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Culture Documents
Trafalgar Square
Spring 2010
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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 collec-
tion of vintage-inspired imagery.
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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.
Also available:
Kustom Graphics
9780955339868
$39.95 (Can $43.95)
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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 com-
missioned work from the great artists of the day, in this com-
pendium of stunning covers from British Vogue.
Also available:
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Portfolio 19
Rosamund Kidman Cox
An outstanding compilation of nature photography, featuring the win-
ners 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 ex-
pert judges, are all included, and together these images cover a wide range
of subjects and a diverse portfolio of styles. The photos include nature ab-
stracts, depictions of animal behavior, and environmental reportage, and each
image celebrates the splendor, drama, and variety of life on earth. The pho-
tographs 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
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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 stun-
ning 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 com-
position, Scotland’s national treasures are documented in a fascinating visual jour-
ney—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 de-
finitive, this inspirational portfolio is essential for those drawn to the magic and
majesty of Scotland’s rugged landscapes. Joe Cornish is an acclaimed contempo-
rary 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.
Also available:
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)
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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 fla-
vor 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 pho-
tos 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 re-
pair 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 cov-
ered next, including basic stitches, sewing seams, hemming,
and inserting zips. There's an invaluable troubleshooting sec-
tion 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
Also available:
Each: $19.95 (Can $21.95)
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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 nos-
talgia/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 Cot-
tage, Rustic, Romany, Funky 1970s, Airstream, Trailer Park Treasures, and Recycled. Jane Field-Lewis is a stylist work-
ing 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 un-
truths 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 not-
awaited fitness DVD, how to get Hammond to open a
new supermarket, and James’s bizarre new sideline in
satellite-navigation systems. Plus, in-depth informa-
tion 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
Also available:
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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 mem-
bers 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.
Also available:
As You Do On the Edge
9780297855323 • $19.95 9780753824047 • $17.95
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 Mar-
ianne 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 Ital-
ian 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
Also available:
101 Secrets 101 Ways 101 Ways to 101 Ways to 101 Ways to
to Building a to Advertise Have a Business Market Your Really Satisfy
Winning Business Your Business and a Life Business Your Customers
9781741755671 9781865089829 9781741147872 9781741750058 9781741750089
$14.95 (Can $16.95) $14.95 (Can $20.95) $14.95 (Can $18.95) $14.95 (Can $18.95) $14.95 (Can $18.95)
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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 lead-
ing 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-to-
implement 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 best-
selling 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
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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 un-
certain. 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 un-
certainty 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 hu-
manizes the results of Madoff’s scam by focusing on his connection to, and catastrophic im-
pact on, the Jewish community.
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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 man-
ager and happy father of three, uses his experience raising children to shed light on the peren-
nial 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. Get-
ting 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 impor-
tance 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
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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, talis-
mans, 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 pos-
sible 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 co-
ordinator 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 So-
ciety 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.
Also available:
Tarot Masterclass
9781741751277
$29.95
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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 guid-
ance offered by departed loved ones as well as funny and endearing incidents that will in-
spire 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
Also available:
Dearly Departed
9781741750010 • $15.95 (Can $17.95)
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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.
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 some-
thing 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 work-
ing with the energy of body, mind, and soul. This guide explains why people feel discon-
nected 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 medi-
cine; helps to build inner confidence to banish depression and lack of self-esteem; and il-
lustrates 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.
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 Step-
ping 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 po-
tential 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 un-
derstanding. Readers will learn the meaning and relevance of the spiritual laws, karma, rein-
carnation, 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 di-
vine 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 Mon-
tanaro 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
Also available:
How to Grow Your It’s All a Matter What Are You So You Have a Great
Business Without of Attitude Waiting For? Idea for a Business
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9781741143317 $9.95 (Can $10.95) $11.95 (Can $13.95) $12.95 (Can $14.95)
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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 think-
ing guru de Bono reveals why people become stuck pondering problems such as climate change
and war.
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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 Bud-
dhism for Mothers with Young Children, a guide offering spiri-
tual help for the challenging period of transition when children
are off to school.
