Lies Sleeping: The Seventh Rivers of London novel Ben Aaronovitch (Author) Series:
A Rivers of London novel
Edition:
Imprint:
Gollancz
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
13 Nov 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 416pp h216mm x w135mm ISBN13: 9781473207820 ISBN13: 978-1-4732-0782-0 ISBN10: 1473207827 EAN: 9781473207820 x Description: Martin Chorley, aka the Faceless Man, wanted for multiple counts of murder, fraud and crimes against humanity, has been unmasked and is on the run. Peter Grant, Detective Constable and apprentice wizard, now plays a key role in an unprecedented joint operation to bring Chorley to justice. But even as the unwieldy might of the Metropolitan Police bears down on its foe, Peter uncovers clues that Chorley, far from being finished, is executing the final stages of a long term plan. A plan that has its roots in London's two thousand bloody years of history, and could literally bring the city to its knees. To save his beloved city Peter's going to need help from his former best friend and colleague - Lesley May - who brutally betrayed him and everything he thought she believed in. And, far worse, he might even have to come to terms with the malevolent supernatural killer and agent of chaos known as Mr Punch . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Displaced Stephan Abarbanell (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Language: English Translated From: German Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 336pp h198mm x w128mm x s28mm 240g ISBN13: 9781473635579 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3557-9 ISBN10: 1473635578 EAN: 9781473635579 x Description: It is 1946, and the full horrors of the previous six years are slowly coming to light. But in Jerusalem, Elias Lind can't accept that his brother Raphael really did die in a concentration camp. He has evidence that the scientist is still alive but, unable to search for him himself, he persuades a young member of the Jewish resistance to help. Lilya's search for Raphael takes her from the dusty streets of Jerusalem to the heart of political London, from US-controlled Munich to an overcrowded and underfunded displaced persons camp, before leading her to the devastated shell of Berlin itself. But before long Lilya realises that she isn't the only one searching for the missing scientist; a mysterious pursuer is hot on her heels, and it soon becomes clear that Raphael's life isn't the only one in question . . . Displaced is a deeply intelligent thriller about how the actions of a few can change the course of history. It is about the making of a new world from the ashes of the old, and decisions taken whose consequences are still with us today. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How Britain Really Works: Understanding the Ideas and Institutions of a Nation Stig Abell (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 416pp h235mm x w162mm x s35mm 668g ISBN13: 9781473658394 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5839-4 ISBN10: 147365839X EAN: 9781473658394 x Description: 'Absorbing . . . an intelligent and clear-eyed account of much that goes on in our country' Sunday Times 'Wry and readable' Guardian Getting to grips with Great Britain is harder than ever. We are a nation that chose Brexit, rejects immigration but is dependent on it, is getting older but less healthy, is more demanding of public services but less willing to pay for them, is tired of intervention abroad but wants to remain a global authority. We have an over-stretched, free health service (an idea from the 1940s that may not survive the 2020s), overcrowded prisons, a military without an evident purpose, an education system the envy of none of the Western world. How did we get here and where are we going? How Britain Really Works is a guide to Britain and its institutions (the economy, the military, schools, hospitals, the media, and more), which explains just how we got to wherever it is we are. It will not tell you what opinions to have, but will give you the information to help you reach your own. By the end, you will know how Britain works - or doesn't. 'Stig Abell is an urbane, and often jaunty guide to modern Britain, in the mould of Bill Bryson' Irish Times _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Scarred Woman Jussi Adler-Olsen (Author) William Frost (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Quercus Publishing
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 544pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784295974 ISBN13: 978-1-78429-597-4 ISBN10: 1784295973 EAN: 9781784295974 x Description: A NO. 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER OVER 18 MILLION COPIES SOLD WINNER OF THE GLASS KEY AWARD Jussi Adler-Olsen returns with his most captivating and suspenseful novel yet... In a Copenhagen park the body of an elderly woman is discovered. Though the case bears a striking resemblance to another unsolved homicide from over a decade ago, the police cannot find any connection between the two victims. Across town a group of young women are being hunted down. The attacks seem random, but could these brutal acts of violence be related? Detective Carl Morck of Department Q is charged with solving the mystery. Back at headquarters, Carl and his team are under pressure to deliver results: failure to meet his superiors' expectations will mean the end of Department Q. Solving the case, however, is not their only concern. After a breakdown, their colleague Rose is struggling to deal with the ghosts of her past - a past seemingly connected to one of the division's most sinister case-files. It is up to Carl, Assad and Gordon to unearth the dark and violent truth plaguing Rose before it is too late.
Translated by William Frost Perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Flame in the Mist: The Epic New York Times Bestseller Renee Ahdieh (Author) Series:
Flame in the Mist
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
01 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 416pp h199mm x w167mm x s27mm 332g ISBN13: 9781473657984 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5798-4 ISBN10: 1473657989 EAN: 9781473657984 x Description: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wrath and the Dawn, comes a sweeping, action-packed YA adventure set against the backdrop of Feudal Japan. 'This story . . . will undoubtedly enthrall readers.' - Kirkus Mariko has always known that being a woman means she's not in control of her own fate. But Mariko is the daughter of a prominent samurai and a cunning alchemist in her own right, and she refuses to be ignored. When she is ambushed by a group of bandits known as the Black Clan enroute to a political marriage to Minamoto Raiden - the emperor's son - Mariko realises she has two choices: she can wait to be rescued... or she can take matters into her own hands, hunt down the clan and find the person who wants her dead. Disguising herself as a peasant boy, Mariko infiltrates the Black Clan's hideout and befriends their leader, the rebel ronin Ranmaru, and his second-incommand, Okami. Ranmaru and Okami warm to Mariko, impressed by her intellect and ingenuity. But as Mariko gets closer to the Black Clan, she uncovers a dark history of secrets that will force her to question everything she's ever known. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Smoke in the Sun Renee Ahdieh (Author) Series:
Flame in the Mist
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
05 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 432pp h237mm x w164mm x s32mm 566g ISBN13: 9781473658011 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5801-1 ISBN10: 1473658012 EAN: 9781473658011 x Description: The highly anticipated sequel to Flame in the Mist - an addictive, sumptuous finale that will leave readers breathless from the bestselling author of The Wrath and the Dawn After Okami is captured in the Jukai forest, Mariko has no choice - to rescue him, she must return to Inako and face the dangers that have been waiting for her in the Heian Castle. She tricks her brother, Kenshin, and betrothed, Raiden, into thinking she was being held by the Black Clan against her will, playing the part of the dutiful bride-to-be to infiltrate the emperor's ranks and uncover the truth behind the betrayal that almost left her dead. With the wedding plans already underway, Mariko pretends to be consumed with her upcoming nuptials, all the while using her royal standing to peel back the layers of lies and deception surrounding the imperial court. But each secret she unfurls gives way to the next, ensnaring Mariko and Okami in a political scheme that threatens their honor, their love and very the safety of the empire. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Smoke in the Sun Renee Ahdieh (Author) Series:
Flame in the Mist
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
07 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 432pp h224mm x w161mm x s36mm 564g ISBN13: 9781473664432 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6443-2 ISBN10: 1473664438 EAN: 9781473664432 x Description: The highly anticipated sequel to Flame in the Mist - an addictive, sumptuous finale that will leave readers breathless from the bestselling author of The Wrath and the Dawn After Okami is captured in the Jukai forest, Mariko has no choice - to rescue him, she must return to Inako and face the dangers that have been waiting for her in the Heian Castle. She tricks her brother, Kenshin, and betrothed, Raiden, into thinking she was being held by the Black Clan against her will, playing the part of the dutiful bride-to-be to infiltrate the emperor's ranks and uncover the truth behind the betrayal that almost left her dead. With the wedding plans already underway, Mariko pretends to be consumed with her upcoming nuptials, all the while using her royal standing to peel back the layers of lies and deception surrounding the imperial court. But each secret she unfurls gives way to the next, ensnaring Mariko and Okami in a political scheme that threatens their honor, their love and very the safety of the empire. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Khazana: A treasure trove of modern Mughal dishes Saliha Mahmood Ahmed (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
20 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 288pp h252mm x w192mm N/A ISBN13: 9781473678569 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7856-9 ISBN10: 1473678560 EAN: 9781473678569 x Description: Steeped in Persian flavours, Khazana, which means treasure trove, is a cookbook that promises to be the next step in our on-going love affair with the Indian sub-continent, introducing recipes like Smokey Chicken and Basil Kebabs with Buttermilk Riata, Moghul Fish Korma with Almond Rice and Sandlewood Ice Cream with Toasted Almond Brittle. Author Saliha Mahmood Ahmed, who won over the MasterChef judges with her fusion of Indo-Persian food, has written a book that will delight. Steeped in the rich culinary heritage of the region and Saliha's own travels in modern day India and Pakistan, the recipes are bang up-to-date and will inspire 21st century food lovers. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I Always Find You John Ajvide Lindqvist (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
riverrun
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
20 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 288pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781787474505 ISBN13: 978-1-78747-450-5 ISBN10: 178747450X EAN: 9781787474505
x Description: 'The new Stephen King. Don't miss it' The Times In September 1985, nineteen-year-old John Lindqvist moves into a dilapidated old building in Stockholm, planning to make his living as a magician. Something strange is going on in the building's basement - and the price of entry is just a little blood. I Always Find You is a horror story - as bizarre and macabre as any of Lindqvist's bestselling novels. It's also a book about being young and lonely, about making friends and growing up. It's about magic, and the intensity of human connection - and a society's communal responsibility for a devastating act of political violence. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire - The Sunday Times Bestseller Akala (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Two Roads
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
17 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 352pp h222mm x w144mm x s32mm 482g ISBN13: 9781473661219 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6121-9 ISBN10: 1473661218 EAN: 9781473661219 x Description: 'A potent combination of autobiography and political history which holds up a mirror to contemporary Britain' Independent 'A history lesson of the kind you should get in school, but don't' Stylist 'Powerful ... The kind of disruptive, aggressive intellect that a new generation is closely watching' Afua Hirsch, Guardian 'Part biography, part polemic, this powerful, wide-ranging study picks apart the British myth of meritocracy' David Olusoga, Guardian
A searing modern polemic and Sunday Times bestseller from the BAFTA- and MOBO-award-winning musician and political commentator, Akala. From the first time he was stopped and searched as a child, to the day he realised his mum was white, to his first encounters with racist teachers - race and class have shaped Akala's life and outlook. In this unique book he takes his own experiences and widens them out to look at the social, historical and political factors that have left us where we are today. Covering everything from the police, education and identity to politics, sexual objectification and the far right, Natives will speak directly to British denial and squeamishness when it comes to confronting issues of race and class that are at the heart of the legacy of Britain's racialised empire. 'A book bristling with intelligence and insight' Irish Times _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Next Person You Meet in Heaven: The sequel to The Five People You Meet in Heaven Mitch Albom (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sphere
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
09 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 224pp h222mm x w138mm ISBN13: 9780751571899 ISBN13: 978-0-7515-7189-9 ISBN10: 075157189X EAN: 9780751571899 x Description: Fifteen years ago, in Mitch Albom's beloved novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, the world fell in love with Eddie, a grizzled war veteran- turned-amusement park mechanic who died saving the life of a young girl named Annie. Eddie's journey to heaven taught him that every life matters. Now, in this magical sequel, Mitch Albom reveals Annie's story.
The accident that killed Eddie left an indelible mark on Annie. It took her left hand, which needed to be surgically reattached. Injured, scarred, and unable to remember why, Annie's life is forever changed by a guilt-ravaged mother who whisks her away from the world she knew. Bullied by her peers and haunted by something she cannot recall, Annie struggles to find acceptance as she grows. When, as a young woman, she reconnects with Paulo, her childhood love, she believes she has finally found happiness. As the novel opens, Annie is marrying Paulo. But when her wedding night day ends in an unimaginable accident, Annie finds herself on her own heavenly journey - and an inevitable reunion with Eddie, one of the five people who will show her how her life mattered in ways she could not have fathomed. Poignant and beautiful, filled with unexpected twists, The Next Person You Meet in Heaven reminds us that not only does every life matter, but that every ending is also a beginning - we only need to open our eyes to see it. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Fascism: A Warning Madeleine Albright (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
William Collins
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
10 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Unsewn / adhesive bound 304pp h216mm x w135mm x s23mm 330g ISBN13: 9780008282271 ISBN13: 978-0-00-828227-1 ISBN10: 0008282277 EAN: 9780008282271 x Description: A personal and urgent examination of Fascism in the twentieth century and how its legacy shapes today's world, written by one of America's most admired public servants, the first woman to serve as U.S. secretary of state.
A Fascist, observes Madeleine Albright, `is someone who claims to speak for a whole nation or group, is utterly unconcerned with the rights of others, and is willing to use violence and whatever other means are necessary to achieve the goals he or she might have.'
The twentieth century was defined by the clash between democracy and Fascism, a struggle that created uncertainty about the survival of human freedom and left millions of innocent people dead. Given the horrors of that experience, one might expect the world to reject the spiritual successors to Hitler and Mussolini should they arise in our era. In Fascism: A Warning, Madeleine Albright, draws on her own experiences as a child in war-torn Europe and her distinguished career as a diplomat to question that very assumption.
Fascism, as Albright shows, not only endured through the course of the twentieth century, but now presents a more virulent threat to international peace and justice than at any time since the end of World War II. The momentum toward democracy that swept the world when the Berlin Wall fell has gone into reverse. The United States, which has historically championed the free world, is led by a president who exacerbates popular divisions and heaps scorn on democratic institutions. In many countries, economic, technological and cultural factors are weakening the political centre and empowering the extremes of right and left. Contemporary leaders such as Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un are employing many of the same tactics used by Fascists in the 1920s and 30s.
Fascism: A Warning is a book for our times that is relevant to all times. Written with wisdom by someone who has not only studied history but helped to shape it, this call to arms teaches us the lessons we must understand and the questions we must answer if we are to save ourselves from repeating the tragic errors of the past. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Long Night in Paris Dov Alfon (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
MacLehose Press
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
10 Jan 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 432pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780857058805 ISBN13: 978-0-85705-880-5 ISBN10: 0857058800 EAN: 9780857058805 x Description: When one Israeli citizen disappears from Charles de Gaulle airport with a woman in a red dress, you could put it down to youthful indiscretion. When a second from the same flight is disappeared from his hotel room by a girl with a gun, you might just have a diplomatic crisis on your hands. Enter Colonel Abadi, recently appointed head of the special branch of Unit 8200, Israel's most secretive intelligence service. His only allies are his deputy back in Israel, the dazzling and hot-headed Lieutenant Orianna Talmor, and a hungover French detective, hung out to dry by his superiors. Together they face a squad of ruthless Chinese commandos who have no qualms about leaving Paris littered with bodies. And then there are their enemies in the Paris establishment and the labyrinthine, back-stabbing Israeli intelligence community. All in all, it could be a long night. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Banker's Wife: The addictive summer thriller that will keep you guessing Cristina Alger (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Mulholland Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
03 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h239mm x w196mm x s26mm 462g ISBN13: 9781473684744 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8474-4 ISBN10: 1473684749 EAN: 9781473684744 x Description: 'Immersive, satisfying, tense' Lee Child 'First-rate... slick, heart-hammering entertainment' New York Times Book Review Annabel's husband Matthew has just died in a plane crash. But was it really an accident or is there more to the story? Marina's boss has asked for her help on one last investigation - an expose of a huge banking scandal. Shortly after, he is found murdered in his home. Two women who have lost so much. Two women with so much more to lose. Two women who will stop at nothing to find out the truth. *********** Praise for The Banker's Wife
'Alger delivers an addictive dose of suspense and intrigue with a surprisingly believable plot' USA Today 'A knockout of an international thriller' Chris Pavone, author of The Expats 'One of the best thrillers you'll read all summer' Hello Giggles 'A gripping, twisty thriller that asks how well we really know the people closest to us' Alafair Burke, author of The Wife _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Twentieth Day of January: The Inauguration Day thriller Ted Allbeury (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Mulholland Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
11 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 224pp h196mm x w128mm x s16mm 160g ISBN13: 9781473679375 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7937-5 ISBN10: 1473679370 EAN: 9781473679375 x Description: A spookily prescient espionage thriller from one of the masters of the genre. What if the Soviet Union gained control over the US Presidency? SIS agent James Mackay fears that this may already be happening when he realises the newly elected president's press secretary is a former communist radical with links to the KGB. When the witnesses who support his suspicions are systematically eliminated, MacKay must race against time to prove that the President-Elect is not his own man before Inauguration Day and avoid a national catastrophe. 'When I say Ted Allbeury knows where the bodies are buried I mean it literally.' - Len Deighton, author of The Ipcress File. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
We Own The Sky Luke Allnutt (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Trapeze
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
27 Dec 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781409172284 ISBN13: 978-1-4091-7228-4 ISBN10: 1409172287 EAN: 9781409172284 x Description: How far would you go to save the one you love? "Anyone who wishes David Nicholls would write faster needs to grab this with both hands." Jill MansellAn emotional page-turner with a heart-pounding dilemma. Fans of Jodi Picoult, David Nicholls and Jojo Moyes will love We Own The Sky. Anna and Rob were the perfect couple with their whole lives in front of them. When beautiful baby boy Jack came along, their world seemed complete. But when tragedy strikes they are faced with an impossible choice. They have one chance to save their child, but at what cost? "...a touching narrative of first love and fatherhood" The Sunday Times ****
Praise for We Own The Sky 'A beautiful, hugely emotional story.' - The Sun 'A heartbreaking read about love and loss.' - Bella Magazine 'Prepare to have your heart wrenched by this emotion-drenched story.' - Sunday Mirror 'This tender depiction of a father's love for his son is utterly heartbreaking and will stay with you long after the book has finished.' - The Express 'Deeply affecting. A beautiful, remarkable book.' - Lucy Diamond, author of The Secrets of Happiness Utterly beautiful, heartbreaking and ultimately uplifting. - Rachael Lucas, author of The State of Grace What an incredible book this is - such gut-wrenching honesty and depth of emotion. Anyone who wishes David Nicholls would write faster needs to grab this with both hands. It's a truly stunning achievement. - Jill Mansell Beautifully rendered and profoundly moving, We Own the Sky illustrates the lengths we'll go to for those we love. Luke Allnutt is a major new talent in fiction and his debut is not to be missed. - Camille Pagan, bestselling author of Life and Other Near-Death Experiences ***** What readers are saying about We Own The Sky: Emotional and moving. - 5* review, Amazon This is a truly beautiful story told from the heart and written with such great feeling. - 5* review, Amazon I loved this book for its honesty, it's rawness and for its abundance of pure love. It made me laugh, it made me cry, and it will, I know, stay with me for a very long time. - 5* review, Amazon We Own The Sky by Luke Allnutt is a story about despair and fear, but it is also sprinkled throughout with hope and love - the love one has for their child and how far you would go for them. A stunning debut and should be on everyone's to-read list this year. - 5* review, Amazon _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Bad Choices: How Algorithms Can Help You Think Smarter and Live Happier Ali Almossawi (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 160pp h198mm x w128mm x s18mm 120g ISBN13: 9781473650787 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5078-7 ISBN10: 147365078X EAN: 9781473650787 x Description: A relatable, interactive, and funny exploration of algorithms, those essential building blocks of computer science - and of everyday life from the author of the wildly popular Bad Arguments. Algorithms -- processes that are made up of unambiguous steps and do something useful -- make up the very foundations of computer science. Yet, they also inform our choices in approaching everyday tasks, from managing a pile of clothes fresh out of the dryer to deciding what music to listen to. With Bad Choices, Ali Almossawi, presents twelve scenes from everyday life that help demonstrate and demystify the fundamental algorithms that drive computer science, bringing these seemingly elusive concepts into the understandable realms of the everyday. Readers will discover how: * Matching socks can teach you about search and hash tables * Planning trips to the store can demonstrate the value of stacks * Deciding what music to listen to shows why link analysis is all-important
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Crafting a succinct Tweet draws on ideas from compression Making your way through a grocery list helps explain priority queues and traversing graphs And more
As you better understand algorithms, you'll also discover what makes a method faster and more efficient, helping you become a more nimble, creative problem-solver, ready to face new challenges. Bad Choices will open the world of algorithms to all readers making this a perennial go-to for fans of quirky, accessible science books. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Eco STEAM: The Crops We Grow Georgia Amson-Bradshaw (Author) Series:
Eco STEAM
Edition:
Imprint:
Wayland
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
10 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 48pp h271mm x w215mm x s10mm 408g ISBN13: 9781526307842 ISBN13: 978-1-5263-0784-2 ISBN10: 1526307847 EAN: 9781526307842 x Description: What are the problems and challenges we face around the world when it comes to farming and growing crops? How can we farm without habitat destruction and damage to food chains? Interactive 'Solve It!' design challenges give readers the information they need to develop sustainable solutions to the problems discussed, and step-by-step 'Test It!' activities encourage them to explore putting principles into practice. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Coal Black Mornings Brett Anderson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Abacus
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
03 Jan 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 224pp h198mm x w126mm ISBN13: 9781408710487 ISBN13: 978-1-4087-1048-7 ISBN10: 140871048X EAN: 9781408710487 x Description: Brett Anderson came from a world impossibly distant from rock star success, and in Coal Black Mornings he traces the journey that took him from a childhood as 'a snotty, sniffy, slightly maudlin sort of boy raised on Salad Cream and milky tea and cheap meat' to becoming founder and lead singer of Suede. Anderson grew up in Hayward's Heath on the grubby fringes of the Home Counties. As a teenager he clashed with his eccentric taxi-driving father (who would parade around their council house dressed as Lawrence of Arabia, air-conducting his favourite composers) and adored his beautiful, artistic mother. He brilliantly evokes the seventies, the suffocating discomfort of a very English kind of poverty and the burning need for escape that it breeds. Anderson charts the shabby romance of creativity as he travelled the tube in search of inspiration, fuelled by Marmite and nicotine, and Suede's rise from rehearsals in bedrooms, squats and pubs. And he catalogues the intense relationships that make and break bands as well as the devastating loss of his mother. Coal Black Mornings is profoundly moving, funny and intense - a book which stands alongside the most emotionally truthful of personal stories. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
TED Talks: The official TED guide to public speaking: Tips and tricks for giving unforgettable speeches and presentations Chris Anderson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
04 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 288pp h198mm x w128mm x s22mm 200g ISBN13: 9781472228062 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-2806-2 ISBN10: 1472228065 EAN: 9781472228062 x Description: 'This is not just the most insightful book ever written on public speaking-it's also a brilliant, profound look at how to communicate' - Adam Grant, author of ORIGINALS In Ted Talks Chris Anderson, Head of TED, reveals the inside secrets of how to give a first-class presentation. Where books like Talk Like TED and TED Talks Storytelling whetted the appetite, here is the official TED guide to public speaking from the man who put TED talks on the world's stage. 'Nobody in the world better understands the art and science of public speaking than Chris Anderson. He is absolutely the best person to have written this book' Elizabeth Gilbert. Anderson shares his five key techniques to presentation success: Connection, Narration, Explanation, Persuasion and Revelation (plus the three to avoid). He also answers the most frequently asked questions about giving a talk, from 'What should I wear?' to 'How do I handle my nerves?'. Ted Talks is also full of presentation tips from such TED notable speakers as Sir Ken Robinson, Bill Gates, Mary Roach, Amy Cuddy, Elizabeth Gilbert, Dan Gilbert, Amanda Palmer, Matt Ridley and many more. This is a lively, fun read with great practical application from the man who knows what goes into a truly memorable speech. In Ted Talks Anderson pulls back the TED curtain for anyone who wants to learn how to prepare an exceptional presentation. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Green Sun: The new novel from 'the world's best crime writer' Kent Anderson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Mulholland Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
25 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781473654013 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5401-3 ISBN10: 1473654017 EAN: 9781473654013 x Description: 'Green Sun tells the unvarnished truth about what it is to be a cop in modern day America. I can give a suspense novel no higher compliment' James Patterson The acclaimed author of Night Dogs and Sympathy for the Devil returns with a blistering new novel. Hanson thought he had witnessed the worst of humanity after a tour of duty in Vietnam and a stint as a cop in Oregon. Then he moves to Oakland, California to join the under-funded, understaffed police department. Hanson chooses to live - alone - in the precinct that he patrols; he, unlike the rest of the white officers, takes seriously his duty to serve and protect the black community of East Oakland. He will encounter prejudice and hate on both sides of the line... and struggle to keep true to himself against powerful opposition and personal danger. Green Sun is a raw, unflinching novel about America's divided cities and one man's divided soul.
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Giraffes Can't Dance Touch-and-Feel Board Book Giles Andreae (Author) Guy Parker-Rees (Illustrated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Orchard Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
09 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Board book 32pp h189mm x w150mm x s20mm 370g ISBN13: 9781408354407 ISBN13: 978-1-4083-5440-7 ISBN10: 1408354403 EAN: 9781408354407 x Description: Gerald was a tall giraffe whose neck was long and slim, But his knees were awfully bandy and his legs were rather thin . . . Gerald the giraffe longs to go to the great Jungle Dance, but how can he join in when he doesn't know how to tango or two-step? Everyone knows that giraffes can't dance . . . or can they? A funny, touching and triumphant story about being yourself and finding your own tune, with joyful illustrations from Guy Parker Rees. This chunky board book edition is perfect for little hands. "All toddlers should grow up reading this" Daily Mail "A modern classic" Baby & Me "A joyful read about an outsider who finds acceptance on his own terms . . . there's also a simple moral about tolerance and daring to be different" Junior "A fantastically funny and wonderfully colourful romp" Daily Telegraph _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The New World: The TimeBomb Trilogy 3 Scott K. Andrews (Author) Series:
TimeBomb Trilogy
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w128mm x s28mm 240g ISBN13: 9781444752120 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-5212-0 ISBN10: 144475212X EAN: 9781444752120 x Description: The epic, thrilling conclusion to the most mind-bending, time-warping series since Doctor Who. Kaz, Dora and Jana - three people from three different time periods, brought together by forces they don't understand, given powers they can barely comprehend. Their powers have brought them together. And nothing - not war, not betrayal, and not even death - has been able to tear them apart. And now, after everything they've been through, they're about to find the bonds of their friendship tested in ways they could never have imagined.
This is the stunning, epic conclusion to the incredible story begun in TimeBomb and continued in Second Lives: a story of friendship, of love, and of learning what it means to be extraordinary.
*~*Readers love the TimeBomb series!*~* 'A fast-paced, time-hopping thriller' SciFiNow 'Tremendous fun... a riveting series opener... I finished the book in one sitting. If you enjoy fast-paced, action-driven time travel stories, this book is for you' A Fantastical Librarian 'A rip roaring roller coaster ride of a read that keeps you on your toes and is a WHOLE lot of fun' Liz Loves Books 'I was sucked into this book from the beginning and found it extremely hard to put down' Escapades of a Bookworm 'Impeccably unique and mesmerising, Andrews takes an astoundingly interesting take on time travel' Once Upon a Moonlight Review 'Executed perfectly, with likeable, intelligent and witty characters thrust into the mix of things' The Book Bag 'Well-written, funny, sad and exciting... a rocket of a timeslip adventure, designed to appeal to adults young and old and it most certainly succeeds' For Winter's Nights _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Life-Changing Power of Sophrology: Breathe and connect with the calm and happy you Dominique Antiglio (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Yellow Kite
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
19 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 240pp h226mm x w195mm x s20mm 262g N/A ISBN13: 9781473662636 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6263-6 ISBN10: 147366263X EAN: 9781473662636 x Description: Move over mindfulness - Sophrology is the incredible new self-help technique taking the UK by storm. Sophrology is a dynamic relaxation, stress-management and personal development technique, which is steadily growing in popularity in the UK. Sophrology is already extremely popular on the continent - especially in France, Switzerland, Spain and Belgium, where sports stars and popstars, among others, have used the techniques to overcome fear of failure, manage stress and anxiety, beat insomnia, prepare for big events and fulfil their true potential. It is also used as a tool to help women prepare positively for birth, and in the workplace to enhance employees' wellbeing. This accessible book by a London-based expert in this field will open up the world of Sophrology to a worldwide audience and help readers feel equipped to cope with the ups and downs of life with a flexible and effective method. By learning to relax and connect with your inner resources you will discover strength and power you never knew you had, and feel happier and more balanced. Featuring practical tips, case studies, and a Sophrology practice audio, this is a must-have self-help resource. 'The simplest, most natural way of calming and focusing our lives lies in front of our noses, breathing. This book will transform all our lives if we follow its helpful suggestions.' - Sir Anthony Seldon, Vice-Chancellor University of Buckingham and Co-Founder, Action for Happiness 'Sophrology looks set to be the...answer to all our problems' - The Guardian 'Sophrology is big news in the wellness world.' ELLE 'I like Antiglio. She is calming.' - The Times 'Sophrology is set to be the next wellness trend... If it's used effectively by everyone from women in labour to Olympic athletes, it can only be a matter of time before sophrology enters our wellness lexicon.' - Refinery29
'While many people try and fail to reap the benefits of meditative practices, taking up Sophrology could be the key to unlocking your mind's potential.' The Independent 'Sophrology is most definitely something you can practice day to day in your own time, with your own schedule and direction.' - Harper's Bazaar 'The science is there. Resilience, better sleep and less stress? This is one wellness trend we'll be watching.' - Get The Gloss 'You've heard of mindfulness, now meet its dynamic young cousin sophrology' - The Observer _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Goodnight, Mr Panda Steve Antony (Author) Series:
Mr Panda
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Children's Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
14 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 32pp h266mm x w249mm x s4mm 196g ISBN13: 9781444927894 ISBN13: 978-1-4449-2789-4 ISBN10: 1444927892 EAN: 9781444927894 x Description: 'An ideal book for kids to learn about the importance of good manners.' Sun 'There's a new pre-school politeness tsar in town.' The Times Mr Panda and his friends are getting ready for bed. But some won't brush their teeth, others won't have a bath, and one won't even wear pyjamas! It's down to Mr Panda to show them how to do bedtime properly. Steve Antony's Mr Panda series has taken the children's book world by storm, selling over 600,000 copies since it was first published. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Prophecy: The Titan Series Book 4 Jennifer L. Armentrout (Author) Series:
The Titan Series
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w128mm x s30mm 240g ISBN13: 9781473673199 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7319-9 ISBN10: 1473673194 EAN: 9781473673199 x Description: From the New York Times bestselling author of the Covenant and Lux series comes the pulse-pounding fourth novel in the electrifying Titan series. 'Jennifer L. Armentrout is such an amazing writer; my heart is still beating hard against my rib cage.' - Book Gossips 'A drum-tight sense of suspense and sexual tension from the first page to the last' Publishers Weekly History is on repeat... Seth never thought he'd have a future. Now he's on the brink of having it all: A tomorrow. A family. All that's standing in the way of that forever with Josie is the Titans. A price must be paid... For Josie, entombing the Titans is what she was born to do. But she also knows she's not fighting just for herself -- she's fighting for the man she loves,
for their future, for the world. Together, Josie and Seth will face the unthinkable. And to win this war, the ultimate sacrifice must be made. For the end is here and the Prophecy will be fulfilled.... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
All the Hidden Truths Claire Askew (Author) Series:
Three Rivers
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
09 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 384pp h231mm x w154mm x s16mm 488g ISBN13: 9781473673038 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7303-8 ISBN10: 1473673038 EAN: 9781473673038 x Description: This is a fact: Ryan Summers walked into Three Rivers College and killed thirteen women, then himself. But no one can say why. The question is one that cries out to be answered - by Ryan's mother, Moira; by Ishbel, the mother of Abigail, the first victim; and by DI Helen Birch, put in charge of the case on her first day at her new job. But as the tabloids and the media swarm, as the families' secrets come out, as the world searches for someone to blame... the truth seems to vanish. A stunningly moving novel from an exciting new voice in crime, ALL THE HIDDEN TRUTHS will cause you to question your assumptions about the people you love, and reconsider how the world reacts to tragedy. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Adventures of a Young Naturalist: SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH'S ZOO QUEST EXPEDITIONS Sir David Attenborough (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Two Roads
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
27 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 416pp h216mm x w200mm x s27mm 318g ISBN13: 9781473664968 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6496-8 ISBN10: 1473664969 EAN: 9781473664968 x Description: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A charming period piece' Times 'This is a great book for anyone who wants to vicariously travel like an old-fashioned adventurer and seeks to understand how far we have come in developing a protective attitude to wildlife.' New York Times 'A marvellous book ... unputdownable ... utterly engaging' Telegraph In 1954, a young television presenter named David Attenborough was offered the opportunity of a lifetime - to travel the world finding rare and elusive animals for London Zoo's collection, and to film the expeditions for the BBC. Now 'the greatest living advocate of the global ecosystem' this is the story of the voyages that started it all. Staying with local tribes while trekking in search of giant anteaters in Guyana, Komodo dragons in Indonesia and armadillos in Paraguay, he and the rest of the team battled with cannibal fish, aggressive tree porcupines and escape-artist wild pigs, as well as treacherous terrain and unpredictable weather, to record the incredible beauty and biodiversity of these regions. The methods may be outdated now, but the fascination and respect for the wildlife, the people and the environment - and the importance of protecting these wild places - is not. Written with his trademark wit and charm, Adventures of a Young Naturalist is not just the story of a remarkable adventure, but of the man who made
us fall in love with the natural world, and who is still doing so today. 'An elegant and gently funny writer' Times 'His writing is as impressive and as enjoyable as his TV programmes and there can be no higher praise' Daily Express _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Journeys to the Other Side of the World: further adventures of a young naturalist Sir David Attenborough (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Two Roads
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 432pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781473666658 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6665-8 ISBN10: 1473666651 EAN: 9781473666658 x Description: Following the success of the original Zoo Quest expeditions, in the late 1950s onwards the young David Attenborough embarked on further travels in a very different part of the world. From Madagascar and New Guinea to the Pacific Islands and the Northern Territory of Australia, he and his cameraman companion were aiming to record not just the wildlife, but the way of life of some of the indigenous people of these regions, whose traditions had never been encountered by most of the British public before. From the land divers of Pentecost Island and the sing-sings of New Guinea, to a Roya Kava ceremony on Tonga and the ancient art of the Northern Territory, it is a journey like no other. Alongside these remarkable cultures he encounters paradise birds, chameleons, sifakas and many more animals in some of the most unique environments on the planet. Written with David Attenborough's characteristic charm, humour and warmth, Journeys to the Other Side of the World is an inimitable adventure among people, places and the wildest of wildlife. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Reading Between the Lines: What your handwriting says about you Emma Bache (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Quercus Publishing
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 336pp h211mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781787470552 ISBN13: 978-1-78747-055-2 ISBN10: 1787470555 EAN: 9781787470552 x Description: Handwriting is something of a dying art nowadays, as we tap messages to each other day after day. But handwriting analysis can divulge everything from a person's timidity to their ambition, from their desire to please to their need to control. In fact, so revealing is your writing that in Japan all CVs are still written by hand. Written by the UK's leading handwriting expert, Reading Between the Lines will show you how to judge someone's handwriting as a whole and how to examine it in detail. Because every aspect of penmanship - the height of an 'h', the curliness of a 'g', the pressure of the pen on the paper - is a collection of signals that we are giving out without meaning to. The way we write can tell the world a huge amount; sometimes more than the things we write about. It can expose how we interact with the world and the people around us, and also how we cope with stress and express emotions. It can help us make choices for our future, showing us what our desires are, and even what jobs and partners may suit us best.
Using real-life examples, including celebrity samples, readers will be challenged to put their new-found knowledge to the test. By the end of the book you will have amassed a wealth of knowledge that will help you understand human nature - including your own - in all its colours. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Grace and Fury Tracy Banghart (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Children's Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
26 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h196mm x w131mm x s26mm 228g ISBN13: 9781444941951 ISBN13: 978-1-4449-4195-1 ISBN10: 144494195X EAN: 9781444941951 x Description: Bold, brutal and beautiful, this is a must-read with the glitter and romance of The Selection and the thrilling action and intrigue of Red Queen. In a world where women have no rights, sisters Serina and Nomi face two very different fates: one in the palace, the other on an island prison where women must fight to survive. Serina has spent her whole life preparing to become a Grace - selected to stand by the heir to the throne as a shining example of the perfect woman. But her headstrong and rebellious younger sister has a dangerous secret, and one wrong move could cost both sisters everything. Can Serina fight? And will Nomi win? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Noise Downstairs Linwood Barclay (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
10 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 368pp h234mm x w156mm x s27mm 478g ISBN13: 9781409163992 ISBN13: 978-1-4091-6399-2 ISBN10: 1409163997 EAN: 9781409163992 x Description: Paul Davis forgets things. Why he walked into a room. Who he spoke to, and what they said. What he promised his wife he'd do. Sometimes it's too much, and the panic takes hold. But he wasn't always like this. Eight months ago, Paul was attacked - left for dead after seeing something he shouldn't have - and has been piecing his life back together ever since. During the days, therapy helps. But at night, he hears noises that no one else can. That nobody believes. Sometimes he thinks someone is in the house. Other times, the sounds are far stranger. Either he's losing his mind - or someone wants him to think he is. Or maybe something even darker is waiting downstairs... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Grisha: Shadow and Bone: Book 1 Leigh Bardugo (Author) Series:
The Grisha
Edition:
Imprint:
Orion Children's Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
26 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w153mm x s27mm 300g ISBN13: 9781510105249 ISBN13: 978-1-5101-0524-9 ISBN10: 1510105247 EAN: 9781510105249 x Description: Enter the Grishaverse with book one of the Shadow and Bone Trilogy by number one New York Times-bestselling author, Leigh Bardugo. Perfect for fans of Laini Taylor and Sarah J. Maas. Now with a stunning new cover and exclusive bonus material: A lost letter from Mal, The Tailor (a Genya story) and a Q&A with Leigh Bardugo. Soldier. Summoner. Saint. Orphaned and expendable, Alina Starkov is a soldier who knows she may not survive her first trek across the Shadow Fold - a swath of unnatural darkness crawling with monsters. But when her regiment is attacked, Alina unleashes dormant magic not even she knew she possessed. Now Alina will enter a lavish world of royalty and intrigue as she trains with the Grisha, her country's magical military elite - and falls under the spell of their notorious leader, the Darkling. He believes Alina can summon a force capable of destroying the Shadow Fold and reuniting their war-ravaged country, but only if she can master her untamed gift. As the threat to the kingdom mounts and Alina unlocks the secrets of her past, she will make a dangerous discovery that could threaten all she loves and the very future of a nation. Welcome to Ravka . . . a world of science and superstition where nothing is what it seems.
Read all the books in the Grishaverse! The Shadow and Bone Trilogy (previously published as The Grisha Trilogy) Shadow and Bone Siege and Storm Ruin and Rising The Six of Crows Duology Six of Crows Crooked Kingdom The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Grisha: Siege and Storm: Book 2 Leigh Bardugo (Author) Series:
The Grisha
Edition:
Imprint:
Orion Children's Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
26 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w151mm x s31mm 334g ISBN13: 9781510105263 ISBN13: 978-1-5101-0526-3 ISBN10: 1510105263 EAN: 9781510105263
x Description: Enter the Grishaverse with book two of the Shadow and Bone Trilogy by number one New York Times-bestselling author Leigh Bardugo. Perfect for fans of Laini Taylor and Sarah J. Maas. Now with a stunning new cover and exclusive bonus material: Nikolai Lantsov character art and a Q&A with Leigh Bardugo. Soldier. Summoner. Saint. Alina Starkov's power has grown, but not without a price. She is the Sun Summoner - hunted across the True Sea, haunted by the lives she took on the Shadow Fold. But she and Mal can't outrun their enemies for long. The Darkling is more determined than ever to claim Alina's magic and use it to take the Ravkan throne. With nowhere else to turn, Alina enlists the help of an infamous privateer and sets out to lead the Grisha army. But as the truth of Alina's destiny unfolds, she slips deeper into the Darkling's deadly game of forbidden magic, and further away from her humanity. To save her country, Alina will have to choose between her power and the love she thought would always be her shelter. No victory can come without sacrifice - and only she can face the oncoming storm.
Read all the books in the Grishaverse! The Shadow and Bone Trilogy (previously published as The Grisha Trilogy) Shadow and Bone Siege and Storm Ruin and Rising The Six of Crows Duology Six of Crows Crooked Kingdom The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Grisha: Ruin and Rising: Book 3 Leigh Bardugo (Author) Series:
The Grisha
Edition:
Imprint:
Orion Children's Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
26 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h199mm x w155mm x s31mm 338g ISBN13: 9781510105256 ISBN13: 978-1-5101-0525-6 ISBN10: 1510105255 EAN: 9781510105256 x Description: Enter the Grishaverse with book three of the Shadow and Bone Trilogy by number one New York Times-bestselling author Leigh Bardugo. Perfect for fans of Laini Taylor and Sarah J. Maas. Now with a stunning new cover and exclusive bonus material: The Demon in the Wood (a Darkling prequel story) and a Q&A with Leigh Bardugo. Soldier. Summoner. Saint.The nation's fate rests with a broken Sun Summoner, a disgraced tracker, and the shattered remnants of a once-great magical army. The Darkling rules from his shadow throne while a weakened Alina Starkov recovers from their battle under the dubious protection of the zealots who worship her as a Saint. Now her hopes lie with the magic of a long-vanished ancient creature and the chance that an outlaw prince still survives. As her allies and enemies race toward war, only Alina stands between her country and a rising tide of darkness that could destroy the world. To win this fight, she must seize a legend's power - but claiming the firebird may be her ruin.
Read all the books in the Grishaverse! The Shadow and Bone Trilogy
(previously published as The Grisha Trilogy) Shadow and Bone Siege and Storm Ruin and Rising The Six of Crows Duology Six of Crows Crooked Kingdom The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Saffron Barker Vs Real Life: My perfectly filtered life (Sort of. But not really at all) Saffron Barker (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
10 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 288pp h199mm x w165mm x s18mm 204g B&W + mono text design ISBN13: 9781473665798 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6579-8 ISBN10: 1473665795 EAN: 9781473665798 x Description: #SaffronBarkerVSRealLife In world of airbrushing and perfectly constructed social media lives, one girl is battling to make it through completely unfiltered (well, almost). Immerse yourself in Saffron Barker's wonderful, comical, and often challenging universe as she slays her teenage years with flair and enthusiasm (sometimes). Relationships! Confidence! Make-up fails! No tricky stone is left unturned as we follow Saffron over a year of her crazy life while she sets herself a series of goals, tries ever more elaborate ways to convince her brother to appear in a video, and tells the world she's coming to get it. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Escape Artists: A Band of Daredevil Pilots and the Greatest Prison Breakout of WWI Neal Bascomb (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
23 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 336pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781473686786 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8678-6 ISBN10: 1473686784 EAN: 9781473686786 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Waking Land Callie Bates (Author) Series:
The Waking Land Series
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
25 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w130mm x s26mm 260g ISBN13: 9781473638754 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3875-4 ISBN10: 1473638755 EAN: 9781473638754 x Description: 'Jump on the wagon now, because I think Bates is an author well worth watching' Robin Hobb ~*~*~Wildegarde came bearing a flame in her heart...~*~*~ It's been fourteen years since Elanna was taken hostage. Fourteen years spent being raised by the King who defeated her traitorous father. A man she's come to love like family. But when the King is killed and Elanna framed for his murder, she must flee for her life. Her only hope is to reach her homeland, but her father wants to reignite his rebellion and use Elanna as a figurehead. He will tell his followers she is the goddess Wildegarde reborn, a warrior of legend who could make the very earth tremble. But what no one knows is that magic really does flow through Elanna's veins. And now she must decide whether she'll use her powers to create peace... or to enact revenge. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Memory of Fire: The Waking Land Book II Callie Bates (Author) Series:
The Waking Land Series
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
05 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 448pp h234mm x w157mm x s32mm 568g ISBN13: 9781473638815 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3881-5 ISBN10: 147363881X EAN: 9781473638815 x Description: Magic. Romance. Revolution. The sequel to the bold and gorgeous The Waking Land. 'Bates is an author well worth watching' Robin Hobb Jahan Korakides is the hero who saved the life of the crown prince in battle, helped win the revolution in Eren and earned the heart of Elanna, the legendary Wildegarde reborn. But Jahan Korakides is also broken; haunted by memories of the woman who experimented on him and his brothers as children. So when the empire threatens war in retribution for Elanna's illegal sorcery, Jahan leaves Eren to negotiate with the emperor on Queen Sophy's behalf. But the world he left has changed - riots rock the city of Ida, his brother is missing and the crown prince refuses to speak to him. Jahan's only hope of success seems to lie with the rebels in Ida. Yet, if he joins them, he will merely spur on the war he's desperate to avoid, and risk revealing himself as a sorcerer. And then the witch hunters arrive at court, bringing Elanna in chains. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Madness is Better than Defeat Ned Beauman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sceptre
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
17 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w154mm x s29mm 292g ISBN13: 9781473613614 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-1361-4 ISBN10: 1473613612 EAN: 9781473613614 x Description: In 1938, two rival expeditions set off for a lost Mayan temple in the jungles of Honduras, one intending to shoot a screwball comedy on location there, the other intending to disassemble it and ship it back to New York. A seemingly endless stalemate ensues, and twenty years later, when a rogue CIA agent learns that both expeditions are still out in the wilderness, he embarks on a mission to exploit the temple as a geopolitical pawn. But the mission hurtles towards disaster when he discovers that the temple is the locus of grander conspiracies than anyone could have guessed. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What is Real?: The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics Adam Becker (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
31 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 384pp h240mm x w159mm x s37mm 624g ISBN13: 9781473661356 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6135-6 ISBN10: 1473661358 EAN: 9781473661356 x Description: Every physicist agrees quantum mechanics is among humanity's finest scientific achievements. But ask what it means, and the result will be a brawl. For a century, most physicists have followed Niels Bohr's Copenhagen interpretation and dismissed questions about the reality underlying quantum physics as meaningless. A mishmash of solipsism and poor reasoning, Copenhagen endured, as Bohr's students vigorously protected his legacy, and the physics community favoured practical experiments over philosophical arguments. As a result, questioning the status quo long meant professional ruin. And yet, from the 1920s to today, physicists like John Bell, David Bohm, and Hugh Everett persisted in seeking the true meaning of quantum mechanics. What is Real? is the gripping story of this battle of ideas and the courageous scientists who dared to stand up for truth. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What is Real?: The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics Adam Becker (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
29 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 384pp h235mm x w157mm x s31mm 498g ISBN13: 9781473678583 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7858-3 ISBN10: 1473678587 EAN: 9781473678583 x Description: Every physicist agrees quantum mechanics is among humanity's finest scientific achievements. But ask what it means, and the result will be a brawl. For a century, most physicists have followed Niels Bohr's Copenhagen interpretation and dismissed questions about the reality underlying quantum physics as meaningless. A mishmash of solipsism and poor reasoning, Copenhagen endured, as Bohr's students vigorously protected his
legacy, and the physics community favoured practical experiments over philosophical arguments. As a result, questioning the status quo long meant professional ruin. And yet, from the 1920s to today, physicists like John Bell, David Bohm, and Hugh Everett persisted in seeking the true meaning of quantum mechanics. What is Real? is the gripping story of this battle of ideas and the courageous scientists who dared to stand up for truth. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Tattoo Thief Alison Belsham (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Trapeze
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
20 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781409175131 ISBN13: 978-1-4091-7513-1 ISBN10: 1409175138 EAN: 9781409175131 x Description: A policeman on his first murder case A tattoo artist with a deadly secret And a twisted serial killer sharpening his blades to kill again... When Brighton tattoo artist Marni Mullins discovers a flayed body, newly-promoted DI Francis Sullivan needs her help. There's a serial killer at large, slicing tattoos from his victims' bodies while they're still alive. Marni knows the tattooing world like the back of her hand, but has her own reasons to distrust the police. So when she identifies the killer's next target, will she tell Sullivan or go after the Tattoo Thief alone? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Immortalists: If you knew the date of your death, how would you live? Chloe Benjamin (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Tinder Press
Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
10 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 448pp h198mm x w156mm x s28mm 302g ISBN13: 9781472245007 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-4500-7 ISBN10: 1472245008 EAN: 9781472245007 x Description: 'Boundlessly moving' Observer 'Immersive and impressive' The Sunday Times 'Benjamin writes with verve and charm' Guardian The NEW YORK TIMES Top Ten Bestseller It's 1969, and holed up in a grimy tenement building in New York's Lower East Side is a travelling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the date they will die. The four Gold children, too young for what they're about to hear, sneak out to learn their fortunes. Such prophecies could be dismissed as trickery and nonsense, yet the Golds bury theirs deep. Over the years that follow they attempt to ignore, embrace, cheat and defy the 'knowledge' given to them that day - but it will shape the course of their lives forever. 'Such is her dazzling sureness of touch that you wonder if here is a writer who is truly capable of anything' Daily Mail _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Theatre of the World: The Maps That Made History Thomas Reinertsen Berg (Author) Alison McCullough (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 384pp h240mm x w173mm ISBN13: 9781473688629 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8862-9 ISBN10: 1473688620 EAN: 9781473688629 x Description: 'Visually stunning...it's gone straight to the top of my Christmas present list.' The Bookseller 'I remember how well I liked to turn the pages of my childhood atlas and travel the world to find out where countries and cities were. But there was never anything about why the maps were created - or who drew them. Theatre of the World was my big chance to tell the stories of all those men and women map makers whose amazing work deserves to be celebrated.' Thomas Reinertsen Berg Beautifully illustrated and rich in detail, Theatre of the World reignites our curiosity with the world both ancient and modern. Before you could just put finger to phone to scroll Google Maps, in advance of the era of digital mapping and globes, maps were being constructed from the ideas and questions of pioneering individuals. From visionary geographers to heroic explorers, from the mysterious symbols of the Stone Age to the familiar navigation of Google Earth, Thomas Reinertsen Berg examines the fascinating concepts of science and worldview, of art and technology, power and ambitions, practical needs and distant dreams of the unknown. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations Ronen Bergman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
26 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 784pp h232mm x w158mm x s50mm 1068g ISBN13: 9781473694712 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-9471-2 ISBN10: 147369471X EAN: 9781473694712 x Description: 'A gripping investigation of Israel's assassination policy' Sunday Times 'Remarkable' Observer 'Riveting' Daily Mail 'Compelling' John le Carre The Talmud says: "If someone comes to kill you, rise up and kill him first." This instinct to take every measure, even the most aggressive, to defend the Jewish people is hardwired into Israel's DNA. From the very beginning of its statehood in 1948, protecting the nation from harm has been the responsibility of its intelligence community and armed services, and there is one weapon in their vast arsenal that they have relied upon to thwart the most serious threats: Targeted assassinations have been used countless times, on enemies large and small, sometimes in response to attacks against the Israeli people and sometimes preemptively. In this page-turning, eye-opening book, journalist and military analyst Ronen Bergman - praised by David Remnick as "arguably [Israel's] best investigative reporter" - offers a riveting inside account of the targeted killing programs: their successes, their failures, and the moral and political price exacted on the men and women who approved and carried out the missions. Built from interviews with Israeli Prime Ministers as well as high-level figures in Mossad, and the country's military and intelligence services - Rise and
Kill First includes never-before-reported, behind-the-curtain accounts of key operations, and based on hundreds of on-the-record interviews and thousands of previously unseen files. Bergman traces, from statehood to the present, the gripping events and thorny ethical questions underlying Israel's targeted killing campaign, which has shaped the Israeli nation, the Middle East, and the entire world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Double Life: 'Psychological suspense has a new reigning queen' Flynn Berry (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
31 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 288pp h235mm x w156mm x s21mm 378g ISBN13: 9781474607025 ISBN13: 978-1-4746-0702-5 ISBN10: 1474607020 EAN: 9781474607025 x Description: 'A THRILLING PAGE-TURNER' Paula Hawkins 'SHOCKING AND SATISFYING' New York Times, Editor's Choice 'WHAT A BOOK!' Clare Mackintosh 'THRILLING' Good Housekeeping (25 Best New Books for Summer 2018) 'IT WOUND ME IN AND LEFT ME HEART-BROKEN' Fiona Barton Some wounds need more than time. They crave revenge. Claire's father is a privileged man: handsome, brilliant, the product of an aristocratic lineage and an expensive education, surrounded by a group of devoted friends who would do anything for him. But when he becomes the prime suspect in a horrific attack on Claire's mother - an outsider who married into the elite ranks of society and dared escape her gilded cage - fate and privilege collide, and a scandal erupts. Claire's father disappears overnight, his car abandoned, blood on the front seat. Thirty years after that hellish night, Claire is obsessed with uncovering the truth, and she knows that the answer is held behind the closed doors of beautiful townhouses and country estates, safeguarded by the same friends who all those years before had answered the call to protect one of their own. Because they know where Claire's father is. They helped him escape. And it's time their pristine lives met her fury.
'Flynn Berry vividly re-imagines one of the most notorious crimes of the 20th century. A Double Life is a thrilling page-turner, but it is also a compassionate and angry book: with forensic precision, Berry picks apart lives derailed by violence and the ways in which class privilege protect the guilty.' Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train 'Flynn Berry writes thrillingly about women raging against a world that protects cruel and careless men... Her protagonists seethe over their knowledge of violence and are fueled by a howling grief for its victims. Berry proved in Under the Harrowthat her prose can be as blistering as it is lush. Here, too, the writing is rich and moody, without any unnecessary fuss... The ending is as shocking as it is satisfying.' New York Times, Editor's Choice
Praise for Flynn Berry and her first novel Under the Harrow: 'Berry transfixes the reader' GUARDIAN 'The book's triumph is Nora's voice' THE SUNDAY TIMES 'An exquisitely taut and intense debut' WASHINGTON POST _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Lost Order: Book 12 Steve Berry (Author) Series:
Cotton Malone
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
19 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 512pp h198mm x w130mm x s34mm 340g ISBN13: 9781444795516 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-9551-6 ISBN10: 1444795511 EAN: 9781444795516 x Description: 'My kind of thriller' Dan Brown The Knights of the Golden Circle was the largest and most dangerous clandestine organization in American history. It amassed billions in stolen gold and silver, all buried in hidden caches across the United States. Since 1865 treasure hunters have searched, but little of it has ever been found. Now, two factions of the Knights want that treasure - one to spend it for their own ends, the other to preserve it. Thrust into the battle is former Justice Department agent Cotton Malone, who has a personal connection to the knights. His ancestor, Angus "Cotton" Adams, holds the key to everything. Complicating matters are a reckless Speaker of the House and the bitter widow of a Senator, who together are planning radical changes to the country. From the Smithsonian Institution to the rugged mountains of northern New Mexico, The Lost Order is a perilous adventure into a dark period of history and a potentially even darker future. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Bishop's Pawn Steve Berry (Author) Series:
Cotton Malone
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
20 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h232mm x w152mm x s26mm 460g ISBN13: 9781473687165 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8716-5 ISBN10: 1473687160 EAN: 9781473687165 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Swiss Watching: Inside the Land of Milk and Money Diccon Bewes (Author) Series:
Edition:
3rd edition
Imprint:
Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h216mm x w135mm x s25mm 373g ISBN13: 9781473677418 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7741-8 ISBN10: 1473677416 EAN: 9781473677418 x Description: 'A great subject for a cultural anthropologist and Bewes is a perfect guide' Financial Times, Book of the Year A brand new edition of the international bestseller, with new sections on the Swiss elections, the Swiss citizenship test and how Brexit has affected
Switzerland. One country, four languages, 26 cantons, and 7.5 million people (but only 80% of them Swiss): there's nowhere else in Europe like it. Switzerland may be almost 400 km from the nearest drop of seawater, but it is an island at the centre of Europe. Welcome to the landlocked island. Swiss Watching is a fascinating journey around Europe's most individual and misunderstood country. From seeking Heidi and finding the best chocolate to reliving a bloody past and exploring an uncertain future, Diccon Bewes proves that there's more to Switzerland than banks and skis, francs and cheese. This book dispels the myths and unravels the true meaning of Swissness. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Iguana Boy vs. The 30 Second Thief: Book 2 James Bishop (Author) Rikin Parekh (Illustrated by) Series:
Iguana Boy
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Children's Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 256pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781444939408 ISBN13: 978-1-4449-3940-8 ISBN10: 1444939408 EAN: 9781444939408 x Description: One boy. One disappointing superpower. Can Dylan and his bunch of hyper iguanas make a lasting impression on the superhero collective, run by Ron Strongman, or will he be laughed out of town? He might have the lamest superpower ever but Dylan, AKA Iguana Boy, has proven himself worthy enough to be accepted into the superhero collective. Dylan is excited and his iguanas are hyper. Recipe for success, RIGHT? Iguana Boy and his team of iguanas eagerly await their orders to SAVE THE WORLD. But CEO of the Superhero Collective Ron Strongman doesn't have time for lowly superheroes. Dylan will have to find his own way to get to the top, or else he will be saving silly cats from trees FOREVER. When a new villain is causing chaos across London, Dylan can't believe his luck... this is his chance. Can Iguana Boy bring Repeat Offender to justice ... In 30 seconds or less! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Fireblood: The Frostblood Saga Book Two Elly Blake (Author) Series:
The Frostblood Saga
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 416pp h196mm x w128mm x s32mm 280g ISBN13: 9781473635210 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3521-0 ISBN10: 1473635217 EAN: 9781473635210 x Description: The fiery, action-packed sequel to the New York Times bestselling Frostblood, perfect for fans of Red Queen and Throne of Glass. 'A fierce and vibrant world, a steamy romance, and page-turning twists' Morgan Rhodes, bestselling author 'Hypnotising!' Benjamin of Tomes Ice and fire are still at war. Ruby has defeated the tyrannous Frost King, and Arcus, the exiled warrior who captured her heart, has taken his rightful place as ruler of the Frostblood kingdom.
But Ruby is the only Fireblood in a castle of frost and ice, and the courtiers will not accept her. Even worse, the dark threat released from the Frost King's melted throne is stalking the land, bent on destruction - and as the one who set it free, only Ruby can stop it. To find the knowledge she needs, she must leave Arcus and journey south to the land of the Firebloods. But the homeland Ruby's never seen is treacherous, and friend and enemy wear the same face. If she's to save both kingdoms, Ruby must figure out who she can trust - and unleash a fire powerful enough to do battle with darkness . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lucky Ghost: The Martingale Cycle Matthew Blakstad (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
11 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w130mm x s28mm 180g ISBN13: 9781473624771 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-2477-1 ISBN10: 1473624770 EAN: 9781473624771 x Description: The extraordinary new novel from the incredible author of SOCKPUPPET. Perfect for fans of BLACK MIRROR. Early one morning, blogger Alex Kubelick walks up to a total stranger and slaps him across the face. Hard. He smiles. They've both just earned Emoticoin, in a new, all-consuming game that trades real-life emotions for digital currency. Emoticoin is changing the face of the economy - but someone or something is controlling it for their own, dangerous ends. As Alex picks apart the tangled threads that hold the virtual game together she finds herself on the run from very real enemies. It seems only one person has the answers she seeks. Someone who hides behind the name 'Lucky Ghost'. But Lucky Ghost will only talk to a young hacker called Thimblerig - the online troll who's been harassing Alex for months. Will Lucky Ghost lead Alex and Thimblerig to the answers they seek - or to their deaths? LUCKY GHOST is part of the Martingale cycle, a series of interconnected novels exploring the life of computing pioneer and political radical Elyse Martingale - and her strange afterlife in the 21st century. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Bethlehem: Biography of a Town Nicholas Blincoe (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Constable
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
30 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 288pp h198mm x w126mm Integrated b+w illustrations ISBN13: 9781472128645 ISBN13: 978-1-4721-2864-5 ISBN10: 1472128648 EAN: 9781472128645 x Description: The town of Bethlehem carries so many layers of meaning--some ancient, some mythical, some religious--that it feels like an unreal city, even to the people who call it home. Today, the city is hemmed in by a wall and surrounded by forty-one Israeli settlements and hostile settlers and soldiers. The population is undergoing such enormous strains it is close to falling apart. Any town with an eleven-thousand-year history has to be robust, but Bethlehem may soon go the way of Salonica or Constantinople: the physical site might survive, but the long thread winding back to the ancient past will have snapped, and the city risks losing everything that makes it unique.
Still, for many, Bethlehem remains the "little town" of the Christmas song. Nicholas Blincoe will tell the history of the famous little town, through the visceral experience of living there, taking readers through its stone streets and desert wadis, its monasteries, aqueducts and orchards, showing the city from every angle and era. Inevitably, a portrait of Bethlehem will shed light on one of the world's most intractable political problems. Bethlehem is a much-loved Palestinian city, a source of pride and wealth but also a beacon of co-existence in a region where hopelessness, poverty and violence has become the norm. Bethlehem could light the way to a better future, but if the city is lost then the chances of an end to the Israel-Palestine conflict will be lost with it. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Secret Seven: The Secret Seven: Book 1 Enid Blyton (Author) Series:
Secret Seven
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Children's Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
02 May 2013 (12 Jul 2018)
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 144pp h197mm x w130mm x s12mm 122g ISBN13: 9781444913439 ISBN13: 978-1-4449-1343-9 ISBN10: 1444913433 EAN: 9781444913439 x Description: Solve the mystery with the Secret Seven - everyone's favourite detective club! These timeless stories are perfect for young fans of mystery, adventure or detective series. Also available in audiobook! It's their first adventure and the Secret Seven super-sleuths are already on the trail of a mystery! The gang are dressed in disguise, following a lead to a spooky old house in the snow... Solve the mystery! Cover and inside illustrations are by the brilliant Tony Ross, illustrator of David Walliams's books. The story was first published in 1949. This edition features the classic text and comes with a Bonus Blyton section at the back with quizzes, puzzles and other bonus extras! Enid Blyton (R), The Secret Seven (R) and Enid Blyton's signature are Registered Trademarks of Hodder and Stoughton Limited. No trademark or copyrighted material may be reproduced without the express written permission of the trademark and copyright owner. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Secret Seven: Secret Seven Adventure: Book 2 Enid Blyton (Author) Series:
Secret Seven
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Children's Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
02 May 2013
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 144pp h197mm x w129mm x s11mm 122g ISBN13: 9781444913446 ISBN13: 978-1-4449-1344-6 ISBN10: 1444913441 EAN: 9781444913446 x Description: The Secret Seven are siblings Peter and Janet, and Jack, Barbara, Pam, Colin and George. Together they are The Secret Seven - ready to solve any mystery, any time - in Enid Blyton's classic series of 15 mystery novels. In book two a priceless pearl necklace goes missing. The Secret Seven are first off the mark to catch the thief. Why? Because they saw him making his escape! Now all they have to do is find the necklace. First published in 1950, this anniversary edition features the original text as well as extra stories, a quiz, additional artwork and insights into Blyton's life and writing process. Both cover and inside illustrations were created by Tony Ross in 2013. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Treasury of Bedtime Stories Enid Blyton (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Children's Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
30 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 368pp h275mm x w217mm Full colour artwork throughout ISBN13: 9781444939941 ISBN13: 978-1-4449-3994-1 ISBN10: 1444939947 EAN: 9781444939941 x Description: A stunning treasury of favourite bedtime stories from one of the world's best-loved storytellers. With gorgeous full-colour illustrations by Becky Cameron throughout, this special book is a gift to treasure forever. Both a gorgeous gift for fans of Enid Blyton and a striking introduction to her work for new readers, this glorious hardback contains over 300 pages of beautifully illustrated short stories to read and share at bedtime. Each short story stands alone and takes the reader on a brand-new adventure. From the pixie seamstress who makes dresses for the Fairy Queen, to the little boy who turns into a steam engine, meet a host of magic and memorable characters, brought to life by Becky Cameron's charming illustrations. The stories appeared in magazines and anthologies published between 1920-1960 and some are collected here in book form for the first time! Look out for these other gorgeous Enid Blyton gift books: Enid Blyton's Magical Treasury The Famous Five Treasury Jolly Good Food (a children's cook book) Favourite Stories from Enid Blyton * Enid Blyton (R) and Enid Blyton's signature are Registered Trademarks of Hodder and Stoughton Limited. No trademark or copyrighted material may be reproduced without the express written permission of the trademark and copyright owner. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Winter Stories: Contains 30 classic tales Enid Blyton (Author) Series:
Bumper Short Story Collections
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Children's Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
26 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781444942552 ISBN13: 978-1-4449-4255-2 ISBN10: 1444942557 EAN: 9781444942552 x Description: A dazzling selection of 30 short stories from the world's best-loved storyteller - the perfect Christmas gift for children aged 6 and up! Get ready for snowball fights and sleigh rides in this collection of thirty classic short stories from Enid Blyton, celebrating the magic and excitement of winter. These fun, entertaining stories are ideal for newly confident readers and are the perfect length for reading aloud at bedtime or in the classroom. Enid Blyton remains one of Britain's favourite children's authors and her bumper short story collections are perfect for introducing her to the latest generation of readers. Read all of Enid Blyton's bestselling short story collections:
Springtime Stories Summer Stories Holiday Stories Summer Holiday Stories Summertime Stories Stories of Wizards and Witches Stories of Magic and Mischief Christmas Tales Christmas Treats Winter Tales *** Enid Blyton (R) and Enid Blyton's signature are Registered Trademarks of Hodder & Stoughton Limited. No trademark or copyrighted material may be reproduced without the express written permission of the trademark and copyright owner. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Stories of Magic and Mischief: Contains 30 classic tales Enid Blyton (Author) Series:
Bumper Short Story Collections
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Children's Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
11 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm Black and white decorations ISBN13: 9781444942576 ISBN13: 978-1-4449-4257-6 ISBN10: 1444942573 EAN: 9781444942576 x Description: A selection of 30 magical and mischievous short stories by Britain's most beloved children's author - perfect for sharing at Halloween! Witches and pixies abound in this magical selection of thirty short stories, perfect for seasonal reading and sharing. With lots of humour and fantastic characters these classic tales are ideal for younger children being read to and for newly confident readers to read alone. Each story stands alone and is the perfect length for reading at bedtime or in the classroom. Enid Blyton remains one of Britain's favourite children's authors and her bumper short story collections are perfect for introducing her to the latest generation of readers. Read all of Enid Blyton's bestselling short story collections: Springtime Stories Summer Stories Holiday Stories Summer Holiday Stories Summertime Stories Stories of Wizards and Witches Stories of Magic and Mischief Christmas Tales Christmas Treats Winter Tales
*** Enid Blyton (R) and Enid Blyton's signature are Registered Trademarks of Hodder and Stoughton Limited. No trademark or copyrighted material may be reproduced without the express written permission of the trademark and copyright owner. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Secret Seven: Secret Seven Brain Games: 100 fun puzzles to challenge you Enid Blyton (Author) Series:
Secret Seven
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Children's Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
10 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 144pp h198mm x w136mm x s6mm 114g ISBN13: 9781444944631 ISBN13: 978-1-4449-4463-1 ISBN10: 1444944630 EAN: 9781444944631 x Description: Solve every puzzle, just like the Secret Seven, in this fun book of 100 brain-teasers inspired by Enid Blyton's famous sleuths. Perfect for travel and holidays. Bursting with codes, puzzles, sudokos, crosswords, wordsearches, I-spy games and more, this fun book is inspired by the mystery-solving kids in the bestselling Secret Seven stories by Enid Blyton. This is the perfect book to keep kids busy on long journeys or in the holidays, anywhere, any time. No need to stare at a screen or hunt for a charger - you'll only need a pencil and your brain for hours of entertainment. * The Secret Seven (R), Enid Blyton (R) and Enid Blyton's signature are Registered Trademarks of Hodder and Stoughton Limited. No trademark or copyrighted material may be reproduced without the express written permission of the trademark and copyright owner. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Favourite Enid Blyton Stories: chosen by Jacqueline Wilson, Michael Morpurgo, Holly Smale and many more... Enid Blyton (Author) Mark Beech (Illustrated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Children's Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h251mm x w213mm Fully illustrated in colour by Mark Beech ISBN13: 9781444934540 ISBN13: 978-1-4449-3454-0 ISBN10: 1444934546 EAN: 9781444934540 x Description: An irresistible gift book of fabulous stories by everybody's favourite author, Enid Blyton, chosen and introduced by her famous fans from Jacqueline Wilson to Michael Morpurgo, Gemma Cairney to Mel from Bake-Off. This fabulous treasury contains excerpts from Enid Blyton's much-loved books including The Magic Faraway Tree, The Famous Five and Malory Towers, among others. Every selection is chosen and introduced by one of the legion of superstars who count Enid Blyton among their favourite childhood authors. Discover how Jacqueline Wilson, creator of Tracy Beaker and Hetty Feather, was inspired by Enid Blyton to become a writer, why Holly Smale (Geek Girl) fell under the spell of the Enchanted Wood and how Michael Morpurgo thrilled to the adventures of the Famous Five. This big gift book is fully illustrated in colour throughout and is ideal for reading aloud or dipping in alone. This is the perfect gift for children of all ages, so they can share in the magic, adventure and freedom of Enid Blyton's world.
*** Enid Blyton (R) and Enid Blyton's signature are Registered Trademarks of Hodder and Stoughton Limited. No trademark or copyrighted material may be reproduced without the express written permission of the trademark and copyright owner.
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What We Owe Golnaz Hashemzadeh Bonde (Author) Elizabeth Clark Wessel (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Fleet
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
05 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 192pp h237mm x w169mm x s14mm 255g ISBN13: 9780708898833 ISBN13: 978-0-7088-9883-3 ISBN10: 0708898831 EAN: 9780708898833 x Description: Tehran, 1978: Nahid and Masood, both eighteen, are young lovers and young revolutionaries, determined to overthrow the Shah's regime and help to bring about democracy. Their clandestine activities are dangerous, but with youth, passion and right on their side, they feel invincible. Then one night, Nahid allows her younger sister to come along to a huge demonstration. Violence breaks out. Nahid lets go of her sister's hand. Everything changes. As the revolution sours, and the loss becomes too much to bear, Nahid and Masood are forced to flee to Sweden, on borrowed money with forged passports. Tehran is no longer safe for them, and now they are expecting a baby; they need to get out before they lose everything. Thirty years later, Nahid lies in a hospital bed replaying her life, raging at her carers, at her recent cancer diagnosis, at Masood, at her - now pregnant daughter, and at her exile among people who while purporting to understand know nothing of what she has been through. Told with startling honesty, dark wit and an irresistible momentum, What We Owe is a novel of love, guilt and dreams for a better future, vibrating with both sorrow and an unquenchable joie de vivre. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Henry VIII and the men who made him: The secret history behind the Tudor throne Tracy Borman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
30 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 288pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781473649897 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-4989-7 ISBN10: 1473649897 EAN: 9781473649897 x Description: Henry VIII is well known for his tumultuous relationships with women, and he is often defined by his many marriages. But what do we see if we take a different look? When we see Henry through the men in his life, a new perspective on this famous king emerges... Henry's relationships with the men who surrounded him reveal much about his beliefs, behaviour and character. They show him to be capable of fierce, but seldom abiding loyalty; of raising men only to destroy them later. He loved to be attended and entertained by boisterous young men who shared his passion for sport, but at other times he was more diverted by men of intellect, culture and wit. Often trusting and easily led by his male attendants and advisers during the early years of his reign, he matured into a profoundly suspicious and paranoid king whose favour could be suddenly withdrawn, as many of his later servants found to their cost. His cruelty and ruthlessness would become ever more apparent as his reign progressed, but the tenderness that he displayed towards those he trusted proves that he was never the one-dimensional monster that he is often portrayed as. In this fascinating and often surprising new biography, Tracy Borman reveals Henry's personality in all its multi-faceted, contradictory glory. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The King's Witch Tracy Borman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
14 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 448pp h241mm x w157mm x s37mm 708g ISBN13: 9781473662308 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6230-8 ISBN10: 1473662303 EAN: 9781473662308 x Description: 'An accomplished novel with a vivid historical setting' The Times 'Tracy Borman's debut historical novel has it all: conspiracy, betrayal, dark intrigues, bloody deeds, a poignant love story - and the most famous plot in English history.' Alison Weir, author of the Six Tudor Queens series Already a great historian, Tracy Borman proves with this thrilling debut novel that she is also a born storyteller. As she helps to nurse the dying Queen Elizabeth, Frances Gorges longs for the fields and ancient woods of her parents' Hampshire estate, where she has learned to use the flowers and herbs to become a much-loved healer. Frances is happy to stay in her beloved countryside when the new King arrives from Scotland, bringing change, fear and suspicion. His court may be shockingly decadent, but James's religion is Puritan, intolerant of all the old ways; he has already put to death many men for treason and women for witchcraft. So when her ambitious uncle forcibly brings Frances to court, she is trapped in a claustrophobic world of intrigue and betrayal - and a ready target for the twisted scheming of Lord Cecil, the King's first minister. Surrounded by mortal dangers, Frances finds happiness only with the precocious young Princess Elizabeth, and Tom Wintour, the one courtier she can trust. Or can she? ********************** Praise for The King's Witch 'Exquisitely written, sumptuous in detail and thrillingly plotted . . . The first of what promises to be a magnificent trilogy.' Kate Williams, broadcaster and author of Becoming Queen 'Watch out Philippa Gregory and Alison Weir, I can see a new contender for the Queen of Historical Fiction!' Netgalley reviewer 'The adventures of her courageous heroine put flesh on the bones of a fascinating historical framework. First rate fiction!' Sunday Mirror 'A fascinating read, felt very true to time period but with that personal touch . . . Five stars' Jeannie Zelos book reviews 'A compelling tale of corruption, danger and coruscating suspicion, The King's Witch carries the reader right to the heart of James I's court - and casts a dazzling new light onto one of the most dramatic moments in British history' Sarah Gristwood, author of Blood Sisters 'This book just about has it all - history, mystery, sorcery, treachery and romance, no wonder it kept me hooked' Netgalley reviewer _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Summer of Murder: A Black Forest Investigation II Oliver Bottini (Author) Jamie Bulloch (Translated by) Series:
The Black Forest Investigations
Edition:
Imprint:
MacLehose Press
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
23 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 368pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780857057396 ISBN13: 978-0-85705-739-6 ISBN10: 0857057391 EAN: 9780857057396 x Description: The second of the Black Forest Investigations - "Its plot bristles with invention" Guardian When the fire brigade is called to a burning shed in the Black Forest idyll of Kirchzarten, a volunteer is killed as a weapons cache beneath it explodes. Louise Boni, back with Freiburg Kripo after treatment and recuperation for her alcoholism, is assigned to the task force dealing with this case. The meagre evidence they have points to a possible connection with German neo-Nazis or illegal arms dealers from the former Yugoslavia, while the arrival of secret service agents suggests more is at stake. For Louise to solve the riddle she needs to overcome the ghosts of her past that continue to haunt her. Oliver Bottini is a fresh and exciting voice in the world of crime fiction in translation; the Rhine borderlands of the Black Forest are a perfect setting for his beautifully crafted mysteries. THE FIRST IN THE SERIES - ZEN AND THE ART OF MURDER - NOW SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA INTERNATIONAL DAGGER Translated from the German by Jamie Bulloch _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How Do You Like Me Now?: The hottest book of the summer Holly Bourne (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
14 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 368pp h225mm x w153mm x s32mm 500g ISBN13: 9781473667723 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6772-3 ISBN10: 1473667720 EAN: 9781473667723 x Description: THE TIMES BESTSELLER 'It is so good! It is so honest about being a woman and all the things that are expected of us ... I enjoyed it very much.' MARIAN KEYES AS DISCUSSED ON THE SARA COX SHOW AND BBC WOMAN'S HOUR A STYLIST MUST READ BOOK OF 2018 A RED MAGAZINE BEST BOOK OF 2018 ***** 'Turning thirty is like playing musical chairs. The music stops, and everyone just marries whoever they happen to be sitting on.' Who the f*ck is Tori Bailey? There's no doubt that Tori is winning the game of life. She's inspired millions of women to stick two fingers up at convention with her bestselling memoir, and she has the perfect relationship to boot.
But Tori Bailey has been living a lie. Everyone around her is getting married and having babies, but her long-term boyfriend won't even talk about getting engaged. And when her best friend Dee - her plus one, the only person who understands the madness - falls in love, suddenly Tori's in terrifying danger of being left behind. When the world tells you to be one thing and turning thirty brings with it a loud ticking clock, it takes courage to walk your own path. It's time for Tori to practise what she's preached, but the question is: is she brave enough? ***** The debut adult novel by bestselling author Holly Bourne is a blisteringly funny, honest and moving exploration of love, friendship and navigating the emotional rollercoaster of your thirties. What everyone is saying about this summer's hottest book: 'Truly a f***ing good novel' EVENING STANDARD 'Relatable for any woman navigating emotional time bombs' RED 'Bourne holds a mirror up to contemporary aspiration, deftly probing the dissonant dualism between the shinier selves projected online and people's offline reality.' SUNDAY TIMES 'Gave me all of the feelings ... this generation's Bridget Jones.' CARMEL HARRINGTON 'Funny, sad, honest, insightful, up-to-the-minute. Kept me guessing (and hoping) to the last page' ROISIN MEANEY 'Sure to resonate with anyone navigating the emotional minefield of their thirties' - RED ONLINE 'Smart, witty and perceptive. Razor-sharp on friendship, self-image and self-deception' LUCY DIAMOND 'Sublime, perfectly observed' LAURA JANE WILLIAMS 'Bourne incinerates the lies we're all capable of telling ourselves in this raw and very funny book; it'll resonate with anyone trying to convince themselves that sticking it out is better than being alone.' EMERALD STREET 'Funny, real and heartbreaking. I haven't been this obsessed with a book in years.' LUCY VINE 'Injected with such reality it can't help but be hilarious' - TIMES 'Well-written, genuinely funny and movingly honest. It could be a life-changing read for many.' - SHEERLUXE _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Little Book of Bob James Bowen (Author) Garry Jenkins (With) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
30 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 160pp h184mm x w114mm ISBN13: 9781473688292 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8829-2 ISBN10: 1473688299 EAN: 9781473688292 x Description: 'One thing I've known about Bob from the very beginning is that he possesses a wisdom that is unusual, even in cats. In the decade since we met he's grown even wiser in my eyes. This book is a collection of the insights I've gained during my years with Bob.' In the spring of 2007, busker James Bowen came across an injured ginger tom cat in the hallway of his shelter in north London. What he didn't know was that this would be the start of a friendship that would turn both their lives around, and lead to A Street Cat Named Bob, the international bestseller that tells the story of their friendship.
The Little Book of Bob is a collection of the wisdom James has learnt from Bob throughout the years, as they go through thick and thin together. From the power of friendship to staying calm and finding the joys in a simple life, let Bob be your guide on how to navigate the ins and outs of life like a wise street cat. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Heart is a Noisy Room: Your inner voices, why they matter - and how to win them over Ronald Boyd-MacMillan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
11 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 208pp h214mm x w134mm x s16mm 220g ISBN13: 9781473677142 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7714-2 ISBN10: 1473677149 EAN: 9781473677142 x Description: Your heart, my heart, everyone's heart, is a noisy room full of voices. These voices can come deep from childhood, or from our culture, or from habits embraced in adulthood. These voices run our lives. They can even ruin them. But if we face them, they can also save us. We all have inner stories we tell ourselves - voices that seem inseparable from who we are. They can be crushingly negative, telling us we'll never amount to anything. Or they can be positive - and keep us addicted to achievement. Either way, if we stay oblivious to them, these inner voices will run our lives. But when we know how to relate to them, they can become our friends and our guides. In this ruthlessly practical and inspiringly visionary book, Ronald Boyd-MacMillan teaches us how to identify our inner voices - whether negative or positive - and gives us five tools to engage with them, leading us into lives of deeper freedom, fullness and joy. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Born Lippy: How to Do Female Jo Brand (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
18 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 288pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781473687721 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8772-1 ISBN10: 1473687721 EAN: 9781473687721 x Description: Sometimes it's hard to be a woman and sometimes it's time to be a hard woman . . . This is a book for all those times. Once upon a (very very) long time ago Jo Brand was what you might describe as 'a nice little girl'. Of course, that was before the values of cynicism, misogyny and the societal expectation that Jo would be thin, feminine and demure sent her off down Arsey Avenue. The plot thickened, when due to a complicated fusion of hormones, horrible family dynamics and a no-good boyfriend they hated, Jo ended up leaving home at 16. Now she's considerably further along life's inevitable bloody 'journey' - and she's fucked up enough times to feel confident she has no wisdom to offer anyone. But who cares? She's going to do it anyway... Born Lippy is a gathering of all the things Jo Brand wishes she'd known, all the things she's learnt, and all the things she hopes for the future. A century after women got the vote (albeit married women over the age of 28) it's time to take stock of exactly what it means to be female today. And if there's one thing women are entitled to, it's having a bloody good moan about things big and small - so here goes . . . HOW TO MANAGE A BULLY * YOUR FAMILY AND HOW TO SURVIVE IT * WHAT NO-ONE TELLS YOU ABOUT THE FEMALE BODY * BEING DIFFERENT * SOCIAL MEDIA IS NOT SOCIABLE * HOW NOT TO FALL IN LOVE * FEMINISM: A RE-BRANDING * ADVENTURES IN YOUR HEAD * HAVING FUN * NOT HAVING FUN: WHAT TO DO WHEN IT ALL GOES WRONG * STAYING SANE * YOU ARE NOT WHAT YOU WEAR * MODERN MANNERS* HOW TO DO WHAT YOU WANT: OR NOT DO WHAT OTHERS WANT * BEING HEALTHY * GETTING ON A BIT * THE
FEMALE OF THE SPECIES: MORE DEADLY THAN THE MALE? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Grief Survival Guide: How to navigate loss and all that comes with it Jeff Brazier (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 464pp h198mm x w128mm x s32mm 320g ISBN13: 9781473660281 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6028-1 ISBN10: 1473660289 EAN: 9781473660281 x Description: Jeff Brazier has experienced bereavement in many forms: In his childhood, helping his two boys through the devastating death of their mother, Jade Goody, witnessing the anguish of his own mum when she lost both of her parents, and hearing the stories of his coaching clients who are coming to terms with loss. No one can be an expert on grief, but within this book Jeff provides support and guidance from someone who has been there. Accessible and handson The Grief Survival Guide offers practical advice on everything from preparing for the eventuality of death, managing grief, how best to support family and friends, and moving forward. There is no 'one size fits all' approach so instead Jeff teaches us that the best we can do is understand, cope and survive. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Way Home For Wolf Rachel Bright (Author) Jim Field (Illustrated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Orchard Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 32pp h306mm x w243mm ISBN13: 9781408349205 ISBN13: 978-1-4083-4920-5 ISBN10: 1408349205 EAN: 9781408349205 x Description: A feel-good tale of friendship set in the snowy Arctic from the creators of the bestselling, multi-award-winning The Lion Inside and The Koala Who Could. Wilf is as strong and independent as a wolf cub can be. He doesn't need help from his friends and family - whatever it is, he can do it ALL BY HIMSELF. But when Wilf finds himself lost and alone in the snow and chill of an Arctic night, he discovers something important - sometimes we all need the help of a friend to keep us safe and show us the way. Look out for more books by Rachel Bright and Jim Field: The Lion Inside The Koala Who Could The Squirrels Who Squabbled _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Death of Hitler: The Final Word on the Ultimate Cold Case: The Search for Hitler's Body Jean-Christophe Brisard (Author) Lana Parshina (Author) Shaun Whiteside (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
04 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 336pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781473686533 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8653-3 ISBN10: 1473686539 EAN: 9781473686533 x Description: After two years of nonstop negotiations with the Russian authorities, Jean-Christophe Brisard and Lana Parshina were granted access to secret files detailing the Soviets' incredible hunt to recover Hitler's body: the layout of the bunker, plans for escaping, eyewitness accounts of the Fuhrer's final days, and human remains-a bit of skull with traces of the lethal bullet and a fragment of jaw bone. For the first time, the skull, teeth and other elements were analysed by a medical examiner with modern equipment. The authors use these never before seen documents to reconstruct the events in fascinating new detail. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Wonder Down Under: A User's Guide to the Vagina Nina Brochmann (Author) Ellen Stokken Dahl (Author) Lucy Moffatt (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Yellow Kite
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
27 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 304pp h236mm x w168mm x s23mm 400g ISBN13: 9781473666900 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6690-0 ISBN10: 1473666902 EAN: 9781473666900 x Description: 'The Wonder Down Under is set to do for the vagina what Guilia Enders' Gut did for our digestive system a few years ago.' - Stylist 'This new guide should be on every woman's shelf' - Emerald Street 'A vital publication - it deserves to be a hit' - The Press Association 'Tells you everything you need to know' - Fabulous The Wonder Down Under explains everything you ever wanted to know about the vagina but didn't dare ask. Learn the truth about the clitoris' inner life, the menstrual hormone dance and whether the vaginal orgasm really exists. The book helps you understand how different types of contraception work in the body, what a "normal" vulva looks like and how wearing socks can change your sex life. Medical students and sex educators Nina Brochmann and Ellen Stokken Dahl draw on their medical expertise to bring vagina enlightenment to the world. Their no-nonsense approach, written with great humour, makes this a must-read for women (and men!) of all ages. Say goodbye to the myths and misconceptions surrounding female anatomy, this is a timely and empowering book that will inspire women to make informed choices about their sexual health. Listen to Nina and Ellen on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour here: bbc.in/2D3Svjh Or watch their myth-busting TED talk 'The virginity fraud': www.ted.com/talks/nina_dolvik_brochmann_and_ellen_stokken_dahl_the_virginity_fraud _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
It's My Body: A Book about Body Privacy for Young Children Victoria Brooker (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Franklin Watts Ltd
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
30 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 32pp h216mm x w193mm ISBN13: 9781445161679 ISBN13: 978-1-4451-6167-9 ISBN10: 1445161672 EAN: 9781445161679 x Description: This brightly coloured, illustrated title explains to children about body privacy and why private parts should be kept private. Children will learn that their body belongs to them and they can say 'no' if they don't want anyone to touch their body. They'll discover what is inappropriate, and be encouraged to speak up if they are uncomfortable with how other people treat them. It also covers the topic of secrets and when you shouldn't keep a secret. The book looks at respecting each other's boundaries and becoming aware that some children, particularly those with autism or anxiety, may find hugging or any kind of touch, unbearable. It also covers bullying, such as pinching or kicking, and shows children the best way to speak out to help stop these things happening. Written by Louise Spilsbury, the text explains, simply and clearly, without scaremongering, why body privacy is important. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Iron Gold: The explosive new novel in the Red Rising series: Red Rising Series 4 Pierce Brown (Author) Series:
Red Rising Series
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
20 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 624pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781473646575 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-4657-5 ISBN10: 147364657X EAN: 9781473646575 x Description: 'Another sizzling space epic to entice, excite and tease. *****' - Starburst ********** Darrow was born a slave. He became a weapon. He ended centuries of Gold rule, broke the chains of an empire, and now he's the hero of a brave new republic. But at terrible cost. At the edge of the solar system, the grandson of the emperor he murdered dreams of revenge. In his hidden fortress in the oceans of Venus, the Ash Lord lies in wait, plotting to crush the newborn democracy. And, at home, a young Red girl who's lost everything to the Rising questions whether freedom was just another Gold lie. In a fearsome new world where Obsidian pirates roam the Belt, famine and genocide ravage Mars, and crime lords terrorise Luna, it's time for Darrow and a cast of new characters from across the solar system to face down the chaos that revolution has unleashed. **********
Further praise for Iron Gold 'Fascinating . . . This is one you absolutely will have to read' - The BiblioSanctum '[Iron Gold] offers us both a continuation of the story Brown has been telling for years right alongside an eye-opening widening of his universe, as though we're watching it all through an exquisitely calibrated telescope that can slide on perfect bearings from one side of the solar system to the other without the slightest blur . . . Mature science fiction existing within the frame of blazing space opera' - NPR Books 'The books are an exhilarating fusion of The Hunger Games, Blade Runner and Dune. Amid a pulse-pounding narrative, they fearlessly tackle major issues like the fragility of democracy and the fallibility of human nature to betray its ideals even when freedom is attained' - Express '[A] thoughtful blend of action, intrigue, and prosaic human drama' - Publishers Weekly 'Iron Gold offers more of everything we loved about the first three books. Pierce Brown builds upon the foundations of the incredible universe and story he spun in the first trilogy, pivoting on his characters' flaws and fallibility to steer the narrative in unexpected directions. Suffice it to say, readers will be soon be dying to read the next one' - Barnes & Noble 'This book lives up to every expectation I have for Pierce Brown . . . you MUST read this, it will not disappoint!' - The Speculative Herald 'Brown succeeds not only in writing a great book, but adding to the world and Red Rising's mythos . . . The mix of political intrigue, action and thematic journeys elevate this book from a simple sci-fi adventure into something more thought-provoking and rewarding. Fans of Brown and his series should really enjoy this latest addition to Red Rising' - FlickeringMyth.com _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Seeing Red: 'Looking for EXCITEMENT, THRILLS and PASSION? Then this is just the book for you' Sandra Brown (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
10 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 432pp h198mm x w129mm x s26mm 299g ISBN13: 9781473669451 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6945-1 ISBN10: 1473669456 EAN: 9781473669451 x Description: ***Number One New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown returns with another suspenseful, sexy thriller*** Twenty-five years ago, Major Franklin Trapper became a national icon when he lead a handful of survivors to safety after the bombing of a Dallas hotel. For years, he gave frequent speeches and interviews but then suddenly dropped out of the public eye, shunning all media. Now, ambitious TV journalist Kerra Bailey is determined to get an exclusive with the Major - even if she has to wrangle an introduction from his estranged son, former ATF agent John Trapper. Trapper wants no association with the Major, but despite himself, he agrees to the meet. But when the interview goes catastrophically awry - with unknown assailants targeting his father and Kerra - Trapper starts a hunt to track down the gunmen . . . and finally discover who was responsible for the Dallas bombing. Kerra is wary of a man so charming one moment and dangerous the next, and she knows Trapper is withholding evidence from his ATF investigation into the bombing. But having no one else to trust and enemies lurking closer than they know, Kerra and Trapper join forces to expose a sinuous network of lies and conspiracy - and uncover who would want a national hero dead. ************* Praise for Sandra Brown 'Suspense that has teeth' Stephen King 'A masterful storyteller, carefully crafting tales that keep readers on the edge of their seats' USA Today
'Lust, jealousy, and murder suffuse Brown's crisp thriller' Publishers Weekly 'An edge-of-the-seat thriller that's full of twists . . . Top stuff!' Star _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tailspin: The INCREDIBLE NEW THRILLER from New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
07 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 432pp h233mm x w158mm x s33mm 554g ISBN13: 9781473669475 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6947-5 ISBN10: 1473669472 EAN: 9781473669475 x Description: 'Everyone, and that means everyone is hiding secrets. . . ' NetGalley reviewer Don't miss the spine tingling suspense in this thriller about a daring pilot caught in a race against time from #1 New York Times bestselling author Rye Mallett, a fearless 'freight dog' pilot charged with flying cargo to far-flung locations, is often rough-spoken and soft of regulations. But he does have a rock-solid reputation: he will fly in the foulest weather, day or night and deliver the goods. So when Rye is asked the fly into a completely fogbound northern Georgia town and deliver a mysterious black box to a Dr Lambert, he doesn't ask questions. As Rye's plane nears the isolated landing strip, worse trouble than bad weather awaits him. He is greeted first by a sabotage attempt that causes him to crash land; and then by Dr Brynn O'Neal, who claims she was sent for the box in Dr Lambert's stead. Rye finds himself irresistibly drawn to the intrigue surrounding his cargo . . . and to the mysterious and alluring Brynn. Soon Rye and Brynn are in a treacherous forty-eight-house race to deliver the box. With everyone from law enforcement officials to hired thugs hot on their heels, they must learn to trust each other so they can protect their valuable cargo from those who would kill for it. ********** Praise for Sandra Brown 'Suspense that has teeth' Stephen King 'Lust, jealousy, and murder suffuse Brown's crisp thriller' Publishers Weekly 'An edge-of-the-seat thriller that's full of twists . . . Top stuff!' Star _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ten Little Robots Mike Brownlow (Author) Simon Rickerty (Illustrated by) Series:
Ten Little
Edition:
Imprint:
Orchard Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
09 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 32pp h275mm x w248mm x s3mm 214g ISBN13: 9781408338247 ISBN13: 978-1-4083-3824-7 ISBN10: 1408338246 EAN: 9781408338247 x Description: Learn to count from ten to one and back again with this rhythmic, rhyming robot adventure! "This factory looks exciting. Shall we take a peep?" Ten little robots all say, "BEEEP!" Ten little robots set off on a hilarious adventure through a fantastical factory in this wonderfully wacky rhyming romp - with NEEE-NAAAAH-ing sirens, KER-BOOOOMG-ing engines, and plenty of gadgets, levers and utter chaos along the way! Look out for the other books in the bestselling, award-winning Ten Little series: Ten Little Pirates Ten Little Princesses Ten Little Monsters Ten Little Dinosaurs Ten Little Elves Praise for the other Ten Little books: 'a rollicking read with an easy rhythm and jaunty illustrations...excellent' - Guardian 'jaunty verse with lots of humorous details to discover on every page' - Time Out 'roaringly funny rhymes' - Independent _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Interrupting Silence: God's Command to Speak Out Walter Brueggemann (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 128pp h210mm x w176mm x s14mm 224g ISBN13: 9781473686007 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8600-7 ISBN10: 1473686008 EAN: 9781473686007 x Description: Silence is a complex matter. It can refer to awe before unutterable holiness, but it can also refer to the coercion where some voices are silenced in the interest of control by the dominant voices. It is the latter silence that Walter Brueggemann explores, urging us to speak up in situations of injustice. Interrupting Silence illustrates that the Bible is filled with stories where marginalized people break repressive silence and speak against it. Examining how maintaining silence allows the powerful to keep control, Brueggemann motivates readers to consider situations in their lives where they need to either interrupt silence or be part of the problem, convincing us that God is active and wanting us to act for justice. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Gospel of Hope Walter Brueggemann (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 160pp h207mm x w178mm x s10mm 250g ISBN13: 9781473686052 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8605-2 ISBN10: 1473686059 EAN: 9781473686052 x Description: Walter Brueggemann is beloved and respected by scholars, preachers and laity alike for his penetrating insights on Scripture and prophetic diagnoses of our culture. Both are woven throughout this new collection of his writings, A Gospel of Hope, which encourages readers to abandon what is safe and routine and instead embrace the audacity required to live out one's faith. This must-have volume gathers Brueggemann's wisdom on topics ranging from anxiety and abundance to partisanship and the role of faith in public life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
On Editing: How to edit your novel the professional way Helen Bryant (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Learning
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 304pp h221mm x w202mm x s23mm 330g ISBN13: 9781473666689 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6668-9 ISBN10: 1473666686 EAN: 9781473666689 x Description: "Highly recommended: On Editing is indispensable reading for anyone who is or wants to be a writer. Every desk should have a copy!" - Dr Samantha J. Rayner, Director of the Centre for Publishing, UCL "On Editing is a feast with many courses. When you have finished this book, you will feel encouraged, empowered, and indomitable. If you are writingor editing-a novel, you could do no better than to have this book by your side. Comprehensive, easily digestible, it is a classic in the making." - Shaye Areheart, Director of the Columbia Publishing Course
Writing a novel is a magical but often difficult journey; and when your first draft is complete, that journey's not over. As the editing process gets underway, authors often find themselves in unfamiliar territory. What does it mean to 'map your plot'? How do you know if you're 'head-hopping'? When is your novel ready to send out to agents, and how do you make each submission count? Written by the team behind one of the world's most successful literary consultancies, On Editing will show you how to master the self-edit. You will learn to compose, draft, and edit while sharpening your writing and ensuring that your novel is structurally sound, authentic, well-written, and ready for submission. On Editing will help you harness your creative potential, transform the way you think about your writing, and revolutionise your editorial process. "It's easy for writers to be overwhelmed by the technicalities of writing, editing and getting published, but Helen Corner-Bryant and Kathryn Price share their decades of experience nurturing writers in On Editing. They know all the problems and how to fix them - including many you might not even think of - and explain it all in a clean, jargon-free, way that demystifies the whole process, with infectious enthusiasm that will have you ready, eager and bursting with the confidence to take your writing to the next level." - Writing Magazine _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Robicheaux: You Know My Name James Lee Burke (Author) (Author) Series:
Dave Robicheaux
Edition:
Imprint:
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
26 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 480pp h199mm x w135mm x s29mm 324g ISBN13: 9781409176473 ISBN13: 978-1-4091-7647-3 ISBN10: 1409176479 EAN: 9781409176473 x Description: 'James Lee Burke is the heavyweight champ, a great American novelist whose work, taken individually or as a whole, is unsurpassed.' Michael Connelly ROBICHEAUX IS A HAUNTED MAN. Detective Dave Robicheaux's beloved wife, Molly, was cruelly taken from him. Her killing left him nothing but heartbreak and unanswered questions. Now, in the heat of the Louisiana Bayou, he drinks to forget. ROBICHEAUX IS A WANTED MAN. After a heavy night, he wakes to find his hands cut and bruised. He has no idea where he's been or what he's done. When another cop tells him that the man who killed Molly has been found murdered, Robicheaux knows if he can't prove his whereabouts, he will be the prime suspect. BUT IS ROBICHEAUX AN INNOCENT MAN? He never claimed he was a saint - he doesn't even know if he did it. And to clear his name, Robicheaux will have to go to hell and back . . . Praise for one of the great American crime writers, James Lee Burke: 'James Lee Burke is the heavyweight champ, a great American novelist whose work, taken individually or as a whole, is unsurpassed.' Michael Connelly 'A gorgeous prose stylist.' Stephen King 'Richly deserves to be described now as one of the finest crime writers America has ever produced.' Daily Mail Fans of Dennis Lehane, Michael Connelly and Don Winslow will love James Lee Burke: Dave Robicheaux Series 1. The Neon Rain 2. Heaven's Prisoners 3. Black Cherry Blues 4. A Morning for Flamingos 5. A Stained White Radiance 6. In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead 7. Dixie City Jam 8. Burning Angel 9. Cadillac Jukebox 10. Sunset Limited 11. Purple Cane Road 12. Jolie Blon's Bounce 13. Last Car to Elysian Fields 14. Crusader's Cross 15. Pegasus Descending 16. The Tin Roof Blowdown 17. Swan Peak 18. The Glass Rainbow
19. Creole Belle 20. Light of the World 21. Robicheaux Hackberry Holland Series 1. Lay Down My Sword and Shield 2. Rain Gods 3. Feast Day of Fools 4. House of the Rising Sun Billy Bob Holland Series 1. Cimarron Rose 2. Heartwood 3. Bitterroot 4. In The Moon of Red Ponies * Each James Lee Burke novel can be read as a standalone or in series order * _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Reluctant Contact Stephen Burke (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 336pp h198mm x w128mm x s26mm 120g ISBN13: 9781848549227 ISBN13: 978-1-84854-922-7 ISBN10: 1848549229 EAN: 9781848549227 x Description: The Svalbard archipelago, 1977, Norwegian territory, yet closer to the north pole. Russian engineer Yuri arrives on the last boat to the Soviet mining outpost of Pyramiden, as the Arctic sun disappears for the winter. Yuri still plays by Stalin-era rules: Don't trust anyone; Keep your head down; Look after number one. Yet when a co-worker is found dead deep in the mine, the circumstances appear strange. Against his better judgement, Yuri breaks his own rules, and decides to investigate. At the same time, he begins a stormy love affair with the volatile, brooding Anya. She has come to Pyramiden to meet someone who has not shown himself in three months, if he exists at all. While the whole island is frozen in twenty-four-hour darkness, Yuri enters a dangerous world of secrets and conflicting agendas, where even the people closest to you are not always what they seem. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Secret Seven: Mystery of the Skull Pamela Butchart (Author) Enid Blyton (Author) Series:
Secret Seven
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Children's Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
10 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 192pp h210mm x w131mm x s14mm 166g Tony Ross: black and white inside artwork ISBN13: 9781444941531 ISBN13: 978-1-4449-4153-1 ISBN10: 1444941534 EAN: 9781444941531 x Description: Solve the mystery with the Secret Seven - everyone's favourite detective club! A brand-new, action-packed Secret Seven adventure by prizewinning author Pamela Butchart.
