt Christopher, triggering vivid memories of colonial misconduct and lost love. Frances’s two mixed-race children live with their grandfather on a council estate, and embark on a quest to discover the truth behind their mother’s death. Susan Barker’s first novel, Sayonara Bar, was short-listed for the Author’s Club First Novel prize and longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize. Fiction • 432 pp • 5 x 8 Paper: 9780552772419 • June • $14.95 Paper • Black Swan

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I Dream of Magda Stefan Laszczuk Genuinely engaging, funny, and utterly surprising, this novel of brothers, family, and loss is the winner of the Vogel Literary Award. “The Magda Szubanski dream sequences are surreal, beautiful, literary . . . an absorbing novel and obviously well deserved its Vogel win.” —Australian Bookseller and Publisher magazine “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Tolstoy wasn’t thinking specifically of the Harrison family when he wrote those words, but maybe he should have been. George Harrison is 28 and afraid of the dark. His father is dead and his mother lives in la-la land. Reeling from a broken heart, and still coping with the trauma of a childhood home invasion, George works in a dead-end job in a bowling alley and finds rare solace in the giant painting of an alien that sits outside his room. His brother Matthew isn’t much better off. After losing the love of his life in a traumatic car accident, he’s retreated into a private world of sleep where he dreams about falling in love with comedienne Magda Szubanski. Matthew and George are each stuck in their own little messed-up world, with no idea how to get out, and neither of them is sure whether their unhappy family will ever finally pull together, or simply just fall apart. Stefan Laszczuk’s first novel, The Goddamn Bus of Happiness, was the winner of the South Australia Festival of Literature Award for an unpublished manuscript, and was praised by the Age as an “impressive debut.” Fiction • 288 pp • 5 x 8 9781741755015 • May • $15.95 (Can $17.95) Paper • Allen & Unwin

The Bad Dog’s Diary: Blake’s Progress Another Year in the Life of Blake: Lover . . . Father . . . Hero Martin Howard It’s supposed to be free food and snoozing all the way, with just a little leg-humping to break the monotony—but the hilarious second installment of Blake’s adventures find him more beset than ever, on a rescue mission that would make Lassie proud. In this sequel to The Bad Dog’s Diary, with three dogs causing mayhem in the household and Blake’s owner’s baby on the way, human–canine relations are at an all-time low. As if domestic strife is not enough, the neighborhood troop of trusty canine friends also find themselves with a new challenge in the shape of a damsel in distress—the blind dog Lolly is in need of rescue from her abusive owner. It’s times like these that turn an ordinary dog with a strong steak of disobedience and a love of scooting into a Wonder Dog. Full of more wonderfully cheeky humor, Blake’s newest adventures will delight fans of the first book, and dog lovers everywhere. Martin Howard worked in the publishing industry for nearly a decade, and during that time wrote about a dozen books under different names on such diverse subjects as treehouses, historic European cartography, New York’s ghosts, and poisonous plants that talk to people. He is the author of The Bad Dog’s Diary. Fiction/Pets • 216 pp • 5 x 7.5 • 15 B/W Illustrations 9781906032753 (Replaces 9781906032357) • April • $9.95 (Can $10.95) Paper • Portico

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Towards the Sun A Novel Christopher George A novel of rebellion and rebirth in the vein of About Schmidt and The Accidental Tourist. “Funny, original, and very touching.” —Helen Dunmore, author, Ingo “Like the best espionage thrillers, Wakling’s taut debut is a study of human foibles, with a vivid and all too fallible hero at its center.” —Publishers Weekly on The Immortal Part Harry Brinkman’s head is in a noose. His pension has been slashed, his wife is having an affair, his misguided children are beyond his control. With more to regret than savor in his past, and more to fear than look forward to in his future, Harry opts to end his life. But as he’s tying the rope to the beam, he’s interrupted by a cold caller who urges him to think again. The act of resistance, she says, matters more than anything it achieves. With his beautiful Chechen cleaner crunching up the drive, and his “surprise” 60th birthday party looming as a deadline, Harry decides to pack the rope away and give the cold caller’s advice a try. Towards the Sun is the wry, heart-warming story of one man’s vainglorious attempt to right the wrongs in his life. Christopher George is the author of thrillers Beneath the Diamond Sky and The Immortal Part, under the name Christopher Wakling. Fiction • 346 pp • 5 x 8 9780719569074 • May • $12.95 Paper • John Murray

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Carry Me Home A Novel Terri Wiltshire Alabama in 1904 is a dangerous place for outsiders—when young Emma Scott claims she has been raped by a “black hobo,” a chain of events is triggered that will affect generations to come. “Luke and Canaan are such vulnerable characters, but each with sufficient strength to enlist empathy rather than blind sympathy. You cannot help but care what happens and to hope it works out for them. That’s what draws you in and keeps you turning the pages . . . it’s a story of a family, well crafted, deep rooted, and worth the read.” —bookbag.co.uk In modern-day Lander, Canaan Phillips has fled her abusive husband and returned to her fierce Southern Baptist grandmother—the woman who raised her after her mother’s suicide. Canaan’s one friend during her childhood was her grandmother’s simple brother, Luke. Now frail and elderly, Luke is still living in the corncrib shack that has been his home for 30 years. In early 20th-century Lander, Emma Scott took an instant and violent dislike to her new child— a white-skinned boy named Luke. Abused and neglected, Luke eventually befriends Squeaky, a black boy whose family farms nearby. When tragedy strikes, Luke takes to the railroad, and as he enters manhood on the rails, we begin to discover the truth behind the events that led to his birth. In the 20th century, Canaan is also slowly coming to terms with her painful past and, with the help of her adored Uncle Luke, she is learning to love again. This is a heartrending and luminous story about loyalty, hardship, love, and friendship. It is also a reminder that goodness can prevail even through the cruelest hardships. Raised in the Deep South, for the last 20 years Terri Wiltshire has lived and worked in the UK, where she runs a corporate roleplay company. She is a former journalist and NBC News presenter and an actor and director. Fiction • 304 pp • 5 x 8 9780230743397 • July • $12.95 Paper • Pan Books

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Tell It to the Skies Erica James First love can last a lifetime. “A captivating read: beautifully written and heartrendingly sad.” —Daily Telegraph “The author writes with a sturdy, feel-good optimism.” —Sunday Times “A heartwarming romance and a compelling storyline make this novel hard to put down.” —Good Book Guide The beautiful city of Venice has been Lydia’s home for many years, a place where she has found peace and fulfillment. Then one day she glimpses a young man’s face in the crowd that threatens to change everything. He’s a heart-stopping reminder of a dreadful secret she believed she had banished to the past. As a young child, Lydia and her sister were sent to live with grandparents they’d never even met before. It was a cruel and loveless new world for them and it forced Lydia to grow up fast. She learned to keep secrets and to trust sparingly, and through it all she was shadowed by grief and guilt. Now, 28 years later, Lydia is persuaded to leave behind the safe new life she has created for herself and return to England to face the past—and maybe her future. Erica James is the author of numerous novels, including 2006 Romantic Novel of the Year Gardens of Delight, A Breath of Fresh Air, The Holiday, and A Sense of Belonging. Romance • 528 pp • 5 x 8 9780752893365 • July • $12.95 Paper • Orion Publishing

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Return to Sender Zoë Barnes A warm, funny, romantic comedy about finding out who you really are. “Lively and compulsive.” —Mirror “An author who gets better with each novel.” —Bookseller “Zoë Barnes writes wonderfully escapist novels, firmly based in reality.” —Express The double christening of her sisters’ two kids gets Holly Bennett thinking. She would seriously love to have a baby one day, but for the first time in ages being adopted has become a stumbling block for her. Does she want to start a family of her own when she does not even know who she really is or where she’s come from? With an on-off boyfriend who she’s swiftly falling out of lust with, Holly decides to move back to her home town to be near her adoptive family. Who knows, it may be the change she needs to get her life back on track—and the place to be if she wants to begin tracing her roots. But these roots prove trickier to trace than Holly has expected. That is, until she hires her own oh-so-sexy private investigator to take charge. Zoë Barnes is also the author of Be My Baby, Special Delivery, and Wedding Belles. Romance • 352 pp • 5 x 8 9780749909208 • April • $12.95 Paper • Piatkus Books

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Althea’s Grand Tour Emily Hendrickson Althea the Amazon—she’s just too much woman! “With graceful writing and an elegant sense of style, Hendrickson sprinkles her own special brand of fairylike magic over this charming tale.” —Booklist on My Lady Faire “Should please regency readers who like a touch of mystery with their romance.” —Booklist on The Ivory Dragon Althea Ingram longed for a gentleman she could look up to, but she found none among the London dandies who found her dowry more to their taste than her regally tall and lovely person. It was only when she fled to Europe that she found what was so sorely missing in her life. John Maitland, the Earl of Montmorcy, with his towering physique and dazzling good looks, was all she dreamed of in a man. Unfortunately, Althea is more than the Earl wants in a wife, and her delicate, beautiful companion, Cecily de Lisle, far better fits his idea about the fairer sex than the fiercely independent Althea whom he mocked as an Amazon. But Amazon or not, Althea had no armor on her heart when she was in the Earl’s arms and on the top of an alpine peak—as she tried not to fall in love with a man pressing her over the precipice of dangerous desire. Emily Hendrickson’s many Regency romances include The Ivory Dragon, My Lady Faire, and The Rake’s Revenge. She won the Romantic Times Award for Best Regency for Elizabeth’s Rake and the Colorado Romance Writers Award of Excellence for The Debonair Duke. She lives in Reno, Nevada. Romance • 224 pp • 6 x 9.5 9780709082880 • May • $24.95 (Can $27.95) Cloth • Robert Hale

The Turnabout Twins Barbara Hazard When a pair of twins plays at switching identities, the results are disastrous—for they can't both marry the same man! Lady Amelia Fairhaven and Lady Anne Fairhaven were twin sisters who shared more than their extraordinary beauty and their distinguished lineage as daughters of the Duke of Severn. They also shared the same tastes, the same talents, the same deep fondness for each other, and the same bevy of suitors who swarmed around society’s most soughtafter belles. But now they shared something else as well—a passionate attraction toward the Honorable James Galt, whom their father distrusted and neither of them could resist. Unfortunately, the good Mr. Galt could make only one of them the happiest young lady in the world while breaking the heart of the other. Barbara Hazard is the author of Midnight Waltz, The Scottish Legacy, The Unsuitable Miss Martingale, and The Wary Widow. She lives in New Hampshire. Romance • 224 pp • 6 x 9 9780709086253 • June • $24.95 (Can $27.95) Cloth • Robert Hale

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Robert Burns The Patriot Bard Patrick Scott Hogg Drawing from Burns’ existing canon of poetry and letters, plus some newly attributed works suppressed for more than two centuries, this new biography of Scotland’s national poet explodes the Burns myth. “Portrays Scotland’s national bard as a sexual ingénu who was inhibited by his strict upbringing . . . a radical reappraisal.” —Times “Lively and insightful commentary . . . an excellent volume.” —Morning Star Placing the greatest of Scotland’s poets within the true context of his times, this biography reveals him as a Scottish patriot of the heart, but also a man who was pragmatically a British patriot and risked his life for democratic reform. He was a son of the Enlightenment, whose inspiration came from Scottish and English poets, the Glorious Revolution of 1688, the American War of Independence, and the French Revolution of 1789. Burns is painted in his native colors as a highly complex, hyper-intelligent writer in both prose and poetry, not the semi-confused contradictory simpleton of previous biographies. The real day-to-day Burns was irascible, stubborn-minded, independent, controversial, and opinionated. His voice was always in the language of the people, and his idealist vision of a better world lifted him from being exclusively a patriotic Scottish and British poet to a poet of humanity “the world o’er.” Patrick Scott Hogg is a leading Burns scholar and coeditor of The Canongate Burns. Biography/Poetry • 368 pp • 5 x 8 9781845964856 • June • $14.95 Paper • Mainstream Publishing

Poetry Writing The Expert Guide Fiona Sampson The editor of Poetry Review leads aspiring poets from first explorations through the business of getting published. For writers looking for a systematic approach to their craft, this guide provides exercises and practical information, building up to a complete method but also allowing real individual literary merit. Poetry Writing starts with questions about what poetry is, what it means to the poet, and why people write it. It goes on to consider rhythm, rhyme, and repetition, and explore different poetry forms. This book is also thoroughly practical; there are exercises at the end of every chapter, it contemplates the “idea reader,” and finishes with advice on getting poetry published. Perfect for creative writing teachers and writing group members, this inspiring volume offers multiple motivational techniques, plenty of examples, and most of all, it reminds writers that poetry is a fascinating imaginative adventure. Fiona Sampson has published 14 books—including poetry, philosophy of language, and writing guides—of which the most recent is Common Prayer. She is a recipient of the Literary Review’s annual Charles Angoff Award. A regular contributor to the Guardian and the Irish Times, she is also the editor of Poetry Review. Writing/Poetry • 240 pp • 5.5 x 8.5 9780709085416 • June • $24.95 (Can $27.95) Cloth • Robert Hale

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Ruslan and Lyudmila Alexander Pushkin Translated by Roger Clarke A novel in verse based on Russian folklore, this epic fairy tale comes complete with facing original text, introduction, notes, and extra material offering contextual information about the work and its author. Spirited away by the evil sorcerer Chernomor on the day of her wedding, Lyudmila waits for her beloved Ruslan to rescue her. However, before he can effect her release, the gallant Ruslan must first endure all the trials and tribulations that the world and the malevolent wizard can throw at him. Full of daring adventures, and peopled with a remarkable collection of magical—and monstrous—characters, the resulting epic is a brilliantly ironic retelling of the medieval fairy-tale world of swashbuckling knights and damsels in distress. Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837) was a dramatist and poet, penning such influential works as Eugene Onegin and Boris Godunov and now considered the father of modern Russian literature. Roger Clarke specializes in translating Pushkin. Fiction/Poetry • 256 pp 9781847491305 • May • $14.95 (Can $16.95)

A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder James De Mille A forerunner of the sci-fi genre, this novel anticipates the exotic locale and fantasyadventure elements of works such as Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Lost World and Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Land That Time Forgot. Four sailors discover a copper cylinder containing a manuscript written by the adventurer Adam More, who was shipwrecked in the southern hemisphere. They read its contents out loud to one another, and the incredible story unfolds—his journey through a subterranean tunnel to a lost world, which survives at the foot of a volcano. This strange utopian society, in which humans coexist with prehistoric animals, is the antithesis of Victorian England, as poverty is preferred to wealth and darkness to light. At once a timeless satire and a pioneering work of the science fiction genre, this story is bound to enthrall readers today and revive James De Mille’s reputation as a writer ahead of his time. James De Mille (1833– 1880) was a Canadian academic and rhetorician who published many works of Victorian popular fiction. His best-known work, A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder, was serialized posthumously in Harper’s Weekly in 1888. Science Fiction/Classics • 288 pp 9781847491312 • April • $12.95 (Can $13.95)

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Alice’s Adventures Under Ground Lewis Carroll Perfect for all Alice fans, this unique edition features Carroll’s original pictures and the original layout, just as he printed it in limited edition during his lifetime. In 1864, Lewis Carroll sent Alice’s Adventures Under Ground, a handwritten and illustrated manuscript, as a gift to Alice Liddell, the daughter of his Oxford dean. This formed the basis for Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland—introducing timeless characters such as Alice, the White Rabbit, the Queen of Hearts, and the Gryphon—although it differs considerably from the later work, with the author himself approving its publication in 1886. Alice’s Adventures Under Ground provides an enchanting glimpse into Carroll’s imaginative process, and deserves to be ranked as a classic for all ages in its own right. Lewis Carroll was an English mathematician, logician, and author, most famous for his contributions to the genre of literary nonsense. He is known for his novels Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, as well as his poems The Jabberwocky and Hunting the Snark. Classics/Fantasy • 128 pp • 38 B/W Illustrations • 9781847490957 • June

On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts Thomas De Quincey De Quincey’s seminal 1827 work was greatly influential to such writers as Poe, Baudelaire, and Borges, and the trace of its impact can still be found today in modern satire, black humor, and crime and detective fiction. In this dispassionate analysis of the act of murder, De Quincey’s innovative, idiosyncratic artistic vision found space for gruesome reportage, satire, literary criticism, and aesthetic judgments, in a work strewn with examples ranging from antiquity to his own time, including the urban serial-killer John Williams. In addition to this essay’s Swiftian exercise in irony, he investigated the Williams case further in a postscript, resulting in a dramatic suspense-filled narrative that prefigures Capote’s In Cold Blood and the modern true-crime genre. Thomas De Quincey (1785–1859) was an English essayist of the Romantic period, whose most famous work is Confessions of an English Opium Eater. Essays/Classics • 128 pp • 9781847491336 • August