Also available:
Each: $15.95 (Can $17.95)
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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 stimu-
lation 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 im-
balances. 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 offer-
ing instruction on how to stimulate them with hand pressure and stretching. The psychoso-
matic 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 his-
tories 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 psy-
chological 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
“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 mod-
ern world. Proven facts are provided in an accessible manner with topics such as how the re-
productive 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 au-
thor 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 long-
term expertise in this area, Jost Sauer presents readers with a powerful, practical, step-
by-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
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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 is-
sues 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 cop-
ing 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
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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 moistur-
izer will help, it is not enough. It’s a butler’s job to know, and this butler’s guide is the ulti-
mate 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
Also available:
The Butler’s Guide to Table Manners
9781905400485 • $10.95 (Can $11.95)
“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 pres-
sure 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 tak-
ing 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. Eas-
ing 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—Mar-
jorie’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 edi-
tion 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 rep-
resentative 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 conversa-
tions 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 friend-
ship 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.
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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 ex-
plores the culture of the Israelites and the ancient na-
tions 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 civiliza-
tions as the Canaanites, Assyrians, Babylonians, Per-
sians, ancient Greeks, and ancient Romans.
Comprehensive and enlightening, this is a thorough
history that is ideal for both Biblical studies and gen-
eral historians. John Drane is a professor of New Tes-
tament at the Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena,
California, and the author of several books, includ-
ing 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.
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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 art-
work by Linda Baker Smith. It also offers judicious in-
sight into how their concern for devotion,
contemplation, stability, compassion, and reconcilia-
tion 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 lec-
ture 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
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HODDER CLASSICS
Each: 5 x 8 • April • $12.95 Paper • Hodder & Stoughton
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 hol-
low. 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, tempta-
tion, and danger during his memorable encounters with such characters as Pliable, Talk-
ative, 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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HODDER CLASSICS
Each: 5 x 8 • April • $12.95 Paper • Hodder & Stoughton
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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 in-
spiration 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
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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 cele-
bration 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 ec-
centric way. Regardless of religion, this book
celebrates life and laughter. Thanks to Dawkins
and his friends, much attention has been de-
voted 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 peo-
ple 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 psycholo-
gist 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
STRANGEST SERIES
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 his-
tory. Michael O’Donnell practiced medicine for 12 years, is the former editor of World Med-
icine, 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
Also available:
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Sailing's Strangest The Olympics' Military's Strangest Golf's Strangest Flying's Strangest
Moments Strangest Moments Campaigns Rounds Moments
9781861057457 9781905798230 9781861059338 9781861051844 9781861059345
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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, cap-
turing 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!
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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
Also available:
The Little Book of Twitter
9781843174059 • $6.99
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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 re-
cent 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 danger-
ous 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 ru-
ined 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
“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 cov-
ers 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 Pro-
ductions 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
Also available:
Can’t Be Arsed
9781906032371 • $16.95 (Can $18.95)
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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. Explor-
ing the subtle ways that women work, whether warding off
potential suitors or indicating they are listening, the man-
ual 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—Vic-
toria 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 pub-
lished 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 . . .
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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.
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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 fact-
packed thematic sections will keep information junkies entertained for hours. Broad cov-
erage 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 re-
searched 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
Also available:
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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 fol-
lowers 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 thou-
sand 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)
Also available:
Her Ladyship’s Guide to Modern Manners
9781905400416 • $11.95 (Can $12.95)
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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
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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.
Also available:
Each: $14.95 (Can $16.95)
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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’ spe-
cial 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 chil-
dren 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
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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 sim-
ple, 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 frus-
tration, 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 commu-
nicate with your dog on an emotional level, which will in turn give him the ability to un-
derstand 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 organiza-
tions such as the U.S. Air Force Dog Section, The Blue Cross, Illinois State University, Wash-
ington 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
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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 activi-
ties help safeguard their well-being and physical and mental
fitness, and work to prevent the development of behavioral ab-
normalities. Unfortunately, cats are frequently bored and can
suffer from their owner’s lack of imagination. This compre-
hensive guide offers a host of creative ideas that add diversity
and excitement to all play. Special attention is paid to devel-
oping 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 nu-
merous 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 en-
gagement of the hind legs under the center of balance? This complete review of every aspect of dres-
sage 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, techni-
cal, and artistic—and together they have preserved and enriched the long dressage tra-
dition. This meticulously researched study reveals the inner workings of each of these
schools, including details about their traditions, their systems for recruiting and train-
ing 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 his-
torical 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 com-
plete 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 loos-
ening 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 prepar-
ing 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 evo-
lution of the most astonishing creatures ever to have walked the
earth. More than 170 giant-sized and superbly detailed computer-
generated illustrations provide a stunning visual catalog of di-
nosaurs, 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, pred-
ators and prey. Steve Brusatte is a researcher of vertebrate pale-
ontology at the University of Bristol focusing on the anatomy and
evolution of dinosaurs. Michael Benton is the author of The Pen-
guin Historical Atlas of Dinosaurs and Walking with Dinosaurs.