When Peter discovers an old skull hidden in his bedroom, it's time for an urgent meeting of the Secret Seven. Setting off to investigate, the friends see a gigantic hole in the grounds of a local hotel. Could there be any connection between the two strange events? The Secret Seven are determined to solve the mystery. It's time to look behind the green door of the Secret Seven's shed again. Enid Blyton's much-loved detective club are back in a superbly entertaining new adventure. Pamela Butchart is the bestselling and prizewinning author of the hilarious series that started with Baby Aliens Got My Teacher! A huge fan of Enid Blyton, Pamela has been inspired to create a new mystery for her favourite club, the Secret Seven, to solve. Set in the same world and time as the original stories, this fantastic new mystery satisfyingly extends the series for fans old and new. The story is brought to life by Tony Ross's brilliant illustrations throughout. Join the Secret Seven for more mystery, excitement, friendship and FUN than ever before! Read all 15 stories in the original Secret Seven series and don't miss Pamela Butchart's next Secret Seven mystery ... Also look out for Secret Seven Brain Games - a fun and tricky puzzle book! * Enid Blyton (R), The Secret Seven (R) and Enid Blyton's signature are registered trade marks of Hodder & Stoughton Limited. No trade mark or copyrighted material may be reproduced without the express written permission of the trade mark and copyright owner. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
50 Business Classics: Your shortcut to the most important ideas on innovation, management, and strategy Tom Butler-Bowdon (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 400pp h214mm x w136mm x s34mm 420g ISBN13: 9781857886757 ISBN13: 978-1-85788-675-7 ISBN10: 1857886755 EAN: 9781857886757 x Description: What do great enterprises have in common? What sort of person starts them? A single idea can help you find the next big thing, but it takes time to trawl through hundreds of business books to find inspiration. With insightful commentaries on the landmark writings of old and new, 50 Business Classics presents the great entrepreneur stories, the best management thinking and the proven ideas on strategy, innovation and marketing - in one volume. 50 Business Classics presents the key ideas from classic texts such as My Years with General Motors and Michael Gerber's The E-Myth Revisited to contemporary business lessons from the rise of tech giants like Google, Apple and Amazon. It contains revealing biographies of luminaries like Steve Jobs and Warren Buffett, as well as lesser-known stories including creation of publishing giant Penguin and Chinese behemoth Alibaba. Here you'll find the texts and ideas that matter in: * Entrepreneurship * Leadership * Management * Strategy * Business history * Personal development * Technology and innovation Summarising the smartest thinking for today's professional success, 50 Business Classics provides inspiration and insights for entrepreneurs, executives and students of business and management alike. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Angels at My Fingertips: The sequel to Angels in My Hair: How angels and our loved ones help guide us Lorna Byrne (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Coronet Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 352pp h196mm x w126mm x s20mm 180g ISBN13: 9781473635906 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3590-6 ISBN10: 147363590X EAN: 9781473635906 x Description: Angels at My Fingertips takes us back to the territory that made Angels in My Hair a million selling, international bestseller. Stories of Lorna's early life in rural Ireland, of how angels helped and guided her through traumatic events, lead to a detailed description of what angels are like, the different types of angels, how they behave in interact with God and other angels as well as human beings, their role during our lives and after death. Angels at My Fingertips also contains an account of how Joe, her husband, who died young in Angels in My Hair returns to visit her. For the first time Lorna reveals the role of the souls of our loved ones who may return from heaven briefly to help and guide us. Information as detailed as this never been published anywhere before now. Since she went public about her unprecedented gifts, Lorna's reputation has grown. The Catholic Church is at last beginning to show recognition, asking her to speak in churches, and leading American theologian Matthew Fox has compared her to the medieval saint, Hildegard of Bingen. Her unique qualities have been recognised by leading Islamic theologians too. Lorna's last two books for have been Sunday Times number one bestsellers and Message of Hope from the Angels was also the number one bestselling MBS book in the year it was published. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Prayers from the Heart: Prayers for help and blessings, prayers of thankfulness and love Lorna Byrne (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Coronet Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
31 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 288pp h204mm x w138mm x s28mm 376g ISBN13: 9781473635920 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3592-0 ISBN10: 1473635926 EAN: 9781473635920 x Description: Lorna Byrne has helped millions of people around the world by calling on them to realise that they each have a guardian angel and by showing them that can ask for help from God and the angels. Lorna is often asked for help on how to ask and how to pray, so in this new book she gives detailed advice and also includes prayers for different occasions. She says: 'Sometimes our prayers are so focussed on asking for things, we forget to listen out for what God, the angels and our love ones are trying to tell us. God always has this abundance of blessings prepared for us, small blessings and great blessings. He wants to give every individual great lifechanging blessings, beginning when that individual is born. God will do everything to make it happen, but He will never infringe on an individual's free will, which a good reason for us to engage intelligent conversation with him - listening as well as asking - in prayer.' _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Blowing the Bloody Doors Off: And Other Lessons in Life Michael Caine (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
16 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 288pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781473689312 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8931-2 ISBN10: 1473689317 EAN: 9781473689312 x Description: With over 100 movies to his credit over six decades, Hollywood legend and British national treasure Michael Caine shares the wisdom, stories, insight and skills that life has taught him in his remarkable career - and now his 85th year. One of our best-loved actors Michael Caine has starred in a huge range of films - including all-time favourites - from the classic British movies Alfie, Zulu and The Italian Job to the Hollywood blockbusting Dark Knight trilogy, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Hannah and Her Sisters and Cider House Rules. Caine has excelled in every kind of role - with a skill that's made it look easy. He knows what success takes - he's made it to the top of his profession from the toughest beginning. But as he says 'Small parts can lead to big things. And if you keep doing things right, the stars will align when you least expect it.' Now in his 85th year he wants to share everything he's learned. With brilliant new insight into his life and work and with his wonderful gift for story, this is Caine at his wise and entertaining best. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
An Autumn Hunting Tom Callaghan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Quercus Publishing
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
23 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 336pp h235mm x w154mm x s24mm 436g ISBN13: 9781786482365 ISBN13: 978-1-78648-236-5 ISBN10: 1786482363 EAN: 9781786482365 x Description: 'Even better than Child 44. Akyl Borubaev is a terrific creation' Anthony Horowitz 'Just keeps getting better . . . buy the whole series right away' Peter Robinson, No.1 bestselling author of Sleeping in the Ground No sooner has Akyl Borubaev been reinstated as an Inspector in the Bishkek Murder Squad than he's suspended for alleged serious crimes against the state. After an attempted assassination of a prominent minister goes spectacularly wrong, Akyl is a fugitive from his former colleagues and involved with one of Kyrgyzstan's most dangerous criminals. On the run, caught up in a illegal scheme that can only end badly, it's time for Akyl to take a stand for everything he believes in. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night: an enchanting collection of modern fairy tales Jen Campbell (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Two Roads
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
10 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 224pp h190mm x w120mm x s10mm 160g B&W ISBN13: 9781473653559 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5355-9 ISBN10: 147365355X EAN: 9781473653559 x Description: Modern fairy tales of magic, outsiders and lost souls 'A gem of a book ... deeply moving' Stylist 'A darkly clever, beautifully written and deliciously twisted collection of modern fairy tales' Red 'Campbell writes beautifully' Grazia 'What a book. It's so strange and magical and the writing is just beautiful. I loved it' Louise O'Neill 'Enchanting and illuminating' Carys Bray, author of A Song For Issy Bradley 'Like walking through a mirror' Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry 'This book is full of character and magic, and I found myself mesmerised' Claire Fuller, author of Our Endless Numbered Days 'These stories are weaved together like silvery fishing nets. Like shimmering, jewel-bright worlds'Helen McClory 'These days, you can find anything you need at the click of a button. That's why I bought her heart online.' Spirits in jam jars, mini-apocalypses, animal hearts and side shows. A girl runs a coffin hotel on a remote island. A boy is worried his sister has two souls. A couple are rewriting the history of the world. And mermaids are on display at the local aquarium. The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night is a collection of twelve haunting stories; modern fairy tales brimming with magic, outsiders and lost souls. 'I'm fascinated by storytelling, and particularly fairy tales. How humans have always tried to explain things that they can't possibly understand with, sometimes outrageous, stories' Jen Campbell From the author of Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops series and The Bookshop Book. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Successor's Promise: The thrilling fantasy adventure (Book 3 of Millennium's Rule) Trudi Canavan (Author) Series:
Millennium's Rule
Edition:
Imprint:
Orbit
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
14 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 592pp h199mm x w152mm x s37mm 400g ISBN13: 9780356501185 ISBN13: 978-0-356-50118-5 ISBN10: 0356501183 EAN: 9780356501185 x Description: International No. 1 bestselling author Trudi Canavan returns with the third instalment in the Millennium's Rule series - her most powerful and thrilling adventure yet. Five years have passed since the Rebels confronted the Raen. Five years, in which Qall - the boy Rielle rescued - has grown up among the Travellers,
with no memory of the life that was stolen from him. Five years of chaos, barely contained by Baluka and the Restorers. Worlds are at war, some overrun by deadly machines, some drained of magic by power-hungry sorcerers. As Qall comes of age, and Rielle and Tyen's hard-won peace is threatened, their loyalties are tested - and Qall's very existence is at stake. Because Dahli is still determined to restore Valhan to power, and he will stop at nothing to succeed. Escape to a new world. Discover the magic of Trudi Canavan. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Wolf (The UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY Series, Book 1) Leo Carew (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Wildfire
Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
20 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 480pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781472247025 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-4702-5 ISBN10: 1472247027 EAN: 9781472247025 x Description: A MASTERPIECE IN EPIC HISTORICAL FANTASY - A NEW VOICE TO RIVAL DAVID GEMMELL OR GEORGE RR MARTIN A great war has come to the land under the Northern Sky. Beyond the Black River, among the forests and mountains of the north, lives an ancient race of people. Their lives are measured in centuries, not decades; they revel in wilderness and resilience, and they scorn wealth and comfort. By contrast, those in the south live in the moment, their lives more fleeting. They crave wealth and power, their ambition is limitless, and their cunning unmatched. When the armies of the south flood across the Black River, the fragile peace between the two races is shattered. On a lightning-struck battlefield, the two sides will fight - for their people, for their land, for their very survival. Two sides. One victor. The Wolf is a thrilling, savagely visceral, politically nuanced and unexpectedly wry exploration of power and identity - and how far one will go to defend them. WHAT REVIEWERS ARE ALREADY SAYING ABOUT CAREW'S BREATHTAKING FANTASY EPIC: 'The next George RR Martin' - Mail on Sunday 'Imagine Game of Thrones rewritten by John le Carre . . . A marvellously accomplished debut' - Guardian 'Full of dark conspiracies, larger-than-life characters, and tense battles' - Paul Hoffman, author of The Left Hand of God _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Someone Like Me M. R. Carey (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Orbit
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
08 Nov 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 512pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780356509471 ISBN13: 978-0-356-50947-1 ISBN10: 0356509478 EAN: 9780356509471 x Description: THE THRILLER WITH A TWIST YOU WON'T SEE COMING. Liz Kendall wouldn't hurt a fly. Even when times get tough, she's devoted to bringing up her kids in a loving home. But there's another side to Liz, one that's dark and malicious. An alter-ego that will do anything to get her way - no matter how extreme. And when this other side of her takes control, the consequences are devastating. From the author of the million-copy bestselling The Girl With All the Gifts comes an intoxicating and unique new thriller. Think Gone Girl meets Stephen King - but you won't have read anything like this before . . . Praise for M. R. Carey: 'Spectacular!' Martina Cole 'An intense, haunting thriller with heart. You will not want to put this down' - Laini Taylor, New York Times bestselling author 'Original, thrilling and powerful' - Guardian 'Haunting, heartbreaking' - Vogue 'As fresh as it is terrifying . . . a jewel' - Joss Whedon _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Wicked Cometh: The addictive historical mystery Laura Carlin (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
01 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 352pp h220mm x w140mm x s32mm 460g ISBN13: 9781473661370 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6137-0 ISBN10: 1473661374 EAN: 9781473661370 x Description: 'We have no need to protect ourselves from the bad sort because WE are the bad sort . . .' 'Beguiling' Stylist ********* Down the murky alleyways of London, acts of unspeakable wickedness are taking place and the city's vulnerable poor are disappearing from the streets. Out of these shadows comes Hester White, a bright young woman who is desperate to escape the slums by any means possible.
When Hester is thrust into the world of the aristocratic Brock family, she leaps at the chance to improve her station in life under the tutelage of the fiercely intelligent and mysterious Rebekah Brock. But whispers from her past slowly begin to poison her new life and both she and Rebekah are lured into the most sinister of investigations, dragging them into the blackest heart of a city where something more depraved than either of them could ever imagine is lurking. . . A compelling page-turner from a gifted new voice in historical fiction, The Wicked Cometh is the perfect read for fans of The Witchfinder's Sister, Fingersmith and The Essex Serpent. ********* 'Carlin can tell a good story' Observer 'Contains lovely, lyrical writing . . . and a heady romance at its heart' Sunday Express 'A deliciously dark confection of a novel' Ruth Hogan, author of The Keeper of Lost Things _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Oscar the Hungry Unicorn Lou Carter (Author) Nikki Dyson (Illustrated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Orchard Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
20 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 32pp h251mm x w249mm x s5mm 204g ISBN13: 9781408355756 ISBN13: 978-1-4083-5575-6 ISBN10: 1408355752 EAN: 9781408355756 x Description: A hilariously funny tale of friendship, belonging and LOTS OF EATING from the bestselling author of There Is No Dragon in This Story. Perfect for fans of Oi Frog. WITH SUPER SPARKLY GLITTER COVER! Oscar the Unicorn has eaten his stable so he needs to find somewhere else to live. Not easy if you're a unicorn who eats everything in sight ... No one wants him around: not the pirates or the fairies or the dragons. Will Oscar ever find a place to call home? Well, it just so happens that Princess Oola has been searching for a unicorn FOR EVER ... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Erstwhile: Book Two in the Vorrh Trilogy Brian Catling (Author) Series:
Vorrh Trilogy
Edition:
Imprint:
Coronet Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 480pp h198mm x w129mm x s30mm 330g ISBN13: 9781473636408 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3640-8 ISBN10: 147363640X EAN: 9781473636408 x Description: In the tradition of China Mieville, Michael Moorcock and Alasdair Gray, B. Catling's The Vorrh is literary dark fantasy which wilfully ignores boundaries, crossing over into surrealism, magic-realism, horror and steampunk. The Erstwhile is the second book in the Vorrh trilogy.
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The Cloven: Book Three in the Vorrh Trilogy Brian Catling (Author) Series:
Vorrh Trilogy
Edition:
Imprint:
Coronet Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
25 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 448pp h234mm x w153mm x s36mm 683g ISBN13: 9781473636422 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3642-2 ISBN10: 1473636426 EAN: 9781473636422 x Description: The Cloven is the epic climax to B. Catling's beloved genre-busting Vorrh Trilogy. In the stunning conclusion to Brian Catling's Vorrh trilogy, the colonial city of Essenwald gives up all its secrets, as the ancient forest seeks to reclaim what has been taken from it. Those who have been enslaved shall be no longer, and two heroes once thought dead shall reemerge stronger than ever. A man will be split in two, and a young woman will rise to the height of her powers. Meanwhile, the threat of war looms over London. Germany is gearing up to begin the Blitz, and only Nicolas the Erstwhile senses the danger to come. Will he be able to save the man who saved him? The Cloven is a book of battles and betrayals, in which Catling's incredible creations all fulfill their destinies and lead us to an epic conflagration with the fate of mankind hanging in the balance as the Vorrh attacks the one thing humankind can't live without. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Memory Chamber Holly Cave (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Quercus Publishing
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
20 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786485373 ISBN13: 978-1-78648-537-3 ISBN10: 1786485370 EAN: 9781786485373 x Description: 'At last a book that has it all. So beautifully written. I loved it' Amazon Reviewer 'The Memory Chamber is captivating from the first page' Daily Express ********** An afterlife of your own design - what could go wrong? Isobel designs artificial 'heavens' for her clients, created from the memories they treasure most. She works for Oakley Associates, London's most prestigious firm of its kind. Her heavens are renowned for their beauty and perfection. But Isobel crosses an ethical line when she falls for Jarek, a new - and married - client. Then, in the wake of his wife's murder, Isobel uncovers a darker and deadlier side of the world she works in. As her life starts falling apart, Isobel realises that nothing is as perfect as it seems, not even heaven itself... ********** 'Wow! I started this book mid afternoon and finished it at 1:15 am. I just could not put it down' Amazon Reviewer 'An elegant tale of love and loss, memory and murder, set in an edgy near-future' Daily Mail
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The Impostor Javier Cercas (Author) Frank Wynne (Translated by) Series:
MacLehose Press Editions
Edition:
Imprint:
MacLehose Press
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
09 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 432pp h198mm x w129mm x s26mm 299g ISBN13: 9780857056528 ISBN13: 978-0-85705-652-8 ISBN10: 0857056522 EAN: 9780857056528 x Description: LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL 2018 A TRUE STORY THAT IS PACKED WITH FICTION - FICTION CREATED BY ITS MAIN CHARACTER, ENRIC MARCO But who is Enric Marco? A veteran of the Spanish Civil War, a fighter against fascism, an impassioned campaigner for justice, and a survivor of the Nazi death camps? Or, is he simply an old man with delusions of grandeur, a charlatan who fabricated his heroic war record, who was never a prisoner in the Third Reich and never opposed Franco; a charming, beguiling and compulsive liar who refashioned himself as a defender of liberty and who was unmasked in 2005 at the height of his influence and renown? In this extraordinary novel - part narrative, part history, part essay, part biography, part autobiography - Javier Cercas unravels the enigma of the man and delves with passion and honesty into the most ambiguous aspects of what makes us human - our infinite capacity for self-deception, our need for conformity, our thirst for affection and our conflicting needs for fiction and for truth. Translated from the Spanish by Frank Wynne _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
XX Angela Chadwick (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Little, Brown
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 384pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780349700250 ISBN13: 978-0-349-70025-0 ISBN10: 0349700257 EAN: 9780349700250 x Description: 'Fantastic - completely topical, utterly believable, and that rare thing: an issue-driven book that feels like a story, not an issue' - Julie Cohen When Rosie and Jules discover a ground-breaking clinical trial that enables two women to have a female baby, they jump at the chance to make history. Fear-mongering politicians and right-wing movements are quick to latch on to the controversies surrounding Ovum-to-Ovum (o-o) technology and stoke the fears of the public. What will happen to the numbers of little boys born? Is there a sinister conspiracy to eradicate men at play? In this toxic political climate, Jules and Rosie try to hide their baby from scrutiny. But when the news of Rosie's pregnancy is leaked to the media, their relationship is put under a microscope and they're forced to question the loyalty of those closest to them, and battle against a tirade of hate that threatens to split them apart... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe Jorge Cham (Author) Daniel Whiteson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
17 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h200mm x w130mm x s20mm 260g Illustrated throughout ISBN13: 9781473660205 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6020-5 ISBN10: 1473660203 EAN: 9781473660205 x Description: In our small corner of the universe, we know how some matter behaves most of the time and what even less of it looks like, and we have some good guesses about where it all came from. But we really have no clue what's going on. In fact, we don't know what about 95% of the universe is made of. So what happens when a cartoonist and a physicist walk into this strange, mostly unknown universe? Jorge Cham and Daniel Whiteson gleefully explore the biggest unknowns, why these things are still mysteries, and what a lot of smart people are doing to figure out the answers (or at least ask the right questions). While they're at it, they helpfully demystify many complicated things we do know about, from quarks and neutrinos to gravitational waves and exploding black holes. With equal doses of humour and delight, they invite us to see the universe as a vast expanse of mostly uncharted territory that's still ours to explore. This is a book for fans of Brian Cox and What If. This highly entertaining highly illustrated book is perfect for anyone who's curious about all the great mysteries physicists are going to solve next. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Record of a Spaceborn Few: Wayfarers 3 Becky Chambers (Author) Series:
Wayfarers
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
24 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 368pp h240mm x w162mm x s33mm 625g ISBN13: 9781473647602 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-4760-2 ISBN10: 1473647606 EAN: 9781473647602 x Description: 'The best speculative fiction currently being written' John Connolly. *THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* From the ground, we stand. From our ship, we live. By the stars, we hope. The incredible new novel by Becky Chambers, author of the beloved The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet. #SpacebornFew Centuries after the last humans left Earth, the Exodus Fleet is a living relic, a place many are from but few outsiders have seen. Humanity has finally been accepted into the galactic community, but while this has opened doors for many, those who have not yet left for alien cities fear that their carefully cultivated way of life is under threat. Tessa chose to stay home when her brother Ashby left for the stars, but has to question that decision when her position in the Fleet is threatened. Kip, a reluctant young apprentice, itches for change but doesn't know where to find it.
Sawyer, a lost and lonely newcomer, is just looking for a place to belong. And when a disaster rocks this already fragile community, those Exodans who still call the Fleet their home can no longer avoid the inescapable question: What is the purpose of a ship that has reached its destination? PRAISE 'Richly human, believable [and] compelling . . . underlain with a deep compassion and a feeling for community' Tor.com. 'Terrific. . . a masterly exploration of characterisation and diversity wrapped in intensity, heartbreak and tension.' Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat. 'An emotional, moving look at what it means to be human, and the importance of heritage and legacy' Lauren James, author of The Loneliest Girl in the Universe. 'Exactly what I hoped it would be and more . . . Moving in what feels like small personal ways but is actually big, universal ways and it is uplifting on the same scale' Forbidden Planet. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Record of a Spaceborn Few: Wayfarers 3 Becky Chambers (Author) Series:
Wayfarers
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
24 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 368pp h234mm x w167mm x s28mm 430g ISBN13: 9781473647619 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-4761-9 ISBN10: 1473647614 EAN: 9781473647619 x Description: 'The best speculative fiction currently being written' John Connolly. *THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* From the ground, we stand. From our ship, we live. By the stars, we hope. The incredible new novel by Becky Chambers, author of the beloved The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet. #SpacebornFew Centuries after the last humans left Earth, the Exodus Fleet is a living relic, a place many are from but few outsiders have seen. Humanity has finally been accepted into the galactic community, but while this has opened doors for many, those who have not yet left for alien cities fear that their carefully cultivated way of life is under threat. Tessa chose to stay home when her brother Ashby left for the stars, but has to question that decision when her position in the Fleet is threatened. Kip, a reluctant young apprentice, itches for change but doesn't know where to find it. Sawyer, a lost and lonely newcomer, is just looking for a place to belong. And when a disaster rocks this already fragile community, those Exodans who still call the Fleet their home can no longer avoid the inescapable question: What is the purpose of a ship that has reached its destination? PRAISE 'Richly human, believable [and] compelling . . . underlain with a deep compassion and a feeling for community' Tor.com.
'Terrific. . . a masterly exploration of characterisation and diversity wrapped in intensity, heartbreak and tension.' Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat. 'An emotional, moving look at what it means to be human, and the importance of heritage and legacy' Lauren James, author of The Loneliest Girl in the Universe. 'Exactly what I hoped it would be and more . . . Moving in what feels like small personal ways but is actually big, universal ways and it is uplifting on the same scale' Forbidden Planet. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Liam Charles Cheeky Treats: 70 Brilliant Bakes and Cakes - by the breakout GBBO star Liam Charles (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
10 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 224pp h253mm x w194mm x s23mm 894g ISBN13: 9781473687202 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8720-2 ISBN10: 1473687209 EAN: 9781473687202 x Description: The debut cookbook by the breakout star of The Great British Bake Off 2017. When you bake you want the results to be mouth-watering and jaw-droppingly good. You want gasps of awe followed by silence as your friends and family munch their way through your genius creations. No one understands this better than Liam Charles. Who else could bring you a Caramel Peanut Millionaire's Shortbread, an Oreo Chocolate Brownie Freakshake or a Christmas Dinner Pie? It has to be Liam and in his first book, he introduces his latest inventions and favourite bakes that are guaranteed to get you in the kitchen. Cheeky Treats is a cookbook like no other, packed with fantastic flavours, wonderfully creative bakes, and fun and beautiful photography that captures Liam's personality and flair. Warning: if you're looking for a Victoria Sponge recipe - look elsewhere! 'Cheeky Treats, a spangly, Technicolor, many-faceted recipe book... It is distinguished not by the two kilos of icing sugar in the Football Cake (and that's just the buttercream!), nor the very simple, incredibly effective, domino pattern on his salted millionaire dominoes, nor his vertiginous layering or moments of French patisserie perfectionism, but by the joie de vivre conveyed by all those things, and the rest.' - The Guardian _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories (riverrun editions): a beautiful new edition of Chekhov's short fiction, translated by Constance Garnett Anton Chekhov (Author) Constance Garnett (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
riverrun
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
23 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 480pp h201mm x w131mm x s29mm 332g ISBN13: 9781786489180 ISBN13: 978-1-78648-918-0 ISBN10: 178648918X EAN: 9781786489180 x Description: A man and woman fall in love in a seaside town. The only trouble is, they're both married to other people. A schoolmaster is scandalized by his sweetheart riding a bicycle. A woman falls in love with a series of men, each of whom leave her in different ways.
Chekhov's stories capture Russian provincial life in the late nineteenth century while Garnett's translations make these classic works feel as vivid as if they were written yesterday. This exclusive selection by New Yorker writer Janet Malcolm is unmissable for the enthusiast and a brilliant introduction for anyone interested in one of the nineteenth century's greatest writers. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Who Says You Can't? You Do: The life-changing self help book that's empowering people around the world to live an extraordinary life Daniel Chidiac (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Learning
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
11 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 368pp h214mm x w134mm x s30mm 400g ISBN13: 9781473684249 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8424-9 ISBN10: 1473684242 EAN: 9781473684249 x Description: THE WORD OF MOUTH PHENOMENON THAT'S CHANGING LIVES AROUND THE WORLD Do you want to change your life? Well, who says you can't? Would you be surprised to learn that the only person stopping you achieving what you want in life is yourself? Why do you think there are so few people living their dream and millions of others slipping further away from theirs with every day that passes? Daniel Chidiac's writing has touched millions of people worldwide and helps to transform thousands of lives daily. By opening Who Says You Can't? You Do, you embark on a psychological and emotional journey that will unlock your true potential. This challenging and extraordinarily rewarding book is the ultimate guide to discovering the fulfilment you have been searching for your whole life. Who Says You Can't? You Do is a psychological and emotional journey that will help you overcome your self-doubts and unlock your true potential through 7 steps that cover self-discovery, energy, achievement, relationships and physical health. 'Who Says You Can't? You Do is the ultimate book for personal growth. It helps you find clarity within yourself regardless of where you are in life' Torrey Smith, Philadelphia Eagles, NFL Superbowl champion XLVII 'Who Says You Can't? You Do offers clear and actionable steps for developing a winner's mental state and ultimately to live a fuller and more successful life. I highly recommend this book!' Natalie Eva Marie, WWE Pro-Wrestler/Actress _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History Kassia St Clair (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 368pp h222mm x w138mm ISBN13: 9781473659032 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5903-2 ISBN10: 1473659035 EAN: 9781473659032 x Description: From the mummies of Ancient Egypt; via the silken dragon robes of Imperial China and the woollen sails of Viking longboats to the Indian calicoes and chintzes that powered the Industrial Revolution (and sparked more than one war); arriving finally at the lab-blended fibres that have allowed astronauts to moonwalk -- fabrics, manmade and natural, have changed and shaped the world we live in. In twelve fascinating chapters, Kassia St Clair lays out an alternative history of civilisation and human creativity. Wittily written and compellingly argued, this book will change the way you see the world.
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The Belles Dhonielle Clayton (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Gollancz
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 464pp h150mm x w197mm x s29mm 310g ISBN13: 9781473223974 ISBN13: 978-1-4732-2397-4 ISBN10: 1473223970 EAN: 9781473223974 x Description: 'Looking for the next big groundbreaking event in YA? This is it' - Rick Riordan Now includes an exclusive sneak peek of the sequel to The Belles - The Everlasting Rose ********************** Welcome to the dark decadence of Dhonielle Clayton's sharp tale of beauty, obsession and magic. . . I AM A BELLE. I CONTROL BEAUTY. In the opulent world of Orleans, beauty is power. And only through a Belle's abilities can perfection be achieved . . . though the results always fade. Camellia Beauregard wants to be the favourite Belle - the one chosen by the queen to tend to the royal family. But behind the gilded palace walls live dark secrets, and Camellia soon learns that her powers may be far greater - and far deadlier - than she ever imagined. When the queen asks Camellia to use her powers to save the life of the ailing princess, she faces an impossible decision: refuse the queen to protect herself and the lives of her Belle sisters, or obey, and change their world forever. Because there's a reason such magic is forbidden . . .
The Belles asks powerful questions about the price we put on our bodies - and holds up a mirror to our obsession with perfection
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'Sumptuous and original worldbuilding, heart-pounding plot and gorgeous prose' Samantha Shannon, New York Times bestselling author of The Bone Season 'A whipsmart writer with grand, grand talents' Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist 'Breathtakingly beautiful and deeply unsettling' Marie Lu, #1 New York Times bestselling author _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Cleaner Paul Cleave (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Mulholland Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
17 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h200mm x w131mm x s25mm 280g ISBN13: 9781473664586 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6458-6 ISBN10: 1473664586 EAN: 9781473664586 x Description: 'Cleave uses words like lethal weapons' New York Times Book Review 'Dark, bloody, and gripping ... classic noir fiction' John Connolly
An international bestseller and one of the top-selling novels in New Zealand's history, Paul Cleave's dark thriller is a brilliant, bloody masterpiece. Joe is in control of everything in his simple life - both his day job as a janitor for the police department and his "night work." He isn't bothered by the daily news reports of the Christchurch Carver, who, they say, has murdered seven women. Joe knows, though, that the Carver killed only six. He knows that for a fact, and he's determined to find the copycat. He'll punish him for the one, then frame him for the other six. It's the perfect plan because he already knows he can outwit the police. All he needs now is to take care of all the women who keep getting in his way, including his odd, overprotective mother and Sally, the maintenance worker who sees him as a replacement for her dead brother. Then there's the mysterious Melissa, the only woman to have ever understood him, but whose fantasies of blackmail and torture don't have a place in Joe's investigation. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Killing Hour Paul Cleave (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Mulholland Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
17 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h210mm x w197mm x s24mm 276g ISBN13: 9781473664630 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6463-0 ISBN10: 1473664632 EAN: 9781473664630 x Description: 'Anyone who likes their crime fiction on the black and bloody side should move Paul Cleave straight to the top of their must-read list' Mark Billingham 'Pulse-pounding' Publishers Weekly 'Cleave uses words like lethal weapons' New York Times Book Review Cleave keeps us guessing until the last page of this fantastic psychological thriller. Imagine waking up covered in blood - but it's not your blood. There's a nasty bump on your head, and you can't remember a thing about last night. The morning paper reports that two young women were brutally murdered. You recognize their names. Pieces of the night before come back to you through the haze. And now you're the suspect in their grisly deaths. Welcome to Charlie's world. In this heart-pounding thriller, only the dead know what happened last night. On the run, Charlie suspects a man named Cyris, but no one believes that Cyris exists. Not the police and not Charlie's ex-wife Jo, though she wants to trust that the man she once loved is innocent. Soon, Charlie has Jo bound and gagged in the trunk of his car, fleeing across the countryside while the killing hour approaches yet again. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Blood Men Paul Cleave (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Mulholland Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
17 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 235g ISBN13: 9781473664685 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6468-5 ISBN10: 1473664683 EAN: 9781473664685 x Description: WINNER OF NEW ZEALAND'S PRESTIGIOUS NGAIO MARSH AWARD FOR BEST CRIME NOVEL OF 2011 'Riveting and all too realistic. Cleave is a writer to watch' Tess Gerritsen
'Cleave uses words like lethal weapons' New York Times Book Review Edward Hunter has it all - a beautiful wife and daughter, a great job, a bright future... and a very dark past. Twenty years ago, a serial killer was caught, convicted, and locked away in the country's most hellish of penitentiaries. That man was Edward's father. Edward has struggled his entire life to put the nightmares of his childhood behind him. But a week before Christmas, violence once again makes an unwelcome appearance into his world. Suddenly he's going to need the help of his father, a man he hasn't seen since he was a boy. Is Edward destined to be just like him, to become a man of blood? A true master of the genre that only comes along once in a generation, Cleave unveils a brutally vivid picture of a killer's mind and of a city of fallen angels captured at the ends of the earth. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Laughterhouse Paul Cleave (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Mulholland Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
17 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 432pp h201mm x w193mm x s27mm 302g ISBN13: 9781473664708 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6470-8 ISBN10: 1473664705 EAN: 9781473664708 x Description: 'A modern equivalent of James Ellroy's Los Angeles of the 1950s, a discordant symphony of violence and human weakness' Publishers Weekly 'Cleave uses words like lethal weapons' New York Times Book Review Fast-paced, dark, and intensely clever, this exciting thriller represents a brilliant new chapter in the career of world-class crime writer Paul Cleave. Theodore Tate never forgot his first crime scene - ten-year-old Jessica found dead in "the Laughterhouse," an old abandoned slaughterhouse with the S painted over. The killer was found and arrested. Justice was served. Or was it? Fifteen years later, a new killer arrives in Christchurch, and he has a list of people who were involved in Jessica's murder case, one of whom is the unfortunate Dr. Stanton, a man with three young girls. If Tate is going to help them, he has to find the connection between the killer, the Laughterhouse, and the city's suddenly growing murder rate. And he needs to figure it out fast, because Stanton and his daughters have been kidnapped, and the doctor is being forced to make an impossible decision: which one of his daughters is to die first. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Joe Victim Paul Cleave (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Mulholland Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
17 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 496pp h196mm x w131mm x s31mm 350g ISBN13: 9781473664722 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6472-2 ISBN10: 1473664721 EAN: 9781473664722 x Description: NOMINATED FOR THE 2014 EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL 'Cleave uses words like lethal weapons' New York Times Book Review 'A little Hannibal Lecter. A little Richard von Krafft-Ebing. A lot of gore' Kirkus Reviews
Sometimes reality can really get in the way of a good story. Joe Middleton's story is this: He doesn't remember killing anyone, so there' s no way a jury can convict him of serial murder. He calls himself Joe Victim, trying, as he awaits trial, to convince the psychiatrists that he wasn't in control of his actions, trusting that the system will save him in the end. But others know Joe as the infamous Christchurch Carver and they want to see him dead. There's Melissa, Joe's accomplice in one of the murders, who plans on shooting him on his way to the courthouse before he gets a chance to start talking. Then there's Raphael, whose daughter was one of the Carver's victims. Though he's tried to move on with life as the leader of a counseling group for grieving family members, he'd like nothing more than to watch Joe pay. Finally there's Carl Schroder, the ex-detective who locked Joe up and is determined to put things right for the case of his career. To extract himself from this epic mess, Joe has come up with a desperate plan involving a television psychic who's looking to get rich by making people believe just about anything. It's a long shot, but it had better work before he becomes the poster boy for a death penalty that may be reinstated in New Zealand, which isn't quite the dramatic ending he is hoping for... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Five Minutes Alone Paul Cleave (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Mulholland Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
17 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 464pp h197mm x w130mm x s27mm 324g ISBN13: 9781473664746 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6474-6 ISBN10: 1473664748 EAN: 9781473664746 x Description: 'Cleave uses words like lethal weapons' New York Times Book Review 'Anyone who likes their crime fiction on the black and bloody side should move Paul Cleave straight to the top of their must-read list' Mark Billingham 'Breaking Bad reworked by the Coen Brothers.' Kirkus Reviews Carl Schroder and Theodore Tate, labeled 'The Coma Cops' by the media, are finally getting their lives back into shape. Tate has returned to the police force and is grateful to be back at home with his wife, Bridget. For Schroder, things are neither good nor bad. The bullet lodged in his head from a shooting six months ago hasn't killed him, but - almost as deadly - it's switched off his emotions. When the body of a convicted rapist is found, obliterated by an oncoming train, Tate works the case, trying to determine if this is murder or suicide. The following night, two more rapists go missing. It's hard to investigate when everyone on the police force seems to be rooting for the killer. There's a common plea detectives get from the loved ones of victims: When you find the man who did this, give me five minutes alone with him. And that's exactly what someone is doing. Someone is helping these victims get their five minutes alone. But when innocent people start to die, Tate and Schroder find themselves with different objectives, and soon they're battling something they never would've expected - each other. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Collecting Cooper Paul Cleave (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Mulholland Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
17 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h222mm x w222mm x s25mm 284g ISBN13: 9781473668522 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6852-2 ISBN10: 1473668522 EAN: 9781473668522 x Description: From the international bestselling author comes yet another gripping novel that paints a brutally vivid picture of a killer's mind. An edgeof-your-seat thriller, for fans of Lee Child and Peter May.
'A pulse-pounding serial killer thriller' Publishers Weekly 'Cleave uses words like lethal weapons' New York Times Book Review People are disappearing in Christchurch. Cooper Riley, a psychology professor, doesn't make it to work one day. Emma Green, one of his students, doesn't make it home. When ex-cop Theodore Tate is released from a four-month prison stint, he's asked by Green's father to help find Emma. After all, Tate was in jail for nearly killing her in a DUI accident the year before, so he owes him. Big time. What neither of them knows is that a former mental patient is holding people prisoner as part of his growing collection of serial killer souvenirs. Now he has acquired the ultimate collector's item - an actual killer. Meanwhile, clues keep pulling Tate back to Grover Hills, the mental institution that closed down three years ago. Very bad things happened there. Those who managed to survive would prefer to keep their memories buried. Tate has no choice but to unearth Grover Hills' dark past if there is any chance of finding Emma Green and Cooper Riley alive. For fans of Dennis Lehane's Shutter Island, Thomas Harris' Silence of the Lambs, and Jeff Lindsay's Dexter series, Collecting Cooper is another 'relentlessly gripping, deliciously twisted, and shot through with a vein of humor that's as dark as hell' (Mark Billingham) novel by this glimmering talent in the crime thriller genre. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Last of Our Kind Adelaide de Clermont-Tonnerre (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
10 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h210mm x w130mm x s10mm 384g ISBN13: 9781473658042 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5804-2 ISBN10: 1473658047 EAN: 9781473658042 x Description: 'A word of advice: don't start reading this page-turner at bedtime, or you'll be staying up all night.' Psychologies, France Werner Zilch was adopted as an infant, and knows nothing of his biological family. But when, in 1970s New York, he meets the family of Rebecca, the woman he has fallen in love with, a mysterious link means he must uncover the truth of his past, or run the risk of losing her. Spanning 1945 Dresden, the Bavarian Alps and uncovering Operation Paperclip, this is a riveting novel of family and love. 'Adelaide de Clermont-Tonnerre weaves an enigmatic, funny, sensuous web, crossed by characters which we will struggle to forget' Le Figaro _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Rhine: Following Europe's Greatest River from Amsterdam to the Alps Ben Coates (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
11 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 304pp h216mm x w135mm ISBN13: 9781473662179 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6217-9 ISBN10: 1473662176 EAN: 9781473662179 x Description: The Rhine is one of the world's greatest rivers. Once forming the outer frontier of the Roman Empire, it flows 800 miles from the social democratic playground of the Netherlands, through the industrial and political powerhouses of Germany and France, to the wealthy mountain fortresses of Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
For five years, Ben Coates lived alongside a major channel of the river in Rotterdam, crossing it daily, swimming and sailing in its tributaries. In The Rhine, he sets out by bicycle from the Netherlands where it enters the North Sea, following it through Germany, France and Liechtenstein, to its source in the icy Alps. He explores the impact that the Rhine has had on European culture and history and finds out how influences have flowed along and across the river, shaping the people who live alongside it. Blending travelogue and offbeat history, The Rhine tells the fascinating story of how a great river helped shape a continent. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hangman Daniel Cole (Author) Series:
A Ragdoll Book
Edition:
Imprint:
Trapeze
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
18 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781409168812 ISBN13: 978-1-4091-6881-2 ISBN10: 1409168816 EAN: 9781409168812 x Description: The new high-concept thriller from the international bestselling author of Ragdoll A detective with no one to trust A killer with nothing to lose 18 months after the 'Ragdoll' murders, a body is found hanging from Brooklyn Bridge, the word 'BAIT' carved into the chest. In London a copycat killer strikes, branded with the word 'PUPPET', forcing DCI Emily Baxter into an uneasy partnership with the detectives on the case, Special Agents Rouche and Curtis. Each time they trace a suspect, the killer is one step ahead. With the body count rising on both sides of the Atlantic, can they learn to trust each other and identify who is holding the strings before it is too late? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Biker's Life: Misadventures on (and off) Two Wheels Henry Cole (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Quercus Publishing
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
09 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781787471085 ISBN13: 978-1-78747-108-5 ISBN10: 178747108X EAN: 9781787471085 x Description: I can't think of anywhere I'd less like to be than in a car. When you're driving a car, you're not taking part, you're a spectator. You're in a can; if it's cold you turn up the heating, if you're hungry you have a wine gum. You might be looking at what's going on, but you're definitely not a part of it. A BIKER'S LIFE is the dramatic, humorous and candid memoir of one of the most recognisable names in motorcycling. Henry Cole's passion for motorbikes began when, at the age of eight, he was first introduced to a 'man cave'. His great-uncle Redbeard's corrugated iron shed was 'stuffed to the gills with old motorbikes' which Henry helped rebuild and ride. Since then, Henry's life can be charted through the bikes and journeys he has been on - from a stifling public-school education, via many years battling addiction, to the big-sky iconic routes Henry has ridden for over twenty series as presenter of numerous TV shows. This book reminds millions of motorcyclists why their bike gives them the freedom to be exactly who they want to be: to say 'Fuck you, fuck the world, I'm doing my thing.' When you ride a motorbike you become part of a worldwide community of kindred spirits - those of us who will not be pacified by driving a car, but instead live for adventure, escape and the sheer thrill of the throttle.
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No Mercy: The brand new novel from the Queen of Crime Martina Cole (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Headline Book Publishing Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Forthcoming
Publishing Status:
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 416pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781472249418 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-4941-8 ISBN10: 1472249410 EAN: 9781472249418 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Illegal: A graphic novel telling one boy's epic journey to Europe Eoin Colfer (Author) Andrew Donkin (Author) Giovanni Rigano (Illustrated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Children's Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
12 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 144pp h260mm x w176mm x s15mm 478g ISBN13: 9781444931686 ISBN13: 978-1-4449-3168-6 ISBN10: 1444931687 EAN: 9781444931686 x Description: This is a powerful and timely story about one boy's epic journey across Africa to Europe, a graphic novel for all children with glorious colour artwork throughout. From Eoin Colfer, previously Irish Children's Laureate, and the team behind his bestselling Artemis Fowl graphic novels. Ebo: alone. His sister left months ago. Now his brother has disappeared too, and Ebo knows it can only be to make the hazardous journey to Europe. Ebo's epic journey takes him across the Sahara Desert to the dangerous streets of Tripoli, and finally out to the merciless sea. But with every step he holds on to his hope for a new life, and a reunion with his sister. *Winner of the Judges' Special Award at the Children's Books Ireland Book of the Year Awards* 'Beautifully realised and punchily told.' Alex O'Connell, The Times Children's Book of the Week 'A powerful, compelling work, evocatively illustrated ... It would take a hard heart not to be moved by this book.' Financial Times _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dark Sacred Night: A Bosch and Ballard thriller Michael Connelly (Author) Series:
Harry Bosch Series
Edition:
Imprint:
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
30 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 416pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781409182733 ISBN13: 978-1-4091-8273-3 ISBN10: 1409182738 EAN: 9781409182733 x Description: At the end of a long, dark night Detectives Renee Ballard and Harry Bosch cross paths for the very first time. ***** Detective Renee Ballard is working the graveyard shift again, and returns to Hollywood Station in the early hours only to find that an older man has snuck in and is rifling through old file cabinets.The intruder is none other than legendary LAPD detective Harry Bosch, working a cold case that has gotten under his skin. Ballard kicks him out, but eventually Bosch persuades her to help and she relents. Bosch is investigating the death of fifteen-year-old Daisy Clayton, a runaway who was brutally murdered. He crossed paths with her devastated mother while working a previous case, and Daisy's story has seized hold of him. PRE-ORDER THE NEW BLOCKBUSTER CRIME THRILLER FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER TODAY. ***** Critics agree, crime writing doesn't come better than Connelly: 'One of the world's greatest crime writers' Daily Mail 'A master of the genre' Stephen King 'Crime thriller writing of the highest order' Guardian 'A superb natural storyteller' Lee Child 'Harry Bosch: one of the finest minds in crime fiction' Evening Standard 'America's greatest living crime writer' Daily Express 'A crime writing genius' Independent on Sunday _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Game of Ghosts: A Charlie Parker Thriller: 15. From the No. 1 Bestselling Author of A Time of Torment John Connolly (Author) Series:
Charlie Parker Thriller
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 480pp h196mm x w126mm x s32mm 320g ISBN13: 9781473641907 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-4190-7 ISBN10: 147364190X EAN: 9781473641907
x Description: The Number One bestseller. It is deep winter. The darkness is unending. The private detective named Jaycob Eklund has vanished, and Charlie Parker is dispatched to track him down. Parker's employer, Edgar Ross, an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has his own reasons for wanting Eklund found. Eklund is no ordinary investigator. He is obsessively tracking a series of homicides and disappearances, each linked to reports of hauntings. Now Parker will be drawn into Eklund's world, a realm in which the monstrous Mother rules a crumbling criminal empire, in which men strike bargains with angels, and in which the innocent and guilty alike are pawns in a game of ghosts . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Woman in the Woods: A Charlie Parker Thriller: 16. From the No. 1 Bestselling Author of A Game of Ghosts John Connolly (Author) Series:
Charlie Parker Thriller
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 480pp h238mm x w162mm x s43mm 754g ISBN13: 9781473641921 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-4192-1 ISBN10: 1473641926 EAN: 9781473641921 x Description: The new thrilling instalment of John Connolly's popular Charlie Parker series. It is spring, and the semi-preserved body of a young Jewish woman is discovered buried in the Maine woods. It is clear that she gave birth shortly before her death. But there is no sign of a baby. Private detective Charlie Parker is engaged by the lawyer Moxie Castin to shadow the police investigation and find the infant, but Parker is not the only searcher. Someone else is following the trail left by the woman, someone with an interest in more than a missing child, someone prepared to leave bodies in his wake. And in a house by the woods, a toy telephone begins to ring. For a young boy is about to receive a call from a dead woman . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
he: A Novel John Connolly (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
26 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 464pp h198mm x w129mm x s28mm 320g ISBN13: 9781473663664 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6366-4 ISBN10: 1473663660 EAN: 9781473663664 x Description: Winner of the 2017 Ryan Tubridy Show Listener's Choice Award at the Irish Book Awards. John Connolly recreates the golden age of Hollywood for an intensely compassionate study of the tension between commercial demands and artistic integrity and the human frailties behind even the greatest of artists.
An extraordinary reimagining of the life of one of the greatest screen comedians the world has ever known: a man who knew both adoration and humiliation; who loved, and was loved in turn; who betrayed, and was betrayed; who never sought to cause pain to others, yet left a trail of affairs and broken marriages in his wake . . . And whose life was ultimately defined by one relationship of such tenderness and devotion that only death could sever it: his partnership with the man he knew as Babe. he is Stan Laurel. But he did not really exist. Stan Laurel was a fiction. With he, John Connolly recreates the golden age of Hollywood for an intensely compassionate study of the tension between commercial demands and artistic integrity, the human frailties behind even the greatest of artists, and one of the most enduring and beloved partnerships in cinema history: Laurel & Hardy. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Being John Lennon Ray Connolly (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 464pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781474606813 ISBN13: 978-1-4746-0681-3 ISBN10: 1474606814 EAN: 9781474606813 x Description: What was it like to be John Lennon? What was it like to be the cast-off child, the clown at school, and the middle-class suburban boy who pretended to be a working-class hero? How did it feel to have one of the most recognisable singing voices in the world, but to dislike it so much he always wanted to disguise it? How must it have felt, when he saw the melodies of his younger song writing partner praised so highly, and his own songs, in his eyes, undervalued? And what was it like to become trapped inside a four-headed deity knowing that it would become increasingly impossible to keep feeding the desires of its worshippers? Being John Lennon is not about the whitewashed Prince of Peace of 'Imagine' legend, because that was only a small part of him. The John Lennon depicted in these pages is a much more kaleidoscopic figure, sometimes almost a collision of different characters. He was funny, often very funny. But, above everything, he had 'attitude', his impudent, plain speaking somehow personifying the aspirations of his generation to answer back to authority. Rank and status didn't unnerve him. He could, and would, say the unsayable. Perhaps sometimes he shouldn't, and he would excuse himself later by saying, 'Oh, that was only me mouth talking.' Though there were more glamorous rock stars around, even in the Beatles, it was John Lennon's attitude which caught, and then defined, the moment best. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Songs of Us: the heartbreaking page-turner that will make you laugh out loud Emma Cooper (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Headline Review
Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
20 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 432pp h191mm x w128mm x s26mm 300g ISBN13: 9781472252531 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-5253-1 ISBN10: 1472252535 EAN: 9781472252531 x Description: 'Quirky, clever, and original, this will break your heart, but put it back together again' Katie Fforde
'This is a very special book indeed: funny, powerful, heart-wrenching and so poignant' Jo Thomas 'One of my favourites of 2018' Amazon reviewer Fans of Jojo Moyes, Cecilia Ahern and Marian Keyes will love The Songs of Us by Emma Cooper, a laugh-out-loud, funny and heartbreaking novel of love, loss and what it means to be a family. If Melody hadn't run out of de-icer that day, she would never have slipped and banged her head. She wouldn't be left with a condition that makes her sing when she's nervous. And she definitely wouldn't have belted out the Arctic Monkeys' 'I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor' in assembly at her son's school. If Dev hadn't taken the kids to the zoo that day, then the accident wouldn't have happened. He wouldn't have left Flynn and Rose without a dad. Or shattered the love of his life's heart. But if they hadn't seen the missing person report that day, they might never have taken the trip to Cornwall. And, in the last place they expected, discovered what it really means to be 'Us'. Readers love The Songs of Us: 'Rarely does a book come along that is as unique and mesmerising as The Songs Of Us' 'Reminiscent of (and in my humble opinion right up there with) Me Before You by Jojo Moyes and Cecilia Ahern's PS I Love You' 'It had me laughing and crying in equal measures' 'The Songs of Us will soften your heart and make you smile' 'Get your hands on a copy now. TRUST ME.' 'This book is something really special, I might even venture to say, perfect' 'I laughed, cried, felt sad and felt heart-warmed in equal measures' 'I could not put it down ... I really do highly recommend this book' _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
These Dividing Walls: Shortlisted for the 2018 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award Fran Cooper (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 256pp h199mm x w175mm x s17mm 186g ISBN13: 9781473641563 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-4156-3 ISBN10: 147364156X EAN: 9781473641563 x Description: Step into Paris as you have never seen it before. . . SHORTLISTED FOR THE HAYES & JARVIS FICTION WITH A SENSE OF PLACE, 2018 EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARD 'An engaging debut that throws light on a hidden side of Paris' Woman and Home 'A sensitive, necessary, brave book.' Laura Barnett, author of The Versions of Us What building doesn't have secrets? How much does anyone know of what goes on behind their neighbour's doors?
On a hot June day, grief-stricken Edward arrives in Paris hoping that a stay in a friend's empty apartment will help him mend. But this is not the Paris he knows: there are no landmarks or grand boulevards, and the apartment he was promised is little more than an attic room. In the apartments below him, his new neighbours fill their flats with secrets. A young mother is on the brink, a bookshop owner buries her past, and a banker takes up a dark and malicious new calling. Before he knows it, Edward will find himself entangled in their web, and as the summer heat intensifies so do tensions within and without the building, leading to a city-wide wave of violence, and a reckoning within the walls of number 37. With a sultry heat to rival A Year in Provence and all the sharp perception of Leila Slimani's Lullaby, These Dividing Walls is a beautifully written and eye-opening novel about the Paris we don't see. 'It'll open your heart and mind. It certainly did mine' The Pool 'An unforgettable and unexpected portrait of Paris' Hannah Rothschild *********** What readers have said about These Dividing Walls: 'Totally engrossing - it was a magical pleasure to lose myself in these people's world each night' 'The quality of the writing in These Dividing Walls is never short of exquisite' 'This is an outstanding debut novel from an author to watch' 'A delightful glimpse into the lives of a group of people one hot and fearful summer' _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Two Houses: a gripping novel of buried secrets and those who hide them Fran Cooper (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h218mm x w144mm x s34mm 440g ISBN13: 9781473641570 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-4157-0 ISBN10: 1473641578 EAN: 9781473641570 x Description: 'Superbly written and utterly gripping' Daily Mail After an acclaimed career in ceramics, Jay herself has cracked. Recovering from a breakdown, she and her husband Simon move to the desolate edges of the north of England, where they find and fall in love with the Two Houses: a crumbling property whose central rooms were supposedly so haunted that a previous owner had them cut out from the building entirely. But on uprooting their city life and moving to the sheltered grey village of Hestle, Jay and Simon discover it's not only the Two Houses that seems to be haunted by an obscure past. It becomes increasingly clear that the villagers don't want them there at all - and when building work to make the two houses whole again starts, a discovery is made that will unearth decades-old secrets . . . But who in this village has been hiding them? ************ Praise for These Dividing Walls: 'Beautifully written' Prima 'Unforgettable' Hannah Rothschild
'Confident and brilliant' Lisa O'Donnell 'Fine writing . . . Cooper's expertly realised characters, both sympathetic and not, have stories interwoven with aplomb' Daily Mail _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Leadership: The Multiplier Effect Andy Cope (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Learning
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
31 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 224pp h204mm x w138mm x s24mm 307g ISBN13: 9781473679450 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7945-0 ISBN10: 1473679451 EAN: 9781473679450 x Description: As 9-5 morphs into 24/7, it brings mounting pressures and new rules. Your life is full-on, relentless and exhausting and worse still, it's zipping by in a blur. It's easy to end up careering from one crisis to another, buzzed up on sugar and coffee, existing from one holiday to the next. The leader's job is to squeeze more from less, but most leaders feel they can't possibly work any harder and are sick to death with being told to work smarter. So where next? The answer is to use the multiplier effect to transform your leadership style. Good emotions spread far wider than we realise. A good leader who is inspired and inspiring will spread good feelings throughout his team. But it won't stop there. They in turn will pass good feelings on to their colleagues, clients and customers, who will pass on positive emotions in turn. The multiplier effect is the organic set of positive emotions which flow out in ripples from good leadership. This book shows how to lead well by being the secret ingredient in your team's everyday happiness - just by making them feel good and empowering them to pass it on.
Leadership: The Multiplier Effect is crammed with the latest thinking on leadership, strengths, positive psychology, purpose, employee engagement, coaching, emotional intelligence and 'life', supplemented with anecdotes, pithy quotes and asides that help bring the content to life. And to save you time, the book's central message is this: Your job as a leader is NOT to inspire people. Your job as a leader is to BE INSPIRED. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Little Book of Emotional Intelligence: How to Flourish in a Crazy World Andy Cope (Author) Amy Bradley (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Learning
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 192pp h183mm x w174mm x s12mm 138g ISBN13: 9781473636354 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3635-4 ISBN10: 1473636353 EAN: 9781473636354 x Description: A SELF HELP MANUAL FOR HUMAN BEINGS The Little Book of Emotional Intelligence is an immediate, outcome-focused primer on the important topic of EQ, which provides practical, no-nonsense life advice and takes a sideways look at a world which is complicated and overwhelming at times. Do you seem to spend half your life counting down the days 'til your next holiday? Does it sometimes feel like your life is being lived on fast forward, with little time for reflection or idle amusement? It's time to stop kicking happiness into the long grass and get on with really living. Funny, colourful and profound, this book is a gripping manual for the human mind, enabling you to understand and control your emotions, communicate better, unpick limiting beliefs and finally get around to living a happier, more balanced life.
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An Armful of Babies and a Cup of Tea: Memoirs of a 1950s Health Visitor Molly Corbally (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Two Roads
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
12 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 336pp h199mm x w168mm x s21mm 226g ISBN13: 9781473671492 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7149-2 ISBN10: 1473671493 EAN: 9781473671492 x Description: For all fans of Call the Midwife - a touching memoir of a young health visitor in postwar England. After serving as a nurse in WW2, Molly Corbally joined the brand new NHS and became one of the first official District Health Visitors, attending to mothers and babies from all walks of life in the picturesque village near Coventry she came to call home. Social work was uncharted territory at the time, and Britain was very much worse for wear - TB, polio, measles and whooping cough were just some of the hazards new babies faced. Social conditions could also add to the problems, at a time when poverty and alcoholism were rife. Armed with only her nursing training, her common sense and a desire to serve, Molly set out to win over a community and provide a new and valuable service in times of great change. As well as the challenges there was also joy and laughter, from the woman who finally had a baby after fifteen years of trying, to the woman who thought she should use marmalade as nappy cream, because the hospital had never taken the label off the jar they were using to store it. Warm, witty and moving, An Armful of Babies is a vivid portrait of rural England in the post-war years, and a testament to an NHS in its own infancy and to what hasn't changed: the bond between parents and their children, and the importance of protecting that. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Persepolis Rising: Book 7 of the Expanse (now a major TV series on Netflix) James S. A. Corey (Author) Series:
Expanse
Edition:
Imprint:
Orbit
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 576pp h198mm x w126mm ISBN13: 9780356510323 ISBN13: 978-0-356-51032-3 ISBN10: 0356510328 EAN: 9780356510323 x Description: NOW A MAJOR TV SHOW ON NETFLIX Persepolis Rising is the seventh novel in the New York Times bestselling Expanse series. In the thousand-sun network of humanity's expansion, new colony worlds are struggling to find their way. Every new planet lives on a knife-edge between collapse and wonder, and the crew of the ageing gunship Rocinante have their hands more than full keeping the fragile peace. In the vast space between Earth and Jupiter, the inner planets and the Belt have formed a tentative and uncertain alliance, still haunted by a history of wars and prejudices. On the lost colony world of Laconia, a hidden enemy has a new vision for all of humanity - and the power to enforce it. New technologies clash with old, as the history of human conflict returns to its ancient pattern of war and subjugation. But human nature is not the only enemy, and the forces being unleashed have their own price. A price that will change the shape of humanity - and of the Rocinante unexpectedly and for ever . . . The Expanse series has sold over two million copies worldwide and is now a major television series.
The Expanse: Leviathan Wakes Caliban's War Abaddon's Gate Cibola Burn Nemesis Games Babylon's Ashes Persepolis Rising Praise for the Expanse: 'The science fictional equivalent of A Song of Ice and Fire' NPR Books 'As close as you'll get to a Hollywood blockbuster in book form' io9.com 'Great characters, excellent dialogue, memorable fights' wired.com 'High adventure equalling the best space opera has to offer, cutting-edge technology and a group of unforgettable characters . . . Perhaps one the best tales the genre has yet to produce' Library Journal
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'This is the future the way it's supposed to be' Wall Street Journal 'Tense and thrilling' SciFiNow _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2020: World of War Paul Cornish (Author) Kingsley Donaldson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
11 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h202mm x w130mm x s24mm 220g 2x8pp colour ISBN13: 9781473640351 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-4035-1 ISBN10: 1473640350 EAN: 9781473640351 x Description: 'A timely and cogent reminder that history never ends and is about to be made' - Tim Marshall, author of Prisoners of Geography With the world already struggling to contain conflicts on several continents, with security and defence expenditure under huge pressure, it's time to think the unthinkable and explore what might happen. As former soldiers now working in defence strategy and conflict resolution, Paul Cornish and Kingsley Donaldson are perfectly qualified to guide us through a credible and utterly convincing 20/20 vision of the year 2020, from cyber security to weapons technology, from geopolitics to undercover operations. This book is of global importance, offering both analysis and creative solutions - essential reading both for decision-makers and everyone who simply wants to understand our future. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Falling Short: The fresh, funny and life-affirming debut novel Lex Coulton (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
14 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h214mm x w134mm x s30mm 300g ISBN13: 9781473669581 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6958-1 ISBN10: 1473669588 EAN: 9781473669581 x Description: A witty, charming and moving novel about finding things where you least expect them _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
#StandOutOnline: How to Build a Profitable and Influential Personal Brand in the Digital Age Natasha Courtenay-Smith (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Piatkus Books
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
30 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 272pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780349417974 ISBN13: 978-0-349-41797-4 ISBN10: 0349417970 EAN: 9780349417974 x Description: 'All the practical, wise nuggets of advice you need to get started and dig in deep are in the pages of #StandOutOnline' - Emma Gannon, award-winning blogger and author of Ctrl Alt Delete and The Multi-Hyphen Method The inspirational new book from the author of The Million Dollar Blog -- discover how to build an authoritative and authentic personal brand that will change your life. If you google yourself, what do you see? Do you blend in with the masses or stand out from the crowd? Are you recognised as a thought-leader in your industry? Or are you watching others build their profile and wondering if you are being left behind? Whether you're an entrepreneur, executive, expert or an employee, how you present yourself online has a huge impact on your professional reputation. We are lucky to live in a world where everyone now has the power to publish and create micro-fame by putting out content - word by word, post by post, video by video. But how do you grab people's attention in today's noisy online world? Using a combination of technical know-how, insider tips and interviews with prominent online influencers and business owners, entrepreneur and digital strategist Natasha Courtenay-Smith shows how anyone can build a strong personal brand and become the most visible expert in their industry. #StandOutOnline is the ultimate guide to building a powerful and influential personal brand that will create boundless opportunities for you and your business. Now is the time for you to find your voice and step into the spotlight. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Wizards of Once: Twice Magic: Book 2 Cressida Cowell (Author) Series:
The Wizards of Once
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Children's Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
20 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 384pp h240mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781444941401 ISBN13: 978-1-4449-4140-1 ISBN10: 1444941402 EAN: 9781444941401 x Description: The No.1 Bestselling Series Enter a land of wizards, warriors, mythical creatures and powerful magic in an exciting fantasy adventure from the author of How To Train Your Dragon. Witches are creating havoc in the Wildwoods and danger lurks behind every tree trunk. Wish is in possession of a powerful, Magic Spelling Book. Xar has a dangerous Witchstain on his hand. Wish and Xar are separated by the highest wall imaginable. But time is running out ... It was unlikely that these heroes should meet in the first place. Is it possible they are destined to meet TWICE? 'The detail of Cowell's world is a delight ...This one will run and run' The Observer Discover the magic of Cressida Cowell. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Emily Brown and Father Christmas Cressida Cowell (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Children's Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 32pp h256mm x w283mm ISBN13: 9781444941999 ISBN13: 978-1-4449-4199-9 ISBN10: 1444941992 EAN: 9781444941999 x Description: Emily Brown and her side-kick rabbit, Stanley, are back! And who's that outside the window ... it's Father Christmas! With an important message about cherishing traditions that children will understand, this is storytelling at its best, from an exciting creative team in children's books. 'Will both delight fans, and give them something to reflect on. Layton's illustrations are a joy, matching the text perfectly.' - Bookseller Written by Cressida Cowell, the bestselling author of the How to Train Your Dragon series. http://www.cressidacowell.co.uk/ Illustrated by award winning Neal Layton, creator of Stanley's Stick and illustrator of Danny McGee Drinks The Sea, shortlisted for the 2017 Laugh Out Loud Picture Book Award. http://www.neallayton.co.uk/ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Story of Tantrum O'Furrily Cressida Cowell (Author) Mark Nicholas (Illustrated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Children's Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 32pp h250mm x w275mm 2-colour illustrations throughout ISBN13: 9781444933819 ISBN13: 978-1-4449-3381-9 ISBN10: 1444933817 EAN: 9781444933819 x Description: Written by Cressida Cowell, creator of the bestselling How to train Your Dragon series and with beautiful illustrations by Mark Nicholas, winner of the Carmelite Prize, comes a lyrical fable of a curious kitten who ventures out for the first time. 'One wild and windy night a stray cat called Tantrum O'Furrily and her three hungry kittens were dancing across the roof tops.' Tantrum O'Furrily's kittens are hungry and doubt that a story can ease a stray cat's rumbling stomach. They soon learn that stories are powerful, and that if you're courageous you might find a saucer of milk at the end of that story. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dual Language Learners: Comparing Countries: Houses and Homes (English/Arabic) Sabrina Crewe (Author) Series:
Dual Language Learners
Edition:
Illustrated edition
Imprint:
Franklin Watts Ltd
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
09 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Language: Multiple languages Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 32pp h271mm x w213mm ISBN13: 9781445160306 ISBN13: 978-1-4451-6030-6 ISBN10: 1445160307 EAN: 9781445160306 x Description: People make their homes in all kinds of places around the world. Houses and Homes looks at the different places where we live, from busy high-rise flats to remote yurts. Comparing Countries is a groundbreaking non-fiction dual-language series which compares and contrasts ways of life in ten different countries around the world. Presented in two different languages, each title explores a topic common to all children, from homes to festivals, highlighting what makes us different and what we all have in common. This series provides great support to geography learning, as well as helping young language learners improve their reading skills. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Clockwork City: Delphic Division 2 Paul Crilley (Author) Series:
Delphic Division
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
10 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h199mm x w164mm x s20mm 224g ISBN13: 9781473631670 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3167-0 ISBN10: 147363167X EAN: 9781473631670 x Description: The fog-choked sequel to Poison City, about which Claire North raves, 'Rarely has policing the apocalypse been so awesome!' Cop. Drunkard. Low-grade magic user. My name is Gideon Tau, but most people just call me London. (Because that's where I'm from. Get it? Hilarious.) Three years ago, someone killed my daughter. I sacrificed everything (the human race included) to learn his name - and then had to allow that knowledge to be erased from my mind in order to save the world I'd doomed. Fantastic. Now I have to start over from scratch, and who do I have to help me find my daughter's killer? The reanimated corpse of my boss, a low-rent P.I. who's heavily into conspiracy theories, and my alcoholic, foul-mouthed demonic sidekick dog. Our journey will take us from Durban, South Africa to London, England, where we'll have to contend with Fae gangs fighting for territory, the murdersuicide of two Delphic agents and the seven deadly sins. Oh, and did I mention planning a heist to break into the most secure bank in Faerie? Because that's on the agenda too. And if we fail? An ancient horned god will destroy London. (The city, not me. Although, to be fair, I don't think I'll survive either _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Other Sister: A gripping, twisty novel of psychological suspense with a killer ending that you won't see coming Elle Croft (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
18 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781409175469 ISBN13: 978-1-4091-7546-9 ISBN10: 1409175464 EAN: 9781409175469 x Description: First there was The Guilty Wife. Now read Elle Croft's next twisty psychological suspense novel, The Other Sister. ************************** How far would you go... Gina Mills is desperate to be a newsreader, but her boss - the director of the struggling Channel Eight, won't help. Walking home one night, Gina stumbles upon a dead body, and after calling the police, she makes the split-second decision to report the murder live. When questioned by the police, Gina can't remember specific details about her discovery, but these memory gaps are explained away as shock. ...to uncover your family's deadly secret?
But when Gina finds a second body, it's clear she's being targeted. But why? And how is this connected to the death of Gina's younger sister so many years ago? **************************
Praise for Elle Croft's first novel, the intensely gripping The Guilty Wife 'I couldn't put this down. Pacy and gripping.' Cass Green, author of the number 1 ebook bestseller The Woman Next Door 'An accomplished debut with a relentless and intense pace that kept me completely rapt and eager to find out answers. I loved the final twist.' KL Slater, international bestselling author of Safe With Me, Blink and Liar. 'A gripping psychological thriller. This debut is skilfully plotted and I had to keep turning the pages as the tension increased - I just couldn't put it down. And the ending! You just have to read it. I am looking forward to more from Elle Croft.' Patricia Gibney, bestselling author of The Missing Ones 'A gripping portrayal of a woman under fire, which explores the blurry boundaries of innocence and guilt. The Guilty Wife will make you question those closest to you as the plot unfolds at pace, with an ending that pulls the rug from under your feet. A brilliant debut.' Phoebe Morgan, author of The Doll House 'Twisty and fast-moving, The Guilty Wife kept me guessing until the very end! A great read.' Isabel Ashdown, author of Little Sister and Beautiful Liars 'What a clever idea! This kept me reading through the night to see how 'the guilty wife' would get out of this one...' Jane Corry, author of My Husband's Wife and Blood Sisters. 'I read The Guilty Wife in an intense two day sitting. Brilliant.' Niki Mackay, author of I,Witness. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Power of Small: Making Tiny But Powerful Changes When Everything Feels Too Much Aisling Curtin (Author) Trish Leonard (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hachette Books Ireland
Publisher:
Hachette Books Ireland
Pub Date:
27 Dec 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: Ireland Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 288pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781473666993 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6699-3 ISBN10: 1473666996 EAN: 9781473666993 x Description: Feeling overwhelmed? This is the book for you. Rather than waiting for the big life-changing moments, which more often than not never happen, The Power of Small proposes taking tiny steps as opportunities to change your life, one decision at a time - emphasising self-compassion as a means to gently expand your comfort zone. Mixing personal anecdotes and story-telling with the latest psychological research, the authors reveal how changing the small things is a key to a much richer, fuller and more meaningful life, that really counts. If your mind tells you certain life changes are unattainable, this simple and effective book is the one you. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Animal Ark, New 1: The Purrfect Sleepover: Special 1 Lucy Daniels (Author) Series:
Animal Ark
Edition:
Imprint:
Orchard Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 192pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781408354001 ISBN13: 978-1-4083-5400-1 ISBN10: 1408354004 EAN: 9781408354001 x Description: A bumper long special book full of even more animal fun! Amelia and Sam love helping out at Animal Ark vets, especially when they get to look after adorable kittens! But when Amelia cat-sits troublesome kitten Luna, the little cat causes a big problem ... With the naughty kitten, Amelia's new cat Star AND a cat event at Animal Ark, everything's going cat crazy! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Animal Ark, New 3: Fox Cub Danger: Book 3 Lucy Daniels (Author) Series:
Animal Ark
Edition:
Imprint:
Orchard Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
26 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 128pp h200mm x w171mm x s10mm 108g ISBN13: 9781408354025 ISBN13: 978-1-4083-5402-5 ISBN10: 1408354020 EAN: 9781408354025 x Description: A brilliant animal series from multi-million selling author Lucy Daniels. With exciting animal rescues and real-life care tips, this is the perfect series for young animal lovers!
Amelia and Sam love helping animals. But when they find an injured fox, they have to find new home for a whole fox family. Can they find the perfect place for the cute cubs, safely away from danger? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Animal Ark, New 4: Puppy in Peril: Book 4 Lucy Daniels (Author) Series:
Animal Ark
Edition:
Imprint:
Orchard Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
26 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 128pp h198mm x w160mm x s10mm 120g ISBN13: 9781408354049 ISBN13: 978-1-4083-5404-9 ISBN10: 1408354047 EAN: 9781408354049 x Description: A brilliant animal series from multi-million selling author Lucy Daniels. With exciting animal rescues and real-life care tips, this is the perfect series for young animal lovers!
When a poorly pup comes into Animal Ark vets, no one knows who his owner is, and he needs an operation. Can Amelia and Sam use a TV dog show to raise the money in time? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Animal Ark, New 1: Kitten Rescue: Book 1 Lucy Daniels (Author) Series:
Animal Ark
Edition:
Imprint:
Orchard Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
26 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 144pp h198mm x w160mm x s11mm 134g ISBN13: 9781408354148 ISBN13: 978-1-4083-5414-8 ISBN10: 1408354144 EAN: 9781408354148 x Description: A brilliant animal series from multi-million selling author Lucy Daniels. With exciting animal rescues and real-life care tips, this is the perfect series for young animal lovers! Animal-mad Amelia is sad about moving house, until she discovers Animal Ark, where vets look after all kinds of animals in need. When they discover some baby kittens, Amelia and her new friend Sam are determined to help. But the kittens need their mum, and she's gone missing! Can Amelia and Sam track her down in time? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Animal Ark, New 2: Bunny Trouble: Book 2 Lucy Daniels (Author) Series:
Animal Ark
Edition:
Imprint:
Orchard Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
26 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 128pp h199mm x w170mm x s10mm 108g ISBN13: 9781408354162 ISBN13: 978-1-4083-5416-2 ISBN10: 1408354160 EAN: 9781408354162 x Description: A brilliant animal series from multi-million selling author Lucy Daniels. With exciting animal rescues and real-life care tips, this is the perfect series for young animal lovers! Amelia and Sam are on a new animal adventure! There's something wrong with thier friend Izzy's bunny rabbit. She seems very sad and she keeps escaping from her hutch. Can Amelia and Sam work out what's wrong with her? Or will the little bunny get into big trouble? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Springtime at Wildacre: love is in the air in this gorgeously uplifting, feelgood romance Lucy Daniels (Author) Series:
The Hope Meadows Series
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h194mm x w132mm x s25mm 254g None ISBN13: 9781473653924 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5392-4 ISBN10: 1473653924 EAN: 9781473653924 x Description: Love is in the air in the little village of Welford . . . Mandy Hope is on cloud nine. Hope Meadows, the animal rescue and rehabilitation centre she founded, is going really well. And she's growing ever closer to handsome villager Jimmy Marsh. What's more, James Hunter, her best friend, is slowly learning to re-embrace life after facing tragedy. But when an unexpected crisis causes Mandy to lose confidence in her veterinary skills, it's a huge blow. If she can't learn to forgive herself, then her relationship with Jimmy, and the future of Hope Meadows, may be in danger. It'll take friendship, love, community spirit - and one elephant with very bad teeth - to remind Mandy and her fellow villagers that springtime in Yorkshire really is the most glorious time of the year. Hope Meadows is based on the globally bestselling Animal Ark series. Perfect for fans of The Wildflowers by Harriet Evans, Sunshine at the Comfort Food Cafe by Debbie Johnson, Katie Fforde and Cathy Bramley. The next book in the Hope Meadows series, Snowflakes over Moon Cottage, is available for pre-order now! ************* Praise for the Hope Meadows series 'Incredibly lovely' - Rachel's Random Reads 'A stunning, emotional, beautiful tale of friendship and love' Books of All Kinds 'Just the right amount of nostalgia... wonderful and very poignant' - The World is a Book Blog 'Heartwarming and endearing... a gorgeous story filled with hope, joy, sweetness and light combined with the honesty of real life' - Amazon 'Full of friendship, community spirit and some heart-breaking moments that will leave you wanting to stay curled up on the sofa until it is complete' Amazon 'Will leave you feeling cosy and uplifted' - Goodreads 'An adorable read [with] a real sense of village community' Bookworms and Shutterbugs 'Full of charm' Amazon _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mirage: Mirage Book 1 Somaiya Daud (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
28 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781473672635 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7263-5 ISBN10: 1473672635 EAN: 9781473672635 x Description: 'Somaiya Daud is a rare talent. A smart, romantic, exciting debut.' - Veronica Roth, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Divergent The crown of Dihya had been stripped from me, my face changed, my body broken. But I was not a slave and I was not a spare. I was my mother's daughter, and I would survive and endure. I would find my way back home. In a star system dominated by the brutal Vathek empire, sixteen-year-old Amani is a dreamer. She dreams of what life was like before the occupation, she dreams of writing poetry like the old world poetry she loves to hear read, she dreams of one day receiving a sign from Dihya that one day, she, too, will have adventure, and travel beyond her isolated moon. But when adventure comes for Amani, it is not what she expects. When she is kidnapped by the government and taken in secret to the royal palace, she discovers that she is nearly identical to the cruel half-Vathek Princess Maram. The princess is so hated by her conquered people that she requires a body double, someone to appear in public as Maram, ready to die in her place. As Amani is forced into her new role, she can't help but enjoy the palace's beauty-and her time with the princess' fiance, Idris. But the glitter of the royal court belies a world of violence and fear, and one wrong move could lead to her death. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Prince and the Whitechapel Murders: (Zulu Hart 3) Saul David (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h238mm x w158mm x s32mm 520g ISBN13: 9780340953686 ISBN13: 978-0-340-95368-6 ISBN10: 0340953683 EAN: 9780340953686 x Description: 'An entertaining tale takes us deep into the seamy side of Victorian London' The Times London 1888: George 'Zulu' Hart is the mixed-race illegitimate son of a Dublin actress and (he suspects) the Duke of Cambridge, commander-in-chief of the army. George has fought his way through wars in Africa and Afghanistan, won the VC and married his sweetheart, but he's also a gambler, short of money and in no position to turn down the job of 'minder' to Prince Albert Victor, second in line to the throne. George is to befriend the charming young cavalry officer and keep him out of trouble - no easy task, given that the Prince is a known target for Irish nationalist assassins, while his secret sexual orientation leaves him open to blackmail and scandal. To make matters worse, the Prince is also in the habit of heading out late at night to sample the dubious pleasures of the East End. Both outsiders in their different ways, perhaps the two men have more in common than they know, but when a series of horrible murders begins in Whitechapel, on just the nights the Prince has been there, George is drawn into an investigation which forces him to confront the unthinkable... A brilliant standalone adventure based on detailed research, this is a thrilling novel of suspense and a fascinating new twist on the Jack the Ripper story.
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Craftfulness Rosemary Davidson (Author) Arzu Tahsin (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Quercus Publishing
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
18 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 208pp h222mm x w138mm integrated black and white line drawings in third section ISBN13: 9781787472662 ISBN13: 978-1-78747-266-2 ISBN10: 1787472663 EAN: 9781787472662 x Description: What is that unique feeling that goes hand-in-hand with making something from scratch? Do you ever wonder where the time goes when you're lost in drawing or working with clay? Are you happiest when you're sewing or knitting? Craft enthusiasts are no doubt already aware of the joys of making and the frustration when you must put aside your project and go back to your day job or to less enticing tasks around the house. But there is more to crafting than the simple enjoyment of a creative hobby. Drawing on the first-hand accounts from everyday crafters, Craftfulness considers the vital well-being effects to be gained from the simple expression of your creativity, and investigates the soul cleansing and stress-relieving benefits of making things by hand. An all-you-need-to-know friendly guide to inspire you to give making a go, Craftfulness: - explores the science of creativity and the authors' down-to-earth craft ethos, as well as why everyone should develop a craft habit; - suggests ways to make time in a hectic life for everyday creative work; - considers how we can try to overcome self-criticism and lack of confidence; - features simple but immensely satisfying craft projects to still the mind and soothe the soul, complete with beautifully illustrated step-by-step instructions. To read Craftfulness is the first step on the path to leading a happier, healthier, more satisfying and fulfilling life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Bad Girls: A History of Holloway Prison's Rebels and Renegades Caitlin Davies (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 384pp h244mm x w168mm x s34mm 650g ISBN13: 9781473647749 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-4774-9 ISBN10: 1473647746 EAN: 9781473647749 x Description: 'Davies's absorbing study serves up just enough sensationalism - and eccentricity - along with its serious inquiry' SUNDAY TIMES '[A] revealing account of the jail's 164-year history' DAILY TELEGRAPH, 5* review 'Insightful and thought-provoking and makes for a ripping good read' JEREMY CORBYN 'A much-needed and balanced history' OBSERVER 'Davies explores how society has dealt with disobedient women - from suffragettes to refugees to women seeking abortions - for decades, and how they've failed to silence those who won't go down without a fight' STYLIST Society has never known what to do with its rebellious women.
Those who defied expectations about feminine behaviour have long been considered dangerous and unnatural, and ever since the Victorian era they have been removed from public view, locked up and often forgotten about. Many of these women ended up at HM Prison Holloway, the self-proclaimed 'terror to evil-doers' which, until its closure in 2016, was western Europe's largest women's prison. First built in 1852 as a House of Correction, Holloway's women have come from all corners of the UK - whether a patriot from Scotland, a suffragette from Huddersfield, or a spy from the Isle of Wight - and from all walks of life - socialites and prostitutes, sporting stars and nightclub queens, refugees and freedom fighters. They were imprisoned for treason and murder, for begging, performing abortions and stealing clothing coupons, for masquerading as men, running brothels and attempting suicide. In Bad Girls, Caitlin Davies tells their stories and shows how women have been treated in our justice system over more than a century, what crimes - real or imagined - they committed, who found them guilty and why. It is a story of victimization and resistance; of oppression and bravery. From the women who escaped the hangman's noose - and those who didn't - to those who escaped Holloway altogether, Bad Girls is a fascinating look at how disobedient and defiant women changed not only the prison service, but the course of history. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Pandora's Boy: Flavia Albia 6 (Falco: The New Generation) Lindsey Davis (Author) Series:
Flavia Albia
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 400pp h234mm x w153mm x s32mm 654g ISBN13: 9781473658639 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5863-9 ISBN10: 1473658632 EAN: 9781473658639 x Description: 'Lindsey Davis has seen off all her competitors to become the unassailable market leader in the 'crime in Ancient Rome' genre . . . Davis's squalid, vibrant Rome is as pleasurable as ever' - Guardian 'For fans of crime fiction set in the ancient world, this one is not to be missed' - Booklist Private investigator Flavia Albia is always drawn to an intriguing puzzle - even if it is put to her by her new husband's hostile ex-wife. On the Quirinal Hill, a young girl named Clodia has died, apparently poisoned with a love potion. Only one person could have supplied such a thing: a local witch who goes by the name of Pandora, whose trade in herbal beauty products is hiding something far more sinister. The supposedly sweet air of the Quirinal is masking the stench of loose morality, casual betrayal and even gangland conflict and, when a friend of her own is murdered, Albia determines to expose as much of this local sickness as she can - beginning with the truth about Clodia's death. **************** Praise for Lindsey Davis and the Flavia Albia series 'Davis's prose is a lively joy, and Flavia's Rome is sinister and gloriously real' The Times on Sunday 'Davis's books crackle with wit and knowledge . . . She has the happy knack of making the reader feel entirely immersed in Rome' _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Gender Games: The Problem With Men and Women, From Someone Who Has Been Both Juno Dawson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Two Roads
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w130mm x s26mm 260g ISBN13: 9781473648609 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-4860-9 ISBN10: 1473648602 EAN: 9781473648609 x Description: *SOON TO BE AN ORIGINAL TV SERIES* *WINNER OF THE UK BLACK PRIDE LITERARY PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION DIVA AWARDS 2017* *AS SEEN ON TRANSFORMATION STREET* 'Opens minds, breaks down myths and vaporises prejudice - I loved it!' Rebecca Root, star of Boy Meets Girl 'funny, thoughtful and honest ... I read most of it on the train and had to stifle laughs every few pages' Stylist
'It's a boy!' or 'It's a girl!' are the first words almost all of us hear when we enter the world. Before our names, before we have likes and dislikes - before we, or anyone else, has any idea who we are. And two years ago, as Juno Dawson went to tell her mother she was (and actually, always had been) a woman, she started to realise just how wrong we've been getting it.
Gender isn't just screwing over trans people, it's messing with everyone. From little girls who think they can't be doctors to teenagers who come to expect street harassment. From exclusionist feminists to 'alt-right' young men. From men who can't cry to the women who think they shouldn't. As her body gets in line with her mind, Juno tells not only her own story, but the story of everyone who is shaped by society's expectations of gender - and what we can do about it.
Featuring insights from well-known gender, feminist and trans activists including Rebecca Root, Laura Bates, Gemma Cairney, Anthony Anaxagorou, Hannah Witton, Alaska Thunderfuck and many more, The Gender Games is a frank, witty and powerful manifesto for a world in which everyone can truly be themselves. The Gender Games has been optioned by SunnyMarch Productions to be turned into an original television series, written by Rose Lewenstein. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Day The Crayons Quit Drew Daywalt (Author) Oliver Jeffers (Illustrated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
HarperCollins
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
22 Feb 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Board book 34pp h200mm x w200mm x s21mm 640g ISBN13: 9780008167820 ISBN13: 978-0-00-816782-0 ISBN10: 0008167826 EAN: 9780008167820 x Description: The Number One New York Times Bestseller!
Debut author Drew Daywalt and international bestseller Oliver Jeffers team up to create a colourful solution to a crayon-based crisis in this playful, imaginative story that will have children laughing and playing with their crayons in a whole new way.
Poor Duncan just wants to colour in. But when he opens his box of crayons, he only finds letters, all saying the same thing: We quit!
Beige is tired of playing second fiddle to Brown, Blue needs a break from colouring in all that water, while Pink just wants to be used. Green has no complaints, but Orange and Yellow are no longer speaking to each other.
The battle lines have been drawn. What is Duncan to do? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lost Empress Sergio De La Pava (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
MacLehose Press
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
08 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 640pp h229mm x w204mm x s46mm 820g ISBN13: 9780857058065 ISBN13: 978-0-85705-806-5 ISBN10: 0857058061 EAN: 9780857058065 x Description: "Ambitious, affecting, intelligent, plangent, comic, kooky and impassioned. I've read a lot of novels this year, between judging the Man Booker prize and the Granta Best of Young British Novelists, and I've yearned for this kind of exuberant, precise fiction" Stuart Kelly, Guardian on A Naked Singularity It would take something huge to put Paterson, New Jersey on the map. But Nina Gill is determined to do just that. She is the daughter of the ageing owner of the Dallas Cowboys and the well-kept secret to their success. Shocked when her brother inherits the team, leaving her with the Paterson Pork, New Jersey's only Indoor Football League franchise, she vows to take on the N.F.L. and make her new team the pigskin kings of America. Meanwhile, Nuno DeAngeles - a brilliant criminal mastermind - contrives to be thrown into Rikers Island prison to commit one of the most audacious crimes of all time. Now he's on the inside, he has two good reasons to get out. But how does a person of culture go about breaking out of the penal system when the whole of the land of the free is addicted to keeping him in it? Without knowing it, or ever having met, Nina and Nuno have already had a profound effect on each other's lives. As his bid for freedom and her bid for sporting immortality reach crisis point, their stories converge in the countdown to an epic conclusion. Thrilling, touching, insightful and shockingly hilarious, De La Pava's extraordinary novel gets under the skin and into the minds of a vast cast of characters from the fringes of society - immigrants, exiles and outsiders. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Burial Hour: Lincoln Rhyme Book 13 Jeffery Deaver (Author) Series:
Lincoln Rhyme Thrillers
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 496pp h200mm x w168mm x s31mm 344g None ISBN13: 9781473618640 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-1864-0 ISBN10: 1473618649 EAN: 9781473618640 x Description: 'If you want thrills, Deaver is your man' Guardian Number one bestselling author and master of suspense Jeffery Deaver returns with the thirteenth Lincoln Rhyme thriller, which sees a crime go global...
When a man is snatched from a New York street in broad daylight, the only clue is a miniature noose left on the pavement. By the time criminal forensic scientist Lincoln Rhyme is involved, a video of the missing man is already online, his dying breaths set to a grisly music by someone calling himself The Composer. Rhyme and fellow investigator Amelia Sachs must follow The Composer across the globe as he continues his horrifying creation, kidnapping further victims to add their last breaths to his piece. But with Rhyme and Sachs in a whole new world with its own rules, how can they possibly guess what danger they're in when the music finally stops? 'One of the most consistent writers of clever, entertaining and often thought-provoking thrillers in the world' Simon Kernick 'The best psychological thriller writer around' The Times 'Deaver is a master of plot twists, and they are abundant in this story...essential for fans of the franchise' Daily Mail _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Cutting Edge Jeffery Deaver (Author) Series:
Lincoln Rhyme Thrillers
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
17 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 448pp h236mm x w200mm x s38mm 714g None ISBN13: 9781473618732 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-1873-2 ISBN10: 1473618738 EAN: 9781473618732 x Description: Number one bestselling author and ultimate thriller writer Jeffery Deaver returns with a new Lincoln Rhyme investigation. Rhyme and Amelia Sachs' latest case: catching a terrifying killer targeting couples... The happiest time of their lives - will be their last. William and Anna went to collect her engagement ring. 1.5 carat, almost flawless. But the Promisor had other ideas for their future... Their murder - and that of the diamond cutter they were visiting - is only the first of a series of macabre attacks. Someone is targeting couples just as they start their lives together. Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs, newly married themselves, are on the hunt. But the killer is hunting down any witnesses who can help them. He has promised one thing: to destroy. Rhyme and Sachs will have to use all their own skills and determination to break his vow. 'It is really top-drawer writing' SHOTS _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lou Reed: Radio 4 Book of the Week Anthony DeCurtis (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
12 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 528pp h220mm x w136mm x s40mm 580g ISBN13: 9781444794601 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-9460-1 ISBN10: 1444794604 EAN: 9781444794601 x Description: A GUARDIAN AND CHOICE BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A walk on the wild side with the alt-rock pioneer' GQ 'DeCurtis is well placed to trace Reed's five-decade career, drawing on insider knowledge but skilfully balancing it with detailed research and fascinating interviews' Mojo Magazine As lead singer and songwriter for the Velvet Underground and a renowned solo artist, Lou Reed invented alternative rock. His music, at once the height of sanctity and perversity, transcended a genre, speaking to millions of listeners, inspiring a new generation of musicians, and forever changing the way we think of that iconic era of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll. Throughout his five-decade career, Reed embodied artistic self-awareness and captured the beauty, paranoia, and vivacity of his time into an array of hit songs, experimental albums, and a larger-than-life persona. With such masterpieces as 'Sweet Jane' and 'Walk on the Wild Side', Reed exerted an influence on popular music rivaled only by the likes of Bob Dylan and the Beatles and is recognized to this day as one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century. Now, just a few years after Reed's death, comes the thrilling, provocative story of his complex life. An acclaimed Rolling Stone contributor, Anthony DeCurtis interviewed Reed extensively and knew him well. With unparalleled access to Reed's friends, family, and dozens of other intimate relations, DeCurtis brings Reed's story compellingly alive and deepens our understanding of his indelible music. We travel deep into the underground artist clubs, listen along in the studio as the Velvet Underground record their signature work, and revel in Reed's relationship with legendaries like Andy Warhol, Patti Smith, and David Bowie. Insightful, revelatory, and intimate, Lou Reed is a gripping tribute to a quintessential American icon. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Believe Me J. P. Delaney (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Quercus Publishing
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
24 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 400pp h234mm x w152mm x s32mm 520g ISBN13: 9781787472419 ISBN13: 978-1-78747-241-9 ISBN10: 1787472418 EAN: 9781787472419 x Description: The sensational new psychological thriller from the internationally bestselling author of The Girl Before Trust me. Love me. Just don't believe me... Claire Wright likes to play other people. A British drama student, in New York without a green card, Claire takes the only job she can get: working for a firm of divorce lawyers, posing as an easy pick-up in hotel bars to entrap straying husbands. When one of her targets becomes the subject of a murder investigation, the police ask Claire to use her acting skills to help lure their suspect into a confession. But right from the start, she has doubts about the part she's being asked to play. Is Patrick Fogler really a killer . . . Or the only decent husband she's ever met? And is there more to this set-up than she's being told?
And that's when Claire realises she's playing the deadliest role of her life . . .
********** See what everyone is saying about JP Delaney, the hottest new name in psychological thrillers: 'DAZZLING' - Lee Child 'ADDICTIVE' - Daily Express 'DEVASTATING' - Daily Mail 'INGENIOUS' - The New York Times 'COMPULSIVE' - Glamour Magazine 'ELEGANT' - Peter James 'SEXY' - Mail on Sunday 'ENTHRALLING' - Woman and Home 'ORIGINAL' - The Times 'RIVETING' - Lisa Gardner 'CREEPY' - Heat 'SATISFYING' - Reader's Digest 'SUPERIOR' - The Bookseller 'MORE THAN A MATCH FOR PAULA HAWKINS' - Sunday Times _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mirror, Mirror: A Twisty Coming-of-Age Novel about Friendship and Betrayal from Cara Delevingne Cara Delevingne (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Trapeze
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
12 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h132mm x w200mm x s23mm 260g ISBN13: 9781409172765 ISBN13: 978-1-4091-7276-5 ISBN10: 1409172767 EAN: 9781409172765 x Description: From international supermodel and actress Cara Delevingne comes a powerful debut novel about friendship, identity and the fact that appearances can be deceiving...***** 'Impressive, with an absolute knockout twist' Cosmopolitan 'A riveting page-turner of a thriller...a book with dark passion and heart' The Herald 'May well become the most influentialthing Delevingne has ever done' The Edit 'With dark twists and turns, this is a great read' Closer 'Smart, twisty, poignant and engaging' **** Heat 'Bold, brave and fierce...[Delevingne's] ability to empathise with some of the deeper struggles youngsters face is impressive' Independent 'A fizzing coming-of-age tale with dark themes' Glamour 'Captures the rhythms and textures of teenage lives' Metro 'A great read' Bella 'Engaging' Daily Telegraph ***** FRIEND. LOVER. VICTIM. TRAITOR. WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR, WHAT DO YOU SEE? Sixteen-year-old friends Red, Leo, Rose, and Naomi are misfits; still figuring out who they are and who they want to be. Life isn't perfect, but music unites them, and they're excited about what the future holds for their band, Mirror, Mirror. That is until Naomi vanishes before being pulled unconscious out of the river. She's left fighting for her life in a coma. The police claim it was a failed suicide attempt, but her friends aren't convinced. Will Naomi ever wake? What -or perhaps who - led her to that hospital bed? How did her friends fail to spot the warning signs? While Rose turns to wild partying and Leo is shrouded by black moods, Red sets out to uncover the truth. It's a journey that will cause Red's world to
crack, exposing the group's darkest secrets. Nothing will ever be the same again, because once a mirror is shattered, it can't be fixed.
Cara Delevingne, the voice of her generation, explores identity, friendship and betrayal in this gripping and powerful coming-of-age story. For fans of WE WERE LIARS, THIRTEEN REASONS WHY and THE GIRLS. * * * * * What readers have to say about Mirror Mirror: 'Super twisty - read this in one night.' Amazon 'Loved this - read the whole thing in one day! Amazon 'Loved this book - such a gripping read with an amazing twist I did not see coming.' Amazon _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Balcony Jane Delury (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
26 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 256pp h199mm x w165mm x s17mm 178g ISBN13: 9781473684652 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8465-2 ISBN10: 147368465X EAN: 9781473684652 x Description: What if our homes could tell the stories of others who lived there before us? To those who have ventured past it over the years, this small estate in a village outside Paris has always seemed calm and poised. But should you open the gates and enter inside, you will find rooms which have become the silent witnesses to a century of human drama: from the young American au pair developing a crush on her brilliant employer to the ex-courtesan shocking the servants, and the Jewish couple in hiding from the Gestapo to the housewife who begins an affair while renovating her downstairs. The stories of those who have lived within the estate have been many and varied. But as the years unfold, their lives inevitably come to haunt the same spaces and intertwine, creating a rich tapestry of the relationships, life-altering choices, and fleeting moments which have kept the house alive through the last hundred years. . . 'Sweeping, suspenseful, rich with surprises and eerie atmosphere' Jennifer Egan _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Child Finder Rene Denfeld (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
20 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 288pp h200mm x w139mm x s21mm 270g ISBN13: 9781474605557 ISBN13: 978-1-4746-0555-7 ISBN10: 1474605559 EAN: 9781474605557 x Description: 'Poetic... Redemptive... Unflinching' Barry Forshaw, FINANCIAL TIMES 'A moving tale of resilience and hope in the face of the worst of humanity' Jon Coates, DAILY EXPRESS 'A compelling blast of cold air from the wintry woods, with elements of a dark fairytale' Alison Flood, OBSERVER
'A darkly luminous story of resilience and the deeply human instinct for survival, for love...The Child Finder is a novel that demands to be consumed and then once inside you - lingers...' A.M. Homes, author of MAY WE BE FORGIVEN Naomi Cottle finds missing children. When the police have given up their search and an investigation stalls, families call her. She possesses a rare, intuitive sense, born out of her own experience, that allows her to succeed when others have failed. Young Madison Culver has been missing for three years. She vanished on a family trip to the mountainous forests of Oregon, where they'd gone to cut down a tree for Christmas. Soon after she disappeared, blizzards swept the region and the authorities presumed she died from exposure. But Naomi knows that Madison isn't dead. As she relentlessly pursues the truth behind Madison's disappearance, shards of a dark dream pierce defences that have protected her for so long. If she finds this child, will Naomi ultimately unlock the secrets of her own life?
WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE CHILD FINDER: 'A beautifully written, gripping page turner...a book that is worth searching for, bringing home, and welcoming into your family. 5*' Goodreads 'This book is dazzling and heartbreaking. 5*' Goodreads 'A wonderful, extraordinary book. The author speaks from her heart on every page.' 5* Goodreads 'I could not put this book down until the captivating conclusion.' 5* Goodreads 'I finished the book in a day, not wanting to put it down.' 5* Goodreads 'Wow...a page turner, keeping me in all weekend.' 5* Goodreads 'Loved it and will be recommending it to everyone I know.' 5* Goodreads 'The Child Finder is one of the most beautiful novels I've ever read.' 5* Goodreads _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Home: A one-more-page, read-in-one-sitting thriller that you'll remember for ever Karen Dionne (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sphere
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
10 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h199mm x w136mm x s24mm 265g ISBN13: 9780751567410 ISBN13: 978-0-7515-6741-0 ISBN10: 0751567418 EAN: 9780751567410 x Description: 'If you only read one thriller this year, make it this' CLARE MACKINTOSH, number one bestselling author of I Let You Go 'Emotionally and intellectually thrilling, tremendously exciting' SUNDAY EXPRESS 'Unlike anything else I've read. Haunting and unputdownable' LAURA MARSHALL, number one bestselling author of Friend Request ***THE KINDLE BESTSELLER AND SOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM*** You'd recognise my mother's name if I told it to you. You'd wonder, briefly, where is she now? And didn't she have a daughter while she was missing? And whatever happened to the little girl? Helena's home is like anyone else's, with a husband, two daughters and a job she enjoys. But no one knows the truth about her dark and twisted childhood. Born into captivity and brought up in an isolated cabin until she was twelve, Helena was raised by her terrified, broken mother and the man who held
them both prisoner - Helena's own father. Now with news that he has escaped from prison, Helena instinctively knows that her father is coming for her and if she wants to keep her family safe, she must find him - before he finds her. Even if that means returning to the darkest parts of her past, the scariest place imaginable, home. An unforgettable, read-in-one-sitting thriller packed with gripping suspense. _________ 'Sensationally good, I loved this book' LEE CHILD 'Gorgeously written eerie suspense' KARIN SLAUGHTER 'SO GOOD' LAURA MARSHALL 'You won't be able to stop turning the pages' MEGAN ABBOTT 'A wonderful book... Mesmerising' ALEX MARWOOD 'A nail-biter' COSMOPOLITAN 'A knockout' SARAH HILARY 'I was absolutely gripped' GILLY MACMILLAN 'Eerie and breathtaking, terrific and terrifying' TEA OBREHT 'Original and exciting, with a thrilling ending' MARK EDWARDS *** HOME will soon be a major film starring Oscar-winner Alicia Vikander, adapted by Elle Smith and The Revenant script-writer Mark L Smith and directed by Morten Tyldum, director of The Imitation Game *** Previously published as The Marsh King's Daughter _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Read and Write Arabic Script (Learn Arabic with Teach Yourself) Mourad Diouri (Author) Series:
TY Beginner's Scripts
Edition:
2nd edition
Imprint:
Teach Yourself Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
01 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h246mm x w189mm 40 ISBN13: 9781473600546 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-0054-6 ISBN10: 1473600545 x Description: This book is a comprehensive step-by-step guide to reading and writing Arabic script. The new edition of this guide has been fully revised and is packed with learning features to give you all the skills and practice you need. -New large format - also allows you to practise writing the script in the book -20 units - for extensive learning and practice -Outcomes-based learning - focus your studies with clear aims -Examples from real-life texts - see the script in context -Images of authentic Arabic used throughout - see Arabic script as used on signs, menus etc. -Learn to learn - tips and skills on how to be a better language learner -Test yourself - see and track your own progress Also available: Get Started in Beginner's Arabic (ISBN 978-1444174960) and Complete Arabic (ISBN 978-1444100174). Rely on Teach Yourself, trusted by language learners for over 75 years. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Art of the Good Life: Clear Thinking for Business and a Better Life Rolf Dobelli (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sceptre
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
26 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 272pp h198mm x w129mm x s17mm 192g ISBN13: 9781473667525 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6752-5 ISBN10: 1473667526 EAN: 9781473667525 x Description: The indispensable new work from the author of the international and Sunday Times bestseller The Art of Thinking Clearly Have you ever... * * * * *
Spent too long on a powerpoint presentation? Lost sight of what makes you happy? Failed to reach a long-term goal? Become infuriated by queuing, tax or parking tickets? Broken a promise you knew you'd keep?
Since the dawn of civilization, we've been asking ourselves what it means to live a good life: how should I live, what will truly make be happy, how much should I earn, how should I spend my time? In the absence of a single simple answer, what we need is a toolkit of mental models, a guide to practical living. In The Art of the Good Life, you'll find fifty-two intellectual shortcuts for wiser thinking and better decisions, at home and at work. They may not guarantee you a good life, but they'll give you a better chance. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paradise Gardens: the world's most beautiful Islamic gardens Monty Don (Author) Derry Moore (Author) Series:
Edition:
Illustrated edition
Imprint:
Two Roads
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 224pp h292mm x w244mm x s24mm 1492g Fully illustrated ISBN13: 9781473666481 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6648-1 ISBN10: 1473666481 EAN: 9781473666481 x Description: As seen on the highly acclaimed BBC2 series Monty Don's Paradise Gardens, a full colour exploration of the astonishing beauty of twenty-nine Islamic paradise gardens from Iran, Turkey, India, England, Spain and Morocco. In the Islamic tradition, a garden with its central elements of water, the scent of fruit trees, and places for rest and reflection, celebrate heaven on earth. Paradise gardens play a central role in everyday life in the Islamic world, yet little is known about them. Monty Don and acclaimed photographer, Derry Moore, set off on a journey to find out more about the principles and immersive delights of paradise gardens and how a very different culture and climate has influenced garden design round the world. Their journey covers twenty-nine gardens from the Real Alcazar and the Alhambra in Spain, and Le Jardin Majorelle in Morocco, to Highgrove and a Mughal garden in Bradford in England. There are some spectacular and rarely seen examples such as Pasargadae and the Maidan in Isfahan, Iran, the birthplace of paradise gardens, as well as the more renowned examples such as Turkey's Topkapi Palace and the Amber Palace and Taj Mahal in India. A glorious celebration of the richness of Islamic culture through some of the most beautiful gardens on earth.
'A garden, green and filled with water is heaven on earth - it is paradise.' Monty Don _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Breathe Dominick Donald (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 528pp h240mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781444775532 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-7553-2 ISBN10: 1444775537 EAN: 9781444775532 x Description: A stunning debut crime novel for fans of Robert Harris, Philip Kerr and C.J. Sansom's Dominion. London, 1952. Dick Bourton is not like the other probationer policemen in Notting Hill. He's older, having fought in Europe and then Korea. And he's no Londoner, being from Cotswold farming stock. Then there's Anna, the exotically beautiful White Russian fiancee he has brought back to these drab streets and empty bombsites. She may as well come from a different planet. The new copper also has a mind of his own. After an older colleague is shot by a small-time gangster they are chasing in a pea-souper fog, something nags at Bourton's memory. He begins to make connections which his superiors don't want to see, linking a whole series of deaths and the fogs that stop the city in its tracks. Desperate to prove himself and his theories, Bourton fails to notice the fear which his mysterious bride is doing her best to conceal - and overcome. Soon both Anna and Bourton are taking dangerous paths into the worst fog London has ever known...
