Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.: Advice for the Rest of Your Life - Classic Graduation Speeches Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
W H Allen
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
07 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 224pp h204mm x w135mm x s24mm 286g ISBN13: 9780753553503 ISBN13: 978-0-7535-5350-3 ISBN10: 0753553503 EAN: 9780753553503 x Description: Give it your all. Dare to be all you can be. Graduation day is a pivotal moment. After a lifetime of learning, and at least three years of studying hard in a chosen subject, we are thrown headfirst into the unknown world of adulthood. That day - and the months afterwards - are ripe with possibility. They can feel by turns thrilling and rudderless, dreamy and terrifying. It's the perfect time to reflect on the past and look at what's to come. In this collection of carefully curated speeches, hear from leading voices such as Barack Obama, Gloria Steinem and Tim Minchin, and discover their profound advice for the graduating classes of Harvard, Stanford and many more top-class universities, who have gone on to shape the world we live in.
Whether you're looking for the perfect graduation gift, a memento of this significant life moment, or are simply seeking guiding inspiration, the lessons in Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish will last a lifetime. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Kingfisher Secret Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
27 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781787462731 ISBN13: 978-1-78746-273-1 ISBN10: 1787462730 EAN: 9781787462731 x Description: _______________________________ THIS SHOCKING CONSPIRACY THRILLER IS A WORK OF FICTION. MOSTLY. _______________________________ What if the President of the United States is a foreign intelligence asset? It's October 2016. A loud, brash businessman with a history of shady dealings and sexual misbehaviour is a serious contender to win the presidency. Even a porn star's credible allegations don't seem to slow him down. But his most dangerous secrets may be hidden behind the former Iron Curtain. Journalist Grace Elliot is dispatched to Europe, hot on the trail of a story so big it could blow up the entire election - if she can stay alive long enough to tell it: The man who might become President was married to a Czech woman with a beguiling and contradictory past, no records, and no history - and who has all the hallmarks of a Soviet intelligence asset. Her codename is Kingfisher. And her mission is almost complete... THE AUTHOR HAS CHOSEN TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS OUT OF CONCERN FOR THE SAFETY OF HIS OR HER SOURCES.
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What Would Arnie Do? Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Pop Press
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
15 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 128pp h167mm x w119mm x s17mm 148g ISBN13: 9781785038778 ISBN13: 978-1-78503-877-8 ISBN10: 178503877X EAN: 9781785038778 x Description: Do you revere the legend that is Arnie? Do you agree that the best activities for your health are pumping and humping? Do you trust that if it bleeds, you can kill it? Then this is the book for you. Be inspired by the no-nonsense life philosophy of Arnold Schwarzenegger, through his best and most ridiculous motivational quotes. And remember: Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Places and Names: On War, Revolution and Returning Elliot Ackerman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen Lane
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
11 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 256pp h240mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9780241355169 ISBN13: 978-0-241-35516-9 ISBN10: 0241355168 EAN: 9780241355169 x Description: 'A superb, unique, and unforgettable story of war and death, fear and cruelty, above all the horrors and allure of combat' Simon Sebag Montefiore 'One of the most profound books I have ever read about the real nature of war and the abstract allure of the ideas and the bloodshed that fuels it' Jon Lee Anderson, author of The Fall of Baghdad An astonishing account of the nature of war from acclaimed novelist and decorated former US marine Elliot Ackerman
In a refugee camp in southern Turkey, Elliot Ackerman sits across the table from Abu Hassar, who fought for Al Qaeda in Iraq and has murky connections to the Islamic State. At first, Ackerman pretends to have been a journalist during the Iraq War, but after he establishes a rapport with Abu Hassar, he reveals that in fact he was a Marine. The two men then compare their fighting experiences in the Middle East, discovering they had shadowed each other for some time: a realisation that brings them to a strange kind of intimacy. Elliot Ackerman's extraordinary memoir explores the events that led him to come to this refugee camp and what, unable to forget his time in battle, he hoped to find there. Moving between his recent time on the ground as a journalist in Syria and his Marine deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, he creates a work of astonishing atmospheric pressure, one which blends the American experience with the perspectives and stories of the Arab world, and draws a line between them. At once an intensely personal book about the terrible lure of combat and a brilliant meditation on the meaning of the past two decades of strife for the region and the world, Places and Names bids to take its place among our greatest books about modern war. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Society of Reluctant Dreamers Jose Eduardo Agualusa (Author) Daniel Hahn (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Harvill Secker
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
29 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 288pp h216mm x w135mm ISBN13: 9781787300552 ISBN13: 978-1-78730-055-2 ISBN10: 1787300552 EAN: 9781787300552 x Description: Swimming in the clear blue waters of the Rainbow Hotel, Daniel Benchimol finds a waterproof camera, belonging to Moira, a Mozambican artist, famous for a series of photos depicting her own dreams - a woman he, Daniel, dreams about repeatedly. The two meet, and Daniel becomes involved in a mysterious project with a Brazilian neuroscientist, who's working with Moira on a machine to film and photograph people's dreams. This is just one of many dreamlike encounters, as characters appear in each others' dreams and the dreams of people around them. The Society of Involuntary Dreamers is a story of art versus dictatorship, the place of dreams in our waking lives and how they blur with reality, set against the political backdrop of Angola's tumultuous past and present. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Licence to be Bad: How Economics Corrupted Us Jonathan Aldred (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen Lane
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 320pp h240mm x w162mm x s31mm 536g ISBN13: 9780241325438 ISBN13: 978-0-241-32543-8 ISBN10: 0241325439 EAN: 9780241325438 x Description: 'It is going to change the way in which we understand many modern debates about economics, politics, and society' Ha Joon Chang, author of 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism Over the past fifty years, the way we value what is 'good' and 'right' has changed dramatically. Behaviour that to our grandparents' generation might have seemed stupid, harmful or simply wicked now seems rational, natural, woven into the very logic of things. And, asserts Jonathan Aldred in this revelatory new book, it's economics that's to blame. Licence to be Bad tells the story of how a group of economics theorists changed our world, and how a handful of key ideas, from free-riding to Nudge, seeped into our decision-making and, indeed, almost all aspects of our lives. Aldred reveals the extraordinary hold of economics on our morals and values. Economics has corrupted us. But if this hidden transformation is so recent, it can be reversed. Licence to be Bad shows us where to begin. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Last Witnesses: Unchildlike Stories Svetlana Alexievich (Author) Richard Pevear (Translated by) Larissa Volokhonsky (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Classics
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
02 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Language: English Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 320pp h216mm x w135mm ISBN13: 9780141983554 ISBN13: 978-0-14-198355-4 ISBN10: 0141983558 EAN: 9780141983554 x Description: Stunning stories about what it was like to be a Soviet child during the upheaval and horror of the Second World War, from Nobel Laureate Svetlana Alexievich I finished first grade in May of 41, and my parents took me for the summer to the Pioneer camp. I came there, went for a swim once, and two days later the war began. German planes flew over, and we shouted "Hurray!" We didn't understand that they could be enemy planes. Until they began to bomb us... Then all colours disappeared. All shades. What did it mean to grow up in the Soviet Union during the Second World War? In the late 1970s, Svetlana Alexievich started interviewing people who had experienced war as children, the generation that survived and had to live with the trauma that would forever change the course of the Russian nation. With remarkable care and empathy, Alexievich gives voice to those whose stories are lost in the official narratives, uncovering a powerful, hidden history of one of the most important events of the twentieth century. Published to great acclaim in the USSR in 1985 and now available in English for the first time, this masterpiece offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of the human consequences of the war - and an extraordinary chronicle of the Russian soul. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Divine Comedy Dante Alighieri (Author) Steve Ellis (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage Classics
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 672pp h198mm x w129mm x s28mm 458g none ISBN13: 9781784871987 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-198-7 ISBN10: 1784871982 EAN: 9781784871987 x Description: A NEW TRANSLATION BY STEVE ELLIS Halfway through life, you find yourself lost, unsure of the right path. Greed, deception and pride have led you away from the ideals and dreams you cherished in younger days. How do you go on? This is the starting point of one of the most extraordinary and important journeys in western literature, a stunningly ambitious flight of imagination and philosophy which has reverberated down the years since Dante Alighieri first wrote it down in the fourteenth century. The Divine Comedy is a vision of the afterlife, the three regions of Hell, Purgatory and Paradise, through which the narrator must journey in order to better understand the workings of the universe, the love of God, and his place in the world. Poet and translator Steve Ellis translated the Inferno in 1994, and it was greeted with great acclaim. Now Ellis's translation of the entire poem is published here for the first time, and Dante's epic can be experienced afresh and in new glorious life and colour, the physicality and immediacy of Dante's verse rendered in English as never before. Praise for Steve Ellis's translation of Inferno: 'A considerable tour de force, alive, immediate, energetic and very moving' A.S. Byatt
'Energetic, racy, rude and lyrical...buy this translation and spend a damn good season in hell' Independent 'It's good to have a version which one can read through with excitement in a few hours. This edition benefits also from the economical but always helpful footnotes on each page... Steve Ellis deserves our gratitude...for introducing - as he surely will do - new readers to the Inferno' Stephen Spender, Sunday Telegraph _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Radical Simplicity: How Ken Allen turned DHL from a failing company into a global success story Ken Allen (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Ebury Press
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
02 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 192pp h240mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781529104721 ISBN13: 978-1-5291-0472-1 ISBN10: 1529104726 EAN: 9781529104721 x Description: The key to rising to the top of your company lies in a simple message and philosophy. The ultimate inspirational story for ambitious innovators, market-disruptors, and global business entrepreneurs. Celebrating DHL's fiftieth anniversary as a world-leading delivery company, global CEO Ken Allen tells the unique story of his journey to the top of the industry. In this business memoir, he shares the strategies and skills he has developed throughout his career, drawing on both his core values and extensive experience. This book is an inimitable guide to succeeding in any business, focusing on strategy and practical advice while revealing the simple lessons you need to learn to excel in life and work. It is an accessible read for entrepreneurs and managers at any stage of their career, packed with motivational material and no-nonsense tips. This simple and honest book is a must-have for anyone looking to reach the top of their field. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