He also acted as consultant on the Walking with Dinosaurs se-
ries 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.
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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, his-
tory 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 ge-
nius 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 con-
frontation. 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
Also available:
Necrophenia
9780575082427 • $9.95
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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
“Although the story is wickedly clever and the payoff is a great and satisfying sur-
prise, the real delight comes from watching Rankin work his linguistic magic: char-
acters 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 Po-
lice to take care of things. Eddie may be a battered teddy with an identity crisis, but some-
one’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)
“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. Fur-
thermore, 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 ter-
minator 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 un-
covered 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.
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.
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Consorts of Heaven
Jaine Fenn
Set in the same universe as Principles of Angels, a thrilling sci-
fi 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.
Principles of Angels
9780575083295 • $14.95
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CHRONICLES OF ISAMBARD SMITH
“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 recom-
mended.” —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 lem-
ming-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 com-
pany, 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
Also available:
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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 his-
torical context.
Conan the Barbarian is a name known throughout Cim-
meria, Brythinia, Turan, and all the territories border-
ing the Vilayec Sea—as well as most countries more
familiar to us in the real world. The character has be-
come 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 au-
thors, 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 chal-
lenge 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 audi-
ence across the world and influenced a whole genera-
tion of writers, from Robert Jordan to Raymond E. Feist.
Fantasy • 656 pp • 7 x 8.5
9781853756993 • April • $29.95 Paper • Prion
Stories include:
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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
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 in-
fluence 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 danger-
ous 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 dis-
owned 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, un-
veiled—with the covetous Prime Matriarch now poised to snatch a prize, a prize beyond
that of merely integrity and life.
9780007217816 • $9.99
Also available in the Wars of Light and Shadow series:
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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 Com-
monwealth, 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 fore-
seen, though it has been simmering for 4,000 years. Ricardo Pinto is the author of The Cho-
sen 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 blaz-
ing—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 ex-
citing 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 repro-
duced 25 percent larger than in their original published form. Steve Holland is the au-
thor 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
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.
Twelfth Night
Illustrations by John Howard
One of Shakespeare’s most-loved comedies is brought to vibrant visual life.
Also available:
The Tempest
9781904104056 • $15.95 (Can $17.95)
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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.
Also available:
Each: $9.99
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KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
Also available:
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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.
Also available:
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Taming Poison Dragons
Tim Murgatroyd
In a sumptuous, captivating tale of 12th-century China, an old man draws upon the ex-
periences 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 se-
cured 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 con-
front the warlord General An-Shu and his beautiful but cruel consort, the Lady Ta-Chi. Tam-
ing 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
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SIMON FONTHILL SERIES
John Wilcox
John Wilcox is a former international journalist and the author of the Simon Fronthill series.
Siege of Khartoum
The eyes of the world are on the fate of General Gordon and the English-held Khar-
toum 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-cap-
tain 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
Also available:
Each: $9.99
The Horns of The Road The Diamond Last Stand The Guns
the Buffalo to Kandahar Frontier at Majuba Hill of El Kebir
9780755309832 9780755309856 9780755309870 9780755327195 9780755327218
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CARTHAGE TRILOGY
Carthage
A Novel
Ross Leckie
Concludes the classical Punic trilogy that began with Hannibal
and continued with Scipio.
