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Contents Recent Highlights
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Atlantic Books: Fiction
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Atlantic Books: Non-Fiction
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Corvus 37 Grove Press
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Allen & Unwin
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Allen & Unwin Australia: Distribution Titles
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Export: Key Editions
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Sales, Publicity & Rights
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Index 91 Bestselling Backlist
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Recent Highlights Atlantic’s bestselling and critically acclaimed titles from the past twelve months.
Crazy Rich Asians Kevin Kwan
9781786495792 • Paperback • 07/06/2018 • £7.99
Imperial Twilight Stephen Platt
9781786494870 • Paperback • 06/06/2019 • £10.99
The Angel’s Mark S. W. Perry
9781786494948 • Paperback • 02/05/2019 • £8.99
Isabel Hardman
9781782399759 • Paperback • 04/04/2019 • £9.99
The Courage to be Disliked Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga
9781760630737 • Paperback • 03/01/2019 • £8.99 • Special price for export: £7.99
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Why We Get the Wrong Politicians
The Turn of Midnight Minette Walters
9781760632182 • Paperback • 06/06/2019 • £8.99 • Special price for export: £7.99
Rome: A History in Seven Sackings Matthew Kneale
9781786492364 • Paperback • 01/10/2018 • £10.99
The Kiss Quotient
Helen Hoang 9781786496768 • Paperback • 05/07/2018 • £7.99
Bean Counters Richard Brooks
9781786490315 • Paperback • 07/03/2019 • £9.99
Hired
Small Fry
The French Girl
9781786490162 • Paperback • 07/02/2019 • £8.99
9781611854916 • Paperback • 06/06/2019 • £8.99
9781786495563 • Paperback • 06/12/2018 • £7.99
James Bloodworth
Lisa Brennan-Jobs
Lexie Elliot
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Atlantic Books Fiction The Atlantic Books fiction list has a reputation for publishing bold, innovative storytelling from around the world. Our Summer/Autumn 2019 list includes a book of connected short stories from Bryan Washington, one of the most exciting new voices in literary fiction today, as well as masterful new novels from Patrick Flanery and Karl Marlantes.
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Night for Day Patrick Flanery Expansive in scope and yet tenderly intimate, Night for Day is a fever-dream of a novel from a literary tour de force. In McCarthy-era Hollywood, over the course of a single day, two friends grapple with the moral and professional uncertainties of the escalating Communist witch-hunt. One races to convince his actress wife not to turn informant for the House Committee on UnAmerican Activities, while the other – a leftist screenwriter – confronts the fear of being blacklisted. As they flee into the backlots and slip in and out of strange, shifting film sets, they come to terms with the subtleties of belonging and the enormity of exile. Night for Day conjures a feverish vision of America gripped by insanity. Praise for Patrick Flanery: ‘Flanery is a master of puzzling, alarming and even terrifying storytelling.’ A.S. Byatt, Guardian ‘Passionate, gripping, brilliantly voiced and scintillating.’ Neel Mukherjee on I Am No One
Patrick Flanery is an American writer living in London. His first novel won the Spear’s/ Laurent Perrier Best First Book Award and was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Ondaatje Prize, amongst others. He is Professor of Creative Writing at Queen Mary University of London.
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Modern and Contemporary Fiction 04 July 2019 Hardback • £14.99 210 x 148 • 464pp 9781782396055 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: AU, E
e-book • 9781782396079 Export Edition • £12.99 Trade Paperback • 464pp 9781782396062
Aftershocks
Flames
A.N. Wilson
Robbie Arnott
Delightful and profound, Aftershocks is both a wholly original love story and an interrogation of humanity.
A stunning, windblown novel of the intimacies of family and grief, and the inheritance of stories and myths.
On an imaginary island in the wake of a devastating earthquake, Ingrid, a gossipy young student, falls for Nellie, the dean of the Cathedral. Powerfully moving and elegantly crafted, Aftershocks is a novel of faith, temptation and transgression.
Mad, wild and rough-hewn from the Tasmanian landscape, Flames is imbued with folkloric magic. Ranging from hardboiled detectives to unlikely river gods, murdered wombats to salty fishermen, Robbie Arnott gives vivid life and voice to this strange island.
‘A joyfully eccentric book, stuffed with learning and wisdom.’ The Times ‘Witty, erudite and artful.’ Spectator A.N. Wilson is a prolific and awardwinning biographer and celebrated novelist. He lives in North London.
‘A strange and joyous marvel.’ Richard Flanagan, author of The Narrow Road to the Deep North Robbie Arnott won the 2015 Tasmanian Young Writers’ Fellowship. Flames is his debut novel. He lives in Hobart, Tasmania.
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Modern and Contemporary Fiction 04 July 2019 • Paperback • £8.99 198 x 129 • 288pp • 9781786496058 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: AU, E, SL e-book • 9781786496065
Modern and Contemporary Fiction 01 August 2019 • Paperback • £8.99 198 x 129 • 240pp • 9781786496294 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can, ANZ Rights: AU, E, SL e-book • 9781786496270
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Lot Bryan Washington Gorgeous and tender, Lot is a collection of interwoven stories about love in all its unsparing and unsteady forms. The son of a black mother and a Latino father is coming of age. He’s working at his family’s restaurant, weathering his brother’s anger, and discovering he likes boys. In the same tumultuous margins, where some live and some die, a young woman’s affair ricochets across an apartment complex and a local drug dealer takes a Guatemalan teen under his wing. Imbued with energy, wit, and the infinite longing of people searching for meaning, Lot introduces a kinetic new voice in literary fiction. ‘Raw, soulful and moving.’ Jami Attenberg, author of The Middlesteins ‘Unflinching, romantic while refusing to romanticize; this is the debut of a prodigious talent.’ Mat Johnson, author of Loving Day
Bryan Washington has written for The New York Times, the New York Times Magazine, New York Magazine, BuzzFeed, the Paris Review, Boston Review, Tin House, One Story, GQ, FADER, The Awl, and Catapult. He lives in Houston, Texas.
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Short Stories 01 August 2019 Hardback • £12.99 234 x 156 • 240pp 9781786497833 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: AU, E, SL
e-book • 9781786497857 Export Edition • £12.99 Trade Paperback • 240pp 9781786497840
Deep River Karl Marlantes A stunningly expansive family saga of anguish, reinvention and courage from the bestselling author of Matterhorn. In the early 1900s, as the oppression of Russia’s imperial rule takes its toll on Finland, the three Koski siblings – Ilmari, Matti and the political young Aino – are forced to flee to the western edges of the United States. The brothers face the excitement and danger of pioneering this frontier wilderness. But while they are tearing down ancient, colossal trees, Aino is striving to build up the country’s first radical union movements. In lucid, luminous prose, Marlantes masterfully depicts the tyranny of nascent America, the limits of human survival and the enduring might of family love. Praise for Matterhorn: ‘Incredible... I came close to reading it in one sitting.’ The Sunday Times ‘Astonishing... Marlantes steps alongside Stephen Crane, Joseph Heller and even Ernest Hemingway.’ Observer ‘Bewildering and brilliantly rendered.’ The Times
Karl Marlantes graduated from Yale University, was a Rhodes Scholar at The University of Oxford and served as a Marine in Vietnam, where he was awarded the Navy Cross, the Bronze Star, two Navy Commendation Medals for valour, two Purple Hearts and ten air medals. He now lives in Washington.
SEPTEMBER Modern and Contemporary Fiction 05 September 2019 Hardback • £20.00 234 x 156 • 800pp 9781786498823 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: E, SL
e-book • 9781786498847 Export Edition • £14.99 Trade Paperback • 800pp 9781786498830
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My Sister, the Serial Killer Oyinkan Braithwaite A blackly comic debut about lies, love, Lagos and how blood is thicker – and more difficult to get out of the carpet – than water. When Korede’s dinner is interrupted one night by a distress call from her sister, Ayoola, she knows what’s expected of her: bleach, rubber gloves, nerves of steel and a strong stomach. This’ll be the third boyfriend Ayoola’s dispatched in, quote, self-defence and the third mess that her lethal little sibling has left Korede to clear away. She should probably go to the police for the good of the menfolk of Nigeria, but she loves her sister and, as they say, family always comes first. Until, that is, Ayoola starts dating the fit doctor at the hospital where Korede works as a nurse. Korede’s long been in love with him, and isn’t prepared to see him wind up with a knife in his back: but to save one would mean sacrificing the other... ‘A gem: small, hard, sharp and polished to perfection’ Edgar Cantero, New York Times bestselling author of Meddling Kids
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Modern and Contemporary Fiction 03 October 2019 • Paperback • £7.99 234 x 156 • 240pp • 9781786495983 Territories: UK, CW + EU ex Can & Nig Rights: E, SL e-book • 9781786495990
Oyinkan Braithwaite is a graduate of Creative Writing and Law from Kingston University. She has had short stories published in anthologies and she was shortlisted as a top-ten spokenword artist in the 2014 Eko Poetry Slam. My Sister, the Serial Killer is her first novel.
Atlantic Books Non-Fiction Atlantic has consistently published a bold, prize-winning non-fiction list covering history, current affairs, popular science, economics and books for the gift market. As well as an entertaining sequel to the bestselling Science(ish), Summer/Autumn 2019 brings new titles from defining contemporary writers, covering subjects as diverse as ageing, the Troubles in Northern Ireland, Prince Albert, British Prime Ministers, Formula One, religious intolerance and hallucinations.
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* Stop Press * How Death Becomes Life Notes from a Transplant Surgeon
Joshua D. Mezrich A beautifully written and compelling memoir of a largely unexplored area of medicine: transplant surgery. Leading transplant surgeon Dr Joshua Mezrich creates life from loss, moving organs from one body to another. In this intimate, profoundly moving work, he examines more than one hundred years of remarkable medical breakthroughs, connecting this fascinating history with the stories of his own patients. Gripping and evocative, How Death Becomes Life takes us inside the operating room and presents the stark dilemmas that transplant surgeons must face daily: How much risk should a healthy person be allowed to take to save someone she loves? Should a patient suffering from alcoholism receive a healthy liver? The human story behind the most exceptional medicine of our time, Mezrich’s riveting book is a poignant reminder that a life lost can also offer the hope of a new beginning.
Dr Joshua Mezrich is a Professor of Surgery in the division of multi-organ transplantation at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, USA.
‘Monumental and enthralling.’ New York Journal of Books
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Medical Biographies & Memoirs 02 May 2019 Hardback • £16.99 234 x 156 • 384pp 9781786498861 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: AU, E, SL
e-book • 9781786498885 Export Edition • £14.99 Trade Paperback 9781786498878
Breakfast with the Centenarians The Science of Ageing Well
Daniela Mari Translated by Denise Muir Learn the art of growing old from the supercentenarians living life to the full. The number of centenarians has quadrupled in the last thirty years. Daniela Mari draws on her experiences as a renowned gerontologist to reveal the science and art of a healthy, happy old age. Informed by the latest medical studies and incredible stories of individual longevity, we see how the influence of sleeping habits, diet, exercise and interests can far surpass genetics. Whether it’s the gym, the opera or a daily glass of Limoncello, there are many roads to a fruitful old age. Filled with personality and Italian charm, this is the essential handbook to enhancing the quality and length of our lives.
Daniela Mari is Professor of Geriatrics at the University of Milan and director of the Geriatric Unit at the Policlinico of Milan. She was the doctor for Emma Morano, the world’s oldest living woman at 117, until she passed away in April 2017.
JULY Popular Science 04 July 2019 Trade Paperback • £12.99 216 x 138 • 224pp 9781786494832 Territories: World English Language Rights: AU, E, SL, US
e-book • 9781786494849
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In this new series of four short books, Sam Willis and James Daybell take on some of the greatest historical subjects but in an entirely unexpected way.
The Romans 9781786497734 e-book: 9781786497741
The Tudors 9781786497697 e-book: 9781786497703
JULY Popular History Hardback • £7.99 198 x 129 • 128pp Territories: World Rights: AU, E, SL, T, US
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The Vikings 9781786497710 e-book: 9781786497727
World War Two 9781786497758 e-book: 9781786497765
…and now available in Hardback
Histories of the Unexpected How Everything Has a History
Sam Willis and James Daybell A revealing and surprising look at how everything, from beds and bubbles to sleep and signatures, has a history. Did you know that the history of the beard is connected to the Crimean War; that the history of paperclips is all about the Stasi; and that the history of bubbles is all about the French Revolution? In this new series of books Histories of the Unexpected, Sam Willis and James Daybell lead us on a journey of discovery that tackles some of the greatest historical themes – from the Tudors to the Second World War, from the Roman Empire to the Victorians – but via entirely unexpected subjects. By taking this revolutionary approach, they not only present a new way of thinking about the past, but also reveal the everyday world around us as never before. Praise for Histories of the Unexpected: ‘Irreverent, witty and fabulously well-informed… A blast of historical treats.’ James Holland ‘A wonderful, eclectic and entertaining history of everything, full of fascinating, surprising stories.’ Suzannah Lipscomb
Dr Sam Willis is the author of fourteen books, including In the Hour of Victory and The Struggle for Sea Power, and has presented twelve television series for the BBC and National Geographic. James Daybell is Professor of Early Modern British History at the University of Plymouth. He has written eight books and has appeared in a number of historical BBC TV documentaries.
