Freedom Fighter Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm 2x8pp col plates ISBN13: 9781786494351 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-435-1 ISBN10: 1786494353 EAN: 9781786494351 x Description: Joanna Palani made headlines across the world in 2016 when her role fighting on the front line of the Syrian conflict was revealed. She is one of a handful of western women who have joined the international recruits to the Kurdish forces in Syria and is the first woman fighter to tell her story. Joanna was born to Iranian-Kurdish parents in a refugee camp in Iraq, before her family were accepted in to Denmark. During the Arab Spring, Joanna realized she needed to do something to protect the values she believes in, and the culture she loves. Leaving behind her life as a student, Joanna underwent considerable military training and travelled to the Middle East, where she spent time over several years fighting on the front line, including at the devastating battle for Kobani. Despite her heroism, Joanna 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. Joanna now lives in Copenhagen under daily threat from ISIS supporters, as she continues her fight for women's rights off the front line. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Call Me By Your Name Andre Aciman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Tie-In
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
21 Sep 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 256pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 251g ISBN13: 9781786495259 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-525-9 ISBN10: 1786495252 EAN: 9781786495259 x Description: Now a Major Motion Picture from Director Luca Guadagnino, Starring Armie Hammer and Timothee Chalamet, and Written by ThreeTime Oscar Nominee James Ivory Nominated for Four Oscars A New York Times Bestseller A USA Today Bestseller A Los Angeles Times Bestseller A Vulture Book Club Pick An Instant Classic and One of the Great Love Stories of Our Time 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. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The White Tiger Aravind Adiga (Author) (Author) Series:
Atlantic Cult Classics
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm x s23mm 326g ISBN13: 9781786495013 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-501-3 ISBN10: 1786495015 EAN: 9781786495013 x Description: Here's a strange fact: murder a man, and you feel responsible for his life - possessive, even. You know more about him than his father and mother; they knew his foetus, but you know his corpse. Meet Balram Halwai, the 'White Tiger': servant, philosopher, entrepreneur... murderer. Balram was born in a backwater village on the River Ganges, the son of a rickshaw-puller. He works in a teashop, crushing coal and wiping tables, but nurses a dream of escape. When he learns that a rich village landlord needs a chauffeur, he takes his opportunity, and is soon on his way to Delhi at the wheel of a Honda. Amid cockroaches, call-centres, thirtysixmillion gods, slums, shopping malls, and crippling traffic jams, Balram comes to see how the Tiger might slip the bars of his cage. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The White Tiger Aravind Adiga (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Mar 2012
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 250g ISBN13: 9781848878082 ISBN13: 978-1-84887-808-2 ISBN10: 1848878087 EAN: 9781848878082 x Description: WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2008 Balram Halwai is the White Tiger - the smartest boy in his village. His family is too poor for him to afford for him to finish school and he has to work in a teashop, breaking coals and wiping tables. But Balram gets his break when a rich man hires him as a chauffeur, and takes him to live in Delhi. The city is a revelation. As he drives his master to shopping malls and call centres, Balram becomes increasingly aware of immense wealth and opportunity all around him, while knowing that he will never be able to gain access to that world. As Balram broods over his situation, he realizes that there is only one way he can become part of this glamorous new India - by murdering his master. The White Tiger presents a raw and unromanticised India, both thrilling and shocking - from the desperate, almost lawless villages along the Ganges, to the booming Wild South of Bangalore and its technology and outsourcing centres. The first-person confession of a murderer, The White Tiger is as compelling for its subject matter as for the voice of its narrator - amoral, cynical, unrepentant, yet deeply endearing. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Munmun Jesse Andrews (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
05 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: Australia Hardback 416pp h210mm x w148mm x s29mm 587g ISBN13: 9781760633455 ISBN13: 978-1-76063-345-5 ISBN10: 1760633453 EAN: 9781760633455 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 Nov 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h216mm x w138mm ISBN13: 9781786496263 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-626-3 ISBN10: 1786496267 EAN: 9781786496263 x Description: It starts with a fisherman hunting for tuna, his sidekick a young seal as fast as quicksilver, a relationship forged in blood and fishmeat, but broken by the black heft of the sea; then a young man whose mother burned up outside, the scorch marks still on the grass, who fears the same fate for his sister so builds her a coffin, even though she's still breathing and very much alive; a water rat swimming upriver, a god in his element until he finds that some gods are more powerful than others; a flock of cormorants, pecking out the eyes of the slow-witted wombats on a local farm, and the sad old man who swears bloody vengeance; and more, and more, until it ends with a fisherman, who used to hunt for tuna, with a seal for a sidekick, as fast as quicksilver... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
And Thank You For Watching: A Memoir Mark Austin (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 384pp h234mm x w156mm 2x8pp colour plates ISBN13: 9781786494498 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-449-8 ISBN10: 1786494493 EAN: 9781786494498 x Description: For thirty years Mark Austin covered the biggest stories in the world for one of the great British TV news organisations, ITN. As a foreign correspondent and anchorman he witnessed first-hand the most epic events of our times. The stories themselves will be familiar to many people, but less well known are the often extraordinary behind the scenes tales of a newsman's life on the road; the problems encountered in some of the most dangerous places on earth; the days when things go badly wrong; the moments of high drama and raw emotion and, quite often, the hilarious happenings the viewer never imagines and only seldom sees. Describing his time reporting on some of the most significant events of recent years, including the Iraq War, during which his friend and colleague Terry Lloyd was killed by American 'friendly fire', the historic transition in South Africa from the brutality of apartheid to real democracy, the horrors of the Rwandan genocide, and natural disasters such as the Haiti earthquake, Hurricane Katrina and the Mozambique floods, he reveals the impact that dreadful scenes of human suffering and, usually senseless, bloodletting have had on him and his news teams. Based on decades of experience on the frontlines, this candid and revealing memoir gives a startling insight into one man's extraordinary career and lifts the lid on the world of television news. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Into the Night Sarah Bailey (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Nov 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 416pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781786494894 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-489-4 ISBN10: 1786494892 EAN: 9781786494894 x Description: Senior Detective Gemma Woodstock is a small-town policewoman working on the biggest homicide cases in Melbourne. When an upand-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... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Million Dollar Maths: The Secret Maths of Becoming Rich (or Poor) Hugh Barker (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Nov 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786493224 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-322-4 ISBN10: 1786493225 EAN: 9781786493224 x Description: 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? Million Dollar Maths is a fun but invaluable guide to the straightforward and outlandish mathematical strategies that can make you rich. 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. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Only: A Singular Memoir Caroline Baum (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
22 Feb 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Paperback 384pp h235mm x w155mm x s30mm 510g ISBN13: 9781760293970 ISBN13: 978-1-76029-397-0 ISBN10: 1760293970 EAN: 9781760293970 x
Description: Three barely felt like a family. It felt like it did not count. Like we were unfinished. Incomplete. There was always a gap at the table, room to set places for others. Visitors were few and far between. Mostly, there was only me. Only is a painfully honest and entertaining story of an unconventional childhood. It reveals what it feels like to be an only child and the focal point of two people damaged by trauma and tragedy, and the courage it takes to break free from the past and the pull of its secrets. Caroline Baum's poignant and gripping memoir is for anyone who has felt the pressure of being at the fulcrum of a seesaw, the focus of all eyes and expectations - torn between love and fear, obedience and rebellion, duty and the longing to escape. In exploring what being a Good Daughter means and why it can be so difficult, Only uncovers truths that offer readers deep emotional insight. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dark Eden Chris Beckett (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2012
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 416pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 290g ISBN13: 9781848874640 ISBN13: 978-1-84887-464-0 ISBN10: 1848874642 EAN: 9781848874640 x Description: You live in Eden. You are a member of the Family, one of 532 descendants of Angela and Tommy. You shelter beneath the Forest's lantern trees. Beyond the forest lie mountains so forbidding that no one has ever crossed them. The Oldest recount legends of a time when men and women made boats that could travel between worlds. One day, they will come back for you. You live in Eden. You are a member of the Family, one of 532 descendants of two marooned explorers. You huddle, slowly starving, in the warmth of geothermal trees, confined to one barely habitable valley of an alien, sunless world. You are John Redlantern. You will break the laws of Eden, shatter the Family and change history. You will be the first to kill another, the first to venture into the Dark and the first to discover the truth about Eden. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
America City: From the award-winning, bestselling sci-fi author of the Eden Trilogy Chris Beckett (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 416pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786491541 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-154-1 ISBN10: 1786491540 EAN: 9781786491541 x Description: "Unless we change what today looks like, tomorrow will be turbulent indeed." - Guardian America, one century on: a warmer climate is causing vast movements of people. Droughts, floods and hurricanes force entire populations to abandon their homes. Tensions are mounting between north and south, and some northern states are threatening to close their borders against homeless fellow-Americans from the south. Against this backdrop, an ambitious young British-born publicist, Holly Peacock, meets a new client, the charismatic Senator Slaymaker, a politician whose sole mission is to keep America together, reconfiguring the entire country in order to meet the challenge of the new climate realities as a single, united nation. When he runs for President, Holly becomes his right hand woman, doing battle on the whisperstream, where stories are everything and truth counts for little. But can they bring America together - or have they set the country on a new, but equally devastating, path?
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The Secret Cold War: The Official History of ASIO, 1976 - 1989 John Blaxland (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
26 Apr 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Paperback 576pp h232mm x w153mm x s40mm 755g 2 x 16pp b&w photos ISBN13: 9781760297428 ISBN13: 978-1-76029-742-8 ISBN10: 1760297429 EAN: 9781760297428 x Description: The Cold War between the West and the Soviet Bloc didn't end with detente in 1975: it just went underground. Until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, tensions between the superpowers continued to play out across the world. Until now, few would have known of the surprising extent of clandestine operations in Australia by foreign intelligence operatives and the violenceprone activities of local extremist groups from the Middle East, Armenia and Croatia in the 1970s and 1980s. Meanwhile, prompted by probing royal commissions and reviews, ASIO was being systematically transformed into a modern intelligence organisation. The Secret Cold War uncovers behind-the-scenes stories of the Hilton bombing in Sydney, assassinations of diplomats, the Combe-Ivanov affair and the new threat from China. It reveals that KGB officers were able to recruit and run agents in Australia for many years and it follows ASIO's own investigations into persistent allegations of penetration by Soviet moles. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Oliver Loving Stefan Merrill Block (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
21 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 400pp h240mm x w170mm x s40mm 685g ISBN13: 9781786492081 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-208-1 ISBN10: 1786492083 EAN: 9781786492081 x Description: An exquisitely moving novel of sorrow, love, and the miracle of human connections. - Kamila Shamsie, author of Home Fire For ten years, a secret has slept with Oliver Loving. One moonless November night, Oliver shyly joined his classmates at Bliss County Day School's annual dance, hoping for a glimpse of the object of his unrequited affections, an enigmatic Junior named Rebekkah Sterling. But as the music played in the gymnasium, a troubled young man snuck in through the school's back door with a gun. It was all over in a few terrible minutes; the dire decisions this man made that night, and the unspoken story he carried, forever transformed Oliver's world and tore the town of Bliss, Texas apart. Nearly ten years later, Oliver Loving still lies wordless and paralyzed at Crockett State Assisted Care Facility, the fate of his mind unclear. Meanwhile, his parents and his brother try to cope in their own disparate self-destructive ways, whilst Rebekkah, who left Texas long ago, still refuses to speak about her own part in that tragic night. Oliver Loving is a brilliant and beautifully told story of family, as heart-breaking as it is profound. It is a novel of the myths we make; the ties that bind us and the forces that keep us apart. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Oliver Loving Stefan Merrill Block (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 400pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781786494399 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-439-9 ISBN10: 1786494396 EAN: 9781786494399 x Description: One summer night, beneath the Perseid meteor shower, seventeen-year-old Oliver Loving's hand makes a first furtive journey across a Navajo picnic blanket towards his classmate Rebekkah Sterling's. A few months later, Hector Espina enters Bliss County Day School's gymnasium during homecoming and shoulders a hunting rifle. The thirty-five rounds he fires cut a leveling swathe through the past and future of Oliver, his family, and the entire population of Bliss, Texas. For the next nine years, Oliver is confined to a hospital bed. Conscious but totally paralyzed, he plumbs the depths of his own imagination, a twilit netherworld of myth, in search of meaning. Eve, his adoring and indomitable mother, holds a solemn, lonesome vigil. Vulnerable younger brother Charlie flees to New York where he desperately attempts to resurrect Oliver's consciousness using nothing but three weather-beaten journals full of unfinished poetry. Jed, Oliver's father, seems content to drink himself to death in a burnt out shack in the shadow of a resort hotel built on the land that is his birthright. But with the arrival of Professor McTeague from El Paso, towing along a new trailer-bound MRI machine and a revelation that Oliver's brain death may not be as complete as previously thought, a reckoning comes to Bliss and to the Loving family. Longtime grieving parent and newly minted experimental speech therapist Margot Strout descends, determined to make sure that Oliver reveals the truth about what happened that November night in this life or the next. What she finds, or claims to find, may prove the Lovings' salvation or push them forever into the outer darkness. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hired: Six Months Undercover in Low-Wage Britain James Bloodworth (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 288pp h225mm x w148mm x s21mm 398g TBC ISBN13: 9781786490148 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-014-8 ISBN10: 1786490145 EAN: 9781786490148 x Description: 'A very discomforting book, no matter what your politics might be... very good' Sunday Times 'Potent, disturbing and revelatory' Evening Standard We all define ourselves by our profession. But what if our job was demeaning, poorly paid, and tedious? Cracking open Britain's divisions journalist James Bloodworth spends six months living and working across Britain, taking on the country's most gruelling jobs. He lives on the meagre proceeds and discovers the anxieties and hopes of those he encounters, including working-class British, young students striving to make ends meet, and Eastern European immigrants. From the Staffordshire Amazon warehouse to the taxi-cabs of Uber, Bloodworth narrates how traditional working-class communities have been decimated by the move to soulless service jobs with no security, advancement or satisfaction. This is a gripping examination of Brexit Britain, a divided nation which needs to understand the true reality of how other people live and work before it can heal. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Second Child: A breath-taking debut novel about the bond of family and the limits of love Caroline Bond (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
22 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 320pp h235mm x w160mm x s25mm 420g ISBN13: 9781786493354 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-335-4 ISBN10: 1786493357 EAN: 9781786493354 x Description: Chosen for the Radio 2 Book Club with Simon Mayo 'A carefully crafted and utterly compelling tale of lost opportunity and impossible choices.' Amanda Brooke, author of The Affair Why do you love your child? Is it because they're a straight A student, a talented footballer? Or is it simply because they're yours? Sarah and Phil love both their children, James and Lauren. The couple have the same hopes and aspirations as any parent. But their expectations are shattered when they discover that their perfect baby daughter has been born with a flaw; a tiny, but life-changing glitch that is destined to shape her future, and theirs, irrevocably. Over time the family adapt and even thrive. Then one day a blood test casts doubt on the very basis of their family. Lauren is not Phil's child. Suddenly, their precious family is on the brink of destruction. But the truth they face is far more complex and challenging than simple infidelity. It tests their capacity to love, each other and their children, and it raises the question of what makes - and what breaks - a family. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Second Child: A breath-taking debut novel about the bond of family and the limits of love Caroline Bond (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786493361 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-336-1 ISBN10: 1786493365 EAN: 9781786493361 x Description: Chosen for the Radio 2 Book Club with Simon Mayo 'A carefully crafted and utterly compelling tale of lost opportunity and impossible choices.' Amanda Brooke, author of The Affair Why do you love your child? Is it because they're a straight A student, a talented footballer? Or is it simply because they're yours? Sarah and Phil love both their children, James and Lauren. The couple have the same hopes and aspirations as any parent. But their expectations are shattered when they discover that their perfect baby daughter has been born with a flaw; a tiny, but life-changing glitch that is destined to shape her future, and theirs, irrevocably. Over time the family adapt and even thrive. Then one day a blood test casts doubt on the very basis of their family. Lauren is not Phil's child. Suddenly, their precious family is on the brink of destruction. But the truth they face is far more complex and challenging than simple infidelity. It tests their capacity to love, each other and their children, and it raises the question of what makes - and what breaks - a family. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam Mark Bowden (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Publisher:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United States Paperback 624pp h198mm x w129mm maps, integrated images ISBN13: 9781611855081 ISBN13: 978-1-61185-508-1 ISBN10: 161185508X EAN: 9781611855081 x Description: By January 1968 the fighting in Vietnam seemed to be at a stalemate. Yet General William Westmoreland, commander of American forces, announced a new phase of the war in which 'the end begins to come into view.' The North Vietnamese had different ideas. In mid-1967, the leadership in Hanoi had started planning an offensive intended to win the war in a single stroke. Part military action and part popular uprising, the Tet Offensive included attacks across South Vietnam, but the most dramatic and successful would be the capture of Hue, the country's cultural capital. At 2:30 a.m. on January 31, 10,000 National Liberation Front troops descended from hidden camps and surged across the city of 140,000. By morning, all of Hue was in Front hands save for two small military outposts. The commanders in country and politicians in Washington refused to believe the size and scope of the Front's presence. After several futile and deadly days, Lieutenant Colonel Ernie Cheatham would finally come up with a strategy to retake the city, block by block and building by building, in some of the most intense urban combat since World War II. With unprecedented access to war archives in the U.S. and Vietnam and interviews with participants from both sides, Bowden narrates each stage of this crucial battle through multiple points of view. Played out over twenty-four days of terrible fighting and ultimately costing 10,000 combatant and civilian lives, the Battle of Hue was by far the bloodiest of the entire war. When it ended, the American debate was never again about winning, only about how to leave. In Hue 1968, Bowden masterfully reconstructs this pivotal moment in the American war in Vietnam. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Killing Pablo Mark Bowden (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Mar 2012
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s28mm 399g ISBN13: 9780857891495 ISBN13: 978-0-85789-149-5 ISBN10: 0857891499 EAN: 9780857891495 x Description: Killing Pablo charts the rise and spectacular fall of the Colombian drug lord, Pablo Escobar, the richest and most powerful criminal in history. The book exposes the massive illegal operation by covert US Special Forces and intelligence services to hunt down and assassinate Escobar. Killing Pablo combines the heart-stopping energy of a Tom Clancy techno-thriller and the stunning detail of award-winning investigative journalism. It is the most dramatic and detailed and account ever published of America's dirtiest clandestine war. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Bean Counters: The Triumph of the Accountants and How They Broke Capitalism Richard Brooks (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 336pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781786490292 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-029-2 ISBN10: 1786490293 EAN: 9781786490292 x Description: The world's 'Big 4' 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 triumph?
Leading investigative journalist and former senior tax inspector Richard Brooks offers a ground-breaking expose of the accountancy industry and its secret rise to vast global influence. Charting the profession's history from humble agrarian beginnings to its underappreciated role in the financial crash of 2008, Brooks explores how the industry hides behind its 'boring' image to ruthlessly exploit the financial system which depends on it. From underpinning global tax avoidance to corrupting world football, Beancounters reveals how the accountants use their central role in the economy to sell management consultancy services that send billions in other work its way - transforming the industry from one that ensures financial probity to one that reinvents the rules for its own benefit. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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:
24 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 352pp h241mm x w167mm x s32mm 695g Black-and-white line drawings/graphs and photos throughout (integrated) ISBN13: 9781786490285 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-028-5 ISBN10: 1786490285 EAN: 9781786490285 x Description: 'A devastating expose.' Mail on Sunday 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. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Mighty Dawn Theodore Brun (Author) (Author) Series:
The Wanderer Chronicles Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 608pp h198mm x w129mm x s36mm 418g ISBN13: 9781782399971 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-997-1 ISBN10: 1782399976 EAN: 9781782399971 x Description: Sworn to honour. Broken by betrayal. Hakan, son of Haldan, chosen son of the Lord of the Northern Jutes, swears loyalty to his father in fire, in iron, and in blood. But there are always shadows that roam. When a terrible tragedy befalls Hakan's household he is forced to leave his world behind. He must seek to pledge his sword to a new king. Nameless and alone, he embarks on a journey to escape the bonds of his past and fulfil his destiny as a great warrior. Whispers of sinister forces in the north pull Hakan onwards to a kingdom plagued by mysterious and gruesome deaths. But does he have the strength to do battle with such dark foes? Or is death the only sane thing to seek in this world of blood and broken oaths? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Sacred Storm Theodore Brun (Author) (Author) Series:
The Wanderer Chronicles Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 704pp h234mm x w153mm x s49mm 1043g ISBN13: 9781786490018 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-001-8 ISBN10: 1786490013 EAN: 9781786490018 x Description: 'A masterly debut... If Bernard Cornwall and George RR 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. 8th Century Sweden: Erlan Aurvandil, a Viking outlander, has pledged his sword to Sviggar Ivarsson, King of the Svears, and sworn enemy of the Danish king Harald Wartooth. But Wartooth, hungry for power, is stirring violence in the borderlands. As the fires of this 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... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Sacred Storm Theodore Brun (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Export/Airside
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 576pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781786490025 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-002-5 ISBN10: 1786490021 EAN: 9781786490025 x Description: Forged in fire. Bound by honour. Haunted by loss. 8th Century Sweden: Erlan Aurvandil, a Viking outlander, has pledged his sword to Sviggar Ivarsson, King of the Svears, and sworn enemy of the Danish king Harald Wartooth. But Wartooth, hungry for power, is stirring violence in the borderlands. As the fires of this 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... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Tokyo Romance Ian Buruma (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 256pp h240mm x w160mm x s26mm 560g integrated b&w photographs ISBN13: 9781782397991 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-799-1 ISBN10: 178239799X EAN: 9781782397991 x Description: 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. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Tokyo Romance Ian Buruma (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 288pp h234mm x w156mm integrated b&w photographs ISBN13: 9781782398004 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-800-4 ISBN10: 1782398007 EAN: 9781782398004
x Description: When Ian Buruma arrived in Tokyo 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 underwent a radical transformation. 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. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
New World, Inc.: How England's Merchants Founded America and Launched the British Empire John Butman (Author) Simon Targett (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 432pp h240mm x w165mm x s40mm 840g ISBN13: 9781786495471 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-547-1 ISBN10: 1786495473 EAN: 9781786495471 x Description: The thrilling story of the English merchant adventurers who changed the world. 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. It was a venture that relied on the very latest scientific innovations and required an extraordinary appetite for risk. At first they headed east, and dreamed of Cathay, with its silks and exotic luxuries. Eventually, they turned west, and so began a new chapter in history. Based on archival research and a bold interpretation of the historical record, New World, Inc. draws a portrait of life in London, on the Atlantic and across the New World, and reveals how profit-hungry business people transformed England into a world power. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Open Arms Vince Cable (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 368pp h190mm x w125mm x s20mm 244g ISBN13: 9781786491732 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-173-2 ISBN10: 1786491737 EAN: 9781786491732 x Description: Kate Thompson - glamorous housewife-turned-MP - surprises everyone with her meteoric rise at Westminster. When Kate is sent as a trade minister to India, she hopes it will be her moment to shine. But, embroiled in a personal scandal, she gets drawn into a dangerous world of corruption and political intrigue... Deepak Parrikar - billionaire head of an Indian arms technology company - is magnetically drawn to the beautiful British minister. But while their relationship deepens, India's hostilities with Pakistan reach boiling point, causing more than just business and politics to collide. In the race to prevent disaster, can their conflicting loyalties survive being tested to the limit? Open Arms is an explosive thriller which circles from Whitehall to the slums of Mumbai. Cable's sweeping tale combines unrivalled political detail with international intrigue, desire, and the quest for power. An electrifying debut. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Last Snake Man: The remarkable true-life story of an Aussie legend and a century of snake shows John Cann (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
24 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Paperback 320pp h234mm x w153mm 24pp b/w, colour photos ISBN13: 9781760630515 ISBN13: 978-1-76063-051-5 ISBN10: 1760630519 EAN: 9781760630515 x Description: Every Sunday for almost a century John Cann's family ran the famous snake show in a pit at La Perouse in Sydney - an area once alive with tiger, brown and black snakes. After growing up with over 300 'pet' snakes in their backyard, John and his brother George took over the snake show from their parents in 1965. By the time John retired in 2010, he'd survived five venomous snake bites. Many of those familiar with John and his shows wouldn't know that he was also an Olympic athlete, a top state rugby league player who played alongside some of the legends of the game, a state champion boxer, an adventurer and a world authority on turtles. The Last Snake Man chronicles John's extraordinary life and times. From wrangling snakes to chasing turtles, from remote country towns to the impenetrable jungles of New Guinea, this is the story of an amazing Australian and his never-ending search for fascinating animals and adventure. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
America Is Not the Heart Elaine Castillo (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
24 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 416pp h234mm x w153mm x s29mm 675g ISBN13: 9781786491299 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-129-9 ISBN10: 178649129X EAN: 9781786491299 x Description: 'This book is it: one of the best debut novels (and novels, period) of recent years' Elle 'Blazingly fearless' Observer 'Radical... I was startled at how moved I was' Guardian 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. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
America Is Not the Heart Elaine Castillo (Author) Series:
Edition:
Export/Airside
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 416pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781786491336 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-133-6 ISBN10: 1786491338 EAN: 9781786491336 x Description: 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. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Too Right Peter Chudd (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