The Wonderful Wonder of Wonders Jonathan Swift The first reissue of this irreverent pamphlet for almost 300 years includes notes and a biography of Swift, as well as the charming subtitle: An accurate description of the birth, education, manner of living, religion, politics, learning etc. of Mine Arse [the eighth wonder of the world]. A glorious exercise in cheeky punmanship, The Wonderful Wonder of Wonders sees Jonathan Swift in fine form. Flying by the seat of his pants, the great author treats us to a condensed biography of his posterior, enlivened by some inspired wordplay. Originally a mockery of the proposed establishment of a national bank in his native Ireland, and the climate of financial hysteria that inspired it, Swift’s pamphlet contains some timely economic skepticism, as well as a healthy dose of scatological double entendres. Also including a selection of Swift’s other, lesser-known works, this volume is a hilarious and illuminating read for any fans of Ireland’s most illustrious wit. Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) is one of the foremost prose satirists in the English language. Best known for Gulliver’s Travels and A Modest Proposal, he is also the author of The Benefit of Farting. Humor/Essays • 112 pp • 9781847491329 • August

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The Life of Monsieur de Molière Mikhail Bulgakov Translated by Mirra Ginsburg Showcasing Bulgakov’s satirical gifts, this lesser-known work by the acclaimed author of The Master and Margarita includes pictures and a long apparatus about the his life and works. Completed in 1933, but not published until 1962—more than 20 years after its author’s death, The Life of Monsieur de Molière charts the life of the French playwright, from humble beginnings to later theatrical triumphs and political controversies. The work was met with disapproval by the Soviet authorities, who detected parallels between the lives of Molière and Bulgakov, and viewed the work as a veiled critique of Stalin and their own times. With a dazzling blend of biography and novelistic imagination, Bulgakov’s eccentric and satirical take on the life of a fellow writer energetically captures the genius of Molière, while revealing another aspect of his own self. Mikhail Bulgakov is best known for The Master and Margarita, widely hailed as one of the greatest novels of the 20th century. Mirra Ginsburg’s other translations include The Master and Margarita, and she is the editor and translator of The Fatal Eggs and Other Soviet Satire. 208 pp • 9781847491275 • April • $14.95 (Can $16.95)

My Father, Joseph Conrad Borys Conrad Much has been written about Conrad the author, but this intimate biography, complete with plates and excerpts from Conrad’s letters, offers a glimpse of the family man. In this loving portrait by his son Borys, the author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim is observed at work and away from his desk, where he is described as a companionable father who was willing to take risky and decisive action at the outbreak of World War I in order to protect his family. However, no attempt is made to conceal the man’s weaknesses, and the crucial role his stoical wife played in keeping the family together. Providing fascinating sketches of Conrad’s most well-known literary acquaintances, including Henry James, John Galsworthy, and Ford Madox Ford, these memoirs are an absorbing read for any aficionado or student of Conrad’s great novels. 208 pp • 9781847491268 • April • $14.95 (Can $16.95)

Fosca Igino Ugo Tarchetti Translated by Lawrence Venuti Adapted for Broadway as Passion by Stephen Sondheim, a masterpiece by an unjustly neglected 19th-century Italian novelist. After a passionate but ill-fated love affair with the beautiful married woman Clara, the young army officer Giorgio is transferred from Milan to Parma, where he meets the sickly and unattractive Fosca, the cousin of his commander. Although initially repelled by her, he becomes fascinated by her and slowly succumbs to her morbid, manipulative charms. A witty and satirical critique of romance, desire, and bourgeois sexual conventions, Tarchetti’s sophisticated and controversial novel is a masterpiece of 19th-century Italian decadent literature. Igino Ugo Tarchetti (1839–1869) abandoned his military career to seek his fortune in literature. He wrote newpaper articles, poems, and novels, and became famous with his masterpiece Fosca. Lawrence Venuti also translated Tarchetti’s Fantastic Tales and Passion. 224 pp • 9781847491282 • May • $12.95 (Can $13.95)

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Satyricon Petronius Translated by Andrew Brown A new translation by acclaimed translator Andrew Brown of one of the greatest classics of Latin literature includes notes and a section on Petronius’ life. Documenting the colorful escapades of the former gladiator Encolpius and his less-thanfaithful lover Giton, the Satyricon plunges the reader into the lives of ordinary Roman citizens, vividly revealing the Empire’s seamy underbelly. A host of unforgettable characters are satirically presented, such as Trimalchio, the pretentious parvenu host, in a memorable banquet scene; the lascivious priestess Quartilla; and the narrator’s unreliable, roguish friend Ascyltus. Sometimes referred to as the first novel—although surviving only in fragments— this bawdy, picaresque, and surprisingly modern narrative is considered one of the founding masterpieces of Western literature. Petronius Arbiter (c. 27–66 AD) was a Roman courtier under the reign of Nero. Andrew Brown is a translator whose recent works include The Corsican Brothers and Letters to Pauline. 256 pp • 9781847491169 • $14.95 (Can $16.95)

Three Novellas Leo Tolstoy Translated by Kyril Zinovieff and April Fitzlyon Three works by one of the greatest Russian writers combine autobiographical elements with the themes of marriage, sex, and the conflict between traditional values and progress. One of Tolstoy’s last works of fiction, The Devil revolves around the young landowner’s Yevgeny irrepressible lust for Stepanida, a sensual peasant woman. Even when he gets married to a respectable upper-class lady, he finds himself unable to put an end to his encounters with Stepanida, and becomes increasingly consumed by guilt and helplessness in the face of his undeniable urges. In some ways comparable to the controversial Kreutzer Sonata, this novella shows Tolstoy at his most salacious, while at the same time addresses the conflicts between desire, social norms, and personal conscience. Also included in this volume are Family Happiness, one of Tolstoy’s earliest works—an entertaining and cynical account of marriage from the perspective of a disillusioned wife—and A Landowner’s Morning, one of Tolstoy’s lesserknown pieces of fiction. Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) is regarded as one of the greatest writers of all time. His masterpieces Anna Karenina and War and Peace represent the peak of realist fiction. Kyril Zinovieff and April Fitzlyon are widely acclaimed Russian translators. 192 pp • 9781847491251 • $12.95 (Can $13.95)

The Woman in White Wilkie Collins Thoroughly annotated, this seminal study of the darkest side of Romanticism includes pictures and an extensive section on Wilkie Collins’s life and works. In love with the beautiful heiress Laura Fairlie, impoverished art teacher Walter Henright finds his romantic designs thwarted by the scheming of wicked Sir Percival Glyde and his sinister ally Count Fosco. The mystery and intrigue are deepened by the ghostly appearances of a woman in white, harboring a secret that concerns Sir Percival’s past. A tale of love, madness, and identity, boasting sublime Gothic settings and pulse-quickening suspense, The Woman in White was the first bestselling Victorian sensation novel, sparking off a huge trend in the fiction of the time with its compulsive, fascinating narrative. Wilkie Collins (1824–1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. He is best known for his “sensation novels,” the forerunners of modern detective fictions, which won him great popularity when they were published in his friend Charles Dickens’s publication All The Year Round. 476 pp • 9781847491244 • $12.95 (Can $13.95)

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Closed Harbour James Hanley A long out-of-print classic, this edition includes pictures and an extensive section on Hanley’s life and works. “‘Neglected Genius’ is accepted merely as the category to which Hanley belongs . . . The geniuses who are neglected are usually the geniuses who disturb, and we do not like to be disturbed.” —Anthony Burgess on James Hanley Following an incident at sea, 50-year-old Captain Eugène Marius finds himself without employment or purpose in Marseille, paying fruitless daily visits to the port’s shipping offices. Consumed by guilt, spurned by his family, and faced with the futility of life away from the waters, Marius seeks solace in alcohol and the arms of a prostitute, but is unable to keep his mental and physical deterioration at bay. Remarkable in its gritty descriptions of Marseille and the psychological portrait of its protagonist, this is a poignant, sharply written examination of the maritime profession and life as an outcast. Born in Liverpool to Irish immigrants, James Hanley left school at an early age to become a sailor, and his experiences at sea informed many of his works. Only recently has this original, uncompromising novelist started to be reappraised as one of the finest English writers of the 20th century. 224 pp • 9781847491343 • $12.95 (Can $13.95)

Dead Men Tell No Tales Émile Zola Translated by Douglas Parmée The only edition in print of some of the best-known short stories by the writer of Germinal and L’Assommoir, this collection features pictures and an extensive section on Zola’s life and works. In contrast with the epic scope of the Rougon-Macquart novels, Zola’s short stories are concerned with the everyday aspects of human existence and the interests of ordinary people. From the cruel irony of “Captain Burle” to the Rabelaisian exuberance of “Coqueville on the Spree,” these stories display the broad range of Zola’s imagination, using a variety of tones, from the quietly cynical to the compassionate. The settings of the stories also range widely, from the aristocratic drawing rooms to poverty-stricken garrets, from the cemeteries of Paris to the countryside of Zola’s youth. In these 16 stories, Zola’s racy tone is faithfully rendered by acclaimed translator Douglas Parmée. Émile Zola (1840–1902) is the foremost representative of the Naturalist school, and is best remembered for Thérèse Raquin and his 20-novel cycle, the Rougon-Macquarts. Douglas Parmée was a lecturer in modern languages and an acclaimed translator whose other Zola translations include The Earth and Nana. 256 pp • 9781847491299 • $14.95 (Can $16.95)

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FINE EDITIONS White’s Books combines bolder contemporary design with the appeal of a classic clothbound edition, offering readers stunning and affordable luxury. Award-winning designer David Pearson—also responsible for the Penguin Great Ideas series—commissions illustrators and produces these editions with the highest standards. Instead of a dust jacket, the decorated cloth covers have a printed illustration, in a traditional medium such as drawing, woodcut, or engraving, wrapping around the book. Among the other elements that differ from standard hardbacks are colored page tops, marker ribbons, decorated endpapers, meticulous line-by-line typesetting, sewn-in and glued pages to produce a longerlasting book that won’t warp, and thicker, acid-free paper, to give these editions extra appeal that embodies the crafted virtues of a good book. The result is quality of design and production that adds to the pleasure of reading. “These clothbound classics with stylish covers are a treat . . . the perfect present.” —Times “Will gratify all lovers of the book as object.” —Sunday Telegraph “If, like us, you can’t quite imagine life without the printed word, you’ll love these clothbound classics. Buy now, enjoy forever.” —Elle Decoration Each: Classics • 6 x 9.5 • $26.95 (Can $29.95) Cloth • White’s Books

Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson James Bond and Harry Potter are indebted to this classic adventure tale and its young hero, Jim Hawkins. The archetypal adventure story is presented complete with the author’s map of Treasure Island and his account of how the story came about. The printed illustration wrapping around this beautiful edition uses gold foiling and blue waves strikingly printed on the navy blue cloth background. The cover illustration is by the artist Stanley Donwood, best known for his designs for the band Radiohead. Both contemporary and classic, this book has unique appeal for any lover of adventure stories. Robert Louis Stevenson was born in 1850 in Edinburgh. Treasure Island was his first novel, published in 1883. After years of writing in other, more overtly literary styles, it gave Robert Louis Stevenson his first commercial success. This edition of Treasure Island includes Robert Louis Stevenson’s short account of how, on a rainy afternoon, he drew the map that inspired the story—with a full-page reproduction of the map included. 256 pp • 1 Map • 9780955881817 • April

Emma Jane Austen Foreword by Andrew Lycett Emma, the comic and sharply observed story of young Emma Woodhouse's education in life, is regarded by many as Jane Austen's most perfect novel. Introduced to the reader as “handsome, clever, and rich,” Emma Woodhouse is also a spoiled, meddling matchmaker— Austen’s most flawed, and possibly most endearing heroine. Her fourth published novel, and the last to appear before her death, this lively comedy of manners is the work of an incisive writer at the height of her powers. Jane Austen is a renowned Regency novelist. Her other works include Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. Andrew Lycett is the author of Dylan Thomas: A New Life, Ian Fleming, and The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes. Classics • 384 pp • 9780955881886 • June

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Sherlock Holmes His Greatest Cases Arthur Conan Doyle Uniquely combining Holmes’ most famous case, “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” with Arthur Conan Doyle's own 12 favorite Sherlock Holmes stories arranged in order of publication, this edition features an afterword by Conan Doyle's acclaimed biographer Andrew Lycett. Conan Doyle’s original list, arranged in order merit, is included, as is the abridged text of “Sherlock Holmes to His Readers,” an article by Conan Doyle for the Strand Magazine, later published as the preface to The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes. The book’s cover is by Michael Kirkham, whose clients have included Dazed & Confused, Financial Times, the Independent, the New York Times, and Readers’ Digest. Arthur Conan Doyle is one of the most revered writers of detective fiction. Through creating the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, Doyle defined the mystery genre as a mix of wit, intelligence, and action. 448 pp • 9780955881879 • April

Sonnets and Poems William Shakespeare Shakespeare’s sonnets and poems are perhaps the most precious words of poetry in English. With the finest lines ever written about love and desire, they have shaped the way emotions are expressed. This edition of sonnets and poems includes the narrative poems “Venus and Adonis” and “The Rape of Lucrece,” which established Shakespeare's reputation when they appeared in 1593 and 1594. Next is the short poem “The Phoenix and the Turtle,” which appeared alongside the work of others in the 1601 collection Love’s Martyr. The sonnets all included here were published in 1609, as was the last poem, “A Lover's Complaint.” William Shakespeare (1564–1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's preeminent dramatist. The dazzling cover design is by White's Books' own David Pearson, one of “Britain's Top 50 Designers” as selected by the Guardian. Poetry • 224 pp • 9780955881831 • April

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Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë Many novels have traced “the history of a young woman’s heart,” but never better than the original. The favorite book of many readers and still one of the bestselling classic novels of all time, Jane Eyre continues to enthrall readers young and old. Charlotte Brontë was born in 1816 and died in 1855. Her most famous book was published in 1847 under the pseudonym Currer Bell, to hide Charlotte Brontë’s gender in an era when female authors were taken less seriously. This text follows the 1848 edition, which incorporated the final changes approved by Charlotte Brontë and includes reviews written at the time of Jane Eyre’s sensational first publication. The stunning cover design is a paper cut illustration by artist Petra Börner, whose clients include Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Louis Vuitton, Penguin, Random House, the Guardian, and the Independent. 448 pp • 9780955881800 • June

Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen For some readers Pride and Prejudice is a delightful comic novel, for others it is a study of social and personal values—no other English novel is as popular. The binding illustration is by Kazuko Nomoto, whose clients include New York Times and the Gap. Jane Austen is a renowned Regency novelist. Her other works include Emma and Sense and Sensibility. 416 pp • 9780955881862 • June

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Wuthering Heights Emily Brontë One of the most powerful novels ever written, Wuthering Heights ranks among the greatest love stories of all time. The cover illustration of Wuthering Heights was commissioned from designer Celia Birtwell, the muse of David Hockney, and a designer renowned since the 1960s for her fabrics which defined the look of the Beatles, Rolling Stones, and Paloma Picasso. This edition includes a fascinating insight into Emily Brontë and her novel by her sister, Charlotte, the author of Jane Eyre. Classics • 396 pp • 9780955881855 • August

The Christmas Books A Christmas Carol and Other Stories Charles Dickens Dickens’ definitive Christmas tales including A Christmas Carol and four other stories are collected in a beautifully produced volume with cloth covers by leading illustrator Joe McLaren. The Christmas Books were first published in a single volume in 1852, bringing together five stories which Charles Dickens wrote specially for the Christmas season, beginning in 1843 with A Christmas Carol. Over the next three years Dickens published “The Chimes,” “The Cricket on the Hearth,” and “The Battle of Life.” There was no story in 1847 but a fifth, “The Haunted Man,” appeared in 1848. The Christmas Books, and in particular A Christmas Carol, are considered so influential that they are credited with inventing our modern notion of Christmas itself. Charles Dickens (1812–1870) is considered one of the English language’s greatest writers. Classics/Seasonal • 416 pp • 9780955881824 • August

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The Ascent of Rum Doodle W. E. Bowman Introduction by Bill Bryson

Jerome K. Jerome Illustrations by Vic Reeves

An outrageously funny spoof about the ascent of a 40,000and-a-half-foot peak, The Ascent of Rum Doodle has been a cult favorite since its 1956 publication.

Beautifully produced to celebrate Jerome K. Jerome’s 150th birthday, this edition features 30 original illustrations by comedian and artist Vic Reeves.