Hannibal Scipio
“Written in a simple, visceral style that “Full of wonderful scenes . . .
brings a raw immediacy to descriptions Leckie lights up this world for
of ancient battle . . . A ripping good read us with fabulous energy. What
whose lesson in ancient history is yet an- was once cold history becomes
other reward.” —Publishers Weekly full-bodied adventure.” —Times
9781847670991 9781847671004
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EMPRESS OF ROME
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 sooth-
sayer 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
“Using a beautiful prose style, Serageldin makes Gigi’s problems vivid and real . . . fas-
cinating 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 suc-
ceeds both as ironical Proustian reminiscence and as a telling exploration of the ambi-
guities 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 Ser-
ageldin 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 su-
perstition, 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 Tes-
tament—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 Chil-
dren’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. Twenty-
five years ago, the Christian army lay slaughtered on the desolate plain of the Horns of Hat-
tin. 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 pil-
grimage 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 mis-
sion of his own. And then there are the children, tens of thousands of them, pledged to recap-
ture 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 writ-
ten 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 col-
lege 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
“A genuinely puzzling historical murder mystery linking Dickens to the gruesome mur-
der 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 in-
volving 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
“A marvelously thrilling book . . . the distinction between villain and hero is constantly
blurred . . . a most enthralling story.” —Paul Doherty, author, the Hugh Corbett myster-
ies, 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. Switzer-
land 1997—Lord Robert Kenyon is a wealthy financier and a senior member of humanitar-
ian 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 billion-
aire 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 se-
crets 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
“Excellent . . . effortlessly blends authentic historical details with plenty of red her-
rings.” —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
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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
“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 be-
comes a race against time to catch the killer–thief before the university explodes into a vi-
olent 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 disappear-
ance 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
“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 Hin-
denberg 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
Also available:
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The Burning Roses The Dream Kingdom The Outcast The Poison Tree
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The White Road The Question The Winter Journey The Reckoning
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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 Black-
stone, 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 her-
self 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
“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 fi-
ancée, 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 investi-
gate, back in Scotland his boss’s big moment is compromised in the most dramatic and un-
expected 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
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 gang-
ster 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 straight-
dealing 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 vi-
olent past emerges, the inquiry becomes a race against time before Andrew becomes just an-
other 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 numer-
ous 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
Final Cut
Lin Anderson
Think CSI: Glasgow—the sixth book in the series combines forensic investigation with
a breakneck pace.
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DI JOE FARADAY
Graham Hurley
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 con-
trol, 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 prom-
ised 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 Win-
ter. 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 Hur-
ley 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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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 mur-
dered in an attack that could hark back to her husband’s past mis-
demeanors. 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
Also available:
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Worm in the Bud Blood of the Innocents Written in Blood Blood Money
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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
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 Tar-
labasi, 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 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 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
“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
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 se-
ries.” —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 reconstruc-
tion 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 re-
vealed, 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 po-
licemen in the Territorial Support Group. Fed up with all the paper-
work 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 po-
licemen, 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
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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 tra-
dition 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 charac-
ters.” —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 hunt-
ing 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 sur-
veillance 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 des-
perate race against time to identify and avert a major terrorist threat, Mason must hastily re-
hone 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 ter-
rorist organization, this military adventure novel features spectacular action behind the
lines in Iraq leading up to the Gulf War.
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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 rip-
ping 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 inconse-
quential 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.
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“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 dis-
covers 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 backstab-
bing 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 contempo-
rary 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 de-
veloped 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 mu-
sician and swineherd before becoming a writer, and why he was so inspired by fellow Scot-
tish 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 Flem-
ing’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
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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 mat-
ter, 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 fi-
nally 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 Tr-
uscott, 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 Mar-
garet 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 as-
sociation 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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MYTHS
“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 fu-
ture 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 au-
thor 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 in-
teresting 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 de-
velop—built on a solid foundation of love. Anne Donovan is the author of the novel Bud-
dha 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 screen-
play 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 conven-
tional 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 fa-
miliar faces—Izumi, a colleague who had died in a plane crash five years before; his child-
hood 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 ac-
tress 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. Yasu-
taka 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
“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 hus-
band, 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 fam-
ily disowns her, and she has to convince the authorities to take seriously the very idea of a fe-
male 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 biogra-
phical 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 sev-
eral 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 determina-
tion 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, compassion-
ate, and challenging portrait of a fragmented, multicultural urban England. Born in Ox-
ford 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.
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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 view-
points with uncanny accuracy.
Hope and Michael celebrate the first anniversary of their relationship with rain-soaked, drink-
fueled 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 excite-
ment—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 mean-
ing of their future together, and the possibility of an entirely new life. Alan Apperley is a pro-
fessor 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
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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.