‘History as you’ve never seen it before.’ Dan Snow
OUT NOW! Popular History Hardback • £18.99 234 x 171 • 480pp 9781786494122 Territories: World Rights: AU, E, SL, T, US
e-book • 9781786494153
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In the Name of God A History of Muslim and Christian Intolerance
Selina O’Grady An original and groundbreaking history of religious tolerance that offers an essential guide to understanding the relationship between Islam and the West today. In this fascinating new book, Selina O’Grady asks how and why our societies came to be as tolerant or intolerant as they are? And whether tolerance can be expected to heal today’s festering wound between Islam and the postChristian West? O’Grady traces the different paths both religions have taken by telling the stories of the persecutors and the persecuted. Beginning with the rise of Christianity and monotheism in the Roman world, the story ends in 1945 after the Armenian genocide in the Muslim world and the Holocaust in the Western one. Told through contemporary chronicles and poems, In the Name of God reveals anew the role of religion in the modern world. Praise for And Man Created God: ‘A must read... No one should be allowed to lay claim to Christian or indeed any religious faith who has not read this book first.’ A.C. Grayling ‘Vivid and learned.’ Tom Holland, Mail on Sunday
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Religion e-book • 9781786492777 04 July 2019 Hardback • £25.00 234 x 156 • 400pp 9781843547006 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: AU, E, SL, T, US
Selina O’Grady was a producer of BBC1’s Heart of the Matter, presented by Joan Bakewell, Channel 4’s live chat show After Dark, and Radio 4’s history series Leviathan. She is the author of And Man Created God and has written for the Guardian, Mail on Sunday, Literary Review and The Oldie.
And Thank You For Watching
The Jamestown Brides
Extraordinary Stories from a Veteran News Journalist
The First Wives of the New World
Mark Austin In this revealing memoir, award-winning reporter Mark Austin reveals the stories behind the headlines. Based on decades of experience on the frontlines, this candid memoir gives a startling insight into one man’s extraordinary career covering the biggest stories in the world and lifts the lid on the world of television news.
‘One of the very finest television journalists anywhere… a delight to read.’ John Simpson Mark Austin worked at ITN for thirty years and is now a presenter for Sky News.
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Memoir 04 July 2019 • Paperback • £8.99 198 x 129 • 352pp • 9781786494504 Territories: World Rights: AU, E, SL, T, US e-book • 9781786494511
Jennifer Potter The extraordinary story of the British women who made the perilous journey to Jamestown, Virginia. Delving into original sources on both sides of the Atlantic, Jennifer Potter tracks the footsteps of the young women who, in 1621, set off from their homes in England to become wives for tobacco planters in the New Colony.
‘Engaged and thoughtful, [Potter] has given her women an existence they would recognise.’ Literary Review Jennifer Potter is the author of ten books, including Seven Flowers, The Rose and Strange Blooms. She was recently appointed one of the first RLF Writing Fellows at the British Library.
JULY History 04 July 2019 • Paperback • £9.99 198 x 129 • 384pp • 9781782399162 Territories: World English Language Rights: AU, E, SL e-book • 9781782399155
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Lab Rats
Autumn in Venice
Why Modern Work Makes People Miserable
Ernest Hemingway and His Last Muse
Dan Lyons A hilarious and terrifying exposé of the brave new world of work.
The remarkable story of Hemingway’s love affair with the city of Venice and the muse he found there.
Personality tests. Team-building exercises. Enforced fun. Welcome to the modern economy. With the same wit that made Disrupted an international bestseller, Lyons shows how the hypocrisy of Silicon Valley has now been exported globally to a job near you.
This illuminating story of writer and muse – which also examines the cost to a young woman of her association with a largerthan-life literary celebrity – is an intimate look at the fractured heart and changing art of Hemingway in his fifties.
‘Fascinating, thought-provoking, hilarious and sometimes harrowing.’ Gretchen Rubin, bestselling author of The Happiness Project Dan Lyons is a novelist, journalist and screenwriter. He is the bestselling author of Disrupted.
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Andrea di Robilant
‘A saga that grips and enthrals from start to finish.’ The Sunday Times Andrea di Robilant is the author of A Venetian Affair, Lucia, Irresistible North and Chasing the Rose. He lives in Rome.
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Business 01 August 2019 • Paperback • £8.99 198 x 129 • 272pp • 9781786493941 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: AU, E, SL e-book • 9781786493958
History 01 August 2019 • Paperback • £9.99 198 x 129 • 368pp • 9781782399407 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: AU, E, SL e-book • 9781782399391
Am I Dreaming? Adventures at the Edge of Consciousness
James Kingsland A groundbreaking new theory of neuroscience, informed by a mind-bending journey through the world of mindfulness, dreams, hallucinations and hypnosis. When a computer goes wrong, we are told to turn it off and on again. In Am I Dreaming?, science journalist James Kingsland reveals how the human brain is remarkably similar. By rebooting our hard-wired patterns of thinking – through so-called ‘altered states of consciousness’ – we can gain new perspectives into ourselves and the world around us. From shamans in Peru to tech workers in Silicon Valley, Kingsland provides a fascinating tour through lucid dreams, mindfulness, hypnotic trances, virtual reality and druginduced hallucinations. An eye-opening insight into perception and consciousness, this is also a provocative argument for how altered states can significantly boost our mental health. Praise for Siddhartha’s Brain:
James Kingsland is a science journalist with more than 25 years’ experience working for publications including New Scientist and Nature. Most recently he was a science editor for the Guardian. He is the author of Siddhartha’s Brain: Unlocking the Ancient Science of Enlightenment.
‘A pleasure to read…’ Washington Times ‘A fascinating exploration of the neuroscience behind meditation.’ Publishers Weekly
AUGUST Popular Science 01 August 2019 Hardback • £14.99 216 x 138 • 256pp 9781786495501 Territories: World English Language Rights: AU, E, SL, US
e-book • 9781786495525 Export Edition • £14.99 Trade Paperback • 256pp 9781786495518
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Fifty Years On From Barricades to Brexit: What’s Wrong with Northern Ireland?
Malachi O’Doherty An evocative memoir that explores the Troubles in Northern Ireland and their legacy, published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the violence. August 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of an eruption of armed violence that traumatized Northern Ireland and transformed a period of street protests over civil rights into decades of paramilitary warfare by republicans and loyalists. Looking back over the past 50 years, Malachi O’Doherty recounts his experiences of living through the Troubles and compares and contrasts an era that produced violent trauma with Northern Ireland today, which experiences more street protests than in the past and has a reformed policing culture, yet has a stalled politics, Brexit looming and is going through a demographic change that will do away with the Protestant majority. Praise for Gerry Adams: An Unauthorised Life:
Malachi O’Doherty is a writer and broadcaster based in Belfast. He is a regular contributor to the Belfast Telegraph and to several BBC radio programmes. He covered the Troubles and the peace process as a journalist and has written for the Irish Times, New Statesman, the Scotsman and the Guardian.
‘An honest, intelligent biography...’ The Times ‘Very important... It’s much the best thing to be written about Adams.’ Fintan O’Toole
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British and Irish History 01 August 2019 Trade Paperback • £14.99 234 x 156 • 256pp 9781786496645 Territories: World English Language Rights: AU, E, SL, US
e-book • 9781786496652
New World, Inc. The Story of the British Empire’s Most Successful Start-Up
John Butman and Simon Targett The thrilling story of the English merchant adventurers who changed the world. In the mid-sixteenth century, England was a relatively insignificant kingdom on the periphery of Europe which had begun to face a daunting array of social, commercial and political problems. Struggling with a single export – woollen cloth – a group of merchants formed arguably the world’s first joint-stock company and set out to seek new markets and trading partners. It was a venture that relied on the very latest sciencific innovations and required an extraordinary appetite for risk. At first they headed east, and dreamed of Cathay, with its silks and exotic luxuries. Eventually, they turned west, and so began a new chapter in history. Based on archival research, New World, Inc. draws a portrait of life in London, on the Atlantic and across the New World, and reveals how profit-hungry business people transformed England into a world power. ‘Part business history, part swashbuckling adventurer’s tale… A fascinating read.’
John Butman is an author, editor and collaborative writer whose work has been featured in the New York Times and the Economist. His books include Trading Up and Breaking Out. Dr Simon Targett is a writer, historian and media consultant. He holds a PhD in history from Cambridge and is an awardwinning journalist.
Larrie D. Ferreiro, author of Brothers At Arms
AUGUST History 01 August 2019 • Paperback • £10.99 198 x 129 • 432pp • 9781786495495 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: AU, E, SL e-book • 9781786495488
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Prince Albert The Man Who Saved the Monarchy
A.N. Wilson The magnificent and definitive biography of Prince Albert, by the author of Victoria: A Life. In a gripping narrative, A.N. Wilson reveals Prince Albert to be a man of prodigious gifts. Not only was he politically astute, he had administrative qualities which could have made him a great general. He was scientifically informed. He understood, and was enthused by, modern technology. He was a knowledgeable art collector. He was a musician and composer. He was the father of a family. Using contemporary accounts and documents, Wilson argues that the success story of the British royal family can be laid at his door and explains how, between them, Victoria and Albert rescued the monarchy from grave crisis and established the kind of country Britain would become over the next century. Praise for Victoria: A Life: ‘Subtle, thoughtful... a shimmering and rather wonderful biography.’ Kathryn Hughes, Guardian
A.N. Wilson grew up in Staffordshire and was educated at Rugby and New College, Oxford. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he holds a prominent position in the world of literature and journalism. He is a prolific and award-winning biographer and celebrated novelist. He lives in North London.
‘This superb revisionist biography is the book that he was born to write… Funny, insightful, original and authoritative.’ Jane Ridley, Spectator
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History 29 August 2019 Hardback • £25.00 234 x 156 • 432pp 9781782398318 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: AU, E, SL
e-book • 9781782398325
The Face Pressed Against a Window
The Perils of Perception
A Memoir
Why We’re Wrong About Nearly Everything
Tim Waterstone An evocative and candid memoir that charts the key moments in the life of Britain’s most successful bookseller. Tim Waterstone is one of our most celebrated business leaders, having built the Waterstones empire that started with one small bookshop in 1982. In this charming memoir, he brings to life the childhood experiences that led him to become an entrepreneur and outlines the business philosophy that allowed Waterstones to dominate the high street.
Tim Waterstone established the bookselling chain Waterstones in 1982. In 2018 he was knighted for services to bookselling and charity.
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Bobby Duffy A revelatory exploration of our ignorance – informed by several exclusive studies across over 40 countries. No matter how educated you are, this book suggests you are likely to be very wrong indeed about the world around us. Informed by exclusive research by polling firm Ipsos, it will transform the way you engage with the world.
‘Mandatory reading. This mind-altering book shows how most of us are badly deluded about the state of the world.’ Steven Pinker Bobby Duffy is Director of the Policy Institute at King’s College London and formerly Managing Director of the Ipsos MORI Social Research Institute.
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Memoir 05 September 2019 • Paperback • £9.99 198 x 129 • 336pp • 9781786496324 Territories: UK & Commonwealth Rights: E, SL e-book • 9781786496317
Psychology 05 September 2019 • Paperback • £8.99 198 x 129 • 304pp • 9781786494580 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: AU, E, SL, T e-book • 9781786494573
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The Prime Ministers Reflections on Leadership
Steve Richards Informed by personal interviews and a distinguished career as a leading political journalist, this is a landmark exploration of the men and women who have led Britain. At a time of unprecedented political upheaval, this magisterial history explains who leads us and why. From Edward Heath to Theresa May, it brilliantly brings to life all nine inhabitants of 10 Downing Street over the past fifty years, vividly outlining their successes and failures – and what made each of them special. Based on unprecedented access and in-depth interviews, as well as more than twenty years reporting from Westminster, Steve Richards expertly examines the men and women who have defined the UK’s role on the world stage. In doing so, he sheds new light on the demands of the highest public office in the land. Praise for The Rise of the Outsiders: ‘There is no more insightful observer of the British scene than this reasoned pundit… [Richards] brilliantly nails it.’ Observer ‘Excellent… An important and insightful account of the current rise of populism.’ Jon Snow
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Politics and Government 05 September 2019 Hardback • £20.00 234 x 156 • 304pp 9781786495877 Territories: UK & Commonwealth Rights: AU, E, SL
e-book • 9781786495891
Steve Richards is a political columnist, journalist and presenter. He regularly presents Week in Westminster on BBC Radio 4 among other programmes on BBC Radio and Television. He writes for several national newspapers, including the Guardian, and was formerly Chief Political Reporter at the Independent and Political Editor at the New Statesman.
The Myths We Live By Adventures in Democracy, Free Speech and Other Liberal Inventions
Peter Cave
In this witty and mischievous book, philosopher Peter Cave dissects today’s most controversial disputes and uses philosophical arguments to reveal that many issues are less straightforward than we’d like to believe. Leaving no sacred cow standing, Cave uses ingenious stories and examples to challenge our most strongly held assumptions. Is democracy inherently a good thing? What is the basis of so-called human rights? Is discrimination always bad? Are we morally obliged to accept refugees? In an age of identity politics and so-called ‘fake news’, this book is an essential resource for reinvigorating genuine public debate – and an entertaining challenge to accepted wisdom. Praise for Peter Cave:
© Andrew West
From immigration to trans rights, discover how philosophy can shine a light on the world’s most divisive issues.