“[Bowman] proves himself to be an entertaining humorist who has much to offer for readers who like their outdoor humor dripping with understated British irony.” —Publishers Weekly

“Wonderfully fresh and funny, and among examples of Victorian humor I would place it high in the pantheon, right up there with The Importance of Being Earnest and The Diary of a Nobody . . . triumphantly stands the test of time, with its comic flights of exaggeration, its occasional archness, and its entirely innocent hint of the camp.” —Daily Telegraph

“Wonderful . . . does for mountaineering what Three Men in a Boat did for Thames-going or Catch-22 did for the Second World War.” —Punch “This wonderfully funny parody of adventure stories was first written in the 1950s but is just as fresh today with a truly brilliant comic narrator whose commentary on the expedition members is unintentionally hilarious. Buy it.” —Sunday Mirror

One of the Guardian’s “1000 Novels Everyone Must Read” Led by the reliably underinsightful Binder, a team of seven British men—including Dr. Prone (constantly ill), Jungle the route-finder (constantly lost), Constant the diplomat (constantly arguing), and 3,000 Yogistani porters—set out to conquer the highest peak in the Himalayas. Though a parody, it has become one of the most famous and celebrated books of mountaineering literature. W. E. Bowman (1911–1985) was a civil engineer who spent his free time hill-walking, painting, and writing (unpublished) books on the Theory of Relativity. Bill Bryson is the author of A Short History of Nearly Everything and A Walk in the Woods. Fiction/Classics • 192 pp • 5 x 8 9780099530381 • July • $14.95 Paper

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Three Men in a Boat

“I fell out of bed laughing at Three Men in a Boat.” —Guardian What could be more relaxing than a refreshing holiday on the river with your two best friends and faithful canine companion, Montmorency? However, as J. discovers, there is more to life on the waves than meets the eye—including navigational challenges, culinary disasters, and heroic battles with swans, kettles, and tins of pineapple. Jerome K. Jerome’s delightful novel has kept readers smiling for years and his prose has found a perfect partner in Vic Reeves’s glorious and witty illustrations. Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927) is the author of Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow and the sequel to Three Men in a Boat, Three Men on the Bummel. Vic Reeves is an English comedian, best known for his double act with Bob Mortimer. Classics/Fiction • 208 pp • 5 x 8 30 B/W Illustrations • Vintage Classics New in paper: 9780099511700 • August • $12.95 Cloth: 9780099511694 • Available • $19.95

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Carol A Story for Christmas

A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens The first and most famous of Dickens’ five Christmas books is presented with two others: “The Chimes”—published the year after A Christmas Carol, and “The Haunted Man,” the fifth and last of his holiday stories. “It has it all: a spooky ghost story, a heartwarming redemption and a great plot with a satisfyingly ending.” —Times

Also available: Bleak House (9780099511458), David Copperfield (9780099511465), Great Expectations (9780099511571), Little Dorrit (9780099529446), Oliver Twist (9780099511939), and A Tale of Two Cities (9780099511854) Ebenezer Scrooge is unimpressed by Christmas. He has no time for festivities or goodwill toward his fellow men and is only interested in money. Then, on the night of Christmas Eve, his life is changed by a series of ghostly visitations that show him some bitter truths about his choices. Dickens’ most influential book is a funny, clever, and hugely enjoyable story. Charles Dickens (1812–1870) is considered one of the English language’s greatest writers. His works include The Adventures of Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Great Expectations, and A Tale of Two Cities.

Bob Hartman From the highly acclaimed author of the bestselling Lion Storyteller series comes the heartwarming contemporary retelling of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Jack O’Malley hates shopping, snow, and even Christmas. All three at once is Jack’s idea of a very bad day. Storming into a Starbucks seeking escape, Jack runs smack into a beautiful and mysterious stranger, almost knocking her over and unintentionally changing his life forever. In this one moment his entire life—who he once was, who he is, and who he has the potential to become—flashes before his eyes. In this humorous rendering of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, timeless lessons are reexamined through the lens of modern society, resulting in a funny, moving, and ultimately thought-provoking tale. Bob Hartman is an acclaimed storyteller and the author of more than a dozen books, including Anyone Can Tell a Story, Lion Storyteller Bible, Lion Storyteller Bedtime Book, and Telling the Bible. He lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Fiction/Seasonal • 96 pp • 5 x 6.75 9780745953366 • August • $9.95 (Can $10.95) Cloth Lion UK

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CHARLES DICKENS Introduction by Peter Ackroyd Illustrations by Paul Slater With a fresh and timeless new look, this formerly out-of-print Charles Dickens collection is relaunched with exclusive introductions by Peter Ackroyd and features illustrations by Paul Slater, designed to target new and old fans alike. Charles Dickens (1812–1870) is considered one of the English language’s greatest writers. Peter Ackroyd’s biography Dickens was published in 1990 to enormous critical acclaim. His other titles include London: A Biography, Poe: A Life Cut Short, Shakespeare: The Biography, and Thames: The Biography. Paul Slater is an artist and illustrator whose awards include the Association of Illustrators Artist of the Year Award and the WH Smith Editorial Art Award. Each: Classics • 4.5 x 7 • 20 B/W Illustrations • $9.95 Paper • Arrow

The Pickwick Papers Dickens’ first novel is widely regarded as one of the major classics of comic writing in English—in the century and a half since its first appearance, the whole of the Pickwickian crew have entered the consciousness of all who love English literature. The larger-than-life Mr. Pickwick, a benevolent and well-to-do gentleman, travels about the country righting wrongs and occasionally—but unintentionally—wreaking havoc. Accompanying him is his faithful valet Sam Weller, and crossing paths with the Pickwickians is comic villain Alfred Jingle, whose misadventures repeatedly land the group in trouble. The Pickwick Papers began as a series of tales to accompany illustrations by caricaturist Robert Seymour, but soon took on a life of their own to become one of Dickens’s best-loved comic stories. 960 pp • 9780099533559 • July

A Tale of Two Cities Dickens’ novel of the French Revolution is among the most famous works of fiction. After 18 years of imprisonment in the Bastille, the devoted Doctor Manette is reunited with his daughter, the gentle Lucie, in England. There she captures the hearts of two very different men— Charles Darney, a banished French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a well-known English lawyer, both of whom must compete for her love. With a twisting plot of revenge, corruption, and love played out under the shadow of the guillotine, this is one of Dickens’ most exciting stories. 416 pp • 9780099533481 • July

Bleak House “Bleak House is not certainly Dickens’s best book; but perhaps it is his best novel.” —G. K. Chesterton As the case of Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce—a long and hopeless lawsuit over a disputed will—drags slowly on through the courts, it begins to wear down all those caught in its complicated web. Esther Summerson, an orphan placed in the care of the kind and gentle John Jarndyce at Bleak House, can only watch on as the people she loves are consumed by the proceedings. But when Esther’s past comes looking for her, will the discovery of her true identity finally lead her to the answers she has been searching for? 960 pp • 9780099533528 • August

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Barnaby Rudge “By most readers . . . the last work by Dickens will be considered his best.” —New York Times, 1865 As fierce mobs riot in the streets of London, the decent and sincere Geoffrey Haredale forges a strange alliance with the dishonest John Chester. Their aim is to prevent the marriage of Haredale’s niece Emma to Chester’s honorable son Edward, selfishly using the violence around them to their advantage. Meanwhile, unintentionally drawn into the mayhem is the half-witted Barnaby Rudge, whose past is interwoven with a mysterious unsolved murder. In this tale of blackmail, betrayal, and bloodshed, Barnaby must fight to clear his name and escape his hopeless fate. 768 pp • 9780099533498 • August

The Mystery of Edwin Drood Charles Dickens’ final, unfinished novel has inspired generations of speculation. Choirmaster John Jasper is a man of deep hypocrisy. His public reputation is flawless yet privately he leads an immoral life, frequenting squalid opium dens. Although outwardly he seems delighted with the betrothal of his nephew Edwin Drood to Rosa Bud, one of his choristers, secretly he is consumed by jealousy. But he is not alone in hoping for Edwin’s demise. Among others, hot-tempered Neville Landless has also made an enemy of Drood—so when Edwin disappears, at whom should the accusing finger point? 320 pp • 9780099533542 • August

Our Mutual Friend The last novel Dickens completed is also one of his most complex and satisfying. “I would always prefer to go get another Dickens off the shelf than pick up a new book by someone I’ve not read yet.” —Donna Tartt, author, The Secret History John Harmon is a young man estranged from his family, yet on his way from South Africa to London to receive his inheritance. But, according to his father’s will, he can only claim it if he marries Bella Wilfer, a beautiful London girl whom he has never met. Before John arrives to claim his birthright, an unknown body is found drowned in the Thames and identified as him. The money passes instead to family servants Mr. and Mrs. Boffin, who welcome into their home the disappointed bride-to-be. But when their associate Silas Wegg tries to blackmail the Boffins with an alternative will, Bella must decide where her loyalties lie. 960 pp • 9780099533535 • August

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The Best of Zane Grey 3 Classic Western Novels Complete and Unabridged Zane Grey A classic collection of three of the best from the master of the Western novel. Riders of the Purple Sage, Grey’s best-known bestseller, is a thrilling saga set in 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 disguised as a boy while a cast of hard-bitten, weather-beaten characters drive 4,000 cattle 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 newcomers who would like to sample a little of life in the wild west. Although he was 31 years old before his first book was published in 1903, Zane Grey’s writing style and his depiction of the old “wild” west led to him becoming one of the highest-earning authors of popular literature of his time. Classics/Fiction • 656 pp • 7 x 8.5 9781853757068 • May • $24.95 Paper • Prion

Edgar Allan Poe All of His Macabre Tales Complete and Unabridged Edgar Allan Poe Twenty-seven grisly tales from the master of gothic fiction range from chilling horror to suspenseful mystery. Few names conjure up such an air of ghoulish terror as that of Edgar Allan Poe. Although best known for his classic gothic horror 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 Professor Fether.” The best of his chilling horror stories and other suspenseful tales are presented here in one fantastic volume, providing an ideal introduction to this master of the macabre for those unfamiliar with Poe’s work, or a welcome return to Poe’s dark and mysterious world for committed enthusiasts. Wonderfully versatile as an author and best known for his disturbing tales of terror, Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) holds a venerable place in the history of American literature. Classics/Horror • 656 pp • 7 x 8.5 9781853757006 • May • $24.95 Paper • Prion

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Sherlock Holmes 24 Classic Short Stories Complete and Unabridged Sir Arthur Conan Doyle This enthralling collection of Sherlock Holmes adventures comprises the first two volumes of short stories—The Adventures and The Memoirs—as they were originally 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 favorite Holmes mysteries, “The Adventure of the Speckled Band,” “The Red-Headed League,” “A Scandal in Bohemia,” and “The Five Orange Pips.” The Memoirs of Sherlock 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 apparently 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. Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) is considered a major innovator in the field of crime fiction for his Sherlock Holmes novels and stories. Classics/Mystery • 656 pp • 7 x 8.5 9781853757044 • April • $24.95 Paper • Prion

Jack London 5 Classic Novels from a Giant of American Literature Jack London The Call of the Wild, White Fang, The Game, The Scarlet Plague, and The Star Rover—complete and unabridged. The five notable novels from Jack London are collected in this volume for the adventurer in everyone. The Call of the Wild, Jack London’s second novel, made him truly famous. Published without any great expectations for commercial success, the story of the pet dog turned wolf pack leader became a huge bestseller. White Fang, like The Call of the Wild, explores the theme of contrast between civilization and savagery when a wild wolf cub is brought up by humans only to become a champion fighting dog. The Game revolves around boxing, London’s favorite sport. Joe Fleming is a prize fighter and, on the eve of his wedding, his fiancée agrees to watch his last ever fight. The Scarlet Plague, first published in 1912, tells of a disease that wipes out most of the world’s population in 2012. The story is set 60 years later as one of the survivors attempts to pass on a lifetime of wisdom and experience to his grandsons. The Star Rover is a prison tale in which the main character endures torture sessions by entering a trance-like state, when he walks among the stars and experiences past lives. Jack London (1876–1916) is best known for his much-loved tales of the great outdoors, for which he drew on his experiences of the harshest environments as a seaman and as a prospector in Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush. Classics • 624 pp • 7 x 8.5 9781853757488 • June • $24.95 Paper • Prion

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Fear Stefan Zweig Translated by Anthea Bell Written in the spring of 1913, and first published in 1920, this novella is one of Zweig’s most powerful studies of a woman’s mind and emotions. “Brilliant, unusual, and haunting enough to ensure that Stefan Zweig’s time of oblivion is over for good. Zweig developed a remarkable literary and psychological method . . . brought to something like perfection. The story that most clearly exemplifies Zweig’s method is Fear . . . it’s good to have him back.” —Salman Rushdie, New York Times “Charts every fluctuation of its heroine’s inner turmoil and ends with an ingenious twist.” —Economist “(During his lifetime) arguably the most widely read and translated serious author in the world.” —John Fowles, author, The Collector

The Roberto Rossellini film La Paura (1954), starring Ingrid Bergman, was based on Fear Finding her comfortable bourgeois existence as wife and mother tedious after eight years of marriage, Irene Wagner brings a little excitement into it by starting an affair with a rising young pianist. Her lover’s former mistress begins blackmailing her, threatening to give her secret away to her husband, meanwhile her husband seems to offer her numerous opportunities to confess and be forgiven. Irene is soon in the grip of agonizing fear. Stefan Zweig (1881–1942) was a novelist, playwright, journalist, and biographer. His other titles include Beware of Pity, Chess Story, Fantastic Night and Other Stories, The Post-Office Girl, and The World of Yesterday. Anthea Bell is best known for her translations of the French Asterix comics, and is also the translator of Wondrak and Other Stories. Classics • 120 pp • 5 x 8 9781906548186 • May • $15.95 (Can $17.95) Paper • Pushkin Press

Selected Stories Stefan Zweig “Zweig belongs with those masters of the novella—Maupassant, Turgenev, Chekhov— of whom he was in awe.” —Times Literary Supplement “A mini-masterpiece about the fever of addiction and of middle-aged infatuation.” —Intelligent Life on Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman

“Letter from an Unknown Woman” was made into a 1948 film by Max Ophuls starring Joan Fontaine Truly gripping, these mini-masterpieces each contain the substance of a condensed full-length novel. “Fantastic Night” is the story of one transformative evening in the life of a rich and bored young man. He spends a day at the races and an evening in the seedy but thrilling company of the dregs of society. His experiences jolt him out of his languor and give him a newfound relish for life, which is then cut short by the Great War. Two of Zweig’s most powerful works, “The Invisible Collection” and “Buchmendel,” explore lives led in the single-minded pursuit of art and literature against a backdrop of poverty and corruption. “Letter from an Unknown Woman” is a poignant and heartbreaking tale of the strength and madness of unrequited love, while in “In The Fowler Snared,” it is the man whose passion remains unrequited. “Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman” is the story of a middle-aged English widow who travels to escape loneliness and boredom. One evening while enjoying the elegant atmosphere of the Monte Carlo Casino, she becomes mesmerized by the obsessive gambling of a young Polish aristocrat. This fateful encounter leads to passion, despair, and death, changing their lives forever. Stefan Zweig (1881–1942) was a novelist, playwright, journalist, and biographer. His other titles include Beware of Pity, Chess Story, Fear, The Post-Office Girl, and The World of Yesterday. Classics • 250 pp • 5 x 8 9781906548223 (Replaces 9781901285543) • May • $16.95 (Can $18.95) Paper • Pushkin Press

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The Queen’s Necklace Antal Szerb Translated by Leonard Rix Szerb’s marvelous evocation of Marie-Antoinette and her court. “Szerb belongs with the master novelists of the 20th century.” —Daily Telegraph “Szerb is a master novelist whose powers transcend time and language.” —Guardian The Queen’s Necklace sketches an extraordinary portrait of the French aristocracy as it falls towards the anarchy and bloodshed of the Revolution. This masterpiece lends emotional context to historical past, with a narrative that prophesizes impending violence through the superficiality and power struggles inside the court itself. Court life is vividly drawn; its fashions, habits, and politics, and also its power, decadence, vices, and corruption. Len Rix’s translation brings Antal Szerb’s fascinating world into English for the first time, staying true to the original style, wit, and strength of the author’s writing. Antal Szerb (1901–1945) was an essayist, novelist, playwright, and a formidable scholar whose books include Journey by Moonlight, Oliver VII, The Pendragon Legend, and The Traveler. He was twice awarded the Baumgarten Prize and in 1933 he was elected president of the Hungarian Literary Academy. Len Rix also translated Journey by Moonlight, Oliver VII, and The Pendragon Legend, and received the Oxford Weidenfeld Translation Prize for his translation of The Door. Fiction • 320 pp • 5 x 8 9781906548087 • April • $18.95 (Can $20.95) Paper • Pushkin Press

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The Pendragon Legend Antal Szerb Translated by Len Rix Szerb’s first novel, published in 1933, is a quintessential amalgamation of the romantic, the mystical, and the transcendental. “A detective story, gothic novel, and social satire . . . written with great wit and a lightness of touch.” —Telegraph “Antal Szerb is one of the great European writers.” —Ali Smith, author, The Accidental At an end-of-London-season soirée, the young Hungarian scholar-dilettante Janos Bátky is introduced to the Earl of Gwynedd, a reclusive eccentric who is the subject of strange rumors. Invited to the family seat—Pendragon Castle in North Wales—Bátky receives a mysterious phone call warning him not to go; but he does and finds himself in a bizarre world of mysticism and romance, animal experimentation, and planned murder. His quest to solve the central mystery takes him down strange byways—old libraries, warehouse cellars, Welsh mountains, and underground tombs. Antal Szerb (1901–1945) was an essayist, novelist, playwright, and a formidable scholar whose books include History of Hungarian Literature, Journey by Moonlight, Oliver VII, and The Queen’s Necklace. He was twice awarded the Baumgarten Prize, and in 1933 he was elected president of the Hungarian Literary Academy. Len Rix also translated Journey by Moonlight and Oliver VII. Fiction • 320 pp • 5 x 6.5 9781901285604 • March • $15.95 (Can $16.95) Paper • Pushkin Press

