Call Me By Your Name Andre Aciman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Oct 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 256pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786499998 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-999-8 ISBN10: 1786499991 EAN: 9781786499998 x Description: Andre Aciman's Call Me by Your Name is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a summer guest at his parents' cliffside mansion on the Italian Riviera. Each is unprepared for the consequences of their attraction, when, during the restless summer weeks, unrelenting currents of obsession, fascination, and desire intensify their passion and test the charged ground between them. Recklessly, the two verge toward the one thing both fear they may never truly find again: total intimacy. It is an instant classic and one of the great love stories of our time. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Munmun Jesse Andrews (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Apr 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 416pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 277g ISBN13: 9781911630128 ISBN13: 978-1-911630-12-8 ISBN10: 1911630121 EAN: 9781911630128 x Description: In an alternate reality a lot like our world, every person's physical size is directly proportional to their wealth. The poorest of the poor are the size of rats, and billionaires are the size of skyscrapers. Warner and his sister Prayer are destitute - and tiny. Their size is not just demeaning but dangerous: day and night they face mortal dangers that bigger, richer people don't ever have to think about, from being mauled by cats to their house getting stepped on. There are no cars or phones built small enough for them, or schools or hospitals, for that matter - there's no point, when no one that little has any purchasing power, and when salaried doctors and teachers would never fit in buildings so small. Warner and Prayer know their only hope is to scale up, but how can two littlepoors survive in a world built against them? Brilliant, warm and funny, this is a social novel for our times in the tradition of 1984 or the work of Douglas Adams. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Flames Robbie Arnott (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 240pp h198mm x w129mm x s17mm 227g ISBN13: 9781786496294 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-629-4 ISBN10: 1786496291 EAN: 9781786496294 x Description: 'A strange and joyous marvel' Richard Flanagan 'Delightful... Enchanting' Guardian 'Spectacular' Culturefly
A young man named Levi McAllister decides to build a coffin for his sister, Charlotte - who promptly runs for her life. A water rat swims upriver in quest of the cloud god. A fisherman named Karl hunts for tuna in partnership with a seal. And a father takes form from fire. The answers to these riddles are to be found in this tale of grief and love and the bonds of family, tracing a journey across the southern island that takes us full circle. SHORTLISTED FOR THE READINGS PRIZE FOR NEW AUSTRALIAN FICTION _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Rain Heron Robbie Arnott (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Jul 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781838951269 ISBN13: 978-1-83895-126-9 ISBN10: 1838951261 EAN: 9781838951269 x Description: Ren lives alone on the remote frontier of a country devastated by a coup. High on the forested slopes, she survives by hunting and trading - and forgetting. But when a young soldier comes to the mountains in search of a legendary creature, Ren is inexorably drawn into an impossible mission. As their lives entwine, unravel and erupt - as myth merges with reality - both Ren and the soldier are forced to confront what they regret, what they love, and what they fear. A vibrant homage to the natural world, bursting with beautiful landscapes and memorable characters, The Rain Heron is beautifully told eco-fable about our fragile and dysfunctional relationships with the planet and with each other, the havoc we wreak and the price we pay. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Into the Night Sarah Bailey (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 416pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 290g ISBN13: 9781786494917 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-491-7 ISBN10: 1786494914 EAN: 9781786494917 x Description: The hotly anticipated sequel to The Dark Lake, this is perfect for fans of The Dry, police procedurals, and classy, clever crime fiction. _____________ Highly recommended - LoveReading ______________ Senior Detective Gemma Woodstock is a small-town policewoman working on the biggest homicide cases in Melbourne. When an up-and-coming movie star is stabbed to death while the cameras are rolling on his new blockbuster, Gemma, eager to prove herself, is assigned to the case. With the whole thing caught from multiple angles, how hard can it be to catch the crazed culprit? And who would want to hurt Australia's adored boynext-door? As Gemma uncovers the deadly underside of fame, her investigation turns into a dangerous game against those with money, power and everything to lose... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lost Property Laura Beatty (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Apr 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 272pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786497406 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-740-6 ISBN10: 1786497409 EAN: 9781786497406 x Description: 'Clever, brave and urgent. I thought about Lost Property for days after I finished it.' Sarah Moss, author of Ghost Wall 'Fascinating and eloquent discussion of nationalism, art and conflict, leavened with wry humour.' Mail on Sunday ____________________ In the middle of her life, a writer finds herself in a dark wood, despairing at how modern Britain has become a place of such greed and indifference. In an attempt at escape, she and her lover rent a busted-out van and journey through France and down to the Mediterranean, across Italy and the Balkans, finishing in Greece and its islands. Along the way, they drive through the Norman Conquest, the Hundred Years War, the Italian Renaissance, the Balkan wars of the 1990s and on to the current refugee crisis, encountering the shades of history, sometimes figuratively and sometimes - such as Joan of Arc, sitting pertly in the back of the van - quite literally. As she roadtrips through 10,000 years of civilization, watching humanity repeat itself with wars over borderlines and exceed itself with the creation of timeless art, the writer begins to reckon with the very worst and the very best in our collective natures - and it is in seeing the beauty beside the ugliness, the light among the trees, that she begins to see, finally, a way for her to go home. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lost Property Laura Beatty (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 272pp h242mm x w162mm x s24mm 510g ISBN13: 9781786497383 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-738-3 ISBN10: 1786497387 EAN: 9781786497383 x Description: 'Clever, brave and urgent. I thought about Lost Property for days after I finished it.' Sarah Moss, author of Ghost Wall 'Fascinating and eloquent discussion of nationalism, art and conflict, leavened with wry humour.' Mail on Sunday ____________________ In the middle of her life, a writer finds herself in a dark wood, despairing at how modern Britain has become a place of such greed and indifference. In an attempt to understand her country and her species, she and her lover rent a busted-out van and journey through France and down to the Mediterranean, across Italy and the Balkans, finishing in Greece and its islands. Along the way, they drive through the Norman Conquest, the Hundred Years War, the Italian Renaissance, the 1990s and on to the current refugee crisis, encountering the shades of history, sometimes figuratively and sometimes - such as Joan of Arc, sitting pertly in the back of the van - quite literally. As she roadtrips through 10,000 years of civilization, watching humanity repeat itself with wars over borderlines and exceed itself with the creation of timeless art, the writer begins to reckon with the very worst and the very best in our collective natures - and it is in seeing the beauty beside the ugliness, the light among the trees, that she begins to see, finally, a way for her to go home. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Beneath the World, a Sea Chris Beckett (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Mar 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 288pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786491572 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-157-2 ISBN10: 1786491575 EAN: 9781786491572 x Description: 'A disturbing descent into a surreal world, written with a deft hand.' Adrian Tchaikovsky, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2016 South America, 1990. Ben Ronson, a British police officer, arrives in a mysterious forest to investigate a spate of killings of Duendes. These silent, vaguely humanoid creatures - with long limbs and black button eyes - have a strange psychic effect on people, unleashing the subconscious and exposing their innermost thoughts and fears. Ben becomes fascinated by the Duendes, but the closer he gets, the more he begins to unravel, with terrifying results... Beneath the World, A Sea is a tour de force of modern fiction - a deeply searching and unsettling novel about the human subconscious, and all that lies beneath.
'Beckett is superb at undercutting reader assumptions with a casual line of dialogue or acute psychological observation: the book reads like Conrad's Heart of Darkness reimagined by JG Ballard.' Guardian _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Beneath the World, a Sea Chris Beckett (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Apr 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 288pp h240mm x w160mm x s25mm 420g ISBN13: 9781786491558 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-155-8 ISBN10: 1786491559 EAN: 9781786491558 x Description: 'A disturbing descent into a surreal world, written with a deft hand.' Adrian Tchaikovsky, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2016 South America, 1990. Ben Ronson, a British police officer, arrives in a mysterious forest to investigate a spate of killings of Duendes. These silent, vaguely humanoid creatures - with long limbs and black button eyes - have a strange psychic effect on people, unleashing the subconscious and exposing their innermost thoughts and fears. Ben becomes fascinated by the Duendes, but the closer he gets, the more he begins to unravel, with terrifying results... Beneath the World, A Sea is a tour de force of modern fiction - a deeply searching and unsettling novel about the human subconscious, and all that lies beneath.
'Beckett is superb at undercutting reader assumptions with a casual line of dialogue or acute psychological observation: the book reads like Conrad's Heart of Darkness reimagined by JG Ballard.' Guardian _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Two Tribes Chris Beckett (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Jul 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 288pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781786499325 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-932-5 ISBN10: 1786499320 EAN: 9781786499325 x Description: In the 23rd century, Zoe, a historian, discovers the diaries that a middle-class architect, Harry Roberts, wrote in 2016 and decides to recreate his life. Harry, an ardent remainer, meets Michelle by chance. Like most people she knows, Michelle voted leave. The two are drawn to each other despite their differences and begin a relationship. Writing in a bleaker, climate-ravaged future, from which the political concerns of the today seem very remote, Zoe turns this personal story into a reflection on the divisions we face, the ideologies we prioritize and questions: what next? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Portrait Ilaria Bernardini (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Apr 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 432pp h216mm x w138mm ISBN13: 9781911630401 ISBN13: 978-1-911630-40-1 ISBN10: 1911630407 EAN: 9781911630401 x Description: An internationally renowned writer, Valeria Costas has dedicated her life to her work and to her secret lover, Martin Acla, a prominent businessman. When his sudden stroke makes headlines, her world implodes; the idea of losing him is terrifying. Desperate to find a way to be present during her lover's final days, Valeria commissions his artist wife, Isla, to paint her portrait - insinuating herself into Martin's family home and life. In the grand, chaotic London mansion where the man they share - husband, father, lover - lies in a coma, Valeria and Isla remain poised on the brink, transfixed by one another. Day after day, the two women talk to each other during the sittings, revealing truths, fragilities and strengths. But does Isla know of the writer's long involvement with Martin? Or that her husband had chosen Valeria for the years ahead? Amidst their own private turmoil, the stories of their lives are exchanged - and as the portrait takes shape, we watch these complex and extraordinary women struggle while the love of their lives departs, in an unforgettable, breathless tale of deception and mystery that captivates until the very end. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Keep Your Eyes on Me Sam Blake (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Jan 2020
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 384pp h234mm x w153mm x s28mm 463g ISBN13: 9781786498380 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-838-0 ISBN10: 1786498383 EAN: 9781786498380 x Description: * * A NUMBER ONE IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER * *
'Pacey and exciting and totally joyous.' Jo Spain, author of The Confession ________________________ You won't be able to look away When Vittoria Devine and Lily Power find themselves sitting next to each other on a flight to New York, they discover they both have men in their lives whose impact has been devastating. Lily's family life is in turmoil, her brother left on the brink of ruin by a con man. Vittoria's philandering husband's latest mistress is pregnant.
By the time they land, Vittoria and Lily have realised that they can help each other right the balance. But only one of them knows the real story... 'Delightfully dark and satisfying' Roz Watkins, author of the DI Meg Dalton series _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Oliver Loving Stefan Merrill Block (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
03 Jan 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 295g ISBN13: 9781786492104 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-210-4 ISBN10: 1786492105 EAN: 9781786492104 x Description: "An exquisitely moving novel of sorrow, love, and the miracle of human connections." Kamila Shamsie, author of Home Fire One warm night Oliver Loving joins his classmates at the annual school dance, hoping for a glimpse of the girl he's long been in love with. But as music fills the gymnasium and students timidly approach the dancefloor, a young man enters with a gun, leaving five people dead and Oliver in a coma. A decade later, Oliver remains in limbo, wordless and paralyzed. His brother has long since fled. His father has turned to drink in the Texan desert. His town has withered, its people unable to forget. Only his mother, buoyed by the result of fresh neurological tests, holds onto the unshakeable hope that Oliver will soon wake up, and finally answer the questions that have slept with him for ten long years. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
One Split Second Caroline Bond (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Jun 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781838951078 ISBN13: 978-1-83895-107-8 ISBN10: 1838951075 EAN: 9781838951078 x Description: The final goodbye is the hardest... When a car carrying five teenagers home from a party crashes into a brick wall, the consequences are devastating - not just for the young people directly involved, but also for their families, their friends and the wider community. No one escapes unscathed, but some are more deeply scarred than others and one of the group will not survive. In their grief and confusion, those left behind question who was to blame for the accident, and what price they will pay. A haunting and emotionally affecting novel of love and loyalty, grief and forgiveness. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Forgotten Sister Caroline Bond (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Feb 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 258g ISBN13: 9781786493705 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-370-5 ISBN10: 1786493705 EAN: 9781786493705 x Description: 'Caroline Bond has a gift for weaving heart-rending tales of impossible decisions' Amanda Brooke, author of The Bad Mother How do you protect the ones you love from the secrets that hurt them most? ____________________ Cassie is adopted. She's never felt like the odd one out in her family, but at seventeen she decides to find her birth mother. As she starts digging, she discovers her adoption was far more complicated than she could ever have imagined. And, in uncovering her history, Cassie learns of a terrible secret that her parents kept from her. A secret that will shatter relationships, expose the decisions of the past and lead everyone involved to question what really makes a family. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Forgotten Sister Caroline Bond (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Out of print
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 368pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781786493675 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-367-5 ISBN10: 1786493675 EAN: 9781786493675 x Description: To lose your family is heart-breaking. To be forgotten by them is unforgivable. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Forgotten Sister Caroline Bond (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h235mm x w155mm x s30mm 565g ISBN13: 9781786493682 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-368-2 ISBN10: 1786493683 EAN: 9781786493682 x Description: "Caroline Bond has a gift for weaving heart-rending tales of impossible decisions" Amanda Brooke, author of The Bad Mother To lose your family is heart-breaking. To be forgotten by them is unforgivable. Cassie and Erin are sisters. They are close - in age, looks and personality - but there is one crucial difference: Cassie is adopted. At seventeen, Cassie sets out to find her birth mother. She is hungry for the truth, but she discovers her adoption was far more complicated than even she could have imagined. In uncovering her past identity, Cassie learns her adoptive parents have kept a terrible secret from her her whole life. A
secret which now threatens to destroy everything she has ever held dear. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Cat and The City Nick Bradley (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 May 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h216mm x w138mm ISBN13: 9781786499882 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-988-2 ISBN10: 1786499886 EAN: 9781786499882 x Description: 'Beguiling' Elizabeth Macneal 'Full of invention' Andrew Cowan _______________ In Tokyo - one of the world's largest megacities - a stray cat is wending her way through the back alleys. And, with each detour, she brushes up against the seemingly disparate lives of the city-dwellers, connecting them in unexpected ways. But the city is changing. As it does, it pushes her to the margins where she chances upon a series of apparent strangers - from a homeless man squatting in an abandoned hotel, to a shut-in hermit afraid to leave his house, to a convenience store worker searching for love. The cat orbits Tokyo's denizens, drawing them ever closer. In a series of spellbinding, interlocking narratives - with styles ranging from manga to footnotes - Nick Bradley has hewn a novel of interplay and estrangement; of survival and self-destruction; of the desire to belong and the need to escape. Formally inventive and slyly political, The Cat and The City is a lithe thrill-ride through the less-glimpsed streets of Tokyo. 'Masterfully weaves together seemingly disparate threads to conjure up a vivid tapestry of Tokyo; its glory, its shame, its characters, and a calico cat.' David Peace, author of THE TOKYO TRILOGY _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
My Sister, the Serial Killer: The Sunday Times Bestseller Oyinkan Braithwaite (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
26 Sep 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 240pp h198mm x w129mm x s16mm 236g ISBN13: 9781786495983 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-598-3 ISBN10: 1786495988 EAN: 9781786495983 x Description: Sunday Times bestseller and The Times #1 bestseller Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2019 Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019 Winner of the 2019 LA Times Award for Best Crime Thriller Capital Crime Debut Author of the Year 2019 __________ 'A literary sensation' Guardian 'A bombshell of a book... Sharp, explosive, hilarious'
New York Times 'Glittering and funny... A stiletto slipped between the ribs and through the left ventricle of the heart' Financial Times __________ 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 doctor 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 Burning Sea Theodore Brun (Author) Series:
Wanderer Chronicles 3
Edition:
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Aug 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (US) 496pp h235mm x w159mm x s0mm ISBN13: 9781786496164 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-616-4 ISBN10: 178649616X EAN: 9781786496164 x Description: A brilliantly conceived Viking epic set in eighth-century Sweden and medieval Constantinople. Bernard Cornwall meets George R.R. Martin in this ambitious, masterful series. Erlan Aurvandil has turned his back on the past and his native Northern lands, taking a perilous journey to the greatest city in the world, Constantinople. But as his voyage ends, Erlan is brutally betrayed, captured and enslaved by a powerful Byzantine general. Meanwhile, 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, the one man who can save her, following his trail to the very gates of Constantinople. But corruption infests the city, and a dark tide is rising against the Emperor from within his own court. As the shadows darken and 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? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Burning Sea Theodore Brun (Author) (Author) Series:
The Wanderer Chronicles Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Aug 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 608pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781786496157 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-615-7 ISBN10: 1786496151 EAN: 9781786496157 x Description: Erlan Aurvandil has turned his back on the past and his native Northern lands, taking a perilous journey to the greatest city in the world, Byzantium. But as his voyage ends, Erlan is brutally betrayed, captured and enslaved by a powerful Byzantine general. Meanwhile, Lilla Sviggarsdottir, Queen of Svealand, has lost her husband and with him, her kingdom. Leaving her lands and people behind, Lilla journeys east on a new quest: to find Erlan and raise an army mighty enough to defeat her usurper. But when she reaches the great city of Byzantium, she discovers a place in turmoil. A dark tide is rising against the Emperor from within his own court. As the shadows darken and 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? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Sacred Storm Theodore Brun (Author) (Author) Series:
The Wanderer Chronicles Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Feb 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 720pp h198mm x w129mm x s45mm 521g ISBN13: 9781786490032 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-003-2 ISBN10: 178649003X EAN: 9781786490032 x Description: 'A masterly debut... If Bernard Cornwall and George R.R. Martin had a lovechild, it would look like A Mighty Dawn. I devoured it late into the night, and eagerly await the sequel.' Antonia Senior on A Mighty Dawn _______________________ Forged in fire. Bound by honour. Haunted by loss. Eighth-century Sweden: Erlan Aurvandil, a Viking outlander, has pledged his sword to Sviggar Ivarsson, King of the Svears. But violence is stirring in the borderlands. As the fires of an ancient feud are reignited, Erlan is bound by honour and oath to stand with King Sviggar. But, unbeknownst to the old King, his daughter, Princess Lilla, has fallen under Erlan's spell. As the armies gather, Erlan and Lilla must choose between their duty to Sviggar and their love for each other. Blooded young, betrayed often, Erlan is no stranger to battle. And hidden in the shadows, there are always those determined to bring about the maelstrom of war... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Museum of Broken Promises Elizabeth Buchan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Apr 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 416pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786495310 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-531-0 ISBN10: 1786495317 EAN: 9781786495310 x Description: 'I ADORE cold-war novels and I live for love stories - The Museum of Broken Promises is a perfect combination of both. It's a gem of a book... beautiful, elegant.' Marian Keyes 'Enthralling and beautifully written.' The Times _________ Welcome to The Museum of Broken Promises, a place of wonder and sadness. And hope. Inside lies a treasure trove of objects - a baby's shoe, a wedding veil, a railway ticket - all revealing real moments of loss and betrayal. It is a place where people come to speak to the ghosts of the past. The owner, Laure, is also one of those people. As a young woman in the 1980s Laure fled to Prague, where her life changed forever. Now, years later, she must confront the origins of her heartbreaking exhibition: A love affair with a dissident musician, a secret life behind the iron curtain, and a broken promise that she will never forget. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Museum of Broken Promises Elizabeth Buchan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Sep 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 416pp h234mm x w153mm x s29mm 638g ISBN13: 9781786495280 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-528-0 ISBN10: 1786495287 EAN: 9781786495280 x Description: 'I ADORE cold-war novels and I live for love stories - The Museum of Broken Promises is a perfect combination of both. It's a gem of a book... beautiful, elegant.' Marian Keyes, author of The Break _________ Paris, today. The Museum of Broken Promises is a place of wonder and sadness, hope and loss. Every object in the museum has been donated - a cake tin, a wedding veil, a baby's shoe. And each represent a moment of grief or terrible betrayal. The museum is a place where people come to speak to the ghosts of the past and, sometimes, to lay them to rest. Laure, the owner and curator, has also hidden artefacts from her own painful youth amongst the objects on display. Prague, 1985. Recovering from the sudden death of her father, Laure flees to Prague. But life behind the Iron Curtain is a complex thing: drab and grey yet charged with danger. Laure cannot begin to comprehend the dark, political currents that run beneath the surface of this communist city. Until, that is, she meets a young dissident musician. Her love for him will have terrible and unforeseen consequences. It is only years later, having created the museum, that Laure can finally face up to her past and celebrate the passionate love which has directed her life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Museum of Broken Promises Elizabeth Buchan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Export/Airside
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Sep 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 416pp h234mm x w153mm x s29mm 523g ISBN13: 9781786495303 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-530-3 ISBN10: 1786495309 EAN: 9781786495303 x Description: 'I ADORE cold-war novels and I live for love stories - The Museum of Broken Promises is a perfect combination of both. It's a gem of a book... beautiful, elegant.' Marian Keyes _________ Paris, today. The Museum of Broken Promises is a place of wonder and sadness, hope and loss. Every object in the museum has been donated - a cake tin, a wedding veil, a baby's shoe. And each represent a moment of grief or terrible betrayal. The museum is a place where people come to speak to the ghosts of the past and, sometimes, to lay them to rest. Laure, the owner and curator, has also hidden artefacts from her own painful youth amongst the objects on display. Prague, 1985. Recovering from the sudden death of her father, Laure flees to Prague. But life behind the Iron Curtain is a complex thing: drab and grey yet charged with danger. Laure cannot begin to comprehend the dark, political currents that run beneath the surface of this communist city. Until, that is, she meets a young dissident musician. Her love for him will have terrible and unforeseen consequences. It is only years later, having created the museum, that Laure can finally face up to her past and celebrate the passionate love which has directed her life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
America Is Not the Heart Elaine Castillo (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Mar 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 416pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 290g ISBN13: 9781786491350 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-135-0 ISBN10: 1786491354 EAN: 9781786491350 x Description: Longlisted for the Aspen Literary Prize, 2019 Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, 2018 Longlisted for Elle's Big Book Award, 2018 Evening Standard's Wander List Guide to 2019 Getaways How many lives can one person lead in a single lifetime? When Hero De Vera arrives in America, disowned by her parents in the Philippines, she's already on her third. Her uncle, Pol, who has offered her a fresh start and a place to stay in the Bay Area, knows not to ask about the first and second. And his younger wife, Paz, has learned enough about the might and secrecy of the De Vera family to keep her head down. Only their daughter Roni asks Hero why her hands seem to scream with hurt at the steering wheel of the car she drives to collect her from school, and only Rosalyn, the fierce but open-hearted beautician, has any hope of bringing Hero back from the dead. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Temple House Vanishing Rachel Donohue (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
20 Feb 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 336pp h216mm x w138mm ISBN13: 9781838950248 ISBN13: 978-1-83895-024-8 ISBN10: 1838950249 EAN: 9781838950248 x Description: Power. Jealousy. Desire. Twenty-five years ago, a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl and her charismatic teacher disappeared without trace... In an elite Catholic girls' boarding-school, the pupils live under the repressive, watchful gaze of the nuns. Seeking to break from the cloistered atmosphere, two of the students - Louisa and Victoria - quickly become infatuated with their young, bohemian art teacher, who encourages their flirtation. Then, he and Louisa vanish. Years later, a journalist uncovers the troubled past of the school and determines to resolve the mystery of the missing pair. 'Exquisite... This is some debut' - Jo Spain _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Temple House Vanishing Rachel Donohue (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
20 Feb 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 336pp h216mm x w135mm x s23mm 445g ISBN13: 9781786499387 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-938-7 ISBN10: 178649938X EAN: 9781786499387 x Description: 'Atmospheric, creepy, tense and utterly absorbing' Harriet Tyce 'Clean prose, subtle characters and intrigue to keep the pages turning' Mike McCormack 'Chilling' Christine Dwyer Hickey 'Exquisite' Jo Spain ___________________ Power. Jealousy. Desire. Twenty-five years ago, a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl and her charismatic teacher disappeared without trace... When Louisa arrives at Temple House, an elite catholic boarding school, she quickly finds herself drawn to sophisticated fellow pupil Victoria and their young bohemian art teacher, Mr Lavelle. The three of them form a bond that seems to offer an escape from the repressive regime of the nuns who run the cloistered school. Until Louisa and Mr Lavelle suddenly vanish. Years later, a journalist with a childhood connection to Louisa determines to resolve the mystery. Her search for the truth will uncover a tragic, mercurial tale of suppressed desire and long-buried secrets. It will shatter lives and lay a lost soul to rest. The Temple House Vanishing is a stunning, intensely atmospheric novel of unrequited longing, dark obsession and unintended consequences. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Missing Years Lexie Elliott (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
18 Nov 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 384pp h198mm x w129mm x s23mm 268g ISBN13: 9781786495594 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-559-4 ISBN10: 1786495597 EAN: 9781786495594 x Description: A Goodreads 'Mover and Shaker' for summer 2019 The French Girl captivated readers with a twisting tale of psychological suspense. Now, author Lexie Elliott heads to the foothills of the Scottish Highlands, where a woman's tangled family history comes back to haunt her... Some doors should stay locked... _____________________ An eerie old Scottish manor in the middle of nowhere that's now hers. Ailsa Calder has inherited half of a house. The other half belongs to a man who disappeared without a trace twenty-seven years ago. Her father.
Travelling back to her childhood home, which sits nestled amongst the craggy peaks of the Scottish Highlands, Ailsa's past threatens to swallow her whole. And she can't escape the claustrophobic feeling that the house itself is watching her. So when Ailsa encounters an intruder in the dead of night, it becomes apparent that behind the manor's careless, rugged beauty lies a very real threat... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Missing Years Lexie Elliott (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 384pp h234mm x w156mm x s28mm 495g ISBN13: 9781786495570 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-557-0 ISBN10: 1786495570 EAN: 9781786495570 x Description: A Goodreads 'Mover and Shaker' for summer 2019 The French Girl captivated readers with a twisting tale of psychological suspense. Now author Lexie Elliott heads to the foothills of the Scottish Highlands, where a woman's tangled family history comes back to haunt her... We all have our secrets... _____________________
An eerie old Scottish manor in the middle of nowhere that's now hers. Ailsa Calder has inherited half of a house. The other half belongs to a man who disappeared without a trace twenty-seven years ago. Her father. Leaving London behind to settle her mother's estate, Ailsa returns to her childhood home nestled amongst the craggy peaks of the Scottish Highlands, accompanied by the half-sister she's never taken the time to get to know. With the past threatening to swallow her whole, she can't escape the claustrophobic feeling that the house itself is watching her, or ignore how animals take care never to set foot within its garden. And when Ailsa confronts the first night-time intruder, she sees that the manor's careless rugged beauty could cost her everything... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
House on Endless Waters Emuna Elon (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Mar 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 320pp h216mm x w138mm ISBN13: 9781911630579 ISBN13: 978-1-911630-57-9 ISBN10: 1911630571 EAN: 9781911630579 x Description: Yoel has always known that his mother escaped the Nazis from Amsterdam. But it is not until after she has died that he finally visits the city of his birth. There, watching an old film clip at the Jewish Historical Museum, he sees a woman with a small child: it is his mother, but the child is not him. So begins a fervent search for the truth that becomes the subject of his magnum opus, revealing Amsterdam's dark wartime history and the underground networks which hid Jewish children away from danger - but at a cost. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Alexander's Legacy: To The Strongest Robert Fabbri (Author) (Author) Series:
Alexander's Legacy
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Jul 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 416pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786497987 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-798-7 ISBN10: 1786497980 EAN: 9781786497987 x Description: 'An excellent new series by the consistently brilliant Robert Fabbri' Sunday Sport _____________________________ Let the battles begin... 'I foresee great struggles at my funeral games.' Babylon, 323 BC: Alexander the Great is dead, leaving behind him the largest, and most fearsome, empire the world has ever seen. As his final breaths fade in a room of seven bodyguards, Alexander refuses to name a successor. But without a natural heir, who will take the reins? As the news of the king's sudden and unexpected death ripples across the land, leaving all in disbelief, the ruthless battle for the throne begins. What follows is a devious, tangled web of scheming and plotting, with alliances quickly made and easily broken, each rival with their own agenda. But who will emerge victorious: the half-chosen; the one-eyed; the wildcat; the general; the bastard; the regent? In the end, only one man, or indeed woman, will be left standing... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Alexander's Legacy: To The Strongest Robert Fabbri (Author) (Author) Series:
Alexander's Legacy
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Jan 2020
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 416pp h234mm x w153mm x s29mm 638g ISBN13: 9781786497963 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-796-3 ISBN10: 1786497964 EAN: 9781786497963 x Description: 'An excellent new series by the consistently brilliant Robert Fabbri' Sunday Sport _____________________________ Let the battles begin... 'I foresee great struggles at my funeral games.' Babylon, 323 BC: Alexander the Great is dead, leaving behind him the largest, and most fearsome, empire the world has ever seen. As his final breaths fade in a room of seven bodyguards, Alexander refuses to name a successor. But without a natural heir, who will take the reins? As the news of the king's sudden and unexpected death ripples across the land, leaving all in disbelief, the ruthless battle for the throne begins. What follows is a devious, tangled web of scheming and plotting, with alliances quickly made and easily broken, each rival with their own agenda. But who will emerge victorious: the half-chosen; the one-eyed; the wildcat; the general; the bastard; the regent? In the end, only one man, or indeed woman, will be left standing... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Alexander's Legacy: To The Strongest Robert Fabbri (Author) (Author) Series:
Alexander's Legacy
Edition:
Export/Airside
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Jan 2020
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 416pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781786497970 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-797-0 ISBN10: 1786497972 EAN: 9781786497970 x Description: Let the battles begin... 'I foresee great struggles at my funeral games.' Babylon, 323 BC: Alexander the Great is dead, leaving behind him the largest, and most fearsome, empire the world has ever seen. As his final breaths fade in a room of seven bodyguards, Alexander refuses to name a successor. But without a natural heir, who will take the reins? As the news of the king's sudden and unexpected death ripples across the land, leaving all in disbelief, the ruthless battle for the throne begins. What follows is a devious, tangled web of scheming and plotting, with alliances quickly made and easily broken, each rival with their own agenda. But who will emerge victorious: the half-chosen; the one-eyed; the wildcat; the general; the bastard; the regent? In the end, only one man, or indeed woman, will be left standing... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Emperor of Rome Robert Fabbri (Author) (Author) Series:
Vespasian
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h198mm x w130mm x s23mm 255g ISBN13: 9781782397106 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-710-6 ISBN10: 1782397108 EAN: 9781782397106 x Description: The final, thrilling instalment in the epic Vespasian series from the bestselling author, Robert Fabbri. Rome, AD 68. Vespasian is tasked with the impossible. Should he quell the revolt in Judaea, as Nero the emperor has instructed, or resort to the unthinkable and sabotage his own campaign? If his conquest succeeds, he risks facing the mad emperor's jealousy. If he fails, his punishment will be severe. But then Nero commits suicide, catapulting Rome into turmoil. With a contested throne and an army at his disposal, now may finally be Vespasian's time - to ascend, to conquer, to achieve what countless prophecies have foretold and take control of Rome itself. Will Vespasian, at long last, be the one to wear the purple? ______________________________________________ Don't miss Robert Fabbri's epic new series Alexander's Legacy _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Emperor of Rome Robert Fabbri (Author) (Author) Series:
Vespasian
Edition:
Export/Airside
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Jan 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 352pp h235mm x w160mm x s25mm 500g ISBN13: 9781782397090 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-709-0 ISBN10: 1782397094 EAN: 9781782397090 x Description: The final, thrilling instalment in the epic Vespasian series from the bestselling author, Robert Fabbri. Rome, AD 68. Vespasian is tasked with the impossible. Should he quell the revolt in Judaea, as Nero the emperor has instructed, or must he resort to the unthinkable and sabotage his own campaign? If his conquest succeeds, he risks becoming the sole object of the mad emperor's jealousy. If he fails, then his punishment will be severe. The fate of his men and his beloved son, Titus, all hang in the balance. But unknown to Vespasian, Nero has committed suicide, catapulting Rome into political turmoil. Sabinus, Vespasian's brother, is caught between the warring factions of Aulus Vitellius, a cruel opportunist, and the noble Marcus Salvius Otho, who finds himself severely outnumbered. Seeing no aid on the horizon, Sabinus must rely on wit, and wit alone, to ensure the safety of his family. With a contested throne and an army at his disposal, now may finally be Vespasian's time - to ascend, to conquer, to achieve what countless prophecies have foretold and take control of Rome itself. Will Vespasian, at long last, be the one to wear the purple? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Magnus and the Crossroads Brotherhood Robert Fabbri (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Nov 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 384pp h239mm x w160mm x s30mm 610g ISBN13: 9781838950439 ISBN13: 978-1-83895-043-9 ISBN10: 1838950435 EAN: 9781838950439 x Description: The complete collection of Robert Fabbri's Vespasian novella series about Magnus and the South Quirinal Crossroads Brotherhood. Marcus Salvius Magnus, leader of the South Quirinal Crossroads Brotherhood, has long dominated his part of Rome's criminal underworld. From rival gangs and unpaid debts to rigged chariot races and blood feuds - if you have a problem, Magnus is the man to solve it. He'll do everything in his power to preserve his grip on the less-travelled back alleys of Rome, and of course, make a profit. But while Magnus inhabits the underbelly of the city, his patron, Gaius Vespasius Pollo, moves in a different circle. As a senator, he needs men like Magnus to do his dirty work as he manoeuvres his way deeper into the imperial court... In these thrilling tales from the bestselling Vespasian series, spanning from the rule of Tiberius through the bloody savagery of Caligula to the coming of Nero, Robert Fabbri exposes a world of violence, mayhem and murder that echos down the ages. ______________________________________________ Don't miss Robert Fabbri's epic new series Alexander's Legacy _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Titanic Sisters Patricia Falvey (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Nov 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 384pp h198mm x w129mm x s23mm 268g ISBN13: 9781786490643 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-064-3 ISBN10: 1786490641 EAN: 9781786490643 x Description: One journey will change their lives forever __________________________________ To follow her dreams, she must sacrifice everything... 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. Nora is to become a treasured governess for a rich family, while Delia has only a lowly maid's position. But when disaster strikes, and Nora dies, a small misunderstanding leads to Delia taking Nora's place as governess. As Delia 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 Nora is actually alive, and coming to take what is rightfully hers...? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Night for Day Patrick Flanery (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
22 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 672pp h216mm x w157mm x s55mm 875g ISBN13: 9781782396055 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-605-5 ISBN10: 1782396055 EAN: 9781782396055 x Description: Los Angeles, 1950. Over the course of a single day, two friends grapple with the moral and professional uncertainties of the escalating Communist witch-hunt in Hollywood. Director John Marsh races to convince his actress wife not to turn informant for the House Committee on UnAmerican Activities, while leftist screenwriter Desmond Frank confronts the possibility of exile to live and work without fear of being blacklisted. As Marsh and Frank struggle to complete shooting on their film She Turned Away, which updates the myth of Orpheus to the gritty noir underworld of postwar Los Angeles, the chaos of their private lives pushes them towards a climactic confrontation with complicity, jealousy, and fear. Night for Day conjures a feverish vision of one of the country's most notorious periods of national crisis, illuminating the eternal dilemma of both art and politics: how to make the world anew. At once a definitively American novel, echoing Philip Roth and Raymond Chandler, it also nods to the mythic landscapes of Dante and the iconoclastic playfulness of James Joyce. With as much to say about the early years of the Cold War as about the political and social divisions that continue to divide the country today, Night for Day is expansive in scope and yet tenderly intimate, exploring the subtleties of belonging and the enormity of exile-not only from one's country but also from one's self. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Night for Day Patrick Flanery (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Export/Airside
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
22 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 672pp h209mm x w148mm x s46mm 740g ISBN13: 9781782396062 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-606-2 ISBN10: 1782396063 EAN: 9781782396062 x Description: Los Angeles, 1950. Over the course of a single day, two friends grapple with the moral and professional uncertainties of the escalating Communist witch-hunt in Hollywood. Director John Marsh races to convince his actress wife not to turn informant for the House Committee on UnAmerican Activities, while leftist screenwriter Desmond Frank confronts the possibility of exile to live and work without fear of being blacklisted. As Marsh and Frank struggle to complete shooting on their film She Turned Away, which updates the myth of Orpheus to the gritty noir underworld of postwar Los Angeles, the chaos of their private lives pushes them towards a climactic confrontation with complicity, jealousy, and fear. Night for Day conjures a feverish vision of one of the country's most notorious periods of national crisis, illuminating the eternal dilemma of both art and politics: how to make the world anew. At once a definitively American novel, echoing Philip Roth and Raymond Chandler, it also nods to the mythic landscapes of Dante and the iconoclastic playfulness of James Joyce. With as much to say about the early years of the Cold War as about the political and social divisions that continue to divide the country today, Night for Day is expansive in scope and yet tenderly intimate, exploring the subtleties of belonging and the enormity of exile-not only from one's country but also from one's self. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Ration Book Childhood Jean Fullerton (Author) Series:
Ration Book series
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
03 Oct 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s24mm 279g ISBN13: 9781786496072 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-607-2 ISBN10: 1786496070 EAN: 9781786496072 x Description: 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, Ida Brogan is doing her very best to keep their spirits up. The Blitz has hit the Brogans hard, and rationing is more challenging than ever, but they are doing all they can to help the war effort. When Ida's oldest friend Ellen returns to town, sick and in dire need of help, it is to Ida that she turns. But Ellen carries a secret, one that threatens not only Ida's marriage, but the entire foundation of the Brogan family. Can Ida let go of the past and see a way to forgive her friend? And can she overcome her sadness to find a place in her heart for a little boy, one who will need a mother more than ever in these dark times? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Ration Book Wedding Jean Fullerton (Author) Series:
Ration Book series
Edition:
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 May 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781786499936 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-993-6 ISBN10: 1786499932 EAN: 9781786499936
x Description: Because in the darkest days of the Blitz, love is more important than ever. It's February 1942 and the Americans have finally joined Britain and its allies. Meanwhile, twenty-three-year-old Francesca Fabrino, like thousands of other women, is doing her bit for the war effort in a factory in East London. But her thoughts are constantly occupied by her unrequited love for Charlie Brogan, who has recently married a woman of questionable reputation, before being shipped out to North Africa with the Eighth Army. When Francesca starts a new job as an Italian translator for the BBC Overseas Department, she meets handsome Count Leonardo D'Angelo. Just as Francesca has begun to put her hopeless love for Charlie to one side and embrace the affections of this charming and impressive man, Charlie returns from the front, his marriage in ruins and his heart burning for Francesca at last. Could she, a good Catholic girl, countenance an illicit affair with the man she has always longed for? Or should she choose a different, less dangerous path? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Ration Book Wedding Jean Fullerton (Author) Series:
Ration Book series
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 May 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 416pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786496096 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-609-6 ISBN10: 1786496097 EAN: 9781786496096 x Description: Because in the darkest days of the Blitz, love is more important than ever. It's February 1942 and the Americans have finally joined Britain and its allies. Meanwhile, twenty-three-year-old Francesca Fabrino, like thousands of other women, is doing her bit for the war effort in a factory in East London. But her thoughts are constantly occupied by her unrequited love for Charlie Brogan, who has recently married a woman of questionable reputation, before being shipped out to North Africa with the Eighth Army. When Francesca starts a new job as an Italian translator for the BBC Overseas Department, she meets handsome Count Leonardo D'Angelo. Just as Francesca has begun to put her hopeless love for Charlie to one side and embrace the affections of this charming and impressive man, Charlie returns from the front, his marriage in ruins and his heart burning for Francesca at last. Could she, a good Catholic girl, countenance an illicit affair with the man she has always longed for? Or should she choose a different, less dangerous path? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Lost Lights of St Kilda Elisabeth Gifford (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Mar 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781786499073 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-907-3 ISBN10: 178649907X EAN: 9781786499073 x Description: 1927: When Fred :Lawson takes a summer job on St Kilda, little does he realise that he has joined the last community to ever live on the beautiful, isolated island. Only three years later, St Kilda will be evacuated, the islanders near-dead from starvation. But for Fred, that summer - and the island woman, Chrissie, whom he falls in love with - becomes the very thing that sustains him in the years ahead. 1940: Fred has been captured behind enemy lines in France and finds himself in a prisoner-of-war camp. Beaten and exhausted, his thoughts return to the island of his youth and the woman he loved and lost. When Fred makes his daring escape, prompting a desperate journey across occupied territory, he is sustained by one thought only: finding his way back to her. The Lost Lights of St Kilda is a sweeping love story that will cross oceans and decades. It is a moving and deeply vivid portrait of two lovers, a desolate island, and the extraordinary power of home in the face of darkness.