26 Jul 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Paperback 144pp h234mm x w167mm ISBN13: 9781760297190 ISBN13: 978-1-76029-719-0 ISBN10: 1760297194 EAN: 9781760297190 x Description: 'It's remarkable that I'm able to write this at all. I'm surprised that those lefty hate groups haven't kicked down my door and stolen my keyboard and thrown it into a creek. I suspect the only thing stopping them is the thought of having to put in an honest day's work of vigilante justice and the environmental impact of the gesture...' Peter Chudd, Real Australian. Move over Alan Jones and Andrew Bolt, Australia's leading conservative privileged white man has arrived. And even better, he's written a masterpiece that dismantles every loony left - or even vaguely moderate - political argument ever made in this country! In Too Right, Peter Chudd, Australia's most controversial far-right columnist tells it like it is, unafraid of who's 'offended' by his 'poorly researched' opinions. Global warming? The only thing warming the world is the hot air from environmentalists. And what would climate scientists know about climate science anyway? Welfare? Well, that's anything but, well, fair. Racism? Every columnist has a right to be a bigot - and how dare people dismissive him as a 'white man'. Read the tragic story of how this wealthy, privileged man believes he is, against all odds, the most maligned, victimised, discriminated-against person in the entire country for simply daring to speak the truth. Understand his dismay when people describe him as a hideous husk of a human who's singlehandedly tearing the nation apart. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Meltdown: Why Our Systems Fail and What We Can Do About It Christopher Clearfield (Author) Andras Tilcsik (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h225mm x w150mm x s25mm 2800g ISBN13: 9781786492241 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-224-1 ISBN10: 1786492245 EAN: 9781786492241 x Description: '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 A groundbreaking exploration of how complexity causes failure in business and life - and how to prevent it. An accidental overdose in a state-of-the-art hospital. The Post Office software that led to a multimillion-pound lawsuit. The mix-up at the 2017 Oscars Awards ceremony. An overcooked meal on holiday. At first glance, these events have little in common. But surprising new research shows that many modern failures share similar causes. In Meltdown, world-leading experts in disaster prevention, Chris Clearfield and Andras Tilcsik, use real-life examples to reveal the errors in thinking, perception, and system design that lie behind both our everyday errors and disasters like the Fukushima nuclear accident. But most crucially, Meltdown is about finding solutions. It reveals why ugly designs make us safer, 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. The result is an eye-opening and empowering book - one that will change the way you see our complex world and your own place within it. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Friends and Liars: A thrilling, page-turning tale of small-town deceits Kaela Coble (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 205g ISBN13: 9781786492074 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-207-4 ISBN10: 1786492075 EAN: 9781786492074 x Description: An emotionally gripping story about friendship and secrets, lies and loves. It has been ten years since Ruby left her hometown behind. Since then she's built a life away from her recovering alcoholic mother and her first love, Murphy. But when Danny, one of her estranged friends from childhood, commits suicide, guilt draws Ruby back into the tumultuous world she escaped all those years ago. She's dreading the funeral - and with good reason. Danny has left a series of envelopes addressed to his former friends. Inside each envelope is a secret about every person in the group. Ruby's secret is so explosive, she will fight tooth-and-nail to keep it hidden from those she once loved so deeply, even if that means risking everything... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Equations of Life: The Hidden Rules Shaping Evolution Charles Cockell (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
27 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 352pp h240mm x w165mm x s35mm 690g ISBN13: 9781786493026 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-302-6 ISBN10: 1786493020 EAN: 9781786493026 x Description: One of Britain's foremost astrobiologists offers an accessible and game-changing account of life on Earth. Why do gazelles have legs and not wheels? Why is all life based on carbon rather than silicon? And beyond Earth, would life - if it exists - look like our own? The puzzles of life astound and confuse us like no other mystery. But in this groundbreaking book, Professor Charles Cockell reveals how nature is far more understandable and predictable than we would think. Breathing new life into Darwin's theory of natural selection, The Equations of Life puts forward an elegant account of why evolution has taken the paths it has. In a captivating journey into the forces that shape living things on Earth, Cockell explains that the fundamental laws of physics constrain nature at every turn. Fusing the latest in scientific research with fascinating accounts of the creatures that surround us, this is a compelling argument about what life can - and can't - be. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Equations of Life: The Hidden Rules Shaping Evolution Charles Cockell (Author) Series:
Edition:
Export/Airside
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
28 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 352pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781786493033 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-303-3 ISBN10: 1786493039 EAN: 9781786493033 x Description: Why do gazelles have legs and not wheels? Why is all life based on carbon rather than silicon? Why do humans have eyes on the front of their heads? And beyond earth, would life - if it should exist - look like our own? The puzzles of life astound and confuse us like no other mystery. An astrophysicist once conceded that even the smallest insect is far more complex than either an atom or a star. But in this groundbreaking new account of the process of evolution, Professor Charles Cockell reveals how nature is far more understandable and predictable than we would 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. The key is understanding how fundamental physical laws constrain nature's direction and form at every turn. From the animal kingdom to the atomic realm, he shows how physics is the true touchstone for understanding life in all its extraordinary forms. Provocative and captivating, this book will fundamentally change how you view the world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Code Breakers: Inside the Shadow World of Signals Intelligence in Australia's Two Bletchley Parks Craig Collie (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
29 Mar 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Paperback 352pp h232mm x w155mm x s30mm 560g 16pp b&w photos ISBN13: 9781743312100 ISBN13: 978-1-74331-210-0 ISBN10: 1743312105 EAN: 9781743312100 x Description: At the height of World War II in the Pacific, two secret organisations existed in Australia to break the Japanese military codes. They were peopled by brilliant and idiosyncratic cryptographers with achievements in mathematics and the classics. These men patiently and carefully deciphered the Japanese signals, ultimately making a significant contribution to the victories at Midway, Coral Sea and Milne Bay. But this is more than a story of codes. It is an extraordinary exploration of a unique group of men and their intense personal rivalries. It is also the story of a fierce inter-national and inter-service political battle for control of war-changing intelligence between a group of Australian cryptographers with strong connections to British Naval Intelligence and a counter group allied to the US military. What happened between these two groups would have consequences for intelligence services in the years to follow. Code Breakers brings this surprising and very secret world and the men who operated in it to rich life for the first time. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Crew: The story of the men who flew RAAF Lancaster J for Jig Mike Colman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
21 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Paperback 336pp h234mm x w153mm 8pp colour plates ISBN13: 9781742379111 ISBN13: 978-1-74237-911-1 ISBN10: 1742379117 EAN: 9781742379111 x Description: On the evening of 24 February 1944, RAAF Lancaster bomber J for Jig took off from an airfield in Lincolnshire. On board was a crew of seven young men-five Australians, two Scots-whose mission was to bomb factories in Schweinfurt, Germany. But J for Jig never reached its target. It was shot down in the night skies over France. This book is about the seven lives on that aircraft-who they were, what they did, whom they loved, and whom they left behind. Some were to die that night, and others were to survive, withstanding incredible hardships and adventures as prisoners and evaders in a war that was far from over. Crew brilliantly recreates J for Jig's final mission but, more than that, in telling seven individuals' stories Mike Colman has captured the achievements, loss and the enduring legacy of the generation that fought in the Second World War. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Earth is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West Peter Cozzens (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 576pp h198mm x w129mm x s41mm 591g 3 x 8pp b&w plates, 24 maps ISBN13: 9781786491510 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-151-0 ISBN10: 1786491516 EAN: 9781786491510 x Description: Sunday Times' Best History Books of 2017 Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History Winner of the 2017 Caroline Bancroft History Prize Shortlisted for the Military History Magazine Book of the Year Award NOMINATED FOR THE 2017 PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN 'Extraordinary... Cozzens has stripped the myth from these stories, but he is such a superb writer that what remains is exquisite' The Times At the end of the Civil War, the American nation continued its expansion onto tribal lands, setting off a struggle that would last nearly three decades. Peter Cozzens chronicles the conflict from both sides in comprehensive and singularly intimate detail, bringing together a pageant of fascinating characters, including Custer, Sherman and Grant, as well as great native leaders such as Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull and Red Cloud. This is the tale of how the West was won... and lost. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Miss Burma Charmaine Craig (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Publisher:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub Date:
03 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback 368pp h197mm x w124mm x s23mm 247g ISBN13: 9781611855074 ISBN13: 978-1-61185-507-4 ISBN10: 1611855071 EAN: 9781611855074 x Description: Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018 Longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction Miss Burma tells the story of modern-day Burma through the eyes of Benny and Khin, husband and wife, and their daughter Louisa. After attending school in Calcutta, Benny settles in Rangoon, then part of the British Empire, and falls in love with Khin, a woman who is part of a long-persecuted ethnic minority group, the Karen. World War II comes to Southeast Asia, and Benny and Khin must go into hiding in the eastern part of the country during the Japanese Occupation, beginning a journey that will lead them to change the country's history. After the war, the British authorities make a deal with the Burman nationalists, led by Aung San, whose party gains control of the country. When Aung San is assassinated, his successor ignores the pleas for self-government of the Karen people and other ethnic groups, and in doing so sets off what will become the longest-running civil war in recorded history. Benny and Khin's eldest child, Louisa, has a danger-filled, tempestuous childhood and reaches prominence as Burma's first beauty queen soon before the country falls to dictatorship. As Louisa navigates her newfound fame, she is forced to reckon with her family's past, the West's ongoing covert dealings in her country, and her own loyalty to the cause of the Karen people. Based on the story of the author's mother and grandparents, Miss Burma is a captivating portrait of how modern Burma came to be and of the ordinary people swept up in the struggle for self-determination and freedom. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Travelling Vet: From pets to pandas, my life in animals Jonathan Cranston (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
01 Nov 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: Australia Hardback 352pp h216mm x w135mm Integrated b&w line drawings, 2x8pp colour plates ISBN13: 9781760633196 ISBN13: 978-1-76063-319-6 ISBN10: 1760633194 EAN: 9781760633196 x Description: Jonathan Cranston is no ordinary vet. In addition to his day job in the Oxfordshire countryside treating cows, dogs, pigs and cats, he's also worked with an astonishing range of species around the world, including crocodiles, rhinos and pandas. In this charming collection he introduces us to some of his favourite patients, ranging from beloved family pets through to magnificent creatures of the wild. Whether microchipping armadillos, anaesthetising giraffes or advising the makers of the Jurassic World series on exactly how to operate on a velociraptor, Jonathan's love for his work and the entire animal kingdom is infectious. From the preposterous (castrating a sugar glider) to the poignant (encountering victims of rhino poaching), the stories in The Travelling Vet will delight and enthral every animal lover. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Illumination of Ursula Flight Anna-Marie Crowhurst (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Hardback 416pp h242mm x w168mm x s37mm 785g integrated line drawings ISBN13: 9781760632014 ISBN13: 978-1-76063-201-4 ISBN10: 1760632015 EAN: 9781760632014 x Description: One of Stylist's must-read books of 2018 'Original and charming, joyous and funny.' Tessa Hadley '...[this] debut novel sweeps us away to the world of Ursula Flight, wannabe actress and playwright in 17th-century Britain. Ursula is a spirited and funny protagonist.' Sarah Shaffi, Stylist 'ON THE 15TH DAY OF DECEMBER IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1664, A GREAT LIGHT BLOOMED IN THE DARK SKY...' Born on the night of a bad-luck comet, Ursula Flight has a difficult destiny written in the stars. Growing up with her family in the country, she is educated by a forward-thinking father who enables her to discover a love of reading, writing and astrology. Ursula dreams of becoming a famous playwright, but is devastated to learn she must instead fulfil her family's expectations and marry. Trapped and lost, Ursula plots her escape - but her freedom will come at a price. As Ursula's dangerous desires play out, both on and off the stage, she's flung into a giddy world of actors, aristocrats and artistic endeavours which will change her life irrevocably. A gutsy coming-of-age story about a spirited young woman struggling to lead a creative life, this uplifting tale vividly evokes the glittering world of Restoration-era theatre. For anyone who has ever tried to succeed against the odds, The Illumination of Ursula Flight is an inspiring journey of love and loss, heartbreak and all-consuming passion. This is a debut pulsating with life for readers of Jessie Burton, Sarah Waters and Sarah Perry. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The ISIS Hostage: One Man's True Story of 13 Months in Captivity Puk Damsgard (Author) David Young (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Aug 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 261g ISBN13: 9781786490568 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-056-8 ISBN10: 1786490560 EAN: 9781786490568 x Description: The Number One International Bestseller The dramatic story of freelance photographer Daniel Rye, who was held hostage for 13 months by ISIS, as told by an award-winning writer. In May 2013, freelance photographer Daniel Rye was captured in Syria and held prisoner by Islamic State for thirteen months, along with eighteen other hostages. The ISIS Hostage tells the dramatic and heart-breaking story of Daniel's ordeal and details the misery inflicted upon him by the British guards, which included Jihadi John. This tense and riveting account also follows Daniel's family and the nerve-wracking negotiations with his kidnappers. It traces their horrifying journey through impossible dilemmas and offers a rare glimpse into the secret world of the investigation launched to locate and free not only Daniel, but also the American journalist and fellow hostage James Foley. Written with Daniel's full cooperation and based on interviews with former fellow prisoners, jihadists and key figures who worked behind the scenes to secure his release, The ISIS Hostage reveals for the first time the torment suffered by the captives and tells a moving and terrifying story of friendship, torture and survival. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Girl In Between Anna Daniels (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
26 Apr 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Paperback 320pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781760295301 ISBN13: 978-1-76029-530-1 ISBN10: 1760295302 EAN: 9781760295301 x Description: Lucy Crighton has just moved in with some gregarious housemates called Brian and Denise . . . who are her parents. She's also the proud mother of Glenda, her beloved 10-year-old . . . kelpie. And she has absolutely no interest in the dashing son of her parents' new next-door neighbour . . . well, maybe just a little . . . As the girl in between relationships, careers and cities, Lucy is facing some awkward truths - like her mum's obsession with Cher, her father's unsolicited advice, and the probability there's more cash on the floor of her parents' car than in her own bank account. Thank goodness for Lucy's crazy-but-wonderful best friend, Rosie, who's around to cushion reality with wild nights at the local Whipcrack Hotel, escapades in Japanese mud baths, and double dating under the Christmas lights in London. But will Lucy work out what she really wants to do in life - and who she wants to share it with? Girl in Between is a warm, funny, charming story about life at the crossroads. Featuring an endearing and irrepressible cast of characters, it will have you chuckling from start to finish. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mrs D is Going Within: How a Frantic, Sugar-Bingeing, Internet-Loving, Recovering-Alcoholic Housewife Found Her Zen Lotta Dann (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
24 May 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: New Zealand Paperback 272pp h210mm x w138mm x s20mm 270g ISBN13: 9781877505867 ISBN13: 978-1-877505-86-7 ISBN10: 1877505862 EAN: 9781877505867 x Description: Despite outward appearances three years after getting sober Lotta is struggling to deal with life in the raw. It's becoming abundantly clear what people mean when they say putting down the drink is just the beginning. Truth is Lotta's lifelong heavy-drinking habit has left her as a fledgling emotionally. She's slowly accepting that she needs to do some more work on herself. But what? Please don't say it has to involve turning into a hippy. Can't she just comfort herself with another chocolate muffin, distract herself on Instagram, and hope for the best? It would appear not. In Mrs D Is Going Within Lotta outlines the practices she developed and strategies she worked on to start establishing herself as an emotionally robust woman. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mrs D is Going Without Lotta Dann (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
25 Jun 2014
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: New Zealand Paperback 304pp h210mm x w138mm x s25mm 320g ISBN13: 9781877505393 ISBN13: 978-1-877505-39-3 ISBN10: 1877505390 EAN: 9781877505393 x Description: Lotta Dann was in trouble - her fun drinking habit had slowly morphed into an obsessive hunger for wine. One bottle a night was never quite enough. When she tried to cut down, she found it nearly impossible to have an alcohol-free day. Everyone around could see her drinking, but no one realised what a serious problem it was. She was high-functioning, fun-loving Lotta, not some messy, hopeless drunk. Only Lotta knew how sick and twisted her thinking about wine had become. Desperate and miserable, she was falling deeper and deeper into a boozy hellhole and running out of ideas about what she could do to stop it. What's a girl to do when her beloved wine becomes the enemy? Here's what Lotta did. She stopped drinking and secretly started a blog that charted the highs and lows of learning to live without alcohol. Mrs D was anonymous, honest and, as Lotta would discover, surrounded by people who would help her on her journey, and whom she could help in return. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dead Letters Caite Dolan-Leach (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 236g ISBN13: 9781786491329 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-132-9 ISBN10: 178649132X EAN: 9781786491329 x Description: Some games are dangerous. And some are deadly... Ava doesn't believe it when the email arrives to say that her twin sister is dead. It just feels too perfect to be anything other than Zelda's usual manipulative scheming. And Ava knows her twin. Now, Ava must return home to retrace her sister's last steps. But her search turns into a twisted scavenger-hunt of her twin's making. Letter by letter, Ava unearths clues to her sister's disappearance, which reveal a series of harrowing truths from their past - truths both of them had tried to forget. A is for Ava, Z is for Zelda, but deciphering the letters in-between is not so simple... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
It's All a Game: A Short History of Board Games Tristan Donovan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Nov 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 352pp h198mm x w129mm 1 x 8-page colour plate section ISBN13: 9781786494535 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-453-5 ISBN10: 1786494531 EAN: 9781786494535 x Description: Board games have been with us longer than even the written word. But what is it about this pastime that continues to captivate us well into the age of smartphones and instant gratification? 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. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Shadow Man Alan Drew (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 368pp h234mm x w153mm x s26mm 477g ISBN13: 9781786493316 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-331-6 ISBN10: 1786493314 EAN: 9781786493316
x Description: An explosive serial killer thriller perfect for readers of Lee Child, Karin Slaughter and Michael Connelly. 'Wonderfully imagined and wonderfully written, patient but propulsive, serious but suspenseful, grown-up but gripping, Shadow Man is everything a great thriller should be.' Lee Child Southern California, 1986. Detective Ben Wade has returned to his hometown in search of a quieter life and to try to save his marriage. Suddenly the community, with its peaceful streets and neighbourly concerns, finds itself at the mercy of a serial killer who slips through windows and screen doors at night, shattering illusions of safety. As Ben and forensic specialist Natasha Betencourt struggle to stay one step ahead of the killer - and deal with painful episodes in the past - Ben's own world is rocked again by violence. He must decide how far he is willing to go, and Natasha how much she is willing to risk, to rescue the town from a psychotic murderer and a long-buried secret. With eerie, chilling prose, Alan Drew brings us into the treacherous underbelly of a suburban California town in this brilliant novel of suspense; the story of a man, and a community, confronted with the heart of human darkness. 'Wonderfully imagined and wonderfully written, patient but propulsive, serious but suspenseful, grown-up but gripping, Shadow Man is everything a great thriller should be.' - Lee Child 'Excellent, atmospheric . . . [a] superb police procedural . . . [Ben Wade] is but one of many sharply etched characters who help make Shadow Man a stellar achievement, a book that unspools like a dark-toned movie in the reader's mind.' - The Wall Street Journal _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Shadow Man Alan Drew (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Nov 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786493330 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-333-0 ISBN10: 1786493330 EAN: 9781786493330 x Description: An explosive serial killer thriller perfect for readers of Lee Child, Karin Slaughter and Michael Connolly. Southern California, 1986. Detective Ben Wade has returned to his hometown in search of a quieter life and to try to save his marriage. Suddenly the community, with its peaceful streets and neighbourly concerns, finds itself at the mercy of a serial killer who slips through windows and screen doors at night, shattering illusions of safety. As Ben and forensic specialist Natasha Betencourt struggle to stay one step ahead of the killer - and deal with painful episodes in the past - Ben's own world is rocked again by violence. He must decide how far he is willing to go, and Natasha how much she is willing to risk, to rescue the town from a psychotic murderer and a long-buried secret. With eerie, chilling prose, Alan Drew brings us into the treacherous underbelly of a suburban California town in this brilliant novel of suspense; the story of a man, and a community, confronted with the heart of human darkness. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786494566 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-456-6 ISBN10: 1786494566 EAN: 9781786494566 x Description: Do you eat too much sugar? Is violence in the world increasing or decreasing? What proportion of your country are Muslim? What does it cost to raise a child? How much do we need to save for retirement? How much tax do the rich pay? When we estimate the answers to these fundamental questions that directly affect our lives, we tend to be vastly wrong, irrespective of how educated we are. This landmark book - informed by over ten exclusive major polling studies by IPSOS across 40 countries - asks why in the age of the internet, where information should be more accessible than ever, we remain so poorly informed. Using the latest research into the media, decision science, heuristics, and emotional reasoning, Bobby Duffy examines why the populations of some countries seem better informed than others, and how we can address our ignorance of key public data and trends. An essential read for anyone who wants to be smarter and better informed, this fascinating book will transform the way you engage with the world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Science(ish): The Peculiar Science Behind the Movies Rick Edwards (Author) Michael Brooks (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 272pp h198mm x w129mm x s19mm 302g ISBN13: 9781786492234 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-223-4 ISBN10: 1786492237 EAN: 9781786492234 x Description: A Sunday Times Book of the Year 2017 A New Scientist Gift Pick 2017 Can we resurrect dinosaurs? Is a Martian holiday good for your health? Can we build a time machine? (And more importantly, can it look like the DeLorean?) Answering these questions and more, Rick Edwards and Dr. Michael Brooks delve into the real science behind the greatest sci-fi movies ever made. From Planet of the Apes to Interstellar, each chapter probes a different sci-fi classic, blasting apart tricky topics like astrophysics, neuroscience, psychology, botany, artificial intelligence, evolution, and plenty more. Packed with illustrations, bizarre facts and indispensable movie trivia, Science(ish) is the perfect read for curious film fans everywhere. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The French Girl Lexie Elliott (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
11 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h232mm x w156mm x s20mm 410g ISBN13: 9781786495549 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-554-9 ISBN10: 1786495546 EAN: 9781786495549 x Description: She appears, lithe and tanned, by the swimming pool one afternoon. Severine - the girl next door. It was supposed to be a final celebration for six British graduates, the perfect French getaway, until she arrived. Severine's beauty captivates each of them in turn. Under the heat of a summer sky, simmering tensions begin to boil over - years of jealousy and longing rising dangerously to the surface. And then Severine disappears. A decade later, Severine's body is found at the farmhouse. For Kate Channing, the discovery brings up more than just unwelcome memories. As police suspicion mounts against the friends, Kate becomes desperate to resolve her own shifting understanding of that time. But as the layers of deception reveal themselves, Kate must ask herself - does she really want to know what happened to the French girl? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The French Girl Lexie Elliott (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Dec 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786495563 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-556-3 ISBN10: 1786495562 EAN: 9781786495563 x Description: She appears, lithe and tanned, by the swimming pool one afternoon. Severine - the girl next door. It was supposed to be a final celebration for six British graduates, the perfect French getaway, until she arrived. Severine's beauty captivates each of them in turn. Under the heat of a summer sky, simmering tensions begin to boil over - years of jealousy and longing rising dangerously to the surface. And then Severine disappears. A decade later, Severine's body is found at the farmhouse. For Kate Channing, the discovery brings up more than just unwelcome memories. As police suspicion mounts against the friends, Kate becomes desperate to resolve her own shifting understanding of that time. But as the layers of deception reveal themselves, Kate must ask herself - does she really want to know what happened to the French girl? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Veins of the Ocean Patricia Engel (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Publisher:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub Date:
04 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback 416pp h198mm x w129mm x s26mm 307g ISBN13: 9781611855241 ISBN13: 978-1-61185-524-1 ISBN10: 1611855241 EAN: 9781611855241
x Description: WINNER OF THE DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE 2017 Reina Castillo's beloved brother is serving a death sentence for a crime that shocked the community - a crime for which Reina secretly blames herself. When she is at last released from her seven-year prison vigil, Reina moves to a sleepy town in the Florida Keys seeking anonymity. There, she meets Nesto, a recently exiled Cuban awaiting with hope the arrival of the children he left behind in Havana. Through Nesto's love of the sea and capacity for faith, Reina comes to understand her own connections to the life-giving and destructive forces of the ocean that surrounds her as well as its role in her family's troubled history. Set in the vibrant coastal and Caribbean communities of Miami; the Florida Keys; Havana, Cuba; and Cartagena, Colombia, The Veins of the Ocean is a wrenching exploration of what happens when life tests the limits of compassion, and a stunning and unforgettable portrait of fractured lives finding solace in the beauty and power of the natural world, and in one another. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Arminius: The Limits of Empire Robert Fabbri (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Jul 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm x s23mm 268g Map ISBN13: 9781782397014 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-701-4 ISBN10: 1782397019 EAN: 9781782397014 x Description: One man's greatest victory. Rome's greatest defeat. A.D. 9: In the depths of the Teutoburg Wald, in a landscape riven by ravines, darkened by ancient oak and bisected by fast-flowing streams, Arminius of the Cherusci led a confederation of six Germanic tribes in the annihilation of three Roman legions. Deep in the forest almost twenty thousand men were massacred without mercy; fewer than two hundred of them ever made it back across the Rhine. To Rome's shame, three sacred Eagles were lost that day. But Arminius wasn't brought up in Germania Magna - he had been raised as a Roman. This is the story of how Arminius came to turn his back on the people who raised him and went on to commit a betrayal so great and so deep, it echoed through the ages. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Rome's Sacred Flame Robert Fabbri (Author) (Author) Series:
Vespasian
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 352pp h240mm x w165mm x s33mm 570g ISBN13: 9781782397045 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-704-5 ISBN10: 1782397043 EAN: 9781782397045 x Description: Rome, AD 63. Vespasian has been made Governor of Africa. Nero, Rome's increasingly unpredictable Emperor, orders him to journey with his most trusted men to a far-flung empire in Africa to free 500 Roman citizens who have been enslaved by a desert kingdom. Vespasian arrives at the city to negotiate their emancipation, hoping to return to Rome a hero and find himself back in favour with Nero. But when Vespasian reaches the city, he discovers a slave population on the edge of revolt. With no army to keep the population in check, it isn't long before tensions spill over into bloody chaos. Vespasian must escape the city with all 500 Roman citizens and make their way across a barren desert, battling thirst and exhaustion, with a hoard of rebels at their backs. It's a desperate race for survival, with twists and turns aplenty. Meanwhile, back in Rome, Nero's extravagance goes unchecked. All of Rome's elite fear for their lives as Nero's closest allies run amok. Can anyone stop the Emperor before Rome devours itself? And if Nero is to be toppled, who will be the one to put his head in the lion's mouth?