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An Education in Happiness The Lessons of Hesse and Tagore Flavia Arzeni Translated by Howard Curtis Flavia Arzeni explores the subject of happiness by analyzing the literary and artistic paths to happiness that two Nobel Prize-winning writers found. “Clear and passionate.” —Corriere della Sera “A precious legacy.” —La Repubblica Happiness, as two great masters of literature and thought explain to us, “is neither a privilege of the few, nor a fleeting state of mind: it is hidden behind a door that every person can open once they have found it, at the end of an arduous journey of self-discovery.” The two Nobel Prize–winning writers Rabindranath Tagore and Hermann Hesse are arguably very different: one comes to us from the core of Indian culture, the other from the very heart of Old Europe; the former is an eternal wanderer, the latter a determined armchair traveler. Still, there are extraordinary affinities between their works, and they both understood that the path to happiness is paved with small acts and simple notions. Revealing the extent to which these ideas have affected contemporary culture, this book offers an oasis of stability and calm that leads to fundamental answers concerning life and happiness. Flavia Arzeni teaches German literature and culture at the University of La Sapienza in Rome. Howard Curtis’s translation of Marc Dugain’s The Officers’ Ward was nominated for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, and his translation of Edoardo Albinati’s Coming Back won the John Florio Italian Translation Prize of the Translators’ Association of Great Britain. Philosophy • 118 pp • 5 x 8 9781906548117 • June • $15.95 (Can $17.95) Paper • Pushkin Press

The Inheritance Peter Stephan Jungk Translated by Michael Hofmann When a family fortune is suddenly torn from his hands, a poet must travel across countries and through political uprisings to get it back. “This eventful, thrilling novel proves to be the parable of a world whose heirs have all the rights, but cannot do anything with them.” —Die Zeit “Yet another thrilling, vividly narrated novel from the pen of Peter Stephan Jungk— a plot worthy of film.” —Focus “Pleasantly bizarre . . . an unusual and inventive work . . . refreshingly strange.” —Publishers Weekly on Crossing the Hudson Daniel Loew, a poet based in London, has been told since childhood that he would eventually become his wealthy uncle’s only heir. Following his uncle’s death in Caracas, Loew is shocked when his uncle’s close friend tells him that he alone has been named executor of the will. The friend subsequently blocks Loew from receiving his inheritance, much to his dismay. In a harrowing chase from Venezuela to Miami via Hamburg and Panama City, all set against a background of political upheaval as Hugo Chàvez attempts and fails his 1992 military coup, Loew leads a desperate fight to regain his considerable inheritance. Peter Stephan Jungk was born in Los Angeles and raised in several European cities. He is the author of eight books, including the biography, Franz Werfel, and the novels Crossing the Hudson, The Perfect American— scheduled to be remade into an opera by Philip Glass—and Tigor. Michael Hofmann has written and translated more than 35 books, winning eight awards for his translations and his poetry including the Weidenfeld Translation Prize. Fiction • 204 pp • 5 x 8 9781906548209 • June • $16.95 (Can $18.95) Paper • Pushkin Press

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BRIEF LIVES

Sigmund Freud

Elizabeth Gaskell

Virginia Woolf

David Carter

Alan Shelston

Alexandra Harris

An essential read for anyone wishing to understand the life, times, and work of this most seminal of theorists.

A beautifully packaged day-to-day indulgence into one of the Victorian era’s greatest authors, Elizabeth Gaskell.

A fresh look at one of the 20th century’s most innovative writers.

Born to Jewish parents in mid-19th century Austria, Sigmund Freud is a controversial figure needing no introduction, yet his reputation owes as much to myth as to the facts of his life and his work. Here, David Carter uncovers the man buried beneath the mythology, tracing the life of this inimitable figure from his origins as the gifted first born of eight children, through his stellar academic career and his relationships and rifts with famous figures such as Josef Breuer. Also explored is why, despite his groundbreaking work on psychoanalytic theories—including the functioning of the subconscious, the repression of trauma, and the psychological import of dreams— Freud has frequently been the subject of derision and ridicule. David Carter is a writer, translator, and freelance journalist and the author of Georges Simenon, Honoré de Balzac, Literary Theory, and Marquis de Sade.

Highly influential among her peers, Gaskell was the author of more than six novels—including the critically acclaimed North and South and Cranford—and was a regular contributor for Dickens’ periodicals. She forged friendships with many contemporary authors—most famously, perhaps, with Charlotte Brontë. Brontë’s biography, written by Gaskell, is regarded as one of the finest examples of life-writing to this day. Famed for her adeptness at capturing local dialect and the voices of middle-class characters, Gaskell skillfully imbued all her writing with a sense of the intimate and everyday. Due to her prolific letter writing, impeccable records remain of her own daily experiences and thoughts. In this new biography, a brilliant light is shed on the life of the woman behind the writing— including her writing themes, her literary successes, her marriage, and her humanitarian work. Alan Shelston is the president of the Gaskell Society and the founder of the Gaskell Society Journal. He is also the author of Further Letters of Mrs. Gaskell.

Biography/Psychology • 112 pp 5 x 8 • 9781843919223 • July $12.95 (Can $13.95) Paper

Virginia Woolf has been among the most scrutinized figures of the past century. Her unique literary genius, pioneering work for women’s rights, position at the nucleus of the Bloomsbury group, highprofile family and marriage, relationship with Vita Sackville-West, and suicide have all been dissected. Life and art were, for Woolf, inextricably entangled, and the autobiographical elements of many of her works, including the masterpieces To the Lighthouse and The Waves, have heightened interest in this most fascinating of figures. Alexandra Harris here takes a fresh look at the life and legacy of one of the greatest figures of English literature. Perfect for Woolf enthusiasts and newcomers alike, Brief Lives: Virginia Woolf offers a concise, authoritative account of the author’s life, and presents an engaging overview of her afterlife in literary history. Alexandra Harris is coeditor of Modernism on Sea and she won the Julia Briggs Memorial Prize in 2009 for her work on Virginia Woolf. Biography • 112 pp • 5 x 8 9781843919094 • August $14.95 (Can $16.95) Paper

Biography • 112 pp • 5 x 8 9781843919216 • May $12.95 (Can $13.95) Paper

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POETIC LIVES

Blake

Byron

Daniel Hahn

Richard Canning

Sarah Gristwood

A unique view of this truly original figure, elegantly situating his poetry in conjunction with the story of his life.

An insightful and sensitive portrait of the life, works, and inspiration behind one of Western literature’s greatest poets.

A religious dissident, a radical, a poet, and an artist—William Blake is among the most captivating figures in history. Tracing his life from his apprenticeship as an engraver to a student at the Royal Academy of Arts, where his outspoken views on both art and his peers gained him notoriety, this definitive guide to Blake’s life offers a unique portrait of a man viewed by many of his contemporaries as eccentric to the point of insanity. Never a stranger to controversy, Blake’s many adamant causes are outlined here, including the French Revolution, the sexual emancipation of women, and the abolition of self-denial from religious teaching. His most famous works—including the Songs of Innocence and Experience, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, and his engravings—are also discussed. Daniel Hahn is a writer and translator whose works include Poetic Lives: Coleridge, Poetic Lives: Shelley, and The Tower Menagerie.

Walt Whitman’s importance in the Western literary canon cannot be overstated. Frequently named the father of American letters, he is best known for the free verse collection Leaves of Grass, which is expounded upon in this thoughtful critique. Initially self-published, the collection grew in popularity after being praised by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Many contemporary reviewers accused Whitman of obscenity as a result of his poetry’s overtly sexual content. Speculation about his sexuality—the result of the homosexual overtones of his work—has been rife and inconclusive. Illustrating and elucidating the biography of this great poet using extracts from his verse, Richard Canning presents an intuitive understanding of a frequently misunderstood figure. Richard Canning is the author of Brief Lives: E. M. Forster and Brief Lives: Oscar Wilde.

Among the most captivating figures of his era, Lord Byron’s spectacular poetry and scandalous personal life continue to jostle for attention in this authoritative historical account.

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Biography/Poetry • 112 pp • 5 x 8 9781843913054 • June $12.95 (Can $13.95) Paper

In the words of one of his many lovers, Lord Byron was “mad, bad, and dangerous to know.” Amidst rumors of an incestuous relationship with his sister and a series of high-profile affairs, Byron penned pieces, including the narrative poems “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” and “Don Juan” before dying at the age of 36. Here, acclaimed historical biographer Sarah Gristwood expertly marries the man and his myth, using extracts from his verse to explore and elucidate his friendship with the Shelleys, the influence of his infamous clubfoot, and his ultimately fatal decision to join the Greek fight for independence from Turkey. Sarah Gristwood is the author of Arbella: England’s Lost Queen; Elizabeth & Leicester: Power, Passion, Politics; Fabulous Frocks; and Perdita, among others. She also contributed to the Evening Standard, the Guardian, the Independent, and the Times. Biography/Poetry • 112 pp • 5 x 8 9781843913078 • August $12.95 (Can $13.95) Paper

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ON

Dickinson

On Theatre

Rebecca Swift Setting Dickinson’s characteristically idiosyncratic poetry alongside the events of her life for examination, the complete story of one of literature’s most intriguing figures is elucidated. By the end of her life, Emily Dickinson lived in virtual isolation in her family’s home, refusing any contact with strangers. Though she attracted local renown as a recluse, her reputation as one of America’s finest and most original poets was established only posthumously; her works, numbering nearly two thousand, were virtually all unpublished at the time of her death. Displayed here is an insightful and comprehensive outline of all her most famous works as well as the real life events that inspired her. This indepth examination is then coupled with rich, extensive, and intimate correspondences with figures who exerted enormous influence on the poet—despite, in some cases, never meeting her—all of which were recovered after her death, to form a compete, authoritative account of one of America’s most beloved poets. Rebecca Swift is the founder the Literary Consultancy and the author of several volumes of poetry.

On Cocaine

Charles Dickens Edited by Peter Orford

Sigmund Freud Edited by David Carter

A compelling and representative snapshot of Victorian theatre from one of the age’s greatest storytellers.

Highlighting his continued probing of the subconscious, Freud’s theories on cocaine are as litigious as his theories on sexual desire and contain as much continued cultural importance.

Dickens’ burning passion for theater has often been overlooked by fans of his novels. A keen playwright and actor, he staged performances for which he oversaw every detail, and personally adapted many of his own fictional works. As a consummate self-publicist, he also undertook numerous stage tours and public readings of his own work. For Dickens, and for large swathes of Victorian society, theater was a way of life and a hub of community: audience and performers would swell out onto the streets and into nearby drinking establishments after each show. Drawing on a variety of sources, both fictional and journalistic, this collection portrays a career’s worth of Dickens’ musings, critiques, and opinions on one of his most revered passions and pastimes—the theater. Peter Orford has a PhD from the Shakespeare Institute and is the editor of Divining Thoughts. Drama • 112 pp • 5 x 8 9781843916178 • August $12.95 (Can $13.95) Paper

Finding cocaine to be an analgesic and a cure for depression, Freud hailed it as a miracle drug, stressing in particular its apparent lack of side effects. Marveling at its ability to “cure” addictions to morphine, he enthusiastically recommended it to all his acquaintances. Eventually, following several tragic experiences, he was forced to recognize the negative effects of the drug. This unique selection, edited and translated by Freud expert David Carter, combines letters, papers, and dream analyses on cocaine, bringing together the contentious thoughts of one of the 20th century’s most brilliant minds. Sigmund Freud was a neurologist and psychiatrist who founded the psychoanalytic school of psychology. He is the author of The Essentials of Psycho-analysis. Literary Collections/Psychology 112 pp • 5 x 8 • 9781843916017 July • $12.95 (Can $13.95) Paper

Biography/Poetry • 112 pp • 5 x 8 9781843913061 • August $12.95 (Can $13.95) Paper

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HESPERUS CLASSICS

MODERN VOICES

The Moorland Cottage

Journeys

Elizabeth Gaskell

Stefan Zweig

From the author of Mary Barton and North and South, comes the struggle of a strong-minded Victorian woman, torn between her dreams and her duty towards her family.

Presenting the first English translation of Zweig’s writings on his travels in Europe, this literary travelogue paints a rich and sensitive picture of Europe before the Second World War.

Maggie Browne, the daughter of a deceased clergyman, is encouraged to give up her own life and passions and devote herself to her brother Edward. Through the example and guidance of her mother—who dotes on Edward constantly—and her mentor, Mrs. Buxton, Maggie learns that self-sacrifice is the key to living a fulfilled life. The precursor to and arguably the template for George Eliot’s The Mill on the Floss, this feminist masterpiece begs the question How much personal happiness can one forgo in the name of duty and devotion to another? Maggie’s love story, Edward’s perfidy, and the dramatic conclusion at sea all blend together seamlessly to make this story a timeless tale. Elizabeth Gaskell is the author of Cousin Phyllis, The Cranford Chronicles, The Life of Charlotte Brontë, Mary Barton, North and South, and many others.

For the insatiably curious Zweig, travel was both a necessary cultural education and a personal balm for the depression he experienced when rooted in one place for too long. He spent much of his life weaving between the countries of Central Europe, visiting authors and friends and exploring the continent in the heyday of international rail travel. Representing a lifetime’s observations, this collection poignantly presents Zweig’s deep-rooted sentiments about the beauty and lasting cultural importance of the Europe he loved. Stefan Zweig was the author of Casanova, Confusion, Fantastic Night & Other Stories, Twilight, and many others.

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Travel/Literary Collections • 112 pp 5 x 8 • 9781843914587 • July $12.95 (Can $13.95) Paper

The Burning Leg Walking Scenes from Classic Fiction Edited by Duncan Minshull Foreword by Will Self Forging a bold path through the greatest of the world’s literature, this collection explores how imaginations have time and again been set in motion by the simple act of walking. Walkers, like lovers of literature, are driven by the urge to explore, and writers have blessed their fictional characters with itchy feet since the earliest of narratives. From Milton’s Adam and Eve leaving Eden to Mrs. Yeobright’s maternal anxiety spurring her across country in Hardy’s The Return of the Native, walks found in novels, short stories, and even drama can have a multitude of meanings. Editor Duncan Minshull explores these meanings by collecting extracts from Dickens and Dostoevsky, Proust and Poe, Kipling and Kafka, and many more, to show how this seemingly simple pastime can turn into a multifaceted symbol in the hands of the world’s literary giants. Duncan Minshull is the editor of The Vintage Book of Walking. Will Self is a celebrated author, who is known for his satirical, grotesque, and fantastical novels and short stories. Literary Collections • 120 pp • 6 x 9 9781843917151 • July $24.95 (Can $27.95) Cloth

HESPERUS WORLDWIDE

The Topless Tower Silvina Ocampo Presented here is one of the greatest works from Argentine poet and author Silvina Ocampo, who along with literary luminaries Italo Calvino and Borges, is one of the foremost figures in modern South American literature. When a mysterious stranger arrives laden with paintings, Leandro finds his quiet life instantly and mysteriously disrupted. Awakening locked in a windowless room in a topless tower, he finds himself trapped—the subject in one of the stranger’s eerie paintings. Heavily influenced by nonsense literature such as Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and the surrealist movement in South America, The Topless Tower features all the typical hallmarks of Silvina Ocampo’s fantastical writing. With subtle inflections of language and tremendous displays of imagination running riot, Ocampo’s writing is beautifully translated here by James Womack. Silvina Ocampo was an Argentine poet and short story writer who collaborated with Jorge Luis Borges. She won first prize in the 1962 National Poetry Competition for Lo amargo por dulce. She is the author of Complete Stories, The Fury and Other Stories, Inventions of Memory, and many others. Fiction • 112 pp • 5 x 8 9781843918554 • August • $14.95 (Can $16.95) Paper

The Exiles Qurratulain Hyder Foreword by Nadeem Aslam From one of India’s greatest authors, a story that exposes the soul of a people’s struggle for family and love amidst war, upheaval, and devastating loss. “A magisterial ambition.” —Pankaj Mishra, author, Butter Chicken in Ludhiana Moving between India and Pakistan, before and after Partition, these seven short stories chronicle a world of rapidly changing customs where families are sundered and lives are irrevocably changed by political circumstance beyond their control. In a voice poignant yet unflinching, these stories dissect the fading of love, lay bare the disappointments of adulterous liaisons, and expose the compromises forced upon women by money and class. Showing Qurratulain Hyder at her most astute, witty, and humane, these stories capture the humane essence of a culture struggling heroically through a complicated and turbulent time. Qurratulain Hyder is the author of four collections of short stories, including The Dancing Girl and River of Fire. Nadeem Aslam is the author of Maps for Lost Lovers, The Season of the Rainbirds, and The Wasted Vigil. Fiction • 112 pp • 5 x 8 9781843918547 • August • $14.95 (Can $16.95) Paper

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CAPUCHIN CLASSICS Each: Classics • 5 x 8 • Paper

Allan Quatermain H. Rider Haggard Foreword by Anthony Lejeune The sequel to King Solomon’s Mines, this thrilling 19th-century classic is set in Africa. Allan Quatermain, H. Rider Haggard’s famous protagonist, is an English-born, professional big game hunter and occasional trader in southern Africa. Largely considered to be the character on which Indiana Jones was based, at the beginning of this adventure Quatermain has lost his only son and longs to get back to the wilderness. He persuades some old friends to embark on a grueling expedition to find a lost East African kingdom—involving sensational fights, terrible dangers, and extraordinary escapes. H. Rider Haggard (1856–1925) was a prolific writer of adventure novels set in far-flung locations. His stories continue to be popular and influential to this day. Anthony Lejeune is the editor of The Concise Dictionary of Foreign Quotations and the author of White’s: The First Three Hundred Years. 320 pp • 9780955960284 • April • $14.95 (Can $16.95)