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The Lost Lights of St Kilda Elisabeth Gifford (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Mar 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 288pp h216mm x w138mm ISBN13: 9781786499714 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-971-4 ISBN10: 1786499711 EAN: 9781786499714 x Description: 'Desperately romantic, lyrically written and with a fascinating plot.' Katie Fforde, author of A Rose Petal Summer 1927: When Fred Lawson takes a summer job on St Kilda, little does he realise that he has joined the last community to ever live on that beautiful, isolated island. Only three years later, St Kilda will be evacuated, the islanders near-dead from starvation. But for Fred, that summer - and the island woman, Chrissie, whom he falls in love with - becomes the very thing that sustains him in the years ahead. 1940: Fred has been captured behind enemy lines in France and finds himself in a prisoner-of-war camp. Beaten and exhausted, his thoughts return to the island of his youth and the woman he loved and lost. When Fred makes his daring escape, prompting a desperate journey across occupied territory, he is sustained by one thought only: finding his way back to her. The Lost Lights of St Kilda is a sweeping love story that will cross oceans and decades. It is a moving and deeply vivid portrait of two lovers, a desolate island, and the extraordinary power of hope in the face of darkness. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Butchers Ruth Gilligan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
28 Apr 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 304pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781786499837 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-983-7 ISBN10: 1786499835 EAN: 9781786499837 x Description: A photograph is hung on a gallery wall for the very first time since it was taken two decades before. It shows a slaughter house in rural Ireland, a painting of the Virgin Mary on the wall, a meat hook suspended from the ceiling - and, from its sharp point, the lifeless body of a man hanging by his feet. The story of who he is and how he got there casts back into Irish folklore, of widows cursing the land and of the men who slaughter its cattle by hand. But modern Ireland is distrustful of ancient traditions, and as the BSE crisis in England presents get-rich opportunities in Ireland, few care about The Butchers, the eight men who roam the country, slaughtering the cows of those who still have faith in the old ways. Few care, that is, except for Fionn, the husband of a dying woman who still believes; their son Davey, who has fallen in love with the youngest of the Butchers; Gra, the lonely wife of one of the eight; and her 12-year-old daughter, Una, a girl who will grow up to carry a knife like her father, and who will be the one finally to avenge the man in the photograph. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Butchers Ruth Gilligan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
26 Mar 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781786499448 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-944-8 ISBN10: 1786499444 EAN: 9781786499448 x Description: 'I binged it like a Netflix show... It's stunning' Luke Kennard, author of The Transition ______________________________ A photograph is hung on a gallery wall for the very first time since it was taken two decades before. It shows a slaughter house in rural Ireland, a painting of the Virgin Mary on the wall, a meat hook suspended from the ceiling - and, from its sharp point, the lifeless body of a man hanging by his feet. The story of who he is and how he got there casts back into Irish folklore, of widows cursing the land and of the men who slaughter its cattle by hand. But modern Ireland is distrustful of ancient traditions, and as the BSE crisis in England presents get-rich opportunities in Ireland, few care about The Butchers, the eight men who roam the country, slaughtering the cows of those who still have faith in the old ways. Few care, that is, except for Fionn, the husband of a dying woman who still believes; their son Davey, who has fallen in love with the youngest of the Butchers; Gra, the lonely wife of one of the eight; and her 12-year-old daughter, Una, a girl who will grow up to carry a knife like her father, and who will be the one finally to avenge the man in the photograph. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Kill [redacted] Anthony Good (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Feb 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 416pp h240mm x w165mm x s38mm 720g ISBN13: 9781786495679 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-567-9 ISBN10: 1786495678 EAN: 9781786495679 x Description: 'Provocative and compelling, it is a spectacular debut' - Daily Mail ____________ Is murder ever morally right? And is a murderer necessarily bad? These two questions waltz through the maddening mind of Michael, the brilliant, terrifying, fiendishly smart creation at the centre of this winking dark gem of a literary thriller. Michael lost his wife in a terrorist attack on a London train. Since then, he has been seeing a therapist to help him come to terms with his grief - and his anger. He can't get over the fact that the man he holds responsible has seemingly got away scot-free. He doesn't blame the bombers, who he considers only as the logical conclusion to a long chain of events. No, to Michael's mind, the ultimate cause is the politician whose cynical policies have had such deadly impact abroad. His therapist suggests that he write his feelings down to help him forgive and move on, but as a retired headteacher, Michael believes that for every crime there should be a fitting punishment - and so in the pages of his diary he begins to set out the case for, and set about committing, murder. Waltzing through the darkling journal of a brilliant mind put to serious misuse, Kill [redacted] is a powerful and provocative exploration of the contours of grief and the limits of moral justice, and a blazing condemnation of all those who hold, and abuse, power. ONE OF THE BEST DEBUT NOVELS of 2019 (the i )
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Kill [redacted] Anthony Good (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Jan 2020
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 416pp h200mm x w127mm x s25mm 300g ISBN13: 9781786495693 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-569-3 ISBN10: 1786495694 EAN: 9781786495693 x Description: 'Provocative and compelling, it is a spectacular debut' - Daily Mail Michael lost his wife in a terrorist attack on a London train. Since then, he has been seeing a therapist to help him come to terms with his grief - and his anger. He can't get over the fact that the man he holds responsible has seemingly got away scot-free. He doesn't blame the bombers, who he considers only as the logical conclusion to a long chain of events. No, to Michael's mind, the ultimate cause is the politician whose cynical policies have had such deadly impact abroad. His therapist suggests that he write his feelings down to help him forgive and move on, but as a retired headteacher, Michael believes that for every crime there should be a fitting punishment - and so in the pages of his diary he begins to set out the case for, and set about committing, murder. Waltzing through the darkling journal of a brilliant mind put to serious misuse, Kill [redacted] is a powerful and provocative exploration of the contours of grief and the limits of moral justice, and a blazing condemnation of all those who hold, and abuse, power. ONE OF THE BEST DEBUT NOVELS of 2019 (the i ) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Kill [redacted] Anthony Good (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Feb 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 416pp h233mm x w156mm x s31mm 550g ISBN13: 9781786496850 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-685-0 ISBN10: 1786496852 EAN: 9781786496850 x Description: Is murder ever morally right? And is a murderer necessarily bad? These two questions waltz through the maddening mind of Michael, the brilliant, terrifying, fiendishly smart creation at the centre of this winking dark gem of a literary thriller. Michael lost his wife in a terrorist attack on a London train. Since then, he has been seeing a therapist to help him come to terms with his grief - and his anger. He can't get over the fact that the man he holds responsible has seemingly got away scot-free. He doesn't blame the bombers, who he considers only as the logical conclusion to a long chain of events. No, to Michael's mind, the ultimate cause is the politician whose cynical policies have had such deadly impact abroad. His therapist suggests that he write his feelings down to help him forgive and move on, but as a retired headteacher, Michael believes that for every crime there should be a fitting punishment - and so in the pages of his diary he begins to set out the case for, and set about committing, murder. Waltzing through the darkling journal of a brilliant mind put to serious misuse, Kill [redacted] is a powerful and provocative exploration of the contours of grief and the limits of moral justice, and a blazing condemnation of all those who hold, and abuse, power. ONE OF THE BEST DEBUT NOVELS of 2019 (the i ) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Knowledge Martha Grimes (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h200mm x w130mm x s20mm 290g ISBN13: 9781786497550 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-755-0 ISBN10: 1786497557 EAN: 9781786497550 x Description: In the new mystery in the bestselling Richard Jury series, Martha Grimes brings London's finest on a double-homicide case that involves Kenyan art, rare gems, astrophysics and a long-fermented act of revenge. 'Read any one [of her novels] and you'll want to read them all.' - Chicago Tribune Robbie Parsons is one of London's finest, a black cab driver who knows every street, every theatre, every landmark in the city by heart. In his backseat is a man with a gun in his hand - a man who shot Robbie's previous pair of customers point-blank in front of the Artemis Club, a rarefied art gallerycum-casino, then jumped in and ordered Parsons to drive. As the killer eventually escapes to Nairobi with ten-year-old Patty Haigh - one of a crew of stray kids who serve as the cabbies' eyes and ears at Heathrow and Waterloo - in pursuit, superintendent Richard Jury comes across the double-homicide in the Saturday paper. Two days previously, Jury had met and instantly connected with one of the victims, a professor of astrophysics at Columbia and an expert gambler. Jury considers the murder a personal affront and is soon contending with a case that takes unexpected turns into Tanzanian gem mines, a closed casino in Reno, and a pub that only London's black cabbies, those who have 'the knowledge,' can find. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Below Deck Sophie Hardcastle (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Jun 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h216mm x w138mm ISBN13: 9781911630524 ISBN13: 978-1-911630-52-4 ISBN10: 1911630520 EAN: 9781911630524 x Description: When 21-year-old Oli sets sail from Australia she embarks on a trip that will open her eyes to life's possibilities. Some years later, fluent in the language of the ocean, she is the only female crew member on-board a yacht delivery to New Zealand. There, in the darkness below deck, she learns something new: at sea, no one can hear you scream. Below Deck is about the moments that haunt us, that fan out like ripples through the deep. It is a novel about the vagaries of consent, about who has the space to speak and who is believed. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Surplus Girls Polly Heron (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Jan 2020
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s24mm 267g ISBN13: 9781786499677 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-967-7 ISBN10: 1786499673 EAN: 9781786499677 x Description: After the loss of war, can there be hope for the future? Manchester, 1922. Belinda Layton is a surplus girl. One of the many women whose dreams of marriage perished in the Great War, with the death of her beloved fiance, Ben. After four years of mourning, she's ready to face the future, even though Ben's family is not happy to see her move on, and her own only cares about getting hold of her meagre factory wages. Then, Belinda joins a secretarial class and a whole new world opens up to her as she quickly finds herself drawn to beguiling bookshop owner Richard Carson. But after all the loss and devastation she has experienced, can she really trust him with her heart? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Narrow Land Christine Dwyer Hickey (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Mar 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 384pp h234mm x w155mm x s29mm 495g ISBN13: 9781786496720 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-672-0 ISBN10: 1786496720 EAN: 9781786496720 x Description: "A brilliant portrait... With a beguiling grace and a deceptive simplicity, Christine Dwyer Hickey reminds us that the past is never far away - rather, it constantly surrounds us, suspends us, haunts us." Colum McCann 1950: late summer season on Cape Cod. Michael, a ten-year-old boy, is spending the summer with Richie and his glamorous but troubled mother. Left to their own devices, the boys meet a couple living nearby - the artists Jo and Edward Hopper - and an unlikely friendship is forged. She, volatile, passionate and often irrational, suffers bouts of obsessive sexual jealousy. He, withdrawn and unwell, depressed by his inability to work, becomes besotted by Richie's frail and beautiful Aunt Katherine who has not long to live - an infatuation he shares with young Michael. A novel of loneliness and regret, the legacy of World War II and the ever-changing concept of the American Dream. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Narrow Land Christine Dwyer Hickey (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Mar 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 384pp h234mm x w153mm x s26mm 634g ISBN13: 9781786496713 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-671-3 ISBN10: 1786496712 EAN: 9781786496713
x Description: "A brilliant portrait... With a beguiling grace and a deceptive simplicity, Christine Dwyer Hickey reminds us that the past is never far away - rather, it constantly surrounds us, suspends us, haunts us." Colum McCann 1950: late summer season on Cape Cod. Michael, a ten-year-old boy, is spending the summer with Richie and his glamorous but troubled mother. Left to their own devices, the boys meet a couple living nearby - the artists Jo and Edward Hopper - and an unlikely friendship is forged. She, volatile, passionate and often irrational, suffers bouts of obsessive sexual jealousy. He, withdrawn and unwell, depressed by his inability to work, becomes besotted by Richie's frail and beautiful Aunt Katherine who has not long to live - an infatuation he shares with young Michael. A novel of loneliness and regret, the legacy of World War II and the ever-changing concept of the American Dream. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Narrow Land Christine Dwyer Hickey (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Feb 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 384pp h198mm x w129mm x s23mm 268g ISBN13: 9781786496744 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-674-4 ISBN10: 1786496747 EAN: 9781786496744 x Description: SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS, 2019 An Irish Independent and Irish Times Book of the Year, 2019 From the author of Tatty, the Dublin: One City One Book 2020 choice ________________________ 'It is a long time since I have read such a fine novel or one that I have enjoyed quite so much.' Irish Times 1950: late summer season on Cape Cod. Michael, a ten-year-old boy, is spending the summer with Richie and his glamorous but troubled mother. Left to their own devices, the boys meet a couple living nearby - the artists Jo and Edward Hopper - and an unlikely friendship is forged. She, volatile, passionate and often irrational, suffers bouts of obsessive sexual jealousy. He, withdrawn and unwell, depressed by his inability to work, becomes besotted by Richie's frail and beautiful Aunt Katherine who has not long to live - an infatuation he shares with young Michael. A novel of loneliness and regret, the legacy of World War II and the ever-changing concept of the American Dream. 'A brilliant portrait... With a beguiling grace and a deceptive simplicity, Christine Dwyer Hickey reminds us that the past is never far away - rather, it constantly surrounds us, suspends us, haunts us.' Colum McCann _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Jar of Hearts Jennifer Hillier (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
18 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 320pp h198mm x w129mm x s19mm 226g ISBN13: 9781786495167 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-516-7 ISBN10: 1786495163 EAN: 9781786495167 x Description: 'Jar of Hearts will have readers gasping in shock. 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... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Little Secrets Jennifer Hillier (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 May 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 320pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781786495174 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-517-4 ISBN10: 1786495171 EAN: 9781786495174 x Description: All it takes to unravel a life... is one home truth. Marin used to have it all. Married to the love of her life, she owns a chain of upscale hair salons, and Derek runs his own company. They're admired in their community and are a loving family - until their world falls apart the day their son Sebastian is taken. A year later, Marin is a shadow of herself. The FBI search has gone cold. The publicity has faded. She and her husband rarely speak. With her sanity ebbing, Marin hires a private investigator to pick up where the police left off. But instead of finding Sebastian, she learns that Derek is having an affair with a much younger woman. This discovery sparks Marin back to life. She's lost her son; she's not about to lose her husband. Derek's mistress is an enemy with a face, which means this is a problem Marin can fix. Permanently. 'Little Secrets will leave readers completely floored. You don't just read this book; you inhale it.' Mary Kubica _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hudson's Kill Paddy Hirsch (Author) Series:
Lawless New York
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Apr 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 320pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786498144 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-814-4 ISBN10: 1786498146 EAN: 9781786498144 x Description: 'A wild horse-and-carriage ride through early 19th century New York... Meticulously researched, the novel brings the city to life in lurid sensory detail.' Noel O'Reilly, author of Wrecker New York, 1803. The expanding city is rife with tension, and violence simmers on every street as black and Irish 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. When they each find 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 fight to save not only the city, but also themselves... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hudson's Kill Paddy Hirsch (Author) Series:
Lawless New York
Edition:
Export/Airside
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 320pp h235mm x w160mm x s20mm 425g ISBN13: 9781786498168 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-816-8 ISBN10: 1786498162 EAN: 9781786498168 x Description: 'A wild horse-and-carriage ride through early 19th century New York... Meticulously researched, the novel brings the city to life in lurid sensory detail.' Noel O'Reilly, author of Wrecker New York, 1803. The expanding city is rife with tension, and violence simmers on every street as black and Irish 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. When they each find 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 fight to save not only the city, but also themselves... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hudson's Kill Paddy Hirsch (Author) Series:
Lawless New York
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 320pp h240mm x w161mm x s30mm 565g ISBN13: 9781786498151 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-815-1 ISBN10: 1786498154 EAN: 9781786498151 x Description: 'A wild horse-and-carriage ride through early 19th century New York... Meticulously researched, the novel brings the city to life in lurid sensory detail.' Noel O'Reilly, author of Wrecker New York, 1803. The expanding city is rife with tension, and violence simmers on every street as black and Irish 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. When they each find 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 fight to save not only the city, but also themselves... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Devil's Half Mile Paddy Hirsch (Author) Series:
Lawless New York
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Mar 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 258g ISBN13: 9781786493521 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-352-1 ISBN10: 1786493527 EAN: 9781786493521 x
Description: Golden Hill and The Alienist meet Gangs of New York in this sweeping historical crime drama set in 18th century New York. New York, 1799. Justy Flanagan returns to his native city after five years in Ireland fighting the English. Bloodied and battered, Justy is no stranger to violence. Now he must use all his resources to uncover the truth behind his father's murder. But while he looks so intently at the past, it is the present that threatens to trip him up. When the body of a young woman appears in the docklands, brutally murdered, Justy must venture into the dark underbelly of the nascent city, where the labyrinthine streets hold danger at every turn. And, as the conspiracy deepens, it becomes clear that those involved will stop at nothing to keep their secrets... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Bride Test Helen Hoang (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 336pp h198mm x w129mm x s19mm 217g ISBN13: 9781786499639 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-963-9 ISBN10: 1786499630 EAN: 9781786499639 x Description: Goodread's Big Books of Spring 2019 - Romance 'Such a fun read... Original and sexy and sensitive.' Roxane Gay, author of Bad Feminist, on The Kiss Quotient __________________ From the bestselling author of The Kiss Quotient Khai Diep has no feelings. Well, not big, important emotions - like grief. And love. He thinks he's defective. His family knows better - that his autism means he just processes emotions differently. When he steadfastly refuses to consider a relationship, his mother takes matters into her own hands and returns to Vietnam to find him the perfect bride. As a mixed-race girl living in the slums of Ho Chi Minh City, Esme Tran has always felt out of place. So when the opportunity arises to go to America and meet a potential husband, she can't turn it down. This could be the break her family needs. Seducing Khai, however, doesn't go quite as planned. Esme's lessons in love seem to be working... but only on herself. She's hopelessly smitten with a man who's convinced he can never return her affection. As Esme's time in the United States dwindles, will Khai let his head catch up with his heart? Will he find the strength to let go, and let love in? 'Refreshingly real.' Marie Claire on The Bride Test _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Heart Principle Helen Hoang (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 May 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 304pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781838950804 ISBN13: 978-1-83895-080-4 ISBN10: 183895080X EAN: 9781838950804 x Description: To most, Quan is a surly, underachieving playboy. Anna dislikes him, or so she tells herself. She will never admit that she harbours a secret crush on Quan, especially because he only has eyes for her charismatic younger sister Camilla. Now, with her sister's engagement on the line, Anna must bury her anxieties and overcome her OCD to try and seduce Quan and save her sister's impending marriage. But when Quan discovers Anna's true intentions, he's forced to confront his own hurtful past and learn to forgive, while Anna must face her greatest
challenge: truly opening herself up to love. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Grave for Two Anne Holt (Author) (Author) Series:
Selma Falck series
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Feb 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 464pp h198mm x w128mm x s27mm 325g ISBN13: 9781786498519 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-851-9 ISBN10: 1786498510 EAN: 9781786498519 x Description: 'Anne Holt is the godmother of modern Norwegian crime fiction.' Jo Nesbo Don't miss the start of a new series from the bestselling author of Modus ______________________ Selma Falck has lost everything. Her family has left her and her career as a high-flying lawyer is in ruins. Then one day, the man who is to blame for her downfall rings the doorbell, in desperate need of help. If she can do what he asks, Selma will have a chance at getting her old life back. But when a body turns up, showing links to the case Selma is working, it becomes clear that she has become caught up in something she shouldn't have. And as another person is found dead, Selma must find the killer before it's too late... 'Step aside, Stieg Larsson, Holt is the queen of Scandinavian crime thrillers.' Red Magazine _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Grave for Two Anne Holt (Author) (Author) Series:
Selma Falck series
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 464pp h240mm x w162mm x s38mm 625g ISBN13: 9781786498694 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-869-4 ISBN10: 1786498693 EAN: 9781786498694 x Description: From Norway's bestselling female crime writer ___________________ 'Anne Holt is the godmother of modern Norwegian crime fiction.' Jo Nesbo, author of the Harry Hole series Selma Falck has hit rock bottom. Having lost everything - her husband, her children and her high-flying job as a lawyer - in quick succession, she is holed up alone in a dingy apartment. That is until Jan Morell - the man who is to blame for her downfall - rings her doorbell, desperate to overturn a doping accusation against his daughter, Hege - Norway's best female skier. He'll drop his investigation into Selma, but only if she'll help... With just weeks until the Olympic qualifying rounds, clearing Hege's name, and getting Selma's own life back on track, seems impossible. But when an elite male skier is found dead in suspicious circumstances, the post-mortem showing a link to Hege's case, it becomes clear to Selma that there is a sinister web of lies, corruption and scandals lurking in this highly competitive sport. As time starts to run out, another person is found dead, and Selma realizes that her own life is at risk... 'Step aside, Stieg Larsson, Holt is the queen of Scandinavian crime thrillers.' Red Magazine _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Grave for Two Anne Holt (Author) (Author) Series:
Selma Falck series
Edition:
Export/Airside
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 464pp h234mm x w153mm x s32mm 624g ISBN13: 9781786498502 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-850-2 ISBN10: 1786498502 EAN: 9781786498502 x Description: 'Anne Holt is the godmother of modern Norwegian crime fiction.' Jo Nesbo Selma Falck has hit rock bottom. Having lost everything - her husband, her children and her high-flying job as a lawyer - in quick succession, she is holed up alone in a dingy apartment. That is until Jan Morell - the man who is to blame for her downfall - rings her doorbell, desperate to overturn a doping accusation against his daughter, Hege - Norway's best female skier. He'll drop his investigation into Selma, but only if she'll help... With just weeks until the Olympic qualifying rounds, clearing Hege's name, and getting Selma's own life back on track, seems impossible. But when an elite male skier is found dead in suspicious circumstances, the post-mortem showing a link to Hege's case, it becomes clear to Selma that there is a sinister web of lies, corruption and scandals lurking in this highly competitive sport. As time starts to runs out, another person is found dead, and Selma realizes that her own life is at risk... 'Step aside, Stieg Larsson, Holt is the queen of Scandinavian crime thrillers.' Red Magazine _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Rewind Catherine Ryan Howard (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 May 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 336pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786496584 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-658-4 ISBN10: 1786496585 EAN: 9781786496584 x Description: ***AN IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER*** **Shortlisted for the 2019 An Post Irish Book Awards' Irish Independent Crime Fiction Book of the Year** ___________________ From the bestselling, multiple prize-shortlisted novelist Catherine Ryan Howard comes an explosive story about a twisted voyeur and a terrible crime... PLAY Andrew, the manager of Shanamore Holiday Cottages, watches his only guest via a hidden camera in her room. One night the unthinkable happens: a shadowy figure emerges onscreen, kills her and destroys the camera. But who is the murderer? How did they know about the camera? And how will Andrew live with himself? PAUSE Natalie wishes she'd stayed at home as soon as she arrives in the wintry isolation of Shanamore. There's something creepy about the manager. She wants to leave, but she can't - not until she's found what she's looking for... REWIND This is an explosive story about a murder caught on camera. You've already missed the start. To get the full picture you must rewind the tape and play it through to the end, no matter how shocking... 'Catherine Ryan Howard is a gift to crime writing. Her characters are credible, her stories are original and her plotting is ingenious. Every book is a treat to look forward to.' Liz Nugent
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Rewind Catherine Ryan Howard (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
22 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 336pp h240mm x w162mm x s31mm 585g ISBN13: 9781838950552 ISBN13: 978-1-83895-055-2 ISBN10: 1838950559 EAN: 9781838950552 x Description: ***AN IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER*** From the bestselling, multiple prize-shortlisted novelist Catherine Ryan Howard comes an explosive story about a twisted voyeur and a terrible crime... ______________________________ PLAY Andrew, the manager of Shanamore Holiday Cottages, watches his only guest via a hidden camera in her room. One night the unthinkable happens: a shadowy figure emerges onscreen, kills her and destroys the camera. But who is the murderer? How did they know about the camera? And how will Andrew live with himself? PAUSE Natalie wishes she'd stayed at home as soon as she arrives in the wintry isolation of Shanamore. There's something creepy about the manager. She wants to leave, but she can't - not until she's found what she's looking for... REWIND This is an explosive story about a murder caught on camera. You've already missed the start. To get the full picture you must rewind the tape and play it through to the end, no matter how shocking... 'Catherine Ryan Howard is a gift to crime writing. Her characters are credible, her stories are original and her plotting is ingenious. Every book is a treat to look forward to.' Liz Nugent, author of Unravelling Oliver _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Rewind Catherine Ryan Howard (Author) Series:
Edition:
Export/Airside
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
22 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 336pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781786496560 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-656-0 ISBN10: 1786496569 EAN: 9781786496560 x Description: From the bestselling, multiple prize-shortlisted novelist Catherine Ryan Howard comes an explosive story about a twisted voyeur and a terrible crime... PLAY Andrew, the manager of Shanamore Holiday Cottages, watches his only guest via a hidden camera in her room. One night the unthinkable happens: a shadowy figure emerges onscreen, kills her and destroys the camera. But who is the murderer? How did they know about the camera? And how will Andrew live with himself? PAUSE Natalie wishes she'd stayed at home as soon as she arrives in the wintry isolation of Shanamore. There's something creepy about the manager. She wants to leave, but she can't - not until she's found what she's looking for... REWIND
This is an explosive story about a murder caught on camera. You've already missed the start. To get the full picture you must rewind the tape and play it through to the end, no matter how shocking... 'Catherine Ryan Howard is a gift to crime writing. Her characters are credible, her stories are original and her plotting is ingenious. Every book is a treat to look forward to.' Liz Nugent _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Liar's Girl Catherine Ryan Howard (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
03 Jan 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 336pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 237g ISBN13: 9781782398998 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-899-8 ISBN10: 1782398996 EAN: 9781782398998 x Description: Shortlisted for the Edgar Award, Best Novel 2019 Irish Times' Best Book of the Year, 2018 ___________________________ 'Dark, yes, but tender too. The Liar's Girl is tightly plotted and crackles with suspense.' Ali Land, author of Good Me Bad Me ___________________________ Her first love confessed to five murders. But the truth was so much worse. Will Hurley, Dublin's notorious Canal Killer is in prison, ten years into a life sentence. His ex-girlfriend Alison has built a new life abroad, putting her shattered past behind her. Then the copycat killings start. Will holds the key to unlocking these crimes, but he'll only talk to Alison. Can the killer be stopped before there's another senseless murder? And after all these years, can Alison face the past - and the man - she's worked so hard to forget? 'A killer premise that totally delivers. A creepy, claustrophobic tale that never lets up on the tension while also managing to strike a truly tender note.' Caz Frear, author of Sweet Little Lies _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Nothing Man Catherine Ryan Howard (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
20 Aug 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781838951061 ISBN13: 978-1-83895-106-1 ISBN10: 1838951067 EAN: 9781838951061 x Description: As a child, Eve Black survived a home invasion that left her parents and older sister dead, the final atrocity of a serial attacker known as The Nothing Man. As an adult, she's become obsessed with identifying him. Eve has published a memoir about her experience, The Nothing Man. Jim Doyle is not particularly interested in true crime and is not much of a reader. But Jim is interested in The Nothing Man - because The Nothing Man is him. The more Jim reads, the more he realises how dangerously close Eve is getting to the truth. He fears she won't stop until she finds him. He has no choice but to stop her first... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Silver Road Stina Jackson (Author) Susan Beard (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Sep 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 247g ISBN13: 9781786497338 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-733-8 ISBN10: 1786497336 EAN: 9781786497338 x Description: **WINNER OF THE 2018 SWEDISH ACADEMY OF CRIME WRITERS' AWARD FOR BEST SWEDISH CRIME NOVEL** **WINNER OF THE 2019 GLASS KEY AWARD** **WINNER OF THE 2019 SWEDISH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD** ____________ Even the darkest journey must come to an end... Three years ago, Lelle's daughter went missing in a remote part of Northern Sweden. Lelle has spent the intervening summers driving the Silver Road under the midnight sun, frantically searching for his lost daughter. Meanwhile, seventeen-year-old Meja arrives in town hoping for a fresh start. She is the same age as Lelle's daughter was - a girl on the brink of adulthood. For Meja, there are dangers to be found in this isolated place.