Peter Cave is a lecturer in philosophy for The Open University and a member of the Council of the Royal Institute of Philosophy. He is the author of several philosophy books, including the bestseller Can a Robot Be Human? He regularly appears on TV as a popular philosopher.
‘Britain’s wittiest philosopher.’ Raymond Tallis, bestselling author of The Kingdom of Infinite Space ‘Now we can all be philosophers. Engaging and mentally stimulating.’ New Scientist on Can a Robot Be Human?
SEPTEMBER Social and Political Philosophy 05 September 2019 Hardback • £12.99 198 x 129 • 256pp 9781786495204 Territories: World Rights: AU, E, SL, T, US
e-book • 9781786495211
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Burma: Unfinished Nation A Story of Race, Capitalism, and Democracy in The 21st Century
Thant Myint-U A compelling and timely inside account of the recent crisis in Burma and its troubled journey from dictatorship to democracy. Six years ago, Burma seemed to be in the midst of a miraculous transformation, from the darkest of dictatorships to a peaceful liberal democracy. Yet, today, it stands accused of ethnic cleansing and genocide and the international image of Aung San Suu Kyi appears tarnished beyond repair. Based on in-depth and exclusive interviews with many of those directly involved in the transition from dictatorship, and on his own personal involvement in the peace process, Thant Myint-U reveals what has really taken place in Burma this century and how the truth is far more interesting, and far more complex, than the simple morality tales that are usually told. Praise for Where China Meets India: ‘Confident and enthralling.’ John Keay, Literary
Thant Myint-U is a historian, writer, a past fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, a former adviser to the President of Myanmar and the founder and chairman of the Yangon Heritage Trust. He is the author of four books, including The River of Lost Footsteps and Where China Meets India.
Review ‘Thant writes compellingly... the book possesses a heartfelt and welcome optimism.’ Siddhartha Deb, Guardian
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History 05 September 2019 Hardback • £17.99 234 x 156 • 304pp 9781786497871 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can, India Rights: AU, E, SL
e-book • 9781786497895 Export Edition • £14.99 Trade Paperback • 304pp 9781786497888
Attlee and Churchill Allies in War, Adversaries in Peace
Leo McKinstry A sweeping and revealing portrait of two of the greatest British political leaders by a prize-winning historian. Throughout history there have been many long-running rivalries between party leaders, but there has never been a connection like that between Attlee and Churchill. Brought together in the epoch-making circumstances of the Second World War, they forged a heroic partnership until 1945 before becoming opponents for a decade after the conflict. In this groundbreaking book, Leo McKinstry follows their careers as they dominated the political landscape of the mid-twentieth century. In a gripping narrative he not only provides a host of fresh insights into these two political titans but also tells anew the story of one of the most vibrant, traumatic and inspiring eras in modern British history. Praise for Operation Sea Lion: ‘[A] fascinating, original study.’ Daily Mail ‘Superbly written and gripping.’ Daily Express
SEPTEMBER OCTOBER History 03 October 2019 Hardback • £25.00 234 x 156 • 432pp 9781848876606 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: AU, E, SL, US
Leo McKinstry is a first-class historian of the Second World War and author of Spitfire, Hurricane, Lancaster and Operation Sea Lion. He writes regularly for the Daily Mail, Daily Express, Daily Telegraph and Spectator. Born in Belfast, he was educated in Ireland and at Cambridge University.
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Hollywood Wants to Kill You The Peculiar Science of Death – As Told Through the Movies
Rick Edwards and Dr Michael Brooks The hilarious new popular science book from the bestselling authors of the Sunday Times Book of the Year, Science(ish). With all the intelligence and irreverence they brought to Science(ish), Rick Edwards and Dr Michael Brooks return to tackle the science of death and mass destruction – once again explored through our biggest Hollywood blockbusters. From Armageddon to Dr Strangelove and The Road to Terminator, Edwards and Brooks touch on everything from astrophysics to AI, with hilarious and captivating consequences. Packed with illustrations, fascinating facts and numerous spoilers, Hollywood Wants to Kill You is the perfect way to explore the science of our inevitable demise. Praise for Science(ish): ‘Bright, nerdy and funny! Of course I loved it.’ Dara Ó Briain ‘Deeply funny, academically accomplished, and unfalteringly engaging.’ Ben Miller
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Popular Science 03 October 2019 Hardback • £12.99 210 x 148 • 304pp 9781786496928 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: AU, E, SL
e-book • 9781786496942
Rick Edwards is a writer, television presenter and the host of BBC 1’s quiz !mpossible. He has a Natural Sciences degree from Cambridge but only dimly recalls it. Michael Brooks is an author, journalist, and consultant for New Scientist. He is the author of the international bestseller 13 Things That Don’t Make Sense.
Survive. Drive. Win. The Inside Story of Formula One’s Most Incredible Season
Nick Fry with Ed Gorman The extraordinary story of Brawn GP’s shock 2009 F1 championship win by the former team CEO. For the first time, Nick Fry, the former CEO of Honda Racing F1 Team, Brawn GP and Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One team, reveals the inside story of the astonishing Brawn GP championship win in 2009 with Jenson Button. This is the full account of how the team was saved from disintegration when Honda suddenly pulled out of Formula One; the management buy-out for £1.00; and its subsequent sale to Mercedes for £140 million. As CEO, Nick Fry was in the driving seat for one of the most incredible journeys in the history of motorsport. Here, he gives an up-close-and-personal account of how he and Ross Brawn turned disaster into championship glory, and offers a unique and thrilling perspective on an elite global sport.
Nick Fry was appointed the managing director of the BAR Formula One team in 2002. When Honda pulled out of F1 in 2008, Fry led a management buy-out, becoming CEO of the Brawn GP team. After the sale of the team to Mercedes he became CEO of Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One team before leaving in 2013. Ed Gorman is a career journalist with The Times. He has worked as a war and foreign correspondent, and, as motor racing correspondent, he attended 60 consecutive F1 races between 2006–09. In 2017 he published a memoir, Death of a Translator.
OCTOBER Sport 17 October 2019 Hardback • £20.00 234 x 156 • 352pp 9781786498908 Territories: World English Language Rights: AU, E, SL, US
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Million Dollar Maths
Memento Mori
The Secret Maths of Becoming Rich (or Poor)
What the Romans Can Tell Us About Old Age and Death
Hugh Barker
Peter Jones
A fun guide to enable you to use maths for your own financial gain.
A revealing and entertaining guide to how the Romans confronted their own mortality and the problems of old age.
From making the most of special offers to utilizing the power of exponential growth in your investments; from the art of card counting to inventing the next Google, Million Dollar Maths is the essential primer to how maths and finance intersect.
‘Great fun… Clear, original and highly readable.’ Professor Ian Stewart, author of Significant Figures
‘Fascinating… It is learned but an easy read, a rare combination.’ Daily Telegraph
Hugh Barker was accepted to study maths at Cambridge University aged sixteen and has edited several successful popular maths books.
Peter Jones is the author of Veni, Vidi, Vici, Eureka! and Quid Pro Quo. He writes a regular column, ‘Ancient & Modern’, for the Spectator.
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From the elites’ philosophical take on the brevity of life to the epitaphs left by butchers, bakers and buffoons, Memento Mori (‘Remember you die’) shows how the Romans faced up to the world and attempted to take the sting out of death.
Mathematics 03 October 2019 • Paperback • £8.99 198 x 129 • 320pp • 9781786493248 Territories: World Rights: AU, E, SL, T, US e-book • 9781786493231
NOVEMBER History 07 November 2019 • Paperback • £8.99 198 x 129 • 224pp • 9781786494825 Territories: World Rights: AU, E, SL, T, US e-book • 9781786494818
Autopia The Future of Cars
Jon Bentley The perfect gift for motoring and technology enthusiasts – a guide to the history and future of cars. Cars are one of the most significant human creations. They changed our cities. They changed our lives. They changed everything. But in the next thirty years, they will change enormously themselves. If Google get their way, will we all be ferried around in tiny electric bubble-cars? Or will we watch robots race a bionic Lewis Hamilton? And what about the future of classic cars? In Autopia, TV presenter and journalist Jon Bentley celebrates motoring’s rich heritage and meets the engineers (and coders) who are transforming cars forever. From mobile hotel rooms to electric battery technology, from hydrogen-powered cars to jetpacks, Autopia is the essential guide to the future of our greatest invention. Fully designed with illustrations and photographs, this will be the perfect Christmas gift for car and technology enthusiasts everywhere.
Jon Bentley is a presenter on Channel 5’s The Gadget Show. He was formerly producer and executive producer of Top Gear, helping to launch the TV career of Jeremy Clarkson. He is a car enthusiast and writes regular columns for Classic Car Weekly.
NOVEMBER Cars 07 November 2019 Hardback • £14.99 210 x 148 • 304pp 9781786496348 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: AU, E, SL
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Britain by Numbers A Visual Exploration of People and Place
Stuart Newman A stunning, compelling and eye-opening illustrated guide to the way we live in Britain today. How much more do we drink than we should? Why do immigrants come here? How have house prices changed in the past decade? What do we spend our money on? Britain by Numbers answers all these questions and more, vividly bringing our nation to life in new and unexpected ways by showing who lives here, where we work, who we marry, what crimes we commit and much else besides. Beautifully designed and illustrated throughout, Britain by Numbers takes the reader on a fascinating journey up and down the land, enriching their understanding of a complex – and contradictory – country.
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Social Science 07 November 2019 Hardback • £25.00 246 x 189 • 224pp 9781786496454 Territories: World Rights: AU, E, SL, T, US
e-book • 9781786496461
Stuart Newman is an Economic Advisor at the Office for National Statistics. He has worked with economic data at the Office for National Statistics for the past four years and has an insider’s view on data collection, how it’s compiled and what it is actually telling us. Stuart has an MSc in Applied Economics from the University of Strathclyde.
Puzzles From the Sphinx to Sudoku
William Hartston A mindbending history of the greatest puzzles of all time, by the author of The Things That Nobody Knows. From ancient riddles to modern Sudoku, people have been fascinated by puzzles. Whether they are seen as a glorious waste of time, a harmless way to spend a train journey or a valuable way of exercising the mind, the lure of puzzles has been irresistible. By using hundreds of examples of the most mindbending, the most challenging, the most satisfying, or simply the most humorous of puzzles throughout the ages, William Hartston traces the development of brainteasers of all varieties and the increasing ingenuity of puzzle setters from ancient civilizations to modern puzzle crazes.
William Hartston is a Cambridgeeducated mathematician, an international chess master and the author of The Things That Nobody Knows and Even More Praise for The Things That Nobody Knows: Things That Nobody Knows. He now ‘Highly enjoyable... Captivating and writes the off-beat Beachcomber inspiring.’ New Scientist column for the Daily Express and is a viewer on Channel 4’s ‘Properly researched, and the elegance of its popGogglebox. cosmology or pop-biology mini-narratives rivals
that of many specialists.’ Guardian
NOVEMBER Puzzles and Quizzes 07 November 2019 Hardback • £14.99 216 x 138 • 352pp 9781786494269 Territories: World Rights: AU, E, SL, T, US
e-book • 9781786494283 Export Edition • £12.99 Trade Paperback • 352pp 9781786494276
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Sloths!
It’s All a Game
A Celebration of the World’s Most Maligned Mammal
A Short History of Board Games
William Hartston A wonderfully entertaining look at that most unique of creatures: the sloth.
This cheeky but nostalgic look at the history of board games is the perfect Christmas gift.
From the prehistoric ground sloth to modern pygmy sloths in Panama, William Hartston wittily reveals the fascinating history of this singular creature, exploring the science of sloths and revealing the truth behind their behaviour.
Board games have been with us longer than the written word – but why do they still captivate us today? Covering all our favourites, games expert Tristan Donovan traces their evolution across continents, cultures and history to find out.
‘Fascinating… Hartston writes all this with his customary wit and an obvious joy in discovery.’ Daily Mail
‘A wonderfully entertaining trip around the board, through 4,000 years of game history.’ Wall Street Journal
William Hartston is the author of The Things That Nobody Knows and Even More Things That Nobody Knows. He is also one of the viewers on Channel 4’s Gogglebox.
Tristan Donovan is a journalist whose work has appeared on the BBC and in The Times. He is the author of three previous books.
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Animals 07 November 2019 • Paperback • £9.99 198 x 129 • 208pp • 9781786494252 Territories: World Rights: AU, E, SL, T, US e-book • 9781786494245
NOVEMBER Social and Cultural History 07 November 2019 • Paperback • £8.99 198 x 129 • 336pp • 9781786494542 Territories: UK, C/Wealth ex Can, SA Rights: E, SL e-book • 9781786494559
The Journey Matters Twentieth-Century Travel in True Style
Jonathan Glancey A celebration of some of the most inspiring journeys once available by rail, road, sea and air by the bestselling author of Spitfire. What was it really like to take the blue and silver LMS Coronation Scot streamliner from Euston to Glasgow, to cross the Atlantic on board the SS Normandie, to fly with Imperial Airways from Southampton to Singapore, or to dine and sleep aboard the Graf Zeppelin? Jonathan Glancey travels from the early 1930s to the turn of the twenty-first century, taking the reader on twenty timetabled journeys he considers to be among the most truly glamorous and romantic trips he has dreamed of or made in real life. Each is the story of the machines of particular decades that made these journeys possible, of those who shaped them and those, too, who travelled on them.