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Rome's Sacred Flame Robert Fabbri (Author) (Author) Series:
Vespasian
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 247g ISBN13: 9781782397069 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-706-9 ISBN10: 178239706X EAN: 9781782397069 x Description: Rome, AD 63. Vespasian has been ordered to a far-flung empire in Africa to free two hundred Roman citizens who have been enslaved by a desert kingdom. But when Vespasian reaches the city, he discovers tensions spilling over into bloody chaos... Battling thirst and exhaustion, Vespasian must help the Romans escape, their only route to survival a desperate race across a barren desert with a hoard of heavily armed rebels at their backs. Meanwhile, back in Rome, Rome's elite fear for their lives as Emperor Nero's extravagance and unpredictable violence goes unchecked. Can anyone stop the Emperor before Rome devours itself? And if Nero is to be toppled, who will be the one to put his head in the lion's mouth? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tribune of Rome Robert Fabbri (Author) (Author) Series:
Vespasian
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Nov 2011
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 496pp h198mm x w129mm x s29mm 342g ISBN13: 9781848879119 ISBN13: 978-1-84887-911-9 ISBN10: 1848879113 EAN: 9781848879119 x Description: AD 26: Sixteen-year-old Vespasian leaves his family farm for Rome, to find a patron and join the army. But he discovers a city in turmoil and an Empire on the brink. The ageing emperor Tiberius is in seclusion on Capri, leaving Rome in the iron grip of Sejanus, commander of the Praetorian Guard whose spies are everywhere. Vespasian is out of his depth, making dangerous enemies (and dangerous friends - like the young Caligula) and soon finds himself ensnared in a conspiracy against Tiberius. Vespasian flees the city to take up his position as tribune in an unfashionable legion on the Balkan frontier. Unblooded and inexperienced, he must lead his men in savage battle with hostile mountain tribes. But there is no escaping the politics of Rome. Somehow, he must survive long enough to uncover the identity of the traitors behind the growing revolt... THE FIRST INSTALMENT IN THE VESPASIAN SERIES _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Australia's First Spies: The remarkable story of Australian intelligence operations, 1901-45 John Fahey (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
25 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: Australia Paperback 456pp h234mm x w153mm 16pp b/w insert ISBN13: 9781760631208 ISBN13: 978-1-76063-120-8 ISBN10: 1760631205 EAN: 9781760631208 x Description: Australia was born with its eyes wide open. Although politicians spoke publicly of loyalty to Britain and the empire, in secret they immediately set about protecting Australia's interests from the Germans, the Japanese - and from Britain itself. As an experienced intelligence officer, John Fahey knows how the security services disguise their activities within government files. He has combed the archives to compile the first account of Australia's intelligence operations in the years from Federation to World War II. He tells the stories of dedicated patriots who undertook dangerous operations to protect their new nation, despite a lack of training and support. He shows how the early adoption of advanced radio technology by Australia contributed to the war effort in Europe. He also exposes the bureaucratic mismanagement in World War II that cost many lives, and the leaks that compromised Australia's standing with its wartime allies so badly that Australia was nearly expelled from the Anglo-Saxon intelligence network. Australia's First Spies shows Australia always has been a far savvier operator in international affairs than much of the historical record suggests, and it offers a glimpse into the secret history of the nation. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What She Left Rosie Fiore (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
07 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Paperback 400pp h193mm x w128mm x s24mm 290g ISBN13: 9781760292508 ISBN13: 978-1-76029-250-8 ISBN10: 1760292508 EAN: 9781760292508 x Description: What would make you walk away from your life, your family and friends, in search of a completel fresh start? Helen Cooper has a charmed life. She's beautiful, accomplished, organised - the star parent at the school. Until she disappears. But Helen wasn't abducted or murdered. She's chosen to walk away, abandoning her family, husband Sam, and her home. Where has Helen gone, and why? What has driven her from her seemingly perfect life? What is she looking for? Sam is tormented by these questions, and gradually begins to lose his grip on work and his family life. He sees Helen everywhere in the faces of strangers. He's losing control. But then one day, it really is Helen's face he sees... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Her Mother's Daughter Alice Fitzgerald (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
06 Dec 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: Australia Paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781760630652 ISBN13: 978-1-76063-065-2 ISBN10: 1760630659 EAN: 9781760630652 x Description: Set across two decades in London and Ireland, Her Mother's Daughter sees the lives of a troubled and emotionally abusive mother and her innocent ten-year-old daughter change forever after one summer holiday. 1980: Josephine flees her home in Ireland, hoping never to return. She starts a new, exciting life in London, but as much as she tries, she can't quite leave the trauma of her childhood behind. Seventeen years and two children later, Josephine gets a call from her sister to tell her that their mother is dying and wants to see her - a summons she can't refuse. 1997: Ten-year-old Clare is counting down to the summer holidays, when she is going to meet her grandparents in Ireland for the first time. She hopes this trip will put an end to her mum's dark moods - and drinking. But family secrets can't stay buried forever and following revelations in Ireland, everything starts to unravel. Have Josephine and her daughter passed the point of no return? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I Am No One Patrick Flanery (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Feb 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 326g ISBN13: 9781782397984 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-798-4 ISBN10: 1782397981 EAN: 9781782397984 x Description: Jeremy O'Keefe, a middle-aged Professor, returns to his native New York after a decade teaching at Oxford, and quickly settles into a lonely rhythm of unfulfilling lectures and long, silent evenings. His quiet world is suddenly shaken by a series of encounters with a strange young man who presumes an acquaintance, and the arrival of three mysterious packages. And when a haunting figure starts to linger outside his apartment at night, his chilling conviction that he is being watched is seemingly confirmed. As Jeremy's grip on reality shifts and turns, he fears that he will never know whether he can believe his experiences, or whether his mind is in the grip of an irrational obsession. I Am No One explores the world of surveillance and self-censorship in our post-Snowden lives, where privacy no longer exists and our freedoms are inexorably eroded. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Cartel Wives: How an Extraordinary Family Brought Down El Chapo and the Sinaloa Drug Cartel Mia Flores (Author) Olivia Flores (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 368pp h193mm x w129mm x s21mm 267g ISBN13: 9781782399865 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-986-5 ISBN10: 1782399860 EAN: 9781782399865 x Description: An astonishing and revelatory memoir by two women who escaped the glamorous yet deadly international drug trade. Mia Flores and Olivia Flores live under assumed names. To their neighbours, they are typical single mothers, their days filled with school runs and PTA meetings. But Olivia and Mia are anything but ordinary. They live in fear, hiding from a past that included wealth beyond their wildest dreams but also more danger than they ever could have imagined. Mia and Olivia are married to the highest level American drug traffickers ever to become US informants, Chicago-born twin brothers Margarito and Pedro Flores. These men worked with - and then brought down - dozens of high-level members of the Mexican cartels, most significantly notorious kingpin Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman. The brothers and their wives had everything money could buy - luxury cars, huge houses and expensive jewellery - but came to understand that the vast wealth that accompanied cartel life came with the ever-present threat of kidnapping, death or imprisonment. Choosing their families over money, they decided to give it all up and cooperate with the US government. Now, from behind the cloak of witness protection, Olivia and Mia have come forward for the first time to tell the full story of their family's decision to risk everything and seek redemption. Cartel Wives is a love story, an insider's look into a terrifying but high-flying modern-day drug empire and, finally, the story of a major federal government operation to bring down one of the most feared men in the world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Freeman's Power John Freeman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Publisher:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub Date:
18 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United States Paperback 288pp h210mm x w140mm 1 x 16pp colour plates ISBN13: 9781611854992 ISBN13: 978-1-61185-499-2 ISBN10: 1611854997 EAN: 9781611854992 x Description: From the voices of protesters to the encroachment of a new fascism, everywhere we look power is revealed. Spouse to spouse, soldier to citizen, looker to gazed upon, power is never static: it is either demonstrated or deployed. Its hoarding is itself a demonstration. This thought-provoking issue of the acclaimed literary annual Freeman's explores who gets to say what matters in a time of social upheaval. Many of the writers are women. Margaret Atwood posits it is time to update the gender of werewolf narratives. Aminatta Forna shatters the silences which supposedly ensured her safety as a woman of colour walking in public space. Power must often be seized. The narrator of Lan Samantha Chang's short story finally wrenches control of the family's finances from her husband only to make a fatal mistake. Meanwhile the hero of Tahmima Anam's story achieves freedom by selling bull semen. Australian novelist Josephine Rowe recalls a gallery attendee trying to take what was not offered when she worked as a life-drawing model. Violence often results from power imbalances - Booker Prize winner Ben Okri watches power stripped from the residents of Grenfell Tower by ferocious neglect. But not all power must wreak damage. Barry Lopez remembers fourteen glimpses of power, from the moment he hitched a ride on a cargo plan in Korea to the glare he received from a bear traveling with her cubs in the woods, asking - do you plan me harm? Featuring work from brand new writers Nicole Im, Jaime Cortez and Nimmi Gowrinathan, as well as from some of the world's best storytellers, including US poet laureate Tracy K. Smith, Franco-Moroccan writer Leila Slimani, and Turkish novelist Elif Shafak, Freeman's: Power escapes from the
headlines of today and burrows into the heart of the issue. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Ration Book Christmas Jean Fullerton (Author) Series:
The East End Ration Book series
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
11 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 432pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786491404 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-140-4 ISBN10: 1786491400 EAN: 9781786491404 x Description: In the darkest days of the Blitz, Christmas is more important than ever. With Christmas approaching, the Brogan family of London's East End are braving the horrors of the Blitz. With the men away fighting for King and Country and the ever-present dangers of the German Luftwaffe's nightly reign of death and destruction, the family must do all they can to keep a stiff upper lip. For Jo, the youngest of the Brogan sisters, the perils of war also offer a new-found freedom. Jo falls in love with Tommy, a man known for his dangerous reputation as much as his charm. But as the falling bombs devastate their neighbourhood and rationing begins to bite, will the Brogans manage to pull together a traditional family Christmas? And will Jo find the love and security she seeks in a time of such grave peril? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Cellist of Sarajevo Steven Galloway (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Jan 2009
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s14mm 173g ISBN13: 9781843547419 ISBN13: 978-1-84354-741-9 ISBN10: 1843547414 EAN: 9781843547419 x Description: 'A universal story, and a testimony to the struggle to find meaning, grace, and humanity, even amid the most unimaginable horrors.' Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner Snipers in the hills overlook the shattered streets of Sarajevo. Knowing that the next bullet could strike at any moment, the ordinary men and women below strive to go about their daily lives as best they can. Kenan faces the agonizing dilemma of crossing the city to get water for his family. Dragan, gripped by fear, does not know who among his friends he can trust. And Arrow, a young woman counter-sniper must push herself to the limits - of body and soul, fear and humanity. Told with immediacy, grace and harrowing emotional accuracy, The Cellist of Sarajevo shows how, when the everyday act of crossing the street can risk lives, the human spirit is revealed in all its fortitude - and frailty. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Primal Fat Burner: Going Beyond the Ketogenic Diet to Live Longer, Smarter and Healthier Nora T. Gedgaudas, CNS CNT (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
04 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s26mm 340g ISBN13: 9781760630812 ISBN13: 978-1-76063-081-2 ISBN10: 1760630810 EAN: 9781760630812 x Description: Popular nutritionist Nora Gedguadas returns with advice that may sound counterintuitive: eat fat to burn fat. In Primal Fat Burner she explains the benefits and science behind a ketogenic (or fat-burning) diet, which switches your metabolism from a dependence on sugar to running on healthy fats. As Gedgaudas reveals, numerous studies in recent years refute the long-promoted anti-saturated fat and anti-cholesterol agenda. Now Gedgaudas explains the science that fat isn't a 'no-no' but rather a 'yes-yes' - if you know the right kinds of fats to eat. In her accessible, enjoyable style, she also lays out a practical meal plan with recipes. When you follow a ketogenic diet, you consume fewer calories overall! Author of the bestselling Grain Brain, Dr. David Perlmutter writes in his foreword that Primal Fat Burner is 'wonderfully actionable, compassionately taking the reader from "why" to "how."' On this diet, you efficiently and effectively metabolise fat (ketones and free fatty acids) as your primary source of fuel, rather than glucose from carbs, starches and sugars. Because fat is so satisfying, you naturally wind up eating less - without feelings of hunger or deprivation. And natural dietary fat is ultimately key to optimum health and longevity. Gedgaudas communicates a real appreciation for and understanding of the central role that dietary fat plays in your body and brain, and explains how you can eat to feel better, look better, think clearer and live longer. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Good Doctor of Warsaw Elisabeth Gifford (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 258g ISBN13: 9781786492487 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-248-7 ISBN10: 1786492482 EAN: 9781786492487 x Description: 'You do not leave a sick child alone to face the dark and you do not leave a child at a time like this.' Warsaw, 1940. The Jewish ghetto is under the Nazis' brutal control. Hundreds of thousands of men, women and children slowly starve within the walls. But while all around is darkness, one man brings hope, caring for the ever-increasing number of destitute orphans in the face of unimaginable conditions. And, torn apart as the noose tightens around the ghetto, how will one young couple's love survive the terrible tests of wartime? Half a million people lived in the Warsaw ghetto. Less than one percent survived to tell their story. This novel is based on the true story of that young couple, and on the life of one of Poland's greatest men, Dr Janusz Korczak. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Nine Folds Make a Paper Swan Ruth Gilligan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Apr 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 250g ISBN13: 9781782398592 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-859-2 ISBN10: 1782398597 EAN: 9781782398592 x Description: Rich in plot and full of characters that have been neglected by Irish literature. - Guardian At the start of the twentieth century, a young girl and her family emigrate from the continent in search of a better life in America, only to pitch up in Ireland by mistake. In 1958, a mute boy locked away in a mental institution outside of Dublin forms an unlikely friendship with a man consumed by the story of the love he lost nearly two decades earlier. And in present-day London, an Irish journalist is forced to confront her conflicting notions of identity and family when her Jewish boyfriend asks her to make a true leap of faith. Spanning generations and braiding together three unforgettable voices, Nine Folds Make a Paper Swan shows us what it means to belong, and how storytelling can redeem us all. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Chalk Artist Allegra Goodman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
31 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 261g ISBN13: 9781786490902 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-090-2 ISBN10: 1786490900 EAN: 9781786490902 x Description: Collin is young, creative, and unhappy. A college dropout, he waits tables and spends his free time beautifying the streets of his hometown, with a box of chalk. Collin's art captivates passers-by with its vibrant colours and intricate lines - until the moment he wipes it all away. Nothing in Collin's life is meant to last. That is, until he meets Nina. The daughter of a mega-rich virtual-reality mogul, Nina is trying to give back as a high school teacher - but her students won't listen to her. When Collin enters her world, he inspires her to be a better version of herself. Nina wants to return the favour. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Forger's Tale: Confessions of the Bolton Forger Shaun Greenhalgh (Author) Waldemar Januszczak (Contributions by) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
03 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm x s27mm 385g 1 x 8pp colour plates ISBN13: 9781760295288 ISBN13: 978-1-76029-528-8 ISBN10: 1760295280 EAN: 9781760295288 x Description: The riveting account of how Britain's most prolific and versatile forger hoodwinked the art world. In 2007 Shaun Greenhalgh was sentenced to four years and eight months in prison for the crime of producing artistic forgeries. Working from a shed in his parents' garden, Greenhalgh could - and did - copy it all, from busts of American presidents to Da Vinci drawings, Anglo-Saxon brooches to L.S
Lowry paintings, and even a pharaoh's head carved in lapis lazuli using a mini drill bought from Argos. Written in prison, A Forger's Tale details Shaun's notorious career, which fooled institutes including the British Museum, shocked the art world and tantalised the media. Told with great wit and charm, this is the definitive account of Britain's most successful and infamous forger, a man whose love for art saturates every page of this extraordinary memoir. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Knowledge Martha Grimes (Author) Series:
The Richard Jury Mysteries
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Publisher:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub Date:
02 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United States Paperback 368pp h230mm x w160mm x s27mm 490g ISBN13: 9781611855029 ISBN13: 978-1-61185-502-9 ISBN10: 1611855020 EAN: 9781611855029 x Description: 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 gallery-cum-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. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Mother's Choice Elle Halliwell (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
24 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Paperback 304pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781760632779 ISBN13: 978-1-76063-277-9 ISBN10: 1760632775 EAN: 9781760632779 x Description: On May 1st 2016 Elle Halliwell, an Australian fashion editor, was diagnosed with leukaemia. Two weeks later just as she was telling friends and family about the grim diagnosis she found out she was 4 weeks pregnant with her first child. She was faced with an impossible choice: either terminate her unborn baby and begin the treatment that gave her the best chance of survival, or continue with the pregnancy and delay effective intervention for her cancer, a course that could lead to her death. Elle chose her baby over herself, a mother's choice. Her memoir details her illness, her pregnancy, and against all the odds, the ultimate triumph of giving birth to her son in December 2016. Almost a year later she is still on the road to recovery but has discovered a new passion for nutrition and healthy living. Her journey remains hard but the trials of the last year and a half have made her more determined than ever to live well and regain her health for the sake of her family and her son. A Mother's Choice is compelling, moving and inspiring. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Why We Get the Wrong Politicians Isabel Hardman (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 336pp h234mm x w156mm Plate section TBC ISBN13: 9781782399735 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-973-5 ISBN10: 1782399739 EAN: 9781782399735 x Description: Politicians are consistently voted the least trusted professional group by the UK public. They've recently become embroiled in scandals concerning sexual harassment and expenses. 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 tries to square this circle. She lifts the lid on the strange world of Westminster and asks why we end up with representatives with whom we are so unhappy. Filled with forensic analysis and revealing reportage, this landmark and accessible book is a must read for anyone who wants to see a future with better government. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sloths!: A Celebration of the World's Most Maligned Mammal William Hartston (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
18 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 208pp h216mm x w138mm 3x8pp colour plates ISBN13: 9781786494221 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-422-1 ISBN10: 1786494221 EAN: 9781786494221 x Description: A wonderfully entertaining celebration of that most unique of creatures: the sloth. In public estimation and scientific investigations, sloths have undergone an astonishing transformation in the course of the past few years. Thanks largely to YouTube clips posted by the sloth orphanage in Costa Rica, sloths have attracted a vast audience of admirers. Instead of seeing them as ridiculous anachronisms of which we know little, they have turned into creatures considered by many to be the most endearing on earth. Over much the same period, scientific investigations have also changed our view of sloths. No longer are they seen as total misfits in the modern world but, in the words of one specialist sloth investigator, they are 'masters of the alternative lifestyle'. While giving plenty of opportunity with its illustrations for the sloth-lovers among us to enjoy their smiles and apparent vulnerability, this book will also cover the fascinating history of the sloths, from the prehistoric Ground Sloth to modern pygmy sloths in Panama, the current state of the science of sloths and will reveal the truth behind sloth behaviour. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Running - A Love Story: How an Overweight Radio DJ Got Hooked on Running Marathons Dom Harvey (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
26 Jul 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: New Zealand Paperback 288pp h233mm x w154mm x s22mm 390g 1 x 8pp colour plates ISBN13: 9781877505829 ISBN13: 978-1-877505-82-9 ISBN10: 187750582X EAN: 9781877505829 x Description: Dom Harvey is a hugely popular radio DJ. He's known for his funny gags, and has been described as a shock-jock. So it might come as a surprise to find out that Dom is also seriously into running - marathon running. In fact, he loves it. This book is a love story about running, and about marathons especially. What got Dom into marathons? How did running save his life? And why, despite being an old fart, is he now trying to run even faster than ever before? Dom is just a regular guy who drank too much alcohol and ate too much shitty food, then fell in love with running and turned his life around (and became a bit of a running nerd along the way). _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Animal's Companion: People and their Pets, a 26,000-Year-Old Love Story Jacky Colliss Harvey (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
04 Apr 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: Australia Hardback 256pp h234mm x w156mm 2 x 8pp colour plates ISBN13: 9781760295783 ISBN13: 978-1-76029-578-3 ISBN10: 1760295787 EAN: 9781760295783 x Description: The earliest evidence of a human and a pet can be traced as far back as 26,000 BC in France where a boy and his 'canid' took a walk through a cave. Their foot and paw prints were preserved together on the muddy cave floor, and smoke from the torch the boy carried was left on the walls, allowing archaeologists to carbon-date their journey. And so, the story unfolds, from these prehistoric days all the way up to the present, of humans' innate and undeniable need to live in the close company of animals. In The Animal's Companion, acclaimed social anthropologist and author of Red: A History of the Redhead, Jacky Colliss Harvey turns her keen eye for cultural investigation and compelling storytelling skills to the history of animals as our companions in the everyday and in adversity. She explores the development of our interest in breeding and accessorising our pets; the connection, in the early nineteenth century, of animals and childhood (from Black Beauty to Lassie); our desire to mourn our pets and send them to the afterlife; and the when, how, and why all of these attitudes have developed over time. Along the way Colliss Harvey regales us with wonderful stories of famous, endearing, and sometimes eccentric pet owners throughout history. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Lost War Horses of Cairo: The Passion of Dorothy Brooke Grant Hayter -Menzies (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
27 Feb 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Hardback 224pp h240mm x w162mm x s22mm 520g 1 x 16pp b&w photos ISBN13: 9781760631420 ISBN13: 978-1-76063-142-0 ISBN10: 1760631426 EAN: 9781760631420 x Description: In 1930 wealthy Scottish socialite Dorothy Brooke followed her new husband to Cairo, where she discovered thousands of suffering former British war horses leading lives of toil and misery. Brought to the Middle East by British forces during the Great War, these ex-cavalry horses had been left behind at the war's end, abandoned as used equipment too costly to send home. Grant Hayter-Menzies chronicles not only the lives and eventual rescue of these noble creatures, who after years of deprivation and suffering found respite in the Old War Horse Memorial Hospital established by Dorothy, but also the story of the challenges of founding and maintaining an animal-rescue institution on this scale. The legacy of the Old War Horse Memorial Hospital and its founder endures today in the dozens of international Brooke animal-welfare facilities dedicated to improving the lives of working horses, donkeys and mules across Africa, Asia and Latin America. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Lost War Horses of Cairo: The Passion of Dorothy Brooke Grant Hayter -Menzies (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: Australia Paperback 224pp h198mm x w129mm 1 x 16pp b&w photos ISBN13: 9781760631444 ISBN13: 978-1-76063-144-4 ISBN10: 1760631442 EAN: 9781760631444 x Description: In 1930 wealthy Scottish socialite Dorothy Brooke followed her new husband to Cairo, where she discovered thousands of suffering former British war horses leading lives of toil and misery. Brought to the Middle East by British forces during the Great War, these ex-cavalry horses had been left behind at the war's end, abandoned as used equipment too costly to send home. Grant Hayter-Menzies chronicles not only the lives and eventual rescue of these noble creatures, who after years of deprivation and suffering found respite in the Old War Horse Memorial Hospital established by Dorothy, but also the story of the challenges of founding and maintaining an animal-rescue institution on this scale. The legacy of the Old War Horse Memorial Hospital and its founder endures today in the dozens of international Brooke animal-welfare facilities dedicated to improving the lives of working horses, donkeys and mules across Africa, Asia and Latin America. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Mothers' Group Fiona Higgins (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
25 Mar 2013
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Paperback 416pp h197mm x w128mm x s28mm 370g ISBN13: 9781743314081 ISBN13: 978-1-74331-408-1 ISBN10: 1743314086 EAN: 9781743314081 x Description: All those things no one ever tells you about motherhood. It's like secret mothers' business. Lots of my friends had babies before me, but not one of them ever told me it would be this hard. It's like a code of silence. The Mothers' Group tells the story of six very different women who agree to regularly meet soon after the births of their babies. Set during the first crucial year of their babies' lives, The Mothers' Group tracks the women's individual journeys - and the group's collective one - as they navigate birth and motherhood as well as the shifting ground of their relationships with their partners. Each woman strives in her own way to become the mother she wants to be, and finds herself becoming increasingly reliant on the friendship and support of the members of the mothers' group. Until one day an unthinkably shocking event changes everything, testing their bonds and revealing closely-held secrets that threaten to shatter their lives. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Jar of Hearts Jennifer Hillier (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
25 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 320pp h234mm x w153mm x s22mm 436g ISBN13: 9781786495143 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-514-3 ISBN10: 1786495147 EAN: 9781786495143 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... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Blowfish's Oceanopedia: 291 Extraordinary Things You Didn't Know About the Sea Tom 'The Blowfish' Hird (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786492425 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-242-5 ISBN10: 1786492423 EAN: 9781786492425 x Description: A New Scientist Gift Pick 2017 From luminous squid to invisible plankton, from sandy shorelines to the bone-crushing pressure of the deep, marine conservationist Tom "The Blowfish" Hird takes us on an incredible journey revealing what lurks beneath the waves. A treasure chest of fascinating facts, full-colour photos and vintage line drawings, Blowfish's Oceanopedia is a stunningly beautiful guide to all we know about our oceans and the weird and wonderful creatures that inhabit them. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Devil's Half Mile Paddy Hirsch (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h240mm x w162mm x s29mm 544g ISBN13: 9781786493507 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-350-7 ISBN10: 1786493500 EAN: 9781786493507 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, lawyer, soldier, policeman, has returned to his native city, bloodied and battered after fighting in the Irish Rebellion against the English. Determined to hunt down the man who murdered his father, his inquiries lead him to Wall Street and the fledgling stock market there. But as his investigations into the past move ahead, the horrific murders of young slave women in the present start to occupy his time. Convinced that there is a link between his father's murder, the deaths of the young women, and a massive fraud that nearly destroyed New York's economy, Justy can trust no one. As the conspiracy deepens, it becomes clear that those involved will stop at nothing to keep their secrets. Justy is forced to choose: will he betray his father's memory, compromise his integrity, and risk the lives of his closest friends, to get to the bottom of a tale so dangerous, it could change the landscape of America forever? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Devil's Half Mile: A sweeping historical crime novel for fans of Golden Hill and Hamilton the Musical Paddy Hirsch (Author) Series:
Edition:
Export/Airside
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781786493514 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-351-4 ISBN10: 1786493519 EAN: 9781786493514 x Description: New York, 1799. Justy Flanagan returns to his native city having spent five years in Ireland fighting in the rebellion against the English. Bloodied and battered, Justy is no stranger to violence. Now he must use all his skills to uncover the truth behind his father's murder, but while he looks so intently at the past, it is the future that threatens to trip him up... Terrible rumours swirl in the dark underbelly of the nascent city; a young woman is murdered, a massive fraud threatens to destroy America's economy, and the labyrinthine streets of New York hold danger at every turn. As the conspiracy deepens, it becomes clear that those involved will stop at nothing to keep their secrets. Justy is forced to choose: will he betray his father's memory, compromise his integrity, and risk the lives of his closest friends, all in the name of justice? And is he willing to expose a plot that could change the balance of the New World forever? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
God Is Not Great Christopher Hitchens (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Mar 2008
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm x s19mm 215g ISBN13: 9781843545743 ISBN13: 978-1-84354-574-3 ISBN10: 1843545748 EAN: 9781843545743 x Description: God Is Not Great is the ultimate case against religion. In a series of acute readings of the major religious texts, Christopher Hitchens demonstrates the ways in which religion is man-made, dangerously sexually repressive and distorts the very origins of the cosmos. Above all, Hitchens argues that the concept of an omniscient God has profoundly damaged humanity, and proposes that the world might be a great deal better off without 'him'. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Every Man a Menace Patrick Hoffman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Publisher:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub Date:
01 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 216g ISBN13: 9781611855333 ISBN13: 978-1-61185-533-3 ISBN10: 1611855330 EAN: 9781611855333 x Description: Patrick Hoffman burst onto the crime fiction scene with The White Van, a captivating thriller set in the back streets of San Francisco, which was named a Wall Street Journal best mystery of the year and was shortlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award. Hoffman returns with Every Man a Menace, the inside story of an increasingly ruthless ecstasy-smuggling ring.