As the days darken, Lelle and Meja's lives are intertwined in ways, both haunting and tragic, that they could never have imagined. 'Haunting, intoxicating' Ali Land, author of Good Me Bad Me 'Deeply affecting' Chris Whitaker, author of All the Wicked Girls _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Silver Road Stina Jackson (Author) Susan Beard (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Mar 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 352pp h240mm x w163mm x s29mm 600g ISBN13: 9781786497307 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-730-7 ISBN10: 1786497301 EAN: 9781786497307 x Description: Even the darkest journey must come to an end... ____________ 'Haunting, intoxicating' Ali Land, author of Good Me, Bad Me 'Deeply affecting' Chris Whitaker, author of All the Wicked Girls ____________ Three years ago, Lelle's daughter went missing in a remote part of Northern Sweden. Lelle has spent the intervening summers driving the Silver Road under the midnight sun, frantically searching for his lost daughter, for himself and for redemption. Meanwhile, seventeen-year-old Meja arrives in town hoping for a fresh start. She is the same age as Lelle's daughter was - a girl on the brink of adulthood. But for Meja, there are dangers to be found in this isolated place. As autumn's darkness slowly creeps in, Lelle and Meja's lives are intertwined in ways, both haunting and tragic, that they could never have imagined.
____________ **WINNER OF THE 2018 SWEDISH ACADEMY OF CRIME WRITERS' AWARD FOR BEST SWEDISH CRIME NOVEL** **WINNER OF THE 2019 GLASS KEY AWARD** _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Silver Road Stina Jackson (Author) Susan Beard (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
26 Feb 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 352pp h233mm x w157mm x s25mm 480g ISBN13: 9781786497321 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-732-1 ISBN10: 1786497328 EAN: 9781786497321 x Description: Even the darkest journey must come to an end... 'Haunting, intoxicating' Ali Land, author of Good Me, Bad Me 'Deeply affecting' Chris Whitaker, author of All the Wicked Girls Three years ago, Lelle's daughter went missing in a remote part of Northern Sweden. Lelle has spent the intervening summers driving the Silver Road under the midnight sun, frantically searching for his lost daughter, for himself and for redemption. Meanwhile, seventeen-year-old Meja arrives in town hoping for a fresh start. She is the same age as Lelle's daughter was - a girl on the brink of adulthood. But for Meja, there are dangers to be found in this isolated place. As autumn's darkness slowly creeps in, Lelle and Meja's lives are intertwined in ways, both haunting and tragic, that they could never have imagined. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ayesha at Last Uzma Jalaluddin (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Apr 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 247g ISBN13: 9781786497949 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-794-9 ISBN10: 1786497948 EAN: 9781786497949 x Description: Winner of the 2019 Hearst Big Books Award - Cosmopolitan's Book of the Year A Mirror 'Best Books to Read This Summer' pick ______________ A big-hearted, captivating, modern-day Muslim Pride and Prejudice, with hijabs instead of top hats and kurtas instead of corsets. Ayesha Shamsi has a lot going on. Her dreams of being a poet have been overtaken by a demanding teaching job. Her boisterous Muslim family, and numerous (interfering) aunties, are professional naggers. And her flighty young cousin, about to reject her one hundredth marriage proposal, is a constant reminder that Ayesha is still single. Ayesha might be a little lonely, but the one thing she doesn't want is an arranged marriage. And then she meets Khalid... How could a man so conservative and judgmental (and, yes, smart and annoyingly handsome) have wormed his way into her thoughts so quickly? As for Khalid, he's happy the way he is; his mother will find him a suitable bride. But why can't he get the captivating, outspoken Ayesha out of his
mind? They're far too different to be a good match, surely... 'A clever homage to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice that you'll love, even if you never got round to reading the original.' Cosmopolitan _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Night by Night Jack Jordan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Export/Airside
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 448pp h235mm x w158mm x s33mm 595g ISBN13: 9781786494436 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-443-6 ISBN10: 1786494434 EAN: 9781786494436 x Description: 'If you're reading this, I'm dead.' Rejected by her family and plagued by insomnia, Rose Shaw is on the brink . But one dark evening she collides with a man running through the streets, who quickly vanishes. The only sign he ever existed - a journal dropped at Rose's feet. She begins to obsessively dedicate her sleepless nights to discovering what happened to Finn Matthews, the mysterious author of the journal. Why was he convinced someone wanted to kill him? And why, in the midst of a string of murders, won't the police investigate his disappearance? Rose is determined to uncover the truth. But she has no idea what the truth will cost her...
'What a heart-breaking, heart-stopping read! I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. Night by Night is AMAZING!' Lauren North, author of The Perfect Betrayal _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Night by Night Jack Jordan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 448pp h198mm x w129mm x s26mm 311g ISBN13: 9781786494429 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-442-9 ISBN10: 1786494426 EAN: 9781786494429 x Description: 'Wow, it grabs you in the gut from the first few pages and doesn't let go!' Jo Spain, author of The Confession _________________________ If you're reading this, I'm dead. Rejected by her family and plagued by insomnia, Rose Shaw is on the brink. But one dark evening she collides with a man running through the streets, who quickly vanishes. The only sign he ever existed - a journal dropped at Rose's feet. She begins to obsessively dedicate her sleepless nights to discovering what happened to Finn Matthews, the mysterious author of the journal. Why was he convinced someone wanted to kill him? And why, in the midst of a string of murders, won't the police investigate his disappearance? Rose is determined to uncover the truth. But she has no idea what the truth will cost her...
'What a heart-breaking, heart-stopping read! I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. Night by Night is AMAZING!' Lauren North, author of The Perfect Betrayal
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Exquisite Cadavers Meena Kandasamy (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Nov 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 112pp h198mm x w129mm x s7mm 237g ISBN13: 9781786499653 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-965-3 ISBN10: 1786499657 EAN: 9781786499653 x Description: From the author of When I Hit You, shortlisted for the 2018 Women's Prize for Fiction Karim and Maya: [x] share a home [x] worry about money [x] binge-watch films [x] argue all the time Karim, a young film-maker, carries with him the starry-eyed dreams of the Arab Revolution. Maya carries her own pressing concerns: an errant father, an unstable job, a chain-smoking habit, a sudden pregnancy. When Karim's brother disappears in Tunis, and Karim wants to go after him, Maya must choose between her partner and her home city, her future and her history... In a conversation between forms, fictions and truths, Exquisite Cadavers is a novel about a young couple navigating love in London, and a literary hall of mirrors about an author navigating the inspirations behind her work. ___________________ 'An inventive fusion' Observer 'A work of brilliance' Financial Times 'Wonderful' LitHub _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
One Year Later Sanjida Kay (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 336pp h200mm x w130mm x s20mm 230g ISBN13: 9781786492555 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-255-5 ISBN10: 1786492555 EAN: 9781786492555 x Description: Since Amy's daughter, Ruby-May, died in a terrible accident, her family have been beset by grief. One year later, the family decide to go on holiday to mend their wounds. An idyllic island in Italy seems the perfect place for them to heal and repair their relationships with one another. But no sooner have they arrived than they discover nothing on this remote island is quite as it seems. And with the anniversary of the little girl's death looming, it becomes clear that at least one person in the family is hiding a shocking secret. As things start to go rapidly wrong, Amy begins to question whether everyone will make it home... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
One Year Later Sanjida Kay (Author) Series:
Edition:
Export/Airside
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 336pp h235mm x w155mm x s21mm 441g ISBN13: 9781786498793 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-879-3 ISBN10: 1786498790 EAN: 9781786498793 x Description: Since Amy's daughter, Ruby-May, died in a terrible accident, her family have been beset by grief. One year later, the family decide to go on holiday to mend their wounds. An idyllic island in Italy seems the perfect place for them to heal and repair their relationships with one another. But no sooner have they arrived than they discover nothing on this remote island is quite as it seems. And with the anniversary of the little girl's death looming, it becomes clear that at least one person in the family is hiding a shocking secret. As things start to go rapidly wrong, Amy begins to question whether everyone will make it home... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Viper Christobel Kent (Author) (Author) Series:
Sandro Cellini
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Aug 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 320pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9780857893345 ISBN13: 978-0-85789-334-5 ISBN10: 0857893343 EAN: 9780857893345 x Description: Forty years have passed since Sandro Cellini last set foot in La Vipera. But when two bodies are discovered on a hillside just south of Florence, he must come out of retirement to unravel the mystery. La Vipera, a strange, derelict farmhouse, was once home to a free-living commune, but nobody knows what shady activities took place there. Now, Cellini hopes his investigation of the recent murders will shed light on the past. But in order to reach the truth, he must face traumatic memories of his own as he sifts through the chaos and lies. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Pilgrims Matthew Kneale (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Jun 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 352pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781786492371 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-237-1 ISBN10: 1786492377 EAN: 9781786492371 x Description: The year 1289. A rich farmer fears he'll go to hell for cheating his neighbours. His wife wants pilgrim badges to sew into her hat and show off at church. A poor, ragged villager is convinced his beloved cat is suffering in the fires of purgatory and must be rescued. A mother is convinced her son's dangerous illness is punishment for her own adultery and seeks forgiveness so he may be cured. A landlord is in trouble with the church after he punched an abbot on the nose. A sexually driven noblewoman seeks a divorce so she can marry her new young beau. These are among a group of pilgrims that sets off on the tough and dangerous journey from England to Rome, where they hope all their troubles will be answered. Some in the party who have their own, secret reasons for going.
Matthew Kneale is the author of English Passengers and Rome: A History in Seven Sackings. His new novel, Pilgrims is a riveting, sweeping narrative that shows medieval society in a new light, as a highly rule-bound, legalistic world, though religious fervour and the threat of violence are never far below the surface. Told by multiple narrators, 'Pilgrims' has much to say about Englishness, then and now. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Trenton Makes Tadzio Koelb (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 224pp h198mm x w129mm x s13mm 162g ISBN13: 9781786494078 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-407-8 ISBN10: 1786494078 EAN: 9781786494078 x Description: SHORTLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE, 2018 __________________________________________ "A novel of bewitching ingenuity" New York Times "Electrifying" Lit Hub __________________________________________ Abe Kunstler wants his share of the American Dream, which for him is a factory job, a wife and a family. Getting these things will be harder for Abe than it is for other people, however, because his life is a lie - an invention forged in the heat of a terrible crime. Haunted by his past, terrified of exposure, and searching obsessively for redemption, Abe moves from one ruthless act to the next, tricking an alcoholic young taxi-dancer into becoming first his wife, then the mother of a child she believes is his. When the life they have built is threatened, he becomes desperate, until even Abe himself isn't sure how far he'll go to keep his secret... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Feral Detective Jonathan Lethem (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Mar 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 336pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786497512 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-751-2 ISBN10: 1786497514 EAN: 9781786497512 x Description: 'A nimble and uncanny performance, brimming with Lethem's trademark verve and wit' Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad Phoebe Siegler first meets Charles Heist in a shabby trailer on the eastern edge of Los Angeles. She's looking for her friend's missing daughter, Arabella, and hires Heist - a laconic loner who keeps his pet opossum in a desk drawer - to help. The unlikely pair navigate the enclaves of desertdwelling vagabonds and find that Arabella is in serious trouble - caught in the middle of a violent standoff that only Heist, mysteriously, can end. Phoebe's trip to the desert was always going to be strange, but it was never supposed to be dangerous... Jonathan Lethem's first detective novel since Motherless Brooklyn, The Feral Detective is a singular achievement by one of our greatest writers. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Feral Detective Jonathan Lethem (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Apr 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 336pp h240mm x w160mm x s30mm 580g ISBN13: 9781786497482 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-748-2 ISBN10: 1786497484 EAN: 9781786497482 x Description: 'A nimble and uncanny performance, brimming with Lethem's trademark verve and wit' Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad Phoebe Siegler first meets Charles Heist in a shabby trailer on the eastern edge of Los Angeles. She's looking for her friend's missing daughter, Arabella, and hires Heist - a laconic loner who keeps his pet opossum in a desk drawer - to help. The unlikely pair navigate the enclaves of desertdwelling vagabonds and find that Arabella is in serious trouble - caught in the middle of a violent standoff that only Heist, mysteriously, can end. Phoebe's trip to the desert was always going to be strange, but it was never supposed to be dangerous... Jonathan Lethem's first detective novel since Motherless Brooklyn, The Feral Detective is a singular achievement by one of our greatest writers. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gallowstree Lane Kate London (Author) Series:
The Metropolitan Series
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Jan 2020
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 258g ISBN13: 9781786493408 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-340-8 ISBN10: 1786493403 EAN: 9781786493408 x Description: 'Utterly authentic' Daily Mail Detective Inspector Kieran Shaw is not interested in the infantry. He likes the proper criminals, the ones who can plan things. As head of Operation Perseus - a covert police investigation into a powerful criminal network - Shaw is about to make the arrests of his career. But then the brutal murder of a teenager sends a shockwave through the very organization he has been targeting, threatening not only Shaw's case, but everyone with a connection to the boy who was killed on Gallowstree Lane... 'An authentic depiction of gang life and police politics with first class writing.' Sunday Express _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gallowstree Lane Kate London (Author) Series:
The Metropolitan Series
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Feb 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 368pp h242mm x w164mm x s33mm 630g ISBN13: 9781786497956 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-795-6 ISBN10: 1786497956 EAN: 9781786497956 x
Description: 'Utterly authentic' Daily Mail _________________________ Please don't let me die. Please don't. When a teenage boy steps out of the shadows of Gallowstree Lane and asks a passer-by for help, it's already too late. His life is bleeding out on the London street. The murder threatens to derail Operation Perseus, a covert police investigation into the Eardsley Bluds, an organised criminal network. Detective Kieran Shaw can't and won't allow that to happen. But fifteen-year-old Ryan has other ideas. He's witnessed the death of his best friend, and now he wants someone to pay... As loyalties collide, a chain of events is triggered that threatens everyone with a connection to Gallowstree Lane. 'An authentic depiction of gang life and police politics with first class writing.' Sunday Express _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gallowstree Lane Kate London (Author) Series:
The Metropolitan Series
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Feb 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 384pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781786493385 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-338-5 ISBN10: 1786493381 EAN: 9781786493385 x Description: Please don't let me die. Please don't. The final words of teenager Spencer Cardoso as he bleeds out on a London street, his life cut short in a single moment of rage. Detective Inspector Kieran Shaw's not interested in the infantry. Shaw likes the proper criminals, the ones who can plan things. For two years he's been painstakingly building evidence against an organized network, the Eardsley Bluds. Operation Perseus is about to make its arrests. So when a low-level Bluds member is stabbed to death on Gallowstree Lane, Shaw's priority is to protect his operation. An investigation into one of London's tit for tat killings can't be allowed to derail Perseus and let the master criminals go free. But there's a witness to the murder, fifteen-year-old Ryan Kennedy. Already caught up in Perseus and with the Bluds, Ryan's got his own demons and his own ideas about what's important. As loyalties collide and priorities clash, a chain of events is triggered that draws in Shaw's old adversary DI Sarah Collins and threatens everyone with a connection to Gallowstree Lane... "Kate London, the new rising star of crime fiction, is the real thing. Read everything she writes." --Tony Parsons _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The West Country Winery Lizzie Lovell (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 384pp h198mm x w129mm x s23mm 258g ISBN13: 9781786498373 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-837-3 ISBN10: 1786498375 EAN: 9781786498373
x Description: Adjusting to West Country life may take more than she bargained for... __________ A comedic state-of-the-nation tale for fans of Katie Fforde, Jenny Colgan and Phillipa Ashley. __________ Chrissie loves her London life and job as an events manager. She loves her loyal lodger and cleaner Melina (sharp as a tack), and her daughters Scarlet (loud, vegan, activist) and Ruby (quiet, musician, boffin). She even loves her husband Rob, despite him deciding to cycle across Africa. For a year. But life as the only responsible adult has left Chrissie stressed and overworked, so much so that she is almost relieved when her mum calls her home to Devon to help with the struggling family vineyard. Almost. Chrissie gives herself a year: if she can make it through until then, maybe they can celebrate as a family with their own fizz? But adjusting to West Country life may take more than she bargained for... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gathering Evidence Martin MacInnes (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Feb 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 320pp h216mm x w154mm x s27mm 460g ISBN13: 9781786493453 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-345-3 ISBN10: 1786493454 EAN: 9781786493453 x Description: With extinction imminent, researchers visit an exclusive national park to observe one of the last troops of bonobo chimpanzees. Amid unusual behaviour and unexplained deaths, Shel Murray suspects her team is being hunted. Back at home, Shel's partner is attacked touring their new property. Amnesiac and quarantined, John is visited by an inscrutable doctor, tending to the still fresh wounds. As his memory returns, John questions not only the assault, but the renewed marks on his body, and the black fungus now growing on the walls. A sudden event changes everything. Shel is interrogated over the expedition in the park; John throws himself into work, developing new software. Together, with a greater understanding of how much they have to lose, they face a grave threat, something that promises to devour everything. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Deep River Karl Marlantes (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Jul 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 736pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786498854 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-885-4 ISBN10: 1786498855 EAN: 9781786498854 x Description: 'An unforgettable novel.' - Washington Post At the turn of the twentieth century, as the oppression of Russia's imperial rule takes its toll on Finland, the three Koski siblings - Ilmari, Matti and the politicized young Aino - are forced to flee. They settle among a community of Finns in Deep River - a town on the western edges of the United States. The brothers face the excitement and danger of pioneering this frontier wilderness. But while they are climbing and felling trees one-hundred metres high, Aino is organizing the country's fledgling labour movements. As the Koskis strive to rebuild lives and families in an America in flux, they also try to hold fast to the traditions of a home they can never return to. And so the seasons change, the decades pass and the denizens of Deep River slip in and out of love; they become engineers and fishermen, midwives and widows, soldiers and fugitives. In this profoundly moving epic Karl Marlantes masterfully depicts the tyranny of nascent America, the limits of human survival and the enduring might of
family love. 'A finely-hewn portrait' An Amazon Best Book of July 2019 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Deep River Karl Marlantes (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
03 Sep 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 736pp h234mm x w153mm x s51mm 1018g ISBN13: 9781786498823 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-882-3 ISBN10: 1786498820 EAN: 9781786498823 x Description: 'An unforgettable novel.' - Washington Post At the turn of the twentieth century, as the oppression of Russia's imperial rule takes its toll on Finland, the three Koski siblings - Ilmari, Matti and the politicized young Aino - are forced to flee. They settle among a community of Finns in Deep River - a town on the western edges of the United States. The brothers face the excitement and danger of pioneering this frontier wilderness. But while they are climbing and felling trees one-hundred metres high, Aino is organizing the country's fledgling labour movements. As the Koskis strive to rebuild lives and families in an America in flux, they also try to hold fast to the traditions of a home they can never return to. And so the seasons change, the decades pass and the denizens of Deep River slip in and out of love; they become engineers and fishermen, midwives and widows, soldiers and fugitives. In this profoundly moving epic Karl Marlantes masterfully depicts the tyranny of nascent America, the limits of human survival and the enduring might of family love.
'A finely-hewn portrait' An Amazon Best Book of July 2019 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Deep River Karl Marlantes (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Export/Airside
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 736pp h234mm x w153mm x s51mm 980g ISBN13: 9781786498830 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-883-0 ISBN10: 1786498839 EAN: 9781786498830 x Description: At the turn of the twentieth century, as the oppression of Russia's imperial rule takes its toll on Finland, the three Koski siblings - Ilmari, Matti and the politicized young Aino - are forced to flee. They settle among a community of Finns in Deep River - a town on the western edges of the United States. The brothers face the excitement and danger of pioneering this frontier wilderness. But while they are climbing and felling trees onehundred metres high, Aino is organizing the country's fledgling labour movements. As the Koskis strive to rebuild lives and families in an America in flux, they also try to hold fast to the traditions of a home they can never return to. And so the seasons change, the decades pass and the denizens of Deep River slip in and out of love; they become engineers and fishermen, midwives and widows, soldiers and fugitives. In this profoundly moving epic Karl Marlantes masterfully depicts the tyranny of nascent America, the limits of human survival and the enduring might of family love.
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The Girl from Widow Hills Megan Miranda (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Jul 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781838951085 ISBN13: 978-1-83895-108-5 ISBN10: 1838951083 EAN: 9781838951085 x Description: Everyone knows the story of the girl from Widow Hills. When Arden Mayes was six years old, she was swept away in terrifying storm and went missing for days. Against all odds, she was found alive, clinging to a storm drain. A living miracle. Arden's mother wrote a book, and fame followed. But so did fans, creeps and stalkers. It was all too much, and as soon as she was old enough, Arden changed her name and left Widow Hills behind. Now, a young woman living hundreds of miles away, Arden is known as Olivia. With the twentieth anniversary of her rescue looming, media interest in the girl who survived is increasing. Where is she now? The stress brings back the night terrors of Olivia's youth. Often, she finds herself out of bed in the middle of the night, sometimes outside her home, even streets away. Then one evening she jolts awake in her yard, with the corpse of a man at her feet. The girl from Widow Hills is about to become the centre of the story, once again. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Last House Guest Megan Miranda (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Jun 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 352pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786492937 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-293-7 ISBN10: 1786492938 EAN: 9781786492937 x Description: REESE'S BOOK CLUB x HELLO SUNSHINE AUGUST 2019 PICK! FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ALL THE MISSING GIRLS 'The perfect summer thriller ... twisty and tense, with a pace that made my heart race. An edge-of-your-seat, up-all-night read.' Riley Sager, author of The Last Time I Lied 'A riveting read!' Mary Kubica, author of The Good Girl 'Dizzying plot twists and multiple surprise endings are this author's stock in trade... And, oh boy, does she ever know how to write [them].' Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review Never overstay your welcome... Littleport, Maine is like two separate towns: a vacation paradise for wealthy holidaymakers and a simple harbour community for the residents who serve them. Friendships between locals and visitors are unheard of - but that's just what happened with Avery Greer and Sadie Loman. Each summer for a decade the girls are inseparable - until Sadie is found dead. When the police rule the death a suicide, Avery can't help but feel there are those in the community, including a local detective and Sadie's brother Parker, who blame her. Someone knows more than they're saying, and Avery is intent on clearing her name before she's branded a killer.
'Fast-paced and gripping.' People _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Last House Guest Megan Miranda (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
20 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 352pp h234mm x w153mm x s25mm 457g ISBN13: 9781786492913 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-291-3 ISBN10: 1786492911 EAN: 9781786492913 x Description: REESE'S BOOK CLUB x HELLO SUNSHINE AUGUST 2019 PICK! FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ALL THE MISSING GIRLS 'The perfect summer thriller ... twisty and tense, with a pace that made my heart race. An edge-of-your-seat, up-all-night read.' Riley Sager, author of The Last Time I Lied 'A riveting read!' Mary Kubica, author of The Good Girl 'Dizzying plot twists and multiple surprise endings are this author's stock in trade... And, oh boy, does she ever know how to write [them].' Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review Never overstay your welcome... Littleport, Maine is like two separate towns: a vacation paradise for wealthy holidaymakers and a simple harbour community for the residents who serve them. Friendships between locals and visitors are unheard of - but that's just what happened with Avery Greer and Sadie Loman. Each summer for a decade the girls are inseparable - until Sadie is found dead. When the police rule the death a suicide, Avery can't help but feel there are those in the community, including a local detective and Sadie's brother Parker, who blame her. Someone knows more than they're saying, and Avery is intent on clearing her name before she's branded a killer. 'Fast-paced and gripping.' People _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Secrets of Strangers Charity Norman (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 May 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 352pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781911630418 ISBN13: 978-1-911630-41-8 ISBN10: 1911630415 EAN: 9781911630418 x Description: A regular weekday morning veers drastically off-course for five strangers whose paths cross in a London cafe - their lives never to be the same again when an apparently crazed gunman holds them hostage. But there is more to the situation than first meets the eye and as the captives grapple with their own inner demons, the line between right and wrong starts to blur. Will the secrets they keep stop them from escaping with their lives? Another tense, multi-dimensional drama from the writer of the Richard & Judy bestseller AFTER THE FALL. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Henry, Himself Stewart O'Nan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Apr 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781911630340 ISBN13: 978-1-911630-34-0 ISBN10: 1911630342 EAN: 9781911630340 x Description: Stewart O'Nan is renowned for illuminating the unexpected grace of everyday life and the resilience of ordinary people with humour, intelligence, and compassion. In Henry, Himself, he offers an unsentimental, moving life story of a twentieth-century everyman. _________________________________ Henry, Himself is a wry, warm-hearted portrait of an American original - a man who believes he's reached a dead end only to discover life is full of surprises. Soldier, son, lover, husband, breadwinner, churchgoer, Henry Maxwell has spent his whole life trying to live with honour. A native Pittsburgher and engineer, he's always believed in logic, sacrifice and hard work. Now, seventy-five and retired, he feels the world has passed him by. It's 1998, the American century is ending, and nothing is simple any more. His children are distant, their unhappiness a mystery. Only his wife, Emily, and dog, Rufus, stand by him. Once so confident, 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? Henry, Himself is a wry, warmhearted portrait of an American original - a man who believes he's reached a dead end only to discover life is full of surprises. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Henry, Himself Stewart O'Nan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 384pp h223mm x w147mm x s34mm 530g ISBN13: 9781911630333 ISBN13: 978-1-911630-33-3 ISBN10: 1911630334 EAN: 9781911630333 x Description: Stewart O'Nan is renowned for illuminating the unexpected grace of everyday life and the resilience of ordinary people with humour, intelligence, and compassion. In Henry, Himself, he offers an unsentimental, moving life story of a twentieth-century everyman. _________________________________ Henry, Himself is a wry, warm-hearted portrait of an American original - a man who believes he's reached a dead end only to discover life is full of surprises. Soldier, son, lover, husband, breadwinner, churchgoer, Henry Maxwell has spent his whole life trying to live with honour. A native Pittsburgher and engineer, he's always believed in logic, sacrifice and hard work. Now, seventy-five and retired, he feels the world has passed him by. It's 1998, the American century is ending, and nothing is simple any more. His children are distant, their unhappiness a mystery. Only his wife, Emily, and dog, Rufus, stand by him.
Once so confident, 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? Henry, Himself is a wry, warmhearted portrait of an American original - a man who believes he's reached a dead end only to discover life is full of surprises. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
North Frank Owen (Author) Series:
Divided States
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
03 Oct 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 384pp h198mm x w129mm x s23mm 268g ISBN13: 9781782399025 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-902-5 ISBN10: 178239902X EAN: 9781782399025 x Description: A Guardian Book of the Month 'Echoes of Cormac McCarthy's The Road and Stephen King's The Stand...' Guardian on South If a virus doesn't kill you, the South will... The USA has been ravaged by Civil War. It's been thirty years since the first wind-borne viruses ended the war between North and South. While the South has been devastated by disease - the North has emerged victorious, but terrified of reprisals. Both territories remain at the mercy of the vicious Northern dictator, Renard. Two survivors, Dyce and Vida, journeyed deep into the Southern terrains in search of a cure for Renard's chemical warfare. Now they find themselves scouring the Northern territories on a new and far deadlier pursuit; to eliminate Renard himself. Could Dyce and Vida unite a fractured America - and at what cost? This is the story of Dyce and Vida. This is the story of the Resistance and its last, desperate, stand. This is the story of North. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Black Light Kimberley King Parsons (author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Aug 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 224pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781838951290 ISBN13: 978-1-83895-129-0 ISBN10: 1838951296 EAN: 9781838951290 x Description: 'The stories in Black Light are grimy and weird, surprising, utterly lush... I loved every moment of this book.' Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties _____________________
With raw, poetic ferocity, the National Book Award-nominated Black Light exposes desire's darkest hollows - those hidden places where most of us are afraid to look. Taking us from sultry highways to cold family kitchens, from the freedom of pay-by-the-hour motels to the claustrophobia of private school dorms, these enormously perceptive and brutally unsentimental short stories are about the ache of first love, the banality of self-loathing, the scourge of addiction, the myth of marriage, and the magic and inevitable disillusionment of childhood. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Angel's Mark: A gripping tale of espionage and murder in Elizabethan London S. W. Perry (Author) Series:
The Jackdaw Mysteries
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 448pp h198mm x w129mm x s26mm 311g ISBN13: 9781786494948 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-494-8 ISBN10: 1786494949 EAN: 9781786494948 x Description: Longlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Historical Fiction Dagger, 2019 A Walter Scott Prize Academy Recommended Read 2019 'Rich, intelligent and dark in equal measure, leaving you wrung out with terror. Historical fiction at its most sumptuous.' Rory Clements ________________________ Heresy. Conspiracy. Murder... London, 1590: Amidst a tumultuous backdrop of Spanish plotters, Catholic heretics and foreign wars, Queen Elizabeth I's control over her kingdom is wavering. And a killer is at work, preying on the weak and destitute of London... Idealistic physician Nicholas Shelby becomes determined to end these terrible murders. Joined in his investigations by Bianca, a beautiful but mysterious tavern keeper, the pair find themselves caught in the middle of a sinister plot. With the killer still at large, Bianca finds herself in terrible danger. Nicholas's choice seems impossible - to save Bianca, or save himself... 'Wonderful! Perry's Elizabethan London is so skilfully evoked, so real that one can almost smell it.' Giles Kristian _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Saracen's Mark S. W. Perry (Author) Series:
The Jackdaw Mysteries
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Apr 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 464pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781786498977 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-897-7 ISBN10: 1786498979 EAN: 9781786498977 x Description: London, 1593. Five years on from the Armada and England is taking its first faltering steps towards a future as a global power. Nicholas Shelby - reluctant spy and maverick physician - and his companion Bianca Merton are settling into a life on Bankside. But, in London there is always a plot afoot... Robert Cecil, the Queen's spymaster, once again recruits Nicholas to undertake a dangerous undercover mission that will take him to the back alleys of Marrakech in search of a missing informer. However, while Nicholas hunts for the truth across the seas, plague returns once more to London - ravaging the streets and threatening those dearest to him.
Can Bianca and Nicholas' budding relationship weather the threats of pestilence and conspiracy? And will Nicholas survive his mission and the unpredictability of Marrakesh to return home? ________________________ Praise for The Jackdaw Mysteries, a CWA Dagger finalist series 'S. W. Perry is one of the best' The Times 'No-one is better than S. W. Perry at leading us through the squalid streets of London in the sixteenth century' Andrew Swanston 'S. W. Perry's ingeniously plotted novels have become my favourite historical crime series' S. G. MacLean _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Serpent's Mark S. W. Perry (Author) Series:
The Jackdaw Mysteries
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Nov 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 448pp h198mm x w129mm x s26mm 311g ISBN13: 9781786494986 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-498-6 ISBN10: 1786494981 EAN: 9781786494986 x Description: From the author of The Angel's Mark, a CWA Dagger longlisted novel and a Walter Scott Prize Academy Recommended Read 2019 'S.W. Perry's ingeniously plotted novels have become my favourite historical crime series.' S. G. MacLean, author of The Seeker series ____________________ Treason sleeps for no man... London, 1591. Nicholas Shelby, physician and reluctant spy, returns to his old haunts on London's lawless Bankside. But, when spymaster Robert Cecil asks him to investigate the dubious practices of a mysterious doctor from Switzerland, Nicholas is soon embroiled in a conspiracy that threatens not just the life of an innocent young patient, but the overthrow of Queen Elizabeth herself. With fellow healer and mistress of the Jackdaw tavern, Bianca Merton, again at his side, Nicholas is drawn into a sinister world of zealots, charlatans and dangerous fanatics... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Serpent's Mark S. W. Perry (Author) Series:
The Jackdaw Mysteries
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 432pp h235mm x w165mm x s37mm 720g ISBN13: 9781786494962 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-496-2 ISBN10: 1786494965 EAN: 9781786494962 x Description: From the author of The Angel's Mark, a CWA Dagger longlisted novel and a Walter Scott Prize Academy Recommended Read 2019 'S.W. Perry's ingeniously plotted novels have become my favourite historical crime series.' S. G. MacLean, author of The Seeker series ____________________ Treason sleeps for no man... London, 1591. Nicholas Shelby, physician and reluctant spy, returns to his old haunts on London's lawless Bankside. But, when spymaster Robert
Cecil asks him to investigate the dubious practices of a mysterious doctor from Switzerland, Nicholas is soon embroiled in a conspiracy that threatens not just the life of an innocent young patient, but the overthrow of Queen Elizabeth herself. With fellow healer and mistress of the Jackdaw tavern, Bianca Merton, again at his side, Nicholas is drawn into a sinister world of zealots, charlatans and dangerous fanatics... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Cornish Lady Nicola Pryce (Author) (Author) Series:
Cornish Saga
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Mar 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 464pp h198mm x w129mm x s27mm 322g ISBN13: 9781786493859 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-385-9 ISBN10: 1786493853 EAN: 9781786493859 x Description: The fourth novel in a stunning series set in eighteenth-century Cornwall, perfect for fans of Poldark. Educated, beautiful and the daughter of a prosperous merchant, Angelica Lilly has been invited to spend the summer in high society. Her father's wealth is opening doors, and attracting marriage proposals, but Angelica still feels like an imposter among the aristocrats of Cornwall. When her brother returns home, ill and under the influence of a dangerous man, Angelica's loyalties are tested to the limit. Her one hope lies with coachman Henry Trevelyan, a softly spoken, educated man with kind eyes. But when Henry seemingly betrays Angelica, she has no one to turn to. Who is Henry, and what does he want? And can Angelica save her brother from a terrible plot that threatens to ruin her entire family? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Bastille Spy C. S. Quinn (Author) (Author) Series:
A Revolution Spy series
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 May 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 432pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786498434 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-843-4 ISBN10: 178649843X EAN: 9781786498434 x Description: From the bestselling e-book sensation of The Thief Taker series comes a thrilling and sumptuous novel set during the early days of the French Revolution. 'A rip-roaring adventure.' Tessa Harris, author of the Dr Thomas Silkstone Mysteries _________________________________ 'He was alive when he went in the mortuary.' 1789. The Bastille is marked for destruction. Skirmishes in the city are rife and revolution is in the air. When a gruesomely murdered rebel is found in the prison morgue, a plot is suspected. English spy, Attica Morgan, is laying low after an abortive mission. So when she's given an assignment inside the Bastille, her instinct is to run. Instead, she's offered a pardon, in return for solving the mystery of the dead revolutionary; and exposing a plot that leads to Marie Antoinette. But as tensions rise to breaking point in the city, Attica quickly realises she's in a race against time. Soon there could be no Bastille to investigate. 'Incredible! It's the best action adventure novel I've ever read... A fantastic achievement that has blown me away with its ingenuity, scope and breathless pace.' Louise Voss, author of the Detective Lennon series
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The Bastille Spy C. S. Quinn (Author) (Author) Series:
A Revolution Spy series
Edition:
Export/Airside
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 432pp h234mm x w153mm x s30mm 582g ISBN13: 9781786498458 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-845-8 ISBN10: 1786498456 EAN: 9781786498458 x Description: From the bestselling e-book sensation of The Thief Taker series comes a thrilling and sumptuous novel set during the early days of the French Revolution. 'A rip-roaring adventure.' Tessa Harris ______________________________________ 'He was alive when he went in the mortuary.' 1789. The Bastille is marked for destruction. Skirmishes in the city are rife and revolution is in the air. When a gruesomely murdered rebel is found in the prison morgue, a plot is suspected. English spy, Attica Morgan, is laying low after an abortive mission. So when she's given an assignment inside the Bastille, her instinct is to run. Instead, she's offered a pardon, in return for solving the mystery of the dead revolutionary; and exposing a plot that leads to Marie Antoinette. But as tensions rise to breaking point in the city, Attica quickly realises she's in a race against time. Soon there could be no Bastille to investigate. 'Incredible! It's the best action adventure novel I've ever read... A fantastic achievement that has blown me away with its ingenuity, scope and breathless pace.' Louise Voss _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Bastille Spy C. S. Quinn (Author) (Author) Series:
A Revolution Spy series
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 432pp h234mm x w153mm x s30mm 695g ISBN13: 9781786498427 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-842-7 ISBN10: 1786498421 EAN: 9781786498427 x Description: From the bestselling e-book sensation of The Thief Taker series comes a thrilling and sumptuous novel set during the early days of the French Revolution. 'A rip-roaring adventure.' Tessa Harris, author of the Dr Thomas Silkstone Mysteries _________________________________ 'He was alive when he went in the mortuary.' 1789. The Bastille is marked for destruction. Skirmishes in the city are rife and revolution is in the air. When a gruesomely murdered rebel is found in the prison morgue, a plot is suspected. English spy, Attica Morgan, is laying low after an abortive mission. So when she's given an assignment inside the Bastille, her instinct is to run. Instead, she's offered a pardon, in return for solving the mystery of the dead revolutionary; and exposing a plot that leads to Marie Antoinette.