Jonathan Glancey is well known as an architecture and design writer, journalist and broadcaster. His books include Concorde, Harrier, Giants of Steam and the bestselling Spitfire: The Biography.
Praise for Concorde: ‘A thoughtful hymn to a great symbol of the analogue age.’ The Times ‘The lucidity of his prose makes his complex subject clearly comprehensible.’ Spectator
NOVEMBER Transport 07 November 2019 Hardback • £20.00 234 x 156 • 384pp 9781786494160 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: E
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Vox Populi Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Classical World But Were Afraid To Ask
Peter Jones A witty and engaging beginner’s guide to the Classics, by the author of Veni, Vidi, Vici and Eureka! In this compelling tour of the classical world, Peter Jones reveals how it is the power, scope and fascination of their ideas that makes the Ancient Greeks and Romans so important and influential. For over 2,000 years these ideas have gripped Western imagination and been instrumental in the way we think about the world. Covering everything from philosophy, history and architecture to language and grammar, Jones uncovers their astonishing intellectual, political and literary achievements. First published twenty years ago, this updated and revised edition is a must-read for anyone who wishes to know more about the Classics. ‘Well-argued and engaging.’ Mary Beard, TLS ‘If this book doesn’t encourage a rebirth in interest in the Classics, nothing will.’ Contemporary Review
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History 07 November 2019 Hardback • £12.99 216 x 138 • 224pp 9781786498953 Territories: World Rights: AU, E, SL, T, US
e-book • 9781786498939
Peter Jones was educated at Cambridge University and taught Classics at Cambridge and at Newcastle University. He has written a regular column, ‘Ancient & Modern’, in the Spectator for many years and is the author of various books on the Classics, including Veni, Vidi, Vici, Eureka!, Quid Pro Quo and Memento Mori.
Corvus Corvus is Atlantic Books’ home of commercial fiction, bringing popular authors and gripping stories to voracious readers everywhere. Our Summer/Autumn 2019 season includes a stunning new novel from the bestselling author Elizabeth Buchan, immersive new fiction from Catherine Ryan Howard, Eithne Shortall and Paddy Hirsch, and two brilliant new series from Scandi-crime master Anne Holt and historical novelist C.S. Quinn.
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A Grave for Two Anne Holt Translator: Anne Bruce The first instalment in bestselling Scandi novelist Anne Holt’s new crime series featuring lawyer Selma Falck. Selma Falck’s personal life and career as a lawyer have hit rock bottom. That is until Hege Morell – Norway’s best female skier – approaches her, desperate to overturn a doping charge. With two months to the Winter Olympics, Selma faces the impossible task of clearing Morell’s name. However, when a male skier is found dead after a training accident, it becomes clear that there is something more serious at risk. Encountering corruption, hidden enmity and shady connections, the pattern of recent crimes and ancient sins becomes undeniable. As Selma races against time, she realizes more lives are at stake... Praise for Anne Holt: ‘Lively, unusual and persuasive. Holt writes with the command we have come to expect from the
Anne Holt is Norway’s bestselling female crime writer. She spent two years working for the Oslo Police Department before founding her own law firm and serving as Norway’s Minister for Justice between 1996 and 1997. She is published in 30 languages with over seven million copies of her books sold.
top Scandinavian writers.’ The Times ‘Step aside, Stieg Larsson, Holt is the queen of Scandinavian crime thrillers.’ Red
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Thriller and Suspense 04 July 2019 Hardback • £17.99 234 x 156 • 464pp 9781786498694 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: AU, E, SL
e-book • 9781786498526 Export Edition • £12.99 Trade Paperback • 464pp 9781786498502
Hudson’s Kill The Lawless New York series
Paddy Hirsch The fantastic follow-up novel to The Devil’s Half Mile, for fans of The Alienist and Gangs of New York. New York, 1803. The expanding city is rife with tension and simmering violence as gangs fight for control. When a young girl is found brutally murdered, Marshal Justy Flanagan must find the killer before a mob takes the law into their own hands. Kerry O’Toole, Justy’s friend and ally, decides to pursue her own inquiries into the girl’s murder. Finding their way into a shadowy community on the fringes of the city, Justy and Kerry encounter a treacherous web of political conspiracy and criminal enterprise. As events dangerously escalate, they must save not only the city, but also themselves... Praise for The Devil’s Half Mile: ‘A meticulously researched historical thriller... I will impatiently await the sequel.’ Patrick Taylor ‘Fascinating.’ The Times
Paddy Hirsch was sponsored at the University of Warwick by the Royal Marines, and trained as an officer after graduating. Paddy left the Corps to follow a career in print journalism, before moving to work in digital journalism. Paddy currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife.
‘A page-turning historical thriller... A perfect holiday read.’ Irish Independent
JULY Crime and Mystery 04 July 2019 Hardback • £14.99 234 x 156 • 320pp 9781786498151 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: AU, E, SL
e-book • 9781786498175 Export Edition • £12.99 Trade Paperback • 320pp 9781786498168
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Jar of Hearts
Emperor of Rome
Jennifer Hillier
The Vespasian series
‘Suspenseful, gritty and utterly unforgettable.’ Riley Sager, author of Final Girls Five years ago, Geo’s first love was revealed as a terrifying serial killer. But he escaped custody and went on the run. Now, bodies have started turning up, killed in exactly the same way as before. The message is clear: he’s making his way to her, one murder at a time...
‘A stand-out thriller.’ Lisa Gardner ‘Deliciously engaging.’ Caroline Kepnes ‘A smart, edgy thriller.’ Lisa Unger Jennifer Hillier lives in Canada and is the author of four previous thrillers, including Creep.
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Robert Fabbri The final, thrilling instalment in the epic Vespasian series from the bestselling author, Robert Fabbri. Rome, AD 68. Mad Emperor Nero has committed suicide, catapulting Rome into political turmoil. Vespasian’s brother, caught between warring factions, must rely on wit alone to ensure his family’s safety, until Vespasian, away campaigning, can make it home to his rightful destiny…
Praise for the Vespasian series: ‘Shockingly good.’ Sunday Sport Robert Fabbri read Drama and Theatre at London University. He lives in London and Berlin.
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Thriller and Suspense 18 July 2019 • Paperback • £7.99 198 x 129 • 320pp • 9781786495167 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: AU, E, SL e-book • 9781786495150
Historical Fiction 01 August 2019 • Paperback • £8.99 198 x 129 • 352pp • 9781782397106 Territories: World English Language Rights: AU, E, SL e-book • 9781782397113
One Year Later Sanjida Kay An atmospheric and devastating domestic thriller about one awful secret that will tear a family apart. Since Amy’s daughter died in a terrible accident, her family has been beset by grief. So as the first anniversary of her death approaches, they decide to take a holiday to mend their wounds. An idyllic island in Italy seems the perfect place for them all to heal and grow. But no sooner have they arrived than they discover nothing is quite as it seems – danger is lurking everywhere. As the anniversary of the little girl’s death looms and things start to go wrong, shocking new details emerge that threaten to tear the family apart forever. Praise for My Mother’s Secret: ‘A gripping page-turner.’ Catherine Ryan
Sanjida Kay is a writer and broadcaster. She lives in Bristol with her daughter and husband.
Howard ‘Twisty, tense and chilling. Brilliant!’ Sam Carrington ‘Sanjida has nailed it again. A claustrophobic, unpredictable thriller... You’ll be holding your breath until the last page.’ Jack Jordan
AUGUST Modern and Contemporary Fiction 01 August 2019 Paperback Original • £7.99 198 x 129 • 400pp 9781786492555 Territories: World English Language Rights: AU, E, SL, T, US
e-book • 9781786492562 Export Edition • £12.99 Trade Paperback • 400pp 9781786498793
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The Bastille Spy The Revolution Spy Series
C.S. Quinn The start of a sumptuous historical crime series for fans of C.J. Sansom and Rory Clements, from e-book sensation C.S. Quinn. England’s best spy. France’s deadliest prison. Paris, 1789. English spy Attica Morgan has earned acclaim with an underground network. But when she’s given a new assignment in Paris, investigating the murder of a rebel in the Bastille, that notorious prison of no return, her instinct is to run. With France on the cusp of a bloody revolution, Attica soon realizes her mission is a great deal deadlier than she bargained for. A mythic treasure has vanished, a strange man named Robespierre wants her dead, and on the city streets, all hell is about to break loose... Praise for C.S. Quinn: ‘Quinn is a brilliant new talent!’ Peter James ‘Sharp, atmospheric and sumptuous.’ Simon Toyne ‘A gripping and unforgettable read.’ Louise Voss
C.S. Quinn is a travel journalist for The Times, Guardian and Mirror, alongside many magazines. She also won prestigious postgraduate funding for historic research from the British Arts Council. Quinn combined historical research with first-hand experiences in far-flung places to create her bestselling The Thief Taker’s London series.
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Historical Fiction 01 August 2019 Hardback • £14.99 234 x 156 • 304pp 9781786498427 Territories: World Rights: AU, E, SL, T, US
e-book • 9781786498441 Export Edition • £12.99 Trade Paperback • 304pp 9781786498458
Rewind Catherine Ryan Howard Psycho meets Fatal Attraction in this explosive story from the bestselling author of Distress Signals and The Liar’s Girl. PLAY: Andrew, manager of Shanamore Holiday Cottages, watches his only guest via a hidden camera. But one horrifying night a shadowy figure emerges, kills her and destroys the camera. Who is the murderer? How did they know about the camera? What should Andrew do? PAUSE: Natalie wishes she’d stayed at home as soon as she arrives in wintry, isolated Shanamore. She wants to leave, but first she has to find what she’s looking for... REWIND: You’ve missed the start. To get the full explosive picture, rewind the tape and play it through to the end, no matter how shocking... Praise for The Liar’s Girl: ‘Tightly plotted and crackles with suspense.’ Ali Land ‘Gripping.’ Elizabeth Haynes
Catherine Ryan Howard was born in Cork, Ireland. She has a BA in English from Trinity College Dublin. Her debut novel Distress Signals was shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey/New Blood Dagger 2017 and the IBA Crime Novel of the Year 2016. Her second novel, The Liar’s Girl, was published in 2018.
‘Incredibly pacey.’ Sinead Crowley ‘A creepy, claustrophobic tale that never lets up on the tension.’ Caz Frear
SEPTEMBER Thriller and Suspense 05 September 2019 Trade Paperback • £12.99 234 x 156 • 304pp 9781786496560 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: AU, E, SL
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The Museum of Broken Promises Elizabeth Buchan The stunning new novel from bestselling Elizabeth Buchan. A beautiful love story and a heart-breaking reveal of Europe’s hidden dark moments. Paris, today. Every object in The Museum of Broken Promises has been donated – a cake tin, a wedding veil, a baby’s shoe. Each represent a moment of grief or terrible betrayal. Laure, the owner and curator, has hidden artefacts from her own painful youth amongst the objects on display. Prague, 1985: Laure flees to Prague. But life behind the Iron Curtain is complex: drab and grey yet charged with danger. But then she meets a young dissident musician. Her love for him will have terrible and unforeseen consequences. It is only years later, through the museum, that she can finally face up to the past. Praise for Elizabeth Buchan: ‘A truly wonderful writer. Her books are rich with authentic period detail and her characters are vivid and intensely believable.’ Peter James
Elizabeth Buchan is a bestselling, prizewinning novelist, reviewer, journalist and literary prize judge, a patron of the Guildford Book Festival and National Academy of Writing, and is on the author committee for The Reading Agency. Her books include Consider the Lily, Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman and The New Mrs Clifton.
‘Buchan has a gift for understanding the complexity and ambiguity of human emotions.’ Elizabeth Fremantle
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Modern and Contemporary Fiction 05 September 2019 Hardback • £14.99 234 x 156 • 336pp 9781786495280 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: AU, E, SL
e-book • 9781786495297 Export Edition • £12.99 Trade Paperback • 336pp 9781786495303
The Silver Road
North
Stina Jackson
Frank Owen
Translated by Susan Beard A chilling and atmospheric debut about a father in search of his missing girl. Lelle’s daughter is missing. He spends his nights driving the Silver Road looking for her. Meja arrives in town in search of a new life. But dangers are lurking unseen… As Lelle and Meja’s lives intertwine, their fates are soon altered forever.
A stunning high-concept postapocalyptic tale in the vein of Justin Cronin’s The Passage. The USA has been ravaged by Civil War. Both North and South remain at the mercy of the vicious Northern dictator, Renard. Two survivors, Dyce and Vida, find themselves on a deadly pursuit; to eliminate Renard himself. But at what cost...?
Praise for South: ‘A haunting, intoxicating atmosphere throughout… A great read.’ Ali Land
‘Dark, beautiful and surprising. I loved it.’ Lauren Beukes
‘A stunning read. Beautifully written and utterly haunting.’ Jo Spain
‘An absolute blinder of a book.’ Sarah Lotz
Stina Jackson was raised in northern Sweden and lives in Denver, Colorado. The Silver Road is her debut novel.