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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 mesmeriz-
ing 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 per-
formed 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 be-
come 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 breathtak-
ingly original, The Director mixes biographical fact taken from Bergman’s writing and family documents with a wild kaleido-
scopic 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, es-
sentially 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 fam-
ilies 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-de-
structive, 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 drug-
addled 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 es-
tablish 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
‘‘Magnificent . . . superbly written. Susan Barker’s book is full of flawed but well-
meaning 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 mis-
conduct and lost love. Frances’s two mixed-race children live with their grandfather on a coun-
cil 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 long-
listed 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 absorb-
ing 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 re-
treated into a private world of sleep where he dreams about falling in love with comedi-
enne 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 fam-
ily 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
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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.
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 heartrend-
ing 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 role-
play 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.
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Return to Sender
Zoë Barnes
A warm, funny, romantic comedy about finding out who you
really are.
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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 Ama-
zon. 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 in-
clude 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
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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 Amer-
ican War of Independence, and the French Revolution of 1789. Burns is painted in his na-
tive 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 busi-
ness 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 get-
ting 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 ed-
itor of Poetry Review.
Writing/Poetry • 240 pp • 5.5 x 8.5
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Fosca
Igino Ugo Tarchetti
Translated by Lawrence Venuti
Adapted for Broadway as Passion by Stephen Sondheim, a masterpiece by an unjustly neg-
lected 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 un-
attractive 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 satir-
ical 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.
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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-than-
faithful 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 Cor-
sican 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 Hap-
piness, 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 lesser-
known 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 real-
ist fiction. Kyril Zinovieff and April Fitzlyon are widely acclaimed Russian translators.
192 pp • 9781847491251 • $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 em-
ployment 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 exami-
nation 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 in-
formed 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.
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FINE EDITIONS
White’s Books combines bolder contemporary design with the appeal of a classic clothbound edition, offering read-
ers 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 longer-
lasting 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
“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 Independ-
ent, 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. Wat-
son, Doyle defined the mystery genre as a mix of wit, intelligence, and action.
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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 nov-
els 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.
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Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
One of the most powerful novels ever written, Wuthering Heights ranks among the great-
est 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.
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VINTAGE CLASSICS
“[Bowman] proves himself to be an entertaining “Wonderfully fresh and funny, and among examples of
humorist who has much to offer for readers who like Victorian humor I would place it high in the pantheon,
their outdoor humor dripping with understated British right up there with The Importance of Being Earnest and
irony.” —Publishers Weekly The Diary of a Nobody . . . triumphantly stands the test
“Wonderful . . . does for mountaineering what Three of time, with its comic flights of exaggeration, its occa-
Men in a Boat did for Thames-going or Catch-22 did for sional archness, and its entirely innocent hint of the
the Second World War.” —Punch camp.” —Daily Telegraph
“This wonderfully funny parody of adventure stories was “I fell out of bed laughing at Three Men in a Boat.”
first written in the 1950s but is just as fresh today with a —Guardian
truly brilliant comic narrator whose commentary on the What could be more relaxing than a refreshing holiday on the
expedition members is unintentionally hilarious. Buy it.” river with your two best friends and faithful canine compan-
—Sunday Mirror ion, Montmorency? However, as J. discovers, there is more to
life on the waves than meets the eye—including navigational
One of the Guardian’s “1000 Novels Everyone
Must Read” challenges, culinary disasters, and heroic battles with swans,
kettles, and tins of pineapple. Jerome K. Jerome’s delightful
Led by the reliably underinsightful Binder, a team of seven
novel has kept readers smiling for years and his prose has found
British men—including Dr. Prone (constantly ill), Jungle the
a perfect partner in Vic Reeves’s glorious and witty illustra-
route-finder (constantly lost), Constant the diplomat (constantly
tions. Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927) is the author of Idle
arguing), and 3,000 Yogistani porters—set out to conquer the
Thoughts of an Idle Fellow and the sequel to Three Men in a
highest peak in the Himalayas. Though a parody, it has become
Boat, Three Men on the Bummel. Vic Reeves is an English co-
one of the most famous and celebrated books of mountaineering
median, best known for his double act with Bob Mortimer.
literature. W. E. Bowman (1911–1985) was a civil engineer who
spent his free time hill-walking, painting, and writing (un- Classics/Fiction • 208 pp • 5 x 8
published) books on the Theory of Relativity. Bill Bryson is the 30 B/W Illustrations • Vintage Classics
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A Story for Christmas
A Christmas Carol Bob Hartman
Charles Dickens From the highly acclaimed author of the bestselling Lion
Storyteller series comes the heartwarming contemporary
The first and most famous of Dickens’ five Christmas books
retelling of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.