A State of Change Penelope Gilliatt Foreword by Ali Smith Capturing the feel and flavor of 1960s London, this is an absolute gem by one of the most underrated writers of her generation, with a foreword by the author of The Accidental. When Katia leaves her native Poland for the more permissive world of 1960s London, she finds herself coping with situations she had never dreamed of—a dreary job at a women’s magazine, a solitary friendship with an embittered homosexual, and a strange relationship with Harry and Don, old friends who are entirely different from each other. Peculiarly attracted to both, Katia tries to sort out her tangled emotions and arrange her life in a way that will satisfy two men at once. Penelope Gilliatt (1932–1993) was an English novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter who alternated with Pauline Kael for years as the New Yorker’s chief film critic. She is best known for writing the Sunday, Bloody Sunday screenplay, which won several Best Screenplay awards, including New York Film Critics Circle Award and Writers Guild of America, and was nominated for an Academy Award. Ali Smith’s first book, Free Love, won the Saltire First Book Award. Her other titles include Girl Meets Boy, Hotel World, and The Accidental, which was nominated for the Man Booker Prize and the Orange Prize, and won the Whitbread Novel of the Year. 260 pp • 9780955960277 • April • $12.95 (Can $13.95)

Non-Combatants and Others Rose Macaulay Foreword by Sarah LeFanu A examination of First World War pacifism from a hugely important female literary voice. Rose Macaulay’s powerfully felt pacifist novel of World War I records the suffering and passion of Alix Sandomir’s rebellion against the foolishness of her fellow noncombatants. The year is 1915, and Alix moves from her cousins’ home in the country to the suburban villa “Violette” with its impervious, engrossed household. There a gallery of preoccupied characters, drawn with all Rose Macaulay’s wit and observation, distract Alix from the frustrations and impotence of her position. But when she learns the truth about the death of her younger brother on the front line she becomes increasingly aware of the ineffective role of women in war. Angered by her own ineffectualness Alix finally begins her battle for peace. Rose Macaulay (1881–1958) was one of the most popular satirical novelists of her day and the author of 39 books, including The Towers of Trebizond, winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and They Were Defeated. Sarah LeFanu is the author of In the Chinks of the World Machine: Feminism and Science Fiction 1840–1985 and the biography Rose Macaulay. 216 pp • 9780956294708 • April • $12.95 (Can $13.95)

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Gryll Grange Thomas Love Peacock Foreword by Anthony LeJeune “A quaint delightful book. . . . Literary and musical criticism, culinary wisdom, advice as to wine drinking and the choice of wines, Greek and Latin drama, religious symbolism, legend and history, moral philosophy, ichthyology, electrical science, botany, forestry, and the impossibility of salvation for the American Republic are but a few of the subjects treated.” —New York Times, 1896 The seventh and final novel of Thomas Love Peacock followed the others after a silence of 30 years, its typical Peacockian format intact: an idyllic, country house setting, a genial host, many opinionated guests, and a romantic love interest. Like all of Peacock’s novels, Gryll Grange dissects the philosophy, manners, and culture of his day through a sparkling cocktail of dialogue and poetry. Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866) was a satirist and author. Anthony LeJeune is the editor of The Concise Dictionary of Foreign Quotations and the author of White’s: The First Three Hundred Years. 216 pp • 9780956294722 • May • $12.95 (Can $13.95)

Greenmantle John Buchan Foreword by James Buchan The continued thrilling adventures of Richard Hannay, hero of The Thirty-Nine Steps. Set during World War I, this novel tells of a German attempt to raise the whole of Islam in support of Turkey, thus defeating Russia on the Eastern front and turning the course of the war. Accompanied by his three well-known companions—Sandy Arbuthnot, John Blenkiron, and Peter Pienaar—and tasked with unraveling a mysterious message, Hannay travels through Germany and the Middle East searching for the elusive religious leader “Greenmantle.” Alfred Hitchcock adapted his most famous book The Thirty-Nine Steps for screen, although professed to preferring Greenmantle as a book. Three other Richard Hannay novels followed—Mr. Standfast, The Three Hostages, and The Island of Sleep. The grandson of John Buchan, James Buchan’s books include Crowded with Genius, Frozen Desire, and The Persian Bridge. 302 pp • 9780956294739 • June • $14.95 (Can $16.95)

These Charming People Michael Arlen Foreword by From the author of The Green Hat, these dazzling Fitzgerald-esque short stories chronicle the lost generation of 1920s London youth. Michael Arlen wrote of the fast set of Mayfair and Belgravia, those who were to be termed the Lost Generation. His characters are doomed young war heroes still hungering for excitement, newly emboldened and abandoned heroines, raffish cads, and outcasts from convention. His characters are disillusioned, cynical, and witty, but these stories also include elements of fantasy and horror—in particular “The Ancient Sin” and “The Loquacious Lady of Lansdowne Passage.” The volume also introduced a gentleman crook in the story “The Cavalier of the Streets,” and the title of the story “When a Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square” was the inspiration for the popular song of the same name. All the tales are laced with fine irony and understatement, and a kind of bantering tone with the reader which was to become Arlen’s hallmark. Michael Arlen (1895–1956) was an Armenian essayist, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and scriptwriter. 240 pp • 9780956294715 • June • $12.95 (Can $13.95)

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The Dupin Mysteries with The Gold Bug Edgar Allan Poe Foreword by Anthony LeJeune Revisit the stories that defined the detective fiction genre: masterly combinations of horror and rationality. “The best detective in fiction. . . . Dupin is unrivalled.” —Arthur Conan Doyle Masterpieces of the macabre and suspense, Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories have sent shivers down the spines of generations of readers. Of these, arguably none are as chilling as The Dupin Mysteries. In “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” “The Purloined Letter,” and “The Mystery of Marie Rogêt,” shrewd amateur detective Chevalier Auguste Dupin embarks on solving some of the darkest and most suspenseful mysteries ever written. Dupin was the original great literary detective, with these three mysteries spawning countless fictional tributes in detective stories ever since. Also included is another of Poe’s masterworks, the intriguing cryptographic mystery “The Gold Bug.” Wonderfully versatile as an author and best known for his tales of terror and the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) holds a venerable place in the history of American literature. Anthony LeJeune is the editor of The Concise Dictionary of Foreign Quotations and the author of White’s: The First Three Hundred Years. Fiction • 324 pp • 9780955915642 • $12.95 (Can $13.95)

Love in Winter Storm Jameson Brilliantly evoking 1930s London culture and society in this semi-autobiographical novel depicting her own developing political consciousness, Storm Jameson’s work has been cited as influential by such contemporary writers as Jeanette Winterson and Zadie Smith. Six years after the Great War, a promising writer—Hervey Russell—is frustrated by her career and her marriage to an unloving man. Her desperate longing for a new beginning finds an outlet when she encounters her war-damaged cousin Nicholas, who until this meeting has thought his life was over. Love in Winter forms the second part of the Mirror in Darkness trilogy, and its heroine is the author’s autobiographical shadow. A leftist, pacifist, and antifascist, Storm Jameson (1891–1986) published 45 novels and many other works, including the two-volume memoir Journey from the North. The first female president of International PEN, she was instrumental in the escape of various writers from German-occupied Europe. Fiction • 380 pp • 9780955960260 • $13.95 (Can $15.95)

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Oscar Wilde’s Stories for All Ages Oscar Wilde Selected by Stephen Fry Illustrations by Nicole Stewart Like old friends whose charm and warmth never fade, Oscar Wilde's short stories have enchanted generations of readers, and this beautiful book makes them accessible to an entirely new readership. One of Wilde's biggest fans, Stephen Fry, has selected his favorite stories and supplied short introductions to each, explaining why they mean so much to him and why they should mean a lot to all readers, young and old. Among the characters are the selfish giant, whose garden was cloaked in perpetual winter until he allowed the children to enter and play; the happy prince whose statue stood overlooking his city and gave the rubies and sapphires embedded in his eyes and clothing to feed the poor; and the remarkable rocket who was so convinced that he would be the brightest, most remarkable rocket of all, yet he ended up in a ditch. There's also the Canterville ghost, so inept at being scary that every attempt to spook his American visitors results in failure. Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) was an Irish novelist, poet, and playwright. His best-known works include The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest. Stephen Fry is an English actor, comedian, and writer. Nicole Stewartis an illustrator. Classics/Fiction • 288 pp • 6 x 8.5 • 33 B/W Illustrations 9780007342457 • Available • $22.95 Cloth • HarperCollins UK

Home to Roost And Other Peckings Deborah Devonshire Introduction by Alan Bennett The sequel to the wonderful Counting My Chickens—highly entertaining musings and jottings from the youngest of the Mitford sisters, with an introduction by Alan Bennett. “A voice from a vanished Golden Age . . . the Duchess herself embodies these noble and conservative values and she personally is a wonderment and an inspiration.” —Sunday Express “An introduction from Alan Bennett, so you get two national treasures for the price of one . . . she’s a wonderful writer.” —Reader’s Digest “A brilliant selection. I read it with such enjoyment, sometimes laughing aloud . . . remarkable not only for its style but also for the great clarity, sympathy, conciseness and humor . . . brilliant.” —Country Life “All her writing is characterized by incisive observation and unfailing humor . . . this blend of sagacity and wit proves very appealing.” —Good Book Guide “My father would not have wasted time reading—a trait I have inherited from him.” The unmistakeable voice of Deborah Devonshire rings out of this second volume of her occasional writings. As broad and eclectic as her long and eventful life, the pieces range from a ringside view of John F. Kennedy’s inauguration and funeral, a valedictory for her local post office, the 1938 London season, Christmas at Chatsworth, and the hazards of shopping for clothes when your eyesight is failing. Her no-nonsense, bang-on-the-nail observations are as good as any antidepressant. Specially commissioned drawings from her son-in-law Will Topley are included. Deborah Devonshire’s previous titles include Chatsworth: The House, Counting My Chickens, and In Tearing Haste. Alan Bennett is an actor and author whose titles include The Clothes They Stood Up In and The Uncommon Reader. Essays/Humor • 168 pp • 5 x 8 • 8 B/W Illustrations 9781848541894 • August • $16.95 Cloth • John Murray

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So I Have Thought of You The Letters of Penelope Fitzgerald Penelope Fitzgerald Edited by Terence Dooley Preface by A. S. Byatt A lifetime of fascinating letters from the brilliant novelist—and prolific correspondent— Penelope Fitzgerald, with a preface from A. S. Byatt. “Until a biography of this genius comes along, we have these letters, so ironic, idiosyncratic, and beautiful.” —Guardian Book of the Year “Self-deprecating, wry. . . . The novelist’s comic brio is wonderfully on show.” —Sunday Times “Among the most illuminating, moving collections of letters that I have ever read. The writing glows with love and wit, [and] intellectual passion.” —Financial Times Acclaimed for her exquisitely elegant novels and superb biographies, Penelope Fitzgerald was one of the finest British authors of the last century. Published here for the first time are her collected letters. An unparalleled record of the life of this greatly admired writer, these letters reveal her most important family relationships and friendships, and paint a clear picture both of herself and of her correspondents. They show how she managed her own career—according to her own convictions—and how determined she was to put her world view across. A fascinating portrait of Penelope Fitzgerald as a mother, a friend, and a writer, these letters will give readers the same pleasure they gave to those who first opened them. Penelope Fitzgerald (1916–2000) was the author of nine novels, three biographies, and one collection of short stories. The Bookshop was short-listed for the Booker Prize, which she then won for Offshore. Her final book, The Blue Flower, won the National Book Critics award. Terence Dooley is Fitzgerald’s son-in-law. A. S. Byatt is the Booker Prize-winning author of Little Black Book of Stories and Possession. Literary Collections/Biography • 336 pp • 5 x 8 9780007136414 • April • $17.95 Trade Paper • Fourth Estate

At the Water’s Edge A Personal Quest for Wildness John Lister-Kaye An exploration of the natural world by a respected nature writer draws delightfully unexpected connections, and encourages the reader to rediscover natural surroundings for themselves. “An environmental classic to stand alongside Leopold’s Sand County Almanac.” —Spectator on Song of the Rolling Earth For the last 30 years nature writer John Lister-Kaye has taken the same circular walk from his home deep in a Scottish glen up to a small lake. Each day brings a new observation or an unexpected encounter—a fragile spider’s web, an osprey struggling to lift a trout from the water, or a woodcock exquisitely camouflaged on her nest—and every day, on his return home, he records his thoughts in a journal. Drawing on this lifetime of close observation, John Lister-Kaye encourages a second look at nature to discover its wildness. He also forges wonderful connections between the most unlikely subjects, from photosynthesis and the energy cycle to Norse mythology, weasels, and the overpopulation of the planet. At the Water’s Edge is a lyrical hymn to wildlife, and a powerful warning to respect and protect it. Naturalist and conservationist John Lister-Kaye is the author of eight books on wildlife and the environment, including Song of the Rolling Earth. He has served prominently in the Royal Ssociety for the Protection of Birds, the Nature Conservancy Council, Scottish Natural Heritage, and the Scottish Wildlife Trust. In 2003 he was awarded an Order of the British Empire for services to nature conservation. He runs the Aigas Field Centre in Scotland. Literary Collections/Nature • 314 pp • 6 x 9.5 9781847674043 • May • $25.95 Cloth • Canongate Books

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TALES FROM THE TERRIFIC REGISTER Edited by Cate Ludlow Fast-paced, astonishingly gory, and always featuring as many corpses as possible, the Terrific Register was a publishing sensation from 1823 to 1825. As a schoolboy, Charles Dickens read it every week, and he later recalled how it “frightened my very wits out of my head, for the small charge of a penny weekly.” Richly illustrated with original woodcuts, these themed collections feature tales from one of the earliest and finest examples of the genre of sensationalist literature—many of which have not appeared in print since Dickens himself read them.

Each: Literary Collections/Body/Mind/Spirit • 144 pp • 5 x 8 • 16 B/W Illustrations $16.95 (Can $18.95) Cloth • The History Press

The Book of Wonders Countless curious characters, wonderful occurrences, and strange events. Among the prodigious marvels contained herein are giants, children with horns, and babies brought up by wolves, uncanny dreams, devils, and attacks by everything from cannibals to buffalos, snakes, wolves, rats, crocodiles, bears, “the ferocious attack of a lioness on the Exeter mail,” and a Yorkshire fisherman bitten 20 times by a shark. 9780752452654 • April

The Book of Murder Murders, massacres, and horrors untold! Sure to fascinate anyone with an interest in true crime, this selection contains the most gruesome tales from the Terrific Register. Including “the horrible murder of a child by starvation,” dreadful executions, foul tortures, and one of the earliest mentions of a now notorious killer who turned his victims into pies, it will chill all but the sturdiest of hearts. 9780752452661 • April

The Book of Pirates Trouble on the roads, terror on the high seas. The Terrific Register thrilled its readers with tales of Turkish princes and wicked thieves, black-hearted murderers, wicked massacres, and the boldest criminals ever to menace the traveler by land or sea. This selection contains the most graphic tales of highway thefts and dark deeds on the high seas. Lovers of high adventure will find the life of Blackbeard and the adventures of Henry Morgan—Welsh privateer and one of the most dangerous men ever to sail the Spanish Main. Countless tales of murder and plunder culminate in the strange story of the resurrected highwayman, brought back from the dead after his execution—forcing the authorities to hang him for the second time. 9780752454177 • June

The Book of Ghosts Tales from beyond the grave. These selections contain all the finest ghost stories from this 185-year-old publication. With countless reports of apparitions and premonitions of all kinds, extraordinary instances of second sight, and visitations from spirits predicting fortunes, deaths, and dreadful disasters, it will chill all but the sturdiest of hearts. 9780752454160 • August

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Green Oranges on Lion Mountain Emily Joy Dr. Em goes from a comfortable life to dealing with medical supply shortages and invading rebels, and being inspired by the tenacious spirit of Sierra Leoneans. “Illustrates the tenacity and determination of the people of Sierra Leone.” —Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York “Very down to earth, very funny, very human.” —Yorkshire Evening Post When your Dad can crash his airplane into two water buffalo, life is unlikely to go according to plan. Even so, Emily Joy puts on her rose-tinted glasses, leaves behind her comfortable life as a doctor in Britain, and heads off for two years to a remote hospital in Sierra Leone. There she finds the oranges are green, the bananas are black, and her patients are very ill. There’s no water, no electricity, no oxygen, no amputation saw—and Dr. Em is no surgeon. And there’s no chocolate to treat her nasty case of unrequited love. Dr. Em’s problems are tiny compared to those faced by the people of Sierra Leone on a daily basis. If they can remain so optimistic, what’s Em’s excuse? Our green doctor is a bit of a yellowbelly, often red-faced, trying to fight the blues. But green oranges give sweet orange juice. Never judge a fruit by its color. Emily Joy was a doctor, and is now an author. 9781903070734 (Replaces 9781903070291)