Frank Owen is the pseudonym for prizewinning author Diane Awerbuck (Gardening At Night) and award-winning writer and illustrator Alex Latimer.
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Thriller and Suspense 05 September 2019 • Paperback • £7.99 198 x 129 • 352pp • 9781786497338 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: AU, E, SL, US e-book • 9781786497314
Science Fiction 03 October 2019 • Paperback • £7.99 198 x 129 • 384pp • 9781782399025 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: E, SL e-book • 9781782399018
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A Ration Book Childhood Jean Fullerton In the darkest days of the Blitz, family is more important than ever. With her family struggling amidst the nightly bombing raids in London’s East End, and rationing more challenging than ever, Ida Brogan is doing her very best to keep their spirits up. When Ida’s oldest friend Ellen returns to town, in dire need of help, it is to Ida that she turns. But Ellen carries a secret, one that threatens the entire foundation of the Brogan family. Can Ida forgive her friend? And can she overcome her sadness to find a place in her heart for a little boy who will need a mother more than ever in these dark times? Praise for A Ration Book Christmas: ‘A lovely, fascinating, proper treat… It’s food for the soul, simply deliciously readable and enjoyable.’ Liz Robinson, LoveReading ‘A real page-turner with larger-than-life characters and convincing period detail.’ Daily Express
Jean Fullerton is the author of thirteen historical novels and two novellas. She is a qualified District and Queen’s nurse who has spent most of her working life in the East End of London. She also spent twelve years lecturing on community nursing studies at a London university. She now writes full time.
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Historical Fiction 03 October 2019 Paperback Original • £7.99 198 x 129 • 400pp 9781786496072 Territories: World English Language Rights: AU, E, SL, T, US
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Behind Every Door Eithne Shortall A poignant, funny and uplifting story of the inhabitants of one Irish street, from the bestselling author of Love in Row 27 and Grace After Henry. You can choose your friends; you can leave a relationship… but you can’t get away from your neighbours. Martha Rigby moved her family to Dublin in mysterious circumstances. Once assured and in charge, she’s a shell of her former self. Robin Dwyer is back living at her parents’, vowing her volatile relationship is finally over. Edie Rice has everything. Apart from a baby. And how is she to get close to that, when her husband can’t commit? All three women find themselves living on Pine Road, and are about to know each other a lot better. Whether they like it or not… Praise for Grace After Henry: ‘An emotional rollercoaster of the very best kind… simply wonderful.’ Chrissie Manby ‘So moving – but also witty and well written. I loved it.’ Louise O’Neill
Eithne Shortall is the Sunday Times Ireland’s chief arts writer. Her debut, Love in Row 27, was an Irish bestseller and her follow‑up, Grace After Henry, was winner of the Big Book Awards Best Page Turner in 2018, and was shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards and Big Hearst Book Awards.
‘Satisfying and warm, written with humour and heart.’ Sheila O’Flanagan
OCTOBER Modern and Contemporary Fiction 03 October 2019 Trade Paperback • £12.99 234 x 156 • 304pp 9781786496195 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: AU, E, SL
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For the Hell of It A Merrily Watkins mystery
Phil Rickman A chilling and transfixing new Merrily Watkins mystery ideal for fans of John Connolly, Sharon Bolton and Midsomer Murders. Years ago, student David Vaynor walked poet William Wordsworth’s secluded route from Salisbury Plain up into the Wye Valley. He still can’t explain what happened to him there. Now back, as a police detective investigating a murder, he finds that it’s far from easy to escape the past. Meanwhile, Merrily Watkins, diocesan exorcist for Hereford, is warned that she may not keep her job for very long. Risking her future, Merrily helps Vaynor uncover the secrets carried through a haunted landscape by Britain’s most revered river. For behind the scenic beauty are elements that, as Wordsworth wrote, ‘promote ill purposes and flatter foul desires…’ Praise for the Merrily Watkins series:
Phil Rickman lives on the Welsh border where he writes and presents the book programme Phil the Shelf on BBC Radio Wales. He is the hugely popular author of the Merrily Watkins series and the John Dee papers.
‘No one writes better of the shadow-frontier between the supernatural and the real world.’ Bernard Cornwell ‘Ancient history, violent deaths, feuds, intrigues and murder. A most original sleuth.’ The Times
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Crime & Mystery 30 October 2019 Hardback • £18.99 234 x 156 • 400pp 9781786494597 Territories: World English Language Rights: E, SL, US
e-book • 9781786494603
A Burning Sea The Wanderer Chronicles
Theodore Brun A brilliantly conceived Viking epic. Bernard Cornwell meets George R.R. Martin in this ambitious, masterful series. Erlan Aurvandil’s perilous journey to the greatest city in the world, Constantinople, ends with his brutal betrayal. Captured, he is enslaved by a powerful Byzantine general. Lilla Sviggarsdottir, Queen of Svealand, has lost her husband and with him, her father’s kingdom. Her life in danger, Lilla escapes to find Erlan, following him to Constantinople. But corruption infests the city, and a dark tide is rising against the Emperor. As the whispers of war begin to strengthen, Erlan’s fate becomes intertwined with that of the city. Are they both doomed to fall, or can freedom be won in the blood of battle? Praise for A Mighty Dawn: ‘A tremendous tale.’ Giles Kristian
Theodore Brun studied Dark Age Archaeology at Cambridge. In 2010, he quit his job as an arbitration lawyer in Hong Kong and cycled 10,000 miles across Asia and Europe to his home in Norfolk. A Burning Sea is his third novel.
‘A masterly debut... If Bernard Cornwell and George R.R. Martin had a lovechild, it would look like A Mighty Dawn.’ Antonia Senior
NOVEMBER Historical Fiction 07 November 2019 Hardback • £17.99 234 x 156 • 496pp 9781786496157 Territories: World English Language Rights: AU, E, SL, US
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How to Play Dead Jacqueline Ward A thrilling novel about four women, and the lives they must keep hidden to stay safe… She’s watching over them. And he’s watching her… Ria Taylor is everything to everyone. Wife and mother, the centre of her family. And the manager of a refuge for women whose partners have driven them out of their own homes. But one night, with her husband away, Ria receives a terrifyingly sinister message. Someone is watching her. Someone who seems to know everything about her. She knows what she should do – seek help, just like she tells her clients to. But Ria is the help. And the problem is, it could be anyone… Praise for Perfect Ten: ‘Hugely engrossing - a dark delight.’ Catherine Ryan Howard ‘Compelling... Wildly entertaining.’ Daily Mail
Jacqueline Ward is a Chartered Psychologist and scientist working in high hazard safety, holds a PhD which explored the stories we use in everyday life to construct our identities, and in 2013 received an MBE for services to vulnerable people. She lives in Oldham with her partner and their dog.
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Thriller and Suspense 07 November 2019 Paperback Original • £12.99 198 x 129 • 300pp 9781786493798 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: AU, E, SL
e-book • 9781786493811 Export Edition • £12.99 Trade Paperback • 304pp 9781786493804
The Titanic Sisters Patricia Falvey
Titanic Sisters
A brilliant family saga set in Ireland and America by the e-book bestselling author of The Girls of Ennismore.
Sisters Nora and Delia have been given the chance of a lifetime – to escape their poor Irish farm and travel on the Titanic to a new life in America. Delia is to become a treasured governess for a rich family, while Nora has only a lowly maid’s position. But when disaster strikes, and Delia dies, a small misunderstanding leads to Nora taking Delia’s place as governess. As Nora grows closer to her charge, and the girl’s father, will she be able to reveal the truth to find a chance at happiness? And what will happen when she finds out that Delia is actually alive, and coming to take what is rightfully hers...?
Patricia Falvey One journey will change their lives forever.
Titanic Sisters
Praise for The Girls of Ennismore: ‘An evocative, heartfelt story.’ Kate Kerrigan ‘A definite “must read” for all of us who love
Patricia Falvey was born in County Down, Northern Ireland, emigrating alone to the United States at the age of 20. Patricia still has close family in Ireland and returns often.
sagas.’ BookBag ‘Fans of Downton Abbey will devour this sweeping tale.’ Kristina McMorris
NOVEMBER Historical Fiction 07 November 2019 Paperback Original • £7.99 198 x 129 • 400pp 9781786490643 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: AU, E, SL
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The Serpent’s Mark
The Missing Years
S.W. Perry
Lexie Elliott
The fantastic second novel from the e-book bestselling author of The Angel’s Mark.
A tense and chilling novel, for fans of Clare Mackintosh and Ruth Ware.
London, 1591. Nicholas Shelby, physician and reluctant spy, is drawn into a dangerous world of zealots, charlatans and fanatics. His life increasingly at risk, Nicholas confronts the greatest treason of all: the spectre of a bloody war between the faiths...
Ailsa Calder has inherited half a house in Scotland. The other half belongs to her father, who disappeared 27 years ago. Determined to discover what happened, Ailsa starts to investigate. But the manor’s careless rugged beauty could cost her everything...
Praise for The French Girl: Praise for The Angel’s Mark: ‘Historical fiction at its most sumptuous.’ Rory Clements ‘Wonderful!’ Giles Kristian S.W. Perry was a journalist and broadcaster before retraining as an airline pilot.
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‘Addictive!’ Karen Dionne ‘I was completely captivated from beginning to end.’ Megan Miranda Lexie Elliott grew up in Scotland and went to Oxford University. Her first novel, The French Girl, was published in 2018.
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Historical Fiction 07 November 2019 • Paperback • £8.99 198 x 129 • 432pp • 9781786494986 Territories: World Rights: A, U, E, SL, T, US e-book • 9781786494993
Thriller and Suspense 05 December 2019 • Paperback • £7.99 198 x 129 • 384pp • 9781786495594 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: AU, E, SL e-book • 9781786495587
Grove Press Grove Press is an imprint of the renowned US publisher Grove Atlantic, who publish a boutique selection of their finest fiction and non-fiction into the UK market via Atlantic Books. Highlights from our Summer/ Autumn 2019 season include an exceptional debut novel set in Kashmir from Madhuri Vijay, and a true crime masterpiece from Mark Bowden.
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The Last Stone A Master Class in Criminal Interrogation
Mark Bowden A haunting and gripping account of the skilful work of a cold case team that finally cracked open a decades-old crime. In 1975, at age 23, Mark Bowden was a rookie reporter for a small Maryland newspaper covering the disappearance of young sisters Katherine and Sheila Lyon from a suburban shopping mall. In The Last Stone, Bowden returns to his first major story, taking us behind the scenes of a cold case team’s exceptional interrogation of Lloyd Welch, the man who – nearly 40 years after the crime – quickly became the most likely suspect. Based on extensive interviews and video footage from inside the interrogation room, this is a thrilling and revelatory reconstruction of a masterful investigation. Praise for Hue 1968: ‘A mighty piece of work… Hell, I wish I had written it.’ The Times ‘An extraordinary feat of journalism... Here the best and worst of human behaviour is exposed in
Mark Bowden is the author of thirteen books, including Killing Pablo and Black Hawk Down. He reported at the Philadelphia Inquirer for 20 years and now writes for magazines including the Atlantic and Vanity Fair. His most recent book is Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam.
glaring light.’ Wall Street Journal
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True Crime 04 July 2019 Hardback • £16.99 234 x 156 • 336pp 9781611856316 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: E, SL
e-book • 9781611859140 Export Edition • £14.99 Trade Paperback • 336pp 9781611854862
The Far Field Madhuri Vijay An elegant, epic, exceptionally immersive debut novel that follows one young woman’s search for a lost figure from her childhood. In the wake of her mother’s death, the privileged, restless Shalini leaves Bangalore for a remote village in Kashmir. Certain that the loss of her mother is somehow connected to the disappearance of Bashir Ahmed, a charming salesman who frequented her childhood home, she is determined to find him. But upon her arrival, Shalini is forced to confront Kashmir’s politics, as well as the tangled history of the family that takes her in. And when life in the village becomes volatile, Shalini is forced to make a series of choices that could hold dangerous repercussions for the very people she has come to love. ‘Stunning... Vijay’s remarkable debut novel is an
Madhuri Vijay was born in Bangalore. The Far Field is her first book.
engrossing narrative of individual angst played out against political turmoil.’ Publishers Weekly ‘Few novels generate enough power to transform their characters, fewer still their readers. The Far Field does both.’ Anthony Marra
JULY Modern and Contemporary Fiction 04 July 2019 Hardback • £14.99 234 x 156 • 448pp 9781611856323 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: E, SL
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For All Mankind Harry Hurt III An extraordinary, dramatic history of the first voyages to the moon, updated for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Between 1968 and 1972, 24 men captured the imagination of the world as they voyaged to the moon. In For All Mankind, Harry Hurt III presents a dramatic, engrossing and expansive account of those journeys. Based on extensive research and exclusive interviews, this remains one of the most comprehensive and revealing firsthand accounts of space travel ever assembled. In their own words, the astronauts share the sights, sounds, thoughts, fears, hopes and dreams they experienced during their incredible voyages. Updated with a new introduction by the author, For All Mankind is both an extraordinary adventure story and an important historical document. ‘This stirring volume… presents the reactions
Harry Hurt III is an awardwinning journalist and the author of six non-fiction books. He lives in Sag Harbor, New York.
of the 24 astronauts who have been to the moon. Although some of them, particularly Neil Armstrong, are laconic while others are expansive, the overall effect of these accounts by Buzz Aldrin, Stuart Roosa, Alan Bean and others is high drama.’ Publishers Weekly
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Popular Astronomy 18 July 2019 Paperback Original • £9.99 198 x 129 • 416pp 9781611854794 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: E, SL
e-book • 9781611859102
None of My Business Wine Reads P.J. Explains Money, Banking, Debt, Equity, Assets, Liabilities and Why He’s Not Rich and Neither Are You
P. J. O’Rourke After decades covering war and disaster, P. J. O’Rourke takes on his scariest subject yet: Wall Street.
A Literary Anthology of Wine Writing
Jay McInerney A delectable anthology celebrating the finest writing on wine.