They Don't Teach This Eniola Aluko (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Yellow Jersey Press
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
29 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h240mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781787290419 ISBN13: 978-1-78729-041-9 ISBN10: 1787290417 EAN: 9781787290419 x Description: First class honors law degree. 102 appearances for England women's national football team. First female pundit on Match of the Day. UN Women UK ambassador. Guardian columnist. All of these achievements belong to Eni Aluko, who, with her forthcoming memoir They Don't Teach This, is keen to share her experiences, aiming to inspire readers to be the best possible versions of themselves. Aluko was appointed UN Women UK ambassador with a focus on promoting gender empowerment in 2016, and in October 2018 she was named by Marie Claire as one of ten Future Shapers Award Winners, recognising individuals who are changing women's futures for the better. She is currently playing football for Juventus in Italy and writing a weekly column for The Guardian. They Don't Teach This steps beyond the realms of memoir to explore themes of dual nationality and identity, race and institutional prejudice, success, failure and faith. It is an inspiring manifesto to change the way readers and the future generation choose to view the challenges that come in their life applying life lessons with raw truths of Eni's own personal experience. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Secret World: A History of Intelligence Christopher Andrew (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 960pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780140285321 ISBN13: 978-0-14-028532-1 ISBN10: 0140285326 EAN: 9780140285321 x Description: 'The most comprehensive narrative of intelligence compiled ... unrivalled' Max Hastings, Sunday Times 'Captivating, insightful and masterly' Edward Lucas, The Times The history of espionage is far older than any of today's intelligence agencies, yet the long history of intelligence operations has been largely forgotten. The first mention of espionage in world literature is in the Book of Exodus.'God sent out spies into the land of Canaan'. From there, Christopher Andrew traces the shift in the ancient world from divination to what we would recognize as attempts to gather real intelligence in the conduct of military operations, and considers how far ahead of the West - at that time - China and India were. He charts the development of intelligence and security operations and capacity through, amongst others, Renaissance Venice, Elizabethan England, Revolutionary America, Napoleonic France, right up to sophisticated modern activities of which he is the world's best-informed interpreter. What difference have security and intelligence operations made to course of history? Why have they so often forgotten by later practitioners? This fascinating book provides the answers. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Down to the Woods: DI Helen Grace 8 M. J. Arlidge (Author) Series:
Detective Inspector Helen Edition: Grace
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 480pp h181mm x w111mm x s29mm 260g ISBN13: 9781405925693 ISBN13: 978-1-4059-2569-3 ISBN10: 1405925698 EAN: 9781405925693 x Description: If you go down to the woods today The last thing Tom Campbell remembers is camping in the New Forest with his girlfriend, Melissa. Now he is helpless, alone and consumed by fear, hunted through the woods by a sinister, masked figure... When Tom's body is found, displayed with grisly relish, Helen Grace takes the case. But before she can catch her breath, a second victim is taken - a serial killer is on the loose. You better not go alone... Something dark and deadly stalks the forest. Helen and her team must race against time to catch the perpetrator, before more blood is shed. But the hunt will take Helen back into the eerie twilit woods - and this time she might not make it out alive. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Lost Art of Scripture Karen Armstrong (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
The Bodley Head Ltd
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 560pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781847924322 ISBN13: 978-1-84792-432-2 ISBN10: 1847924328 EAN: 9781847924322 x Description: In our increasingly secular world, holy texts are at best seen as irrelevant, and at worst as an excuse to incite violence, hatred and division. So what value, if any, can scripture hold for us today? And if our world no longer seems compatible with scripture, is it perhaps because its original purpose has become lost? Today we see the Quran being used by some to justify war and terrorism, the Torah to deny Palestinians the right to live in the Land of Israel, and the Bible to condemn homosexuality and contraception. The holy texts at the centre of all religious traditions are often employed selectively to underwrite arbitrary and subjective views. They are believed to be divinely ordained; they are claimed to contain eternal truths. But as Karen Armstrong, a world authority on religious affairs, shows in this fascinating journey through millennia of history, this narrow reading of scripture is a relatively recent phenomenon. For hundreds of years these texts were instead viewed as spiritual tools: scripture was a means for the individual to connect with the divine, to transcend their physical existence, and to experience a higher level of consciousness. Holy texts were seen as fluid and adaptable, rather than a set of binding archaic rules or a `truth' that has to be `believed'. Armstrong argues that only by rediscovering an open engagement with their holy texts will the world's religions be able to curtail arrogance, intolerance and violence. And if scripture is used to engage with the world in more meaningful and compassionate ways, we will find that it still has a great deal to teach us. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Big Sky Kate Atkinson (Author) Series:
Jackson Brodie
Edition:
Imprint:
Doubleday
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
18 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 368pp h234mm x w153mm x s27mm 444g ISBN13: 9780857526113 ISBN13: 978-0-85752-611-3 ISBN10: 0857526111 EAN: 9780857526113 x Description: A BRILLIANT NEW LITERARY CRIME NOVEL FROM NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER KATE ATKINSON: JACKSON BRODIE MAKES A HIGLY ANTICIPATED RETURN Jackson Brodie has relocated to a quiet seaside village, in the occasional company of his recalcitrant teenage son and an ageing Labrador, both at the discretion of his ex-partner Julia. It's picturesque, but there's something darker lurking behind the scenes. Jackson's current job, gathering proof of an unfaithful husband for his suspicious wife, is fairly standard-issue, but a chance encounter with a desperate man on a crumbling cliff leads him into a sinister network-and back across the path of someone from his past. Old secrets and new lies intersect in this breathtaking novel by one of the most dazzling and surprising writers at work today. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Bank That Lived a Little: Barclays in the Age of the Very Free Market Philip Augar (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 448pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780141987538 ISBN13: 978-0-14-198753-8 ISBN10: 0141987537 EAN: 9780141987538 x Description: 'A brilliantly readable account, based on exceptional access, of the transformation of the old Quaker bank into a hard-charging capitalist adventurer ... both a thriller and a reminder that business is fascinating because all human life is there' John Plender, Financial Times Based on unparalleled access to those involved, and told with compelling pace and drama, The Bank that Lived a Little describes three decades of boardroom intrigue at one of Britain's biggest financial institutions. In a tale of feuds, grandiose dreams and a struggle for supremacy between rival strategies and their adherents, Philip Augar gives a riveting account of Barclays' journey from an old Quaker bank to a full-throttle capitalist machine. The disagreement between those ambitious for Barclays to join the top table of global banks, and those preferring a smaller domestic role more in keeping with the bank's traditions, cost three chief executives their jobs and continues to divide opinion within Barclays, the City and beyond. This is an extraordinary corporate thriller, which among much else describes how Barclays came to buy Lehman Brothers for a bargain price in 2008, why it was so keen to avoid taking government funding during the financial crisis, and the price shareholders have paid for a decade of barely controlled ambition. But Augar also shows how Barclays' experiences are a paradigm for Britain's social and economic life over thirty years, which saw the City move from the edge of the economy to its very centre. These decades created unprecedented prosperity for a tiny number, and made the reputations of governments and individuals but then left many of them in tatters. The leveraged society, the winner-takes-all mentality and our present era of austerity can all be traced to the influence of banks such as Barclays. Augar's book tells this rollercoaster story from the perspective of many of its participants - and also of those affected by the grip they came to have on Britain. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Us Against You: From The New York Times Bestselling Author of A Man Called Ove and Beartown Fredrik Backman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 432pp h198mm x w129mm x s26mm 298g ISBN13: 9781405930239 ISBN13: 978-1-4059-3023-9 ISBN10: 1405930233 EAN: 9781405930239 x Description: The captivating and moving follow-up to the international bestseller Beartown. 'I utterly believed in the residents of Beartown, and felt ripped apart by the events in the book' Jojo Moyes on Beartown Can a broken town survive a second tragedy? By the time the last goal is scored, someone in Beartown will be dead . . . Us Against You is the story of two towns, two teams and what it means to believe in something bigger than yourself. It's about how people come together - sometimes in anger, often in sorrow, but also through love. And how, when we stand together, we can bring a town back to life. Praise for Fredrik Backman: 'A mature, compassionate novel' Sunday Times
'Backman can tickle the funny bone and tug on the heart strings when he needs to, and is a clever enough storyteller to not overindulge in either' Independent 'As popular Swedish exports go, Backman is up there with ABBA and Stieg Larsson' The New York Times Book Review _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Lost Boys: A Family Ripped Apart by War Catherine Bailey (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Viking
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
18 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 480pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780241257838 ISBN13: 978-0-241-25783-8 ISBN10: 0241257832 EAN: 9780241257838 x Description: 'To say that Catherine Bailey makes history come alive is such a cliche and yet it's so true, she is absolutely one of my favourite writers' Kate Atkinson ___________________________________________________________ Berlin, September 1944. Ulrich von Hassell, former ambassador to Italy and a key member of the German Resistance, is executed for his part in an assassination plot against Hitler. In response to the attack, Himmler, leader of the SS, orders the arrest of all the families of the plotters. In a remote castle in Italy, von Hassell's beloved daughter, Fey, is discovered just when she thought she had escaped the Nazi net. She is arrested and her two sons, aged three and two are seized by the SS. Fey has no idea of her children's fate as she is dragged away on a terrifying journey to the darkest corners of a Europe savaged by war. Moving from a palazzo in the heart of the Italian countryside to the horrors of Buchenwald, Catherine Bailey tells an extraordinary story of resistance at the heart of the Second World War. The Lost Boys is an illuminating and devastating account of great personal sacrifice, of loss and, above all, of defiance. ___________________________________________________________ 'Catherine Bailey demonstrates a truly remarkable ability to intertwine searing family histories with great historical events' Andrew Roberts 'One of the most harrowing, beautifully written and brilliantly researched books I have read in a very long time' Selina Hastings _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Last Englishmen: Love, War and the End of Empire Deborah Baker (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780099593157 ISBN13: 978-0-09-959315-7 ISBN10: 0099593157 EAN: 9780099593157 x Description: An engrossing story that traces the end of empire and the stirring of a new world order John Auden was a pioneering geologist of the Himalayas. Michael Spender was the first to draw a detailed map of the North Face of Mount Everest. While their younger brothers - W. H. Auden and Stephen Spender - achieved literary fame, they vied for a place on an expedition that would finally conquer Everest. To this rivalry was added another: their shared love for a painter named Nancy Sharp. Her choice would determine each man's wartime loyalties.