But as tensions rise to breaking point in the city, Attica quickly realises she's in a race against time. Soon there could be no Bastille to investigate. 'Incredible! It's the best action adventure novel I've ever read... A fantastic achievement that has blown me away with its ingenuity, scope and breathless pace.' Louise Voss, author of the Detective Lennon series _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
For the Hell of It Phil Rickman (Author) (Author) Series:
Merrily Watkins Series
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
28 Jan 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 400pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781786494597 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-459-7 ISBN10: 1786494590 EAN: 9781786494597 x Description: THE SIXTEENTH INSTALMENT IN THE MERRILY WATKINS SERIES 'Merrily Watkins is the most singular of crime fiction protagonists... As ever [Rickman]'s supremely skillful at teasing out the menace that lies behind English folk customs and legends and weaving them into a compelling contemporary narrative.' Mail on Sunday 'I called on darkness... midnight darkness...' At the end of the 18th century, the poet William Wordsworth rambled, in a strange visionary haze, from Salisbury Plain up into the Wye Valley. The epic walk changed his life. More than 200 years later, Oxford student David Vaynor followed the same secluded route and still can't explain what happened to him there. Now he's back, as a police detective investigating a suspicious death, and finds that, in this place of cliffs and chasms, it's far from easy to escape the past. Meanwhile, Merrily Watkins, diocesan exorcist for Hereford, is being warned that in-depth investigation is not part of her job - a job she may not be holding down for very long. She'll be risking her future to help 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.' _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Launch Code Michael Ridpath (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Nov 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 400pp h233mm x w155mm x s29mm 605g ISBN13: 9781786496997 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-699-7 ISBN10: 1786496992 EAN: 9781786496997 x Description: 'Hugely enjoyable and thought-provoking, Launch Code brings to mind the classic thrillers of Alister Maclean and Jack Higgins. A wellcrafted ingenious mystery, tightly plotted, compelling and contemporary, this could well be Michael Ridpath's best novel yet.' - Stav Sherez, author of the Carrigan & Miller series 1983: Three hundred feet beneath the Atlantic, submarine Lieutenant Bill Guth receives the order he's been dreading: a full nuclear strike against the USSR. Crisis is soon averted, but in the chaos that follows, one crew member ends up dead... 2019: Bill's annual family gathering is interrupted when a historian turns up, eager to uncover the truth about the near-apocalyptic Cold War incident. Bill refuses to answer, but that night the man is brutally murdered. What happened all those years ago? How much is Bill to blame for events in the past? And who will stop at nothing to keep the secrets of 1983 where
they belong? 'Deadly state secrets and deadlier family secrets - perfectly crafted, scrupulously researched Launch Code weaves an ingeniously dark and tangled web that will keep you gripped and guessing to the very end. Ridpath is one of the best thriller writers around.' - Craig Russell, author of The Devil Aspect _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Wanderer Michael Ridpath (Author) (Author) Series:
A Magnus Iceland Mystery
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 336pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 237g ISBN13: 9781782398752 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-875-2 ISBN10: 1782398759 EAN: 9781782398752 x Description: From the million-copy bestselling author, perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson, Anne Holt, and The Killing. 'Michael Ridpath is trouncing the Scandinavians on their home turf. This is international thriller writing at its best.' Peter James, author of the Roy Grace series Iceland, 2017: When a young Italian tourist is found brutally murdered at a sacred church in northern Iceland, Magnus Jonson, newly returned to the Reykjavik police force, is called in to investigate. At the scene, he finds a stunned TV crew, there to film a documentary on the life of the legendary Viking, Gudrid the Wanderer. Magnus quickly begins to suspect that there may be more links to the murdered woman than anyone in the film crew will acknowledge. As jealousies come to the surface, new tensions replace old friendships, and history begins to rewrite itself, a shocking second murder leads Magnus to question everything he thought he knew... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Confessions of the Fox Jordy Rosenberg (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 261g ISBN13: 9781786496256 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-625-6 ISBN10: 1786496259 EAN: 9781786496256 x Description: Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, 2019 Finalist for the Publishing Triangle Award, 2019 A New Yorker Book of the Year, 2018 A Huffington Post Book of the Year, 2018 A Buzzfeed Book of the Year, 2018 'Quite simply extraordinary... Imagine if Maggie Nelson, Daphne du Maurier and Daniel Defoe collaborated.' Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent Jack Sheppard - a transgender carpenter's apprentice - has fled his master's house to become a notorious prison break artist, and Bess Khan has escaped the draining of the fenlands to become a revolutionary mastermind. Together, they find themselves at the center of a web of corruption leading back to the dreaded Thief-Catcher General ... ...Or so we are told in a mysterious manuscript unearthed by one Professor R. Voth. Voth traces the origins and authenticity of the manuscript as Jack and Bess trace the connections between the bowels of Newgate Prison and the dissection chambers of the Royal College, in a bawdy collision of a
novel about gender, love, and liberation. SHORTLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chances Are Richard Russo (Author) Series:
Edition:
Export/Airside
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
27 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 320pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781911630371 ISBN13: 978-1-911630-37-1 ISBN10: 1911630377 EAN: 9781911630371 x Description: One beautiful September day, three sixty-six-year-old men convene on Martha's Vineyard, friends ever since meeting in college in the 1960s. They couldn't have been more different then, or even today - Lincoln's a commercial real estate broker, Teddy a tiny-press publisher and Mickey an ageing rocker. But each man holds his own secrets, in addition to the monumental mystery that none of them has ever stopped puzzling over since 1971: the disappearance of their friend Jacy. Now, decades later, the distant past interrupts the present as the truth about what happened to Jacy finally emerges, forcing the men to reconsider everything they thought they knew about each other. Shot through with Russo's trademark comedy and humanity, Chances Are also introduces a new level of suspense and menace that will quicken the reader's heartbeat throughout this absorbing saga of how friendship's bonds are every bit as constricting and rewarding as those of family. For both longtime fans and lucky newcomers, Chances Are is a stunning demonstration of a highly-acclaimed author deepening and expanding his remarkable body of work. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chances Are Richard Russo (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Nov 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 320pp h240mm x w170mm x s30mm 645g ISBN13: 9781911630364 ISBN13: 978-1-911630-36-4 ISBN10: 1911630369 EAN: 9781911630364 x Description: One beautiful September day, three sixty-six-year-old men convene on Martha's Vineyard, friends ever since meeting in college in the 1960s. They couldn't have been more different then, or even today - Lincoln's a commercial real estate broker, Teddy a tiny-press publisher and Mickey an ageing musician. But each man holds his own secrets, in addition to the monumental mystery that none of them has ever stopped puzzling over since 1971: the disappearance of their friend Jacy. Now, decades later, the distant past interrupts the present as the truth about what happened to Jacy finally emerges, forcing the men to reconsider everything they thought they knew about each other. Shot through with Russo's trademark comedy and humanity, Chances Are also introduces a new level of suspense and menace that will quicken the reader's heartbeat throughout this absorbing saga of how friendship's bonds are every bit as constricting and rewarding as those of family. For both longtime fans and lucky newcomers, Chances Are is a stunning demonstration of a highly-acclaimed author deepening and expanding his remarkable body of work. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Love Will Tear Us Apart Holly Seddon (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Mar 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 344pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 248g ISBN13: 9781786490551 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-055-1 ISBN10: 1786490552 EAN: 9781786490551 x Description: Shortlisted for the Hearst Big Books Award, 2019 'Oh my goodness this book... [A] beautiful book about a marriage & life long friendship, told movingly & slightly mysterious. Highly recommend.' Cecilia Ahern, author of PS. I Love You ____________________________ Sometimes a promise becomes a prison. Fearing eternal singledom, childhood friends Kate and Paul made a vow that if they didn't find love by thirty, they would marry each other. Years later, about to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary, Kate and Paul start to wonder, will this be their last? Is friendship really enough to make a marriage? As Kate struggles with a secret that reaches far into their past, the couple's vow has become the very thing that threatens their future... Love Will Tear Us Apart is a moving and heart-breaking exploration of modern love and friendship, from the bestselling author of Try Not to Breathe. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Grace After Henry Eithne Shortall (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Feb 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 432pp h198mm x w129mm x s26mm 301g ISBN13: 9781786493194 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-319-4 ISBN10: 1786493195 EAN: 9781786493194 x Description: Winner of The Big Book Awards: The Best Page Turners Shortlisted for the Popular Fiction Book of the Year: The Irish Book Awards An Irish Independent Book of the Year _______________________________ Grace sees her boyfriend Henry everywhere. In the supermarket, on the street, at the graveyard. Only Henry is dead. He died two months earlier, leaving a huge hole in Grace's life and in her heart. But then a man who looks uncannily like Henry turns up to fix her boiler one day. Grace isn't hallucinating - he really does look exactly like Grace's lost love. Grace becomes captivated by this stranger, Andy. Reminded of everything she once had, can Grace recreate that lost love or does loving Andy mean letting go of Henry? 'I really enjoyed it - satisfying and warm, and written with humour and heart.' Sheila O'Flanagan, author of The Missing Wife _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Three Little Truths Eithne Shortall (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Jun 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 400pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786496201 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-620-1 ISBN10: 1786496208 EAN: 9781786496201 x Description: A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK **AN IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER** ___________________________ 'Funny, endearing, mysterious and outrageous, this book is wildly entertaining and hugely enjoyable.' Liz Nugent One happy street. Three pretty houses. So many lies... ___________________________ On the idyllic Pine Road, three women are looking for a fresh start... Martha was a force of nature, but since moving to Dublin under mysterious circumstances, she can't seem to find her footing. Robin was the 'it' girl in school. Now she's back at her parents' with her four-year-old, vowing that her ex is out of the picture for good. Edie has the perfect life, but she longs for a baby, the acceptance of her neighbours, and to find out why her dream husband is avoiding their dream future. The friendships of these women will change their lives forever, revealing the secrets, rivalries and scandals that hide behind every door... ______________________________ 'Liane Moriarty meets Maeve Binchy meets Marian Keyes. I laughed, I cried, I shuddered, I was agog.' Jo Spain _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Three Little Truths Eithne Shortall (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
03 Oct 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 400pp h234mm x w153mm x s29mm 481g ISBN13: 9781786496195 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-619-5 ISBN10: 1786496194 EAN: 9781786496195 x Description: A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK ___________________________ 'Funny, endearing, mysterious and outrageous, this book is wildly entertaining and hugely enjoyable.' Liz Nugent, author of Unravelling Oliver From the bestselling, prize-winning author of Love in Row 27 and Grace After Henry ___________________________ On the idyllic Pine Road, three women are looking for a fresh start...
Martha was a force of nature, but since moving to Dublin under mysterious circumstances, she can't seem to find her footing. Robin was the 'it' girl in school. Now she's back at her parents' with her four-year-old, vowing that her ex is out of the picture for good. Edie has the perfect life, but she longs for a baby, the acceptance of her neighbours, and to find out why her dream husband is avoiding their dream future. The friendships of these women will change their lives forever, revealing the secrets, rivalries and scandals that hide behind every door... ______________________________ 'Liane Moriarty meets Maeve Binchy meets Marian Keyes. I laughed, I cried, I shuddered, I was agog. This book is going to knock people's socks off.' Jo Spain, author of The Confession _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The One Who Wrote Destiny Nikesh Shukla (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Feb 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 356g ISBN13: 9781786492807 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-280-7 ISBN10: 1786492806 EAN: 9781786492807 x Description: Evening Standard's Wander List Guide to 2019 Getaways "A beautiful, brilliant modern classic." Sabrina Mahfouz, Guardian, Best Summer Books 2018 Neha has just been diagnosed with the same terminal cancer that killed her mother. Was this her destiny? She codes a computer program to find out, one that intricately maps out her entire life and the lives of those closest to her: her dad, who left Kenya for windblown northern England; her brother, a struggling comedian whose star is finally beginning to rise; her grandmother, who lost the man she loved to racist violence. By understanding the past, Neha hopes to come to terms with her present - and reckon with her family's and her country's future. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Improvement Joan Silber (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
03 Oct 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 240pp h198mm x w129mm x s14mm 173g ISBN13: 9781911630074 ISBN13: 978-1-911630-07-4 ISBN10: 1911630075 EAN: 9781911630074 x Description: 'Improvement is a major work of literature.' - Nick Hornby, The Believer Reyna knows her relationship with Boyd isn't perfect, yet as she visits him throughout his three-month stint in prison, their bond grows tighter. Kiki, now settled in New York after a journey that took her to Turkey and around the world, admires her niece's spirit but worries that she always picks the wrong man. Little does she know that the otherwise honourable Boyd is pulling Reyna into a scheme which violates his probation. When Reyna ultimately decides to remove herself for the sake of her four-year-old child, her small act of resistance sets into motion a tapestry of events that affect the lives of loved ones and strangers around them. A novel that examines conviction, connection and the possibility of generosity in the face of loss, Improvement is as intricately woven together as Kiki's beloved Turkish rugs and as colourful as the tattoos decorating Reyna's body, with narrative twists and turns as surprising and unexpected as the lives all around us. The Boston Globe says of Joan Silber 'No other writer can make a few small decisions ripple across the globe, and across time, with more subtlety and power.' Improvement is Silber's most shining achievement yet.
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Improvement Joan Silber (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Feb 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 240pp h223mm x w147mm x s24mm 385g ISBN13: 9781911630067 ISBN13: 978-1-911630-06-7 ISBN10: 1911630067 EAN: 9781911630067 x Description: 'Improvement is a major work of literature.' - Nick Hornby, The Believer Reyna knows her relationship with Boyd isn't perfect, yet as she visits him throughout his three-month stint in prison, their bond grows tighter. Kiki, now settled in New York after a journey that took her to Turkey and around the world, admires her niece's spirit but worries that she always picks the wrong man. Little does she know that the otherwise honourable Boyd is pulling Reyna into a scheme which violates his probation. When Reyna ultimately decides to remove herself for the sake of her four-year-old child, her small act of resistance sets into motion a tapestry of events that affect the lives of loved ones and strangers around them. A novel that examines conviction, connection and the possibility of generosity in the face of loss, Improvement is as intricately woven together as Kiki's beloved Turkish rugs and as colourful as the tattoos decorating Reyna's body, with narrative twists and turns as surprising and unexpected as the lives all around us. The Boston Globe says of Joan Silber 'No other writer can make a few small decisions ripple across the globe, and across time, with more subtlety and power.' Improvement is Silber's most shining achievement yet. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Improvement Joan Silber (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Feb 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 240pp h218mm x w140mm x s20mm 270g ISBN13: 9781911630272 ISBN13: 978-1-911630-27-2 ISBN10: 191163027X EAN: 9781911630272 x Description: Reyna knows her relationship with Boyd isn't perfect, yet as she visits him throughout his three-month stint in prison, their bond grows tighter. Kiki, now settled in New York after a journey that took her to Turkey and around the world, admires her niece's spirit but worries that she always picks the wrong man. Little does she know that the otherwise honourable Boyd is pulling Reyna into a scheme which violates his probation. When Reyna ultimately decides to remove herself for the sake of her four-year-old child, her small act of resistance sets into motion a tapestry of events that affect the lives of loved ones and strangers around them. A novel that examines conviction, connection and the possibility of generosity in the face of loss, Improvement is as intricately woven together as Kiki's beloved Turkish rugs and as colourful as the tattoos decorating Reyna's body, with narrative twists and turns as surprising and unexpected as the lives all around us. The Boston Globe says of Joan Silber 'No other writer can make a few small decisions ripple across the globe, and across time, with more subtlety and power.' Improvement is Silber's most shining achievement yet. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Electric Hotel Dominic Smith (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 May 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 464pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781911630296 ISBN13: 978-1-911630-29-6 ISBN10: 1911630296 EAN: 9781911630296 x Description: From the award-winning author of the acclaimed bestseller The Last Painting of Sara de Vos comes a radiant new novel tracing the intertwined fates of a silent film director and his muse. The Electric Hotel winds through the nascent days of cinema in Paris and Fort Lee, New Jersey - America's first movie town - and the battlefields of Belgium during World War I. A sweeping work of historical fiction, it shimmers between past and present as it tells the story of the rise and fall of a prodigious film studio and one man's doomed obsession with all that passes in front of the viewfinder. For nearly half a century, Claude Ballard has been living at the Hollywood Knickerbocker Hotel. A French pioneer of silent films, who started out as a concession agent for the Lumiere brothers, the inventors of cinema, Claude now spends his days taking photographs of Sunset Boulevard. But when a film-history student comes to interview Claude 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 the past 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. The Electric Hotel is a portrait of a man entranced by the magic of movie-making, a luminous romance and a whirlwind trip through the heady, endlessly inventive days of early cinema. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Electric Hotel Dominic Smith (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 464pp h220mm x w145mm x s40mm 445g ISBN13: 9781911630289 ISBN13: 978-1-911630-28-9 ISBN10: 1911630288 EAN: 9781911630289 x Description: From the award-winning author of the acclaimed bestseller The Last Painting of Sara de Vos comes a radiant new novel tracing the intertwined fates of a silent film director and his muse. The Electric Hotel winds through the nascent days of cinema in Paris and Fort Lee, New Jersey - America's first movie town - and the battlefields of Belgium during World War I. A sweeping work of historical fiction, it shimmers between past and present as it tells the story of the rise and fall of a prodigious film studio and one man's doomed obsession with all that passes in front of the viewfinder. For nearly half a century, Claude Ballard has been living at the Hollywood Knickerbocker Hotel. A French pioneer of silent films, who started out as a concession agent for the Lumiere brothers, the inventors of cinema, Claude now spends his days taking photographs of Sunset Boulevard. But when a film-history student comes to interview Claude 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 the past 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. The Electric Hotel is a portrait of a man entranced by the magic of movie-making, a luminous romance and a whirlwind trip through the heady, endlessly inventive days of early cinema. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Pharmacist's Wife Vanessa Tait (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Apr 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s24mm 279g ISBN13: 9781786492739 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-273-9 ISBN10: 1786492733 EAN: 9781786492739 x Description: A dark and thrilling tale of Victorian addiction, vengeance and self-discovery, perfect for fans of Sarah Waters, Jessie Burton's The Miniaturist and Sarah Perry's The Essex Serpent. ______________________ Love. Desire. Vengeance. A deadly alchemy. Edinburgh, 1869: Newly married, Rebecca longs for the life of a well-heeled gentlewoman. Her husband Alexander, a respected pharmacist, is eager to join pioneering fellow inventors in the history books. But beneath his ordered exterior, Rebecca is horrified to find a world of dark secrets. As she struggles with his infidelity and strange sexual desires, Alexander tries to pacify her so-called hysteria with his magical new wonder-drug, heroin... As Rebecca's forced dependence takes her further from herself, Alexander's desire to profit from his creation leads him along a path that blurs science, passion and death. Soon, they both learn that addiction, obsession and vengeance make for a deadly alchemy... 'With shades of Sarah Waters, independence and vengeance make for a winning tale.' Stylist _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sarong Party Girls Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan (author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 320pp h198mm x w129mm x s19mm 226g ISBN13: 9781911630302 ISBN13: 978-1-911630-30-2 ISBN10: 191163030X EAN: 9781911630302 x Description: Just before her twenty-seventh birthday, Jazzy hatches a plan. Before the year is out, she and her best girlfriends will all have spectacular weddings to rich ang moh - Western expat - husbands, with Chanel babies to follow. As Jazzy - razor-sharp and vulgar, yet vulnerable - fervently pursues her quest to find a white husband, the contentious gender politics and class tensions thrumming beneath the shiny exterior of Singapore's glamorous nightclubs are revealed. Desperate to move up in Asia's financial and international capital, will Jazzy and her friends succeed? Vividly told in Singlish - colourful Singaporean English with its distinctive cadence and slang - Sarong Party Girls brilliantly captures the unique voice of a young, striving woman caught between worlds. With remarkable vibrancy and empathy, Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan brings not only Jazzy, but her city of Singapore, to dazzling, dizzying life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Perfect Match D. B. Thorne (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 237g ISBN13: 9781782395997 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-599-7 ISBN10: 1782395997 EAN: 9781782395997 x Description: 'Satisfyingly twisty plot, this intricate thriller ' - Daily Mail 'Crazily gripping, terrifying' - Chris Whitaker, author of All the Wicked Girls ______________________________ When Solomon's sister is found drugged and in a coma after an online date, Solomon can't believe this was just a terrible accident. Determined to find out what happened to his sister, and with the police unwilling to help, Solomon begins to investigate on his own. He soon uncovers a rash of similar cases of women who have been found brutally murdered or assaulted after an online date. There is a predator out there working the streets of London, preying on young women. Solomon sets out to bring him to justice, putting him on a collision course with a deadly killer who is fiendishly clever and more twisted than anyone could possibly imagine... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
House of Stone Novuyo Rosa Tshuma (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Apr 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 384pp h198mm x w129mm x s23mm 268g ISBN13: 9781786493187 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-318-7 ISBN10: 1786493187 EAN: 9781786493187 x Description: Winner of the Edward Stanford Prize for Fiction with a Sense of Place, 2019 Shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize, 2019 Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize, 2019 Longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize, 2019 __________ 'Easily the best debut I've read this year, Tshuma's novel is both hilarious and horrifying, filled with compassion, anger and despair. [Her] unreliable narrator [is] of the kind that deserves to be remembered up there with Humbert Humbert' Kim Evans, Culturefly __________ Bukhosi has gone missing. His father, Abed, and his mother, Agnes, cling to the hope that he has run away, rather than been murdered by government thugs. Only the lodger seems to have any idea... Zamani has lived in the spare room for years now. Quiet, polite, well-read and well-heeled, he's almost part of the family - but almost isn't quite good enough for Zamani. Cajoling, coaxing and coercing Abed and Agnes into revealing their sometimes tender, often brutal life stories, Zamani aims to steep himself in borrowed family history, so that he can fully inherit and inhabit its uncertain future. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Damascus Christos Tsiolkas (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Mar 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 432pp h234mm x w153mm x s30mm 695g ISBN13: 9781838950217 ISBN13: 978-1-83895-021-7 ISBN10: 1838950214 EAN: 9781838950217 x Description: 'We are despised, yet we grow. We are tortured and crucified and yet we flourish. We are hated and still we multiply. Why is that? You must wonder, how is it we survive?' In a far corner of the Roman Empire, a radical sect is growing. Alone, unloved and battling his sexuality, Saul scrapes together a living exposing these nascent Christians, but on the road to Damascus, everything changes. Saul - now Paul - becomes drawn into this new religion and its mysterious leader, whose crucifixion leaves followers waiting in limbo for his promised return. As factions splinter and competition to create the definitive version of Christ's life grows violent, he begins to question his new faith and the man at its heart. Damascus is an unflinching dissection of doubt, faith, tyranny, revolution, cruelty and sacrifice. A vivid and visceral novel with perennial concerns, it is a masterpiece of imagination and transformation. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Last Hours: The Complete Omnibus Edition Minette Walters (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Jul 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 1008pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781911630654 ISBN13: 978-1-911630-65-4 ISBN10: 1911630652 EAN: 9781911630654 x Description: The definitive edition of Minette Walters' thrilling tale of courage and defiance during the time of the Black Death, featuring The Last Hours and The Turn of Midnight. England, 1348: A deadly plague is spreading through the country, and people are dying by the thousands. In Dorset, young Lady Anne takes control of her lands with her trusted steward, Thaddeus Thurkell, at her side. Compassionate and resourceful, she decides to quarantine the estate, bringing some two hundred serfs inside the moated walls. But in such a confined space, conflicts soon arise... As time passes, the people of Develish have no way of knowing who, if anyone, has survived. And with dwindling stores, they soon have no choice but to leave their relative safety. But what awaits Lady Anne and her people in the desolate wasteland beyond the walls? 'Wonderful and sweeping' Kate Mosse 'Enthralling' Julian Fellowes 'Vividly wrought and powerful' Elizabeth Fremantle _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Home Remedies Xuan Juliana Wang (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 May 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 240pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786497437 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-743-7 ISBN10: 1786497433 EAN: 9781786497437 x Description: NAMED ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2019 BY NYLON, ELECTRIC LITERATURE, THE MILLIONS AND LITHUB ____________________ 'Striking, soulful and ablaze with promise.' Observer __________________ The twelve stories in Xuan Juliana Wang's funny and wise debut collection capture the unheard voices of a new generation of Chinese youth, a generation for whom the Cultural Revolution is a distant memory, WeChat is king and life glitters with the possibility of love, travel, technology, and, above all, new beginnings. At the Beijing Olympics, a pair of synchronized divers stand poised at the edge of success and sexual self-discovery. A Chinese-American girl in Paris finds her life changed when she begins wearing a dead person's clothes. And on a winter evening, a father creates an algorithm to troubleshoot the problem of raising a daughter across an ever-widening gulf of cultures and generations. From second-generation rich kids and livestream stars to a glass-swallowing qigong grandmaster, these stories upend the well-worn path of the immigrant experience to reveal a new face of belonging: of young people testing the limits of who they are and who they will one day become, in a world as vast and various as their ambitions. __________________ 'Dazzling and unclassifiable.... Xuan Juliana Wang has the dark soul of an old poet's inkwell, the deep knowing of an ancient remedy, and linguistic incandescence of a megacity skyline.' Adam Johnson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Orphan Master's Son _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Home Remedies Xuan Juliana Wang (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 240pp h216mm x w135mm x s16mm 369g ISBN13: 9781786497413 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-741-3 ISBN10: 1786497417 EAN: 9781786497413 x Description: NAMED ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2019 BY NYLON, ELECTRIC LITERATURE, THE MILLIONS AND LITHUB ____________________ 'Striking, soulful and ablaze with promise.' Observer __________________ The twelve stories in Xuan Juliana Wang's funny and wise debut collection capture the unheard voices of a new generation of Chinese youth, a generation for whom the Cultural Revolution is a distant memory, WeChat is king and life glitters with the possibility of love, travel, technology, and, above all, new beginnings. At the Beijing Olympics, a pair of synchronized divers stand poised at the edge of success and sexual self-discovery. A Chinese-American girl in Paris finds her life changed when she begins wearing a dead person's clothes. And on a winter evening, a father creates an algorithm to troubleshoot the
problem of raising a daughter across an ever-widening gulf of cultures and generations. From second-generation rich kids and livestream stars to a glass-swallowing qigong grandmaster, these stories upend the well-worn path of the immigrant experience to reveal a new face of belonging: of young people testing the limits of who they are and who they will one day become, in a world as vast and various as their ambitions. __________________ 'Dazzling and unclassifiable.... Xuan Juliana Wang has the dark soul of an old poet's inkwell, the deep knowing of an ancient remedy, and linguistic incandescence of a megacity skyline.' Adam Johnson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Orphan Master's Son _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How to Play Dead Jacqueline Ward (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Nov 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 236g ISBN13: 9781786493798 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-379-8 ISBN10: 1786493799 EAN: 9781786493798 x Description: He knows your every move... __________________________ 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. As events escalate, and terror takes hold, Ria must decide whether to run or hide... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How to Play Dead Jacqueline Ward (Author) Series:
Edition:
Export/Airside
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Nov 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 352pp h233mm x w154mm x s25mm 470g ISBN13: 9781786493804 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-380-4 ISBN10: 1786493802 EAN: 9781786493804 x Description: He knows your every move... __________________________ 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. As events escalate, and terror takes hold, Ria must decide whether to run or hide...
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Perfect Ten: A powerful novel about one woman's search for revenge Jacqueline Ward (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Apr 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 336pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 237g ISBN13: 9781786493781 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-378-1 ISBN10: 1786493780 EAN: 9781786493781 x Description: An explosive debut thriller about one woman's search for revenge - and the dangerous chain of events she sets in motion... 'Compelling... Wildly entertaining' Daily Mail __________ Caroline Atkinson is powerless and angry. She has lost more than most - her marriage, her reputation, even her children. Then one day, she receives an unusual delivery: lost luggage belonging to the very man who is responsible, her estranged husband Jack. In a leather holdall, Caroline unearths a dark secret, one that finally confirms her worst suspicions. Jack has kept a detailed diary of all his affairs; every name, every meeting, every lie is recorded. He even marks the women out of ten. Caroline decides it's time to even the score. She will make this man pay, even if it means risking everything... 'Hugely engrossing - a dark delight.' Catherine Ryan Howard, author of Rewind _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lot Bryan Washington (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Jun 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 240pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786497864 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-786-4 ISBN10: 1786497867 EAN: 9781786497864 x Description: * One of Barack Obama's "Favourite Books of the Year" * * A New York Times Critics' Top Books of 2019 * 'A superb book' Max Porter, author of Lanny ____________________________________ Stories of a young man finding his place among family and community in Houston, from a powerful, emerging American voice. In the city of Houston - a sprawling, diverse microcosm of America - 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 blows, resenting his older sister's absence. And discovering he likes boys. This boy and his family experience the tumult of living in the margins, the heartbreak of ghosts, and the braveries of the human heart. The stories of others living and thriving and dying across Houston's myriad neighbourhoods are woven throughout to reveal a young woman's affair detonating across an apartment complex, a rag-tag baseball team, a group of young hustlers, the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, a local drug dealer who takes a Guatemalan teen under his wing, and a reluctant chupacabra. Bryan Washington's brilliant, viscerally drawn world leaps off the page with energy, wit, and the infinite longing of people searching for home. With
soulful insight into what makes a community, a family, and a life, Lot is about love in all its unsparing and unsteady forms. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lot Bryan Washington (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 240pp h223mm x w148mm x s24mm 390g ISBN13: 9781786497833 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-783-3 ISBN10: 1786497832 EAN: 9781786497833 x Description: * One of Barack Obama's "Favourite Books of the Year" * * A New York Times Critics' Top Books of 2019 * 'A superb book' Max Porter, author of Lanny ____________________________________ Stories of a young man finding his place among family and community in Houston, from a powerful, emerging American voice. In the city of Houston - a sprawling, diverse microcosm of America - 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 blows, resenting his older sister's absence. And discovering he likes boys. This boy and his family experience the tumult of living in the margins, the heartbreak of ghosts, and the braveries of the human heart. The stories of others living and thriving and dying across Houston's myriad neighbourhoods are woven throughout to reveal a young woman's affair detonating across an apartment complex, a rag-tag baseball team, a group of young hustlers, the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, a local drug dealer who takes a Guatemalan teen under his wing, and a reluctant chupacabra. Bryan Washington's brilliant, viscerally drawn world leaps off the page with energy, wit, and the infinite longing of people searching for home. With soulful insight into what makes a community, a family, and a life, Lot is about love in all its unsparing and unsteady forms. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lot Bryan Washington (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
26 Mar 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 240pp h220mm x w140mm x s20mm 267g ISBN13: 9781786497840 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-784-0 ISBN10: 1786497840 EAN: 9781786497840 x Description: Stories of a young man finding his place among family and community in Houston, from a powerful, emerging American voice. In the city of Houston - a sprawling, diverse microcosm of America - 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 blows, resenting his older sister's absence. And discovering he likes boys. This boy and his family experience the tumult of living in the margins, the heartbreak of ghosts, and the braveries of the human heart. The stories of others living and thriving and dying across Houston's myriad neighbourhoods are woven throughout to reveal a young woman's affair detonating across an apartment complex, a rag-tag baseball team, a group of young hustlers, the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, a local drug dealer who takes a Guatemalan teen under his wing, and a reluctant chupacabra. Bryan Washington's brilliant, viscerally drawn world leaps off the page with energy, wit, and the infinite longing of people searching for home. With soulful insight into what makes a community, a family, and a life, Lot is about love in all its unsparing and unsteady forms.