San Francisco is about to receive the biggest delivery of MDMA to hit the West Coast in years. Raymond Gaspar, just out of prison, is sent to the city by his boss - still locked up on the inside - to check in on the increasingly erratic dealer expected to take care of distribution. In Miami, meanwhile, the man responsible for shipping the drugs from Southeast Asia to the Bay Area has just met the girl of his dreams - a woman who can't seem to keep her story straight. And thousands of miles away, in Bangkok, someone farther up the supply chain, a former conscript of the Israeli army, is about to make a phonecall that will put all their lives at risk. Stretching from the Golden Triangle of Southeast Asia to the Golden Gate of San Francisco, Every Man a Menace offers an unflinching account of the making, moving and selling of the drug known as Molly - pure happiness sold by the brick, brought to market by bloodshed and betrayal. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 336pp h240mm x w163mm x s29mm 675g ISBN13: 9781786490599 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-059-9 ISBN10: 1786490595 EAN: 9781786490599 x Description: 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. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Cafe de Move-on Blues: In Search of the New South Africa Christopher Hope (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
26 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781786495235 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-523-5 ISBN10: 1786495236 EAN: 9781786495235 x Description: In White Boy Running, Christopher Hope explored what it looked and felt like to grow up in a country gripped by an 'absurd, racist insanity'. Now comes Cafe de Move-on Blues, Hope's contemplation of the situation white South Africans find themselves in today, post-Apartheid. Emigration is accelerating at a rate never seen before, diasporas are spreading from Winnipeg to Wimbledon, and the spectre of neighbouring Zimbabwe looms large as violence spreads. As one by one, the old imperial idols, from Cecil Rhodes to Paul Kruger, are pulled from their pedestals, Hope ponders the question: 'Who is next?' In this intimate and powerful portrait of race, politics and people in South Africa today, Hope, yet again, uses his mesmerising prose to get to the heart of the issue, and to reveal what can be done to stem the flow of whites leaving the rainbow nation. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Distress Signals: An Incredibly Gripping Psychological Thriller with a Twist You Won't See Coming Catherine Ryan Howard (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Jan 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 258g ISBN13: 9781782398400 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-840-0 ISBN10: 1782398406 EAN: 9781782398400 x Description: AN IRISH TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER ONE OF AMAZON UK'S 'RISING STAR' BEST DEBUTS OF 2016 WINNER: BEST MYSTERY, INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARDS 2017 USA SHORTLISTED FOR BOOKS ARE MY BAG IBA CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA JOHN CREASEY NEW BLOOD DAGGER 2017 Did she leave, or was she taken? The day Adam Dunne's girlfriend, Sarah, fails to return from a Barcelona business trip, his perfect life begins to fall apart. Days later, the arrival of her passport and a note that reads 'I'm sorry - S' sets off real alarm bells. He vows to do whatever it takes to find her. Adam is puzzled when he connects Sarah to a cruise ship called the Celebrate - and to a woman, Estelle, who disappeared from the same ship in eerily similar circumstances almost exactly a year before. To get the answers, Adam must confront some difficult truths about his relationship with Sarah. He must do things of which he never thought himself capable. And he must try to outwit a predator who seems to have found the perfect hunting ground... Distress Signals is a highly confident and accomplished debut novel, impeccably sustained, with not a false note. The exploration of the often murky backstage workings of the luxury liner world is fascinating, and there is a psychologically acute portrait of a killer that is genuinely moving. We will hear a great deal more of this author. - Irish Times _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Island Nurses: Stories of Birth, Life and Death on Remote Great Barrier Island Leonie Howie (Author) Adele Robertson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
26 Apr 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: New Zealand Paperback 256pp h240mm x w155mm x s28mm 562g 1 x 8pp colour photos ISBN13: 9781877505843 ISBN13: 978-1-877505-84-3 ISBN10: 1877505846 EAN: 9781877505843 x Description: Leonie Howie and Adele Robertson live and work on remote Great Barrier Island - so called because it faces the full brunt of the wild Pacific weather and acts as a barrier for the mainland about 100 kilometres away. With a population of about 1000, no reticulated electricity, no ATM machine, no street lights and one pub, this is a wildly beautiful place. It has a long history of farming, whaling and fishing, and the people who live here are a resilient lot, proud of their community. Midwifery and nursing on a remote island bring a wide range of dramas and emergencies, and here Adele and Leonie share the islanders' stories sometimes tragic, sometimes happy, sometimes funny - from over 30 years of challenging yet uplifting work. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I'm a Joke and So Are You: A Comedian's Take on What Makes Us Human Robin Ince (Author) Stewart Lee (Contributions by) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 288pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781786492586 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-258-6 ISBN10: 178649258X EAN: 9781786492586 x Description: As a connoisseur of comedy, Robin Ince has spent decades mining our eccentricities to create gags - and watching other strange individuals do the same. And for years on The Infinite Monkey Cage he has sought - sometimes in vain - to understand the world around us. In this book, he unites these pursuits to examine the human condition through the prism of humour. Why do we make the choices we do in life? Where does anxiety come from? Where does imagination come from? Why are we like we are? Do our parents f*&k us up? Informed by personal insights from his own life as well as interviews with a bevy of A-list comedians, neuroscientists, psychologists and doctors - this is a hilarious and often moving primer to the mind. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Human Network: The Science Behind our Hidden Positions in Life Matthew O. Jackson (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Feb 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h225mm x w147mm 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 own 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. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Memento Mori: What the Romans Can Tell Us About Old Age and Death Peter Jones (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Nov 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 224pp h216mm x w138mm ISBN13: 9781786494801 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-480-1 ISBN10: 1786494809 EAN: 9781786494801
x Description: 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 are mortal') shows how the Romans faced up to this world and attempted to take the sting out of death. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Before Her Eyes Jack Jordan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
16 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781786494467 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-446-7 ISBN10: 1786494469 EAN: 9781786494467 x Description: She can't see the killer But the killer can see her... Naomi Hannah has been blind since birth. Struggling with living in the small, claustrophobic town of Balkerne Heights, Naomi contemplates ending her life. But before she can, Naomi stumbles across the body of a young woman who has been brutally murdered. She senses someone else there at the scene - watching her. Naomi may not be able to see the killer's face, but she is still the only person who can identify him. For Naomi, this frightening truth changes everything: she realises that she wants to live, at the very point at which her life is in greatest peril. As the police begin hunting the person responsible and the bodies pile up, Naomi must lie in wait and answer the question that hangs her fate in the balance: why did the killer let her live? In a town this small, the murderer must be close, perhaps even before her very eyes... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Baby Bible Bec Judd (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
24 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Paperback 304pp h230mm x w170mm Illustrated throughout ISBN13: 9781760631307 ISBN13: 978-1-76063-130-7 ISBN10: 1760631302 EAN: 9781760631307 x Description: What you're not expecting, when you're expecting ... Bec Judd has been pregnant quite a lot: three pregnancies, three deliveries and four gorgeous newborn babies. From carrying a baby, delivering it, feeding it and raising it, Bec has experienced almost everything motherhood can throw at you and she wants to share the secrets and stories that she has learned along the way. Not to mention all those things about pregnancy, birth and motherhood that often come as a complete surprise. Join Bec and her dream team of experts (an obstetrician, a midwife, an ultrasound specialist, a women's health physio and a paediatric sleep specialist) as they take you month by month through your pregnancy. They will share their insider advice on the best ways to eat for two (or three!), stay in shape and get you and your baby sleeping well. This gorgeous, comprehensive handbook contains a wealth of honest, practical and sometimes hilarious advice to prepare you and your baby for life after birth. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
When I Hit You Meena Kandasamy (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 272pp h198mm x w129mm x s19mm 254g ISBN13: 9781786491282 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-128-2 ISBN10: 1786491281 EAN: 9781786491282 x Description: SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018 LONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2018 SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2018 A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Courageous and brave and disturbing and will stay with you for a long time' -- Stylist Caught in the hook of love, a young woman marries a dashing university professor. She moves to a rain-washed coastal town to be with him, but behind closed doors she discovers that her perfect husband is a perfect monster. As he sets about battering her into obedience and as her family pressures her to stay in the marriage, she swears to fight back - a resistance that will either kill her or set her free. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Road to Sparta: Reliving the Epic Run that Inspired the World's Greatest Foot Race Dean Karnazes (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
04 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 283g integrated b&w ISBN13: 9781760295325 ISBN13: 978-1-76029-532-5 ISBN10: 1760295329 EAN: 9781760295325 x Description: In 490 BCE Pheidippides ran for 36 hours straight from Athens to Sparta to seek help in defending Athens from a Persian invasion. He was hailed as a hero and his run stands enduringly as one of greatest physical accomplishments in history. Dean Karnazes honours this achievement and his own Greek heritage by attempting this ancient journey in modern times. His account of running the gruelling Spartathlon, fuelled only by the figs, olives and meats available to Pheidippides, will captivate even the most sedentary readers. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
My Mother's Secret Sanjida Kay (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 368pp h234mm x w158mm x s27mm 485g ISBN13: 9781786492524 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-252-4 ISBN10: 1786492520 EAN: 9781786492524
x Description: 'A gripping page-turner - the twists kept coming!' Catherine Ryan Howard You can only hide for so long... Lizzie Bradshaw. A student from the Lake District, forced to work away from home, who witnesses a terrible crime. But who will ultimately pay the price? Emma Taylor. A mother, a wife, and a woman with a dangerous secret. Can she keep her beloved family safely together? Stella Taylor. A disaffected teenager, determined to discover what her mother is hiding. But how far will she go to uncover the truth? And one man, powerful, manipulative and cunning, who controls all their destinies. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
My Mother's Secret Sanjida Kay (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786492548 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-254-8 ISBN10: 1786492547 EAN: 9781786492548 x Description: 'A gripping page-turner - the twists kept coming!' Catherine Ryan Howard You can only hide for so long... Lizzie Bradshaw. A student from the Lake District, forced to work away from home, who witnesses a terrible crime. But who will ultimately pay the price? Emma Taylor. A mother, a wife, and a woman with a dangerous secret. Can she keep her beloved family safely together? Stella Taylor. A disaffected teenager, determined to discover what her mother is hiding. But how far will she go to uncover the truth? And one man, powerful, manipulative and cunning, who controls all their destinies... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How to Fix the Future: Staying Human in the Digital Age Andrew Keen (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 368pp h240mm x w165mm x s32mm 700g ISBN13: 9781786491640 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-164-0 ISBN10: 1786491648 EAN: 9781786491640 x Description: Internet entrepreneur Andrew Keen was among the earliest to write about the dangers that the Internet poses to our culture and society. His 2007 book The Cult of the Amateur was critical in helping advance the conversation around the Internet, which has now morphed from a tool providing efficiencies and opportunities for consumers and business to a force that is profoundly reshaping our societies and our world. In his new book, How to Fix the Future, Keen focuses on what we can do about this seemingly intractable situation. Looking to the past to learn how we might change our future, he describes how societies tamed the excesses of the Industrial Revolution, which, like its digital counterpart, demolished long-standing models of living, ruined harmonious environments and altered the business world beyond recognition.
Travelling across the globe, from India to Estonia, Germany to Singapore, he investigates the best (and worst) practices in five key areas - regulation, innovation, social responsibility, consumer choice and education - and concludes by examining whether we are seeing the beginning of the end of the America-centric digital world. Powerful, urgent and deeply engaging, How to Fix the Future vividly depicts what we must do if we are to try to preserve human values in an increasingly digital world and what steps we might take as societies and individuals to make the future something we can again look forward to. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How to Fix the Future: Staying Human in the Digital Age Andrew Keen (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786491688 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-168-8 ISBN10: 1786491680 EAN: 9781786491688 x Description: In his bestselling books The Cult of the Amateur and The Internet is not the Answer, Andrew Keen exposed the cultural and social dangers posed by internet technology. What was once seen as a tool for connecting people and providing opportunities is now recognised as a force that is profoundly reshaping our world. In How to Fix the Future, Andrew Keen sets out a compelling manifesto for improving how we live in the digital age. Taking lessons from the worldchanging events of the Industrial Revolution, he travels around the globe, from India to Estonia, Germany to Singapore, investigating the best and worst practices in regulation, innovation, social responsibility, consumer choice and education - and shows what we can do to preserve human values in an increasingly digital world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Adapt: How We Can Learn from Nature's Strangest Inventions Amina Khan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 352pp h199mm x w128mm x s26mm 330g ISBN13: 9781786492296 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-229-6 ISBN10: 1786492296 EAN: 9781786492296 x Description: How can sea cucumbers, geckos and termites help us cure diseases, camouflage soldiers and even keep our buildings cool? Nature's creations are more sophisticated and elegant than anything humans have created. Adapt explores how we can harness such ideas through the groundbreaking new science of biomimicry - which looks to nature to solve pressing problems in engineering and science. From the depths of the oceans to the ice sheets of the Arctic, Amina Khan talks to the researchers at the forefront of this exciting new science, who are designing everything from wind turbines to military camouflage. Adapt draws the line from nature to modernity. Khan leaves no stone unturned... Readers will leave this book with a buzzing excitement. - BBC Wildlife _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Up Until Now: A memoir Petrea King (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
23 Aug 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Paperback 368pp h234mm x w153mm 16pp colour plates ISBN13: 9781760297336 ISBN13: 978-1-76029-733-6 ISBN10: 176029733X EAN: 9781760297336 x Description: As a child Petrea King was dogged by health issues, spending months in hospital over many years. After leaving school, her desire to help others impelled her to become a nurse, then later to qualify as a naturopath, herbalist, homoeopath, yoga instructor and meditation teacher. In her early thirties Petrea was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia and given little chance of surviving. She defied her dire prognosis, and believes meditation and coming to terms with past traumas, including the suicide of her brother Brenden, were key to her recovery. Motivated by her own experiences, Petrea founded the Quest for Life Foundation to support people suffering devastating physical and mental illnesses. Up Until Now is her inspirational tale of how she overcame her own challenges to dedicate her life to others. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Courage To Be Disliked: How to free yourself, change your life and achieve real happiness Ichiro Kishimi (Author) Fumitake Koga (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
04 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Hardback 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 368g ISBN13: 9781760630720 ISBN13: 978-1-76063-072-0 ISBN10: 1760630721 EAN: 9781760630720 x Description: The Japanese phenomenon that teaches us the simple yet profound lessons required to liberate our real selves and find lasting happiness. The Courage to be Disliked shows you how to unlock the power within yourself to become your best and truest self, change your future and find lasting happiness. Using the theories of Alfred Adler, one of the three giants of 19th century psychology alongside Freud and Jung, the authors explain how we are all free to determine our own future free of the shackles of past experiences, doubts and the expectations of others. It's a philosophy that's profoundly liberating, allowing us to develop the courage to change, and to ignore the limitations that we and those around us can place on ourselves. The result is a book that is both highly accessible and profound in its importance. Millions have already read and benefited from its wisdom. Now that The Courage to be Disliked has been published for the first time in English, so can you. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Rome: A History in Seven Sackings Matthew Kneale (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
19 Oct 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 464pp h245mm x w165mm x s45mm 860g 2x8 col plates ISBN13: 9781786492333 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-233-3 ISBN10: 1786492334 EAN: 9781786492333
x Description: Daily Telegraph's Best History Books of 2017 Sunday Times' Best History Books of 2017 Nominated for the 2017 Pen Hessell-Tiltman A sweeping history of the city of Rome, seen through the eyes of its most significant sackings, from the Gauls to the Nazis and everything in between. No city on earth has preserved its past as Rome has. Visitors can cross bridges that were crossed by Cicero and Julius Caesar, explore temples visited by Roman emperors, and step into churches that have hardly changed since popes celebrated mass in them sixteen centuries ago. These architectural survivals are all the more remarkable considering the many disasters that have struck the city. Rome has been afflicted by earthquakes, floods, fires and plagues, but most of all it has been repeatedly ravaged by roving armies. From the Gauls to the Nazis, Matthew Kneale tells the stories behind the seven most important of these attacks and reveals, with fascinating insight, how they transformed the city - and not always for the worse. Using this entirely new approach to Rome's past he unveils how it became the city it is today. A meticulously researched, magical blend of travelogue, social and cultural history, Rome: A History in Seven Sackings is a celebration of the fierce courage, panache and vitality of the Roman people. Most of all, it is a passionate love letter to this incomparable city. 'A masterpiece of pacing and suspense' Sunday Times 'Fascinating... A delight' The Times 'Book of the Week' _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Rome: A History in Seven Sackings Matthew Kneale (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 416pp h198mm x w129mm 2x8 col plates, integrated images ISBN13: 9781786492364 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-236-4 ISBN10: 1786492369 EAN: 9781786492364 x Description: Nominated for the 2017 Pen Hessell-Tiltman Daily Telegraph's Best History Books of 2017 Sunday Times' Best History Books of 2017 A sweeping history of the city of Rome, seen through the eyes of its most significant sackings, from the Gauls to the Nazis and everything in between. No city on earth has preserved its past as Rome has. Visitors can cross bridges that were crossed by Julius Caesar and explore temples visited by Roman emperors. These architectural survivals are all the more remarkable considering the city has been repeatedly ravaged by roving armies. From the Gauls to the Nazis, Matthew Kneale tells the stories behind the seven most important of these attacks and reveals, with fascinating insight, how they transformed the city - and not always for the worse. A meticulously researched, magical blend of travelogue, social and cultural history, Rome: A History in Seven Sackings is a celebration of the fierce courage, panache and vitality of the Roman people. Most of all, it is a passionate love letter to this incomparable city. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sweet Thames Matthew Kneale (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 239g ISBN13: 9781786496409 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-640-9 ISBN10: 1786496402 EAN: 9781786496409 x Description: In the summer of 1849, cholera threatens the city and the people of London. The authorities send millions of gallons of sewage cascading into the Thames - for many Londoners the only source of drinking water. Joshua Jeavons, a young and idealistic engineer, embarks on an obsessive quest to find the cause of the epidemic. As he labours in a fog of incomprehension, his domestic life is troubled by the baffling coldness of his beautiful bride, Isobella. But when she suddenly disappears, his desperate search for her takes him to a netherworld of slum-dwellers, pickpockets and scavengers of subterranean London. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Strayapedia Dominic Knight (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
22 Nov 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Paperback 240pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781760296070 ISBN13: 978-1-76029-607-0 ISBN10: 1760296074 EAN: 9781760296070 x Description: Patriotically basted in the goon trough of Australian values, this book is as fundamentally Strayan as bowling your final over underarm, not asking awkward questions about what's in your meat pie, and naming a swimming pool after Harold Holt. Conveniently omitting all areas not relating to Australia, Strayapedia provides definitive alternative facts about Tony Abbott, AC/DC, Canberra, Kylie Minogue, the Hills hoist, Bob Hawke, Hey Hey It's Saturday, Ned Kelly, koalas, Akubras and Shane Warne - among many other certified dinky-di topics. If you want to pass a citizenship test, or win a trivia night hosted by Cory Bernardi, Strayapedia is as valuable as a tiny apartment in Sydney. What they said about Strayapedia* *These quotes are as factual as the rest of this book. 'Sorry, I cannot recall reading it.' Cardinal George Pell 'This is a disgusting, defamatory book which unfortunately doesn't mention me.' Rebel Wilson 'I wanted to endorse Strayapedia, but my backbench thought otherwise.' Malcolm Turnbull 'Buy this book, unless CBS buys it first.' Lachlan Murdoch _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Dinner Herman Koch (Author) (Author) Sam Garrett (Translator) (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 311g ISBN13: 9781786495020 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-502-0 ISBN10: 1786495023 EAN: 9781786495020 x Description: I felt the same cold that I had felt earlier that evening in my son's room, the cold that came from inside. Beside the homeless person's head, Rick's face appeared. My nephew grinned at the camera. 'Take one,' he said. 'Action!' An evening in Amsterdam and two couples meet for dinner to discuss their teenage sons. The boys have committed a horrifying crime, caught on CCTV, but so far they remain unidentified - except by their parents. Over the polite hum of restaurant conversation and the squeal of cutlery on plates, the couples have a question to answer: how far will they go to protect their children? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Trenton Makes Tadzio Koelb (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 224pp h223mm x w145mm x s20mm 355g ISBN13: 9781786494061 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-406-1 ISBN10: 178649406X EAN: 9781786494061 x Description: Sharp, glittering and murderous, Trenton Makes is a stiletto knife of a novel about a man running away from his past, and the disturbing things he'll do to protect his future... 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. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mischling Affinity Konar (Author) Series:
Edition:
Open Market Edition
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Oct 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s23mm 265g ISBN13: 9781786494030 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-403-0 ISBN10: 1786494035 EAN: 9781786494030 x Description: It's 1944 when the twin sisters arrive at Auschwitz with their mother and grandfather. In their benighted new world, Pearl and Stasha Zagorski take refuge in their identical natures, comforting themselves with the private language and shared games of their childhood. As part of the experimental population of twins known as Mengele's Zoo, the girls experience privileges and horrors unknown to others, and they find themselves
changed, stripped of the personalities they once shared, their identities altered by the burdens of guilt and pain. That winter, at a concert orchestrated by Mengele, Pearl disappears. Stasha grieves for her twin, but clings to the possibility that Pearl remains alive. When the camp is liberated by the Red Army, she and her companion Feliks - a boy bent on vengeance for his own lost twin - travel through Poland's devastation. Undeterred by injury, starvation, or the chaos around them, motivated by equal parts danger and hope, they encounter hostile villagers, Jewish resistance fighters, and fellow refugees, their quest enabled by the notion that Mengele may be captured and brought to justice within the ruins of the Warsaw Zoo. As the young survivors discover what has become of the world, they must try to imagine a future within it. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dubai: The Story of the World's Fastest City Jim Krane (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
03 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786491954 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-195-4 ISBN10: 1786491958 EAN: 9781786491954 x Description: Today, Dubai is a city of shimmering skyscrapers attracting thousands of tourists every year. Yet just sixty years ago Dubai's population scraped a living by picking dates, diving for pearls, or sailing in wooden dhows to trade with Iran and India. Dubai is everything the rest of the Arab world is not. Until recently it was the fastest-growing city in the world, with an economy whose growth outpaced China's while luring more tourists than all of India. The city has become a metaphor for the lush life, where the wealthy mingle in gilded splendour and luxury cars fill the streets, yet it is also beset by a backwash of bad design, environmental degradation and controversial labour practices. Dubai tells its unique story. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Life to Come Michelle de Kretser (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
04 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Hardback 384pp h240mm x w160mm x s35mm 665g ISBN13: 9781760296704 ISBN13: 978-1-76029-670-4 ISBN10: 1760296708 EAN: 9781760296704 x Description: Michelle de Kretser's fifth novel is both a delicious satire on the way we live now and a deeply moving examination of the true nature of friendship. Pippa is a writer who longs for success. Celeste tries to convince herself that her feelings for her married lover are reciprocated. Ash makes strategic use of his childhood in Sri Lanka but blots out the memory of a tragedy from that time. Driven by riveting stories and unforgettable characters, here is a dazzling meditation on intimacy, loneliness and our flawed perception of other people. Profoundly moving as well as bitingly funny, The Life to Come reveals how the shadows cast by both the past and the future can transform, distort and undo the present. Travelling from Sydney to Paris and Sri Lanka, this mesmerising novel feels at once firmly classic and exhilaratingly contemporary. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Life to Come Michelle de Kretser (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
02 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: Australia Paperback 384pp h200mm x w130mm x s40mm 62g ISBN13: 9781760296711 ISBN13: 978-1-76029-671-1 ISBN10: 1760296716 EAN: 9781760296711 x Description: Michelle de Kretser's fifth novel is both a delicious satire on the way we live now and a deeply moving examination of the true nature of friendship. Pippa is a writer who longs for success. Celeste tries to convince herself that her feelings for her married lover are reciprocated. Ash makes strategic use of his childhood in Sri Lanka but blots out the memory of a tragedy from that time. Driven by riveting stories and unforgettable characters, here is a dazzling meditation on intimacy, loneliness and our flawed perception of other people. Profoundly moving as well as bitingly funny, The Life to Come reveals how the shadows cast by both the past and the future can transform, distort and undo the present. Travelling from Sydney to Paris and Sri Lanka, this mesmerising novel feels at once firmly classic and exhilaratingly contemporary. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Top Dog Jens Lapidus (Author) Series:
Dark Stockholm
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Nov 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 496pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786491794 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-179-4 ISBN10: 1786491796 EAN: 9781786491794 x Description: For decades, a secret network in Stockholm has been exploiting young girls, ruthlessly eliminating anyone who threatens to reveal their secret. As oddly paired duo Teddy and Emelie - the thug and the lawyer - investigate, the terrifying noose tightens. The police force has established a special team to find out just who's involved in the network, but can't seem to get close enough. And who is it that's trying to silence Teddy and Emelie, using any means necessary? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Lily of the Field John Lawton (Author) (Author) Series:
Inspector Troy
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Publisher:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub Date:
12 Apr 2012
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s24mm 274g ISBN13: 9781611855913 ISBN13: 978-1-61185-591-3 ISBN10: 1611855918 EAN: 9781611855913 x Description: Written by 'a sublimely elegant historical novelist as addictive as crack' (Daily Telegraph), the Inspector Troy series is perfect for fans of Le Carre, Philip Kerr and Alan Furst. Vienna, 1934. Ten-year-old cello prodigy Meret Voytek becomes a pupil of concert pianist Viktor Rosen, a Jew in exile from Germany.
The Isle of Man, 1940. An interned Hungarian physicist is recruited for the Manhattan Project in Los Alomos, building the atom bomb for the Americans. Auschwitz, 1944. Meret is imprisoned but is saved from certain death to play the cello in the camp orchestra. She is playing for her life. London, 1948. Viktor Rosen wants to relinquish his Communist Party membership after thirty years. His comrade and friend reminds him that he committed for life... These seemingly unconnected strands all collide forcefully with a brazen murder on a London Underground platform, revealing an intricate web of secrecy and deception which Detective Frederick Troy must untangle. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Little White Death John Lawton (Author) (Author) Series:
Inspector Troy
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Publisher:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub Date:
01 Mar 2013
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback 480pp h198mm x w129mm x s28mm 342g ISBN13: 9781611855890 ISBN13: 978-1-61185-589-0 ISBN10: 1611855896 EAN: 9781611855890 x Description: Written by 'a sublimely elegant historical novelist as addictive as crack' (Daily Telegraph), the Inspector Troy series is perfect for fans of Le Carre, Philip Kerr and Alan Furst. 1963. England is a country set to explode but Troy, now Britain's most senior police detective, is fighting his own battle against ill-health. While he is on medical leave, the Yard brings charges against an acquaintance of his, a hedonistic doctor with a penchant for voyeurism and young women, two of whom just happen to be sleeping with a senior man at the Foreign Office as well as a KGB agent. But on the eve of the verdict a curious double case of suicide drags Troy back into active duty. Beyond bedroom acrobatics, the secret affairs now stretch to double crosses and deals in the halls of power, not to mention murder. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Black Out John Lawton (Author) (Author) Series:
Inspector Troy
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Publisher:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub Date:
01 Jul 2012
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback 368pp h200mm x w130mm x s20mm 255g ISBN13: 9781611855920 ISBN13: 978-1-61185-592-0 ISBN10: 1611855926 EAN: 9781611855920 x Description: Written by 'a sublimely elegant historical novelist as addictive as crack' - Daily Telegraph The first book in John Lawton's Inspector Troy series, selected by Time magazine as one of 'Six Detective Series to Savour' alongside Michael Connelly and Donna Leon. The Blitz, London, 1944. As the Luftwaffe make their last desperate assault on the city, Londoners take to the shelters once again and eagerly await the signal for D-Day. In the East End children lead police to a charred, dismembered corpse buried in a bombsite. The victim is German and it soon becomes clear that this is no ordinary murder.