is presented with two others: “The Chimes”—published the
year after A Christmas Carol, and “The Haunted Man,” the Jack O’Malley hates shopping, snow, and even Christmas. All
fifth and last of his holiday stories. three at once is Jack’s idea of a very bad day. Storming into
a Starbucks seeking escape, Jack runs smack into a beautiful
“It has it all: a spooky ghost story, a heartwarming re-
and mysterious stranger, almost knocking her over and un-
demption and a great plot with a satisfyingly ending.”
intentionally changing his life forever. In this one moment his
—Times
entire life—who he once was, who he is, and who he has the
Also available: potential to become—flashes before his eyes. In this humor-
Bleak House (9780099511458), ous rendering of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, timeless lessons
David Copperfield (9780099511465),
Great Expectations (9780099511571), are reexamined through the lens of modern society, resulting
Little Dorrit (9780099529446), in a funny, moving, and ultimately thought-provoking tale.
Oliver Twist (9780099511939), and Bob Hartman is an acclaimed storyteller and the author of
A Tale of Two Cities (9780099511854) more than a dozen books, including Anyone Can Tell a Story,
Ebenezer Scrooge is unimpressed by Christmas. He has no time Lion Storyteller Bible, Lion Storyteller Bedtime Book, and
for festivities or goodwill toward his fellow men and is only Telling the Bible. He lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
interested in money. Then, on the night of Christmas Eve, his
Fiction/Seasonal • 96 pp • 5 x 6.75
life is changed by a series of ghostly visitations that show him
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some bitter truths about his choices. Dickens’ most influen-
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tial 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.
Classics/Fiction • 192 pp • 5 x 8
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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.
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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?
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Introduction by Peter Ackroyd
Illustrations by Paul Slater
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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
“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 Lon-
don to receive his inheritance. But, according to his father’s will, he can only claim it if he mar-
ries 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 disap-
pointed 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.
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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 dis-
guised as a boy while a cast of hard-bitten, weather-beaten characters drive 4,000 cat-
tle north out of Texas, braving the weather, marauding outlaws, and hostile Indians
along the way. Rangers of the Lone Star features Texas Ranger Russ Sittell working
undercover on a ranch to break a rustling ring, a dangerous assignment made all the
more hazardous by the fact that the ranch owner is the local mayor. These three epic
tales represent a wonderful way for Western fans familiar with Zane Grey’s work to
drift back into his stories of life on the range but are equally attractive for newcom-
ers who would like to sample a little of 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 de-
piction 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
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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 origi-
nally gathered together in book form, with 12 adventures in each volume.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes contains four of Conan Doyle’s own all-time
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 Sher-
lock Holmes has another three of Conan Doyle’s favorites in “The Adventure of the
Reigate Squire,” “The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual,” and “The Adventure of the
Final Problem.” It is in “The Final Problem,” of course, that Dr. Watson sadly reports
the death of Holmes at the Reichenbach Falls near Meiringen in Switzerland. Holmes’s
titanic struggle with his arch enemy, Professor Moriarty, had seen them both appar-
ently plunge over a sheer drop, although Watson never actually saw Holmes’s body.
This was Conan Doyle’s attempt to bring an end to Holmes’s adventures, but he was
to be resurrected by popular demand eight years later. The Memoirs also includes “The
Adventure of the Greek Interpreter,” in which Holmes’s brother, Mycroft, appears for
the first time and “The Adventure of the Gloria Scott,” in which Holmes describes to
Watson his very first case. Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) is considered a major in-
novator 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 ad-
venturer 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 Flem-
ing 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 grand-
sons. The Star Rover is a prison tale in which the main character endures torture ses-
sions 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
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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 exem-
plifies 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 lit-
tle excitement into it by starting an affair with a rising young pianist. Her lover’s former mistress begins blackmailing her, threat-
ening 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 bi-
ographer. 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
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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 con-
text to historical past, with a narrative that prophesizes impending violence through the su-
perficiality 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 transla-
tion 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 es-
sayist, novelist, playwright, and a formidable scholar whose books include Journey by Moon-
light, 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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“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 es-
sayist, 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.