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Aftershocks A. N. Wilson (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 195g ISBN13: 9781786496058 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-605-8 ISBN10: 1786496054 EAN: 9781786496058 x Description: 'It's unlikely that a more intelligent, amusing and yet disturbing novel will appear this autumn.'Scotsman On The Island, just as on many other islands, marriages are unhappy, people fall in love and the seasons pass. The town of Aberdeen is no different, until the earthquakes. These seismic ripples tear down houses, forge bonds, and shake the foundations of humanity and religion. And in the midst of it all, Nellie and Ingrid fall in love. In Aftershocks A. N. Wilson offers a portrait of nature, death and morality. Moved by the real losses of the Christchurch earthquake, this is an extraordinary novel about a community profoundly linked to the land it lives on. 'Witty, erudite and artful.' Spectator Country & Townhouse's the best books for Christmas, 2018 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Diary of a Murderer: And Other Stories Kim Young-ha (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Jan 2020
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 208pp h200mm x w136mm x s15mm 201g ISBN13: 9781838950040 ISBN13: 978-1-83895-004-0 ISBN10: 1838950044 EAN: 9781838950040 x Description: Kim Byeongsu is losing his mind. Quite literally. He keeps forgetting the little things in life, like basic words, whether or not he has a dog, the last time he killed someone... In his prime, Byeongsu was one of the best murderers around, spending years obsessively trying to perfect his technique, only killing in the pursuit of artistry. And then he gave it all up to be a dedicated father to his adopted-daughter, Eunhui. Now though, suffering from the onset of dementia, he decides to come out of retirement one last time and for one final target: his daughter's boyfriend, who he believes is a serial killer just like him. After all, it takes a one to know one. In other dark and glittering tales, an affair between two childhood friends questions the limits of loyalty and love; a family disintegrates after a baby son is kidnapped and recovered years later; and a wild, erotic pursuit of creativity might just come at the expense of all sanity. 'Filled with the kind of sublime, galvanizing stories that strike like a lightning bolt, searing your nerves' Nylon _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Moeen Moeen Ali (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 320pp h200mm x w130mm x s25mm 260g 2 16pp colour plates ISBN13: 9781911630142 ISBN13: 978-1-911630-14-2 ISBN10: 1911630148 EAN: 9781911630142 x Description: Shortlisted for The Telegraph's Sports Book Awards - Autobiography of the Year, 2019 Longlisted for the Specsavers National Book Awards One of the Daily Mail's and the Observer's Books of the Year, 2018 The match-winning superstar of the England cricket team finally shares his remarkable personal story in this eagerly-awaited autobiography. Moeen traces his journey from backyard cricket to the county game and his first-class debut as a teenager, through to his international debut at the relatively late age of 27 and the golden summer of 2017, when he was anointed Player of the Series against South Africa with thousands of England fans chanting his name. But cricket is just one part of Moeen's life. His upbringing in the tough Sparkhill neighbourhood of Birmingham and the awakening at eighteen that led him to become a devout Muslim have given him a social conscience unusual for an elite athlete but have also attracted controversy. Here, for the first time, Moeen tells his side of the story. Talented, tenacious and thoughtful, Moeen Ali is a true all-rounder. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Bean Counters: The Triumph of the Accountants and How They Broke Capitalism Richard Brooks (author of Bean Counters) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Mar 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h197mm x w126mm x s27mm 340g Black-and-white line drawings/graphs and photos throughout (integrated) ISBN13: 9781786490315 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-031-5 ISBN10: 1786490315 EAN: 9781786490315 x Description: 'A devastating expose.' Mail on Sunday They helped cause the 2008 financial crash. They created a global tax avoidance industry. They lurk behind the scenes at every level of government... The world's 'Big Four' accountancy firms - PwC, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, and KPMG - have become a gilded elite. Up in the high six figures, an average partner salary rivals that of a Premier League footballer. But how has the seemingly humdrum profession of accountancy got to this level? And what is the price we pay for their excesses? Leading investigative journalist Richard Brooks charts the profession's rise to global influence and offers a gripping expose of the accountancy industry. From underpinning global tax avoidance to corrupting world football, Bean Counters reveals how the accountants have used their central role in the economy to sell management consultancy services that send billions in fees its way. A compelling history informed by numerous insider interviews, this is essential reading for anyone interested in how our economy works and the future of accountancy.
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The Hidden History of Burma: Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century Thant Myint-U (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
16 Jan 2020
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h240mm x w165mm x s30mm 625g ISBN13: 9781786497871 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-787-1 ISBN10: 1786497875 EAN: 9781786497871 x Description: 'A sobering account, told elegantly and eruditely.' Financial Times 'Thant Myint-U is the greatest living historian of Burma.' William Dalrymple Precariously positioned between China and India, Burma's population has suffered dictatorship, natural disaster and the dark legacies of colonial rule. But when decades of military dictatorship finally ended and internationally beloved Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi emerged from long years of house arrest, hopes soared. World leaders including Barack Obama ushered in waves of international support. Progress seemed inevitable. As historian, former diplomat, and presidential advisor, Thant Myint-U saw the cracks forming. In this insider's diagnosis of a country at a breaking point, he dissects how a singularly predatory economic system, fast-rising inequality, disintegrating state institutions, the impact of new social media, the rise of China next door, climate change and deep-seated feelings around race, religion and national identity all came together to challenge the incipient democracy. Interracial violence soared and a horrific exodus of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees fixed international attention. Thant Myint-U explains how and why this happened, and details an unsettling prognosis for the future. Burma is today a fragile stage for nearly all the world's problems. Are democracy and an economy that genuinely serves all its people possible in Burma? In clear and urgent prose, Thant Myint-U explores this question - a concern not just for the Burmese but for the rest of the world - warning of the possible collapse of this nation of 55 million while suggesting a fresh agenda for change. 'A compelling account of modern Burma's bloody history' Amitav Ghosh _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Hidden History of Burma: Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century Thant Myint-U (Author) Series:
Edition:
Export/Airside
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
16 Jan 2020
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 304pp h235mm x w157mm x s23mm 425g ISBN13: 9781786497888 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-788-8 ISBN10: 1786497883 EAN: 9781786497888 x Description: Precariously positioned between China and India, Burma's population has suffered dictatorship, natural disaster and the dark legacies of colonial rule. But when decades of military dictatorship finally ended and internationally beloved Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi emerged from long years of house arrest, hopes soared. World leaders including Barack Obama ushered in waves of international support. Progress seemed inevitable. As historian, former diplomat, and presidential advisor, Thant Myint-U saw the cracks forming. In this insider's diagnosis of a country at a breaking point, he dissects how a singularly predatory economic system, fast-rising inequality, disintegrating state institutions, the impact of new social media, the rise of China next door, climate change and deep-seated feelings around race, religion and national identity all came together to challenge the incipient democracy. Interracial violence soared and a horrific exodus of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees fixed international attention. Thant Myint-U explains how and why this happened, and details an unsettling prognosis for the future. Burma is today a fragile stage for nearly all the world's problems. Are democracy and an economy that genuinely serves all its people possible in Burma? In clear and urgent prose, Thant Myint-U explores this question - a concern not just for the Burmese but for the rest of the world - warning of
the possible collapse of this nation of 55 million while suggesting a fresh agenda for change. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age Stephen R. Platt (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 560pp h198mm x w129mm x s40mm 563g 2 Maps ISBN13: 9781786494870 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-487-0 ISBN10: 1786494876 EAN: 9781786494870 x Description: SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE A Financial Times Book of the Year A Sunday Times Book of the Year ________________________________________ 'Entertaining and well-paced... Platt's compelling book is a sobering read that should focus the minds of those who like to talk of the achievements of the Victorian age without thinking about how those were achieved, or how they were funded.' Peter Frankopan, Spectator ________________________________________ In 1839 Britain embarked on the first of its wars with China, sealing the fate of the most prosperous and powerful empire in Asia, if not the world. Motivated by drug profiteering and free-trade interests, the Opium War helped shaped the China we know today, sparking the eventual fall of the Qing dynasty and the rise of nationalism and communism in the twentieth century. Imperial Twilight is a riveting and revealing account of the end of China's Golden Age and the origins of one of the most unjust wars in history. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Face Pressed Against a Window: A Memoir Sir Tim Waterstone (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Feb 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 336pp h243mm x w167mm x s30mm 675g ISBN13: 9781786496300 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-630-0 ISBN10: 1786496305 EAN: 9781786496300 x Description: Tim Waterstone is one of Britain's most successful businessmen, having built the Waterstone's empire that started with one small bookshop in 1982. In this charming and evocative memoir, he recalls the childhood experiences that led him to become an entrepreneur and outlines the business philosophy that allowed Waterstone's to dominate the bookselling business throughout the country. Tim explores his formative years in a small town in rural England at the end of the Second World War, and the troubled relationship he had with his father, before moving on to the epiphany he had while studying at Cambridge, which set him on the road to Waterstone's and gave birth to the creative strategy that made him a high street name. Candid and moving, The Face Pressed Against a Window charts the life of one of our most celebrated business leaders. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Face Pressed Against a Window: A Memoir Sir Tim Waterstone (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Sep 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 336pp h198mm x w129mm x s24mm 313g ISBN13: 9781786496324 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-632-4 ISBN10: 1786496321 EAN: 9781786496324 x Description: Chosen as one of the Daily Mail's Memoirs of the Year Tim Waterstone is one of Britain's most successful businessmen, having built the Waterstone's empire that started with one small bookshop in 1982. In this charming and evocative memoir, he recalls the childhood experiences that led him to become an entrepreneur and outlines the business philosophy that allowed Waterstone's to dominate the bookselling business throughout the country. Tim explores his formative years in a small town in rural England at the end of the Second World War, and the troubled relationship he had with his father, before moving on to the epiphany he had while studying at Cambridge, which set him on the road to Waterstone's and gave birth to the creative strategy that made him a high street name. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How Death Becomes Life: Notes from a Transplant Surgeon Joshua Mezrich (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Jan 2020
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 384pp h198mm x w129mm x s27mm 355g ISBN13: 9781786498892 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-889-2 ISBN10: 1786498898 EAN: 9781786498892 x Description: 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. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How Death Becomes Life: Notes from a Transplant Surgeon Joshua Mezrich (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Export/Airside
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 384pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781786498878 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-887-8 ISBN10: 1786498871 EAN: 9781786498878 x Description: 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. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How Death Becomes Life: Notes from a Transplant Surgeon Joshua Mezrich (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 384pp h240mm x w170mm x s40mm 745g ISBN13: 9781786498861 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-886-1 ISBN10: 1786498863 EAN: 9781786498861 x Description: 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. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Original Spin: Misadventures in Cricket Vic Marks (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
27 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 336pp h242mm x w165mm x s32mm 695g 2 x 8pp colour plates ISBN13: 9781911630197 ISBN13: 978-1-911630-19-7 ISBN10: 1911630199 EAN: 9781911630197 x Description: 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. Apart from Richards, 'all of us were eighteen years old, though Botham seemed to have lived a bit longer - or at least more vigorously - than the rest.' In this irresistible memoir of a life lived in cricket, Vic Marks returns to the heady days when Richards and Botham were young men yet to unleash their talents on the world stage while he and Roebuck looked on in awe. After the high-octane dramas of Somerset, playing for England was almost an anticlimax for Marks, who became an unlikely all-rounder in the mercurial side of the 1980s. Moving from the dressing room to the press box, with trenchant observations about the modern game along the way, Original Spin is a charmingly wry, shrewdly observed account of a golden age in cricket. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Survive. Drive. Win.: The Inside Story of Brawn GP and Jenson Button's Incredible F1 Championship Win Nick Fry (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
03 Oct 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 288pp h240mm x w165mm x s28mm 640g 2x8pp colour plates ISBN13: 9781786498908 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-890-8 ISBN10: 1786498901 EAN: 9781786498908 x Description: 'The story of Brawn GP is legendary... Exciting and magical.' Damon Hill 'Nick Fry and Ed Gorman take us behind the mysterious and tightly closed doors of F1 to tell the remarkable story of the 2009 season.' Martin Brundle Foreword by Bernie Ecclestone The full story of F1's incredible 2009 championship battle has never been told. Until now. In this gripping memoir, Nick Fry, the former CEO of Brawn GP, reveals how he found himself in the driving seat for one of the most incredible journeys in the history of motor sport. At the end of 2008, Nick, then head of Honda's F1 team, was told by his Japanese bosses that the motor company was pulling out of F1 in thirty days. This bolt from the blue was a disaster for the team's 700 staff, for Ross Brawn, who Nick had recently recruited as chief engineer, and for the drivers, Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello. But in a few short weeks, Nick and Ross would persuade Honda to sell them the company for GBP1 (plus all the liabilities). Just thirteen weeks later, the Brawn GP team, led by Nick and Ross, would emerge from these ashes, win the first Grand Prix of the 2009 season, and go on to win the Driver's and the Constructor's Championship, with a borrowed engine, a heavily adapted chassis and, at least initially, no sponsors. In Survive. Drive. Win., Nick gives an up-close-and-personal account of how he and Ross turned disaster into championship glory and laid the foundations for what was to become the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 team. Along the way he gives the inside track on the drivers, the rivalries between teams, on negotiating with Bernie Ecclestone, on hiring and working with two global superstars: Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton and offers a unique and thrilling perspective on an elite global sport.
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Survive. Drive. Win.: The Inside Story of Brawn GP and Jenson Button's Incredible F1 Championship Win Nick Fry (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Jun 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 288pp h198mm x w129mm 2x8pp colour plates ISBN13: 9781786498922 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-892-2 ISBN10: 1786498928 EAN: 9781786498922 x Description: 'The story of Brawn GP is legendary... Exciting and magical.' Damon Hill 'Nick Fry and Ed Gorman take us behind the mysterious and tightly closed doors of F1 to tell the remarkable story of the 2009 season.' Martin Brundle Foreword by Bernie Ecclestone The full story of F1's incredible 2009 championship battle has never been told. Until now. In this gripping memoir, Nick Fry, the former CEO of Brawn GP, reveals how he found himself in the driving seat for one of the most incredible journeys in the history of motor sport. In Survive. Drive. Win., Nick gives an up-close-and-personal account of how he and Ross Brawn turned disaster into championship glory when they set up Brawn GP in just thirteen weeks after Honda suddenly pulled out of F1. Along the way he gives the inside track on the drivers, Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello, the rivalries between teams, on negotiating with Bernie Ecclestone, the deal with Mercedes and working with two global superstars: Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton - and offers a unique and thrilling perspective on an elite global sport. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Lost Gutenberg: The Astounding Story of One Book's Five-HundredYear Odyssey Margaret Leslie Davis (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Apr 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 304pp h198mm x w129mm integrated photos ISBN13: 9781786497659 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-765-9 ISBN10: 1786497654 EAN: 9781786497659 x Description: 'An entertaining and insightful human story of obsession about books.' Daily Telegraph 'A lively tale of historical innovation, the thrill of the bibliophile's hunt, greed and betrayal.' New York Times
The never-before-told story of one extremely rare copy of the Gutenberg Bible, and its impact on the lives of the fanatical few who were lucky enough to own it. For rare book collectors, an original copy of the Gutenberg Bible - there are only forty-six in existence - is the undisputed gem of any collection. The Lost Gutenberg recounts five centuries in the life of one particular copy of the Bible from its very creation by Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz, Germany, to its ultimate resting place, in a steel vault under the protection of the Japanese government. Margaret Leslie Davis draws readers into this incredible saga, inviting them into the colourful lives of each of its fanatic collectors along the way. Exploring books as objects of desire across centuries, Davis will leave readers not only with a broader understanding of the culture of rare book collectors, but with a deeper awareness of the importance of books in our world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Lost Gutenberg: The Astounding Story of One Book's Five-HundredYear Odyssey Margaret Leslie Davis (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
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Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h240mm x w165mm x s30mm 625g integrated photos ISBN13: 9781786497635 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-763-5 ISBN10: 1786497638 EAN: 9781786497635 x Description: 'An entertaining and insightful human story of obsession about books.' Daily Telegraph 'A lively tale of historical innovation, the thrill of the bibliophile's hunt, greed and betrayal.' New York Times
The never-before-told story of one extremely rare copy of the Gutenberg Bible, and its impact on the lives of the fanatical few who were lucky enough to own it. For rare book collectors, an original copy of the Gutenberg Bible - there are only forty-six in existence - is the undisputed gem of any collection. The Lost Gutenberg recounts five centuries in the life of one particular copy of the Bible from its very creation by Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz, Germany, to its ultimate resting place, in a steel vault under the protection of the Japanese government. Margaret Leslie Davis draws readers into this incredible saga, inviting them into the colourful lives of each of its fanatic collectors along the way. Exploring books as objects of desire across centuries, Davis will leave readers not only with a broader understanding of the culture of rare book collectors, but with a deeper awareness of the importance of books in our world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lady Killmore Robert Wainwright (Author) (Author) Series:
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Allen & Unwin
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Atlantic Books
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02 Jul 2020
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Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h216mm x w138mm ISBN13: 9781911630845 ISBN13: 978-1-911630-84-5 ISBN10: 1911630849 EAN: 9781911630845 x Description: As Enid Lindeman gallivanted through life she accumulated four husbands, numerous lovers, and during the inter-war years her highjinks dominated British gossip columns. Born into the Lindeman wine dynasty, Enid's first marriage was short-lived but left her a multi-millionaire; as a dare she reportedly slept with her second husband's entire regiment. She met Lord Carnarvon (another of her lovers) on his famous dig of King Tutankhamen's tomb, and was one of the first to be taken down to the discovery. When Caviar died in Paris, she met and married Marmaduke 'Duke' Furness, the 1st Viscount Furness, whose ex-wife, Thelma, was a lover of the Prince of Wales. Enid held court at Furness's villa, La Fiorentina, in the south of France. A sensation wherever she went, it was said that people stood on chairs in the lobby of the Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo just to catch sight of her as she passed through. A sensation wherever she went, it was said that people stood on chairs in the lobby of Monte Carlo's finest hotels just to catch sight of her. When she buried her last husband, the Earl of Kenmore, Somerset Maugham renamed his neighbour and dear friend 'Lady Killmore'. Robert Wainwright's biography restores the remarkable Enid to thrilling, vivid life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Dominant Character: The Radical Science and Restless Politics of J.B.S. Haldane Samanth Subramanian (Author) (Author) Series:
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Atlantic Books
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Atlantic Books
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06 Aug 2020
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Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 384pp h234mm x w156mm Integrated photographs ISBN13: 9781786492814 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-281-4 ISBN10: 1786492814 EAN: 9781786492814 x Description: J.B.S. Haldane's life was rich and strange, never short on genius, never lacking for drama. He is best remembered as a geneticist who revolutionized our understanding of evolution, but his peers thought him a polymath; one student called him 'the last man who knew all there was to be known'.
Beginning in the 1930s, Haldane was also a staunch Communist - a stance that enhanced his public profile, led him into trouble, and even drew suspicions that he was spying for the Soviets. He wrote copiously on science and politics for the layman, in newspapers and magazines, and he gave speeches in town halls and on the radio, all of which made him, in his day, as famous in Britain as Einstein. Arthur C. Clarke called Haldane 'the most brilliant science popularizer of his generation'. He frequently narrated aspects of his life: of his childhood, as the son of a famous scientist; of his time in the trenches in the First World War and in Spain during the Civil War; of his experiments upon himself; of his secret research for the British Admiralty; of his final move to India, in 1957.
A Dominant Character unpacks Haldane's boisterous life in detail, and it examines the questions he raised about the intersections of genetics and politics - questions that resonate all the more strongly today. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Prince Albert: The Man Who Saved the Monarchy A. N. Wilson (Author) (Author) Series:
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Atlantic Books
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Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Jun 2020
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 448pp h198mm x w129mm 2x8pp colour plate sections ISBN13: 9781782398332 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-833-2 ISBN10: 1782398333 EAN: 9781782398332 x Description: Chosen as a Book of the Year in The Times and the Daily Mail 'Highly entertaining' Sunday Times 'Enthralling' Daily Telegraph For more than six decades, Queen Victoria ruled a great Empire at the height of its power. Beside her for more than twenty of those years was the love of her life, her trusted husband and father of their nine children, Prince Albert. But while Victoria is seen as the embodiment of her time, it was Prince Albert, A. N. Wilson expertly argues, who was at the vanguard of Victorian Britain's transformation as a vibrant and extraordinary centre of political, technological, scientific and intellectual advancement. Far more than just the product of his age, Albert was one of its influencers and architects. A composer, engineer, soldier, politician, linguist and bibliophile, Prince Albert, more than any other royal, was truly a 'genius'. Albert lived only forty-two years. Yet in that time, he fathered the royal dynasties of Germany, Russia, Spain and Bulgaria. Through Victoria, Albert and her German advisers pioneered the idea of the modern constitutional monarchy. In this sweeping biography, Wilson demonstrates that there was hardly any aspect of British national life which Albert did not touch. Drawn from the Royal archives, including Prince Albert's voluminous correspondence, this brilliant and ambitious book offers fascinating never-before-
known details about the man and his time. A superb match of biographer and subject, Prince Albert, at last, gives this important historical figure the reverence and recognition that is long overdue. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Prince Albert: The Man Who Saved the Monarchy A. N. Wilson (Author) (Author) Series:
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Atlantic Books
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Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Sep 2019
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Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 448pp h247mm x w165mm x s38mm 870g 2x8pp colour plate sections ISBN13: 9781782398318 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-831-8 ISBN10: 1782398317 EAN: 9781782398318 x Description: Chosen as a Book of the Year in The Times and the Daily Mail 'Highly entertaining' Sunday Times 'Enthralling' Daily Telegraph For more than six decades, Queen Victoria ruled a great Empire at the height of its power. Beside her for more than twenty of those years was the love of her life, her trusted husband and father of their nine children, Prince Albert. But while Victoria is seen as the embodiment of her time, it was Prince Albert, A. N. Wilson expertly argues, who was at the vanguard of Victorian Britain's transformation as a vibrant and extraordinary centre of political, technological, scientific and intellectual advancement. Far more than just the product of his age, Albert was one of its influencers and architects. A composer, engineer, soldier, politician, linguist and bibliophile, Prince Albert, more than any other royal, was truly a 'genius'. Albert lived only forty-two years. Yet in that time, he fathered the royal dynasties of Germany, Russia, Spain and Bulgaria. Through Victoria, Albert and her German advisers pioneered the idea of the modern constitutional monarchy. In this sweeping biography, Wilson demonstrates that there was hardly any aspect of British national life which Albert did not touch. Drawn from the Royal archives, including Prince Albert's voluminous correspondence, this brilliant and ambitious book offers fascinating never-beforeknown details about the man and his time. A superb match of biographer and subject, Prince Albert, at last, gives this important historical figure the reverence and recognition that is long overdue. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Spitfire: The Biography Jonathan Glancey (Author) Series:
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Atlantic Books
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Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Jul 2020
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Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 304pp h198mm x w129mm 40 b&w integrated photographs ISBN13: 9781838950699 ISBN13: 978-1-83895-069-9 ISBN10: 1838950699 EAN: 9781838950699 x Description: Updated edition to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. It is difficult to overestimate the excitement that accompanied the birth of the Spitfire. An aircraft imbued with balletic grace and extraordinary versatility, it was powered by a piston engine and a propeller, yet came tantalisingly close to breaking the sound barrier. First flown in 1936, the Spitfire soon came to symbolize Britain's defiance of Nazi Germany in the summer of 1940. Spitfire: The Biography is a celebration of a great British invention, of the men and women who flew it and supported its development, and of the industry that manufactured both the aircraft and the Rolls-Royce engines that powered it. It is also about a boy who wished he could have been a Second World War fighter pilot and who was later able to fly the aircraft that took his father into combat.
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Attlee and Churchill: Allies in War, Adversaries in Peace Leo McKinstry (Author) (Author) Series:
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Atlantic Books
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Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
03 Oct 2019
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Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 752pp h241mm x w170mm x s61mm 1320g 2x8pp b&w plates ISBN13: 9781848876606 ISBN13: 978-1-84887-660-6 ISBN10: 1848876602 EAN: 9781848876606 x Description: Chosen as a Book of the Year in the Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail 'A masterpiece' Frederick Forsyth 'Beautifully written... unlikely to be surpassed' Simon Heffer 'Superb' Daily Mail, Book of the Week 'Terrific' Observer Throughout history there have been many long-running rivalries between party leaders, but there has never been a connection like that between Clement Attlee and Winston Churchill, who were leaders of their respective parties for a total of thirty-five years. Brought together in the epoch-making circumstances of the Second World War, they forged a partnership that transcended party lines, before going on to face each other in two of Britain's most important and influential general elections.
Based on extensive research and archival material, Attlee and Churchill provides a host of new insights into their remarkable relationship. From the bizarre coincidence that they shared a governess, to their explosive wartime clashes over domestic policy and reconstruction; and from Britain's postwar nuclear weapons programme, which Attlee kept hidden from Churchill and his own Labour Party, to the private correspondence between the two men in later life, which demonstrates their friendliness despite all the political antagonism, Leo McKinstry tells the intertwined story of these two political titans as never before.
In a gripping narrative McKinstry not only provides a fresh perspective on two of the most compelling leaders of the mid-twentieth century but also brilliantly brings to life this vibrant, traumatic and inspiring era of modern British history. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Autumn in Venice: Ernest Hemingway and His Last Muse Andrea di Robilant (Author) (Author) Series:
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Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2019
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h200mm x w130mm x s30mm 345g Integrated b&w photos ISBN13: 9781782399407 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-940-7 ISBN10: 1782399402 EAN: 9781782399407 x Description: National Geographic Traveller's the best books on European cities, 2019 In the autumn of 1948 Hemingway was approaching fifty and hadn't published a novel in nearly a decade. He travelled for the first time to Venice and there, at a duck shoot in the lagoon he met and fell in love with Adriana Ivancich, a striking young Venetian woman just out of finishing school. What followed was a platonic love affair; he continued to visit her in Venice; she in turn came to Cuba while he wrote The Old Man and the Sea. This is the illuminating story of a writer and a muse that intimately examines both the cost to Adriana and the fractured heart and changing art of Hemingway in his
fifties. 'Hemingway [is] an enduringly fascinating character, one whom di Robilant, with his easy-paced style, has sympathetically brought to life.' Literary Review 'Effortlessly and expertly explores the secret desires, successes, and depressive obstacles that shrouded Ernest Hemingway's final productive years.' New York Journal of Books _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Mystery of Charles Dickens A. N. Wilson (Author) (Author) Series:
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Atlantic Books
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Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Jun 2020
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Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 288pp h234mm x w156mm Integrated illustrations ISBN13: 9781786497918 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-791-8 ISBN10: 1786497913 EAN: 9781786497918 x Description: Charles Dickens was a superb public performer, a great orator and one of the most famous of the Eminent Victorians. Slight of build, with a frenzied, hyper-energetic personality, Dickens looked much older than his fifty-eight years when he died - an occasion marked by a crowded funeral at Westminster Abbey, despite his waking wishes for a small affair. Experiencing the worst and best of life during the Victorian Age, Dickens was not merely the conduit through whom some of the most beloved characters in literature came into the world. He was one of them. Filled with the twists, pathos and unusual characters that sprang from this novelist's extraordinary imagination, The Mystery of Charles Dickens looks back from the legendary writer's death to recall the key events in his life. In doing so, A. N. Wilson seeks to understand Dickens' creative genius and enduring popularity. Following his life from cradle to grave, it becomes clear that Dickens's fiction drew from his own experiences - a fact he acknowledged. Like Oliver Twist, Dickens suffered a wretched childhood, then grew up to become not only a respectable gentleman but an artist of prodigious popularity. Dickens knew firsthand the poverty and pain his characters endured, including the scandal of a failed marriage. Going beyond standard narrative biography, Wilson brilliantly revisits the wellspring of Dickens's vast and wild imagination, to reveal at long last why his novels captured the hearts of nineteenth-century readers - and why they continue to resonate today. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Eddie Jones: Rugby Maverick Mike Colman (Author) Series:
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Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Sep 2019
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 416pp h198mm x w129mm x s29mm 397g 1 x 8pp colour insert ISBN13: 9781911630456 ISBN13: 978-1-911630-45-6 ISBN10: 1911630458 EAN: 9781911630456 x Description: The first biography of the enigmatic coach who has completely transformed the England rugby team. After Eddie Jones began coaching England's rugby team, they won 22 of their next 23 matches. The side that limped out of the 2015 World Cup was thoroughly revitalised. But who was the unconventional figure responsible for this change of fortune? And, given recent setbacks, will Eddie be able to inspire England to bring their best to the 2019 World Cup? From his school days playing alongside the legendary Ella brothers to his masterminding of Japan's jaw-dropping World Cup victory over South Africa, Eddie Jones has always been a polarising figure, known for his punishing work ethic. Constantly controversial, never complacent, Jones has truly shaken up English rugby. Drawing on over a hundred interviews with former teammates, players, administrators, coaching colleagues and Jones himself, veteran rugby writer Mike Colman brings a rare level of insight to his biography of this singular man.
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It's All a Game: A Short History of Board Games Tristan Donovan (Author) Series:
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Atlantic Books
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Atlantic Books
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07 Nov 2019
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 336pp h198mm x w129mm x s24mm 323g 1 x 8-page colour plate section ISBN13: 9781786494542 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-454-2 ISBN10: 178649454X EAN: 9781786494542 x Description: 'Timely... wonderfully entertaining' - The Wall Street Journal In It's All A Game renowned games expert Tristan Donovan opens the box on the incredible and often surprising history and psychology of board games. He traces the evolution of the game across cultures, time periods, and continents, from the paranoid Chicago toy genius behind classics like Operation and Mouse Trap, to the role of Monopoly in helping prisoners of war escape the Nazis, and even the scientific use of board games today to teach artificial intelligence how to reason and how to win. With these compelling stories and characters, Donovan ultimately reveals why board games have captured hearts and minds all over the world for generations. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
New World, Inc.: The Story of the British Empire's Most Successful Start-Up John Butman (Author) Simon Targett (Author) Series:
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Atlantic Books
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Atlantic Books
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01 Aug 2019
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 432pp h197mm x w130mm x s31mm 425g 1x8pp col plates ISBN13: 9781786495495 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-549-5 ISBN10: 178649549X EAN: 9781786495495 x Description: 'Deeply researched and well-written' - Financial Times In the mid-sixteenth century, England was a small and relatively insignificant kingdom on the periphery of Europe, and it 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. This start-up venture transformed England in to a global power and sowed the seeds of nascent modern America. New World, Inc. is the riveting story of pilgrims, profits and the venture capitalists behind Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh.