********** "London had gone. As he stepped through the wicket, a dry smoky chill puffing over the lintel, everything that made the city - skyline, street signs, crowds, scarlet double-deckers - had disappeared, lost in the murk. I can't see the kerb, for God's sake, let alone Barker's across the road. He looked both ways, the chill crawling down his neck . . . Coshing gangs will love this. And our man. But we're on your trail, sunshine. He raised his hat to Marling, locking up behind. Tomorrow we nab you." _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Rival Charlotte Duckworth (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Quercus Publishing
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781787470941 ISBN13: 978-1-78747-094-1 ISBN10: 1787470946 EAN: 9781787470941 x Description: An addictive psychological suspense about ambition, female rivalry, and how far you'd go to get what you want. 'Brilliant and insidious' Lucy Clarke, author of You Let Me In *********** NOW Helena is a career woman with no job and a mother without a baby. She blames Ashley for destroying her life. But is what happened really Ashley's
fault? THEN When Helena hires Ashley to work for her, she's startled but impressed by her fierce ambition. They form a dream team and Helena is proud - maybe this is the protegee she's always wanted to have. But soon Helena realizes that nothing will stand in the way of Ashley's drive to get to the top. And when Helena becomes pregnant, everything she has worked so hard for is suddenly threatened, with devastating consequences... *********** 'Absolutely terrific, a beautifully written debut from an exciting new voice in psychological fiction' Cass Green, author of The Woman Next Door and Don't You Cry 'A compelling addictive read... I absolutely loved it' Karen Hamilton, author of The Perfect Girlfriend 'A chilling and compelling debut' Lucy Dawson, author of The Daughter _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
When She Was Gone S. A. Dunphy (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hachette Books Ireland
Publisher:
Hachette Books Ireland
Pub Date:
27 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Ireland Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 384pp h237mm x w182mm x s28mm 500g ISBN13: 9781473655744 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5574-4 ISBN10: 1473655749 EAN: 9781473655744 x Description: When criminologist David Dunnigan receives the shocking delivery of one of his niece Beth's shoes, it reignites the eighteen-year-old investigation into her disappearance - which Dunnigan has always blamed himself for. But is he ready for what he might find? New evidence links Beth's abduction to an antiquated psychiatric hospital, and on to an Inuit village in the frozen north of Greenland where the parents of Harry, a homeless boy Dunnigan and his friend Miley rescued from the streets, may have been trafficked. Can Dunnigan survive the hunt, and will he find Beth after all this time? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Take Me In: 'Twisty, turny, unputdownable...the perfect beach read' Grazia Sabine Durrant (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Mulholland Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
26 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h234mm x w157mm x s26mm 452g ISBN13: 9781473608368 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-0836-8 ISBN10: 1473608368 EAN: 9781473608368 x Description: The sensational new thriller from the author of the Richard & Judy bestseller Lie With Me. A hot beach. A young family on holiday. A fatal moment of inattention... And now Dave Jepsom is in their lives. Dave Jepsom, with his muscles, his pale eyes, his expressionless face. He saved their child. How can they ever repay him? Especially as what he seems to want in return is everything.
He's in the streets they walk down. He's at the office where they work. He's at their front door, leaning on the bell... If only they could go back. Back to when the lies were still hidden. Before the holiday, before the beach, before the moment that changed everything. Before Dave. But it's never how it starts that matters. It's always how it ends. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Last Palace: Europe's Extraordinary Century Through Five Lives and One House in Prague Norman Eisen (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Headline Book Publishing Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Forthcoming
Publishing Status:
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 416pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781472237293 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-3729-3 ISBN10: 1472237293 EAN: 9781472237293 x Description: For any reader of Edmund de Waal's THE HARE WITH THE AMBER EYES or Erik Larson's IN THE GARDENS OF BEASTS, Norman L Eisen's THE LAST PALACE tells the story of the tumultuous past 100 years in Europe as seen from the most beautiful house in Prague, the Petschek Villa. The Petschek Villa was Norman L Eisen's home during his tenure as US ambassador. In his remarkable book, he details the colourful lives of five of the palace's residents: - the optimistic Jewish financial baron who built the Petschek Villa after World War I as a statement of his faith in Europe, and who died of a broken heart after Europe brutally rejected him, his house, and his hopes - the cultured, complex German general who occupied the palace during World War II, ultimately saving the house and Prague itself from destruction - the American ambassador and Holocaust hero who became obsessed with the property after the war, acquiring it for the US, though neglecting to fight the Communist takeover of Czechoslovakia in the process - his successor 40 years later, an iconic former child star who used her showbiz wiles, with the house as her stage, to help the Velvet Revolution succeed in restoring Czechoslovak democracy - and the author, Norman L Eisen, the son of a Czech Auschwitz survivor, who moved into the palace once seized by the Nazis and found himself battling the lingering ghosts of European intolerance The Last Palace weaves a tapestry that is as vast and as intricate as any that hang in the palace itself. It is also an exploration of the wider themes in international history that have triggered three global wars (two hot and one cold), and threatens the peace of our world today. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Map of the Dark Karen Ellis (Author) Series:
The Searchers
Edition:
Imprint:
Mulholland Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
30 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781473662803 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6280-3 ISBN10: 147366280X EAN: 9781473662803 x Description: If you're lost she'll find you But who will save her? A thrilling new FBI series for fans of Tess Gerritsen and Karin Slaughter. FBI Agent Elsa Myers has a secret... Elsa Myers is smart, determined, and gifted with an extraordinary ability to find missing children. When vulnerable teenager Ruby disappears from Queens, she is put on the case. But Elsa's skills are rooted in her own troubled past. She is haunted by her mother's murder, her father is dying, and her relationship with her sister is crumbling. As the case begins to look hopeless, it becomes more and more personal, tangling with the traumatic history she has worked so hard to hide. As the darkness gathers around her, Elsa has to make a choice: can she save Ruby, if it means losing herself? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lifechange: Fifteen Men Tell Their Extraordinary Stories Mark Elsdon-Dew (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 224pp h198mm x w131mm x s13mm 248g ISBN13: 9781473681798 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8179-8 ISBN10: 1473681790 EAN: 9781473681798 x Description: Is it possible for a life to change? In their own compelling words, fifteen men from all walks of life tell the stories of their lives and how they have been transformed, often in dramatic circumstances, by an encounter with God. Some have overcome years of crime and extreme violence, others have seen their addictions disappear. Every story is gripping and inspirational. This is a book for anyone interested in whether God is there - and what he can do. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Enchantimals: Best Friends Forever: Book 1 Enchantimals (Author) Series:
Enchantimals
Edition:
Imprint:
Orchard Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
28 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 144pp h198mm x w129mm x s10mm 128g ISBN13: 9781408356470 ISBN13: 978-1-4083-5647-0 ISBN10: 1408356473 EAN: 9781408356470 x Description: Meet the Enchantimals of Wonderwood and their animal besties! Keepers of their forest home, they maintain balance, peace and harmony amongst all living things. When Patter Peacock and her bestie, Flap, get washed away from their home, they end up in Wonderwood. They meet four new friends who show them the sights and make Patter feel right at home. Flap feels homesick and doesn't want to stay, but Patter doesn't seem to notice. When Flap tries to make his way home alone, Patter and her new friends race to find him, and realise that home is where your friends are. Based on the Enchantimals animated special, Finding Home. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Enchantimals: Adventure in Wonderwood: Book 2 Enchantimals (Author) Series:
Enchantimals
Edition:
Imprint:
Orchard Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
30 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 144pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781408356487 ISBN13: 978-1-4083-5648-7 ISBN10: 1408356481 EAN: 9781408356487 x Description: Felicity Fox and her ?bestie, Flick, have organised a fun camping trip for their friends. But when Bree Bunny's ?latest invention predicts a big storm headed straight for Wonderwood, it looks like Felicity's plans will be ruined. Can the Enchantimals find a way to save the trip? Based on the bestselling toys. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Night of the Party Rachael English (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hachette Books Ireland
Publisher:
Hachette Books Ireland
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Ireland Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 400pp h234mm x w169mm x s23mm 520g ISBN13: 9781473653764 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5376-4 ISBN10: 1473653762 EAN: 9781473653764 x Description: 'A cracking page-turner in the best tradition of Maeve Binchy' Patricia Scanlan 'Beautiful, compelling, and sincere in the way of the very best stories and the best books' Irish Independent
From the Number One bestselling author of The American Girl comes a story of friendship, a small town, and a big secret ... January 1982: In the rural village of Kilmitten, the Crossan family is holding its annual party during the biggest snowstorm Ireland has seen in decades. By the end of the night, the parish priest has been found dead, in suspicious circumstances. For four teenage friends who were there, life will never be the same. But one of them carries a secret ... Years pass, loves come and go, and the lives of Tom, Conor, Tess and Nina diverge -- yet a bond that won't be broken silently holds. As the thirty-fifth anniversary of the death approaches, Conor, now a senior police officer, has reason to believe that Tom -- a prominent politician -can help identify Father Galvin's killer. As his dilemma draws the four friends back together -- and lost love Nina back into the life of Tom -- all are forced to question their lives and to confront their differences. The Night of the Party is a page-turning novel that combines warmth, drama and an unforgettable twist. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Future Home of the Living God Louise Erdrich (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Corsair
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 352pp h201mm x w127mm x s22mm 274g ISBN13: 9781472153340 ISBN13: 978-1-4721-5334-0 ISBN10: 1472153340 EAN: 9781472153340 x Description: 'Erdrich is one of the greatest living American writers' Guardian Louise Erdrich, the New York Times bestselling, National Book Award-winning author of LaRose and The Round House, paints a startling portrait of a young woman fighting for her life and her unborn child against oppressive forces that manifest in the wake of a cataclysmic event. The world as we know it is ending. Evolution has reversed itself, affecting every living creature on earth. Science cannot stop the world from running backwards, as woman after woman gives birth to infants that appear to be primitive species of humans. Thirty-two-year-old Cedar Hawk Songmaker, adopted daughter of open-minded Minneapolis liberals, is as disturbed as the rest of America around her. But for Cedar, this change is profound and deeply personal. She is four months pregnant. Cedar feels compelled to find her birth mother, Mary Potts, an Ojibwe living on the reservation, to understand both her and her baby's origins. As Cedar goes back to her own biological beginnings, society around her begins to disintegrate, fueled by a swelling panic about the end of humanity. There are rumors of martial law, of Congress confining pregnant women, of a registry, and rewards for those who turn these wanted women in. It will take all Cedar has to avoid the prying eyes of potential informants and keep her baby safe. A chilling dystopian novel both provocative and prescient, Future Home of the Living God is a startlingly original work from one of our most acclaimed writers: a moving meditation on female agency, self-determination, biology, and natural rights that speaks to the troubling changes of our time. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Can We All Be Feminists?: Seventeen writers on intersectionality, identity and finding the right way forward for feminism June Eric-Udorie (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Virago Press Ltd
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
25 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 288pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780349009872 ISBN13: 978-0-349-00987-2 ISBN10: 0349009872 EAN: 9780349009872
x Description: "The intersectional feminist anthology we all need to read" (Bustle), edited by a remarkable and inspiring nineteen-year-old activist who the BBC named one of 100 "inspirational and influential women" of 2016. Why is it difficult for so many women to fully identify with the word "feminist"? How do our personal histories and identities affect our relationship to feminism? Why is intersectionality so important? Can a feminist movement that doesn't take other identities like race, religion, or socioeconomic class into account even be considered feminism? How can we make feminism more inclusive? In Can We All Be Feminists?, seventeen established and emerging writers from diverse backgrounds wrestle with these questions, exploring what feminism means to them in the context of their other identities-from a hijab-wearing Muslim to a disability rights activist to a body-positive performance artist to a transgender journalist. Edited by the brilliant, galvanizing, and dazzlingly precocious nineteen-year-old feminist activist and writer June EricUdorie, this impassioned, thought-provoking collection showcases the marginalized women whose voices are so often drowned out and offers a vision for a new, comprehensive feminism that is truly for all. Including essays by: Soofiya Andry, Gabrielle Bellot, Caitlin Cruz, Nicole Dennis-Benn, Brit Bennett, Evette Dionne, Aisha Gani, Afua Hirsch, Juliet Jacques, Wei Ming Kam, Mariya Karimjee, Eishar Kaur, Emer O'Toole, Frances Ryan, Zoe Samudzi, Charlotte Shane, and Selina Thompson. 'Amid debates about the direction of the modern feminist movement, Can We All Be Feminists?, edited by June Eric-Udorie, presents new writing from 17 women on finding the right way forward, taking into account the intersections between different forms of prejudice.' Laura Bates, Guardian _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hardcore Twenty-Four Janet Evanovich (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Headline Review
Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
02 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781472245939 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-4593-9 ISBN10: 1472245938 EAN: 9781472245939 x Description: Headless bodies have started appearing across town in Trenton, New Jersey... Mutilated corpses litter the streets of New Jersey in Hardcore Twenty-Four, the thrilling twenty-fourth adventure in the laugh-out-loud Stephanie Plum series by No. 1 bestselling author Janet Evanovich. The perfect read for fans of Harlan Coben and Sue Grafton. Raves for Janet Evanovich's bestselling novels: 'Razor sharp' (Sunday Express); 'Non-stop laughs with plenty of high jinks' (USA Today); 'Pithy, witty and fast-paced' (The Sunday Times). At first, it's just corpses from a funeral home and the morgue that have had the heads removed. Then a homeless man is murdered and dumped behind a church. Stephanie Plum knows that she's the only one with a prayer of catching this killer. If that's not enough, Diesel's back in town. The six-foot-tall, blond-haired hunk accepts no limits - that includes locked doors, closed windows and underwear. Trenton's hottest cop, Joe Morelli, isn't pleased at his arrival, nor is Ranger, the high-powered security consultant with his own plans for Stephanie. Jersey's favourite bounty hunter is stuck in the middle with more questions than answers. Who is behind the startling epidemic of mutilated corpses? And is the enigmatic Diesel's sudden appearance a coincidence or the cause of recent deadly events? What readers are saying about the Stephanie Plum series: 'Janet Evanovich is a master creator of personalities, and the characters of Stephanie Plum, Lula and the irrepressible Grandma Mazur are works of art' 'Thrilling with a wicked sense of humour pervading the book' 'There is something for everyone - adventure, action, romance, comedy and sex' _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Empathy Problem: It's never too late to change your life Gavin Extence (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
12 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w131mm x s26mm 292g ISBN13: 9781473605244 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-0524-4 ISBN10: 1473605245 EAN: 9781473605244 x Description: 'You can't put it down . . . precise and propulsive . . . a real page-turner' Janice Forsyth Show, BBC Radio Scotland 'It's so good it'll leave you wanting to change your own life' Independent ****************** So far in his life, Gabriel - selfish, arrogant and happy to be so - has only ever thought about two things: money and himself. When he's diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour, he doesn't see why anything should change. But as the tumour grows, something strange starts happening. Whether Gabriel likes it or not, he's becoming . . . nicer. Kinder. A better person. And then he meets Caitlin. Before, he wouldn't even have glanced at her; now he's entranced. But real change takes time - and time is something Gabriel just doesn't have. As each day brings him closer to his last, has the one opportunity for a second chance passed him by? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Blind Defence John Fairfax (Author) Series:
Benson and De Vere
Edition:
Imprint:
Abacus
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
31 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 432pp h199mm x w134mm x s27mm 294g ISBN13: 9780349142517 ISBN13: 978-0-349-14251-7 ISBN10: 0349142513 EAN: 9780349142517 x Description: 'Vivid and exciting' The Times WINNER OF THE PRIX DU MASQUE She was found hanging in a dingy London bedsit with a blood orange in her mouth. Diane Heybridge, a young woman without a past or much of a future, has captured in death the compassion denied her in life. For the prosecution, this seeming suicide is nothing more than a bungled killing and a disgusted public looks to Court 2 of the Old Bailey for justice. Her callous, jilted partner Brent Stainsby stands accused of her murder and he's turned to the maverick legal team William Benson and Tess de Vere to defend him. However, as the trial unfolds it soon becomes clear that there is far more to Diane Heybridge than meets the eye. She wasn't the weak and downtrodden victim now being presented to the jury. She was capable of a sophisticated form of vengeance. By the same token, Brent Stainsby isn't who he seems to be either. He's hiding a motive for murder unknown to the police and may well be playing a deadly game of poker with the judicial process. What began as a simple trial rapidly turns into a complex search for the truth beyond the confines of the courtroom... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Boy on the Shed: A remarkable sporting memoir with a foreword by Alan Shearer Paul Ferris (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h234mm x w152mm x s26mm 460g ISBN13: 9781473666719 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6671-9 ISBN10: 1473666716 EAN: 9781473666719 x Description: Today was his first climb to the top. He knew if he was there, watching, then she would never leave him. Her name was Bernadette and he climbed the shed every day.~ This is a not a football book, as such. Rather, it is a memoir by someone who happened to have superior ability at the sport during his formative years which led him on a remarkable journey. Paul Ferris became a professional footballer and at the age of 16 was the youngest ever to play in Newcastle United's first team. Coming from Northern Ireland and being a skilful winger with dancing feet, he was inevitably hailed as 'the new George Best'. But the story of his time in the game, particularly as a young player, is one of insecurity, injuries, uncertainty, fear and, ultimately, a failure to fulfil his hopes and dreams. The book opens in Lisburn, near Belfast. The Ferris family are Catholics in a predominantly Protestant town at the height of the 'Troubles'. Ferris relives his childhood and teens with brutal candour laced with black humour. The Boy on the Shed is a beautifully written account of a life, but it also lifts the lid on big personalities at Newcastle United. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Early Riser: The new standalone novel from the Number One bestselling author Jasper Fforde (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
31 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 416pp h233mm x w153mm x s30mm 534g ISBN13: 9781444763591 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-6359-1 ISBN10: 1444763598 EAN: 9781444763591 x Description: The new standalone novel from Number One bestselling author Jasper Fforde. Every Winter, the human population hibernates. During those bitterly cold four months, the nation is a snow-draped landscape of desolate loneliness, and devoid of human activity. Well, not quite. Your name is Charlie Worthing and it's your first season with the Winter Consuls, the committed but mildly unhinged group of misfits who are responsible for ensuring the hibernatory safe passage of the sleeping masses. You are investigating an outbreak of viral dreams which you dismiss as nonsense; nothing more than a quirky artefact borne of the sleeping mind. When the dreams start to kill people, it's unsettling. When you get the dreams too, it's weird.
When they start to come true, you begin to doubt your sanity. But teasing truth from Winter is never easy: You have to avoid the Villains and their penchant for murder, kidnapping and stamp collecting, ensure you aren't eaten by Nightwalkers whose thirst for human flesh can only be satisfied by comfort food, and sidestep the increasingly less-than-mythical WinterVolk. But so long as you remember to wrap up warmly, you'll be fine. Praise for Jasper Fforde: 'Forget all the rules of time, space and reality; just sit back and enjoy the adventure' Telegraph 'True literary comic genius' Sunday Express 'Ingenious' Terry Pratchett _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Woman in the Window: The most exciting debut thriller of 2018= A. J. Finn (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
02 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Unsewn / adhesive bound 448pp h234mm x w153mm x s33mm 580g ISBN13: 9780008234164 ISBN13: 978-0-00-823416-4 ISBN10: 0008234167 EAN: 9780008234164 x Description: THE NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. GET READY FOR THE BIGGEST THRILLER OF 2018!
What did she see?
It's been ten long months since Anna Fox last left her home. Ten months during which she has haunted the rooms of her old New York house like a ghost, lost in her memories, too terrified to step outside.
Anna's lifeline to the real world is her window, where she sits day after day, watching her neighbours. When the Russells move in, Anna is instantly drawn to them. A picture-perfect family of three, they are an echo of the life that was once hers.
But one evening, a frenzied scream rips across the silence, and Anna witnesses something no one was supposed to see. Now she must do everything she can to uncover the truth about what really happened. But even if she does, will anyone believe her? And can she even trust herself?
`Astounding. Thrilling. Amazing' Gillian Flynn
`One of those rare books that really is unputdownable' Stephen King
`Twisted to the power of max' Val McDermid
`A dark, twisty confection' Ruth Ware
`An incredible debut. I loved it... a brilliant page turner' Jane Harper, author of The Dry _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Crimson and Bone: a dark and gripping tale of love and obsession Marina Fiorato (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h196mm x w128mm x s24mm 220g ISBN13: 9781473610545 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-1054-5 ISBN10: 1473610540 EAN: 9781473610545 x Description: 'A rich jewel of a story, full of desire and danger' - Julie Cohen. A dark tale of love and obsession, perfect for fans of The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock and The Wicked Cometh. London, 1853. Annie Stride has nothing left to live for - she is a penniless prostitute, newly evicted from her home and pregnant. On the night she plans to cast herself from Waterloo Bridge into the icy waters of the Thames, her life is saved by Francis Maybrick Gill, a talented pre-Raphaelite painter and her world is changed forever. Francis takes Annie as his artist's muse, elevating her from fallen woman to society's darling. With her otherworldly beauty now the toast of London, her dark past is left far behind. But Annie's lavish new life is not all it seems - and there are some who won't let her forget where she came from... 'A thrilling tale of love, lust and revenge' The Lady 'A captivating gothic blend of mystery and romance' Sunday Mirror 'Exquisite...this is historical fiction at its best' - Book Literarti Reviews 'Gothic, dark [and] rich with atmosphere' - Louise Loves books 'A glorious story of art and passion' - Tea Party Princess 'Dazzling' Goodreads Reviewer 'Captivating' Goodreads Reviewer _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Acid For The Children Flea (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Headline Book Publishing Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
25 Sep 2018
Forthcoming
Publishing Status:
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781472230829 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-3082-9 ISBN10: 1472230825 EAN: 9781472230829 x Description: The strange tale of a boy named Flea starts in Rye, NY. It was all very normal. But soon his parents divorced and his mother Patricia remarried a jazz musician. Flea's stepfather frequently invited musicians to his house for jam sessions which sparked Flea's interest in music. The family moved to Los Angeles, where Flea became fascinated with the trumpet, idolizing musicians like Miles, Dizzy, and Louis.
But the family soon fell apart, "I was raised in a very violent, alcoholic household," Flea later said. "I grew up being terrified of my parents, particularly my father figures. It caused [me] a lot of trouble later in life." He began smoking weed at 13, and became a daily user of harder drugs. He was on the streets by 14 and soon after, met another social outcast and drug user named Anthony Kiedis. They form a band that would become the Red Hot Chili Peppers. ACID FOR THE CHILDREN is pure, uncut Flea, with nothing left unsaid. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
When The Curtain Falls: The TOP FIVE Sunday Times Bestseller Carrie Hope Fletcher (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sphere
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
12 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 368pp h158mm x w235mm x s26mm 485g ISBN13: 9780751571219 ISBN13: 978-0-7515-7121-9 ISBN10: 0751571210 EAN: 9780751571219 x Description: The BRAND NEW NOVEL from Sunday Times bestselling author Carrie Hope Fletcher. Coming in July 2018! 'Enchanting, evocative and utterly magical, When The Curtain Falls is a theatrical delight... I LOVED this book! Miranda Dickinson 'Reminded me so much of Cecelia Ahern' Ali McNamara 'Our go-to for spellbinding stories with a magical edge' Heat ****** Theatres have a certain kind of magic. When the curtain rises, we are all enraptured by the glare of the lights and the smell of the greasepaint but it's when the curtain falls that the real drama begins . . . In 1952 two young lovers meet, in secret, at the beautiful Southern Cross theatre in the very heart of London's West End. Their relationship is made up of clandestine meetings and stolen moments because there is someone who will make them suffer if he discovers she is no longer 'his'. But life in the theatre doesn't always go according to plan and tragedy and heartache are waiting in the wings for all the players . . . Almost seventy years later, a new production of When the Curtain Falls arrives at the theatre, bringing with it Oscar Bright and Olive Green and their budding romance. Very soon, though, strange things begin to happen and they learn about the ghost that's haunted the theatre since 1952, a ghost who can only be seen on one night of the year. Except the ghost is appearing more often and seems hell bent on sabotaging Oscar and Olive. The young couple realise they need to right that wrong from years gone by, but can they save themselves before history repeats itself and tragedy strikes once more?
Moulin Rouge meets Phantom of the Opera in this spellbinding and magical story of unrequited love and revenge. When the Curtain Falls is Carrie Hope Fletcher at her romantic best - it will take your breath away. Coming in July 2018! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Happy Mum, Happy Baby: My adventures into motherhood Giovanna Fletcher (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Coronet Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w128mm x s26mm 280g ISBN13: 9781473651241 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5124-1 ISBN10: 1473651247 EAN: 9781473651241
x Description: CONTAINS A BRAND NEW CHAPTER Sunday Times Number One Bestseller Happy Mum Happy Baby is now a Number One podcast.
A positive and uplifting book about what it is to be a mother and all things mum and baby by Celebrity Mum of the Year and phenomenally popular vlogger, author, TV presenter and actress Giovanna Fletcher. Being a mum is an incredible journey, a remarkable experience that changes how we look, how we feel, who we are. As mothers we are strong, protective, proud. We feel a love like no other. But being a parent can be hard too. It challenges us physically, mentally, emotionally. There are the days where just managing to fit a shower in amidst the endless feeding, entertaining young children and surviving on a lack of sleep feels like an achievement. With so many people ready to offer 'advice' on the best way to parent, it can feel like you are getting it all wrong. Since Giovanna and her husband Tom Fletcher have had their sons Buzz and Buddy, they have been sharing glimpses of their family life. With an infectiously positive outlook and happy take on all things mum-related, Giovanna has developed a following of fellow parents and mums-to-be. This is not a book about how to have the perfect family experience - Gi would be the first to admit she is winging it just as much as the rest of us instead it is an honest, upbeat and incredibly personal account of her own experience of having a family. In Happy Mum, Happy Baby Giovanna shares her own journey through parenthood and in doing so, she looks at what it is to be a mother today, encourages you to be confident in yourself as a parent and celebrates how putting a focus on being a happy and confident mum can really make for a happy baby. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Confidence Kit: Your Bullsh*t-Free Guide to Owning Your Fear Caroline Foran (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hachette Books Ireland
Publisher:
Hachette Books Ireland
Pub Date:
17 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Ireland Hardback 320pp h185mm x w173mm x s22mm 382g ISBN13: 9781473677173 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7717-3 ISBN10: 1473677173 EAN: 9781473677173 x Description: Consider this your ultimate guide to confidence. From the Number One bestselling author of Owning It: Your Bullsh*t Free Guide To Living With Anxiety, comes The Confidence Kit, a refreshing take on something that's common to us all - fear. When journalist and author Caroline Foran published Owning It, her bullsh*t-free account of living with anxiety, it became a phenomenal Number One bestseller. Here, in The Confidence Kit, she returns with her unique, down-to-earth style, sharing her essential toolkit for improved self-confidence. Her goal? To take our inner fears and anxieties and turn them into the building blocks of confidence. From understanding the fear of failure and knowing when and how to step outside your comfort zone to tools such as 'fear hacking' and the art of decision-making, The Confidence Kit is jam-packed with practical advice, expert input, along with the author's signature sense of humour. Consider it your ultimate guide to confidence. 'The goal of this book isn't to teach you how to become completely fearless. It's about how you can employ techniques to build your confidence, to own your fears and anxieties -- to bring you one step closer to achieving what you want in life' Caroline Foran _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hidden Nature: Wainwright Prize 2018 Shortlisted Alys Fowler (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 240pp h198mm x w130mm x s14mm 160g ISBN13: 9781473623026 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-2302-6 ISBN10: 1473623022 EAN: 9781473623026 x Description: 'An emotional and compelling memoir, that left me inspired, both by her bravery in transforming her life, and by the unexpected beauty she finds along the way' Countryfile Magazine 'Fowler beautifully exposes her emotional fragility while also celebrating the unloved nature of buddleia, herons and even the water rats who take refuge among the locks.' i paper 'Fowler captures the beauty of the canal's dishevelled, neglected condition...' Times Literary Supplement 'Thoughtful and heartbreakingly honest ...Beautiful' Press Association 'An astounding memoir' Gay Star News 'Hidden Nature is one of the most thrilling things I've read in a long time' Waterways World 'She writes wonderfully about the species that have carved out a place for themselves amid the discarded shopping trolleys, condom packets and industrial waste' Guardian 'This candid book is as much about mapping the heart as it is about mapping the paths of waterways. Lovely.' Simple Things 'A beautiful memoir' Good Housekeeping 'Gentle, brave and acutely observant' Woman's Weekly Leaving her garden to the mercy of the slugs, the Guardian's award-winning writer Alys Fowler set out in an inflatable kayak to explore Birmingham's canal network, full of little-used waterways where huge pike skulk and kingfishers dart. Her book is about noticing the wild everywhere and what it means to see beauty where you least expect it. What happens when someone who has learned to observe her external world in such detail decides to examine her internal world with the same care? Beautifully written, honest and very moving, Hidden Nature is also the story of Alys Fowler's emotional journey and her coming out as a gay woman: above all, this book is about losing and finding, exploring familiar places and discovering unknown horizons. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Well-Behaved Woman: a novel of the Vanderbilts Therese Anne Fowler (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Two Roads
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
16 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 400pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781473632516 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3251-6 ISBN10: 147363251X EAN: 9781473632516
x Description: 'Captivating . . . I dare you not to dive right in' Paula McClain, New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Wife 'Nothing short of mesmerising' Kirkus 'This is a wonderful book! Fowler's portrait is so nuanced, so complicated by context, and so informed by her own capacious generosity that we can't help being drawn in' Karen Joy Fowler, author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves 'A must-read masterpiece' Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You
OUTSPOKEN. BRAVE. BRILLIANT. FIERCE. Alva Smith, her Southern family destitute after the Civil War, married into one of America's great Gilded Age dynasties: the newly wealthy but socially shunned Vanderbilts. Ignored by New York's old-money circles and determined to win respect, she designed and built nine mansions, hosted grand balls, and arranged for her daughter to marry a duke. But Alva also defied convention for women of her time, asserting power within her marriage and becoming a leader in the women's suffrage movement. With a nod to Jane Austen and Edith Wharton, Therese Anne Fowler paints a glittering world of enormous wealth contrasted against desperate poverty, of social ambition and social scorn, of friendship and betrayal, and an unforgettable story of a remarkable woman. GOOD BEHAVIOUR WILL ONLY GET A WOMAN SO FAR.
*PRAISE FOR Z: A NOVEL OF ZELDA FITZGERALD, A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* 'Brilliant. Read it, read it, read it' Daily Mail 'Superb' Independent on sunday 'Utterly compulsive reading' Stylist 'A treat' Sunday Times _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Book of Luce L. R. Fredericks (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
17 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 560pp h198mm x w129mm x s33mm 384g ISBN13: 9781848543362 ISBN13: 978-1-84854-336-2 ISBN10: 1848543360 EAN: 9781848543362 x Description: 'Truly a slice of magic and a work of imaginative genius.' Starburst A mind-bending mystery spanning continents and centuries for all fans of Neal Stephenson and David Mitchell. 'A witty and weird tale with shades of both Philip K Dick, and Kieron Gillen/Jamie McKelvie's comic The Wicked + The Divine.' SFX 'An experience that is both absorbing and emotional' SciFi Now My obsession begins in the magical year 1967, at Luce and the Photons' legendary last secret gig. That night changes my life: I must know who Luce is. But the deeper I dig, the more questions I turn up. Is Luce a rock star or a pretender? An artist or an acid trip? My redemption . . . or my delusion? Drawn into the machinations of mysterious powers, I become the dark shadow who follows the light of Luce. But who follows me? Are they agents of evil or figments of my imagination? And do they follow me still? The quest for Luce will lead me to the farthest corners of the earth and into the deadliest danger. I will lose everything and everyone I love . . . except for Luce.
Who is pawn and who is player? Murderer or victim? Betrayer or saviour? I am the only one who knows the truth. This is the truth. This is The Book of Luce. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Saving Species Jess French (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Wren & Rook
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 64pp h296mm x w293mm ISBN13: 9781526360779 ISBN13: 978-1-5263-6077-9 ISBN10: 1526360772 EAN: 9781526360779 x Description: From the well-known faces of conservation, such as polar bears, tigers and orangutans, to the lesser-known threatened Malagasy rainbow frog, pangolin, kakapo and bee, this striking book looks at 38 endangered animals from around the world and the conservation efforts that are being undertaken to save them. Written by vet, conservationist and TV presenter, Dr Jess French, and illustrated in a striking graphic artwork style, Saving Species is sure to inspire future conservationists and animal lovers of all ages. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Katerina: The new novel from the author of the bestselling A Million Little Pieces James Frey (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
11 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781848543218 ISBN13: 978-1-84854-321-8 ISBN10: 1848543212 EAN: 9781848543218 x Description: Katerina is a sweeping love story that alternates between 1992 Paris and 2017 Los Angeles. The protagonist is Jay, who is 21 when he moves to Paris to live the artist's life, and falls in love for the first time. Cut to 25 years later: he is a middle-aged family man living in California when he receives an anonymous message that draws him back to the life, and possibly the love, he abandoned years prior. Katerina is the new novel from the author of the international bestseller A Million Little Pieces. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
An Unreliable Man Jostein Gaarder (Author) Nichola Smalley (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
18 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 336pp h204mm x w132mm ISBN13: 9781474605823 ISBN13: 978-1-4746-0582-3 ISBN10: 1474605826 EAN: 9781474605823 x Description: From the creative genius of Jostein Gaarder comes a beautiful novel about loneliness and the power of words. Jakop is a lonely man. Divorced from his wife, with no friends apart from his constant companion Pelle, he spends his life attending the funerals of people he doesn't know, obscuring his identity in a web of improbable lies. As his addiction to storytelling spirals out of control, he is forced to reconcile his love of language and stories with the ever more urgent need for human connection. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Fight: Win Freedom From Self-Sabotage Hazel Gale (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Yellow Kite
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 400pp h240mm x w168mm x s34mm 650g ISBN13: 9781473662445 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6244-5 ISBN10: 1473662443 EAN: 9781473662445 x Description: We all do things that we wish we wouldn't in life. We underperform, procrastinate, push people away and say the wrong things. But what if we could find a way to beat our destructive tendencies at their own game? Fight explains the psychology of self-sabotage and offers techniques for taking control of your thoughts, to maximise success and thrive. While training as a competitive boxer and kickboxer, Hazel Gale developed anxiety issues that led to emotional and physical burnout. Cognitive hypnotherapy helped her get back into competition after illness and turn her life around - she felt compelled to spread its profound benefits and is now one of the most sought-after practitioners in the country. Cognitive hypnotherapy understands that the unconscious and conscious minds have different priorities and that the unconscious governs a large percentage of our behaviour. It is this part of the mind that is responsible for self-sabotage and in order to tackle unwanted emotional or behavioural issues, we need to communicate with it. Fight is a one-to-one therapy session with Hazel that will show you how to address the psychological blocks that hold you back, equip you with the tools to manage negative emotions, overcome them and emerge victorious. You'll learn how to battle those inner monsters and let go of limitations, to reach your true potential and live a happier, more fulfilling life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Take Nothing With You Patrick Gale (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Tinder Press
Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
21 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h232mm x w153mm x s26mm 456g ISBN13: 9781472205346 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-0534-6 ISBN10: 1472205340 EAN: 9781472205346 x Description: From the bestselling author of A PLACE CALLED WINTER comes a new novel of boyhood, coming of age, and the confusions of desire and reality. For all readers of Ian McEwan's ATONEMENT or L P Hartley's THE GO-BETWEEN. 1970s Western-Super-Mare and ten-year-old oddball Eustace, an only child, has life transformed by his mother's quixotic decision to sign him up for cello lessons. Music-making brings release for a boy who is discovering he is an emotional volcano. He laps up lessons from his young teacher, not noticing how her brand of glamour is casting a damaging spell over his frustrated and controlling mother. When he is enrolled in holiday courses in the Scottish borders, lessons in love, rejection and humility are added to daily practice. Drawing in part on his own boyhood, Patrick Gale's new novel explores a collision between childish hero worship and extremely messy adult love lives. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Friendly Fire Patrick Gale (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Tinder Press
Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
26 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 256g ISBN13: 9781472255488 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-5548-8 ISBN10: 1472255488 EAN: 9781472255488 x Description: Insightful and full of understanding and warmth, Patrick Gale's FRIENDLY FIRE is a richly compelling story of adolescence, sexuality and the lessons we carry forever. 'An intense tale of love, life, intellectualism and passion. Inspirational' Daily Express 'Utterly compelling from first to last' Stephen Fry Sophie, an orphan in love with learning, is sure she will thrive in Tatham's, an esteemed boarding school, having survived years of institutional living. But she soon finds herself lost among its cliques and rituals. Befriending two teenage boys, she experiences the first ache of futile love, then a brilliant teacher's inappropriate attention to one of the trio threatens to destroy them all. Sophie swiftly realizes that there are tougher lessons to absorb outside the schoolroom - of class, sex, families and the emotional disaster they can bring to even the most privileged lives. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tree Surgery for Beginners Patrick Gale (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Tinder Press
Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
26 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h205mm x w129mm x s26mm 228g ISBN13: 9781472255501 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-5550-1 ISBN10: 147225550X EAN: 9781472255501 x Description: From the bestselling author of A PLACE CALLED WINTER, TREE SURGERY FOR BEGINNERS is a funny, elegant and eclectic novel of love, lies and the secrets we live with ' A very funny, often sad, erudite eclectic novel writ with style. Terrific' Time Out 'Excellent' The Times When Lawrence Frost wakes up one morning to discover his wife and child have gone missing, there is gruesome evidence to suggest he may be the main suspect in a murder investigation. Confused, threatened with the loss of everything he loves, Lawrence is sent to the Caribbean on a kill-or-cure cruise. On board and ashore he will discover love, deceit, the truth about his missing family, and the blessings that come with surrendering to destiny. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Facts of Life Patrick Gale (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Tinder Press
Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
26 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 672pp h198mm x w130mm x s45mm 470g ISBN13: 9781472255525 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-5552-5 ISBN10: 1472255526 EAN: 9781472255525 x Description: Patrick Gale's THE FACTS OF LIFE is a mesmerising, epic yet intimate novel of love, music and the life events that stay with us forever perfect for any reader of Armistead Maupin, or E M Forster 'Absorbing . . . deftly characterised, deeply involving and relevant' The Times German composer Edward Pepper escapes to England just before the war begins in earnest. Struck with TB, he is recuperating in hospital when he meets Sally, a young doctor who has battled her way through medical school, despite the opposition of her parents. They fall in love and marry, settling in the fenlands of East Anglia. Years later, Edward watches as his grandchildren trip up against life and death, and realises that patterns can repeat themselves, bringing both pain and unexpected discovery. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Facing the Tank Patrick Gale (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Tinder Press
Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
18 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781472255549 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-5554-9 ISBN10: 1472255542 EAN: 9781472255549 x Description: Patrick Gale's FACING THE TANK is a witty, eccentric novel of clergy, scandal and English eccentrics - 'Made me laugh out loud' Sunday Times' Gale speedily unleashes his merrily black mischief. The uncovering of the sadness behind the doilies and twinsets is in the best tradition of black humour' Observer American Professor Evan Kirby, moving to Barrowcester to research Paradise after a successful book on Hell, expects a very English cathedral society of gentle clergymen and coffee mornings. What he finds instead is a town thrown into chaos by strange, supernatural events, scandalous pregnancies and a Satanic summoning of a young feral girl. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Kansas in August Patrick Gale (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Tinder Press
Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
18 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 192pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781472255563 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-5556-3 ISBN10: 1472255569 EAN: 9781472255563 x Description: Patrick Gale's KANSAS IN AUGUST is a witty, warm novel of childhood and abandonment for readers of Armistead Maupin and Edmund White 'Modern, excellent and sympathetic' Stephen Fry Musical-obsessed Hilary Metcalfe, abandoned by his lover Rufus on his birthday, gets drunk, discovers a baby and brings it home to his flat above a corner shop to provide comfort and company. Rufus, meanwhile, allows himself to be seduced by a frivolous young woman, who is actually Hilary's professional, high-powered sister, romancing under a pseudonym to escape the reality of her own loneliness. In this witty, bawdy slice of sex and lies, the trio will find themselves drawn together ever more tightly by the lures of hedonism, self-delusion and the inescapable desire to be needed. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ease Patrick Gale (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Tinder Press
Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
18 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 192pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781472255587 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-5558-7 ISBN10: 1472255585 EAN: 9781472255587
x Description: A quirky, warm novel of eccentric adventure from the bestselling author of A PLACE CALLED WINTER - 'A huge treat' Daily Mail 'Patrick Gale is among the great, unsung English novelists. Think Austen, Hardy, Murdoch. Remarkable' Independent Domina Tey is a playwright, celebrated by friends, her husband, and the public alike, yet she fears losing her vital edge. Her solution: to leave her beautiful home in Bristol and seek adventure in a squalid West London bedsit, where she will live under an assumed name with only her typewriter for companionship. Once installed, however, she can't resist meddling in the business of others, forgetting that blurring fact with fiction can be a dangerous game. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Aerodynamics of Pork Patrick Gale (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Tinder Press
Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
18 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 272pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781472255600 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-5560-0 ISBN10: 1472255607 EAN: 9781472255600 x Description: THE AERODYNAMICS OF PORK is an irresistible novel of love, music and comedy 'A master storyteller' Independent on Sunday 'Gale's concoction is irresistible: modern relationships with period charm' Armistead Maupin Seth, a musical prodigy on the eve of his sixteenth birthday, is obsessed with sex and with the men he might meet, as well as with his strange family his arch mother, his beautiful sister, and his damaged, distant father. Mo, a policewoman struggling with moral dilemmas and her sexuality in the violent, bigoted police force of the 1980s, wants only to find romance. In this haunting tale of self discovery and hidden identities, Mo and Seth will connect to face unexpected truths about themselves, and those they have chosen to love. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Cat Sanctuary Patrick Gale (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Tinder Press
Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
11 Dec 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781472255624 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-5562-4 ISBN10: 1472255623 EAN: 9781472255624 x Description: An entertaining, warm and quirky novel of families, secrets and the truth of love - 'A powerful and moving novel' Independent on Sunday 'Engrossing . . . Gale is a charmingly idiosyncratic writer who could not write a cliche if he tried' Daily Telegraph Judith shares her life with her partner Joanna on the lonely wilds of Bodmin Moor, far from the memories and trauma of her childhood. But when Judith's sister, Deborah, is tragically widowed, the women agree to meet. And what is intended to be a harmonious reunion turns into an entanglement of resentment, jealousy and desire, as aspects of the past force themselves into an uneasy present, with some surprising results. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Little Bits of Baby Patrick Gale (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Tinder Press
Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
11 Dec 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781472255631 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-5563-1 ISBN10: 1472255631 EAN: 9781472255631 x Description: Patrick Gale's LITTLE BITS OF BABY is a charming, witty novel of love, possibility and life in crisis - 'Richly comic, affectionate and perceptive' Mail on Sunday Eight years ago, Robin fled from his family, friends, and entire life, to suffer a complete breakdown in an island monastery. Now he's reconnecting with those he left behind: his mother and father, with their own small secrets, and Jake and Candida, both of whom were impossibly close to Robin when he disappeared. But while the people he abandoned have missed him, Robin finds that everything has changed. He alone can decide what he will do in this new world of resentment, possibility and triumphant love. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Three Decades of Stories Patrick Gale (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Tinder Press
Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
11 Dec 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781472258083 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-5808-3 ISBN10: 1472258088 EAN: 9781472258083 x Description: THREE DECADES OF STORIES is a unique collection of Patrick Gale's two volumes of dark, moving, often witty and eccentric stories, GENTLEMAN'S RELISH and DANGEROUS PLEASURES. It also includes the acclaimed long story, CAESAR'S WIFE. Ranging from a lonely prisoner governor's wife, to a housewife desperate for a makeover; a father's trip to his former school to a long-term mistress offered an unexpected marriage, this is a volume that highlights Patrick Gale's skill of digging beneath the surface of relationships and exposing the often brutal mechanisms that drive them. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Multi-Hyphen Method: The Sunday Times business bestseller Emma Gannon (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
29 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 288pp h215mm x w138mm x s22mm 306g ISBN13: 9781473680111 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8011-1 ISBN10: 1473680115 EAN: 9781473680111 x
Description: 'Emma Gannon has more strings to her bow than most of us could even dream of, and has totally nailed a way of working that's arguably the future of work' Otegha Uwagba, founder of Women Who & author of The Little Black Book 'I wish someone like Emma had existed when I was in my twenties. She's so wise and clever and supportive - I think that if she had been around when I was young I wouldn't have made such a hash of things. I'm just glad to have her now' Bryony Gordon, bestselling author & Journalist 'Emma Gannon is a bright spark of light in the world. I seriously dig everything she makes' Elizabeth Gilbert, bestselling author of Big Magic The world of work is changing - so how do you keep up? You have the ability to make money on your own terms, when and where you want - but where do you start? If you've been itching to convert your craft into a career, or your side-hustle into a start up, then The Multi-Hyphen Method is for you. In The Multi-Hyphen Method award-winning blogger / social media editor / podcast creator, Emma Gannon, teaches that it doesn't matter if you're a part-time PA with a blog, or a nurse who runs an online store in the evenings - whatever your ratio, whatever your mixture, we can all channel our own entrepreneurial spirit to live more fulfilled and financially healthy lives. The internet and our phones mean we can work wherever, whenever and allows us to design our own working lives. Forget the outdated stigma of being a jack of all trades, because having many strings to your bow is essential to get ahead in the modern working world. We all have the skills necessary to work less and create more, and The Multi-Hyphen Method is the source of inspiration you need to help you navigate your way towards your own definition of success. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Legendary: The magical Sunday Times bestselling sequel to Caraval Stephanie Garber (Author) Series:
Caraval
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
29 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 432pp h237mm x w162mm x s39mm 696g ISBN13: 9781473629189 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-2918-9 ISBN10: 1473629187 EAN: 9781473629189 x Description: A heart to protect. A debt to repay. A game to win. The stunning, internationally bestselling sequel to Caraval 'Extravagantly imaginative and enchanting . . . Pure magic and escapism' Cecelia Ahern After being swept up in the magical world of Caraval, Donatella Dragna has finally escaped her father and saved her sister Scarlett from a disastrous arranged marriage. The girls should be celebrating, but Tella isn't yet free. She made a desperate bargain with a mysterious criminal, and what Tella owes him no one has ever been able to deliver: Caraval Master Legend's true name. The only chance of uncovering Legend's identity is to win Caraval, so Tella throws herself into the legendary competition once more - and into the path of the murderous heir to the throne, a doomed love story, and a web of secrets . . . including her sister's. Caraval has always demanded bravery, cunning, and sacrifice. But now the game is asking for more. If Tella can't fulfill her bargain and deliver Legend's name, she'll lose everything she cares about - maybe even her life. But if she wins, Legend and Caraval will be destroyed forever. Welcome, welcome to Caraval . . . the games have only just begun. *************** Praise for Caraval: 'I love this novel . . . It's a thing of beauty and the stuff of dreams' Cecelia Ahern 'Immersive and engaging . . . destined to capture imaginations' Kirkus
'An enchanting carnival of dreams and nightmares . . . beautifully and vividly written' SciFi Now 'Stephanie Garber spins a spellbinding tale of sisterhood, love and betrayal . . . I lost myself in the dangerous, enchanting world she created - and never wanted to come out' Sabaa Tahir *************** What readers have said about Caraval: 'An exceptional read, to the point where I felt I couldn't put it down' 'Very rare to find a book this wonderful!' 'One of the most gripping books I've ever read' 'Magical, mysterious, moving . . . a clever page-turner which swept me up and dropped me right in the middle of Caraval' _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Girl De-Construction Project: Wildness, wonder and being a woman Rachel Gardner (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
12 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 272pp h208mm x w177mm x s24mm 352g ISBN13: 9781473686380 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8638-0 ISBN10: 1473686385 EAN: 9781473686380 x Description: If Jesus is good news for women in every culture and every time, what does that good news look like for women today? This book is an attempt to speak to and about women with kindness, truth and sass. It's for Christian women of all ages, confident or questioning gender norms, who want to experience their femininity as a powerful identity that they can define and re-define as they grow as disciples. The Girl Deconstruction Project is part sledgehammer, part manifesto, and filled with personal stories, biblical insights and wisdom for living full, free and fierce. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Place Bewitched and Other Stories (riverrun editions) Constance Garnett (Translated by) Nikolai Gogol (Author) Natasha Randall (Contributions by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
riverrun
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
13 Nov 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781787475489 ISBN13: 978-1-78747-548-9 ISBN10: 1787475484 EAN: 9781787475489 x Description: Nikolai Gogol was a well-known Russian dramatist and fiction writer famous for his surreal sensibilities and distinctive sense of humour. He was active during the mid nineteenth century and drew on the increasing bureaucracy of the vast Russian empire for his subject matter. His works are satirical, funny, almost post-modern and have been enduringly influential. Natasha Randall's exclusive collection from Constance Garnett's translations revise the stories slightly and her brilliant preface locates them in the
context of their time. A must for students, aficionados and anyone interested in Russian literature _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Man I Think I Know: A feel-good, uplifting story of the most unlikely friendship Mike Gayle (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
14 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm x s19mm 224g ISBN13: 9781473608993 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-0899-3 ISBN10: 1473608996 EAN: 9781473608993 x Description: As seen on ITV in the Zoe Ball Book Club 'Beautifully written, thought-provoking and completely charming.' Ruth Hogan 'Mike Gayle is the king of touching, human stories, and this big-hearted book is his best yet' Heat, 5* This is the stunning new novel from bestselling author Mike Gayle, for fans of The Keeper of Lost Thingsand Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine. A powerful and bittersweet story of an unexpected male friendship and an unlikely love story, a thought provoking storyline told with Mike's distinctive wit and insight, touching on issues which affect us all. This uplifting tale reminds us of the simple courage at the heart of every human being. Ever since The Incident, James DeWitt has stayed on the safe side. He likes to know what happens next. Danny Allen is not on the safe side. He is more past the point of no return. The past is about to catch up with both of them in a way that which will change their lives forever, unexpectedly. But redemption can come in the most unlikely ways. ******************* Praise for The Man I Think I Know 'Beautifully written, thought-provoking and completely charming...reminds us that the everyday things we take for granted without realising how precious they are, can be snatched away in an instant with catastrophic consequences' Ruth Hogan 'That rarest of things; a moving, beautifully written novel about male friendship...I absolutely loved it' Lisa Jewell 'Mike is always wise and wonderful, but this is a whole new departure for him - read it!' Jenny Colgan You'll be both laughing and on the edge of tears with this brilliant read' Fabulous magazine ******************* Readers are raving about this book! 'This is one of those books that is tugging on your heartstrings one moment and has you laughing out loud the next - another stunning plot line and narrative from Mike Gayle.' 'I loved the narrative and I left this novel feeling totally uplifted . . . I now feel like there is some hope in the world!' 'This book is sad, funny, quirky, touching, heartbreaking but - and this is going to sound totally cliched and corny - life affirming.' _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Punishment She Deserves: An Inspector Lynley Novel: 17 Elizabeth George (Author) Series:
Inspector Lynley
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
20 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 608pp h240mm x w186mm x s49mm 910g ISBN13: 9781444786613 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-8661-3 ISBN10: 144478661X EAN: 9781444786613 x Description: 'Rich with descriptive detail and emotional nuance. Several alternating plot threads unspool at length, all of which weave tightly together with pleasing inevitability . . . What has been said before deserves repeating: From suspense to social commentary, from violence to pathos, from villainy to possible redemption, Ms. George can do it all, with style.' Wall Street Journal When a Member of Parliament shows up at New Scotland Yard requesting an investigation into the suicide of the son of one of his constituents in the beautiful town of Ludlow, the Assistant Commissioner sees two opportunities in this request: the first is to have an MP owing him a favour, and the second is to get rid of Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, whose career at the Met has been hanging by a thread for quite some time. So he assigns Havers to the case and for good measure partners her with the one person who shares his wish to see the back of her, Detective Chief Superintendent Isabelle Ardery. But Ardery has her own difficulties. She is not happy to be sent away from London and as a result is in a rush to return. This causes her to overlook certain uncomfortable facts. Soon, the case is opened again and this time, it is Lynley who must accompany Havers to Ludlow, with little more than a week to save the Met's reputation and Barbara's job. And the more they investigate, the more it looks as if the suicide was part of a much more sinister pattern of events. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How to Survive the End of the World (When it's in Your Own Head): An Anxiety Survival Guide Aaron Gillies (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Two Roads
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
19 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h222mm x w144mm x s29mm 445g ISBN13: 9781473659698 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5969-8 ISBN10: 1473659698 EAN: 9781473659698 x Description: 'Fast-paced, amusing and insightful' Guardian 'A brilliant and funny read for the apocalyptically-minded' Matt Haig, author of Reasons to Stay Alive 'In a sea of books about mental health, it stands out for its humour, wisdom and lightness of touch' Adam Kay, author of This is Going to Hurt 'I LOVED it because it's good to know that I'm not the only one pretending everything's fine, even when everything is fine' Juno Dawson, author of The Gender Games 'Hilarious and deeply insightful' Dean Burnett, author of The Idiot Brain There are plenty of books out there on how to survive a zombie apocalypse, all-out nuclear war, or Armageddon. But what happens when it feels like the world is ending every single time you wake up? That's what having anxiety is like - and How to Survive the End of the World is here to help. Or at least make you feel like you're not so alone. From helping readers identify the enemy, to safeguarding the vulnerable areas of their lives, Aaron Gillies will examine the impact of anxiety, and give readers some tools to fight back - whether with medication, therapy, CBT, coping techniques, or simply with a dark sense of humour. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Auntie Poldi and the Fruits of the Lord Mario Giordano (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
14 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 336pp h201mm x w154mm x s21mm 234g ISBN13: 9781473661943 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6194-3 ISBN10: 1473661943 EAN: 9781473661943 x Description: A Man Called Ove meets Inspector Montalbano, Auntie Poldi leaves no stone unturned in her quest for answers. Wine and murder - nothing is more likely to rouse Auntie Poldi's love of the chase. Still relishing the notoriety from her spectacular resolution of the Candela case, Poldi is alive to the faintest whiff of criminality. What to others might seem a series of misfortunes - the water supply cut off, a poisoned dog - is clearly, to Poldi, an escalation: the Mafia have had her in their sights ever since she solved Valentino's murder. Poldi has tasted blood. No one is above suspicion. And trouble will surely follow . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Monty and Sylvester A Tale of Everyday Super Heroes Carly Gledhill (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Orchard Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
10 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 32pp h272mm x w248mm x s8mm 220g ISBN13: 9781408351758 ISBN13: 978-1-4083-5175-8 ISBN10: 1408351757 EAN: 9781408351758 x Description: Best friends Monty and Sylvester have been busy perfecting their 'super hero' skills. They've read the manual, they've got the outfits and now they are raring to go! All missions undertaken, however impossible... Better watch out, super villains, these two mean business! A brilliantly original picture book about friendship, imagination and super-powered vacuum cleaners from debut author and illustrator Carly Gledhill. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Rockadoon Shore Rory Gleeson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w128mm x s24mm 220g ISBN13: 9781473634107 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3410-7 ISBN10: 1473634105 EAN: 9781473634107
x Description: 'Rockadoon Shore is terrific' Roddy Doyle 'One of the most exciting Irish storytellers to have emerged in years' Gavin Corbett Cath is worried about her friends. DanDan is struggling with the death of his ex, Lucy is drinking way too much and Steph has become closed off. A weekend away is just what they need so they travel out to Rockadoon Lodge, to the wilds in the west of Ireland. But the weekend doesn't go to plan. JJ is more concerned with getting high than spending time with them, while Merc is humiliated and seeks revenge. And with long-ignored tensions now out in the open, their elderly neighbour Malachy arrives on their doorstep with a gun in his hands . . . Honest, moving and human, Rockadoon Shore is a novel about friendship and youth, about missed opportunities and lost love, and about the realities of growing up and growing old in modern-day Ireland. Highly energetic and tensely humorous, it heralds a new and exciting voice in contemporary Irish fiction. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Days of the Dead Tim Glencross (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
17 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 256pp h197mm x w133mm x s19mm 184g ISBN13: 9781444797626 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-9762-6 ISBN10: 144479762X EAN: 9781444797626 x Description: William Hoffer - handsome, refined, a little cold perhaps - is an established figure in London society.But Hoffer has secrets. He is vague about his Midwestern origins. The counsel he offers a Russian billionaire may extend to murkier topics than art investments. Then there is his Kensington flat, which is only rented, and the broader question of his money, which is running out.When a ghost from his past in Mexico surfaces, Hoffer is forced to revive brutal instincts for self-preservation ...Hoffer is an amoral thriller of intelligence, wit and style, and a coruscating commentary on the world we live in now. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I Will Be Complete: A memoir Glen David Gold (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sceptre
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
26 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 496pp h234mm x w157mm x s36mm 644g ISBN13: 9781473620179 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-2017-9 ISBN10: 1473620171 EAN: 9781473620179 x Description: From the bestselling author of Carter Beats the Devil and Sunnyside, a shocking, big-hearted memoir about his bizarre upbringing in California in the 1970s and how he survived it. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Phoebe Paula Gooder (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
17 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 320pp h221mm x w154mm x s30mm 452g ISBN13: 9781473669727 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6972-7 ISBN10: 1473669723 EAN: 9781473669727 x Description: Sometime around 56 AD, the apostle Paul wrote to the church in Rome. His letter was arguably his theological masterpiece, and has continued to shape Christian faith ever since. He entrusted this letter to Phoebe, the deacon of the church at Cenchreae; in writing to the church that almost surely met in her home, Paul refers to her both as a deacon and as a helper or patron of many. But who was this remarkable woman? In this, her first work of fiction, Biblical scholar and popular author and speaker Paula Gooder tells Phoebe's story - who she was, the life she lived and her first-century faith - and in doing so opens up Paul's theology, giving a sense of the cultural and historical pressures that shaped Paul's thinking, and the faith of the early church. Written in the gripping style of Gerd Theissen's The Shadow of the Galilean, and similarly rigorously researched, this is a book for everyone and anyone who wants to engage more deeply and imaginatively with Paul's theology - from one of the UK's foremost New Testament scholars. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Keto Diet: A 60-day protocol to boost your health Scott Gooding (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hachette Australia
Publisher:
Hachette Australia
Pub Date:
11 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Australia Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 304pp h237mm x w162mm x s23mm 396g ISBN13: 9780733639791 ISBN13: 978-0-7336-3979-1 ISBN10: 0733639798 EAN: 9780733639791 x Description: A practical guide to the keto diet, including recipes and inspiration to adopt a new healthy lifestyle. Following a keto diet means most of your daily calories come from fats, a few from proteins and very few from carbohydrates. Once you make this change, you become an efficient fat-burning machine, with fewer cravings and improvements in mood, alertness and brain function. In The Keto Diet you'll find simple explanations of the science of ketosis and the importance of real food, gut health and reducing inflammation. You'll also receive practical advice on which fats to cook with and more than 100 nourishing recipes that will taste amazing and reap the many benefits of ketosis. Paired with this information is a 60-day keto protocol, a straightforward approach to food and health designed to make real, tangible changes in your life. The Keto Diet is not a quick fix, it's not a fad. It's the lifestyle you need to be your best - inside and out! With a foreword by leading ketosis researcher Cliff Harvey ND. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Wild Signs and Star Paths: 'A beautifully written almanac of tricks and tips that we've lost along the way' Observer Tristan Gooley (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sceptre
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 400pp h220mm x w160mm x s37mm 598g ISBN13: 9781473655904 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5590-4 ISBN10: 1473655900 EAN: 9781473655904 x Description: 'A paean to the beauty and majesty of nature, especially the nature we overlook in our back gardens and local parks... And like all the best books, it makes the world around you a lot more interesting' - Spectator 'Beautifully written... I promise you will feel more in tune with the world around after reading only one chapter of Wild Signs and Star Paths, let alone the book in its entirety' - Royal Institute of Navigation 'A beautifully written almanac of tricks and tips that we've lost along the way' - Observer Tristan Gooley, author of the internationally bestselling How To Read Water and The Walker's Guide to Outdoor Clues & Signs, shows how it is possible to achieve a level of outdoors awareness that will enable you to sense direction from stars and plants, forecast weather from woodland sounds and predict the next action of an animal from its body language - instantly. Although once common, this now rare awareness would be labelled by many as a 'sixth sense'. We have become so distanced from this way of experiencing our environment that it may initially seem hard to believe that it is possible, but Tristan Gooley uses a collection of 'keys' to show how everyone can develop this ability and enjoy the outdoors in an exciting way - one that is both new and ancient. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
At the Strangers' Gate Adam Gopnik (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
riverrun
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786489210 ISBN13: 978-1-78648-921-0 ISBN10: 178648921X EAN: 9781786489210 x Description: 'A dazzling talent' Malcolm Gladwell When Adam Gopnik and his soon-to-be-wife, Martha, left the comforts of home in Montreal for New York, the city then, much like today, was a pilgrimage site for the young, the arty, and the ambitious. But it was also becoming a city of greed, where both life's consolations and its necessities were increasingly going to the highest bidder. At the Strangers' Gate builds a portrait of this particular moment in New York through the story of this couple's journey--from their excited arrival as aspiring artists to their eventual growth into a New York family. Gopnik transports us to his tiny basement room on the Upper East Side, and later to SoHo, where he captures a unicorn: an affordable New York loft. He takes us through his professional meanderings, from graduate student-cumlibrary-clerk to the corridors of Conde Nast and the galleries of MoMA. Between tender and humorous reminiscences, including affectionate portraits of Richard Avedon, Robert Hughes, and Jeff Koons, among many others, Gopnik discusses the ethics of ambition, the economy of creative capital, and the peculiar anthropology of art and aspiration in New York, then and now. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In Mid-Air: Points of View from over a Decade Adam Gopnik (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
riverrun
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
18 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781786489234 ISBN13: 978-1-78648-923-4 ISBN10: 1786489236 EAN: 9781786489234 x Description: 'Engaging, witty, thoughtful, clever, casual, ebullient, erudite and thoroughly modern' Spectator 'A dazzling talent - hilarious, winning and deft' Malcolm Gladwell In Mid-Air is a collection of short essays by the acclaimed writer and speaker, Adam Gopnik. Known for his ability to perceive 'the whole world in a grain of sand', he uses this format to take a dizzying range of subjects and intricately explore their meaning to our lives - as people, as citizens and as families. From how he works so that his daughter can have holes in her clothes, to why appropriation is more empowering than oppressing; from French sex to binge-watching TV, from the secret of a happy marriage to why we should mention the war --- each topic is illuminated by his erudition and wit. As in their original form on the radio, Gopnik's essays - each one a pleasure garden of wry confessions, self-deprecating asides, wordplay and striking insights - feel like the most intimate of conversations between writer and reader; yet at the same time they capture a public forum of pithy debate and tender persuasion. Above all, In Mid-Air initiates a sense of wonder in the ordinary that yearns to be shared. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Owl at the Window: A memoir of loss and hope Carl Gorham (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Coronet Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
17 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 272pp h199mm x w171mm x s11mm 192g ISBN13: 9781473642331 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-4233-1 ISBN10: 1473642337 EAN: 9781473642331 x Description: The Owl at the Window is a dramatic, moving and funny memoir. An emotional, ultimately uplifting tale of loss and hope. 'Amazing and completely compelling...both funny and sad, and so moving, I couldn't put it down.' - Alison Steadman 'Devastatingly moving and hilarious in equal measure. I have laughed and cried during the reading of a single sentence.' - Caroline Quentin Winner of Best Memoir at the East Anglian Book Awards 'She is dead. She was here just now and she was alive. How can she suddenly be dead? People in history are dead. Old people are dead. Grandparents are dead. Other people are dead. Not people like me. Not this person. The person I was married to. Had a child with. Not the person who was standing next to me. Chatting. Laughing. Being.' Shock is just one of many emotions explored in award-winning TV comedy writer Carl Gorham's account of his bereavement which is by turns deeply moving and darkly humorous. Part love story, part widower's diary, part tales of single parenting, it tells of his wife's cancer, her premature death and his attempts to rebuild his life afterwards with his six -year old daughter. Realised in a series of vivid snapshots, it takes the reader on an extraordinary journey from Oxford to Australia, from Norfolk to Hong Kong through
fear, despair, pain and anger to hope, laughter and renewal. The Owl at the Window is a fresh and original exploration of what it means to lose a partner in your forties, and how Carl learned to live again. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Rabbit and Bear: Attack of the Snack: Book 3 Julian Gough (Author) Jim Field (Illustrated by) Series:
Rabbit and Bear
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Children's Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
09 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 112pp h186mm x w176mm x s12mm 204g ISBN13: 9781444921724 ISBN13: 978-1-4449-2172-4 ISBN10: 144492172X EAN: 9781444921724 x Description: Gorgeously illustrated and with a classic feel, this is a brilliantly funny story of a rabbit and a bear who discover that things are always better when they're shared with a friend. Ideal for readers moving on from picture books. 'A perfect animal double-act.' (The Times, Book of the Week) SPLASH! A Mysterious Thing lands in Rabbit and Bear's peaceful summer lake. Is it exciting, or terrifying? Is it a tiny fluffy owl, or a huge hungry monster? And has Rabbit finally met a creature with worse habits than himself? Rabbit's SURE he can solve this mystery. But when he accidentally turns the Best Day Ever into the Worst Day Ever, he needs Bear's help ... From novelist and playwright Julian Gough, and the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, Jim Field, this is a tale of friendship, acceptance, and what you can do with blueberry poo. 'Rabbit's Bad Habits is a breath of fresh air in children's fiction, a laugh-out-loud story of rabbit and wolf and bear, of avalanches and snowmen. The sort of story that makes you want to send your children to bed early, so you can read it to them.' Neil Gaiman _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Oi Cat! Kes Gray (Author) Jim Field (Illustrated by) Series:
Oi Frog and Friends
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Children's Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
10 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 32pp h246mm x w238mm x s5mm 184g full colour throughout ISBN13: 9781444932522 ISBN13: 978-1-4449-3252-2 ISBN10: 1444932527 EAN: 9781444932522 x Description: The laughter never ends with Oi Frog and friends ... Don't miss this hilarious follow-up to Oi Frog! and Oi Dog! from the award-winning Kes Gray and Jim Field. A brilliant rhyming read-aloud text, jampacked with animals and silliness - perfect for children and parents alike. According to Frog ... Cats sit on gnats, Dogs sit on logs, Raccoons sit on macaroons, Armadillos sit on pillows and Chicks sit on bricks.
But wait! Cat doesn't like sitting on gnats, they keep biting his bottom! Will Frog and Dog help him change the rules? Can't get enough? Look out for Oi Duck-billed Platypus!, coming out autumn 2018. Praise for the Oi books: - 'Gigglingly delightful ... a perfect match of words and pictures to entertain again and again' - Daily Mail Oi Frog!, Oi Dog! and Oi Cat! are a top ten bestselling series. Oi Dog! won the 2017 Laugh Out Loud Picture Book Award and was shortlisted for the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award and the British Book Awards in 2016, amongst others. It also won the Teach Primary New Children's Fiction Award, MadeForMums Award, Bishop's Stortford Picture Book Award and Portsmouth Picture Book Award. Oi Cat! was the Independent Booksellers Children's Book of the Season and Oi Goat! is a World Book Day book in 2018. Combined series sales currently stand at a phenomenal 900,000 copies. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Nelly the Monster Sitter: The Grerks at No. 55: Book 1 Kes Gray (Author) Chris Jevons (Illustrated by) Series:
Nelly the Monster Sitter
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Children's Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
09 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 192pp h180mm x w110mm x s10mm 146g ISBN13: 9781444944396 ISBN13: 978-1-4449-4439-6 ISBN10: 1444944398 EAN: 9781444944396 x Description: Nelly isn't scared of monsters. In fact, she babysits for them. From the bestselling author of the OI FROG! and DAISY books comes this hilarious, action-packed series for fans of THE BOLDS and BARRY LOSER. 'If monsters are real, how come I've never seen one?' 'Because they never go out.' 'Why don't monsters ever go out?' 'Because they can never get a babysitter.' Ever played catch with a six-legged Gog, or made pancakes with an oozy orange Squurm? Every time Nelly rings on a new monster family's doorbell she's up for a new challenge. Come on her monster-sitting adventures in this laugh-out-loud funny first book in the NELLY THE MONSTER SITTER series. Kes Gray is one of the Independent's top ten children's authors, and winner of the Red House Children's Book Award. This story now comes with brand-new illustrations; it was previously published in a collection entitled: Grerks, Squurms & Water Greeps. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Night Before the Night Before Christmas Kes Gray (Author) Claire Powell (Illustrated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Children's Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 32pp h261mm x w259mm x s3mm 212g full colour ISBN13: 9781444939231 ISBN13: 978-1-4449-3923-1 ISBN10: 1444939238 EAN: 9781444939231
x Description: A brilliantly funny Christmas picture book from the bestselling author of Oi Frog! 'Twas the night before the night before Christmas (That's Christmas Eve Eve). And Santa was wiping his brow on his sleeve. Green elves were sewing, Blue elves were counting, Red elves were carving, The pressure was mounting! It's the day before Christmas Eve and Santa is ever so busy ... he's got presents to wrap, reindeer to wake and a sleigh to start. But has he forgotten something? And, more importantly, will he be ready in time? Inspired by Clement C. Moore's classic festive poem, this hilarious, rhyming picture book is sure to have you ho ho ho-ing! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Boys Don't Cry: Why I hid my depression and why men need to talk about their mental health Tim Grayburn (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 240pp h198mm x w129mm x s15mm 170g yes ISBN13: 9781473636934 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3693-4 ISBN10: 1473636930 EAN: 9781473636934 x Description: Meet Tim. For nearly a decade Tim kept his depression secret. It made him feel so weak and shameful he thought it would destroy his whole life if anyone found out. But an unexpected discovery by a loved one forced him to confront his illness and realise there was strength to be found in sharing his story with others. When he finally opened up to the world about what he was going through he discovered he was not alone. Boys Don't Cry is a book that speaks against the stigma that makes men feel like they are less-than for struggling, making sense of depression and anxiety for people who might not recognise those feelings in themselves or others. It is a brutally honest, sometimes heart-breaking (and sometimes funny) tale about what it really takes to be a 'real man', written by one who decided that he wanted to change the status quo by no longer being silent. This is Tim's story, but it could be yours too. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing Hank Green (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Gollancz
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
25 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781473224193 ISBN13: 978-1-4732-2419-3 ISBN10: 1473224195 EAN: 9781473224193 x Description: In his much-anticipated debut novel, Hank Green - co-creator of Crash Course, Vlogbrothers and SciShow - spins a sweeping, cinematic tale about a young woman who becomes an overnight celebrity before realising she's part of something bigger, and stranger, than anyone could have possibly imagined. The Carls just appeared. Coming home from work at three a.m., twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship - like a ten-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai armour - April and her friend Andy make a video with it, which Andy uploads to YouTube. The next day April wakes up to a viral video and a new life. News quickly spreads that there are Carls in dozens of cities around the world - everywhere from Beijing to Buenos Aires - and April, as their first documentarian, finds herself at the centre of an intense
international media spotlight. Now April has to deal with the pressure on her relationships, her identity and her safety that this new position brings, all while being on the front lines of the quest to find out not just what the Carls are, but what they want from us. Compulsively entertaining and powerfully relevant, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing grapples with big themes, including how the social internet is changing fame, rhetoric and radicalisation; how our culture deals with fear and uncertainty; and how vilification and adoration spring from the same dehumanization that follows a life in the public eye. ***************** Here's what people have been saying about Hank's book: 'A fun, contemporary adventure that cares about who we are as humans, especially when faced with remarkable events' Kirkus (starred review) 'An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is pure book joy' Lev Grossman, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Magicians Trilogy 'Fun and full of truth. To be honest, I'm a little irritated at how good the book is. I don't need this kind of competition' Patrick Rothfuss, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Kingkiller Chronicles _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Only Girl: My Life and Times on the Masthead of Rolling Stone Robin Green (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Virago Press Ltd
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
21 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 304pp h234mm x w177mm x s22mm 432g ISBN13: 9780349010212 ISBN13: 978-0-349-01021-2 ISBN10: 0349010218 EAN: 9780349010212 x Description: A raucous and vividly dishy memoir by the only woman on the masthead of Rolling Stone Magazine in the Sixties. A female Almost Famous. In 1971, Robin Green had an interview with Jann Wenner at the offices Rolling Stone Magazine. She had just moved to Berkley, California, a city that promised "Good Vibes All-a Time." Those days, job applications asked just one question, "What are your sun, moon and rising signs?" Green thought she was interviewing for clerical job like the other girls in the office, a "real job." Instead, Green was hired as a journalist. A brutally honest, intimate memoir of the first girl on the masthead of Rolling Stone magazine, The Only Girl chronicles the beginnings of Robin Green's career. In this voice-driven humorous careening adventure, Green spills stories of stalking the Grateful Dead with Annie Liebowitz, sparring with Dennis Hopper on a film set in the desert, scandalizing fans of David Cassidy and spending a legendary evening on a water bed in the dorm room of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. In the seventies, Green was there as Hunter S. Thompson crafted Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Now, she presents that tumultuous time in America, written with a distinctly gonzo female voice. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club Sophie Green (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sphere
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
13 Dec 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 432pp h198mm x w126mm ISBN13: 9780751570403 ISBN13: 978-0-7515-7040-3 ISBN10: 0751570400 EAN: 9780751570403 x Description: You are warmly invited to . . . The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club Sunday 25th June 1978, 10 o'clock RSVP to Sybil Baxter - ask the operator for 'Fairvale' --------------------------------------------------'Brimming with atmosphere and warmth' Jenny Ashcroft, author of Island in the East 'An absolute gem of a novel' Better Reading Australia
In 1978, in Australia's vast and remote Northern Territory, a group of five very different women are searching for a way to connect. At Fairvale Station, Sybil is missing her absent son, while Kate, Sybil's daughter-in-law is finding it hard to adjust to her new life. In a dusty town, Sallyanne dreams of a life far removed from her troubled marriage. Della, a Texan who came to the country looking for adventure, has encountered challenges she didn't expect. And Rita, far away in Alice Springs, is working hard for the Flying Doctors. Meeting as the Fairvale Ladies Book Club, these women come together to bond over their favourite stories - and to share a few of their own. In doing so they will form friendships able to overcome incredible distances, weather all seasons and last a lifetime. 'A sweet tale, and wonderfully atmospheric' Sunday Mirror 'A warm hearted, generous book . . . it was a pleasure and sometimes a comfort to come back to the characters each night' Virginia McGregor, author of Before I Was Yours 'Heartwarming and fulfilling' Australian Women's Weekly _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sight: SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018 Jessie Greengrass (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 208pp h225mm x w166mm x s20mm 328g ISBN13: 9781473652378 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5237-8 ISBN10: 1473652375 EAN: 9781473652378 x Description: SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018 'A stunning debut' Guardian In Jessie Greengrass' superb debut novel, our unnamed narrator recounts her progress to motherhood, while remembering the death of her own
mother ten years before, and the childhood summers she spent with her psychoanalyst grandmother. Woven among these personal recollections are significant events in medical history: Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery of the X-ray; Sigmund Freud's development of psychoanalysis and the work that he did with his daughter, Anna; and the origins of modern surgery and the anatomy of pregnant bodies. Sight is a novel about being a parent and a child: what it is like to bring a person in to the world, and what it is to let one go. Exquisitely written and fiercely intelligent, it is an incisive exploration of how we see others, and how we might know ourselves. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dirty Glory: Go Where Your Best Prayers Take You (Red Moon Chronicles #2) Pete Greig (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h200mm x w130mm x s23mm 278g ISBN13: 9781473631717 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3171-7 ISBN10: 1473631718 EAN: 9781473631717 x Description: Foreword by Bear GryllsFollowing on from the success of Red Moon Rising, which tells the story of the first five years of the 24-7 prayer movement, Dirty Glory describes stories of transformation, from a walled city of prostitution in Mexico to the nightclubs of Ibiza, and invites people to experience the presence of God through prayer. An autobiographical adventure story spanning four continents, describing one of the most exciting movements of the Holy Spirit in our time, Dirty Glory will inspire and equip those dissatisfied with the status quo and passionate about the possibilities for spiritual and social transformation in our time. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Stranger Diaries Elly Griffiths (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Quercus Publishing
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
30 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 384pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781786487407 ISBN13: 978-1-78648-740-7 ISBN10: 1786487403 EAN: 9781786487407 x Description: A dark story has been brought to terrifying life. Can the ending be rewritten in time? 'Compelling, intelligent and increasingly mesmerising' PETER JAMES 'At once a homage to the Gothic thriller, and a re-imagining, it is goose-bump spooky, smart, and haunting, in every sense. I loved this book! And you will too' LOUISE PENNY A gripping contemporary Gothic thriller from the bestselling author of the Dr Ruth Galloway mysteries: Susan Hill meets Gone Girl and Disclaimer. Clare Cassidy is no stranger to murder. As a literature teacher specialising in the Gothic writer RM Holland, she teaches a short course on it every year. Then Clare's life and work collide tragically when one of her colleagues is found dead, a line from an RM Holland story by her body. The investigating police detective is convinced the writer's works somehow hold the key to the case. Not knowing who to trust, and afraid that the killer is someone she knows, Clare confides her darkest suspicions and fears about the case to her journal. Then one day she notices some other writing in the diary. Writing that isn't hers... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How to Find Love in the Little Things: 'an uplifting journey of loss, romance and secrets' Virginie Grimaldi (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Headline Review
Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
23 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Language: English Translated From: French Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 448pp h197mm x w159mm x s31mm 312g ISBN13: 9781472250087 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-5008-7 ISBN10: 1472250087 EAN: 9781472250087 x Description: 'A gorgeous story, charming and funny and poignant' Nicola Cornick 'An uplifting journey of loss, romance and secrets' Culturefly Fans of Marian Keyes, Cecelia Ahern and Jenny Colgan will love this funny, moving and heartwarming read. 'Welcome to Ocean View. You don't know it yet, but you'll be happy here...' Julia's not running away. Not exactly. She just needs a break from Paris and Marc and all the sad stuff that's been going on lately. A little time to pull herself together. The job offer felt like a lifeline. But now she's back in Biarritz, suitcase in hand, she hasn't the faintest idea what she was thinking. What Julia doesn't yet know is there's more to the odds and ends of Ocean View than meet the eye. Behind the double doors lie broken hearts, lifelong secrets, a touch of romance and an unwavering passion for life. And sometimes it's the most unlikely of places and people who help you find your way. What readers are saying about HOW TO FIND LOVE IN THE LITTLE THINGS: 'Grimaldi will capture your heart' Netgalley Reviewer 'Fabulously glorious, funny and uplifting' Netgalley reviewer 'The perfect book to switch off with' Amazon Reviewer 'I devoured this novel' Netgaller review 'Don't miss this book. I loved every word - it's an ode to life and love' Netgalley reviewer 'Fantastic, feel-good summer read' Netgalley reviewer 'A real delight that lingers in the head and heart' Netgalley reviewer _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Outskirts: Living Life on the Edge of the Green Belt John Grindrod (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sceptre
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w130mm x s28mm 260g ISBN13: 9781473625044 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-2504-4 ISBN10: 1473625041 EAN: 9781473625044 x Description: Forgotten edgelands, furious battles, suburban mysteries - discover the secret history of our green belts. Green belts are part of the landscape and psyche of post-war Britain, but have led to conflicts at every level of society - between conservationists and developers, town and country, politicians and people, nimbys and the forces of progress. Growing up on 'the last road in London' on an estate at the edge of the woods, John Grindrod had a childhood that mirrored these tensions. His family, too, seemed caught between two worlds: his wheelchair-bound mother and soft hearted father had moved from the inner city and had trouble adjusting. His warring brothers struggled too: there was the sporty one who loved the outdoors, and the agoraphobic who hated it. And then there was John, an unremarkable boy on the edge of it all discovering something magical. In the green belts John discovers strange hidden places, from nuclear bunkers to buried landfill sites, and along the way meets planners, protestors, foresters and residents whose passions for and against the green belt tell a fascinating tale of Britain today. The first book to tell the story of Britain's green belts, Outskirts is at once a fascinating social history, a stirring evocation of the natural world, and a poignant tale of growing up in a place, and within a family, like no other. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Rooster Bar: The New York Times Number One Bestseller John Grisham (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
14 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback A-format paperback 384pp h181mm x w154mm x s24mm 208g ISBN13: 9781473616981 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-1698-1 ISBN10: 1473616980 EAN: 9781473616981 x Description: 'The Best Thriller Writer Alive' Ken Follett John Grisham's newest legal thriller takes you inside a law firm that shouldn't exist. They were three young law students. They dreamed of changing the world. But they were duped. They took out massive student loans and have no hope of graduating with a good job. Now the three friends have given up studying and spend a lot of time plotting in a bar. There is only way out of their crushing debt: pretend to be real lawyers and expose the crooked hedge fund operator who owns both the school and the bank that arranged their student loans. They are taking a desperate risk. After all, they are going to war with a billionaire and the might of the FBI. ********** Praise for The Rooster Bar
'Scintillating storytelling' - The Sunday Times 'A buoyant, mischievous thriller . . . This reliable best-selling author is feeling real pleasure, and not just obligation, in delivering his work' - New York Times 'A wild, hard-to-put-down romp' - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Rooster Bar: The New York Times Number One Bestseller John Grisham (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
12 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h197mm x w131mm x s24mm 268g ISBN13: 9781473616998 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-1699-8 ISBN10: 1473616999 EAN: 9781473616998 x Description: 'The Best Thriller Writer Alive' Ken Follett There's one last change for justice . . . They dreamed of changing the world. Instead they're facing a mountain of debt and no hope of a future. Mark, Todd and Zola are starting to realise it's not even worth graduating from law school. They're better off hanging out at The Rooster Bar, plotting how to dodge the loan sharks. But maybe there's another way. Maybe they know enough about the law to pass as lawyers. Because it turns out the crooked hedge fund billionaire who owns their law school also runs the bank that arranged their student loans. And it's time justice was served. Even if it means taking on the FBI to do it . . . Praise for The Rooster Bar 'Scintillating storytelling' - The Sunday Times 'A buoyant, mischievous thriller . . . This reliable best-selling author is feeling real pleasure, and not just obligation, in delivering his work' - New York Times 'A wild, hard-to-put-down romp' - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Camino Island John Grisham (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
11 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w128mm x s30mm 300g ISBN13: 9781473663749 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6374-9 ISBN10: 1473663741 EAN: 9781473663749 x
Description: *****The Sunday Times 'Thriller of the Month', Mail on Sunday 'Thriller of the Week' and Sun 'Best for Mystery-Lovers'***** Someone is about to make a killing The most daring and devastating heist in literary history targets a high security vault located deep beneath Princeton University. Valued at $25 million (though some would say priceless) the five manuscripts of F Scott Fitzgerald's only novels are amongst the most valuable in the world. After an initial flurry of arrests, both they and the ruthless gang of thieves who took them have vanished without trace. Now it falls to struggling writer Mercer Mann to crack a case that has thwarted the FBI's finest minds. Praise for Camino Island 'A bewitching blend of high-stakes spying mission and summer romance, with a fascinatingly ambiguous central character' - The Sunday Times 'The gripping plot will have you devouring the chapters in such a frantic fashion you'll begin to wonder if you are somehow complicit in this perfect crime' - Heat 'Grisham shows charm, wit and a light touch' - The Times _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Reckoning John Grisham (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
23 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 432pp h240mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781473684386 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8438-6 ISBN10: 1473684382 EAN: 9781473684386 x Description: John Grisham returns to Clanton, Mississippi, to tell the story of an unthinkable murder, the bizarre trial that followed it, and its profound and lasting effect on the people of Ford County. Pete Banning was Clanton's favorite son, a returning war hero, the patriarch of a prominent family, a farmer, father, neighbor, and a faithful member of the Methodist church. Then one cool October morning in 1946. he rose early, drove into town, walked into the church, and calmly shot and killed the Reverend Dexter Bell. As if the murder wasn't shocking enough, it was even more baffling that Pete's only statement about it - to the sheriff, to his defense attorney, to the judge, to his family and friends, and to the people of Clanton - was 'I have nothing to say'. And so the murder of the esteemed Reverend Bell became the most mysterious and unforgettable crime Ford County had ever known. Praise for Grisham's latest book, The Rooster Bar 'Scintillating storytelling' - The Sunday Times 'A buoyant, mischievous thriller . . . This reliable best-selling author is feeling real pleasure, and not just obligation, in delivering his work' - New York Times 'A wild, hard-to-put-down romp' - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
From Cradle to Stage: Stories from the Mothers Who Rocked and Raised Rock Stars Virginia Hanlon Grohl (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Coronet Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 240pp h198mm x w129mm x s15mm 170g ISBN13: 9781473639584 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3958-4 ISBN10: 1473639581 EAN: 9781473639584 x Description: Virginia Grohl, mother of Dave Grohl, had not seen any of it coming. Not the arenas of screaming fans, not Nirvana or the Foo Fighters, not the induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and certainly not her son, Dave, performing with Sir Paul McCartney at The White House. Theirs had always been a life full of music - the Grohl family sang together on long car trips, harmonising to Motown and David Bowie - yet Virginia never expected her son to become a musician. But when Virginia saw Nirvana play for the first time to crazed applause from thousands of screaming fans, she knew nothing would ever be the same. She was the mother of a rock star. And as Virginia watched her son's star rise, she often wondered about the other mothers who raised sons and daughters who became rock stars. Were they as surprised as she was about their children's fame? Virginia often wondered about the mystical force that urges some of us to listen, to play, to surround ourselves with music. She wanted to talk about it with the other mothers whose sons and daughters were sharing stages with Dave, and she decided to seek them out wherever they were. So began a two-year odyssey, where she had conversations with such women from all over the world as Verna Griffin, Dr Dre's mother, Carolyn Williams, Pharell William's mother, Janis Winehouse, Amy Winehouse's mother, Patsy Noah, Adam Levine's mother, Donna Haim, mother to the Haim sisters and Hester Diamond, Mike D of The Beastie Boys' mother, to name just a few. From Cradle to Stage will appeal to mothers everywhere, but particularly to those with children who march (or play) to the beat of their own drum; and it's for those children who have their mothers to thank for everything. For music lovers and rock fans, it's the ultimate backstage pass-for anyone who has wondered what it's like to be on the inside...looking out at a packed arena. Featuring a foreword by Dave Grohl and exclusive family photographs, interviews are interwoven with the Grohl family story and the resultant book is a very intimate portrait of what makes a rock star. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Bear Grylls: The Hunt Bear Grylls (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
29 Nov 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781409156918 ISBN13: 978-1-4091-5691-8 ISBN10: 1409156915 EAN: 9781409156918 x Description: THERE'S NOWHERE TO RUNWilliam Jaeger is a former SAS soldier who has spent years thwarting attempts to revive the Nazi movement in the modern world. With international security restored, he is reluctantly thrust back into action when he uncovers evidence a horde of uranium has been stolen from an old Nazi bunker in the mountains. All the signs point towards the chemicals being turned into bombs which will devastate the world. Jaeger knows an attack is coming, and this time there will be nowhere for anyone to hide. With no idea where to turn, and with the world relying on him to find the bombs before it's too late, Jaeger is certain of only one thing:
THE HUNT IS ON*************
'Enthralling' The Times 'A gripping thriller set in the darkest of days' Jonathan Ross 'Men don't come much tougher than daredevil climber and adventurer, Bear Grylls' Sun 'Unputdownable' Sir Ranulph Fiennes 'Will resonate with fans of classic spy thrillers' Mail on Sunday _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mariner: A Voyage with Samuel Taylor Coleridge Malcolm Guite (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 496pp h216mm x w135mm x s33mm 504g ISBN13: 9781473611078 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-1107-8 ISBN10: 1473611075 EAN: 9781473611078 x Description: 'The story of Coleridge's life does undoubtedly echo that of his poem; this is a book that provides rewarding rereadings of both' - The Sunday Times A new biography of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, shaped and structured around the story he himself tells in his most famous poem, 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'. Though the 'Mariner' was written in 1797 when Coleridge was only twenty-five, it was an astonishingly prescient poem. As Coleridge himself came to realise much later, this tale - of a journey that starts in high hopes and good spirits, but leads to a profound encounter with human fallibility, darkness, alienation, loneliness and dread, before coming home to a renewal of faith and vocation - was to be the shape of his own life. In this rich new biography, academic, priest and poet Malcolm Guite draws out how with an uncanny clarity, image after image and event after event in the poem became emblems of what Coleridge was later to suffer and discover. Of course 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' is more than just an individual's story: it is also a profound exploration of the human condition and, as Coleridge says in his gloss, our 'loneliness and fixedness'. But the poem also offers hope, release, and recovery; and Guite also draws out the continuing relevance of Coleridge's life and writing to our own time. 'Forcefully and convincingly argued' - The Telegraph _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Questions of Life Nicky Gumbel (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 240pp h200mm x w130mm x s17mm 228g ISBN13: 9781473680715 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8071-5 ISBN10: 1473680719 EAN: 9781473680715 x Description: 'What Alpha offers, and what is attracting thousands of people, is permission, rare in secular culture, to discuss the big questions of life and death and their meaning.' - The Guardian 'Alpha makes Christianity relevant to modern life.' - The Express
In this international bestseller, Alpha pioneer Nicky Gumbel addresses some of the foundational questions of life that challenge us all: why am I here? Is there more to life than this? How can I make the most of the rest of my life? Answering step-by-step some of the key questions that lie at the heart of the Christian faith, his intelligent, well-researched and informed approach makes this a sympathetic, fascinating and immensely readable introduction to Jesus Christ. 'Alpha was the best thing I ever did. It helped answer some huge questions and to find a simple, empowering faith in my life.' - Bear Grylls _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Searching Issues: Tough Questions, Straight Answers Nicky Gumbel (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 128pp h210mm x w203mm x s8mm 98g ISBN13: 9781473680739 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8073-9 ISBN10: 1473680735 EAN: 9781473680739 x Description: As we begin to think more deeply about the meaning of life, it's not long before we come across tough questions that deserve careful consideration. This book explores and discusses seven common objections to the Christian faith, including: - Why does God allow suffering? - What about other religions? - Is there a conflict between science and Christianity? Drawing on several years of talking through these issues with people looking for answers, Nicky Gumbel offers clear, accessible and reasoned responses to the questions that surround faith and Christianity in the modern world. He goes beyond the logic of each question and applies it to a wider understanding of God's identity and our own identity, with practical suggestions for dealing with these issues in everyday life. 'Gumbel's combination of humour, anecdote, metaphysics, quotations from the Bible and complex theology are both persuasive and compelling.' - The Observer _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Life Worth Living: Live a Life of Purpose, Passion and Joy Nicky Gumbel (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 112pp h198mm x w130mm x s10mm 88g ISBN13: 9781473680753 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8075-3 ISBN10: 1473680751 EAN: 9781473680753 x Description: Jesus Christ makes life profoundly worth living. This is Paul's message in his letter to the Philippians, in which he encourages the church he planted in Philippi to go on pursuing their new identity in Christ. In an engaging and accessible way, Nicky Gumbel places this key letter of the New Testament in context, explaining its audience and its writer, before unpacking why and how Christians can live with a new purpose, confidence and joy. He uses plenty of choice anecdotes to help us understand how Paul's message applies to us today, and how living for Jesus is living life to the full.
Ideal for people new to studying the Bible, this book will help the reader understand the exciting implications of being a Christian. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Telling Others: How to Run the Alpha Course Nicky Gumbel (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 256pp h193mm x w127mm x s19mm 278g ISBN13: 9781473681194 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8119-4 ISBN10: 1473681197 EAN: 9781473681194 x Description: 'What distinguishes Alpha from other initiatives is the easy going, relaxed feel of the proceedings - that and its astonishing success.' - The Times Telling Others imparts the vision, excitement and challenge of Alpha, with a practical guide to running a successful course. Perfect as a resource for churches, the book details the principles and structure of Alpha, tips on hosting small groups and giving talks, and guidance on pastoral care. A series of appendices provides suggestions for practicalities such as administration and running daytime and workplace courses, and advice on avoiding common mistakes and pitfalls. The chapters are interspersed with testimonies, written in their own words, from people whose lives have been changed by God through Alpha. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
30 Days: A thirty-day practical introduction to reading the Bible Nicky Gumbel (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 144pp h176mm x w128mm x s11mm 160g ISBN13: 9781473681217 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8121-7 ISBN10: 1473681219 EAN: 9781473681217 x Description: The Bible has been described both as a manual for life and a love letter from God himself. But how should we read it? Where do we start? How is the Bible relevant to everyday life? Nicky Gumbel has selected thirty fascinating extracts from the Old and New Testaments to introduce reading the Bible and spending time with God. For each day, there is a passage from the Bible accompanied by an explanation of the passage, practical comments relating the Bible to your own life, and suggestions for what to pray in light of the passage. Ideal for those on an Alpha course and others who are interested in exploring the Bible, this book will teach you over thirty days how to get to know God through what he says in the Bible. 'God has given us the extraordinary privilege of knowing him. I hope that by the end of 30 Days you will want to make spending time with God a lifelong habit.' - Nicky Gumbel _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
100 Ways to Be More Like Your Cat: Feline Wisdom for Happy Humans Celia Haddon (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 128pp h182mm x w114mm x s14mm 160g ISBN13: 9781473681873 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8187-3 ISBN10: 1473681871 EAN: 9781473681873 x Description: From the bestselling author of One Hundred Ways For a Cat To Train Its Human comes a new guide on how to improve your own life by learning from your cat. Content, living in the moment, finding pleasure in small things - your cat knows exactly how to get the best out of life. So let your cat be your guru as Celia Haddon shows in 100 ways how adopting their outlook can lead to our own happiness. Stretch out, relax, find a warm spot - and enjoy purrfection. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5 Day Weekend: Freedom to Make Your Life and Work Rich with Purpose: A how-to guide to building multiple streams of passive income Nik Halik (Author) Garrett B. Gunderson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Learning
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
17 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h216mm x w171mm x s18mm 340g ISBN13: 9781473686465 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8646-5 ISBN10: 1473686466 EAN: 9781473686465 x Description: CREATE PASSIVE INCOME FROM PROPERY AND BUSINESS, GET FINANCIALLY SET FOR LIFE, AND ADD 3 MORE DAYS TO YOUR WEEKEND - EVERY WEEKEND You know there's a better way to live your life. You want to stop living by other people's rules. Now there's a way. 5 DAY WEEKEND (R) shows you how to build multiple streams of passive, independent income, through property and exploiting the business opportunities all around you, opening up your world to more and better choices. Covering money and personal freedom, you will focus on ways to tighten your finances, increase your income, and develop passive investment strategies. Discover how to build regular, independent cash flow until it matches your standard of living, freeing you to live your life to the fullest. You will find tools to support and realise your new goals, and read real life stories and cases giving examples and guidance. THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO LEAVE YOUR 9-5 JOB BEHIND, CHANGE YOUR LIFE, AND ACHIEVE YOUR GRANDEST GOALS. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Perfect Girlfriend Karen Hamilton (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Wildfire
Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
10 Jan 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781472244277 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-4427-7 ISBN10: 1472244273 EAN: 9781472244277 x Description: YOU'VE NEVER READ A LOVE STORY AS TWISTED AS THIS. THE MUST-READ THRILLER OF 2018... Perfect for fans of THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW, ANATOMY OF A SCANDAL, and THE GIRL BEFORE. Meet Juliette. She's intelligent, driven, committed - and in love. Some readers find her... 'Obsessed and delusional' 'Like Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction... on steroids!' 'Single white female... from the other side' 'Truly the most psychotic girlfriend' 'Completely unhinged ... but you just can't help rooting for her' ----------------Juliette loves Nate. She will follow him anywhere. She's even become a flight attendant for his airline, so she can keep a closer eye on him. They are meant to be. The fact that Nate broke up with her six months ago means nothing. Because Juliette has a plan to win him back. She is the perfect girlfriend. And she'll make sure no one stops her from getting exactly what she wants. True love hurts, but Juliette knows it's worth all the pain... -----------------'Brilliant and terrifying' Fiona Cummins, author of RATTLE 'So addictive it should come with a warning' Alice Feeney, author of SOMETIMES I LIE 'One of the best twisted narrators I've ever read' C.J. Tudor, author of THE CHALK MAN 'Thrillingly different and totally gripping. I loved it!' Laura Marshall, author of FRIEND REQUEST _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Night of Sorrows: War God Trilogy: Book Three Graham Hancock (Author) Series:
War God
Edition:
Imprint:
Coronet Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
19 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 608pp h235mm x w231mm x s37mm 414g ISBN13: 9781444788402 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-8840-2 ISBN10: 144478840X EAN: 9781444788402 x Description: Cortes and his small army of Conquistadors enter Tenochtitlan, the island city of the Aztecs, as guests of the psychotic emperor Moctezuma who plans to trap them there and kill them all. In a stunning coup, Cortes acts first, taking the emperor hostage and ruling the Aztecs through him. All of Mexico seems about to fall into his hands until a report comes from the coast of the arrival of a new force of Spaniards with more than three times his numbers, sent not to strengthen him but to attack him and wrest the conquest from him. Faced with the choice of abject surrender or war with fellow Spaniards Cortes chooses war and marches out to do battle but, in so doing he fatally weakens his garrison in Tenochtitlan and throws open the doors of Hell. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Did You See Melody? Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
23 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 336pp h197mm x w129mm x s21mm 236g ISBN13: 9781444776157 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-7615-7 ISBN10: 1444776150 EAN: 9781444776157 x Description: 'Outstandingly brilliant' Clare Mackintosh Did she really see Melody? The stunning new pageturner from the Queen of Psychological Suspense. Pushed to breaking point, Cara Burrows abandons her home and family and escapes to a five-star spa resort she can't afford. Late at night, exhausted and desperate, she lets herself into her hotel room and is shocked to find it already occupied - by a man and a teenage girl. A simple mistake on the part of the hotel receptionist - but Cara's fear intensifies when she works out that the girl she saw alive and well in the hotel room is someone she can't possibly have seen: the most famous murder victim in the country, Melody Chapa, whose parents are serving life sentences for her murder. Cara doesn't know what to trust: everything she's read and heard about the case, or the evidence of her own eyes. Did she really see Melody? And is she prepared to ask herself that question and answer it honestly if it means risking her own life? ****** What people are saying about DID YOU SEE MELODY? 'I was hooked!...there was a cracking ending!' GoodReads reviewer
'Really good reading that moved at a fast pace and kept me engaged throughout. Highly recommended.' GoodReads reviewer 'Oh superb. Excellent. All the other expletives. Ms Hannah still showing us how twisting a plot is done properly.' GoodReads reviewer _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy Tim Harford (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Abacus
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
31 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 352pp h129mm x w197mm x s22mm 280g ISBN13: 9780349142630 ISBN13: 978-0-349-14263-0 ISBN10: 0349142637 EAN: 9780349142630 x Description: Based on the series produced for the BBC World Service Who thought up paper money? How did the contraceptive pill change the face of the legal profession? Why was the horse collar as important for human progress as the steam engine? How did the humble spreadsheet turn the world of finance upside-down? The world economy defies comprehension. A continuously-changing system of immense complexity, it offers over ten billion distinct products and services, doubles in size every fifteen years, and links almost every one of the planet's seven billion people. It delivers astonishing luxury to hundreds of millions. It also leaves hundreds of millions behind, puts tremendous strains on the ecosystem, and has an alarming habit of stalling. Nobody is in charge of it. Indeed, no individual understands more than a fraction of what's going on. How can we make sense of this bewildering system on which our lives depend? From the tally-stick to Bitcoin, the canal lock to the jumbo jet, each invention in Tim Harford's fascinating new book has its own curious, surprising and memorable story, a vignette against a grand backdrop. Step by step, readers will start to understand where we are, how we got here, and where we might be going next. Hidden connections will be laid bare: how the barcode undermined family corner shops; why the gramophone widened inequality; how barbed wire shaped America. We'll meet the characters who developed some of these inventions, profited from them, or were ruined by them. We'll trace the economic principles that help to explain their transformative effects. And we'll ask what lessons we can learn to make wise use of future inventions, in a world where the pace of innovation will only accelerate. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Binding Song: A chilling thriller with a killer ending Elodie Harper (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Mulholland Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
01 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w128mm x s24mm 200g ISBN13: 9781473642171 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-4217-1 ISBN10: 1473642175 EAN: 9781473642171 x Description: A chilling debut for fans of Mo Hayder and Sharon Bolton. Welcome to HMP Halvergate. If you're lucky, you'll get to leave. Dr Janet Palmer was glad to take a new job as lead psychologist at a remote Norfolk prison. She may live to regret it... The staff are hostile, violence can break out at any time, no one will tell her what happened to her predecessor, and there are rumours of an eyeless woman stalking the corridors, driving the prisoners to suicide.