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 har-
rowing chase from Venezuela to Miami via Hamburg and Panama City, all set against a back-
ground 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, includ-
ing 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
128
POETIC LIVES ON
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HESPERUS CLASSICS MODERN VOICES
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HESPERUS WORLDWIDE
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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 char-
acter 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 pro-
lific 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 For-
eign 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 at-
tracted 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 Writ-
ers 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)
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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 dia-
logue and poetry. Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866) was a satirist and author. Anthony LeJe-
une 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. Stand-
fast, 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)
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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 ca-
reer 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 anti-
fascist, 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 gar-
den 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 em-
bedded 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 nov-
elist, 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 De-
vonshire 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 Lon-
don 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 Top-
ley 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, idiosyn-
cratic, 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 col-
lected letters. An unparalleled record of the life of this greatly admired writer, these letters re-
veal 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
Song of the
Also available:
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9780349117614 • $16.95
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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 sensa-
tion 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
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EYE CLASSICS
Each: Autobiography/Travel • 5 x 7.5 • 1 Map • August • $12.95 (Can $13.95) Paper • Eye Books
“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 sen-
suous and enormously visual as she gradually rebuilds her shattered self-confidence, re-
gains 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.
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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 fa-
vorite mode of transportation—motorcycle—Charley travels through some of the most ex-
otic 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 trade-
mark 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 un-
usual 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 fas-
cinating. 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 Excur-
sions, 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 seduc-
tive 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 out-
side, while inside a tiny particle of the American people talked among themselves. His expe-
riences 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 remark-
able wilderness of Yellowstone National Park. Yet it is through the people he meets that Wat-
son 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 sto-
ries to tell.” Here the noted South American explorer takes on Mexico.
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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 in-
formation 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
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 peo-
ple, ranging from geographical wonders to cultural symbols, literary ge-
nius 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 mov-
ing 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
Best of British
Also available: 9781843173175
$7.95 (Can $8.95)
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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.
Each: Travel/Humor • 96 pp • 4.25 x 7 • 1 Map • June • $7.95 (Can $8.95) Paper • Oval Books
9781906042301
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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 un-
derstood 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 fore-
front 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 car-
toons 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 lit-
erally, “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 lit-
erally, “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, par-
ents 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 skanka-
roo, 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
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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.
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INTERNATIONAL ROAD ATLASES
Collins UK
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INTERNATIONAL ROAD ATLASES
Collins UK
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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 re-
cent 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 pop-
ulation growth, communications and climate change—giving a global snapshot of our con-
temporary 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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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 re-
sults 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
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 Sport-
ing 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 per-
sonal 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 play-
ing soccer almost as soon as he could walk. At the age of six, he helped his local soccer acad-
emy 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 trans-
fer spectulation, with Chelsea rumored to be on the brink of securing his signature. An in-
credible 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 invalu-
able 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 sys-
tem 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 short-
listed for the PFA Player of the Year in 2009 and was Manchester United fans’ and play-
ers’ 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 tro-
phy 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 phe-
nomenal 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, includ-
ing 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 rea-
son 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 fas-
cinating 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 corre-
spondent 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 mem-
orably 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 ad-
dresses 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 writ-
ten 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
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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.
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 sea-
son—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 every-
where. 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 jour-
ney around the hooligan world in 90 days, visiting nine countries in 12 weeks to meet the nas-
tiest, 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 shoul-
der to shoulder with the foreign teams as it all goes off. Full of spine-chilling encounters, ex-
traordinary 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 Ex-
press. 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
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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 tough-
est 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, Scan-
dinavia, 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 in-
still 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? Ad-
dress 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 per-
sonal lessons gained along the way—with practical tips on surfing technique, fitness, nutri-
tion, 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 persever-
ance, 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 fore-
hand, Nadal had been known as a clay-court specialist since playing his first pro tourna-
ments 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 au-
thor 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 in-
sider’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 multimil-
lion 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 for-
mer 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 Fed-
erer—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
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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 competi-
tive 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 per-
fecting your stance at the oche, this is an essential purchase for every follower, practi-
tioner, 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-drop-
pingly 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 po-
sition in the U.S. Open and Nigel Mansell’s famous giveaway of the Japan-
ese 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 spectac-
ularly 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 involv-
ing 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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