From Calcutta to pre-war London to Everest itself, The Last Englishmen tracks a generation obsessed with a romantic ideal. With a cast including writers, artists, political rogues and spies, this is an engrossing story of the end of empire and the stirring of a new world order. 'Wholly original... It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that there is something Tolstoyan to Baker's vast project... Remarkable' Neel Mukherjee _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Body Lies Jo Baker (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Doubleday
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
13 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 288pp h234mm x w153mm x s21mm 351g ISBN13: 9780857526441 ISBN13: 978-0-85752-644-1 ISBN10: 0857526448 EAN: 9780857526441 x Description: A layered and thrilling suspense novel that grapples with how to live as a woman in the modern world - or in the pages of a book - when the stakes are dangerously high.
When a young writer accepts a job at a university in the remote countryside, it's meant to be a fresh start, away from the big city and the scene of a violent assault she's desperate to forget. But despite the distractions of a new life and single motherhood, her nerves continue to jangle. To make matters worse, a vicious debate about violence against women inflames the tensions and mounting rivalries in her creative writing group. When a troubled student starts sending in chapters from his novel that blur the lines between fiction and reality, the professor recognises herself as the main character in his book - and he has written her a horrific fate. Will she be able to stop life imitating art before it's too late? At once a breathless battle-of-wits and a disarming exploration of sexual politics, The Body Lies is an essential book for our times. ___________________ 'Gripping and strange in the best possible way: the perfect marriage of risky literary fiction and full-on thriller' MARIA SEMPLE, bestselling author of Where d'ya go Bernadette? 'This page-turning thriller has a sympathetic and utterly believable heroine, but it's also an examination of how women's bodies are treated, in life and in fiction.' The Bookseller _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Professor Chandra Follows His Bliss Rajeev Balasubramanyam (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
11 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784708818 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-881-8 ISBN10: 178470881X EAN: 9781784708818 x Description: 'I loved this beautiful book. It's tender and compassionate, written with exquisite care and verve, and so so SO funny' MARIAN KEYES Professor Chandra is about to embark on the trip of a lifetime. In the moments after the bicycle accident, he doesn't see his life flash before his eyes, but his life's work. He's just narrowly missed out on the Nobel Prize (again) and even though he knows he should get straight back to his pie charts, his doctor has other
ideas. All this work is killing him. He needs to take a break, start enjoying himself. In short, says his doctor (who is from California), Professor Chandra should just follow his bliss. And so he sets out to crack the most complex problem of all: the secret to his own happiness. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ancient Light John Banville (Author) Series:
Penguin Essentials
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 256pp h181mm x w111mm ISBN13: 9780241986455 ISBN13: 978-0-241-98645-5 ISBN10: 0241986451 EAN: 9780241986455 x Description: 'Billy Gray was my best friend and I fell in love with his mother.' Alexander Cleave, an actor who thinks his best days are behind him, remembers his first unlikely affair as a teenage boy in a small town in 1950s Ireland: the illicit meetings in a rundown cottage outside town; assignations in the back of his lover's car on sunny mornings and rain-soaked afternoons. And with these early memories comes something sharper and much darker - the more recent recollection of the actor's own daughter's suicide ten years before. Ancient Light is the story of a life rendered brilliantly vivid: the obsession and selfishness of young love and the terrifying shock of grief. It is a dazzling novel, funny, utterly pleasurable and devastatingly moving in the same moment. 'Illuminating, funny, devastating. A meditation of breathtaking beauty and profundity on love and loss and death' Financial Times 'Banville perfectly captures the spirit of adolescence. A luminous, breathtaking work' Independent on Sunday 'Startlingly brilliant. Terrific - full of sadness and yearning' Sunday Telegraph _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Minecraft: The Crash: An Official Minecraft Novel Tracey Baptiste (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 202g ISBN13: 9781784758660 ISBN13: 978-1-78475-866-0 ISBN10: 1784758663 EAN: 9781784758660 x Description: When a new virtual-reality version of Minecraft brings her dreams to life, one player must face her worst nightmares. Bianca has never been good at following the plan. She's more of an act-now, deal-with-the-consequences-later type of person. But consequences can't be put off forever, as Bianca learns when she and her best friend, Lonnie, are in a terrible car crash. Waking up in the hospital, Bianca is faced with questions she's not equipped to answer. She chooses instead to try a virtual-reality version of Minecraft that gives her control over a world at the very moment she thought she'd lost it. There she encounters a glitching avatar she believes to be Lonnie. Bianca teams up with Esme and Anton - two kids also playing on the hospital server - to save her friend. Is Lonnie really stuck in the game? And can Bianca help him back to reality? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
My Name is Anna Lizzy Barber (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
25 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781787460768 ISBN13: 978-1-78746-076-8 ISBN10: 1787460762 EAN: 9781787460768 x Description: ONE OF THE BEST NEW CRIME NOVELS FOR 2019 (Spectator) _________________________________ Two women - desperate to unlock the truth. How far will they go to lay the past to rest? ANNA has been taught that virtue is the path to God. But on her eighteenth birthday she defies her Mamma's rules and visits Florida's biggest theme park. She has never been allowed to go - so why, when she arrives, does everything seem so familiar? And is there a connection to the mysterious letter she receives on the same day? ROSIE has grown up in the shadow of the missing sister she barely remembers, her family fractured by years of searching without leads. Now, on the fifteenth anniversary of her sister's disappearance, the media circus resumes in full flow, and Rosie vows to uncover the truth. But will she find the answer before it tears her family apart? _________________________________ 'A dark, addictive read, with a real heart at its core. I loved it' - Amy Lloyd, bestselling author of The Innocent Wife `A compelling read that's itching to be made into a TV two-parter' RED `Provides a clever, unexpected solution, by way of some fine writing' The Times `Enthralling and deeply moving' DAILY MAIL `Dark, disturbing and powerful, the gripping plot is full of twists, turns and suspense. You will not want to put it down' Candis `One of those thrillers in which it is almost impossible not to flick ahead' Alison Flood, Observer `Skillfully-plotted...the journey to the truth is one of high tension' Sunday Times Crime Club `It's the big emotions this book evokes that make you keep reading' Good Housekeeping `Barber has created characters with sufficient appeal to fuel real suspense' Guardian `With well-judged interweaving narratives and plenty of rich description, this is an absorbing and promising debut' Spectator `A gripping story about loss, memory and love' Best `Compelling, emotional and haunting in ways beyond your imagination, this story is everything I hoped it would be and more. A must-read for 2019' Books of All Kinds `If you like compulsive psychological dramas with emotionally complex characters, make this your next read' Culture Fly `A gripping one-sitting read... this is a deft and assured debut novel from Lizzy Barber' Shots Magazine `I ripped through it in no time at all and thought the writing was wonderful and the storyline gripping.' Lesley Kara, author of The Rumour `You won't put it down until you finish it!' Prima _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dressed: The Secret Life of Clothes Shahidha Bari (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Jonathan Cape Ltd
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
13 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 320pp h217mm x w171mm x s38mm 934g ISBN13: 9781787331495 ISBN13: 978-1-78733-149-5 ISBN10: 1787331490 EAN: 9781787331495 x Description: We are all dressed. But how often do we pause to think about the place of our clothes in our lives? What unconscious thoughts do we express when we dress every day? Can memories, meaning and ideas be wrapped up in a winter coat? These are the questions that interest Shahidha Bari, as she explores the secret language of our clothes. Ranging freely through literature, art, film and philosophy, Dressed tracks the hidden power of clothes in our culture and our daily lives. From the depredations of violence and ageing to our longing for freedom, love and privacy, from the objectification of women to the crisis of masculinity, each garment exposes a fresh dilemma. Item by item, the story of ourselves unravels. Evocative, enlightening and dazzlingly original, Dressed is not just about clothes as objects of fashion or as a means of self-expression. This is a book about the deepest philosophical questions of who we are, how we see ourselves and how we dress to face the world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Life Class Pat Barker (Author) Series:
Penguin Essentials