For Russian emigre Detective-Sergeant Troy it is the start of a manhunt which will lead him into a world of military intelligence and corruption in high places; a manhunt in which Troy is both the hunter and the hunted. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Blue Rondo John Lawton (Author) (Author) Series:
Inspector Troy
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Publisher:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2013
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback 368pp h200mm x w130mm x s20mm 255g ISBN13: 9781611855876 ISBN13: 978-1-61185-587-6 ISBN10: 161185587X EAN: 9781611855876 x Description: Written by 'a sublimely elegant historical novelist as addictive as crack' (Daily Telegraph), the Inspector Troy series is perfect for fans of Le Carre, Philip Kerr and Alan Furst. 1959. An old flame has returned to Troy's life: Kitty Stilton, now wife of an American presidential hopeful, has come back to London, and with her, an unwelcome guest. Private eye Joey Rork has been hired to make sure Kitty's amorous liaisons don't ruin her husband's political career. But before Rork can dig any dirt, he meets a gruesome end... But he isn't the only one, and with the body-count mounting is it possible that the blood trail leads back to Troy's police force and into his own forgotten past? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Friends and Traitors John Lawton (Author) (Author) Series:
Inspector Troy
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Publisher:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Hardback 352pp h245mm x w165mm x s32mm 615g ISBN13: 9781611856224 ISBN13: 978-1-61185-622-4 ISBN10: 1611856221 EAN: 9781611856224 x Description: It is 1958. Chief Superintendent Frederick Troy of Scotland Yard, newly promoted after good service during Nikita Khrushchev's visit to Britain, is not looking forward to a Continental trip with his older brother, Rod. Rod was too vain to celebrate being fifty so instead takes his entire family on 'the Grand Tour' for his fifty-first birthday: Paris, Siena, Florence, Vienna, Amsterdam. Restaurants, galleries and concert halls. But Frederick Troy never gets to Amsterdam. After a concert in Vienna he is approached by an old friend whom he has not seen for years - Guy Burgess, a spy for the Soviets, who says something extraordinary: 'I want to come home.' Troy dumps the problem on MI5 who send an agent to debrief Burgess - but when the man is gunned down only yards from the embassy, the whole plan unravels with alarming speed and Troy finds himself a suspect. As he fights to prove his innocence, Troy discovers that Burgess is not the only ghost who has returned to haunt him... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Friends and Traitors John Lawton (Author) (Author) Series:
Inspector Troy
Edition:
Export/Airside
Imprint:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Publisher:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback 352pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781611855166 ISBN13: 978-1-61185-516-6 ISBN10: 1611855160 EAN: 9781611855166 x Description: It is 1958. Chief Superintendent Frederick Troy of Scotland Yard, newly promoted after good service during Nikita Khrushchev's visit to Britain, is not looking forward to a Continental trip with his older brother, Rod. Rod was too vain to celebrate being fifty so instead takes his entire family on 'the Grand Tour' for his fifty-first birthday: Paris, Sienna, Florence, Vienna, Amsterdam. Restaurants, galleries and concert halls. But Frederick Troy never gets to Amsterdam. After a concert in Vienna he is approached by an old friend whom he has not seen for years - Guy Burgess, a spy for the Soviets, who says something extraordinary: 'I want to come home.' Troy dumps the problem on MI5 who send an agent to de-brief Burgess - but the man is gunned down only yards from the embassy, and after that, the whole plan unravels with alarming speed and Troy finds himself a suspect. As he fights to prove his innocence, Troy finds that Burgess is not the only ghost who returns to haunt him. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Old Flames John Lawton (Author) (Author) Series:
Inspector Troy
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Publisher:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub Date:
01 Sep 2012
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback 448pp h198mm x w129mm x s26mm 314g ISBN13: 9781611855906 ISBN13: 978-1-61185-590-6 ISBN10: 161185590X EAN: 9781611855906 x Description: Written by 'a sublimely elegant historical novelist as addictive as crack'- Daily Telegraph The Inspector Troy series is perfect for fans of Le Carre, Philip Kerr and Alan Furst. London, 1956. Khrushchev and Bulganin, leaders of the Soviet Union, are in Britain on an official visit. Chief Inspector Troy is assigned to be Khrushchev's bodyguard and to spy on him. Soon after, a Royal Navy diver is found dead and mutilated beyond recognition in Portsmouth Harbour. What was he doing under the hull of Khrushchev's ship, and who sent him there? Meanwhile, cold-blooded killings have started to follow Troy wherever he goes. Is it possible that the executioner is a fellow policeman, or, worse still, an old friend? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Riptide John Lawton (Author) (Author) Series:
Inspector Troy
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Publisher:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub Date:
02 May 2013
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback 352pp h200mm x w130mm x s20mm 244g ISBN13: 9781611855883 ISBN13: 978-1-61185-588-3 ISBN10: 1611855888 EAN: 9781611855883 x Description: Written by 'a sublimely elegant historical novelist as addictive as crack' (Daily Telegraph), the Inspector Troy series is perfect for fans of Le Carre, Philip Kerr and Alan Furst. 1941. After ten years spying for the Americans, Wolfgang Stahl disappears during a Berlin air raid. The Germans think he's dead. The British know he's not. But where is he? MI6 convince US Intelligence that Stahl will head for London, and so Captain Cal Cormack, a shy American 'aristocrat', is teamed with Chief Inspector Stilton of Stepney, fat, fifty and convivial. Between them they scour London, a city awash with spivs and refugees. When things start to go terribly wrong, ditched by MI6 and disowned by his embassy, Cal is introduced to his one last hope - Sergeant Troy of Scotland Yard... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Second Violin John Lawton (Author) (Author) Series:
Inspector Troy
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Publisher:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub Date:
05 Sep 2013
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback 432pp h198mm x w127mm x s23mm 300g ISBN13: 9781611855869 ISBN13: 978-1-61185-586-9 ISBN10: 1611855861 EAN: 9781611855869 x Description: Written by 'a sublimely elegant historical novelist as addictive as crack' (Daily Telegraph), the Inspector Troy series is perfect for fans of Le Carre, Philip Kerr and Alan Furst. 1938. The Germans take Vienna without a shot being fired. Covering Austria for the English press is a young journalist named Rod Troy. Back home his younger brother joins the CID as a detective constable. Two years later tensions are rising and 'enemy aliens' are rounded up in London for internment. In the midst of the chaos London's most prominent rabbis are being picked off one by one and Troy must race to stop the killer. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
This Is Your Brain On Music: Understanding a Human Obsession Daniel J. Levitin (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 May 2008
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm x s23mm 326g Black and white diagrams ISBN13: 9781843547167 ISBN13: 978-1-84354-716-7 ISBN10: 1843547163 EAN: 9781843547167 x Description: This is the first book to offer a comprehensive explanation of how humans experience music and to unravel the mystery of our perennial love affair with it. Using musical examples from Bach to the Beatles, Levitin reveals the role of music in human evolution, shows how our musical preferences begin to form even before we are born and explains why music can offer such an emotional experience. Music is an obsession at the heart of human nature, even more fundamental to our species than language. In This Is Your Brain On Music Levitin offers nothing less than a new way to understand it, and its role in human life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Small Pieces: A Memoir of Loss and Consolation Joanne Limburg (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 296g ISBN13: 9781786492326 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-232-6 ISBN10: 1786492326 EAN: 9781786492326 x Description: The suicide of Joanne Limburg's beloved brother Julian left her shattered. When her mother dies too, Joanne pulls herself from the depths of grief by embarking on a journey of salvage, collecting up those scattered fragments of memory from her childhood. With love, wit and wisdom, she begins piecing together a bright mosaic of a brother that left her behind, and of a family coloured by the conflicting influences of literature, science and religion. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Power and the Story: The Global Battle for News and Information John Lloyd (Contributing Editor) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 480pp h198mm x w129mm x s33mm 441g ISBN13: 9781782393627 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-362-7 ISBN10: 1782393625 EAN: 9781782393627 x Description: From Murdoch's media empire to Trump's 'fake news', John Lloyd explodes the myths and misinformation of the Post-Truth age, providing a panoramic overview of the state of journalism as it faces the biggest crisis of its history. Is journalism in jeopardy? How can the press respond to the threats of social media, fake news and an increasing hostility towards journalists? And are we really in the post-truth age?
John Lloyd answers these questions and more in this panoramic survey of the global news media. Journeying from Putin's Russia to Trump's America, from Saudi Arabia to Israel, from Mexico to China, Lloyd shows how the power of investigative journalism matters now more than ever. With passion and expertise, Lloyd argues that a free world is only possible with a free press, and offers fascinating insight into the responsibilities of a profession - perhaps the only one left - that can truly hold power to account. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Juniper Gin Joint Lizzie Lovell (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
05 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: Australia Paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 226g ISBN13: 9781760632694 ISBN13: 978-1-76063-269-4 ISBN10: 1760632694 EAN: 9781760632694 x Description: 'The perfect pick-me-up for summer!' Phillipa Ashley 'Like a complex gin, brimming with botanicals, this delicious book offers a giant swig of a story full of characters, wit and warmth' Jules Wake When life gives you lemons, make gin and tonic! It's been a tough year for empty-nester Jen in her seaside Devon town; her kids have left for pastures new and her husband's left for another woman. Home alone with her eccentric home-brewing father and a Jack Russell, she is just getting her life back on track when her job at the local museum is threatened by her first love and nemesis, Councillor David Barton, who intends to sell the beautiful old building to a pub chain. But help is at hand from her colleagues: Jackie, a former Greenham Common warrior; Tish, a flamboyant historian; and Carol, mega-flirt. Plus newcomer and former campaigner, Tom. Who happens to be a widower. And quite sexy. And also the owner of a Jack Russell. The key to saving the day and putting the town back on the tourist map could lie just within reach - when reaching for a cold gin and tonic, that is. Mother's Ruin to some, gin is the making of Jen when she comes together with her friends and family to save the museum and open an artisan distillery in the basement. With its debauched local history of smuggling, can gin be the town's saviour and bring love back into Jen's life? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Disrupted: Ludicrous Misadventures in the Tech Start-up Bubble Dan Lyons (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Apr 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 272pp h198mm x w129mm x s19mm 254g ISBN13: 9781786491022 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-102-2 ISBN10: 1786491028 EAN: 9781786491022 x Description: Dan Lyons was Technology Editor at Newsweek Magazine for years, a magazine writer at the top of his profession. One Friday morning he received a phone call: his job no longer existed. Fifty years old and with a wife and two young kids, Dan was unemployed and facing financial oblivion. Then an idea hit. Dan had long reported on Silicon Valley and the tech explosion. Why not join it? HubSpot, a Boston start-up, was flush with $100 million in venture capital. They offered Dan a pile of stock options for the nebulous role of "marketing fellow." What could possibly go wrong? What follows is a hilarious and excoriating account of Dan's time at the start-up and a revealing window onto the dysfunctional culture that prevails in a world flush with cash and devoid of experience. Filled with stories of meaningless jargon, teddy bears at meetings, push-up competitions and all-night parties, this uproarious tale is also a trenchant analysis of the dysfunctional start-up world, a de facto conspiracy between those who start companies and those who fund them. It is a world where bad ideas are rewarded with hefty investments, where companies blow money lavishing perks on their
post-collegiate workforces, and where everybody is trying to hang on just long enough to cash out with a fortune. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
For a Girl: A true story of secrets, motherhood and hope Mary-Rose MacColl (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
26 Apr 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Paperback 280pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781760295233 ISBN13: 978-1-76029-523-3 ISBN10: 176029523X EAN: 9781760295233 x Description: I am by nature a private person. Secrets are different from privacy. They are things you are forced to keep to yourself, by family, friends, by your own shame. Secrets like these come to the surface one day and demand an airing. Emerging from an unconventional, boisterously happy childhood, Mary-Rose MacColl was a rebellious teenager. And when, at the age of fifteen, her high-school teacher and her husband started inviting Mary-Rose to spend time with them, her parents were pleased that she now had the guidance she needed to take her safely into young adulthood. It wasn't too long, though, before the teacher and her husband changed the nature of the relationship with overwhelming consequences for Mary-Rose. Consequences that kept her silent and ashamed through much of her adult life. Many years later, safe within a loving relationship, all of the long-hidden secrets and betrayals crashed down upon her and she came close to losing everything. In this poignant and brave true story, Mary-Rose brings these secrets to the surface and, in doing so, is finally able to watch them float away. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Lies of the Land: An Honest History of Political Deceit Adam Macqueen (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 356g ISBN13: 9781786492517 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-251-7 ISBN10: 1786492512 EAN: 9781786492517 x Description: Do politicians lie more than they used to? And do we even want them to tell the truth? From the Profumo affair to Blair's WMDs to Boris Johnson's GBP350 million for the NHS. Covering lesser known whoppers, infamous lies from foreign shores ("I did not have sexual relations with that woman"), and some of the resolute untruths from Donald Trump's explosive presidential campaign, this is the quintessential guide to dishonesty from our leaders . In a history full of wit and political acumen, Private Eye journalist Adam Macqueen dissects the stories of the biggest political lies of the last half century. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Undertaking Audrey Magee (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Sep 2014
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s19mm 256g ISBN13: 9781782391050 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-105-0 ISBN10: 1782391053 EAN: 9781782391050 x Description: A soldier on the Russian Front marries a photograph of a woman he has never met. Hundreds of miles away in Berlin, the woman marries a photograph of the soldier. It is a contract of business rather than love. When the newlywed strangers finally meet, however, passion blossoms and they begin to imagine a life together under the bright promise of Nazi Germany. But as the tide of war turns and Allied enemies come ever closer, the couple find themselves facing the terrible consequences of being ordinary people stained with their small share of an extraordinary guilt... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Breakfast with the Centenarians: The Science of Ageing Well Daniela Mari (Author) Alberto Locca (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 224pp h216mm x w138mm ISBN13: 9781786494832 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-483-2 ISBN10: 1786494833 EAN: 9781786494832 x Description: It's said that life begins at 40 - but that number is constantly revised upwards as we live longer and longer. With the number of centenarians having quadrupled in the last thirty years, more of us can now hope to reach the 100-year mark than ever before. But how can we navigate this journey with grace, dignity and style? In this charming and informative book, Daniela Mari - the Italian doctor caring for some of the oldest people on the planet - draws on her experiences as a renowned gerontologist to reveal the science behind a healthy, happy old-age. It turns out that the world's centenarians can teach us a thing or two about ageing well. And the secrets are not always what you'd think. Informed by the latest medical studies and incredible stories of individual longevity, Mari shows how our lifestyles can far surpass the influence of our genetics and why a daily glass of liquor isn't the end of the world. From our sleeping habits and diet to the crucial importance of our passions and interests, Breakfast with the Centenarians is the essential handbook for a fruitful and fulfilling old age. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Happy People Read and Drink Coffee Agnes Martin-Lugand (Author) Sandra Smith (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
02 Mar 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Paperback 272pp h198mm x w129mm x s19mm 254g ISBN13: 9781760291716 ISBN13: 978-1-76029-171-6 ISBN10: 1760291714 EAN: 9781760291716 x
Description: Diane, owner of Happy People Read and Drink Coffee, a cosy coffee shop turned library in Paris, seems to have the perfect life. But when she suddenly loses her husband and daughter in a car accident, her life is overturned and the world as she knows it disappears. Trapped by her memories, Diane closes her shop and retreats from friends and family. One year later, she moves from Paris to a small town on the Irish coast, determined to heal by rebuilding her life alone, without anyone's help or pity until she meets Edward, a handsome and moody Irish photographer. Along windy shores and cobbled streets, Diane falls into a surprising and tumultuous romance. As she works to overcome her painful memories, Diane and Edward's once-in-a-lifetime connection inspires her to love herself and the world around her with new-found inner strength and happiness. But will it last when Diane leaves Ireland, and Edward, for good? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Missing Pieces of Us Fleur McDonald (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
24 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Paperback 324pp h198mm x w128mm ISBN13: 9781760633363 ISBN13: 978-1-76063-336-3 ISBN10: 1760633364 EAN: 9781760633363 x Description: Lauren Ramsey is a teacher whose mantra is to never let a child fall through the cracks. But Lauren is so concerned about the welfare of a little boy in her kindy class she doesn't realise her own daughter, Skye, needs help. At fourteen, Skye Ramsey is dealing with the usual pressures faced by teenage girls, from the pitfalls of social media to coping with fickle friends and the attention of boys. The only person who seems to listen to Skye is Tamara Thompson, the manager of her favourite clothes shop. Tamara knows what it's like to be a troubled teen because as an adolescent she felt unloved and overlooked. She now has a successful career and a partner who adores her, but her sense of worthlessness and fear of rejection are threatening to overwhelm her. All three women are searching for a happier future, but finding it may lie in resolving secrets from their pasts . . . From the bestselling author of Red Dust and Crimson Dawn comes a moving and intriguing novel about love, friendship and how the truth can sometimes set us free. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Wine Reads Jay McInerney (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Publisher:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub Date:
01 Nov 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United States Hardback 304pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781611856279 ISBN13: 978-1-61185-627-9 ISBN10: 1611856272 EAN: 9781611856279 x Description: A delectable anthology celebrating the finest writing on wine. In this richly literary anthology, Jay McInerney - bestselling novelist and acclaimed wine columnist for Town & Country, the Wall Street Journal and House and Garden - selects over twenty pieces of memorable fiction and nonfiction about the making, selling and, of course, drinking of fine wine. Including excerpts from novels, short fiction, memoir and narrative nonfiction, Wine Reads features big names in the trade and literary heavyweights alike. We follow Kermit Lynch to the Northern Rhone in a chapter from his classic Adventures on the Wine Route. In an excerpt from Between Meals, long-time New Yorker writer A. J. Liebling raises feeding and imbibing on a budget in Paris into something of an art form - and discovers a very good rose from just west of the Rhone. Michael Dibdin's fictional Venetian detective Aurelio Zen gets a lesson in Barolo, Barbaresco and Brunello vintages
from an eccentric celebrity. Jewish-Czech writer and gourmet Joseph Wechsberg visits the medieval Chateau d'Yquem to sample different years of the "roi des vins" alongside a French connoisseur who had his first taste of wine at age four. Also showcasing an iconic scene from Rex Pickett's Sideways and work by Jancis Robinson, Benjamin Wallace and McInerney himself, this is an essential volume for any disciple of Bacchus. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dangerous Animals Kirstin McMillan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
03 Jan 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: Australia Paperback 224pp h234mm x w156mm 1 x 16pp colour plates ISBN13: 9781760297268 ISBN13: 978-1-76029-726-8 ISBN10: 1760297267 EAN: 9781760297268 x Description: Kirstin McMillan was raised in the circus, spending the first eight years of her life as the littlest clown in Ringling Brothers. Her father worked with big cats, dominating them with his own ferocity and force of will. His 'training' methods involved clubs, whips and starvation, and Kirstin and her mother once watched, horrified, as he single-handedly beat a nine-foot Bengal tiger to death. Her father's brutal dominance didn't stop with animals and his family felt his methods first-hand too. Starved of affection and believing that strength and mastery were the key to relationships, Kirstin grew up damaged. But it was her relationship with an animal - a basset hound rescued from a dog pound before it was due to be put down - that showed her the meaning of unconditional love and trust and healed the traumas of her childhood. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Shipwreck Hunter: A lifetime of extraordinary deep-sea discoveries David L. Mearns (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
07 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Paperback 416pp h197mm x w129mm x s31mm 440g 2 x 16pp colour plates ISBN13: 9781760295264 ISBN13: 978-1-76029-526-4 ISBN10: 1760295264 EAN: 9781760295264 x Description: David Mearns has discovered some of the world's most fascinating and elusive shipwrecks. From the mighty battlecruiser HMS Hood to the crumbling wooden skeletons of Vasco da Gama's 16th century fleet, David has searched for and found dozens of sunken vessels in every ocean of the world. The Shipwreck Hunter is an account of David's most intriguing and fascinating finds. It details both the meticulous research and the mid-ocean stamina and courage required to find a wreck miles beneath the sea, as well as the moving human stories that lie behind each of these oceanic tragedies. Combining the derring-do of Indiana Jones with the precision of a surgeon, in The Shipwreck Hunter David Mearns opens a porthole into the shadowy depths of the ocean. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Night Train To Lisbon Pascal Mercier (Author) Barbara Harshav (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Feb 2009
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 448pp h198mm x w129mm x s26mm 311g ISBN13: 9781843547136 ISBN13: 978-1-84354-713-6 ISBN10: 1843547139 EAN: 9781843547136 x Description: Night Train to Lisbon follows Raimund Gregorius, a 57-year-old Classics scholar, on a journey that takes him across Europe. Abandoning his job and his life and travelling with a dusty old book as his talisman, he heads for Lisbon in search of clues to the life of the book's Portuguese author, Amadeu de Prado. As he gets swept up in his quest, he finds that the journey is also one of self-discovery, as he reencounters all the decisions he has made - and not made - in his life, and faces the roads not travelled. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lea Pascal Mercier (Author) Shaun Whiteside (Translator) (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 283g ISBN13: 9781848873421 ISBN13: 978-1-84887-342-1 ISBN10: 1848873425 EAN: 9781848873421 x Description: It all starts with the death of Martijn van Vliet's wife. His grief-stricken young daughter, Lea, cuts herself off from the world, right up until the day that she hears a snatch of Bach being played on a violin by a busker. Transfixed by the sweet melody, she emerges from her mourning, vowing to learn the instrument. Lea's all-consuming passion is matched by talent, and she becomes one of the finest players in the country - but as her fame blossoms, her relationship with her father only withers. Desperate to hold on to Lea, Martijn is driven to commit an act that threatens to destroy both him and his daughter. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Seeing Red Lina Meruane (Author) Megan McDowell (Translator) (Translated by) Series:
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Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 176pp h198mm x w129mm x s13mm 168g ISBN13: 9781786493156 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-315-6 ISBN10: 1786493152 EAN: 9781786493156 x Description: Lucina, a young Chilean writer, has moved to New York to pursue an academic career. While at a party one night, something that her doctors had long warned might happen finally occurs: her eyes haemorrhage. Within minutes, blood floods her vision, reducing her sight to sketched outlines and tones of grey, rendering her all but blind. As she begins to adjust to a very different life, those who love her begin to adjust to a very different woman - one who is angry, raw, funny, sinister, sexual and dizzyingly alive. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Snowdrops A. D. Miller (author) (Author) Series:
Atlantic Cult Classics
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 281g ISBN13: 9781786495044 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-504-4 ISBN10: 178649504X EAN: 9781786495044 x Description: Snowdrops. That's what the Russians call them - the bodies that float up into the light in the thaw. Drunks, most of them, and homeless people who just give up and lie down into the whiteness, and murder victims hidden in the drifts by their killers. When Nick worked as a high-flying British lawyer in Moscow, he was seduced by the enigmatic Masha, who led him through her city: the electric nightclubs, intimate dachas, and state-wide corruption. And as Nick fell for Masha, he found that he fell away from himself; he knew that she was dangerous, but life in Russia was addictive, and it was too easy to bury secrets - and corpses - in the winter snows... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Snowdrops A. D. Miller (author) (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Sep 2011
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 288pp h198mm x w128mm x s17mm 232g ISBN13: 9781848874534 ISBN13: 978-1-84887-453-4 ISBN10: 1848874537 EAN: 9781848874534 x Description: SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2011 Snowdrops. That's what the Russians call them - the bodies that float up into the light in the thaw. Drunks, most of them, and homeless people who just give up and lie down into the whiteness, and murder victims hidden in the drifts by their killers. Nick has a confession. When he worked as a high-flying British lawyer in Moscow, he was seduced by Masha, an enigmatic woman who led him through her city: the electric nightclubs and intimate dachas, the human kindnesses and state-wide corruption. Yet as Nick fell for Masha, he found that he fell away from himself; he knew that she was dangerous, but life in Russia was addictive, and it was too easy to bury secrets - and corpses - in the winter snows... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Passage of Love Alex Miller (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
01 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Paperback 608pp h230mm x w155mm x s50mm 795g ISBN13: 9781760630669 ISBN13: 978-1-76063-066-9 ISBN10: 1760630667 EAN: 9781760630669 x Description: Robert Crofts, a young Englishman, arrives in Australia in the 1950s, determined to inhabit the outback. After five years of life on the land, he makes his way to Melbourne where, living in a boarding house, working as a cleaner, he finds himself consumed by a burning need to read, write, draw, create. When he meets the enigmatic Lena, she instantly becomes his staunchest champion but as their tortured marriage evolves and gradually erodes she ultimately becomes an obstacle.