P.J. O’Rourke takes a lifetime’s experience poking fun at terrible things in awful places and applies it to the finance industry. This book reminds us that when everything around us is Liar’s Poker, all we can do is fold – with laughter.
In this richly literary anthology, Jay McInerney – bestselling novelist and acclaimed wine columnist for Town & Country, Wall Street Journal and House and Garden – selects over twenty pieces of memorable fiction and nonfiction about the making, selling and, of course, drinking of fine wine.
Praise for P.J. O’Rourke:
Praise for Jay McInerney:
‘He hasn’t lost his gift for the brutally effective one-liner.’ Guardian
‘One of the most gifted writers of his generation… whatever he does makes fascinating reading.’ Observer
P. J. O’Rourke has written eighteen books on topics including politics, cars, etiquette and economics. He lives in New Hampshire.
Jay McInerney is the author of eight novels, two short story collections and three books on wine. He lives in New York.
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Business and Management 04 July 2019 • Paperback • £9.99 198 x 129 • 240pp • 9781611855005 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: E, SL e-book • 9781611859355
Food and Drink 01 August 2019 • Paperback • £9.99 198 x 129 • 400pp • 9781611854930 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: E, SL e-book • 9781611859317
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El Norte The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanic North America
Carrie Gibson A sweeping saga of Spanish history and influence in North America over five centuries, from the author of Empire’s Crossroads. For reasons of language and history, the United States has prized its Anglo heritage above all others. However, America has much older Spanish roots – ones that have long been unacknowledged or marginalized. The Hispanic past of the United States predates the arrival of the Pilgrims by a century and has been every bit as important in shaping the nation as it exists today. El Norte chronicles the sweeping and dramatic history of Hispanic North America from the arrival of the Spanish in the early 16th century to the present. This stirring and eventful work will have a powerful impact on our perception of the United States. Praise for Empire’s Crossroads: ‘With rare narrative verve and a gift for synthesis, Gibson compresses the islands’ histories into a wide-ranging, vivid narrative.’ Observer ‘[An] epic history of the Caribbean... Vivid and thought-provoking.’ Spectator
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History e-book • 9781611859126 01 August 2019 Hardback • £25.00 234 x 156 • 576pp 9781611856330 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: E, SL
Carrie Gibson is the author of the acclaimed Empire’s Crossroads: A History of the Caribbean From Columbus to the Present Day. She received a PhD from Cambridge University, worked as a journalist for the Guardian and has contributed to other publications, as well as the BBC. She lives in London.
Manson in His Own Words Nuel Emmons A true crime classic, reissued to coincide with the forthcoming Quentin Tarantino film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Charles Manson remains a shocking reminder of our own humanity gone awry. This astonishing book lays bare the life and the mind of a man whose acts left us horrified, providing an enormous amount of information about his existence and how it led to the Tate–LaBianca murders. Manson’s story, distilled from seven years of interviews and examinations of his correspondence, provides sobering insight into the making of a criminal mind, and a fascinating picture of the last years of the sixties. No one who wants to understand that time, and the man who helped to bring it to a horrifying conclusion, can miss reading this book. ‘Compulsively readable... Manson can’t ever succeed in being paroled out of that cell, not as long as people with any sense at all can read this book.’ William S. Burroughs ‘Disturbingly hypnotic.’ Vogue
Nuel Emmons first met Charles Manson briefly when he was imprisoned for auto theft in 1956, and again under similar circumstances in 1960. Emmons then began a career as a photojournalist. In 1979, he contacted Manson and began the extensive interviews that resulted in this book. He died in 2002.
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The Club Takis Würger Translated by Charlotte Collins A runaway international bestseller, The Club is a blistering, timely and gripping novel set in the exclusive Pitt Club at Cambridge University. Hans Stichler’s uncomplicated German childhood ends abruptly when his aunt invites him to study at Cambridge, where she teaches. She will ensure his application is accepted, but in return he must help her investigate an elite university society, the Pitt Club, which has existed for centuries, its long legacy of tradition and privilege largely unquestioned. But there are secrets in the club’s history, as well as in its present, and Hans soon finds himself in the inner sanctum of an increasingly dangerous institution, forced to grapple with the notion that sometimes one must do wrong to do right. ‘Filled with love, sorrow, and beauty – from the cover to the final sentence.’ Elle (Germany) ‘Würger artfully circles the dark secret of the university campus... Skillfully choreographed.’
Takis Würger is a reporter working for the German news magazine Der Spiegel. He studied Human, Social and Political Science at St John’s College Cambridge for a year before dropping out. The Club, which won the lit.COLOGNE debut prize and has become a runaway bestseller in Germany, is his first novel.
Die Zeit ‘An enthralling book.’ Welt am Sonntag
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Modern and Contemporary Fiction 01 August 2019 Trade Paperback • £12.99 234 x 156 • 256pp 9781611 854817 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: E, SL
e-book • 9781611859119 Open Market Edition • £7.99 Paperback • 256pp 9781611854770
The Neon Bible John Kennedy Toole The accomplished and evocative first novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Confederacy of Dunces. John Kennedy Toole wrote The Neon Bible for a literary contest at the age of sixteen. The manuscript was finally published 20 years after Toole’s death. David is a young boy growing up in a small Southern town in the 1940s. Through his funny and shrewd perspective we share his awkward experience of first love, we participate in boy evangelist Bobbie Lee Taylor’s revival and we meet the pious, bigoted townspeople that make up his world. From the opening lines of The Neon Bible, David is fully alive, naive yet sharply observant, drawing us into his world through the sure artistry of John Kennedy Toole. ‘Heartfelt emotion, communicated in clean, direct prose... a remarkable achievement.’ Michiko Kakutani, New York Times ‘A powerful novel that belongs on the shelf
John Kennedy Toole (1937– 1969), a native of New Orleans, graduated from Tulane University and received a master’s degree in English from Columbia University. He received a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for his only other novel, A Confederacy of Dunces.
with the works of Flannery O’Connor, Carson McCullers and Eudora Welty.’ Orlando Sentinel
NOVEMBER Modern and Contemporary Fiction 07 November 2019 Paperback Original • £8.99 198 x 129 • 176pp 9781611854985 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: E, SL
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Allen & Unwin Allen & Unwin publishes quality non-fiction alongside a carefully selected list of literary and commercial fiction. Our Summer/ Autumn 2019 list includes an autobiography from the legendary cricketer Vic Marks, a radiant new novel from bestselling author Dominic Smith, and the highly anticipated memoir from Hannah Gadsby, the Australian comedian who became a global sensation with her extraordinary stand-up show Nanette.
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* Stop Press * Henry, Himself Stewart O’Nan An ageing man reflects on his past loves and losses, coming to treasure the present anew in this poignant novel. 1998: Native Pittsburgher and engineer Henry Maxwell has spent his whole life trying to live with honour. Now, 75 and retired, he feels the world has passed him by, and nothing is simple any more. His children are distant, their unhappiness a mystery. Only his wife Emily and dog Rufus stand by him. As Henry’s strength and memory desert him, he weighs his dreams against his regrets and is left with questions he can’t answer: is he a good man? Has he done right by the people he loves? And with time running out, what, realistically, can he hope for? Praise for City of Secrets: ‘[A] simple, quiet story, told with emotional depth and elegance.’ The Times
Stewart O’Nan is the author of fifteen previous novels, including West of Sunset and Last Night at the Lobster, which was a US bestseller and finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He was born and raised in Pittsburgh, where he lives with his family.
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Modern and Contemporary Fiction 06 June 2019 Hardback • £12.99 216 x 138 • 384pp 9781911630333 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: E, SL
e-book • 9781760870850
* Stop Press * The Courage To Be Happy True Contentment Is Within Your Power
Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga A profound insight into the way we should live our lives that has already sold more than a million copies in Japan. The writers who showed us how to overcome our fears and find our best selves in The Courage to Be Disliked share with us more of their wisdom in The Courage To Be Happy, published now for the first time in English. With their in-depth knowledge of Adlerian psychology, the pair distil the philosophies that underpin it, presenting in the same accessible fashion the ways in which we can apply its principles to our own lives so that we too may achieve happiness. Millions have already benefited from this wisdom – now it’s our turn. Praise for The Courage To Be Disliked: ‘The ideas proffered here will certainly make you think twice about the real cause of the emotional drama in your life. A thought-provoking read.’ Mail on Sunday
Ichiro Kishimi lives in Kyoto. He writes, lectures and teaches in psychiatric clinics as a certified counsellor and consultant for the Japanese Society of Adlerian Psychology. Fumitake Koga is an awardwinning freelance writer, whose work reflects the deep affection he holds for the conventional wisdom-defying ideas of Adlerian psychology.
JUNE Popular Psychology e-book • 9781760870256 06 June 2019 Hardback • £10.99 198 x 129 • 288pp 9781911630210 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can, ANZ Rights: E, SL
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Original Spin Misadventures in Cricket
Vic Marks The much-loved former England player, Guardian cricket correspondent and TMS broadcaster tells the story of his life in cricket for the first time. In April 1974, new recruits Viv Richards, Ian Botham, Peter Roebuck and Vic Marks reported for duty at Somerset County Cricket Club. In this irresistible memoir, Vic Marks returns to the heady days when Richards and Botham were yet to unleash their talents on the world stage. After the high-octane dramas of Somerset, playing for England was almost an anti-climax for Marks. Moving from the dressing room to the press box, with trenchant observations about the modern game along the way, it’s impossible not to be charmed by this wry, shrewdly observed account of a golden age in cricket.
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Memoir 04 July 2019 Hardback • £20.00 234 x 156 • 384pp 9781911630197 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: E, SL, T, US
e-book • 9781760635480
Vic Marks is a former Somerset and England cricketer, who played in six Tests and 34 oneday internationals. He writes for the Observer and Guardian newspapers and reports on Test series for the BBC’s Test Match Special.
The West Country Winery Lizzie Lovell A comedic state-of-the-nation tale for ‘generation squeeze’ hingeing on one blended family’s life-changing year in the country. Chrissie loves her London life. She loves her loyal (clumsy) cleaner Melina. She loves her daughters Scarlet (vegan, activist) and Ruby (musician, boffin). She even loves her husband Rob, despite him deciding to cycle across Africa. For a year. When her New Age mum calls her home to Devon to help turn around her and partner Des’s failing vineyard’s fortunes, Chrissie sees an opportunity: if she can make it through a year, maybe they can celebrate as a family with their own fizz? But adjusting to West Country life may take more than she bargained for... Praise for The Juniper Gin Joint: ‘The perfect pick-me-up.’ Phillipa Ashley
Raised in the West Country, Lizzie Lovell lives in the seaside town of Dawlish, with two of her three adult children.
‘Like a complex gin, brimming with botanicals, this delicious book offers a giant swig of a story full of characters, wit and warmth.’ Jules Wake
JULY Modern and Contemporary Fiction 04 July 2019 Paperback Original • £7.99 198 x 129 • 336pp 9781786498373 Territories: World English Language Rights: AU, E, SL, T, US
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Not That Bad
The Travelling Vet
Dispatches from Rape Culture
From Pets to Pandas, My Life in Animals
Edited by Roxane Gay A collection of essays addressing rape, assault and harassment edited by bestselling author Roxane Gay. Often deeply personal and always unflinchingly honest, this provocative collection addresses what it means to live in a world where women are routinely mocked for speaking out. ‘Not that bad’ is no longer good enough.
‘A diverse and unvarnished collection.’ O: The Oprah Magazine ‘Gay’s introduction moved me to tears.’ Glamour
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Jonathan Cranston Charming tales from the life of a young vet, whose clients range from pigs to giraffes. Whether microchipping armadillos, anaesthetizing giraffes or birthing a calf, Jonathan’s love for his work and the entire animal kingdom is infectious. From the preposterous to the poignant, the stories in The Travelling Vet will delight and enthral every animal lover.
‘Stoned ferret, sick zebra? Call this man.’ The Times
Roxane Gay’s books include the New York Times bestsellers Hunger and Bad Feminist. She lives in Los Angeles.
Jonathan Cranston is a veterinary surgeon based in the Cotswolds who has treated over a hundred different species across five continents.