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 256pp h181mm x w111mm ISBN13: 9780241986493 ISBN13: 978-0-241-98649-3 ISBN10: 0241986494 EAN: 9780241986493 x Description: From the Booker Prize-winning and Women's Prize-shortlisted author of The Silence of the Girls The first novel in Pat Barker's acclaimed 'Life Class' trilogy - an unforgettable story of art and war, from one of our greatest writers on war and the human heart 'Triumphant, inspiring, shattering' The Times 'Barker writes as brilliantly as ever... With great tenderness and insight she conveys a wartime world turned upside down' Independent on Sunday 'Masterly, gripping' Penelope Lively 'Extraordinarily powerful' Sunday Telegraph Spring, 1914. The students at the Slade School of Art gather in Henry Tonks's studio for his life-drawing class. But for Paul Tarrant the class is troubling, underscoring his own uncertainty about making a mark on the world. When war breaks out and the army won't take Paul, he enlists in the Belgian Red Cross just as he and fellow student Elinor Brooke admit their feelings for one another. Amidst the devastation in Ypres, Paul comes to see the world anew - but have his experiences changed him completely? The Life Class trilogy: Life Class Toby's Room Noonday _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Silence of the Girls: Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019 Pat Barker (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 336pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 236g ISBN13: 9780241983201 ISBN13: 978-0-241-98320-1 ISBN10: 0241983207 EAN: 9780241983201 x Description: Shorlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and the Costa Novel Award Booker-winning novelist Pat Barker imagines the untold story of the women at the heart of history's greatest epic 'Magnificent... You are in the hands of a writer at the height of her powers' Evening Standard 'Chilling, powerful, audacious... A searing twist on The Iliad. Amid the recent slew of rewritings of the great Greek myths and classics, Barker's stands out for its forcefulness of purpose and earthy compassion' The Times 'A stunning return to form' Observer When the Greek Queen Helen is kidnapped by Trojans, the Greeks sail in pursuit, besieging the city of Troy. Trapped in the Greek soldiers' camp is another captured queen, Briseis. Condemned to be bed-slave to Achilles, the man who butchered her family, she becomes a pawn in a menacing game between bored and frustrated warriors. In the centuries after this most famous war, history will write her off, a footnote in a bloody story scripted by vengeful men - but Briseis has a very different tale to tell . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Girl Who Came Out of the Woods Emily Barr (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s24mm 277g ISBN13: 9780241345221 ISBN13: 978-0-241-34522-1 ISBN10: 0241345227 EAN: 9780241345221 x Description: When you wake up and realise you're trending #GirlOutoftheWoods Arty has always lived in the Clearing, a commune hidden in the forests of south India. But her happy life, separate from the rest of the world, is shattered after a terrible event. For the first time, Arty must leave her home, and head into the intriguing but frightening outside world. On the streets of India, a chance encounter leads to her becoming an unwilling overnight celebrity. As she embarks on her journey, she discovers she is being followed by thousands of strangers, who seem to know her every move... Forced to fight against mysterious hashtags and being constantly photographed, how can she find the help she desperately needs? Everything is changing too fast for this girl who came out of the woods... could she be running into a trap? The new thriller from the acclaimed author of The One Memory of Flora Banks, perfect for fans of Karen McManus, E. Lockhart and Sophie McKenzie. Praise for The Girl Who Came Out of the Woods:
'Compelling and brilliantly written'- Fabulous Magazine 'Barr brilliantly captures Arty's naivety and eager innocence as she's swept up in the globalised world of capitalism and social media'- The Observer _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Visual MBA: A Quick Guide to Everything You'll Learn in Two Years of Business School Jason Barron (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Portfolio Penguin
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 208pp h233mm x w154mm x s17mm 471g ISBN13: 9780241386682 ISBN13: 978-0-241-38668-2 ISBN10: 0241386683 EAN: 9780241386682 x Description: Learn an entire MBA course without spending thousands and waving goodbye to two years of your life If you want to succeed in business then an MBA programme is the best way to build expertise, knowledge and experience. But an MBA programme at any top school is an enormous investment in time, effort and money. In The Visual MBA, Jason Barron offers a radical solution, explaining all key business school concepts through illustrations. When Barron started his MBA course, he decided to draw all his notes so that other people could benefit from them. And it's a good thing he did, because research shows that more than 65% of us are visual learners and that our brains process illustrations 60,000 times faster than text. From Marketing, Ethics and Accounting to Organisational Behaviour, Finance, Operations and Strategy, The Visual MBA distils the most important principles of an MBA into an accessible, informative and easily-digestible guide. Jason Barron is a product manager and illustrator who helps people realise their creative ideas through visual learning. He spent 516 hours in class and countless hours studying at home completing his MBA. Along the way, rather than taking notes that he would never read again, Jason created sketchnotes for each class and has turned them into an interesting and engaging resource so that you don't have to sit through another class again! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Around the World in 80 Days: My World Record Breaking Adventure Mark Beaumont (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Corgi Books
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
30 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w127mm x s26mm 318g ISBN13: 9780552175494 ISBN13: 978-0-552-17549-4 ISBN10: 0552175498 EAN: 9780552175494 x Description: ____________________ The inspiring story of one man's record-breaking cycle around the world. On Monday 18th September 2017, Mark Beaumont pedalled through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. 78 days, 14 hours and 40 minutes earlier he set off from the same point, beginning his attempt to circumnavigate the world in record time. Covering more than 18,000 miles and cycling through some of the harshest conditions one man and his bicycle can endure, Mark made history. He smashed two Guinness World Records and beat the previous record by an astonishing 45 days. Around the World in 80 Days is the story of Mark's amazing achievement - one which redefines the limits of human endurance. It is also an insight into the mind of an elite athlete and the physical limits of the human body, as well as a kaleidoscopic tour of the world from a very unique perspective; inspired by Jules Verne's classic adventure novel, Mark begins his journey in Paris and cycles through Europe, Russia, Mongolia and China. He then
crosses Australia, rides up through New Zealand and across North America before the final 'sprint finish' thorough Portugal, Spain and France, all at over 200 miles a day. This is the story of a quite remarkable adventure, by a quite remarkable man. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lost You Haylen Beck (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Harvill Secker
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
27 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781911215608 ISBN13: 978-1-911215-60-8 ISBN10: 1911215604 EAN: 9781911215608 x Description: The compulsive new American page-turner from the author of 5* reader favourite HERE AND GONE. When a little boy goes missing, his mother desperately wants to find him . . . before someone else does. Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Shari Lapena and Cara Hunter. Libby would do anything for her three-year-old son Ethan. And after all they've been through, a holiday seems the perfect antidote for them both. Their hotel is peaceful, safe and friendly, yet Libby can't help but feel as if someone is watching her. Watching Ethan. Because, for years, Libby has lived with a secret. Just days into their holiday, when Libby is starting to relax, Ethan steps into an elevator on his own, and the doors close before Libby can stop them. Moments later, Ethan is gone. Libby thought she had been through the worst, but her nightmare is only just beginning. And in a desperate hunt for her son, it becomes clear she's not the only one looking for him. Who will find him first? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Scent of Death: (David Hunter 6) Simon Beckett (Author) Series:
David Hunter
Edition:
Imprint:
Bantam Press
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
26 Feb 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 368pp h234mm x w153mm x s27mm 444g ISBN13: 9781787630796 ISBN13: 978-1-78763-079-6 ISBN10: 178763079X EAN: 9781787630796 x Description: `Masterful storytelling and macabre forensic details make his novels utterly chilling reads' TESS GERRITSEN Once a busy hospital, St Jude's now stands derelict, awaiting demolition. When a partially mummified corpse is found in the building's cavernous loft, forensics expert Dr David Hunter is called in to take a look. He can't say how long the body's been there, but he is certain it's that of a young woman. And that she was pregnant. Then part of the attic floor collapses, revealing another of the hospital's secrets: a bricked-up chamber with beds inside. And some of them are still occupied. For Hunter, what began as a straightforward case is about to become a twisted nightmare. And it soon becomes clear that St Jude's hasn't claimed its last victim . . . Chilling, visceral and masterfully paced, Simon Beckett's new crime thriller will leave you gasping.