'Brilliantly researched and vividly told' - Liaquat Ahamed, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning Lords of Finance _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Regency Revolution: Jane Austen, Napoleon, Lord Byron and the Making of the Modern World Robert Morrison (Author) Series:
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Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Apr 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h198mm x w129mm 2 x 8pp col. plates and integrated b&w images ISBN13: 9781786491251 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-125-1 ISBN10: 1786491257 EAN: 9781786491251 x Description: The fascinating story of the Regency period in Britain - an immensely colourful and chaotic decade that marked the emergence of the modern world. The Regency began on 5 February 1811 when the Prince of Wales replaced his violently insane father George III as the sovereign de facto. It ended on 29 January 1820, when George III died and the Prince Regent became King as George IV. At the centre of the era is of course the Regent himself, who was vilified by the masses for his selfishness and corpulence. Around him surged a society defined by brilliant characters, momentous events, and stark contrasts; a society forced to confront a whole range of pressing new issues that signalled a decisive break from the past and that for the first time brought our modern world clearly into view. The Regency Revolution is the most thorough and vivid exploration of the period ever published, and it reveals the remarkably diverse ways in which the cultural, social, technological and political revolutions of this decade continue both to inspire and haunt our world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Regency Revolution: Jane Austen, Napoleon, Lord Byron and the Making of the Modern World Robert Morrison (Author) Series:
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Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
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Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 368pp h240mm x w165mm x s30mm 765g 2 x 8pp col. plates and integrated b&w images ISBN13: 9781786491237 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-123-7 ISBN10: 1786491230 EAN: 9781786491237 x Description: 'Superb' The Economist 'Elegant, entertaining and frequently surprising' New York Times The fascinating story of the Regency period in Britain - an immensely colourful and chaotic decade that marked the emergence of the modern world. The Regency began on 5 February 1811 when the Prince of Wales replaced his violently insane father George III as the sovereign de facto. It ended on 29 January 1820, when George III died and the Prince Regent became King as George IV. At the centre of the era is of course the Regent himself, who was vilified by the masses for his selfishness and corpulence. Around him surged a society defined by brilliant characters, momentous events, and stark contrasts; a society forced to confront a whole range of pressing new issues that signalled a decisive break from the past and that for the first time brought our modern world clearly into view. The Regency Revolution is the most thorough and vivid exploration of the period ever published, and it reveals the remarkably diverse ways in which the cultural, social, technological and political revolutions of this decade continue both to inspire and haunt our world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Curse of Bigness: How Corporate Giants Came to Rule the World Tim Wu (Atlantic Books) (Author) Series:
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Atlantic Books
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Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 May 2020
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Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 192pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781838950828 ISBN13: 978-1-83895-082-8 ISBN10: 1838950826 EAN: 9781838950828 x Description: We're three decades into a global experiment: what happens when the major nations of the world weaken their control on the size and power of corporate giants and allow unrestricted expansion? In The Curse of Bigness, Tim Wu exposes the threats monopolies pose to economic stability and social freedom around the world. Aided by the globalization of commerce and finance, in recent years we have seen takeovers galore that make a mockery of the ideals of competition and economic freedom. Such is the 'curse of bigness': stifled entrepreneurship, stalled productivity, dominant tech giants like Facebook and Google, and fewer choices for consumers. Urgent and persuasive, this bold manifesto argues that we need to rediscover the anti-monopoly traditions that brought great peace and prosperity in the past. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Good Company: How to Build a Business without Losing Your Values Julietta Dexter (Author) Series:
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Atlantic Books
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Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Apr 2020
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Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 272pp h225mm x w147mm ISBN13: 9781786497208 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-720-8 ISBN10: 1786497204 EAN: 9781786497208 x Description: In a highly competitive world, many think business success means being ruthless: maximising short-term return for shareholders, cutting overheads, crushing competition, and expanding at an exponential pace. Nothing says this more than Silicon Valley with its macho mantras like 'Move fast and break things' (Facebook) or 'We're a team not a family' (Netflix). But this model is looking increasingly flawed. What if there were another more compassionate way? Julietta Dexter believes there is. In this powerful and hopeful book, the award-winning CEO of The Communications Store explains how she built one of the world's most respected PR & communications companies without compromising her morals and without screwing over her staff or her clients. Highlighting a new paradigm for business, she explains why profit should be just one consideration among several, and why honesty, reliability and diversity are the best foundations for long-term success. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Good Company: How to Build a Business without Losing Your Values Julietta Dexter (Author) Series:
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Atlantic Books
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Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Apr 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 272pp h225mm x w148mm ISBN13: 9781838951252 ISBN13: 978-1-83895-125-2 ISBN10: 1838951253 EAN: 9781838951252 x Description: 'What a joy! Dexter's book shows that it is possible for companies to cut the BS and care about individuals too. Inspiring and powerful.' Ruby Wax In a highly competitive world, many think business success means being ruthless: maximising short-term return for shareholders, cutting overheads, crushing competition, and expanding at an exponential pace. Nothing says this more than Silicon Valley with its macho mantras like 'Move fast and break things' (Facebook) or 'We're a team not a family' (Netflix). But this model is looking increasingly flawed. What if there were another more compassionate way? Julietta Dexter believes there is. In this powerful and hopeful book, the award-winning CEO of The Communications Store explains how she built one of the world's most respected PR & communications companies without compromising her morals and without screwing over her staff or her clients. Highlighting a new paradigm for business, she explains why profit should be just one consideration among several, and why honesty, reliability and diversity are the best foundations for long-term success. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Infinite Powers: The Story of Calculus - The Language of the Universe Steven Strogatz (Author) (Author) Series:
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Main
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Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Feb 2020
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 384pp h200mm x w128mm x s27mm 330g ISBN13: 9781786492975 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-297-5 ISBN10: 1786492970 EAN: 9781786492975 x Description: Shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize 2019 A magisterial history of calculus (and the people behind it) from one of the world's foremost mathematicians. This is the captivating story of mathematics' greatest ever idea: calculus. Without it, there would be no computers, no microwave ovens, no GPS, and no space travel. But before it gave modern man almost infinite powers, calculus was behind centuries of controversy, competition, and even death. Taking us on a thrilling journey through three millennia, professor Steven Strogatz charts the development of this seminal achievement from the days of Archimedes to today's breakthroughs in chaos theory and artificial intelligence. Filled with idiosyncratic characters from Pythagoras to Fourier, Infinite Powers is a compelling human drama that reveals the legacy of calculus on nearly every aspect of modern civilisation, including science, politics, medicine, philosophy, and much besides. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Infinite Powers: The Story of Calculus - The Language of the Universe Steven Strogatz (Author) (Author) Series:
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Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 May 2019
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Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 384pp h234mm x w153mm x s27mm 703g ISBN13: 9781786492944 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-294-4 ISBN10: 1786492946 EAN: 9781786492944 x Description: Shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize 2019 A magisterial history of calculus (and the people behind it) from one of the world's foremost mathematicians. This is the captivating story of mathematics' greatest ever idea: calculus. Without it, there would be no computers, no microwave ovens, no GPS, and no space travel. But before it gave modern man almost infinite powers, calculus was behind centuries of controversy, competition, and even death. Taking us on a thrilling journey through three millennia, professor Steven Strogatz charts the development of this seminal achievement from the days of Archimedes to today's breakthroughs in chaos theory and artificial intelligence. Filled with idiosyncratic characters from Pythagoras to Fourier, Infinite Powers is a compelling human drama that reveals the legacy of calculus on nearly every aspect of modern civilisation, including science, politics, medicine, philosophy, and much besides. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Infinite Powers: The Story of Calculus - The Language of the Universe Steven Strogatz (Author) (Author) Series:
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Export/Airside
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Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
26 Apr 2019
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 384pp h233mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781786492951 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-295-1 ISBN10: 1786492954 EAN: 9781786492951 x Description: This is the captivating story of mathematics' greatest ever idea: calculus. Without it, there would be no computers, no microwave ovens, no GPS, and no space travel. But before it gave modern man almost infinite powers, calculus was behind centuries of controversy, competition, and even death. Taking us on a thrilling journey through three millennia, professor Steven Strogatz charts the development of this seminal achievement from the days of Archimedes to today's breakthroughs in chaos theory and artificial intelligence. Filled with idiosyncratic characters from Pythagoras to Fourier, Infinite Powers is a compelling human drama that reveals the legacy of calculus on nearly every aspect of modern civilisation, including science, politics, medicine, philosophy, and much besides. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Original Spin: Misadventures in Cricket Vic Marks (Author) Series:
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Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Jun 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 336pp h198mm x w129mm 2 x 8pp colour plates ISBN13: 9781911630203 ISBN13: 978-1-911630-20-3 ISBN10: 1911630202 EAN: 9781911630203 x Description: 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. Apart from Richards, 'all of us were eighteen years old, though Botham seemed to have lived a bit longer - or at least more vigorously - than the rest.' In this irresistible memoir of a life lived in cricket, Vic Marks returns to the heady days when Richards and Botham were young men yet to unleash their talents on the world stage while he and Roebuck looked on in awe. After the high-octane dramas of Somerset, playing for England was almost an anticlimax for Marks, who became an unlikely all-rounder in the mercurial side of the 1980s. Moving from the dressing room to the press box, with trenchant observations about the modern game along the way, Original Spin is a charmingly wry, shrewdly observed account of a golden age in cricket. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Animal's Companion: People and their Pets, a 26,000-Year Love Story Jacky Colliss Harvey (Author) Series:
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Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Feb 2020
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Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 304pp h198mm x w128mm x s24mm 340g 2 x 16pp colour plates ISBN13: 9781911630753 ISBN13: 978-1-911630-75-3 ISBN10: 191163075X EAN: 9781911630753 x Description: A unique and compelling exploration of why humans need animal companions - from dogs and cats to horses, birds and reptiles - as seen through the eyes of bestselling author Jacky Colliss Harvey. In The Animal's Companion, the acclaimed author of Red: A Natural History of the Redhead explores the human desire to share our everyday life with pets, a history that can be traced back to a cave in France where evidence has been unearthed of a boy and his dog taking a walk together, some 26,000 years ago. From those preserved foot and paw prints, Colliss Harvey draws on literary, artistic and archaeological artefacts to sweep readers through centuries and across continents to examine how our relationships with our pets have developed, but also stayed very much the same. Through delightful stories of the most famous, endearing and sometimes eccentric pet owners throughout history, she suggests fascinating new insights into one of the most long-standing of all human love affairs. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Histories of the Unexpected: The Romans Dr Sam Willis (Author) (Author) Professor James Daybell (Author) Series:
Histories of the Unexpected
Edition:
Main
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Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
26 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 208pp h198mm x w129mm x s11mm 321g Integrated images ISBN13: 9781786497734 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-773-4 ISBN10: 1786497735 EAN: 9781786497734 x Description: Histories of the Unexpected not only presents a new way of thinking about the past, but also reveals the world around us as never before. Traditionally, the Romans have been understood in a straightforward way but the period really comes alive if you take an unexpected approach to its history. Yes, emperors, the development of civilisation and armies all have a fascinating history... but so too do tattoos, collecting, fattening, recycling, walking, poison, fish, inkwells and wicked stepmothers! Each of these subjects is equally fascinating in its own right, and each sheds new light on the traditional subjects and themes that we think we know so well. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Histories of the Unexpected: The Tudors Dr Sam Willis (Author) (Author) Professor James Daybell (Author) Series:
Histories of the Unexpected
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
26 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 192pp h198mm x w129mm x s10mm 304g Integrated images ISBN13: 9781786497697 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-769-7 ISBN10: 1786497697 EAN: 9781786497697 x Description: Histories of the Unexpected not only presents a new way of thinking about the past, but also reveals the world around us as never before. Traditionally, the Tudors have been understood in a straightforward way but the period really comes alive if you take an unexpected approach to its history. Yes, Tudor monarchs, exploration and religion have a fascinating history... but so too does cannibalism, shrinking, bells, hats, mirrors, monsters, faces, letter-writing and accidents! Each of these subjects is equally fascinating in its own right, and each sheds new light on the traditional subjects and themes that we think we know so well. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Histories of the Unexpected: The Vikings Dr Sam Willis (Author) (Author) Professor James Daybell (Author) Series:
Histories of the Unexpected
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
26 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 192pp h198mm x w129mm x s10mm 304g Integrated images ISBN13: 9781786497710 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-771-0 ISBN10: 1786497719 EAN: 9781786497710 x Description: Histories of the Unexpected not only presents a new way of thinking about the past, but also reveals the world around us as never before. Traditionally, the Vikings have been understood in a straightforward way - but the period really comes alive if you take an unexpected approach to its history. Yes, ships, raiding and trade have a fascinating history... but so too do hair, break-ins, toys, teeth, mischief, luck and silk! Each of these subjects is equally fascinating in its own right, and each sheds new light on the traditional subjects and themes that we think we know so well. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Borgias: Power and Fortune Paul Strathern (Author) Series:
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Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 May 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 400pp h198mm x w129mm 2x8pp colour plates ISBN13: 9781786495464 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-546-4 ISBN10: 1786495465 EAN: 9781786495464 x Description: 'A wickedly entertaining read' The Times A Daily Mail Book of the Week The sensational story of the rise and fall of one of the most notorious families in history, by the author of The Medici. The Borgias have become a byword for evil. Corruption, incest, ruthless megalomania, avarice and vicious cruelty - all have been associated with their name. But the story of this remarkable family is far more than a tale of sensational depravities, it also marks a decisive turning point in European history. The rise and fall of the Borgias held centre stage during the golden age of the Italian Renaissance and they were the leading players at the very moment when our modern world was creating itself. Within this context the Renaissance itself takes on a very different aspect. Was the corruption part of this creation, or vice versa? Would one have been possible without the other? From the family's Spanish roots and the papacy of Rodrigo Borgia, to the lives of his infamous offspring, Lucrezia and Cesare - the hero who dazzled Machiavelli, but also the man who befriended Leonardo da Vinci - Paul Strathern relates this influential family to their time, together with the world which enabled them to flourish, and tells the story of this great dynasty as never before. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Borgias: Power and Fortune Paul Strathern (Author) Series:
Edition:
Export/Airside
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 400pp h230mm x w150mm x s31mm 650g 2x8pp colour plates ISBN13: 9781786499646 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-964-6 ISBN10: 1786499649 EAN: 9781786499646 x Description: 'A wickedly entertaining read' The Times A Daily Mail Book of the Week The sensational story of the rise and fall of one of the most notorious families in history, by the author of The Medici. The Borgias have become a byword for evil. Corruption, incest, ruthless megalomania, avarice and vicious cruelty - all have been associated with their name. But the story of this remarkable family is far more than a tale of sensational depravities, it also marks a decisive turning point in European history. The rise and fall of the Borgias held centre stage during the golden age of the Italian Renaissance and they were the leading players at the very moment when our modern world was creating itself. Within this context the Renaissance itself takes on a very different aspect. Was the corruption part of this creation, or vice versa? Would one have been possible without the other? From the family's Spanish roots and the papacy of Rodrigo Borgia, to the lives of his infamous offspring, Lucrezia and Cesare - the hero who dazzled Machiavelli, but also the man who befriended Leonardo da Vinci - Paul Strathern relates this influential family to their time, together with the world which enabled them to flourish, and tells the story of this great dynasty as never before. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Borgias: Power and Fortune Paul Strathern (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 400pp h240mm x w165mm x s35mm 800g 2x8pp colour plates ISBN13: 9781786495440 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-544-0 ISBN10: 1786495449 EAN: 9781786495440 x Description: 'A wickedly entertaining read' The Times A Daily Mail Book of the Week The sensational story of the rise and fall of one of the most notorious families in history, by the author of The Medici. The Borgias have become a byword for evil. Corruption, incest, ruthless megalomania, avarice and vicious cruelty - all have been associated with their name. But the story of this remarkable family is far more than a tale of sensational depravities, it also marks a decisive turning point in European history. The rise and fall of the Borgias held centre stage during the golden age of the Italian Renaissance and they were the leading players at the very moment when our modern world was creating itself. Within this context the Renaissance itself takes on a very different aspect. Was the corruption part of this creation, or vice versa? Would one have been possible without the other? From the family's Spanish roots and the papacy of Rodrigo Borgia, to the lives of his infamous offspring, Lucrezia and Cesare - the hero who dazzled Machiavelli, but also the man who befriended Leonardo da Vinci - Paul Strathern relates this influential family to their time, together with the world which enabled them to flourish, and tells the story of this great dynasty as never before.
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The Magic Lantern: The Revolution of '89 Witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin and Prague Timothy Garton Ash (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Nov 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 208pp h198mm x w129mm x s15mm 183g ISBN13: 9781838950705 ISBN13: 978-1-83895-070-5 ISBN10: 1838950702 EAN: 9781838950705 x Description: The Magic Lantern is one of those rare books that capture history in the making, written by an author who was witness to some of the most remarkable moments that marked the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe. Timothy Garton Ash was there in Warsaw, on 4 June, when the communist government was humiliated by Solidarity in the first semi-free elections since the Second World War. He was there in Budapest, twelve days later, when Imre Nagy - thirty-one years after his execution - was finally given his proper funeral. He was there in Berlin, as the Wall opened. And most remarkable of all, he was there in Prague, in the back rooms of the Magic Lantern theatre, with Vaclav Havel and the members of Civic Forum, as they made their 'Velvet Revolution'. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Histories of the Unexpected: World War II Dr Sam Willis (Author) (Author) Professor James Daybell (Author) Series:
Histories of the Unexpected
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
26 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 208pp h198mm x w129mm x s11mm 321g Integrated images ISBN13: 9781786497758 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-775-8 ISBN10: 1786497751 EAN: 9781786497758 x Description: Histories of the Unexpected not only presents a new way of thinking about the past, but also reveals the world around us as never before. Traditionally, World War II has been understood in a straightforward way but the period really comes alive if you take an unexpected approach to its history. Yes, battles, bombs and bravery all have a fascinating history... but so too do handkerchiefs, furniture, Mozart, insects, blood, mothers, suicide, darkness, cancer and puppets! Each of these subjects is equally fascinating in its own right, and each sheds new light on the traditional subjects and themes that we think we know so well. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Home Stretch: Why it's Time to Come Clean About Who Does the Dishes Sally Howard (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Mar 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 336pp h216mm x w138mm ISBN13: 9781838950569 ISBN13: 978-1-83895-056-9 ISBN10: 1838950567 EAN: 9781838950569 x Description: Forty years of feminism, and still women do the majority of the housework. Why?
In fact, whilst we're making slow but steady gains on gender disparities in the workplace, at home the gap is widening - in the UK, the average heterosexual British woman puts in 12 more days of household labour per year than her male companion, while young American men are now twice as likely as their fathers to think a woman's place is in the home. And when 'having it all' so often means hiring a nanny or cleaner, is it something to aspire to? Sally Howard joins up with a cohort of feminist separatists, undertakes a day's shift with her Lithuanian cleaner, lives in a futuristic model home designed to anticipate our needs and meets latte papas and one-percent parents in this lively examination which combines history and fieldwork with her personal story. The Home Stretch is a fascinating investigation into how we got here and what the future could look like for feminism's final frontier: the domestic labour gap. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Home Stretch: Why It's Time to Come Clean About Who Does the Dishes Sally Howard (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Mar 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 336pp h222mm x w144mm x s32mm 526g ISBN13: 9781786497574 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-757-4 ISBN10: 1786497573 EAN: 9781786497574 x Description: Forty years of feminism and still women do the majority of the housework. Why? In fact, while women are making slow but steady gains on gender disparities in the workplace, at home the gap is widening - in the UK, the average heterosexual British woman puts in 12 more days of household labour per year than her male companion, while young American men are now twice as likely as their fathers to think a woman's place is in the home. And when 'having it all' so often means hiring a nanny or cleaner, is it something to aspire to? Sally Howard joins up with a cohort of feminist separatists, undertakes a day's shift with her Lithuanian cleaner, lives in a futuristic model home designed to anticipate our needs and meets latte papas and one-percent parents in this lively examination which combines history and fieldwork with her personal story. The Home Stretch is a fascinating investigation into how we got here and what the future could look like for feminism's final frontier: the domestic labour gap. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Game of Two Halves: Famous Football Fans Meet Their Heroes Amy Raphael (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
03 Oct 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 384pp h210mm x w148mm x s27mm 612g ISBN13: 9781911630036 ISBN13: 978-1-911630-03-6 ISBN10: 1911630032 EAN: 9781911630036 x Description: Ever wondered which goal Frank Lampard is proudest of, who Jurgen Klopp thinks will manage Liverpool in the future, what Rio Ferdinand thinks of Man United in the post-Ferguson years or exactly how many grey cashmere jumpers Pep Guardiola owns? In this collection of frank and funny conversations between footballers and their biggest fans, these vital questions (and many more) are finally addressed. 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. This project is published in partnership with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, with the goal of raising both funds for and awareness of their work with child refugees. Featuring forewords by Raheem Sterling and Gary Lineker and interviews between Jurgen Klopp & John Bishop Pep Guardiola & Johnny Marr Lucy Bronze & Clare Balding Frank Lampard & Omid Djalili Rio Ferdinand & Rachel Riley Ian Wright & Wretch 32 Hector Bellerin & Romesh Ranganathan Steven Gerrard & David Morrissey Gary Lineker & Fahd Saleh Eric Dier & David Lammy John McGlynn & Val McDermid Vivianne Miedema & Amy Raphael _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Hidden Horticulturists: The Untold Story of the Men who Shaped Britain's Gardens Fiona Davison (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Apr 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 368pp h240mm x w165mm x s35mm 750g 2x8pp colour plates ISBN13: 9781786495075 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-507-5 ISBN10: 1786495074 EAN: 9781786495075 x Description: 'Delightful... The Hidden Horticulturists pulsates with the extraordinary energy and excitement of the time.' Daily Mail Chosen as one of the Sunday Telegraph's 'Top Ten Gardening Books of the Year' _____________________ The untold story of the remarkable young men who played a central role in the history of British horticulture and helped to shape the way we garden today. In 2012, whilst working at the Royal Horticultural Society's library, Fiona Davison unearthed a book of handwritten notes that dated back to 1822. The notes, each carefully set out in neat copperplate writing, had been written by young gardeners in support of their application to be received into the
Society's Garden. Amongst them was an entry from the young Joseph Paxton, who would go on to become one of Britain's best-known gardeners and architects. But he was far from alone in shaping the way we garden today and now, for the first time, the stories of the young, working-class men who also played a central role in the history of British horticulture can be told. Using their notes, Fiona Davison traces the stories of a selection of these forgotten gardeners whose lives would take divergent paths to create a unique history of gardening. The trail took her from Chiswick to Bolivia and uncovered tales of fraud, scandal and madness - and, of course, a large number of fabulous plants and gardens. This is a celebration of the unsung heroes of horticulture whose achievements reflect a golden moment in British gardening, and continue to influence how we garden today. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Equal Power: Gender Equality and How to Achieve It Jo Swinson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Feb 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s28mm 386g ISBN13: 9781786491893 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-189-3 ISBN10: 1786491893 EAN: 9781786491893 x Description: Shortlisted for the 2018 Parliamentary Book Awards (Best Memoir by a Parliamentarian) Why does power remain concentrated in the hands of men? And why do the problems of sexism sometimes feel just too big to solve? In this passionate call to arms, leader of the Liberal Democrats and former Government Minister for Women Jo Swinson outlines the steps we can all take, large and small, to make our businesses, politics and culture truly gender equal. With clear and uncompromising analysis, Swinson shows the stark extent of the inequality around us, arguing that everyone - from students to CEOs - can work together to create a world of Equal Power. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Endell Street: The Trailblazing Women who Ran World War One's Most Remarkable Military Hospital Wendy Moore (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Apr 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 384pp h234mm x w156mm 2x8pp plates ISBN13: 9781786495846 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-584-6 ISBN10: 1786495848 EAN: 9781786495846 x Description: When the First World War broke out, the suffragettes suspended their campaigning and joined the war effort. For pioneering suffragette doctors (and life partners) Flora Murray and Louisa Garrett Anderson that meant moving to France, where they set up two small military hospitals amidst fierce opposition. Yet their medical and organisational skills were so impressive that in 1915 Flora and Louisa were asked by the War Ministry to return to London and establish a new military hospital in a vast and derelict old workhouse in Covent Garden's Endell Street. That they did, creating a 573-bed hospital staffed from top to bottom by female surgeons, doctors and nurses, and developing entirely new techniques to deal with the horrific mortar and gas injuries suffered by British soldiers. Receiving 26,000 wounded men over the next four years, Flora and Louisa created such a caring atmosphere that soldiers begged to be sent to Endell Street. And then, following the end of the war and the Spanish Flu outbreak, the hospital was closed and Flora, Louisa and their staff were once again sidelined in the medical profession. The story of Endell Street provides both a keyhole view into the horrors and thrills of wartime London and a long-overdue tribute to the brilliance and bravery of an extraordinary group of women.
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The Great Imperial Hangover: How Empires Have Shaped the World Samir Puri (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
16 Apr 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 384pp h234mm x w156mm Integrated maps ISBN13: 9781786498328 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-832-8 ISBN10: 1786498324 EAN: 9781786498328 x Description: For the first time in millennia we live without formal empires. But that doesn't mean we don't feel their presence rumbling through history. The Great Imperial Hangover examines how the world's imperial legacies are still shaping the thorniest issues we face today. From Russia's incursions in the Ukraine to Brexit; from Trump's 'America-first' policy to China's forays into Africa; from Modi's India to the hotbed of the Middle East, Puri provides a bold new framework for understanding the world's complex rivalries and politics. Organised by region, and covering vital topics such as security, foreign policy, national politics and commerce, The Great Imperial Hangover combines gripping history and astute analysis to explain why the history of empire affects us all in profound ways. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Closing the Deal over a Meal: A Guide to Global Business Etiquette Sonia Lo (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 224pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781843545972 ISBN13: 978-1-84354-597-2 ISBN10: 1843545977 EAN: 9781843545972 x Description: Wining and dining abroad can be fraught with pitfalls - from how to use chopsticks to paying the bill - that could make or break a transaction. In Closing the Deal over a Meal, international businesswoman Sonia Lo expertly steers a path through the potential dilemmas: is that a finger bowl or a drink you've just been served? What's the best way to eat a stewed beetle? How do you toast your Russian host for the twelfth time without getting drunk? This practical handbook has all the answers. Closing the Deal over a Meal is an essential guide to enjoying yourself while getting the job done. Attire: Try to pack clothes for every occasion. Trying to find underwear in a country where the average person is smaller or larger than you will only create needless stress. Food: Even when you are presented with something unidentifiable and stomach-churning, like a roasted rat's paw, you must take at least three bites. Be sure to keep a drink handy to wash it down. Drink: Be careful to consider the hierarchy set by age and status; raising your glass before an older companion has sampled his can be read as a sign of gross impertinence. Entertainment: If you are going to do business in Asia, you must get up and sing: learn two songs well, and even if you sound like strangled cats, sing earnestly. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tomorrows Versus Yesterdays: Conversations in Defense of the Future Andrew Keen (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Mar 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 304pp h234mm x w153mm x s22mm 453g ISBN13: 9781838951122 ISBN13: 978-1-83895-112-2 ISBN10: 1838951121 EAN: 9781838951122 x Description: The current crisis of democracy, the growing economic inequality between rich and poor, our narcissistic social media culture and the looming menace of AI all threaten us as never before. The challenges presented by technology have long been central in these issues, but how can we take advantage of the opportunities it provides to shape a better twenty-first century? The most important division of our age is between the 'tomorrows', those who believe that the future can be better than the past, and the 'yesterdays' who harbor a nostalgic desire to return to a rose-tinted past. This division is encapsulated by how we answer a simple question: can we trust the future? In Tomorrows Versus Yesterdays, Andrew Keen discusses the issue with some of the most influential thinkers of our time. The book is split into four sections. The first identifies the challenges of our digital age. The second focuses on the failure of the internet revolution to realize its ambitious goals. The third untangles the complex relationship between populism and digital media, before the final part presents possible solutions to the challenges of our age. The result is an insightful examination of the most important issues facing us today, and essential reading for anyone interested in the impact of the digital revolution. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
All the Lives We Ever Lived: Seeking Solace in Virginia Woolf Katharine Smyth (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Mar 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 336pp h198mm x w129mm 10 integrated illustrations ISBN13: 9781786492869 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-286-9 ISBN10: 1786492865 EAN: 9781786492869 x Description: 'Deeply moving... This is a beautiful book.' TLS ______________________________ Katharine Smyth was a student at Oxford University when she first read Virginia Woolf's modernist masterpiece To the Lighthouse in the comfort of an English sitting room, and in the companionable silence she shared with her father. After his death, she returned to that beloved novel as a way of wrestling with his memory and understanding her own grief. Braiding memoir, literary criticism and biography, Smyth's story explores universal questions about family, loss and homecoming. Through her inventive, highly personal reading of To the Lighthouse, Smyth guides us towards a new vision of Woolf's most demanding and rewarding novel. All the Lives We Ever Lived is a wholly original debut: a love letter from a daughter to her father, and from a reader to her most cherished author. 'Beautifully written... a gift to readers drawn to big questions about time, memory, mortality, love and grief' Wall Street Journal _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Murdoch Method: Notes on Running a Media Empire Irwin Stelzer (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Apr 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 320pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 325g 1 x 8pp b&w plate section ISBN13: 9781786494016 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-401-6 ISBN10: 1786494019 EAN: 9781786494016 x Description: Rupert Murdoch is one of the most notorious and successful businessmen of our age. Now, for the first time, an insider within the Murdoch empire reveals the formidable method behind the man. Irwin Stelzer, an adviser to Murdoch for 35 years, reveals what makes Rupert tick from his love of taking risks to his mistrust of the establishment - and how he grew from humble beginnings as the owner of an Adelaide newspaper, to becoming the head of a globe-spanning enterprise worth over $50 billion. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Tokyo Romance Ian Buruma (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Mar 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 256pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 251g integrated b&w photographs ISBN13: 9781782398028 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-802-8 ISBN10: 1782398023 EAN: 9781782398028 x Description: 'The whole thing sparks astonishingly to life' Observer When Ian Buruma arrived in Tokyo as a young film student in 1975, he found a feverish and surreal metropolis in the midst of an economic boom, where everything seemed new and history only remained in fragments. Through his adventures in the world of avant-garde theatre, his encounters with carnival acts, fashion photographers and moments on-set with Akira Kurosawa, Buruma came of age. For an outsider, unattached to the cultural burdens placed on the Japanese, this was a place to be truly free. A Tokyo Romance is a portrait of a young artist and the fantastical city that shaped him, and a timeless story about the desire to transgress boundaries: cultural, artistic and sexual. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Ginger Child: On Family, Loss and Adoption Patrick Flanery (Author) (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
26 Mar 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 288pp h217mm x w155mm x s35mm 450g ISBN13: 9781786497246 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-724-6 ISBN10: 1786497247 EAN: 9781786497246 x Description: A raw and heart-wrenching literary memoir about a queer couple's attempt to adopt a child.