Jasmine and Arnica Nicola Naylor Foreword by Kate Adie A traveler without sight takes her dream trip, alone and unsupported, learning about alternative healing and unveiling an India few are able to experience. “Beautifully told with both insight and compassion, this remarkable story of one woman’s triumph over adversity will be an inspiration to all its readers.” —Woman and Home Many would balk at the idea of a white woman traveling India alone—and in particular, a blind woman. Throughout her childhood Nicola Naylor had been fascinated by images of the subcontinent and was determined both to realize her dream of visiting and to push back the stifling constraints imposed by perceptions of her disability. While depending on her third eye—or sixth sense—she explores India from the inside. Her account is both sensuous and enormously visual as she gradually rebuilds her shattered self-confidence, regains her desire to live life, and rediscovers her almost forgotten love of writing. Nicola Naylor was born with a congenital disorder that left her blind in one eye. It was only a matter of time before she lost sight in the other. She set up a clinic specializing in muscle massage and traveled to India to research Indian massage techniques and holistic therapy. Kate Adie is a chief news correspondent with BBC News. 9781903070765 (Replaces 9781903070178)

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Frigid Women Sue Riches and Victoria Riches Foreword by Dawn French A hilarious, intimate account of the first all-women’s expedition to the North Pole, which turned out to be truly life changing. “An uplifting story . . . and simply told.” —Daily Telegraph

The team made the Guinness Book of World Records on May 26, 1997 “Men like to conquer, fight, or subdue the Arctic, while we had a different attitude. We felt that we had to go along with what we were faced with. . . . We tried to have the Arctic on our side instead of confronting it.” In 1997 a group of 20 women set out to become the world’s first all-female expedition to the North Pole, hoping to raise awareness and support for sufferers of cancer and other illnesses. Sue Riches, recently recovering from a mastectomy, and her daughter Victoria were among them, and this is their inspirational story of personal accomplishment. Sue Riches is now a writer and a lecturer. Victoria Humphries is a speaker and life coach. Dawn French is an award-winning comedy writer and actor, and the author of Dear Fatty. Travel/Autobiography • 250 pp 9781903070741 (Replaces 9780953057528) • $13.95 (Can $15.95)

Riding with Ghosts Gwen Maka Fascinated by Native American history, Gwen set out to travel the length and breadth of the American West—4,000 miles solo, by bicycle. “A fantastic read.” —Cycling World “A beautifully written book which achieves the delicate balance between poetic description, gritty humor and well-paced storytelling.” —Manchester Evening News “The book is written in a fluid and beautifully descriptive way.” —London Cyclist Frank and often outrageous, this is an account of a 40-something Englishwoman’s epic 4,000 mile cycle ride from Seattle to Mexico, via the snow-covered Rockies, mostly alone and camping in the wild. She runs appalling risks and copes in a gutsy, hilarious way with exhaustion, climatic extremes, dangerous animals, eccentrics, lechers, and a permanently saddle-sore backside. We share her deep involvement with the West’s pioneering past, and with the tragic traces the history has left lingering on the land. When she rides the faded trails of the vanished American Indian nations she displays a strong sensitivity to the atmosphere of the spectacular landscape, as if the moments of its vibrant past are hanging in the air, only waiting for her to conjure them up vividly—sometimes with humor, and frequently with passion. As she travels, the ghosts of Lewis and Clark, Chief Joseph and Geronimo, Custer and Crazy Horse—all the legendary figures of the Old West—ride with her. Gwen Maka is a travel expert and author. Travel/History • 288 pp 9781903070772 (Replaces 9781903070000) • $12.95 (Can $13.95)

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Right to the Edge Sydney to Toyko by Any Means Charley Boorman Charley Boorman returns with a brand-new adventure, traveling from Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan, and Japan—by any means! Using quad bikes, hovercrafts, wooden scooters, canoes, paragliders, and of course his favorite mode of transportation—motorcycle—Charley travels through some of the most exotic and exciting countries in the world. Along the way he encounters fascinating people and tests his endurance to the limit. Packed with adventure, and written with Charley’s trademark humor and enthusiasm, Right to the Edge will delight fans and new readers alike. Charley Boorman is the author of Race to Dakar and coauthor with Ewan McGregor of Long Way Down and Long Way Round. Travel/Autobiography • 352 pp • 6 x 9.5 • 32 Color Photos 9781847443526 • April • $19.95 Paper • Sphere

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By Any Means The Brand New Adventure from Wicklow to Wollongong Charley Boorman Following his motorcycle trips around the planet with Ewan McGregor in Long Way Around and Long Way Down, as well as his thrilling path through Africa in Race to Dakar, Charley Boorman is back with an even more outrageous globetrotting adventure. “Replete with colorful characters, hair-raising action and enough raw machismo to knock over an elephant.” —Kirkus Reviews on Race to Dakar Charley Boorman has arranged himself a new challenge: he must travel from his home town in England all the way to Sydney, Australia, and he must use any means available to reach his destination, including steam train, horse, boat, kayak, motorcycle, and tuk-tuk. Whether crossing the Black Sea, trekking through Tibet, riding an elephant in India, or hiking through the forests of Papua New Guinea, this thrilling travelogue follows Charley’s travels through extraordinary places via unusual transports. With trademark enthusiasm, dedication, and good humor, Charley tackles his most challenging voyage to date with astounding results. Charley Boorman is the author of Race to Dakar and coauthor with Ewan McGregor of Long Way Down and Long Way Round. Travel/Autobiography • 352 pp • 5 x 8 Paper reissue: 9780751541731 (Replaces 9781847442475) • June • $12.95 • Sphere

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Luca Antara Martin Edmond Neither standard history nor standard memoir, this much-acclaimed journey into Australia’s mysterious mythical past is masterfully told and endlessly compelling. “Where Edmond the protagonist is most vivid is in his evocations of his adopted Australia . . . it’s in these moments that we feel the affecting complexity of his presence, asserted triumphantly.” —New York Times “Part autobiography, part history, part travel book, and part quest narrative, an unusual combination that nevertheless works. Indeed, Edmond’s text is often a pure pleasure to read.” —Literary Review Combining memoir, travelogue, history, and detective story, Luca Antara is a rich tapestry of history and the present. It parallels the life of the author, an émigré to Sydney; and the life of historical figure, António da Nova, the servant of a Portuguese explorer who in the 1600s sent da Nova to find out more about Luca Antara—now Australia. New to Sydney, Martin Edmond finds himself impoverished and displaced. He earns money as a taxi driver but spends his spare time frequenting secondhand bookshops trying to learn more about the history of Australia and the wider region. The people Edmond encounters in his taxi and in his search for rare books are varied and strange, offering the reader a voyeuristic glimpse into Sydney’s subculture. Edmond’s reading centers upon da Nova, but each book he reads leads to another and the subject becomes broader and increasingly fascinating. Sent to discover more about Luca Antara, António da Nova’s crew mutiny and dump him on the West Australian coast. He is found by Aborigines, who take him on an epic walk across northern Australia. Eventually he manages to return to his master in Portugal who awaits news of his explorations. The lives of the two men and the strange customs and unique social mores of each man’s culture and time intertwine throughout the book, ending with Edmond literally walking in the footsteps of da Nova across northern Australia. Martin Edmond has written the feature films Illustrious Energy and Terra Nova and his books include The Autobiography of My Father, The Resurrection of Philip Clairmont, Waimarino County: & Other Excursions, and Chronicle of the Unsung, which won the Biography Award at the 2005 Montana Book Awards. Travel/History • 272 pp • 5 x 8 9781842433195 (Replaces 9781842432891) • June • $16.95 Paper • Oldcastle Books

American Journeys Don Watson “The best book written by an outsider about America.” —David Sedaris “Profound and deeply personal . . . makes for itself a place in the great tradition of American journeys.” —Australian Book Review “A fine and necessary book. Any citizen who neglects to read it does so at his or her peril.” —Lewis H. Lapham, editor, Harper’s Magazine, on Death Sentences “[Watson is] always clear and precise, even when exposing the verbal pollution that passes for wisdom in the public realm.” —Toronto Star on Death Sentences In a series of journeys acclaimed Aussie author Don Watson set out to explore the nation that has influenced him more than any other. Traveling by rail gives Watson a unique and seductive means of peering into the country, a way to experience life with its citizens: long days with the American landscape and American towns and American history unfolding on the outside, while inside a tiny particle of the American people talked among themselves. His experiences are profoundly affecting: he witnesses the terrible aftermath of Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast; explores the savage history of the Deep South; and journeys to the remarkable wilderness of Yellowstone National Park. Yet it is through the people he meets that Watson discovers the incomparable genius of America, its optimism, sophistication, and riches—and also its darker side, its disavowal of failure and uncertainty. Beautifully written, with gentle power and sly humor, this book investigates the meaning of the United States, concluding that the things that make America great are also its greatest flaws. Don Watson is the author of the acclaimed Death Sentences: How Clichés, Weasel Words and Management-Speak are Strangling Public Language. Travel/Autobiography • 338 pp • 5 x 8 • 13 B/W Illustrations • 1 Map 9781741666212 • April • $17.95 (Can $19.95) Paper • Vintage Australia

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Tequila Oil Getting Lost in Mexico Hugh Thomson The New York Times Book Review said “Everywhere Thomson goes he finds good stories to tell.” Here the noted South American explorer takes on Mexico. “A beautiful book, full of appreciation and aphorism, an unashamedly personal story. It’s soulful, very funny, thoughtful, with a deep romanticism at its heart.” —Independent “Thomson steers through a series of hair-raising encounters with wit, wisdom, and an easy charm that makes you fall for the road trip—and Central America—at the same time.” —Times “A riotous, tequila-soaked jaunt. . . . Thomson’s Mexico is one of beauty, humor, and freedom, laced with a tantalizing hint of danger.” —Wanderlust “Informative and absorbing, his adventures are balanced with historical accounts of the places he passes through. Would-be visitors . . . will find plenty to whet their appetite.” —Financial Times An account of Hugh Thomson’s first wild adventure in Mexico at the age of 18 illustrates why it ignited his love for Latin America, and is then followed by his subsequent exploration 30 years later of the country, its people, and its history. Revealing a much more dangerous side of Mexico than that seen by package vacationers, this book takes the reader from the badlands of Chihuahua to the forests of the Yucatan. It ends deep in the Mexican jungle, face to face with one the most enigmatic and least understood cultures on the planet—the Maya—with a sense of humility at how little we still know about the pre-Columbian past. Similar to The Motorcycle Diaries, by throwing himself on the kindness, hospitality, and mercy of the Mexicans he met (or crashed into), Hugh was given an unusual and peculiarly vulnerable insight into Mexico. He returns many years later with a deeper understanding and the ability to explore the deep roots of pre-Columbian culture within Mexican life and to appreciate how much archaeologists have revealed about the Maya and the Aztecs in just the last few years. Hugh Thomson’s previous books include Nanda Devi, A Sacred Landscape: The Search for Ancient Peru, and The White Rock: An Exploration of the Inca Heartland. He is also an award-winning documentary filmmaker. Travel • 224 pp • 5 x 8 9780753826942 • June • $16.95 Trade Paper • Phoenix

Diana’s Secret London Glenn Harvey and Mark Saunders Uncovering the person beneath the public persona, this book by follows Princess Diana on an intimate journey into the very heart of her life in the city she loved. Despite her public profile, she led a surprisingly secret life away from the press. This practical guide allows you to follow her footsteps and is packed with hundreds of photographs showing a London you never knew existed, with such highlights as the school she worked in as a kindergarten teacher, her favorite shops, the pub in which she enjoyed playing the slot machine, and the lake where she dramatically saved a man’s life. Everything her fans want to know about her real life in the British capital is revealed for the first time here, with maps and comprehensive directions that readers can follow to take the same routes that she did. Glenn Harvey has specialized in photographing the lives of the British Royal Family; he has been awarded and acclaimed for his photographic work featuring Princess Diana and other members of the Royal Family. His work has been published worldwide, regularly appearing in Time and Life magazines. He is the author of Diana: A Princess Remembered. Mark Saunders was royal correspondent for the Windsor Express, the Queen’s local newspaper, for five years. In that role he covered more than 200 official royal functions. Harvey and Saunders are the coauthors of Diana and the Paparazzi. Travel/Biography • 288 pp • 5 x 8 • 24 Color Photos 9781844548033 • May • $14.95 (Can $16.95) Paper • John Blake

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Historic Pubs of London Ted Bruning A photographic tour of 100 of London’s finest pubs, with a wealth of historical information and practical details for the traveler. Pubs represent a history of London life that stretches across the centuries from the taverns that served Chaucer and Shakespeare to those frequented by Orwell and Dickens. From river pubs to theater pubs, Victorian gin palaces to medieval coaching houses, the pubs covered here have been chosen for their architecture and interiors, for having a role in local social history, or having once been frequented by the famous, infamous, and in some cases, ghostly. This guide includes details on hundreds of historical pubs in each area. There are practical tips and information on all the pubs featured, such as travel, opening hours, food and beer selections, as well as maps of all the main areas and listings of other attractions near every pub. Ted Bruning is also the author of Historic Pubs of England and London Pub by Pub. He is editor of What’s Brewing, a monthly newspaper in England. History/Travel • 256 pp • 5.5 x 7.5 • 150 Color Photos 9781853757563 (Replaces 9781853753657) • June • $24.95 Cloth • Prion

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Best of Irish A Celebration of Incredible Ireland Hannah Mulholland Staggeringly, it is estimated that for 80 million people across the globe, Ireland is “the old country.” Here is a charming celebration of the old country, for all those who are Irish—or Honorary Irish. “When anyone asks me about the Irish character, I say look at the trees. Maimed, stark and misshapen, but ferociously tenacious.” —Edna O’Brien Celebrating everything that’s wonderful about the green isle and its people, ranging from geographical wonders to cultural symbols, literary genius to enduring monuments, Blarney Stone to Molly Malone, there is something in this gift book for everyone. Mini-biographies of great Irish men and women cover everyone from Yeats to Bono. Full of entertaining quotations and fascinating facts, Best of Irish is a lovely book championing the achievements, quirks, and cultural wealth of Ireland. Born in Dublin, Hannah Mulholland worked as a freelance journalist in Ireland before moving to London where she is now a copywriter. Travel/History • 96 pp • 4.5 x 4.5 9781843173410 • February • $7.99 (Can $8.99) Cloth • Michael O’Mara

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XENOPHOBE’S GUIDES Highlighting the unique character and behavior of different nations, these humorous guides to cross-cultural awareness are frank, irreverent, and funny—almost guaranteed to cure xenophobia.

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Rude French Edited by Chambers Containing only slang and swear words, it’s the French phrasebook that won’t behave. Rude, lewd, and dangerous to utter, this alternative phrasebook shows how the French really talk, including their love of a good spoonerism and the body language that will get you understood without opening your mouth. So if you need to be able to say “the bags under his eyes are more like suitcases,” or you find that giving someone the finger is not enough and only the bras d’honneur will do, or you only care just enough to manage a Gallic shrug, Rude French will either help you get by or help you get beaten up, just like a native. Meticulously researched and expertly written, the highly acclaimed Chambers range has been at the forefront of presenting knowledge and learning in an engaging and accessible way since it was first established in the 19th century. Reference • 144 pp • 4.5 x 7 9780550105486 • June • $10.95 Paper • Chambers

Rude Spanish Edited by Chambers Not for the easily shocked, an entertaining romp through the underside of the Spanish language. If your Spanish doesn’t yet stretch to calling your teammates “so lazy that they wouldn’t run if their asses were on fire” or commenting that the club you’re in is “boring as hell, you’d get more action at a wake,” this is the book for you, including these and many much ruder phrases. You’ll also find sections on Spanish jokes, body language, and swearing, plus irreverent cartoons throughout the book to illustrate some of the more entertaining phrases. You’ll find yourself able to say “¡Eras más bruto que un arado!” (“You ham-fisted clodhopper!,” or literally, “You’re clumsier than a plough!”) “Eres más feo que el parto de Mick Jagger.” (“You’re uglier than Mick Jagger when he was born.”) and “¡Que te folle un pez!” (“Get lost!,“ or literally, “Go get screwed by a fish!”). Meticulously researched and expertly written, the highly acclaimed Chambers range has been at the forefront of presenting knowledge and learning in an engaging and accessible way since it was first established in the 19th century. Reference • 128 pp • 4.5 x 7 9780550105493 • June • $10.95 Paper • Chambers

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Pimp Your Vocab A Terrifying Dictionary for Adults: Words Kids Don’t Want You to Know 21st-Century Playground Edition Lucy Tobin For those looking to bridge the communication gap between teachers and students, parents and kids? Check out this handy insider’s guide to Teenglish. A vast number of bewildering terms, with no apparent relevance to the rules of grammar or sense, have proliferated among the youth of today and this strange new language can be heard on the back of the bus, in student bars across the land, and online—indeed, wherever teens chat breeze (make conversation) together. How to decipher this cryptic talk? Unfortunately, a trawl through Webster’s won’t say what a milf is, what things are alternately sick and skankaroo, or what it means to get poked on Facebook. As for expletives, well, in the modern age the F-word is the most versatile part of speech around—a handy verb, adjective, or noun. This guide helps sort through these words and more for those teeks (derived from “antique”) everywhere. Lucy Tobin is a freelance writer with Evening Standard. Reference • 128 pp • 4.5 x 6.5 9781906032722 • August • $9.95 (Can $10.95) Cloth • Portico