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Feminism and Feminist Theory 04 July 2019 • Paperback • £8.99 198 x 129 • 368pp • 9781911630111 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can, ANZ Rights: E, SL e-book • 9781760637446
Memoir 01 August 2019 • Paperback • £8.99 198 x 129 • 336pp • 9781760633202 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: AU, E, SL e-book • 9781760633974
Sarong Party Girls Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan A brilliant novel about a young woman’s fortunes in glitzy, moneyed Singapore, where old traditions clash with heady, modern materialism. On the verge of 27, Jazzy hatches a plan. Before the year is out, she and her best friends will all have spectacular weddings to rich ang moh (Western expat) husbands, with Chanel babies (the ultimate status symbol) to follow. Razor-sharp, spunky and unashamedly brandobsessed, Jazzy is a determined woman who doesn’t lose. But she gradually realizes she can’t ignore the troubling incongruity of new money and old-world attitudes. With remarkable vibrancy and empathy, Cheryl Tan brings both her characters and Singapore to dazzling, dizzying life. Vividly told in Singlish, this darkly witty tale is a modernday Emma. ‘Utterly irresistible... I fell in love with Jazzy’s
Born and raised in Singapore, Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan is a New York-based journalist. She has published a memoir and edited the fiction anthology Singapore Noir.
fresh, exuberant voice and trenchant wit. In her debut novel, Tan is saying something profound and insightful about the place of women in our globalized, capitalized, interconnected world.’ Ruth Ozeki ‘Hilarious and original.’ Paul Theroux
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The Electric Hotel Dominic Smith From bestselling author Dominic Smith comes a radiant novel tracing the intertwined fates of a silent-film director and his muse. For nearly half a century, Claude Ballard has been living at the Hollywood Knickerbocker Hotel. A French pioneer of silent films who once worked for the Lumière brothers, Claude now spends his days quietly. But when a film-history student comes to interview him about The Electric Hotel – the lost masterpiece that bankrupted him and ended the career of his muse, Sabine Montrose – the past comes surging back. In his run-down hotel suite, the ravages of history are waiting to be excavated: celluloid fragments and reels in desperate need of restoration – and Claude’s memories of the woman who inspired and beguiled him. Praise for The Last Painting of Sara de Vos: ‘Fiendishly clever and beautifully written.’ The Times ‘An elegant page-turner.’ New York Times Book Review
Raised in Sydney, Australia, Dominic Smith now lives in Seattle, Washington. He’s the author of four novels, including international bestseller The Last Painting of Sara de Vos. He teaches in the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers.
‘One of the best novels I have ever read.’ Ben Fountain
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Modern and Contemporary Fiction 01 August 2019 Hardback • £14.99 234 x 156 • 400pp 9781911630289 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can, ANZ Rights: AU (unabridged), E, SL
e-book • 9781760870638
The Destiny Thief
Eddie Jones
Essays on Writing, Writers and Life
Rugby Maverick
Richard Russo
Mike Colman
The beloved novelist’s first collection of personal essays, offering insights into writing, reading and living.
The first biography of the enigmatic coach who has transformed the fortunes of the England rugby team.
In these nine essays, Richard Russo reveals his life as a writer, teacher, friend and reader. Warm, funny, wise and poignant, we’re given a deep insight into the creative process from the perspective of one of America’s greatest writers.
After Eddie Jones began coaching England in 2015, the side that limped out of the last World Cup was thoroughly revitalized. Veteran rugby writer Mike Colman brings a rare level of insight to his biography of this singular man.
‘It turns out that Russo the non-fiction writer is a lot like Russo the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist… wry, idiosyncratic, vulnerably bighearted, a craftsman.’ New York Times Book Review
‘Very entertaining reading.’ Rugby World Mike Colman is an assistant editor on the Courier-Mail newspaper in Brisbane and the author of several books on sporting figures and military history.
Richard Russo is the Pulitzer Prizewinning author of Empire Falls and eleven other highly-acclaimed books. He lives in Maine.
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Literary Essays 01 August 2019 • Paperback • £9.99 198 x 129 • 224pp • 9781760632632 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: E, SL e-book • 9781760639716
Biography 05 September 2019 • Paperback • £9.99 198 x 129 • 400pp • 9781911630173 Territories: World ex Australia Rights: AU, E, SL, T, US e-book • 9781760635954
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Motley’s Law Kimberley Motley Both an extraordinary woman’s story and a non-fiction legal thriller offering profoundly deep insight into the real Afghanistan. In 2008 Kimberley Motley quit her job as a public defender in Milwaukee to join a US government programme training attorneys in Afghanistan. After landing in Kabul, Motley embarked on a path that swiftly morphed into a personal mission – to bring ‘justness’ to the defenceless and voiceless. Through sheer force of personality, ingenuity and perseverance, Motley established herself as an expert on Afghanistan’s fledgling criminal justice system, adept at wielding Sharia law and arcane aspects of the Holy Quran in defence of her clients. This fascinating and inspiring memoir highlights the unconventional approach which has helped her to win countless cases.
Kimberley Motley is an American lawyer who has made headlines around the world with her groundbreaking legal work in Afghanistan, where she is the only foreign litigator in the country. She lives between North Carolina and Kabul.
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Memoir e-book • 9781760633967 05 September 2019 Hardback • £17.99 234 x 156 • 336pp 9781760633172 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can, ANZ Rights: E, SL
Ten Steps to Nanette Hannah Gadsby The highly-anticipated memoir of the Australian comedian who became a global sensation. Hannah Gadsby’s stand-up show Nanette debuted in 2017, winning the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Comedy Award and garnering rapturous international acclaim when it streamed on Netflix the following year. Ten Steps to Nanette is a memoir that follows the funny and sometimes dark events of Gadsby’s life leading up to her realization that she had to quit comedy as she knew it. This deeply personal, astutely observed account of her formative experiences in rural Tasmania and beyond – occasionally devastating, while also hysterically funny and utterly charming – will be essential reading for the millions of viewers who’ve found their world view reshaped by Nanette. ‘Hannah is a Promethean force, a revolutionary talent... This hilarious, touching and sometimes tragic book is all about where her fires were lit.’ Emma Thompson
Hannah Gadsby is an awardwinning Australian comedian who thinks quickly and moves slowly. She is sardonic, laconic and, after numerous bonecrunching accidents, bionic. Her droll delivery, delightful wordplay and heartbreakingly funny, selfdeprecating observations have delighted audiences all over the world.
SEPTEMBER Memoir 05 September 2019 Hardback • £16.99 216 x 138 • 304pp 9781911630234 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can, ANZ Rights: AU, E, SL
e-book • 9781760870263 Export Edition • £14.99 Trade Paperback • 304pp 9781911630241
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A Game of Two Halves Famous Football Fans Meet Their Heroes
Amy Raphael A brilliant, funny and unexpected collection of conversations between famous football fans and their heroes. There are nearly 50 million displaced children in the world, but it’s all too easy to overlook them in these fractured times. After visiting refugee camps in Lebanon and seeing kids running around in old football shirts, Amy Raphael and David Morrissey decided to pair famous football fans with their heroes for this book. They asked Gary Lineker to write the foreword and Steven Gerrard, Clare Balding, Lucy Bronze, David Lammy and others quickly came on board. A Game of Two Halves shows a different side to some of the biggest names in football, reminding us of the common ground we all share. All royalty earnings from this project will be donated to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
Amy Raphael is a writer and critic who has worked for The Face, Elle, NME, Rolling Stone and was the sports editor of Esquire. Her books include Danny Boyle in Conversation with Amy Raphael and Mike Leigh on Mike Leigh. She co-wrote Easily Distracted, Steve Coogan’s autobiography, and worked with David Hare on his memoir, The Blue Touch Paper. She lives in Brighton with her daughter.
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Sport 03 October 2019 Hardback • £14.99 210 x 148 • 304pp 9781911630036 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can Rights: AU, E, SL
e-book • 9781760636562
Improvement Joan Silber A bold and piercing novel about a single mother, her eccentric aunt and the decisions they make that have unexpected implications. Reyna knows her relationship with Boyd isn’t perfect, yet as she visits him in prison, their bond grows tighter. Kiki admires her niece’s spirit but worries that she always picks the wrong man. Little does she know that Boyd is pulling Reyna into an illegal scheme, and that Reyna’s small act of resistance will set into motion a tapestry of events that will affect the lives of both loved ones and strangers. A novel that examines conviction, connection and the possibility of generosity in the face of loss, Improvement is Joan Silber’s most shining achievement yet. ‘[I]t feels vital to love Silber’s work... she is here, in our midst: our country’s own Alice Munro.’ Washington Post ‘No other writer can make a few small decisions ripple across the globe, and across time, with more subtlety and power.’ Boston Globe
Joan Silber is the author of eight books of fiction. Improvement won the 2018 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction. In 2018 she also received the PEN/ Malamud Award for excellence in the short story. She lives in New York.
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Women, Equality, Power
Selected speeches from a life of leadership Helen Clark A celebration of an outstanding leader who continues to strive and work for change, and a rallying call to inspire other female leaders. Helen Clark was Prime Minister of New Zealand for three successive terms from 1999-2008. In April 2009, Helen became Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), a role she held until 2017. 04 July 2019 • Hardback • £20 • 234 x 153 • 432pp • 9781988547053 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can, ANZ • Rights: AU,E, SL
The Darkest Web
Drugs, death and destroyed lives ... the inside story of the internet’s evil twin Eileen Ormsby Hitmen for hire, drugs for sale: inside the dangerous world that lurks beneath the bright, friendly light of your internet screen. Eileen Ormsby is a lawyer, author and freelance journalist based in Melbourne. Her first book, Silk Road, was the world’s first in-depth expose of the black markets that operate on the dark web. 04 July 2019 • Trade Paperback • £14.99 • 234 x 153 • 320pp • 9781760297855 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can, ANZ • Rights: AU,E, SL
A Good Life to the End
Taking control of our inevitable journey through ageing and death Ken Hillman A professor of intensive care asks why so many elderly people linger in pain and confusion in ICU when all they want is to die at home in peace and with their loved ones. Ken Hillman is a practising intensive care specialist who is a Professor of Intensive Care at the University of New South Wales, the Foundation Director of The Simpson Centre for Health Services Research, and a member of the Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research. 04 July 2019 • Trade Paperback • £12.99 • 234 x 153 • 304pp • 9781760294816 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can, ANZ • Rights: AU,E, SL
The Sisters’ Song Louise Allan
Set in rural Tasmania from the 1920s to the 1990s, this novel traces the lives of two very different sisters, one for whom giving and loving are her most natural qualities and the other who can never forgive and forget. Louise Allan is a former doctor who grew up in Tasmania but has since moved to Perth where she lives with her husband, four children and two dogs. 04 July 2019 • Paperback Original • £8.99 • 198 x 129 • 368pp • 9781760529970 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can, ANZ • Rights: AU,E, SL
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God is Good for You
A defence of Christianity in troubled times Greg Sheridan At a time of crisis for Christianity in the West, God is Good for You shows just why we need faith in our world. Greg Sheridan is Foreign Editor of The Australian newspaper, and a highly regarded journalist. He is active across radio and television, as well as print. 04 July 2019 • Trade Paperback • £14.99 • 234 x 153 • 368pp • 9781760632601 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can, ANZ • Rights: AU,E, SL
A Room at the Manor Julie Shackman
A story of love, family, hope and trust set in a small Scottish village, A Room at the Manor will delight every reader keen to find their place in the world. Julie Shackman is a former journalist. She lives in Scotland with her husband and two teenage sons. 01 August 2019 • Trade Paperback • £12.99 • 234 x 153 • 304pp • 9781760636449 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can, ANZ • Rights: AU,E, SL
The Barefoot Surgeon
The inspirational story of Dr Sanduk Ruit, the eye surgeon giving sight and hope to the world’s poor Ali Gripper The extraordinary story of a doctor who took on the world’s medical establishment to give the life-changing gift of sight to hundreds of thousands of the world’s poorest and most isolated people. Ali Gripper has written features for newspapers and magazines for more than two decades. She worked closely with Dr Ruit for three years to write his life story. 01 August 2019 • Trade Paperback • £14.99 • 234 x 153 • 304pp • 9781760292706 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can, ANZ • Rights: AU,E, SL
Race Across the World
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The incredible story of the world’s greatest road race - the 1968 London to Sydney Marathon John Smailes An eyewitness account of one of the most ambitious and epic car races ever staged. John Smailes has worked as a motor racing journalist and PR consultant for more than four decades. 01 August 2019 • Trade Paperback • £14.99 • 234 x 153 • 360pp • 9781760632533 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can, ANZ • Rights: AU,E, SL
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The Twentieth Man Tony Jones
A brilliantly compelling thriller, taking us from the savage mountains of Yugoslavia to Canberra’s brutal yet covert power struggles in a novel that’s intelligent, informed and utterly suspenseful. Tony Jones is an ABC television journalist and the host of Q & A. 01 August 2019 • Paperback Original • £19.99 • 198 x 129 • 480pp • 9781760528157 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can, ANZ • Rights: AU,E, SL
Unfettered and Alive A memoir Anne Summers
The inspiring autobiography of one of Australia’s most influential women, from journalist to policy maker to change agent at large. Anne Summers has been prominent in Australian media, politics and feminist activism for the past four decades. She has written eight books, advised governments, been an award-winning journalist, edited magazines – in Australia and in New York – led the international environmental organisation Greenpeace and even had her image on a postage stamp. 05 September 2019 • Hardback • £16.99 • 234 x 153 • 496pp • 9781743318416 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can, ANZ • Rights: AU,E, SL
NZ Rugby Stars Cookbook Cooking from the heart NZ Rugby Foundation
A celebration of top rugby players, including Richie McCaw, Kieran Read, Ben Smith, Sam Cane and Dane Coles, and the food they love to share with family and friends. Royalties go to the NZ Rugby Foundation. The New Zealand Rugby Foundation is a charity set up in 1986. It focuses on supporting catastrophically injured rugby players financially and emotionally,and working with New Zealand Rugby (NZR) to communicate the message of safety first. 05 September 2019 • Paperback Original • £14.99 • 250 x 210 • 176pp • 9781760633554 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can, ANZ • Rights: AU,E, SL
The Lost Pages Marija Peričić
Winner of the 2017 The Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award, this is a stunning novel of friendship, fraud and betrayal within a compelling literary rivalry. Marija Pericic grew up in Western Australia, the child of German and Croatian immigrants. She holds a Masters degree in English Literature. She now lives in Melbourne where she teaches English as a foreign language.