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Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944: The Sunday Times No 1 Bestseller Antony Beevor (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
16 Apr 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 480pp h198mm x w129mm x s30mm 377g ISBN13: 9780670918676 ISBN13: 978-0-670-91867-6 ISBN10: 0670918679 EAN: 9780670918676 x Description: The Sunday Times #1 Bestseller The great airborne battle for the bridges in 1944 by Britain's Number One bestselling historian and author of the classic Stalingrad 'Our greatest chronicler of the Second World War . . . his fans will love it' - Robert Fox, Evening Standard 'The eye for telling detail which we have come to expect from Antony Beevor. . . this time, though, he turns his brilliance as a military historian to a subject not just of defeat, but dunderhead stupidity' Daily Mail On 17 September 1944, General Kurt Student, the founder of Nazi Germany's parachute forces, heard the growing roar of aeroplane engines. He went out on to his balcony above the flat landscape of southern Holland to watch the air armada of Dakotas and gliders carrying the British 1st Airborne and the American 101st and 82nd Airborne divisions. He gazed up in envy at this massive demonstration of paratroop power. Operation Market Garden, the plan to end the war by capturing the bridges leading to the Lower Rhine and beyond, was a bold concept: the Americans thought it unusually bold for Field Marshal Montgomery. But could it ever have worked? The cost of failure was horrendous, above all for the Dutch, who risked everything to help. German reprisals were pitiless and cruel, and lasted until the end of the war. The British fascination with heroic failure has clouded the story of Arnhem in myths. Antony Beevor, using often overlooked sources from Dutch, British, American, Polish and German archives, has reconstructed the terrible reality of the fighting, which General Student himself called 'The Last German Victory'. Yet this book, written in Beevor's inimitable and gripping narrative style, is about much more than a single, dramatic battle. It looks into the very heart of war. 'In Beevor's hands, Arnhem becomes a study of national character' - Ben Macintyre, The Times 'Superb book, tirelessly researched and beautifully written' - Saul David, Daily Telegraph 'Complete mastery of both the story and the sources' - Keith Lowe, Literary Review 'Another masterwork from the most feted military historian of our time' - Jay Elwes, Prospect Magazine 'The analysis he has produced of the disaster is forensic' - Giles Milton, Sunday Times 'He is a master of his craft . . . we have here a definitive account' - Piers Paul Read, The Tablet _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Who Among Us? Mario Benedetti (Author) Series:
Penguin Modern Classics Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Classics
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Language: English Translated From: Spanish Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 112pp h198mm x w129mm x s6mm 89g ISBN13: 9780241350997 ISBN13: 978-0-241-35099-7 ISBN10: 0241350999 EAN: 9780241350997 x Description: 'This novel is a jewel ... one of those books that enters the soul, which it is impossible not to be conquered by. It is a masterpiece like few others' Huffington Post Miguel and Alicia fall quietly in love as teenagers, walking back from school together. When Lucas - enigmatic, charismatic - arrives, everything changes, and Miguel is certain he has lost Alicia. Yet, against the odds, she marries him. Now, eleven years later, their marriage has begun to fray, and Alicia sets out to see Lucas again. As each member of this strange love triangle tells their side of what happened, an unforgettable story of desire, deception and tragic misunderstanding unfolds. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Stand By Me Wendell Berry (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen Lane
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 400pp h222mm x w138mm ISBN13: 9780241388617 ISBN13: 978-0-241-38861-7 ISBN10: 0241388619 EAN: 9780241388617 x Description: As in thought he passes backward into time, the country becomes quieter, and it seems to grow larger. The sounds of engines become less frequent and farther apart until they cease altogether. On a clear Kentucky night in 1888, a young woman risks her life to save a stranger from a drunken mob. Almost a hundred years later, her greatgrandson Andy climbs a hill at the edge of town, and is flooded with memories of all he has lived, seen and heard of the past century - of farmers wooing schoolteachers and soldiers trudging home from war; of the first motor car, the Great Depression and Vietnam; of neighbourly feuds and family secrets; of grief and betrayal - and of great friendship that endures for a lifetime. These are Wendell Berry's tales of Port William, a little farming community nestled deep in the Kentucky River valley. They unravel the story of a town over the course of four generations, lovingly chronicling the intertwined lives of the families who call it home. Affectionate, elegiac and wry, these uplifting rural fables invite us to witness the beauty and quiet heroism at the heart of each ordinary, interconnected life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Boy in the Headlights: (Munch and Kruger Book 3) Samuel Bjork (Author) Series:
Munch and Kruger
Edition:
Imprint:
Doubleday
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
05 Feb 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Language: English Translated From: Norwegian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 384pp h234mm x w153mm x s28mm 463g ISBN13: 9780857522559 ISBN13: 978-0-85752-255-9 ISBN10: 0857522558 EAN: 9780857522559 x Description: The bestselling series, a former Richard and Judy bookclub pick, returns with another chilling case. `Gives Jo Nesbo a run for his money' Sunday Express
Munch and Kruger. An unexpected pairing. A brilliant team. Winter 1996. An old man is driving home when his headlights catch an animal on the empty road up ahead. He stamps hard on the brakes. But it is not an animal at all. It is a young boy, frightened and alone, with a set of deer antlers strapped firmly to his head. Fourteen years later, a body is found in a mountain lake. Within weeks, three people have died. Each time, the killer has left a clue, inviting Special Investigations Detectives Munch and Kruger to play a deadly game - a game they cannot possibly win. Against the most dangerous and terrifying kind of serial killer. One who chooses their victims completely at random. To find the killer they must look deep within their own dark pasts, but how can you stop a murderer when you cannot begin to predict their next move? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Crossfire Malorie Blackman (Author) Series:
Noughts and Crosses
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
08 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 496pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241388440 ISBN13: 978-0-241-38844-0 ISBN10: 0241388449 EAN: 9780241388440 x Description: Crossfire is the long-awaited new novel in legendary author Malorie Blackman's ground-breaking Noughts & Crosses series - perfect for fans of The Handmaid's Tale and The Power. 'The Noughts & Crosses series are still my favourite books of all time and showed me just how amazing story-telling could be' - Stormzy Thirty-four years have passed since Sephy Hadley - a Cross - first met Callum McGregor - a Nought. Their love was forbidden, powerful - and deadly. Life is seemingly very different now for Noughts and Crosses - including for Sephy and Callum's families. But old wounds from the past are hard to heal, and when you're playing a game as dangerous as they are, it won't be long before someone gets caught in the crossfire. Praise for Noughts & Crosses: 'The most original book I've ever read' Benjamin Zephaniah 'Blackman "gets" people . . . she "gets" humanity as a whole, too' Guardian
'Powerful' Sunday Times _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Guest Book Sarah Blake (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Viking
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 512pp h234mm x w153mm x s37mm 612g ISBN13: 9780670920716 ISBN13: 978-0-670-92071-6 ISBN10: 0670920711 EAN: 9780670920716 x Description: A sweeping, heart-wrenching novel about three generations of a privileged American family, and the secrets that bind them, from the bestselling author of THE POSTMISTRESS - available for preo-rder now "An exploration of memory, identity, love, and family loyalty. Powerful and provocative" Paula McLain, bestselling author of The Paris Wife The Miltons are a powerful old New York family - the kind of family that used to run the world. And in 1935, they still do. Kitty and Ogden Milton seem to have it all: an elegant apartment on the Upper East Side, two beautiful little boys, a love everyone envies. When a tragedy befalls them, Ogden comforts Kitty the only way he knows how - they go sailing, picnic on a small island off the coast of Maine, and buy it. For generations the Miltons of Crockett Island revel in a place that is entirely their own. But it's 1959, and the world is changing: Ogden's firm hire a Jewish man, Len Levy, who earns the admiration of not only his boss, but his boss's beautiful young daughter. When Len and his friend visit the island, the Milton's principles and prejudices are challenged like never before. At the dawn of the 21st century, the family money has run dry, and the island is up for sale. Returning for one last visit, Kitty's granddaughter uncovers disturbing evidence about her family's wealth - and realizes she is on the verge of finally understanding the silences that seemed to hover just below the surface of her family all her life. 'I was totally swept away by this beautiful, engrossing, ultimately heartbreaking family saga' Rachel Rhys, author of 'Dangerous Crossing' and 'Fatal Inheritance' _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Weather Machine: How We See Into the Future Andrew Blum (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
The Bodley Head Ltd
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
27 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 224pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781847923417 ISBN13: 978-1-84792-341-7 ISBN10: 1847923410 EAN: 9781847923417 x Description: * Shall we take an umbrella... or evacuate the city? The Weather Machine is about a miraculous-but-overlooked invention that helps us through our daily lives - and sometimes saves them - by allowing us to see into the future. When Superstorm Sandy hit North America, weather scientists had predicted its arrival a full eight days beforehand, saving countless lives and astonishing us with their capability. Their skill is unprecedented in human history and draws on nearly every major invention of the last two centuries: Newtonian physics, telecommunications, spaceflight and super-computing. In this gripping investigation, Andrew Blum takes us on a global journey to explain this awe-inspiring feat - from satellites circling the Earth, to weather stations far out in the ocean, through some of the most ingenious minds and advanced algorithms at work today. Our destination: the simulated models they have constructed of our planet, which spin faster than time, turning chaos into prediction, offering glimpses of our future with eery precision.