But would you take a ginger child? a social worker asks Patrick Flanery as he and his husband embark on their four-year odyssey of trying to adopt. This curious question comes to haunt the journey, which Flanery recounts with startling candour as he explores what it means to make a family as a queer couple, to be an outsider in a foreign country, to grapple with the inheritance of intergenerational loss, and to discover that the emotions we feel are sometimes as mysterious to ourselves as to others. This uniquely powerful book moves deftly between heartbreaking memoir and illuminating meditation on parenting, adoption and queerness in contemporary culture, stopping along the way to consider recent science fiction film, camp horror television, fiction and visual art. At the end, which could also be the beginning of a new journey, Flanery asks whether we might all imagine ourselves as ginger children-fragile, sensitive, more easily hurt than we think possible, but with the hope that we are also survivors, with greater powers of resilience than we know. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Ginger Child: On Family, Loss and Adoption Patrick Flanery (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Feb 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 268g ISBN13: 9781786497260 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-726-0 ISBN10: 1786497263 EAN: 9781786497260 x Description: A raw and heart-wrenching literary memoir about a queer couple's attempt to adopt a child. But would you take a ginger child? a social worker asks Patrick Flanery as he and his husband embark on their four-year odyssey of trying to adopt. This curious question comes to haunt the journey, which Flanery recounts with startling candour as he explores what it means to make a family as a queer couple, to be an outsider in a foreign country, to grapple with the inheritance of intergenerational loss, and to discover that the emotions we feel are sometimes as mysterious to ourselves as to others. This uniquely powerful book moves deftly between heartbreaking memoir and illuminating meditation on parenting, adoption and queerness in contemporary culture, stopping along the way to consider recent science fiction film, camp horror television, fiction and visual art. At the end, which could also be the beginning of a new journey, Flanery asks whether we might all imagine ourselves as ginger children-fragile, sensitive, more easily hurt than we think possible, but with the hope that we are also survivors, with greater powers of resilience than we know. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
All the Lives We Ever Lived: Seeking Solace in Virginia Woolf Katharine Smyth (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Feb 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 320pp h223mm x w145mm x s28mm 525g 10 integrated illustrations ISBN13: 9781786492852 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-285-2 ISBN10: 1786492857 EAN: 9781786492852 x Description: Katharine Smyth was a student at Oxford when she first read Virginia Woolf's modernist masterpiece To the Lighthouse in the comfort of an English sitting room, and in the companionable silence she shared with her father. After his death - a calamity that claimed her favourite person she returned to that beloved novel as a way of wrestling with his memory and understanding her own grief. Smyth's story moves between the New England of her childhood and Woolf's Cornish shores and Bloomsbury squares, exploring universal questions about family, loss and homecoming. Through her inventive, highly personal reading of To the Lighthouse and her artful adaptation of its groundbreaking structure, Smyth guides us towards a new vision of Woolf's most demanding and rewarding novel - and crafts an elegant reminder of literature's ability to clarify and console. Braiding memoir, literary criticism and biography, All the Lives We Ever Lived is a wholly original debut: a love letter from a daughter to her father, and
from a reader to her most cherished author. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Parisian Lives: Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir and Me - a Memoir Deirdre Bair (Author) Series:
Edition:
Export/Airside
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Feb 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 288pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781786492661 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-266-1 ISBN10: 1786492660 EAN: 9781786492661 x Description: In 1971 Deirdre Bair was a journalist and recently minted PhD who managed to secure access to Nobel Prize-winning author Samuel Beckett. He agreed that she could write his biography despite never having written - or even read - a biography herself. The next seven years of intimate conversations, intercontinental research, and peculiar cat-and-mouse games resulted in Samuel Beckett: A Biography, which went on to win the National Book Award and propel Deirdre to her next subject: Simone de Beauvoir. The catch? De Beauvoir and Beckett despised each other - and lived essentially on the same street. While quite literally dodging one subject or the other, and sometimes hiding out in the backrooms of the great cafes of Paris, Bair learned that what works in terms of process for one biography rarely applies to the next. Her seven-year relationship with the domineering and difficult de Beauvoir required a radical change in approach, yielding another groundbreaking literary profile. Drawing on Bair's extensive notes from the period, including never-before-told anecdotes and details that were considered impossible to publish at the time, Parisian Lives is full of personality and warmth and gives us an entirely new window on the all-too-human side of these legendary thinkers. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Parisian Lives: Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir and Me - a Memoir Deirdre Bair (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Feb 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 368pp h234mm x w153mm x s25mm 679g ISBN13: 9781786492654 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-265-4 ISBN10: 1786492652 EAN: 9781786492654 x Description: 'Fascinating... Wonderfully entertaining and absorbing' Sunday Times 'Gripping' New York Times Book Review In 1971 Deirdre Bair was a journalist and recently minted PhD who managed to secure access to Nobel Prize-winning author Samuel Beckett. He agreed that she could write his biography despite never having written - or even read - a biography herself. The next seven years of intimate conversations, intercontinental research, and peculiar cat-and-mouse games resulted in Samuel Beckett: A Biography, which went on to win the National Book Award and propel Deirdre to her next subject: Simone de Beauvoir. The catch? De Beauvoir and Beckett despised each other - and lived essentially on the same street. While quite literally dodging one subject or the other, and sometimes hiding out in the backrooms of the great cafes of Paris, Bair learned that what works in terms of process for one biography rarely applies to the next. Her seven-year relationship with the domineering and difficult de Beauvoir required a radical change in approach, yielding another groundbreaking literary profile. Drawing on Bair's extensive notes from the period, including never-before-told anecdotes and details that were considered impossible to publish at the time, Parisian Lives is full of personality and warmth and gives us an entirely new window on the all-too-human side of these legendary thinkers. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Fifty Years On: The Troubles and the Struggle for Change in Northern Ireland Malachi O'Doherty (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Jul 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 416pp h198mm x w129mm 2 x 8pp colour plates ISBN13: 9781786496669 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-666-9 ISBN10: 1786496666 EAN: 9781786496669 x Description: Fifty years ago, an eruption of armed violence traumatized Northern Ireland and transformed a period of street protest over civil rights into decades of paramilitary warfare by republicans and loyalists. In this evocative memoir, Malachi O'Doherty not only recounts his experiences of living through the Troubles, but also recalls a revolution in his lifetime. However, it wasn't the bloody revolution that was shown on TV but rather the slow reshaping of the culture of Northern Ireland - a real revolution that was entirely overshadowed by the conflict. Incorporating interviews with political, professional and paramilitary figures, O'Doherty draws a profile of an era that produced real social change, comparing and contrasting it with today, and asks how frail is the current peace as Brexit approaches, protest is back on the streets and violence is simmering in both republican and loyalist camps. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Fifty Years On: The Troubles and the Struggle for Change in Northern Ireland Malachi O'Doherty (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 416pp h240mm x w165mm x s40mm 765g 2 x 8pp colour plates ISBN13: 9781786496645 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-664-5 ISBN10: 178649664X EAN: 9781786496645 x Description: Fifty years ago, an eruption of armed violence traumatized Northern Ireland and transformed a period of street protest over civil rights into decades of paramilitary warfare by republicans and loyalists. In this evocative memoir, Malachi O'Doherty not only recounts his experiences of living through the Troubles, but also recalls a revolution in his lifetime. However, it wasn't the bloody revolution that was shown on TV but rather the slow reshaping of the culture of Northern Ireland - a real revolution that was entirely overshadowed by the conflict. Incorporating interviews with political, professional and paramilitary figures, O'Doherty draws a profile of an era that produced real social change, comparing and contrasting it with today, and asks how frail is the current peace as Brexit approaches, protest is back on the streets and violence is simmering in both republican and loyalist camps. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ten Steps To Nanette Hannah Gadsby (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Oct 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781911630234 ISBN13: 978-1-911630-23-4 ISBN10: 1911630237 EAN: 9781911630234 x Description: The memoir from Australia's much-loved comedian, Hannah Gadsby, whose stand-up show and self-described swan-song, NANETTE, won the Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2017 before transferring to New York, where it went on to achieve critical acclaim. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Freedom Fighter: My War Against ISIS on the Frontlines of Syria Joanna Palani (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
03 Jan 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 331g ISBN13: 9781786494351 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-435-1 ISBN10: 1786494353 EAN: 9781786494351 x Description: Evening Standard's January 2019 Book of the Week The gripping story of one woman's war against ISIS on the frontlines of Syria. Joanna Palani made headlines across the world when her role fighting ISIS in the Syrian conflict was revealed. She is one of a handful of western women who joined the international recruits to the Kurdish forces in the region and this is the first time her extraordinary story has been told. Inspired by the Arab Spring, Joanna left behind her student life in Copenhagen and travelled to the Middle East in order to join the YPJ - the all-female brigade of the Kurdish militia in Syria. After undergoing considerable military training, including as a saboteur and sniper, Joanna served as a YPJ fighter over several years and took part in the brutal siege of Kobani. Despite her heroism, she was taken in to custody on her return to Denmark for breaking laws designed to stop its citizens from joining ISIS, making her the first person to be jailed for joining the international coalition. In this raw and unflinching memoir, Joanna not only provides an eye-witness account of this devastating war but also reveals the personal cost of the battles she has fought on and off the frontlines. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I'm a Joke and So Are You: Reflections on Humour and Humanity Robin Ince (Author) Stewart Lee (Contributions by) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 288pp h200mm x w130mm x s25mm 270g ISBN13: 9781786492616 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-261-6 ISBN10: 178649261X EAN: 9781786492616
x Description: Evening Standard's the Best Comedy Books of the Year, 2018 Skinny's Book of the Year, 2018 'Joyfully entertaining. Full of warmth, wisdom and affectionate delight in the wonder and absurdity of being human.' Observer 'Funny, honest and heart-warming.' Matt Haig What better way to understand ourselves than through the eyes of comedians - those who professionally examine our quirks on stage daily? In this touching and witty book, award-winning presenter and comic Robin Ince uses the life of the stand-up as a way of exploring some of the biggest questions we all face. Where does anxiety come from? How do we overcome imposter syndrome? What is the key to creativity? How can we deal with grief? Informed by personal insights from Robin as well as interviews with some of the world's top comedians, neuroscientists and psychologists, this is a hilarious and often moving primer to the mind. But it is also a powerful call to embrace the full breadth of our inner experience - no matter how strange we worry it may be! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Lightless Sky: My Journey to Safety as a Child Refugee Gulwali Passarlay (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main - Re-Issue
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
30 Jan 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s28mm 392g 2x4pp col. plates ISBN13: 9781786497154 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-715-4 ISBN10: 1786497158 EAN: 9781786497154 x Description: *NOW UPDATED WITH EXTRA MATERIAL* The boy who fled Afghanistan and endured a terrifying journey in the hands of people smugglers is now a young man intent on changing the world. His story is a deeply harrowing and incredibly inspiring tale of our times. Gulwali Passarlay was sent away from Afghanistan at the age of twelve, after his father was killed in a gun battle with the US Army. He made a twelvemonth odyssey across Europe, spending time in prisons, suffering hunger, making a terrifying journey across the Mediterranean in a tiny boat, and enduring a desolate month in the camp at Calais. Somehow he survived, and made it to Britain, where he was fostered, sent to school, and won a place at a top university. He was chosen to carry the Olympic torch in 2012. One boy's experience is the central story of our times. This powerful memoir celebrates the triumph of courage over adversity. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
And Thank You For Watching: Extraordinary Stories from a Veteran News Journalist Mark Austin (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s26mm 352g 2x8pp colour plates ISBN13: 9781786494504 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-450-4 ISBN10: 1786494507 EAN: 9781786494504 x Description: 'This insightful and superb book takes you to World Cups, to conflicts in war-torn countries, to division in Trump's America... A terrific read.' - Gary Lineker For over thirty years, Mark Austin has covered the biggest stories in the world for ITN and Sky News. As a foreign correspondent and anchorman he has witnessed first-hand some of the most significant events of our times, including the Iraq War, the historic transition in South Africa from the brutality
of apartheid to democracy, the horrors of the Rwandan genocide, and natural disasters such as the Haiti earthquake and the Mozambique floods. Full of high drama, raw emotion and the sometimes hilarious happenings from the life of a veteran reporter, Mark Austin's memoir gives startling insight into the stories behind the headlines. 'A must read.' - Sir Trevor McDonald _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In A Time Of Monsters: Travels Through a Middle East in Revolt Emma Sky (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Feb 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 320pp h195mm x w130mm x s23mm 317g 2x8pp col plates ISBN13: 9781786495624 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-562-4 ISBN10: 1786495627 EAN: 9781786495624 x Description: Returning to the UK in September 2010 after serving in Iraq as the political adviser to the top American general, Emma Sky felt no sense of homecoming. She soon found herself back in the Middle East travelling through a region in revolt. In A Time of Monsters bears witness to the demands of young people for dignity and justice during the Arab Spring; the inability of sclerotic regimes to reform; the descent of Syria into civil war; the rise of the Islamic State; and the flight of refugees to Europe. With deep empathy for its people and an extensive understanding of the Middle East, Sky makes a complex region more comprehensible. A great storyteller and observational writer, Sky also reveals the ties that bind the Middle East to the West and how blowback from our interventions in the region contributed to the British vote to leave the European Union and to the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy and a Collision of Lives in World War II Adam Makos (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Mar 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 416pp h198mm x w129mm 2 x16pp b/w plates ISBN13: 9781782395812 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-581-2 ISBN10: 1782395814 EAN: 9781782395812 x Description: 'Gripping' Wall Street Journal ________________________ At first, gunner Clarence Smoyer and his fellow crewmen in the legendary 3rd Armored Division - 'Spearhead' - thought their tanks were invincible. Then they met the German Panther, with a gun so murderous it could shoot through one Sherman and into the next. Soon a pattern emerged: the lead tank always gets hit. After seeing his friends cut down breaching the West Wall and holding the line in the Battle of the Bulge, Clarence and his crew are given a weapon with the power to avenge their fallen brothers: the Pershing, a state-of-the-art 'super tank', one of twenty in the European theatre. But with it comes a harrowing new responsibility: now they will spearhead every attack and, in doing so, will lead the US Army into its largest urban battle of the war, the fight for Cologne, the 'Fortress City' of Germany... 'Spearhead shimmers in eclipsing moments of valor, luck and compassion.' Washington Times _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy and a Collision of Lives in World War II Adam Makos (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Mar 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 416pp h240mm x w165mm x s38mm 860g 2 x16pp b/w plates ISBN13: 9781782395782 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-578-2 ISBN10: 1782395784 EAN: 9781782395782 x Description: The New York Times Bestseller 'Brilliant... Gripping' Wall Street Journal From the Sunday Times bestselling author of A Higher Call comes the riveting World War II story of an American tank gunner's journey into the heart of the Third Reich. At first, gunner Clarence Smoyer and his fellow crewmen in the legendary 3rd Armored Division - 'Spearhead' - thought their tanks were invincible. Then they met the German Panther, with a gun so murderous it could shoot through one Sherman and into the next. Soon a pattern emerged: the lead tank always gets hit. After Clarence sees his friends cut down breaching the West Wall and holding the line in the Battle of the Bulge, he and his crew are given a weapon with the power to avenge their fallen brothers: the Pershing, a state-of-the-art 'super tank', one of twenty in the European theatre. But with it comes a harrowing new responsibility: now they will spearhead every attack. That's how Clarence finds himself leading the U.S. Army into its largest urban battle of the European war, the fight for Cologne, the 'Fortress City' of Germany. Battling through the ruins, Clarence will engage the fearsome Panther in a duel immortalized by an army cameraman. And he will square off with Gustav Schaefer, a teenager behind the trigger in a Panzer IV tank, whose crew has been sent on a suicide mission to stop the Americans. As Clarence and Gustav trade fire down a long boulevard, they are confronted by a tragic mistake of war. What happens next will haunt Clarence to the modern day, drawing him back to Cologne to do the unthinkable: to face his enemy, one last time. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Autopia: The Future of Cars Jon Bentley (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Nov 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 272pp h217mm x w157mm x s28mm 499g ISBN13: 9781786496348 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-634-8 ISBN10: 1786496348 EAN: 9781786496348 x Description: 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, this technology will itself change enormously. If Google get their way, are we all going to be ferried around in tiny electric bubblecars? Or will we watch robots race a bionic Lewis Hamilton? And what about the future of classic cars? In Autopia, presenter of The Gadget Show and former executive producer of Top Gear 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. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lab Rats: Why Modern Work Makes People Miserable Dan Lyons (Author) Series:
Edition:
Export/Airside
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
03 Jan 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 272pp h230mm x w150mm x s20mm 387g ISBN13: 9781786493934 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-393-4 ISBN10: 1786493934 EAN: 9781786493934 x Description: Guardian's Best Non-Fiction, 2019 The Tablet's Highlights of 2019 Personality tests. Team-building exercises. Forced Fun. Desktop surveillance. Open-plan offices. Acronyms. Diminishing job security. Hot desking. Pointless perks. Hackathons. If any of the above sound familiar, welcome to the modern economy. In this hilarious, but deadly serious book, bestselling author Dan Lyons looks at how the world of work has slowly morphed from one of unions and steady career progression to a dystopia made of bean bags and unpaid internships. And that's the 'good' jobs... 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. Even low-grade employees are now expected to view their jobs with a cult-like fervour, despite diminishing prospects of promotion. From the gig economy to the new digital oligarchs, Lyons deliciously roasts the new work climate, while asking what can be done to recoup some sanity and dignity for the expanding class of middle-class serfs. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Pain: The Science of the Feeling Brain Abdul Lalkhen (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Jul 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781786497055 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-705-5 ISBN10: 1786497050 EAN: 9781786497055 x Description: Pain is part of human existence but we understand very little of the mechanics of it. We damage ourselves, we feel pain, we seek help from a professional or learn to not do that bad thing again. The story of what goes on in our body is not this simple. Even medical practitioners themselves often fail to grasp the complexities of our minds and bodies and how they interact when dealing with pain stimulus. Throughout history we've tried to prevent it and mediate its affects, resulting in the current situation we find ourselves; highly medicated with a booming opiates industry. Common conception still equates pain with tissue damage but that is only a very small part of the story. A woman who has just undergone a caesarean reports dramatically less pain and recovers quicker than a patient who has had kidney stones removed in a similarly damaging operation. The soldier who drags themselves to safety after being shot deals with pain in a remarkably different way to someone suffering a similar injury on a street. The truth is that pain is a complex mix of nerve endings, psychological state, social preconceptions and situational awareness. Pain is the first book to explain the current issues and complexities surrounding the treatment of pain and how society deals with those in pain, to explain how our bodies relate to pain as well as explaining how we've come to our current relationship with pain (and why that is problematic) and what the future holds. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Be More Bercow Anonymous (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
10 Oct 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 144pp h198mm x w140mm x s13mm 285g ISBN13: 9781838950262 ISBN13: 978-1-83895-026-2 ISBN10: 1838950265 EAN: 9781838950262 x Description: Inspired by the wit and wisdom of the Right Honourable John Bercow MP, arguably the only MP to come out of Westminster's handling of Brexit with a shred of dignity, Be More Bercow will help you declare orr-derrr in your life. Every day we are faced with a multitude of polarized views: at home, at work and on social media. But how should we navigate these choppy and socially precarious waters? Who is going to put some order and structure to this crazy upside-down world we have found ourselves in? The answer is YOU! Comprising witty quotes from the man himself ('I don't want to crawl over the entrails of past disputes'), fun self-improving activities (sort elements of your life into the 'noes' and 'ayes' lobbies, unlock and declare a winner) and inspiring stories from the Speaker (in 1996 to enable himself to attend selection meetings for two safe Conservative seats almost simultaneously, he chartered a helicopter and duly won the nomination for Buckingham). Be More Bercow is the only companion you need for your journey through the Brexit process and beyond. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Age of Islands: In Search of New and Disappearing Islands Alastair Bonnett (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 May 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 256pp h216mm x w138mm 2x8pp col plates, maps ISBN13: 9781786498090 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-809-0 ISBN10: 178649809X EAN: 9781786498090 x Description: New islands are being built at an unprecedented rate whether for tourism or territorial ambition, while many islands are disappearing because of rising sea levels or fragmenting due to shrinking ice. It is a strange planetary spectacle, an ever-changing map which even Google Earth struggles to keep pace with. But it is also, Alastair Bonnett believes, a spectacle which is imprinting itself on our hopes and anxieties. From a 'crannog', an ancient artificial island in a Scottish loch, to the militarized artificial islands China is building in the South China Sea, he sets out to explore some of the world's newest, most fragile and beautiful islands to find out why they have such a hold on our imaginations. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Led by Donkeys: How four friends with a ladder took on Brexit LedByDonkeys (Author) Ben Stewart (Author) James Sadri (Author) Oliver Knowles (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
31 Oct 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 144pp h130mm x w207mm x s16mm 340g Illustrations TBC - will include full-colour photos and possibly coloured text ISBN13: 9781838950194 ISBN13: 978-1-83895-019-4 ISBN10: 1838950192 EAN: 9781838950194 x Description: The official account - complete with full-colour illustrations - of how four ordinary people managed to expose the government's hypocrisies through a nationwide guerrilla advertising campaign. Seeking to highlight the hypocrisy of our politicians on Brexit four friends armed with nothing more than ladders, roller brushes and a treasure trove of damning statements from our leaders slapped up the politicians' biggest lies on billboards around the country. This guerrilla operation wasn't easy, but it wasn't long before the British public enabled them to take things into their own hands - and the rest is history.
Leave the EU or remain? An apparently simple question divided the nation in historic fashion. Many of us believed the words of these politicians. By putting up their quotes as billboards, self-styled 'Led By Donkeys' had clear intentions - to compare the promises that have been made across the years with the damning reality. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Crisis of Conscience: Whistleblowing in an Age of Fraud Tom Mueller (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Jan 2020
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 608pp h242mm x w168mm x s52mm 1080g ISBN13: 9781782397458 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-745-8 ISBN10: 1782397450 EAN: 9781782397458 x Description: 'Powerful...His extensively reported tales of individual whistleblowers and their often cruel fates are compelling...They reveal what it can mean to live in an age of fraud.' Washington Post 'Tom Mueller's authoritative and timely book reveals what drives a few brave souls to expose and denounce specific cases of corruption.' George Soros
We are living in a time of mind-boggling corruption, but we are also, as it happens, living in a golden age of whistleblowing. Over the past two decades, the brave insiders who decide to expose wrongdoing have gained unprecedented legal and social stature, emerging as the government's best weapon against corporate misconduct - and the citizenry's best defense against government gone bad. They are also forcing us to consider fundamental questions about our democracy, especially the proper balance between free speech and state secrecy, and between individual rights and corporate power. Drawing on relentless original research, including in-depth interviews with more than 200 whistleblowers and the elite coterie of legal trailblazers who have armed them for battle - plus scores of politicians, intelligence analysts, government watchdogs, cognitive scientists, and other experts - Crisis of Conscience is a modern-day David-and-Goliath saga, told through a series of riveting cases drawn from Big Pharma, the military, and beyond. Whistleblowers are not only heroes who expose and anatomize corruption and ensure that it is punished usually at enormous cost to themselves -
Mueller shows how they are also models we all must think and act more like if our democracy is to survive. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Why We Get the Wrong Politicians Isabel Hardman (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Apr 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s24mm 341g Plate section TBC ISBN13: 9781782399759 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-975-9 ISBN10: 1782399755 EAN: 9781782399759 x Description: Shortlisted for the 2018 Waterstones Book of the Year Winner at the 2018 Parliamentary Book Awards Longlisted for the Orwell Prize, 2019 ____________ "A really good book... Well-structured and well-written." Observer "Well written and incisive." The Times "Vital and compelling." New Statesman In an era when politicians are responsible for the Brexit logjam and embroiled in sexual-harassment and expenses scandals, it's no wonder we've lost our faith in government. Every year, they introduce new legislation that doesn't do what it sets out to achieve - often with terrible financial and human costs. But, with some notable exceptions, they are decent, hard-working people, doing a hugely difficult and demanding job. In this searching examination of our political class, award-winning journalist Isabel Hardman investigates the strange and demanding world of Westminster, and asks why we end up with representatives we no longer trust - and how might faith be restored. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Prime Ministers: Reflections on Leadership from Wilson to May Steve Richards (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Sep 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 464pp h243mm x w170mm x s40mm 865g 1 x 8pp colour plates ISBN13: 9781786495877 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-587-7 ISBN10: 1786495872 EAN: 9781786495877 x Description: 'Fascinating, revealing and entertaining.' John Humphrys 'A pure pleasure to read.' Polly Toynbee 'Extraordinary.' Kirsty Wark A landmark history of the men and women who have defined the UK's role in the modern world - and what makes them special - by a seasoned political journalist. At a time of unprecedented political upheaval, this magisterial history explains who leads us and why. From Harold Wilson 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, and inspired by the author's BBC Radio 4 and television series, Steve Richards expertly examines the men and women who have defined the UK's role in the modern world and sheds new light on the demands of the highest public office in the land. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Apocalypse How?: Technology and the Threat of Disaster Oliver Letwin (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Mar 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 256pp h216mm x w138mm ISBN13: 9781786496867 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-686-7 ISBN10: 1786496860 EAN: 9781786496867 x Description: As the world becomes better connected and we grow ever more dependent on technology, the risks to our infrastructure are multiplying. Whether it's a hostile state striking the national grid (like Russia did with Ukraine in 2016) or a freak solar storm, our systems have become so interlinked that if one part goes down the rest topple like dominoes. In this groundbreaking book, former government minister Oliver Letwin looks ten years into the future and imagines a UK in which the national grid has collapsed. Reliant on the internet, automated electric cars, voice-over IP, GPS, and the internet of things, law and order would disintegrate. Taking us from high-level government meetings to elderly citizens waiting in vain for their carers, this book is a wake up call for why we should question our unshakeable faith in technology. But it's much more than that: Letwin uses his vast experience in government to outline how businesses and government should respond to catastrophic black swan events that seem distant and implausible - until they occur. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The New Class War: Saving Democracy from the Metropolitan Elite Michael Lind (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
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Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
20 Feb 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 224pp h222mm x w144mm x s24mm 395g ISBN13: 9781786499554 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-955-4 ISBN10: 178649955X EAN: 9781786499554 x Description: An Evening Standard's Book of the Year 'A tour de force.' David Goodhart All over the West, party systems have shattered and governments have been thrown into turmoil. The embattled establishment claims that these populist insurgencies seek to overthrow liberal democracy. The truth is no less alarming but is more complex: Western democracies are being torn apart by a new class war. In this controversial and groundbreaking analysis, Michael Lind, one of America's leading thinkers, debunks the idea that the insurgencies are primarily the result of bigotry and reveals the real battle lines. He traces how the breakdown of class compromises has left large populations in Western democracies politically adrift. We live in a globalized world that benefits elites in high income 'hubs' while suppressing the economic and social interests of those in more traditional lower-wage 'heartlands'. A bold framework for understanding the world, The New Class War argues that only a fresh class settlement can avert a never-ending cycle of clashes between oligarchs and populists - and save democracy. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Hidden Half: How the World Conceals its Secrets Michael Blastland (Author) Series:
Edition:
Export/Airside
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Apr 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 304pp h216mm x w138mm x s23mm 385g ISBN13: 9781786496379 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-637-9 ISBN10: 1786496372 EAN: 9781786496379 x Description: Why does one smoker die of lung cancer but another live to 100? The answer is 'The Hidden Half' - those random, unknowable variables that mess up our attempts to comprehend the world. We humans are very clever creatures - but we're idiots about how clever we really are. In this entertaining and ingenious book, Blastland reveals how in our quest to make the world more understandable, we lose sight of how unexplainable it often is. The result - from GDP figures to medicine - is that experts know a lot less than they think. Filled with compelling stories from economics, genetics, business, and science, The Hidden Half is a warning that an explanation which works in one arena may not work in another. Entertaining and provocative, it will change how you view the world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Hidden Half: How the World Conceals its Secrets Michael Blastland (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Apr 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h223mm x w145mm x s28mm 505g ISBN13: 9781786497772 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-777-2 ISBN10: 1786497778 EAN: 9781786497772 x Description: Why does one smoker die of lung cancer but another live to 100? The answer is 'The Hidden Half' - those random, unknowable variables that mess up our attempts to comprehend the world. We humans are very clever creatures - but we're idiots about how clever we really are. In this entertaining and ingenious book, Blastland reveals how in our quest to make the world more understandable, we lose sight of how unexplainable it often is. The result - from GDP figures to medicine - is that experts know a lot less than they think. Filled with compelling stories from economics, genetics, business, and science, The Hidden Half is a warning that an explanation which works in one arena may not work in another. Entertaining and provocative, it will change how you view the world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Hidden Half: The Unseen Forces That Influence Everything Michael Blastland (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Apr 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 304pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786496393 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-639-3 ISBN10: 1786496399 EAN: 9781786496393 x Description: Why does one smoker die of lung cancer but another live to 100? The answer is 'The Hidden Half' - those random, unknowable variables that mess up our attempts to comprehend the world. We humans are very clever creatures - but we're idiots about how clever we really are. In this entertaining and ingenious book, Blastland reveals how in our quest to make the world more understandable, we lose sight of how unexplainable it often is. The result - from GDP figures to medicine - is that experts know a lot less than they think. Filled with compelling stories from economics, genetics, business, and science, The Hidden Half is a warning that an explanation which works in one arena may not work in another. Entertaining and provocative, it will change how you view the world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Perils of Perception: Why We're Wrong About Nearly Everything Bobby Duffy (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Sep 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 320pp h198mm x w128mm x s24mm 360g ISBN13: 9781786494580 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-458-0 ISBN10: 1786494582 EAN: 9781786494580 x Description: Do you eat too much sugar? What proportion of your country are immigrants? What does it cost to raise a child? How much tax do the rich pay? Are we more ignorant than we used to be? Take a minute to answer these questions. No matter how educated you are, this book suggests you are likely to be very wrong indeed. Informed by exclusive research across 40 countries, conducted by global polling firm Ipsos, The Perils of Perception investigates why we don't know basic facts about the world around us. Using the latest research into the media and decision science, this book will transform the way you engage with the world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Million Dollar Maths: The Secret Maths of Becoming Rich (or Poor) Hugh Barker (Author) Series:
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Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
03 Oct 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 320pp h198mm x w129mm x s23mm 297g ISBN13: 9781786493248 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-324-8 ISBN10: 1786493241 EAN: 9781786493248
x Description: Million Dollar Maths is an invaluable guide to the straightforward and outlandish mathematical strategies that can make you rich. ____________ How can you turn $1000 into $1 million? What is the best way to beat the lottery odds? When is the best time to take out a loan? How did one group of gamblers bet on hole-in-ones to win GBP500,000? How can maths help you set up a successful tech start-up? What about proving the Goldbach Conjecture for $1 million? Learn the techniques for growing your everyday finances, as well as the common mistakes to avoid. Discover the skills, both fair and foul, that offer an additional edge when investing and gambling. And discover why we often misunderstand probability and statistics - with troubling financial costs. From making the most of special offers to utilising the power of exponential growth in your investments; from the art of card counting, to inventing the next Google, Million Dollar Maths is the quintessential primer to the myriad ways maths and finance intersect. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Courage to be Happy: True Contentment Is In Your Power Ichiro Kishimi (Author) Fumitake Koga (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Jun 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 288pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781911630227 ISBN13: 978-1-911630-22-7 ISBN10: 1911630229 EAN: 9781911630227 x Description: The sequel to the global bestseller The Courage To Be Disliked, the Japanese phenomenon in applying twentieth-century psychology to contemporary dilemmas continues with life-changing advice on finding happiness. _______________________________________________________________________________ In The Courage To Be Happy, Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga again distil their wisdom into simple yet profound advice to show us how we, too, can use twentieth-century psychological theory to find true happiness. ON 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. A real game-changer - Marie Claire. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Courage to be Happy: True Contentment Is In Your Power Ichiro Kishimi (Author) Fumitake Koga (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 272pp h198mm x w129mm x s19mm 354g ISBN13: 9781911630210 ISBN13: 978-1-911630-21-0 ISBN10: 1911630210 EAN: 9781911630210 x
Description: The sequel to the global bestseller The Courage To Be Disliked, the Japanese phenomenon in applying twentieth-century psychology to contemporary dilemmas continues with life-changing advice on finding happiness. _______________________________________________________________________________ In The Courage To Be Happy, Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga again distil their wisdom into simple yet profound advice to show us how we, too, can use twentieth-century psychological theory to find true happiness. ON 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. A real game-changer - Marie Claire. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Myths We Live By: Adventures in Democracy, Free Speech and Other Liberal Inventions Peter Cave (Author) Series:
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Main
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Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Sep 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 352pp h222mm x w150mm x s27mm 585g ISBN13: 9781786495204 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-520-4 ISBN10: 1786495201 EAN: 9781786495204 x Description: In this witty and mischievous book, philosopher Peter Cave dissects the most controversial disputes today and uses philosophical argument 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. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Wisdom of Tea: Life Lessons from the Japanese Tea Ceremony Noriko Morishita (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Jun 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h198mm x w129mm 1 x 8-pp photo section (full-colour) ISBN13: 9781911630630 ISBN13: 978-1-911630-63-0 ISBN10: 1911630636 EAN: 9781911630630 x Description: For more than 25 years Noriko Morishita has studied and practised the intricate rules of the famous Japanese Tea Ceremony, trying to master its complexities in order to find inner peace. In this vivid account of her experience of the universal trials and triumphs of adulthood, Morishita connects the core tenets of this ancient art with leading a fulfilling life, showing how we too may use mindfulness to achieve happiness. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Natural Health Service: What the Great Outdoors Can Do for Your Mind Isabel Hardman (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
23 Apr 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 336pp h210mm x w148mm 1 x 8pp col. plates ISBN13: 9781786495907 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-590-7 ISBN10: 1786495902 EAN: 9781786495907 x Description: In 2016, Isabel Hardman's mind, in her own words, 'stopped working' as she fell prey to severe depression and anxiety. She took time off on long-term sick leave and despite several relapses has returned to work with a much improved ability to cope. She has since become one of the UK's most prominent public voices on mental health. She credits her better health to her passion for exercise, nature and the great outdoors - from horse-riding and botany to cold-water swimming and running. In The Natural Health Service, she draws on her own personal experience, interviews with mental illness sufferers and psychologists, and the latest research to examine what role wildlife and exercise can play in helping anyone cope with mental illness. Straight-talking, thoroughly-researched, and compassionate, this important and often funny book will fascinate anyone touched by a mental health condition, whether themselves or through the experiences of a loved-one. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Human Network: How We're Connected and Why It Matters Matthew O. Jackson (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Jan 2020
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 326g 10 x integrated b+w line drawings ISBN13: 9781786490223 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-022-3 ISBN10: 1786490226 EAN: 9781786490223 x Description: It's not what you know, it's who you know. Or so the adage goes. Professor Matthew Jackson, world-leading researcher into social and economic networks, shows us why this is far truer than we'd like to believe. Based on his ground-breaking research, The Human Network reveals how our relationships in school, university, work and society have extraordinary implications throughout our lives and demonstrates that by understanding and taking advantage of these networks, we can boost our happiness, success and influence. But there are also wider lessons to be learnt. Drawing on concepts from economics, mathematics, sociology, and anthropology, Jackson reveals how the science of networks gives us a bold new framework to understand human interaction writ large - from banking crashes and viral marketing to racism and the spread of disease. Filled with counter-intuitive ideas that will enliven any dinner party - e.g. how can our popularity in school affect us for the rest of our lives? - The Human Network is a "big ideas" book that no one can afford to miss. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Human Network: How We're Connected and Why It Matters Matthew O. Jackson (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
26 Feb 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 352pp h225mm x w145mm x s30mm 401g 10 x integrated b+w line drawings ISBN13: 9781786490209 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-020-9 ISBN10: 178649020X EAN: 9781786490209 x Description: It's not what you know, it's who you know. Or so the adage goes. Professor Matthew Jackson, world-leading researcher into social and economic networks, shows us why this is far truer than we'd like to believe. Based on his ground-breaking research, The Human Network reveals how our relationships in school, university, work and society have extraordinary implications throughout our lives and demonstrates that by understanding and taking advantage of these networks, we can boost our happiness, success and influence. But there are also wider lessons to be learnt. Drawing on concepts from economics, mathematics, sociology, and anthropology, Jackson reveals how the science of networks gives us a bold new framework to understand human interaction writ large - from banking crashes and viral marketing to racism and the spread of disease. Filled with counter-intuitive ideas that will enliven any dinner party - e.g. how can our popularity in school affect us for the rest of our lives? - The Human Network is a "big ideas" book that no one can afford to miss. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Equations of Life: The Hidden Rules Shaping Evolution Charles Cockell (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Mar 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 352pp h199mm x w128mm x s25mm 330g ISBN13: 9781786493040 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-304-0 ISBN10: 1786493047 EAN: 9781786493040 x Description: Britain's foremost astrobiologist offers an accessible and game-changing account of why life is like it is. The puzzles of life astound and confuse us like no other mystery. But in this revolutionary new book, Charles Cockell reveals how nature is far more understandable and predictable than we think. Refining Darwin's theory of natural selection, Cockell puts forward a remarkable and elegant account of why evolution has taken the paths it has. From animals to atoms, he shows that is it not biology, but physics, which is the true touchstone for understanding life in all its extraordinary forms. _______________ An intriguing and enthralling adventure into the physics of life that is all around us and inside us. Cockell provides a reminder of the seeming rarity of all this beauty but also an invitation to look up to the skies and ask 'where else might something like this be?' - Robin Ince - Presenter of BBC Radio 4's Infinite Monkey Cage Riveting... Cockell is not only a fine scientist but a fine writer too. - Sir Martin Rees - Astronomer Royal and former President of the Royal Society _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hollywood Wants to Kill You: The Peculiar Science of Death in the Movies Michael Brooks (Author) Rick Edwards (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