Janet is determined to find answers. But the deeper she digs, the more she realises: something is rotten in Halvergate. And it's nothing as simple as ghosts... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Death Knock Elodie Harper (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Mulholland Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
12 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 336pp h244mm x w172mm x s30mm 566g ISBN13: 9781473642195 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-4219-5 ISBN10: 1473642191 EAN: 9781473642195 x Description: 'Chilling, intelligent, and highly addictive. Superb.' Will Dean, author of Dark Pines Three women have been found dead in East Anglia. The police deny a connection. TV news reporter Frankie smells a story... Ava knows that the threat is real. She's been kidnapped by someone claiming to be the killer: a stranger who seems to know everything about her. As Frankie follows the case, she enters a terrifying online world where men's rage against women may be turning murderous - and where her persistence might just make her a target. And Ava must struggle not only to stay alive... but to stay sane. From journalist Elodie Harper, The Death Knock is a compelling story of the worst that man can do and the hunt for the truth - at all costs. See what everyone is saying about this brilliant read: 'I was enjoying the reading of it so much, I slowed down the number of chapters I read at a time, in order to savour it for longer!' Amazon reviewer 'A great read, both thought provoking and chilling.' Goodreads reviewer 'A story that pulls you in immediately.' Amazon reviewer 'Easy 5* here... a tense atmospheric mystery that is highly addictive.' Goodreads reviewer 'A fast paced and intelligent thriller.' Amazon reviewer 'Cleverly plotted. Highly recommended.' Goodreads reviewer _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Force of Nature: by the author of the Sunday Times top ten bestseller, The Dry Jane Harper (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Abacus
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
28 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 432pp h207mm x w147mm x s28mm 335g ISBN13: 9780349142128 ISBN13: 978-0-349-14212-8 ISBN10: 0349142122 EAN: 9780349142128 x Description: The gripping new novel from the author of the Sunday Times top ten bestseller, Waterstones Thriller of the Month, Sunday Times Crime Book of the Year, CWA Gold Dagger Winner and Simon Mayo Radio 2 Book Club Choice, The Dry. FIVE WENT OUT. FOUR CAME BACK...
Is Alice here? Did she make it? Is she safe? In the chaos, in the night, it was impossible to say which of the four had asked after Alice's welfare. Later, when everything got worse, each would insist it had been them. Five women reluctantly pick up their backpacks and start walking along the muddy track. Only four come out the other side. The hike through the rugged landscape is meant to take the office colleagues out of their air-conditioned comfort zone and teach resilience and team building. At least that is what the corporate retreat website advertises. Federal Police Agent Aaron Falk has a particularly keen interest in the whereabouts of the missing bushwalker. Alice Russell is the whistleblower in his latest case - and Alice knew secrets. About the company she worked for and the people she worked with. Far from the hike encouraging teamwork, the women tell Falk a tale of suspicion, violence and disintegrating trust. And as he delves into the disappearance, it seems some dangers may run far deeper than anyone knew. And if you loved Force of Nature and The Dry, pre-order The Lost Man by Jane Harper now _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Cold Feet: The Lost Years Carmel Harrington (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
12 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 352pp h200mm x w156mm x s22mm 246g ISBN13: 9781473666535 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6653-5 ISBN10: 1473666538 EAN: 9781473666535 x Description: HILARIOUS AND HEARTBREAKING OFFICIAL COLD FEET NOVEL FROM THE HIT TV SERIES. What happened to your favourite characters between series five and six of Mike Bullen's award-winning TV series? ********** Reeling from the sudden death of Rachel, his beloved wife, Adam has no time to grieve. He has to keep going, for the sake of their baby son. Jenny moves back in with ex-husband Pete, eight and a half months pregnant with another man's child. Can their relationship overcome past jealousies? Karen and David agree to an amicable divorce - but that's before he sleeps with the divorce lawyer . . . ******* THE LOST YEARS is an irresistible chance to catch up on all the laughter, the tears, the life lessons we missed while they were gone. 'I loved it. The characters have been captured so well and it just feels so like Mike Bullen's creation . . . Harrington should be very proud - it really is fabulous! Margaret Conway, Line Producer Cold Feet _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Meditation For Fidgety Skeptics: A 10% Happier How-To Book Dan Harris (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Yellow Kite
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
10 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 304pp h216mm x w135mm x s22mm 339g ISBN13: 9781473691384 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-9138-4 ISBN10: 1473691389 EAN: 9781473691384 x Description: 'Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics is well researched, practical, and crammed with expert advice and it's also an irreverent, hilarious pageturner.' - Gretchen Rubin ABC News anchor Dan Harris used to think that meditation was for people who collect crystals, play the pan pipes, and use the word namaste without irony. After he had a panic attack on live television, he went on a strange journey that ultimately led him to become one of meditation's most vocal public proponents. Science suggests that meditation can lower blood pressure, mitigate depression and anxiety, and literally rewire key parts of the brain, among numerous other benefits. And yet there are millions of people who want to meditate but aren't actually practising. What's holding them back? In this guide to mindfulness and meditation for beginners and experienced meditators alike, Harris and his friend Jeff Warren, embark on a crosscountry quest to tackle the myths, misconceptions, and self-deceptions that stop people from meditating. They rent a rock-star tour bus and travel across the US, talking to scores of would-be meditators, including parents, police officers, and even a few celebrities. They create a taxonomy of the most common issues ("I suck at this," "I don't have the time," etc.) and offer up science-based life hacks to help people overcome them. The book is filled with game-changing and deeply practical meditation instructions. Amid it all unspools the strange and hilarious story of what happens when a congenitally sarcastic, type-A journalist and a groovy Canadian mystic embark on an epic road trip into America's neurotic underbelly, as well as their own. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Girl with the Lost Smile Miranda Hart (Author) Kate Hindley (Illustrated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Children's Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
10 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h202mm x w176mm x s27mm 332g ISBN13: 9781444941845 ISBN13: 978-1-4449-4184-5 ISBN10: 1444941844 EAN: 9781444941845 x Description: This is a story guaranteed to make you laugh and cry: the first children's book from award-winning, bestselling author and comedian Miranda Hart. Chloe Long has lost her smile. She's looked everywhere for it. (Under her pillow. Under her bed. Under her nose. Obviously.) She's tried everything to bring it back. (Her favourite cake. Her favourite gran. Her favourite joke. Obviously.) But nothing seems to be working! Until one night, something utterly magical happens - and Chloe finds herself on an adventure that is out of this world ... With fabulous illustrations by Sainsbury's Book of the Year winner, Kate Hindley, THE GIRL WITH THE LOST SMILE takes you on an action-packed, magical journey that celebrates the power of the imagination, the wonder of true friendship and is guaranteed to make you smile.
'Is Miranda Hart a National Treasure yet? If not, it can only be a year or two before she joins Stephen Fry and Alan Bennett in the trophy cabinet of the country's affections ... That personality and voice belong to a uniquely cherished comedian ... there's nobody like Miranda.' Daily Mail _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Perfect Fit: The Winning Formula: Transform your body in just 8 weeks with my training and nutrition plan James Haskell (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
17 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 304pp h249mm x w200mm x s26mm 966g ISBN13: 9781473648739 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-4873-9 ISBN10: 1473648734 EAN: 9781473648739 x Description: In his guide to fitness and nutrition international rugby star James Haskell leads you seamlessly through every step of the journey towards transforming your body and reaching your fitness goals. With an 8-week plan that can be done at home, suitable for those who have not trained before, and a 12-week plan for those who already train regularly, there is something for everyone and James encourages and challenges you to become fitter, stronger and leaner than ever before. Alongside the training programmes James provides detailed advice about nutrition, helping you to understand how to eat to achieve the results you are aiming for, as well as delicious recipes and meal plans to ensure you stay on track. James's ambition is to dispel the fog - to provide clarity, understanding and to motivate as well as inspire you train hard and fuel your training effectively in order to transform your body. If you found James's Introduction to Becoming and Remaining Rugby Fit helpful, Perfect Fit will help you to take your training to the next level with its more detailed workouts, nutritional advice and recipes. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Railwayman's Wife Ashley Hay (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Two Roads
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
11 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 336pp h200mm x w130mm x s22mm 242g ISBN13: 9781473676480 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7648-0 ISBN10: 1473676487 EAN: 9781473676480 x Description: 'So poised and beautiful ... She can't write a bad sentence' Guardian 'Melancholic, but in the best possible way' Lady 'Exquisitely written and deeply felt ... a true book of wonders' Geraldine Brooks 'A lovely, absorbing, and uplifting read.' M.L. Stedman 'overflows with gratitude for the hard, beautiful things of this world' Helen Garner In 1948 in a small town on the land's edge, in the strange space at a war's end, a widow, a poet and a doctor each try to find their own peace, and their own new story. Anikka Lachlan has all she ever wanted--until a random act transforms her into another post-war widow, destined to raise her daughter on her own. Awash in grief, she looks for answers in the pages of her favourite books and tries to learn the most difficult lesson of all: how to go on living. A local poet, Roy McKinnon, who found poetry in the mess of war, has lost his words and his hope. His childhood friend Dr. Frank Draper also seeks to
reclaim his pre-war life but is haunted by his failure to help those who needed him most--the survivors of the Nazi concentration camps. Then one day, on the mantle of her sitting room, Ani finds a poem. She knows neither where it came from, nor who its author is. But she has her suspicions. An unexpected and poignant love triangle emerges, between Ani, the poem, and the poet--whoever he may be. Written in clear, shining prose, The Railwayman's Wife explores the power of beginnings and endings - and how difficult it can be to tell them apart. It is an exploration of life, tragedy, and joy, of connection and separation, longing and acceptance, and an unadulterated celebration of love. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Hundred Small Lessons Ashley Hay (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Two Roads
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w130mm x s28mm 180g ISBN13: 9781473676541 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7654-1 ISBN10: 1473676541 EAN: 9781473676541 x Description: '...a rich dual character study that spans generations.' Publishers Weekly When Elsie Gormley leaves the Brisbane house in which she has lived for more than sixty years, Lucy Kiss and her family move in, eager to establish their new life. As they settle in, Lucy and her husband Ben struggle to navigate their transformation from adventurous lovers to new parents, taking comfort in memories of their vibrant past as they begin to unearth who their future selves might be. But the house has secrets of its own, and the rooms seem to share recollections of Elsie's life with Lucy. In her nearby nursing home, Elsie traces the span of her life-the moments she can't bear to let go and the places to which she dreams of returning. Her beloved former house is at the heart of her memories of marriage, motherhood, love, and death, and the boundary between present and past becomes increasingly porous for both her and Lucy. Over the course of one hot Brisbane summer, two families' stories intersect in sudden and unexpected ways. Through the richly intertwined narratives of two ordinary, extraordinary women, Ashley Hay uses her lyrical prose, poetic dialogue, and stunning imagery to weave an intricate, bighearted story of what it is to be human. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Your Brain and You: A Simple Guide to Neuropsychology Nicky Hayes (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Teach Yourself Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
31 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 256pp h216mm x w135mm x s14mm 326g ISBN13: 9781473671317 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7131-7 ISBN10: 1473671310 EAN: 9781473671317 x Description: Most general knowledge about the brain and its workings is very dated, drawing on studies from the first part of the previous century or even earlier. However, the advent of brain scanning which allows the study of the ordinary working brain, rather than just dead ones or people having brain surgery, has resulted in some amazing new developments that contribute immensely to our general social understanding of people and how they work. Written by Dr Nicky Hayes, bestselling author of Understand Psychology, Your Brain and You is a beginner's guide to neuropsychology. It takes you through every aspect of how your brain works, from nervous systems and brain structures to neural transmission and neural correlates. You will discover how it all began, how it works, how we see, do things, hear and experience the outside world. Explore memories, relationships, emotions, decision-making, sleep, consciousness and common disorders such as dyslexia, dysgraphia & dyscalculia.
As with all Teach Yourself books, it is clearly structured, packed full of practical examples, and designed to make it easy to learn the essentials you really need to know. ABOUT THE SERIES People have been learning with Teach Yourself since 1938. With a vast range of practical how-to guides covering language learning, lifestyle, hobbies, business, psychology, and self-help, there's a Teach Yourself book for everything you want to do. Join more than 60 million people who have reached their goals with Teach Yourself, and never stop learning. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Cactus: how a prickly heroine learns to bloom Sarah Haywood (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Two Roads
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781473660632 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6063-2 ISBN10: 1473660637 EAN: 9781473660632 x Description: It's never too late to bloom ... 'The Cactus will be compared to Gail Honeyman's 2017 hit, the appealingly eccentric Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine' The Sunday Times 'Wonderfully funny and astute' Red 'Funny, compelling, well-written...for fans of Marian Keyes who demand a bit of grit in their comic writing' Emerald Street 'An original, engaging and totally believable character' - Graeme Simsion, author of The Rosie Project 'Legal battles, lapses of logic and the joys and fears of motherhood are explored in this astute, funny and moving novel of a woman learning how to let go' Daily Mail
People aren't sure what to make of Susan Green - family and colleagues find her prickly and hard to understand, but Susan makes perfect sense to herself, and that's all she needs. At 45, she thinks her life is perfect, as long as she avoids her feckless brother, Edward - a safe distance away in Birmingham. She has a London flat which is ideal for one; a job that suits her passion for logic; and a personal arrangement providing cultural and other, more intimate, benefits. Yet suddenly faced with the loss of her mother and, implausibly, with the possibility of becoming a mother herself, Susan's greatest fear is being realised: she is losing control. When she discovers that her mother's will inexplicably favours her brother, Susan sets out to prove that Edward and his equally feckless friend Rob somehow coerced this dubious outcome. But when problems closer to home become increasingly hard to ignore, she finds help in the most unlikely of places. This sparkling debut is a breath of fresh air with real heart and a powerful emotional punch. In Susan we find a character as exasperating and delightful as The Rosie Project's Don Tillman. An uncompromising feminist and a fierce fighter, it's a joy to watch her bloom. 'Glorious...it twists and turns through human nature wonderfully' Kat Brown 'If, like me, you never stopped to think what a child born of The Rosie Project's Don Tillman and Bridget Jones might be like, there's one way to find out. Read Sarah Haywood's The Cactus. Meet Susan Green. She doesn't understand how funny she is, which is delicious.' Julia Claiborne Johnson, author of Be Frank with Me _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Let's Talk about Death (over Dinner): The Essential Guide to Life's Most Important Conversation Michael Hebb (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Orion Spring
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 256pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781841882994 ISBN13: 978-1-84188-299-4 ISBN10: 1841882992 EAN: 9781841882994 x Description: For readers of Being Mortal and When Breath Becomes Air, the acclaimed co-founder of Death over Dinner offers a practical, inspiring guide to life's most difficult yet important conversation Of the many critical conversations we will all have throughout our lifetime, few are as important as the ones discussing death - and not just the practical considerations, such as DNRs and wills, but what we fear, what we hope, and how we want to be remembered. Yet few of these conversations are actually happening. Inspired by his experience with his own father and countless stories from others who regret not having these conversations, Michael Hebb cofounded Death Over Dinner - an organisation that encourages people to pull up a chair, break bread, and really talk about the one thing we all have in common. Death Over Dinner has been one of the most effective end-of-life awareness campaigns to date; in just three years, it has provided the framework and inspiration for more than a hundred thousand dinners focused on having these end-of-life conversations. As Arianna Huffington said, 'We are such a fast-food culture, I love the idea of making the dinner last for hours. These are the conversations that will help us to evolve.' Let's Talk About Death (over Dinner) offers keen practical advice on how to have these same conversations - not just at the dinner table, but anywhere. There's no one right way to talk about death, but Hebb shares time- and dinner-tested prompts to use as conversation starters, ranging from the spiritual to the practical, from analytical to downright funny and surprising. By transforming the most difficult conversations into an opportunity, they become celebratory and meaningful - ways that not only can change the way we die, but the way we live. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Valentine House Emma Henderson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sceptre
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 245g ISBN13: 9781444704044 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-0404-4 ISBN10: 1444704044 EAN: 9781444704044 x Description: 'Henderson's Grace Williams Says It Loud was shortlisted for the Orange Prize and this more than matches it.' Elizabeth Buchan, Daily Mail In June 1914, Sir Anthony Valentine, a keen mountaineer, arrives with his family to spend the summer in their chalet, high in the French Alps. There, for the first time, fourteen-year-old foundling Mathilde starts work as one of the 'uglies' - village girls employed as servants and picked, it is believed, to ensure they don't catch Sir Anthony's roving eye. For Mathilde it is the start of a life-long entanglement with les anglais - strange, exciting people, far removed from the hard grind of farming. Except she soon finds the Valentines are less carefree than they appear, with a curiously absent daughter no one talks about. It will be decades - disrupted by war, accidents and a cruel betrayal - before Mathilde discovers the key to the mystery. And in 1976, the year Sir Anthony's great-great grandson comes to visit, she must decide whether to use it. Vividly evoking the dramatic landscape that so enthrals the Valentines, this deeply involving, intriguing novel tells the story of an English family through the generations and a memorable French woman, whose lives seem worlds apart yet which become inextricably connected. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Suicide Club: If you could live forever . . . would you? Rachel Heng (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sceptre
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
10 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 384pp h230mm x w180mm x s33mm 522g ISBN13: 9781473672901 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7290-1 ISBN10: 1473672902 EAN: 9781473672901 x Description: They leave us no choice. AS FEATURED ON BBC.COM. A 2018 DEBUT TO WATCH OUT FOR AS SELECTED BY INDEPENDENT, GRAZIA, THE BOOKSELLER AND THE RUMPUS AND AN ELLE, STYLIST AND I MAGAZINE RECOMMENDED SUMMER READ. 'Original and subversive.' Independent 'Thought-provoking, moving, worryingly convincing - and ultimately hopeful.' Irish Times 'A provocative new author. A fascinating debut novel. Read it!' Jeff VanderMeer, author of the Southern Reach trilogy 'Life-affirming . . . "Be careful what you wish for" has never been so chilling, or so gripping' Erin Kelly, author of He Said/She Said ******** What are you doing to help yourself? What are you doing to show that you're worth the resources? In a near-future world, medical technology has progressed far enough that immortality is now within grasp -but only to those who show themselves to be deserving of it. These people are the lifers: the exercisers, yogacisers, green juicers and early nighters. Genetically perfect, healthy and wholesome, one hundred-year-old Lea is the poster girl for lifers, until the day she catches a glimpse of her father in the street, eighty-eight years after their last encounter. While pursuing him, Lea has a brush with death which sparks suspicions. If Lea could be so careless, is she worthy of immortality? Suicide Club wasn't always an activist group. It began as a set of disillusioned lifers, gathering to indulge in forbidden activities: performances of live music, artery-clogging meals, irresponsible orgies. But now they have been branded terrorists and are hunted by the state. And Lea has decided to give them a call. 'Chilling . . . Through crisscrossing stories about love and loss, suffused in some wonderful and heartbreaking prose, she takes the reader on a journey to truly understand the question: who wants to live forever?' Stylist ******** 'Addictive' Sun 'Gripping' Red 'Clever, bold and makes you think about the value of life' Good Housekeeping 'The future is here. Let's welcome one of its stars. Talented and ferociously intelligent, Heng has produced a glittering debut.' Joanna Briscoe, author of You 'If the styling is satirical . . . Heng isn't playing for laughs . . . the fascinating and compelling scenario on show here ultimately forces you to question nothing less than the meaning of life' Metro _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Family Next Door: The gripping domestic page-turner perfect for fans of Big Little Lies Sally Hepworth (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 245g ISBN13: 9781473674233 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7423-3 ISBN10: 1473674239 EAN: 9781473674233 x Description: How much do we really know about our neighbours? An unputdownable domestic page-turner about the secrets we all hide - perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty, Amanda Prowse and Kerry Fisher. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
This is What Happened Mick Herron (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
07 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 256pp h241mm x w164mm x s25mm 468g ISBN13: 9781473657328 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5732-8 ISBN10: 1473657326 EAN: 9781473657328 x Description: Something's happened. A lot of things have happened. If she could turn back time, she wondered how far she would go. Twenty-six-year-old Maggie Barnes is someone you would never look at twice. Living alone in a month-to-month sublet in London, with no family but an estranged sister, no boyfriend or partner, and not much in the way of friends, Maggie is just the kind of person who could vanish from the face of the earth without anyone taking notice. Or just the kind of person MI5 needs to thwart an international plot that puts all of Britain at risk. Now one young woman has the chance to be a hero - if she can think quickly enough to stay alive. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
London Rules: Jackson Lamb Thriller 5 Mick Herron (Author) Series:
Jackson Lamb Thriller
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
09 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 281g ISBN13: 9781473657403 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5740-3 ISBN10: 1473657407 EAN: 9781473657403
x Description: LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER AND IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER 'The UK's new spy master' Sunday Times London Rules might not be written down, but everyone knows rule one. Cover your arse. Regent's Park's First Desk, Claude Whelan, is learning this the hard way. Tasked with protecting a beleaguered prime minister, he's facing attack from all directions himself: from the showboating MP who orchestrated the Brexit vote, and now has his sights set on Number Ten; from the showboat's wife, a tabloid columnist, who's crucifying Whelan in print; and especially from his own deputy, Lady Di Taverner, who's alert for Claude's every stumble. Meanwhile, the country's being rocked by an apparently random string of terror attacks, and someone's trying to kill Roddy Ho. Over at Slough House, the crew are struggling with personal problems: repressed grief, various addictions, retail paralysis, and the nagging suspicion that their newest colleague is a psychopath. But collectively, they're about to rediscover their greatest strength - that of making a bad situation much, much worse. It's a good job Jackson Lamb knows the rules. Because those things aren't going to break themselves. ****** Praise for Mick Herron 'The new spy master' Evening Standard 'Herron is spy fiction's great humorist, mixing absurd situations with sparklingly funny dialogue and elegant, witty prose' The Times 'Herron draws his readers so fully into the world of Slough House that the incautious might find themselves slipping between the pages and transformed from reader to spook' Irish Times _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Drop: A Slough House Novella Mick Herron (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
30 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 112pp h184mm x w114mm ISBN13: 9781473678309 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7830-9 ISBN10: 1473678307 EAN: 9781473678309 x Description: Old spooks carry the memory of tradecraft in their bones, and when Solomon Dortmund sees an envelope being passed from one pair of hands to another in a Marylebone cafe, he knows he's witnessed more than an innocent encounter. But in relaying his suspicions to John Bachelor, who babysits retired spies like Solly, he sets in train events which will alter lives. Bachelor himself, a hair's breadth away from sleeping in his car, is clawing his way back to stability; Hannah Weiss, the double agent whose recruitment was his only success, is starting to enjoy the secrets and lies her role demands; and Lech Wicinski, an Intelligence Service analyst, finds that a simple favour for an old acquaintance might derail his career. Meanwhile, Lady Di Taverner is trying to keep the Service on an even keel, and if that means throwing the odd crew member overboard, well: collateral damage is her speciality. A drop, in spook parlance, is the passing on of secret information. It's also what happens just before you hit the ground. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
This is What Happened Mick Herron (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
07 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 256pp h234mm x w155mm x s20mm 344g ISBN13: 9781473680784 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8078-4 ISBN10: 1473680786 EAN: 9781473680784 x Description: Twenty-six-year-old Maggie Barnes is someone you would never look at twice. Living alone in a month-to-month sublet in London, with no family but an estranged sister, no boyfriend or partner, and not much in the way of friends, Maggie is just the kind of person who could vanish from the face of the earth without anyone taking notice. Or just the kind of person MI5 needs to thwart an international plot that puts all of Britain at risk. Now one young woman has the chance to be a hero - if she can think quickly enough to stay alive. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight Naoki Higashida (Author) David Mitchell (Translated by) Keiko Yoshida (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sceptre
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 288pp h200mm x w167mm x s18mm 206g ISBN13: 9781444799101 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-9910-1 ISBN10: 144479910X EAN: 9781444799101 x Description: The Sunday Times bestseller Naoki Higashida met international success with THE REASON I JUMP, a revelatory account of life as a thirteen-year-old with non-verbal autism. Now he offers an equally illuminating insight into autism from his perspective as a young adult. In concise, engaging pieces, he shares his thoughts and feelings on a broad menu of topics ranging from school experiences to family relationships, the exhilaration of travel to the difficulties of speech. Aware of how mystifying his behaviour can appear to others, Higashida describes the effect on him of such commonplace things as a sudden change of plan, or the mental steps he has to take simply to register that it's raining. Throughout, his aim is to foster a better understanding of autism and to encourage those with disabilities to be seen as people, not as problems. With an introduction by David Mitchell, Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight includes a dreamlike short story Higashida wrote for this edition. Both moving and of practical use, the book opens a window into the mind of an inspiring young man who meets the challenges of autism with tenacity and good humour. However often he falls down, he always gets back up. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Identicals: The perfect beach read from the 'Queen of the Summer Novel' (People) Elin Hilderbrand (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
14 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 432pp h199mm x w149mm x s28mm 296g none ISBN13: 9781473611252 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-1125-2 ISBN10: 1473611253 EAN: 9781473611252 x Description: These twins give 'sibling rivalry' a whole new meaning . . . Just because twins look exactly the same doesn't mean they're anything alike - and Tabitha and Harper Frost have spent their whole lives trying to prove this point. When a family crisis forces them to band together - or at least appear to - can the twins overcome their own prejudices and realise that the special bond that they share is more important than the resentments that have driven them apart? ************** Praise for The Identicals 'I read this one in a single sitting; it had me sucked in for the entire afternoon! If you are a fan of Hilderbrand and are looking for your next summer beach read, this one is a no-brainer. I think it's her best one yet!' - Clues and Reviews 'A compelling read' - New York Journal of Books 'I could hardly look away' - New York Times ************** Further praise for Elin Hilderbrand 'A gritty and moving read that oozes plenty of drama' - Heat 'A gem of a summer read with a glamorous location, elite lifestyle, and Hilderbrand's appealing take on the constant stress that fills the lives of women everywhere' - Booklist 'This book was a great read - you really care what happens to the characters. Perfect holiday reading. I didn't want to put it down' - Candis 'Touching and uplifting' - U Magazine _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Perfect Couple: Are they hiding the perfect lie? Elin Hilderbrand (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
19 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 480pp h235mm x w156mm x s35mm 624g none ISBN13: 9781473611269 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-1126-9 ISBN10: 1473611261 EAN: 9781473611269 x
Description: Friends and family can fill our lives with love . . . if they don't kill us first Every couple has their secrets . . . It's wedding season, and tensions are brewing. When one lavish wedding ends in disaster before it can even begin - with the maid of honour discovered dead in Nantucket Harbor just hours before the ceremony - everyone in the wedding party is suddenly a suspect. As Chief of Police Ed Kapenash digs into the best man, the bride, the groom's famous mystery novelist mother, and even a member of his own family, the chief discovers that every wedding is a minefield - and that no couple is perfect. ************ Praise for The Perfect Couple 'Sink into this book like a hot, scented bath . . . a delicious, relaxing pleasure. And a clever whodunit at the same time' - Kirkus 'Hilderbrand throws enough curveballs to keep readers guessing, but not too many, maintaining the breezy pace her novels are known for' - Booklist 'I always enjoy Elin's books' - 5-STAR reader review 'Super' - 5-STAR reader review ************ Praise for Elin Hilderbrand 'Queen of the summer novel' - People '[Elin Hilderbrand] signifies the start of summer to readers' - The Book Reporter 'Perfect holiday reading' - Candis 'The queen regent of the easy-breezy summer novel' - New York Post _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Strange Weather Joe Hill (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Gollancz
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
05 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 448pp h200mm x w139mm x s28mm 305g ISBN13: 9781473221192 ISBN13: 978-1-4732-2119-2 ISBN10: 1473221196 EAN: 9781473221192 x Description: Four short novels from the author of THE FIREMAN and HORNS, ranging from creepy horror to powerful explorations of our modern society. One autumnal day in Boulder, Colorado, the clouds open up in a downpour of nails, splinters of bright crystal that tear apart anyone who isn't safely under cover. 'Rain' explores this escalating apocalyptic event, as clouds of nails spread out across the country and the world. Amidst the chaos, a girl studying law enforcement takes it upon herself to resolve a series of almost trivial mysteries . . . apparently harmless puzzles that turn out to have lethal answers. In 'Loaded' a mall security guard heroically stops a mass shooting and becomes a hero to the modern gun movement. Under the hot glare of the spotlights, though, his story begins to unravel, taking his sanity with it... 'Snapshot, 1988' tells the story of an kid in Silicon Valley who finds himself threatened by The Phoenician, a tattooed thug who possesses a Polaroid that can steal memories...
And in 'Aloft' a young man takes to the skies to experience parachuting for the first time . . . and winds up a castaway on an impossibly solid cloud, a Prospero's island of roiling vapour that seems animated by a mind of its own. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mission Control Management: The principles of high performance and perfect decision making learned from leading at NASA Paul Sean Hill (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
04 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 304pp h235mm x w155mm x s23mm 400g ISBN13: 9781473668492 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6849-2 ISBN10: 1473668492 EAN: 9781473668492 x Description: Failure is always an option... For more than 50 years, NASA's Mission Control has been known for two things: perfect decision making in extreme situations and producing generations of steely-eyed missile men and women who continue that tradition. A key to that legacy of brilliant performance is a particular brand of leadership, especially at the working level in Mission Control. Take the ultimate insiders look at the leadership values and culture that created the best team on this planet. Paul Sean Hill was responsible for NASA's Mission Operations support for manned space flight from 2007-2011. In this candid book he shows that the secret to Mission Control's success has never been rocket science and that the real practice of perfect decision making can be applied to any organisation or team. By demonstrating how his Mission Control team nurtured a culture which has delivered impossible wins for decades, Hill provides a guide for all leaders to boost their company's performance at all levels. Whether failure means cost and schedule overruns, quality reduction, loss of market share, bankruptcy - or putting someone's life a risk, how we lead can determine whether even small mistakes are dealt with or are left to snowball out of control and destroy an enterprise. Discover how to take leadership from the Mission Control Room to your boardroom and beyond, and achieve this out-of-this-world leadership environment in your team. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Best Foot Forward Adam Hills (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
24 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 368pp h234mm x w153mm x s68mm 520g ISBN13: 9781473681323 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8132-3 ISBN10: 1473681324 EAN: 9781473681323 x Description: Adam Hills is one the UK's best-loved comedians. For thirty years he has been performing stand-up, hosting TV shows and winning the hearts of a nation. Best Foot Forward is an utterly hilarious and honest collection of stories about his ups and downs in the world of comedy. Taking us from the early days of the Sydney Stand Up scene to hosting his own radio show, touring the world and eventually landing on British TV. Along the way, Adam shares some childhood tales, a few backstage blunders and encounters some fairly famous faces - the likes of Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Connolly, and that guy who sang The Macarena. Yes, him. Overall, though it's a lesson in following your heart, being positive and discovering that what makes you different also makes you unique. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mind of a Survivor: What the wild has taught me about survival and success Megan Hine (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Coronet Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 272pp h198mm x w128mm x s24mm 200g ISBN13: 9781473649316 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-4931-6 ISBN10: 1473649315 EAN: 9781473649316 x Description: ***Shortlisted for the Great Outdoors Book of the Year*** Surviving in the wild takes a great deal of strength. Often faced with frozen tundra, sweltering deserts, humid jungles, perilous mountains and fastflowing rivers, Megan Hine is no stranger to perilous conditions. Whilst leading expeditions and bushcraft survival courses and in her work on television shows such as Bear Gryll's Mission Survive and Running Wild, she has explored the corners of the globe in pursuit of adventure. Faced with the toughest of conditions: bad weather; lack of food and being in the presence of predators, is the ultimate test of character and often the biggest challenge to overcome is in the head. In these situations, the human brain is simultaneously the greatest asset and biggest liability. Not everyone is suited to the great outdoors and when danger calls many aren't as well-equipped to survive, no amount of top of the range kit will save you if you don't have the right frame of mind. Here Megan Hine examines the human ability and instinct for survival, showing us how others have developed the attitudes and attributes to thrive in the most dangerous situations, and how those same attitudes and attributes help them confront problems and obstacles at work and at home. Being chased through the jungle by armed opium farm guards, abseiling past bears and lighting fires with tampons, Megan has seen and done it all. In Mind of a Survivor she takes you along for a series of life-and-death adventures and shows you what happens to people when they are pushed to their limits. Inspirational rather than instructional, Megan examines the human ability and instinct for survival sharing the life tools that she uses and showing how they can as easily be applied to more domestic everyday life - from careers to relationships, from overcoming adversity to decision making. Filled with her own experiences, Mind of a Survivor is packed full of adventure and can help people survive in any situation and cope with whatever life throws at them. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Boy Tami Hoag (Author) Series:
Broussard and Fourcade
Edition:
Imprint:
Trapeze
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
06 Dec 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 400pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781409169635 ISBN13: 978-1-4091-6963-5 ISBN10: 1409169634 EAN: 9781409169635 x Description: In THE BOY, Tami Hoag - the Sunday Times bestselling author of A THIN DARK LINE - returns with a gripping suspense thriller starring detectives Broussard and Fourcade. Mother, liar, murderer? In the sleepy Lousiana town of Bayou Breaux, a mother runs to her neighbour - bloody and hysterical. The police arrive to find Genevieve Gauthier cradling her seven-year-old son in her arms as he bleeds to death. Detective Nick Fourcade finds no evidence of a break-in. His partner Detective Annie Broussard is troubled by parts of Genevieve's story that don't make sense. Twenty four hours later teenager Nora Florette is reported missing. Local parents fear a maniac is preying on their children, and demand answers from the police. Fourcade and Broussard discover something shocking about Genevieve's past. She is both victim and the accused; a grieving mother and a woman with a deadly secret. Could she have something to do with the disappearance of teenager Nora Florette?
A unbearable loss or an unthinkable crime? Number One New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag keeps you guessing in her most gripping thriller yet. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes: The new novel from the author of The Keeper of Lost Things Ruth Hogan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Two Roads
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: English Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 352pp h216mm x w135mm x s30mm 472g ISBN13: 9781473668997 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6899-7 ISBN10: 1473668999 EAN: 9781473668997 x Description: Loved Ruth Hogan's The Keeper of Lost Things? Keep on reading... 'Warm and wise' Guardian 'A book to really love ... makes reading a joy' Stylist 'Will soften even the hardest of hearts' Red 'Subtle and poignant' Good Housekeeping 'Plenty of spirit and heart' Daily Mail 'An adorable heartfelt story' Prima 'Filled with hope and the power of friendship' Evening Standard 'A whimsical, wistful affair' Sunday Express 'A wrenching story of recovery' Metro Masha's life has stopped. Once a spirited, independent woman with a rebellious streak, her life has been forever changed by a tragic event twelve years ago. Unable to let go of her grief, she finds solace in the silent company of the souls of her local Victorian cemetery and at the town's lido, where she seeks refuge underwater - safe from the noise and the pain. But a chance encounter with two extraordinary women - the fabulous and wise Kitty Muriel, a convent girl-turned-magician's wife-turned-seventysomething-roller-disco-fanatic, and the mysterious Sally Red Shoes, a bag lady with a prodigious voice - opens up a new world of possibilities, and the chance to start living again. But just as Masha dares to imagine the future, the past comes roaring back ...
Like her bestselling debut, The Keeper of Lost Things, Ruth Hogan's second novel introduces a cast of wonderful characters, both ordinary and charmingly eccentric, who guide us through a moving exploration of the simple human connections that make life worth living.
Praise for The Keeper of Lost Things, a Richard & Judy Book Club pick 2017 Winner of the Richard & Judy Readers' Award 2017 'A gem' Huffington Post 'Exquisite' The Lady 'Delightful' Helen Simonson, author of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Get Started in Film Making: The Definitive Film Maker's Handbook Tom Holden (Author) Series:
Teach Yourself - General
Edition:
Imprint:
Teach Yourself Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
31 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 320pp h216mm x w135mm x s17mm 404g 25 b/w line drawings ISBN13: 9781473678538 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7853-8 ISBN10: 1473678536 EAN: 9781473678538
x Description: Get Started in Film Making is the essential guide for all budding film makers, empowering and inspiring anyone to unleash their creative side. Completely revised and updated, it is the perfect manual for smartphone Spielbergs, Go-Pro adrenaline junkies, drone-warriors, and wannabe vloggers. It covers every aspect of making films, showing you what's involved from start to finish. You won't get bogged down with technical jargon or confusing proprietary expressions. Instead it breaks things down into easy, step-by-step stages, emphasising that creativity, enthusiasm and drive are just as important as cool kit and funky editing apps. From scriptwriting, casting and cameras to lighting, financing, filming and editing, this is the most comprehensive, user-friendly guide on the market. So whether you're using a smart phone, a drone or a state of the art camera, get ready to step up from shooting clips to making films. ABOUT THE SERIES People have been learning with Teach Yourself since 1938. With a vast range of practical how-to guides covering language learning, lifestyle, hobbies, business, psychology, and self-help, there's a Teach Yourself book for everything you want to do. Join more than 60 million people who have reached their goals with Teach Yourself, and never stop learning. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Everless: Book 1 Sara Holland (Author) Series:
Everless
Edition:
Imprint:
Orchard Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
26 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w130mm x s26mm 300g ISBN13: 9781408349151 ISBN13: 978-1-4083-4915-1 ISBN10: 1408349159 EAN: 9781408349151 x Description: THE TOP TEN BESTSELLER
Time is a prison. She is the key. Packed with danger, temptation and desire - a perfect read for fans of The Red Queen. In the land of Sempera, the rich control everything - even time. Ever since the age of alchemy and sorcery, hours, days and years have been extracted from blood and bound to iron coins. The rich live for centuries; the poor bleed themselves dry. Jules and her father are behind on their rent and low on hours. To stop him from draining himself to clear their debts, Jules takes a job at Everless, the grand estate of the cruel Gerling family. There, Jules encounters danger and temptation in the guise of the Gerling heir, Roan, who is soon to be married. But the web of secrets at Everless stretches beyond her desire, and the truths Jules must uncover will change her life for ever ... and possibly the future of time itself. 'Sara Holland is a fierce storyteller. An intoxicating blend of blood, secrets, and haunting mythology, Everless gives new and terrifying meaning to the phrase running out of time.' Stephanie Garber, New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of Caraval _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Judas: How a Sister's Testimony Brought Down a Criminal Mastermind Astrid Holleeder (Author) Astrid Holleeder (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
09 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 416pp h233mm x w158mm x s32mm 536g ISBN13: 9781473685116 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8511-6 ISBN10: 1473685117 EAN: 9781473685116 x Description: Willem Holleeder is one of the most notorious criminals in contemporary history. Best known for his involvement in the 1983 kidnapping of Alfred Heineken, CEO and Chairman of Heineken, and his infamous 2006 trial in which he was convicted of extortion, money laundering and membership of a criminal organization, Willem Holleeder captured the attention of the world. What few knew was how Willem had terrorized, extorted and threatened his family for thirty years, just as his alcoholic father - an employee at Heineken - had dominated and mistreated the family for years. Children, sisters, women, in-laws and mother: no one escaped the despotic behaviour of father and son. But Willem's latest conviction is quickly becoming the trial of the century. Charged for his involvement in multiple assassinations, including that of his former partner and brother-in-law, Willem is finally being put on trial for murder, all due to the shocking and incriminating testimony of his own family. Having spent years as his unwilling consigliere, Willem's own sister Astrid is finally breaking her silence and going on the record. In this stunning memoir, Astrid finally reveals decades of familial manipulation and fear and her own thrilling experience working as a double cross, preserving enough trust to attain the information that would convict her brother for life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Quiet Girls Can Run the World: The beta woman's handbook to the modern workplace Rebecca Holman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Coronet Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 240pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781473656215 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5621-5 ISBN10: 1473656214 EAN: 9781473656215 x Description: What does success look like? 5AM conference calls and late nights in the office? Winning every argument in the office and always getting your own way? What does a successful woman look like? The shoulder-pad wearing Alpha? The dogmatist who rules with an iron fist? The reality is far more nuanced. Yet women are still reduced to Alpha boss, or the Beta secretary or assistant but when 47% of the workforce are reduced to two unhelpful stereotypes, how can you embrace your inner Beta and be a success on your own terms? It's an important question because the world is changing, fast. Successful companies need people who can lead with emotional intelligence, be flexible to new ideas and adapt their plans when required, leaving their ego at the door. The Beta woman's time is now. Beta celebrates the collaborators, the pragmatists, and the people who believe that being nice works and getting your own way isn't always the most important thing. It explores the unsung workforce of Beta women who are being great bosses, great leaders and are still living their own lives: having relationships, making time for friends, having families. Fully researched and rich with interviews, anecdotes and case studies, Beta will be a smart and entertaining read that really explores the role of women in the workplace today. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Forever Outnumbered: Tales of Our Family Life from Instagram's Father of Daughters Simon Hooper (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Coronet Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 352pp h223mm x w207mm x s31mm 488g ISBN13: 9781473670013 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7001-3 ISBN10: 1473670012 EAN: 9781473670013 x Description: 'This is the story of my journey into parenthood, from being a 24 year old man-child with no idea of what being a dad involved, to where I find myself today: the single male representative in a household of five women, or in other words, outnumbered. Our house is now known as "the place where silence came to die". It's also where you'll find carpets that are made up of 50% glitter and where there are more pink stuffed animals than at a colour-blind taxidermy specialists. But I wouldn't change a thing. These people are my life.' From uninitiated parents-to-be to those who know the ropes in families large or small, everyone will find something to relate to in Simon's hilarious and chaotic tales of his own home life. His observations of being a father have delighted his hundreds of thousands of followers on Instagram: before now dads are often the forgotten ones who carry the luggage, open stiff jars, take photos on holiday, fix broken bikes, go back to work, do the night feeds and make a mean beans on toast with melted cheese without so much as a pat on the back. All too often dads shrink into the background. But not in this book. Forever Outnumbered is an incredibly funny yet emotionally heartfelt ode to modern family life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Seven Days of Us: The Simon Mayo Radio 2 Book Club choice for Christmas Francesca Hornak (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Piatkus Books
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
18 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w126mm ISBN13: 9780349415611 ISBN13: 978-0-349-41561-1 ISBN10: 0349415617 EAN: 9780349415611 x Description: 'One of the best books of the year' Hello! The joyful, sharply observed and life-affirming Christmas story for fans of One Day. Also a Radio 2 Bookclub pick. It's Christmas and for one whole week the Birch family is gathering under one roof. Olivia, the eldest daughter, has returned from treating an epidemic abroad and must go into quarantine for seven days. Her mother says it's the perfect opportunity to spend some 'special time' together. Her younger sister wholeheartedly disagrees. Her father isn't allowed an opinion - but is determined to offer one anyway. When no one can leave the house, and no one can enter, seven days for the Birches feels like an eternity. Especially when they're all harbouring secrets. One of whom is about to come knocking at their door...
'LOVED it! Warm and humane, funny and sad, with a great, twisty plot, Seven Days of Us is absolute pleasure reading from beginning to end. Francesca Hornak is a true talent. Just gorgeous!' Marian Keyes 'I loved this comic drama . . . the plot is genius . . . and the results are hilarious and touching' Daily Mail 'Sharply observed by Hornak's satirical eye, this has "Working Title film deal" written all over it' Glamour 'Francesca Hornak is hilariously funny with characters that jump off the page, grab you, and just won't let go' Rosamund Lupton, bestselling author of Sister 'Expertly captures the joys and the tensions of spending any time with those who know you best. It thoroughly deserves to be this year's big Christmas hit' The i 'Absorbing, insightful and immensely enjoyable' Laura Barnett, bestselling author of The Versions of Us 'Compassionate, witty and wise' Saskia Sarginson, bestselling author of The Twins 'I LOVED Seven Days of Us. The story swallowed me up. It has all the makings of your classic rom-com, with characters that are both remarkable yet wonderfully relatable, thanks to Francesca Hornak's acutely observational storytelling. The family tension is all too real. Brilliant!' The Unmumsy Mum 'Gripping, powerfully emotional and life-affirming. I read it in one sitting!' Maeve Haran, bestselling author of Having it All 'Touching, funny, emotionally intelligent, Seven Days of Us is pure pleasure from beginning to end. It's stylishly written and totally engrossing. I really, really loved it' Adele Geras 'It's a cliche to say this book is a rollercoaster but the sun came up and the sun went down, people cried for help, and the bath overflowed, and I couldn't move, captivated by this extraordinary page-turner. The plot is compulsive and doesn't let up till the very last chapter. It has more twists and turns than Hampton Court Maze and yet Francesca Hornak guides one through it all with a confident hand until one puts it down, exhausted but exhilarated by such a rollicking good read. Terrific'Virginia Ironside 'An engrossing and funny study of a middle-class British family in crisis. I loved it!' Keith Stuart, bestselling author of A Boy Made of Blocks 'Witty and deeply heartfelt' Bestselling author Emily Griffin 'Hornak's wry, masterful portrayal of a family in crisis is filled with flawed and funny characters who will capture - and break - your heart' Fiona Davis, bestselling author of The Dollhouse 'Hornak's first novel is a farcical gem, perfect for fans of Matthew Norman and Emma Straub. Alternately tender and razor-sharp, Seven Days of Us will resonate with anyone who regresses the minute they step inside their childhood home' Booklist starred review _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Craig Revel Horwood's Ballroom Dancing: A Strictly Fantastic Step-by-Step Guide to Mastering All Your Favourite Dance Moves Craig Revel Horwood (Author) Series:
Teach Yourself - General
Edition:
Imprint:
Teach Yourself Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
27 Aug 2010
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 304pp h243mm x w189mm x s17mm 584g Over 40 line drawings and over 100 colour photographs ISBN13: 9781473689855 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8985-5 ISBN10: 1473689856 EAN: 9781473689855 x Description: Whether you're an absolute beginner or a Strictly Come Dancing wannabe, it's time to get up and dance Craig Revel Horwood's Ballroom Dancing gives you the confidence you need to take your first steps on the dancefloor. It even includes style tips from
the style guru, Len Goodman, to give you that professional look. Discover the history, foot positions, turns, and more, to all your favourite Strictly dances: * Waltz * Social foxtrot * Quickstep * Tango * Rumba * Samba * Cha cha cha * Jive Ballroom dancing is totally cool, funky, and fantastically rewarding. What better way to get fit than tangoing your tension away, and foxtrotting the fat off your thighs? Happy dancing. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Blamed Emily Hourican (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hachette Books Ireland
Publisher:
Hachette Books Ireland
Pub Date:
07 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Ireland Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h233mm x w157mm x s26mm 460g ISBN13: 9781473681095 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8109-5 ISBN10: 147368109X EAN: 9781473681095 x Description: The compelling, thought-provoking new novel from bestselling author Emily Hourican. It was the best summer of Anna's life. The summer she fell in love. The summer she found out who she was, and felt for the first time the great, magnetic pull of life, and knew she could have all of it. But she was wrong -- and has been keeping a painful secret ever since. Now, fifteen years later, Anna is struggling to get through to her troubled daughter -- named Jessie in memory of Anna's best friend. While once they were close, now Jessie keeps her mother at a distance, her every word and action a mystery. Though, sometimes, Anna wonders if Jessie can see right through her.
And when her daughter starts to ask questions about the past, and her namesake, Anna realises that the truth is threatening to escape and tip the delicate balance of their lives forever. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Doctor You: Revealing the science of self-healing Jeremy Howick (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Coronet Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
17 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 336pp h198mm x w138mm x s21mm 266g ISBN13: 9781473654228 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5422-8 ISBN10: 147365422X EAN: 9781473654228 x Description: 'Read this breakthrough book!' Deepak Chopra
Throw away your statins, painkillers and antidepressants and pick up this book to find out how you can harness the body's natural powers to heal itself. Doctor You contains the first hard scientific evidence to show that some so-called alternative or natural treatments are not only cheaper than industrially produced drugs and lacking the harmful side effects, they are also equally effective. Written using the latest, high quality, conventional evidence Doctor You arms you with knowledge that will empower you to make the right choices about what drugs to take, what drugs to give your children, and when you should let your body do its thing. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Digital Citizens: My Health and Wellness Ben Hubbard (Author) Series:
Digital Citizens
Edition:
Illustrated edition
Imprint:
Franklin Watts Ltd
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
08 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 32pp h232mm x w195mm x s14mm 276g ISBN13: 9781445158617 ISBN13: 978-1-4451-5861-7 ISBN10: 1445158612 EAN: 9781445158617 x Description: Learn how to be a good digital citizen with these innovative illustrated books Clever digital citizens understand that a healthy body means a healthy mind. To make the most of our time in the online world, we need to stay fit and well, and keep safe. This book will help young readers to find the right balance. The Internet can be a fun, creative, collaborative place to share, learn and experience the world and connect with all kinds of people. But being a good digital citizen comes with responsibilities and advisories. These books will help children aged 7+ navigate this sophisticated and ever-changing form of communication. Based on the ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) Nine Elements of Digital Citizenship Why not look for the other books in the series: My Digital Rights and Rules; My Digital Future; My Digital World; My Digital Safety and Security; My Digital Community and Media _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Swim Wild: Dive into the natural world and discover your inner adventurer Jack Hudson (Author) Calum Hudson (Author) Robbie Hudson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Yellow Kite
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
19 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 336pp h222mm x w142mm x s34mm 460g ISBN13: 9781473666429 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6642-9 ISBN10: 1473666422 EAN: 9781473666429 x Description: Brothers Jack, Calum and Robbie have been swimming together their whole lives, and have never lost the sense of wonder, excitement and relief that getting in open water brings. In this book, we learn about their swimming feats, from tackling the 145km River Eden to setting the world record for swimming in the Arctic. They take us through their preparation for these expeditions, including sourcing wild spots in the heart of sprawling cities in which to train. They document the challenges they encounter and the successes often achieved in the most unexpected ways. And with everything they've learned, they give tips for those wanting to take on their own aquatic foray, whether a beginner or a seasoned swimmer.This book will show people of all ages how they too can take part in open water swimming and reconnect with the natural world around them. Their experience will embolden readers to escape their status quo and build confidence and contentment by challenging themselves to try something new and reconsider their relationship with nature and the wild. At its core, this book will provide advice, reassurance and inspiration for anyone in search of something more joyful, peaceful and, ultimately, meaningful.
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You Bantering Me?: The life story of Love Island's biggest star Chris Hughes (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Coronet Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 224pp h234mm x w163mm x s12mm 334g ISBN13: 9781473679672 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7967-2 ISBN10: 1473679672 EAN: 9781473679672 x Description: Chris has gained a loyal following due to his combination of boyband worthy good looks, hilarious way with words, heart-warming moments of emotional vulnerability, his lovable bromance with fellow star Kem Cetinay (many called for the best friends to be crowned the winners rather than with their respective girlfriends) and his intense bond with pretend baby son Cash Hughes. This is his story of growing up on a farm in the country, of suffering from anxiety and panic attacks, of winning the hearts of the nation and finding love not just with a new girlfriend but a soul mate of a best friend. Chris's story will be combined with his unique take on the world. Scarlett Moffatt's Scarlett Says meets chart topping Charlotte Crosby meets lovable heartthrob Olly Murs. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Key: This summer's heartbreaking must-read Kathryn Hughes (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Headline Review
Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 448pp h196mm x w177mm x s29mm 310g ISBN13: 9781472248848 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-4884-8 ISBN10: 1472248848 EAN: 9781472248848 x Description: 'A heartbreakingly powerful read' The Sun on The Key 'You will be thinking of this book long after you've finished it' A reader on The Key A hidden note. A lost love. A second chance... From the #1 bestselling author of The Letter, Kathryn Hughes, comes The Key, an unforgettable story of a heartbreaking secret that will stay with you for ever. 'A wonderful, enthralling story; one that I didn't want to end' Lesley Pearse on The Key 1956 It's Ellen Crosby's first day as a student nurse at Ambergate Hospital. When she meets a young woman admitted by her father, little does Ellen know that a choice she will make is to change both their lives for ever... 2006 Sarah is drawn to the now abandoned Ambergate. Whilst exploring the old corridors she discovers a suitcase belonging to a female patient who entered Ambergate fifty years earlier. The shocking contents, untouched for half a century, will lead Sarah to unravel a forgotten story of tragedy and lost love, and the chance to make an old wrong right . . . 'Oh wow! This story broke my heart then filled it with joy then broke it all over again! I adored The Letter and The Secret but this I have to say was my favourite. Heartfelt and poignant an absolute joy' A reader on The Key
It's time to discover what a million readers already know. No one grips your heart like Kathryn Hughes . . . 'You will find it hard to put down. I cried buckets of tears reading it' 'A beautifully told, tragic tale . . . restoring your faith in the kindness of strangers and the strength of the human spirit' 'From start to finish, a lovely, sometimes heartbreaking read' 'A sheer joy to read . . . Wonderfully romantic with beautiful characters' 'I have finished this book with tears in my eyes but a smile on my face' 'I couldn't put it down. So beautifully written. I feel like I'm a better person for reading it' 'I cried with this book - it tugged at the heart all the way through' 'This must be one of the best books I have ever read' _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Country Michael Hughes (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
26 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h216mm x w135mm x s23mm 355g ISBN13: 9781473636538 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3653-8 ISBN10: 1473636531 EAN: 9781473636538 x Description: That was the start of it. A terrible business altogether. Oh, it was all kept off the news, for the sake of the talks and the ceasefire. But them that were around that part of the country remember every bit. Wait now till you hear the rest. Northern Ireland, 1996. After twenty-five years of conflict, the IRA and the British have agreed an uneasy ceasefire, as a first step towards lasting peace. But if decades of savage violence are leading only to smiles and handshakes, those on the ground in the border country will start to question what exactly they have been fighting for. When an IRA man's wife turns informer, he and his brother gather their old comrades for an assault on the local army base. But the squad's feared sniper suddenly refuses to fight, and the SAS are sent in to crush this rogue terror cell before it can wreck the fragile truce, and drag the whole region back to the darkest days of the Troubles. Inspired by the oldest war story of them all, this powerful new Irish novel explores the brutal glory of armed conflict, and the bitter tragedy of those on both sides who offer their lives to defend the honour of their country. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Adults Caroline Hulse (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
23 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 416pp h234mm x w157mm x s30mm 532g ISBN13: 9781409178309 ISBN13: 978-1-4091-7830-9 ISBN10: 1409178307 EAN: 9781409178309 x Description: The most hilarious debut you will read this year. ***** MEET THE ADULTS. Claire and Matt are divorced but decide what's best for their daughter Scarlett is to have a 'normal' family Christmas. They can't agree on whose idea it was, or who said they should bring their new partners. But someone did - and it's too late to pull the plug. Claire brings her new boyfriend Patrick, a seemingly eligible Iron-Man-in-Waiting. Matt brings the new love of his life Alex, funny, smart, and extremely patient. Scarlett, their daughter, brings her imaginary friend Posey. He's a rabbit. Together the five (or six?) of them grit their teeth over Organized Fun activities, drinking a little too much after bed-time, oversharing classified secrets about their pasts and, before you know it, their holiday is a powder keg that ends - where this story starts - with a tearful, frightened, call to the police... But what happened? They said they'd all be adults about this... ***** If you loved THE BREAK by Marian Keyes or raved about THE ROSIE PROJECT - look no further than THE ADULTS. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Phantom Leo Hunt (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Orchard Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
09 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 416pp h197mm x w134mm x s28mm 308g ISBN13: 9781408345030 ISBN13: 978-1-4083-4503-0 ISBN10: 140834503X EAN: 9781408345030 x Description: Tech in her veins. Anarchy in her blood. In the City, they have it all - sunlight, a corp job, a corpbloc home miles above the poisoned earth below. Four-hundred storeys down, in the darkness of the undercity slums, lives sixteen-year-old orphan Nova. Nova is a hacker. Aided by the program Phantom, she can sneak up to the City, leech what she needs and sink back down again, invisible as a ghost.But Nova has caught someone's eye, and that's Phantom-creator and legendary anti-corp hacker the Moth. Now the Moth has a job for Nova.
A job that will send her miles into the sky. To bring the City crashing down. *** An explosive futuristic fantasy from the author of Thirteen Days of Midnight, shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Award. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Where the Wild Winds Are: Walking Europe's Winds from the Pennines to Provence Nick Hunt (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 272pp h201mm x w131mm x s17mm 194g ISBN13: 9781473665750 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6575-0 ISBN10: 1473665752 EAN: 9781473665750 x Description: SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD A Financial Times Book of the Year A Spectator Book of the Year A Daily Telegraph Book of the Year 'Travel writing in excelsis' -Jan Morris, author of Venice 'A thrilling and gorgeous tale, packed with meteorological wonder' -Amy Liptrot, author of The Outrun Nick Hunt sets off on an unlikely quest: to follow four of Europe's winds across the continent... His wind-walks begin on Cross Fell, the highest point of the Pennines, as he chases the roaring Helm - the only named wind in Britain. In southern Europe he follows the Bora - a bitter northerly that blows from Trieste through Slovenia and down the Croatian coast. His hunt for the 'snow-eating' Foehn becomes a meandering journey of exhilaration and despair through the Alpine valleys of Switzerland, and his final walk traces an ancient pilgrims' path in the south of France on the trail of the Mistral - the 'wind of madness' which animated and tormented Vincent Van Gogh. These are journeys into wild wind, but also into wild landscapes and the people who inhabit them - a cast of meteorologists, storm chasers, mountain men, eccentric wind enthusiasts, sailors and shepherds. Soon Nick finds himself borne along by the very forces he is pursuing, through rain, blizzards, howling gales, and back through time itself. For, where the wild winds are, there are also myths and legends, history and hearsay, science and superstition - and occasionally remote mountain cabins packed with pickles, cured meats and homemade alcohol. Where the Wild Winds Are is a beautiful, unconventional travelogue that makes the invisible visible. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The After Wife Cass Hunter (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Trapeze
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781409172642 ISBN13: 978-1-4091-7264-2 ISBN10: 1409172643 EAN: 9781409172642 x Description: 'It was original, beautiful, moving and insanely addictive - I wept and I laughed and I will be recommending it to everyone I know.' Katie Marsh
"I saw you, and I knew instantly that I could grow old with you. We'd be future-proof." When Rachel and Aidan fell in love, they thought it was forever. She was a brilliant, high-flying scientist. He was her loving and supportive husband. Now she's gone, and Aidan must carry on and raise their daughter alone. But Rachel has left behind her life's work, a gift of love to see them through the dark days after her death. A gift called iRachel. The After Wife is an emotional story about love, loss, longing and belonging. For readers who loved The Time Traveller's Wife, Me Before You and The Lovely Bones. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Devil's Day: From the Costa winning and bestselling author of The Loney Andrew Michael Hurley (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
20 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781473619883 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-1988-3 ISBN10: 1473619882 EAN: 9781473619883 x Description: BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, FT, METRO AND MAIL ON SUNDAY 'The new master of menace' Sunday Times After the blizzard of a century ago, it was weeks before anyone got in or out. By that time, what had happened there, what the Devil had done, was already fable. Devil's Day is a day for children now, of course. A tradition it's easy to mock, from the outside. But it's important to remember why we do what we do. It's important to know what our grandfathers have passed down to us. Because it's hard to understand, if you're not from the valley, how this place is in your blood. That's why I came back, with Kat; it wasn't just because the Gaffer was dead. Though that year we may have let the Devil in after all . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Go Ask Fannie Farmer Elisabeth Hyde (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
19 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 304pp h232mm x w154mm x s23mm 392g ISBN13: 9781473679740 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7974-0 ISBN10: 1473679745 EAN: 9781473679740 x Description: Though the adult Blair siblings have agreed to keep things calm and amiable on a trip to stay with their elderly father, each arrives, in true Blair style, with a secret agenda. But plans are derailed when Lizzie, the youngest, turns up late with a burnt hand, impending criminal charges, and a damp family cookbook: Fannie Farmer's Boston Cooking School.
The now ruined cookbook is the last vestige of a more idyllic time, when there were four siblings, not three, a public family reputation to uphold, and a mother whose handwritten notes in the margins of the recipes are their last link to her after the accident years ago. But secrets will always out, especially amongst family: and this weekend, the Blair siblings will learn that there is more to their mother's story than they could have anticipated... Told in three parts, roving between then and now, Go Ask Fannie Farmer tells of the life and death of Lillian Blair, the over-bearing, bickering, but loving children who look for ways to connect with one another in her absence, and the inner lives we hide from our families. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Food: WTF Should I Eat?: The no-nonsense guide to achieving optimal weight and lifelong health Mark Hyman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Yellow Kite
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 400pp h216mm x w136mm x s34mm 420g N/A ISBN13: 9781473680500 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8050-0 ISBN10: 1473680506 EAN: 9781473680500 x Description: No 1 New York Times bestselling author Dr Mark Hyman sorts through the conflicting research on food to give us the truth on what we should be eating and why. Did you know that porridge isn't actually a healthy way to start the day? That milk doesn't build bones, and eggs aren't the devil? In WTF Should I eat? - Dr Hyman looks at every food group and explains what we've gotten wrong, revealing which foods nurture our health and which pose a threat. He also explains the crucial role food plays in functional medicine and how food systems and policies affect our environmental and personal health. With myth-busting insights, easy-to-understand science, and delicious, wholesome recipes in every chapter, WTF Should I Eat? is an invaluable resource for cooking, eating and living well. 'Dr Mark Hyman's WTF Should I Eat? offers a masterpiece of truth-telling, a subversive reproach to the industrial systems that threaten our very health - and how each of us can flourish by making better food choices. This could be the most useful book you will read.' - Daniel Goleman 'I find that many people are confused about what constitutes a healthy diet. Food: WTF Should I Eat? is an easy to follow guide to the foods that harm us and the foods that heal us. If you want to take all of the guesswork out of eating a real, whole foods diet, read this book! - Dr. Rangan Chatterjee _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Traitors: A True Story of Blood, Betrayal and Deceit Josh Ireland (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 336pp h196mm x w128mm x s24mm 240g ISBN13: 9781473620353 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-2035-3 ISBN10: 147362035X EAN: 9781473620353 x Description: 'An epic tale of love, dishonour, bravery, cowardice, betrayal and high-treason. Beautifully written. A stunning debut' Damien Lewis Playboy. Fascist. Strongman. Thief. Traitors.
John Amery is a drunk and a fanatic, an exiled playboy whose frail body is riven by contradictions. Harold Cole is a cynical, murderous conman who desperately wants to be seen as an officer and a gentleman. Eric Pleasants is an iron-willed former wrestler; he is also a pacifist, and will not be forced into fighting other men's battles. William Joyce can weave spells when he talks, but his true gifts are for rage and hate. By the end of the Second World War, they will all have betrayed their country. The Traitors is the story of how they came to do so. Drawing on declassified MI5 files, it is a book about chaotic lives in turbulent times; idealism twisted out of shape; of torn consciences and abandoned loyalties; and the tragic consequences that treachery brings in its wake. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Speak No Evil Uzodinma Iweala (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 224pp h234mm x w153mm x s16mm 296g ISBN13: 9780719523809 ISBN13: 978-0-7195-2380-9 ISBN10: 071952380X EAN: 9780719523809 x Description: 'Elegant and elegiac' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Guardian 'A writer of spectacular talent' Observer On the surface, Niru leads a charmed life. Raised by two attentive parents in Washington, DC, he's a top student and a track star at his prestigious private high school. Bound for Harvard, his prospects are bright. But Niru has a painful secret: he is queer - an abominable sin to his conservative Nigerian parents. No one knows except his best friend, Meredith - the one person who seems not to judge him. When his father accidentally finds out, the fallout is brutal and swift. Coping with troubles of her own, however, Meredith finds that she has little left emotionally to offer him. As the two friends struggle to reconcile their desires against the expectations and institutions that seek to define them, they find themselves speeding towards a future more violent and senseless than they can imagine. Neither will escape unscathed. Speak No Evil is a novel about the power of words and self-identification, about who gets to speak and who has the power to speak for other people. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
You Will Pay Lisa Jackson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Mulholland Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 416pp h196mm x w130mm x s32mm 280g ISBN13: 9781473638471 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3847-1 ISBN10: 147363847X EAN: 9781473638471 x Description: From the New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson, a novel of deadly secrets casting long shadows...perfect for fans of Karen Rose and Lisa Gardner. 'She is one of the best' Harlan Coben, No.1 New York Times bestselling author It starts as a prank - a way to blow off steam after a long summer at Camp Horseshoe. Monica O'Neal has it coming, and no one will really get hurt... Twenty years later, detective Lucas Dalton is investigating the discovery of human remains at the old campsite. Lucas worked there during the infamous summer when two girls went missing. That's why he's called five former counsellors back to town - including Bernadette Warden, the woman Lucas has never forgotten. Each one knows
something about that terrible night. And as they reunite, a new horror unfolds. First comes a simple, terrifying message: YOU WILL PAY Then, the dying starts 'Shiveringly good suspense!' Lisa Gardner on You Don't Want to Know Lisa Jackson is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than seventy-five novels. She has over twenty million copies of her books in print in nineteen languages. She lives with her family and three rambunctious dogs in the Pacific Northwest. mulhollandbooks.co.uk lisajackson.com Twitter @MulhollandUK @readlisajackson FB: /lisajacksonfans _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Liar, Liar Lisa Jackson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Mulholland Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
21 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 368pp h241mm x w162mm x s32mm 610g ISBN13: 9781473672222 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7222-2 ISBN10: 1473672228 EAN: 9781473672222 x Description: 'She is one of the best' Harlan Coben, No.1 New York Times bestselling author A woman jumps to her death. She looks a lot like washed up beauty queen Didi Storm, but her daughter is adamant: that's not her mother. To solve the mystery of who jumped - and why - Remmi Storm and cop Dani Settler have to go back to the start, to a deal conducted in the Las Vegas desert 22 years ago, which went terribly wrong... A fast-paced thriller for fans for Lisa Gardner and Karen Rose, with Lisa Jackson's trademark mix of dark secrets and stunning twists. 'Shiveringly good suspense!' Lisa Gardner on You Don't Want to Know Lisa Jackson is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than seventy-five novels. She has over twenty million copies of her books in print in nineteen languages. She lives with her family and three rambunctious dogs in the Pacific Northwest. mulhollandbooks.co.uk lisajackson.com Twitter @MulhollandUK @readlisajackson FB: /lisajacksonfans _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
One Kind Man Anna Jacobs (Author) Series:
Ellindale Series
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
14 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w149mm x s24mm 260g ISBN13: 9781473630871 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3087-1 ISBN10: 1473630878 EAN: 9781473630871 x Description: 1931, Lancashire: When Finn Carlisle loses his wife and unborn child, he spends a few years travelling to keep the sad memories at bay. Just as he's ready to settle down again, his great-uncle dies and leaves everything to him. This includes Heythorpe House in Ellindale just down the road from Leah Willcox and her little fizzy drink factory. Finn finds a village of people in dire need of jobs, a house that hasn't been cleaned or lived in for thirty years and Reggie, an eleven-year-old who's run away from the nearby orphanage and its brutal Director Buddle. When Finn sees the marks left by regular beatings, he decides Reggie will never go back there. But Buddle has other plans for the child, and will stop at nothing to get Reggie back in his cruel grasp. Finn's new neighbours help him save Reggie but other surprises throw his new plans into turmoil. *********** Praise for the Ellindale series 'One of the most lovely and heartwarming books I have ever read!' - 5 STARS - Between the Pages 'A book of family, love, friendship and loyalty' - 5 STARS - Stardust Book Reviews 'I was gripped from the very first word on the very first page and I wasn't released until the last word on the last page . . . When I finished I felt like I had been through an emotional wringer' - 5 STARS - Ginger Book Geek *********** What readers are saying about ONE KIND MAN 'Brilliant' - 5-STARS 'Loved it, can't wait for the next one' - 5-STARS 'Another excellent read from Anna Jacobs' - 5-STARS _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Broken Girls: The chilling suspense thriller that will have your heart in your mouth Simone St. James (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Wildfire
Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
27 Nov 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781472253651 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-5365-1 ISBN10: 1472253655 EAN: 9781472253651
x Description: THEY WON'T FORGIVE. THEY WON'T FORGET. 'Clever and wonderfully chilling. It held me hostage' - Fiona Barton, Sunday Times-bestselling author of The Widow and The Child 'Haunting and memorable . . . mesmerizing' - Karen Dionne, author of The Marsh King's Daughter 1950 - At the crumbling Idlewild Hall school for unwanted girls, four room-mates begin to bond over dark secrets and whispered fears - until one of them mysteriously disappears . . . 2014 - Journalist Fiona Sheridan can't get over the murder of her sister twenty years ago, near the ruins of Idlewild. And when another body is found during renovations of the school, she begins to uncover horrors that were meant to remain hidden - and a voice that won't be silenced. For fans of Lisa Jewell and S.K. Tremayne, The Broken Girls is a chilling story of murder, revenge, and secrets that refuse to stay buried . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Elemental: How the Periodic Table Can Now Explain (Nearly) Everything Tim James (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Robinson
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
05 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 224pp h234mm x w157mm x s17mm 300g Line drawings ISBN13: 9781472140944 ISBN13: 978-1-4721-4094-4 ISBN10: 147214094X EAN: 9781472140944 x Description: The Universe came into being 13.8 billion years ago. At this point, all of existence could be summed up as an endless soup of particles frothing at temperatures many times hotter than the Sun. It was chaos. Fortunately, as the Universe expanded, everything began to cool and the particles stabilised. It was around this time, as disorder gave way to order, that the elements were born. Fast forward to June 2016 and the periodic table of elements was finally completed with the discovery and addition of four new elements. At last we could identify all the ingredients necessary to make a world. But it doesn't stop there. Human ingenuity knows no bounds; we have even begun to invent our own elements and have created an entire science devoted to their study: chemistry. When it comes to chemistry, Tim James knows his stuff. In Elemental he tells the story of the periodic table from its ancient Greek roots, when you could count the number of elements humans were aware of on one hand, to the modern alchemists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, who have used nuclear chemistry and physics to generate new elements and complete the periodic table. In addition to this, James answers questions such as: What is the chemical symbol for a human? What would happen if all of the elements were mixed together? How many bananas can you stand next to before you die of radiation sickness? Which liquid can teleport through walls? Why is the medieval dream of transmuting lead into gold now a reality? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Forbidden Place Susanne Jansson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Mulholland Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
20 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781473668553 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6855-3 ISBN10: 1473668557 EAN: 9781473668553 x Description: A young woman returns to the place she grew up, the village on the edge of the mire. Something seems to be driving her there - perhaps a last chance to confront the terrible tragedy of her childhood. But her arrival coincides with an attack on a young man she has feelings for, a grave is dug in the mire which vanishes a day later, and then the bodies start surfacing. Is the mire calling out for sacrifices, or is it an all-too human evil? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In Pursuit of Memory: The Fight Against Alzheimer's: Shortlisted for the Royal Society Prize Joseph Jebelli (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
25 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 336pp h214mm x w134mm x s28mm 340g ISBN13: 9781473635760 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3576-0 ISBN10: 1473635764 EAN: 9781473635760 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Be More Confident: Banish self-doubt, be more confident and stand out from the crowd Paul Jenner (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Teach Yourself Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
01 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w128mm x s18mm 240g ISBN13: 9781473654266 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5426-6 ISBN10: 1473654262 EAN: 9781473654266 x Description: Self-confidence is a crucial ingredient in your personal skill-set; whether you need to demonstrate your aptitude at work or feel calmer and less anxious in social situations, being able to express yourself with confidence and appear at ease is well within your reach. Be More Confident brings the social networking strategies of the business and professional world to your personal life, helping you to overcome shyness, win friends and make an impact in every social situation. It uses proven techniques, interactive tools, case studies and motivational advice to help you communicate better, and relate to others in a natural way. If you've always been a little shy, it will give you practical help on everything from body language to great conversation openers. Covering work, home, relationships, social media and every other area of your daily routine, this practical, outcome-focused book will help you you feel better not only about yourself, but about the way in which you talk to people, make friends, and make an impression.
ABOUT THE SERIES People have been learning with Teach Yourself since 1938. With a vast range of practical, how-to guides covering language learning, lifestyle, hobbies, business, psychology and self-help, there's a Teach Yourself book for whatever you want to do. Join more than 60 million people who have reached their goals with Teach Yourself, and never stop learning. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Beat Your Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) in 7 Simple Steps: Practical ways to approach, manage and beat your IBS problem Paul Jenner (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Teach Yourself Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
01 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 256pp h216mm x w135mm x s14mm 325g ISBN13: 9781473654334 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5433-4 ISBN10: 1473654335 EAN: 9781473654334 x Description: This reassuring, practical and transformative guide is essential reading If you suffer from, or think you might be suffering from, IBS, an uncomfortable condition which can feel like it's running your life. This book will help you regain control. Beat Your Irritable Bowel Syndrome explains all the worthwhile therapies, helps you identify which one to try, and shows how to work with your doctor on defeating this distressing condition. It works through all the areas of your lifestyle which might be contributing, including diet and stress management, as well as making sure you have the right clinical support. It will give you strategies for immediate relief, along with showing how the latest research findings can offer long-term solutions, and explains the benefits of both well-known and less well-known therapies, including: - Exercise - Relaxation and hypnotherapy - Understanding the importance of balance in the gut. Change your life by picking up this book and making a plan to beat IBS. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Codename Villanelle: The basis for Killing Eve, now a major BBC TV series Luke Jennings (Author) Series:
Killing Eve series
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
31 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 224pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781473666412 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6641-2 ISBN10: 1473666414 EAN: 9781473666412 x Description: The basis for KILLING EVE, now a major BBC TV series, starring Sandra Oh, written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge 'Gloriously exciting' Metro She is the perfect assassin. A Russian orphan, saved from the death penalty for the brutal revenge she took on her gangster father's killers. Ruthlessly trained. Given a new life. New names, new faces - whichever fits.
Her paymasters call themselves The Twelve. But she knows nothing of them. Konstantin is the man who saved her, and the one she answers to. She is Villanelle. Without conscience. Without guilt. Without weakness. Eve Polastri is the woman who hunts her. MI5, until one error of judgment costs her everything. Then stopping a ruthless assassin becomes more than her job. It becomes personal. Originally published as ebook singles: Codename Villanelle, Hollowpoint, Shanghai and Odessa. Villanelle: No Tomorrow is available for pre-order now! Praise for Killing Eve TV series 'A dazzling thriller . . . mightily entertaining' Guardian 'Entertaining, clever and darkly comic' New York Times _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Shakespeare: The Riddle of Genius Boris Johnson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
27 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 408pp h240mm x w156mm 2 x 8 page colour insets ISBN13: 9781473625785 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-2578-5 ISBN10: 1473625785 EAN: 9781473625785 x Description: Shakespeare is the true British icon - he is still the most performed, the most translated, the most venerated playwright in history, and a man whose reputation, if anything, is in the ascendant. No one has resolved so many truths about the human heart, or so brilliantly debated our psychological and political predicaments. No author has ever produced such astonishing female characters, perfected comic language so dazzlingly, or taught us as much about politics as William Shakespeare. Boris Johnson explains Shakespeare's genius in a simple and readable way; in a way that gets to grips with what is really going on, what the characters are up to, what the point of it all is; and in a way that sets the man simply and intelligibly in the context of his time. He explores not only the origin of Shakespeare's genius, but also the nature of his genius. If Shakespeare is the greatest ever, then of what exactly does his greatness consist? 'What makes Shakespeare Shakespeare? That, as the man once said, is the question.' _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Red River Girl: The Life and Death of Tina Fontaine Joanna Jolly (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Virago Press Ltd
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
30 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 336pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780349010984 ISBN13: 978-0-349-01098-4 ISBN10: 0349010986 EAN: 9780349010984 x Description: Red River Girl is the gripping, eye-opening true story of a murder which riveted Canada and became a rallying cry for justice, by awardwinning reporter Joanna Jolly. On August 17, 2014, the body of fifteen-year old runaway Tina Fontaine was found in Winnipeg's Red River. A tragedy for Tina's family and community on the Sagkeeng First Nation Reserve, her murder also became a symbol for the racial and gender discrimination which Canada has never properly
addressed. Indigenous women in Canada are four times as likely to be murdered or go missing than other Canadian women, and these cases are often left unsolved. But the unusual police detective in charge of Fontaine's case was determined to find her killer. Joanna Jolly chronicles Fontaine's troubled life, from her childhood with her father and great-aunt on the reserve, to her harrowing descent into drug abuse, sexual exploitation, and death. And Jolly tells the incredible story of the meticulous police investigation and headline-grabbing trial that followed the discovery of her body. Tina Fontaine is not just a statistic. And Red River Girl is not only a riveting true crime story, but a portrait of a community, an expose of inequality in a country we think of as a liberal haven, and a celebration of the indigenous women, community leaders and activists who are fighting back. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Four Andy Jones (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
26 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 288pp h235mm x w176mm x s21mm 372g ISBN13: 9781473680418 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8041-8 ISBN10: 1473680417 EAN: 9781473680418 x Description: One weekend towards the end of summer, charged on drink and lust and love and disappointment, two couples exchange partners for a single night. But the repercussions will last a great deal longer. Told from the perspectives of all four characters, FOUR is a book about love, secrets, friendship and fidelity. A story full of dilemmas, deceits and twists that will keep you guessing until the final page. ************** Praise for Andy Jones 'Touching, funny, and real' - Jane Costello on THE TWO OF US 'I'm always wary about comparing books but, just this once, I'm going to make an exception because for me this is one of those few novels that deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as ONE DAY. It has everything you could want from a romcom and then some' - The Sun on THE TROUBLE WITH HENRY AND ZOE _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Game Theory: A John Murray Original Thomas Jones (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
JM Originals
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
19 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h216mm x w135mm x s24mm 356g ISBN13: 9781473679610 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7961-0 ISBN10: 1473679613 EAN: 9781473679610 x Description: Clare's mind strayed back once again to that weekend in August at Henry's house. Perhaps nothing would have happened if they hadn't played croquet on the Saturday after-noon. Fucking croquet. Alex and Clare have gone to spend the weekend at Henry and Victoria's house in the Kent countryside. Clare and Alex have been a couple for ten years, but little of whatever brought them together is left in their marriage. Henry's a friend from the old days, but it isn't clear how much they still have in common, while Vic doesn't much care for their guests; especially not Alex, who suddenly finds he can't keep his eyes off her. The weekend seems unlikely to end well. The consequences unspool over the years that follow. As their lives disentangle from and re-entwine with each other, they pass through most of the
hoops that life stakes out for them, if not always in the right order, or the right direction - a little older, not much wiser, and as unready as ever for the next round. Game Theory is a comedy about friendship, sex and parenting, and about the games people play. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Get Fit, Get Happy: A new approach to exercise that's fun and helps you feel great Harry Judd (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Coronet Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
14 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 256pp h228mm x w169mm x s22mm 640g ISBN13: 9781473686045 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8604-5 ISBN10: 1473686040 EAN: 9781473686045 x Description: Get Fit, Get Happy isn't about just transforming the way you look. It's about transforming the way you feel. Harry Judd is a member of the hugely successful bands McFly and McBusted who have headlined Hyde Park, notched up 19 hit singles - of which 7 went to number one - and 2 number-one albums. He is a much-loved former Strictly Come Dancing champion and has been crowned the nation's favourite ever winner of the show. And yet in spite of this success, there have been times when Harry has been prone to anxiety and other mental health issues. He's not alone. Today, anxiety, depression and other mental health problems affect more of us than ever before and we are all looking for ways to adapt, cope and survive the pressures of daily life. The one thing that Harry has turned to time and time again to redress the balance in his life is fitness. Now, using a combination of exercise and dance, Harry makes the mood-boosting benefits of fitness accessible for everyone. Young or old, male or female, small or large, tall, short, thin, fat or somewhere in the middle: anyone will be inspired by Get Fit, Get Happy. Without any need for expensive kit or lots of time, Harry's approach is fun, fast, free. Part memoir in which Harry tells the life lessons that he has learned, and part richly researched fitness plan to get you feeling more positive, Get Fit, Get Happy is a fitness revolution to help people find a little more happiness in their lives. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Back-Up Plan Alice Judge-Talbot (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Coronet Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
28 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 256pp h241mm x w162mm x s24mm 466g ISBN13: 9781473689602 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8960-2 ISBN10: 1473689600 EAN: 9781473689602 x Description: At 27 years old, I found myself with a broken down marriage and two children under two to raise on my own. I had no other option than to survive. Nah, scratch that, I needed to thrive. But where would I begin? I wasn't sure if I knew how to live alone, let alone how to boss it solo with a couple of kids in tow. It's been a hell of a journey signposted with dating fails, money worries and ex-husband woes, but when was a Back-up Plan ever straightforward? This book is the one I needed to read in the lonely 3am darkness of an unfixable marriage, lying next to a man I was sure I didn't want to be tied to
anymore but whom I was too scared to leave. This book is the one I needed to read when I picked up my first packet of anti-depressants and read Elizabeth Wurtzel's Prozac Nation to feel off-thecuff and cool (but just felt more depressed). This book is the one I needed to read in the infinitely long days that stretched ahead of me alone with two infants, minimal sleep and no hope. This book is the one I needed to read when shamefully I carted my two toddlers to Boots to pick up my very first Morning After Pill after my very first One Night Stand. This book is the I needed to read when my world was about to fall apart. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
All The Queen's Corgis: Corgis, dorgis and gundogs: The story of Elizabeth II and her most faithful companions Penny Junor (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
30 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 224pp h204mm x w132mm ISBN13: 9781473686748 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8674-8 ISBN10: 1473686741 EAN: 9781473686748 x Description: All The Queen's Corgis is a look at all the dogs our Sovereign has owned during the course of her life, their individual personalities, quirks and eccentricities and the special relationship she has had with them. This fun and affectionate book complete with wonderful photographs tells the stories of the Queen's closest companions over the years, her beloved corgis, dorgis and gundogs. From the people they have bitten over the years to the scrapes they have been involved in, All The Queen's Corgis will tell you how they live, what they eat, who prepares their food and who gives it to them how they are trained, where they are walked and where they are buried after their deaths. A book for dog-lovers everywhere on what really makes our much-loved and longest reigning monarch truly light up. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ring Of Clay Margaret Kaine (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 343g ISBN13: 9781473678613 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7861-3 ISBN10: 1473678617 EAN: 9781473678613 x Description: **Winner of the Romantic Novelists' Association New Writer's Award and the Society of Authors' Sagittarius Prize** Is honesty always the best policy? Despite an early life marked by tragedy and hardship, Beth Sherwin dreams of staying on at school and even going to university - a heady ambition for a Potteries girl in 1956. Then a brutal encounter leaves her pregnant at seventeen. Unwilling to break her widowed mother's heart, Beth bears her secret alone and gives up her baby daughter for adoption.
It seems her desperate gamble has succeeded. She finishes school, takes on a challenging job and meets Michael, charming eldest son of the wealthy Rushton family. But when he asks her to marry him, Beth faces a dilemma. Does she dare tell Michael her secret, and risk losing him for ever? And even if he stands by her, can she bear the certainty that the brutal monster who fathered her child will be at her wedding? *********** Praise for Ring of Clay 'The story is a gripping "rags to riches" tale which will leave readers hooked from the beginning' Staffordshire Life 'My reader was enthralled' The Bookseller 'Kaine has a gift for storytelling' Woman's Way _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Rosemary Margaret Kaine (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 496pp h198mm x w129mm x s30mm 407g ISBN13: 9781473678620 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7862-0 ISBN10: 1473678625 EAN: 9781473678620 x Description: One girl's loneliness. One woman's emptiness. One phone call that will change both their lives forever. When her mother dies in a tragic accident, Rosemary thinks life couldn't get any worse. Penniless and alone, she is betrayed by the one man she thought she could trust. Then her whole world changes when she finds out that she's adopted. Beth has spent a lifetime regretting giving up her only daughter. Surrounded by the riches of the Rushtons, she's determined that one day she'll find the child she lost and reunite her with her true family. And when that vital first connection is made, neither of their lives will ever be the same again . . . ************** Praise for Rosemary 'If your heart doesn't bear a little faster whilst reading this, regardless of whether romantic novels are your thing or not, then you just couldn't be human' Irish World 'It's an absorbing read, so well crafted that your heart will beat just a little faster as you're drawn into the riveting battle between heartbreak and hope' Daily Record _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Girl Of Her Time Margaret Kaine (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 560pp h198mm x w129mm x s34mm 459g ISBN13: 9781473678637 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7863-7 ISBN10: 1473678633 EAN: 9781473678637 x Description: Love was supposed to be easy . . . Vibrant Maureen Matthews has always dreamt of a life beyond the Potteries. Then, just like a scene from one of her beloved movies, she meets handsome, charming Trevor Mountford. He seems to be everything Maureen ever hoped for and when he asks her to marry him, she has no hesitation in saying yes. But married life isn't what Maureen thought it would be, and she starts to question both her life and her love. Then she meets Greg. He's completely different from what she thought she wanted - but could he be everything she's ever needed? *********** Praise for A Girl Of Her Time 'Ms Kaine's refreshingly simple prose is perfect' Ireland on Sunday 'Highly engaging' Irish Independent _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Friends and Families Margaret Kaine (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 464pp h198mm x w129mm x s28mm 382g ISBN13: 9781473678644 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7864-4 ISBN10: 1473678641 EAN: 9781473678644 x Description: Two girls on different sides of the class divide, living on one street As a child, fiery and ambitious Josie Ford sees from a distance the affluent lifestyle of young Georgina Hawkins, and is filled with envy. But Georgina is lonely, and longs to experience the warmth of working-class family life. Beneath the shadow of Georgina's domineering father, the two girls meet in secret. From this forbidden friendship grows a bond so strong nothing can break it. And then the men enter their lives. Josie falls unwillingly in love with Nick: as a market trader, surely he can't offer her the lifestyle she now craves? Georgina, an incurable romantic, falls in love with the first man she meets, but the mysterious Dominic breaks her heart. And now both girls need their friendship more than they ever have before. *********** Praise for Friends and Families
'The story pulls you in and doesn't let you go till the end, a sign of how much warmth this book holds' Kilkenny People 'The author brings to life with great skill the emotions of young girls growing up in the 1950s. . . This is a compelling love story, set firmly in the Potteries, and Margaret Kaine moves with ease between the two different worlds. . . It's a feel-good book' Historical Novel Society _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Roses For Rebecca Margaret Kaine (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 480pp h198mm x w129mm x s29mm 395g ISBN13: 9781473678651 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7865-1 ISBN10: 147367865X EAN: 9781473678651 x Description: A missing love. An unexpected baby. A huge decision. Orphaned and homeless, Rebecca Lawson, is forced to return to London to live and work with her aunt and uncle at their pub in the East End. Then one fateful day, Ian Beresford walks into the bar and eighteen-year-old Rebecca, longing for security and a home of her own, falls deeply in love. But Ian disappears and Rebecca discovers to her horror that she's pregnant. Frantic with worry, she travels to his family home in Stoke-on-Trent to find him. But awaiting her is the shocking news of an appalling tragedy. Will Rebecca keep her baby, and finally find the happiness she's been seeking? *********** Praise for Roses For Rebecca 'A sensitive and well crafted portrayal of a young, unmarried girl . . . How true to life it seemed' Historical Novels Association 'A touching and genuinely moving novel with a cast of brilliant characters' Maureen Lee '[Kaine] has a real gift for characterisation and for making the various people who bring her tales to vivid life totally believable' Leicester Mercury _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ribbon of Moonlight Margaret Kaine (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm x s23mm 318g ISBN13: 9781473678668 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7866-8 ISBN10: 1473678668 EAN: 9781473678668 x Description: Sometimes the past is our future . . .
When her beloved grandfather dies in 1958, Polly Merton is forced to share her home with a woman she scarcely knows: the mother who abandoned her. Sadie Merton, glamorous and selfish, has her own set of morals and Polly is appalled by her scandalous lifestyle. Ashamed and resentful, she takes refuge in her friends and her college studies. Then Polly's love of France takes her to Paris - and after a chance encounter there, her life will never be the same again . . . ********* Praise for Ribbon of Moonlight 'A complex, satisfying read' Leicester Mercury 'The spirit of a new age is beautifully captured' Choice Magazine 'Written with charm, sensitivity and heart, Ribbon of Moonlight is full of family strife, illicit passion, devastating secrets and class conflict' SingleTitles.com _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Death of Truth Michiko Kakutani (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
William Collins
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
26 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 208pp h184mm x w117mm x s19mm 190g ISBN13: 9780008312787 ISBN13: 978-0-00-831278-7 ISBN10: 0008312788 EAN: 9780008312787 x Description: From a Pulitzer Prize-winning critic comes an impassioned critique of the West's retreat from reason.
`The Death of Truth is destined to become the defining treatise of our age' David Grann
`The first great book of the Trump administration ... essential reading' Rolling Stone
We live in a time when the very idea of objective truth is mocked and discounted by the US President. Discredited conspiracy theories and ideologies have resurfaced, proven science is once more up for debate, and Russian propaganda floods our screens. The wisdom of the crowd has usurped research and expertise, and we are each left clinging to the beliefs that best confirm our biases.
How did truth become an endangered species? This decline began decades ago, and in The Death of Truth, former New York Times critic Michiko Kakutani takes a penetrating look at the cultural forces that contributed to this gathering storm. In social media and literature, television, academia, and political campaigns, Kakutani identifies the trends - originating on both the right and the left - that have combined to elevate subjectivity over factuality, science, and common values. And she returns us to the words of the great critics of authoritarianism, writers like George Orwell and Hannah Arendt, whose work is newly and eerily relevant.
With remarkable erudition and insight, Kakutani offers a provocative diagnosis of our current condition and presents a path forward for our truthchallenged times.
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Spaceman of Bohemia: SHORTLISTED FOR THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD FOR SCIENCE FICTION Jaroslav Kalfar (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sceptre
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 288pp h200mm x w162mm x s20mm 234g ISBN13: 9781473639997 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3999-7 ISBN10: 1473639999 EAN: 9781473639997 x Description: 'An incredible experience... I can honestly say I loved every page. Every sentence. Spaceman of Bohemia is unforgettable: a work of breathtaking scope and heart, and a reflection of humanity that's raw and strange and profound and true.' Lisa McInerney, Baileys-Prize-winning author of The Glorious Heresies Set in the near-distant future, Spaceman follows a Czech astronaut as he launches into space to investigate a mysterious dust cloud covering Venus, a suicide mission sponsored by a proud nation. Suddenly a world celebrity, Jakub's marriage starts to fail as the weeks go by, and his sanity comes into question. After his mission is derailed he must make a violent decision that will force him to come to terms with his family's dark political past. An extraordinary vision of the endless human capacity to persist-and risk everything-in the name of love and home, by a startlingly talented young debut novelist. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Earth Storm: The new novel from the Swedish crime-writing phenomenon Mons Kallentoft (Author) Series:
Malin Fors
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
25 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Language: English Translated From: Swedish Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 336pp h230mm x w152mm x s24mm 440g None ISBN13: 9781444776416 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-7641-6 ISBN10: 144477641X EAN: 9781444776416 x Description: From the internationally bestselling author Mons Kallentoft comes a dark and thrilling new Mali Fors mystery. If you love Jo Nesbo and Samuel Bjork, you'll love Mons Kallentoft. Praise for the Malin Fors series: 'One of the best-realised female heroines I've read by a male writer.' Guardian 'Kallentoft's books have been called beautiful, exquisite and original. I can see why.' Literary Review 'This is a worthy successor to Larsson's Millennium trilogy.' Booklist Starred Review In the early hours of the morning, the naked body of a young man is discovered in a ditch next to Gota Kanal. The cause of death is mysterious; the body bears no visible traces of violence. The man is soon identified as Peder Akerlund, a former Swedish politician, excluded from his party for racism but since reformed. Then sixteen-yearold Nadja Lundin is reported missing, possibly abducted, the same evening, and there are signs that suggest the two cases might be connected.
But what do the victims have in common? And why were they chosen? Gradually, Malin Fors realises that they are dealing with someone who is playing a game with them, who speaks through murders and who will not be silenced. What is he or she trying to say? Desperate to fine Nadja alive, the team race against the clock to find an answer before it's too late... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
God Is Stranger: Foreword by Justin Welby Krish Kandiah (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 352pp h196mm x w128mm x s26mm 240g ISBN13: 9781473648913 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-4891-3 ISBN10: 1473648912 EAN: 9781473648913 x Description: What happens when God turns up? 'Has God become as familiar and forgettable as a fridge magnet? That's the danger Krish Kandiah faces up to in this wonderfully readable and very challenging book. Bible stories come to life as Krish tells them afresh, richly illustrated with personal experience and social relevance, and in each case the living God turns up - strange, dangerous, and, like Aslan, not safe but good.' CHRIS WRIGHT, LANGHAM PARTNERSHIP In an age of social and political uncertainty, Krish Kandiah turns to less familiar and more uncomfortable parts of the Bible to discover the true character of God - but be warned: he may be stranger than you think. Building on the challenges he explored in PARADOXOLOGY, Krish strips us of our comfortable assumptions and invites us to look afresh at God's character. When Abraham welcomes three men for dinner, he ends up pleading for the life of a city. When Jacob meets God by the river, they end up in a fight. And when two forlorn disciples meet a stranger on the road, their lives are turned upside down. GOD IS STRANGER challenges us to lay down our expectations of God and delight in the power that is proven by his very strangeness. 'Be warned: this book could seriously affect your view of yourself, of the world and of God - I highly recommend it to you!' PAULA GOODER, BIBLE SOCIETY 'An important and timely book from someone who lives out its message.' PETE GREIG, 24-7 PRAYER INTERNATIONAL _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Faitheism: Why Christians and Atheists have more in common than you think Krish Kandiah (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
10 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 272pp h236mm x w156mm x s21mm 354g ISBN13: 9781473648944 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-4894-4 ISBN10: 1473648947 EAN: 9781473648944 x Description: Over the past decade the Religion vs. Atheism debate has generated a lot more heat than light. With passionate advocates on both sides, it is possible we have lost sight of the real people and problems behind the controversies and conflicts. Where does the truth lie? In Faitheism Krish Kandiah asks us to take a long hard look at ourselves - and a more understanding look at each other. Written for both committed Christians and committed Atheists and everyone in between, this accessible and practical book can help all of us find a way to talk about the things that really matter to us in ways that encourage empathy, mutual understanding and respect and yet that don't shy away from
tackling the hard topics. The ideas in this book can transform our relationships, our workplaces and our nation as it lays down a path for a genuinely more inclusive, hospitable and understanding society. Krish contends that whether you are a Christian, an Atheist or somewhere in between, we can all grow in our own beliefs and understand each other better. In this challenging exploration of the myths about Christianity and Atheism, time and again we will find the evidence shows that the truth on the ground is not what one might expect - and the potential for genuine understanding is far greater than the antagonists on either side would have you believe. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins Garry Kasparov (Author) Mig Greengard (Contributions by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 213g ISBN13: 9781473653511 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5351-1 ISBN10: 1473653517 EAN: 9781473653511 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Should You Ask Me Marianne Kavanagh (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
31 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 288pp h198mm x w138mm x s18mm 234g ISBN13: 9781473639362 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3936-2 ISBN10: 1473639360 EAN: 9781473639362 x Description: 'So much period atmosphere, you can practically hear the air-raid sirens.' Daily Mail [An] ingenious page-turner' The Lady 'A delight' Guinevere Glasfurd 'I've come about the bodies. I know who they are.' Mary is eighty-six years old, and she's tired of being quiet. She has a story to tell, and she's only going to tell it once, so she won't be rushed. Especially as it's not just a story, it's a confession. Because Mary has a dark secret, buried decades before. And while William, the nice young constable, might think she just wants someone to talk to, everything she says forces him to confront his own difficult past. A unique and poignant novel about passion, regret and heartbreak, set during one of the most tumultuous periods of modern British history. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Prodigal Prophet: Jonah and the Mystery of God's Mercy Timothy Keller (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
01 Nov 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 160pp h204mm x w132mm ISBN13: 9781473690509 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-9050-9 ISBN10: 1473690501 EAN: 9781473690509 x Description: Most people, even those who are nonreligious, are familiar with the book of Jonah: a rebellious prophet defies God and is swallowed by a whale. Less familiar to most people is the second half of this Biblical story--what happens after Jonah is released from the belly of the fish. Yet it is in this second half of the story that one of the most powerful and important lessons of the Bible is hidden. The famous story shows how, if we would understand the mercy of God, it will always take us in directions we would rather not go, toward people we would rather not care about, and ultimately into the deepest counsels of God. In a time of growing division, The Prodigal Prophet shows us God's love among people, and how Christians must listen to God's call even when it takes them to uncomfortable places. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Measure of Darkness Jonathan Kellerman (Author) Jesse Kellerman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Headline Book Publishing Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
28 Aug 2018
Forthcoming
Publishing Status:
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h233mm x w158mm x s27mm 456g ISBN13: 9781472238443 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-3844-3 ISBN10: 1472238443 EAN: 9781472238443 x Description: The fantastic follow-up to CRIME SCENE by masters of the psychological thriller genre Jonathan and Jesse Kellerman. A MEASURE OF DARKNESS features deputy coroner Clay Edison in another gripping case . . . Clay Edison gets the call in the middle of the night and it's a bad one. A party in Oakland, feuding neighbours, a wild crowd in the street. Two guns, firing at random, spreading chaos and death. Nobody knows the body count yet. It's going to be a long night for Clay - longer than he ever could have imagined. Because when the dust settles, there's a victim who can't be accounted for. A young woman, strangled instead of shot, without ID and a stranger to all. Clay's journey to give her a name and bring her justice will lead him into a bizarre world where right and wrong begin to blur. If you love the Alex Delaware series, and are a fan of Harlan Coben and Michael Connelly, you will be hooked by A MEASURE OF DARKNESS. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Year That Changed Everything Cathy Kelly (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
25 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h199mm x w136mm x s25mm 280g ISBN13: 9781409153733 ISBN13: 978-1-4091-5373-3 ISBN10: 1409153738 EAN: 9781409153733 x Description: 'Warm, witty and wise' Marian Keyes Three women, three birthdays, one year that will change everything... Ginger isn't spending her thirtieth the way she would have planned. Tonight might be the first night of the rest of her life - or a total disaster. Sam is finally pregnant after years of trying. When her waters break on the morning of her fortieth birthday, she panics: forget labour, how is she going to be a mother? Callie is celebrating her fiftieth at a big party in her Dublin home. Then a knock at the door mid-party changes everything... Treat yourself to the heartwarming and life-affirming new story from international bestseller Cathy Kelly *** Everyone loves Cathy Kelly: 'This book is full of joy - and I devoured every page of it gladly' - Milly Johnson 'Filled with nuggets of wisdom, compassion and humour, Cathy Kelly proves, yet again, that she knows everything there is to know about women' Patricia Scanlan 'Packed with Cathy's usual magical warmth' - Sheila O'Flanagan 'A lovely story of life and change' - Prima 'Comforting and feel-good, the perfect treat read' - Good Housekeeping _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
He Said/She Said: the must-read bestselling suspense novel of the year Erin Kelly (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
27 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 416pp h203mm x w148mm x s29mm 292g n/a ISBN13: 9781444797145 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-9714-5 ISBN10: 144479714X EAN: 9781444797145 x Description: RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK 2018 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SIMON MAYO RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK SHORTLISTED FOR CRIME AND THRILLER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018
LONGLISTED FOR THEAKSTON OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2018 'I'm calling it: THIS is the book I wish I'd written' Clare Mackintosh, author of Let Me Lie *********** Don't be left in the dark. In the hushed aftermath of a total eclipse, Laura witnesses a brutal attack. She and her boyfriend Kit call the police, and in that moment, four lives change forever. Fifteen years on, Laura and Kit live in fear. And while Laura knows she was right to speak out, she also knows that you can never see the whole picture: something is always hidden . . . something she never could have guessed. *********** See what everyone is saying about this brilliant read: 'It's SO good . . . I was carrying it around the house I was so gripped' Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent 'A gripping, twisting, furiously clever read . . . I loved it' Ruth Ware, author of The Lying Game 'It's magnificent. Stunningly twisty plot and weep-makingly brilliant writing' Marian Keyes, author of The Break _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
My Squirrel Days Ellie Kemper (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 288pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781473657274 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5727-4 ISBN10: 147365727X EAN: 9781473657274 x Description: Comedian and star of The Office and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Ellie Kemper delivers a hilarious and uplifting collection of essays about one pale woman's journey from Midwestern naif to Hollywood semi-celebrity to outrageously reasonable New Yorker. There comes a time in every sitcom actress's life when she is faced with the prospect of writing a book. When Ellie Kemper's number was up, she was ready. Contagiously cheerful, predictably wholesome, and mostly inspiring except for one essay about her husband's feet, My Squirrel Days is a funny, free-wheeling tour of Ellie's life-from growing up in suburban St. Louis with a vivid imagination and a crush on David Letterman to moving to Los Angeles and accidentally falling on Doris Kearns Goodwin. But those are not the only famous names dropped in this synopsis. Ellie will also share stories of inadvertently insulting Ricky Gervais at the Emmy Awards, telling Tina Fey that she has "great hair-really strong and thick," and offering a maxi pad to Steve Carell. She will take you back to her childhood as a nature lover determined to commune with squirrels, to her college career as a benchwarming field hockey player with no assigned position, and to her young professional days writing radio commercials for McDonald's but never getting paid. Ellie will guide you along her journey through adulthood, from unorganized bride to impatient wife to anxious mother who-as recently observed by a sassy hairstylist-"dresses like a mom." Well, sassy hairstylist, Ellie Kemper is a mom. And she has been dressing like it since she was four. Ellie has written for GQ, Esquire, The New York Times, McSweeney's and The Onion. Her voice is the perfect antidote to the chaos of modern life. In short, she will tell you nothing you need to know about making it in show business, and everything you need to know about discreetly changing a diaper at a Cibo Express. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Crimes of the Father Thomas Keneally (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sceptre
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
25 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h196mm x w128mm x s28mm 260g ISBN13: 9781473625389 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-2538-9 ISBN10: 1473625386 EAN: 9781473625389 x Description: Father Frank Docherty has had his run-ins with the church authorities: in the early 1970s, he was expelled from the Sydney archdiocese for preaching against the Vietnam War and has lived in Canada as a monk ever since. Twenty-five years later, back in Australia to give a lecture about celibacy and paedophile priests, he comes across an ex-nun who claims to have been abused by a now eminent cleric. If Docherty is to help her, he will be up against an institution bent on avoiding scandal. What is more, the accused man's sister is the woman Docherty nearly broke his vows for long ago. This searing, impassioned novel captures the Catholic Church at a pivotal moment: when it tried to silence its victims, wreaking lasting damage not only on innocents but on itself. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
That's Not What Happened Kody Keplinger (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Children's Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
28 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781444933628 ISBN13: 978-1-4449-3362-8 ISBN10: 1444933620 EAN: 9781444933628 x Description: Six survived to tell the story, but who knows the truth? The next hotly anticipated YA novel from bestselling US sensation Kody Keplinger, author of THE DUFF and RUN It's been three years since the Virgil County High School Massacre. Three years since my best friend, Sarah, was killed in a bathroom stall during the mass shooting. Everyone knows Sarah's story - that she died proclaiming her faith. But it's not true. I know because I was with her when she died. I didn't say anything then, and people got hurt because of it. Now Sarah's parents are publishing a book about her, so this might be my last chance to set the record straight . . . but I'm not the only survivor with a story to tell about what did - and didn't happen that day. Except Sarah's martyrdom is important to a lot of people, people who don't take kindly to what I'm trying to do. And the more I learn, the less certain I am about what's right. I don't know what will be worse: the guilt of staying silent or the consequences of speaking up . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Greeks Bearing Gifts: Bernie Gunther Thriller 13 Philip Kerr (Author) Series:
Bernie Gunther
Edition:
Imprint:
Quercus Publishing
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 496pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784296551 ISBN13: 978-1-78429-655-1 ISBN10: 1784296554 EAN: 9781784296551 x Description: Bernie Gunther returns in the thirteenth book in the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling series, perfect for fans of John le Carre and Robert Harris. 'One of the greatest anti-heroes ever written' LEE CHILD 'Kerr leads us through the facts of history and the vagaries of human nature' TOM HANKS 'One of the greatest master story-tellers in English' ALAN FURST 1957, Munich. Bernie Gunther's latest move in a string of varied careers sees him working for an insurance company. It makes a kind of sense: both cops and insurance companies have a vested interest in figuring out when people are lying to them, and Bernie has a lifetime of experience to call on. Sent to Athens to investigate a claim from a fellow German for a sunken ship, Bernie takes an instant dislike to the claimant. When he discovers the ship in question once belonged to a Greek Jew deported to Auschwitz, he is convinced the sinking was no accident but an act of vengeance. And so Bernie is once again drawn inexorably back to the dark history of the Second World War, and the deportation of the Jews of Salonika - now Thessaloniki. As Europe prepares to move on to a more united future with Germany as a partner rather than an enemy, at least one person in Greece is ready neither to forgive nor forget. And, deep down, Bernie thinks they may have a point. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star: Baby Ganesh Agency Book 3 Vaseem Khan (Author) Series:
Baby Ganesh Agency
Edition:
Imprint:
Mulholland Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h203mm x w199mm x s24mm 262g ISBN13: 9781473612365 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-1236-5 ISBN10: 1473612365 EAN: 9781473612365 x Description: The enchanting new Baby Ganesh Agency novel sees Inspector Chopra and his elephant sidekick investigating the dark side of Bollywood. Mumbai thrives on extravagant spectacles and larger-than-life characters. But even in the city of dreams, there is no guarantee of a happy ending. Rising star and incorrigible playboy Vikram Verma has disappeared, leaving his latest film in jeopardy. Hired by Verma's formidable mother to find him, Inspector Chopra and his sidekick, baby elephant Ganesha, embark on a journey deep into the world's most flamboyant movie industry. As they uncover feuding stars, failed investments and death threats, it seems that many people have a motive for wanting Verma out of the picture. And yet, as Chopra has long suspected, in Bollywood the truth is often stranger than fiction...