This intensely autobiographical novel has much to say about the compulsion to create, and the fundamental unknowability of even our most intimate partners. As the reader sinks into the text of this singular book, the artifice of fiction gradually melts away, leaving nothing but truth on the page. In The Passage of Love Alex Miller has given us a masterful work which will come to define his career as one of the great writers of our time. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
All the Missing Girls Megan Miranda (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
03 Aug 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm x s24mm 279g ISBN13: 9781786490834 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-083-4 ISBN10: 1786490838 EAN: 9781786490834 x Description: It's been ten years since Nicolette Farrell left her rural hometown after her best friend, Corinne, disappeared without trace. Then a letter from her father arrives - 'I need to talk to you. That girl. I saw that girl.' Has her father's dementia worsened, or has he really seen Corinne? Returning home, Nicolette must finally face what happened on that terrible night all those years ago. Then, another young woman goes missing, almost to the day of the anniversary of when Corinne vanished. And like ten years ago, the whole town is a suspect. Told backwards - Day 15 to Day 1 - Nicolette works to unravel the truth, revealing shocking secrets about her friends, her family, and what really happened to Corinne. Like nothing you've ever read before, All the Missing Girls is a brilliantly plotted debut thriller that will leave you breathless. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Perfect Stranger: A twisting, compulsive read perfect for fans of Paula Hawkins and Gillian Flynn Megan Miranda (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 247g ISBN13: 9781786492906 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-290-6 ISBN10: 1786492903 EAN: 9781786492906 x Description: What happens when your best friend becomes your worst nightmare... Having reached a dead end in Boston, failed journalist Leah Stevens needs a change. When she runs into an old friend, Emmy Grey, who is moving to rural Pennsylvania, Leah decides to join her. But their fresh start is quickly threatened when a woman with an eerie resemblance to Leah is assaulted by the lake, and Emmy disappears days later. Determined to find Emmy, Leah helps Detective Kyle Donovan to investigate her friend's life for clues. But with no friends, family or digital footprint, the police begin to suspect that there is no Emmy Grey. Forced to question her version of reality and to save herself, Leah must uncover the truth - no matter how dark or terrible it may be... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Three Gold Coins Josephine Moon (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
02 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: Australia Paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s24mm 279g ISBN13: 9781760291976 ISBN13: 978-1-76029-197-6 ISBN10: 1760291978 EAN: 9781760291976 x Description: 'A gorgeously evocative family drama that takes you from sunny Australia to the beautiful Tuscan countryside - I couldn't put it down!' Paige Toon One coin for love, one for marriage, one to return to Rome. Two days ago, Lara Foxleigh tossed three gold coins into the Trevi Fountain. Now, she is caring for a cranky old man and living in a picturesque villa, half a world away from her home and the concerns of her loving but cloying family. Soon, it seems as if those wishes she made in Rome just might be coming true, and she may even be able to help heal a fifteen-year-old tragedy. Until Lara's past threatens to destroy everything she loves... Three Gold Coins is a masterfully written celebration of food, family, triumph over adversity, and love - a deliciously imperfect life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lady Fanshawe's Receipt Book: An Englishwoman's Life During the Civil War Lucy Moore (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 432pp h198mm x w128mm x s32mm 350g 1x8 pp colour plates, integrated b&w illos ISBN13: 9781782398127 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-812-7 ISBN10: 1782398120 EAN: 9781782398127 x Description: 'Fascinating... A vivid account' - Philippa Gregory, The Times In the mid-seventeenth century, England was divided by Civil War, but inside the home domestic life continued as it always had done. Lady Ann Fanshawe's 'receipt book' was a treasured and entirely feminine response to the upheavals of war, which left few doctors to be found. And so Ann's morocco-bound book full of scraps of ink-stained paper contained everything from lifesaving remedies to recipes for hot chocolate. Using Ann's receipt book and the memoirs she wrote for her surviving son, Lucy Moore follows her through this turbulent time as she leaves home, marries, bears - and buries - children and seeks to hold her family together. Lady Fanshawe's Receipt Book brilliantly illuminates the life and times of an English woman's Civil War. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Prague Sonata Bradford Morrow (Author) (Author) Series:
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Main
Imprint:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Publisher:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub Date:
01 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback 528pp h232mm x w155mm x s38mm 685g ISBN13: 9781611855043 ISBN13: 978-1-61185-504-3 ISBN10: 1611855047 EAN: 9781611855043 x Description: Pages of a weathered original sonata manuscript - the gift of a Czech immigrant living in Queens - come into the hands of Meta Taverner, a young musicologist whose concert piano career was cut short by an injury. The gift comes with the request that Meta find the manuscript's true owner - a Prague friend the old woman has not heard from since the Second World War forced them apart - and to make the three-part sonata whole again. Leaving New York behind for the land of Dvorak and Kafka, Meta sets out on an unforgettable search to locate the remaining movements of the sonata and uncover a story that has influenced the course of many lives, even as it becomes clear that she isn't the only one seeking the music's secrets. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
On Time On Target: How Teams and Companies Can Cut Through Complexity and Get Things Done...the Fighter Pilot Way James D. Murphy (Author) Christian Boucousis (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
01 Sep 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Paperback 264pp h232mm x w153mm x s19mm 350g ISBN13: 9781760293840 ISBN13: 978-1-76029-384-0 ISBN10: 1760293849 EAN: 9781760293840 x Description: At Mach 1.5, encased in 20 tonnes of metal, fighter pilots don't have much time to think. They prepare on the ground to take on anything in the air, then get their job done. Former fighter pilots Jim Murphy and Christian Boucousis have built on the techniques the air force has honed for 60 years. You'll make clearer decisions, and put them to action with more speed, more precision, more safety, and more success. Flex's proven plan-brief-execute-debrief cycle is the original and most widely tested 'agile' approach, getting you better and better with each mission. It cuts through noise and complexity, engages people, and helps build an honest and open working culture. Flex also sets your purpose and destination, so that when your team gives their all, they'll deliver for your organisation. The New York Giants used Flex to finally crack the Super Bowl. PepsiCo used Flex to take on Coke. You'll see how some remarkable businesses have relied on Flex, and some remarkable pilots have taken Flex to their businesses. You'll also feel what it's like to be in the seat of a Hornet, and why Flex is so appreciated by the pilots it keeps alive. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Afterglow: A Dog Memoir Eileen Myles (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Publisher:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United States Paperback 224pp h198mm x w129mm Integrated b&w throughout ISBN13: 9781611855098 ISBN13: 978-1-61185-509-8 ISBN10: 1611855098 EAN: 9781611855098 x Description: In 1990, Myles chose Rosie from a litter on the street, and their connection instantly made an indelible impact on the writer's way of being. Over the course of sixteen years together, Myles was devoted to the pit bull and their linked quality of life. And starting from the emptiness following Rosie's death, Afterglow launches a playful and incisive investigation into the mostly mutually beneficial, sometimes reprehensible power dynamics between pet and pet-owner. At the same time, it reimagines Myles's experiences with alcoholism and recovery, intimacy and mourning, celebrity and politics, spirituality and family history, while joyously transcending the parameters of memoir. Moving from an imaginary talk show where Rosie is interviewed by Myles's childhood puppet, to a critical reenactment of the night Rosie mated with another pit bull; from shimmering poetic transcriptions of video footage taken during their walks, to Rosie's final enlightened narration from the afterlife, this totally singular text combines elements of science fiction, screenplay, monologue, and lucid memory to get to the heart of how and why we dedicate our existence to our dogs. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Evolution Eileen Myles (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Publisher:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United States Hardback 240pp h216mm x w135mm ISBN13: 9781611854978 ISBN13: 978-1-61185-497-8 ISBN10: 1611854970 EAN: 9781611854978 x Description: Evolution - the first all-new collection of poems by Eileen Myles since the selected volume I Must Be Living Twice - finds the celebrated writer at the forefront of American literature and culture, crafting radically introspective work in the characteristically exuberant style that the New York Times called 'one of the essential voices in American poetry.' Following the critically acclaimed Afterglow (a dog memoir), the poet continues their lifelong inquiry into the mystery and miracle of human life, in its mutability and temporality. 'I suppose / I'm afraid / of forever,' Myles writes in 'Angel', and this existential restlessness pervades the collection. With incisive humour and heartfelt honesty, these poems reconcile the body's brevity in light of time's limitlessness, exemplified in the title piece, 'Evolution'. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Merchants of Men: How Kidnapping, Ransom and Trafficking Fund Terrorism and ISIS Loretta Napoleoni (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 283g ISBN13: 9781782399933 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-993-3 ISBN10: 1782399933 EAN: 9781782399933
x Description: Every day, a powerful and sophisticated underground business delivers thousands of refugees along the Mediterranean coasts of Europe. A new breed of criminals, risen from the post-9/11 political chaos and the fi-asco of the Arab Spring, coupled with the destabilization of Syria and Iraq and the rise of ISIS, controls it. The ever-increasing political volatility has offered them new business opportunities, from trafficking millions of refugees to selling Western hostages to jihadist groups. The kidnapping industry in the Middle East is now worth hundreds of billions of dollars annually. Loretta Napoleoni's exclusive and meticulous research into the business of kidnap and ransom, and its link to terrorist activity, is based on first-hand accounts - from interviews with hostage negotiators to the experiences of former hostages themselves. Merchants of Men is a fascinating and eye-opening exploration of this most shocking of financial interdependencies. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Crash Detectives: Investigating the World's Most Mysterious Air Disasters Christine Negroni (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
28 Sep 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 288pp h218mm x w139mm x s22mm 322g 1x16pp b&w plates ISBN13: 9781782396413 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-641-3 ISBN10: 1782396411 EAN: 9781782396413 x Description: In The Crash Detectives, veteran aviation journalist and air safety investigator Christine Negroni takes the reader inside crash investigations from the early days of the jet age to the present, including the search for answers about what happened to the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. As Negroni dissects each accident, she explores the common themes and, most importantly, what has been learned from them to make planes safer. Indeed, as Negroni shows, virtually every aspect of modern pilot training, airline operation and aircraft design has been shaped by lessons learned from disaster. Along the way, she also details some miraculous saves, when quick-thinking pilots averted catastrophe and kept hundreds of people alive. Tying in aviation science, performance psychology and extensive interviews with pilots, engineers, human factors specialists, crash survivors and others involved in accidents all over the world, The Crash Detectives is an alternately terrifying and inspiring book that might just cure your fear of flying, and will definitely make you a more informed passenger. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Crash Detectives: Investigating the World's Most Mysterious Air Disasters Christine Negroni (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 288pp h200mm x w130mm x s25mm 290g 1x16pp ISBN13: 9781782396437 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-643-7 ISBN10: 1782396438 EAN: 9781782396437 x Description: What happened to MH370? How did Amelia Earhart disappear? When have quick-thinking pilots averted catastrophe and kept hundreds of people alive? And what, if any, are the lessons we have learned from these accidents? Aviation journalist and air safety investigator Christine Negroni uses science, performance psychology, extensive interviews with pilots, and the accounts of crash survivors to answer these questions, and more. Alternately terrifying and inspiring - Negroni might just cure your fear of flying, and will definitely make you a more informed passenger. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Codename Suzette: An extraordinary story of resistance and rescue in Nazi Paris Anne Nelson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
04 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Hardback 336pp h240mm x w162mm x s31mm 695g 2 x 8pp b&w plates ISBN13: 9781925266825 ISBN13: 978-1-925266-82-5 ISBN10: 1925266826 EAN: 9781925266825 x Description: The thrilling and previously untold story of Suzanne Spaak, who abandoned her life of opulence to save the Jewish children of Occupied Paris during the Second World War. Suzanne Spaak was born into an affluent Belgian Catholic family and married into the country's leading political dynasty. Her brother-in-law was the prime minister while her husband Claude was a playwright and patron of the painter Rene Magritte. In occupied Paris she was part of the cultural elite and a neighbour of Colette and Jean Cocteau. But Suzanne was living a double life. Her friendship with a Polish Jewish refugee led her to her life's purpose. When France fell and the Nazis occupied Paris, she joined the Resistance. She used her fortune and social status to enlist allies among wealthy Parisians and church groups. Under the eyes of the Gestapo, Suzanne and women from the Jewish and Christian resistance groups 'kidnapped' hundreds of Jewish children to save them from the gas chambers. Codename Suzette is a masterpiece of research and narrative, bringing to life a truly remarkable woman and painting a vivid and unforgettable picture of wartime Paris. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Codename Suzette: An extraordinary story of resistance and rescue in Nazi Paris Anne Nelson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
02 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: Australia Paperback 336pp h210mm x w130mm x s40mm 75g 2 x 8pp b&w plates ISBN13: 9781925266832 ISBN13: 978-1-925266-83-2 ISBN10: 1925266834 EAN: 9781925266832 x Description: The thrilling and previously untold story of Suzanne Spaak, who abandoned her life of opulence to save the Jewish children of Occupied Paris during the Second World War. Suzanne Spaak was born into an affluent Belgian Catholic family and married into the country's leading political dynasty. Her brother-in-law was the prime minister while her husband Claude was a playwright and patron of the painter Rene Magritte. In occupied Paris she was part of the cultural elite and a neighbour of Colette and Jean Cocteau. But Suzanne was living a double life. Her friendship with a Polish Jewish refugee led her to her life's purpose. When France fell and the Nazis occupied Paris, she joined the Resistance. She used her fortune and social status to enlist allies among wealthy Parisians and church groups. Under the eyes of the Gestapo, Suzanne and women from the Jewish and Christian resistance groups 'kidnapped' hundreds of Jewish children to save them from the gas chambers. Codename Suzette is a masterpiece of research and narrative, bringing to life a truly remarkable woman and painting a vivid and unforgettable picture of wartime Paris. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
No!: The Power of Disagreement in a World that Wants to Get Along Charlan Nemeth (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
28 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 272pp h225mm x w143mm x s20mm 385g ISBN13: 9781786490247 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-024-7 ISBN10: 1786490242 EAN: 9781786490247 x Description: We like to get along, at home or in the workplace. We don't want to hurt people or offend. Therefore, it is no surprise that numerous famous psychological experiments have proven that we don't tend to go against authority or the majority view. Famous management gurus share the view that harmony, cohesiveness and agreement are the building blocks for effective decision-making and creativity. But they are wrong. In No!, Charlan Nemeth, the world's leading expert on dissent, uses her 35 years of research to show why we need rebels - and how fostering more disagreement can dramatically improve decisions and the production of good ideas. Using examples from Twelve Angry Men to brainstorming, she explains how people with minority opinions need the space to express themselves uncompromisingly, even if it causes discomfort. Explaining why the devil's advocate technique doesn't work and why authentic disagreement is necessary to open our perspectives, this book has the power to revolutionise business, creative organisations, and society. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Beautiful Game: My love affair with cricket Mark Nicholas (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
04 May 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Paperback 432pp h198mm x w129mm x s31mm 471g 2 x 16pp plate sections ISBN13: 9781760292713 ISBN13: 978-1-76029-271-3 ISBN10: 1760292710 EAN: 9781760292713 x Description: WINNER OF THE CRICKET BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD AT THE CROSS BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2017 WINNER OF THE MCC/CRICKET SOCIETY'S BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2017 Mark Nicholas, the face of Channel 5's Cricket on Five and anchor for Channel 9's Test commentary team in Australia, has a unique knowledge and perspective on the world of cricket. As both a former player and now a professional observer and commentator on the game, he knows all the key figures of the sport and has witnessed first-hand some of cricket's greatest moments. His book is a personal account of the game as he's seen and experienced it across the globe. From epic test matches and titans of the game like Lara, Warne and Tendulkar, to his own childhood love for the sport, Mark gives us his informed, personal and fascinating views on cricket - the world's other beautiful game. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Purge Sofi Oksanen (Author) Lola Rogers (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s28mm 386g ISBN13: 9781786495419 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-541-9 ISBN10: 1786495414 EAN: 9781786495419
x Description: A blowfly. Unusually large, loud, and eager to lay its eggs. It was lying in wait to get into the kitchen, rubbing its wings and feet against the curtain as if preparing to feast. It was after meat, nothing else but meat. Deep in an overgrown Estonian forest, two women, one young, one old, are hiding. Zara, a murderer and a victim of sex-trafficking, is on the run from brutal captors. Aliide, a communist sympathizer and a blood traitor, has endured a life of abuse and the country's brutal Soviet years. Their survival now depends on exposing the one thing that kept them hidden... the truth. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Norma Sofi Oksanen (Author) Owen F. Witesman (Translator) (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 311g ISBN13: 9781782399780 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-978-0 ISBN10: 178239978X EAN: 9781782399780 x Description: The hair-raising mash-up of feminist X-Men, gothic fairy tale, family saga and biting social criticism that is taking Europe by storm. When Anita Naakka jumps in front of an oncoming train, her daughter, Norma, is left alone with the secret they have spent their lives hiding: Norma has supernatural hair, sensitive to the slightest changes in her mood--and the moods of those around her--moving of its own accord, corkscrewing when danger is near. And so it is her hair that alerts her, while she talks with a strange man at her mother's funeral, that her mother may not have taken her own life. Setting out to reconstruct Anita's final months--sifting through puzzling cell phone records, bank statements, video files--Norma begins to realise that her mother knew more about her hair's powers than she let on: a sinister truth beyond Norma's imagining. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How the Hell Did This Happen?: A Cautionary Tale of American Democracy P. J. O'Rourke (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Publisher:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub Date:
01 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback 256pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 240g ISBN13: 9781611855111 ISBN13: 978-1-61185-511-1 ISBN10: 161185511X EAN: 9781611855111 x Description: With new, updated material, P. J. O'Rourke covers the whole election process from the pig pile of presidential candidates circa June 2015, through his come-to-Satan moment with Hillary and the Beginning of End Times in November 2016, to the current shape of US politics. How the Hell Did This Happen? answers the key question of the 2016 presidential election: Should we laugh or should we cry or should we hurl? (They are not mutually exclusive.) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
None of My Business: P.J. Explains Money, Banking, Debt, Equity, Assets, Liabilities and Why He's Not Rich and Neither Are You P. J. O'Rourke (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Publisher:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United States Hardback 240pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781611856262 ISBN13: 978-1-61185-626-2 ISBN10: 1611856264 EAN: 9781611856262 x Description: After decades covering war and disaster, bestselling author and acclaimed satirist P. J. O'Rourke takes on his scariest subjects yet business, investment, finance and the political chicanery behind them. Want to get rich overnight for free in 3 easy steps with no risk? Then don't buy this book. (Actually, if you believe there's a book that can do that, you shouldn't buy any books because you probably can't read.) P.J.'s approach to business, investment, and finance is different. He takes the risks for you in his chapter 'How I Learned Economics by Watching People Try to Kill Each Other.' He proposes 'A Way to Raise Taxes That We'll All Love' - a 200% tax on celebrities. He offers a brief history of economic transitions before exploring the world of high tech innovation with a chapter on 'Unnovations', which asks, 'The Internet-whose idea was it to put all the idiots on earth in touch with each other?' He misunderstands bitcoin, which seems 'like a weird scam invented by strange geeks with weaponized slide rules in the high school Evil Math Club.' He closes with a fanciful short story about the morning that P.J. wakes up and finds that all the world's goods and services are free! This is P.J. at his finest, a book not to be missed. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Southeast Asia: An Introductory History (12th Edition) Milton Osborne (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
01 Jul 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Paperback 376pp h205mm x w135mm x s23mm 545g ISBN13: 9781760291686 ISBN13: 978-1-76029-168-6 ISBN10: 1760291684 EAN: 9781760291686 x Description: The first edition of Southeast Asia: An Introductory History was published in 1979 and immediately filled a need for travellers and students interested in a tantalisingly different part of the world. Subsequent editions (translated into Japanese, Khmer, Korean and Thai) have continued to document with great perception the enormous changes and dramatic growth experienced in the region. Dr Milton Osborne has been a resident, student and fascinated observer of Southeast Asia for over 50 years. This familiarity has resulted in a highly readable and lively chronicle. While giving due regard to the early history of the region, Osborne concentrates on the changes that have taken place since the eighteenth century: the impact of colonial rule, economic transformations of the 19th and 20th centuries, the emergence and triumph of the independence movements, the impact of social change and the pivotal roles played by religion, ethnic minorities and immigrant groups. He also provides an introduction to the art of the region and a comprehensive guide to literature about Southeast Asia. Clearly written and extensively illustrated this twelfth edition of Southeast Asia: An Introductory History remains a classic in the field. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Letters of Intent: Selected Essays Cynthia Ozick (Author) (Author) Series:
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Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Apr 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 592pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781786491084 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-108-4 ISBN10: 1786491087 EAN: 9781786491084 x Description: 'What we ought to do, as writers, is seize freedom now, immediately, by recognizing that we already have it.' Cynthia Ozick, one of 'the greatest living American writers', has, over a lifetime of observation, produced some of the sharpest and most influential works of criticism in contemporary Anglo-American writing. Described as the 'Emily Dickinson of the Bronx' and 'one of the most accomplished and graceful literary stylists of her time', her acclaimed works span topics from Henry James to Helen Keller, and from Christian Heroism to lovesickness. The essays selected here come from the six volumes Ozick published in the USA over the last thirty-three years. Collected by David Miller, Ozick's friend and agent, they represent the diversity, curiosity, originality, and crackling wit of her works. A volume to treasure, to re-read and to relish, this is Cynthia Ozick, 'the Athena of America's literary pantheon', at her very best. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
North Frank Owen (Author) (Author) Series:
Divided America
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Dec 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 384pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781782399001 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-900-1 ISBN10: 1782399003 EAN: 9781782399001 x Description: '[With] 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. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Art of Not Falling Apart Christina Patterson (Author) Series:
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Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 352pp h210mm x w147mm x s25mm 468g ISBN13: 9781786492746 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-274-6 ISBN10: 1786492741 EAN: 9781786492746 x Description: We plan, as the old proverb says, and God laughs. But most of us don't find it all that funny when things go wrong. Most of us want love, a nice home, good work, and happy children. Many of us grew up with parents who made these things look relatively easy and assumed we would get them, too. So what do you do if you don't? What do you do when you feel you've messed it all up and your friends seem to be doing just fine? For Christina Patterson, it was her job as a journalist that kept her going through the ups and downs of life. And then she lost that, too. Dreaming of revenge and irritated by self-help books, she decided to do the kind of interviews she had never done before. The resulting conversations are surprising, touching and often funny. There's Ken, the first person to be publicly fired from a FTSE-100 board. There's Winston, who fell through a ceiling onto a purple coffin. There's Louise, whose baby was seriously ill, but who still worried about being fat. And through it all, there's Christina, eating far too many crisps as she tries to pick up the pieces of her life. The Art of Not Falling Apart is a joyous, moving and sometimes shockingly honest celebration of life as an adventure, one where you ditch your expectations, raise a glass and prepare for a rocky ride. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Angel's Mark: A gripping tale of espionage and murder in Elizabethan London S. W. Perry (Author) Series:
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Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 432pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781786494924 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-492-4 ISBN10: 1786494922 EAN: 9781786494924 x Description: 'A gorgeous book - rich, intelligent and dark in equal measure... Historical fiction at its most sumptuous.' Rory Clements LONDON, 1590. Queen Elizabeth I's control over her kingdom is wavering. Amidst a tumultuous backdrop of Spanish plotters, Catholic heretics and foreign wars threatening the country's fragile stability, the body of a small boy is found in the City of London, with strange marks that no one can explain. When idealistic physician Nicholas Shelby finds another body displaying the same marks only days later, he becomes convinced that a killer is at work, preying on the weak and destitute of London. Determined to find out who is behind these terrible murders, Nicholas is joined in his investigations by Bianca, a mysterious tavern keeper. As more bodies are discovered, the pair find themselves caught in the middle of a sinister plot. With the killer still at large, and Bianca in terrible danger, Nicholas's choice seems impossible - to save Bianca, or save himself... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The House: The dramatic story of the Sydney Opera House and the people who made it Helen Pitt (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
15 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: Australia Paperback 312pp h234mm x w153mm 16pp b/w, colour photo insert ISBN13: 9781760295462 ISBN13: 978-1-76029-546-2 ISBN10: 1760295469 EAN: 9781760295462 x Description: The best-loved building in Australia nearly didn't get off the drawing board. When it did, the lives of everyone involved in its construction were utterly changed: some for the better, many for the worse. Helen Pitt tells the stories of the people behind the magnificent white sails of the Sydney Opera House. From the famous conductor and state premier who conceived the project; to the two architects whose lives were so tragically intertwined; to the workers and engineers; to the people of Sydney, who were alternately beguiled and horrified as the drama unfolded over two decades. With access to diaries, letters, and classified records, as well as her own interviews with people involved in the project, Helen Pitt reveals the intimate back story of the building that turned Sydney into an international city. It is a tale worthy of Shakespeare himself. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age Stephen R. Platt (Author) (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 560pp h242mm x w170mm x s50mm 1040g 2 Maps ISBN13: 9781786494863 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-486-3 ISBN10: 1786494868 EAN: 9781786494863 x Description: When Britain declared war on China in 1839, it sealed the fate of what had been, for centuries, the wealthiest and most powerful empire in the world.China was much weaker than was commonly understood and the war set in motion the fall of the Qing dynasty which, in turn, would lead to the rise of nationalism and communism in the twentieth century. Beginning with the very first efforts by the British government to 'open' China to trade, Stephen Platt tells the epic story of the decades leading up to the war and, given the growing uncertainty in current relations between China and the West, shows how the conflict still has important implications for the world today. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Jamestown Brides: The untold story of England's 'maids for Virginia' Jennifer Potter (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 384pp h234mm x w156mm B+w engravings, woodcuts and maps (integrated) ISBN13: 9781782399131 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-913-1 ISBN10: 1782399135 EAN: 9781782399131
x Description: The extraordinary story of the British women who made the perilous journey to Jamestown, Virginia, to become wives for tobacco planters in the New Colony. In 1621, fifty-seven women undertook a three-month journey to Jamestown after responding to an advert placed by the Virginia Company of London calling for maids 'young and uncorrupt' to make wives for its planters in the New Colony. Although the women travelled of their own free will, the Company was in effect selling them at a profit, having set a bride price of 150lbs of tobacco for each woman sold. The colony was then less than fifteen years old and the Company hoped to root its settlers to the land with ties of family and children. But what did the women want from the enterprise? Why did they agree to make the dangerous Atlantic crossing to a wild and dangerous land, where six out of seven European settlers died within their first few years, from dysentery, typhoid, salt poisoning and periodic skirmishes with the native population? Using original research, including company records and contemporary accounts, Jennifer Potter gives voice to these women and takes the reader on a journey alongside the brides as they travel into a perilous and uncertain future. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Cornish Dressmaker Nicola Pryce (Author) (Author) Series:
Cornish Saga
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 480pp h198mm x w129mm x s28mm 333g ISBN13: 9781786493835 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-383-5 ISBN10: 1786493837 EAN: 9781786493835 x Description: The third sweeping novel in a stunning series of family sagas set in eighteenth-century Cornwall, following the trials of seamstress Elowyn Liddicot as she attempts to forge her own destiny. Cornwall, 1796. Seamstress Elowyn Liddicot's family believe they've secured the perfect future for her, in the arms of Nathan Cardew. But then one evening, Elowyn helps to rescue a dying man from the sea, and everything changes. William Cotterell, wild and self-assured, refuses to leave her thoughts or her side but surely she can't love someone so unlike herself? With Elowyn's dressmaking business suddenly under threat, her family's pressure to marry Nathan increasing, and her heart decidedly at odds with her head, Elowyn doesn't know who to trust any more. And when William uncovers a sinister conspiracy that affects her whole world, can Elowyn find the courage to support the people she loves in the face of all opposition? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Altruism: The Science and Psychology of Kindness Matthieu Ricard (Author) Series:
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Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 736pp h198mm x w129mm x s46mm 533g ISBN13: 9780857897015 ISBN13: 978-0-85789-701-5 ISBN10: 0857897012 EAN: 9780857897015 x Description: The concern for the well-being of others could be the saving grace of the 21st century. Matthieu Ricard's Altruism, an erudite, brilliantly ranging synthesis of philosophy, psychology and ages old wisdom, is a radical call to kindness, which has the potential as a new global movement to answer the biggest problems of our time: the economy in the short term, life satisfaction in the mid-term, and the environment in the long term. As the faultlines of inequality and nationalism leave us ever more divided, Ricard challenges us to be better people - and in the process, make the world a better place.