It’s Not Rocket Science And Other Irritating Modern Clichés Clive Whichelow and Hugh Murray What’s not to like? This high-octane, caffeine-fueled, dictionary of clichés highlights the freshly hackneyed phrases everyone is subjected to 24/7. So how good is that? In the last 30 years, new technology, fashion, and social set-ups have spawned new clichés galore. Everything on the internet is available at the “click of a mouse,” TV hosts ask the audience to “give it up” when they want them to applaud, call centers say “we value your call” even though “all our operators are busy.” And if someone “gobsmacked” by all this they may be told to “get a life,” “chill out,” or “whatever.” This collection sifts through all aspects of modern life to find the most prevalent, ubiquitous, and downright irritating clichés of our age. Clive Whichelow has written for Jonathan Ross and Spitting Image as well as coauthored such titles as They X-Rayed My Head and Found Nothing: The Ultimate A-Z of Very Stupid Things Said by Very Famous People. Hugh Murray’s TV and radio writing credits include work for Steve Coogan and Smack the Pony. Reference/Language & Linguistics • 192 pp • 5 x 8 • Piatkus Books New in paper: 9780749939731 • August • $9.95 Cloth: 9780749951597 • Available • $14.95

A Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases Tad Tuleja From achtung to zeitgeist, an exhaustive compendium of more than 1,000 words and phrases from 20 different languages, all that are used in English. English is a language rich in foreign infusions. As a result, what is known today as English is far from the language of the Angles. From the time of Shakespeare down to the present day, the English language has always profited from foreign contacts that resulted in contributions from across the globe. This dictionary presents a selection of those foreign terms now used in English but that are neither on the one hand Anglicized nor on the other merely pedantic. Special categories given their own sections include Roman Beginnings, A Sanskrit Sampler, French Ballet Terminology, Italian Musical Terms, and Toasts. Tad Tuleja is the author of Curious Customs, Marvelous Monikers, and Quirky Quotations. He lives in Belchertown, Massachusetts. Language & Linguistics/Reference • 210 pp • 5.5 x 8.5 9780709089568 • June • $16.95 (Can $18.95) Paper • Robert Hale

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COLLINS LANGUAGE REVOLUTION! GRAMMAR BUSTERS Tony Buzan “A great, fun way to learn. What makes it different is the interactive side; there is more to do and more of an opportunity to use creativity. I’ll definitely use Mind Maps® in future for learning any other languages I decide to study.” —Times on Tony Buzan’s Mind Maps Filled with creative activities and grammar-busting tactics, Grammar Busters equip foreign language learners with all the tools they need to make understanding a language a success, while still keeping them in their comfort zone. Not simply about grammar, Collins Grammar Busters are about transforming attitudes towards language learning. Conventional methods go out the window as learners are be encouraged to “think outside the box,” making it possible for them to master even the most challenging aspects of grammar with a series of simple exercises. Rhymes and crosswords, mind maps and puzzles: these will not only dramatically improve written and oral skills, but will increase learners’ confidence when approaching grammar in the future. From complete beginner to intermediate learners, Grammar Busters are the ideal companion for any language course. Divided into 30 colorful units, each tackles one grammar point at a time, reinforcing the basic principles with Tony Buzan’s famous memory techniques and handy verb wheel to ensure that they are firmly fixed in your mind. Tony Buzan is the world-renowned inventor of Mind Maps® and the author of numerous books, including The Mind Map Book, Use Both Sides of Your Brain, and Use Your Perfect Memory. His work has been published in 100 countries and 30 languages. Each: Reference • 192 pp • 6 x 8 • Four-color Interior • June • $16.95 Paper • Collins UK

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INTERNATIONAL ROAD ATLASES Collins UK Reference/Travel • Color Mapping Throughout • August • Spiral • Collins UK

2011 Collins Essential Road Atlas Britain This handy-sized spiral road atlas covers all of Britain at a selection of useful scales. This road atlas with popular lie-flat spiral binding features clear, detailed road mapping, at a scale of 3.2 miles to 1 inch, with land height shown by attractive layer coloring. There are also a wide range of urban area maps at even larger scale as well as fully indexed street maps of 63 town centers. The atlas includes 21 urban area maps at a larger scale which clearly show the best routes through and into the busiest built-up-areas; fully updated fixed speed camera sites with the roads covered by average-speed cameras clearly highlighted; a map showing the risk rating of Britain’s major roads, courtesy of the Road Safety Foundation; World Heritage Sites located with contact details and brief descriptions; more than 30 categories of places of interest including castles, theme parks, sports venues, universities, mountain bike trails, and surfing beaches; and the top 1,000 most visited places of interest are indexed with full zip codes to aid integration with satellite navigation systems. 336 pp • 8.5 x 12 • 9780007320523 (Replaces 9780007285013) • $22.95

2011 Collins Handy Road Atlas Britain The ideal traveling companion, this handy road atlas has extremely clear route planning maps and fits neatly into the glove compartment, pocket, or bag. Fully updated, this atlas features maps of Britain at 9.9 miles to 1 inch. There is also a selection of more detailed urban area maps at 4.5 miles to 1 inch to aid route planning in these busy areas. The atlas includes road maps that focus on the main roads, motorways, and settlements and a useful distance calculator chart highlighting distances between the major towns. 80 pp • 6 x 8.5 • 9780007320516 (Replaces 9780007285037) • $8.95

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INTERNATIONAL ROAD ATLASES Collins UK Each: Travel/Reference • Color mapping Throughout • Collins UK

2011 Collins Big Road Atlas Britain Ideal for any driver who prefers a large format road atlas and requires the latest information and extremely clear map detail. The ultimate 3.2 miles to 1 inch scale large format road atlas for 2011 features Collins’ popular and well-established road mapping, designed for exceptional clarity. A wide range of urban area maps at even larger scale is included, plus 56 detailed town center street plans. Each scale of mapping is color-coded for ease of use. The smallest scale maps are great for long-distance route planning and the street plans help locate a final destination. Also included are fully updated fixed speed camera sites with average speed camera locations clearly highlighted; a map showing the risk rating of Britain’s major roads, courtesy of the Road Safety Foundation; World Heritage Sites located with contact details and brief descriptions; and more than 30 categories of places of interest including castles, theme parks, sports venues, universities, mountain bike trails, and surfing beaches. Travel/Reference • 176 pp • 11.5 x 15.5 Paper: 9780007320509 (Replaces 9780007284986) • August • $16.95 Spiral: 9780007320547 (Replaces 9780007284993) • August • $19.95

Collins Road Atlas Ireland Touring Edition An easy-to-read, color-coded atlas of Ireland’s roadways with features that include distance charts and highlights of tourist attractions. Featuring the Republic of Ireland as well as Northern Ireland, this handy road atlas highlights popular landmarks and includes large-scale maps for more than 10 cities, including Dublin, Belfast, and Cork. A route-planning map is also provided along with distance charts marked with both miles and kilometers, making this an essential reference for visitors and business travelers alike. 64 pp • 8.5 x 12 • 9780007273881 (Replaces 9780007229826) • April • $9.95 Paper

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The Irish Times Desktop Atlas of the World Irish Times An essential reference information on Ireland and the world, this convenient and compact-size atlas offers great authority, outstanding quality, and attention to detail. Excellent for everyday reference, this complete world reference atlas offers a convenient and easy-to-use format. The authoritative and accurate reference mapping reflects all recent political and geographical changes around the world. Each continent is introduced by a political map showing individual countries, followed by regional maps showing towns and cities, roads, railways, international boundaries, and topography. The introductory section covers major world geographical themes—from earthquakes and volcanoes to population growth, communications and climate change—giving a global snapshot of our contemporary world. The extensive index to more than 25,000 place names illustrates the scope of this world atlas. An Irish section offers detailed maps of each of the provinces while a geographical reference section has flags, statistics, and facts for the world’s states and territories. Reference • 256 pp • 7.5 x 9.5 • Color mapping Throughout 9780007318162 • April • $27.95 Cloth • Times Books UK

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Scotland the Best Peter Irvine From the best ice cream to the best spooky places—the true Scot’s insider’s guide to the very best Scotland has to offer. “The only guide worth a damn.” —Scotsman “Infallible and quite brilliant.” —Daily Telegraph “Makes all other guides to Scotland redundant.” —Sunday Times Peter Irvine’s personal guide points toward the best places to stay (whatever the budget), the best beaches, the best hill walks, the best bakers, the best seafood, the best places for kids, the best céilidhs, and so the list goes on. It remains the only guide to Scotland that the Scots themselves buy. In this new edition, every recommendation has been reassessed to see whether it is still worthy of inclusion, and the selection criteria has become even more stringent. With clear color mapping from Collins and website links for all entries, planning your trip has never been easier. Quirky, personalized, and informed, Peter Irvine’s guide gives travelers what other guides only claim to— a true Scot’s insider’s guide. Peter Irvine is a director of two events companies in Scotland who produce most of the major public events in Glasgow and Edinburgh, including the annual Glasgow Art Fair and Edinburgh’s Hogmanay—now the biggest New Year festival in the world. In 2000 he was given the Thistle award for his personal contribution to tourism in Scotland and in 2002 gained another Thistle award for the Glasgow Art Fair. Travel • 400 pp • 5.5 x 8.5 • Color mapping Throughout 9780007319657 (Replaces 9780007216734) • June • $24.95 Paper • Collins UK

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The World Cup’s Strangest Moments Extraordinary But True Stories from More than 75 Years of World Cup Football Peter Seddon An entertaining collection of extraordinary-but-true tales from World Cup competition, this edition is updated with stories from the qualifying campaigns for the 2010 World Cup. Find out how a dog called Pickles helped the Football Association, why an England captain was arrested by Colombian police, where the Mexican wave really started, why the German fans taunt the Dutch with cheesy insults, and which defender was shot for scoring an own goal. With stories from every single tournament since the inaugural contest for the Jules Rimet trophy in 1930 right up to the present day, this end-to-end collection of amusing, bizarre, and shocking true stories is filled with dodgy refs, eccentric mascots, and manic managers. Peter Seddon is also the author of A Football Compendium, The Law’s Strangest Cases, and Tennis’s Strangest Matches. Sports/Humor • 305 pp • 5.5 x 8.5 9781906032913 (Replaces 9781861058690) • July • $14.95 (Can $16.95) Paper • Portico

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The World Cup The Complete History Third edition Terry Crouch Fully updated to include not only all the results and drama from 2006, but also all the results from the qualifying stages of the 2010 tournament. All the matches, all the players, all the scores are here—from every World Cup tournament. This guide’s statistical content is astoundingly comprehensive. For every tournament, right the way from the first ever in Uruguay in 1930, it provides every match: the date it was played, the venue, the names of all the players, and the referee, and of course the result. These tables are accompanied by exhaustive summaries, round by round, of all the matches, their drama, and their goals, as well as by league tables of how every group of matches finished up. So, for any World Cup watcher, whether they want to know which two-dozen players have been awarded the Golden Boot over the history of the tournament, or simply study the players of the four first-time African nations in the World Cup in 2006, this is the source. Terry Crouch has now published three editions of this popular World Cup guide. Sports/Reference • 320 pp • 6 x 9.5 9781845135270 (Replaces 9781845131494) • May • $24.95 (Can $27.95) Paper Aurum Press

Feet of the Chameleon The Story of Football in Africa Ian Hawkey From a soccer insider, a captivating look at the history, development, and current role of the beautiful game in Africa. In June 2010, Africa will host the World Cup, the most significant global sporting spectacle ever to take place on the continent. South Africa’s successful bid was in many ways unsurprising: soccer thrives in every country in Africa, and is a vitally important aspect of communities. This fascinating history traces the development of soccer in Africa and investigates what makes African soccer unique. Drawing on a wide range of sources, it also examines how the game fits into the social and political life of the continent. Ian Hawkey is a soccer journalist for the Sunday Times. Sports/History • 304 pp • 5 x 8 • Portico New in paper: 9781906032852 • June • $13.95 (Can $15.95) Cloth: 9781906032715 • Available • $24.95 (Can $27.95

Cristiano Ronaldo Champion of the World Tom Oldfield This fully updated story lifts the lid on the colorful life of one of the most exciting soccer players of his generation.

In June 2009, Manchester United accepted a $132 million bid for Ronaldo from Real Madrid, which would make Ronaldo the most expensive player in soccer history. Already a star at the youth level on his home island of Madeira and earning a big move to Sporting Lisbon at just 12, Cristiano Ronaldo left a small town for a big city and was forced to adapt to a completely different life, miles away from his family. His spirit and natural flair took him into the Sporting first team, attracting the interest of Manchester United, who bought him in the summer of 2003. This is the story of a player who attracted praise and criticism alike from soccer fans of all stripes yet won over the United fans with his array of tricks. His dealings with the glare of the media as well as his controversial role in the 2006 World Cup Rooney incident are covered here, as well as his role in inspiring United to the Premiership title and his PFA Player of the Year and PFA Young Player of the Year double honor. Love him or hate him, this is the story of a player who always provokes a reaction. Tom Oldfield is a freelance sports journalist specializing in soccer and the author of Gary Neville: The Story of a Legend. Biography/Sports • 314 pp • 5 x 8 • 26 Color Photos 9781844548149 (Replaces 9781844546978) • October • $14.95 (Can $16.95) Paper • John Blake

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Robinho King of the City Terry Lovell From his childhood in the Sao Vicente slums to the 2004 kidnap of his mother, his personal life has been packed with as much drama as his performances on the pitch—here is the fascinating story of this record-breaking striker. Born in a poor neighborhood of Sao Vicente, Brazil, in 1984, the young Robinho began playing soccer almost as soon as he could walk. At the age of six, he helped his local soccer academy team win the championship in his first year, and at eight, he moved on to the indoor game known as futsal. Quickly snapped up by Brazilian club Santos, he signed professional forms at 17. His form brought him to the attention of top European clubs, but he would have to wait until 2005 for a move to giants Real Madrid. Robinho scored 14 goals in his first season in La Liga, but differences with the manager saw him spend most of 2006–7 on the bench. He fought his way back into the starting 11 and soon was the subject of intense transfer spectulation, with Chelsea rumored to be on the brink of securing his signature. An incredible last-minute swoop by Manchester City stunned fans and commentators alike, and he scored his first Premier League goal on his debut just two weeks later. Robinho’s style and Brazilian flair have reinvigorated the Manchester City side, and his goals have been invaluable to Mark Hughes’s team. Peter Smith is a former senior writer for Sport magazine and has contributed to a number of newspapers, magazines, and websites including SkySports.com, NME, and City AM. Autobiography/Sports • 288 pp • 6 x 9.5 • 16 Color Photos 9781844548293 • April • $24.95 (Can $27.95) Cloth • John Blake

Giggsy The Biography of Ryan Giggs Frank Worrall The most decorated player in English soccer history, with 11 Premier League titles, two Champions League victories, and four FA Cup winner’s medals to his name, Giggs is truly an astonishing player with an unparalleled career. By the time he made his Manchester United first team debut at 17, many considered Giggs to be the greatest talent since George Best. By the advent of the Premier League in 1992, he was firmly established as United’s left winger, a position he continued to dominate until late in his career, when Ferguson switched him to a deeper role in central midfield. Famed for his pace and skill on the ball, Giggs has scored vital goals throughout his career, most notably his incredible solo effort in the 1999 FA Cup semi-final replay against Arsenal. He was an integral part of the historic 1999 Treble-winning side, and is the only Manchester United player to have played in both the 1999 and 2008 Champions League victories. Giggs eclipsed Bobby Charlton’s record in April 2009, when he made his 800th appearance for United. That year also brought his 11th Premier League winner’s medal and the PFA Player of the Year award. Giggs has scored nearly 150 goals for United and his incredible record with the club has ensured that he will go down in history as one of United’s greatest ever players—here is his amazing story. Frank Worrall is a journalist who writes regularly for the Sunday Times and the Sun. He is also the author of Roy Keane: Red Man Walking, Rooney: Wayne’s World, and The Magnificent Sevens. Biography/Sports • 288 pp • 6 x 9.5 • 16 Color Photos 9781844548965 • June • $24.95 (Can $27.95) Cloth • John Blake

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Nemanja Vidic The Biography Frank Worrall One of the best defenders in the English Premier League today, Nemanja Vidic is a cult figure among Manchester United fans and has enjoyed a meteoric rise to soccer stardom. Born in Titovo Užice, Serbia, in 1981, Vidic was signed to Red Star Belgrade’s youth system at 15, and by the age of 20 had won the Yugoslav Cup with Red Star. The captain’s armband soon followed and he led Red Star to a domestic double in 2004, before moving to the Russian Premier League and Spartak Moscow. In 2006 he signed for Manchester United. Alongside Rio Ferdinand, Vidic began a defensive partnership that has proved to be one of the most formidable in English football. Vidic picked up Premier League winner’s medals in 2007 and 2008, and was part of the squad that won the 2008 Champions League. He played in every one of United’s record-breaking run of 14 clean sheets in 2008/9 and helped the team to victory in the Club World Cup, before finishing the season with more Premier League glory as United won their 18th League title. Loved by the Old Trafford faithful for his aggressive defensive style, and his ability to score goals from set pieces, Vidic was shortlisted for the PFA Player of the Year in 2009 and was Manchester United fans’ and players’ Player of the Year. This is the incredible story of a player renowned as one of the best defenders in Europe, if not the world. Frank Worrall is the author of Rooney: Wayne’s World and The Magnificent Sevens. Biography/Sports • 288 pp • 6 x 9.5 • 16 Color Photos 9781844548835 • May • $24.95 (Can $27.95) Cloth • John Blake