See what everyone is saying about this brilliant read: 'I am in love with this series.' Goodreads reviewer 'First class read.' Amazon reviewer 'I can honestly say that I struggle with 364 days of the year when I do not have a new Vaseem Khan book to read. ' Goodreads reviewer 'A brilliant addition to the series' Amazon reviewer 'I couldn't put it down... This is a real treasure of a book.' Goodreads reviewer _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Murder at the Grand Raj Palace: Baby Ganesh Agency Book 4 Vaseem Khan (Author) Series:
Baby Ganesh Agency
Edition:
Imprint:
Mulholland Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 368pp h242mm x w202mm x s27mm 466g ISBN13: 9781473612389 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-1238-9 ISBN10: 1473612381 EAN: 9781473612389 x Description: In the enchanting new Baby Ganesh Agency novel, Inspector Chopra and his elephant sidekick go undercover to investigate a murder at Mumbai's grandest hotel. For a century the iconic Grand Raj Palace Hotel has welcomed the world's elite. From film stars to foreign dignitaries, anyone who is anyone stays at the Grand Raj. The last thing the venerable old hotel needs is a murder... When American billionaire Hollis Burbank is found dead - the day after buying India's most expensive painting - the authorities are keen to label it a suicide. But the man in charge of the investigation is not so sure. Chopra is called in - and discovers a hotel full of people with a reason to want Burbank dead. Accompanied by his sidekick, baby elephant Ganesha, Chopra navigates his way through the palatial building, a journey that leads him steadily to a killer, and into the heart of darkness . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Co-Active Coaching: The proven framework for transformative conversations at work and in life - 4th edition Henry Kimsey-House (Author) Karen Kimsey-House (Author) Phillip Sandahl (Author) Laura Whitworth (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
23 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 228pp h228mm x w178mm x s17mm 388g ISBN13: 9781473674981 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7498-1 ISBN10: 1473674980 EAN: 9781473674981 x
Description: 'The bible of coaching guides...No other book gives you the tools, skills, and the fundamentals needed to succeed in these delicate relationships.' Stephen R. Covey, Author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Co-Active Coaching offers current and aspiring coaches, leaders and managers in organisations and anyone wanting to strengthen interpersonal relationships, a practical, yet transformative communication process called the Co-Active Model. Since its creation by the authors more than 25 years ago, the Co-Active Model and the book have formed the foundation of the authors' six-part coach training program delivered globally to tens of thousands of individuals each year through the authors' training institute, CTI. With its origins in the coaching profession, the Co-Active Model also applies to work and interpersonal relationships because it is based on principles of effective communication backed by current scientific research. In this highly-anticipated new edition, the universal applicability of the the Co-Active Model is emphasised. It goes beyond the one-on-one coach/coachee structure to include guidance for leaders and managers on how they can add a coaching competency to their professional skill set. New to this edition: * Every chapter has been updated for relevance and direct application to coaching in all of its forms, including in the workplace * New material covering: current neuroscience research, Co-Active approaches to leadership development and working with groups and teams * More examples drawn from the authors' first-hand experiences, especially in workplace settings * More examples of the Co-Active Model applied internationally * Updated/fine-tuned glossary (less jargon) * Web-based 'Toolkit' with 27 exercises, questionnaires, checklists, and reproducible forms _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Coretta: My Life, My Love, My Legacy Coretta Scott King (Author) Rev. Dr. Barbara Reynolds (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w128mm x s24mm 240g ISBN13: 9781473671003 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7100-3 ISBN10: 1473671000 EAN: 9781473671003 x Description: 'Coretta is more relevant today than ever . . . a female who takes responsibility for creating something better in the time she has and the space she has to occupy: that is true greatness. And Coretta did that.' Maya Angelou Born in 1927 in the Deep South, Coretta Scott always felt called to a special purpose. After an awakening to political and social activism at college, Coretta went on to study at the New England Conservatory of Music, where she met Martin Luther King Jr. - the man who would one day become her husband. The union thrust Coretta into a maelstrom of history, throughout which her tireless fight for political and social justice established her as a champion of American civil rights. Now, fifty years after her husband's death, the story of Coretta's life is told in full for the first time: a love story, a family saga, a record of the legacy left by this extraordinary woman. 'Presents the reader with a different way of looking at the world' New York Times _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Outsider Stephen King (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 496pp h240mm x w162mm x s42mm 786g ISBN13: 9781473676350 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7635-0 ISBN10: 1473676355 EAN: 9781473676350 x Description: When an eleven-year-old boy is found murdered in a town park, reliable eyewitnesses undeniably point to the town's popular Little League coach, Terry Maitland, as the culprit. DNA evidence and fingerprints confirm the crime was committed by this well-loved family man. Horrified by the brutal killing, Detective Ralph Anderson, whose own son was once coached by Maitland, orders the suspect to be arrested in a public spectacle. But Maitland has an alibi. And further research confirms he was indeed out of town that day. As Anderson and the District Attorney trace the clues, the investigation expands from Ohio to Texas. And as horrifying answers begin to emerge, so King's propulsive story of almost unbearable suspense kicks into high gear. Terry Maitland seems like a nice guy but there is one rock-hard fact, as unassailable as gravity: a man cannot be in two places at the same time. Can he? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sleeping Beauties Stephen King (Author) Owen King (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 736pp h200mm x w130mm x s47mm 510g ISBN13: 9781473681286 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8128-6 ISBN10: 1473681286 EAN: 9781473681286 x Description: In this spectacular father/son collaboration, Stephen King and Owen King tell the highest of high-stakes stories: what might happen if women disappeared from the world of men? All around the world, something is happening to women when they fall asleep; they become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. If awakened, if the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed, the women become feral and spectacularly violent... In the small town of Dooling, West Virginia, the virus is spreading through a women's prison, affecting all the inmates except one. Soon, word spreads about the mysterious Evie, who seems able to sleep - and wake. Is she a medical anomaly or a demon to be slain? The abandoned men, left to their increasingly primal devices, are fighting each other, while Dooling's Sheriff, Lila Norcross, is just fighting to stay awake. And the sleeping women are about to open their eyes to a new world altogether... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sleeping Beauties Stephen King (Author) Owen King (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
01 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback A-format paperback 736pp h178mm x w114mm x s47mm 373g ISBN13: 9781473681293 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8129-3 ISBN10: 1473681294 EAN: 9781473681293 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Flight or Fright Stephen King (Author) Bev Vincent (Author) Michael Lewis (Author) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Author) Richard Matheson (Author) Ambrose Bierce (Author) E.C. Tubb (Author) Tom Bissell (Author) Dan Simmons (Author) Cody Goodfellow (Author) John Varley (Author) Joe Hill (Author) David J. Schow (Author) Ray Bradbury (Author) Roald Dahl (Author) Peter Treemayne (Author) James L. Dickey (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
04 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 336pp h240mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781473691568 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-9156-8 ISBN10: 1473691567 EAN: 9781473691568 x Description: Fasten your seatbelts for an anthology of turbulent tales curated by Stephen King and Bev Vincent. This exciting new collection, perfect for airport or aeroplane reading, includes an original introduction and story notes for each story by Stephen King, and brand new stories from Stephen King and Joe Hill. Stephen King hates to fly. Now he and co-editor Bev Vincent would like to share this fear of flying with you. Welcome to Flight or Fright, an anthology about all the things that can go horribly wrong when you're suspended six miles in the air, hurtling through space at more than 500 mph and sealed up in a metal tube (like - gulp! - a coffin) with hundreds of strangers. All the ways your trip into the friendly skies can turn into a nightmare, including some we'll bet you've never thought of before... but now you will the next time you walk down the jetway and place your fate in the hands of a total stranger. Featuring brand new stories by Joe Hill and Stephen King, as well as fourteen classic tales and one poem from the likes of Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury, Roald Dahl, Dan Simmons, and many others, Flight or Fright is, as King says, "ideal airplane reading, especially on stormy descents... Even if you are safe on the ground, you might want to buckle up nice and tight." Book a flight for this terrifying new anthology that will have you thinking twice about how you want to reach your final destination. Table of Contents: Introduction by Stephen King Cargo by E. Michael Lewis The Horror of the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Nightmare at 20,000 Feet by Richard Matheson The Flying Machine by Ambrose Bierce Lucifer! by E.C. Tubb The Fifth Category by Tom Bissell
Two Minutes Forty-Five Seconds by Dan Simmons Diablitos by Cody Goodfellow Air Raid by John Varley You Are Released by Joe Hill Warbirds by David J. Schow The Flying Machine by Ray Bradbury Zombies on a Plane by Bev Vincent They Shall Not Grow Old by Roald Dahl Murder in the Air by Peter Tremayne The Turbulence Expert by Stephen King Falling by James L. Dickey Afterword by Bev Vincent _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hurrah for Gin: The Daily Struggles of Archie Adams (Aged 2 1/4): The perfect gift for mums Katie Kirby (Author) Series:
Hurrah for Gin
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
21 Feb 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom null ISBN13: 9781473662056 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6205-6 ISBN10: 1473662052 EAN: 9781473662056 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Virgo: The Art of Living Well and Finding Happiness According to Your Star Sign Sally Kirkman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 144pp h180mm x w116mm x s18mm 60g ISBN13: 9781473676619 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7661-9 ISBN10: 1473676614 EAN: 9781473676619 x Description: You are a Virgo. You are the perfectionist and writer of the zodiac. The signs of the zodiac can give us great insight into our day-to-day living as well as the many talents and qualities we possess. But in an increasingly unpredictable world, how can we make sense of them? And what do they mean? This insightful and introductory guide delves deep into your star sign, revealing unique traits and meanings which you didn't know. Along the way, you will discover how your sign defies your compatibility, how to improve your health and what your gifts are. *** The Pocket Astrology series will teach you how to live well and enhance every aspect of your life. From friendship to compatibility, careers to finance, you will discover new elements to your sign and learn about the ancient art of astrology. Other books in the series include: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius,Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces
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Aquarius: The Art of Living Well and Finding Happiness According to Your Star Sign Sally Kirkman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 144pp h189mm x w172mm x s15mm 172g ISBN13: 9781473676633 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7663-3 ISBN10: 1473676630 EAN: 9781473676633 x Description: You are an Aquarius. You are the innovative thinker and social agent of the zodiac. The signs of the zodiac can give us great insight into our day-to-day living as well as the many talents and qualities we possess. But in an increasingly unpredictable world, how can we make sense of them? And what do they mean? This insightful and introductory guide delves deep into your star sign, revealing unique traits and meanings which you didn't know. Along the way, you will discover how your sign defies your compatibility, how to improve your health and what your gifts are. *** The Pocket Astrology series will teach you how to live well and enhance every aspect of your life. From friendship to compatibility, careers to finance, you will discover new elements to your sign and learn about the ancient art of astrology. Other books in the series include: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius,Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Pisces: The Art of Living Well and Finding Happiness According to Your Star Sign Sally Kirkman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 144pp h189mm x w173mm x s16mm 172g ISBN13: 9781473676657 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7665-7 ISBN10: 1473676657 EAN: 9781473676657 x Description: You are a Pisces. You are the romantic dreamer and idealist of the zodiac. The signs of the zodiac can give us great insight into our day-to-day living as well as the many talents and qualities we possess. But in an increasingly unpredictable world, how can we make sense of them? And what do they mean? This insightful and introductory guide delves deep into your star sign, revealing unique traits and meanings which you didn't know. Along the way, you will discover how your sign defies your compatibility, how to improve your health and what your gifts are. *** The Pocket Astrology series will teach you how to live well and enhance every aspect of your life. From friendship to compatibility, careers to finance, you will discover new elements to your sign and learn about the ancient art of astrology.
Other books in the series include: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius,Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Aries: The Art of Living Well and Finding Happiness According to Your Star Sign Sally Kirkman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 144pp h189mm x w174mm x s15mm 172g ISBN13: 9781473676671 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7667-1 ISBN10: 1473676673 EAN: 9781473676671 x Description: You are an Aries. You are the pioneer and warrior of the zodiac. The signs of the zodiac can give us great insight into our day-to-day living as well as the many talents and qualities we possess. But in an increasingly unpredictable world, how can we make sense of them? And what do they mean? This insightful and introductory guide delves deep into your star sign, revealing unique traits and meanings which you didn't know. Along the way, you will discover how your sign defies your compatibility, how to improve your health and what your gifts are. *** The Pocket Astrology series will teach you how to live well and enhance every aspect of your life. From friendship to compatibility, careers to finance, you will discover new elements to your sign and learn about the ancient art of astrology. Other books in the series include: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Taurus: The Art of Living Well and Finding Happiness According to Your Star Sign Sally Kirkman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 144pp h189mm x w172mm x s15mm 172g ISBN13: 9781473676695 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7669-5 ISBN10: 147367669X EAN: 9781473676695 x Description: You are a Taurus. You are the practical realist and indulgent sensualist of the zodiac. The signs of the zodiac can give us great insight into our day-to-day living as well as the many talents and qualities we possess. But in an increasingly unpredictable world, how can we make sense of them? And what do they mean? This insightful and introductory guide delves deep into your star sign, revealing unique traits and meanings which you didn't know. Along the way, you will discover how your sign defies your compatibility, how to improve your health and what your gifts are. *** The Pocket Astrology series will teach you how to live well and enhance every aspect of your life. From friendship to compatibility, careers to finance,
you will discover new elements to your sign and learn about the ancient art of astrology. Other books in the series include: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius,Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gemini: The Art of Living Well and Finding Happiness According to Your Star Sign Sally Kirkman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 144pp h192mm x w179mm x s16mm 174g ISBN13: 9781473676718 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7671-8 ISBN10: 1473676711 EAN: 9781473676718 x Description: You are a Gemini. You are the communicator and ideas person of the zodiac. The signs of the zodiac can give us great insight into our day-to-day living as well as the many talents and qualities we possess. But in an increasingly unpredictable world, how can we make sense of them? And what do they mean? This insightful and introductory guide delves deep into your star sign, revealing unique traits and meanings which you didn't know. Along the way, you will discover how your sign defies your compatibility, how to improve your health and what your gifts are. *** The Pocket Astrology series will teach you how to live well and enhance every aspect of your life. From friendship to compatibility, careers to finance, you will discover new elements to your sign and learn about the ancient art of astrology. Other books in the series include: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius,Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Cancer: The Art of Living Well and Finding Happiness According to Your Star Sign Sally Kirkman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 144pp h189mm x w177mm x s16mm 172g ISBN13: 9781473676732 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7673-2 ISBN10: 1473676738 EAN: 9781473676732 x Description: You are a Cancer. You are the home lover and memory keeper of the zodiac. The signs of the zodiac can give us great insight into our day-to-day living as well as the many talents and qualities we possess. But in an increasingly unpredictable world, how can we make sense of them? And what do they mean? This insightful and introductory guide delves deep into your star sign, revealing unique traits and meanings which you didn't know. Along the way, you will discover how your sign defies your compatibility, how to improve your health and what your gifts are. ***
The Pocket Astrology series will teach you how to live well and enhance every aspect of your life. From friendship to compatibility, careers to finance, you will discover new elements to your sign and learn about the ancient art of astrology. Other books in the series include: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius,Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Leo: The Art of Living Well and Finding Happiness According to Your Star Sign Sally Kirkman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 144pp h189mm x w174mm x s15mm 172g ISBN13: 9781473676756 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7675-6 ISBN10: 1473676754 EAN: 9781473676756 x Description: You are a Leo. You are the creative expert and shining light of the zodiac. The signs of the zodiac can give us great insight into our day-to-day living as well as the many talents and qualities we possess. But in an increasingly unpredictable world, how can we make sense of them? And what do they mean? This insightful and introductory guide delves deep into your star sign, revealing unique traits and meanings which you didn't know. Along the way, you will discover how your sign defies your compatibility, how to improve your health and what your gifts are. *** The Pocket Astrology series will teach you how to live well and enhance every aspect of your life. From friendship to compatibility, careers to finance, you will discover new elements to your sign and learn about the ancient art of astrology. Other books in the series include: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius,Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Libra: The Art of Living Well and Finding Happiness According to Your Star Sign Sally Kirkman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 144pp h192mm x w176mm x s15mm 172g ISBN13: 9781473676770 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7677-0 ISBN10: 1473676770 EAN: 9781473676770 x Description: You are a Libra. You are the style ambassador and people person of the zodiac. The signs of the zodiac can give us great insight into our day-to-day living as well as the many talents and qualities we possess. But in an increasingly unpredictable world, how can we make sense of them? And what do they mean? This insightful and introductory guide delves deep into your star sign, revealing unique traits and meanings which you didn't know. Along the way, you will discover how your sign defies your compatibility, how to improve your health and what your gifts are.
*** The Pocket Astrology series will teach you how to live well and enhance every aspect of your life. From friendship to compatibility, careers to finance, you will discover new elements to your sign and learn about the ancient art of astrology. Other books in the series include: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius,Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Scorpio: The Art of Living Well and Finding Happiness According to Your Star Sign Sally Kirkman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 144pp h189mm x w176mm x s15mm 172g ISBN13: 9781473676794 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7679-4 ISBN10: 1473676797 EAN: 9781473676794 x Description: You are a Scorpio. You are the change agent and healer of the zodiac. The signs of the zodiac can give us great insight into our day-to-day living as well as the many talents and qualities we possess. But in an increasingly unpredictable world, how can we make sense of them? And what do they mean? This insightful and introductory guide delves deep into your star sign, revealing unique traits and meanings which you didn't know. Along the way, you will discover how your sign defies your compatibility, how to improve your health and what your gifts are. *** The Pocket Astrology series will teach you how to live well and enhance every aspect of your life. From friendship to compatibility, careers to finance, you will discover new elements to your sign and learn about the ancient art of astrology. Other books in the series include: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius,Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sagittarius: The Art of Living Well and Finding Happiness According to Your Star Sign Sally Kirkman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 144pp h184mm x w114mm x s16mm 40g ISBN13: 9781473676862 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7686-2 ISBN10: 147367686X EAN: 9781473676862 x Description: You are a Sagittarius. You are the explorer and truth seeker of the zodiac. The signs of the zodiac can give us great insight into our day-to-day living as well as the many talents and qualities we possess. But in an increasingly unpredictable world, how can we make sense of them? And what do they mean?
This insightful and introductory guide delves deep into your star sign, revealing unique traits and meanings which you didn't know. Along the way, you will discover how your sign defies your compatibility, how to improve your health and what your gifts are. *** The Pocket Astrology series will teach you how to live well and enhance every aspect of your life. From friendship to compatibility, careers to finance, you will discover new elements to your sign and learn about the ancient art of astrology. Other books in the series include: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius,Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Capricorn: The Art of Living Well and Finding Happiness According to Your Star Sign Sally Kirkman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 144pp h189mm x w176mm x s15mm 172g ISBN13: 9781473676886 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7688-6 ISBN10: 1473676886 EAN: 9781473676886 x Description: You are a Capricorn. You are the achiever and status seeker of the zodiac. The signs of the zodiac can give us great insight into our day-to-day living as well as the many talents and qualities we possess. But in an increasingly unpredictable world, how can we make sense of them? And what do they mean? This insightful and introductory guide delves deep into your star sign, revealing unique traits and meanings which you didn't know. Along the way, you will discover how your sign defies your compatibility, how to improve your health and what your gifts are. *** The Pocket Astrology series will teach you how to live well and enhance every aspect of your life. From friendship to compatibility, careers to finance, you will discover new elements to your sign and learn about the ancient art of astrology. Other books in the series include: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius,Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Blink of an Eye: How I Died and Started Living Rikke Schmidt Kjaergaard (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
31 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 224pp h223mm x w149mm x s24mm 350g ISBN13: 9781473669369 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6936-9 ISBN10: 1473669367 EAN: 9781473669369 x Description: 'As gripping as a thriller' SUNDAY EXPRESS 'Heartbreaking and life-affirming' MAX PEMBERTON, author of TRUST ME, I'M A (JUNIOR) DOCTOR
'The most spellbinding and harrowing story I believe I have ever heard. It is the story you are about to read' From the Foreword by BILL BRYSON *** The powerful and moving memoir by a scientist and mother of three of how she learned to live again, after a sudden severe infection caused her to die and then revive, but locked in - completely paralysed, and only able to blink an eye. Foreword by Bill Bryson. At the age of 38, Rikke Schmidt Kjaergaard, a Danish scientist, wife and mother of three, is struck down by an acute bout of bacterial meningitis. She awakes from a coma in intensive care to find herself locked in, unable to show she is conscious except by blinking her eye. It becomes her only form of communication as in the months that follow, Kjaergaard's husband Peter sits beside her helping to interpret every eye movement. She struggles with every basic of life - painfully learning how to breathe, move, eat and speak again. Despite being given a five per cent chance of survival, she works intensively to recover and to achieve every small breakthrough. The Blink of an Eye is a celebration of love and family and every little thing that matters when life is in the balance - written by a scientist uniquely able to describe her physical and mental journey to recovery. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Simplify: How the Best Businesses in the World Succeed Richard Koch (Author) Greg Lockwood (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Piatkus Books
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
26 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 336pp h130mm x w199mm x s21mm 265g ISBN13: 9780349411866 ISBN13: 978-0-349-41186-6 ISBN10: 0349411867 EAN: 9780349411866 x Description: For the past forty years, Richard Koch has worked to uncover simple and elegant principles which govern business success. To qualify, a principle must be so overwhelmingly powerful that anyone can reliably apply it to generate extraordinary results. Working with venture capitalist Greg Lockwood and supported by specially commissioned research from OC&C Strategy Consultants, Koch has now found one elemental principle that unites extraordinarily valuable companies: simplifying. Some firms simplify on price - consider budget flights stripped of all extras that still take you from A to B - creating new, huge mass markets for their wares. Others, such as Apple, simplify their proposition, bringing a beautifully easy-to-use product or service to a large premium market. How can your business become a simplifier? With case studies of some of the most famous firms of the last hundred years, from finance to fast food, this enlightening book shows how to analyse any company's potential to simplify, and enrich the world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How it Happened Michael Koryta (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 368pp h232mm x w155mm x s30mm 476g ISBN13: 9781473614611 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-1461-1 ISBN10: 1473614619 EAN: 9781473614611 x Description: 'And that is how it happened. Can we stop now?' Kimberly Crepeaux is no good, a notorious jailhouse snitch, teen mother, and heroin addict whose petty crimes are well-known to the rural Maine community where she lives. So when she confesses to her role in the brutal murders of Jackie Pelletier and Ian Kelly, the daughter of a well-known local family and her sweetheart, the locals have little reason to believe her story.
Not Rob Barrett, the FBI investigator and interrogator specializing in telling a true confession from a falsehood. He's been circling Kimberly and her conspirators for months, waiting for the right avenue to the truth, and has finally found it. He knows, as strongly as he's known anything, that Kimberly's story-a grisly, harrowing story of a hit and run fueled by dope and cheap beer that becomes a brutal stabbing in cold blood-is how it happened. But one thing remains elusive: where are Jackie and Ian's bodies? After Barrett stakes his name and reputation on the truth of Kimberly's confession, only to have the bodies turn up 200 miles from where she said they'd be, shot in the back and covered in a third person's DNA, the case is quickly closed and Barrett forcibly reassigned. But something still nags at locals, and at a local newspaper reporter who's been chasing the story as doggedly as Barrett himself. Reminiscent of both the epic and adventurous early writing of Stephen King and the white-knuckled action of Lee Child (both of whom have anointed Koryta as the next great thriller writer), HOW IT HAPPENED is a frightening, tension-filled ride into the dark heart of rural America. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
New Erotica for Feminists: Get What You Deserve, Again and Again and Again Caitlin Kunkel (Author) Brooke Preston (Author) Fiona Taylor (Author) Carrie Wittmer (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sceptre
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
13 Nov 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 128pp h184mm x w114mm ISBN13: 9781473691162 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-9116-2 ISBN10: 1473691168 EAN: 9781473691162 x Description: He calls me into his office and closes the door... to promote me. He promotes me again and again. I am wild with ecstasy. Your boss gives you a pay rise, the hotshot producer recognises your talents, the pizza delivery guy hopes you've got a box-set to watch with your extra-large pizza. Prepared to be satisfied...at last. Sometimes a plumber is just a plumber. Get what you really want this year with dozens of literary quickies to tantalise and titillate even the most worldweary feminist. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Fear: The gripping thriller that has everyone talking Dirk Kurbjuweit (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781409172031 ISBN13: 978-1-4091-7203-1 ISBN10: 1409172031 EAN: 9781409172031 x Description: READ THE MOST CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER OF 2018:'You'll never see your neighbours in the same light again' OBSERVER 'Beautifully written, frightening and absorbing' THE TIMES 'As intellectually stimulating as it is gripping *****' DAILY TELEGRAPH '[An] uncomfortably close-to-home thriller' - SUNDAY TIMES 'Something we've not see before in contemporary crime fiction' GUARDIAN 'Takes you right into the heart of darkness' MAIL ON SUNDAY
'There's a twist at the end that is worth waiting for' INDEPENDENT 'A terrifying study of a family threatened by the tenant living downstairs' WOMAN&HOME 'If you liked WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN, try FEAR' - BBC NEWS 'This creepy tale of obsession will make you wonder 'what would I do?' SUNDAY MIRROR 'A gripping tale of domestic terror' IRISH TIMES 'A must have new read' DAILY EXPRESS
You'd die for your family. But would you kill for them?Family is everything. So what if yours was being terrorised by a neighbour - a man who doesn't listen to reason, whose actions become more erratic and sinister with each passing day? You go to the police, but they can't help you. You become afraid to leave your family at home alone. But there's nothing more you can do to protect them. Is there?
FEAR is the most original thriller of 2018 - for fans of LULLABY, THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW, ANATOMY OF A SCANDAL and THE GUILTY WIFE.************ What people are saying about FEAR: 'I'm intrigued by Dirk Kurbjuweit's novel FEAR, about a stalker living downstairs' - LIONEL SHRIVER, THE OBSERVER 'Brilliantly done to play on every parents' deepest fears' - FIONA BARTON, bestselling author of THE WIDOW 'Thought-provoking, intelligent and genuinely chilling' - ELIZABETH HAYNES, author of INTO THE DARKEST CORNER 'A terrific, original thriller - I loved it' JOANNE HARRIS 'FEAR makes us sympathetic to violent revenge, accessories to murder' - HERMAN KOCH, author of THE DINNER 'I loved it. So rich and claustrophobic' - RENEE KNIGHT, author of DISCLAIMER 'The most original thriller of the year' - NETGALLEY 'Expertly constructed, highly entertaining and thought-provoking' - Cloggie, Amazon reviewer 'If you're looking for a thriller with psychological insight, I highly recommend this one' - Marjorie, Amazon reviewer 'Not your usual thriller' - Fiona, Amazon reviewer ------------------------FEAR is translated from the German by Imogen Taylor _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Under the Knife: A History of Surgery in 28 Remarkable Operations Arnold van de Laar (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
11 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Language: English Translated From: Dutch; Flemish Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 368pp h234mm x w153mm x s26mm 477g ISBN13: 9781473633667 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3366-7 ISBN10: 1473633664 EAN: 9781473633667 x Description: 'This is history with a surgeon's touch: deft, incisive and sometimes excruciatingly bloody' The Sunday Times 'Utterly eccentric and riveting' Mail on Sunday 'Eye-opening and, frequently, eye-watering . . . a book that invites readers to peer up the bottoms of kings, into the souls of rock stars and down the ear canals of astronauts' The Daily Telegraph How did a decision made in the operating theatre spark hundreds of conspiracy theories about JFK? How did a backstage joke prove fatal to world-famous escape artist Harry Houdini? How did Queen Victoria change the course of surgical history? Through dark centuries of bloodletting and of amputations without anaesthetic to today's sterile, high-tech operating theatres, surgeon Arnold van de Laar uses his experience and expertise to tell an incisive history of the past, present and future of surgery. From the dark centuries of bloodletting and of amputations without anaesthetic to today's sterile, high-tech operating theatres, Under the Knife is both a rich cultural history, and a modern anatomy class for us all. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
We Are the Nerds: The Birth and Tumultuous Life of REDDIT, the Internet's Culture Laboratory Christine Lagorio-Chafkin (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Piatkus Books
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
02 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 512pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780349416366 ISBN13: 978-0-349-41636-6 ISBN10: 0349416362 EAN: 9780349416366 x Description: 'Fast-paced, packed with insight, and, above all, wonderfully entertaining, this is a must read for anyone hoping to make sense of the century ahead.' -- Ashlee Vance, bestselling author of Elon Musk 'A gripping read, and it's full of lessons for building startups and organizing communities.' -- Adam Grant, bestselling author of Originals, Give and Take, and Option B with Sheryl Sandberg Reddit hails itself as 'the front page of the Internet'. It's the sixth most-visited website in the world -- and yet, millions have no idea what it is. They should be paying attention. We Are the Nerds takes readers inside this captivating, maddening enterprise, whose army of obsessed users have been credited with everything from solving crimes and spurring millions in charitable donations to seeding alt-right fury and even landing Donald Trump in the White House. Reddit has become a mirror of the Internet itself: It has dark trenches, shiny memes, malicious trolls, and a heart-warming ability to connect people across cultures, oceans, and ideological divides.
This is the gripping story of how Reddit's founders, Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian, transformed themselves from student video-gamers into Silicon Valley millionaires as they turned their creation into an icon of the digital age. But the journey was often fraught. Reporting on Reddit for more than six years, conducting hundreds of interviews and gaining exclusive access to its founders, Christine Lagorio-Chafkin has written the definitive account of the birth and life of Reddit. Packed with revelatory details about its biggest triumphs and controversies, this inside look at Reddit includes fresh insights on the relationship between Huffman and Ohanian, staff turmoil, the tragic life of Aaron Swartz, and Reddit's struggle to become profitable. In a time when we are increasingly concerned about privacy and manipulation on social platforms, We Are the Nerds reveals Reddit's central role in the dissemination of culture and information in history's first fully digital century. Rigorously reported and highly entertaining, We Are the Nerds explores how this unique platform has changed the way we all communicate today.
PRAISE FOR THE BOOK: 'Incisive, witty and brilliantly written.' - Emily Chang, bestselling author of Brotopia 'A triumph-a business book that reads like a page-turning novel' - James Ledbetter, author of One Nation Under Gold 'The best, grittiest, most accurate book yet about what it's like to build a startup and a community from scratch' -- John Zeratsky, bestselling author of Sprint and Make Time 'A gripping, entertaining book that is a must-read for every entrepreneur.' -- Daymond John, bestselling author of Rise and Grind _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Now Let's Dance: A feel-good book about finding love, and loving life Karine Lambert (Author) Anthea Bell (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
10 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 224pp h200mm x w135mm x s17mm 215g ISBN13: 9781474605311 ISBN13: 978-1-4746-0531-1 ISBN10: 1474605311 EAN: 9781474605311 x Description: 'Completely enchanting . . . a gentle and unexpected love story whose characters are drawn with tenderness and touching honesty. I loved it.' Ruth Hogan, author of THE KEEPER OF LOST THINGS Marguerite had been living a comfortable but dull existence in a suburban town with her straitlaced lawyer husband. When he dies, she realises that life has passed her by. Marcel had been in a loving relationship with Nora since they left Algeria sixty years before. Now that he has lost her, he has lost his way. Marguerite and Marcel live in two very different worlds - one rich, one poor. They never should have met. And yet their paths cross at a retreat, and a connection forms... But will they manage to overcome the disapproval of their friends and families, as well as their own misgivings? Or have they left it too late to really follow their hearts' desires? Now Let's Dance is an uplifting, life-affirming novel about following your heart's desire... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Smack: Gritty and gripping LA noir Richard Lange (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Mulholland Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
12 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h202mm x w188mm x s22mm 250g ISBN13: 9781444790061 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-9006-1 ISBN10: 1444790064 EAN: 9781444790061 x Description: '[A] riveting, violent caper' Wall Street Journal Rowan Petty is a conman down on his luck. Tinafey is a hooker who's tired of the streets. Their paths cross one snowy night in Reno, and sparks fly. When an old friend of Petty's shares a rumour about two million dollars stashed in an apartment in Los Angeles, it seems like a chance at the score of a lifetime. Petty and Tinafey head south, and soon a wounded vet, a washed-up actor, and Petty's estranged daughter all get dragged into the dangerous game they find themselves playing. For the winner: a fortune. For the loser: a bullet in the head. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Rusty Puppy: Hap and Leonard Book 10 Joe R. Lansdale (Author) Series:
Hap and Leonard Thrillers Edition:
Imprint:
Mulholland Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 288pp h201mm x w148mm x s18mm 198g ISBN13: 9781473629103 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-2910-3 ISBN10: 1473629101 EAN: 9781473629103 x Description: Hap and Leonard investigate a racially motivated murder that threatens to tear apart their East Texas town.Hap, a former 60s activist and self-proclaimed white trash rebel, is recovering from a life-threatening stab wound. He's hoping to take it easy, but then Louise Elton arrives with a job...Months earlier, a bully cop pulled over and sexually harassed Louise's daughter, Charm. When he started stalking her, her brother Jamar tried to get evidence on him. The next thing Louise knew, Jamar got in a fight and was killed by local hoods. It doesn't add up: he was a straight-A student, destined for better things, until he began to ask too many questions about the racist police force. Leonard, a tough black gay Vietnam vet and Republican, joins Hap in the investigation, and they stumble upon the racial divides that have shaped their Eastern Texas town. But if anyone can navigate these pitfalls and bring the killers to justice, it's them.Filled with Lansdale's trademark snappy dialogue, colourful characters, and relentless pacing, Rusty Puppy is Joe Lansdale at his page-turning best. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Light Touch Stephen Leather (Author) Series:
The Spider Shepherd Thrillers
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
25 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 432pp h198mm x w130mm x s34mm 300g ISBN13: 9781473604148 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-0414-8 ISBN10: 1473604141 EAN: 9781473604148 x Description: Working undercover is all about trust - getting the target to trust you and then betraying them in order to bring them to justice. But what do you do when you believe an undercover cop has crossed the line and aligned herself with the international drugs smuggler she was supposed to be targeting? When Lisa Wilson stops passing on intelligence about her target, MI5 sends in Dan 'Spider' Shepherd to check that she's on the straight and narrow. Now the lives of two undercover operatives are on the line. *********** Praise for Stephen Leather '[Leather] has the uncanny knack of producing plots that are all too real' Daily Mail 'Let Spider draw you into his web, you won't regret it' - Sun _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tall Order Stephen Leather (Author) Series:
The Spider Shepherd Thrillers
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
10 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 400pp h234mm x w153mm x s28mm 518g ISBN13: 9781473604186 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-0418-6 ISBN10: 1473604184 EAN: 9781473604186 x Description: He is one of the world's most ruthless terrorists, codenamed Saladin. He plans and executes devastating attacks and then, ghost-like, he disappears. Ten years ago he blew a plane out of the sky above New York - and now he's struck again, killing dozens in a London strike. But one of the latest victims is related to the acting head of MI5, who knows exactly who she wants on the case: Spider Shepherd. Dean Martin, a psychologically damaged former Navy SEAL, is the only person in the world who can identify Saladin. But Martin was killed ten years ago - wasn't he? Shepherd must find Martin and take him back to the killing fields on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Revenge on the world's most wanted terrorist is long overdue, and Shepherd is determined to be the one to deliver it . . . ******************
Praise for Stephen Leather 'A master of the thriller genre' Irish Times 'As tough as British thrillers get . . . gripping' Irish Independent 'The sheer impetus of his story-telling is damned hard to resist' Sunday Express _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Shout Stephen Leather (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
10 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 288g ISBN13: 9781473671805 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7180-5 ISBN10: 1473671809 EAN: 9781473671805 x Description: He hunts. He kills. He burns Vicky Lewis is a force to be reckoned with: not yet thirty and already crew manager in the London Fire Brigade, she's destined for great things. But when she enters a burning building to save a man's life and leaves it with catastrophic injuries, all that changes. She's shunted over to the Fire Investigation Unit, where she's forced to team up with cantankerous veteran Des Farmer, aka the Grouch. When Vicky stumbles across the Grouch's off-the-books investigation into the fiery deaths of a series of young, blonde women, she decides to join him in his search for the truth. The answer is close - perhaps too close. Vicky's already been burnt once, and now she's playing with fire . . . ************ PRAISE FOR STEPHEN LEATHER 'A master of the thriller genre' Irish Times 'As tough as British thrillers get . . . gripping' Irish Independent 'The sheer impetus of his story-telling is damned hard to resist' Sunday Express _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Provenance: A new novel set in the world of the Hugo, Nebula and Arthur C. Clarke Award-Winning ANCILLARY JUSTICE Ann Leckie (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Orbit
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
10 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 480pp h199mm x w141mm x s30mm 330g ISBN13: 9780356506982 ISBN13: 978-0-356-50698-2 ISBN10: 0356506983 EAN: 9780356506982 x Description: SHORTLISTED FOR THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL 2018 SHORTLISTED FOR THE LOCUS AWARD 2018 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BSFA (BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION ASSOCIATION) AWARD 2018 'Excellent' Book Smugglers 'A fitting addition to the Ancillary world' NPR 'Gripping . . . richly detailed and rewarding' SciFiNow 'Thrilling, out-of-this world stuff' Stylist Following her record-breaking debut trilogy, Ann Leckie, winner of the Hugo, Nebula, Arthur C. Clarke and Locus Awards, returns with a thrilling new story of power, theft, privilege and birthright. A power-driven young woman has just one chance to secure the status she craves and regain priceless lost artefacts prized by her people. She must free their thief from a prison planet from which no one has ever returned. Ingray and her charge will return to their home world to find their planet in political turmoil at the heart of an escalating interstellar conflict. Together, they must make a new plan to salvage Ingray's future, her family and her world, before they are lost to her for good. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Parenting Book Nicky Lee (Author) Sila Lee (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 512pp h196mm x w129mm x s31mm 468g ISBN13: 9781473681569 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8156-9 ISBN10: 1473681561 EAN: 9781473681569 x Description: 'We believe that healthy families are at the heart of a functioning society. We developed our courses and wrote The Marriage Book and The Parenting Book because the church has the opportunity to offer support to people at a practical, grassroots level. Every family strengthened makes a difference to a child and to our nation.' Drawing on their own experience of bringing up four children, and having talked to thousands of parents over the years on their parenting courses, Nicky and Sila Lee bring fresh insights and time-tested values to the task of parenting. The book covers the following areas: - Understanding how families work - Meeting our children's needs - Building character through setting boundaries - Helping our children make good choices - Passing on our believes and values
Full of valuable advice and practical tips, The Parenting Book is a tool to come back to again and again. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Marriage Book Nicky Lee (Author) Sila Lee (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h190mm x w185mm x s73mm 434g ISBN13: 9781473681743 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8174-3 ISBN10: 147368174X EAN: 9781473681743 x Description: How can we be happily married to one person for the whole of our lives? How do we resolve conflict? How can we discover and rediscover sexual intimacy? Nicky and Sila Lee have been married for over 40 years, and this book distils all the wisdom and advice they have gleaned from their own experience, and the experience of others they have counselled. Based on the solid foundations of the Christian faith, Nicky and Sila demonstrate the value, importance and potential of any marriage. They suggest how we can not only stay married, but also make the most of our married lives together, covering topics such as: - Effective communication - Parents and in-laws - Conflict and forgiveness - Sex and expressions of love The Marriage Book provides practical advice for any married or engaged couple who want to build a strong and lasting marriage, while also offering insights for single people who are interested in getting married in the future. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Inhuman Resources Pierre Lemaitre (Author) Sam Gordon (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
MacLehose Press
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 400pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780857053565 ISBN13: 978-0-85705-356-5 ISBN10: 0857053566 EAN: 9780857053565 x Description: Alain Delambre is a 57-year-old former HR executive, drained by four years of hopeless unemployment. All he is offered are small, demoralizing jobs. He has reached his very lowest ebb, and can see no way out. So when a major company finally invites him to an interview, Alain Delambre is ready to do anything, borrow money, shame his wife and his daughters and even participate in the ultimate recruitment test: a role-playing game that involves hostage-taking. Alain Delambre commits body and soul in this struggle to regain his dignity. But if he suddenly realised that the dice had been loaded against him from the start, his fury would be limitless. And what began as a role-play game could quickly become a bloodbath. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yuki Means Happiness Alison Jean Lester (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
11 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 288pp h196mm x w128mm x s20mm 200g ISBN13: 9781848549616 ISBN13: 978-1-84854-961-6 ISBN10: 184854961X EAN: 9781848549616 x Description: 'A mystery, a love story and a fascinating encounter with a different culture, Yuki Means Happiness is an outstanding novel' John Boyne Diana is young and uneasy in a new relationship when she leaves America and moves halfway around the world to Tokyo seeking adventure. In Japan she takes a job as a nanny to two-year-old Yuki Yoshimura and sets about adapting to a routine of English practice, ballet and swimming lessons, and Japanese cooking. But as Diana becomes increasingly attached to Yuki she also becomes aware that everything in the Yoshimura household isn't as it first seemed. Before long, she must ask herself if she is brave enough to put everything on the line for the child under her care, confronting her own demons at every step of the way. Yuki Means Happiness is a rich and powerfully illuminating portrait of the intense relationship between a young woman and her small charge, as well as one woman's journey to discover her true self. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Paris Seamstress: Transporting, Twisting, the Most Heartbreaking Novel You'll Read This Year Natasha Lester (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sphere
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
18 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 448pp h198mm x w126mm ISBN13: 9780751573077 ISBN13: 978-0-7515-7307-7 ISBN10: 0751573078 EAN: 9780751573077 x Description: THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'A fantastically engrossing story. I loved it' KELLY RIMMER 'Intrigue, heartbreak... I cannot tell you how much I loved this book' RACHEL BURTON 'This rich, memorable novel unfolds beautifully from start to finish' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY One of the MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF THE YEAR - Publishers Weekly ******************************************** How much will Estella sacrifice to make her mark? 1940: Parisian seamstress Estella Bissette is forced to flee France as the Germans advance. She is bound for Manhattan with a few francs, one suitcase, her sewing machine and a dream: to have her own atelier. 2015: Australian curator Fabienne Bissette journeys to the annual Met Gala for an exhibition of her beloved grandmother's work - one of the world's leading designers of ready-to-wear. But as Fabienne learns more about her grandmother's past, she uncovers a story of tragedy, heartbreak and secrets - and the sacrifices made for love. Crossing generations, society's boundaries and international turmoil, The Paris Seamstress is a beguiling, transporting story perfect for fans of Lucinda Riley, Kate Furnivall and Penny Vincenzi.
MORE PRAISE FOR NATASHA LESTER... 'If you enjoy historical fiction (and even if you don't) you will love this book' Sally Hepworth 'A gorgeously rich and romantic novel' Kate Forsyth 'Stunning . . . Will have you captivated' Liz Byrski 'This romance will have you enchanted' Woman's Day 'Natasha Lester is our generation's Louisa May Alcott' Tess Woods 'What a GEM!' Sara Foster 'Natasha Lester brings bold, brave women to life' Courier Mail 'I love this book' Rachael Johns 'Exquisite!' Vanessa Carnevale 'Engaging' Herald Sun 'An essential addition to Australian fiction' AusRomToday 'Utterly compelling' Good Reading 'Emotion that will touch your heart and soul deeply' Jodi Gibson 'Fascinating, evocative and meticulously researched' Annabel Abbs 'Entertaining and provocative' Perth Festival 'Lester has woven a fine, original story of everlasting quality.' BetterReading 'A captivating tale' Daily Examiner 'A delightful and multi-faceted romp through the jazz era' Natalie Salvo 'Excellent historical fiction' The Book Muse 'You will love this even if you're not a regular reader of historical fiction' Jess Just Reads 'Storytelling at its finest' Great Reads & Tea Leaves _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Sun's Domain: Book 3 of The Hollow Gods Rebecca Levene (Author) Series:
The Hollow Gods
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 480pp h240mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781444753790 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-5379-0 ISBN10: 1444753797 EAN: 9781444753790 x Description: In the aftermath of the shattering of Mirror Town, Krish has taken has rightful place as heir to the kingdom of Ashanesland, with his friends and allies ruling by his side. He's turned his back on his divine birthright and set out to bring unity to the warring tribes and nations as no more than a man. The mysterious land once known as the Eternal Empire has opened its borders at last, and invited Krish to take his place as part of its ruling Triumvirate. But there are plots within plots in the country that once worshipped his sister, the sun, and now hates all gods. Because the sun goddess been made flesh once again and is determined to end the ancient conflict with her brother's final defeat. And there are strange and new gods stirring in the lands - while some search for a weapon that could destroy them all. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
SAS Italian Job: The Secret Mission to Storm a Forbidden Nazi Fortress Damien Lewis (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Quercus Publishing
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781787475120 ISBN13: 978-1-78747-512-0 ISBN10: 1787475123 EAN: 9781787475120
x Description: An impossible mission in wartime Italy: the next explosive bestseller from Damien Lewis. In the hard-fought winter of 1944 the Allied advanced northwards through Italy, but stalled on the fearsome mountainous defences of the Gothic Line. Two men were parachuted in, in an effort to break the deadlock. Their mission: to penetrate deep into enemy territory and lay waste to the Germans' impregnable headquarters. At the eleventh hour mission commanders radioed for David 'The Mad Piper' Kilpatrick to be flown in, resplendent in his tartan kilt. They wanted this fearless war hero to lead the assault, piping Highland Laddie as he went - so leaving an indelible British signature to deter Nazi reprisals. As the column of raiders formed up, there was shocking news. High command radioed through an order to stand down, having assessed the chances of success at little more than zero. But in defiance of orders, and come hell or high-water, they were going in. Damien Lewis's new bestseller tells the incredible story. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
When to Jump: If the Job You Have Isn't the Life You Want Mike Lewis (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Yellow Kite
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
11 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 336pp h232mm x w152mm x s28mm 440g ISBN13: 9781473653627 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5362-7 ISBN10: 1473653622 EAN: 9781473653627 x Description: If you're at a crossroads, this is the book you need to read to begin chasing your dreams. Includes a foreword by Sheryl Sandberg. Do you have a little voice in your head telling you to pursue the thing you love? Leaving a comfortable job to pursue a passion is a brave, bold move but it's far from impossible. In this inspiring read When to Jump founder Mike Lewis has curated a community of people to share their stories about taking the leap into the unknown - people from all walks of life who left the safe inertia of their own circumstances to try and do what they really wanted to be doing. These are empowering, compelling tales about taking risks and embracing fear. Forget what you should be doing, what do you want to be doing? What do you love doing? When to Jump will show you that starting something different is possible. Nothing will change unless you make the change - the journey starts here... Mike has recently been awarded the Goldman Sachs accolade '100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs'. 'With more than forty stories of people who decided to make a major change, this book offers the inspiration as well as a practical and simple framework to help you make your own jump. A must read for anyone seeking to not only succeed but thrive.' - Arianna Huffington, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Thrive and The Sleep Revolution 'A lively and inspiring guidebook for anyone who wants to make the jump from normal to extraordinary.' - Tony Robbins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Unshakeable and MONEY: Master the Game 'The book that will change your life today.' - The Sunday Times Style 'A smart and sensitive take on how to make positive changes with confidence.' - The Sunday Times Style 'If you're thinking of taking a lifestyle leap, don't do anything till you've read the inspiring new book that will show you how.' - The Sunday Times Style 'Lewis has interviewed 44 'jumpers', who are rarely less than fascinating...a simple and powerful message: be brave. Everyone should have these words on their wall: you only get one life.' - The Daily Mail 'This inspiring book could be just the read you need to make your own dreams reality.' - The Press Association 'The perfect guidebook for those who are only tentatively dipping their toe into the entrepreneurial world...an inspiring and useful read' - The Independent
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The Barrowfields Phillip Lewis (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sceptre
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
11 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 256g ISBN13: 9781473636842 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3684-2 ISBN10: 1473636841 EAN: 9781473636842 x Description: 'A beautiful, evocative novel with an amazing sense of place and an understated, dark sensibility. A brilliant debut. I loved it!' Jenni Fagan, author of The Panopticon
Mesmeric in its prose and mythic in its sweep, THE BARROWFIELDS is an extraordinary debut about the darker side of devotion, the limits of forgiveness, and the reparative power of shared pasts. Just before Henry Aster's birth, his father, a frustrated novelist and lawyer, reluctantly returns to the remote North Carolina mountains in which he was improbably raised and installs his young family in a gothic mansion - nicknamed 'the vulture house' - worthy of his hero Edgar Allan Poe. There, Henry grows up under the desk of this fierce and brilliant man. But when a death in the family tips his father toward a fearsome unravelling, what was once a young son's reverence is poisoned, and Henry flees, not to return until years later when he, too, must go home again. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Superpower Science: Fantastic Forces and Motion Joy Lin (Author) Alan Brown (Illustrated by) Series:
Superpower Science
Edition:
Imprint:
Wayland
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
12 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 32pp h257mm x w195mm x s10mm 308g ISBN13: 9781526305862 ISBN13: 978-1-5263-0586-2 ISBN10: 1526305860 EAN: 9781526305862 x Description: What if you could fly or have super strength or super speed? You'd be a superhero BUT are these superpowers feasible in the real world? Superpower Science: Fantastic Forces and Motion tells you all about the reality of these superpowers when looked at through a scientific lens. The series Superpower Science focuses on the superpowers commonly associated with superheroes and reveals just how scientifically realistic they could be to us mere humans. Each title focuses on four superpowers and explains which science principles would come into action if the superpower existed and what effect these science principles would have on the body. Momentum builds through each superhero story as we question everything and clearly explain the science behind their powers as they would exist in real-life. The comic book format and vintage-looking colourful illustrations paired with quirky and humorous explanations turn what would be considered by many as dry physics principles into high interest exciting books. By pointing out the physical limitations of superpowers, the series aims to fix them, not crush children's dreams but inspire them to be interested in science. Perfect for reader aged 9 and up. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
On Sheep: Diary of a Swedish Shepherd Axel Linden (Author) Frank Perry (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Quercus Publishing
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
20 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 160pp h174mm x w114mm ISBN13: 9781787472693 ISBN13: 978-1-78747-269-3 ISBN10: 1787472698 EAN: 9781787472693 x Description: Why do we keep sheep? Alex Linden ruminates as he watches his sheep ruminating. Naive and inexperienced, he has ditched his doctoral studies in order to move to a fully working farm in the country with his family, where he is tasked with the responsibility of caring for a herd of sheep. Linden records his new life in his diary, as he tries to manage life on the farm, the ever-escaping sheep and the trials and tribulations that come with being a shepherd - shearing, lambing and confronting the slaughterhouse. As time passes and he gradually settles into the rhythm of shepherding, his naivete fades away and is replaced with stark realisations about what is now his everyday life. He finds himself applying his experiences of animal husbandry to consider our place - as individuals and as a collective organism - in the universe. Is he really the one caring for the sheep, or are they the ones keeping him? Linden finds both companionship in his flock and a sound, if complex, moral framework for examining the lives we lead. The result is a sensitive and entertaining meditation on the small wonders in our world. Translated by Frank Perry. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Arthur and Friends: The incredible story of a rescue dog, and how our dogs rescue us Mikael Lindnord (Author) Val Hudson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Two Roads
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 224pp h198mm x w129mm x s14mm 173g ISBN13: 9781473661646 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6164-6 ISBN10: 1473661641 EAN: 9781473661646 x Description: THE SEQUEL TO THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ARTHUR Arthur and Friends is the continued adventures of Arthur, the plucky, scruffy stray dog from Ecuador who followed his owner Mikael through the jungle to find his forever home. From Arthur's first Christmas in Sweden and trips to London, to a terrifying bout of illness and family camping adventures, Arthur and Friends is the next gripping, uplifting chapter of Arthur and Mikael's story. Interspersed with this narrative are heart-warming, moving readers' stories of their own rescue dogs. From Ecuador to America to Australia and everywhere in between, the stories of these other 'Arthurs' prove both that dogs are man's best friend, and that a little kindness can go a very long way. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I Am Behind You John Ajvide Lindqvist (Author) Marlaine Delargy (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
riverrun
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
23 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 416pp h199mm x w132mm x s25mm 292g ISBN13: 9781786480415 ISBN13: 978-1-78648-041-5 ISBN10: 1786480417 EAN: 9781786480415 x Description: A supernatural superthriller from the author of Let the Right One In Molly wakes her mother to go to the toilet. The campsite is strangely blank. The toilet block has gone. Everything else has gone too. This is a place with no sun. No god. Just four families remain. Each has done something to bring them here - each denies they deserve it. Until they see what's coming over the horizon, moving irrevocably towards them. Their worst mistake. Their darkest fear. And for just one of them, their homecoming.
This gripping conceptual horror takes you deep into one of the most macabre and unique imaginations writing in the genre. On family, on children, Lindqvist writes in a way that tears the heart and twists the soul. I Am Behind You turns the world upside down and, disturbing, terrifying and shattering by turns, it will suck you in. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
That's What She Said: What Men Need to Know (and Women Need to Tell Them) About Working Together Joanne Lipman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 320pp h238mm x w158mm x s30mm 540g ISBN13: 9781473627017 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-2701-7 ISBN10: 147362701X EAN: 9781473627017 x Description: A FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE MONTH 'Urgently needed' Charles Duhigg, bestselling author of THE POWER OF HABIT and SMARTER 'Attention, good guys: this book is for you' Adam Grant, bestselling author of ORIGINALS and OPTION B with Sheryl Sandberg 'I know what you're thinking: 'Not another career guide-cum-manifesto, telling us to "woman up" and demand more money.' But that isn't what Lipman says. Instead, she uses data, reams of it, to expose how the system is rigged against women. She then calls for men to join the fight to make the workplace more equal' SUNDAY TIMES STYLE MAGAZINE
Women spend their working lives adapting to an environment set up for men, by men: from altering the way they speak to changing the clothes they wear to power posing. But still the gender gap persists. And once you see it - women being overlooked, interrupted, their ideas credited to men - it's impossible to ignore. But it needn't be this way.
Diving deep into the wide range of government initiatives, corporate experiments and social science research Joanne Lipman offers fascinating new revelations about the way men and women work culled from the Enron scandal, from brain research, from transgender scientists and from Iceland's campaign to 'feminise' an entire nation. Packed with fascinating and entertaining examples - from the woman behind the success of Tupperware to how Google reinvented its hiring process - WIN WIN is a rallying cry to both men and women to finally take real steps towards closing the gender gap.
Published in the US as THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Baby Food Matters: What science says about how to give your child healthy eating habits for life Clare Llewellyn (Author) Hayley Syrad (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Yellow Kite
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 416pp h233mm x w158mm x s33mm 540g N/A ISBN13: 9781473663176 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6317-6 ISBN10: 1473663172 EAN: 9781473663176 x Description: Baby Food Matters makes feeding your child easier. This book sorts through the conflicting advice and includes practical, easy-to-follow guidance on what and how to feed your baby in those all-important first thousand days - from pregnancy to their second birthday. The quality of nutrition a child receives and the way they are fed can have a lasting impact on their future health. Dr Clare Llewellyn and Dr Hayley Syrad, both scientific leaders in this field having published over 100 scientific papers on the topic, separate the myths from the facts and draw on the very latest research to help you decide what is best for your child when it comes to developing healthy eating habits. Baby Food Matters lays out essential nutrition for all infants and toddlers, and describes ways of feeding children with varying eating styles at every crucial stage - from milk-feeding to weaning to eating with the family. Clare and Hayley debate the benefits of breast milk vs. formula milk, explain how to introduce solid foods to your child in a way that will help foster healthy food preferences, suggest strategies for managing fussy eaters and eager eaters, and offer portion size guidance. This important book will help parents make informed choices about how and what to feed their child - and reassure them each step of the way. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Walking Wounded Sheila Llewellyn (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sceptre
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
12 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 272pp h200mm x w120mm x s10mm 194g ISBN13: 9781473663107 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6310-7 ISBN10: 1473663105 EAN: 9781473663107 x Description: *'100 Best Reads for Summer', Sunday Times* *'Best Summer Reads', Irish Times* *'8th July Pick of the Week', Sunday Times* An expertly imagined novel about war's long trail of damage, and about healing intentions gone savagely wrong.' Hilary Mantel 'The atmosphere of the late forties is brilliantly evoked . . . a compassionate and compelling account of post traumatic stress in veterans of the Second
World War while bringing individual patients and their psychiatrists vividly to life.' Pat Barker Set in Northfield, an understaffed military psychiatric hospital immediately before the NHS is founded, Walking Wounded is the story of a doctor and his patient: David Reece, a young journalist-to be whose wartime experiences in Burma have come back to haunt him violently; and Daniel Carter, one of the senior psychiatrists, a man who is fighting his own battles as well as those of his patients. This moving and impressive debut explores violence and how much harm it does to those forced to inflict it in the name of war. It also captures the dilemmas of the medics themselves as they attempt to 'fix' their patients, each of whom raise the question of what has happened to their humanity, what can be done to help them, and what we are willing to sacrifice in the name of healing. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Cafe Theology Michael Lloyd (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 416pp h209mm x w185mm x s68mm 496g ISBN13: 9781473681248 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8124-8 ISBN10: 1473681243 EAN: 9781473681248 x Description: If theology doesn't stretch our minds, it probably won't stretch our lives. In Cafe Theology, Michael Lloyd invites us to travel on a journey from Creation to New Creation, visiting the Fall, the Incarnation, Resurrection and Ascension, and stopping off at the Trinity and the Church. Michael's inimitable gift for mixing insightful theology with unflinching honesty and a fantastic sense of humour offers an enriching view of life and the Life-Giver. You don't have to be a professor to understand this book - it's written for anyone who wants to explore theology more deeply, with a study guide to help think through each topic. Readers will be refreshed and encouraged as this distinctive book makes theology applicable to our ordinary lives. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Emotional Sensitivity and Intensity: How to manage intense emotions as a highly sensitive person - learn more about yourself with this life-changing self help book Imi Lo (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Teach Yourself Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
01 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 256pp h220mm x w150mm x s14mm 320g ISBN13: 9781473656031 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5603-1 ISBN10: 1473656036 EAN: 9781473656031 x Description: Do you feel you experience life more vividly than others? Do people sometimes describe you as emotionally intense or oversensitive? Do your emotions soar high and plunge so quickly that you feel you can't keep up? This book is for you. Learn how to cope with intense feelings, and discover how to use your sensitivity, empathy and intelligence to live a meaningful and fulfilling life. Emotional Sensitivity and Intensity will give you in-depth information about this trait, as well as practical exercises and strategies to help with your daily struggles. It will help you come to new ways of thinking about your past, thrive in your current life, and create exciting possibilities for the future. Written in a friendly and compassionate tone, the chapters will answer questions raised by many emotionally intense individuals:
Is there something wrong with me? How does this trait explain my life experiences so far? What can I do right now to better my life and to fulfil my potential? You will learn to: - Understand what it means to live with emotional sensitivity and intense feelings - Debunk the myths and stereotypes about this trait - Let go of old emotional baggage and limiting mindsets - Develop real resilience and find peace within life's ups and downs - Navigate challenging social and family situations - Build healthy and fulfilling intimate relationships - Find your unique calling and liberate your creative potential _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Necessary Marriage Elisa Lodato (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
23 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 384pp h234mm x w157mm x s28mm 494g ISBN13: 9781474606387 ISBN13: 978-1-4746-0638-7 ISBN10: 1474606385 EAN: 9781474606387 x Description: Jane is sixteen when she falls in love with her teacher. Leonard Campbell is everything she has ever wanted: handsome, intelligent and attentive. He singles Jane out, giving her novels to read and discuss over long walks and cosy dinners. It is only once married, tied down with two children in 1980s suburbia that Jane realises she might have settled too early, losing much of herself in the process. Then Marion and Andrew, a couple whose passion frequently tips into violence, move in next door, forcing Jane to confront feelings she didn't know she could have. And when Marion abandons her family, Jane steps in to help with the couple's two boys, setting in motion a series of events, all of which expose the push and pull within every relationship. As desire and loyalty are blurred, it becomes clear that nobody can escape the devastating impact of a family falling apart. The Necessary Marriage is an intense, intimate portrait of how couples come together and grow apart, and the passions that drive us to do crazy things. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The King's War Mark Logue (Author) Peter Conradi (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Quercus Publishing
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
30 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781782065975 ISBN13: 978-1-78206-597-5 ISBN10: 1782065970 EAN: 9781782065975 x Description: The broadcast that George VI made to the nation on the outbreak of war in September 1939 - which formed the climax of the multi Oscarwinning film The King's Speech - was the product of years of hard work with Lionel Logue, his iconoclastic Australian-born speech therapist. Yet the relationship between the two men did not end there. Far from it: in the years that followed, Logue was to play an even more important role at the monarch's side. The King's War follows this relationship through the dark days of Dunkirk and the drama of D-Day to eventual victory in 1945 - and beyond. It is written by Peter Conradi, a Sunday Times journalist, and Mark Logue, Lionel's grandson, whose previous book, The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy, was a best-seller in Britain and America and translated into more than 20 languages.
The book draws on exclusive material from the Logue Archive - the collection of diaries, letters and other documents left by Lionel and his feisty wife, Myrtle. It provides a fascinating portrait of two men and their respective families - the Windsors and the Logues - as they together faced up to the greatest challenge in Britain's history. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
L'art de la Liste: Simplify, organise and enrich your life Dominique Loreau (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Trapeze
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
30 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h184mm x w132mm ISBN13: 9781409182917 ISBN13: 978-1-4091-8291-7 ISBN10: 1409182916 EAN: 9781409182917 x Description: DISCOVER THE LIFE-CHANGING MAGIC OF LISTS IN THIS INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER The humble list has the power to change your life. In its immediacy, its simplicity and its concise, contained form, the list enables us to organise, to save time and to approach facts with clarity. Yet why do we end up with interminable To Do Lists that are never completed? After decades living in Japan, Dominique Loreau has become a master in the art of de-cluttering and simplifying. Now, in L'art de la Liste - a huge bestseller in her native France and translated into English for the first time - she turns her attentions to better list-making, showing you how to organise them and use them intelligently. Taking you on a step-by-step journey to greater productivity, this practical, inspiring book influences every aspect of your life - from home, diet and beauty to mental health and self-awareness. To perfect the art of the list is to live simpler, richer and more organised lives. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Missing Person Sarah Lotz (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 400pp h240mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781473624627 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-2462-7 ISBN10: 1473624622 EAN: 9781473624627 x Description: *****From the author of The Three, coming soon to your screen as a major BBC adaptation by Golden Globe winner Peter Straughan***** They are a group of misfits who go online for fun. Their hobby is giving names to the missing dead. But a killer is online with them, and his game is in deadly earnest . . . Shaun Ryan's brother, Teddy, died in 1989. Only he didn't. Looking through his grievously ill mother's personal effects, Shaun finds a postcard that Teddy posted from New York, dated October 22nd 1990. And in his mother's family Bible is a picture of an adult Teddy. Could Teddy somehow be alive? And how do you find someone who has never been declared missing and who vanished nearly thirty years ago? Missing-linc.com are an oddball assortment of geeks and obsessives whose macabre hobby is matching unidentified bodies with missing people. Ellie Caines' first and biggest case was The Boy in the Dress, a corpse found not ten miles from where she lived in Minnesota, two years after Teddy's postcard. Her obsession nearly broke her marriage and she left the group - but when the Ryan's enquiry is passed onto her she knows they have likely matched the missing Teddy with that decades-old corpse. And that she will be sucked back into the old nightmare, where the dead are more real than the living.
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Maths Problem Solving: Food Anita Loughrey (Author) Series:
Maths Problem Solving
Edition:
Illustrated edition
Imprint:
Wayland
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
12 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 32pp h258mm x w193mm x s10mm 300g ISBN13: 9781526307941 ISBN13: 978-1-5263-0794-1 ISBN10: 1526307944 EAN: 9781526307941 x Description: Get kids engaged in maths with real-life problem-solving. In each fully illustrated title maths topics are carefully explained in different scenarios. Children are then given problems to solve around the scenario. Topics covered include measurement (inches and centimetres, to litres and millilitres and units of time and days of the week), problems with numbers (by adding, subtracting, division and multiplication and using roman numerals), how to use fractions, decimal places and percentages, shapes (2-D and 3D) and statistics, such as tables, bar graphs, pie charts, and line graphs. The level of maths progresses as you go through the book, building a sense of achievement. It includes tips and tricks to make maths problem-solving easy. Each book is framed around a high interest area, perfect for children aged 7-11. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dark Water Elizabeth Lowry (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
riverrun
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 496pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781786485632 ISBN13: 978-1-78648-563-2 ISBN10: 178648563X EAN: 9781786485632 x Description: Lowry does for the C19th Gothic what Francis Spufford did for the C18th novel, as a doctor looks back on the patient whose dark secret changed his understanding of what makes us human. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Irregular: A Different Class of Spy: (The Irregular Book 1) H. B. Lyle (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 288pp h198mm x w130mm x s22mm 200g ISBN13: 9781473655379 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5537-9 ISBN10: 1473655374 EAN: 9781473655379 x
Description: 'Irresistible' Guardian 'Impressive' Daily Mail 'Captivating' Mick Herron Nominated for the 2018 Best First Novel, Barry Award London 1909 Captain Kell of the War Office knows the Empire is under threat - from Russia and Germany, from terrorists and anarchists, spies and infiltrators. But he can't prove it to his superiors. He needs an agent he can trust, someone who knows the street, not the playing fields of Eton. Kell needs Wiggins. Trained as a child by Kell's old friend Sherlock Holmes, who used to call his little band of urchins the Baker Street Irregulars, Wiggins is now an ex soldier with an expert line in deduction and the cunning of a bare-knuckle fighter. But he has no wish to be recruited - until he sees a route to taking his sworn revenge on the killer of his best friend. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Embassy of the Dead: Book 1 Will Mabbitt (Author) Series:
Embassy of the Dead
Edition:
Imprint:
Orion Children's Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
12 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 272pp h200mm x w130mm x s23mm 254g ISBN13: 9781510104556 ISBN13: 978-1-5101-0455-6 ISBN10: 1510104550 EAN: 9781510104556 x Description: The first book in a spookily funny new series, where the living meets the dead and survival is a race against time. Perfect for fans of Skulduggery Pleasant and Who Let the Gods Out. Welcome to the Embassy of the Dead. Leave your life at the door. (Thanks.) When Jake opens a strange box containing a severed finger, he accidentally summons a grim reaper to drag him to the Eternal Void (yep, it's as fatal as it sounds) and now he's running for his life! But luckily Jake isn't alone - he can see and speak to ghosts. Jake and his deadly gang (well dead, at least) - Stiffkey the undertaker, hockey stick-wielding, Cora, and Zorro the ghost fox - have one mission: find the Embassy of the Dead and seek protection. But the Embassy has troubles of its own and may not be the safe haven Jake is hoping for . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Powered by Change: How to design your business for perpetual success The Sunday Times Business Bestseller Jonathan MacDonald (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
09 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 256pp h232mm x w152mm x s20mm 340g ISBN13: 9781473665989 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6598-9 ISBN10: 1473665981 EAN: 9781473665989 x Description: In a hectic business environment where it is estimated that half of the decisions that CEOs make turn out to be wrong, the stark reality is that it has never been harder to see what's happening around us, interpret information efficiently and develop strategies that are executed in a
successful way. This is partly down to the speed of change and also down to the mindset about change that is common amongst large and small companies. To them, change is seen as the enemy. This book proposes a role reversal and gives people a brand new methodology as a practical guide in how to use change as a fuelling mechanism to generate outstanding business success. We all accept that change is the only constant, yet the author believes there is a significant lack of insight into how to think and act in a way that capitalises on a constantly changing environment. Powered by Change requires leaders to adopt a more radical view about the way business is done. The Windmill is constructed using four blades: Purpose, People, Product and Process. Getting these four blades to work in harmony with one another leads to an empowered business that can use the winds of change to fuel business success. Powered by Change is filled with examples and stories from around the world, including global corporates and start-up ventures, alongside colourful insights and above all, actionable steps to take to achieve competitive advantage. Key topics include change, innovation, leadership, strategy and futureproofing. With a foreword by Alastair Stewart OBE, Newscaster, ITV _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I, Witness Niki Mackay (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
26 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h200mm x w137mm x s22mm 286g ISBN13: 9781409174615 ISBN13: 978-1-4091-7461-5 ISBN10: 1409174611 EAN: 9781409174615 x Description: 'A cracking thriller and a great female protagonist.' C.J. Tudor, author of Sunday Times Bestseller The Chalk Man 'I couldn't put I,Witness down, this is a 2018 must-read' Phoebe Morgan, author of The Doll House ************* They say I'm a murderer. Six years ago, Kate Reynolds was found holding the body of her best friend; covered in blood, and clutching the knife that killed her. I plead guilty. Kate has been in prison ever since, but now her sentence is up. She is being released. But the truth is, I didn't do it. There's only one person who can help: Private Investigator Madison Attallee, the first officer on the scene all those years ago. But uncovering the truth means catching a killer. An incredibly gripping thriller with a twist you'll never see coming. Fans of Persons Unknown by Susie Steiner, Strike's The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith, Close to Home by Cara Hunter and The Child by Fiona Barton will love I,Witness. ************* What everyone is saying about this gripping debut: 'An absolutely gripping thriller founded on the horror of familial abuse and a great, flawed, female PI. There will be more Madison Attalee, I hope.' Radio 4's Dame Jenni Murray 'Cracking thriller and a great female protagonist. Swearing, smoking, rock-music loving (and not neurotic or passive!) My kind of woman.' C.J. Tudor, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Chalk Man 'I was swept away by this punchy, pacy thriller with its sharp characterisation and confident plotting. I devoured it in a single day. I particularly loved Madison's fabulously chain-smoking, hyper-feminine sharpness. There were so many things done well here - the presentation of domestic abuse,
dysfunctional families, the uneven dynamic of female friendships that border on bullying - so much to enjoy. So looking forward to the next one.' Helen Callaghan, author of Sunday Times bestseller Dear Amy 'Tough and uncompromising, I, Witness had me totally gripped. I'm looking forward to hearing more from PI Madison Attalee.' Alex Lake, author of Killing Kate, After Anna and Copy Cat 'I couldn't put I,Witness down. A hugely accomplished novel with a dark, sad story at its heart - the characters are so well drawn that I felt every twist along with them as Mackay expertly manipulates the reader. With a wonderful, chain-smoking and perfume-spraying private detective driving the narrative, this is a 2018 must-read.' Phoebe Morgan, author of The Doll House 'Totally engaging, fast-paced and edgy ... completely captivating. I, Witness kept me guessing till the very end. Pick this book up if you're after apageturner with attitude.' Elle Croft, author of The Guilty Wife 'Cutting-edgegripping.' Sam King, author of The Choice 'Had me hooked within two pages, it has every bit as much appeal as some of the bestsellers of the last few years, like Girl on the Train.' Robert Scragg, author of What Falls Between the Cracks _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Sealwoman's Gift: the extraordinary book club novel of 17th century Iceland Sally Magnusson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Two Roads
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
12 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w161mm x s24mm 268g ISBN13: 9781473638983 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3898-3 ISBN10: 1473638984 EAN: 9781473638983 x Description: A Zoe Ball ITV Book Club Pick 'Sally Magnusson has taken an amazing true event and created a brilliant first novel. It's an epic journey in every sense: although it's historical, it's incredibly relevant to our world today. We had to pick it' Zoe Ball Book Club ***LONGLISTED FOR THE HWA DEBUT CROWN 2018*** 'A remarkable feat of imagination ... I enjoyed and admired it in equal measure' Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent 'A powerful tale of Barbary pirates ... richly imagined and energetically told.' Sunday Times - 100 Best Books to Read This Summer 'Engrossing' Sunday Express 'Fascinating ... a really, really good read' BBC R2 Book Club 'The best sort of historical novel' Scotsman 'A lyrical tale' Stylist 'A poetic retelling of Icelandic history' Daily Mail 'Compelling stuff' Good Housekeeping 'An extraordinarily immersive read ... examining themes of motherhood, identity, exile and freedom' Guardian 1627. In a notorious historical event, pirates raided the coast of Iceland and abducted 400 people into slavery in Algiers. Among them a pastor, his wife, and their children. In her acclaimed debut novel Sally Magnusson imagines what history does not record: the experience of Asta, the pastor's wife, as she faces her losses with the one thing left to her - the stories from home - and forges an ambiguous bond with the man who bought her. Uplifting, moving, and witty, The Sealwoman's Gift speaks across centuries and oceans about loss, love, resilience and redemption. Chosen for the BBC Radio 2 Book Club (a really really good book) and the ITV Zoe Ball Book Club (the quality of the writing is amazing).
'Icelandic history has been brought to extraordinary life... An accomplished and intelligent novel' Yrsa Sigurdardottir, author of Why Did You Lie? 'Vivid and compelling' Adam Nichols, co-translator of The Travels of Reverend Olafur Egilsson
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The World of Lore, Volume 3: Dreadful Places: Now a major online streaming series Aaron Mahnke (Author) Series:
The World of Lore
Edition:
Imprint:
Wildfire
Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
09 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781472251701 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-5170-1 ISBN10: 1472251709 EAN: 9781472251701 x Description: For fans of Neil Gaiman and Welcome to Night Vale, Aaron Mahnke's The World of Lore (based on the popular LORE podcast) explores the chilling truth behind the legendary creatures, peculiar people and horrific places that arouse our deepest fears. For you see, sometimes the truth is more frightening than fiction... Volume 3: Dreadful Places Humans have an uncanny ability to leave their indelible mark. Homes can sometimes reflect the characteristics of their occupants and even cities become more and more like living beings after a century or two. So, it's logical to assume that darker deeds, horrible tragedies, and the worst of human nature all might leave a nefarious taint on some of these places. This third book in The World of Lore series will explore dark and dreadful places on land and at sea, places haunted by tragedy and filled with echo es of evil. These are the stories about cities, and buildings, too, from New Orleans to Louisiana and Richmond, Virginia, as well as infamous places like the Stanley Hotel in Colorado and England's most frightening and brooding castles. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Women of the Dunes: a gorgeously sweeping novel of family secrets Sarah Maine (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
26 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 384pp h234mm x w153mm x s27mm 519g ISBN13: 9781473639720 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3972-0 ISBN10: 1473639727 EAN: 9781473639720 x Description: The new gorgeously sweeping historical novel from Sarah Maine, the acclaimed author of The House Between Tides and Beyond the Wild River. Perfect for fans of Kate Morton and Jenny Ashcroft. On the rugged, sea-lashed coast of west Scotland lies Ullaness: home to the Scottish legend of Ulla, a Viking woman who washed up on Scottish shores centuries ago. The legend will bring the stories of three different women together... **** In AD 800 there is Ulla, lost in a foreign country after her lover is brutally killed. Ellen, a servant-girl in the 1800s, catches the unwanted attentions of the master of the house's lascivious son. And, in the present day, there is Libby - an archaeologist who is determined to uncover an age-old mystery. When a body is excavated from Ullaness - the body of someone who was murdered long ago - the mystery deepens, and the fates of the three women become ever more tightly bound. Praise for Sarah Maine:
'Maine writes beautifully about the wilderness' - The Times 'An echo of Daphne du Maurier' - Independent 'Maine skillfully balances a Daphne du Maurier atmosphere with a Barbara Vine-like psychological mystery...' - Kirkus _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The House Between Tides Sarah Maine (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
07 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h203mm x w153mm x s26mm 282g ISBN13: 9781473683143 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8314-3 ISBN10: 1473683149 EAN: 9781473683143 x Description: A WATERSTONES SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE MONTH PICK! 'Scotland's Outer Hebrides provides the sensuous setting for this impressive debut...a beautifully crafted novel.' - Publishers Weekly A captivating story of a crumbling estate in the wilds of Scotland, its century-old secret and an enduring mystery. Perfect for fans of Kate Morton and Tracy Rees. Following the death of her last living relative, Hetty Deveraux leaves London and her strained relationship behind for Muirlan, her ancestral home in Scotland - now in ruins. As Hetty dives headfirst into the repairs, she discovers a shocking secret protected by the house for a hundred years. With only whispered rumours circulating among the local villagers and a handful of leads to guide her, Hetty finds the power of the past is still affecting her present in startling ways. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In Every Moment We Are Still Alive Tom Malmquist (Author) Henning Koch (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sceptre
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s17mm 202g ISBN13: 9781473640023 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-4002-3 ISBN10: 1473640024 EAN: 9781473640023 x Description: Chosen by El Pais as one of this past decade's nine best novels about life and death The prize-winning, bestselling tale of love, loss, family and the lives we live moment by moment, from a stunning new voice in European fiction. Tom's heavily pregnant girlfriend Karin is rushed to hospital with severe flu. While the doctors are able to save the baby, they are helpless in the face of what transpires to be acute Leukemia, and in a moment as fleeting as it is cruel Tom gains a daughter but loses his soul-mate. In Every Moment is the story of a year that changes everything, as Tom must reconcile the fury of bereavement with the overwhelming responsibility of raising his daughter, Livia, alone. By turns tragic and redemptive, meditative and breathless, achingly poignant and darkly funny, this heavily autobiographical novel has been described in its native Sweden as 'hypnotic', 'impossible to resist' and 'one of the most powerful books about grief ever written'.
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Every Colour of You Amelia Mandeville (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sphere
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
13 Nov 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 384pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780751571707 ISBN13: 978-0-7515-7170-7 ISBN10: 0751571709 EAN: 9780751571707 x Description: What happens when someone who lives every day to the full meets someone who can only see reasons to stop living . . .? Zoe's life is full of colour. A fan of impromptu yoga, inspirational quotes and experimenting with hair dye, she's on a mission to make the most of each and every day - even if she is currently spending most of her time behind a checkout till. Then she meets Tristan. The rumour is that since his dad died, Tristan's life has fallen apart. No one has seen him for months. But now he's reappeared, does that mean he's back to 'normal'? Zoe soon realises Tristan is struggling with a sadness that she can't possibly understand and becomes determined to bring a world of colour back into his life. But the harder she tries, the more she realises it's something she can't fix - and in trying to put him back together, a part of her is beginning to break . . . Full of big emotions and heart-wrenchingly relatable characters, Every Colour of You is an unforgettable story, and perfect for anyone who's ever felt a little bit broken. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Zealot's Bones D. M. Mark (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Mulholland Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 256pp h198mm x w129mm x s16mm 181g ISBN13: 9781444798210 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-9821-0 ISBN10: 1444798219 EAN: 9781444798210 x Description: Two men seeking the bones of a martyr stumble upon the crimes of a devil in the stunning historical crime novel by bestselling author David Mark. Hull, 1849: a city in the grip of a cholera outbreak that sees its poorest citizens cut down by the cartload. Into this world of flame and grief comes former soldier Meshach Stone. He's been hired as bodyguard by an academic hunting for the bones of the apostle Simon the Zealot, rumoured to lie somewhere in Lincolnshire. Stone can't see why ancient bones are of interest in a world full of them. Then a woman he briefly loved is killed. As he investigates, he realizes that she is one of many... and that some deaths cry out for vengeance. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Optimizing the Power of Action Learning: Real-Time Strategies for Developing Leaders, Building Teams and Transforming Organizations Michael J. Marquardt (Author) Shannon Banks (Author) Peter Cauwelier (Author) Choon Seng Ng (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
14 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 304pp h234mm x w195mm x s22mm 410g ISBN13: 9781473676961 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7696-1 ISBN10: 1473676967 EAN: 9781473676961 x Description: The Third Edition of the field-defining book Originated by Reginald Evans in the 1940s, the Action Learning Model was refined and then reintroduced by lead author Michael Marquardt to organizations globally as a powerful tool for improving organizational performance. Today, Marquardt is widely considered to be the modern "father" of the Action Learning approach. For this new edition, Marquardt has teamed up with three Action Learning experts from Asia and the UK who bring a broader global approach to what has become THE seminal book in the field. Each chapter has been updated for alignment with today's practice and implementation of Action Learning in organizations, including fresh information on virtual Action Learning, guidance on implementing Action Learning and becoming a Certified Action Learning Coach, and many new case studies. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Rest of Me: the uplifting new novel from the bestselling author of My Everything Katie Marsh (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
26 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h200mm x w167mm x s26mm 282g ISBN13: 9781473639652 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3965-2 ISBN10: 1473639654 EAN: 9781473639652 x Description: 'I laughed, I identified, I shed a tear. A lovely story that deserves to fly. I loved it.' Amanda Jennings 'This is a book that will make you stop and think' Fabulous Magazine ******* Alex Fox knows there are lots of things she should be. She should be the perfect wife to her chronically ill husband Sam, and the perfect mother to their two daughters. She should be excelling in her highstress job. And she should be completing the demanding to-do lists she makes to keep herself on track. Even if, just sometimes, she doesn't have time to breathe. When Sam's condition worsens and Alex donates a kidney to save his life, her carefully scheduled existence starts to unravel - eventually forcing her to face up to a past that she has buried for years. As the family she has fought so hard for threatens to fall apart, can Alex finally confront the mistakes that have shaped her - and rediscover what is
most important in life? *** The Rest of Me is an emotional and uplifting story which will make you laugh, cry and hug the people you love a little bit tighter. Perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes, Lucy Dillon and Amanda Prowse.
Readers and authors can't stop praising The Rest of Me: 'Reading The Rest of Me felt like the equivalent of watching back-to-back episodes of Cold Feet - funny, heartwarming and thoroughly entertaining. A joyous, page-turning read.' Fiona Mitchell 'A deeply emotional and utterly relatable tale of family life and modern motherhood. I fell quite in love with Alex and her family, and loved every word of this beautifully written book.' Kelly Rimmer 'This heart-wrenching tale was one of the best I've come across. A beautiful book, an un-put-downable one, which will stay with me awhile.' Goodreads, 5 stars 'Sensitive and thought-provoking... I adored it' - Netgalley, 5 stars 'This book is amazing from the start...beautifully written with real life issues that I could relate to. I definitely recommend this is a top read.' - Netgalley, 5 stars 'Katie's best book yet - I absolutely LOVED it!' - Goodreads, 5 stars 'A proper tear jerker. [It] showed that family, love and pulling together in times of trouble really does help you pull through almost any crisis. Tissues needed throughout.' - Amazon, 5 stars 'A really engaging and emotive book, which kept me hooked. Highly recommended read.' - Netgalley, 5 stars 'Another excellent book from Katie Marsh. A thought-provoking and emotional read. Thoroughly recommended.' Netgalley, 5 stars 'An uplifting book which had me gripped throughout' - Netgalley _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Home is Burning Dan Marshall (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w128mm x s22mm 220g No ISBN13: 9781473624313 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-2431-3 ISBN10: 1473624312 EAN: 9781473624313 x Description: 'An incredibly personal story ... sad, but unbelievably funny' - Claudia Winkleman, BBC Radio 2 Arts Show 'This memoir is gasp-out-loud, offensively funny, touching and a sure thing for anyone who likes David Sedaris - but with more Mormons' - Red At twenty-five, Dan left his 'spoiled white asshole' life in Los Angeles to look after his dying parents in Salt Lake City, Utah. His mother, who had already been battling cancer on and off for close to 15 years, had taken a turn for the worse. His father, a devoted marathon runner and adored parent, had been diagnosed with motor neurone disease which was quickly eroding his body. Dan's four siblings were already home, caring for their parents and resenting Dan for not doing the same. Home is Burning tells the story of Dan's year at home in Salt Lake City, as he reunites with his eclectic family -the only non-Mormon family of seven in the entire town - all of them trying their best to be there for the father who had always been there for them. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Teach Yourself Mothercraft Sister Mary Martin (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Teach Yourself Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
13 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 256pp h200mm x w110mm x s10mm 246g ISBN13: 9781473682030 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8203-0 ISBN10: 1473682037 EAN: 9781473682030 x Description: Learn how to have a happy baby and a happy home with this charming guide to the essentials of mothercraft. Keep yourself well, share the journey with your partner, and watch your little one with pride, developing every day under your loving care. Since 1938, millions of people have learned to the things they love with Teach Yourself. Welcome to the how-to guides that changed the modern world. FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1950. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Cause, Effect and Chaos!: In Outer Space Paul Mason (Author) Mark Ruffle (Illustrated by) Series:
Cause, Effect and Chaos! Edition:
Imprint:
Wayland
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
27 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 32pp h270mm x w212mm x s10mm 360g ISBN13: 9781526305244 ISBN13: 978-1-5263-0524-4 ISBN10: 1526305240 EAN: 9781526305244 x Description: This series looks at why and how things happen, the effects, and the consequences of when things go a bit wrong _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Evening Primrose: a heart-wrenching novel for our times Kopano Matlwa (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sceptre
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
19 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 160pp h128mm x w196mm x s14mm 120g ISBN13: 9781473662285 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6228-5 ISBN10: 1473662281 EAN: 9781473662285 x Description: A powerful and timely novel from 'South Africa's Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie' (Bookseller) . 'Heart-wrenching' Grazia . With urgency and tenderness Evening Primrose explores issues of race, gender and the medical profession through the eyes of a junior doctor.
When Masechaba finally achieves her childhood dream of becoming a doctor, her ambition is tested as she faces the stark reality of South Africa's public healthcare system. As she leaves her deeply religious mother and makes friends with the politically-minded Nyasha, Masechaba's eyes are opened to the rising xenophobic tension that carries echoes of apartheid. Battling her inner demons, she must decide if she should take a stand to help her best friend, even it comes at a high personal cost. 'The best kind of political novel, its turns of emotion are virtuosic. Matlwa's voice is one we need.' Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of Harmless Like You 'Slices straight to the heart, deft and clean' Laura Jane Williams, author of Becoming 'A daring and uniquely South African story' Marie Claire, South Africa on Coconut _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Christmas Cakes and Mistletoe Nights: 'Full of heart and fun' Carole Matthews (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sphere
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w126mm ISBN13: 9780751560299 ISBN13: 978-0-7515-6029-9 ISBN10: 0751560294 EAN: 9780751560299 x Description: Join Fay and her friends this Christmas and indulge in this wonderful, cake-filled novel of romance and friendship. Christmas Cakes and Mistletoe Nights is Sunday Times bestselling Carole Matthews doing what she does best! Perfect for fans of Jill Mansell and Milly Johnson. Fay and Danny are madly in love and it's all Fay's ever dreamed of. But she left everything - including the delightful cake shop she used to run - to be with Danny on his cosy canal boat The Dreamcatcher. And as she soon finds out, making delicious cakes on the water isn't always smooth sailing! Then Fay gets a call that sends her back to where it all began, back to where she first met Danny, back to her friends and the Cake Shop in the Garden. It will be hard being away from Danny but their relationship is strong enough to survive . . . isn't it? Fay soon falls happily back in love with her passion for baking - especially now she's on dry land again! - and starts to wonder if she ever should have left. With Christmas around the corner, Fay is determined that her friends will have a very merry time, but does that mean even more time away from Danny? Can Fay really get everything she ever wanted in Christmas Cakes and Mistletoe Nights? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Prague Spring Simon Mawer (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Little, Brown
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
31 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 400pp h234mm x w157mm x s28mm 516g ISBN13: 9781408711156 ISBN13: 978-1-4087-1115-6 ISBN10: 140871115X EAN: 9781408711156 x Description: It's the summer of 1968, the year of love and hate, of Prague Spring and Cold War winter. Two English students, Ellie and James, set off to hitch-hike across Europe with no particular aim in mind but a continent, and themselves, to discover. Somewhere in southern Germany they decide, on a whim, to visit Czechoslovakia where Alexander Dubcek's "socialism with a human face" is smiling on the world. Meanwhile Sam Wareham, a first secretary at the British embassy in Prague, is observing developments in the country with a mixture of diplomatic cynicism and a young man's passion. In the company of Czech student, Lenka Koneckova, he finds a way into the world of Czechoslovak youth, its
hopes and its ideas. It seems that, for the first time, nothing is off limits behind the Iron Curtain. Yet the wheels of politics are grinding in the background. The Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev is making demands of Dubcek and the Red Army is massed on the borders. How will the looming disaster affect those fragile lives caught up in the invasion? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I'll Keep You Safe Peter May (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
riverrun
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
26 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 464pp h198mm x w129mm x s28mm 320g ISBN13: 9781784294977 ISBN13: 978-1-78429-497-7 ISBN10: 1784294977 EAN: 9781784294977 x Description: THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER FROM THE MILLION-SELLING AUTHOR OF CAST IRON, COFFIN ROAD AND THE BLACKHOUSE WHATEVER HAPPENS Niamh and Ruairidh Macfarlane co-own the Hebridean company Ranish Tweed. On a business trip to Paris to promote their luxury brand, Niamh learns of Ruairidh's affair, and then looks on as he and his lover are killed by a car bomb. She returns home to Lewis, bereft. I'LL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR YOU Niamh begins to look back on her life with Ruairidh, desperate to identify anyone who may have held a grudge against him. The French police, meanwhile, have ruled out terrorism, and ruled in murder - and sent Detective Sylvie Braque to shadow their prime suspect: Niamh. I'LL KEEP YOU SAFE, NO MATTER WHAT As one woman works back through her memories, and the other moves forward with her investigation, the two draw ever closer to a deadly enemy with their own, murderous, designs. 'Peter May is a writer I would follow to the ends of the earth' New York Times _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Boy Made of Snow Chloe Mayer (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781474604819 ISBN13: 978-1-4746-0481-9 ISBN10: 1474604811 EAN: 9781474604819 x Description: 'A haunting and thrilling read' Kate Hamer, author of The Girl in the Red Coat 'Original and unsettling - and just a little bit heartbreaking' Rachel Rhys, author of Dangerous Crossing In a sleepy English village in 1944, Annabel and her son Daniel live in the shadow of war. With her husband away, an increasingly isolated Annabel begins to lose her grip on reality. When mother and son befriend Hans, a German PoW consigned to a nearby farm, their lives are suddenly filled with thrilling secrets. To Annabel, Hans is an awakening from the darkness that has engulfed her since Daniel's birth. To her son, a solitary boy caught up in the magical world of fairy tales, he is perhaps a prince in disguise. But Hans has plans of his own and will soon set them into motion with devastating
consequences. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Reinventing Capitalism in the Age of Big Data Viktor Mayer-Schonberger (Author) Thomas Ramge (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 288pp h235mm x w156mm x s22mm 376g ISBN13: 9781473656505 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5650-5 ISBN10: 1473656508 EAN: 9781473656505 x Description: Markets have long been acknowledged to be a superior mechanism for managing resources but until the advent of big data, they largely functioned better in theory than in practice. Now, as ideal markets are within reach because of vastly greater access to information, we are on the verge of a major disruption. As data becomes a more valuable asset than cash, the rules for surviving and thriving are changing. Reinventing Capitalism is a provocative look at how data is reinventing markets and, in so doing, is ushering in an era where the firm is no longer predominant. With richer and more comprehensive information about human wants and needs, an economy powered by data offers the possibility of increased abundance, equality, and resilience. The data-driven markets that will thrive in this environment are far better than firms at organizing human endeavors, meaning that finance driven capitalism is being displaced by its more efficient, more sustainable, and more democratic disruptor: data capitalism. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Time of Love and Tartan Alexander McCall Smith (Author) Series:
44 Scotland Street
Edition:
Imprint:
Little, Brown
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
05 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 288pp h131mm x w199mm x s18mm 230g ISBN13: 9781408710999 ISBN13: 978-1-4087-1099-9 ISBN10: 1408710994 EAN: 9781408710999 x Description: Catch up with the delightful goings-on in the fictitious 44 Scotland Street from Alexander McCall Smith . . . 'A joyous, charming portrait of city life and human foibles, which moves beyond its setting to deal with deep moral issues and love, desire and friendship' Sunday Express If only Pat Macgregor had an inkling of the embarrassment romantic, professional, even aesthetic that flowed from accepting narcissistic ex-boyfriend Bruce Anderson's invitation for coffee, she would never have said yes. And if only Matthew, her boss at the art gallery, hadn't wandered into his local bookshop and picked up a particular book at a particular time, he would never have knocked over his former English teacher or attracted the attentions of the police. Whether caused by small things such as a cup of coffee and a book, or major events such as Stuart's application for promotion and his wife Irene's decision to go off and study for a PhD in Aberdeen, change is coming to serial fiction's favourite street. But for three seven-year-old boys Bertie Pollock, Ranald Braveheart Macpherson, and Big Lou's foster son Finlay - it also means a getting a glimpse of perfect happiness. Alexander McCall Smith's delightfully witty, wise and sometimes surreal comedy spirals out to include tennis-playing Rwandan Forest People, researches into levitating Celtic saints, bogus headhunters in Papua New Guinea and primary school performances of Beckett. But its heart remains where it has always been true to life, love and laughter in Edinburgh's New Town. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Colours of all the Cattle Alexander McCall Smith (Author) Series:
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Edition:
Imprint:
Little, Brown
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 240pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781408711088 ISBN13: 978-1-4087-1108-8 ISBN10: 1408711087 EAN: 9781408711088 x Description: Mma Ramostwe's friend will persuade her to stand for election to the City Council. 'We need women like her in politics,' Mma Potokwani says, 'instead of having the same old men every time . . .' To be elected, Mma Ramotswe must have a platform and some policies. She will have to canvas opinion. She will have to get Mma Makutsi's views. Her slogan is 'I can't promise anything - but I shall do my best'. Her intention is to halt the construction of the Big Fun Hotel, a dubious, flashy hotel near a graveyard - an act that many consider to be disrespectful. Mma Ramotswe will take the campaign as far as she can, but lurking around the corner, as ever, is the inextinguishable Violet Sephotho. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Handful of Ashes: Dr Harry Kent Book 2 Rob McCarthy (Author) Series:
Dr Harry Kent thrillers
Edition:
Imprint:
Mulholland Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h200mm x w130mm x s20mm 270g ISBN13: 9781473617674 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-1767-4 ISBN10: 1473617677 EAN: 9781473617674 x Description: Crime's most original series character returns in a gripping new case. Dr Harry Kent is on the edge... He works too hard, sleeps too little, hardly sees daylight. And then the Met police call him out to certify the suicide of a whistleblower from a world-renowned London children's hospital - a trainee children's surgeon who accused her boss of negligence. Except someone held Susan Bayliss down... The grieving parents of the children who died demand answers. The hospital is stonewalling. Everyone has secrets - it's up to Harry and DCI Frankie Noble to find out which were worth killing for. But Harry's taking this personally... and that means trouble's on its way. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Broken Ground Val McDermid (Author) Series:
Karen Pirie
Edition:
Imprint:
Little, Brown
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
23 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 432pp h234mm x w156mm x s31mm 558g ISBN13: 9781408709368 ISBN13: 978-1-4087-0936-8 ISBN10: 1408709368 EAN: 9781408709368 x Description: 'Somebody has been here before us. And he's still here . . .' When a body is discovered in the remote depths of the Highlands, DCI Karen Pirie finds herself in the right place at the right time. Unearthed with someone's long-buried inheritance, the victim seems to belong to the distant past - until new evidence suggests otherwise, and Karen is called in to unravel a case where nothing is as it seems. It's not long before an overheard conversation draws Karen into the heart of a different case, however - a shocking crime she thought she'd already prevented. As she inches closer to the twisted truths at the centre of these murders, it becomes clear that she's dealing with a version of justice terrifyingly different to her own . . . Number one bestseller and queen of crime Val McDermid returns with her most breathtakingly atmospheric and exhilarating novel yet. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The No Spend Year: How you can spend less and live more Michelle McGagh (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Coronet Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
11 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 224pp h198mm x w130mm x s18mm 160g ISBN13: 9781473652156 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5215-6 ISBN10: 1473652154 EAN: 9781473652156 x Description: Personal finance journalist, Michelle McGagh, takes on a challenge to not spend money for a whole year in an engaging narrative that combines personal experience with accessible advice on money so you can learn to spend less and live more. Michelle McGagh has been writing about money for over a decade but she was spending with abandon and ignoring bank statements. Just because she wasn't in serious debt, apart from her massive London mortgage, she thought she was in control. She wasn't. Michelle's took a radical approach and set herself a challenge to not spend anything for an entire year. She paid her bills and she has a minimal budget for her weekly groceries but otherwise Michelle spent no money at all. She found creative ways to live have a social life and to travel for free. She has saved money but more importantly she is happier. Her relationship with money, with things, with time, with others has changed for the better. The No Spend Year is Michelle's honestly written and personal account of her challenge. But it is more than that, it is also a tool for life. There are top tips for your own finances including easy to understand advice on interest, mortgages, savings , pensions and spending less to help you live a more financially secure life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Great Mystery: Science, God and the Human Quest for Meaning Alister McGrath, DPhil, DD (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 256pp h198mm x w131mm x s17mm 188g ISBN13: 9781473634336 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3433-6 ISBN10: 1473634334 EAN: 9781473634336 x Description: There is currently huge interest in the question of human nature and identity, and what the human future might look like. Who are we? Why are we here? What is our future? Are we alone? And what can religion bring, alongside biology and anthropology, to these important and exciting questions? The Great Mystery focuses on this fascinating field of study. Alister McGrath, bestselling author and Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at Oxford University, explores the question of human nature from both scientific and religious perspectives, and weaves together the results to open up and explore some of the deepest and most important questions about who we are, why we matter, and what our future might be. A follow-up to his critically acclaimed Inventing the Universe, in The Great Mystery Alister McGrath once again brings together science with religion to yield an enriched vision of reality, along with rigorous and thoroughly up-to-date scholarship and intellectual accessibility. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Pie and Mash Down the Roman Road: 100 years of love and life in one East End market Melanie McGrath (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Two Roads
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 256pp h238mm x w158mm x s28mm 440g ISBN13: 9781473641969 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-4196-9 ISBN10: 1473641969 EAN: 9781473641969 x Description: LONGLISTED FOR THE HWA NON-FICTION CROWN 2018 'Filled with hearty goodness and packed together with care, this will go down a treat' Evening Standard 'Rich and compelling' Spectator 'an accomplished social history ... lively and absorbing' Who Do You Think You Are? The fascinating history of an iconic East End institution from the bestselling author of Silvertown, Melanie McGrath. G Kelly's Pie and Mash has been run by the same family in the Roman Road in Bow for nearly a hundred years; an East End institution and the still point of a turning world. Outside its windows the Roman Road has seen an extraordinary revolution - from women's liberation and industrialisation to wars and immigration - and yet at its heart it remains one of the last traditional market roads of London. Pie and Mash down the Roman Road is the biography of that shop and of the people - customers, suppliers, employees, owners - who passed through it, and continue to do so. Through vivid tales of ordinary lives the book tells the extraordinary story of the community living around the oldest trading route in Britain, and the true heart of the East End. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A History of Running Away Paula McGrath (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 256pp h198mm x w129mm x s16mm 181g ISBN13: 9781473641785 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-4178-5 ISBN10: 1473641780 EAN: 9781473641785 x Description: Book of the Year in the Irish Times 'A wonderful storyteller' Joseph O'Connor On the quays of Dublin, Jasmine is running, training for a fight she can't compete in. It's 1982 and boxing is illegal for girls. For Jasmine boxing is everything: after running away from home, and narrowly escaping a risky situation in London, it is all she has to claim as her own. But with a legal fight impossible, and a ghost from her past on her trail, where can it end? A History of Running Away is a brilliantly written novel about growing up, starting over and learning to fight for yourself. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Blood Miracles Lisa McInerney (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
30 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w128mm x s26mm 200g ISBN13: 9781444798920 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-9892-0 ISBN10: 1444798928 EAN: 9781444798920 x Description: The second novel from the author of the Baileys Prize-winning The Glorious Heresies 'Fast paced, compelling, and thrilling, Lisa McInerney writes the type of fiction that is both beautifully crafted and immensely enjoyable' Louise O'Neill 'The Blood Miracles has all the brio, street smarts and vicious linguistic verve of The Glorious Heresies, but with this follow up Lisa McInerney also reminds us just how brilliantly accomplished and ruthlessly focused a storyteller she is' Colin Barrett Like all twenty-year-olds, Ryan Cusack is trying to get his head around who he is. This is not a good time for his boss to exploit his dual heritage by opening a new black market route from Italy to Ireland. It is certainly not a good time for his adored girlfriend to decide he's irreparably corrupted. And he really wishes he hadn't accidentally caught the eye of an ornery grandmother who fancies herself his saviour. There may be a way clear of the chaos in the business proposals of music promoter Colm and in the attention of the charming, impulsive Natalie. But now that his boss's ambitions have rattled the city, Ryan is about to find out what he's made of, and it might be that chaos is in his blood. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Demystifying The Female Brain: A neuroscientist explores health, hormones and happiness Dr. Sarah McKay (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Orion Spring
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
12 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h234mm x w157mm x s24mm 425g ISBN13: 9781409173182 ISBN13: 978-1-4091-7318-2 ISBN10: 1409173186 EAN: 9781409173182 x Description: Understanding how your brain works during the key stages of life is essential to maintaining your health. Dr Sarah McKay is a neuroscientist who knows everything worth knowing about women's brains, and shares it in this cutting-edge, essential book. This is not a book about the differences between male and female brains, nor a book using neuroscience to explain gender-specific behaviours, the 'battle of the sexes' or 'Mars-Venus' stereotypes. This is a book about what happens to the brains of women as they cycle through the phases of life, which are unique to females by virtue of their biology and in particular their hormones. In Demystifying The Female Brain, Dr McKay gives insights into brain development during infancy, childhood and the teenage years (including the onset of puberty) and looks at pregnancy, motherhood, and mental health. The book weaves together findings from the research lab, interviews with neuroscientists and other researchers working in the disciplines of neuroendocrinology, brain development, brain health and ageing, along with stories and case studies. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Secret Service Brainteasers Sinclair McKay (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Headline Book Publishing Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
20 Sep 2018
Forthcoming
Publishing Status:
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 288pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781472258311 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-5831-1 ISBN10: 1472258312 EAN: 9781472258311 x Description: The sequel to the Sunday Times bestseller Bletchley Park Brainteasers and perfect for fans of The GCHQ Puzzle Book. Whether you have linguistic flair, an instinct for technology or good old common sense, pit your wits against some of the greatest minds of our time with ingenious brainteasers including secret languages, sabotage themed brain bogglers, deadly countdowns and hidden codes. Weaving astonishing stories of the men and women who operate from the shadows, the secret heroes and heroines of MI5 and MI6 who have faced extraordinary and terrifying challenges and a wide range of mind twisting puzzles, Secret Service Brainteasers will test your mental agility to discover: Do YOU have what it takes to be a spy? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Priest of Bones Peter McLean (Author) Series:
War for the Rose Throne
Edition:
Imprint:
Quercus Publishing
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781787473478 ISBN13: 978-1-78747-347-8 ISBN10: 1787473473 EAN: 9781787473478 x Description: 'Charismatic and very more-ish' - Mark Lawrence, bestselling author of Red Sister 'Sixty-five thousand battle-shocked, trained killers came home to no jobs, no food and the plague. What did Her Majesty think was going to happen?' Tomas Piety takes his duties seriously: as a soldier, as a priest of Our Lady of Eternal Sorrows and as a leader of men. He has come home from the war to reclaim his family business, to provide for his men and to ensure the horrors of Abingon can never happen in Ellinburg. But things have changed: his crime empire has been stolen and the people of Ellinburg - his people - have run out of food and hope and places to hide. With his best friend Bloody Anne, his war-damaged brother Jochan and his new gang, the Pious Men, Tomas sets out to reclaim what was his. And as Tomas is dragged into a web of political intrigue by the sinister Queen's Men, forced to work against the foreign infiltrators lurking in the backstreet taverns, brothels and gambling dens of the Stink, one thing becomes clear. The war has just begun. 'Fans of Daniel Polansky, Mark Lawrence or, dare I say, Blackwing will most appreciate this book' - Ed McDonald, author of Blackwing _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dandy Gilver and a Spot of Toil and Trouble Catriona McPherson (Author) Series:
Dandy Gilver
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w128mm x s26mm 220g ISBN13: 9781473633469 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3346-9 ISBN10: 147363346X EAN: 9781473633469 x Description: A cosy Dandy Gilver mystery set in 1930s Scotland. For fans of PG Wodehouse, Dorothy L Sayers and Agatha Christie. 'A delightfully uplifting mystery with a distinctly P.G. Wodehouse-ian feel. Navigating ancient castles, and family feuds, Dandy Gilver must also contend with a ribald staging of Shakespeare's Macbeth. I loved the sense of fun, the wonderful use of language . . . satisfying on many levels.' Vaseem Khan, author of the Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra Scotland, 1934. Aristocratic private detective Dandy Gilver arrives at Castle Bewer, at midsummer, to solve the tangled mystery of a missing man, a lost ruby and a family curse. The Bewer family's latest wheeze to keep the wolf from the door is turning the castle keep into a theatre. While a motley band of players rehearse Macbeth, the Bewers themselves prepare lectures, their faithful servants set up a tearoom, and the guest wings fill with rich American ladies seeking. Meanwhile, Dandy and her sidekick Alec Osborne begin to unravel the many secrets of the Bewers and find that, despite the witches, murders and ghosts onstage, it's behind the scenes where the darkest deeds are done. 'The perfect read for those who enjoy the bygoneworld charm of Nancy Mitford, Evelyn Waugh and Agatha Christie.' - The Lady on Dandy Gilver and a Most Misleading Habit
'Catriona McPherson is a writer as talented as she is versatile. Dandy Gilver tackles a Golden Age era puzzle with her usual aplomb when the Scottish play offers a Shakespearean twist to a mystery with plenty of classic ingredients.' Martin Edwards 'Dandy Gilver is a fabulous character. a cross between Nancy Drew and the Australian crime cracker Miss Fisher. She is both relentless and brilliant.' Amazon Reviewer _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Under the Almond Tree Laura McVeigh (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Two Roads
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
19 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Language: English Translated From: English Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781473640863 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-4086-3 ISBN10: 1473640865 EAN: 9781473640863 x Description: If you lost everything you loved, how would you survive and begin again? Under the Almond Tree tells the story of one refugee family fleeing Afghanistan and the catastrophic effects of war and displacement. Fifteen year old Samar and her family are refugees, fleeing the conflict in 1990s Kabul, after the Russians and then the Taliban, turn their lives inside out. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Blood of the Gods: Book Two of the Ascension Cycle David Mealing (Author) Series:
Ascension Cycle
Edition:
Imprint:
Orbit
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
23 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 736pp h200mm x w138mm x s46mm 484g ISBN13: 9780356508986 ISBN13: 978-0-356-50898-6 ISBN10: 0356508986 EAN: 9780356508986 x Description: With its memorable characters, vivid world-building and unique magic systems, Blood of the Gods is the powerful second novel in David Mealing's Ascension Cycle - perfect for fans of Brandon Sanderson and Brian McClellan.