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Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill Matthieu Ricard (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Jan 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 296g ISBN13: 9781782394815 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-481-5 ISBN10: 1782394818 EAN: 9781782394815 This Product Replaces: 9781843545583 x Description: Although we are materially better off than ever before, surveys show that we are depressed and listless. In his revolutionary book, Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard shows that happiness is not just an emotion, but a skill that can be developed. Free of jargon, Happiness contains simple exercises that will train the mind to recognize and pursue happiness by concentrating on the fundamental things in life, and in doing so change the way we view the world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Rise of the Outsiders: How Mainstream Politics Lost its Way Steve Richards (Author) Series:
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Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 356g ISBN13: 9781786491442 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-144-2 ISBN10: 1786491443 EAN: 9781786491442 x Description: Intelligent, nuanced and wide-ranging, this is the essential handbook for understanding the chaotic political times in which we live. In recent years, voters have deserted the political centre like never before. Whether it's Trump, Brexit, Le Pen, or Corbyn, outsiders and populists are flourishing on the far left and far right. Celebrated political commentator Steve Richards explores factors from globalization and fake news to rising immigration and stagnant wages. Richards argues that the reasons for the success of the outsider also sows the seeds of their eventual demise. If they do gain power, they inevitably become insiders themselves - and fail to live up to their extravagant promises. This landmark book examines the rapidly shifting global political landscape of the last decade, and is essential reading for anyone who has been bothered by Brexit, troubled by Trump or confused by Corbyn. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Amnesia: An 'ingenious' and 'twisting novel', perfect for fans of Peter Lovesey and William Ryan Michael Ridpath (Author) (Author) Series:
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Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 258g ISBN13: 9781782397588 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-758-8 ISBN10: 1782397582 EAN: 9781782397588
x Description: Alastair Cunningham wakes up in hospital with almost total amnesia. But he knows that something terrible happened in his past, something that haunts him still. A young family friend, Clemence, is called in to help rekindle his memory. Retreating with Alastair to his remote cottage by a Scottish loch, Clemence finds a peculiar manuscript hidden away from prying eyes. Reading the prologue, she discovers a murder by someone very much like a young Alastair. The victim? Clemence's grandmother, Sophie. Could this kindly old man truly be a killer? Clemence becomes determined to find out what happened all those years ago, even if she must risk everything to do so... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Wanderer Michael Ridpath (Author) (Author) Series:
A Magnus Iceland Mystery
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 336pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781782398738 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-873-8 ISBN10: 1782398732 EAN: 9781782398738 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 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... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Autumn in Venice: Ernest Hemingway and His Last Muse Andrea di Robilant (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 368pp h243mm x w164mm x s34mm 720g Integrated b&w photos ISBN13: 9781782399384 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-938-4 ISBN10: 1782399380 EAN: 9781782399384 x Description: The remarkable story of Hemingway's love affair with both the city of Venice and the muse he found there - a young Italian girl who inspired him to complete his great final work. In the autumn of 1948 Hemingway and his fourth wife travelled for the first time to Venice, which Hemingway called 'a goddam wonderful city'. He was a year shy of his fiftieth birthday and hadn't published a novel in nearly a decade. At a duck shoot in the lagoon he met and fell in love with Adriana Ivancich, a striking Venetian girl just out of finishing school. Di Robilant - whose great uncle moved in Hemingway's revolving circle of bon vivants, aristocrats, and artists - recreates with sparkling clarity this surprising, years-long relationship. Hemingway used Adriana as the model for Renata in Across the River and Into the Trees, and continued to visit Venice to see her; the Ivanciches travelled to Cuba, placing Adriana beside him as he wrote The Old Man and the Sea. This illuminating story of writer and muse - which also examines the cost to a young woman of her association with a larger-than-life literary celebrity -
is an intimate look at the fractured heart and changing art of Hemingway in his fifties. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Weight of Him Ethel Rohan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 250g ISBN13: 9781786491923 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-192-3 ISBN10: 1786491923 EAN: 9781786491923 x Description: How do you carry on, when you lose someone you love? Big Billy Brennan's family is reeling from loss, his marriage is a partnership in name alone, and eating is the only thing getting him through. In his closeknit town, Billy can't escape his notoriety. But when Billy decides to take on the two things weighing him down - his grief, and his fat - he takes on much more than just a personal attempt at recovery... The Weight of Him is an unforgettable, big-hearted novel about loss and redemption, and what can be achieved when an everyday hero finds the courage to try to better his world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Red April Santiago Roncagliolo (Author) (Author) Edith Grossman (Translator) (Translated by) Series:
Atlantic Cult Classics
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 281g ISBN13: 9781786495402 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-540-2 ISBN10: 1786495406 EAN: 9781786495402 x Description: The priest adjusted a cross hanging on the wall. It was a black cross without the image of Christ. Just a black cross on a grey surface. The prosecutor did not want to think about the cross burned into the forehead of the corpse... Felix Chacaltana Saldivar is a hapless, by-the-book prosecutor living in a small town, six-hundred kilometers from Lima. Until now he has led a life in which nothing exceptionally good or bad has ever happened to him. But when a charred and mutilated body, discovered during Carnival, signals the return of a serial murderer, Saldivar is inexplicably put in charge of the enquiry. As he investigates he must confront what happens to a man, and to a society, when death becomes the only certainty. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Confessions of the Fox Jordy Rosenberg (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 352pp h240mm x w165mm x s30mm 620g ISBN13: 9781786496225 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-622-5 ISBN10: 1786496224 EAN: 9781786496225
x Description: 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. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Manderley Forever: The Life of Daphne du Maurier Tatiana de Rosnay (Author) Series:
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Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 355g 1 x 8pp plate colour section ISBN13: 9781760632045 ISBN13: 978-1-76063-204-5 ISBN10: 176063204X EAN: 9781760632045 x Description: Bestselling novelist Tatiana de Rosnay pays homage to Daphne du Maurier, the writer who influenced her deeply, in this startling and immersive new biography. A portrait of one writer by another, Manderley Forever meticulously recounts a life as mysterious and dramatic as the work it produced, and highlights du Maurier's consuming passion for Cornwall. De Rosnay seamlessly recreates Daphne's childhood, rebellious teens and early years as a writer before exploring the complexities of her marriage and, finally, her cantankerous old age. With a rhythm and intimacy to its prose characteristic of all de Rosnay's works, Manderley Forever is a vividly compelling portrait and celebration of an intriguing, hugely popular and (in her time) critically underrated writer. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Trajectory: A short story collection Richard Russo (Author) Series:
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Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
01 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Hardback 256pp h222mm x w145mm x s25mm 400g ISBN13: 9781760297206 ISBN13: 978-1-76029-720-6 ISBN10: 1760297208 EAN: 9781760297206 x Description: Richard Russo's characters in these four expansive stories bear little similarity to the blue-collar citizens we're familiar with from many of his novels. In 'Horseman,' a professor confronts a young plagiarist as well as her own weaknesses as the Thanksgiving holiday looms closer and closer. In 'Intervention,' a real estate agent facing an ominous medical prognosis finds himself in his father's shadow while he presses forward - or not. In 'Voice,' a semi-retired academic is conned by his estranged brother into joining a group tour of the Venice Biennale, fleeing a mortifying incident with a traumatised student back in Massachusetts but encountering further complications in the maze of Venice. And in 'Milton and Marcus,' a lapsed novelist tries to rekindle his screenwriting career, only to be stymied by the pratfalls of that trade when he's called to an aging, iconic star's mountaintop retreat in Wyoming. Each of these stories is shot through with the humour, wisdom and surprise for which Richard Russo has long been acclaimed as Trajectory continues to extend the breadth of his achievements. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Trajectory: A short story collection Richard Russo (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: Australia Paperback 256pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781760297220 ISBN13: 978-1-76029-722-0 ISBN10: 1760297224 EAN: 9781760297220 x Description: The characters in these four expansive stories are a departure from the blue-collar denizens that populate so many of Richard Russo's novels; and all are bound together by parallel moments of reckoning with their pasts. In 'Horseman,' a young professor confronts an undergraduate plagiarist - as well as her own regrets. In 'Intervention,' a realtor facing a serious medical prognosis finds himself in his late father's shadow. 'Voice' gives us a semiretired academic who is conned by his estranged brother into joining a group tour of the Venice Biennale. And 'Milton and Marcus' takes us into a lapsed novelist's attempt to rekindle his screenwriting career - a career that depends wholly, at a crucial moment, on two Hollywood icons (one living, one dead). Shot through with Russo's inimitable humour, wisdom and surprise, Trajectory is the work of a masterful writer continuing to discover new heights. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Collapse of Globalism John Ralston Saul (Author) Series:
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Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 356g ISBN13: 9781786494481 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-448-1 ISBN10: 1786494485 EAN: 9781786494481 x Description: Globalization is dead. Nation states are resurgent, international trade has enriched the few rather than the promised many, and democratic values are on the retreat. The shining-eyed optimism of more open, more equal societies has given way to demagoguery and nationalism. As the problems of immigration, extremism and the economy cause the world's nations to rethink their relationships, John Ralston Saul's brilliantly insightful The Collapse of Globalism lights the way to where we go from here. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Drawn Out Tom Scott (University of St Andrews) (Author) Series:
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Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
25 Oct 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: New Zealand Hardback 424pp h234mm x w153mm 8pp colour plates ISBN13: 9781877505911 ISBN13: 978-1-877505-91-1 ISBN10: 1877505919 EAN: 9781877505911 x Description: Drawn Out is a hilarious, heartbreaking, heart-warming account of Tom Scott's tragicomic childhood, his manic student-newspaper days, his turbulent years stumbling through the corridors of power, his fallings out with prime ministers, his collaborations with comic legends John Clarke, A.K. Grant and Murray Ball, his travels to the ends of the earth with his close friend Ed Hillary, and more... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Great Convict Stories: Dramatic and moving tales from Australia's brutal early years Graham Seal (Author) Series:
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Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
22 Nov 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Paperback 304pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781760297787 ISBN13: 978-1-76029-778-7 ISBN10: 176029778X EAN: 9781760297787 x Description: Graham Seal takes us back to Australia's ignominious beginnings, when a hungry child could be transported to the other side of the globe for the theft of a handkerchief. It was a time when men were flogged till they bled for a minor misdemeanour, or forced to walk the treadmill for hours. Teams in iron chains carved roads through sandstone cliffs with hand picks, and men could select wives from a line up at the Female Factory. From the notorious prison regimes at Norfolk Island, Port Arthur and Macquarie Harbour came chilling accounts of cruelty, murder and even cannibalism. Despite the often harsh conditions, many convicts served their prison terms and built successful lives for themselves and their families. With a cast of colourful characters from around the country--the real Artful Dodger, intrepid bushrangers like Martin Cash and Moondyne Joe, and the legendary nurse Margaret Catchpole--Great Convict Stories offers a fascinating insight into life in Australia's first decades. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Charles Ulm: The untold story of one of Australia's greatest aviation pioneers Rick Searle (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
25 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: Australia Paperback 400pp h234mm x w153mm 2x8pp b/w inserts ISBN13: 9781760294274 ISBN13: 978-1-76029-427-4 ISBN10: 1760294276 EAN: 9781760294274 x Description: Charles Ulm and Charles Kingsford Smith were the original pioneers of Australian aviation. Together they succeeded in a number of record-breaking flights that made them instant celebrities in Australia and around the world: the first east-to-west crossing of the Pacific, the first transTasman flight, Australia to New Zealand, the first flight from New Zealand to Australia. Business ventures followed for them, as they set up Australian National Airways in late 1928. Smithy was the face of the airline, happier in the cockpit or in front of an audience than in the boardroom. Ulm on the other hand was in his element as managing director. Ulm had the tenacity and organisational skills, yet Smithy had the charisma and the public acclaim. In 1932, Kingsford Smith received a knighthood for his services to flying, Ulm did not. Business setbacks and dramas followed, as Ulm tried to develop the embryonic Australian airline industry. ANA fought hard against the young Qantas, already an establishment favourite, but a catastrophic crash on the airline's regular route from Sydney to Melbourne and the increasing bite of the Great Depression forced ANA's bankruptcy in 1933. Desperate to drum up publicity for a new airline venture, Ulm's final flight was meant to demonstrate the potential for a regular trans-Pacific passenger service. Somewhere between San Francisco and Hawaii his plane, Stella Australis, disappeared. No trace of the plane or crew were ever found. In the years since his death, attention has focused more and more on Smithy, leaving Ulm neglected and overshadowed. This biography will attempt to rectify that, showing that Ulm was at least Smithy's equal as a flyer, and in many ways his superior as a visionary, as an organiser and as a businessman. His untimely death robbed Australia of a huge talent. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Don't Close Your Eyes Holly Seddon (Author) Series:
Edition:
Open Market Edition
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 226g ISBN13: 9781782396734 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-673-4 ISBN10: 178239673X EAN: 9781782396734 x Description: Two sisters. A lifetime of secrets. One terrible reckoning. The astonishing new thriller from the bestselling author of Try Not to Breathe. Get ready to be #hookedbyholly! Robin and Sarah weren't the closest of twins, but they loved each other dearly. Until they were taken from one another. Robin now lives alone. Suffering from panic attacks, she spends her days house-bound, watching the world from the safety of her sitting room. Until one day, she sees something she shouldn't... And Sarah? Sarah got what she wanted - a wonderful, perfect family. Then a shocking event forces Sarah to leave her beloved home in search of her sister, Robin. But Sarah isn't the only person looking for Robin. As their paths intersect, something dangerous is set in motion, leading Robin and Sarah to fight for much more than their relationship... A gripping story with engaging, brilliantly written characters. - Cosmopolitan.com [A] smartly plotted psychological thriller... plenty of last-minute bombshells await. - Publishers Weekly _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Love Will Tear Us Apart Holly Seddon (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 352pp h234mm x w153mm x s24mm 593g ISBN13: 9781786490520 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-052-0 ISBN10: 1786490528 EAN: 9781786490520 x Description: Sometimes a promise becomes a prison. Fearing eternal singledom, childhood friends Kate and Paul make the age-old vow that if they don't find love by thirty, they will marry each other. Years later, with the deadline of their 30th birthdays approaching, the unlikely couple decide to keep their teenage promise. After all, they are such good friends. Surely that's enough to make a marriage? Now, on the eve of their 10th wedding anniversary, they will discover that love between men and women is more complex, and more precarious, than they could ever have imagined. As Kate struggles with a secret that reaches far into their past, will the couple's vow 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. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Love Will Tear Us Apart Holly Seddon (Author) Series:
Edition:
Export/Airside
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 384pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781786495068 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-506-8 ISBN10: 1786495066 EAN: 9781786495068 x Description: Kate and Paul have been married for ten years. Childhood best friends who reconnected as adults, Paul now has a high-flying job while Kate looks after their two adorable children. Their friends think they're the perfect couple. Everything should be wonderful. But Kate has a secret. One she's sure Paul doesn't know. Because if he did, would he really love her as much as he says he does? Or would he decide that their life together isn't worth the vow he made all those years ago...? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Try Not to Breathe: Gripping psychological thriller bestseller and perfect holiday read Holly Seddon (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
14 Jul 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 384pp h198mm x w130mm x s12mm 267g ISBN13: 9781782396703 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-670-3 ISBN10: 1782396705 EAN: 9781782396703 x Description: The most talked about psychological suspense novel of the 2016, loved by Marian Keyes and Tess Gerritsen. Once you start reading TRY NOT TO BREATHE you will be hooked on this gripping, fast-paced thriller. You won't be able to put it down. Just remember to breathe. Alex is sinking. Slowly but surely, she's cut herself off from everything but her one true love - drink. Until she's forced to write a piece about a coma ward, where she meets Amy. Amy is lost. When she was fifteen, she was attacked and left for dead in a park. Her attacker was never found. Since then, she has drifted in a lonely, timeless place. She's as good as dead, but not even her doctors are sure how much she understands. Alex and Amy grew up in the same suburbs, played the same music, flirted with the same boys. And as Alex begins to investigate the attack, she opens the door to the same danger that has left Amy in a coma...
Look out for Holly's new novel, DON'T CLOSE YOUR EYES, available to pre-order now! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Tyrant's Shadow Antonia Senior (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 258g ISBN13: 9781782396635 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-663-5 ISBN10: 1782396632 EAN: 9781782396635 x Description: [Senior's] vivid characters [capture] this chaotic era with a lively sense of how it must have felt to those living through it - The Times A court without a kingdom, a kingdom without a king... England, 1652: since Charles I's execution the land has remained untethered, the people longing for change. When Patience Johnson meets preacher Sidrach Simmonds, she believes her destiny is to become his wife and help him spread the Lord's word. Simmonds sees things quite differently. Patience's brother Will has been bestowed the job of lawyer to Oliver Cromwell. Tasked with aiding England's most powerful man, he must try to overcome his grief after the loss of his wife. Then Sam Challoner, Will's brother-in-law, returns unannounced after years in exile, forcing Will and Patience to question their loyalties: one to a ruler, the other, a spouse. Who do they choose to save? Themselves, their loved ones or their country... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Grace After Henry Eithne Shortall (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 432pp h234mm x w153mm x s30mm 582g ISBN13: 9781786493873 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-387-3 ISBN10: 178649387X EAN: 9781786493873 x Description: 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 Henry turns up to fix the boiler one evening, and Grace can't decide if she's hallucinating or has suddenly developed psychic powers. Grace isn't going mad - the man in front of her is not Henry at all, but someone else who looks uncannily like him. The hole in Grace's heart grows ever larger. Grace becomes captivated by this stranger, Andy - to her, he is Henry, and yet he is not. Reminded of everything she once had, can Grace recreate that lost love with Andy, resurrecting Henry in the process, or does loving Andy mean letting go of Henry? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The One Who Wrote Destiny Nikesh Shukla (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 368pp h215mm x w155mm x s32mm 535g ISBN13: 9781786492784 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-278-4 ISBN10: 1786492784 EAN: 9781786492784 x
Description: Mukesh has just moved from Kenya to the drizzly northern town of Keighley. He was expecting fame, fortune, the Rolling Stones and a nice girl, not poverty, loneliness and racism. Still, he might not have found Keith Richards, but he did find the girl. Neha is dying. Lung cancer, a genetic gift from her mother and an invocation to forge a better relationship with her brother and her widowed father before it's too late. The problem is, her brother is an unfunny comedian and her idiot father is a first-generation immigrant who moved to Keighley of all places. Rakesh is grieving. He lost his mother and his sister to the same illness, and his career as a comedian is flat-lining. Sure, his sister would have claimed that it was because he was simply unfunny, but he can't help feel that there is more to it than that - more to do with who he is and where he comes from rather than the content of his jokes. Ba has never looked after her two young grandchildren before. After her daughter died, her useless son-in-law dumped them on her doorstep for a month and now she has to try and work out how to bond with two children who are used to England, not to the rhythms of Kenya... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and How to Think Smarter About People Who Think Differently Steve Silberman (Author) Oliver Sacks (Contributions by) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
25 Feb 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Paperback 592pp h198mm x w129mm x s42mm 580g ISBN13: 9781760113643 ISBN13: 978-1-76011-364-3 ISBN10: 1760113646 EAN: 9781760113643 This Product Replaces: 9781760293284 x Description: Winner of the 2015 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction Shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize A Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Foreword by Oliver Sacks What is autism: a devastating developmental condition, a lifelong disability, or a naturally occurring form of cognitive difference akin to certain forms of genius? In truth, it is all of these things and more - and the future of our society depends on our understanding it. Following on from his groundbreaking article 'The Geek Syndrome', Wired reporter Steve Silberman unearths the secret history of autism, long suppressed by the same clinicians who became famous for discovering it, and finds surprising answers to the crucial question of why the number of diagnoses has soared in recent years. Going back to the earliest autism research and chronicling the brave and lonely journey of autistic people and their families through the decades, Silberman provides long-sought solutions to the autism puzzle while casting light on the growing movement of 'neurodiversity' and mapping out a path towards a more humane world for people with learning differences. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sourdough Robin Sloan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
27 Oct 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 272pp h210mm x w145mm x s15mm 300g ISBN13: 9781786494382 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-438-2 ISBN10: 1786494388 EAN: 9781786494382 x Description: Leavened by the same infectious intelligence and lovable nerdiness that made Robin Sloan's Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore such a sensation, Sourdough marks the triumphant return of a unique and beloved young writer.
Lois Clary is a software engineer at General Dexterity, a San Francisco robotics company with world-changing ambitions. She codes all day and collapses at night, her human contact limited to the two brothers who run the neighbourhood hole-in-the-wall from which she orders dinner every evening. Then, disaster! Visa issues. The brothers close up shop, and fast. But they have one last delivery for Lois: their culture, the sourdough starter used to bake their bread. She must keep it alive, they tell her - feed it daily, play it music, and learn to bake with it. Lois is no baker, but she could use a roommate, even if it is a needy colony of microorganisms. Soon, not only is she eating her own homemade bread, she's providing loaves daily to the General Dexterity cafeteria. The company chef urges her to take her product to the farmer's market, and a whole new world opens up. When Lois comes before the jury that decides who sells what at Bay Area markets, she encounters a close-knit club with no appetite for new members. But then, an alternative emerges: a secret market that aims to fuse food and technology. But who are these people, exactly? Sourdough is a soup of skilfully balanced ingredients: there's satire, a touch of fantasy, a pinch of SF, all bound up with a likeable narrator whose zest for life is infectious. The novel opens a door on a world that's both comforting and thrillingly odd. - The Guardian _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sourdough Robin Sloan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 272pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786494115 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-411-5 ISBN10: 1786494116 EAN: 9781786494115 x Description: It's like Fight Club meets The Great British Bake Off - NPR Lois Clary is a software engineer. She codes all day and collapses at night into her sofa, her human contact limited to the two brothers who run the local takeaway from which she orders dinner every evening - that is, until the brothers are forced out of business. But they have one last delivery for Lois: their culture, the sourdough starter used to bake their famous bread. She must keep it alive, feed it daily, play it music, and learn to bake with it. Lois is no baker, but soon, not only is she eating her own homemade, but she's initiated into a fantastical and possibly fantastically sinister underground world: a secret market that aims to fuse home-cooked food with cutting-edge technology... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Red Star Over China: The Classic Account of the Birth of Chinese Communism Edgar Snow (Author) Dr John K. Fairbank (Contributions by) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Publisher:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub Date:
01 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback 544pp h190mm x w130mm x s35mm 354g ISBN13: 9781611855128 ISBN13: 978-1-61185-512-8 ISBN10: 1611855128 EAN: 9781611855128 x Description: The first Westerner to meet Mao Tse-tung and the Chinese Communist leaders in 1936, Edgar Snow came away with the first authorised account of Mao's life, as well as a history of the famous Long March and the men and women who were responsible for the Chinese revolution. Out of that experience came Red Star Over China, a classic work that remains one of the most important books ever written about the birth of the Communist movement in China. This edition includes extensive notes on the military and political developments in China, further interviews with Mao Tse-tung, a chronology covering 125 years of Chinese revolution and nearly a hundred detailed biographies of the men and women who were instrumental in making China what it is today.
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The Name on the Door is Not Mine C. K. Stead (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
26 Oct 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: New Zealand Paperback 304pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781877505812 ISBN13: 978-1-877505-81-2 ISBN10: 1877505811 EAN: 9781877505812 x Description: Gathered from throughout Stead's career, these stories are a reminder of his deft storytelling and literary power. They are clever, sensual, wry and beautifully written, with Stead's subtle sense of humour evident at every turn. The collection can be read as a meditation on the writerly life, and includes a number of new, previously unpublished stories, including Last Season's Man, which won the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award, as well as older stories that have been revised and rewritten. Set in locations as diverse as the South of France, Sydney, Zagreb, Auckland, San Francisco and Oxford, each story is vividly drawn. This extraordinary collection, along with Stead's history as New Zealand Poet Laureate (2015-17), confirms his position as an exceptionally talented writer. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Necessary Angel C. K. Stead (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
01 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Hardback 240pp h240mm x w160mm x s35mm 665g ISBN13: 9781760631154 ISBN13: 978-1-76063-115-4 ISBN10: 1760631159 EAN: 9781760631154 x Description: Max Jackson, a New Zealander living and lecturing in Paris, has a complicated arrangement with his estranged French wife, Louise. In love with his younger Sorbonne colleague Sylvie, he finds himself entangled with Helen, a troubled young English student. When a Cezanne painting goes missing from Louise's apartment, the boundaries he has struggled to maintain threaten to collapse. Infused with literary musings and the spirit of Paris, The Necessary Angel is as much an ode to the power of literature as a nuanced exploration of love, fidelity and the balance of power within relationships. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Necessary Angel C. K. Stead (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
02 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: Australia Paperback 240pp h198mm x w129mm x s17mm 225g ISBN13: 9781760631161 ISBN13: 978-1-76063-116-1 ISBN10: 1760631167 EAN: 9781760631161 x Description: Max Jackson, a New Zealander living and lecturing in Paris, has a complicated arrangement with his estranged French wife, Louise. In love with his younger Sorbonne colleague Sylvie, he finds himself entangled with Helen, a troubled young English student.