This collaborative invention spans the Earth and relies on continuous co-operation between all nations - a triumph of human ingenuity and diplomacy we too often shrug off as a tool for choosing the right footwear each morning. But in this new era of extreme weather, we may come to rely on its maintenance and survival for our own. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Everyday Strong: Six Principles to Build Everyday Resilience Samantha Boardman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Life
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
03 Sep 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 304pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780241292211 ISBN13: 978-0-241-29221-1 ISBN10: 0241292212 EAN: 9780241292211 x Description: More often than not, it's the constant bombardment of little challenges we face in our daily lives that tests our resilience the most. Eating away at our ability to cope, we are left overburdened and lacking in self-worth. So what can we do to fortify ourselves to overcome these obstacles? For Psychiatrist and wellness expert Dr Samantha Boardman, feeling strong is all about accessing the small amounts of resilience that exist even within our stress, which is why she has developed her six proven principles for recognising and building on the assets you already have. Instead of wallowing in panic and indecision, Everyday Strong will furnish you with all the skills you need to manage the daily barrage of stress, from the slew of competing demands at work, conflicts with loved ones, losses or disappointments, and even nuisances like missing luggage. These are the problems that defeat us, overwhelm us, and rob us of confidence. It's time to take back this confidence, it's time to be Everyday Strong. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Stranger Things: Suspicious Minds: The First Official Novel Gwenda Bond (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
13 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781787462021 ISBN13: 978-1-78746-202-1 ISBN10: 1787462021 EAN: 9781787462021 x Description: _____________________________ `A pacey, creepy book that does what any good prequel should... this is unmistakably Stranger Things' - SFX Magazine _____________________________ A mysterious lab. A sinister scientist. A secret history. If you think you know the truth about Eleven's mother, prepare to have your mind turned Upside Down. It's the summer of 1969. The world is changing, and Terry Ives isn't content to watch from the sidelines. When word gets around about an important government experiment, she signs on as a test subject. But behind the walls of Hawkins National Laboratory - and the piercing gaze of its director, Dr Martin Brenner - lurks a dark conspiracy. To face it, she'll need the help of her fellow test subjects, including a mysterious young girl with unexplainable powers. . . _____________________________ 'Suspicious Minds is the prequel story that fans have been waiting for.' - Kirkus Reviews
'You're left hungry for more, but in the best way possible, as the book manages the balancing act between interconnected prequel and standalone story.' - Cinelinx _____________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Love is Blind William Boyd (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Viking
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 384pp h198mm x w129mm x s23mm 266g ISBN13: 9780241295922 ISBN13: 978-0-241-29592-2 ISBN10: 0241295920 EAN: 9780241295922 x Description: 'Boyd on form is the ultimate in immersive fiction, and Love is Blind is Boyd at the top of his game . . . magnificent' Sunday Times 'A finely judged performance: a deft and resonant alchemy of fact and fiction, of literary myth and imagination' Guardian Book of the Week This is William Boyd's sweeping, heart-stopping new novel. Set at the end of the 19th century, it follows the fortunes of Brodie Moncur, a young Scottish musician, about to embark on the story of his life. When Brodie is offered a job in Paris, he seizes the chance to flee Edinburgh and his tyrannical clergyman father, and begin a wildly different new chapter in his life. In Paris, a fateful encounter with a famous pianist irrevocably changes his future - and sparks an obsessive love affair with a beautiful Russian soprano, Lika Blum. Moving from Paris to St Petersburg to Edinburgh and back again, Brodie's love for Lika and its dangerous consequences pursue him around Europe and beyond, during an era of overwhelming change as the nineteenth century becomes the twentieth. Love is Blind is a tale of dizzying passion and brutal revenge; of artistic endeavour and the illusions it creates; of all the possibilities that life can offer, and how cruelly they can be snatched away. At once an intimate portrait of one man's life and an expansive exploration of the beginning of the twentieth century, Love is Blind is a masterly new novel from one of Britain's best loved storytellers. 'Boyd is back on a form few of his contemporaries can match. This fine, touching and clever book is the best thing he's written since [Any Human Heart] and deserves similar adulation' Obsever 'Boyd's talents as a rollicking storytelling [are] full on display in this historical blockbuster' Metro _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Secret Service Tom Bradby (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Bantam Press
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
30 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 368pp h234mm x w153mm x s27mm 444g ISBN13: 9781787630499 ISBN13: 978-1-78763-049-9 ISBN10: 1787630498 EAN: 9781787630499 x Description: To those who don't really know her, Kate Henderson's life must seem exceedingly ordinary. Civil servant, wife, parent of two teenagers, daughter of an Alzheimer's-stricken mother ... But she's also a senior MI6 officer, and right now she is nursing the political equivalent of a nuclear bomb. Kate's mission to bug an oligarch's super-yacht in Istanbul has yielded the startling intelligence that the British Prime Minister has prostate cancer - and that one of the leading candidates to replace him may be a Russian agent of influence. Is this `intelligence' reliable - or is it an attempt to create chaos within the British hierarchy? Kate's bosses have their doubts. But when the PM suddenly announces his resignation, the hunt for the spy begins in earnest. It's a nightmarish task, made infinitely worse by the revelation that there
may be another mole - codename Viper - at the heart of the Establishment. As the tension mounts, an operation that looked as if it might cost Kate her sanity appears poised to do much, much more than that ... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Darker the Night, the Brighter the Stars: A Neuropsychologist's Odyssey Paul Broks (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 320pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 236g ISBN13: 9780241957462 ISBN13: 978-0-241-95746-2 ISBN10: 024195746X EAN: 9780241957462 x Description: '[A] beautifully written investigation of grief ... As an exploration of love and loss, as a portrait of a person and of the nature of personhood, this book is about as true as any I have read' James McConnachie, Sunday Times An audacious and beautiful account of grief and who we are. Memoir, neuroscience and myth interweave to create a book unlike any other When celebrated neuropsychologist Paul Broks' wife died of cancer, he found himself plunged into the world of the bereaved. As he experienced the pain, alienation and suffering that make us human, his clinician-self seemed to watch on with keen interest. He embarked upon a voyage of experience: a journey through grief, philosophy, consciousness, humanity and magical thinking - seen through the prism of a lifetime's work in neuroscience. Fusing an account of living with and recovering from loss with thought-provoking meditations on the nature of the mind and the self, The Darker the Night, the Brighter the Stars is an audacious and beautiful work by a writer of astonishing wisdom and compassion. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life David Brooks (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen Lane
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
16 Apr 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 384pp h240mm x w162mm x s35mm 611g ISBN13: 9780241400630 ISBN13: 978-0-241-40063-0 ISBN10: 0241400635 EAN: 9780241400630 x Description: DEBUTED AT NO.1 ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE SOCIAL ANIMAL Are you on your first or second mountain? Is life about you - or others? About success - or something deeper? The world tells us that we should pursue our self-interest: career wins, high status, nice things. These are the goals of our first mountain. But at some point in our lives we might find that we're not interested in what other people tell us to want. We want the things that are truly worth wanting. This is the second mountain. What does it mean to look beyond yourself and find a moral cause? To forget about independence and discover dependence - to be utterly enmeshed in a web of warm relationships? What does it mean to value intimacy, devotion, responsibility and commitment above individual freedom? In The Second Mountain David Brooks explores the meaning and possibilities that scaling a second mountain offer us and the four commitments that most commonly move us there: family, vocation, philosophy and community. Inspiring, personal and full of joy, this book will help you discover why you were really put on this earth.
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Call of the Curlew Elizabeth Brooks (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Black Swan
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w127mm x s19mm 220g ISBN13: 9781784163495 ISBN13: 978-1-78416-349-5 ISBN10: 178416349X EAN: 9781784163495 x Description: 'Unforgettable' - ROSAMUND LUPTON Virginia Wrathmell has always known she will meet her death on the marsh. One snowy New Year's Eve, at the age of eighty-six, Virginia feels the time has finally come. New Year's Eve, 1939. Virginia is ten, an orphan arriving to meet her new parents at their mysterious house, Salt Winds. Her new home sits on the edge of a vast marsh, a beautiful but dangerous place. War feels far away out here amongst the birds and shifting sands - until the day a German fighter plane crashes into the marsh. The people at Salt Winds are the only ones to see it. What happens next is something Virginia will regret for the next seventy-five years, and which will change the whole course of her life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Blood River: Vintage Voyages Tim Butcher (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage Classics
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784875381 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-538-1 ISBN10: 1784875384 EAN: 9781784875381 x Description: Vintage Voyages: A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind When Daily Telegraph correspondent Tim Butcher was sent to cover Africa he quickly became obsessed with the idea of recreating H.M. Stanley's famous expedition - but travelling alone. Despite warnings that his plan was 'suicidal', Butcher set out for the Congo's eastern border with just a rucksack and a few thousand dollars hidden in his boots. Making his way in an assortment of vessels including a motorbike and a dugout canoe, helped along by a cast of characters from UN aid workers to a campaigning pygmy, he followed in the footsteps of the great Victorian adventurers. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dog Diaries: Mission Impawsible Steven Butler (Author) James Patterson (Author) Richard Watson (Illustrated by) Series:
Dog Diaries
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow (Young)
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
11 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 144pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781529119596 ISBN13: 978-1-5291-1959-6 ISBN10: 1529119596 EAN: 9781529119596
x Description: 'A perfect story to tickle the funny bone of any young reader!' MEGAN RIX You'll never guess what, my person-pal... I'M GOING TO HOLLYWOOD! And, what's even better? All my best mutt-mates are coming with me! But my dreams of being talent-spotted while walking down streets paved with sausage meat don't quite come true... And when the vacation takes a VERY unexpected turn, I'll need to find a way to escape a LIVING NIGHTMARE and get us all home! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sand and Steel: A New History of D-Day Peter Caddick-Adams (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Random House Books
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
30 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 1072pp h240mm x w162mm x s64mm 1701g ISBN13: 9781847948281 ISBN13: 978-1-84794-828-1 ISBN10: 1847948286 EAN: 9781847948281 x Description: The most comprehensive and authoritative history of D-Day ever published `Extraordinary' Andrew Roberts `Brilliant' Jeremy Black `Magisterial' James Holland ________________ 6 June 1944, 4 a.m. Hundreds of boats assemble off the coast of Normandy. By nightfall, thousands of the men they carry will be dead. Through their sacrifice, the Allies will gain a foothold in Europe that will ultimately lead to the downfall of the Third Reich. This was D-Day, the most important day of the twentieth century. ________________ In Sand and Steel, one of Britain's leading military historians draws on a decade of archival research and thousands of interviews to offer a panoramic new account of the Allied invasion of France. Peter Caddick-Adams masterfully recreates what it was like to wade out onto the carnage of Omaha Beach, facing the machine-gun fire that wiped out whole battalions of troops. He delves into how the Allied generals came to choose Normandy in June 1944, and describes the extraordinary subterfuge that went into keeping the decision secret. And he recounts how the operation transformed the lives of Britons back home, transforming sleepy villages in the Home Counties into bustling military outposts. His findings offer revelatory new insights into our understanding of D-Day. Sand and Steel is the only book to discuss the experiences of every major military force: not just the infantrymen on the beaches, but also the paratroopers, sailors and aircrew, resistance fighters in France, women on the Home Front, and even the German Wehrmacht. It offers the first full analysis of the year-long invasion preparations, revealing that more men died in training exercises than during the landing itself. Above all, it pays tribute to soldiers of all nationalities, demonstrating that the often-overlooked UK and Canadian were just as crucial to victory as the American forces were. The result is an authoritative and compulsively readable exploration of the most important battle in history. It will be the definitive work on D-Day for years to come. ________________ PRAISE FOR SAND AND STEEL `Whether you are a visitor to the Normandy battlefields, a general reader interested in the greatest amphibious assault in the history of warfare, or just
someone who appreciates extremely well-written military history . . . this truly extraordinary book is undoubtedly the one for you.' Andrew Roberts `Following his excellent study of the Battle of the Bulge, Caddick-Adams does it again by explaining, as opposed to simply describing, the Allies' victory.' Jeremy Black `Peter Caddick-Adams is unquestionably one of the very finest historians of the Second World War . . . His D-Day must surely go down as the definitive narrative of that pivotal moment in the history of the war.' James Holland _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mind Game: The Secrets of Golf's Winners Michael Calvin (Author) Thomas Bjorn (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Yellow Jersey Press
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
30 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 288pp h240mm x w162mm x s29mm 532g ISBN13: 9781787290402 ISBN13: 978-1-78729-040-2 ISBN10: 1787290409 EAN: 9781787290402 x Description: Eye-opening contributions from the stars of game make this a powerful, groundbreaking investigation into the mind of the professional golfer. Professional golf is the most remorseless of sports, unique in the complexity of its demands. Technical perfection must be produced in short, concentrated bursts of synchronised movement. Huge mental strength is required. Why, then, do we know so little about what it takes to succeed - even survive - at the highest level? What separates the good from the great? What are the rituals of preparation and execution? How does an elite team come together? In a truly groundbreaking expose of professional golf, Michael Calvin and Thomas Bjorn - captain of the 2018 European Ryder Cup Team - capture the distinctive nature of the game, and the principles and philosophies of players who dominate the world rankings. With unprecedented access to the European Tour players, and in-depth interviews with the European Ryder Cup team, Calvin reveals a sport which operates entirely within the finest margins of excellence. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Death and other Happy Endings Melanie Cantor (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Bantam Press
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
13 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h234mm x w153mm x s23mm 388g ISBN13: 9781787631366 ISBN13: 978-1-78763-136-6 ISBN10: 1787631362 EAN: 9781787631366 x Description: Jennifer Cole has just been told that she has a terminal blood disease. She has three months to live -- ninety days to say goodbye to friends and family and put her affairs in order. Trying to focus on the positives (at least she'll never lose her teeth) Jennifer realises she has one overriding regret: the words she's left unsaid. Rather than pursuing a frantic bucket list, she chooses to stay put, and write letters to three significant people in her life: her overbearing, selfish sister, her jelly-spined, cheating ex-husband, and her charming, unreliable ex-boyfriend finally telling them the things she's always wanted to say but never dared. At first, Jennifer feels cleansed by her catharsis. Liberated, even. But once you start telling the truth, it's hard to stop. And, as she soon discovers, the truth isn't always as straightforward as it seems, and death has a way of surprising you ..