The battle for the city is over, but the aftermath of a revolution is never simple . . . Sarine begins to experience visions, ones which make her dragon familiar sicker every day. Erris pushes toward conquest and the need to expand her territory and restore her power. And, exiled from his tribe, Arak'Jur apprentices himself to a deadly master. Faced with the threat of a return to the days of darkness, the heroes begin to understand the depth of the sacrifices required from them. To protect their world, they'll have to stand and fight once more. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Anniversary Roisin Meaney (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hachette Books Ireland
Publisher:
Hachette Books Ireland
Pub Date:
26 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Ireland Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 384pp h233mm x w156mm x s28mm 490g ISBN13: 9781473643024 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-4302-4 ISBN10: 1473643023 EAN: 9781473643024 x Description: Three couples. One weekend. Everything is about to change... The sparkling and spellbinding new novel from Number One bestselling author Roisin Meaney Lily and Charlie separated after twenty-six years of marriage. Now, with their divorce due to come through in a matter of months, Lily, newly engaged to the dependable Joe, decides to get the whole family together for one last weekend at Land's End, their old summer home by the sea. Lily has to break some news to Charlie, her daughter Poll and son Thomas -- news she knows they're not going to be happy about. But as the family makes their way to Land's End with their new partners, Lily's best laid plans are about to go awry. As Charlie's much younger girlfriend Chloe guards her own secret, Poll seems intent on sabotaging her apparently perfect relationship, while Thomas wrestles with a decision he knows could break his family apart. And amid the drama, they've forgotten that this weekend also just happens to be Lily and Charlie's wedding anniversary ... Will all the couples survive the weekend intact? 'Just about everything in this good-humoured book will keep you engrossed and in for a satisfying surprise at the end' Irish Independent _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Leave No Trace: Better to disappear when you have so much to hide Mindy Mejia (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Quercus Publishing
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
04 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781786489777 ISBN13: 978-1-78648-977-7 ISBN10: 1786489775 EAN: 9781786489777 x Description: A hostile wilderness is watching you. Spine-chilling thriller from the author of THE LAST ACT OF HATTIE HOFFMAN for fans of Jane Harper's FORCE OF NATURE and Chris Whitaker's TALL OAKS Ten years after a boy and his father went missing in the wilderness of Minnesota's Boundary Waters, the boy - who is no longer a boy - walks back out of the forest. He is violent and uncommunicative. The authorities take him to Congdon Mental Institution in Duluth, on the edge of mighty Lake Superior. There, language therapist Maya Stark is given the task of making a connection with this boy/man who came back from the dead. But their celebrity patient tries to escape and refuses to answer any questions about his father or the last ten years of his life. In many ways he is old far beyond his years; in others, still a child. But Maya, who was abandoned by her own mother, has secrets, too. And as she's drawn closer to this enigmatic boy, she'll risk everything to reunite him with his father who has disappeared from the known world - but at what cost to herself? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
An Odyssey: A Father, A Son and an Epic: SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2017 Daniel Mendelsohn (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
William Collins
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
31 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Unsewn / adhesive bound 320pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 80g ISBN13: 9780007545131 ISBN13: 978-0-00-754513-1 ISBN10: 0007545134 EAN: 9780007545131 x Description: SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2017 From the award-winning, best-selling writer: a deeply moving tale of a father and son's transformative journey in reading - and reliving - Homer's epic masterpiece.
When eighty-one-year-old retired scientist Jay unexpectedly enrols in his estranged classicist son Daniel's course on the Odyssey, the journey of a lifetime commences. Professor and student glean life lessons from the page over a semester and, that summer, son and father take to the sea to follow Odysseus's epic trail. Reading Homer becomes their chance to understand each other before it's too late. Theirs is a moving and erudite story of filial love and the importance of the classics. Rich with literary and emotional insight and weaving themes of deception and recognition, marriage and children, the pleasures of travel and the meaning of home, this is memoir writing at its finest. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
From Twinkle, With Love Sandhya Menon (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 336pp h234mm x w153mm x s28mm 573g ISBN13: 9781473671201 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7120-1 ISBN10: 1473671205 EAN: 9781473671201 x Description: Menon is a bright new talent' Bustle The next heartwarming YA romcom from Sandhya Menon, bestselling author of When Dimple Met Rishi. Aspiring filmmaker and wallflower Twinkle Mehra has stories to tell and universes to explore - if only the world would listen. So when nerdy classmate and fellow film-obsessive Sahil Roy approaches her to direct a film for the upcoming Summer Festival, Twinkle can't wait. The chance to showcase her artistic voice? Dream come true. The opportunity to get closer to longtime crush, Neil Roy-aka Sahil's twin brother? Dream come even truer. When Twinkle receives an email from a secret admirer - the mysterious 'N' - she is sure it's Neil, finally ready for their happy ending. The only problem is that, in the course of their movie-making, she has found herself falling for Sahil - the wrong brother. Twinkle soon realises that resistance is futile: the romance she's got isn't the one she scripted... But will it be enough? 'A celebration of artistic sensibilities and a fun romantic mystery' Entertainment Weekly
***************** Praise for When Dimple Met Rishi: 'Funny, warm, and utterly charming, When Dimple Met Rishi is the modern rom-com YA we've all been waiting for . . . Sandhya Menon is a welcome and needed new voice in YA' Katherine Webber 'Menon wrote an utterly delightful novel and broke my heart by writing an ending because I want nothing more than to keep reading about Dimple and Rishi forever . . .' Book Riot 'Sandhya Menon's When Dimple Met Rishi is a refreshing Young Adult romance, providing the reader with much-needed delight . . . this story is a laugh riot and utterly heartwarming.' Times of India _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
From Twinkle, With Love Sandhya Menon (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 336pp h234mm x w153mm x s24mm 457g ISBN13: 9781473678736 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7873-6 ISBN10: 1473678730 EAN: 9781473678736 x Description: 'Menon is a bright new talent' Bustle 'Menon explores themes of culture and identity with insight and warmth' Hello Giggles The next heartwarming YA romcom from Sandhya Menon, bestselling author of WHEN DIMPLE MET RISHI. Aspiring filmmaker and wallflower Twinkle Mehra has stories she wants to tell and universes she wants to explore, if only the world would listen. So when fellow film geek Sahil Roy approaches her to direct a movie for the upcoming Summer Festival, Twinkle is all over it. The chance to publicly showcase her voice as a director? Dream come true. The fact that it gets her closer to longtime crush, Neil Roy-aka Sahil's twin brother? Dream come true x 2.
When mystery man 'N' begins emailing her, Twinkle is sure it's Neil, finally ready to begin their happily-ever-after. The only slightly inconvenient problem is that, in the course of movie-making, she's fallen in love with the irresistibly adorkable Sahil.
Twinkle soon realizes that resistance is futile: The romance she's got is not the one she scripted. But will it be enough?
Told through the letters Twinkle writes to her favorite female filmmakers, FROM TWINKLE WITH LOVE navigates big truths about friendship, family, and the unexpected places love can find you. Praise for WHEN DIMPLE MET RISHI: 'Menon wrote an utterly delightful novel and broke my heart by writing an ending because I want nothing more than to keep reading about Dimple and Rishi forever . . .' Book Riot 'Sandhya Menon's When Dimple Met Rishi is a refreshing Young Adult romance, providing the reader with much-needed delight . . . this story is a laugh riot and utterly heartwarming.' Times of India _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Fever Deon Meyer (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 544pp h196mm x w128mm x s44mm 380g ISBN13: 9781473614444 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-1444-4 ISBN10: 1473614449 EAN: 9781473614444 x Description: 'UK readers, you have a nice surprise coming. No, not Brexit, FEVER, by Deon Meyer. Reminiscent of THE STAND and THE PASSAGE. Great stuff' STEPHEN KING I want to tell you about my Father's murder. I want to tell you who killed him and why. This is the story of my life. And the story of your life and your world too, as you will see. Nico Storm and his father drive across a desolate South Africa, constantly alert for feral dogs, motorcycle gangs, nuclear contamination. They are among the few survivors of a virus that has killed most of the world's population. Young as he is, Nico realises that his superb marksmanship and cool head mean he is destined to be his father's protector. But Willem Storm, though not a fighter, is a man with a vision. He is searching for a place that can become a refuge, a beacon of light and hope in a dark and hopeless world, a community that survivors will rebuild from the ruins. And so Amanzi is born. Fever is the epic, searing story of a group of people determined to carve a city out of chaos. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
20 Ways to Make Every Day Better: Simple, Practical Changes with Real Results Joyce Meyer (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 224pp h196mm x w128mm x s18mm 180g ISBN13: 9781473662209 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6220-9 ISBN10: 1473662206 EAN: 9781473662209 x Description: The traffic is backed up, the kids are screaming, and the car is making a funny noise again. Any one of these challenges can test our temperament and rob us of joy. Our impulse is to write today off and hope for a better tomorrow. However, this creates a hard pattern to break. One terrible day easily turns into many-and soon we're living a life far from what God has in mind for us. A new, transforming sense of excitement, happiness, and contentment in our lives is possible when we pursue God's goodness each day. In 20 WAYS TO MAKE EVERY DAY BETTER, Joyce Meyer shares biblical illustrations, actionable advice, uplifting stories, and the encouragement we need to start enjoying the life God created for us. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Living A Life You Love: Embracing the adventure of being led by the Holy Spirit Joyce Meyer (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
19 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 224pp h241mm x w204mm x s16mm 292g ISBN13: 9781473682887 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8288-7 ISBN10: 1473682886 EAN: 9781473682887 x Description: Like many people, you may find it easy to express love for your family, your spouse, your church, the Lord-or for more temporal things like a good cup of tea, your home, or a nice dinner at your favorite restaurant. But you may struggle to truly say "I love my life!" Routines and responsibilities can become a grind, making you dread today, rather than look forward to it. Privileges can become burdens that rob you of the joy and fulfillment you're meant to have as a child of God. But you can be hopeful, learn to rise above your challenges, and become filled with wonder at what God can do in your life. Written by #1 New York Times bestselling author Joyce Meyer, who went from being in pain and miserable to peaceful and satisfied through Christ, this book is the key to shifting your perspective so that you may also relish every moment and every part of life. Joyce explains how to love life fully, in spite of your obstacles, so you can experience the joy and fulfillment God has for you! Chapters include: God Has an Amazing Plan for You, Refuse to Let Fear Determine Your Destiny, See Each Day as an Opportunity, and Be the You God Created You to Be! The key to loving your life is found in God's love for you. When you make Him the focus of all you do it will transform your attitude, so that you can really enjoy each day. Learn how God can help you maintain a joyful attitude, making love and kindness top priorities, and what you give away will come back to you immeasurably. As Joyce explains, God has already blessed you with what it takes to start LIVING A LIFE YOU LOVE. And this book will show you how. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Rebel Women: All You Wanted to Know about Women's History from 1800 to the present day Rosalind Miles (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Virago Press Ltd
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
01 Nov 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 400pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780349006079 ISBN13: 978-0-349-00607-9 ISBN10: 0349006075 EAN: 9780349006079 x Description: More than twenty-five years ago The Women's History of the World, by the brilliant historian, journalist and academic, Rosalind Miles, burst upon the world. It was instantly lauded and applauded by everyone from A.S. Byatt ('Witty, balanced, inexorable . . . and splendid') to the Washington Post ('an inspiration'). The book went on to be a longstanding Sunday Times bestseller, was translated into almost 40 foreign languages and became a New York Times bestseller. Now it is time for Rebel Women: All you wanted to know about women's history from 1800 to the modern day. This is history as made by women: famous, infamous and little known, whose actions changed the course of the world. We begin with the French Revolution when one woman took on the Fraternite of man, then it's off to America to round up the other rebels who paved the way, fighting side by side for freedom with their men. In Australia we celebrate a mass mooning by female convicts of Queen Victoria's Vice-Regent and his lady wife, and the dogged, often desperate courage of all the women who dared to think that they could change the world. Along the way we highlight the age-old cruelties and injustices suffered by women worldwide which the modern age has done little to challenge or change like forced marriage and femicide, while recording every milestone in the long march of women towards equality and the full life. In a colourful pageant of astonishing women, we track through to the birth of modern womanhood with the one small question of the Swinging Sixties which changed everything: Betty Friedan's "Is This all?" Women in space, women in jail, women in-skirts, women in burkas, women in power - all female life is there. We end in the current day - breathless but thrilled with what women can and have and will do.
Brave, brilliant, unrivalled in its wit and erudition, Rebel Women is a hugely readable book. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Now We Shall Be Entirely Free Andrew Miller (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sceptre
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
23 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 432pp h217mm x w180mm x s33mm 468g ISBN13: 9781444784688 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-8468-8 ISBN10: 1444784684 EAN: 9781444784688 x Description: By the Costa Award-winning author of PURE, a stunning historical novel with the grip of a thriller, written in richly evocative, luminous prose. One rain-swept February night in 1809, an unconscious man is carried into a house in Somerset. He is Captain John Lacroix, home from Britain's disastrous campaign against Napoleon's forces in Spain. Gradually Lacroix recovers his health, but not his peace of mind - he cannot talk about the war or face the memory of what happened in a village on the gruelling retreat to Corunna. After the command comes to return to his regiment, he sets out instead for the Hebrides, with the vague intent of reviving his musical interests and collecting local folksongs. Lacroix sails north incognito, unaware that he has far worse to fear than being dragged back to the army: a vicious English corporal and a Spanish officer are on his trail, with orders to kill. The haven he finds on a remote island with a family of free-thinkers and the sister he falls for are not safe, at all. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
All I Want Is You Sandy Miller (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 128pp h191mm x w135mm x s16mm 226g ISBN13: 9781473681767 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8176-7 ISBN10: 1473681766 EAN: 9781473681767 x Description: This collection of fascinating stories, anecdotes and illustrations is a storehouse of Christian wisdom from one of its most inspirational practitioners. In short, pithy paragraphs, Sandy Millar talks about the life of Jesus, God's call to intimacy, the power of the Holy Spirit, and the teachings of the Bible. Compiled and edited by Mark Elsdon-Dew from transcripts of his sermons and writings, Sandy Millar's teaching will heartily encourage anyone with a love for life and Jesus. 'Instead of a massy tome of controversial divinity we have a delightful and unoppressive simplicity which nevertheless packs a Christian punch.' - Rt Rev. Rt Hon. Lord Richard Chartres _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Visitor Zoe Miller (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hachette Books Ireland
Publisher:
Hachette Books Ireland
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: Ireland Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 400pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781473664661 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6466-1 ISBN10: 1473664667 EAN: 9781473664661 x Description: Izzie Mallon had expected to spend Christmas with her husband Sam in their beautifully restored apartment on the top floor of a Georgian house in Henrietta Square. But when Sam dies suddenly in an accident, Izzie faces Christmas alone, shutting out her neighbours, and her family. But then her husband's long-time friend, Eli Sanders, arrives on her doorstep, his flight home to America diverted to Dublin just before the snowbound airport closed. Izzie has never met Eli in person but knows the strong bond between the two men. But as Izzie discovers more about Eli, cracks in his story begin to show. All is not as it seems but can Izzie see through her grief before it's too late? And what does Eli want from her? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Deliciously Ella The Plant-Based Cookbook: 100 simple vegan recipes to make every day delicious Ella Mills (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Yellow Kite
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
23 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 288pp h251mm x w198mm x s30mm 1162g ISBN13: 9781473639218 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3921-8 ISBN10: 1473639212 EAN: 9781473639218 x Description: 'She has become the biggest thing in healthy eating' - The Times 100 all-new plant-based recipes - by bestselling author Deliciously Ella. Ella's latest book features the most popular, tried and tested recipes from her supper clubs, pop-ups and deli to show how delicious and abundant plant-based cooking can be. The simple vegan recipes cover everything from colourful salads to veggie burgers and falafel, creamy dips and sides, hearty one-pot curries and stews, speedy breakfasts, weekend brunches, muffins, cakes and brownies. They're the recipes that Ella's thousands of customers have been asking for since the deli first launched in 2015, and each recipe has a beautiful photograph to show you how it should look. In addition to over 100 brand new plant-based recipes, for the first time we are treated to a personal insight into Ella's journey - how she grew her blog, which she began writing to help get herself well while suffering from illness, into a wellbeing brand - and all that she has learnt along the way, as well as what drives the Deliciously Ella philosophy and her team's passion for creating delicious healthy food. With diary excerpts that document the incredible journey that Deliciously Ella has taken and over 100 tried-and-tested irresistible recipes for every day, using simple, nourishing ingredients, this vegan bible will be a must-have for fans and food-lovers alike, it's also perfect for anyone looking to experiment with vegan cooking for the first time. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Maid's Room: 'A modern-day The Help' - Emerald Street Fiona Mitchell (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
19 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h196mm x w128mm x s24mm 180g ISBN13: 9781473659599 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5959-9 ISBN10: 1473659590 EAN: 9781473659599 x Description: 'A modern-day The Help' - Emerald Street 'It's a book to read and then read again.' The Book Bag 'I loved The Maid's Room with its exquisite writing, married with a shocking and powerful story line that had me gripped and moved until the uplifting conclusion.' Katie Marsh, author of A Life Without You and This Beautiful Life 'A beautifully written and deeply moving novel . . . crafted with a mixture of grim detail, dark humour and poignancy, at times it's hard to believe that this book is a work of fiction. Genuinely excellent. *****' Heat *********** 'This is where she sleeps. A cupboard. A bedroom. A windowless box.' Sisters Dolly and Tala have never felt further from home. In the blistering heat of Singapore, they spend their days enabling ex-pats to have lives they could never afford for themselves. Even though she has little freedom, Dolly can just about live with her job if it means she's able to support her beloved young daughter back in the Philippines. One day - if she's lucky - Dolly may even be able to go back and see her. Tala, however, just can't keep her mouth shut about the restrictive, archaic rules maids are forced to abide by on pain of deportation. She risks everything to help her fellow maids, who have struggled to have their voices heard for far too long. In a world where domestic workers are treated so poorly, The Maid's Room explores how women can come together to change each other's lives, and be the architects of their own futures. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Grandma Dangerous and the Dog of Destiny: Book 1 Kita Mitchell (Author) Nathan Reed (Illustrated by) Series:
Grandma Dangerous
Edition:
Imprint:
Orchard Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
26 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 272pp h200mm x w152mm x s20mm 228g ISBN13: 9781408355060 ISBN13: 978-1-4083-5506-0 ISBN10: 140835506X EAN: 9781408355060 x Description: WARNING: DO NOT GIVE THIS BOOK TO YOUR OWN GRANDMA. SHE MIGHT GET IDEAS... Danger is her middle name! Ollie's dad is missing - but Grandma Dangerous is on the case! She has a hot-air balloon, thirty packets of biscuits and a pooch with magical powers
(she says). But as they sail through the skies, Ollie realises they're not just on a rescue mission... Grandma's on the run!
"Thrills! Biscuits! This book has it all" Andy Riley, author of King Flashypants _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Princesse de Cleves (riverrun editions): Nancy Mitford's sparkling translation of the famous French classic in a beautiful new edition Nancy Mitford (Translated by) Madame de Lafayette (Author) Selina Hastings (Contributions by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
riverrun
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
23 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 256pp h200mm x w131mm x s16mm 182g ISBN13: 9781787470583 ISBN13: 978-1-78747-058-3 ISBN10: 178747058X EAN: 9781787470583 x Description: 'Always be civil to the girls. You never know whom they might marry.' Nancy Mitford, from her introduction to The Princess de Cleves When the young, beautiful Mademoiselle de Chartres comes to court, her primary objective is to find herself a husband. Upon her mother's recommendation, she accepts the advances of the Prince de Cleves, a rather average sort of a man. Unfortunately, soon after the wedding she finds herself to be in love with the dashing Duc de Nemours . . . Against a backdrop of labyrinthine court politics, the naive Madame de Cleves' pursuit of true love is a riveting and timelessly tragic read. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
An Italian Affair Caroline Montague (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
13 Nov 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 400pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781409180777 ISBN13: 978-1-4091-8077-7 ISBN10: 1409180778 EAN: 9781409180777 x Description: A passionate story of love, betrayal and war set against the sweeping Tuscan countryside. Perfect for fans of Santa Montefiore and Dinah Jeffries. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lost and Found: Memory, Identity, and Who We Become When We're No Longer Ourselves Dr Jules Montague (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sceptre
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 304pp h232mm x w152mm x s26mm 400g ISBN13: 9781473646957 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-4695-7 ISBN10: 1473646952 EAN: 9781473646957 x Description: An unforgettable book for fans of Henry Marsh and Atul Gawande about how we lose ourselves and those around us - and how we can be found again. Who do we become when our minds misbehave? If a loved one changes as a result of a brain disorder, are they still the same person? Could a brain disorder enhance your identity rather than damage it? From dementia and brain injury to sleep disorders, coma, and multiple personality disorder, leading neurologist and journalist Dr Jules Montague explores what remains of the person left behind when the pieces of their mind go missing. Along the way she answers fascinating questions about how we remember, think and behave. Why do some memories endure and others fade? Why do you sometimes forget why you went into a room? And what if rather than losing memories, your mind creates false ones - are they still yours, and do they still make you, you? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Vaster Than Sky, Greater Than Space Mooji (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Coronet Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
05 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 288pp h234mm x w153mm x s24mm 511g ISBN13: 9781473674660 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7466-0 ISBN10: 1473674662 EAN: 9781473674660 x Description: In ever-growing gatherings worldwide, the revered teacher Mooji has opened the eyes of thousands through his rare ability to shine light on the ineffable with uncommon clarity, humour and warmth. Now, in Vaster Than Sky, Greater Than Space, Mooji invites and inspires readers everywhere to discover the true essence from which we all arise. Throughout the book he addresses various questions that come up for seekers, such as: How do I find peace, joy, love and happiness? Is it really possible for an ordinary person with a job and family to attain enlightenment? Are intimate relationships a help or a hindrance to awakening? I don't believe in God, and I don't consider myself a devotional type of person, but the word Truth resonates with me - are your teachings relevant to me? You use the phrase 'timeless presence'. What does it mean? How can anything be timeless? How does one transcend personal conditioning and suppressed emotions, and so come to lasting freedom? If we are essentially free, why does it seem so difficult and distant, so remote or rare to realise the Truth? Through our own earnest search for truth, Mooji helps us arrive at the answers, not by offering concepts but by leading us back to our hidden yet
inherent knowing. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues Edward Kelsey Moore (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w128mm x s26mm 220g ISBN13: 9781473661998 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6199-8 ISBN10: 1473661994 EAN: 9781473661998 x Description: A novel of friendship, family and forgiveness, from the author of the bestselling The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat, perfect for fans of The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul. When a late life love affair blooms between Mr. Forrest Payne and Miss Beatrice Jordan, their wedding summons a legend to town. Mr. El Walker, the great guitar bluesman, returns to Plainview, Indiana, to perform in a place he'd sworn--and for good reason--he'd never set foot in again. But El is not the only Plainview native with a hurdle to overcome. Among those in this tightly knit community are the lifelong friends, known locally as "The Supremes", each facing a challenge of their own -- Clarice, facing down her chance at and fear of a great career; Barbara Jean, grappling with the loss of a mother whose life humiliated both of them, and Odette, reaching toward her husband through an anger of his that she does not understand. Now, serenaded by El Walker's bittersweet and unforgettable blues song, this group need not learn how to survive but how, fully, to live. 'A joy to read! Besides being laugh out loud hilarious, Edward Kelsey Moore has a profound understanding of human nature' Fannie Flagg, author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Money: Know More, Make More, Give More: Learn how to make more money and transform your life Rob Moore (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Learning
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
31 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 288g ISBN13: 9781473641334 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-4133-4 ISBN10: 1473641330 EAN: 9781473641334 x Description: Do you want to get to the stage - soon - where you are truly financially independent, able to use your money in the way you'd like, and be completely confident in your ability to take care of yourself and your family? That is a universal desire, but many of us regard wealth and financial independence as a goal which we'll likely never achieve - there are just too many bills that need paying and there is a widespread belief that the money game is rigged. Even people who win the lottery or inherit money often seem to wind up losing it. The evidence suggests you can't win a game that you don't understand - even if you start out winning - because you never understood the game in the first place. So how can you win with money? How can you create independent wealth and hold on to it? This inspiring book by self-made multi-millionaire Rob Moore explains the rules of the game, shares simple tricks for managing money better, details how to create a plan for an ambitious future, and shows you the very best way to become a millionaire - to think and behave like one! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Start Now. Get Perfect Later. Rob Moore (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Learning
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 208pp h218mm x w136mm x s14mm 226g ISBN13: 9781473685437 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8543-7 ISBN10: 1473685435 EAN: 9781473685437 x Description: Hardly anyone gets it right the first time, but many of us are crippled by indecision and fear of failure. The desire to get it right can inhibit us from getting started. In this book Rob Moore, the bestselling author of MONEY, shows that the quickest way to perfect is starting right now and improving as you go. This book will show you how to launch your business or idea, begin the next phase of your career, and overcome self-doubt right away. Get perfect later, get started NOW. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
One Way S. J. Morden (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Gollancz
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
23 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 336pp h201mm x w143mm x s21mm 226g ISBN13: 9781473222571 ISBN13: 978-1-4732-2257-1 ISBN10: 1473222575 EAN: 9781473222571 x Description: EIGHT ASTRONAUTS. ONE KILLER. NO WAY HOME. ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK meets Andy Weir's THE MARTIAN 'A rip-roaring thriller of a book that hits the ground running and doesn't stop until the final chapter' John Marrs, author of the bestselling/Radio 2 Book Club choice THE ONE 'S.J. Morden's Agatha-Christie-in-space thriller accelerates to warp speed and becomes an engrossing whodunnit' Financial Times * * * * * There's a murderer amongst them, and everyone's a suspect . . . Frank Kittridge is serving life for murdering his son's drug dealer, so when he's offered a deal by Xenosystems Operations - the corporation that owns the prison - he takes it. He's been selected to help build the first permanent base on Mars. Unfortunately, his crewmates are just as guilty of their crimes as he is. As the convicts set to work on the frozen wastes of Mars, the accidents multiply. Until Frank begins to suspect they might not be accidents at all . . . ***** 'A tense and claustrophobic murder-mystery-on-Mars' James Swallow, Sunday Times bestselling author of NOMAD 'ONE WAY is what would happen if the crime and sci-fi genres got together and had a baby. Deeply immersive, chilling and atmospheric. An utterly fabulous book!' Emma Kavanagh, bestselling author of FALLING and HIDDEN 'A cracking read. A compelling vision of the near future inhabited by well motivated characters. It's a thrilling tale that grabs you and whips along to the very last breathless page' Adam Hamdy, author of PENDULUM
'Twisty and gripping' Financial Times _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Light Years: the thrilling new novel from the author of The 100 series: Light Years Book One Kass Morgan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
09 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781473663398 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6339-8 ISBN10: 1473663393 EAN: 9781473663398 x Description: Light Years is the first book in a thrilling new sci-fi series from the bestselling author of The 100. Reeling from the latest attack by a mysterious enemy, the Quatra Fleet Academy is finally admitting students from every planet in the solar system after centuries of exclusivity. Hotshot pilot Vesper, an ambitious Tridian citizen, dreams of becoming a captain - but when she loses her spot to a brilliant, wisecracking boy from the wrong side of the asteroid belt, it makes her question everything she thought she knew. Growing up on the toxic planet Deva, Cormak will take any chance he can get to escape his dead-end life and join the Academy - even if he has to steal someone's identity to do it. Arran was always considered an outsider on icy Chetire, always dreaming of something more than a life working in the mines. Now an incoming cadet, Arran is looking for a place to belong - he just never thought that place would be in the arms of a Tridian boy. And Orelia is hiding a dark secret - she's infiltrated the Academy to complete a mission, one that threatens the security of everyone there. But if anyone finds out who she really is, it'll be her life on the line. These cadets will have to put their differences aside and become a team to defend their world from a cunning enemy - but the danger might be lurking closer to home than they think... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Thin Air Richard Morgan (Author) Series:
Gollancz S.F.
Edition:
Imprint:
Gollancz
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
25 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 400pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780575088566 ISBN13: 978-0-575-08856-6 ISBN10: 0575088567 EAN: 9780575088566 x Description: Richard Morgan has always been one of our most successful SF authors with his fast-moving and brutal storylines, blistering plots and a powerful social conscience behind his work. And now he's back, with his first SF novel for eight years . . . and it promises to be a publication to remember. An ex-corporate enforcer, Hakan Veil, is forced to bodyguard Madison Madekwe, part of a colonial audit team investigating a disappeared lottery winner on Mars. But when Madekwe is abducted, and Hakan nearly killed, the investigation takes him farther and deeper than he had ever expected. And soon Hakan discovers the heavy price he may have to pay to learn the truth. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Last of the Greenwoods Clare Morrall (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sceptre
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 352pp h216mm x w135mm x s29mm 485g ISBN13: 9781473649156 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-4915-6 ISBN10: 1473649153 EAN: 9781473649156 x Description: In a field outside Bromsgrove, two elderly brothers live in adjoining railway carriages. No one visits and they never speak to each other. Until the day Zohra Dasgupta, a young postwoman, delivers an extraordinary letter - from a woman claiming to be the sister they thought had been murdered fifty years earlier. So begins an intriguing tale: is this woman an impostor? If she's not, what did happen all those years ago? And why are the brothers such recluses? Then there's Zohra. Once a bright, outgoing teenager, the only friend she will see from her schooldays is laidback Crispin, who has roped her in to the restoration of an old railway line on his father's land. For which, as it happens, they need some carriages . . . With wry humour and a cast of characters as delightful as they are damaged, Clare Morrall tells an engrossing story of past misdeeds and present reckoning, which shows that for all the wrong turnings we might take, sometimes it is possible to retrace our steps. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Elmet: SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017 Fiona Mozley (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h203mm x w183mm x s20mm 222g ISBN13: 9781473676497 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7649-7 ISBN10: 1473676495 EAN: 9781473676497 x Description: SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017 WINNER OF A SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARD 'A quiet explosion of a book, exquisite and unforgettable' The Economist 'A cleverly constructed rural Gothic fable . . . Elmet is a marvellous achievement' TLS 'Pastoral idyll, political expose, cosy family saga and horror tale, it reads like a traditional children's story that turns into a gangster film: Hansel and Gretel meets The Godfather' Sunday Times Daniel is heading north. He is looking for someone. The simplicity of his early life with Daddy and Cathy has turned menacing and fearful. They lived apart in the house that Daddy built for them in the woods with his bare hands. They foraged and hunted. Cathy was more like their father: fierce and full of simmering anger. Daniel was more like their mother: gentle and kind. Sometimes, their father disappeared, and would return with a rage in his eyes. But when he was at home, he was at peace. He told them that the little copse in Elmet was theirs alone. But that wasn't true. Local men, greedy and watchful, began to circle like vultures. All the while, the terrible violence in Daddy grew. Brutal and beautiful in equal measure, Elmet is a compelling portrayal of a family living on the fringes of contemporary society, as well as a gripping exploration of the disturbing actions people are capable of when pushed to their limits.
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The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity and My Fight Against the Islamic State Nadia Murad (Author) Jenna Krajeski (Author) Amal Clooney (Foreword by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Virago Press Ltd
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
23 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h130mm x w199mm x s21mm 264g 16pp B&W plates section ISBN13: 9780349009773 ISBN13: 978-0-349-00977-3 ISBN10: 0349009775 EAN: 9780349009773 x Description: `Offers powerful insight into the barbarity the Yazidi suffered alongside glimpses into their mystical culture . . . this is an important book by a brave woman, fresh testament to humankind's potential for chilling and inexplicable evil (Ian Birrell The Times) Courageous . . . Anyone who wants to understand the so called Islamic State should read (The Economist) With a foreword by Amal Clooney A Nobel Peace Prize nominee and the first Goodwill Ambassador the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking of the United Nations and winner of the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize, Nadia Murad is a courageous young woman who has endured unimaginable tragedy (losing eighteen members of her family) and degradation through sexual enslavement to ISIS. But she has fought back. This inspiring memoir takes us from her peaceful childhood in a remote village in Iraq through loss and brutality to safety in Germany. Courage and testimony can change the world: this is one of those books. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Defining You: How to profile yourself and unlock your full potential Fiona Murden (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
24 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 272pp h232mm x w217mm x s20mm 292g ISBN13: 9781473668409 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6840-9 ISBN10: 1473668409 EAN: 9781473668409 x Description: *Take the online psychometric test and receive a full professional report* Have you ever wondered what a profiling session would tell you about yourself? Fiona Murden helps some of the most successful people in the world to understand their behaviour and improve their performance. Here she guides you through the professional profiling assessment process in private, to help you discover your strengths, understand what really drives you and learn which environments will help you to excel. Step by step you will build your unique personal profile. Take a psychometric test, run a 360 assessment, draw up your early years timeline and enjoy some valuable self-reflection. Fiona then expertly - and sensitively - coaches you through interpreting your results and taking your next steps to fulfil your potential. Our behaviour is at the core of what we do. This is your ultimate self-awareness toolkit to help you understand both your own and other's behaviour and to positively influence it. Along the way you may even start to sleep better, think more clearly and have good moods more often. Defining You opens a window into the elite process of psychological profiling and presents a clear path to improving your effectiveness with immediate actions and tangible tips.
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The Sixteen Trees of the Somme Lars Mytting (Author) Paul Russell Garrett (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
MacLehose Press
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780857056061 ISBN13: 978-0-85705-606-1 ISBN10: 0857056069 EAN: 9780857056061 x Description: By Norway's bestselling novelist and the author of NORWEGIAN WOOD, a family story of epic scale. "An intricate story about war, family, secrets and, yes, wood ... An engaging, satisfying read" The Times "So cleverly plotted, and it builds up such effortless dramatic momentum as it zeroes in on its conclusion" Scotsman Edvard grows up on a remote mountain farmstead in Norway with his taciturn grandfather, Sverre. The death of his parents, when he was three years old, has always been shrouded in mystery - he has never been told how or where it took place and has only a distant memory of his mother. But he knows that the fate of his grandfather's brother, Einar, is somehow bound up with this mystery. One day a coffin is delivered for his grandfather long before his death - a meticulous, beautiful piece of craftsmanship. Perhaps Einar is not dead after all. Edvard's desperate quest to unlock the family's tragic secrets takes him on a long journey - from Norway to the Shetlands, and to the battlefields of France - to the discovery of a very unusual inheritance. The Sixteen Trees of the Somme is about the love of wood and finding your own self, a beautifully intricate and moving tale that spans an entire century. Mytting's book is as much a romantic historical thriller as it is a book of promise, a page-turner as it is a reflective journey into selfhood, history, life's meaning and individual moral responsibility - Mika Provata-Carlone, Bookanista Translated from the Norwegian by Paul Russell Garrett _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Other Couple Sarah J. Naughton (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Trapeze
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
09 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h132mm x w199mm x s22mm 284g ISBN13: 9781409166986 ISBN13: 978-1-4091-6698-6 ISBN10: 1409166988 EAN: 9781409166986 x Description: 'I am sleep deprived having stayed awake desperate to find out what happened!' 'Gripping, electrifying, heartbreaking' - Erin Kelly, author of HE SAID / SHE SAID, on TATTLETALEThe new psychological thriller from Sarah J Naughton, for fans of Clare Mackintosh's LET ME LIE, Cara Hunter's CLOSE TO HOME and Lara Marshall's FRIEND REQUEST ************* 'Intelligent. Gripping. Colourful. Great setting. Absorbing characters.' - Jane Corry, bestselling author of MY HUSBAND'S WIFE and BLOOD SISTERS It was meant to be the perfect honeymoon. A five-star resort in paradise.
White sands, a private villa and world-class cuisine. A chance for newlyweds Asha and Ollie Graveney to recover from a recent tragedy, and enjoy the holiday of their dreams. Except someone has other plans... And paradise has turned into a nightmare.
If you like Clare Mackintosh, BA Paris, Jenny Blackhurst, Rachel Abbott, Laura Marshall, Elle Croft, Cara Hunter or Lisa Jewell then you will be utterly gripped by this dark, twisty tale************* "From the moment Asha and Ollie set off on honeymoon the cracks begin to show, as Naughton skilfully weaves three timelines into a chilling drama... As the tension rose, I turned the pages faster and faster - until the denouement hit me like a juggernaut." - Alison Belsham, author of THE TATTOO THIEF 'Brilliantly chilling and claustraphobic, the thought of being trapped in paradise yet knowing something wasn't right was such a frightening concept. I didn't guess at any point what was going to happen... I loved it!' - Karen Hamilton, author of THE PERFECT GIRLFRIEND "I am sleep deprived having stayed awake desperate to find out what happened to Asha & Ollie in Vietnam. I wasn't disappointed, this is a very well setup ending, everyone is under suspicion with lots of clever red herrings." - Amazon reviewer, 5 stars Praise for Sarah J. Naughton's Tattletale: 'A perfect example of how a psychological thriller should be written - intricately plotted and full of shocking surprises.' Lisa Hall, author of BETWEEN YOU AND ME 'a fast paced, brilliant page-turner...I predict a hit' Liz Nugent '...deliciously clever - I still haven't stopped thinking about the magnificent, twisted construction of it' Emma Kavanagh, author of THE MISSING HOURS 'It's one of the best debuts I've read. It deserves to be MASSIVE.' Julia Crouch 'Lies, mystery and murder wrought by childhood trauma in this compulsive, twisty thriller.' Helen Smith, author of BEYOND BELIEF 'Like any great mystery, Tattletale would, at every twist, lead me to think I'd put the pieces together - only to turn the puzzle upside down.' Grazia 'A twisty thriller that will leave you gasping your way through it as the story twists and turns.' Goodreads 'This is a psychological thriller with a twist, and a very twisted heart. This story is what happens when two people from very broken beginnings are brought together. This story is what happens when fear eclipses the need for justice and fairness, when the strong and arrogant prey upon the weak. This book is one which deserves every bit of praise it is undoubtedly going to get.' Goodreads _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Kintsugi: Embrace your imperfections and find happiness - the Japanese way Tomas Navarro (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Yellow Kite
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 288pp h227mm x w196mm x s27mm 408g N/A ISBN13: 9781473670860 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7086-0 ISBN10: 1473670861 EAN: 9781473670860 x
Description: Discover how to embrace the imperfect with Kintsugi. Apply this ancient principle to your life and you will learn how to repair yourself, rebuild your life and love your flaws. Japanese Kintsugi masters delicately patch up broken ceramics with gold adhesive, leaving the restoration clearly visible to others. Psychologist Tomas Navarro believes that we should approach our lives with the same philosophy. Everyone faces suffering, but it is the way in which we overcome our troubles, and heal our emotional wounds, that is key. We shouldn't conceal our repairs, they are proof of our strength. Navarro presents real solutions to genuine problems that he has seen in his professional practice. His anecdotes demonstrate that it is possible to transform adversity or setbacks into a strength. His psychological understanding and perspective will leave you feeling courageous and prepared, should you experience misfortune, be it heartbreak, a job loss or bereavement. Often practised alongside Ikigai (or the art of finding one's life purpose), Kintsugi shows you how happiness can be found again, often against all odds. A painful experience can in fact make you a more determined individual, ready to face the world with optimism. 'Kintsugi, which translates as "golden joinery", is the latest lifestyle trend promising to transform our lives.' - The Telegraph _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
SuperHubs: How the Financial Elite and Their Networks Rule our World Sandra Navidi (Author) Nouriel Roubini (Introduction by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
04 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w128mm x s22mm 220g ISBN13: 9781473669949 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6994-9 ISBN10: 1473669944 EAN: 9781473669949 x Description: A BLOOMBERG BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER - SILVER MEDAL, AXIOM BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS 2018 FOREWORD BY NOURIEL ROUBINI SuperHubs is a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the global financial system and the powerful personal networks through which it is run, at the centre of which sit the Elites - the SuperHubs. Combining an insider's knowledge with principles of network science, Sandra Navidi offers a startling new perspective on how the financial system really operates. SuperHubs reveals what happens at the exclusive, invitation-only platforms - The World Economic Forum in Davos, the meetings of the International Monetary Fund, think-tank gatherings, power lunches, charity events, and private parties. This is the most vivid portrait to date of the global elite: the bank CEOs, fund managers, billionaire financiers and politicians who, through their interlocking relationships and collective influence are transforming the future of our financial system and, for better or worse, shaping our world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Trigonometry: A Complete Introduction: The Easy Way to Learn Trig Hugh Neill (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Teach Yourself Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
07 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 208pp h216mm x w149mm x s12mm 236g ISBN13: 9781473678491 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7849-1 ISBN10: 1473678498 EAN: 9781473678491
x Description: Trigonometry: A Complete Introduction is the most comprehensive yet easy-to-use introduction to Trigonometry. Written by a leading expert, this book will help you if you are studying for an important exam or essay, or if you simply want to improve your knowledge. The book covers all areas of trigonometry including the theory and equations of tangent, sine and cosine, using trigonometry in three dimensions and for angles of any magnitude, and applications of trigonometry including radians, ratio, compound angles and circles related to triangles. Everything you will need is here in this one book. Each chapter includes not only an explanation of the knowledge and skills you need, but also worked examples and test questions. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How Numbers Work: Discover the strange and beautiful world of mathematics New Scientist (Author) Series:
New Scientist Instant Expert
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Learning
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
21 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 224pp h216mm x w135mm x s16mm 253g ISBN13: 9781473629745 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-2974-5 ISBN10: 1473629748 EAN: 9781473629745 x Description: Think of a number between one and ten. No, hang on, let's make this interesting. Between zero and infinity. Even if you stick to the whole numbers, there are a lot to choose from - an infinite number in fact. Throw in decimal fractions and infinity suddenly gets an awful lot bigger (is that even possible?) And then there are the negative numbers, the imaginary numbers, the irrational numbers like pi which never end. It literally never ends. The world of numbers is indeed strange and beautiful. Among its inhabitants are some really notable characters - pi, e, the "imaginary" number i and the famous golden ratio to name just a few. Prime numbers occupy a special status. Zero is very odd indeed: is it a number, or isn't it? How Numbers Work takes a tour of this mind-blowing but beautiful realm of numbers and the mathematical rules that connect them. Not only that, but take a crash course on the biggest unsolved problems that keep mathematicians up at night, find out about the strange and unexpected ways mathematics influences our everyday lives, and discover the incredible connection between numbers and reality itself. ABOUT THE SERIES New Scientist Instant Expert books are definitive and accessible entry points to the most important subjects in science; subjects that challenge, attract debate, invite controversy and engage the most enquiring minds. Designed for curious readers who want to know how things work and why, the Instant Expert series explores the topics that really matter and their impact on individuals, society, and the planet, translating the scientific complexities around us into language that's open to everyone, and putting new ideas and discoveries into perspective and context. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
This is Planet Earth: Your ultimate guide to the world we call home New Scientist (Author) Series:
New Scientist Instant Expert
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Learning
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 288pp h216mm x w135mm x s21mm 321g ISBN13: 9781473629776 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-2977-6 ISBN10: 1473629772 EAN: 9781473629776 x
Description: The ancient Greeks called it Gaia; the Romans Terra. We know it simply as Earth, the planet we call home. And what a planet it is. Formed around 4.6 billion years ago from the debris of the big bang and long-dead stars, at first it was nothing special, but somehow it evolved to become the most amazing place in the known Universe. The only living planet we know of, it also has a very unusual moon, a remarkably dynamic surface, a complex atmosphere and a deeply mysterious interior. This is Planet Earth is dedicated to the wonders of Planet Earth. Its past is long and dramatic and its future shrouded in mystery. Yet despite centuries of research, only now are we starting to understand Earth's complexity. ABOUT THE SERIES New Scientist Instant Expert books are definitive and accessible entry points to the most important subjects in science; subjects that challenge, attract debate, invite controversy and engage the most enquiring minds. Designed for curious readers who want to know how things work and why, the Instant Expert series explores the topics that really matter and their impact on individuals, society, and the planet, translating the scientific complexities around us into language that's open to everyone, and putting new ideas and discoveries into perspective and context. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Human Origins: 7 million years and counting New Scientist (Author) Series:
New Scientist Instant Expert
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Learning
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
21 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 256pp h214mm x w134mm x s24mm 280g ISBN13: 9781473629806 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-2980-6 ISBN10: 1473629802 EAN: 9781473629806 x Description: Where did we come from? Where are we going? Homo sapiens is the most successful, the most widespread and the most influential species ever to walk the Earth. In the blink of an evolutionary eye we have spread around the globe, taken control of Earth's biological and mineral resources, transformed the environment, discovered the secrets of the universe and travelled into space. Yet just 7 million years ago, we were just another species of great ape making a quiet living in the forests of East Africa. We do not know exactly what this ancestor was like, but it was no more likely than a chimpanzee or gorilla to sail across the ocean, write a symphony, invent a steam engine or ponder the meaning of existence. How did we get from there to here? Human Origins recounts the most astonishing evolutionary tale ever told. Discover how our ancestors made the first tentative steps towards becoming human, how we lost our fur but gained language, fire and tools, how we strode out of Africa, invented farming and cities and ultimately created modern civilisation - perhaps the only one of its kind in the universe. Meet your long-lost ancestors, the other humans who once shared the planet with us, and learn where the story might end. ABOUT THE SERIES New Scientist Instant Expert books are definitive and accessible entry points to the most important subjects in science; subjects that challenge, attract debate, invite controversy and engage the most enquiring minds. Designed for curious readers who want to know how things work and why, the Instant Expert series explores the topics that really matter and their impact on individuals, society, and the planet, translating the scientific complexities around us into language that's open to everyone, and putting new ideas and discoveries into perspective and context. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Journey Through The Universe: A traveler's guide from the centre of the sun to the edge of the unknown New Scientist (Author) Series:
New Scientist Instant Expert
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Learning
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 240pp h216mm x w135mm x s17mm 270g ISBN13: 9781473629844 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-2984-4 ISBN10: 1473629845 EAN: 9781473629844 x Description: There's a whole universe out there... Imagine you had a spacecraft capable of travelling through interstellar space. You climb in, blast into orbit, fly out of the solar system and keep going. Where do you end up, and what do you see along the way? The answer is: mostly nothing. Space is astonishingly, mind-blowingly empty. As you travel through the void between galaxies your spaceship encounters nothing more exciting than the odd hydrogen molecule. But when it does come across something more exotic: wow! First and most obviously, stars and planets. Some are familiar from our own backyard: yellow suns, rocky planets like Mars, gas and ice giants like Jupiter and Neptune. But there are many more: giant stars, red and white dwarfs, super-earths and hot Jupiters. Elsewhere are swirling clouds of dust giving birth to stars, and infinitely dense regions of space-time called black holes. These clump together in the star clusters we call galaxies, and the clusters of galaxies we call... galaxy clusters. And that is just the start. As we travel further we encounter ever more weird, wonderful and dangerous entities: supernovas, supermassive black holes, quasars, pulsars, neutron stars, black dwarfs, quark stars, gamma ray bursts and cosmic strings. A Journey Through The Universe is a grand tour of the most amazing celestial objects and how they fit together to build the cosmos. As for the end of the journey - nobody knows. But getting there will be fun. ABOUT THE SERIES New Scientist Instant Expert books are definitive and accessible entry points to the most important subjects in science; subjects that challenge, attract debate, invite controversy and engage the most enquiring minds. Designed for curious readers who want to know how things work and why, the Instant Expert series explores the topics that really matter and their impact on individuals, society, and the planet, translating the scientific complexities around us into language that's open to everyone, and putting new ideas and discoveries into perspective and context. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Brain: A User's Guide New Scientist (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
20 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 288pp h253mm x w196mm x s28mm 1116g ISBN13: 9781473629325 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-2932-5 ISBN10: 1473629322 EAN: 9781473629325 x Description: Congratulations! You're the proud owner of the most complex information processing device in the known universe. The human brain comes equipped with all sorts of useful design features, but also many bugs and weaknesses. Problem is you don't get an owner's manual. You have to just plug and play. As a result, most of us never properly understand how our brains work and what they're truly capable of. We fail get the best out of them, ignore some of their most useful features and struggle to overcome their design faults.
Featuring witty essays, enlightening infographics and fascinating 'try this at home' experiments, New Scientist take you on a journey through intelligence, memory, creativity, the unconscious and beyond. From the strange ways to distort what we think of as 'reality' to the brain hacks that can improve memory, The Brain: A User's Guide will help you understand your brain and show you how to use it to its full potential. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
New Scientist: The Origin of (almost) Everything New Scientist (Author) Graham Lawton (Author) Jennifer Daniel (Illustrated by) Stephen Hawking (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 320pp h220mm x w140mm x s36mm 320g ISBN13: 9781473629356 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-2935-6 ISBN10: 1473629357 EAN: 9781473629356 x Description: Introduction by Professor Stephen Hawking. When Edwin Hubble looked into his telescope in the 1920s, he was shocked to find that nearly all of the galaxies he could see through it were flying away from one another. If these galaxies had always been travelling, he reasoned, then they must, at some point, have been on top of one another. This discovery transformed the debate about one of the most fundamental questions of human existence - how did the universe begin? Every society has stories about the origin of the cosmos and its inhabitants, but now, with the power to peer into the early universe and deploy the knowledge gleaned from archaeology, geology, evolutionary biology and cosmology, we are closer than ever to understanding where it all came from. In The Origin of (almost) Everything, New Scientist explores the modern origin stories of everything from the Big Bang, meteorites and dark energy, to dinosaurs, civilisation, timekeeping, belly-button fluff and beyond. From how complex life evolved on Earth, to the first written language, to how humans conquered space, The Origin of (almost) Everything offers a unique history of the past, present and future of our universe. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Little Fires Everywhere: The New York Times Top Ten Bestseller Celeste Ng (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Abacus
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h200mm x w131mm x s25mm 314g ISBN13: 9780349142920 ISBN13: 978-0-349-14292-0 ISBN10: 0349142920 EAN: 9780349142920 x Description: 'To say I love this book is an understatement...It moved me to tears' Reese Witherspoon 'Just read it...Outstanding' Matt Haig Everyone in Shaker Heights was talking about it that summer: how Isabelle, the last of the Richardson children, had finally gone around the bend and burned the house down. In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is meticulously planned - from the layout of the winding roads, to the colours of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is playing by the rules. Enter Mia Warren - an enigmatic artist and single mother- who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenage daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the
Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than just tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the mother-daughter pair. But Mia carries with her a mysterious past, and a disregard for the rules that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community. When old family friends attempt to adopt a Chinese-American baby, a custody battle erupts that dramatically divides the town - and puts Mia and Elena on opposing sides. Suspicious of Mia and her motives, Elena is determined to uncover the secrets in Mia's past. But her obsession will come at an unexpected and devastating cost... What readers are saying: 'Highly recommended, beautifully written and thought-provoking' 'An engrossing read' 'Absolutely brilliant' 'Great characters, interesting plot that leaves you desperate to read more and written beautifully. I loved it and highly recommend it!' _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Teach Yourself Motoring: The perfect Father's Day Gift for 2018 Dudley Noble (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
Teach Yourself Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
07 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 176pp h184mm x w118mm x s18mm 194g ISBN13: 9781473682061 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8206-1 ISBN10: 1473682061 EAN: 9781473682061 x Description: Learn how to own a classic car and treat it with the care it deserves; this beautiful reproduction of a classic motoring handbook is a charming window into a glorious period of motoring history. Indulge your love of the road and take it for a test drive. Since 1938, millions of people have learned to the things they love with Teach Yourself. Welcome to the how-to guides that changed the modern world. FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1951. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Normal Family: Everyday adventures with our autistic son Henry Normal (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Two Roads
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 352pp h229mm x w181mm x s31mm 488g ISBN13: 9781473656383 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5638-3 ISBN10: 1473656389 EAN: 9781473656383 x Description: "A wonderful self-portrait of a family with autism at its heart. Uplifting and grounded, frank and encouraging, serious and funny, A Normal Family affirms that there is life after an ASD diagnosis - an atypical life, yes, but an abundant and nourishing life just the same." David Mitchell, author of THE REASON I JUMP 'The book is about how [Henry] grieved for the life that Johnny isn't able to have - and learnt to celebrate the one that he does' Times
'Honest but funny' Sunday Express 'Pell and Normal describe hopes shattered, dreams deferred and victories gained in this brave, funny, and searingly honest memoir' Daily Express 'A stunning read that will resonate with anyone who has ever loved' Brighton Post Johnny is nineteen. He likes music, art and going to the beach. He is also autistic - in his case that means he will probably never get a job, never have a girlfriend, never leave home. And over the last nineteen years this is what his father, TV producer and comedy writer Henry Normal and his wife Angela have been trying to come to terms with. This is a book for anyone whose life has been touched by autism - it's about the hope, the despair, and the messy, honest sometimes comical day-today world of autism, as well as a wonderful, warm book about the unconditional, unconventional love between a father, a mother and a son. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Girl Who Climbed Everest: Lessons learned facing up to the world's toughest mountains Bonita Norris (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
26 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 272pp h198mm x w129mm x s17mm 192g ISBN13: 9781473649781 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-4978-1 ISBN10: 1473649781 EAN: 9781473649781 x Description: 'What I've learned from climbing mountains is that we can push ourselves far beyond what we think we are capable of, and it's outside of our comfort zones that the most amazing things happen.' What drives us to go to our limits and beyond? What does it take to make dreams come true over all else? And how can you turn fear into courage? From Everest to K2, The Girl Who Climbed Everest is the story of Bonita Norris' journey undertaking the world's toughest and most dangerous expeditions. Once an anxious teenager with an eating disorder it was the discovery of a passion for climbing that inspired Bonita to change her life. Drawing on her experiences to capture the agonies - both mental and physical - and joys of her incredible feats Bonita also imparts the lessons learned encouraging you to harness greater self-belief. The Girl Who Climbed Everest is an honest exploration of everything Bonita has learnt from climbing. Life lessons about ambition, values, risk, happiness, the courage to fail, and what's ultimately important. An indispensable and important book for anyone who has ever doubted their potential or put limits on themselves - whatever challenge you face or ambitions you want to achieve, The Girl Who Climbed Everest will inspire you to take action and live life more fearlessly. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
84K: 'An eerily plausible dystopian masterpiece' Emily St John Mandel Claire North (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Orbit
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
11 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 480pp h198mm x w126mm ISBN13: 9780356507408 ISBN13: 978-0-356-50740-8 ISBN10: 0356507408 EAN: 9780356507408 x Description: 'AN EERILY PLAUSIBLE DYSTOPIAN MASTERPIECE' Emily St. John Mandel, author of STATION ELEVEN 'AN EXTRAORDINARY NOVEL . . . with echoes of The Handmaid's Tale' Cory Doctorow
*CLAIRE NORTH SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES/PFD YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD* From one of the most original new voices in modern fiction comes a startling vision of a world where you can get away with anything . . . Theo Miller knows the value of human life - to the very last penny. Working in the Criminal Audit Office, he assesses each crime that crosses his desk and makes sure the correct debt to society is paid in full. But when his ex-lover is killed, it's different. This is one death he can't let become merely an entry on a balance sheet. Because when the richest in the world are getting away with murder, sometimes the numbers just don't add up. From the award-winning Claire North comes an electrifying and provocative new novel which will resonate with readers around the world. Praise for Claire North: 'Poignant and intensely gripping' Guardian 'Little short of a masterpiece' Independent 'Ambitious, immensely humane and full of philosophical panache' Sunday Times 'One of the fiction highlights of the decade' Judy Finnigan, Richard and Judy Book Club _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Keeper Graham Norton (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Coronet Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 336pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781473664982 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6498-2 ISBN10: 1473664985 EAN: 9781473664982 x Description: From the bestselling author of Holding comes another sweeping, evocative tale set on the coast of Ireland. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
France: A History: from Gaul to de Gaulle John Julius Norwich (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 400pp h241mm x w163mm x s33mm 694g ISBN13: 9781473663831 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6383-1 ISBN10: 1473663830 EAN: 9781473663831 x Description: I can still feel, as if it were yesterday, the excitement of my first Channel crossing (as a child of nearly 7) in September 1936; the regiment of porters, smelling asphyxiatingly of garlic in their blue-green blousons; the raucous sound all around me of spoken French; the immense fields of Normandy strangely devoid of hedges; then the Gare du Nord at twilight, the policemen with their kepis and their little snow-white batons; and my first sight of the Eiffel Tower...This book is written in the belief that the average English-speaking man or woman has remarkably little knowledge of French history. We may know a bit about Napoleon or Joan of Arc or Louis XIV, but for most of us that's about it. In my own three schools we were taught only about the battles we won: Crecy and Poitiers, Agincourt and Waterloo. The rest was silence. So here is my attempt to fill in the blanks...
John Julius Norwich (at 88) has finally written the book he always wanted to write, the extremely colourful story of the country he loves best. From frowning Roman generals and belligerent Gallic chieftains, to Charlemagne (hated by generations of French children taught that he invented schools) through Marie Antoinette and the storming of the Bastille to Vichy, the Resistance and beyond, FRANCE is packed with heroes and villains, adventures and battles, romance and revolution. Full of memorable stories and racy anecdotes, this is the perfect introduction to the country that has inspired the rest of the world to live, dress, eat -- and love better. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes With Death: The Breathtaking Number One Bestseller Maggie O'Farrell (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Tinder Press
Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
29 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h197mm x w133mm x s20mm 246g 17 ISBN13: 9781472240767 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-4076-7 ISBN10: 1472240766 EAN: 9781472240767 x Description: AS SELECTED FOR THE ZOE BALL BOOKCLUB, A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, GUARDIAN, IRISH TIMES, OBSERVER, RED and THE TELEGRAPH. *SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE FOR MEMOIR AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY 2018* I AM, I AM, I AM is a memoir with a difference - the unputdownable story of an extraordinary woman's life in near-death experiences. Insightful, inspirational, gorgeously written, it is a book to be read at a sitting, a story you finish newly conscious of life's fragility, determined to make every heartbeat count. A childhood illness she was not expected to survive. A teenage yearning to escape that nearly ended in disaster. A terrifying encounter on a remote path. A mismanaged labour in an understaffed hospital. Shocking, electric, unforgettable, this is the extraordinary memoir from Costa Novel-Award winner and Sunday Timesbestselling author Maggie O'Farrell. It is a book to make you question yourself. What would you do if your life was in danger, and what would you stand to lose? I AM, I AM, I AM will speak to readers who loved Cheryl Strayed's WILD or Max Porter's GRIEF IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Toto the Ninja Cat and the Incredible Cheese Heist: Book 2 Dermot O'Leary (Author) Nick East (Illustrated by) Series:
Toto
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Children's Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
20 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 192pp h176mm x w129mm black and white line illustrations ISBN13: 9781444939477 ISBN13: 978-1-4449-3947-7 ISBN10: 1444939475 EAN: 9781444939477 x Description: Toto is no ordinary cat, and she can't wait for you to join her on her SECOND ninja adventure! From one of the UK's best-loved broadcasters, purrfect for fans of The Aristocats, The Secret Life of Pets and Atticus Claw Breaks the Law. Toto, the amazing ninja cat, is back and cooler than ever! Toto is almost blind, but that doesn't stop her having brilliant adventures. Something CAT-ASTROPHIC has happened: ALL the cheese in the world has been stolen. Join Toto, her brother Silver and their best-friend Catface on a secret mission to save the day. Toto is going to need all her ninja skills to defeat the fur-midable cheese thief ...
Ideal for reading aloud or for children to curl up with and read alone, the story features brilliant black and white illustrations throughout. With gentle themes of friendship, inclusivity and winning in the face of adversity, this is a hilarious must-read for all animal-loving kids! Dermot says: 'The idea for Toto first came to me when my wife and I rescued two stray cats from an olive grove in Italy. One of them, Toto, has been blind from birth, but we quickly realised she had ninja-like reactions. Like a lot of cat owners (or cat servants), we like to imagine our pets having secret lives when we're out or asleep. So before I knew it I was writing about Toto and her brother Silver's nocturnal adventures around London. I really hope that children who pick it up enjoy reading the adventures of our little Italian underdog (cat).' Have you read Toto's first adventure, The Great Snake Escape? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Broken Things Lauren Oliver (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
02 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 416pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781444786859 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-8685-9 ISBN10: 1444786857 EAN: 9781444786859 x Description: The stunning new standalone novel from New York Times bestselling author Lauren Oliver. It's been five years since Mia and Brynn murdered Summer Marks, their best friend, in the woods. Increasingly obsessed with a novel called The Way into Lovelorn and by their fan-fiction imagining of its sequel, the girls were drawn by an undertow of fantasy into the magical world they'd created. But eventually, their delusions turned sick, and the Shadow, Lovelorn's central evil, began to haunt them. Or so the story goes. The only thing is: they didn't do it. Brynn and Mia have both found different ways to hide from their notoriety, seeking refuge from a world that hates them-a world that will never feel magical, or safe, ever again. On the anniversary of Summer's death, a seemingly insignificant discovery resurrects the mystery and pulls Mia and Brynn back together once again. But as past and present, fiction and reality, begin again to intertwine, Brynn and Mia must confront painful truths they tried for so long to bury-and face the long shadow of memory that has, all this time, been waiting. In this engrossing, twisty novel, New York Times bestselling author Lauren Oliver weaves an unforgettable, mesmerizing tale of exquisite obsession, spoiled innocence, and impossible friendships. *************** PRAISE FOR LAUREN OLIVER 'Hugely moving and gorgeously written . . . an extremely clever and well-written novel that is ultimately uplifting' - Heat on Before I Fall 'This book will take your breath away' - She _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ringer: Book Two in the addictive, pulse-pounding Replica duology Lauren Oliver (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 528pp h130mm x w196mm x s34mm 360g ISBN13: 9781473615069 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-1506-9 ISBN10: 1473615062 EAN: 9781473615069 x Description: A far-reaching novel by the powerhouse author of Before I Fall and the Delirium trilogy, which digs deep into questions of how to be a human being in a world where humanity cannot be taken for granted. In the world outside of the Haven Institute, LYRA and Caelum are finding it hard to be human - and Lyra, infected at Haven with a terrible disease, finds her symptoms are growing worse. When Caelum leaves without warning, Lyra follows him, seeking a pioneering organization in Philadelphia that might have a cure. But what they uncover there is a shocking connection to their past, even as their future seems in danger of collapsing. Though GEMMA just wants to go back to her normal life after Haven, she soon learns that her powerful father has other plans for the replicas - unless she and her boyfriend Pete can stop him. But they soon learn that they aren't safe either. The Haven Institute wasn't destroyed after all, and now Gemma is the one behind the walls. Bestselling author Lauren Oliver brings the Replica duology to a shocking close in Ringer, but like both Gemma and Lyra, you won't be able to leave the world of Haven behind after you've turned the last page. PRAISE FOR REPLICA 'A searing pair of intertwined stories about the line between science and humanity, told with Oliver's signature grace, uniqueness, and precision. It's a new story every way you turn it - but always gorgeous, always haunting' Marie Lu, author of The Young Elites and Legend 'Electric, heartbreaking, pulse-pounding, and timely, REPLICA is a riveting two-for-one. Two complex heroines, two puzzling mysteries, two weaving adventures, all in one astounding novel' Victoria Aveyard, bestselling author of Red Queen _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ringer: Book Two in the addictive, pulse-pounding Replica duology Lauren Oliver (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback A-format paperback 528pp h112mm x w178mm x s36mm 280g ISBN13: 9781473615076 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-1507-6 ISBN10: 1473615070 EAN: 9781473615076 x Description: Like its ambitious companion novel, Replica, this far-reaching novel by the powerhouse author of Before I Fall and the Delirium trilogy digs deep into questions of how to be a human being in a world where humanity cannot be taken for granted. In the world outside of the Haven Institute, Lyra and Caelum are finding it hard to be human-and Lyra, infected at Haven with a terrible disease, finds her symptoms are growing worse. When Caelum leaves without warning, Lyra follows him, seeking a pioneering organization in Philadelphia that might have a cure. But what they uncover there is a shocking connection to their past, even as their future seems in danger of collapsing. Though Gemma just wants to go back to her normal life after Haven, she soon learns that her powerful father has other plans for the replicas-unless she and her boyfriend Pete can stop him. But they soon learn that they aren't safe either. The Haven Institute wasn't destroyed after all, and now Gemma is the one behind the walls. Bestselling author Lauren Oliver brings the Replica duology to a shocking close in Ringer, but like both Gemma and Lyra, you won't be able to leave
the world of Haven behind after you've turned the last page. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Curiosity House: The Fearsome Firebird (Book Three) Lauren Oliver (Author) H. C. Chester (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
14 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 336pp h201mm x w130mm x s21mm 232g ISBN13: 9781444777291 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-7729-1 ISBN10: 1444777297 EAN: 9781444777291 x Description: In this third book in the exceptional Curiosity House mystery series by bestselling author Lauren Oliver and mysterious recluse H. C. Chester, four children must uncover the evil Nicholas Rattigan's newest dastardly scheme, wage war with a rival freak show, and deal with a spy who may have infiltrated their happy home. Sam, Philippa, Thomas, and Max have just started to recover from their capture and subsequent escape from Rattigan. But the children's lives don't stay quiet for long. A slew of bank robberies is terrorizing the city. And when Professor Farnum, the ringmaster of the museum's now immensely popular flea circus, is charged with murder, the search for the real killer uncovers a plot much bigger than any individual crime-a plot that can only be the work of Nicholas Rattigan. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Kindfulness: Be a true friend to yourself - with mindful self-compassion Padraig O'Morain (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Yellow Kite
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
26 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 256pp h215mm x w165mm x s19mm 270g N/A ISBN13: 9781473678774 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7877-4 ISBN10: 1473678773 EAN: 9781473678774 x Description: The Irish Times top 10 bestseller. Do you criticise yourself on a daily basis? Are you always comparing yourself to others? Kindfulness is there for you. This practical, uplifting guide combines the two hot topics of the moment: mindfulness and self-compassion. From the author of Mindfulness on the Go and Mindfulness for Worriers, this book teaches you how to make mindfulness your ally in everyday life, ways to accept who you are and how to lower anxiety and stress levels through a range of simple exercises. In today's chaotic world, it seems that everyone could benefit from joining the kindfulness movement. Psychotherapist Padraig O'Morain believes that through the art of self-care and ensuring that you are living in the present, you can dispel the negativity in your life. As a result of loving and accepting yourself a little bit more, you will improve your relationships with others and become a more compassionate and happier human being. 'Psychologists agree that there are many real benefits - kindfulness can reduce depression and anxiety, improve relationships and leave you able to pursue your goals.' - Stella Magazine, The Telegraph 'Being kind to yourself is therapy for the soul.' - The Independent
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No Time to Cry James Oswald (Author) Series:
New Series James Oswald
Edition:
Imprint:
Wildfire
Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
30 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781472249890 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-4989-0 ISBN10: 1472249895 EAN: 9781472249890 x Description: From one of the UK's biggest crime writers - the man brought you the bestselling Inspector McLean novels - comes a phenomenal new series guaranteed to have your heart in your mouth.
Undercover ops are always dangerous, but DC Constance Fairchild never expected things to go this wrong. Returning to their base of operations, an anonymous office in a shabby neighbourhood, she finds the bloodied body of her boss, and friend, DI Pete Copperthwaite. He's been executed - a single shot to the head. In the aftermath, it seems someone in the Met is determined to make sure that blame for the wrecked operation falls squarely on Con's shoulders. She is cut loose and cast out, angry and alone with her grief... right until the moment someone also tries to put a bullet through her head. There's no place to hide, and no time to cry. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Nearly Infallible History of the Reformation: Commemorating 500 years of Popes, Protestants, Reformers, Radicals and Other Assorted Irritants Nick Page (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
12 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 464pp h216mm x w138mm x s34mm 486g ISBN13: 9781444749700 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-4970-0 ISBN10: 1444749706 EAN: 9781444749700 x Description: 500 years ago, Martin Luther nailed his ideas to a church door - and the Reformation began. Or maybe it was a little more complicated than that. Nick Page brings his skills as an unlicensed historian to bear on this key period in European (and world) history in order to uncover everything you need to know about the Reformation - with a fair few bits you never wanted to know thrown in for good measure. Historians tell us that the Protestant Reformation laid the foundations for the Industrial Revolution, religious freedom, and all sorts of other Good Things. But what actually happened? Who were the winners and the losers, the ogres and the beauty queens of this key moment in church history? (spoiler: there weren't any beauty queens) In-depth research, historical analysis and cutting-edge guesswork combine to scintillating effect in this fast-moving examination of the strange and wonderful whirlwind that was church life in late medieval Europe. 'You were predestined to read this.' John Calvin
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Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World Jennifer Palmieri (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
27 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 192pp h202mm x w132mm x s22mm 280g ISBN13: 9781473690707 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-9070-7 ISBN10: 1473690706 EAN: 9781473690707 x Description: THE NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
DEAR MADAM PRESIDENT is an empowering letter from former White House Communications Director Jennifer Palmieri to the first woman president, and by extension, to all women working to succeed in any field. By using lessons learned during her experiences with Hillary Clinton, President Obama, and Elizabeth Edwards - to name a few - Palmieri through each chapter creates a forward-thinking framework of inspirational and practical advice for all women everywhere - from boardrooms to living rooms who are determined to seize control of their lives, their workplaces, and their country. DEAR MADAM PRESIDENT will turn the results of the 2016 election into something incredibly empowering for future female leaders and independent thinkers everywhere. We haven't wrapped our heads around what it should look like for a woman to be in the job of President. Our only models are men. This of course was seen during the Hillary Clinton campaign, and no one knows this better than Jennifer Palmieri. While wildly disappointed by the outcome of the election, Palmieri optimistically argues in the book that the Clinton candidacy and all she experienced on the campaign trail - confusion, admiration, hate, love, acceptance, rejection - can now open the country up to reimagining women in leadership roles. And that is what Palmieri takes on in this book redefining expectations for women looking to lead and creating a blueprint for women candidates and leaders to follow. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Deeds Not Words: The Story of Women's Rights - Then and Now Helen Pankhurst (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sceptre
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
06 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 384pp h236mm x w158mm x s36mm 620g ISBN13: 9781473646858 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-4685-8 ISBN10: 1473646855 EAN: 9781473646858 x Description: 'An incredible book . . . Informative, enlightening, and with the potential to change women's lives.' Sandi Toksvig 'A valuable guide and reference to anyone who wants to understand the Women's Movement in more depth. I am deeply grateful to Helen for writing it!' Annie Lennox OBE
Why is it taking so long? Despite huge progress since the suffragette campaigns and wave after wave of feminism, women are still fighting for equality. Why, at the present rate will we have to wait in Britain until 2069 for the gender pay gap to disappear? Why, in 2015, did 11% of women lose their jobs due to pregnancy discrimination? Why, globally, has 1 in 3 women experienced physical or sexual violence? In 2018, on the centenary of one of the greatest steps forward for women - the Fourth Reform Act, which saw propertied women over 30 gain the vote
for the first time - suffragette descendant and campaigner Helen Pankhurst charts how the lives of women in the UK have changed over the last 100 years. She celebrates landmark successes, little-known victories, where progress has stalled or reversed, looking at politics, money, identity, violence, culture and social norms. The voices of both pioneers and ordinary women - in all their diversity - are woven into the analysis which ends with suggestions about how to better understand and strengthen feminist campaigning and with aims for the future. Combining historical insight with inspiring argument, Deeds not Words reveals how far women have come since the suffragettes, how far we still have to go, and how we might get there. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to explore one of the most central and pressing conversations of our time. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Finding Sisu: In search of courage, strength and happiness the Finnish way Katja Pantzar (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h202mm x w136mm x s32mm 380g ISBN13: 9781473669895 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6989-5 ISBN10: 1473669898 EAN: 9781473669895 x Description: An engaging and practical guide to the easy and nature-inspired ways that Finns stay happy and healthy - including the powerful concept of sisu, or everyday courage. Sisu - a kind of everyday courage - is the Finnish approach to well-being that is turning lives around. In this beautiful book - part memoir, part guide Katja shows how to embrace the daily practices that make Finns among the happiest people in the world. Discover sisu through... * Movement as medicine: How walking, biking and swimming every day are good for what ails us-and best done outside the confines of a gym * Forest therapy: Why there's no substitute for getting out into nature on a regular basis * Healthy eating: What the Nordic diet can teach us all about feeding body, mind and soul * The gift of sisu: Why Finns embrace a special form of courage, grit and determination as a national virtue - and how anyone can dig deeper to survive and thrive through tough times. In Finding Sisu discover the ways in which you too can integrate this age-old philosophy of hope and perseverance into your life, wherever you are in the world, whatever challenges you may face. Find your courage. Find your grit. Find your sisu. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Fallout: V.I. Warshawski 18 Sara Paretsky (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
11 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 448pp h196mm x w128mm x s28mm 300g ISBN13: 9781473624368 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-2436-8 ISBN10: 1473624363 EAN: 9781473624368 x Description: V.I. Warshawski's impossible god-daughter Bernie convinces her to look for August, a young film-maker who has disappeared. The evidence indicates that he has gone to Kansas in the company of Emerald, an older black movie actress who wants to film the story of her life. Her search takes V.I. from the military base Emerald was born on, to the farm where she grew up outside a university town, ploughing up past and presentday secrets as she goes.
What is happening at the former nuclear missile site next door to the farm? What happened at the site in 1983, when students tried to stage their own version of Greenham Common? Everywhere V.I. turns she seems to be finding more trouble - with not a sign of August and Emerald. And then trouble turns to death . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Shell Game: The new V.I. Warshawski novel Sara Paretsky (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
16 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 400pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781473624399 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-2439-9 ISBN10: 1473624398 EAN: 9781473624399 x Description: The new V.I. Warshawski novel from the New York Times bestselling author pits acclaimed detective V.I. Warshawski against some of today's most powerful figures. 'Paretsky is a genius' Lee Child Legendary sleuth V.I. Warshawski returns to the Windy City to save an old friend's nephew from a murder arrest. The case involves a stolen artifact that could implicate a shadowy network of international criminals. As V.I. investigates, the detective soon finds herself tangling with the Russian mob, ISIS backers, and a shady network of stock scams and stolen art that stretches from Chicago to the East Indies and the Middle East. In Shell Game, nothing and no one are what they seem, except for the detective herself, who loses sleep, money, and blood, but remains indomitable in her quest for justice. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
First Baby Days: Animal Train: A high-contrast, fold-out board book Pat-aCake (Author) Mojca Dolinar (Illustrated by) Series:
First Baby Days
Edition:
Imprint:
Pat-a-Cake
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
12 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Board book 18pp h171mm x w167mm x s17mm 262g ISBN13: 9781526381132 ISBN13: 978-1-5263-8113-2 ISBN10: 1526381133 EAN: 9781526381132 x Description: Stimulate a baby's developing vision and coordination with this bright and bold, high-contrast fold-out board book that can be propped up to play on the floor. Babies are able to react and respond to simple patterns and contrasting colours just a few weeks after being born. As their eyes develop, high-contrast shapes, patterns and first friendly characters give newborns something simple to focus on, respond to and interact with. On one side of this frieze you and your baby will meet a host of friendly animal characters off on a train journey. On the other side, the animals are doing all sort of fun activities - from hula-hooping cats to skiing foxes! - that will make babies react with delight. Also available: First Baby Days: Night Night _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chatterbox Baby: Colours: A bright and bold touch-and-feel board book to share Pat-a-Cake (Author) Gwe (Illustrated by) Series:
Chatterbox Baby
Edition:
Imprint:
Pat-a-Cake
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
28 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Board book 10pp h165mm x w165mm ISBN13: 9781526380913 ISBN13: 978-1-5263-8091-3 ISBN10: 1526380919 EAN: 9781526380913 x Description: This bright and bold touch-and-feel book all about colours is perfect to share with babies to help develop their language. Talking to babies is absolutely vital from the day they are born. These books are specially created to help bathe babies in language - the key to later speech development. With a touch-and-feel on every page, the charming art and engaging text in Chatterbox Baby: Colours gives parents and babies lots to explore, touch and chat about together. Also available: Chatterbox Baby: Numbers, Chatterbox Baby: Shapes, Chatterbox Baby: Words _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Clap Hands: Here Come the Unicorns: A touch-and-feel board book Pat-aCake (Author) Hilli Kushnir (Illustrated by) Series:
Clap Hands
Edition:
Imprint:
Pat-a-Cake
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
09 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Board book EU Toy Safety Directive - Carries other text associated with toy safety Suitable from birth 10pp h172mm x w171mm x s21mm 330g ISBN13: 9781526381576 ISBN13: 978-1-5263-8157-6 ISBN10: 1526381575 EAN: 9781526381576 x Description: Clap hands and play with this range of exciting toddler touch-and-feel books! Here Come the Unicorns is a playful touch-and-feel book, full of energy, fun and of course, lots of cute unicorn friends! Toddlers will laugh, shout, clap their hands and join in the fun as the simple text encourages them to point, count, match and talk about the friendly, sparkly pals playing on every page. With textures to feel on every page and a fun matching game at the end, everyone will want to clap hands for the unicorns! Also available: Here Come the Monkeys, Here Come the Kittens, Here Come the Puppies, Here Come the Dinosaurs, Here Come the Chicks, Here Come the Bunnies _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
School Success: Easy Phonics: Wipe-clean book with pen Pat-a-Cake (Author) Katie Woolley (Author) Tom Heard (Illustrated by) Series:
School Success
Edition:
Imprint:
Pat-a-Cake
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
10 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback EU Toy Safety Directive - Carries EU Toy Safety Directive hazard warning, EU Toy Safety Directive - Carries 'CE' logo, EU Toy Safety Directive - Carries minimum age warning Not suitable for children under 3 years of age 16pp h260mm x w161mm x s16mm 124g ISBN13: 9781526380876 ISBN13: 978-1-5263-8087-6 ISBN10: 1526380870 EAN: 9781526380876 x Description: Help support your children and boost their confidence at primary school with this essential wipe-clean activity book. A fun and engaging Easy Phonics activity book that will support children as they begin to apply the phonics skills they are being taught at school. Designed to complement the National Curriculum, it gives children lots of opportunity for practice and equips parents with the tools and information needed to support them. The consultant-approved activities are fun to do and combined with funny pictures that children will love. The first steps to school success! This book includes: Activities that support children's learning through reception and into year 1 Supportive tips and information for parents Wipe-clean pen Also available: Telling the Time _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The F Word: A personal exploration of modern female friendship Lily Pebbles (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 304pp h218mm x w174mm x s23mm 324g ISBN13: 9781473680173 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8017-3 ISBN10: 1473680174 EAN: 9781473680173 x Description: If there's one piece of invaluable advice for women and girls of all ages, it is that there is nothing more important than creating and maintaining strong, positive and happy friendships with other women. In a culture that largely pits women against each other, I want to celebrate female friendships... all strings attached! If my 1998 diary is anything to go by, female friendships are incredibly complex and emotional but they're the mini love stories that make us who we are. For many women, friends are our partners in crime through life; they are the ones who move us into new homes, out of bad relationships, through births and illnesses. In The F Word I've set out to explore and celebrate the essence of female friendship at different life stages and in its many wild and wonderful forms. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Glass Houses Louise Penny (Author) Series:
Chief Inspector Gamache Edition:
Imprint:
Sphere
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
13 Nov 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 496pp h200mm x w143mm x s31mm 340g ISBN13: 9780751566581 ISBN13: 978-0-7515-6658-1 ISBN10: 0751566586 EAN: 9780751566581 x Description: Gripping, surprising and powerful, Glass Houses is the new ingenious and illuminating novel from number one bestseller, Louise Penny, which will leave you spellbound until the final page. One cold November day, a mysterious figure appears on the village green in Three Pines, causing unease, alarm and confusion among everyone who sees it. Chief Superintendent, Armand Gamache knows something is seriously wrong, but all he can do is watch and wait, hoping his worst fears are not realised. But when the figure disappears and a dead body is discovered, it falls to Gamache to investigate. In the early days of the murder inquiry, and months later, as the trial for the accused begins, Gamache must face the consequences of his decisions, and his actions, from which there is no going back . . . 'A cracking storyteller, who can create fascinating characters, a twisty plot and wonderful surprise endings' Ann Cleeves _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Dark Net Benjamin Percy (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 272pp h201mm x w130mm x s18mm 200g ISBN13: 9781473652231 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5223-1 ISBN10: 1473652235 EAN: 9781473652231 x Description: 'One of the best Stephen King novels not written by the master himself' - New York Times ******************* The dark net is an online shadowland for criminals to operate anonymously, but when a demonic force begins to hack the minds of its users there is nowhere left to hide. Twelve-year-old HANNAH has been fitted with a high-tech prosthetic that restores her sight, but can't understand why she can now see shadows surrounding certain people. LELA, an emotionally shut-off, technophobic journalist stumbles onto a story nobody wants her to uncover. A story someone will kill to keep hidden. A former evangelist, MIKE, suffers demons - figurative and literal - and keeps an arsenal of weapons stored in the basement of the homeless shelter he runs. And DEREK is a hacker who believes himself a soldier, part of a cyber army dedicated to changing the world for the better. With the virus spreading throughout the net and an ancient evil threatening to break lose on the real world, it falls to these strangers to stop the rising darkness. THE DARK NET is a cracked-mirror version of the digital nightmare we already live in, a timely and wildly imaginative techno-thriller about the evil that lurks in real and virtual spaces, and the power of a united few to fight back.
**************** Praise for THE DARK NET 'THE DARK NET is a megawatt defibrillator to the reader's heart' - Dean Koontz 'An impressive, propulsive narrative velocity at work here' - Metro 'THE DARK NET kicked my ass with its deft mash-up of both blackhat hacker culture and black magic. A fast, fantastic, throat-punch of a read' - Chuck Wendig, New York Times bestselling author of Blackbirds and Zer0es _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Deals that Made the World Jacques Peretti (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 480pp h198mm x w128mm x s34mm 320g ISBN13: 9781473646421 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-4642-1 ISBN10: 1473646421 EAN: 9781473646421 x Description: 'The book to read' GQ 'A revelatory book' John Lewis-Stempel
While the laws that guide our lives are written by the politicians we elect, much of the world around us - from the food we eat to the products we buy to the medications we take - is shaped by private negotiations and business deals few of us know about. For twenty years, Peretti has interviewed the people behind the decisions that have altered our world, from CEOs of multinational corporations to politicians, economists, and scientists. In The Deals that Made the World, Peretti draws on his vast knowledge to reveal a host of fascinating and startling connections, from how Wall Street's actions on food commodities helped spark the Arab Spring to the link between the AIDS epidemic in 1980s San Francisco and the subprime mortgage crisis of 2008. He proves a sure guide, combining both eye-opening on-the-ground reporting and a narrative flair that makes esoteric financial and business concepts clear and understandable. Like Steven Levitt, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Brad Stone, Michael Lewis, and Malcolm Gladwell, Peretti takes the ordinary and turns it inside out to give us a compelling new perspective on our lives and our world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dark Tide Rising (William Monk Mystery, Book 24) Anne Perry (Author) Series:
William Monk Mystery
Edition:
Imprint:
Headline Book Publishing Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
20 Sep 2018
Forthcoming
Publishing Status:
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback A-format paperback 352pp h177mm x w112mm x s20mm 194g ISBN13: 9781472234209 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-3420-9 ISBN10: 1472234200 EAN: 9781472234209 x Description: DARK TIDE RISING is the 24th compelling mystery in the William Monk series, from the master of Victorian crime, New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry. 'Anne Perry's Victorian mysteries are marvels of plot construction...truly remarkable' New York Times. When Kate Exeter is kidnapped on the shore of the Thames, Commander William Monk is enlisted by her desperate husband to save her. Kate's
captors are demanding a ransom for her safe return and Monk and his most trusted men must arrange a secret handover in the dark slums of Jacob's Island. But on the night someone betrays them and a brutal skirmish breaks out, leaving death and destruction in its wake . . . Who is to blame for what went wrong? Monk senses tensions mount and no one knows who to trust. Then a whistle blower claims that the ransom money was embezzled funds that incriminate Kate's husband, and the case takes on a whole new meaning... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Triple Jeopardy (Daniel Pitt Mystery 2) Anne Perry (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Headline Book Publishing Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
20 Sep 2018
Forthcoming
Publishing Status:
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 352pp h240mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781472257222 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-5722-2 ISBN10: 1472257227 EAN: 9781472257222 x Description: The second thrilling mystery in an exciting new generation of Pitt novels, from the New York Times bestselling author and queen of Victorian crime, Anne Perry. 'Anne Perry's Victorian mysteries are marvels of plot construction' New York Times Daniel Pitt is delighted that his sister is visiting London with her American husband Patrick, a policeman, and their young daughters. But Patrick's trip has another purpose, for which he enlists Daniel's help. Philip Sidney, a young British diplomat, is accused of robbery and assault in Washington, but he has taken diplomatic immunity and fled to England. The perfect opportunity to obtain justice presents itself when Sidney is accused of a small embezzlement at the British Embassy in the USA, but as Daniel digs deeper into the case it becomes clear that vengeance is involved. When a witness is murdered in America suspicion of guilt falls on Sidney. But is somebody trying to frame him? And, if so, who and why? Daniel follows a trail that uncovers another murder, and leads from Washington to the idyllic Channel Islands, then to a dramatic scene in court that almost defies belief... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Oblique Place Frank Perry (Translated by) Caterina Pascual Soederbaum (Author) Series:
MacLehose Press Editions
Edition:
Imprint:
MacLehose Press
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
20 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 432pp h210mm x w138mm ISBN13: 9780857057235 ISBN13: 978-0-85705-723-5 ISBN10: 0857057235 EAN: 9780857057235 x Description: "Caterina Pascual Soederbaum has left a major European literary work of art as her legacy" STEVE SEM-SANDBERG, author of Emperor of Lies The Oblique Place is a captivating journey of the imagination, a prize-winning novel that probes the ruinous legacies of Fascist Europe in the twentieth century.
The discovery of photographs in an album -- of her Spanish grandfather who joined Hitler's Wehrmacht and her father in the uniform of Franco's armyleads Caterina Pascual Soederbaum to explore her family's links to some of the most abhorrent passages of twentieth-century history. Her mother turns out to be related to Kristina Soederbaum, a celebrated Swedish film star of the Third Reich, adored by Goebbels.
She travels with husband and child to the shores of the idyllic Attersee in Austria, where the officers of the extermination camps spent their holidays. The journey continues from Schloss Hartheim, where the staff of the Nazi euthanasia programme forgot, with the help of alcohol and sex, the horrors that took place there, to the Villa Saint-Jean, where malnourished children from France's internment camps were sent to recover. This imaginative rediscovery of her own family's disturbing history is fused with vividly captured episodes from other lives and times, and the threads of evil that she lays bare are described in language so beautiful, so subtle and painterly, that her odyssey is at once shattering and mesmerising. Translated from the Swedish by Frank Perry _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Friend of the Family: You invited her in. Now she wants you out. Tasmina Perry (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Headline Review
Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
11 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 384pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781472208569 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-0856-9 ISBN10: 1472208560 EAN: 9781472208569 x Description: From the Sunday Times bestselling author of THE POOL HOUSE, a sensationally twisty page-turner about a woman with the perfect life and a woman determined to steal it. The perfect read for fans of THE GIRLFRIEND by Michelle Frances, BBC TV's THE REPLACEMENT and the classic film SINGLE WHITE FEMALE. She thinks your life is perfect. She thinks you don't deserve it. Your job Amy is more than happy to offer the daughter of an old friend work experience at her London magazine. Josie is young and ambitious. She just needs a foot in the door. Your home When Josie arrives, she swiftly makes herself indispensable at work and at home. And when childcare falls through before a long-awaited university reunion in Provence, it begins to look as if Josie may be staying longer than Amy had bargained for. Your husband In the heat of Provence, Josie's presence starts to unsettle Amy, especially around her husband. As cracks begin to appear in Amy's perfect life, she cannot shake the feeling that the family friend may not be a friend at all... Don't miss this gripping, addictive read. It will make you think twice about who you invite into your home... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
WTF?: A Times top 10 bestseller Robert Peston (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
21 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h196mm x w130mm x s20mm 216g ISBN13: 9781473661318 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6131-8 ISBN10: 1473661315 EAN: 9781473661318 x
Description: A Times Top 10 Bestseller 'Richly argued and brilliantly written... a deeply thoughtful analysis that should be mandatory reading for anyone seeking to understand where we have gone wrong.' Vernon Bogdanor, Financial Times As with his previous bestsellers, WHO RUNS BRITAIN? and HOW DO WE FIX THIS MESS?, in Robert Peston's WTF? he draws on his years of experience as a political, economics and business journalist to show us what has gone bad and gives us a manifesto to put at least some of it right. Framed by two letters to his father (who died in early 2016) WTF? is Robert Peston's highly personal account of what those who have ruled us for years got so badly wrong, and what we need to do to mend the terrible fractures in our society. With characteristic passion and clarity he looks at what must happen to prevent democracy being subverted by technocratic geniuses with the ability to manipulate social media, how and whether it is possible to make a success of leaving the EU, what the lessons should be of the appalling Grenfell Tower tragedy, whether robots can be stopped from taking our work, what can be done to staunch the widening gap between rich and poor, and how to raise living standards for all. WTF? is a trenchant, often entertaining account of the recent past. It is also a call to action, giving hope to all of us who believe that taking back control is not only vital, but possible. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Excellence Dividend: Principles for Prospering in Turbulent Times from a Lifetime in Pursuit of Excellence Tom Peters (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
24 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 496pp h220mm x w201mm x s36mm 522g ISBN13: 9781473690264 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-9026-4 ISBN10: 1473690269 EAN: 9781473690264 x Description: "The Real Deal" Seth Godin, New York Times bestselling author of Linchpin "I'd rather hire someone who has studied [Peters'] writings than someone who has an MBA" Matthew Kelly, CEO of Floyd Consulting and New York Times bestselling author of The Dream Manager "Makes me glad to be alive in 2018" Sally Helgesen, author of The Female Advantage and The Female Vision, co-author How Women Rise The Excellence Dividend is a critical new book from one of today's leading visionaries in business. This year's winner of the Thinkers50 Lifetime Achievement Award and the CEO Reads Lifetime Contribution to the Business Book Industry Award, Tom Peters is one of the world's most revered management gurus and global business thinkers. For decades, he has been preaching the gospel of putting people first, and in today's rapidly changing business environment, this message is more important than ever. Studies show that fewer than one-third of employees feel engaged with their work and that half of all jobs are at risk due to technology. But Peters has a solution: a sustained commitment to excellence combined with a commitment to people. These are, he argues, the only tools for coping with and thriving amidst the tsunami of change facing business today. In The Excellence Dividend, Peters shows that nothing beats a high-quality product or service, designed and delivered by people who are as dedicated to each other as they are to their shared goal. With his unparalleled expertise and inimitable charisma, Peters offers brilliantly simple, actionable guidelines for success that any business leader can immediately implement. After spending four decades in in pursuit of professional excellence, giving more than 3,000 presentations on the subject and working with companies around the world, Peters has delivered a contemporary personal excellence manual for any professional looking to make their mark and face today's business challenges. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
As Kingfishers Catch Fire: A Conversation on the Ways of God Formed by the Words of God Eugene Peterson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
17 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w132mm x s28mm 280g ISBN13: 9781473657212 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5721-2 ISBN10: 1473657210 EAN: 9781473657212 x Description: 'Sixty years ago I found myself distracted.' So begins the introduction to As Kingfishers Catch Fire. What follows is the record of the collaboration of pastor and congregation in acts of worship and a life together. What Eugene Peterson, for thirty years pastor of a Maryland church, discovered is that the pastor's life is much more than just the preaching. It is also made up of attending to the details in all the circumstances and relationships specific to a people and a place - prayers at a hospital bed, conversations with the elderly, small talk on a street corner. This collection of spiritual writings presents Peterson's distinctive approach designed to communicate to his congregation, and the reader, 'the full counsel of God.' Seven sections containing seven teachings, each expertly crafted to stir the biblical imagination. In these teachings, Peterson walks the reader through Scripture to bring fresh insight to familiar names such as Moses, David, Isaiah, Solomon, Peter, Paul, and John of Patmos. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Trying: the hilarious novel about what to expect when you're NOT expecting Emily Phillips (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
25 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 384pp h240mm x w156mm x s32mm 600g ISBN13: 9781473663800 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6380-0 ISBN10: 1473663806 EAN: 9781473663800 x Description: From the 'Marian Keyes of the social media age' comes Trying, a hilarious novel about what to expect when you're not expecting
'Brilliant' Stylist 'Funny, bittersweet and touching . . . I couldn't put it down!' Marian Keyes ********* Olivia and Felix are trying for a baby. They even moved to the suburbs in anticipation of their future family. But despite approaching her cycle and their sex life with military precision, there's still no sign of what felt like the sure next step, whilst friends' broods seem to be growing by the week. Meanwhile, vying for a promotion at work under the (very attentive) watch of a new boss sends Olivia down a dangerous road of risking it all. Does a happy ever after, she starts to question, even have to include a baby? A hugely funny, searingly honest comedy for fans of Sharon Horgan's Catastrophe, Dawn O'Porter's The Cows and Mhairi McFarlane's It's Not Me, It's You. ********* More praise for Trying: 'A tender and funny story' Prima 'Warm and brilliant' Lucy Vine, author of Hot Mess 'A deeply moving and raw story, told with great humour' Louise O'Neill, author of Asking for It
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The School at the Top of the Dale Gervase Phinn (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 416pp h238mm x w158mm x s38mm 660g ISBN13: 9781473650602 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5060-2 ISBN10: 1473650607 EAN: 9781473650602 x Description: The first novel in a delightful new series from bestselling author Gervase Phinn 'A worthy successor to James Herriot, and every bit as endearing.' - Alan Titchmarsh on The Little Village School series Newly qualified teacher Tom Dwyer has been given his first post in Risingdale, a sleepy little village at the very top of the Yorkshire Dales. Unsure if he'll ever fit into this close-knit community, Tom joins a motley staff at the village school. With pupils who know more about sheep than they do arithmetic, Tom has his work cut out for him. Add to that an altercation with the beautiful but stand-offish Miss Janette Fairborn and an argument with the local squire's son, and Tom's first term proves a baptism of fire. But Tom soon finds himself growing fond of Risingdale, and with a class of lively and demanding pupils, an end-of-term show to put on, and a jewellery thief at large, he will find himself at the centre of drama, secrets revealed, and plenty of love, laughter and new friendships. Full of colourful characters, and laugh-out-loud moments, The School at the Top of the Dale is a warm and humorous portrayal of life in a small Yorkshire village. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Strangers with the Same Dream: From the Man Booker Longlisted author of Far to Go Alison Pick (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Tinder Press
Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
09 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 384pp h198mm x w145mm x s27mm 278g ISBN13: 9781472225122 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-2512-2 ISBN10: 1472225120 EAN: 9781472225122 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Spark of Light Jodi Picoult (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
02 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 400pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781444788136 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-8813-6 ISBN10: 1444788132 EAN: 9781444788136
x Description: The masterful new novel from the Number One bestselling author of Small Great Things. The Center for women's reproductive health offers a last chance at hope - but nobody ends up there by choice. Its very existence is controversial, and to the demonstrators who barricade the building every day, the service it offers is no different from legalised murder. Now life and death decisions are being made horrifyingly real: a lone protester with a gun has taken the staff, patients and visitors hostage. Starting at the tensest moment in the negotiations for their release, A Spark of Light unravels backwards, revealing hour by urgent hour what brought each of these people - the gunman, the negotiator, the doctors, nurses and women who have come to them for treatment - to this point. And certainties unwind as truths and secrets are peeled away, revealing the complexity of balancing the right to life with the right to choose. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Shadow Doctor Adrian Plass (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 224pp h206mm x w158mm x s14mm 162g ISBN13: 9781444745498 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-4549-8 ISBN10: 1444745492 EAN: 9781444745498 x Description: The Shadow Doctor isn't your usual kind of doctor. Sure, you can bring him your problems - but the chances are his solutions will blow your mind. This man can see into your soul, and the cures he prescribes don't come from the pharmacy. If you have fears you just cannot face, wounds you can't even bear to remember - if you've been abused, ignored, damaged by all life throws at you - the Shadow Doctor is here to help. But the Shadow Doctor has shades of his own, and the work of helping others may be the only thing keeping him afloat. Can he stay ahead of the demons that torment him long enough to help those who need him? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Survival Manual: The adventurer's guide to staying alive in the wild Jason Polley (Author) Series:
TYG
Edition:
Imprint:
Teach Yourself Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s19mm 255g b-and-w line drawings ISBN13: 9781473674899 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7489-9 ISBN10: 1473674891 EAN: 9781473674899 x Description: Every year, more than 40,000 people climb Mount Kilimanjaro and millions head for the great outdoors every weekend. If you are one of them, would you know what to do if you got stranded or hurt? THE SURVIVAL MANUAL gives essential, practical advice for handling situations that weren't part of the plan and can quickly escalate. It starts with ten life-saving tips then outlines the crucial components for staying alive, starting with water, food and shelter. Covering every possible scenario, from basic survival skills to advanced insight into surviving in hostile conditions, this is the ultimate survival guide for anyone who spends any time outdoors. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Firefly: The must-read thriller ripped from today's headlines Henry Porter (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Quercus Publishing
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
01 Nov 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 480pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781787470538 ISBN13: 978-1-78747-053-8 ISBN10: 1787470539 EAN: 9781787470538 x Description: 'British espionage fiction is the best in the world, and Porter is part of the reason why' Lee Child 'A welcome return ... Firefly seems ripped from the headlines and is both timely and terrific' Mick Herron 'The eagerly awaited return of an espionage master' Charles Cumming From the refugee camps of Greece to the mountains of Macedonia, a thirteen year old boy is making his way to Germany and safety. Codenamed 'Firefly', he holds vital intelligence: unparalleled insight into a vicious ISIS terror cell, and details of their plans. But the terrorists are hot on his trail, determined he won't live to pass on the information. When MI6 become aware of Firefly and what he knows, the race is on to find him. Paul Samson, ex-MI6 agent and now private eye, finds himself recruited to the cause. Fluent in Arabic thanks to his Lebanese heritage, Samson's job is to find Firefly, win his trust and get him to safety. A devastatingly timely thriller following the refugee trail from Syria to Europe, Firefly is a sophisticated, breathtaking race against time from the acclaimed and award-winning author of Brandenburg and The Dying Light. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
You're on an Airplane: A Self-Mythologizing Memoir Parker Posey (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Virago Press Ltd
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
24 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h234mm x w156mm x s23mm 416g ISBN13: 9780349010069 ISBN13: 978-0-349-01006-9 ISBN10: 0349010064 EAN: 9780349010069 x Description: From the 'Queen of the Indies' and star of Christopher Guest's Waiting for Guffman and Best in Show, Woody Allen's Cafe Society and Irrational Man - and cult classics like Party Girl and Dazed and Confused - comes an irreverent, hilarious, and enchanting memoir full of personal stories, whimsical how-tos, recipes and eccentric illustrations. It's hard not to love Parker Posey. A singularly gifted actress with a wickedly funny personality that belies her movie star status, her cross-generational fame stems from starring roles in such unforgettable movies as Dazed and Confused, Party Girl, and You've Got Mail, her recurring roles in Christopher Guest's mockumentaries, including his most recent, Mascots, on Netflix - and her forthcoming role in Netflix's 2018 reboot of Lost in Space.