Carlos Tevez The Biography of Manchester City’s Super Striker Ian Macleay Carlos Tevez is one of the Premier League’s most lethal finishers, loved by Manchester United and Argentina fans alike, and respected by many more in the world of soccer. After completing a protracted and controversial move to Manchester from West Ham in August 2007, Tevez quickly established himself as a fans’ favorite as he developed a deadly partnership with Wayne Rooney up front. During his first season with the club he scored an incredible 19 goals, which were instrumental in sealing the Reds’ Premier League and Champions League Double in 2008. In his second season at United he has added the Club World Cup and League Cup to his trophy haul, scoring his first United hat trick in the process against Blackburn Rovers. And it isn’t just United fans who hold Tevez in great esteem—he still commands a special place in the hearts of West Ham supporters after he scored an incredible winner against Manchester United on the last day of the 2006/7 season, which ensured West Ham’s top-flight survival. Thanks to his stints at Boca juniors and Brazilian side Corinthians at the start of his career, he is also a popular figure across South America. On the international stage, he scored a phenomenal eight goals to seal gold medal victory for Argentina at the 2004 Olympic Games, and is a regular in the Argentina side. Ian Macleay has written several soccer books, including Baby-Faced Assassin, Cole Play, and Owen Hargreaves. Autobiography/Sports • 288 pp • 6 x 9.5 • 16 Color Photos 9781844548286 • June • $24.95 (Can $27.95) Cloth • John Blake

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Geoff Hurst, the Hand of God, and the Biggest Rows in World Football Graham Poll In his usual no-nonsense style, the great referee gives his thoughts on the perennially debated topics of soccer history. What does Graham Poll, England’s highest profile referee of the last two decades, make of some of the biggest rows in soccer through the years, how and why key decisions were made, and how would different outcomes have radically reshaped soccer history? What was the real reason for the linesman giving Geoff Hurst’s “goal” in 1966 at Wembley? In the infamous Maradona “Hand of God” game, why did the behavior of certain England players influence the decision of the referee? How does Kim Milton Nielson, the official who red-carded David Beckham against Argentina in the 1998 World Cup, view the decision now? And why would Luis Garcia’s goal that knocked Chelsea out of the Champions League not be given today? Framed with other fascinating facts, personality profiles, and colorful anecdotes, these stories and more—including the big news from season 2008/09—provide a rich seam of material for Graham Poll. Graham Poll has more than 27 years of experience as an FA Premier League and international referee. He retired from refereeing and is now a motivational speaker. Mick Dennis is a soccer correspondent for the Daily Express who collaborated with Poll on his autobiography Seeing Red. Autobiography/Sports • 288 pp • 5 x 8 9780007313747 • Available • $17.95 Cloth • HarperSport UK

Dribble! The Unbelievable Encyclopaedia of Football Harry Pearson An absurd, surreal collection of hilarity for devotees of the beautiful game. Ten years in the making, this A to Z of incredible facts and stories about what Pelé once memorably dubbed “my bloody job,” includes definitive explanations of everyday phrases such as “the magic of the cup” and “low center of gravity,” a complete guide to becoming a terrace wit, and an in-depth account of how Roy Keane’s pajamas got him a smack on the nose. It also addresses hitherto ignored aspects of the beautiful game, including its longstanding relationship with country and western music. After all, Johnny Cash dubbed himself the Man in Black in homage to his idol, referee Arthur Ellis, and wrote what is arguably the greatest song ever written about the life of an assistant referee—“I Walk the Line.” Harry Pearson is the author of Achtung Schweinehund!, The Far Corner, and A Tall Man in a Low Land. Sports • 288 pp • 5 x 8 9780349122441 • Available • $13.95 Paper • Abacus

For the Claret and Blue Micky Smith Micky Smith recalls tales from his life as a Hammers fan and draws on the experiences of other dedicated fans, to convey the agony and ecstasy of being part of the East End’s most faithful following. You don’t choose West Ham—it chooses you. Following West Ham United is not about how many pieces of silverware the team can win. For true fans, it’s a lifelong, sometimes agonizing, passion. In 1964, when soccer legend Bobby Moore held the FA cup aloft for West Ham, Micky Smith was in the crowd, experiencing the unique thrill of seeing his club emerge victorious. In 1967, when Manchester United came to the East End, Micky witnessed the birth of the football hooligan. This is the gripping, inside account of run-ins with the police, rivalry between firms, and events such as Heysel that changed the face of the sport. Sports • 270 pp • 5 x 8 • 16 Color Photos 9781844547807 • April • $13.95 (Can $15.95) Paper • John Blake

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Manchester United: The Biography The Complete Story of the World’s Greatest Football Club Jim White A look at the ever popular Man U soccer team with new material to interest die-hard fans and casual supporters alike. “A rich and thoroughly enjoyable tapestry.” —Sunday Business Post “All encompassing yet readable.” —Irish Times “When historians 1,000 years from now try to fathom the cult of Manchester United Football Club, White will be a good place to start.” —Financial Times Following the club’s extraordinary journey from its birth in the railway works of Newton Heath to its current status as the biggest club in world soccer, this is a fascinating history of a remarkable team. The key stages in Manchester United’s history are covered: the Munich Air Crash of 1958, which saw the best part of an entire team (the Busby Babes) being killed; becoming the first English team to win the European Cup in 1968 (with Bobby Charlton and George Best); the dominance of the club in the Premiership; the controversial sale to American tycoon Malcolm Glazer; right up to Moscow 2008. By drawing on the recollections of everyone from players and managers to fans and backroom staff, enough new material as been unearthed to interest fans and casual supporters. Jim White is an awardwinning sports journalist and columnist formerly for the Guardian and currently for the Daily Telegraph. He is the author of You’ll Win Nothing with Kids. Biography/Sports • 464 pp • 5 x 8 • 32 Color Photos 9780751539110 (Replaces 9781847441126) • Available • $16.95 Paper • Sphere

Manchester United The Football Facts Dean Hayes The ultimate guide to the world’s biggest and best-known soccer club, boasting more than 330 million supporters worldwide. The team has played in the top flight since 1938—with the exception of the 1974–1975 season—and have never dropped below the second tier of English football. United have been league champions 17 times and have notched up three European Cup victories, in 1968, 1999— as part of an unprecedented domestic and European Treble—and 2008. Manchester United is one of the most successful clubs in English football, with 10 Premier League titles, 11 FA Cup wins, two League Cups, and three historic English doubles. Packed with stats on the greatest and best-loved United players and managers, history facts, famous match reports, greatest goals, and insider trivia, this collection will satisfy every fan’s curiosity about their favorite club. Dean Hayes is also the author of Arsenal: The Football Facts and England: The Football Facts. Sports • 570 pp • 5 x 8 9781844547951 • May • $13.95 (Can $15.95) Paper • John Blake

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The Real Football Factories Shocking True Stories from the World’s Staunchest Football Fans Dominic Utton and Danny Dyer Soccer hooliganism at its hardest. These are the crews who think nothing of using tear gas, meat hooks, home-made bombs, and worse to make their point—these gangs of organized hooligans for whom their team is their life can be found globally: in Brazil and Croatia, Argentina and Italy, these soccer fans are everywhere. Meet the fans prepared to go to the furthest extremes to defend their team’s honor. Actor Danny Dyer, star of the hit film The Football Factory, took a film crew with him to meet all of these gangs, and this is the full story of what happened when he did. Join him on a journey around the hooligan world in 90 days, visiting nine countries in 12 weeks to meet the nastiest, naughtiest European soccer hooligans on the planet. Shot at, stoned, glassed, and tear gassed, they survived gunfire in Brazil, a riot in Poland, and the opportunity to stand shoulder to shoulder with the foreign teams as it all goes off. Full of spine-chilling encounters, extraordinary characters, and brutal clashes, this book shows that soccer hooliganism is alive and kicking—all over the world. Dominic Utton writes for the Guardian and the Daily Express. Danny Dyer is an actor who hosts the British TV shows The Real Football Factories and The Real Football Factories International, and has voiced characters in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. True Crime/Sports • 288 pp • 5 x 8 • 16 Color Photos 9781844547968 (Replaces 9781844545346) • April • $13.95 (Can $15.95) New in Paper John Blake

Running Hot Lisa Tamati and Nicola McCloy One woman’s incredible story of ultra-running endurance, heartbreak, and resilience as she attempts to complete Badwater—the world’s toughest desert foot race. “A strong, endearing and very personal account of one woman’s growth into extreme sports athleticism. There are even a few tips for those crazy enough to follow.” —Australian Bookseller & Publisher Magazine The Badwater Ultramarathon through California’s Death Valley is one of the world’s toughest races. Lisa Tamati was the first New Zealand woman to compete in the race alongside such legends of the sport as Dean Karnazes and David Goggins. But Lisa’s story is much more than a single race. At the age of 19 she suffered a crippling back injury and was told she should give up running. She took that as a challenge and, with her Austrian boyfriend, went on to run, walk, bike, and paddle her way across thousands of miles of Europe, Scandinavia, and Africa before taking on the ultimate challenge—an unassisted crossing of the Libyan Desert. What happened in that desert would change the course of Lisa’s life and instill in her a love of desert running. Running Hot is a story of a life lived to the max—a story of challenges, setbacks, heartbreaks, and triumph. Lisa Tamati has completed most of the world’s toughest endurance races. Nicola McCloy is the author of several books, including Whykickamoocow. Autobiography/Sports • 256 pp • 5.5 x 8.5 • 29 Color Photos 9781877505010 • May • $17.95 (Can $19.95) Trade Paper • Allen & Unwin

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Surf for Your Life Mick Fanning and Tim Baker Candid, self-deprecating, and absolutely unique, professional surfer Mick Fanning reveals his life story while imparting plenty of practical surfing tips. “Tim Baker may well be the most brilliant and incisive surf writer working today, or on any given day for the last twenty years.” —worldprosurfers.com Mick Fanning is young, but he’s had many experiences that most of us never will. How does it feel to lose a brother? Win a world title? Rip your hamstring muscle clean off the bone? Weave through a zippering Superbank barrel for 20 or 30 seconds or paddle over the ledge at places like Pipeline and Teahupo? Have scoliosis so bad you can’t get off the floor? Address the New South Wales state of origin team before a match, bowl to Matty Hayden, and have Dave Warner belt you for consecutive sixes? Mick tells his life story candidly—in turns funny, sensitive, thoughtful, self-deprecating—while providing intimate insights into the personal lessons gained along the way—with practical tips on surfing technique, fitness, nutrition, board design, travel, competitive strategies, and mental clarity. Mick has overcome personal tragedy and career-threatening injury on his way to claiming the 2007 world surfing title. Universally acknowledged as the most focused and driven competitive surfer of his era, his approach to surfing, sports psychology, life, and relationships makes fascinating reading. The essential principles of perseverance, hard work, and overcoming obstacles in pursuit of your dreams will inspire anyone. Tim Baker has contributed to GQ, Rolling Stone, and Playboy, is the author of Go Surf, and is the coauthor of Bustin’ Down the Door and Occy. Autobiography/Sports • 346 pp • 6 x 9.5 • 38 Color Photos • 1 B/W Photo 9781741669275 (Replaces 9781844547227) • May • $18.95 (Can $20.95) New in Paper • Ebury Australia

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Rafael Nadal The Biography Tom Oldfield The must-have biography for all fans of the electric Olympic gold medalist and six-time grand-slam champion. Spanish tennis legend Rafael Nadal was 19 years and two days old when he won the 2005 French Open in his very first appearance at the event. A left-hander with a booming forehand, Nadal had been known as a clay-court specialist since playing his first pro tournaments in 2001. His aggressive style, flowing hair, and muscular build have made him a fan favorite as well. He won his first singles title in 2004, and had a breakout season in 2005, winning at Monte Carlo, Rome, Barcelona, and Stuttgart as well as at Roland Garros. He won the French Open again in 2006, 2007, and 2008, defeating rival Roger Federer in the final each time. In 2008 he broke through at Wimbledon, beating Federer to win the men’s singles title in a spectacular fashion. Here is his unbelievable story. Tom Oldfield is the author of Arsene Wenger and Cristiano Ronaldo. Biography/Sports • 288 pp • 5 x 8 9781844549382 • June • $12.95 (Can $13.95) Paper • John Blake

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Holding Court Inside the Gates of the Wimbledon Championships Christopher Gorringe He has dealt with the McEnroe tantrums, witnessed the dazzling Williams sisters, and made Wimbledon the incredibly profitable institution it is—Chris Gorringe provides a true insider’s look behind the gates of the world’s premier tennis tournament. “An intriguing and revealing glimpse of life behind the gates of the All England Club.” —Good Book Guide “Insightful.” —Lady Wimbledon is a paradox. While outwardly appearing the quintessential English lawn tennis club, it is in fact the largest annual outside broadcast operation in the world and a multimillion dollar commercial enterprise. An enterprise that generates its profit in just two weeks of the year, it is the only tennis tournament in the world which can be described as simply “The Championships.” Chris Gorringe is the man who, for 26 years, made it all happen. The former chief executive, fondly referred to as “Clockwork Gorringe,” he has dealt with everything from the 1973 players’ boycott, the McEnroe tantrums, and Middle Sunday, to the demands for equal prize money and the Olympic bid. He has witnessed some of the greatest names in the sport producing some of their most dazzling performances—from Navratilova to the Williams sisters, from Borg to Federer—while assisting with the requirements of and demands on today's high-profile professional tennis players. Here he charts the unique journey of a venerable establishment where decisions are still made through a committee system dating back to 1868, into the modern era. Chris Gorringe stepped down as Wimbledon's Chief Executive in 2005. Sports/History • 240 pp • 5 x 8 9780099525998 • August • $16.95 Paper • Arrow

Senna Versus Prost The Story of the Most Deadly Rivalry in Formula One Malcolm Folley Insights from many F1 figures and a rare interview with Prost are included in this tragic behind-the-scenes story of one of the deadliest rivalries in world sports. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Formula One was at its most explosive, with thrilling races, charismatic drivers, nail-biting climaxes—and one of the most dangerous rivalries ever witnessed in sports. Two of F1’s most honored champions and iconic figures drove together for McLaren for two seasons, and their acrimonious and hostile relationship extended even after one of them had left the team. Alain Prost was France’s only F1 world champion, an intelligent, smooth driver with the epithet “Le Professeur,” while Ayrton Senna was the mercurial kid from a privileged background in Sao Paolo who would become the most intense and ruthless racing driver the world has ever seen. As the great rivals raced to victory, their relationship deteriorated badly, culminating in Prost accusing Senna of deliberately trying to ride him off the circuit, and fearful that the Brazilian would get someone killed with his daring overtaking feats. The final, sad act of this drama happened at the San Marino Grand prix at Imola in May 1994, when Senna was killed. Insights from Martin Brundle, Damon Hill, Sir Frank Williams, Bernie Ecclestone, Derek Warrick, Johnny Herbert, Gerhard Berger, plus McLaren insiders and other F1 figures provide a breathtaking account of one of the all-time classic sporting rivalries. Malcolm Folley is Chief Sports Reporter for the Mail on Sunday. He is the author of numerous books, including Borg Versus McEnroe. Biography/Sports • 288 pp • 5 x 8 9780099528098 (Replaces 9781846055409) • July • $16.95 New in Paper • Arrow

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The Art of Darts John Lowe A comprehensive look at the game of darts, filled with advice and hints as well as a history of the sport. Darts has been played in the United Kingdom for more than 100 years on a competitive basis. Although the sport has gone through many transitional periods during the last century, it has progressed from a pub pastime into one of the largest global sports. Today it is a business of mega proportions with television coverage reaching almost every part of the globe. Covering every aspect of the game, this is the first user guide for the general market, making it as useful and necessary for the obsessed amateur as for the fledgling professional. From choosing the right grip and constructing out shots to perfecting your stance at the oche, this is an essential purchase for every follower, practitioner, and lover of the beautiful sport of darts. John Lowe is a three-time winner of the World Darts championship, and the only player to have won it in three different decades. He was one of the main competitors who made darts such a huge spectator sport in the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in the UK. Sports/Games • 170 pp • 5 x 8 • Hodder & Stoughton Paper: 9780340976470 • CANCELED Cloth: 9780340976463 • Available • $17.95

Choke! Sporting Flops, Fiascos and Brain Explosions Tony Davis This new sports minicompendium is full of painfully stupid and jaw-droppingly awful sporting moments. A quirky, amusing look at the most infamously legendary moments in sports. With photos, breakout boxes, lists, and quotes, the book includes legendary letdowns such as Greg Norman’s assailing of his statistically unassailable position in the U.S. Open and Nigel Mansell’s famous giveaway of the Japanese Grand Prix to Nelson Piquet when he accidentally hit the engine kill switch. All major train wrecks of sport have been compiled here from around world: the cerebrally challenged competitors who decked the ref, bit their opponents, or simply burst into tears and couldn’t continue, and the fans who spectacularly interfered and changed everything. Fantastically unsuccessful cheats are also included, plus players and umpires who pocketed a fee for the right result, entire teams that took a dive in unison, and bizarre moments involving unexpected wildlife. Tony Davis is the author of Extra Lemon!, Lemon!, and Splat! Sports/Humor • 240 pp • 6.5 x 6.5 • 13 B/W Photos 9781741750331 • June • $16.95 (Can $18.95) Paper • Arena

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