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How to Win Friends and Influence People: (Vermilion Life Essentials) Dale Carnegie (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vermilion
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
06 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w126mm ISBN13: 9781785042409 ISBN13: 978-1-78504-240-9 ISBN10: 1785042408 EAN: 9781785042409 x Description: The most famous confidence-boosting book ever published, with sales of over 16 million copies worldwide Millions of people around the world have improved their lives based on the teachings of Dale Carnegie. In How to Win Friends and Influence People, he offers practical advice and techniques, in his exuberant and conversational style, for how to get out of a mental rut and make life more rewarding. His advice has stood the test of time and will teach you how to: - make friends quickly and easily - increase your popularity - persuade people to follow your way of thinking - enable you to win new clients and customers - become a better speaker - boost enthusiasm among your colleagues This classic book will turn your relationships around and improve your interactions with everyone in your life. Dale Carnegie, known as 'the arch-priest of the art of making friends', pioneered the development of personal business skills, self-confidence and motivational techniques. His books - most notably How to Win Friends and Influence People - have sold tens of millions worldwide and, even in today's changing climate, they remain as popular as ever. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Murder of Quality John Le Carre (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Classics
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 192pp h197mm x w127mm x s19mm 234g ISBN13: 9780241337127 ISBN13: 978-0-241-33712-7 ISBN10: 0241337127 EAN: 9780241337127 x Description: John le Carre's second novel is an ingenious puzzle featuring his best-loved character George Smiley. Now available in a collector's hardback edition. Stella Rode has twice disturbed the ancient cloisters of Carne School: firstly by being the wrong sort, with her doilies and china ducks, and secondly by being murdered. George Smiley, who has his own connection with the school, is asked by an old Service friend to investigate. Smiley knows that Stella feared her husband would murder her, but as he probes further beneath Carne's respectable veneer, he uncovers far more than a simple crime of passion. In his second George Smiley novel, le Carre moves outside the world of espionage to reveal the secrets at the heart of another particularly English institution. The result is a pitch-perfect murder mystery, with Smiley as master detective. THE SECOND GEORGE SMILEY NOVEL 'Beautifully intelligent, satiric and witty' Daily Telegraph _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Looking Glass War John le Carre (Author) Series:
The Penguin John le Carre Hardback Collection
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Classics
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 288pp h6mm x w3mm ISBN13: 9780241337141 ISBN13: 978-0-241-33714-1 ISBN10: 0241337143 EAN: 9780241337141 x Description: A department of ageing British spies will break any rule for the glory of launching a secret agent into communist East Germany, in the fourth novel featuring George Smiley. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold John Le Carre (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Classics
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h6mm x w3mm ISBN13: 9780241337134 ISBN13: 978-0-241-33713-4 ISBN10: 0241337135 EAN: 9780241337134 x Description: In 1963 John le Carre published his third book, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. Written over a period of about five weeks in response to the fear and ugliness of the Berlin Wall, its bitter, devastating story crystallised the doubts and moral dilemmas of the time. It altered irrevocably our understanding of the Cold War, the shape of the spy novel, and John le Carre's writing career, propelling him to international fame. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Carrington's Letters: Her Art, Her Loves, Her Friendships Dora Carrington (Author) Anne Chisholm (Edited by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 448pp h235mm x w155mm x s35mm 235g ISBN13: 9781845951887 ISBN13: 978-1-84595-188-7 ISBN10: 1845951883 EAN: 9781845951887 x Description: Carrington's beguiling letters take us beyond the Bloomsbury group to discuss sexual mores, how to be an artist, and what it is to be truly oneself. Known only by her surname, Dora Carrington was the star of her year at the Slade School of Fine Art, and was friends with some of the greatest minds of her day, including Virginia Woolf, Rosamund Lehmann and Maynard Keynes. For over a decade she was the companion of homosexual writer Lytton Strachey, and - stricken without him- killed herself when he died in 1932. Though she never achieved the fame her early career promised, in her determination to live life according to her own nature - especially in relation to her work and her fluid attitude to sex, gender and sexuality - she fought battles that remain familiar and urgent today.
Now, through her passionate, playful and honest letters, we can encounter the maverick artist and compelling personality afresh and in her own words. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee Casey Cep (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
William Heinemann Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
07 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 336pp h234mm x w153mm x s25mm 440g ISBN13: 9781785150746 ISBN13: 978-1-78515-074-6 ISBN10: 178515074X EAN: 9781785150746 x Description: `A triumph on every level. One of the losses to literature is that Harper Lee never found a way to tell a gothic true-crime story she'd spent years researching. Casey Cep has excavated this mesmerizing story and tells it with grace and insight and a fierce fidelity to the truth.' DAVID GRANN, author of Killers of the Flower Moon _____________________________ The stunning story of an Alabama serial killer and the true-crime book that Harper Lee worked on obsessively in the years after To Kill a Mockingbird Reverend Willie Maxwell was a rural preacher accused of murdering five of his family members for insurance money in the 1970s. With the help of a savvy lawyer, he escaped justice for years until a relative shot him dead at the funeral of his last victim. Despite hundreds of witnesses, Maxwell's murderer was acquitted - thanks to the same attorney who had previously defended the Reverend. As Alabama is consumed by these gripping events, it's not long until news of the case reaches Alabama's - and America's - most famous writer. Intrigued by the story, Harper Lee makes a journey back to her home state to witness the Reverend's killer face trial. Harper had the idea of writing her own In Cold Blood, the true-crime classic she had helped her friend Truman Capote research. Lee spent a year in town reporting on the Maxwell case and many more years trying to finish the book she called The Reverend. Now Casey Cep brings this story to life, from the shocking murders to the courtroom drama to the racial politics of the Deep South. At the same time, she offers a deeply moving portrait of one of the country's most beloved writers and her struggle with fame, success, and the mystery of artistic creativity. This is the story Harper Lee wanted to write. This is the story of why she couldn't. _____________________________ 'Fascinating ... Cep has spliced together a Southern-gothic tale of multiple murder and the unhappy story of Lee's literary career, to produce a tale that is engrossing in its detail and deeply poignant... [Cep] spends the first third of Furious Hours following the jaw-dropping trail of murders ... Engrossing ... Cep writes about all this with great skill, sensitivity and attention to detail.' SUNDAY TIMES `It's been a long time since I picked up a book so impossible to put down. Furious Hours made me forget dinner, ignore incoming calls, and stay up reading into the small hours. It's a work of literary and legal detection as gripping as a thriller. But it's also a meditation on motive and mystery, the curious workings of history, hope, and ambition, justice, and the darkest matters of life and death. Casey Cep's investigation into an infamous Southern murder trial and Harper Lee's quest to write about it is a beautiful, sobering, and sometimes chilling triumph.' HELEN MACDONALD, author of H is for Hawk 'This story is just too good ... Furious Hours builds and builds until it collides with the writer who saw the power of Maxwell's story, but for some reason was unable to harness it. It lays bare the inner life of a woman who had a world-class gift for hiding ... [this] book makes a magical leap, and it goes from being a superbly written true-crime story to the sort of story that even Lee would have been proud to write.' MICHAEL LEWIS, author of Moneyball and The Big Short _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts Andrew Chaikin (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
13 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 704pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241363157 ISBN13: 978-0-241-36315-7 ISBN10: 0241363152 EAN: 9780241363157 x Description: 'Impressive and illuminating' -Tom Hanks The race to the moon was won spectacularly by Apollo 11 on 20 July 1969. When astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took their 'giant leap for mankind' across a ghostly lunar landscape, they were watched by some 600 million people on Earth 240,000 miles away. A Man on the Moon is the definitive account of the heroic Apollo programme: from the tragedy of the fire in Apollo 1 during a simulated launch, Apollo 8's bold pioneering flight around the moon, through to the euphoria of the first moonwalk, and to the discoveries made by the first scientist on the moon aboard Apollo 17. Drawing on hundreds of hours of in-depth interviews with the astronauts and mission personnel, this is the story of the twentieth century's greatest human achievement, minute-by-minute, through the eyes of those who were there. 'An extraordinary book . . . Space, with its limitless boundaries, has the power to inspire, to change lives, to make the impossible happen. Chaikin's superb book demonstrates how' - Sunday Times 'A superb account . . . Apollo may be the only achievement by which our age is remembered a thousand years from now' - Arthur C. Clarke 'The authoritative masterpiece' - Los Angeles Times _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In Patagonia: Vintage Voyages Bruce Chatwin (Author) Nicholas Shakespeare (Introduction by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage Classics