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05 September 2019 • Paperback Original • £8.99 • 198 x 129 • 276pp • 9781760633356 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can, ANZ • Rights: AU,E, SL
The Great Cave Rescue James Massola
The complete story of the miraculous rescue of the Wild Boars soccer team boys and their coach in Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand in July 2018. James Massola is an award-winning journalist. He was on the ground at Tham Luang cave for the rescue operation. September 2019 • £14.99 • 9781760529741
Secret Army
An elite force, a secret mission, a fleet of Model-T Fords, a far flung corner of WWI Barry Stone The story of the ‘Dunsterforce’, a secret force of elite soldiers handpicked from across the Allied forces and sent to the ethnic power keg of the Caucasus in 1918 to defend British interests. Barry Stone is a journalist and travel writer. He is author of The Desert Anzacs and The Digger’s Menagerie, and has written on topics as varied as mutinies in the age of sail, and a history of hermits and recluses. 03 October 2019 • Trade Paperback • £14.99 • 234 x 153 • 248pp • 9781760290689 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can, ANZ • Rights: AU,E, SL
The Griffith Wars
Tom Gilling and Terry Jones The assassination of Donald Mackay was meant to solve a problem for the mafia. Instead it roused the law-abiding citizens of Griffith to fight against the powerful criminal elements who had made their town synonymous with drugs and murder. Tom Gilling’s acclaimed novels The Sooterkin, Miles McGinty and Dreamland have all been published internationally. He is co-author with Clive Small of several true crime books. Terry Jones is a long-time resident of Griffith and editor of The Area News and The Griffith Times. His diaries form the basis of this book. 03 October 2019 • Paperback Original • £9.99 • 198 x 129 • 312pp • 9781760875039 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can, ANZ • Rights: AU,E, SL
Am I Doing This Right?
Life lessons from the Encyclopedia Bri-Tanya Tanya Hennessy An honest, hilarious, and incredibly relatable A-Z guide to adulting from one of Australia’s most loved entertainers and radio presenters. Tanya Hennessy is a radio announcer, comedian and TV presenter and content creator. 03 October 2019 • Paperback Original • £9.99 • 198 x 129 • 272pp • 9781760875565 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can, ANZ • Rights: AU,E, SL
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Words That Go Ping
The ridiculously wonderful world of onomatopoeia Barbara Lasserre Barbara Lasserre brings the neglected world of onomatopoeia to life in this witty little gem of a book which will delight language lovers. Barbara Lasserre’s passion for language led to her working for many years teaching and lecturing in English and Applied Linguistics. She lived for 10 years in France, has lectured at the University of Port Harcourt in Nigeria, and has also lived in Syria and studied Arabic. 07 November 2019 • Hardback • £10.99 • 199 x 129 • 208pp • 9781760632199 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can, ANZ • Rights: AU,E, SL
Rewording the Brain
How cryptic crosswords can improve your memory and boost the power and agility of your brain David Astle Master wordsmith and crossword guru David Astle shows how cryptic crosswords can boost your brain power and improve your memory and cognitive capacity. David Astle is a full-time word nerd, working as a crossword maker, a columnist and an author. 07 November 2019 • Trade Paperback • £14.99 • 234 x 153 • 328pp • 9781760295486 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can, ANZ • Rights: AU,E, SL
Esther
The extraordinary true story of the First Fleet girl who became First Lady of the colony Jessica North The little-known rags to riches love story of a convict girl who arrived in Australia on the First Fleet. Esther successfully managed her husband’s property and became a significant figure in the new colony. Jessica North is a program director at the Australian Research Institute for Environment and Sustainability at Macquarie University. 07 November 2019 • Trade Paperback • £14.99 • 234 x 153 • 288pp • 9781760527372 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can, ANZ • Rights: AU,E, SL
Unbreakable Threads
The true story of an Australian mother, a refugee boy and what it really means to be a family Emma Adams The remarkable true story of a mother’s fight to free an unaccompanied Hazara boy from detention, and include him in her family. Dr Emma Adams is a psychiatrist specialising in the wellbeing of mothers and babies. 06 December 2019 • Trade Paperback • £14.99 • 234 x 153 • 336pp • 9781760633103 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can, ANZ • Rights: AU,E, SL
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Girls at the Piano
06 December 2019 • Trade Paperback • £14.99 • 234 x 153 • 336pp • 9781760633103 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can, ANZ • Rights: AU,E, SL
Virginia Lloyd
A brilliant memoir about how learning the piano shaped the lives of two women worlds and generations apart that will resonate with music lovers everywhere. Virginia Lloyd’s first book, also a memoir, was The Young Widow’s Book of Home Improvement. She lives in Sydney and works in publishing. 06 December 2019 • Trade Paperback • £14.99 • 208 x 153 • 400pp • 9781760297770 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can, ANZ • Rights: AU,E, SL
Lovesome Sally Seltmann
Set in Sydney in the 1990s, this is an offbeat and beguiling novel about finding your own happiness. Sally Seltmann is an Australian singer-songwriter. She has released four solo albums, and is the co-writer of the song ‘1234’, performed by Feist, which became a Top 10 hit in the USA. 06 December 2019 • Trade Paperback • £12.99 • 234 x 153 • 256pp • 9781760632878 Territories: UK C/Wealth ex Can, ANZ • Rights: AU,E, SL
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Night for Day
A Grave for Two
Hudson’s Kill
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The Far Field
Am I Dreaming?
The Club
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Patrick Flanery
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Anne Holt
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Deep River Karl Marlantes
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Ten Steps to Nanette 9781911630241 • Trade Paperback • 05/09/2019 • £14.99 • No European rights See page 73
Thant Myint- U
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The Museum of Broken Promises Elizabeth Buchan
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The Last Stone
Lot
9781611854862 • Trade Paperback • 04/07/2019 • £14.99 • Early release for export: 02/05/2019 See page 54
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Index Adams, Emma 82
Braithwaite, Oyinkan 10
Aftershocks 7
Breakfast with the Centenarians 13
Allan, Louise 78
Brennan-Jobs, Lisa 3
Am I Doing This Right? 81
Britain by Numbers 32
Am I Dreaming? 19, 86
Brooks, Michael 28
And Thank You For Watching 17
Brooks, Richard 3
Angel’s Mark, The 2
Brun, Theodore 49
Anne Summers 80
Buchan, Elizabeth 44, 87
Arnott, Robbie 7
Burning Sea, A 49
Attlee and Churchill 27
Butman, John 21
Austin, Mark 17 Autopia 31
Cave, Peter 25
Autumn in Venice 18
Clark, Helen 78 Club, The 60
Barbara Lasserre 82
Colman, Mike 71
Barefoot Surgeon, The 79
Courage to be Disliked, The 2
Barker, Hugh 30
Courage to be Happy, The 65
Bastille Spy, The 42
Cranston, Jonathan 68
Bean Counters 3
Crazy Rich Asians 2
Behind Every Door 47 Bentley, Jon 31
Darkest Web, The 78
Bloodworth, James 3
David Astle 82
Bowden, Mark 54
Daybell, James 14, 15
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Deep River 9, 87
Gadsby, Hannah 73, 87
Destiny Thief, The 71
Game of Two Halves, A 75
di Robilant, Andrea 18
Gay, Roxane 68
Donovan, Tristan 34
Gibson, Carrie 58
Drive. Survive. Win. 29
Gilling, Tom 81
Duffy, Bobby 23
Girls at the Piano 83 Glancey, Jonathan 35
Eddie Jones 71
God Is Good For You 79
Edwards, Rick 28
Good Life to the End, A 78
El Norte 58
Gorman, Ed 29
Electric Hotel, The 70
Grave for Two, A 38
Elliott, Lexie 3, 52
Greg Sheridan 79
Emmons, Nuel 59
Great Cave Rescue, The 80
Emperor of Rome 40
Griffith Wars, The 81
Esther 82
Gripper, Ali 79
Fabbri, Robert 40
Hardman, Isabel 2
Face Pressed Against a Window, The 23
Hartston, William 33, 34
Falvey, Patricia 51
Henry, Himself 64
Far Field, The 55, 86
Hillier, Jennifer 40
Fifty Years On 20
Hillman, Ken 78
Flames 7
Hired 3
Flanery, Patrick 6, 86
Hirsch, Paddy 39
For All Mankind 56
Histories of the Unexpected 15
For the Hell of It 48
Histories of the Unexpected: The Romans 14
French Girl, The 3 Fry, Nick 29
Histories of the Unexpected: The Second World War 14
Fullerton, Jean 46
Histories of the Unexpected: The Tudors 14 Histories of the Unexpected: The Vikings 14
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Hoang, Helen 3
Lab Rats 18
Hollywood Wants to Kill You 28
Last Stone, The 54, 87
Holt, Anne 38, 86
Lloyd, Virginia 83
How Death Becomes Life 12
Lost Pages, The 80
How to Play Dead 50
Lot 8, 87
Hudson’s Kill 39, 86
Lovell, Lizzie 67
Hurt, Harry 56
Lovesome 83 Lu-Lien Tan, Cheryl 69
Imperial Twilight 2
Lyons, Dan 18
Improvement 75 In The Name of God 16
Manson in His Own Words 59
It’s All a Game 34
Mari, Daniela 13 Marija Pericic 80
Jackson, Stina 45
Marks, Vic 66
Jamestown Brides, The 17
Marlantes, Karl 9, 87
Jar of Hearts 40
Massola, James 81
Jones, Peter 30, 36
McInerney, Jay 57
Jones, Terry 81
McKinstry, Leo 27
Jones, Tony 80
Memento Mori 30
Journey Matters, The 35
Mezrich, Joshua D. 12 Million Dollar Maths 30
Kay, Sanjida 41
Missing Years, The 52
Kennedy Toole, John 61
Motley, Kimberley 72
Kingsland, James 19
Motley’s Law 72
Kishimi, Ichiro 2, 65
Museum of Broken Promises, The 44, 87
Kiss Quotient, The 3 Kneale, Matthew 3 Koga, Fumitake 2, 65 Kwan, Kevin 2
My Sister, the Serial Killer 10 Myint-U, Thant 26, 87 Myths We Live By, The 25
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Neon Bible, The 61
Race Across the World 79
New World, Inc. 21
Raphael, Amy 74
Newman, Stuart 32
Ration Book Childhood, A 46
Night for Day 6, 86
Rewind 43
None of My Business 57
Rewording the Brain 82
North 45
Richards, Steve 24
North, Jessica 82
Rickman, Phil 48
Not That Bad 68
Rome 3
NZ Rugby Foundation 80
Room at the Manor, A 79
NZ Rugby Stars Cookbook 80
Russo, Richard 71 Ryan Howard, Catherine 43
O’Doherty, Malachi 20 O’Grady, Selina 16
Sarong Party Girls 69
One Year Later 41
Secret Army 81
Original Spin 66
Seltmann, Sally 83
Ormsby, Eileen 78
Serpent’s Mark, The 52
O’Nan, Stewart 64
Shackman, Julie 79
O’Rourke, P.J. 57
Sheridan, Greg 79
Owen, Frank 45
Shortall, Eithne 47 Silber, Joan 75
Perils of Perception, The 23
Silver Road, The 45
Perry, S.W. 2, 52
Sisters’ Song, A 78
Platt, Stephen 2
Sloths 34
Potter, Jennifer 17
Smailes, John 79
Prime Ministers, The 24
Small Fry 3
Prince Albert 22
Smith, Dominic 70
Puzzles 33
Stone, Barry 81
Quinn, C.S. 42
Tanya Hennessy 81 Targett, Simon 21
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Ten Steps To Nanette 73
Walters, Minette 2
Titanic Sisters, The 51
Ward, Jacqueline 50
Travelling Vet, The 68
Washington, Bryan 8
Turn of Midnight, The 2
Watersone, Tim 23
Twentieth Man, The 80
West Country Winery, The 67 Why We Get The Wrong Politicians 2
Unbreakable Threads 82
Willis, Sam 14, 15
Unfettered and Alive 80
Wilson, A.N. 7, 22
Unfinished Nation 26, 87
Wine Reads 57 Women, Equality, Power 78
Vijay, Madhuri 55
Words That Go Ping 82
Vox Populi 36
Würger, Takis 60, 87
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