When a Cezanne painting goes missing from Louise's apartment, the boundaries he has struggled to maintain threaten to collapse. Infused with literary musings and the spirit of Paris, The Necessary Angel is as much an ode to the power of literature as a nuanced exploration of love, fidelity and the balance of power within relationships. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Murdoch Method: Notes on Running a Media Empire Irwin Stelzer (Author) Series:
Edition:
Export/Airside
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h234mm x w156mm 1 x 8pp b&w plate section ISBN13: 9781786494009 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-400-9 ISBN10: 1786494000 EAN: 9781786494009 x Description: An exclusive, insider viewpoint on the "Murdoch Method" from his right-hand man and advisor, Irwin Stelzer. 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 advisor to Murdoch for 35 years reveals what makes Rupert tick and how he grew from humble beginnings as the owner of an Adelaide newspaper, to becoming the head of a globe-circling enterprise worth over $50 billion. But this isn't just a straight-forward business memoir. Rather, Stelzer explores what makes Murdoch so unique: whether that be down to his love of taking risks, his mistrust of the establishment, or his unconventional management style. Revealing what really happened during Murdoch's most infamous moments, Stelzer examines how Murdoch navigated both his success and his failures: including his tussles with regulators, his doomed foray into social media, his victories over trade unions, and how he handled the fallout of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal. Venerated, despised, admired and mistrusted, Murdoch has left an indelible imprint on the world of business, media, and politics. Read this engrossing account to find out how he did it. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Secret Army: An Elite Force, A Secret Mission, A Fleet Of Model-T Fords, A Far Flung Corner Of WWI Barry Stone (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
23 Aug 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Paperback 248pp h234mm x w153mm 8pp b&w photos ISBN13: 9781760290689 ISBN13: 978-1-76029-068-9 ISBN10: 1760290688 EAN: 9781760290689 x Description: It was arguably the greatest fighting force in the entirety of the Great War. They were the very best: hardened, fearless, decorated, cocky fighting men, all veterans of Gallipoli and the Western Front. Yet this elite force secretly assembled in London in late 1917 remains an enigma even today. Barry Stone tells the story of these British, Australian, New Zealand, Canadian and South African men who were sent to the ethnic powder keg of the Caucasus to preserve British interests. They matched wits with German spies and assassins. They fought the Turks. They dined with sheiks, outraged local mullahs, forged unlikely alliances with Russian Cossacks, helped Armenians flee genocide, and saved the lives of thousands of starving Persians. This book is a rarity: a story set against the backdrop of war, filled not with bloodshed but with acts of kindness and selflessness; a triumph of the human spirit. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found Cheryl Strayed (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main - Film Tie-in
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
29 Jul 2014
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 250g ISBN13: 9781782394860 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-486-0 ISBN10: 1782394869 EAN: 9781782394860 x Description: At twenty-six, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's rapid death from cancer, her family disbanded and her marriage crumbled. With nothing to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life: to walk eleven-hundred miles of the west coast of America and to do it alone. She had no experience of long-distance hiking and the journey was nothing more than a line on a map. But it held a promise - a promise of piecing together a life that lay shattered at her feet... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Equal Power: And How You Can Make It Happen Jo Swinson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 400pp h222mm x w147mm x s37mm 630g ISBN13: 9781786491879 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-187-9 ISBN10: 1786491877 EAN: 9781786491879 x Description: Why is gender inequality so stubbornly persistent? Power. Even today, power remains concentrated in the hands of men right across the worlds of business, politics and culture. Decisions taken by those with power tend to perpetuate gender inequality rather than accelerate solutions. And those who see the problem often feel powerless: ingrained sexism and gender inequality can seem too huge to solve. Equal Power holds a mirror up to society, showing the stark extent of gender inequality while making the case that everyone has the power to create change. Whether you are a teenage student, a global CEO or a taxi driver, there is much we can do as friends, consumers, parents and colleagues to create a world of Equal Power. In this inspiring and essential book, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats and former Government Minister for Women Jo Swinson outlines the steps we can all take, small and large, to make our society truly gender equal. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Equal Power: And How You Can Make It Happen Jo Swinson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Feb 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786491893 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-189-3 ISBN10: 1786491893 EAN: 9781786491893 x Description: Why is gender inequality so stubbornly persistent? Power. Even today, power remains concentrated in the hands of men right across the worlds of business, politics and culture. Decisions taken by those with power tend to perpetuate gender inequality rather than accelerate solutions. And those who see the problem often feel powerless: ingrained sexism and gender inequality can seem too huge to solve. Equal Power holds a mirror up to society, showing the stark extent of gender inequality while making the case that everyone has the power to create change. Whether you are a teenage student, a global CEO or a taxi driver, there is much we can do as friends, consumers, parents and colleagues to create a world of Equal Power. In this inspiring and essential book, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats and former Government Minister for Women
Jo Swinson outlines the steps we can all take, small and large, to make our society truly gender equal. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Pharmacist's Wife Vanessa Tait (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 400pp h210mm x w150mm x s30mm 460g ISBN13: 9781786492715 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-271-5 ISBN10: 1786492717 EAN: 9781786492715 x Description: Love. Desire. Vengeance. A deadly alchemy. When Rebecca Palmer's new husband opens a pharmacy in Victorian Edinburgh, she expects to live the life of a well-heeled gentlewoman. But her ideal turns to ashes when she discovers her husband is not what he seems. As Rebecca struggles to maintain her dignity in the face of his infidelity and strange sexual desires, Alexander tries to pacify her so-called hysteria with a magical new chemical creation. A wonder-drug he calls heroin. Rebecca's journey into addiction takes her further into her past, and her first, lost love, while Alexander looks on, curiously observing his wife's descent. Meanwhile, Alexander's desire to profit from his invention leads him down a dangerous path that blurs science, passion, and death. He soon discovers that even the most promising experiments can have unforeseen and deadly consequences... Reminiscent of the works of Sarah Waters, this is a brilliantly observed piece of Victoriana which deals with the disempowerment of women, addiction, desire, sexual obsession and vengeance. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Daughter of Gloriavale: My Life in a Religious Cult Lilia Tarawa (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
23 Aug 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Paperback 320pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781760631499 ISBN13: 978-1-76063-149-9 ISBN10: 1760631493 EAN: 9781760631499 x Description: In this personal account, Lilia Tarawa exposes the shocking secrets of the Gloriavale Christian Community cult, with its rigid rules and oppressive control of women. She describes her fear when her family questioned Gloriavale's beliefs and practices. When her parents fled with their children, Lilia was forced to make a desperate choice: to stay or to leave. No matter what she chose, she would lose people she loved. In the outside world, Lilia struggled. Would she be damned to hell for leaving? How would she learn to navigate this strange place called 'the world'? And would she ever find out the truth about the criminal convictions against her grandfather? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Perfect Match D. B. Thorne (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 400pp h234mm x w153mm x s24mm 478g ISBN13: 9781782395973 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-597-3 ISBN10: 1782395970 EAN: 9781782395973 x Description: 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... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Troll D. B. Thorne (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 258g ISBN13: 9781782395966 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-596-6 ISBN10: 1782395962 EAN: 9781782395966 x Description: Years ago, Fortune gave up on his daughter, Sophie, after a troubled adolescence. Now she's gone missing, vanished without trace. And after weeks of investigation, the police have given up on her, too. Driven by guilt, and a determination to atone for his failures as a father, he takes on the search himself. He soon finds that his daughter had been living in fear of a vicious online troll who seemed to know far too much about her. Could Sophie's disappearance be linked to this unknown predator? Fortune is about to discover that monsters which live online don't always stay there... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Advice for the Dying (and Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death Sallie Tisdale (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
02 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: Australia Hardback 256pp h225mm x w145mm x s25mm 445g ISBN13: 9781760632700 ISBN13: 978-1-76063-270-0 ISBN10: 1760632708 EAN: 9781760632700 x Description: Award-winning writer and nurse Sallie Tisdale offers a lyrical, thought-provoking yet practical perspective on death and dying in this frank, direct and compassionate meditation on the inevitable. From the sublime (the faint sound of Mozart as you take your last breath) to the ridiculous (lessons on how to close the sagging jaw of a corpse), Tisdale leads the reader through the peaks and troughs of death with a calm, wise and humorous hand. More than a how-to manual or a spiritual bible,
this is a graceful compilation of honest and intimate anecdotes based on the deaths Tisdale has witnessed in her work and life, as well as stories from cultures, traditions and literature around the world. Tisdale explores all the heartbreaking, beautiful, terrifying, confusing, absurd and even joyful experiences that accompany the work of dying, including: A good death:What does it mean to die 'a good death'? Can there be more than one kind? What can I do to make my death, or the deaths of my loved ones, good? Communication:What to say and not to say, what to ask and when, from the dying, loved ones, doctors and more. Last months, weeks, days and hours: What you might expect, physically and emotionally, including the limitations, freedoms, pains and joys of this unique time. Bodies: What happens to a body after death? What options are available to me after my death, and how do I choose - and make sure my wishes are followed? Grief: 'Grief is a story that must be told, over and over. . . Grief is the breath after the last one.' Beautifully written and compulsively readable, Advice for the Dying offers the resources and reassurance that we all need for planning the ends of our lives. It is essential reading for all of us. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
NK3 Michael Tolkin (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Publisher:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub Date:
07 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback 320pp h190mm x w130mm x s20mm 236g ISBN13: 9781611855067 ISBN13: 978-1-61185-506-7 ISBN10: 1611855063 EAN: 9781611855067 x Description: The H LYW OD sign presides over a Los Angeles devastated by a weaponized microbe that has been accidentally spread around the globe, deleting human identity. In post-NK3 Los Angeles, a sixty-foot-tall fence surrounds the hills where the rich used to live, but the mansions have been taken over by those with the only power that matters: the power of memory. Inside the Fence, life for the new aristocracy, a society of the partially rehabilitated who call themselves the Verified, is a perpetual party. Outside the Fence, in downtown Los Angeles, the Verified use an invented mythology to keep control over the mindless Drifters, Shamblers and Bottle Bangers who serve the gift economy until no longer needed. The ruler, Chief, takes his guidance from gigantic effigies of a man and a woman in the heart of the Fence. In deliciously dark prose, Tolkin winds a noose-like plot around this melee of despots, prophets and rebels as they struggle for command and survival in a town that still manages to exert a magnetic force, even as a ruined husk. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Neon Bible John Kennedy Toole (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Publisher:
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub Date:
07 Feb 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United States Paperback 176pp h194mm x w130mm ISBN13: 9781611854985 ISBN13: 978-1-61185-498-5 ISBN10: 1611854989 EAN: 9781611854985 x Description: The accomplished and evocative first novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Confederacy of Dunces. John Kennedy Toole wrote The Neon Bible for a literary contest at the age of sixteen. The manuscript was finally published twenty years after Toole's death.
The Neon Bible opens with the narrator, a young man named David, on a train, leaving the small Southern town he's grown up in for the first time. What unspools is the tender and tragic coming-of-age story of a lonely child, a story that revolves around David's unorthodox friendship with his greataunt Mae - a former stage performer who is fiercely at odds with the conservative townspeople - and the everyday toll of living in an environment of religious fanaticism. From the opening lines of The Neon Bible, David is fully alive, naive yet sharply observant, drawing us into his world through the sure artistry of John Kennedy Toole. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
House of Stone Novuyo Rosa Tshuma (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 384pp h240mm x w165mm x s35mm 655g ISBN13: 9781786493163 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-316-3 ISBN10: 1786493160 EAN: 9781786493163 x Description: 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 wellheeled, 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. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
House of Stone Novuyo Rosa Tshuma (Author) Series:
Edition:
Export/Airside
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 384pp h235mm x w155mm x s30mm 520g ISBN13: 9781786493620 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-362-0 ISBN10: 1786493624 EAN: 9781786493620 x Description: 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 wellheeled, 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. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Slap: LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2010 Christos Tsiolkas (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
17 Mar 2011
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 496pp h198mm x w129mm x s30mm 354g ISBN13: 9781848873568 ISBN13: 978-1-84887-356-8 ISBN10: 1848873565 EAN: 9781848873568
x Description: WINNER OF THE COMMONWEALTH WRITERS' PRIZE 2009 LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2010 'A tremendously vital book in every sense.' - Sunday Times At a suburban barbecue one afternoon, a man slaps an unruly boy. The boy is not his son. It is a single act of violence, but the slap reverberates through the lives of everyone who witnesses it happen. Christos Tsiolkas presents the impact of this apparently minor domestic incident through the eyes of eight of those who witness it. The result is an unflinching interrogation of the life of the modern family, a deeply thought-provoking novel about boundaries and their limits... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Miss Muriel Matters: The fearless suffragist who fought for equality Robert Wainwright (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
01 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Paperback 384pp h198mm x w128mm x s27mm 376g 2 x 8pp photos ISBN13: 9781760632687 ISBN13: 978-1-76063-268-7 ISBN10: 1760632686 EAN: 9781760632687 x Description: In 1908 Muriel Matters, known as 'that daring Australian girl', chained herself to an iron grille in the House of Commons to demand votes for women, thus becoming the first woman to make a speech in the House. The following year she made headlines around the world when she took to the sky over the Houses of Parliament in an airship emblazoned with 'Votes for Women'. A trailblazer in the suffrage movement, Muriel toured England in a horse-drawn caravan to promote the cause. But feminism was just one of her passions: Muriel's zeal for social change also saw her run for Parliament, campaign for prison reform, promote Maria Montessori's teaching methods and defend the poor. In this inspiring and long-overdue biography, bestselling author Robert Wainwright introduces us to an intelligent, spirited and brave woman who fought tirelessly for others in a world far from equal. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Till the Cows Come Home: The Story of Our Eternal Dependence Philip Walling (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
02 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 384pp h225mm x w145mm x s35mm 645g 2x8pp col plates ISBN13: 9781786493064 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-306-4 ISBN10: 1786493063 EAN: 9781786493064 x Description: 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 Last Hours Minette Walters (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
07 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Paperback 576pp h198mm x w129mm x s34mm 397g ISBN13: 9781760632144 ISBN13: 978-1-76063-214-4 ISBN10: 1760632147 EAN: 9781760632144 x Description: England, 1348: as the Black Death spreads through the country, people start to die by the thousands. In Dorset, young Lady Anne takes control of her lands, with her trusted steward, Thaddeus, at her side. Compassionate and resourceful, she decides to quarantine the estate against the terrifying pestilence, bringing some two hundred serfs inside the moated walls. But in such a confined space, conflicts soon arise. Ignorant of the world outside, Lady Anne's people wrestle with the terrible uncertainty of their futures. Fearing starvation but fearing the disease even more, who amongst them has the courage to leave the security of the walls? And how safe is anyone when a dreadful event threatens the uneasy status quo...? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Last Hours Minette Walters (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
02 Nov 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Hardback 560pp h240mm x w162mm x s46mm 866g ISBN13: 9781760632137 ISBN13: 978-1-76063-213-7 ISBN10: 1760632139 EAN: 9781760632137 x Description: June, 1348: the Black Death enters England through the port of Melcombe in the county of Dorsetshire. Unprepared for the virulence of the disease, and the speed with which it spreads, the people of the county start to die in their thousands. In the estate of Develish, Lady Anne takes control of her people's future - including the lives of two hundred bonded serfs. Strong, compassionate and resourceful, Lady Anne chooses a bastard slave, Thaddeus Thurkell, to act as her steward. Together, they decide to quarantine Develish by bringing the serfs inside the walls. With this sudden overturning of the accepted social order, where serfs exist only to serve their lords, conflicts soon arise. Ignorant of what is happening in the world outside, they wrestle with themselves, with God and with the terrible uncertainty of their futures. Lady Anne's people fear starvation but they fear the pestilence more. Who amongst them has the courage to leave the security of the walls? And how safe is anyone in Develish when a dreadful event threatens the uneasy status quo..? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Turn of Midnight Minette Walters (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: Australia Hardback 464pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781760632168 ISBN13: 978-1-76063-216-8 ISBN10: 1760632163 EAN: 9781760632168 x Description: 'Wonderful and sweeping, with a fabulous sense of place and history.' Kate Mosse on The Last Hours As the year 1349 approaches, the Black Death continues its devastating course across England. In Dorseteshire, the quarantined people of Develish question whether they are the only survivors. Guided by their beloved young mistress, Lady Anne, they wait, knowing that when their dwindling stores are finally gone they will have no choice but to leave. But where will they find safety in the desolate wasteland outside? One man has the courage to find out. Thaddeus Thurkell, a free-thinking, educated serf, strikes out in search of supplies and news. A compelling leader, he and his companions quickly throw off the shackles of serfdom and set their minds to ensuring Develish's future - and freedom for its people. But what use is freedom that cannot be gained lawfully? When Lady Anne and Thaddeus conceive an audacious plan to secure her people's independence, neither foresees the life-threatening struggle over power, money and religion that follows... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Turn of Midnight Minette Walters (Author) Series:
Edition:
Export/Airside
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: Australia Paperback 560pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781760632175 ISBN13: 978-1-76063-217-5 ISBN10: 1760632171 EAN: 9781760632175 x Description: The people of Develish have survived the worst of the Black Death. Saved from desperation and hopelessness by Lady Anne's leadership, and from starvation by Thaddeus Thurkell's bravery, they must now face a world decimated by the disease. As the atmosphere becomes more and more claustrophobic,Thaddeus must set out yet again into the unknown, to discover just what remains of England in the aftermath of the terrible pestilence. But what future awaits them all, in this strange and dreadful new world? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Perfect Ten: A powerful, page-turning read about a woman's search for revenge Jacqueline Ward (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 320pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781786493767 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-376-7 ISBN10: 1786493764 EAN: 9781786493767
x Description: An explosive debut thriller about one woman's search for revenge - and the dangerous chain of events she sets in motion... 'Hugely engrossing - a dark delight.' Catherine Ryan Howard 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... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How to DAD Jordan Watson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
01 Nov 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: New Zealand Paperback 160pp h160mm x w150mm Colour illustrations throughout ISBN13: 9781877505850 ISBN13: 978-1-877505-85-0 ISBN10: 1877505854 EAN: 9781877505850 x Description: How to DAD wrote a book?! Well I scribbled some stuff down and some other people were crazy enough to publish it so I'll take it! I'm known for making silly viral parenting videos on things like 'How to get a baby to clean the house' or 'How to travel with a baby' and I've put my Dad skills on paper. OK they might not be 'skills' - but the Dad 'stuff' in this book might just help you in your quest to master the art of Dadding. Dadding? Is that a thing...? Well you'll have to buy this book to find out. NAILED IT! Back of book bit - Done. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How to DAD Volume 2 Jordan Watson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
26 Jul 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Paperback 160pp h160mm x w150mm Colour illustrations throughout ISBN13: 9781760631505 ISBN13: 978-1-76063-150-5 ISBN10: 1760631507 EAN: 9781760631505 x Description: OK, hurry up and grab me. We don't have long before the publishers realise I'm not one of those fancy parenting-help people. In here, you'll find some sort-of helpful tips, some pictures, some words and a few crack-up dad tales. I might not be a fancy parenting person, but I am a black belt in Dadding. Yes, that's a thing. It's totally a thing. I'm still making silly parenting videos, I'm still non-PC and I'm still a DAD. This is How to DAD: Volume 2. Back of book bit: DONE. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Break Katherena Vermette (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786493910 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-391-0 ISBN10: 1786493918 EAN: 9781786493910 x Description: A GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FINALIST Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award 2018 Crime Book of the Month, Sunday Times, February 2018 'I loved this... very tough and very real.' - Margaret Atwood When Stella, a young mother in an Indigenous community, looks out her window one wintry evening and spots someone being attacked on the Break a barren field on an isolated strip of land outside her house - she calls the police. By the time help arrives, all that is left of the struggle is blood on the snow. As the search for the victim intensifies, people who are connected, both directly and indirectly - police, family, and friends - tell their personal stories leading up to that fateful night, uncovering secrets and resentments long buried and giving blazing testimony to the lived reality of people pushed out to the coldest edges of modern Canada. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lazarus Morris West (Author) Series:
The Vatican Trilogy
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen & Unwin
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Pub Date:
23 Aug 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Paperback 384pp h195mm x w130mm x s28mm 340g ISBN13: 9781760297718 ISBN13: 978-1-76029-771-8 ISBN10: 1760297712 EAN: 9781760297718 x Description: Iron-fisted Pope Leo XIV emerges from open heart surgery with the chilling realisation that his reforms have devastated the Church. As he struggles to overcome the policies he himself put in place, he must battle enemies from within the Vatican, as well as Islamic terrorists determined to assassinate him. Amid political intrigue and counter-espionage, his brilliant surgeon Salviati becomes a target too, along with Salviati's beautiful mistress, Tove, and her fragile daughter, as the plot builds to a dramatic climax. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Pinch: How the Baby Boomers Took Their Children's Future - And Why They Should Give It Back David Willetts (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm 1x8pp b&w plates ISBN13: 9781786491220 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-122-0 ISBN10: 1786491222 EAN: 9781786491220
x Description: The baby boom of 1945-65 produced the biggest, richest generation that Britain has ever known. Today, at the peak of their power and wealth, baby boomers now run our country; by virtue of their sheer demographic power, they have fashioned the world around them in a way that meets all of their housing, healthcare and financial needs. In this original and provocative book, David Willetts shows how the baby boomer generation has attained this position at the expense of their children.Social, cultural and economic provision has been made for the reigning section of society, whilst the needs of the next generation have taken a back seat. Willetts argues that if our political, economic and cultural leaders do not begin to discharge their obligations to the future, the young people of today will be taxed more, work longer hours for less money, have lower social mobility and live in a degraded environment in order to pay for their parents' quality of life. Baby boomers, worried about the kind of world they are passing on to their children, are beginning to take note. However, whilst the imbalance in the quality of life between the generations is becoming more obvious, what is less certain is whether the older generation will be willing to make the sacrifices necessary for a more equal distribution. The Pinch is a landmark account of intergenerational relations in Britain. It is essential reading for parents and policymakers alike. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Histories of the Unexpected: How Everything Has a History Dr Sam Willis (Author) (Author) Professor James Daybell (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 496pp h234mm x w171mm 4x4pp col plates ISBN13: 9781786494122 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-412-2 ISBN10: 1786494124 EAN: 9781786494122 x Description: In this fascinating and original new book, Sam Willis and James Daybell lead us on a journey of historical discovery that tackles some of the greatest historical themes - from the Tudors to the Second World War, from the Roman Empire to the Victorians - but via entirely unexpected subjects. You will find out here how the history of the beard is connected to the Crimean War; how the history of paperclips is all about the Stasi; how the history of bubbles is all about the French Revolution. And who knew that Heinrich Himmler, Tutankhamun and the history of needlework are linked to napalm and Victorian orphans? Taking the reader on an enthralling and extraordinary journey through thirty different topics that are ingeniously linked together, Histories of the Unexpected not only presents a new way of thinking about the past, but also reveals the everyday world around us as never before. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Struggle for Sea Power: The Royal Navy vs the World, 1775-1782 Sam Willis (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 608pp h198mm x w128mm x s42mm 560g 1 x 8 pp colour plates, 25 integrated illustrations and 18 maps ISBN13: 9781848878471 ISBN13: 978-1-84887-847-1 ISBN10: 1848878478 EAN: 9781848878471 x Description: With a cast of swaggering swashbuckling characters, The Struggle for Sea Power charts the greatest war in the age of sail. In 1775 thirteen isolated colonies, without a navy or an army, began a war with Britain to win their independence from the greatest naval and military power on earth. The American Revolution was a naval war of immense scope and variety, including no fewer than twenty-two navies fighting on five oceans - to say nothing of rivers and lakes. Not until the Second World War would any nation actively fight in so many different theatres.
Using original logs, reports, diaries and archaeological discoveries, The Struggle for Sea Power traces every key military event in the path to American Independence from a naval perspective. This is the gripping tale of the birth of the New World. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Aftershocks A. N. Wilson (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 288pp h234mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781786496034 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-603-4 ISBN10: 1786496038 EAN: 9781786496034 x Description: 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. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Railways and The Raj: How the Age of Steam Transformed India Christian Wolmar (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm 1x8pp colour plates, 1x8pp b/w plates and maps ISBN13: 9781782397670 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-767-0 ISBN10: 1782397671 EAN: 9781782397670 x Description: India was the jewel in the crown of the British Empire, an Empire that needed a rail network to facilitate its exploitation and reflect its ambition. But, by building India's railways, Britain radically changed the nation and unwittingly planted the seed of independence. As Indians were made to travel in poor conditions and were barred from the better paid railway jobs a stirring of resentment and nationalist sentiment grew. The Indian Railways network remains one of the largest in the world, serving over 25 million passengers each day. In this expertly told history, Christian Wolmar reveals the full story, from the railway's beginnings to the present day, and examines the chequered role this institution has played in Indian history and the creation of today's modern state. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Surviving Execution: A Miscarriage of Justice and the Fight to End the Death Penalty Ian Woods (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 368pp h197mm x w130mm x s26mm 350g ISBN13: 9781786491862 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-186-2 ISBN10: 1786491869 EAN: 9781786491862
x Description: "Compelling... This is a captivating account of Glossip's fight for truth." -- Sir Richard Branson A tense mix of Dead Man Walking and Making a Murderer, Surviving Execution combines the very best in true-crime writing with a searching exploration of our most barbaric punishment. Imagine being condemned to death for murder, when even the prosecutors admit that you didn't actually kill anyone. This is what happened to Richard Glossip, a death-row inmate who was found guilty of murdering motel owner, Barry van Treese. Despite being convicted on the word of the actual selfconfessed killer, the state of Oklahoma is still intent on executing him, raising international outcry and controversy. Ian Woods, a reporter for Sky News in the UK, came across the case one quiet afternoon, and has tirelessly campaigned ever since to bring the injustices Glossip has faced to the world's attention. He even served as an invited witness to Glossip's three scheduled executions - all of which were stayed at the last possible moment. This is the gripping true story of the case, and their turbulent friendship, written by a man with unparalleled firsthand knowledge and access. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1941: Politics, Espionage and the Secret Pact between Churchill and Roosevelt Marc Wortman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 432pp h198mm x w129mm x s30mm 415g integrated b&w images ISBN13: 9781786491190 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-119-0 ISBN10: 1786491192 EAN: 9781786491190 x Description: Prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, America had long been involved in a shadow war. Throughout 1941, President Roosevelt concocted ingenious ways to come to Winston Churchill's aid, without breaking the Neutrality Acts. Conducting espionage at home and in South America to root out Nazi sympathizers, and waging undeclared war in the Atlantic, were just some of the tactics with which America battled Hitler in the shadows. President Roosevelt also had to contend with growing isolationism and anti-Semitism as he tried to influence public opinion. While Americans were sympathetic to those being crushed under Axis power, they were unwilling to enter a foreign war. Wortman tells the story through the eyes of the powerful as well as ordinary citizens. Their stories weave throughout the intricate tapestry of events that unfold during the crucial year of 1941. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Nocturnal Animals: Film tie-in originally published as Tony and Susan Austin Wright (Author) Series:
Edition:
Tie-In
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
26 Oct 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s26mm 371g ISBN13: 9781786490186 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-018-6 ISBN10: 1786490188 EAN: 9781786490186 x Description: The novel that inspired the 2016 major motion picture Nocturnal Animals, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams, is a dazzling, eerie, riveting thriller of fear and regret, blood and revenge. Many years after their divorce, Susan Morrow receives a strange gift from her ex-husband. A manuscript that tells the story of a terrible crime: an ambush on the highway, a secluded cabin in the woods; a thrilling chiller of death and corruption. How could such a harrowing story be told by the man she once loved? And why, after so long, has he sent her such a disturbing and personal message...? Originally published as Tony and Susan.
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Tony and Susan: Now the major motion picture Nocturnal Animals Austin Wright (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main - Re-issue
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Jul 2011 (08 Sep 2016)
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s27mm 356g ISBN13: 9781848870222 ISBN13: 978-1-84887-022-2 ISBN10: 1848870221 EAN: 9781848870222 x Description: Many years after their divorce, Susan Morrow receives a strange gift from her ex-husband. A manuscript that tells the story of a terrible crime: an ambush on the highway, a secluded cabin in the woods; a thrilling chiller of death and corruption. How could such a harrowing story be told by the man she once loved? And why, after so long, has he sent her such a disturbing and personal message...? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tony and Susan Austin Wright (Author) (Author) Series:
Atlantic Cult Classics
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm x s27mm 371g ISBN13: 9781786495051 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-505-1 ISBN10: 1786495058 EAN: 9781786495051 x Description: The car shrieked and stopped. Around its red and white light a cloud of smoke rose and dissolved. A door opened. A man got out, stood at the edge of the shoulder, looked back, a shadow, indistinguishable. Fifteen years after their divorce, Susan Morrow receives a strange gift from her ex-husband: a manuscript that tells the story of a terrible crime, of an ambush on the highway, of a secluded cabin in the woods. It is a chilling tale of death and corruption, written by the man she once loved. Why, after so long, has he sent her such a disturbing and personal message? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________