03 Oct 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 288pp h218mm x w155mm x s24mm 535g ISBN13: 9781786496928 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-692-8 ISBN10: 1786496925 EAN: 9781786496928 x Description: 'A wonderful book... Delightfully varied... As with all the best science writing, this book doesn't just give answers, it also asks interesting questions.' Daily Mail 'Captivating and intelligent! Who knew death could be this much fun?' Richard Osman Asteroids, killer sharks, nuclear bombs, viruses, deadly robots, climate change, the apocalypse - why is Hollywood so obsessed with death and the end of the world? And how seriously should we take the dystopian visions of our favourite films? With wit, intelligence and irreverence, Rick Edwards and Dr Michael Brooks explore the science of death and mass destruction through some of our best-loved Hollywood blockbusters. From Armageddon and Dr Strangelove to The Terminator and Contagion, they investigate 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 into the science of our inevitable demise. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hollywood Wants to Kill You: The Peculiar Science of Death in the Movies Michael Brooks (Author) Rick Edwards (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Jul 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 288pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786496959 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-695-9 ISBN10: 178649695X EAN: 9781786496959 x Description: 'A wonderful book... Delightfully varied... As with all the best science writing, this book doesn't just give answers, it also asks interesting questions.' Daily Mail 'Captivating and intelligent! Who knew death could be this much fun?' Richard Osman Asteroids, killer sharks, nuclear bombs, viruses, deadly robots, climate change, the apocalypse - why is Hollywood so obsessed with death and the end of the world? And how seriously should we take the dystopian visions of our favourite films? With wit, intelligence and irreverence, Rick Edwards and Dr Michael Brooks explore the science of death and mass destruction through some of our best-loved Hollywood blockbusters. From Armageddon and Dr Strangelove to The Terminator and Contagion, they investigate 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 into the science of our inevitable demise. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How The Brain Lost Its Mind: Sex, Hysteria and the Riddle of Mental Illness Allan Ropper (Author) Brian David Burrell (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Jan 2020
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 256pp h240mm x w165mm x s28mm 540g ISBN13: 9781786491800 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-180-0 ISBN10: 178649180X EAN: 9781786491800 x Description: 'Hugely entertaining' Guardian 'Fascinating' Mail on Sunday In 1882, Jean-Martin Charcot was the premiere physician in Paris, having just established a neurology clinic at the infamous Salpetriere Hospital, a place that was called a 'grand asylum of human misery'. Assessing the dismal conditions, he quickly upgraded the facilities, and in doing so, revolutionized the treatment of mental illness. Many of Charcot's patients had neurosyphilis (the advanced form of syphilis), a disease of mad poets, novelists, painters, and musicians, and a driving force behind the overflow of patients in Europe's asylums. A sexually transmitted disease, it is known as 'the great imitator' since its symptoms resemble those of almost any biological disease or mental illness. It is also the perfect lens through which to peel back the layers to better understand the brain and the mind. Yet, Charcot's work took a bizarre turn when he brought mesmerism - hypnotism - into his clinic, abandoning his pursuit of the biological basis of illness in favour of the far sexier and theatrical treatment of female 'hysterics', whose symptoms mimic those seen in brain disease, but were elusive in origin. This and a general fear of contagion set the stage for Sigmund Freud, whose seductive theory, Freudian analysis, brought sex and hysteria onto the psychiatrist couch, leaving the brain behind. How The Brain Lost Its Mind tells this rich and compelling story, and raises a host of philosophical and practical questions. Are we any closer to understanding the difference between a sick mind and a sick brain? The real issue remains: where should neurology and psychiatry converge to explore not just the brain, but the nature of the human psyche? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How The Brain Lost Its Mind: Sex, Hysteria and the Riddle of Mental Illness Allan Ropper (Author) Brian David Burrell (Author) Series:
Edition:
Export/Airside
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
26 Sep 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 256pp h230mm x w152mm x s20mm 392g ISBN13: 9781786491817 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-181-7 ISBN10: 1786491818 EAN: 9781786491817 x Description: 'Hugely entertaining' Guardian 'Fascinating' Mail on Sunday In 1882, Jean-Martin Charcot was the premiere physician in Paris, having just established a neurology clinic at the infamous Salpetriere Hospital, a place that was called a 'grand asylum of human misery'. Assessing the dismal conditions, he quickly upgraded the facilities, and in doing so, revolutionized the treatment of mental illness. Many of Charcot's patients had neurosyphilis (the advanced form of syphilis), a disease of mad poets, novelists, painters, and musicians, and a driving force behind the overflow of patients in Europe's asylums. A sexually transmitted disease, it is known as 'the great imitator' since its symptoms resemble those of almost any biological disease or mental illness. It is also the perfect lens through which to peel back the layers to better understand the brain and the mind. Yet, Charcot's work took a bizarre turn when he brought mesmerism - hypnotism - into his clinic, abandoning his pursuit of the biological basis of illness in favour of the far sexier and theatrical treatment of female 'hysterics', whose symptoms mimic those seen in brain disease,
but were elusive in origin. This and a general fear of contagion set the stage for Sigmund Freud, whose seductive theory, Freudian analysis, brought sex and hysteria onto the psychiatrist couch, leaving the brain behind. How The Brain Lost Its Mind tells this rich and compelling story, and raises a host of philosophical and practical questions. Are we any closer to understanding the difference between a sick mind and a sick brain? The real issue remains: where should neurology and psychiatry converge to explore not just the brain, but the nature of the human psyche? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Am I Dreaming?: The Science of Altered States, from Psychedelics to Virtual Reality and Beyond James Kingsland (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 May 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 320pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786495532 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-553-2 ISBN10: 1786495538 EAN: 9781786495532 x Description: 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 drug-induced 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. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Am I Dreaming?: The Science of Altered States, from Psychedelics to Virtual Reality and Beyond James Kingsland (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 320pp h225mm x w150mm x s30mm 530g ISBN13: 9781786495501 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-550-1 ISBN10: 1786495503 EAN: 9781786495501 x Description: 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 drug-induced 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. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Am I Dreaming?: The New Science of Consciousness and How Altered States Reboot the Brain James Kingsland (Author) Series:
Edition:
Export/Airside
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 320pp h215mm x w135mm x s25mm 415g ISBN13: 9781786495518 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-551-8 ISBN10: 1786495511 EAN: 9781786495518 x Description: 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 drug-induced 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. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hired: Six Months Undercover in Low-Wage Britain James Bloodworth (Author) (Author) Series:
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Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Feb 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 304pp h198mm x w130mm x s22mm 275g TBC ISBN13: 9781786490162 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-016-2 ISBN10: 1786490161 EAN: 9781786490162 x Description: Longlisted for the Orwell Prize, 2019 ____________ The Times Round-up of the Best Non-fiction Paperbacks, 2019 The Times Best Current Affairs and Big Ideas Book of the Year, 2018 For many in modern Britain, careers are low-paid and high-risk, a series of short-term jobs with no security and little future. In this essential expose, James Bloodworth goes undercover to investigate how working life has become a waking nightmare. From the Orwellian reach of an Amazon warehouse to the trials of a care worker, Hired is a clear-eyed analysis of a divided nation and a riveting dispatch from the very frontline of low-wage Britain. 'An extraordinary and unsettling journey into the way modern Britons work. It is George Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London for the gigeconomy age' MATTHEW D'ANCONA, author of Post-Truth _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Bit of a Stretch: The Diaries of a Prisoner Chris Atkins (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Feb 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 336pp h231mm x w157mm x s32mm 600g ISBN13: 9781838950156 ISBN13: 978-1-83895-015-6 ISBN10: 183895015X EAN: 9781838950156 x Description: 'Funny, shocking and powerful.' The Secret Barrister 'Fabulous. A must-read insight into why prison doesn't work.' Jon Snow Where can a tin of tuna buy you clean clothes? Where is it easier to get 'spice' than paracetamol? Where does self-harm barely raise an eyebrow? Welcome to Her Majesty's Prison Service. Like most people, documentary-maker Chris Atkins didn't spend much time thinking about prisons. But after becoming embroiled in a dodgy scheme to fund his latest film, he was sent down for five years. His new home would be HMP Wandsworth, one of the largest and most dysfunctional prisons in Europe. With a cast of characters ranging from wily drug dealers to senior officials bent on endless reform, this powerful memoir uncovers the horrifying reality behind the locked gates. Filled with dark humour and shocking stories, A Bit of a Stretch reveals why our creaking prison system is sorely costing us all. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Bit of a Stretch: The Diaries of a Prisoner Chris Atkins (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Feb 2020
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 336pp h225mm x w148mm ISBN13: 9781838951030 ISBN13: 978-1-83895-103-0 ISBN10: 1838951032 EAN: 9781838951030 x Description: Where can a tin of tuna buy you clean clothes? Which British education system struggles with 50% illiteracy? Where do teetotal Muslims attend AA meetings? Where is it easier to get 'spice' than paracetamol? Where does self-harm barely raise an eyebrow? Welcome to Her Majesty's Prison Service, a creaking and surreal world that has been left to rot for decades in the shadows of polite society. Like most people, documentary-maker Chris Atkins didn't spend much time thinking about prisons. But after becoming embroiled in a dodgy scheme to fund his latest film, he was sent down for five years. His new home would be HMP Wandsworth, one of the oldest, largest, and most dysfunctional prisons in Europe. Horrifying, moving, and darkly funny, this is the unvarnished depiction of what he found. With a cast of characters ranging from wily drug dealers to corrupt screws to senior officials bent on endless (and fruitless) reform, this is the reality behind the locked gates. Full of incredible and hilarious stories, A Bit of a Stretch reveals the true scale of our prison crisis and why it is costing us all. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Brief History of Puzzles: 120 of the World's Most Baffling Brainteasers from the Sphinx to Sudoku William Hartston (Author) (Author) Series:
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Atlantic Books
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Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Nov 2019
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Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 160pp h206mm x w134mm x s19mm 265g ISBN13: 9781786494269 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-426-9 ISBN10: 1786494264 EAN: 9781786494269 x Description: 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 over a hundred 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 civilisations to modern puzzle crazes. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In the Name of God: A History of Christian and Muslim Intolerance Selina O'Grady (Author) Series:
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Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2019
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Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 480pp h240mm x w164mm x s43mm 935g 2x8pp col plates ISBN13: 9781843547006 ISBN13: 978-1-84354-700-6 ISBN10: 1843547007 EAN: 9781843547006 x Description: In this groundbreaking book, Selina O'Grady examines how and why the post-Christian and the Islamic worlds came to be as tolerant or intolerant as they are. She asks whether tolerance can be expected to heal today's festering wound between these two worlds, or whether something deeper than tolerance is needed. Told through contemporary chronicles, stories and poems, Selina O'Grady takes the reader through the intertwined histories of the Muslim, Christian and Jewish persecutors and persecuted. From Umar, the seventh century Islamic caliph who laid down the rules for the treatment of religious minorities in what was becoming the greatest empire the world has ever known, to Magna Carta John who seriously considered converting to Islam; and from alWahaabi, whose own brother thought he was illiterate and fanatical, but who created the religious-military alliance with the house of Saud that still survives today, to Europe's bloody Thirty Years war that wearied Europe of murderous inter-Christian violence but probably killed God in the process. This book is an essential guide to understanding Islam and the West today and the role of religion in the modern world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Unreality of Memory: Essays Elisa Gabbert (Author) (Author) Series:
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Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Aug 2020
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Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h216mm x w138mm ISBN13: 9781838950620 ISBN13: 978-1-83895-062-0 ISBN10: 1838950621 EAN: 9781838950620
x Description: We stare at our phones. We keep multiple tabs open. Our chats and conversations are full of the phrase "Did you see?" The feeling that we're living in the worst of times seems to be intensifying, alongside a desire to know precisely how bad things have gotten. Poet and essayist Elisa Gabbert's The Unreality of Memory consists of a series of lyrical and deeply researched meditations on what our culture of catastrophe has done to public discourse and our own inner lives. In these tender and prophetic essays, she focuses in on our daily preoccupation and favorite pasttime: desperate distraction from disaster by way of a desperate obsession with the disastrous. Moving from public trauma to personal tragedy, from the Titanic and Chernobyl to illness and loss, The Unreality of Memory alternately rips away the facade of our fascination with destruction and gently identifies itself with the age of rubbernecking. A balm, not a burr, Gabbert's essays are a hauntingly perceptive analysis of the anxiety intrinsic in our new, digital ways of being, and also a means of reconciling ourselves to this new world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Art of Not Falling Apart Christina Patterson (Author) Series:
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Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
03 Jan 2019
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s24mm 341g ISBN13: 9781786492760 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-276-0 ISBN10: 1786492768 EAN: 9781786492760 x Description: New Statesman's Best Books of the Year, 2018 Mail on Sunday, Books of the Year, 2018 When life threw journalist Christina Patterson an involuntary-redundancy shaped curveball she decided to tear up the rulebook. Dreaming of revenge and irritated by self-help books, she set out to interview others who had found themselves picking up their own pieces. The result is a joyous, moving and honest celebration of life as an adventure, one where you ditch your expectations, raise a glass and prepare for a rocky ride. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture Roxane Gay (Author) Series:
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Allen & Unwin
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Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 356g ISBN13: 9781911630111 ISBN13: 978-1-911630-11-1 ISBN10: 1911630113 EAN: 9781911630111 x Description: Edited and with an introduction by Roxane Gay, the New York Times bestselling and deeply beloved author of Bad Feminist and Hunger, this anthology of first-person essays tackles rape, assault, and harassment head-on. Vogue, 10 of the Most Anticipated Books of Spring 2018 Harper's Bazaar, 10 New Books to Add to Your Reading List in 2018 Elle, 21 Books We're Most Excited to Read in 2018 Boston Globe, 25 books we can't wait to read in 2018 Huffington Post, 60 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2018 Buzzfeed, 33 Most Exciting New Books of 2018 In this valuable and timely anthology, cultural critic and bestselling author Roxane Gay collects original and previously published pieces that address what it means to live in a world where women have to measure the harassment, violence and aggression they face, and where sexual-abuse survivors are 'routinely second-guessed, blown off, discredited, denigrated, besmirched, belittled, patronized, mocked, shamed, gaslit, insulted, bullied' for speaking out. Highlighting the stories of well-known actors, writers and experts, as well as new voices being published for the first time, Not That Bad covers a wide
range of topics and experiences, from an exploration of the rape epidemic embedded in the refugee crisis to first-person accounts of child molestation and street harrassment. Often deeply personal and always unflinchingly honest, this provocative collection both reflects the world we live in and offers a call to arms insisting that 'not that bad' must no longer be good enough. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Till the Cows Come Home: The Story of Our Eternal Dependence Philip Walling (Author) Series:
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Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 384pp h199mm x w130mm x s30mm 380g 2x8pp col plates ISBN13: 9781786493071 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-307-1 ISBN10: 1786493071 EAN: 9781786493071 x Description: 'A vital, thorough and accessible history that everyone who cares about the past or the future should read.' Rosamund Young, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Secret Life of Cows ______________________________________ The story of the relationship between humankind and cattle, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Counting Sheep. To tell the story of the relationship between humankind and cattle is to tell the story of civilisation itself. Since the beginning, cattle have tilled our soils, borne our burdens, fed and clothed us and been our loyal and uncomplaining servants in the work of taming the wilderness and wresting a living from the land. There has never been a time when we have not depended on cattle. As human societies have migrated from the country to the city, the things they have needed from their cattle may have changed, but the fundamental human dependence remains. Blending personal experience, recollection, interviews with farmers, butchers and cattle breeders and studding the narrative with little-known nuggets of technical detail, Philip Walling entertainingly reveals the central importance of cattle to all our lives. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Jamestown Brides: The Bartered Wives of the New World Jennifer Potter (Author) Series:
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Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 384pp h198mm x w129mm x s27mm 355g B+w engravings, woodcuts and maps (integrated) ISBN13: 9781782399162 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-916-2 ISBN10: 178239916X EAN: 9781782399162 x Description: 'Compelling... A real pleasure to read.' - BBC History Magazine
In 1621, fifty-six English women crossed the Atlantic in response to the Virginia Company of London's call for maids 'young and uncorrupt' to make wives for the planters of its new colony in Virginia.While the women travelled of their own accord, the company was in effect selling them at a profit for a bride price of 150 lbs of tobacco for each woman sold. The rewards would flow to investors in the near-bankrupt company. But what did the women want from the enterprise? Why did they agree to make the perilous crossing to a wild and dangerous land, where six out of seven European settlers died within their first few years? And what happened to them in the end?
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The Library Book Susan Orlean (Author) Series:
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Atlantic Books
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Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Nov 2019
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 336pp h198mm x w129mm x s23mm 304g ISBN13: 9781782392286 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-228-6 ISBN10: 1782392289 EAN: 9781782392286 x Description: A New York Times Book of the Year, 2018 A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB PICK A dazzling love letter to a beloved institution - our libraries. After moving to Los Angeles, Susan Orlean became fascinated by a mysterious local crime that has gone unsolved since it was carried out on the morning of 29 April 1986: who set fire to the Los Angeles Public Library, ultimately destroying more than 400,000 books, and perhaps even more perplexing, why? With her characteristic humour, insight and compassion, Orlean uses this terrible event as a lens through which to tell the story of all libraries - their history, their meaning and their uncertain future as they adapt and redefine themselves in a digital world. Filled with heart, passion and extraordinary characters, The Library Book discusses the larger, crucial role that libraries play in our lives. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Library Book Susan Orlean (Author) Series:
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Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
03 Jan 2019
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 336pp h240mm x w163mm x s30mm 665g ISBN13: 9781782392255 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-225-5 ISBN10: 1782392254 EAN: 9781782392255 x Description: A New York Times Book of the Year, 2018 A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB PICK A dazzling love letter to a beloved institution - our libraries. After moving to Los Angeles, Susan Orlean became fascinated by a mysterious local crime that has gone unsolved since it was carried out on the morning of 29 April 1986: who set fire to the Los Angeles Public Library, ultimately destroying more than 400,000 books, and perhaps even more perplexing, why? With her characteristic humour, insight and compassion, Orlean uses this terrible event as a lens through which to tell the story of all libraries - their history, their meaning and their uncertain future as they adapt and redefine themselves in a digital world. Filled with heart, passion and extraordinary characters, The Library Book discusses the larger, crucial role that libraries play in our lives. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Open: The Story of Human Progress Johan Norberg (Author) Series:
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Atlantic Books
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Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Jun 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781786497161 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-716-1 ISBN10: 1786497166 EAN: 9781786497161 x Description: Humanity's embrace of openness is the key to our success. The freedom to explore and exchange - whether it's goods, ideas or people has led to stunning achievements in science, technology and culture. As a result, we live at a time of unprecedented wealth and opportunity. So why are we so intent on ruining it? From Stone Age hunter-gatherers to contemporary Chinese-American relations, Open explores how across time and cultures, we have struggled with a constant tension between our yearning for co-operation and our profound need for belonging. Providing a bold new framework for understanding human history, bestselling author and thinker Johan Norberg examines why we're often uncomfortable with openness - but also why it is essential for progress. Part sweeping history and part polemic, this urgent book makes a compelling case for why an open world with an open economy is worth fighting for more than ever. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Meltdown: Why Our Systems Fail and What We Can Do About It Chris Clearfield (Author) Andras Tilcsik (Author) Series:
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Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Feb 2019
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 296g ISBN13: 9781786492265 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-226-5 ISBN10: 1786492261 EAN: 9781786492265 x Description: Financial Times' best business books of the year, 2018 'Endlessly fascinating, brimming with insight, and more fun than a book about failure has any right to be.' - Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit What can we learn from our most disastrous failures? An accidental overdose in a state-of-the-art hospital. The Starbucks publicity stunt that spectacularly backfired. The mix-up at the 2017 Oscars ceremony. As technology rapidly advances, it brings with it an explosion of complexity that can trip us up. Meltdown uses real-life examples to reveal how errors in thinking, perception, and design lie behind both our everyday mistakes and our most terrifying disasters. It reveals how a five-minute exercise can prevent billion-dollar catastrophes, why teams with fewer experts are better at managing risk, and why diversity is one of our best safeguards against failure. This eye-opening book will change the way you see our complex world - and your place within it. 'Essential reading.' - Martin Ford, bestselling author of Rise of the Robots _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Britain by Numbers: A Visual Exploration of People and Place Stuart Newman (Author) (Author) Series:
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Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Nov 2019
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 240pp h253mm x w196mm x s20mm 920g prints 4/4 ISBN13: 9781786496454 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-645-4 ISBN10: 1786496453 EAN: 9781786496454 x Description: A beautiful, compelling and eye-opening 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, it takes the reader on a fascinating journey up and down the land, enriching their understanding of a complex - and contradictory - country. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
No!: The Power of Disagreement in a World that Wants to Get Along Charlan Nemeth (Author) Series:
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Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
03 Jan 2019
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 272pp h200mm x w130mm x s20mm 255g ISBN13: 9781786490261 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-026-1 ISBN10: 1786490269 EAN: 9781786490261 x Description: 'Punchy... it could transform millions of meetings, doing away with all those mushy , consensus-driven hours wasted by people too scared of disagreement.' - Wall Street Journal 'Beautifully written and important.' - Adam Alter, bestselling author of Irresistible and Drunk Tank Pink We've decided by consensus that consensus is good. In this essential book, psychologist Charlan Nemeth argues that this principle is completely wrong: left unchallenged, the majority opinion is often biased, unoriginal, or false. It leads planes and markets to crash, causes juries to convict innocent people, and can quite literally make people think blue is green. We can make better decisions by embracing dissent: it forces us to question the status quo, consider more information, and engage in creative decision-making. From Twelve Angry Men to Edward Snowden, lone objectors who make people question their assumptions bring groups far closer to truth. By studying these examples and bringing a little trouble-maker spirit to our own lives, we can radically change the way we think, listen, and make decisions. 'A timely tome on the perils of silence and the value of voice.' - Adam Grant, bestselling author of Originals _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lab Rats: Why Modern Work Makes People Miserable Dan Lyons (Author) Series:
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Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 272pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 270g ISBN13: 9781786493941 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-394-1 ISBN10: 1786493942 EAN: 9781786493941 x Description: Guardian's Best Non-Fiction, 2019 The Tablet's Highlights of 2019 Personality tests. Team-building exercises. Forced Fun. Desktop surveillance. Open-plan offices. Acronyms. Diminishing job security. Hot desking. Pointless perks. Hackathons. If any of the above sound familiar, welcome to the modern economy. In this hilarious, but deadly serious book, bestselling author Dan Lyons looks at how the world of work has slowly morphed from one of unions and steady career progression to a dystopia made of bean bags and unpaid internships. And that's the 'good' jobs... 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. Even low-grade employees are now expected to view their jobs with a cult-like fervour, despite diminishing prospects of promotion. From the gig economy to the new digital oligarchs, Lyons deliciously roasts the new work climate, while asking what can be done to recoup some sanity and dignity for the expanding class of middle-class serfs. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lab Rats: Why Modern Work Makes People Miserable Dan Lyons (Author) Series:
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Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
03 Jan 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 272pp h235mm x w160mm x s25mm 520g ISBN13: 9781786493927 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-392-7 ISBN10: 1786493926 EAN: 9781786493927 x Description: Guardian's Best Non-Fiction, 2019 The Tablet's Highlights of 2019 Personality tests. Team-building exercises. Forced Fun. Desktop surveillance. Open-plan offices. Acronyms. Diminishing job security. Hot desking. Pointless perks. Hackathons. If any of the above sound familiar, welcome to the modern economy. In this hilarious, but deadly serious book, bestselling author Dan Lyons looks at how the world of work has slowly morphed from one of unions and steady career progression to a dystopia made of bean bags and unpaid internships. And that's the 'good' jobs... 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. Even low-grade employees are now expected to view their jobs with a cult-like fervour, despite diminishing prospects of promotion. From the gig economy to the new digital oligarchs, Lyons deliciously roasts the new work climate, while asking what can be done to recoup some sanity and dignity for the expanding class of middle-class serfs. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
She Speaks: The Power of Women's Voices Yvette Cooper (Author) (Author) Series:
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Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
14 Nov 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 256pp h198mm x w129mm x s13mm 346g ISBN13: 9781786499929 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-992-9 ISBN10: 1786499924 EAN: 9781786499929 x Description: A powerful celebration of brilliant speeches by women throughout the ages, from Boudica to Greta Thunberg. 'A treasure trove of trailblazers...' Cathy Newman Looking at lists of the greatest speeches of all time, you might think that powerful oratory is the preserve of men. But the truth is very different countless brave and bold women have used their voices to inspire change, transform lives and radically alter history. In this timely and personal selection of exceptional speeches, Yvette Cooper MP tells the rousing story of female oratory. From Boudica to Greta Thunberg and Margaret Thatcher to Malala, Yvette introduces each speech and demonstrates how powerful and persuasive oratory can be decidedly female. Written by one of our leading public voices, this is an inspirational call for women to be heard across the globe. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chen Style Taijiquan Collected Masterworks Mark Chen (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
Blue Snake Books
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North Atlantic Books,U.S.
Pub Date:
04 Sep 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback / softback 352pp h229mm x w152mm ISBN13: 9781623173937 ISBN13: 978-1-62317-393-7 ISBN10: 1623173930 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Splash!: 10,000 Years of Swimming Howard Means (author) (Author) Series:
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Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Jul 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 336pp h216mm x w138mm ISBN13: 9781911630814 ISBN13: 978-1-911630-81-4 ISBN10: 1911630814 EAN: 9781911630814 x Description: Splash! weaves a 10,000-year-old tale that begins in a bone-dry cave in the remote southwest corner of Egypt, winds its way through ancient Greece and Rome, flows mostly underground through the Dark and Middle Ages, and then reemerges in the wake of the Renaissance before ending on the runway of the Tokyo Olympics. But swimming is also about more than feats of aquatic endurance or the terror of the bottomless deep. Its history offers a multi-tiered tour through religion, fashion low and high, architecture, sanitation and public health, colonialism, segregation and integration, sexism, sexiness, guts, glory and much, much more. Unique and compulsive, Splash! sweeps across the whole of humankind's swimming history, with great wit and humour.
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Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls Lisa Damour (Author) Series:
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Main
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Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
31 Mar 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 281g ISBN13: 9781786493972 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-397-2 ISBN10: 1786493977 EAN: 9781786493972 x Description: Though anxiety has risen among young people overall, recent studies confirm that it has skyrocketed in girls since the turn of the century - so what's to blame? And how can we help our girls? In the same engaging, anecdotal style and reassuring tone that won over thousands of readers of her first book, Untangled, clinical psychologist Lisa Damour addresses the facts about psychological pressure before turning to the the many facets of girls' lives where stress hits them hard: the parental expectations they face at home, pressures at school, social anxiety among their peers, and on social media. Guiding us through these areas and more, Damour provides critical coping strategies and top tips that will help our daughters to face their fears and find out just how brave they can be. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls Lisa Damour (Author) Series:
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Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
18 Mar 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 288pp h234mm x w156mm x s21mm 480g ISBN13: 9781786493965 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-396-5 ISBN10: 1786493969 EAN: 9781786493965 x Description: Though anxiety has risen among young people overall, recent research studies confirm that it has skyrocketed in girls since the turn of the century. So what's to blame? And how can we help these girls? In the same engaging, anecdotal style and reassuring tone that won over thousands of readers of her first book, Untangled, clinical psychologist Lisa Damour starts by examining the science of stress and anxiety, then turns to the many facets of girls' lives where stress hits them hard: the parental expectations they face at home, pressures at school, social anxiety among their peers, and on social media. Exploring the multiple layers of girls' lives, Damour shows us the critical steps we can take to shield them from the toxic stress to which both our culture and also we, as their caregivers, subject them. Readers familiar with Damour from Untangled or from her New York Times journalism will be drawn to this important new contribution to understanding and supporting today's girls - and tomorrow's young women. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Journey Matters: Twentieth-Century Travel in True Style Jonathan Glancey (Author) Series:
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Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Aug 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 400pp h198mm x w129mm 1x8pp b/w plates 1x8pp colour plates ISBN13: 9781786494184 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-418-4 ISBN10: 1786494183 EAN: 9781786494184 x Description: What was it really like to take the LNER's Art Deco Coronation streamliner from King's Cross to Edinburgh, to cross the Atlantic by the SS Normandie, to fly with Imperial Airways from Southampton to Singapore, to steam from Manhattan to Chicago on board the New York Central's 20th Century Limited or to dine and sleep aboard the Graf Zeppelin? In the course of The Journey Matters, Jonathan Glancey travels from the early 1930s to the turn of the century on some of what he considers to be the most truly glamorous and romantic trips he has ever dreamed of or made in real life. Each of the twenty journeys allows him to explore the history of routes taken, and the events - social and political - enveloping them. Each is the story of the machines that made these journeys possible, of those who shaped them and those, too, who travelled on them. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Journey Matters: Twentieth-Century Travel in True Style Jonathan Glancey (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Nov 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 400pp h242mm x w165mm x s38mm 805g 1x8pp b/w plates 1x8pp colour plates ISBN13: 9781786494160 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-416-0 ISBN10: 1786494167 EAN: 9781786494160 x Description: What was it really like to take the LNER's Art Deco Coronation streamliner from King's Cross to Edinburgh, to cross the Atlantic by the SS Normandie, to fly with Imperial Airways from Southampton to Singapore, to steam from Manhattan to Chicago on board the New York Central's 20th Century Limited or to dine and sleep aboard the Graf Zeppelin? In the course of The Journey Matters, Jonathan Glancey travels from the early 1930s to the turn of the century on some of what he considers to be the most truly glamorous and romantic trips he has ever dreamed of or made in real life. Each of the twenty journeys allows him to explore the history of routes taken, and the events - social and political - enveloping them. Each is the story of the machines that made these journeys possible, of those who shaped them and those, too, who travelled on them. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In A Time Of Monsters: Travels Through a Middle East in Revolt Emma Sky (Author) Series:
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Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Feb 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 320pp h243mm x w165mm x s30mm 670g 2x8pp col plates ISBN13: 9781786495600 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-560-0 ISBN10: 1786495600 EAN: 9781786495600 x Description: Returning to the UK in September 2010 after serving in Iraq as the political adviser to the top American general, Emma Sky felt no sense of homecoming. She soon found herself back in the Middle East travelling through a region in revolt. In A Time of Monsters bears witness to the demands of young people for dignity and justice during the Arab Spring; the inability of sclerotic regimes to reform; the descent of Syria into civil war; the rise of the Islamic State; and the flight of refugees to Europe. With deep empathy for its people and an extensive understanding of the Middle East, Sky makes a complex region more comprehensible. A great storyteller and observational writer, Sky also reveals the ties that bind the Middle East to the West and how blowback from our interventions in the region contributed to the British vote to leave the European Union and to the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In A Time Of Monsters: Travels Through a Middle East in Revolt Emma Sky (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Feb 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 320pp h234mm x w155mm x s25mm 533g 2x8pp col plates ISBN13: 9781786498632 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-863-2 ISBN10: 1786498634 EAN: 9781786498632 x Description: Returning to the UK in September 2010 after serving in Iraq as the political adviser to the top American general, Emma Sky felt no sense of homecoming. She soon found herself back in the Middle East travelling through a region in revolt. In A Time of Monsters bears witness to the demands of young people for dignity and justice during the Arab Spring; the inability of sclerotic regimes to reform; the descent of Syria into civil war; the rise of the Islamic State; and the flight of refugees to Europe. With deep empathy for its people and an extensive understanding of the Middle East, Sky makes a complex region more comprehensible. A great storyteller and observational writer, Sky also reveals the ties that bind the Middle East to the West and how blowback from our interventions in the region contributed to the British vote to leave the European Union and to the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Cafe de Move-on Blues: In Search of the New South Africa Christopher Hope (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 336pp h200mm x w130mm x s30mm 315g Integrated photographs ISBN13: 9781786490612 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-061-2 ISBN10: 1786490617 EAN: 9781786490612 x Description: Longlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize,2019 In White Boy Running, Christopher Hope explored how it felt and looked to grow up in a country gripped by an 'absurd, racist insanity'. On a road trip thirty years later, Hope goes in search of today's South Africa; post the evils of apartheid, but also post the dashed hopes and dreams of Mandela, of a future when race and colour would not count. He finds a country still in the grip of a ruling party intent only on caring for itself, to the exclusion of all others; a country where racial divides are deeper than ever. As the old imperial idols of Cecil Rhodes and Paul Kruger are literally pulled from their pedestals in a mass yearning to destroy the past, Hope ponders the question: what next? Framed as a travelogue, this is a darkly comic, powerful and moving portrait of South Africa - an elegy to a living nation, which is still mad and absurd. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sylvan Cities: An Urban Tree Guide Helen Babbs (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 256pp h222mm x w144mm x s2mm 445g ISBN13: 9781786493644 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-364-4 ISBN10: 1786493640 EAN: 9781786493644 x Description: 'Clever, pretty, fun and informative - what more can a reader ask for?' Sara Maitland, author of Gossip From the Forest We're surrounded in cities by trees, quiet colossuses that most of us don't know by name. Does that matter? It's certainly possible to appreciate a tree for its beauty, its shade and its shelter without knowing whether it's an alder, an elder, a lime or a beech. But look harder, and we begin to see the beauty beneath the bark - the tales of how trees are integral to medicine and art as they are furniture and firewood; the stories of why wild figs grow on the banks of Sheffield's rivers and why the ash tree is touched with magic and mischief. As well as being an illustrated guide that will help you identify some of the species you see around town every day, Sylvan City is also a potted-journey through our cities' woody places and a literary hunt for where their wild things are. Inviting readers on an intricately illustrated journey into the urban forest, Sylvan City is both a practical guide to identifying twenty of the most common trees standing sentry on our street corners, and a lyrical, anecdotal treasure trove of facts and history, culture and leafy lore. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Memento Mori: What the Romans Can Tell Us About Old Age and Death Peter Jones (Author) (Author) Series:
Classic Civilisations
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
03 Oct 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 224pp h198mm x w129mm x s15mm 206g ISBN13: 9781786494825 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-482-5 ISBN10: 1786494825 EAN: 9781786494825 x Description: In this revealing and entertaining guide to how the Romans confronted their own mortality, Peter Jones shows us that all the problems associated with old age and death that so transfix us today were already dealt with by our ancient ancestors two thousand years ago. Romans inhabited a world where man, knowing nothing about hygiene let alone disease, had no defences against nature. Death was everywhere. Half of all Roman children were dead by the age of five. Only eight per cent of the population made it over sixty. One bizarre result was that half the population consisted of teenagers. 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 this world and attempted to take the sting out of death. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Vox Populi: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Classical World but Were Afraid to Ask Peter Jones (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Nov 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 320pp h216mm x w155mm x s30mm 560g ISBN13: 9781786498953 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-895-3 ISBN10: 1786498952 EAN: 9781786498953 x Description: 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 today. 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 fully updated and revised edition is a must-read for anyone who wishes to know more about the classics - and where they came from. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sloths: A Celebration of the World's Most Misunderstood Mammal William Hartston (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
03 Oct 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 208pp h198mm x w129mm x s15mm 230g 3x8pp colour plates ISBN13: 9781786494252 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-425-2 ISBN10: 1786494256 EAN: 9781786494252
x Description: How old is the sloth? How do sloths have sex? How did a sloth save Dublin? The answers to these questions, and more, are found in this wonderfully entertaining celebration of the sloth. Walking readers through the sloth's evolutionary history - from the prehistoric ground sloth to modern pygmy - William Hartston reveals the sloth's fascinating journey from maligned mammal to cause celebre. Playfully peppered with science and filled with factoids, Sloths is a love-letter to the most anachronistic, and just a little bit ridiculous, of animals. 'Riveting... Sloths is as comprehensive a look at the instincts, lifestyle and capacities of this curious creature as you are ever likely to need.' Daily Express _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Vagina: A re-education Lynn Enright (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Jan 2020
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 240pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 210g ISBN13: 9781911630029 ISBN13: 978-1-911630-02-9 ISBN10: 1911630024 EAN: 9781911630029 x Description: Winner of the Hearst Big Book Awards, 2019 - Women's Health's Book of the Year _____________ Shocking, brilliant, important. A fine addition to the feminist canon. - Emma Jane Unsworth For the first time I feel like I PROPERLY understand my vagina! I wish I had read this 23 years ago! - Scarlett Curtis _____________ From earliest childhood, girls are misled about their bodies, encouraged to describe their genitalia with cute and silly names rather than anatomically correct terms. In our schools and in our culture, we are coy about women while putting straight men's sexuality front and centre. Girls grow up feeling ashamed about their periods, about the appearance of their vulvas, about their own desires. They grow up without a full and honest sex education, and this lack of knowledge has serious consequences: the number of women attending cervical screening appointments in the UK is at a 20-year low while labiaplasty is the fastest growing type of plastic surgery in the world. Vagina provides girls and women with information they need about their own bodies - about the vagina, the hymen, the clitoris, the orgasm; about conditions like endometriosis and vulvodynia. It confronts taboos, such as abortion, miscarriage, infertility and masturbation. It tackles vital social issues like period poverty, female genital mutilation and the rights of transgender women. It is honest and moving as Lynn Enright shares her personal stories but this is about more than one woman - this is a book that will provoke thousands of conversations. We urgently need to talk about women's sexual and reproductive health, about our experiences of sex and pregnancy and pain and pleasure. Vagina: A Re-Education will help us do just that. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The XX Brain: A Woman's Guide to Enhancing Brain Health and Preventing Alzheimer's Disease Dr. Lisa Mosconi (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Jun 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 384pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781911630319 ISBN13: 978-1-911630-31-9 ISBN10: 1911630318 EAN: 9781911630319 x Description: Women are far more likely than men to suffer from anxiety, depression, migraines, brain injuries, strokes and Alzheimer's disease. But, until recently, scientific research has focused on 'bikini medicine,' assuming that women are essentially men with different reproductive organs.
The XX Brain presents groundbreaking research showing that women's brains age distinctly from men's, due mostly to the decline of a key brainprotective hormone: estrogen. Taking on all aspects of women's health, including brain fog, memory lapses, depression, stress, insomnia, hormonal imbalances and the increased risk of dementia, Dr. Mosconi introduces cutting-edge, evidence-based methods for protecting the female brain, encompassing diet, stress reduction and sleep. She also examines the effectiveness of hormonal replacement therapy, addresses the perils of environmental toxins and explores the role of our microbiome. Luckily, it is never too late to take care of yourself. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________