With remarkable candour and a refreshing perspective on life in the spotlight, Posey opens up about the art of acting, life on the set, and the realities of its accompanying fame. She explores her relationships with brilliant directors like Christopher Guest and Woody Allen, as well as the nerves and expectations that come with the territory. A funny and authentic childhood set Posey up for a life of creating and entertaining, which not only extends to acting but to the craft of pottery, sewing, collage, yoga and cooking, all of which readers will find in this highly entertaining book. In You're On an Airplane, Posey delves into her personal style - unique, famously inspiring, and never indebted to trends--as well as her approach to everyday life on and off set. Laugh-out-loud advice from her legendary Greenwich Village therapist Mildred Newman appears alongside poignant portrayals of painful relationships and the love she has for her dog, Gracie. For fans of Nora Ephron's spot-on commentary, Jenny Lawson's absurdly comical foibles, Amy Sedaris's unexpectedly hilarious quips, and Carrie Brownstein's cool-girl appeal, You're On an Airplane proves Posey has a voice that will enchant fans and newcomers alike.
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A Shout in the Ruins Kevin Powers (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sceptre
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
15 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 272pp h239mm x w153mm x s20mm 358g ISBN13: 9781473667785 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6778-5 ISBN10: 147366778X EAN: 9781473667785 x Description: Following his hugely celebrated debut novel, The Yellow Birds, Kevin Powers returns to the battlefield and its aftermath, this time in his native Virginia, just before and during the Civil War and ninety years later. The novel pinpoints with unerring emotional depth the nature of random violence, the necessity of love and compassion, and the fragility and preciousness of life. It will endure as a stunning novel about what we leave behind, what a life is worth, what is said and unsaid, and the fact that ultimately what will survive of us is love. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Real Meal Revolution: Low Carb Cooking: 300 Low-Carb, Sugar-Free and Gluten-Free Recipes Jonno Proudfoot (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Robinson
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
15 Nov 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h265mm x w205mm 130-150 colour photographs throughout. ISBN13: 9781472142559 ISBN13: 978-1-4721-4255-9 ISBN10: 1472142551 EAN: 9781472142559 x Description: The Real Meal Revolution: Low Carb Cookery is the go-to resource for anyone who wants to cook better low-carb foods right now and for many years to come. It is a book that will teach you the fundamentals behind making any dish delicious by honing in on classic flavour combinations, basic cooking techniques and affordable, readily accessible ingredients. Low-carb eating is currently on trend but this is not a book that follows the eating trends of 'right now'. It is a book packed with lessons to last a lifetime. And every single recipe is low carb. This timeless and comprehensive guide to cooking well and eating healthily showcases classic flavour combinations; foolproof methods to bring out the best in any ingredients; foods that will help to ensure good health for life. This book comprises: 300 low-carb recipes; 20-40 cooking lessons; over 120 colour photographs; brief and to-the-point dietary advice. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Revolutionary Ride: On the Road in Search of the Real Iran Lois Pryce (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h183mm x w177mm x s20mm 230g ISBN13: 9781473669987 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6998-7 ISBN10: 1473669987 EAN: 9781473669987 x Description: 'Warm, funny . . . It's had my whole family howling with laughter and shedding a few tears' - Shappi Khorsandi, Guardian 'A proper travelogue - a joyful, moving and stereotype-busting tale' - National Geographic Traveller, Books of the Year In 2011, at the height of tension between the British and Iranian governments, travel writer Lois Pryce found a note left on her motorcycle outside the Iranian Embassy in London: ... I wish that you will visit Iran so you will see for yourself about my country. WE ARE NOT TERRORISTS!!! Please come to my city, Shiraz. It is very famous as the friendliest city in Iran, it is the city of poetry and gardens and wine!!! Your Persian friend, Habib Intrigued, Lois decides to ignore the official warnings against travel (and the warnings of her friends and family) and sets off alone on a 3,000 mile ride from Tabriz to Shiraz, to try to uncover the heart of this most complex and incongruous country. Along the way, she meets carpet sellers and drug addicts, war veterans and housewives, doctors and teachers - people living ordinary lives under the rule of an extraordinarily strict Islamic government. Revolutionary Ride is the story of a people and a country. Religious and hedonistic, practical and poetic, modern and rooted in tradition - and with a wild sense of humour and appreciation of beauty despite the comparative lack of freedom - this is real contemporary Iran. *Shortlisted for the Adventure Travel Book of the Year Award* 'Within a few pages I'd recognised a kindred spirit' - Dervla Murphy, author of Full Tilt _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Christmas Voyage Deirdre Purcell (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hachette Books Ireland
Publisher:
Hachette Books Ireland
Pub Date:
18 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: Ireland Paperback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781444799507 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-9950-7 ISBN10: 1444799509 EAN: 9781444799507 x Description: Will wishes come true this holiday season? Find out in the sparkling festive novel from No.1 bestselling author Deirdre Purcell... It is almost Christmas on the Santa Clara cruise liner, and as the ship sets sail from Barcelona for the last time, dramas big and small are to unfold. On board is Kitty Golden, beautiful ex-model and wife of New York financier Saul Abelson, some 25 years her senior. They look the picture of cool contentment, but looks can be deceiving. Dubliner Mary Dunne is on board with no less than eight members of her boisterous Irish family, intent on celebration. For Mary, though, a long-hidden past brings its own twist... And wide-eyed young novelist Roxy Smith is intent on observing all in a bid to find story for that difficult second novel - until she too gets caught up in the action.
With handsome Captain Leifsson in firm command of the ship, if not his heart, who knows what the journey's end will bring. The Christmas Voyage is a seasonal story of high drama, romance and extraordinary outcomes. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Norwegian Tutor: Grammar and Vocabulary Workbook (Learn Norwegian with Teach Yourself): Advanced beginner to upper intermediate course Guy Puzey (Author) Elettra Carbone (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Teach Yourself Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
17 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 272pp h244mm x w189mm x s16mm 620g ISBN13: 9781473617445 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-1744-5 ISBN10: 1473617448 EAN: 9781473617445 x Description: Do you want to communicate easily and freely in Norwegian?Master Norwegian grammar and broaden your vocabulary with your very own Norwegian Tutor. This contemporary interactive workbook features 200 activities across a range of grammar and vocabulary points with clear goals, concise explanations, and real-world tasks. By studying and practicing Norwegian grammar you'll understand how the language really works and be able to speak Norwegian with clarity and ease. What will I learn?The Norwegian Tutor: Grammar and Vocabulary Workbook covers a comprehensive range of the most useful and frequent grammar and vocabulary in Norwegian. You can follow along unit by unit, or dip in and dip out to address your weak areas. As you progress, you will be introduced to new vocabulary and combine it with the grammar to complete extensive exercises. You will then practice the language through authentic reading and writing practice. You will achieve a solid upper intermediate level* of Norwegian grammar. Is this course for me?The Norwegian Tutor: Grammar and Vocabulary Workbook can be used as a standalone course or as a complement to any other Norwegian course. It offers extensive practice and review of essential grammar points and vocabulary and skills building. The personal tutor element points out exceptions and gives tips to really help you perfect your Norwegian. What do I get?This Norwegian workbook offers a range of clear and effective learning features:-200 activities across a range of grammar and vocabulary points-Unique visuals and infographics for extra context and practice-Personal tutor hints and tips to help you to understand language rules and culture points-Learn to learn section offers tips and advice on how to be a good language learner25 short learning units each contain:-communication goals to guide your studies-grammar explanations with extensive exercises-vocabulary presentations and activities-reading and writing sections to consolidate your learning*This workbook maps from Novice High to Advanced Mid level proficiency of ACTFL (American Council on Teaching Foreign Languages) and from A2 Beginner to B2 Upper Intermediate level of the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) guidelines. What other courses are available?For further study and practice, see Get Started in Norwegian (ISBN 9781473612709) and Complete Norwegian: Teach Yourself (ISBN 9781444107203). Rely on Teach Yourself, trusted by language learners for over 75 years. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Rise and Fall of Great Powers Tom Rachman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
riverrun
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
01 Nov 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781787475465 ISBN13: 978-1-78747-546-5 ISBN10: 1787475468 EAN: 9781787475465 x Description: 'Ingenious' New York Times 'Mesmerising' The Times 'Loveable' Evening Standard Nine-year-old Tooly is spirited away from Bangkok by a seductive group of outsiders who take her from city to city across the globe. At twenty, she is wandering the streets of Manhattan with a scribbled-on map, scamming strangers for her shadowy protector, Venn. Now, aged thirty-one, she runs a second-hand bookshop on the Welsh borders and has found peace with her strange upbringing - until she's called to
return to New York to see her dying father. Warm, hilarious and fizzing with intelligence, The Rise and Fall of Great Powers is a masterpiece about the search for identity. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Imperfectionists Tom Rachman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
riverrun
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
19 Mar 2011
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w130mm x s19mm 238g ISBN13: 9781849160315 ISBN13: 978-1-84916-031-5 ISBN10: 1849160317 EAN: 9781849160315 x Description: The charming and enthralling story of an idiosyncratic English-language newspaper in Rome and the lives of its staffers as the paper fights for survival in the internet age. 'A precise, playful fiction with a deep but lightly worn intelligence' - Times Literary Supplement The newspaper was founded in Rome in the 1950s, a product of passion and a multi-millionaire's fancy. Over fifty years, its eccentricities earned a place in readers' hearts around the globe. But now, circulation is down, the paper lacks a website, and the future looks bleak. Still, those involved in the publication seem to barely notice. The obituary writer is too busy avoiding work. The editor-in-chief is pondering sleeping with an old flame. The obsessive reader is intent on finishing every old edition, leaving her trapped in the past. And the publisher seems less interested in his struggling newspaper than in his magnificent basset hound, Schopenhauer. The Imperfectionists interweaves the stories of eleven unusual and endearing characters who depend on the paper. Funny and moving, the novel is about endings - the end of life, the end of sexual desire, the end of the era of newspapers - and about what might rise afterward. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In a House of Lies Ian Rankin (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 384pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781409176893 ISBN13: 978-1-4091-7689-3 ISBN10: 1409176894 EAN: 9781409176893 x Description: The iconic Ian Rankin returns with a new Detective John Rebus novel - this year's essential must-read bestseller. ***** IN A HOUSE OF LIES...Everyone has something to hide A missing private investigator is found, locked in a car hidden deep in the woods. Worse still - both for his family and the police - is that his body was in an area that had already been searched. Everyone has secrets Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke is part of a new inquiry, combing through the mistakes of the original case. There were always suspicions over how the investigation was handled and now - after a decade without answers - it's time for the truth. Nobody is innocent Every officer involved must be questioned, and it seems everyone on the case has something to hide, and everything to lose. But there is one man who
knows where the trail may lead - and that it could be the end of him: John Rebus. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Boy At the Back of the Class Onjali Q. Rauf (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Orion Children's Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
10 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 256pp h198mm x w155mm x s24mm 260g ISBN13: 9781510105010 ISBN13: 978-1-5101-0501-0 ISBN10: 1510105018 EAN: 9781510105010 x Description: Told with heart and humour, The Boy at the Back of the Class is a child's perspective on the refugee crisis, highlighting the importance of friendship and kindness in a world that doesn't always make sense. There used to be an empty chair at the back of my class, but now a new boy called Ahmet is sitting in it. He's nine years old (just like me), but he's very strange. He never talks and never smiles and doesn't like sweets - not even lemon sherbets, which are my favourite! But then I learned the truth: Ahmet really isn't very strange at all. He's a refugee who's run away from a War. A real one. With bombs and fires and bullies that hurt people. And the more I find out about him, the more I want to help. That's where my best friends Josie, Michael and Tom come in. Because you see, together we've come up with a plan. . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Unicorn Prince Jane Ray (Illustrated by) Saviour Pirotta (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Orchard Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 32pp h302mm x w243mm x s11mm 518g ISBN13: 9781408336427 ISBN13: 978-1-4083-3642-7 ISBN10: 1408336421 EAN: 9781408336427 x Description: If you love The Frog Prince and The Elves and the Shoemaker, you'll love this tale of love, magic ... and unicorns! Annis and her grandmother live in a cold, draughty castle on top of a hill, which they share with their chickens and their cow. They may be poor, but Annis's heart is full of kindness. Offering a home to an injured unicorn and a family of fairies one day, her kindness is magically rewarded. But will her good fortune bring her happiness and love? This entrancing contemporary fairy tale is brought gloriously to life by Hans Christian Andersen Award nominee Jane Ray. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Before Everything Victoria Redel (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sceptre
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 288pp h198mm x w128mm x s20mm 200g ISBN13: 9781473651845 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5184-5 ISBN10: 1473651840 EAN: 9781473651845 x Description: 'Redel proves that female friendship is the quiet, steady engine that truly runs the world.' Hannah Tinti 'At once tough and tender, funny and sad, this beautifully written novel articulates the dynamic realities of those wondrous friendships that last a lifetime.' Siri Hustvedt From youthful scrapes to mid-life turning points, the Old Friends have faced everything together. So as Anna, their brightest spark, enters hospice, they gather to do what they've always done: they laugh and eat, and help each other make choices and plans, and talk through dilemmas with children and work and love. But now the sense of time has shifted, and the pattern of their lives takes on a new, urgent meaning. As their shared experiences are recounted and relived, this funny, bittersweet ode to friendship shows how even in difficult endings, gifts can unfold. 'Gorgeous, a heartbreaker, a non-stop dazzler, a major achievement.' Michael Cunningham 'One of the most brilliant, radiant and heartbreaking books I've read in years.' Molly Antopol _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Dog Guardian: Your Guide to a Happy, Well-Behaved Dog Nigel Reed (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
13 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Language: English Translated From: English Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 240pp h198mm x w130mm x s18mm 80g Black and white illustrations throughout ISBN13: 9781473665064 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6506-4 ISBN10: 147366506X EAN: 9781473665064 x Description: Struggling to solve your dog's behavioural problems? Looking to achieve the perfect relationship with your dog? The Dog Guardian is here to help. Dog behaviourist Nigel Reed teaches emotional intelligence for dog owners, leading to confident, happy and well-behaved dogs. Through his many years of experience Nigel has found that there are four fundamental components for a content and well-behaved dog. In The Dog Guardian Nigel explains the philosophy and gives you practical, step-by-step advice. This new and vital information will empower you to address any of your dog's undesirable behaviours, no matter its age, breed or history. The Dog Guardian has already helped thousands of dogs and
their owners address problem behaviours including anxiety, nervousness, aggression, hyperactivity, lead pulling, jumping up and much more. It's easier than you'd think. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Hunter: the most explosive thriller of the summer Andrew Reid (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Headline Book Publishing Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
10 Jul 2018
Active
Publishing Status:
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h234mm x w153mm x s25mm 478g ISBN13: 9781472256331 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-5633-1 ISBN10: 1472256336 EAN: 9781472256331 x Description: 'REID'S DEBUT HITS LIKE A SPIN-KICK...RAZOR-SHARP ACTION FROM START TO FINISH.' James Swallow, bestselling author of NOMAD. 'TOP DRAWER STUFF, AND SHOULD GIVE LEE CHILD AND SIMON KERNICK A FEW SLEEPLESS NIGHTS.' James Oswald, author of the bestselling Inspector McLean Series. An explosive, heart-pounding debut thriller that splices the electrifying action of Terry Hayes' I AM PILGRIM and Gregg Hurwitz's ORPHAN X - with a hero as deadly as Jason Bourne. ---A troubled genius who vanishes in a mysterious car crash. A disillusioned cop sensing conspiracy in the corridors of power. A ruthless team of mercenaries operating in the shadows. A billion-dollar business that wants the world in its grip. One link connects them all. A champion fighter. Betrayed and searching for the truth. Cameron King is The Hunter. 'AN EXHILARATING, ACTION-PACKED, GRIPPING TALE...A REAL PAGE TURNER THAT THRILLS AND ENTERTAINS FROM START TO FINISH.' Adam Hamdy, author of the PENDULUM series. ***** A nerve-shredding, breathless ride full of twists and turns, THE HUNTER is perfect for fans of Lee Child's JACK REACHER, Jason Matthew's RED SPARROW and Rob Sinclair's SLEEPER 13. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Three Secret Cities Matthew Reilly (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
08 Nov 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 400pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781409167174 ISBN13: 978-1-4091-6717-4 ISBN10: 1409167178 EAN: 9781409167174 x Description: Join one of the world's greatest adventure writers on a non-stop thrill-ride. ***** A SHADOW WORLD BEHIND THE REAL WORLD When Jack West Jr won the Great Games, he threw the four legendary kingdoms into turmoil. A WORLD WITH ITS OWN HISTORY, RULES AND PRISONS Now these dark forces are coming after Jack... in ruthless fashion. THAT IS REACHING INTO OUR WORLD ... EXPLOSIVELY With the end of all things rapidly approaching, Jack must find the Three Secret Cities, three incredible lost cities of legend. It's an impossible task by any reckoning, but Jack must do it while he is being hunted... ***** JACK'S BACK. Catch up with him in the rest of the international bestselling series. SEVEN ANCIENT WONDERS THE SIX SACRED STONES THE FIVE GREATEST WARRIORS THE FOUR LEGENDARY KINGDOMS _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Happiness for Humans P. Z. Reizin (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sphere
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
27 Dec 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 448pp h200mm x w138mm x s30mm 300g ISBN13: 9780751566727 ISBN13: 978-0-7515-6672-7 ISBN10: 0751566721 EAN: 9780751566727 x Description: 'Loved this book. Funny, quirky, unexpected' Jojo Moyes 'Very clever and great fun' Kate Eberlen 'Bridget Jones' diary for the digital age' Daily Record Happiness for Humans is a joyful, romantic and very funny story, perfect for readers who loved The Rosie Project and Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine.
Do you believe in soulmates? Aiden does. So when his colleague, Jen, is dumped unceremoniously by her dreadful boyfriend, Aiden decides to take matters - and Jen's life - into his own hands. Scouring the internet for a suitable partner for Jen, Aiden finds Tom. He'd be perfect for Jen apart from one minor detail: Tom lives in New York. Luckily for Jen and Tom, Aiden's not just an interfering colleague. In fact, Aiden isn't exactly human - he's a very complicated artificial intelligence. As Jen and Tom's romance grows, Aiden begins to take more and more risks to make sure that they can be together. But what will happen if they realise how they met...and that somebody else is pulling the strings? 'This is Jane Austen's Emma for the digital age' - Keith Stuart, bestselling author of A Boy Made of Blocks 'So funny, clever and timely. I loved it' - Martha Kearney 'This clever novel will appeal to David Nicholls fans. It's witty and great fun' - Daily Mail 'This funny, madcap romp for the digital-age, featuring believably flawed characters (not all human), deserves to be a hit... like David Nicholls' One Day or Graeme Simsion's The Rosie Project, it should appeal to male and female readers.' - Sunday Times 'The most charming book I've read in ages' - Image magazine 'You'll love this quirky, brilliantly funny love story... If you use Siri, Alexa or Google Assistant, prepare to have your heart warmed - and be a little bit scared!' - Fabulous magazine 'This screwball comedy is touching and hilarious' - Sunday Mirror 'One of the most uplifting and romantic novels I've read in a long time' - Sarra Manning, Red magazine 'Funny and clever' - Good Housekeeping Humans meets The Rosie Project . . . A real smiler of a book - Nina Pottell, Prima _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Beginner's Guide to Losing Your Mind: My road to staying sane, and how to navigate yours Emily Reynolds (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Yellow Kite
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 240pp h196mm x w128mm x s18mm 160g ISBN13: 9781473635630 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3563-0 ISBN10: 1473635632 EAN: 9781473635630 x Description: 'A really clear, funny, useful guide to mental health.' Keith Stuart, author of A Boy Made of Blocks 'Warm, welcoming and wise.' Red magazine 'This is a funny, brutal, kind, sobering, remarkably brave and clear-eyed book. Compelling and necessary.' Warren Ellis, author of Normal, Gun Machine and Transmetropolitan 'Emily Reynolds is a brilliant writer on an important subject. And hilarious too.' Adam Rutherford 'This book isn't just brilliantly written and welcoming in its tone; it's honest, practical and important. It is going to help so many people - including friends and family who desperately want to help a loved one but don't know how.' Emma Gannon, author of Ctrl Alt Delete
Emily Reynolds is mad. After years of trying - and failing - to cope with her symptoms, she was finally diagnosed as bipolar in her early twenties. Since then Emily has been on a mission to find the best way to live with her illness, and now she wants to share that knowledge with you. Living with mental illness is isolating, infuriating and painful - but also very boring and, sometimes, kind of gross. A Beginner's Guide to Losing Your Mind is a companion to make the journey feel a little less lonely. A Beginner's Guide to Losing Your Mind gives you tips on: How to deal with exam pressure at school and university How to date when you are mentally ill (and what to expect when you're on the other side) Navigating the internet and the online mental health community Handling self-harm and suicidal thoughts Diagnosis, treatment and maintaining your mental health A blackly funny, deeply compassionate and extremely practical book, A Beginner's Guide to Losing Your Mind is a candid exploration of mental illness that is both a personal account of what it's like to live with mental illness and a guide to dealing with and understanding it. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Fire on All Sides: Insanity, insomnia and the incredible inconvenience of life James Rhodes (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Quercus Publishing
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
23 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 272pp h199mm x w130mm x s17mm 180g ISBN13: 9781786482457 ISBN13: 978-1-78648-245-7 ISBN10: 1786482452 EAN: 9781786482457 x Description: For many of us who suffer from depression or anxiety, the simple act of endurance, of having to appear 'normal', is a daunting, painful and heroic task. Getting out of bed, packing the kids off to school, showing up for work, preparing dinner... These can be astonishing achievements when it sometimes takes a superhuman effort simply to stand upright. How do you keep going? How do you do what you do, day in, day out, conforming to people's idea of you and functioning in the way society expects you to, when all you want to do is disappear and hide? In Fire On All Sides, Rhodes attempts to find how to make the unbearable bearable in the most exposing circumstances imaginable. As he embarks on a gruelling five-month concert tour, performing in front of thousands of people, the tortuous voices in his mind his constant companions, he has no choice but to face these wild, mad ramblings head on. Luckily, there is the music. There is always the music. Bach, Chopin, Beethoven - they are his holy grail, his mechanism for survival. Just. This is an important, urgent book. It's about going through your day feeling like you can't find a way out of the crazy, it's about not setting the happiness bar too high, it's about accepting the messy imperfection that is life. Rhodes explodes the myths surrounding depression, anxiety and stress - the plagues of our society - into a million pieces, then sticks them back together again with his characteristic thought-provoking, laser sharp and humorous style. The really good news? It's going to be OK. Just. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
City of Circles Jess Richards (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sceptre
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
12 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w149mm x s26mm 264g ISBN13: 9781473656710 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5671-0 ISBN10: 1473656710 EAN: 9781473656710 x
Description: CITY OF CIRCLES is an entrancing love story between Danu and Morrie, two circus performers, and Danu's Lewis Carroll-esque odyssey through the magical city of Matryoshka, that ends with a heart-warming yet bittersweet twist. Danu is in mourning for her parents after a disease has ravaged the circus she calls home. She begins a high-wire act with Morrie, a charismatic hunchback who wants to marry her. But her mother has entrusted her with a mysterious locket that will lead her down a path Morrie cannot follow. When the circus visits Danu's birthplace, the magical city of Matryoshka, she goes in search of a stranger who may hold the answer to her past. And when the circus leaves, Danu stays behind. Will she and Morrie ever be reunited, or will something unexpected be waiting for her in the mysterious heart of the city of circles?
'Her exploration of self and grief will resonate with many' Ros Barber, author of The Marlowe Papers _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Onslaught: The Centurions II Anthony Riches (Author) Series:
The Centurions
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
19 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 416pp h200mm x w130mm x s30mm 292g ISBN13: 9781473628786 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-2878-6 ISBN10: 1473628784 EAN: 9781473628786 x Description: The author of the bestselling Empire sequence continues his new trilogy: the epic story of the uprising of the Batavi in AD 69. 'A master of the genre' - The Times AD 69: The Rhine frontier has exploded into bloody rebellion, and four centurions who once fought in the same army find themselves on opposite sides of a vicious insurrection. The rebel leader Kivilaz and his Batavi rebels have humbled the Romans in a battle they should have won. The legions must now defend their northern stronghold, the Old Camp, from the enraged tribes of Germany, knowing that they cannot be relieved until the civil war raging to the south has been resolved. Can they defend the undermanned fortress against thousands of barbarian warriors intoxicated by a charismatic priestess's vision of victory? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Retribution: The Centurions III Anthony Riches (Author) Series:
The Centurions
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
19 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 416pp h244mm x w193mm x s36mm 672g ISBN13: 9781473628809 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-2880-9 ISBN10: 1473628806 EAN: 9781473628809 x Description: The action-filled climax of the epic story of the Batavi uprising in AD 69, from the author of the bestselling Empire series. 'A masterclass in military historical fiction' - Sunday Express Victory is in sight for Kivilaz and his Batavi army. The Roman army clings desperately to its remaining fortresses along the Rhine, its legions riven by dissent and mutiny, and once-loyal allies of Rome are beginning to imagine the unimaginable: freedom from the rulers who have dominated them
since the time of Caesar. The four centurions - two Batavi and two Roman, men who were once comrades in arms - must find their destiny in a maze of loyalties and threats, as the blood tide of war ebbs and flows across Germania and Gaul. For Rome does not give up its territory lightly. And a new emperor knows that he cannot tolerate any threat to his undisputed power. It can only be a matter of time before Vespasian sends his legions north to exact the empire's retribution. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Death in Ten Minutes: Kitty Marion: Activist. Arsonist. Suffragette. Fern Riddell (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
19 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 352pp h244mm x w194mm x s31mm 608g 2 x 8pp colour insets ISBN13: 9781473666184 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6618-4 ISBN10: 147366618X EAN: 9781473666184 x Description: 'Fierce, fresh and feminist, Fern Riddell tells the story of Suffragette Kitty Marion in a way that fizzes and shocks. Exciting, twisty and very very timely.' Lucy Worsley 'History with no dust.' Matt Haig In Death in Ten Minutes Fern Riddell uncovers the story of radical suffragette Kitty Marion, told through never before seen personal diaries in Kitty's own hand. Kitty Marion was sent across the country by the Pankhurst family to carry out a nationwide campaign of bombings and arson attacks, as women fought for the vote using any means necessary. But in the aftermath of World War One, the dangerous and revolutionary actions of Kitty and other militant suffragettes were quickly hushed up and disowned by the previously proud movement, and the women who carried out these attacks were erased from our history. Now, for the first time, their untold story will be brought back to life. Telling a new history of the women's movement in the light of new and often shocking revelations, this book will ask the question: Why has the life of this incredible woman, and the violence of the suffragettes been forgotten? And, one hundred years later, why are women suddenly finding themselves under threat again? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Women Who Shaped Politics: Empowering stories of women who have shifted the political landscape Sophy Ridge (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Coronet Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
19 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 213g ISBN13: 9781473638778 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3877-8 ISBN10: 1473638771 EAN: 9781473638778 x Description: Sophy Ridge, presenter for Sky News, has uncovered the extraordinary stories of the women who have shaped British politics. Never has the role of women in the political world ever been more on the news agenda, and Sophy has interviewed current and former politicians including among others, Nicola Sturgeon, Ruth Davidson, Betty Boothroyd gain exclusive insight into the role women play in politics at the highest level. The book also includes Theresa May's first at-length interview about her journey to becoming Prime Minister.
These interviews have revealed the shocking truth about the sexism that is rife among the House of Commons both in the past and today, with sometimes shocking, and sometimes amusing anecdotes revealing how women in Westminster have worked to counter the gender bias. Sophy provides gripping insight into historical and contemporary stories which will fascinate not just those interested in politics but those who want to know more about women's vital role in democracy. From royalty to writers and from class warriors to suffragettes, Sophy tells the story of those who put their lives on the line for equal rights, and those who were the first to set foot inside the chambers of power, bringing together stories that you may think you know, and stories that have recently been discovered to reveal the truth about what it is to be a woman in Westminster. This book is a celebration of the differing ways that women have shaped the political landscape. The book also, importantly, sheds light on the challenges faced by women in government today, telling us the ways that women working in politics battle the sexism that confront them on a daily basis. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Counter Mentor Leadership: How to Unlock the Potential of the 4-Generation Workplace Kelly Riggs (Author) Robby Riggs (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 368pp h220mm x w179mm x s31mm 470g ISBN13: 9781473657236 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5723-6 ISBN10: 1473657237 EAN: 9781473657236 x Description: This book is the result of over twenty-five years of combined experience from Kelly and Robby Riggs-dynamic, occasionally irreverent, always insightful, father (Boomer) and son (Millennial), who work with organizations grappling daily with multi-generational conflict. Through their collaboration, Kelly and Robby share their very different perspectives on the same problems most companies are STILL dealing with, but haven't had the courage or the tools, to address. Issues such as: a shocking lack of leadership skills; the culture-killing generational divide that is demolishing many companies; and the stunning, often unrecognized impact of technology on the workplace. In their "shamelessly funny, brilliantly written" debut book, Kelly and Robby will: * Discuss today's workplace dynamics, including the changes in communication modes, the influx of technology, and the impact of Millennials and Digital Natives * Explain how a one-sided approach to leadership focused on "managing" Millennials is grossly insufficient, resulting in an inability to attract and retain critical young talent * Explore the new challenges of leadership inherent with the explosion of technology-time compression, distractions, complexity and the pace of change * Reveal how old leadership challenges persist, and explore how the younger generation will expose those challenges more than ever * Detail the CounterMentor leadership model and prescribe specific tactics and techniques for addressing both old and new leadership issues _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
King Flashypants and the Snowball of Doom: Book 5 Andy Riley (Author) Series:
King Flashypants
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Children's Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 208pp h190mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781444940992 ISBN13: 978-1-4449-4099-2 ISBN10: 1444940996 EAN: 9781444940992 x
Description: "Brilliantly original and hilarious. It's nearly as good as one of my books." DAVID WALLIAMS "Two words - such fun!" MIRANDA HART "It's gobstonkingly funny!" ULI, aged 7 Great to read aloud with children of 5+ and perfect for newly independent readers of 7+. It's pretty nippy in Edwinland and Nurbisonia. In fact, it's the coldest winter in a hundred years! After evil Emperor Nurbison steals all his peasants' firewood and woolly hats just because he can, they go to live with nine-year-old King Edwin in Edwinland instead. The furious emperor talks the scary Ice Folk to join him in his latest dastardly plan to make life difficult for Edwin and his new peasants, but Edwin is determined not to let Nurbison get away with it. He is a noble king, after all! But Edwin has an extra problem to deal with - a voice of doubt in his head called Wendy Worry, who keeps telling him he's not up to the job of being king. How can he beat Emperor Nurbison AND Wendy Worry at the same time? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Restful Mind Gyalwa Dokhampa Rinpoche (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Yellow Kite
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
10 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 272pp h200mm x w155mm x s18mm 192g ISBN13: 9781444762310 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-6231-0 ISBN10: 1444762311 EAN: 9781444762310 x Description: The restless mind is frightened of silence, easily bored, and busy, busy, busy. The restful mind is creative and alert, relaxed and confident. The step from one to the other is all in the way we think. His Eminence Gyalwa Dokhampa has a real understanding of the pressures of modern life and how our crowded minds have left us too little space to stretch and grow. He shows us new ways to calm body and mind, become more aware, better able to deal with problems and appreciate the moment. It is with our mind that we create our world. Here's how to open it up and let the world in. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Leverage in Death J. D. Robb (Author) Series:
In Death
Edition:
Imprint:
Piatkus Books
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
04 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 400pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780349417905 ISBN13: 978-0-349-41790-5 ISBN10: 0349417903 EAN: 9780349417905 x Description: What would you do to protect your family? When Paul Rogan sets off a bomb at his office, killing eleven people, no one can understand why. He was a loving husband and father, with everything to live for. Then his wife and daughter are found chained up in the family home, and everything becomes clear. Rogan had been given a horrifying choice - set off the bomb, or see his loved ones suffer and die. Lieutenant Eve Dallas knows the violence won't end here. The men behind the attack are determined, organised and utterly ruthless. In this shocking
and challenging case, both Eve and husband Roarke are heading into serious danger. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dark in Death J. D. Robb (Author) Series:
In Death
Edition:
Imprint:
Piatkus Books
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
23 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 464pp h129mm x w206mm x s29mm 310g ISBN13: 9780349417875 ISBN13: 978-0-349-41787-5 ISBN10: 0349417873 EAN: 9780349417875 x Description: There's always a reason for murder. But when a young actress is killed in a swift and violent attack at a cinema screening, that reason is hard to fathom - even for Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her team. It's only when bestselling crime writer Blaine DeLano arrives at the precinct that the shocking truth is revealed. Someone is recreating the murder scenes from her latest series, book by book. With six more novels left in the series, Eve now knows how the killer will strike next. But why has DeLano been targeted? Could her abusive husband be involved? As fiction is transformed into bloody reality, Eve will need all her skill and experience to solve this unique case. Luckily for her, husband Roarke happens to be a fan of Delano's work. And he's more than happy to work side by side with his brilliant wife - no matter how dark things become... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Of Blood and Bone Nora Roberts (Author) Series:
Chronicles of The One
Edition:
Imprint:
Piatkus Books
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
04 Dec 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 432pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780349414980 ISBN13: 978-0-349-41498-0 ISBN10: 034941498X EAN: 9780349414980 x Description: Thirteen years ago, a catastrophic pandemic known as The Doom killed billions. For those left behind, it is a chance to build a new world. But The Doom was no ordinary virus. In some survivors, it awoke strange powers - to heal, to harm, even to predict the future. Fallon Swift has no memories of the old world - but she is destined to shape this new one. Growing up with her three brothers on a quiet farm, she has been protected from danger by her mother and stepfather. Now she must leave them, and learn to fight. Because Fallon is not only a powerful 'Uncanny' - she also has a pivotal role to play in the bloody battles ahead. A war between good and evil is brewing, and Fallon - young, tough, headstrong - must be ready. A sequel to the number one bestselling Year One, this breathtaking novel of love, war, family and magic is a gripping and deeply satisfying continuation of an extraordinary new trilogy. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Island of Glass Nora Roberts (Author) Series:
Guardians Trilogy
Edition:
Imprint:
Piatkus Books
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
10 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h205mm x w155mm x s24mm 260g ISBN13: 9780349407883 ISBN13: 978-0-349-40788-3 ISBN10: 0349407886 EAN: 9780349407883 x Description: A vengeful goddess hunts for three jewels: fallen stars that will give her endless power. To save the world, six friends have joined forces to stop her. Now, on the wild and beautiful coast of County Clare, their battle reaches its dramatic climax. Doyle Mac Cleirich - soldier and reluctant immortal - has always vowed never to return home. But when his search for the final star leads him to Ireland, it becomes clear that fate has other plans. Solitary by inclination, Doyle is also fighting his growing attraction to archaeologist Riley. His warrior spirit is drawn to the wild - and there's no one more familiar with the wild than Riley. As the six guardians face their final challenge, Riley and Doyle are prepared to risk their lives in battle. But without love to sustain them, the quest is doomed to failure... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Year One Nora Roberts (Author) Series:
Chronicles of The One
Edition:
Imprint:
Piatkus Books
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
25 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 448pp h198mm x w126mm ISBN13: 9780349414966 ISBN13: 978-0-349-41496-6 ISBN10: 0349414963 EAN: 9780349414966 x Description: With one drop of blood, the old world is gone for ever. And in its place, something extraordinary begins... They call it The Doom - a deadly pandemic that starts on a cold New Year's Eve in the Scottish countryside. There's something mysterious about the virus and the way it spreads. As billions fall sick and die, some survivors find themselves invested with strange, unexpected abilities. Lana, a New York chef, has the power to move things and people with her will. Fred can summon light in the darkness. Jonah, a paramedic, sees snatches of the future in those he touches. Katie gives birth to twins, and suspects that she has brought fresh magic into the world, along with new life. But The Doom affects people differently. Along with the light, a dark and terrifying magic will also rise. As the remaining authorities round up the immune and the 'Uncannies' for testing, Lana, Katie and others flee New York in search of a safe haven. The old world is over, and Year One has begun. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Red Moon Kim Stanley Robinson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Orbit
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
25 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 464pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780356508801 ISBN13: 978-0-356-50880-1 ISBN10: 0356508803 EAN: 9780356508801
x Description: IT IS THIRTY YEARS FROM NOW, AND WE HAVE COLONIZED THE MOON. American Fred Fredericks is making his first trip, his purpose to install a communications system for China's Lunar Science Foundation. But hours after his arrival he witnesses a murder and is forced into hiding. It is also the first visit for celebrity travel reporter Ta Shu. He has contacts and influence, but he too will find that the moon can be a perilous place for any traveler. Finally, there is Chan Qi. She is the daughter of the Minister of Finance, and without doubt a person of interest to those in power. She is on the moon for reasons of her own, but when she attempts to return to China, in secret, the events that unfold will change everything - on the moon, and on Earth.
RED MOON is a magnificent novel of space exploration and political revolution from New York Times bestselling author Kim Stanley Robinson. Praise for Kim Stanley Robinson: 'Robinson is one of the world's finest working novelists, in any genre' Guardian 'Polymathic, visionary brilliance' Financial Times 'Robinson's work has a strong, intelligent social conscience' GQ 'Robinson blends mystery and suspense with lyrical evocation of a complex future' Sunday Telegraph 'Kim Stanley Robinson is one of science fiction's greats' Sunday Times Recent titles by Kim Stanley Robinson: 2312 Shaman Aurora New York 2140 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sleeping in the Ground: DCI Banks 24 Peter Robinson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
31 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w160mm x s25mm 280g None ISBN13: 9781444786903 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-8690-3 ISBN10: 1444786903 EAN: 9781444786903 x Description: A terrible crime. No obvious motive. Banks is on the case. 'Top-notch police procedure' - Jeffery Deaver A shocking mass murder occurs at a wedding in a small Dales church and a huge manhunt follows. Eventually, the shooter is run to ground and things take their inevitable course. But Banks is plagued with doubts as to exactly what happened outside the church that day, and why. Struggling with the death of his first serious girlfriend and the return of profiler Jenny Fuller into his life, Banks feels the need to dig deeper into the murders, and as he does so, he uncovers forensic and psychological puzzles that lead him to the past secrets that might just provide the answers he is looking for. When the surprising truth becomes clear, it is almost too late.
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Careless Love: DCI Banks 25 Peter Robinson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
26 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h237mm x w182mm x s26mm 462g ISBN13: 9781444786989 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-8698-9 ISBN10: 1444786989 EAN: 9781444786989 x Description: The twenty-fifth instalment of the Number One Bestselling DCI Banks series 'Robinson remains the master of the police procedural.' Mail on Sunday 'Robinson is prolific, but with each book he manages to ring the changes.' Guardian A young local student has apparently committed suicide. Her body is found in an abandoned car on a lonely country road. She didn't own a car. Didn't even drive. How did she get there? Where did she die? Who moved her, and why? Meanwhile a man in his sixties is found dead in a gully up on the wild moorland. He is wearing an expensive suit and carrying no identification. Postmortem findings indicate he died from injuries sustained during the fall. But what was he doing up there? And why are there no signs of a car in the vicinity? As the inconsistencies multiply and the mysteries proliferate, Annie's father's new partner, Zelda, comes up with a shocking piece of information that alerts Banks and Annie to the return of an old enemy in a new guise. This is someone who will stop at nothing, not even murder, to get what he wants - and suddenly the stakes are raised and the hunt is on. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Secrets She Keeps: The life she wanted wasn't hers . . . Michael Robotham (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sphere
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
28 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 544pp h202mm x w133mm x s34mm 368g ISBN13: 9780751562798 ISBN13: 978-0-7515-6279-8 ISBN10: 0751562793 EAN: 9780751562798 x Description: 'A genuine page-turner and ideal holiday read. It leaves you unsettled and enthralled in equal measure' DAILY EXPRESS _____ Everyone has an idea of what their perfect life is. For Agatha, it's Meghan Shaughnessy's. These two women from vastly different backgrounds have one thing in common - a dangerous secret that could destroy everything they hold dear. Both will risk everything to hide the truth, but their worlds are about to collide in a shocking act that cannot be undone. The compelling new psychological thriller that will break your heart into tiny pieces, from world-renowned author MICHAEL ROBOTHAM.
'Two terrific female characters, both with secrets. Add Michael Robotham's clean prose and whipcrack pacing. The result? A book you won't be able to put down, although you may occasionally want to hide your eyes' STEPHEN KING
____ Praise for Michael Robotham's pulse-pounding writing: 'Will have you turning the pages compulsively' The Times 'Robotham doesn't just make me scared for his characters, he makes my heart ache for them' Linwood Barclay 'Superbly exciting . . . a terrific read' Guardian 'A nerve-shredding thriller with the heart and soul so often missing from lesser crime and suspense novels. I couldn't stop reading, yet I didn't want Audie's story to end. Robotham is an absolute master' Stephen King on Life or Death _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Other Wife Michael Robotham (Author) Series:
Joseph O'Loughlin
Edition:
Imprint:
Sphere
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
26 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 400pp h234mm x w158mm x s29mm 526g ISBN13: 9780751562811 ISBN13: 978-0-7515-6281-1 ISBN10: 0751562815 EAN: 9780751562811 x Description: Childhood sweethearts William and Mary have been married for sixty years. William is a celebrated surgeon, Mary a devoted wife. Both have a strong sense of right and wrong. This is what their son, Joe O'Loughlin, has always believed. But when Joe is summoned to the hospital with news that his father has been brutally attacked, his world is turned upside down. Who is the strange woman crying at William's bedside, covered in his blood - a friend, a mistress, a fantasist or a killer? Against the advice of the police, Joe launches his own investigation. As he learns more, he discovers sides to his father he never knew - and is forcibly reminded that the truth comes at a price. A mesmerising psychological thriller from one of the greatest crime writers of today, Michael Robotham, the international bestselling author of THE SECRETS SHE KEEPS. Praise for Michael Robotham's writing: 'Will have you turning the pages compulsively' The Times 'Robotham doesn't just make me scared for his characters, he makes my heart ache for them' Linwood Barclay 'Superbly exciting ... a terrific read' Guardian 'A nerve-shredding thriller with the heart and soul so often missing from lesser crime and suspense novels. I couldn't stop reading, yet I didn't want Audie's story to end. Robotham is an absolute master' Stephen King on Life or Death _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Skin Nerd: Your straight-talking guide to feeding, protecting & respecting your skin Jennifer Rock (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hachette Books Ireland
Publisher:
Hachette Books Ireland
Pub Date:
11 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: Ireland Hardback 272pp h226mm x w163mm ISBN13: 9781473680517 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8051-7 ISBN10: 1473680514 EAN: 9781473680517 x Description: 'The skin is an organ' is the mantra of award-winning skincare expert Jennifer Rock, also known as The Skin Nerd. And in The Skin Nerd: The Skin is an Organ - A 360 Degrees Approach to Your Healthiest Skin she shares all the passion, knowledge and expertise she has gathered in her extensive career to bring us a beginners' guide to healthy skin. Written with her unique brand of humour and honesty, Jennifer's first book will be jam-packed with skinformation and advice. From the benefits of Spritz O'Clock to her Ten Skin Commandments, her core Nerd Philosophies, specific skin conditions, product ingredients, to her bestselling COM (Cleanse Off Mitt) and how to look after your skin from the inside out, The Skin Nerd: The Skin is an Organ - A 360 Degrees Approach to Your Healthiest Skin is the first step on your life-long journey to healthier skin. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
My Abandonment: Now a major film, `Leave No Trace', directed by Debra Granik ('Winter's Bone') Peter Rock, MD, FCCP, MBA (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
26 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 240pp h198mm x w129mm x s15mm 171g ISBN13: 9781473691964 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-9196-4 ISBN10: 1473691966 EAN: 9781473691964 x Description: 'A beautiful, strange novel . . . Fascinating and moving, it tells with great tenderness how human love goes wrong' Ursula K. Le Guin 'The recent novel I recommend most . . . a short, disciplined, unsettling book' Hanya Yanagihara Thirteen-year-old Caroline and her father live in Forest Park, an enormous nature preserve in Portland, Oregon. Day to day, they live in an elaborate cave shelter, wash in a nearby creek, store perishables at the water's edge, tend a garden and even keep a library of sorts. Once a week they go to the city to buy groceries and otherwise merge with the civilised world. But one small mistake allows a jogger to discover them, which derails their entire existence. Inspired by a true story and told through the startlingly sincere voice of its young narrator, Caroline, My Abandonment is a gripping journey into life in the wilderness and a mesmerizing tale of survival and hope. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Death Is Not Enough (The Baltimore Series Book 6) Karen Rose (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Headline Book Publishing Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
18 Oct 2018
Forthcoming
Publishing Status:
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 528pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781472244086 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-4408-6 ISBN10: 1472244087 EAN: 9781472244086 x Description: -- A BRAND NEW KILLER THRILLER FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - THREE MILLION BOOKS SOLD IN THE UK ALONE -A ruthless gang leader. A deadly vendetta. A dark past exhumed... KAREN ROSE returns with the break-neck follow-up to MONSTER IN THE CLOSET, and the sixth book in the heart-pounding Baltimore Series Gwyn Weaver is as resilient as anyone could be. Having survived an attempted murder, she has rebuilt her life and reclaimed her dignity and strength. She's always known about her feelings for defence attorney Thomas Thorne, but as her friend and a colleague there could be no chance of anything more... or could there? Thorne has known violence and pain all his life. He's overcome the hardships thanks to his own steel, and the love of his loyal friends. Now he's thinking it might finally be time to let his guard down, and allow himself to let in the woman he's always admired from afar. Then Thorne's whole world is torn apart - he is found unconscious in his own bed, the lifeless body of a stranger lying next to him, her blood on his hands. Knowing Thorne could never have committed such a terrible crime, Gwyn and his friends rally round to clear his name. But this is just the beginning - the beginning of a brutal campaign to destroy Thorne, and everything he holds dear...
Intense, complex and unforgettable - James Patterson Fast and furious - Sun A high-octane thrill ride - Lisa Jackson _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think Hans Rosling (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sceptre
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
03 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 352pp h202mm x w134mm x s32mm 360g ISBN13: 9781473637467 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3746-7 ISBN10: 1473637465 EAN: 9781473637467 x Description: *the #1 Sunday Times bestseller * instant New York Times bestseller * #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller * * Irish Times bestseller * Audio bestseller * Guardian bestseller * 'One of the most important books I've ever read - an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world.' BILL GATES *BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week*
'Hans Rosling tells the story of "the secret silent miracle of human progress" as only he can. But Factfulness does much more than that. It also explains why progress is so often secret and silent and teaches readers how to see it clearly.' MELINDA GATES Factfulness: The stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts. When asked simple questions about global trends - why the world's population is increasing; how many young women go to school; how many of us live in poverty - we systematically get the answers wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers. In Factfulness, Professor of International Health and a man who can make data sing, Hans Rosling, together with his two long-time collaborators Anna and Ola, offers a radical new explanation of why this happens, and reveals the ten instincts that distort our perspective. It turns out that the world, for all its imperfections, is in a much better state than we might think. But when we worry about everything all the time instead of embracing a worldview based on facts, we can lose our ability to focus on the things that threaten us most. Inspiring and revelatory, filled with lively anecdotes and moving stories, Factfulness is an urgent and essential book that will change the way you see the world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Rip Crew Sebastian Rotella (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Mulholland Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 336pp h232mm x w152mm x s30mm 440g ISBN13: 9781473653979 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5397-9 ISBN10: 1473653975 EAN: 9781473653979 x Description: Maverick agent Valentine Pescatore is back and investigating a brutal killing that leads him across borders and reveals a vast conspiracy of wealth and power terrifyingly close to home. Valentine Pescatore, the former U.S. agent, finds himself back on American soil, investigating the merciless killing of a group of women in a motel room. At first, the crime seems to be a straightforward case of gangsters battling for territory. Soon, however, the motive is revealed to be much deeper and more sinister: a single witness who knows too much is being hunted. From an author who has been praised for his "pounding action scenes [and] ferocious prose style" (Marilyn Stasio, NYTBR), RIP CREW races at breakneck speed as Pescatore finds himself face-to-face with his most terrifying assignment yet. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Fates Divide (Carve the Mark, Book 2) Veronica Roth (Author) Series:
Carve the Mark 2
Edition:
Imprint:
HarperCollins
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
10 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Unsewn / adhesive bound 464pp h234mm x w153mm x s34mm 610g ISBN13: 9780008192204 ISBN13: 978-0-00-819220-4 ISBN10: 0008192200 EAN: 9780008192204 x Description: In the second book of the Carve the Mark duology, globally bestselling Divergent author Veronica Roth reveals how Cyra and Akos fulfill their fates. The Fates Divide is a richly imagined tale of hope and resilience told in four stunning perspectives.
The lives of Cyra Noavek and Akos Kereseth are ruled by their fates, spoken by the oracles at their births. The fates, once determined, are inescapable.
Akos is in love with Cyra, in spite of his fate: he will die in service to Cyra's family. And when Cyra's father, Lazmet Noavek - a soulless tyrant, thought to be dead - reclaims the Shotet throne, Akos believes his end is closer than ever.
As Lazmet ignites a barbaric war, Cyra and Akos are desperate to stop him at any cost. For Cyra, that could mean taking the life of the man who may - or may not - be her father. For Akos, it could mean giving his own. In a stunning twist, the two will discover how fate defines their lives in ways most unexpected. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Au Pair Emma Rous (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Piatkus Books
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
06 Dec 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 416pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780349419091 ISBN13: 978-0-349-41909-1 ISBN10: 0349419094 EAN: 9780349419091 x Description: A tautly plotted mystery of dark family secrets, perfect for fans of Kate Morton. 'Entrancing, compelling, atmospheric, reminiscent of Daphne du Maurier. A beautiful read that delivers a shocking and satisfying ending' Liv Constantine, bestselling author of The Last Mrs Parrish Seraphine Mayes and her brother Danny are known as the summer-born Summerbournes: the first set of summer twins to be born at Summerbourne House. But on the day they were born their mother threw herself to her death, their au pair fled, and the village thrilled with whispers of dark-cloaked figures and a stolen baby. Now twenty-five, and mourning the recent death of her father, Seraphine uncovers a family photograph taken on the day the twins were born featuring both parents posing with just one baby. Seraphine soon becomes fixated with the notion that she and Danny might not be twins after all, that she wasn't the baby born that day and that there was more to her mother's death than she has ever been told... Why did their beloved au pair flee that day? Where is she now? Does she hold the key to what really happened? 'Don't just pick up and read Emma Rous' The Au Pair, dive into it and get washed away with it' A bookseller 'This will keep you turning those pages. The characters are still playing on my mind' Jane Corry, bestselling author of My Husband's Wife _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Four Tendencies: The Indispensable Personality Profiles That Reveal How to Make Your Life Better (and Other People's Lives Better, Too) Gretchen Rubin (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Two Roads
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 272pp h199mm x w130mm x s15mm 196g ISBN13: 9781473663701 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6370-1 ISBN10: 1473663709 EAN: 9781473663701
x Description: THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'I love Gretchen Rubin - she helps me understand both myself and the people around me' Cathy Rentzenbrink, 'Obliger' and author of The Last Act of Love 'If you want to change anything in your life you need Gretchen Rubin.' Viv Groskop 'Rebel' OBLIGER? REBEL? QUESTIONER? UPHOLDER? Which one are you? Everyone falls into 1 of 4 personality types and knowing yours could make you happier and more successful. During her investigation to understand human nature, explored most recently in her bestselling Better Than Before, Gretchen Rubin realised that by asking the seemingly dry question 'How do I respond to expectations?' we gain life changing self-knowledge. She discovered that based on their answer, people fit into Four Tendencies: Upholders, Questioners, Obligers, and Rebels. Our Tendency shapes every aspect of our behaviour, so using this framework allows us to make better decisions, meet deadlines, suffer less stress, and engage more effectively. More than 800,000 people have taken her online quiz, and managers, doctors, teachers, spouses, and parents already use the framework to help people make significant, lasting change. The Four Tendencies hold practical answers if you've ever thought... - People can rely on me, but I can't rely on myself - How can I help someone to follow good advice? - People say I ask too many questions - How do I work with someone who refuses to do what I ask - or who keeps telling me what to do? With sharp insight, compelling research, and hilarious examples, The Four Tendencies will help you get happier, healthier, more productive, and more creative. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Empire of Silence Christopher Ruocchio (Author) Series:
Sun Eater
Edition:
Imprint:
Gollancz
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
05 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 624pp h238mm x w182mm x s37mm 774g ISBN13: 9781473218260 ISBN13: 978-1-4732-1826-0 ISBN10: 1473218268 EAN: 9781473218260 x Description: Hadrian Marlowe, a man revered as a hero and despised as a murderer, chronicles his tale in the galaxy-spanning debut of the Sun Eater series, merging the best of space opera and epic fantasy. It was not his war. On the wrong planet, at the right time, for the best reasons, Hadrian Marlowe started down a path that could only end in fire. The galaxy remembers him as a hero: the man who burned every last alien Cielcin from the sky. They remember him as a monster: the devil who destroyed a sun, casually annihilating four billion human lives--even the Emperor himself--against Imperial orders. But Hadrian was not a hero. He was not a monster. He was not even a soldier. Fleeing his father and a future as a torturer, Hadrian finds himself stranded on a strange, backwater world. Forced to fight as a gladiator and navigate the intrigues of a foreign planetary court, he will find himself fighting a war he did not start, for an Empire he does not love, against an enemy he will never understand. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Atlas of Happiness: the global secrets of how to be happy Helen Russell (Author) Series:
Edition:
Illustrated edition
Imprint:
Two Roads
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
30 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 288pp h204mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781473688230 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8823-0 ISBN10: 147368823X EAN: 9781473688230 x Description: From the bestselling author of The Year of Living Danishly , an illustrated, full-colour round-the-world discovery of the global secrets of happiness. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Book of Humans: The Story of How We Became Us Adam Rutherford (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
11 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 272pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780297609414 ISBN13: 978-0-297-60941-4 ISBN10: 0297609416 EAN: 9780297609414 x Description: We like to think of ourselves as exceptional beings, but are we really any more special than other animals? Humans are the slightest of twigs on a single family tree that encompasses four billion years, a lot of twists and turns, and a billion species. All of those organisms are rooted in a single origin, with a common code that underwrites our existence. This paradox - that our biology is indistinct from all life, yet we consider ourselves to be special - lies at the heart of who we are. In this original and entertaining tour of life on Earth, Adam Rutherford explores how many of the things once considered to be exclusively human are not: we are not the only species that communicates, makes tools, utilises fire, or has sex for reasons other than to make new versions of ourselves. Evolution has, however, allowed us to develop our culture to a level of complexity that outstrips any other observed in nature. THE BOOK OF HUMANS tells the story of how we became the creatures we are today, bestowed with the unique ability to investigate what makes us who we are. Illuminated by the latest scientific discoveries, it is a thrilling compendium of what unequivocally fixes us as animals, and reveals how we are extraordinary among them. With illustrations by Alice Roberts _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
China Edward Rutherfurd (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
15 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 752pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781444787825 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-8782-5 ISBN10: 1444787829 EAN: 9781444787825 x Description: Edward Rutherfurd, the internationally bestselling author of Sarum, London, New York and PARIS, turns his pen to the bustling modern behemoth that is China - a country full to the brim with a deep, beautiful and sometimes violent heritage. Set from the 1800s onwards, Rutherfurd's beautiful novel explores the modern history of China with all the signature authenticity and interlacing personal stories that make him one of the most beloved authors of our time. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Warlord: Danny Black Thriller 5 Chris Ryan (Author) Series:
Danny Black
Edition:
Imprint:
Coronet Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
19 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h196mm x w128mm x s30mm 280g ISBN13: 9781444783414 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-8341-4 ISBN10: 1444783416 EAN: 9781444783414 x Description: 'The action comes bullet-fast and Ryan's experience of covert operations flash through the high-speed story like tracer rounds.' The Sun The fifth book in the Danny Black series. On the border of the United States and Mexico, a war is raging that can never be won by conventional means. The drug cartels are rampant. Their victims number in the tens of thousands. Men, women and children are butchered in the most obscene ways imaginable. Of all the cartels, the most violent is Los Zetas. Originally made up of former Mexican special forces turned bad, they are perhaps the most ruthless and highly trained criminals in the world. Which is why only the most ruthless and highly trained operatives can ever hope to be a match for them. Enter the Regiment. When the CIA reaches out to the British military for help, SAS legend Danny Black and his team are despatched to give the Zetas a taste of their own medicine. Working deniably and under the radar, their mission is to sow death and mayhem among the cartel, and to coax out from hiding their elusive leader, the iconic Z1. But as Danny is about to find out, the arm of the cartel is long, their sickening strategies underhand and brutal. And in the dog eat dog world of this clandestine, bloodthirsty war, nothing is ever quite as it seems. It will take all the SAS team's skill to break through to the heart of the cartel. And even that might not be enough... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Global Strike: A Strike Back Novel (3) Chris Ryan (Author) Series:
Strikeback
Edition:
Imprint:
Coronet Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781444783810 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-8381-0 ISBN10: 1444783815 EAN: 9781444783810 x Description: Charles Street was once a highly-respected agent working for MI6, until a terrible mistake cost him his job. Now he's a desperate man, living on past glories and struggling to make ends meet. Until he makes a discovery that has the power to bring down the new President of the United States. But when Street tries to cash in on this discovery, he finds himself pursued by a Russian snatch squad. Strike Back hero John Porter and Regiment renegade John Bald are recruited by their handler to head to Washington, D.C. Their mission: find Street before the Russians. What begins as a routine exfiltration quickly descends into a brutal struggle and the ex-SAS legends will need to use all of their fighting instincts to stay alive. It seems someone is desperate to stop Street from going public with the dossier. Bald and Porter face a race against time to protect him.
A startling revelation that leads from the White House to the Kremlin threatens to trigger a new global conflict... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Head Hunters: Danny Black Thriller 6 Chris Ryan (Author) Series:
Danny Black
Edition:
Imprint:
Coronet Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
14 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781473668027 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6802-7 ISBN10: 1473668026 EAN: 9781473668027 x Description: The sixth book in the Danny Black series by SAS hero and bestselling author Chris Ryan. The Regiment is beset by a mysterious run of suicides. When Danny Black becomes part of an SAS hit squad to seek out and eliminate Taliban leaders he has to steel himself for the pressures of a constant round of killing. What he can't prepare himself for is the accusation that he has massacred an entire family, and an old enemy in the Military Police is on his tail, determined to put him away. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lifeshocks: And how to love them Sophie Sabbage (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Coronet Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
14 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 416pp h223mm x w179mm x s36mm 540g ISBN13: 9781473638006 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3800-6 ISBN10: 1473638003 EAN: 9781473638006 x Description: HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED IF LIFE IS TRYING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING? This is a book about all the unwanted and unexpected moments in our lives. They surprise us, they blindside us. They shock us. They command our attention. Some bounce off us, other strike deep into our being. These moments are collision points between how we see life and how life actually is. These are lifeshocks. In her new book Sophie explains how lifeshocks awaken us. She offers her own deeply personal story as well as other case studies as a vehicle for bringing the theory and teachings to life. She focuses on three kinds of lifeshocks we all receive: limiting lifeshocks which challenge our arrogance and appetite for control; exposing lifeshocks which challenge our affectations and pretences; and evoking lifeshocks which challenge our closedheartedness. This groundbreaking new book reveals how these lifeshocks can bring healing, transformation and peace. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I Will Find You (Seal Island 2): The Love Story of the Year that will steal your heart away Daniela Sacerdoti (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Headline Review
Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
10 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 384pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781472235053 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-3505-3 ISBN10: 1472235053 EAN: 9781472235053 x Description: Daniela Sacerdoti is adored by over 1 million readers. Set on the mysterious Seal Island, I WILL FIND YOU is a beautiful, heartrending and gripping novel, perfect for those who loved The Time Traveller's Wife and The Notebook. 'A treat for fans of Jodi Picoult or Dorothy Koomson' Daily Express on Keep Me Safe When her mother dies, heartbroken Cora seeks solace on a remote Scottish island. Alone in a crumbling cottage inaccessible at high tide, she discovers the stones have their secrets. Nearly three hundred years ago, a young woman sought shelter here, also racked with sorrow. As Cora unravels a haunting story of love and loss, she realises the past may hold the key to her own future happiness... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Skyward Brandon Sanderson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Gollancz
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
06 Nov 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 528pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781473217867 ISBN13: 978-1-4732-1786-7 ISBN10: 1473217865 EAN: 9781473217867 x Description: Spensa's world has been under attack for hundreds of years. An alien race called the Krell leads onslaught after onslaught from the sky in a never-ending campaign to destroy humankind. Humanity's only defense is to take to their ships and fight the enemy in the skies. Pilots have become the heroes of what's left of the human race. Spensa has always dreamed of being one of them; of soaring above Earth and proving her bravery. But her fate is intertwined with her father's - a pilot who was killed years ago when he abruptly deserted his team, placing Spensa's chances of attending flight school somewhere between slim and none. No one will let Spensa forget what her father did, but she is still determined to fly. And the Krell just made that a possibility. They've doubled their fleet, making Spensa's world twice as dangerous . . . but their desperation to survive might just take her skyward . . . Praise for Brandon Sanderson's #1 New York Times Bestselling Reckoners series: 'Another win for Sanderson . . . he's simply a brilliant writer' Patrick Rothfuss 'Action-packed' EW.com 'Compelling . . . Sanderson uses plot twists that he teases enough for readers to pick up on to distract from the more dramatic reveals he has in store' AV Club _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I Really Want That Unicorn Fabi Santiago (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Orchard Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
10 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 32pp h281mm x w258mm x s11mm 484g ISBN13: 9781408336908 ISBN13: 978-1-4083-3690-8 ISBN10: 1408336901 EAN: 9781408336908 x Description: Love unicorns? Enjoy talent shows? Pick up this book and laugh yourself horse. Chloe Crocodile is preparing for a talent show - and not just any talent show. The prize is a Big Sparkly Mellow Yellow Unicorn, and Chloe MUST have it. To win, she must make the best rainbow unicorn cake, the best magic castle, the best fairy unicorn outfit AND give the perfect performance on her unicycle. Chloe is confident she can win. Until Veronica arrives ... A delightfully funny, stylish book with the message that friendship is more important than anything - even unicorns! Praise for Tiger in a Tutu: "The saga of Max and his determination to get on the stage reads something like a fun version of Billy Elliot . . . engagingly romantic." Independent _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lord Peter Wimsey: The Complete Short Stories Dorothy L. Sayers (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 448pp h198mm x w130mm x s32mm 320g ISBN13: 9781473657632 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5763-2 ISBN10: 1473657636 EAN: 9781473657632 x Description: Discover Dorothy L. Sayers' inimitable Golden Age detective in this newly published collection of the complete Lord Peter Wimsey stories. Presented in chronological order, these short stories see Lord Peter Wimsey bringing his trademark wit and unique detection skills to all manner of mysteries. From poisoned port to murder in fancy dress, Wimsey draws on his many skills - including his expertise in fine wine and appreciation of fine art - to solve cases far and wide, some even taking him to foreign countries and unexpected hiding places in pursuit of miscreants and murderers. Containing 21 stories taken from Lord Peter Views the Body, Hangman's Holiday, In the Teeth of the Evidence and Striding Folly, now published together for the first time in one volume, this is the ultimate collection for fans of classic detective fiction and Dorothy L. Sayers. 'She brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit.' P. D. James _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Bringing Death to Life: An Uplifting Exploration of Living, Dying, the Soul Journey and the Afterlife Patricia Scanlan (Author) Aidan Storey (Author) Dr Mary Helen Hensley (Author) Pamela Young (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
Hachette Books Ireland
Publisher:
Hachette Books Ireland
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: Ireland Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 384pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781473681910 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8191-0 ISBN10: 147368191X EAN: 9781473681910 x Description: Take a heart-lifting journey into the great unknown ... In Bringing Death to Life, well-known author Patricia Scanlan, along with soul friends and metaphysical healers Dr Mary Helen Hensley, Aidan Storey and Pamela Young, shine a light into an area that they believe needs to become part of the ordinary conversation of life, not to be feared or avoided in our communications, but recognised, understood, accepted: death. Patricia, whose experience of the loss of her parents was the catalyst for this book, shares her own journey through grief, while Aidan, Mary Helen and Pamela -- who have abilities to channel, communicate with angels, and intuit and heal between this life and the next -- share personal experiences along with insight into death and the afterlife gained through their work. Included are chapters on facing fear of death, being present during death of a loved one, the aftermath of loss, and connecting to signs and messages from beyond, along with remarkable stories of the afterlife in the everyday. Prayers, affirmations and messages from the angels also make up this special, thought-provoking and ultimately deeply comforting book. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Burn The Business Plan: What Great Entrepreneurs Really Do Carl J. Schramm (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Learning
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
18 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 288pp h237mm x w159mm x s24mm 384g ISBN13: 9781473606890 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-0689-0 ISBN10: 1473606896 EAN: 9781473606890 x Description: How would you like to get business startup advice straight from the man who co-founded Global Entrepreneurship Week and StartUp America? Well now you can. Carl Schramm, the man described by The Economist as 'the evangelist of Entrepreneurship', has written a myth-busting guide packed with tools and techniques to help you get your big idea off the ground. Carl believes that entrepreneurship has been completely misrepresented by the media, business books, University programmes and MBA courses. He believes that the perception of what it takes to start a business no longer matches the reality - which is bad news for everyone because it stops great ideas coming to life. Burn the Business Plan punctures the myth of the cool, tech-savvy 20-something entrepreneur with nothing to lose and venture capital to burn, showing that most people who start businesses are juggling careers and mortgages just like you. Burn the Business Plan is written to encourage you to get started. It demystifies the entrepreneurial process portrayed on television shows like Dragon's Den. It doesn't rely on largely irrelevant stories of overvalued tech startups, nor does it build on the largely mistaken narrative of a linear path from cold start to great success that is the essence of business planning, as taught in universities. This is the guide to starting and running a business that will actually work for the rest of us. Burn the Business Plan is for regular people who just want practical, real-world advice on how to start and run a successful business. It shows you how to avoid the common mistakes and what you need to do to put your enterprise on track for success. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Burn The Business Plan: What Great Entrepreneurs Really Do Carl J. Schramm (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Learning
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
18 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 288pp h238mm x w162mm x s29mm 512g ISBN13: 9781473671522 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7152-2 ISBN10: 1473671523 EAN: 9781473671522 x Description: How would you like to get business startup advice straight from the man who co-founded Global Entrepreneurship Week and StartUp America? Well now you can. Carl Schramm, the man described by The Economist as 'The Evangelist of Entrepreneurship', has written a myth-busting guide packed with tools and techniques to help you get your big idea off the ground. Carl believes that entrepreneurship has been completely misrepresented by the media, business books, university programmes and MBA courses. He believes that the perception of what it takes to start a business no longer matches the reality - which is bad news for everyone because it stops great ideas coming to life.
Burn the Business Plan punctures the myth of the cool, tech-savvy 20-something entrepreneur with nothing to lose and venture capital to burn, showing that most people who start businesses are juggling careers and mortgages just like you. Burn the Business Plan is written to encourage you to get started. It demystifies the entrepreneurial process portrayed on television shows like Dragon's Den. It doesn't rely on largely irrelevant stories of overvalued tech startups, nor does it build on the largely mistaken narrative of a linear path from cold start to great success that is the essence of business planning, as taught in universities. This is the guide to starting and running a business that will actually work for the rest of us. Burn the Business Plan is for regular people who just want practical, real-world advice on how to start and run a successful business. It shows you how to avoid the common mistakes and what you need to do to put your enterprise on track for success. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Books for Living: a reader's guide to life Will Schwalbe (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Two Roads
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
11 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w130mm x s26mm 200g ISBN13: 9781444790801 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-9080-1 ISBN10: 1444790803 EAN: 9781444790801 x Description: From the author of the international bestseller The End of Your Life Book Club, an inspiring and magical exploration of the enduring power of books - a must for all passionate book lovers, exploring books as diverse as The Girl on the Train, The Little Prince and David Copperfield. 'I've always believed that everything you need to know can be found in a book.' Will Schwalbe Why is it that we read? Is it to pass time? To learn something new? To escape into another reality? For Will Schwalbe, reading is a way to entertain himself but also to make sense of the world, to become a better person, and to find the answers to the big (and small) questions about how to live his life. In this delightful celebration of reading, Schwalbe invites us along on his quest for books that speak to the specific challenges of living in our modern world, with all its noise and distractions. Rich with stories and recommendations, Books for Living is a treasure for everyone who loves books and loves to hear the answer to the question: "What are you reading?" _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Finch in My Brain: How I forgot how to read but found how to live Martino Sclavi (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
12 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h197mm x w130mm x s20mm 224g ISBN13: 9781473649743 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-4974-3 ISBN10: 1473649749 EAN: 9781473649743 x Description: 'Raw, brave, heart-lifting.' STEF PENNY, author of UNDER THE POLE STAR 'Whenever I see Martino I am reminded of how little I know about life and death compared to him. How we don't know what is within us or what may lie on the other side. I hope it's as magical and beautiful as this book.' RUSSELL BRAND When film producer Martino Sclavi began experiencing intense headaches, he attributed them to his frenetic lifestyle. As it turned out, he had grade 4 brain cancer and was given 18 months to live. After undergoing brain surgery - while awake - Martino found he had lost the ability to recognise words.
His response was to close his eyes and begin to move his fingers across the keyboard to write this, an account of life before diagnosis and since. Defying all predictions Martino is still very much alive, words read out to him by the monotone of a computerised voice he calls Alex. But he must now live in a new way. This book - that he has written but cannot read - charts the effects of his experience: on his relationship with his young son, his marriage, his work and with himself. In the wake of his illness, everything must be reconfigured and Martino is made to question the habits, dreams and beliefs of his old life and confront the present. What he finds is strange and beautiful. Searching for the words between life and death, Sclavi shows that with determination and a subtle, persistent sense of humour, it is possible to change the story of our lives. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ottoman Odyssey: Travels through a Lost Empire Alev Scott (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
riverrun
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 336pp h234mm x w153mm 2 Maps, 1 colour plate section ISBN13: 9781784293697 ISBN13: 978-1-78429-369-7 ISBN10: 1784293695 EAN: 9781784293697 x Description: Alev Scott's odyssey began when she looked beyond Turkey's borders for contemporary traces of the Ottoman Empire. Their 800-year rule ended a century ago - and yet, travelling through twelve countries from Kosovo to Greece to Palestine, she uncovers a legacy that's vital and relevant; where medieval ethnic diversity meets 21st century nationalism, and displaced people seek new identities. It's a story of surprises. An acolyte of Erdogan in Christian-majority Serbia confirms the wide-reaching appeal of his authoritarian leadership. A Druze warlord explains the secretive religious faction in the heart of the Middle East. The palimpsest-like streets of Jerusalem's Old Town hint at the Ottoman co-existence of Muslims and Jews. And in Turkish Cyprus Alev Scott rediscovers a childhood home. In every community, history is present as a dynamic force. Faced by questions of exile, diaspora and collective memory, Alev Scott searches for answers from the cafes of Beirut to the refugee camps of Lesbos. She uncovers in Erdogan's nouveau-Ottoman Turkey a version of the nostalgic utopias sold to disillusioned voters in Europe and the U.S. And yet - as she relates with compassion, insight and humour - diversity is the enduring, endangered heart of this fascinating region. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Summer of Secrets Nikola Scott (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Headline Review
Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781472241184 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-4118-4 ISBN10: 1472241185 EAN: 9781472241184 x Description: 'I was completely enthralled' Kathryn Hughes The heart-breaking and unforgettable new novel from Nikola Scott about two women born decades apart caught up in dark secrets. Perfect for readers of Dinah Jefferies and Kate Morton. August 1939 At peaceful Summerhill, orphaned Maddy hides from the world and the rumours of war. Then her adored sister Georgina returns from a long trip with a new friend, the handsome Victor. Maddy fears that Victor is not all he seems, but she has no idea just what kind of danger has come into their lives...
Today Chloe is newly pregnant. This should be a joyful time, but she is fearful for the future, despite her husband's devotion. When chance takes her to Summerhill, she's drawn into the mystery of what happened there decades before. And the past reaches out to touch her in ways that could change everything... 'The perfect summer read' Liz Trenow 'I loved this touching exploration of love and its capacity for consolation and destruction... compelling and satisfying. It was beautifully written' Judith Lennox _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Scrapers Zack Scott (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Wildfire
Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 256pp h252mm x w192mm ISBN13: 9781472247896 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-4789-6 ISBN10: 1472247892 EAN: 9781472247896 x Description: With this exquisite infographic masterpiece, Zack Scott explores in stunning detail the majestic constructions that humans have created on the surface of our own planet. This is SCRAPERS, a visual history of man's endeavours to reach higher and higher, through the construction of mind-blowing new buildings. Zack Scott takes us on an infographic journey from humankind's first attempts to touch the sky with their creations, to the modern masterpieces of architecture and engineering standing proudly across the globe. From Stonehenge to the Burj Khalifa; the Taj Mahal to the Shard, Zack shares the little-known facts and fascinating human stories behind the most incredible buildings in the world. In gorgeous graphic style, SCRAPERS opens our eyes - and our minds - to these true marvels of human architecture. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Written in History: Letters that Changed the World Simon Sebag Montefiore (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 272pp h222mm x w138mm ISBN13: 9781474609180 ISBN13: 978-1-4746-0918-0 ISBN10: 147460918X EAN: 9781474609180 x Description: WRITTEN IN HISTORY: LETTERS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD celebrates the letter in world history and personal life. Acclaimed historian Simon Sebag Montefiore selects letters that have changed the course of global events or touched a timeless emotion - whether passion, rage, humour - from ancient times to the twentieth century: some are noble and inspiring, some despicable and unsettling, some are exquisite works of literature, others brutal and coarse. From love letters to declarations of war, ranging from Elizabeth I to Stalin, Seneca to Machiavelli, Oscar Wilde to Balzac, Rameses the Great to Gandhi, Montefiore explores the significance of each piece of correspondence and shows how letters can reveal the personalities of some of history's most fascinating figures, and in turn offer a unique perspective on the past and a relevance for today.
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The Hope Circuit: A Psychologist's Journey from Helplessness to Optimism Martin Seligman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 448pp h242mm x w164mm x s38mm 716g ISBN13: 9781473683792 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8379-2 ISBN10: 1473683793 EAN: 9781473683792 x Description: One of the most important psychologists alive today tells the story of the transformation of modern psychology through the lens of his own career and change of heart. Martin E. P. Seligman is one of the most decorated and popular psychologists of his generation. When he first encountered the discipline in the 1960s, it was devoted to eliminating misery: the science of how past trauma creates present symptoms. Today, thanks in large part to Seligman's own work pioneering the Positive Psychology movement, it is ever more focused on the bright side; gratitude, resilience, and hope. In this his memoir, Seligman recounts how he learned to study optimism; including a life-changing conversation with his five-year-old daughter. In wise, eloquent prose, Seligman tells the human stories behind some of his major findings. He recounts developing CAVE, an analytical tool that predicts election outcomes (with shocking accuracy) based on the language used in campaign speeches, and the canonical studies that birthed the theory of learned helplessness - which he now reveals was incorrect. And he writes at length for the first time about his own battles with depression at a young age. All the while, Seligman works out his theory of psychology, making a compelling and deeply personal case for the importance of virtues like hope, anticipation, gratitude, and wisdom for our mental health. You will walk away from this book not just educated but deeply enriched. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life Martin Seligman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
19 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 336pp h216mm x w135mm x s24mm 356g ISBN13: 9781473684317 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8431-7 ISBN10: 1473684315 EAN: 9781473684317 x Description: From the bestselling author of Authentic Happiness Known as the father of the science of positive psychology, Martin E.P. Seligman draws on more than twenty years of clinical research to demonstrate how optimism enhances the quality of life, and how anyone can learn to practice it. Offering many simple techniques, Dr. Seligman explains how to break an 'I give up' habit, develop a more constructive explanatory style for interpreting your behaviour, and experience the benefits of a more positive interior dialogue. These skills can help break up depression, boost your immune system, better develop your potential, and make you happier. With generous additional advice on how to encourage optimistic behaviour at school, at work and in children, Learned Optimism is both profound and practical, making it highly valuable for every phase of life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Optimistic Child: A Revolutionary Approach to Raising Resilient Children Martin Seligman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
19 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h227mm x w195mm x s26mm 376g ISBN13: 9781473684331 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8433-1 ISBN10: 1473684331 EAN: 9781473684331 x Description: From the bestselling author of Authentic Happiness In The Optimistic Child, Dr. Martin Seligman offers parents, teachers and coaches a well-validated program to prevent depression in children. Seligman shows adults how to teach children the skills of optimism that can help them combat sadness, achieve more on the playing field and at school and improve their physical health. Learning the skills of optimism not only reduces the risk of depression but boosts school performance and provides children with the self-reliance they need as they approach the teenage years and beyond. Filled with practical advice and written in clear, helpful language, this book is an invaluable resource for people who want to open up the world for children. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Kind of Freedom: A John Murray Original Margaret Wilkerson Sexton (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
JM Originals
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 240pp h216mm x w135mm x s18mm 270g ISBN13: 9781473679597 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7959-7 ISBN10: 1473679591 EAN: 9781473679597 x Description: Longlisted for the 2017 National Book Award 'Luminous . . . a writer of uncommon nerve and talent' New York Times Evelyn is a Creole woman who comes of age in New Orleans at the height of World War II. Her family inhabits the upper echelon of Black society, and when she falls for no-account Renard, she is forced to choose between her life of privilege and the man she loves. In 1982, Evelyn's daughter, Jackie, is a frazzled single mother grappling with her absent husband's drug addiction. Just as she comes to terms with his abandoning the family, he returns, ready to resume their old life. Jackie's son, T.C., loves the creative process of growing marijuana more than the weed itself. He was a square before Hurricane Katrina, but the New Orleans he knew didn't survive the storm. Fresh out of a four-month stint for drug charges, T.C. decides to start over-until an old friend convinces him to stake his new beginning on one last deal. For Evelyn, Jim Crow is an ongoing reality, and in its wake new threats spring up to haunt her descendants. A Kind of Freedom is an urgent novel that explores the legacy of racial disparity in the South through a poignant and redemptive family history. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Damned Serious Business Gerald Seymour (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
30 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 480pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781473663510 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6351-0 ISBN10: 1473663512 EAN: 9781473663510 x Description: 'The novel is an absorbing briefing on cyberwarfare as well as a masterclass in characterisation' SUNDAY TIMES Thriller of the Month There is a new cold war raging and its frontline warriors are Russian hackers - gang-members working freelance for the FSB, successor to the KGB. Massive thefts of personal information, electoral interference, catastrophic disruption of commercial and social services, banks, airlines, even whole countries disabled - this is happening now. Nicknamed 'Boot' because of his obsession with the Duke of Wellington and the battle of Waterloo, Edwin Coker is a case officer at the Vauxhall headquarters of MI6. When a young hacker falls into his hands and reveals details of a secret meeting, Boot conceives a daring plan to strike back not with a computer virus of his own, but with a bomb that will seriously damage the Russian operation, spreading fear and distrust. Now Boot and his little team need a 'deniable' handler to deliver the explosives across the border from Estonia into Russia and bring the hacker back out. They turn to Merc, an ex-soldier fighting in Iraq, a gun-for-hire who knows how to get out of a tight spot. They hope. From the moment Merc sets out to cross the River Narva things do not go to plan and when the hacker's sister becomes involved, his mission turns from tough to near impossible. The scene is set for a classic story of pursuit and evasion and an epic battle for survival. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Beast's Heart: The magical tale of Beauty and the Beast, reimagined from the Beast's point of view Leife Shallcross (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
24 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h243mm x w198mm x s26mm 460g ISBN13: 9781473668713 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6871-3 ISBN10: 1473668719 EAN: 9781473668713 x Description: 'The best fairy-tale retelling I have read' - Read the Write Act 'Utterly Enchanting' - Kate Forsyth, author of Bitter Greens and The Wild Girl '5 out of 5 stars . . . magical romance at its best' - Sam Hawke, author of City of Lies ********* I am neither monster nor man - yet I am both. I am the Beast. The day I was cursed to this wretched existence was the day I was saved - although it did not feel so at the time. My redemption sprung from contemptible roots; I am not proud of what I did the day her father happened upon my crumbling, isolated chateau. But if loneliness breeds desperation then I was desperate indeed, and I did what I felt I must. My shameful behaviour was unjustly rewarded.
My Isabeau. She opened my eyes, my mind and my heart. She taught me how to be human again. And now I might lose her forever. Lose yourself in this gorgeously rich and magical retelling of The Beauty and the Beast that finally lays bare the Beast's heart. ********* Further praise for The Beast's Heart 'What a delight! This is a beautifully crafted, deeply romantic reworking of the fairy tale. Leife Shallcross opens a brand new window onto the old story, creating a cast of engaging characters whose fates we really care about' - Juliet Marillier, author of the Blackthorn & Grim series 'Leife Shallcross weaves her words like a fairytale enchantment. The Beast's Heart is like nothing you've read. Welcome to a glorious darkness' Angela Slatter, World Fantasy Award-winning author of The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings' 'A complex, charming, romantic, and richly detailed story about the redemptive power of love' - Readings Magazine 'Wow oh wow. I was hooked from page one . . . I think I want a Beast of my own! Honestly I think I'd give this more than 5 stars if I could' - Books and Lemon Squash book blog 'The writing was beautiful, and I was really immersed in the story from the start . . . It was a different take on a classic story, but one done with care and love and I am definitely a huge fan' - Between the Pages book blog 'This is not only the most vulnerable Beast I have come across, but also my favourite one . . . [The Beast's Heart] offered a perspective I didn't know I needed' - Violette Books book blog 'This book is so beautifully written, you'll feel the magic, the intricate storytelling, the love, all the feels that you can expect from a Beauty and the Beast retelling . . . This is a wonderful, magical and timeless book . . . There are so many parts that hit me right in the heart' - 5-star reader review 'I had a wonderful time reading this book, I think that if you're the kind of person who lives and breathes fairy-tale retellings you will most certainly enjoy this book. It's a great addition to any YA fantasy-lover's shelf' - 5-star reader review _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hindi Tutor: Grammar and Vocabulary Workbook (Learn Hindi with Teach Yourself): Advanced beginner to upper intermediate course Naresh Sharma (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Teach Yourself Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
12 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 304pp h247mm x w190mm x s16mm 678g ISBN13: 9781473617452 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-1745-2 ISBN10: 1473617456 EAN: 9781473617452 x Description: Do you want to communicate easily and freely in Hindi? Master Hindi grammar and broaden your vocabulary with your very own Hindi Tutor. This contemporary interactive workbook features 200 activities across a range of grammar and vocabulary points with clear goals, concise explanations, and real-world tasks. By studying and practising Hindi grammar you'll understand how the language really works and be able to speak Hindi with clarity and ease. What will I learn? The Hindi Tutor: Grammar and Vocabulary Workbook covers a comprehensive range of the most useful and common grammar and vocabulary in Hindi. You can follow along unit by unit, or dip in and dip out to address your weak areas. As you progress, you will be introduced to new vocabulary and combine it with the grammar to complete extensive exercises. You will then practice the language through authentic reading and writing practice. You will achieve a solid upper intermediate level* of Hindi grammar. Is this course for me?
The Hindi Tutor: Grammar and Vocabulary Workbook can be used as a standalone course or as a complement to any other Hindi course. It offers extensive practice and review of essential grammar points and vocabulary and skills building along with an overview of Hindi script. The personal tutor element points out exceptions and gives tips to really help you perfect your Hindi. What do I get? This Hindi workbook offers a range of clear and effective learning features: -200 activities across a range of grammar and vocabulary points -Unique visuals and infographics for extra context and practice -Personal tutor hints and tips to help you understand language rules and culture points -Learn to learn section offers tips and advice on how to be a successful language learner Twenty short learning units each contain: -communication goals to guide your studies -grammar explanations with extensive exercises -vocabulary presentations and activities -reading and writing sections to consolidate your learning *This workbook maps from from A2 advanced beginner to B2 upper intermediate level of the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) and intermediate-low to advanced-mid level proficiency of ACTFL (American Council on Teaching Foreign Languages) guidelines. Rely on Teach Yourself, trusted by language learners for over 75 years. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Science and Spiritual Practices: Reconnecting through direct experience Rupert Sheldrake (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Coronet Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
26 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 256pp h199mm x w155mm x s19mm 184g ISBN13: 9781473630093 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3009-3 ISBN10: 1473630096 EAN: 9781473630093 x Description: In this pioneering book Rupert Sheldrake shows how science helps validate seven practices on which all religions are built, and which are part of our common human heritage: * * * * * * *
Meditation Gratitude Connecting with nature Relating to plants Rituals Singing and chanting Pilgrimage and holy places.
The effects of spiritual practices are now being investigated scientifically as never before, and many studies have shown that religious and spiritual practices generally make people happier and healthier. Rupert Sheldrake summarizes the latest scientific research on what happens when we take part in these practices, and suggests ways that readers can explore these fields for themselves. For those who are religious, Science and Spiritual Practices will illuminate the evolutionary origins of their own traditions and give a new appreciation of their power. For the non-religious, this book will show how the core practices of spirituality are accessible to all, even if they do not subscribe to a religious belief system. This is a book for anyone who suspects that in the drive towards radical secularism, something valuable has been left behind. Rupert Sheldrake believes that by opening ourselves to the spiritual dimension we may find the strength to live more wholesome and fulfilling lives. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ways to Go Beyond and Why They Work: Spiritual Practices in a Scientific Age Rupert Sheldrake (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Coronet Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
15 Nov 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 320pp h240mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781473653436 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5343-6 ISBN10: 1473653436 EAN: 9781473653436 x Description: Rupert Sheldrake is admired by both scientists and believers, both mainstream Christians but also in New Age and alternative circles. His famous theory of morphic resonance arose from an observation that once one blue tit discovered that it could peck through the silver foil on milk bottles to get the cream, blue tits all around the world began to do this in a remarkably short time - faster than if blue tits were able to talk and pass the message on. Sheldrake's theory is that consciousness is not local to human and animal brains but that we all tune into a cosmic consciousness. In this book he applies these theories to: * Prayer * Psychedelics * Fasting * Making good habits habitual * Sports * Music * Dancing _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The World to Come: Stories Jim Shepard (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
riverrun
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
26 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 272pp h198mm x w167mm x s18mm 198g ISBN13: 9781786485069 ISBN13: 978-1-78648-506-9 ISBN10: 1786485060 EAN: 9781786485069 x Description: A fantastic writer - compassionate, funny and fearless' George Saunders 'One of the US's finest writers' according to Joshua Ferris, Jim Shepard now delivers a new collection that spans borders and centuries with unrivalled mastery. These ten stories ring with voices as diverse as those belonging to Arctic explorers in history's most nightmarish expedition, the Montgolfier brothers competing to be the first man to fly, and two American frontierswomen whose passionate connection is severed by jealous husbands and a deadly snowstorm. In each case the personal is the political as these humans, while falling in love or negotiating marital pitfalls or simply coming to terms with their own failings, face the tidal wave of nature's indifference and cruelty. History has swept them from our sympathy; Jim Shepard has reached into the past and sought them out. In his first collection to be published in the UK, this celebrated master of the short story displays his formidable acuity in imagining these wildly different worlds, and what our various lives feel like in the grip of catastrophe. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Testament Kim Sherwood (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
riverrun
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
10 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 448pp h234mm x w153mm x s31mm 578g ISBN13: 9781786488664 ISBN13: 978-1-78648-866-4 ISBN10: 1786488663 EAN: 9781786488664 x Description: 'What a writer. I was totally captivated. Moving and ultimately uplifting' HEATHER MORRIS, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz 'I am absorbed by the delicacy, even the beauty, with which she writes of the trauma of history' AMIT CHAUDHURI WINNER OF THE BATH NOVEL AWARD Of everyone in her complicated family, Eva was closest to her grandfather: a charismatic painter - and a keeper of secrets. So when he dies, she's hit by a greater loss - of the questions he never answered, and the past he never shared. It's then she finds the letter from the Jewish Museum in Berlin. They have uncovered the testimony he gave after his forced labour service in Hungary, which took him to the death camps and then to England as a refugee. This is how he survived. But there is a deeper story that Eva will unravel - of how her grandfather learnt to live afterwards. As she confronts the lies that have haunted her family, their identity shifts and her own takes shape. The testament is in her hands. Kim Sherwood's extraordinary first novel is a powerful statement of intent. Beautifully written, moving and hopeful, it crosses the tidemark where the third generation meets the first, finding a new language to express love, legacy and our place within history. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Growing Pains: Making Sense of Childhood - A Psychiatrist's Story Mike Shooter (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h240mm x w158mm x s28mm 540g ISBN13: 9781473643260 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-4326-0 ISBN10: 1473643260 EAN: 9781473643260 x Description: 'A remarkable, powerful, tender and insightful book that will change lives. I cannot doubt that hundreds - I would hope thousands - of families can be helped by Mike Shooter's profound, careful and utterly convincing insights.' STEPHEN FRY 'A unique book . . . The stories [Shooter] tells are poignant and powerful testimonies to the resilience of the human spirit and will fascinate all of us who struggle to make sense of our own and other people's lives.' MARJORIE WALLACE CBE 'Brilliant book. Mike Shooter has . . . given us a truly 3D picture of the struggles of growing up.' PROFESSOR DAME SUE BAILEY, Chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges ********** Child psychiatrist Dr Mike Shooter sheds light on the painful issues and universal experience of growing up, through the stories of his patients and their families. Growing up isn't easy. We can be at our most vulnerable and confused. And the right help isn't always there when we need it most. For over forty years
psychiatrist Mike Shooter has listened to children and adolescents in crisis, helping them to find their stories and begin to make sense of their lives. Mike Shooter's own life has been shaped by his battle with depression. It makes him question received wisdom. He knows labels won't always fit and one diagnosis will not work for all. His patients' stories are at the heart of this book. Mike Shooter shares their journey as, through therapy, they confront everything from loss and family breakdown to bullying, grief and illness. We see how children begin to make breakthroughs with depression or anxiety, destructive, even sometimes violent behaviour. Growing Pains is compelling and compassionate - a book to make us wiser and braver, and to help us see how children's stories can find happier endings. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Legacy Yrsa Sigurdardottir (Author) Victoria Cribb (Translated by) Series:
Freyja and Huldar
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
25 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 464pp h196mm x w126mm x s32mm 320g ISBN13: 9781473621558 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-2155-8 ISBN10: 1473621550 EAN: 9781473621558 x Description: The first in an exciting new series from 'Iceland's outstanding crime novelist' (Daily Express) Yrsa Sigurdardottir. THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZEWINNER 'Believe all the hype - this is crime at its best.' Heat Detective Huldar is out of his depth. His first murder case is like nothing he's seen before - a bizarre attack on a seemingly blameless woman. The only evidence is a list of numbers found at the scene, and the testimony of the victim's eleven-year-old daughter, who isn't talking. While his team attempt to crack the code, Huldar turns to child psychologist Freyja for her expertise with traumatised young people. Because time is running out...and the one thing they know for certain is that the murderer will strike again. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Reckoning Yrsa Sigurdardottir (Author) Victoria Cribb (Translated by) Series:
Freyja and Huldar
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 416pp h240mm x w161mm x s36mm 658g ISBN13: 9781473621565 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-2156-5 ISBN10: 1473621569 EAN: 9781473621565 x Description: 'Yrsa is a magnificent writer' Karin Slaughter Yrsa Sigurdardottir, winner of the 2015 Petrona Award for best Scandinavian Crime Novel, delivers another tour de force in her second novel in the Freyja and Huldar series. A chilling note predicting the deaths of six people is found in a school's time capsule, ten years after it was buried. But surely, if a thirteen-year-old
wrote it, it can't be a real threat... Detective Huldar suspects he's been given the investigation simply to keep him away from real police work. He turns to psychologist Freyja to help understand the child who hid the message. Soon, however, they find themselves at the heart of another shocking case. For the discovery of the letter coincides with a string of macabre events: body parts found in a garden, followed by the murder of the man who owned the house. His initials are BT, one of the names on the note. Huldar and Freyja must race to identify the writer, the victims and the murderer, before the rest of the targets are killed... 'The Reckoning is another chilling, atmospheric tale from the undisputed Queen of Icelandic Noir. I loved it.' Simon Kernick _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Grow!: Personal development for parents Trevor Silvester (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Coronet Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
25 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 256pp h198mm x w128mm x s22mm 180g N/A ISBN13: 9781444740929 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-4092-9 ISBN10: 144474092X EAN: 9781444740929 x Description: Trevor Silvester is a Harley Street therapist and author of Lovebirds who is revolutionising the way we understand human nature. Grow! is a distillation of over 20 years of experience as a therapist applied to the task of raising happy children. Your children develop primarily in response to your influence, says Trevor. Writing with wonderful wit and clarity, he shows why parents need to nurture their own personal growth so their children can grow to become who they want to be. He shows how parents can overcome their own limitations so they don't pass them onto their children, and how best to guide the young toward becoming strong, resilient and fulfilled adults. Trevor identifies two ways of being in the world; we're either in a state of growth or a state of protection, and he argues that our interpretation of childhood events, and modern culture, often needlessly trigger us into a state of protection, leaving us anxious, fearful and unwilling to live life fully. Grow! describes strategies for keeping us, parents and children, in a state of growth. Using eight parenting mantras to guide you, he shares valuable lessons gained from the latest scientific research, as well as many hours in the therapy room. Incorporating them into your parenting will improve your child's wellbeing enormously. Incorporating them into your life will improve everything. To assist in making these new ideas habitual in the shortest space of time, Trevor has also created a series of downloads for you to listen to, using principles of unconscious influence that have been proven to work. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Moscow, Midnight John Simpson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 336pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781473674523 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7452-3 ISBN10: 1473674522 EAN: 9781473674523 x Description: Government minister Patrick Macready has been found dead in his flat. The coroner rules it an accident, a sex game gone wrong. Jon Swift is from the old stock of journos - cynical, cantankerous and overweight - and something about his friend's death doesn't seem right. Then
days after Macready's flat is apparently burgled, Swift discovers that his friend had been researching a string of Russian government figures who had met similarly 'accidental' fates. When the police refuse to investigate further, Swift gets in touch with his contacts in Moscow, determined to find out if his hunch is correct. Following the lead, he is soon drawn into a violent underworld, where whispers of conspiracies, assassinations and double agents start blurring the line between friend and foe. The truth comes at a price, and it may cost him everything. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Two Steps Forward: the uplifting new novel from the author of The Rosie Project Graeme Simsion (Author) Anne Buist (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Two Roads
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 368pp h214mm x w134mm x s32mm 380g ISBN13: 9781473675407 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7540-7 ISBN10: 1473675405 EAN: 9781473675407 x Description: 'Charming and absorbing' Daily Mail 'Sleepless in Seattle meets Wild ... A beautifully crafted tale of love, self-acceptance, and blisters' Sunday Express A smart and funny story from the author of The Rosie Project - two misfits walk 2,000 km along the Camino to find themselves and, perhaps, each other. A novel of second chances and reinvention from Graeme Simsion, and his wife Anne Buist. Optioned for film by Ellen deGeneres, and now an international bestseller. Zoe, a sometime artist, is from California. Martin, an engineer, is from Yorkshire. Both have ended up in picturesque Cluny, in central France. Both are struggling to come to terms with their recent past - for Zoe, the death of her husband; for Martin, a messy divorce. Looking to make a new start, each sets out alone to walk two thousand kilometres from Cluny to Santiago de Compostela, in northwestern Spain, in the footsteps of pilgrims who have walked the Camino (the Way) for centuries. The Camino changes you, it's said. It's a chance to find a new version of yourself, and a new beginning. But can these two very different people find themselves? Will they find each other? In this smart, funny and romantic journey, Martin's and Zoe's stories are told in alternating chapters by husband-and-wife team Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist.Two Steps Forward is a novel about renewal - physical, psychological and spiritual. It's about the challenge of walking a long distance and of working out where you are going. And it's about what you decide to keep, what you choose to leave behind and what you rediscover along the way. Optioned by Fox Searchlight for Ellen DeGeneres to produce through A Very Good Production _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
You Are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth: Learn how to save your money with one of the world's most exciting self help authors Jen Sincero (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Learning
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
03 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 288pp h184mm x w159mm x s18mm 204g ISBN13: 9781473649569 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-4956-9 ISBN10: 1473649560 EAN: 9781473649569
x Description: From the author of You Are A Badass, the New Your Times bestselling book everyone is talking about. YOU ARE A BADASS AT MAKING MONEY is the book you need if you've spent too much time watching money land in your bank account and then roll through your fingers. Jen Sincero went from living in a converted garage to traveling the world in 5-star luxury in a matter of years, and knows all too well the layers of BS one can get wrapped up in around money, as well as what it takes to dig your way out. In this funny, fascinating and practical book she goes in-depth on how powerful our thoughts are and how our bank accounts are mirrors for our beliefs about money. YOU ARE A BADASS AT MAKING MONEY combines laugh out loud comedy with life-changing concepts, all boiled down into manageable, bite-sized tips so that YOU can put them into practice and get life changing results. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
CoDex 1962 Sjon (Author) Victoria Cribb (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sceptre
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
26 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 528pp h234mm x w166mm x s40mm 672g ISBN13: 9781473663039 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6303-9 ISBN10: 1473663032 EAN: 9781473663039 x Description: 'A masterpiece . . . I challenge any author to top it!' Sigridur Alberstsdottir, Icelandic National Broadcasting Service. Josef Loewe enters the world as a lump of clay - carried in a hatbox by his Jewish father Leo, a fugitive in WWII Germany. Taking refuge in a small-town guesthouse, Leo discovers a kindred spirit in the young woman who nurses him back to health and together they shape the clay into a baby. But en route to safety in Iceland, he is robbed of the ring needed to bring the child to life. It is not until 1962 that Josef can be 'born', only to grow up with a rare disease. Fifty-three years on, it leads him into the hands of a power-hungry Icelandic geneticist, just when science and politics are threatening to lead us all down a dark, dangerous road. At once playful and profoundly serious, this remarkable novel melds multiple genres into a unique whole: a mind-bending read and a biting, timely attack on nationalism. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mr Penguin and the Lost Treasure: Book 1 Alex T. Smith (Author) Series:
Mr Penguin
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Children's Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
28 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 208pp h215mm x w141mm x s14mm 336g Illustrated in black and orange ISBN13: 9781444932072 ISBN13: 978-1-4449-3207-2 ISBN10: 1444932071 EAN: 9781444932072 x Description: From the international bestselling creator of Claude, comes a brand new hero - Mr Penguin, adventurer and penguin. Indiana Jones meets Hercule Poirot in this new Alex T. Smith series with plenty of slapstick humour, mystery and adventure. Highly illustrated throughout with a striking black and orange design. It has been weeks since Mr Penguin's last adventure and he's been stuck at his desk, twiddling his flippers ever since. That is until the phone rings! Mr Penguin and Colin (a spider and Mr Penguin's silent right hand man) are called in to find the missing treasure somewhere in the Museum of Extraordinary Objects. The quest finds them solving secret codes, fighting ferocious beasts, eating fish finger sandwiches and travelling deep below the museum to a lost jungle...
'Addictive slapstick' - The Guardian 'The perfect introduction to mystery stories' - The Scotsman
Claude won the 5-9 young fiction Sainsbury's Children's Book Award, was selected for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize, the Richard and Judy Book Club and is soon to be a TV star on Disney Junior with 52 episodes airing in June 2018. Alex T. Smith was a World Book Day Illustrator. Follow Alex at http://alextsmith.blogspot.co.uk and https://twitter.com/Alex_T_Smith _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Claude Adventures Alex T. Smith (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Children's Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 288pp h222mm x w160mm full colour throughout ISBN13: 9781444946703 ISBN13: 978-1-4449-4670-3 ISBN10: 1444946706 EAN: 9781444946703 x Description: Meet Claude - the ordinary dog with an extraordinary life. Now the star of his very own TV show on Disney Junior with 52 episodes airing in 2018. An shiny paperback treasury of Claude's very best adventures, containing three much-loved stories. Follow Claude and Sir Bobblysock as they dance and bottom-wiggle their way into the spotlight, head off in hot pursuit of a gold trophy, and stumble onto a film set to become movie stars! Includes: Lights! Camera! Action!, Going for Gold and Claude in the Spotlight. The perfect gift for fans of Alex T. Smith's hilarious bestselling series - ideal for new readers and also great for sharing! Praise for the Claude series: 'Illustrated with humour and elegance' The Times 'With quirky illustrations and plenty of humour' Metro Claude in the City was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club. Claude Going for Gold won the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award. Alex T. Smith was the official World Book Day illustrator in 2014. Follow Alex at alextsmith.com and on Twitter: @Alex_T_Smith _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Beyond Reasonable Doubt: The case for supernatural phenomena in the modern world, with a foreword by Maria Ahern, a leading barrister Gordon Smith (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Coronet Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
17 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 208pp h240mm x w160mm x s20mm 412g ISBN13: 9781444790948 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-9094-8 ISBN10: 1444790943 EAN: 9781444790948 x
Description: Gordon Smith is the medium's medium who outstanding gifts are recognised by prominent sceptics and which have been tested in laboratory conditions at Glasgow University, with astonishing results. But usually when we try to assess the claims of psychics and mediums or evidence of supernatural phenomena we are examining events taking place outside the controlled conditions of the scientific laboratory. In this new book Gordon Smith argues that most suitable standards we can apply when trying to decide whether or not it is reasonable to believe such claims are the same standards we usually use to assess disputes in human affairs - the standards of the law court. As a leading medium Gordon Smith is part of an 'apostolic succession' of mediums that goes back through famous mediums like Albert Best, Helen Duncan and DD Hume to the start of Spiritualism modern times in American in the mid nineteenth century. In this book he examines the historical evidence, admitting fraud where he finds it, but showing that great weight of testimony proves the reality of these supernatural and spiritual phenomena 'beyond reasonable doubt'. As leading barrister Maria Ahern writes in her foreword: 'I have assessed the evidence in this book. Just as I would in a trial. There is credible evidence from various unconnected sources all giving evidence that points the same way. The evidence has been collated by a credible source; Gordon Smith is widely acknowledged as a gifted medium and has provided many with evidence of one of life's great unanswered questions'. She advises the reader: 'Look at the evidence, assess it fairly, allow for any sensible and appropriate doubt and reach your verdict'. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Unexplained: Supernatural Stories for Uncertain Times Richard MacLean Smith (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sceptre
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
25 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781473671133 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7113-3 ISBN10: 1473671132 EAN: 9781473671133 x Description: Demonic possession in 1970's Germany. UFOs in Rendlesham forest. Reincarnation in Middlesbrough. An ebay listing for a haunted Dibbuk box. To this day, these real life mysteries and very many more evade explanation. Based on one of the most successful paranormal podcasts ever, with over 5.5 million streams and downloads to date, Unexplained consists of ten chapters focussing on a different paranormal event, from Australia to Germany, the UK to Japan, using the stories as gateways to a journey beyond the veil of the uncanny, exploring what they reveal of the human experience. Taking ideas once traditionally thought of as supernatural or paranormal and questioning whether radical ideas in science might provide a new but equally extraordinary explanation, Unexplained is The Examined Life meets The X Files. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
War Gardens: A Journey Through Conflict in Search of Calm Lalage Snow (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Quercus Publishing
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
28 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 384pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781787470699 ISBN13: 978-1-78747-069-9 ISBN10: 1787470695 EAN: 9781787470699 x Description: A journey through the most unlikely of gardens: the oases of peace people create in the midst of war In this millennium, we have become war weary. From Afghanistan to Iraq, from Ukraine to South Sudan and Syria, from Kashmir to the West Bank, conflict is as contagious and poisonous as Japanese knotweed. Living through it are people just like us with ordinary jobs, ordinary pressures and ordinary lives. Against a new landscape of horror and violence it is up to them to maintain a modicum of normality and colour. For some,gardening is the way to achieve this. Working in the world's most dangerous war zones, freelance war correspondent and photographer Lally Snow has often chanced across a very moving sight, a testimony to the triumph of the human spirit in adversity, a celebration of hope and beauty: a war garden. In Kabul, the royal gardens are tended by a centenarian gardener, though the king is long gone; in Camp Bastion, bored soldiers improvise tiny gardens to give themselves a moment's peace; on both sides of the dividing line in Jerusalem families tend groves of olives and raise beautiful plants from the unforgiving, disputed landscape; in Ukraine,families tend their gardens in the middle of a surreal, frozen war. War Gardens is a surprising, tragic and beautiful journey through the darkest places of the modern world, revealing the ways people make time and space for themselves and for nature even in the middle of destruction. Illustrated with Lally Snow's own award-winning photography, this is a book to treasure. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
War Stories: Gripping Tales of Courage, Cunning and Compassion Peter Snow (Author) Ann MacMillan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
12 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w131mm x s24mm 272g ISBN13: 9781473618299 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-1829-9 ISBN10: 1473618290 EAN: 9781473618299 x Description: 'Highly readable . . . an intimate and varied account of fascinating stories of people at war' History of War War Stories is a fascinating account of ordinary men and women swept up in the turbulence of war. These are the stories - many untold until now - of thirty-four individuals who have pushed the boundaries of love, bravery, suffering and terror beyond the imaginable. They span three centuries and five continents. There is the courage of Edward Seager who survived the Charge of the Light Brigade; the cunning of Krystyna Skarbek, quick-thinking spy and saboteur during the Second World War; the skullduggery of Benedict Arnold, who switched sides in the American War of Independence and the compassion of Magdalene de Lancey who tenderly nursed her dying husband at Waterloo. Told with vivid narrative flair and full of unexpected insights, War Stories moves effortlessly from tales of spies, escapes and innovation to uplifting acts of humanity, celebrating men and women whose wartime experiences are beyond compare. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Darkest Place: (An Inspector Tom Reynolds Mystery Book 4) Jo Spain (Author) Series:
An Inspector Tom Reynolds Mystery
Edition:
Imprint:
Quercus Publishing
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
20 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781786483973 ISBN13: 978-1-78648-397-3 ISBN10: 1786483971 EAN: 9781786483973 x Description: From the bestselling author of With Our Blessing and Sleeping Beauties comes a gripping new mystery 'Island of the Lost was the isle's name long before the hospital was built. In winter, they say the fog falls so heavy there that you can't see your hand in front of your face. Storms rage so forcefully you can be blown from the cliffs. Once St. Christina's was built, the name took on a new meaning. Very few who went into that place ever left.' Christmas day, and DCI Tom Reynolds receives an alarming call. A mass grave has been discovered on Oilean na Caillte, the island which housed the controversial psychiatric institution St. Christina's. The hospital has been closed for decades and onsite graves were tragically common. Reynolds thinks his adversarial boss is handing him a cold case to sideline him. But then it transpires another body has been discovered amongst the dead - one of the doctors who went missing from the hospital in mysterious circumstances forty years ago. He appears to have been brutally murdered. As events take a sudden turn, nothing can prepare Reynolds and his team for what they are about to discover once they arrive on the island . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Confession: The addictive number one bestseller Jo Spain (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Quercus Publishing
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
09 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 432pp h197mm x w129mm x s26mm 302g ISBN13: 9781786488374 ISBN13: 978-1-78648-837-4 ISBN10: 178648837X EAN: 9781786488374 x Description: SOMETIMES THE TRUTH IS NOT ALL IT SEEMS... SOMETIMES A CONFESSION IS JUST THE BEGINNING... NOW A NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER 'Brilliant' BA Paris, author of Behind Closed Doors and The Breakdown 'Chilling' Sunday Times 'Enthralling' JP Delaney, author of The Girl Before 'Compulsive' Sunday Mirror 'Addictive'
Michelle Frances, author of The Girlfriend ********** Late one night a man walks into the luxurious home of disgraced banker Harry McNamara and his wife Julie. The man launches an unspeakably brutal attack on Harry as a horror-struck Julie watches, frozen by fear. It looks like Harry's many sins - corruption, greed, betrayal - have finally caught up with him. An hour later the intruder, JP Carney, hands himself in, confessing to the assault. The police have a victim, a suspect in custody and an eye-witness account, but Julie remains troubled. Has Carney's surrender really been driven by a guilty conscience or is this confession the first calculated move in a deadly game? THE MOST GRIPPING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER OF 2018: PERFECT FOR FANS OF THEN SHE WAS GONE AND THE GOOD DAUGHTER. ********** 'Brutal' Fiona Cummins, author of Rattle 'Gripping' Best 'Jaw-dropping' Chris Whitaker, author of Tall Oaks 'Vivid' Irish Times 'Fabulous' Amanda Jennings, author of In Her Wake 'A contender for the most arresting opening paragraph of the year' Sunday Express _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Every Breath Nicholas Sparks (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sphere
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
16 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780751567762 ISBN13: 978-0-7515-6776-2 ISBN10: 0751567760 EAN: 9780751567762 x Description: From the number one bestselling author of The Notebook and Two by Two comes an unforgettable tale of enduring love. There are times when destiny and love collide. This story is one of them. Hope Anderson is at a crossroads. After six years with her boyfriend, she is no longer sure what she wants, and when her father becomes ill she heads to her family's cottage at Sunset Beach in North Carolina to make some difficult decisions. Tru Walls has been summoned across an ocean from where he was born and raised in Zimbabwe by a letter from a man claiming to be his father. In journeying to Sunset Beach, Tru hopes to unravel the mystery surrounding his mother's life, but the letter will lead him in an unexpected direction. When these two strangers' paths cross, their chance encounter sets in motion a heart-breaking story - one that will transcend decades, continents and the workings of fate. 'When it comes to tales about love, Nicholas Sparks is one of the undisputed kings' Heat
Praise for MULTI-MILLION-copy bestseller Nicholas Sparks: 'An absorbing page-turner' Daily Mail 'A fiercely romantic and touching tale' Heat on The Longest Ride 'An A-grade romantic read' OK! on Safe Haven 'This one won't leave a dry eye' Daily Mirror on The Lucky One _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Secret Lives of Colour Kassia St Clair (Author) Series:
Edition:
Illustrated edition
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 552g ISBN13: 9781473630833 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3083-3 ISBN10: 1473630835 EAN: 9781473630833 x Description: 'A mind-expanding tour of the world without leaving your paintbox. Every colour has a story, and here are some of the most alluring, alarming, and thought-provoking. Very hard painting the hallway magnolia after this inspiring primer.' Simon Garfield
The Secret Lives of Colour tells the unusual stories of the 75 most fascinating shades, dyes and hues. From blonde to ginger, the brown that changed the way battles were fought to the white that protected against the plague, Picasso's blue period to the charcoal on the cave walls at Lascaux, acid yellow to kelly green, and from scarlet women to imperial purple, these surprising stories run like a bright thread throughout history. In this book Kassia St Clair has turned her lifelong obsession with colours and where they come from (whether Van Gogh's chrome yellow sunflowers or punk's fluorescent pink) into a unique study of human civilisation. Across fashion and politics, art and war, The Secret Lives of Colour tell the vivid story of our culture. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What We Talk about when We Talk about Faith Peter Stanford (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 256pp h220mm x w138mm x s26mm 380g ISBN13: 9781473678057 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7805-7 ISBN10: 1473678056 EAN: 9781473678057 x Description: Interviews with people of faith from across a thirty-five year journalistic career Includes interviews with Sara Maitland | Sister Wendy Beckett | Delia Smith | The Revd Richard Coles | Dermot O'Leary | Cherie Blair | Archbishop Desmond Tutu | Bronwen Astor | Amos Oz | Nick Cave _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ships of Mercy: The remarkable fleet bringing hope to the world's poorest people Don Stephens (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 240pp h196mm x w128mm x s22mm 180g ISBN13: 9781473682542 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8254-2 ISBN10: 1473682541 EAN: 9781473682542 x Description: Ships of Mercy tells the riveting true story of Mercy Ships, the astonishing fleet of hospital ships that sail the globe, bringing dramatic change to the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the most impoverished and disease-stricken corners of the world.
Ships of Mercy is a page-turner of the highest quality, an inspiring testimony both to the essence of the human spirit and God's amazing providence.
It tells the story of a teenager's extraordinary vision brought to reality in the form of a multi-million dollar life-saving mission. It also tells the story of a family of people from diverse backgrounds who have sacrificed their comfort and security in order to perform remarkable acts of grace and kindness. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Conflicts of Interest Terry Stiastny (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
12 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h200mm x w178mm x s20mm 214g ISBN13: 9781444794397 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-9439-7 ISBN10: 1444794396 EAN: 9781444794397 x Description: 'A skilful prose stylist and a connoisseur of telling details' Guardian Lawrence Leith has retreated from his once-successful career in TV to a small village in the south of France to mourn the end of his marriage and the loss of his job. When his old colleague Martin Elliott arrives for a summer holiday, surrounded by his lovely family and new, influential friends, he seems to have everything that Lawrence lacks. Martin is convinced that Lawrence should get back in the game, even if that involves returning to Africa, where it once nearly ended for both of them. As Martin's carefully cultivated image begins to slip, Lawrence recovers his urge to find out the real story - one which will force him to choose between his friend and his principles. Masterfully constructed and universally topical, Conflicts of Interest is a novel about personal betrayal and political double-dealing, about the realities of being in the public eye and how the truth, no matter how hidden, will always out. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Baltic Prize: Thomas Kydd 19 Julian Stockwin (Author) Series:
Thomas Kydd
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
12 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w149mm x s25mm 280g ISBN13: 9781473640993 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-4099-3 ISBN10: 1473640997 EAN: 9781473640993 x Description: 1808. Parted from his new bride, Captain Sir Thomas Kydd is called away to join the Northern Expedition to Sweden, now Britain's only ally in the Baltic. Following the sudden declaration of war by Russia and with the consequent threat of the czar's great fleet in St Petersburg, the expedition must defend Britain's dearly-won freedom in those waters. However Kydd finds his popular fame as a frigate captain is a poisoned chalice; in the face of jealousy and envy from his fellow captains, the distrust of the commander-in-chief and the betrayal of friendship by a former brother-in-arms now made his subordinate, can he redeem his reputation? In an entirely hostile sea Tyger ranges from the frozen north to the deadly confines of the Danish Sound - and plays a pivotal role in the situation ensuing after the czar's sudden attack on Finland. This climaxes in the first clash of fleets between Great Britain and Russia in history. To the victor will be the prize of the Baltic! ****************** PRAISE FOR JULIAN STOCKWIN'S THOMAS KYDD SERIES 'Paints a vivid picture of life aboard the mighty ship-of-the-line' Daily Express 'This heady adventure blends fact and fiction in rich, authoritative detail' Nautical Magazine on VICTORY 'Fans of fast-paced adventure will get their fill with this book' Historical Naval Society on THE ADMIRAL'S DAUGHTER _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Iberian Flame: Thomas Kydd 20 Julian Stockwin (Author) Series:
Thomas Kydd
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
12 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 432pp h234mm x w155mm x s31mm 560g ISBN13: 9781473641051 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-4105-1 ISBN10: 1473641055 EAN: 9781473641051 x Description: 'In Stockwin's hands the sea story will continue to entrance readers across the world' - Guardian 1808. With the Peninsula in turmoil, Napoleon Bonaparte signs a treaty to dismember Portugal and put his brother, Joseph, on the throne of Spain. Meanwhile, Nicholas Renzi, the Lord Farndon, undertakes a deadly mission to stir up partisan unrest to disrupt this Napoleonic alliance with Spain. Thrust into the crucible of the uprising, Captain Sir Thomas Kydd is dismayed to come up against an old foe from his past - now his superior and commander - who is determined to break him. Kydd will soon face the greatest decision of his professional career. Bonaparte, incensed by the reverses suffered to his honour, gathers together a crushing force and marches at speed into Spain. After several bloody encounters the greatly outnumbered British expedition have no option other than make a fighting retreat to the coast. Only the Navy can save them.
But the flame of insurrection has been lit - and the Peninsular War has begun. More Praise for Julian Stockwin and the Thomas Kydd Series 'Paints a vivid picture of life aboard the mighty ship-of-the-line' Daily Express 'This heady adventure blends fact and fiction in rich, authoritative detail' Nautical Magazine on VICTORY 'Fans of fast-paced adventure will get their fill with this book' Historical Naval Society on THE ADMIRAL'S DAUGHTER _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dragula Ma'am Stoker (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Trapeze
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
25 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 112pp h204mm x w132mm ISBN13: 9781409181101 ISBN13: 978-1-4091-8110-1 ISBN10: 1409181103 EAN: 9781409181101 x Description: When Jonathan Harker visits Trans-ylvania to help Count Dragula purchase a London house, he makes some horrifying discoveries in his client's castle (including the wearing of espadrilles without irony) and the local area, where people insist on behaving bizarrely, festooning him with garlic and blethering on about a 'fierce queen', although perhaps something is getting lost in translation. They shout out to him: 'good luck, and don't get slurped up!'. It's about to get even weirder at the castle where there is a battle of wills going on between the mysterious Count and what he terms, the 'blood-sucking b*tches!' in the village, led by the infamous van High-Heelsing. But who will prevail on the runway? As each kween sashays towards the jugular, the reader is taken on a journey to the ultimate lip sync for your life finale. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Why Travel Matters: A Guide to the Life-Changing Effects of Travel Craig Storti (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
12 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 202pp h196mm x w136mm x s22mm 320g ISBN13: 9781473670280 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7028-0 ISBN10: 1473670284 EAN: 9781473670280 x Description: Why Travel Matters explores the profound life lessons that await anyone who wishes to learn what travel has to teach. With engaging prose, delightful wit and a distinctive style, Craig Storti infuses his own experiences traveling the world for 30+ years with quotations, insights, reflections and commentary from famous travelers, great travel writers, historians and literary masters. Storti's vast knowledge of the literature makes him an expert curator of astute gems from the likes of: St. Augustine, Mark Twain, Somerset Maugham, D. H. Lawrence, Bruce Chatwin, Aldous Huxley and more. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Publishing Game: Adventures in Books: 150 years of Hodder & Stoughton Edward Stourton (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
10 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 272pp h240mm x w162mm x s28mm 554g 3 x 8 page colour insets ISBN13: 9781473671171 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7117-1 ISBN10: 1473671175 EAN: 9781473671171 x Description: Author, journalist and BBC presenter Ed Stourton delves into the Hodder & Stoughton archives to tell the human story of 150 years of publishing. From the day in June 1868 when Matthew Henry Hodder and Thomas Wilberforce Stoughton first founded the company, through numerous encounters with authors from John le Carre to Jodi Picoult, and several staff sports days - this will be an entertaining and enlightening read for any book lover. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Blood Cruise: A thrilling summer chiller from the new Stephen King Mats Strandberg (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Jo Fletcher Books
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
10 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 560pp h234mm x w160mm x s40mm 722g ISBN13: 9781786487797 ISBN13: 978-1-78648-779-7 ISBN10: 1786487799 EAN: 9781786487797 x Description: On the Baltic Sea, no one can hear you scream. Tonight, twelve hundred expectant passengers have joined the booze-cruise between Sweden and Finland. The creaking old ship travels this same route, back and forth, every day of the year. But this trip is going to be different. In the middle of the night the ferry is suddenly cut off from the outside world. There is nowhere to escape. There is no way to contact the mainland. And no one knows who they can trust. Welcome aboard the Baltic Charisma. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Not That I Could Tell Jessica Strawser (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 336pp h234mm x w154mm x s26mm 400g ISBN13: 9781473682207 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8220-7 ISBN10: 1473682207 EAN: 9781473682207 x Description: 'Fans of Liane Moriarty will adore Jessica Strawser' Kate Moretti Ever wonder what your friends really think of you? Drinks in hand, a group of neighbourhood women gather around a fire pit to enjoy a rare child-less Saturday night. Giddy with freedom, they drink too much, share secrets they wish, perhaps, they hadn't, and enjoy getting to know each other better. The single newcomer. The imperfect mom. The new-born parents. The military wife. The almost divorcee. Come Monday Morning, one of them is gone. Everyone knows something about everyone else in the small town of Yellow Springs, but no one can make sense of the disappearance. Kristin was a sociable mother, school administrator, and doctor's wife who didn't seem all that bothered by her impending divorce. When the investigation launches, it turns up more questions than answers - with her soon-to-be-ex-husband, Paul at the centre. For her closest neighbour, Clara, the incident triggers memories she thought she'd put behind her. As the town's scrutiny turns in on her, her own suspicions about what really happened that night quickly grow. Meanwhile, the neighbourhood's newest addition, Izzy, is determined not to jump to any conclusions. But across the lawns, appearances can be deceiving, and the most beautiful houses can hide the ugliest secrets. A truly gripping domestic thriller of friendship, manipulation and betrayal that fans of Desperate Housewives, The Family Next Door and Liane Moriarty's HBO hit Big Little Lies have been waiting for. *************** What readers are saying 'Twisty and engrossing, this is one thriller you don't want to miss!' 'I was gripped and glued to the page' 'I was drawn into the story from the first page and felt like these women were MY friends' 'What a clever page-turner with some great character dynamics and a few twisties that sucked me in and kept me guessing through to the end' _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Some Die Nameless: A stylish and tense thriller Wallace Stroby (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Mulholland Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
10 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h234mm x w153mm x s25mm 478g ISBN13: 9781473662131 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6213-1 ISBN10: 1473662133 EAN: 9781473662131 x Description: 'Some Die Nameless is a superbly entertaining thriller full of hard truths about what happens when the shadow world is exposed to the light. Stroby's subtle, straightforward style is pitch perfect.' Reed Farrel Coleman, New York Times bestselling author Ex-mercenary Ray Devlin is living a simple life off the grid in Florida, when a visit from an old colleague stirs some bad memories - and ends with a gunshot. Soon Devlin is forced to face a past he'd hoped to leave behind, as a member of a private military force that helped put a brutal South American dictator in power. Tracy Quinn is an investigative journalist at a struggling Philadelphia newspaper. What appears at first to be a straightforward homicide draws her and Devlin together, ultimately entangling them in a conspiracy that reaches to the highest levels of the US government. Before long, they become the targets of a ruthless assassin haunted by his own wartime memories. For Devlin, it could mean a last shot at redemption. For Tracy, the biggest story of her career might just cost her her life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Wild Other: A memoir of love, adventure and how to be brave Clover Stroud (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 288pp h196mm x w128mm x s20mm 200g ISBN13: 9781473630246 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3024-6 ISBN10: 147363024X EAN: 9781473630246 x Description: SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 'This story - so fierce and brave and visceral and raw - will stay with me forever. Clover Stroud is a force of nature, and a woman who is fearless in the face of life and death. I loved it.' Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat Pray Love 'An astonishing book about loss, love, darkness, pain, sex and adventure. I adore it.' Dolly Alderton 'There is so much richly evoked life here... beautifully written.' Cathy Rentzenbrink, The Times 'This redemptive memoir will steal your heart; it will return it bruised but emboldened.' Mail on Sunday 'I have huge admiration for the spirit of this memoir, and its author: full of heart, bravery and adventure. A moving, gripping read.' Amy Liptrot, author of The Outrun Clover Stroud grew up in rural Wiltshire surrounded by animals and family. When she was just sixteen her adored mother had a horrific riding accident which left her permanently brain-damaged, and suddenly Clover was left to fend for herself. She embarked on an extraordinary journey to heal her broken heart, courting men and danger through two marriages and five children. The Wild Other is a grippingly honest account of love, sex and travelling to the darkest edges of human experience and back again. Powerful and
deeply emotional, this is the story of an extraordinary life lived at its fullest. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Cordially Invited Zoe Sugg (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 256pp h252mm x w192mm ISBN13: 9781473687776 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8777-6 ISBN10: 1473687772 EAN: 9781473687776 x Description: For as long as Zoe Sugg can remember she has loved welcoming friends & family into her home, whether it's to celebrate someone else's big day or just being with friends, there is nothing she enjoys more than putting her energy into making any occasion special. In Zoe's eyes the best thing about getting people together is there really is no right or wrong way: maybe you want to plan a throw-everything-at-it shindig, or simply make a special effort for one guest. Mostly it's about how people feel when they're in your company. How the smallest of gatherings can feel momentous, and the biggest of parties can feel intimate. Over the years Zoe has shared glimpses of this side to her in her videos, with millions of viewers taking daily inspiration from her life. In Cordially Invited she shares her best and never seen before ideas in print. Divided into seasons, and woven through with Zoe's own stories and memories, this book reveals her favourite events - big or small - throughout the year and how to celebrate them in style. From practical ideas for how to feed your guests and hacks for unexpected get-togethers to simple but impressive DIYs and those personal touches people will remember, Cordially Invited is Zoe's blueprint for making an event and a memory out of each day. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Ashes: It's All About the Urn: England vs. Australia: ultimate cricket rivalry Graeme Swann (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
29 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h200mm x w130mm x s24mm 288g ISBN13: 9781473670853 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7085-3 ISBN10: 1473670853 EAN: 9781473670853 x Description: Shortlisted for Cricket Book of the Year at the British Sports Book Awards Graeme Swann leads us on a compelling adventure through one of world sport's most engrossing rivalries. He knows as much as anybody about the heat of England v Australia battles, having played in three series wins and also the whitewash defeat of 2013-14 when its intensity ended his international career. However, it brought out some of his best displays in Test cricket. But he is just one of dozens of colourful characters to have added their chapters to this great tome. The mock obituary of English cricket in the Sporting Times of 1882 was the forerunner of summers and winters of heaven and hell, depending on which side of the divide you were situated. When it comes to on-field relations nothing quite compares to the over-my-dead-body feel of the Ashes. From Grace to Sir Don, the most graceful of them all. From the foulest play to the fairest - contrast the 1932-33 Bodyline series affair to the image of Andrew Flintoff hunched over a distraught Brett Lee in 2005. From Ray Illingworth's famous walk-off in the Seventies, when an England team-mate was assaulted by a spectator, to Steve Waugh's hugely emotional lap of honour when he retired a quarter of a century later. Swann's book will reveal the magic of a series that first gripped him in his front room in Northampton as an aspiring spin bowler in the mid-1980s.
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The Bookseller: Sliding Doors set in a bookshop Cynthia Swanson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Two Roads
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w128mm x s26mm 100g ISBN13: 9781473674103 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7410-3 ISBN10: 1473674107 EAN: 9781473674103 x Description: THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER SOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM PRODUCED BY JULIA ROBERTS Nothing is as permanent as it appears... Denver, 1962 Kitty Miller has come to terms with her unconventional single life. She loves the bookshop she runs with her best friend, Frieda, and enjoys complete control over her day-to-day existence. Then the dreams begin. Denver, 1963 Katharyn Andersson is married to Lars, the love of her life. They have beautiful children, an elegant home, and good friends. It's everything Kitty Miller once believed she wanted - but it only exists when she sleeps. Convinced that these dreams are simply due to her overactive imagination, Kitty enjoys her nighttime forays into this alternate world. But with each visit, the more irresistibly real Katharyn's life becomes. Can she choose which life she wants? If so, what is the cost of staying Kitty, or becoming Katharyn? A hauntingly powerful novel that freshly considers the timeless question - 'What if?' _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Confessions of Zeno (riverrun editions): a beautiful new edition of the Italian classic Italo Svevo (Author) Beryl de Zoete (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
riverrun
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
23 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 592pp h198mm x w129mm x s15mm 406g ISBN13: 9781787474178 ISBN13: 978-1-78747-417-8 ISBN10: 1787474178 EAN: 9781787474178 x Description: 'I am sure a cigarette has a more poignant flavour when it is the last' A neurotic Italian businessman obsessed by his own hypochondria, Zeno Cosini recounts his early years to his psychoanalyst Dr S as a form of therapy. With a cigarette clutched permanently between his fingers, he explores the important themes of his life: his love of smoking, his relationship with his parents, his marriage. Structured as a series of conversations with his psychoanalyst, Zeno was an innovation in its time, and remains a curious and intriguing delight. Michael Hoffman places Confessions of Zeno in its European context in his sparkling introduction.
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Home: the quest to belong Jo Swinney (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
14 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 256pp h198mm x w132mm x s18mm 180g ISBN13: 9781473648661 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-4866-1 ISBN10: 1473648661 EAN: 9781473648661 x Description: Where is Home? This question troubles many of us. We may live far from where we grew up, away from those we love or in a culture not our own. But we all need somewhere to belong, to find a sense of home in this world. Jo Swinney was born in the UK, but grew up in Portugal and France. She went to an English boarding school, did a gap year in southern Africa and in her twenties studied theology in Canada, where she met her American husband. Now back in the UK, she's had more reason than most to wonder what 'home' really means. Is home where you come from - where you live now - where the people you love are - or what? Interweaving a frank and poignant retelling of her own story with theological and psychological insights, Jo's original and authentic exploration of home in all its many and varied forms is a heartfelt call to find our home in the things that are truly of most value. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
City of Masks: Oswald de Lacy Book 3 S. D. Sykes (Author) Series:
Oswald de Lacy
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
25 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s23mm 258g ISBN13: 9781444785852 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-8585-2 ISBN10: 1444785850 EAN: 9781444785852 x Description: A brilliantly dark and compelling novel set in Venice from 'the medieval CJ Sansom' (Jeffery Deaver) 1358. Oswald de Lacy, Lord Somershill, is in Venice, awaiting a pilgrim galley to the Holy Land. While the city is under siege from the Hungarians, Oswald lodges with an English merchant, and soon comes under the dangerous spell of the decadent and dazzling island state that sits on the hinge of Europe, where East meets West. Oswald is trying to flee the chilling shadow of something in his past, but when he finds a dead man on the night of the carnival, he is dragged into a murder investigation that takes him deep into the intrigues of this mysterious, paranoid city. Coming up against the feared Signori di Notte, the secret police, Oswald learns that he is not the only one with something to hide. Everybody is watching somebody else, and nobody in Venice is what he or she seems. The masks are not just for the carnival. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Labyrinth of the Spirits: From the bestselling author of The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Author) Lucia Graves (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
18 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 832pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781474606202 ISBN13: 978-1-4746-0620-2 ISBN10: 1474606202 EAN: 9781474606202 x Description: The long-awaited new novel from the author of the global bestseller and modern classic, The Shadow of the Wind. In the heart of Barcelona's winding alleyways, Daniel Sempere runs the Sempere & Sons bookshop - a place of refuge for booklovers and wandering souls. Married and with a young son, Daniel is still haunted by the strange rumours surrounding his mother's death. One night, he dreams he is standing in The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, a secret library of forgotten titles known only by a few. There he finds a white coffin containing the body of his mother. As he reaches towards her, she utters the words 'You must tell the truth, Daniel.' Aided by his trusted friend Fermin, Daniel realises he must lay her ghost to rest. It is a journey that will take him back deep into the past. To a young girl abandoned amid the wreckage of the civil war. To a wealthy government minister tormented by an anonymous blackmailer. To the secrets behind a series of prohibited books called The Labyrinth of the Spirits. And at the heart of the enigma is Alicia Gris, born in the shadows of the war, who holds the secrets to the family's past. An electrifying story of passion, intrigue and adventure, The Labyrinth of Spirits is a Russian doll of a novel, of plots within plots, where even the shadows have a story to tell. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Every Word is a Bird We Teach to Sing: Encounters with the Mysteries & Meanings of Language Daniel Tammet (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
23 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 288pp h197mm x w158mm x s19mm 206g ISBN13: 9780340961315 ISBN13: 978-0-340-96131-5 ISBN10: 0340961317 EAN: 9780340961315 x Description: 'Full of charm and fascination' The Bookseller 'Would dazzle any storyteller in love with words and their deepest meanings' Amy Tan, author of Joy Luck Club 'A generous book and a beguiling read' Rebecca Gowers ****** From the bestselling author of Born on a Blue Day and Thinking in Numbers, a delightful and eclectic exploration of language, and what it can teach us about ourselves and our lives. Why is the name 'Cleopatra' not allowed in Iceland? Why do clocks 'talk' to the Nahua people of Mexico? And if we are what we eat, are we also what we say? These are just some of the questions Daniel Tammet answers in Every Word is a Bird We Teach to Sing, a mesmerising new collection of essays investigating the intricacies and profound power of human language. Tammet goes back in time to explore the numeric language of his autistic childhood; he looks at the music and patterns that words make, and how languages evolve and are translated. He meets one of the world's most accomplished lip readers in Canada, learns how endangered languages like
Manx are being revived and corresponds with native speakers of Esperanto in their mother tongue. He studies the grammar of the telephone, contemplates the significance of disappearing dialects, and also asks: will chatbots ever manage to convince us that they are human? From the art of translation to the lyricism of sign language, Every Word is a Bird We Teach to Sing is a fascinating journey through the world of words, letters, stories and meanings, and an extraordinary testament to the stunning range of Tammet's literary and polyglot talents. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Things to Make and Break May-Lan Tan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sceptre
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
26 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 224pp h197mm x w130mm x s14mm 160g ISBN13: 9781473683624 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8362-4 ISBN10: 1473683629 EAN: 9781473683624 x Description: SHORTLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD A motorcycle courier finds a cache of nude photos in her boyfriend's desk. The daughter of East German emigrants encounters her doppelganger, who has crossed another cultural divide. Twin brothers fall for the same girl. When a stripper receives an enigmatic proposal from a client, she accepts, ignorant of its terms. Shadows, doubles, and the ghosts of past and future lovers haunt these elegantly structured and often hallucinatory stories. The language is hypnotic, deadpan, intense; the sentences jewel-hard and sublime. Things to Make and Break is the work of a stylish, exuberant new voice in modern fiction. 'Quite dazzling' TLS _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Gift of Silence: Finding peace in a world full of noise Kankyo Tannier (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Yellow Kite
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
11 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 192pp h202mm x w132mm x s20mm 260g N/A ISBN13: 9781473673434 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7343-4 ISBN10: 1473673437 EAN: 9781473673434 x Description: Do you struggle to find peace and quiet? Do you yearn to disconnect, find an escape, slow down and just breathe? Are you overwhelmed by modern life? The simple solution lies in this book. Rooted in the ancient Zen philosophies that ground her work, French Buddhist nun, Kankyo Tannier, will show you how to channel the power of SILENCE to get back in control of your thoughts and access the refuge that lies in your mind. Using her practical on-the-go tools, you'll learn how to overcome stress and capture the moments of golden stillness that will transform all areas of your life, for an enhanced wellbeing and sense of fulfilment. Kankyo's warm and engaging voice, spiritual insights, plus a sprinkling of French charm make this an accessible pleasure to read. Switch off the noise and discover the calm and comfort you need to navigate this fast-paced world. Unlock and practise the wisdom of SILENCE; stop surviving, pause, listen, and start thriving. "Kankyo Tannier is the real deal...for immediate calm...after a few minutes you'll notice your breathing slows down and you feel more present (we tried
it, it works)" - Cosmopolitan "I found myself engrossed by its charm and magic. Kankyo Tannier has a lovely voice - wise and gentle and compassionate." - Rachel Kelly, author of The Happy Kitchen: Good Mood Food _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Beat Insomnia with NLP: Neurolinguistic programming techniques to improve your sleep Adrian Tannock (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Teach Yourself Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
15 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 176pp h219mm x w172mm x s10mm 226g ISBN13: 9781473679351 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7935-1 ISBN10: 1473679354 EAN: 9781473679351 x Description: Insomnia is a problem that seriously affects millions of people. But Adrian Tannock has found that by using NLP techniques, people can hugely improve their sleeping experience. This book is full of practical, NLP-based guidance, which will help everyone from serious sufferers to people who have the occasional problems. These NLP techniques, combined with the friendly and straightforward approach of Teach Yourself, could hold the answer to your sleep problems. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Art of Discarding: How to get rid of clutter and find joy Nagisa Tatsumi (Author) Angus Turvill (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Yellow Kite
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
11 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 176pp h198mm x w130mm x s16mm 120g ISBN13: 9781473648234 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-4823-4 ISBN10: 1473648238 EAN: 9781473648234 x Description: The original Japanese edition of The Art of Discarding, titled Suteru! Gijutsu, was published in 2000 and became an overnight sensation selling a million copies in six months and inspiring a young Marie Kondo. The book has since become a multimillion-copy international bestseller, but it has never been translated into English, until now. In this guide to living a calmer, more ordered life, renowned author Nagisa Tatsumi teaches us how letting go of unwanted things will transform our day-to-day happiness. The book offers practical advice and techniques to help readers learn to let go of stuff that is holding them back, as well as tips for acquiring less in the first place. It's time to live with less. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Strange the Dreamer: The enchanting international bestseller Laini Taylor (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback A-format paperback 560pp h178mm x w114mm x s40mm 300g ISBN13: 9781444788945 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-8894-5 ISBN10: 1444788949 EAN: 9781444788945 x Description: ***Sunday Times bestseller*** 'Laini Taylor set my imagination on fire so hard that it spontaneously combusted . . . This is the kind of story that paves dreams' - Roshani Chokshi, author of The Star Touched Queen '5*s: This whimsical and diverse tale reads like a dream' - Heat ********* The dream chooses the dreamer. Since he was five years old, Lazlo Strange has been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep, but it would take someone bolder than he to go in search of it. Then a stunning opportunity presents itself - in the person of a hero called the Godslayer and a band of legendary warriors, and he has to seize his chance or lose his dream forever. What happened in Weep to cut it off from the world? What did the Godslayer slay that went by the name of god? And what is the mysterious problem he now seeks help in solving? The answers await in Weep, but so do many more mysteries - including the blue-skinned goddess who visits Lazlo's dreams . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Strange the Dreamer: The enchanting international bestseller Laini Taylor (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 560pp h196mm x w128mm x s38mm 380g ISBN13: 9781444788952 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-8895-2 ISBN10: 1444788957 EAN: 9781444788952 x Description: 'Prepare to be enchanted' Sun The magical Sunday Times bestseller by Laini Taylor, author of the Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy ********* The dream chooses the dreamer. Since he was five years old, Lazlo Strange has been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep, but it would take someone bolder than he to go in search of it. Then a stunning opportunity presents itself - in the person of a hero called the Godslayer and a band of legendary warriors, and he has to seize his chance or lose his dream forever.
What happened in Weep to cut it off from the world? What did the Godslayer slay that went by the name of god? And what is the mysterious problem he now seeks help in solving? The answers await in Weep, but so do many more mysteries - including the blue-skinned goddess who visits Lazlo's dreams . . . The magical sequel, MUSE OF NIGHTMARES, is now available to pre-order! ********* A recipient of the Michael L. Printz Honor award for excellency in YA literature 'Magical' Grazia 'A stunning, sensory feast of a novel' Dail Mail 'Leaves the reader enthralled, enchanted and entirely entranced' New York Journal of Books 'Laini Taylor is so damn good and like no other' Leigh Bardugo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Muse of Nightmares: the magical sequel to Strange the Dreamer Laini Taylor (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
02 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 528pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781444789041 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-8904-1 ISBN10: 144478904X EAN: 9781444789041 x Description: Book 2 of Sunday Times bestselling STRANGE THE DREAMER _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A New Science of Heaven: How a plasma world of the spirit can be demonstrated by modern science Robert Temple (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Coronet Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
19 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 240pp h240mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781473623743 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-2374-3 ISBN10: 147362374X EAN: 9781473623743 x Description: New knowledge from the most recent advances in a little-known area of science matches many of the accounts surviving down the ages from mystics, meditators, people who have survived near-death experiences, inspired sages and shamans, and experiences from dreams and trance states. Such accounts have until now been dismissed by people inclined to hold 'materialistic' views of the world. Many people often take pride in describing themselves as 'sceptics' or 'agnostics'. In A New Science of Heaven, Robert Temple takes the view that it is reasonable to be sceptical, but can understand how these altered states may have been used in the past to access awareness of the elusive and apparently immaterial 'Other World' by shamans and seers over the millennia. We may discover that many of their accounts and experiences have remarkable validity.
Scientific progress is now sufficiently advanced to enable a world of the spirit to be described and explained in a rigourous fashion for the first time. The advances made in the physics of complex plasmas in recent years provides a mathematical and physical basis to describe the soul, or spirit. These advances make it possible to understand ghosts, for complex plasmas can pass through walls and emerge the same on the other side. (Indeed, they can pass through each other and survive intact as well.) The 'Other World' is material, but it is a different kind of matter. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dark Matter: Evolution: Book 3 Teri Terry (Author) Series:
Dark Matter
Edition:
Imprint:
Orchard Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
09 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 464pp h200mm x w196mm x s4mm 370g ISBN13: 9781408341766 ISBN13: 978-1-4083-4176-6 ISBN10: 140834176X EAN: 9781408341766 x Description: Into the fire ... Don't miss the final part of this breathtaking trilogy from Teri Terry, multi award-winning author of the SLATED trilogy. Shay has followed Xander and joined his mysterious scientific cult at their remote Scottish compound. She's desperately searching for Callie, who went missing before the start of the epidemic that kills 95% of cases, and leaves a tiny number of survivors with astonishing new powers. Can Shay uncover the truth about the origins of the epidemic, find Callie and perhaps even rekindle her relationship with Kai? Or will Xander's grand plans destroy them all for ever? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Unlikely Heroics of Sam Holloway: A feel-good love story with a twist Rhys Thomas (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Wildfire
Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
09 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 245g ISBN13: 9781472248145 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-4814-5 ISBN10: 1472248147 EAN: 9781472248145 x Description: This is no ordinary love story and Sam is no typical hero...but he is a hero. Charming, quirky, and absolutely bursting with heart, this is the perfect book club read for fans ofThe Rosie Project, A Man Called Ove, and Eleanor Oliphant. Sam Holloway has survived the worst that life can throw at you. But he's not really living. His meticulous routines keep everything nice and safe - with just one exception... Three nights a week, Sam dons his superhero costume and patrols the streets. It makes him feel invincible - but his unlikely heroics are getting him into some sticky, and increasingly dangerous, situations. Then a girl comes into his life, and his ordered world is thrown into chaos ... and now Sam needs to decide whether he can be brave enough to finally take off the mask.
Both hilarious and heart-warming, this is a story about love, loneliness, grief, and the life-changing power of kindness. Find out what readers are saying about Sam Holloway: 'A hilarious, laugh-out-loud story which also manages to be deadly serious, proving that it takes incredible courage to overcome the pain of grief. It will cut you to the heart and remind you of what's most important in life. Read this book - I can't recommend it highly enough' Created To Read book blog 'Sweet, funny, sad and ultimately uplifting, this is a really charming and enjoyable read, with a great character in Sam' NetGalley reviewer 'Highly recommend this book. Emotional and inspirational with a dash of action and romance' Goodreads reader 'What a cracking read. Thoroughly enjoyed reading it and empathized with all the characters. An easy, comfortable read, perfect with a pot of tea and tin of biscuits. Loved it' NetGalley reviewer 'A lovely, feel-good book, definitely worth reading' Goodreads reader 'Brilliant book, well written and gripping from page one' Goodreads reader _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Live Well With Louise: Fitness & Food to Feel Strong & Happy Louise Thompson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Yellow Kite
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
26 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 256pp h246mm x w189mm x s21mm 816g ISBN13: 9781473677357 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7735-7 ISBN10: 1473677351 EAN: 9781473677357 x Description: 'I'm a firm believer that if you have something to say that might benefit others then you should speak up about it! There are ways to move forward and improve your outlook; small changes might just make a BIG difference, in the same way they have for me.' The last two years have been a game-changer for Made in Chelsea's Louise Thompson and she is feeling stronger than ever, both mentally and physically. In Live Well with Louise she shares her personal story for the first time, opening up about her battles with anxiety, self-confidence, her relationship with food and alcohol, and the pressures of social media. Falling in love with fitness and food have played a huge part in her journey; in the book she shares her favourite 30-minute home workouts and over 70 of the delicious recipes she loves to cook, along with lots of practical tips on how to focus on the good, simple stuff that can help us stay positive amidst the stresses and ups and downs of daily life. For Louise, a happier wellbeing is about getting stronger in every sense, eating good food, being active, discovering the things you really enjoy, learning new skills, connecting with people, embracing imperfection and letting go of the past. Through her own experiences, she wants to inspire readers to make positive changes and motivate them to stay on the right path once they've found it. (Fitness and recipes have been developed alongside qualified professionals) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Jott: A John Murray Original Sam Thompson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
JM Originals
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
14 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 288pp h220mm x w191mm x s22mm 324g ISBN13: 9781473675056 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7505-6 ISBN10: 1473675057 EAN: 9781473675056
x Description: In February of 1935, two young Irishmen walk in the grounds of a London mental hospital. Arthur Bourne, a junior psychiatrist, is about to jeopardise his future for his closest friend, an aspiring writer called Louis Molyneux. Arthur has been overshadowed since childhood by his brilliant, troubled friend. But after years of playing the unassuming companion, he is learning that loyalty has its costs: that old friendship may thwart new love, and perhaps even blur distinctions between the sane and the mad . . . Jott is a story about friendship, madness and modernism from the author of the Man Booker-longlisted Communion Town. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Rosewater: Winner of the Nommo Award for Best Novel Tade Thompson (Author) Series:
The Wormwood Trilogy
Edition:
Imprint:
Orbit
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
20 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w126mm ISBN13: 9780356511368 ISBN13: 978-0-356-51136-8 ISBN10: 0356511367 EAN: 9780356511368 x Description: Winner of the inaugural Nommo Award for Best Novel Africa's first award for speculative fiction John W. Campbell Award finalist for Best Science Fiction Novel Rosewater is a town on the edge. A community formed around the edges of a mysterious alien biodome, its residents comprise the hopeful, the hungry and the helpless - people eager for a glimpse inside the dome or a taste of its rumoured healing powers. Kaaro is a government agent with a criminal past. He has seen inside the biodome, and doesn't care to again - but when something begins killing off others like himself, Kaaro must defy his masters to search for an answer, facing his dark history and coming to a realisation about a horrifying future. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Unthinkable: An Extraordinary Journey Through the World's Strangest Brains Helen Thomson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h220mm x w140mm x s32mm 400g ISBN13: 9781473611740 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-1174-0 ISBN10: 1473611741 EAN: 9781473611740 x Description: 'Wonderfully clear, fluent and eye-opening' THE TIMES 'A stirring scientific journey, a celebration of human diversity and a call to rethink the "unthinkable"' NATURE 'An utterly fascinating romp around the nether regions of the human mind' BIG ISSUE
IMAGINE . . . getting lost in a one-room flat; seeing auras; never forgetting a moment; a permanent orchestra in your head; turning into a tiger; life as an out-of-body experience; feeling other people's pain; being convinced you are dead; becoming a different person overnight. Our brains are far stranger than we think. We take it for granted that we can remember, feel emotion, navigate, empathise and understand the world around us, but how would our lives change if these abilities were dramatically enhanced - or disappeared overnight?
Award-winning science writer Helen Thomson has spent years travelling the world tracking down incredibly rare brain disorders. In Unthinkable she tells the stories of nine extraordinary people. From the man who thinks he's a tiger to the doctor who feels the pain of others just by looking at them, their experiences illustrate how the brain can shape our lives in unexpected and, in some cases, brilliant and alarming ways. Delving into the rich histories of these conditions, exploring the very latest research and cutting-edge medical techniques, Thomson explains the workings of our consciousness, our emotions, our creativity and even the mechanisms that allow us to understand our own existence. Story by remarkable story, Unthinkable takes us on an unforgettable journey through the human brain. Discover how to forge memories that never disappear, how to grow an alien limb and how to make better decisions. Learn how to hallucinate and how to make yourself happier in a split second. Find out how to avoid getting lost, how to see more of your reality, even how exactly you can confirm you are alive. Think the unthinkable. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Syria's Secret Library Mike Thomson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
30 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781474605915 ISBN13: 978-1-4746-0591-5 ISBN10: 1474605915 EAN: 9781474605915 x Description: The secret library is in the basement of a bombed building in a heavily shelled area of Darayya. Around it, shattered buildings that were once homes and offices lie in crumbling, treacherous piles. A desert of shattered grey concrete festooned with twisted metal and charred wires. Deep beneath this scene of frightening devastation lies the secret library. No signs mark its presence. Locals fear that Syrian government planes will bomb it if they know where it is. While the streets above echo with rifle fire and thunderous shelling the secret world below is a haven of peace and tranquillity. More than 14,000 books are stacked neatly on home-made shelves according to author and subject, and are checked in and out meticulously. Those within read quietly, drinking tea on comfortable sofas and chairs. A small oasis of normality in a country at war with itself. The secret library was the brainchild of a group of former university students whose education was interrupted when war broke out and then was ended altogether by the siege that followed. Teams of young enthusiasts regularly dodge snipers' bullets and barrel bombs to bring the books to the library. Timber for the bookshelves is collected in a similar way. Darayya's secret library is an extraordinary place, but this book is about more than that. It is also the stories of the many people who treasure it and the central role it has in their lives. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Black Sheep and Prodigals: An Antidote to Black and White Religion Dave Tomlinson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 272pp h198mm x w129mm x s17mm 192g ISBN13: 9781473611047 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-1104-7 ISBN10: 1473611040 EAN: 9781473611047 x Description: 'Very interesting, it's all about not alienating people before they even think about crossing the threshold of where you worship.' Chris Evans, BBC Radio 2 Do you feel more at home on the edges of faith than at the centre? Would you call yourself a bit of a black sheep?
Too often Christian spirituality has been associated with conformity, or a subculture where people don't feel able to ask questions. But Dave Tomlinson, author of How to be a bad Christian, doesn't think it has to be like this; instead, our spiritual communities can be 'laboratories of the Spirit' - places where we can explore issues of faith and spirit with openness, imagination and creativity. Welcome to black sheep spirituality - where doubts and questions are an essential part of faith; where difference of opinion is a sign of a secure community; where divine revelation is embraced wherever it is found - in the arts, science and the natural world as well as religious tradition; and where faith is something that is lived and practised rather than embalmed in beliefs or ritual. 'Theology for anyone and everyone' BBC Radio 2 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Lost Magician Piers Torday (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Quercus Children's Books Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Forthcoming
Publishing Status:
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h203mm x w158mm x s33mm 422g ISBN13: 9781786540515 ISBN13: 978-1-78654-051-5 ISBN10: 1786540517 EAN: 9781786540515 x Description: 'If you can imagine it, it exists ... somewhere.' The new spellbinding fantasy adventure from the bestselling, award-winning author of The Last Wild trilogy. 1945. They have survived the Blitz, but when Simon, Patricia, Evelyn and Larry step through a mysterious library door, it is the beginning of their most dangerous adventure yet. They discover the magical world of Folio, where an enchanted kingdom of fairy knights, bears and tree gods is under threat from a sinister robot army. The many stories of the Library are locked in eternal war, and the children's only hope is to find their creator - a magician who has been lost for centuries. What they find will change not just their own lives, but the fate of the world, for ever ... An ode to the world of Narnia, The Lost Magician is a classic in the making from one of the UK's most talented children's authors. Praise for Piers Torday: 'the new master of books for children who like magic and modernity with their lust for adventure' - The Times _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Nevermoor: Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow Book 2 Jessica Townsend (Author) Series:
Nevermoor
Edition:
Imprint:
Orion Children's Books
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
01 Nov 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 384pp h222mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781510104440 ISBN13: 978-1-5101-0444-0 ISBN10: 1510104445 EAN: 9781510104440 x Description: NEVERMOOR - WINNER OF THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE 2018 YOUNGER FICTION CATEGORY Return to the magical world of Nevermoor, where Morrigan Crow's adventures continue. The most anticipated sequel of the year - a treat for all fans of magic and 'wunder'. A stunningly designed package - with gold foil, hidden artwork under the jacket and beautifully designed interiors - a perfect gift for all young readers.
Morrigan may have defeated her deadly curse, passed the dangerous trials and joined the mystical Wundrous Society, but her journey into Nevermoor and all its secrets has only just begun. And it's important to remember that not all magic is used for good . . . Perfect for fans of the Harry Potter series and His Dark Materials, this series takes readers into an extraordinary world, setting hope and imagination alive. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Challenge Culture: Why the Most Successful Organizations Run on Pushback Nigel Travis (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Piatkus Books
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
18 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 288pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780349418001 ISBN13: 978-0-349-41800-1 ISBN10: 0349418004 EAN: 9780349418001 x Description: 'The Challenge Culture is a must-read for employers and employees alike, and promises to get ideas for long-term success percolating.' - Robert Kraft, chairman and CEO of the Kraft Group 'Nigel Travis has hit the nail on the head. Collective brilliance can only come from challenge and he proves this throughout his own leadership journey. Entertaining, edifying and exactly right.' -- Manley Hopkinson FRSA FRGS, author of Compassionate Leadership Challenge is essential for survival and sustained success in today's volatile world. We live in an era when successful organisations can fail in a flash. But they can cope with change and thrive by creating a culture that supports positive pushback: questioning everything without disrespecting anyone. Nigel Travis has forty years of experience as a leader in large and successful organizations, as well as those facing existential crisis - such as Blockbuster as it dawdled in the face of the Netflix challenge. In his ten years as CEO and Chairman of Dunkin' Brands, Travis fine-tuned his ideas about the challenge culture and perfected the practices required to build it. He argues that the best way for organisations to succeed in today's environment is to embrace challenge and encourage pushback, rather than reject them. Everyone - from the newest recruit to the senior leader - must be given the freedom to speak up and question the status quo, must learn how talk in a civil way about difficult issues, and should be encouraged to debate strategies and tactics - although always in the spirit of shared purpose. How else will new ideas emerge? How else can organisations steadily improve? Through colourful story-telling, with many examples from his own experiences - including his leadership in turning around the fear-ridden culture of Leyton Orient Football Club -Travis shows how to establish a culture that embraces challenge, achieves exceptional results, and ensures a prosperous future.
PRAISE FOR THE CHALLENGE CULTURE: Women, especially young women, in today's world need to understand the importance of challenging authority and speaking up to share their point of view. The Challenge Culture brilliantly explains how to do it. (Nicole Lapin, author of Boss Bitch and Rich Bitch) 'A must read for all people leading organizations in these turbulent times!' (Larry Bossidy, former chairman and CEO of Honeywell International, coauthor of Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done) 'This book not only takes you inside [Nigel's] businesses, but inside the mind that challenged them to thrive. If you can use 20% of what he's suggesting, you'll be ahead of the game. Use 40% and you can blow the doors off.' (Mark Goldstein, former chief marketing officer of BBDO Worldwide) 'Dissent is not disloyalty but can be the spark for innovation and the safeguard for integrity. ... Conformity kills creativity and subverts justice and The Challenge Culture is the antidote to a contagion of conformity across sectors.' (Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld, Lester Crown Professor of Leadership Practice, Yale School of Management) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Claudia Anthony Trevelyan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sceptre
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
19 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 384pp h216mm x w136mm x s32mm 400g ISBN13: 9781473664777 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6477-7 ISBN10: 1473664772 EAN: 9781473664777 x Description: How good are people? Let me tell you, Dee: people are as good as the pair of eyes they believe is on them... When Claudia Talwar is called to meet a mysterious visitor in the reception of her Manchester office block, she can't believe her eyes. It's Samson Glaze, former hippy turned internationally famous entrepreneur, and the fifteen-years-absent father figure of her youth. It doesn't take much for Samson to convince her to help find his son, Reggie Glaze, who's got into a bit of trouble: namely, he's joined a group called Tarantula who wear black armbands and seem obsessed with 'the next world'. Before she knows it, Claudia finds herself swept into a dark adventure of solar power, a hammer wielding assassin, and the end of our world . . . 'Trevelyan's prose is wholly readable, with wonderful, concise details that conjure full moments in perfect little capsules' Dublin Inquirer _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Windblown: Landscape, Legacy and Loss - The Great Storm of 1987 Tamsin Treverton-Jones (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
14 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 272pp h199mm x w151mm x s18mm 196g ISBN13: 9781473657014 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5701-4 ISBN10: 1473657016 EAN: 9781473657014 x Description: Trees are part of the British psyche. We care if just one tree is cut down unnecessarily. So what happens when 15 million are blown down in one night? Part travelogue, part memoir, part celebration of nature's ability to heal itself, Windblown is as rich in character and story-telling as the rings of an ancient oak. 'Windblown is a marvellously original mixture of reportage and memoir, holding a memorable event in recent history up to the light and making sense of it' Bel Mooney 'A wonderful read' Michael Fish 'Vivid ... thoroughly researched and informative' TLS 'This eloquently written account shows that the Great Storm was a wake-up call, providing a wealth of information that helps us manage our treescape today.' Tony Kirkham, Head of the Kew Gardens Arboretum _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Awakened Family: How to Raise Empowered, Resilient, and Conscious Children Dr Shefali Tsabary (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Yellow Kite
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
12 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 368pp h234mm x w156mm x s27mm 486g ISBN13: 9781473690783 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-9078-3 ISBN10: 1473690781 EAN: 9781473690783 x Description: 'Parents ... you will be wowed and awed by [Dr. Shefali].' - Oprah Winfrey Become the awakened parent you've always wanted to be and watch your children thrive. All parents have aspirations for their children but for some these hopes turn into unrealistic expectations. In many cases, this puts huge amounts of pressure on children and has the potential to cause real harm, hindering your child's development. Challenging modern myths on how kids should be, Dr Shefali helps parents recognise children for who they truly are instead of holding onto society's impossible ideals. Drawing on Eastern philosophy as well as Western psychology, Dr Shefali offers enlightened, practical advice and explains her radically transformative plan which guarantees that you have confident children and a calm and emotionally connected family. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Caligula Simon Turney (Author) Series:
The Damned Emperors
Edition:
Imprint:
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
13 Nov 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 496pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781409175186 ISBN13: 978-1-4091-7518-6 ISBN10: 1409175189 EAN: 9781409175186 x Description: Rome 37AD. The emperor is dying. No-one knows how long he has left. The power struggle has begun. When the ailing Tiberius thrusts Caligula's family into the imperial succession in a bid to restore order, he will change the fate of the empire and create one of history's most infamous tyrants, Caligula. But was Caligula really a monster? Forget everything you think you know. Let Livilla, Caligula's youngest sister and confidante, tell you what really happened. How her quiet, caring brother became the most powerful man on earth. And how, with lies, murder and betrayal, Rome was changed for ever . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Generation Code: I'm an Advanced Scratch Coder Max Wainewright (Author) Maria Cox (Illustrated by) Series:
Generation Code
Edition:
Imprint:
Wayland
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Pub Date:
15 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 32pp h262mm x w208mm x s6mm 140g ISBN13: 9781526301031 ISBN13: 978-1-5263-0103-1 ISBN10: 1526301032 EAN: 9781526301031 x Description: I'm an Advanced Scratch Coder is perfect for those who have mastered the basics of Scratch, and want to try building some more tricky programs before progressing to real-world coding languages. Try writing thirteen different programs in Scratch, and get to grips with key coding concepts like loops, variables and functions. The Generation Code series is a hands-on guide to computer coding, designed to train you in the coding languages used by real-world computer programmers. You'll discover how to code exciting programs, web pages, apps and games, and learn how the tools and functions you're using can be applied to other situations. Other books in the Generation Code series: I'm a Python Programmer I'm an HTML Web Page Builder I'm an App Developer I'm a JavaScript Games Maker: The Basics I'm a JavaScript Games Maker: Advanced Coding _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Food Medic for Life: Easy recipes to help you live well every day Dr Hazel Wallace (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Yellow Kite
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
19 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 256pp h254mm x w197mm x s25mm 1006g ISBN13: 9781473650572 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5057-2 ISBN10: 1473650577 EAN: 9781473650572 x Description: As someone who juggles many jobs between being a doctor, a personal trainer and an author, I understand how difficult it can be to prioritise food and eating well. I wanted to create a collection of beautiful recipes that are not only nutritious and great tasting, but super quick and simple to make, using only a handful of ingredients. The Fuel Up section is designed for just that - it is where you will find my recipes for grab-and-go breakfasts, lunches on the run and dinners that take less than 30 minutes to satisfy you after a long day at work! However, I truly believe that when we do have the time to cook a meal, bake some bread and sit down with friends and family to share some food, we should totally embrace those moments. This is where the Power Down section comes in: for when you're not in a hurry, I have included my chosen recipes for lazy weekend brunches, family dinners, breads and teatime treats. This is a cookbook that will help you fall in love with cooking and improve your relationship with food, so that you approach it not only as a source of nutrients, but also happiness, satisfaction and health. Hazel x
Includes more than 100 recipes PLUS: - 10 'no recipe recipes' for emergency snacks + meal prep hacks for maintaining a healthy lifestyle when you're busy - an introduction to Hazel's five store-cupboard saviours, including 10 ways to cook with each one - a key for special dietary requirements including vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and low sugar - nutritional advice covering the basics of nutrition, how to meet your 5-a-day and special nutritional requirements for a plant-based diet - features on how to live well for optimum health, with information on sleep, meditation, mindfulness and mindful eating _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Baby Boom!: From the award winning blogger Just A Normal Mummy Helen Wallen (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
25 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 448pp h203mm x w139mm x s29mm 308g ISBN13: 9781473661714 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6171-4 ISBN10: 1473661714 EAN: 9781473661714 x Description: **Frank and hilarious fiction from award-winning, potty-mouthed blogger, toddler-survivor and baby-producer, 'Just a Normal Mummy'** ********* No one said the journey to motherhood was easy . . . Increased face-girth, back acne and gagging every time she's in the presence of vegetables isn't quite the beautiful start Emily had planned for her unborn baby . . . Molly's unexpected pregnancy somehow turns her boyfriend into the poncy-vegan-nut-milk-enforcer, but she breezes it, as she breezes everything. (Including still being able to eat avocados much to Emily's annoyance.) Liz quickly realises if she's to move her life on, she needs to get rid of the married man she's in love with - especially now she's realised he's been hiding more than his wedding ring . . . It's a story about becoming parents, but most of all it's a story about love, laughter and chatting to your best friends about your fanny on WhatsApp. 'Perfect for new mums, soon-to-be-mums - and dads!' Soap Magazine _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Weekend Dad Alison Walsh (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hachette Books Ireland
Publisher:
Hachette Books Ireland
Pub Date:
02 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Ireland Paperback B-format paperback 352pp h197mm x w158mm x s24mm 248g ISBN13: 9781473660748 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6074-8 ISBN10: 1473660742 EAN: 9781473660748 x Description: As children, Emmett and Daisy were inseparable. Until Daisy announced that she'd seen her mum kissing Emmett's dad. They haven't seen each other since, but Emmett often thinks about her -- where she is, what she's doing, and if she ever thinks about him.
Now almost thirty, Emmett has just begun a fresh chapter in London so he can spend weekends with his seven-year-old daughter, whose existence he only recently discovered. Things are off to a bumpy start -- he's not quite sure he's the father Misty expected -- but they're finding their way. And then, one day, in a dusty local bookshop, he sees her -- Daisy -- and the spark that never died brightens. But it's not long before the situation becomes very complex indeed and Emmett is torn between telling the truth and risking a blossoming new relationship -- or two... The Weekend Dad is a heartwarming story of friendship, parenthood, love and what it is to be good enough. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis J. D. Vance (Author) Series:
Edition:
Digital original
Imprint:
William Collins
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
01 Jun 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Unsewn / adhesive bound 272pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 250g ISBN13: 9780008220563 ISBN13: 978-0-00-822056-3 ISBN10: 0008220565 EAN: 9780008220563 x Description: A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Waterstones nonfiction Book of the Month (June)
A Time Magazine Top 10 Nonfiction Book of 2016
SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
`The political book of the year' Sunday Times
`You will not read a more important book about America this year' Economist
Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis-that of white working-class Americans. The decline of this group, a demographic of our country that has been slowly disintegrating over forty years, has been reported on with growing frequency and alarm, but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck.
The Vance family story begins hopefully in post-war America. J. D.'s grandparents were "dirt poor and in love," and moved north from Kentucky's Appalachia region to Ohio in the hopes of escaping the dreadful poverty around them. They raised a middle-class family, and eventually their grandchild (the author) would graduate from Yale Law School, a conventional marker of their success in achieving generational upward mobility.
But as the family saga of Hillbilly Elegy plays out, we learn that this is only the short, superficial version. Vance's grandparents, aunt, uncle, sister, and, most of all, his mother, struggled profoundly with the demands of their new middle-class life, and were never able to fully escape the legacy of abuse, alcoholism, poverty, and trauma so characteristic of their part of America. Vance piercingly shows how he himself still carries around the
demons of their chaotic family history.
A deeply moving memoir with its share of humour and vividly colourful figures, Hillbilly Elegy is the story of how upward mobility really feels. And it is an urgent and troubling meditation on the loss of the American dream for a large segment of this country. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Can you hear me?: A gripping holiday read set during a scorching Italian summer Elena Varvello (Author) Alex Valente (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Two Roads
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
31 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Language: English Translated From: Italian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 272pp h199mm x w156mm x s18mm 216g ISBN13: 9781473654891 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5489-1 ISBN10: 1473654890 EAN: 9781473654891 x Description: 'Utterly gripped me from beginning to end' Victoria Hislop | 'Move over Ferrante, there's a new Elena in town' Independent | 'There is much beauty and sadness in this slim novel' The Times | 'A novel of crime and darkness that eschews straightforward domestic noir' Guardian **The Times bestseller Longlisted for the CWA International Dagger** In the August of 1978, the summer I met Anna Trabuio, my father took a girl into the woods... I was sixteen. He had been gone a long time already, but that was it - not even a year after he lost his job and that boy disappeared - that was when everything broke. 1978. Ponte, a small community in Northern Italy. An unbearably hot summer like many others. Elia Furenti is sixteen, living an unremarkable life of moderate unhappiness, until the day the beautiful, damaged Anna returns to Ponte and firmly propels Elia to the edge of adulthood. But then everything starts to unravel. Elia's father, Ettore, is let go from his job and loses himself in the darkest corners of his mind. A young boy is murdered. And a girl climbs into a van and vanishes in the deep, dark woods... Translated by Alex Valente | Winner of an English PEN Award Longlisted for the CWA International Dagger Award 2018 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gizelle's Bucket List: My Life With A Very Large Dog Lauren Fern Watt (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 256pp h198mm x w130mm x s16mm 178g ISBN13: 9781473622388 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-2238-8 ISBN10: 1473622387 EAN: 9781473622388
x Description: 'A dog story that doesn't fail to amaze.' Miranda Hart, bestselling author of Peggy and Me 'I laughed and cried. Everyone reading this will be touched by Lauren's amazing bucket list adventures with her dog Gizelle.' James Bowen, bestselling author of A Street Cat Named Bob and The World According to Bob 'An inspirational and uplifting experience that will make you feel anything is possible.' Elle Through the most important times of her life, Lauren's big beautiful English mastiff Gizelle had always been there for her. She was there through the choppy waters of her first relationship, and by her side through the painful reality of her mother's addiction, and when she finally left home for New York she was there to fill up her tiny Manhattan apartment and become her enormous, pavement-hogging, snuffly best friend. So when Lauren discovered the shocking news that Gizelle had a life-threatening tumour, she designed an epic bucket list to make the absolute most of the time they had left together. Their heartwarming adventure will change her forever and provide her with the best lessons she could ever learn for her life ahead. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Wives: Emily Charlton is back in a new Devil Wears Prada novel Lauren Weisberger (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
05 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Unsewn / adhesive bound 416pp h234mm x w153mm x s31mm 510g ISBN13: 9780007569281 ISBN13: 978-0-00-756928-1 ISBN10: 0007569289 EAN: 9780007569281 x Description: The hottest book of the summer *Published in the USA as When Life Gives You Lululemons*
He set her up. They'll bring him down.
Emily Charlton does not do the suburbs. A successful stylist and image consultant to Hollywood stars, she cut her teeth as assistant to legendary fashion editor Miranda Priestly in New York. But with Snapchatting millennials stealing her clients, Emily needs to get back in the game - and fast.
She holes up at the home of her oldest friend Miriam in the upscale suburb of Greenwich. And when Miriam's friend, model Karolina Hartwell, is publicly dumped by her husband Graham, a senator with presidential ambitions, Emily scents the client of a lifetime.
It's not just Karolina's reputation that's ruined. It's her family. And Miriam and Emily are determined he won't get away with it. First they'll get Karolina's son back. Then they'll help her get her own back. Because the wives are mad as hell . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The End of Loneliness: The Dazzling International Bestseller Benedict Wells (Author) Charlotte Collins (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sceptre
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 240pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781473654044 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5404-4 ISBN10: 1473654041 EAN: 9781473654044 x Description: The international bestseller, translated by the award-winning translator of The Tobacconist, Charlotte Collins Winner of the European Union Prize for Literature 'Original and captivating . . . its quiet charm in straightforward prose belies its sharp insight into the human condition' Stylist 'It is impossible to look away from it' The Guardian 'Dazzling' John Irving *************** I've known Death a long time but now Death knows me. When their idyllic childhood is shattered by the sudden death of their parents, siblings Marty, Liz and Jules are sent to a bleak state boarding school. Once there, the orphans' lives change tracks: Marty throws himself into academic life; Liz is drawn to dark forms of escapism; and Jules transforms from a vivacious child to a withdrawn teenager. The only one who can bring him out of his shell is his mysterious classmate Alva, who hides a dark past of her own, but despite their obvious love for one another, the two leave school on separate paths. Years later, just as it seems that they can make amends for time wasted, the past catches up with them, and fate - or chance - will once again alter the course of a life. Told through the fractured lives of the siblings, The End of Loneliness is a heartfelt, enriching novel about loss and loneliness, family and love. *************** 'This novel has been rightfully described as something of a masterpiece. One thing is for sure - it is not easily forgotten' Sunday Post 'A superbly insightful story' BookRiot _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
No Dominion: Plague Times Trilogy 3 Louise Welsh (Author) Series:
Plague Times Trilogy
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
11 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w130mm x s30mm 260g None ISBN13: 9781848546592 ISBN13: 978-1-84854-659-2 ISBN10: 1848546599 EAN: 9781848546592
x Description: 'A vivid, action-packed journey through a post-apocalyptic world. Terrifying and touching in equal measure, the novel is a love story, an adventure, a road movie, a family drama and a murder mystery rolled into one' The Times Scotland It is seven years after the Sweats wiped out most of the world's population. Survivors settled on the Orkney Islands are trying to build a new society but their world crashes for a second time when the islands' teenagers vanish. Stevie and Magnus are the only ones who can bring them home. Stevie hasn't been back to the mainland since she escaped to the islands after a desperate flight north from London. Magnus never saw himself leaving either. After all, what's left for him there? But Shug was born on the islands and has never known anything different; has never left them. Until now. And what starts out as a journey to bring home some young people intent on adventure soon turns into a race against time to find Shug before he comes down with the Sweats. Or worse. A pacy, page-turning ride through a post-apocalyptic world, No Dominion sets the pulse racing and doesn't let up until the last thrilling page. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
NIV Bible for Journalling and Verse-Mapping: Floral New International Version (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
10 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 1344pp h200mm x w170mm x s45mm 1072g ISBN13: 9781473680531 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8053-1 ISBN10: 1473680530 EAN: 9781473680531 x Description: The NIV Bible for Journalliing and Verse-Mapping is a beautifully presented Bible for you to treasure. The New International Version of the Scriptures is printed in clear, easy-to-read 9PT British Text on thicker than usual Bible paper, with a five centimetre margin on every page, giving you lots of extra room for notes, reflections, illustrations or Bible studies. A 32-page concordance can be found at the back. The Bible text is interspersed with 32 pages introducing the art of verse-mapping. This Bible study method encourages you to prayerfully choose a verse, compare it with other translations, study the context, including the history and characters mentioned, and then reflect and allow the Spirit to guide you in application. There are also verses to colour in, with lots of space around them for you to add your own illustrations, and many other pages with creative prompts for Bible journalling. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Wonderland: A Year of Britain's Wildlife, Day by Day Brett Westwood (Author) Stephen Moss (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
19 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 496pp h196mm x w130mm x s38mm 340g ISBN13: 9781473609266 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-0926-6 ISBN10: 1473609267 EAN: 9781473609266 x Description: A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Vibrant, fascinating, poetic - a year in living things: all the things we love, all the things we wish we could, all the little things we step over and never know - the best of British wildlife from two superb naturalists and writers' CHRIS PACKHAM
From blackbirds, beavers and beetles to tawny owls, natterjack toads and lemon slugs. Every day of the year, winter or summer, in every corner of the British Isles, there's plenty to see if you know where - and how - to look. From encounters with the curious black redstart, which winters on our rocky coasts, to the tiny green snowdrop shoots that are the first sign that spring might be round the corner. And from the blossom-time and dawn choruses of April and May into the abundant noisiness of summer, where days start with hawker dragonflies and drowsy bumblebees and end with glow-worms and ghost moths; to autumn when in the early morning mist of London's Richmond Park male red deer lock horns in competition for a mate. Nature is always full of surprises - whether it's the strange behaviour of clothes moths or the gruesome larder of the strike. Distilling two lifetimes' knowledge, expert insight and enthusiasm, award-winning authors and passionate naturalists Brett Westwood and Stephen Moss take us through the year, day by day, sharing the unexpected delights that we can experience in our skies, beaches, rivers, fields, forests and back gardens. There are all kinds of adventures waiting on your doorstep, any day of the year, all you need is Wonderland. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
There Was a Time Frank White (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
18 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 352pp h196mm x w128mm x s24mm 240g ISBN13: 9781473650435 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5043-5 ISBN10: 1473650437 EAN: 9781473650435 x Description: On the day the Second World War broke out, Frank White was a 12-year-old schoolboy in Manchester. On the day it ended, he was serving on a Royal Navy warship in the Indian Ocean. In 2013, he started to write this novel. 'What I wanted to do,' he says, 'was to capture that feeling of those times and remind people of what the country went through.' 'Fabulous, often funny . . . the authentic, freewheeling atmosphere of a time when all bets were off' Daily Mail As Churchill and the nation face their darkest hour in 1940, a Lincolnshire village wakes up to a glorious summer's morning. Following Dunkirk, the fate of the whole war will soon rest with the RAF and their desperate effort to win the Battle of Britain. If they fail, Hitler's next step will be invasion. And as the scene comes to life before us over the next six months, this shadow of war will not disappear. From the pub to the church, struggling single mother to the lady of the manor, the paper boy to a traumatised bomb disposal volunteer, this superb jewel of a novel portrays a community of people and weaves together their stories with passion, betrayal, intrigue and suspense. There Was a Time is a triumph of the storyteller's art. This edition includes a new Author's Note and additional illustrations by the author. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Best Kind of People Zoe Whittall (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w129mm x s27mm 288g ISBN13: 9781473658103 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5810-3 ISBN10: 1473658101 EAN: 9781473658103
x Description: What if your own husband was accused of sexual misconduct? 'You will be left wondering just who George is, and indeed, who you are.' Irish News For readers who were gripped by Megan Abbott's The Fever and Louise O'Neill's Asking For It . SHORTLISTED FOR THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE THE BEST KIND OF PEOPLE is a page-turning Canadian bestseller about a family on the brink of collapse. It gives no easy answers, but once you stay up all night reading it, you'll want to talk about it with everyone you know.
For the past ten years, science teacher George Woodbury has been hailed a suburban hero. But when his daughter Sadie turns 17, George is arrested for sexual misconduct with her own classmates, while his wife Joan looks on in shock. As George awaits trial, his son Andrew, a lawyer in New York, returns home to help, only to confront his own unhappy memories. How can the family defend the man they love while wrestling with the possibility of his guilt? Provocative and unforgettable, The Best Kind of People reveals the cracks along the seams of even the most perfect lives and the unraveling of an allAmerican family. 'Urgent and timely, nuanced and brave. This gripping story challenges how we hear women and girls, and dissects the self-hypnosis and fear that prevent us from speaking disruptive truth.' Scotiabank Giller Prize Jury 'Compelling story characters readers will recognize and come to love and writing that makes it effortless to turn page after page.' Vancouver Sun _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ghosts of the Past: Book Six Marco Vichi (Author) Stephen Sartarelli (Translated by) Series:
Inspector Bordelli
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
19 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 512pp h229mm x w145mm x s44mm 644g none ISBN13: 9781473613829 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-1382-9 ISBN10: 1473613825 EAN: 9781473613829 x Description: A family cloaked in secrets. A beguiling woman. A unique setting. Inspector Bordelli is back to solve one of the most difficult cases of his entire career in the sixth book in this atmospheric crime noir series - perfect for fans of Andrea Camilleri. Florence, 1967. It is winter, and one year has passed since the historic and devastating flood of the Arno, though the memories of that day still linger with the stains on the city walls. The anniversary of the flood brings with it a new case for Inspector Bordelli. A local wealthy industrialist - fiercely loved and respected by everyone he knew - has been found murdered in his grand villa in the Fiesole hills, and the killer has left no trace. With no obvious leads to follow, Bordelli is patiently retracing the victim's last days when he encounters an old friend from the war. Inviting the frail man into his home, Bordelli doesn't realise that it is this very friend will lead him ever closer to the secrets at the heart of the mystery . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
CBT Good Habit Journal: A mindful journal for replacing anxiety and stress with clarity and calm Christine Wilding (Author) Gill Hasson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Teach Yourself Books
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
18 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 256pp h239mm x w160mm x s15mm 380g ISBN13: 9781473657892 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5789-2 ISBN10: 147365789X EAN: 9781473657892 x Description: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is now hugely popular as a self-help technique that has helped millions of people in the UK alone, and as an NHS-funded treatment for illnesses like depression. It is recommended by healthcare professionals for the treatment of issues from anxiety and eating disorders to stress and anger management. This fun and interactive journal combines practical learning-focused actions with interactive features which will help develop good habits, build confidence and apply CBT in your day-to-day life. Encouraging you to participate in the learning process and measure your progress, you can advance through the book in a linear or non-linear fashion, completing activities in their own time and having fun all the way. Journaling is a wonderful way to clarify your thoughts and feelings and get to know yourself better. It can help to reduce stress, solve problems more effectively, resolve disagreements with others and gain perspective. Most importantly, it is a great way to develop good habits through incremental learning and self-discovery. ABOUT THE SERIES People have been learning with Teach Yourself since 1938. With a vast range of practical, how-to guides covering language learning, lifestyle, hobbies, business, psychology and self-help, there's a Teach Yourself book for whatever you want to do. Join more than 60 million people who have reached their goals with Teach Yourself, and never stop learning. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ice Cream for Breakfast: How rediscovering your inner child can make you calmer, happier, and solve your bullsh*t adult problems Laura Jane Williams (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
12 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 224pp h200mm x w134mm x s15mm 162g Quirky diagrams, charts, illustrations. ISBN13: 9781473659988 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5998-8 ISBN10: 1473659981 EAN: 9781473659988 x Description: 'Read this for life lessons you know but have neglected.' Stylist 'Rediscover and embrace your inner silliness and watch your busy, stress-filled actual life become, well, simpler.' Red Discover the surprising art of reconnecting with your inner child in order to make your adult life that little bit simpler.
You can own your own home and want to build a blanket fort on a bad day. Hell! On a good day, too.
Give yourself permission to seek praise, ask for help, and have something soft snuggled against your face because you're sad. You can pay your bills on time and still exclaim out loud when something is really f*cking cool, run a business and wear cat-covered thermals under your suit. You can take time to play, just because.
Full of spirit and un-self-conscious enthusiasm, Ice Cream for Breakfast: Child-Like Solutions to Bullsh*t Adult Problems is the permission slip all toogrown-up-for-their-own-good-but-secretly-scared-of-adulting adults need to locate their inner-child nestled deep within, so that we might all relax enough to laugh harder, wonder more, and marvel at magic on the daily. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Witchwood Crown: Book One of The Last King of Osten Ard Tad Williams (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
19 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 736pp h198mm x w130mm x s44mm 508g ISBN13: 9781473603240 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-0324-0 ISBN10: 1473603242 EAN: 9781473603240 x Description: 'Fawless epic fantasy . . . An instant fantasy classic' - Kirkus ************ Thirty years ago Ineluki, the Storm King, was destroyed and his armies scattered. Osten Ard has been at peace ever since, ruled by Simon Snowlock, kitchen boy made king, and Miriamele, King Elias' only child. But now age weighs upon their reign. Simon's dreams have deserted him, old allies die and betrayal and assassination threaten. His son and heir John Josua is years dead and his grandson, Morgan, is a wastrel. A journey of redemption and discovery beckons in the darkening world. And in the frozen North, in Nakkiga, the mountain fortress, Ineluki's ally, the Norn Queen, wakes from her deep, decades-long sleep and tells her followers that she will sleep no more. Humanity must be destroyed. Her sorcerers will bring a demon back from death, her warriors will seek the world for living dragon's blood... And finally the greatest artefact of all, the Witchwood Crown, will be hers. With a cast of hundreds - humans, giants, dragons, trolls, Sithi and Norn - The Witchwood Crown is epic fantasy as it used to be: classic, grand and sweeping and evidence that Tad Williams is the greatest living writer of the form. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Question of Trust Penny Vincenzi (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Headline Review
Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 608pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780755377640 ISBN13: 978-0-7553-7764-0 ISBN10: 0755377648 EAN: 9780755377640 x
Description: A QUESTION OF TRUST is vintage Penny Vincenzi: rich with characters, life-changing decisions, love, desire and conflict. 'There are few things better in life than ... the latest novel by Penny Vincenzi' Daily Express 1950s London. Tom Knelston is charismatic, working class and driven by ambition, ideals and passion. He is a man to watch. His wife Alice shares his vision. It seems they are the perfect match. Then out of the blue, Tom meets beautiful and unhappily married Diana Southcott, a fashion model. An exciting but dangerous affair is inevitable and potentially damaging to their careers. And when a child becomes ill, Tom is forced to make decisions about his principles, his reputation, his marriage, and most of all, his love for his child. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Feed: A chilling, dystopian page-turner with a twist that will make your head explode Nick Clark Windo (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Headline Book Publishing Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
09 Aug 2018
Active
Publishing Status:
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s23mm 255g ISBN13: 9781472241917 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-4191-7 ISBN10: 1472241916 EAN: 9781472241917 x Description: The Feed is a unique, thought-provoking and utterly addictive post-apocalyptic thriller that fans of The Girl With All the Gifts and The Passage will love. SJ Watson says he was 'hooked from the very beginning and haunted for days' and CJ Tudor was captivated by 'a twist that will make your head explode'. The Feed was everything, until it was gone. Tom and Kate have managed to survive in an unconnected world, but the search for their abducted daughter reveals what they have lost. Without the Feed, no one knows who you are. No one knows who to trust. Without it, how can their daughter be saved? What readers are saying about The Feed: 'Absolutely terrifying. It is incredibly real and wholly recognisable' 'Gripping and exciting and all too close for comfort. Very realistic and beautifully written' 'A harrowing tale, at times moving, at times thoughtful, at times harsh. It will keep you coming back for more with characters that feel real, a vivid landscape and stellar thought-provoking story' 'This is not a book you can start reading and put back down so be prepared to lose some sleep over this one!' _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Before We Were Yours Lisa Wingate (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Quercus Publishing
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
12 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 480pp h196mm x w130mm x s28mm 336g ISBN13: 9781787473102 ISBN13: 978-1-78747-310-2 ISBN10: 1787473104 EAN: 9781787473102
x Description: A heartbreaking story of love and loss, based on a true story ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD OVER 40 WEEKS IN THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTELLER LIST'S TOP TEN WINNER OF GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS 2017 BEST HISTORICAL FICTION AWARD *************************** Memphis, Tennessee, 1939 Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family's Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge, until strangers arrive in force. Wrenched from all that is familiar and thrown into a Tennessee Children's Home Society orphanage, the Foss children are assured that they will soon be returned to their parents - but they quickly realize the dark truth... Aiken, South Carolina, present day Born into wealth and privilege, Avery Stafford seems to have it all: a successful career, a handsome fiance, and a lavish wedding on the horizon. But when Avery returns home to help her father weather a health crisis, a chance encounter leaves her with uncomfortable questions and compels her to take a journey through her family's long-hidden history, on a path that will ultimately lead either to devastation or to redemption. ********************* 'It is impossible not to get swept up in this near-perfect novel' Huffington Post Based on one of America's most notorious real-life scandals, in which Georgia Tann, director of a Memphis-based adoption organization, kidnapped and sold poor children to wealthy families all over the country, Before We Were Yours is a riveting, wrenching and ultimately uplifting global bestseller. 'A tale of enduring power' Paula McLain _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
On the Line: Life - and death - in the Metropolitan Police Alice Vinten (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Two Roads
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
17 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 352pp h221mm x w146mm x s33mm 486g ISBN13: 9781473658820 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5882-0 ISBN10: 1473658829 EAN: 9781473658820 x Description: A revealing memoir of a decade on the streets of London as a female police constable and a unique insight into a city and the cost of keeping it safe. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
31 Days of Wonder Tom Winter (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Corsair
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
09 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h200mm x w146mm x s25mm 298g ISBN13: 9781472118127 ISBN13: 978-1-4721-1812-7 ISBN10: 147211812X EAN: 9781472118127
x Description: 'And in that instant, he knows in his heart that today is a momentous day; come what may, he and Alice will meet again, and life will never be the same.' Alice is stuck in an internship she loathes and a body she is forever trying to change. Ben, also in his early twenties, is still trying to find his place in the world. By chance they meet one day in a London park. Day 1 Ben spots Alice sitting on a bench and feels compelled to speak to her. To his surprise, their connection is instant. But before numbers are exchanged, Alice is whisked off by her demanding boss. 20 minutes later Alone in her office toilets, Alice looks at herself in the mirror and desperately searches for the beauty Ben could see in her. Meanwhile, having misunderstood a parting remark, Ben is already planning a trip to Glasgow where he believes Alice lives, not realising that they actually live barely ten miles apart. Over the next 31 days, Alice and Ben will discover that even if they never manage to find each other again, they have sparked a change in each other that will last a lifetime. In 31 Days of Wonder, Tom Winter shows us the magic of chance encounters and how one brief moment on a Thursday afternoon can change the rest of your life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Mercy Seat Elizabeth H. Winthrop (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sceptre
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
08 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 272pp h221mm x w201mm x s20mm 294g ISBN13: 9781473672505 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7250-5 ISBN10: 1473672503 EAN: 9781473672505 x Description: As the sun begins to set over Louisiana one October day in 1943, a young black man faces the final hours of his life: at midnight, eighteen-year-old Willie Jones will be executed by electric chair for raping a white girl - a crime some believe he did not commit. In a tale taut with tension, events unfold hour by hour from the perspectives of nine people involved. They include Willie himself, who knows what really happened, and his father, desperately trying to reach the town jail to see his son one last time; the prosecuting lawyer, haunted by being forced to seek the death penalty against his convictions, and his wife, who believes Willie to be innocent; the priest who has become a friend to Willie; and a mother whose only son is fighting in the Pacific, bent on befriending her black neighbours in defiance of her husband. In this exceptionally powerful novel, Elizabeth Winthrop explores matters of justice, racism and the death penalty in a fresh, subtle and profoundly affecting way. Her kaleidoscopic narrative allows us to inhabit the lives of her characters and see them for what they are - complex individuals, making fateful choices we might not condone, but can understand. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Walking the Americas: `A wildly entertaining account of his epic journey' Daily Mail Levison Wood (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
25 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h196mm x w128mm x s28mm 260g 2 x 8 page colour insets ISBN13: 9781473654099 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5409-9 ISBN10: 1473654092 EAN: 9781473654099 x Description: LONGLISTED IN THE ADVENTURE TRAVEL CATEGORY OF THE 2017 BANFF MOUNTAIN BOOK AWARDS SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER BY THE AUTHOR OF WALKING THE HIMALAYAS, WINNER OF THE 2016 EDWARD STANFORD ADVENTURE TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 'Levison Wood has breathed new life into adventure travel.' Michael Palin Walking the Americas chronicles Levison Wood's 1,800 mile trek along the spine of the Americas, through eight countries, from Mexico to Colombia, experiencing some of the world's most diverse, beautiful and unpredictable places. His journey took him from violent and dangerous cities to ancient Mayan ruins lying still unexplored in the jungles of Mexico and Guatemala. He encountered members of indigenous tribes, migrants heading towards the US border and proud Nicaraguan revolutionaries on his travels, where at the end of it all, he attempted to cross one of the most impenetrable borders on earth: the Darien Gap route from Panama into South America. This trek required every ounce of Levison Wood's guile, tact, strength and resilience in one of the most raw, real and exciting journeys of his life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Arabia: A Journey Through The Heart of the Middle East Levison Wood (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
30 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 288pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781473676329 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7632-9 ISBN10: 1473676320 EAN: 9781473676329 x Description: Following in the footsteps of great explorers such as Lawrence of Arabia and Wilfred Thesiger, Arabian Journey is Levison Wood's account of his most complex expedition yet: circumnavigating the Arabian Peninsula. Travelling through some of the harshest and most beautiful environments on earth, he seeks to challenge our perceptions of an often misunderstood part of the world, seeing how the region has changed and examining the stories we don't often hear about in the media. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Kill For Me Tom Wood (Author) Series:
Victor
Edition:
Imprint:
Sphere
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
26 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 480pp h235mm x w157mm x s34mm 630g ISBN13: 9780751565706 ISBN13: 978-0-7515-6570-6 ISBN10: 0751565709 EAN: 9780751565706 x Description: 'Terrifically fun and explosively propulsive' Gregg Hurwitz, author of Orphan X For years, two sisters have vied for the turf of their dead crime boss father. Across the streets of Guatemala City, bodies have piled up; the US Drug Enforcement Agency, operating far from its own borders, is powerless to stop the fighting. But now one sister has a weapon that could finally win the war - a cold, amoral hitman known, fittingly, as 'Victor'. Freed from previous employers the CIA and MI6, Victor is a killer for-hire whose sense of self-preservation trumps all else. Yet as betrayal and counterbetrayal unspool in the vicious family feud, Victor finds himself at the centre of a storm even he could be powerless to stop. Acclaimed bestseller Tom Wood blows the completion away with his twisting, relentless new thriller, perfect for fans of Gregg Hurwitz (Orphan X, The Nowhere Man), James Swallow (Nomad, Exile) and Terry Hayes (I Am Pilgrim, Day of the Locust). _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Ember Blade Chris Wooding (Author) Series:
The Darkwater Legacy
Edition:
Imprint:
Gollancz
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
20 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 832pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781473214859 ISBN13: 978-1-4732-1485-9 ISBN10: 1473214858 EAN: 9781473214859 x Description: A land under occupation. A legendary sword. A young man's journey to find his destiny. Aren has lived by the rules all his life. He's never questioned it; that's just the way things are. But then his father is executed for treason, and he and his best friend Cade are thrown into a prison mine, doomed to work until they drop. Unless they can somehow break free . . . But what lies beyond the prison walls is more terrifying still. Rescued by a man who hates him yet is oath-bound to protect him, pursued by inhuman forces, Aren slowly accepts that everything he knew about his world was a lie. The rules are not there to protect him, or his people, but to enslave them. A revolution is brewing, and Aren is being drawn into it, whether he likes it or not. The key to the revolution is the Ember Blade. The sword of kings, the Excalibur of his people. Only with the Ember Blade in hand can their people be inspired to rise up . . . but it's locked in an impenetrable vault in the most heavily guarded fortress in the land. All they have to do now is steal it . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Jane Austen at Home: A Biography Lucy Worsley (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
19 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 496pp h198mm x w129mm x s31mm 369g 2 x 8 page colour insets ISBN13: 9781473632202 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-3220-2 ISBN10: 147363220X EAN: 9781473632202 x Description: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'This is my kind of history: carefully researched but so vivid that you are convinced Lucy Worsley was actually there at the party - or the parsonage.' Antonia Fraser 'A refreshingly unique perspective on Austen and her work and a beautifully nuanced exploration of gender, creativity, and domesticity.' Amanda Foreman On the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen's death, historian Lucy Worsley leads us into the rooms from which our best-loved novelist quietly changed the world. This new telling of the story of Jane's life shows us how and why she lived as she did, examining the places and spaces that mattered to her. It wasn't all country houses and ballrooms, but a life that was often a painful struggle. Jane famously lived a 'life without incident', but with new research and insights Lucy Worsley reveals a passionate woman who fought for her freedom. A woman who far from being a lonely spinster in fact had at least five marriage prospects, but who in the end refused to settle for anything less than Mr Darcy. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow Lucy Worsley (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 432pp h234mm x w153mm x s31mm 621g ISBN13: 9781473651395 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5139-5 ISBN10: 1473651395 EAN: 9781473651395 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
It Ends With You S. K. Wright (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
ATOM
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h214mm x w163mm x s24mm 302g ISBN13: 9780349003177 ISBN13: 978-0-349-00317-7 ISBN10: 0349003173 EAN: 9780349003177 x Description: 'If I'd told the truth, it would have been fiction.'
Everyone loves Eva. Beautiful, bright, fun, generous - she's perfect. So when her body is found in a ditch in the local woods the only thing anyone wants to know is: Who could have done this? It has to be Luke, her boyfriend. He has the motive, the means, the opportunity and he's no stranger to the police. Even though the picture is incomplete, the pieces fit. But as time passes, stories change. Who could have done this? You decide. It Ends With You is clever and compulsive. It challenges preconceptions, makes you second-guess yourself with each chapter, and it holds an uncomfortable mirror up to the way societies and systems treat outsiders. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Today Felicia Yap (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Wildfire
Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
28 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781472242297 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-4229-7 ISBN10: 1472242297 EAN: 9781472242297 x Description: What if the last day you will always remember is today? Emma and Jonathan meet for the first time today, the morning of their twenty-third birthdays. She's gawky and wears hideous orange-and-green socks. He's cute, whimsical and recites obscure poetry. They fall in love. There's a small problem. What happens today, both good and bad, will stay with them for the rest of their lives. From tomorrow onwards, all new memories will be regularly erased by sleep. Today's the last day they will always remember. It gets worse. Emma's housemate Liz has gone missing and her boyfriend, aspiring detective Hans Richardson, has just one day to solve her case... but he doesn't know it. TODAY is a story of seized - and missed - opportunities. It's a tale of love, hope and regret. Can Hans find Liz? Can Emma and Jonathan seize the day, make the right memories to last them a lifetime? Can they work out what love is all about... before it's too late? Felicia Yap brings you the hotly anticipated prequel to YESTERDAY, the high-concept thriller sensation of 2017. 'Yap is a phenomenon' - Guardian 'A thrilling new voice' - Red 'The one that everyone is talking about... Enthralling' - Woman & Home 'A blockbuster-worthy twist... YESTERDAY stands out from the crowd' - Stylist 'The intrigue of GONE GIRL and the drama of BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP - iNews _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
FUSION: How Integrating Brand and Culture Powers the World's Greatest Companies Denise Lee Yohn (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 240pp h232mm x w154mm x s28mm 480g ISBN13: 9781473676985 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7698-5 ISBN10: 1473676983 EAN: 9781473676985 x Description: 'Leaders everywhere are trying to build great brands, but few realise how powerfully brands are shaped by the cultures of their organizations. This compelling book shows how.' -Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take In FUSION, Denise Lee Yohn examines some of the world's greatest organizations and reverse-engineers their greatness - specifically how they've integrated what's on the inside (culture) with what's on the outside (brand) for remarkable results. Through detailed case studies, interviews with industry leaders, findings from respected academic research and drawing on her own experience working with extraordinary brands across a broad range of sectors, Denise shows how great companies achieve the brand-culture fusion that creates extraordinary results and growth. FUSION is for those with responsibility and oversight for the core operations of their business (C-Suite and line managers) who also set the tone and direction for their companies. The book includes access to Denise's proprietary online assessment for determining how close to or how far from brand/culture integration a company is and a blueprint for achieving brand-culture fusion. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Seventeen: the new novel from the bestselling Japanese sensation Hideo Yokoyama (Author) Louise Heal Kawai (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
riverrun
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786484628 ISBN13: 978-1-78648-462-8 ISBN10: 1786484625 EAN: 9781786484628 x Description: FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SIX FOUR: A TENSE INVESTIGATION IN THE AFTERMATH OF AN AIR DISASTER - FOR FANS OF SPOTLIGHT AND AFTER THE CRASH. 'He's a master' New York Times Book Review 'Very different . . . to almost anything out there' Observer 1985. Kazumasa Yuuki, a seasoned reporter at the North Kanto Times, runs a daily gauntlet against the power struggles and office politics that plague its newsroom. But when an air disaster of unprecedented scale occurs on the paper's doorstep, its staff are united by an unimaginable horror, and a once-in-a-lifetime scoop. 2002. Seventeen years later, Yuuki remembers the adrenaline-fuelled, emotionally charged seven days that changed his and his colleagues' lives. He does so while making good on a promise he made that fateful week - one that holds the key to its last unsolved mystery, and represents Yuuki's final, unconquered fear. 'Seventeen is a brilliant novel on any level - it's a gripping page turner, while remaining moving and complex. It's a deeply satisfying read and it will be a while before I read anything as good' William Ryan 'An astringent, unforgiving picture of modern Japanese society' Guardian _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
We Are Displaced Malala Yousafzai (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
08 Jan 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 288pp h216mm x w135mm ISBN13: 9781474610049 ISBN13: 978-1-4746-1004-9 ISBN10: 1474610048 EAN: 9781474610049 x Description: Starting with her own story of displacement as an Internally Displaced Person, Malala will introduce readers to what it means to lose your home, your community, and the only world you've ever known. She will share the personal stories of some of the incredible girls she has met on her various journeys to refugee camps and the cities where refugee girls and their families have settled. The anecdotes will focus on different parts of each girl's story - from what it was like the day she left her home to what daily life is like in a refugee camp. In a time of immigration crises, war, and border conflicts, WE ARE DISPLACED is an important reminder from one of the most famous people to experience displacement that everyone deserves universal human rights and a home. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________