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784875367 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-536-7 ISBN10: 1784875368 EAN: 9781784875367 x Description: Vintage Voyages: A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind When Bruce Chatwin's In Patagonia was published in 1977 it heralded the arrival of a startling new talent in British literature. Critics were surprised and spellbound by a story of an adventure which blurred the boundaries between travel writing, biography, history and memoir. All readers recognised its timeless quality - Auberon Waugh went as far as to call it `a classic'. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Origin Story: A Big History of Everything David Christian (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 269g ISBN13: 9780141983028 ISBN13: 978-0-14-198302-8 ISBN10: 0141983027 EAN: 9780141983028 x Description: David Christian, creator of Big History ('My favourite course of all time' Bill Gates), brings us the epic story of the universe and our place in it, from 13.8 billion years ago to the remote future 'Nails home the point: Life is a miracle ... A compelling history of everything' Washington Post 'Spectacular' Carlo Rovelli How did we get from the Big Bang to today's staggering complexity, in which seven billion humans are connected into networks powerful enough to transform the planet? And why, in comparison, are our closest primate relatives reduced to near-extinction? Big History creator David Christian gives the answers in a mind-expanding cosmological detective story told on the grandest possible scale. He traces how, during eight key thresholds, the right conditions have allowed new forms of complexity to arise, from stars to galaxies, Earth to homo sapiens, agriculture to fossil fuels. This last mega-innovation gave us an energy bonanza that brought huge benefits to mankind, yet also threatens to shake apart everything we have created. 'Rather like the Big Bang, the book is awe-inspiring ... Superb' The Times 'With fascinating ideas on every page and the page-turning energy of a good thriller, this is a landmark work' Sir Ken Robinson, author of The Element _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The French Revolution and What Went Wrong Stephen Clarke (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
11 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback A-format paperback 384pp h178mm x w110mm ISBN13: 9781784754372 ISBN13: 978-1-78475-437-2 ISBN10: 1784754374 EAN: 9781784754372 x Description: An entertaining and eye-opening look at the French Revolution, by Stephen Clarke, author of 1000 Years of Annoying the French and A Year in the Merde. The French Revolution and What Went Wrong looks back at the French Revolution and how it's surrounded in a myth. In 1789, almost no one in France wanted to oust the king, let alone guillotine him. But things quickly escalated until there was no turning back. The French Revolution and What Went Wrong looks at what went wrong and why France would be better off if they had kept their monarchy. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
And Another Thing: The World According to Clarkson Volume 2 Jeremy Clarkson (Author) Series:
The World According to Clarkson
Edition:
2nd edition
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
30 May 2007
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 244g ISBN13: 9780141028606 ISBN13: 978-0-14-102860-6 ISBN10: 0141028602 EAN: 9780141028606 x Description: Everyone knows that Jeremy Clarkson finds the world a perplexing place - after all, he wrote a bestselling book about it. Yet despite the appearance of The World According To Clarkson, things don't seem to have improved much. However, Jeremy is not someone to give up easily and he's decided to have another go. In And Another Thing, our exasperated hero discovers that: He inadvertently dropped a bomb on North Carolina We're all going to explode at the age of 62 Russians look bad in Speedos. But not as bad as we do. No one should have to worry about being Bill Oddie's long lost sister He should probably be nicer about David Beckham Thigh-slappingly funny and - as ever - in your face, Jeremy Clarkson bursts the pointless little bubbles of the idiots while celebrating the special, the unique and the sheer bloody brilliant ... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
As I Was Saying . . .: The World According to Clarkson Volume 6 Jeremy Clarkson (Author) Series:
The World According to Clarkson
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
19 May 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 245g ISBN13: 9781405924177 ISBN13: 978-1-4059-2417-7 ISBN10: 1405924179 EAN: 9781405924177 x Description: Crikey, the world according to Clarkson's been a funny old place of late . . . For a while, Jeremy could be found in his normal position as the tallest man on British television but, more recently, he appears to have been usurped by a pretend elephant. But on paper the real Jeremy remains at the helm. That's as it should be. For nearly thirty years he has been fearlessly leading the charge as one the best comic writers in the country. And in 2015, he shows no sign of slowing down. So, whether it's pondering: If Jesus might have been better off being born in New Zealand Why reflexive pronoun abuse is the worst thing in the world
How Pam Ayres's head trumps Gordon Gecko's underpants Or what a television presenter with time on his hands gets up to Jeremy is still trying to make sense of all the big stuff. Circumstances change. Nothing's forever. But As I Was Saying provides glorious proof that Jeremy remains as funny, puzzled, excitable, outspoken, insightful and thought-provoking as ever. As if you ever doubted it . . . *** Praise for Clarkson: 'Brilliant... laugh-out-loud' Daily Telegraph 'Outrageously funny... will have you in stitches' Time Out 'Very funny . . . I cracked up laughing on the tube' Evening Standard _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
For Crying Out Loud: The World According to Clarkson Volume 3 Jeremy Clarkson (Author) Series:
The World According to Clarkson
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
14 May 2009
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 251g None ISBN13: 9780141038124 ISBN13: 978-0-14-103812-4 ISBN10: 0141038128 EAN: 9780141038124 x Description: The publication of The World According to Clarkson in 2004 launched a multi-million-copy bestselling phenomenon. But to no avail. Jeremy's one-man war on crimes against common sense has not yet been won. And our hero's still scratching his head at the madness of it all. But it's not all bad. He's learned a little along the way, including: Why binge drinking is good for you The worst word in the English language The remarkable secret of eternal youth The pleasure and pain of middle-aged drumming The problem with America And how to dispose of a seal For anyone who's ever been driven to wonder just what is the matter with people these days, For Crying Out Loud is the perfect riposte. Surprising, fearless and always laugh-out-loud funny, Clarkson's back. And he's got a point . . . Jeremy Clarkson began his writing career on the Rotherham Advertiser. Since then he has written for the Sun, the Sunday Times, the Rochdale Observer, the Wolverhampton Express & Star, all of the associated Kent Newspapers, and Lincolnshire Life. Today he is the tallest person working in British television. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How Hard Can It Be?: The World According to Clarkson Volume 4 Jeremy Clarkson (Author) Series:
The World According to Clarkson
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
26 May 2011
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 245g ISBN13: 9780141048765 ISBN13: 978-0-14-104876-5 ISBN10: 014104876X EAN: 9780141048765 x Description: Volume 4 in the bestselling World According to Clarkson series Jeremy Clarkson had a dream. A world where the nonsensical made sense, the idiotic was abolished and the sheer bloody brilliant was embraced. In How Hard Can It Be? our hero embarks on a quest to set the world to rights. Again. En-route he discovers how rhubarb will become the new crack, that a comb over will end anyone's quest for global domination and what unites a Filipino chambermaid in Abergavenny with Prince Andrew. For anyone who's ever woken up and thought the time has come to stop the nonsense and celebrate the sensational, read on. Because seriously, how hard can it be? Jeremy Clarkson began his writing career on the Rotherham Advertiser. He now writes for the Sun and the Sunday Times and is the tallest person working in British television. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
If You'd Just Let Me Finish Jeremy Clarkson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
30 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 384pp h198mm x w129mm x s23mm 266g ISBN13: 9781405939058 ISBN13: 978-1-4059-3905-8 ISBN10: 1405939052 EAN: 9781405939058 x Description: Clarkson is back with a brand new book of hilarious stories and observations about our gone-wrong world. ___________ In November 2016 we woke up to the news that the forthright presenter of a popular television programme had become the most powerful man on the planet. His name, sadly, was not Jeremy Clarkson, but we might not have been any more surprised if it had been. Because the world seems to have taken a decidedly odd turn since Jeremy last reflected on the state of things between the covers of a book. But who better than JC to help us navigate our way through the mess? And while he's being trying to make sense of it all he's discovered one or two things along the way, including - The disabling effects of being vegan - How Blackpool might be improved by drilling a hole through it - The problem with meditation - A perfect location for rebuilding Palmyra - Why Tom Cruise can worship lizards if he wants to It's all been a bit unsettling.
But don't worry. If You'd Just Let Me Finish is Clarkson at his best. He may be as bemused, exasperated, amused and surprised as the rest of us, but in a world gone crazy, thank God someone has still got his head screwed on . . . Praise for Clarkson: 'Brilliant . . . laugh-out-loud' Daily Telegraph 'Outrageously funny . . . will have you in stitches' Time Out 'Very funny . . . I cracked up laughing on the tube' Evening Standard _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Is It Really Too Much To Ask?: The World According to Clarkson Volume 5 Jeremy Clarkson (Author) Series:
The World According to Clarkson
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
22 May 2014
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 480pp h198mm x w129mm x s29mm 330g ISBN13: 9781405914130 ISBN13: 978-1-4059-1413-0 ISBN10: 1405914130 EAN: 9781405914130 x Description: The fifth volume in the mega-bestselling World According to Clarkson series. Well, someone's got to do it: in a world which simply will not see reason, Jeremy sets off on another quest to beat a path of sense through all the silliness and idiocy. And there's no knowing what might catch Jeremy's eye along the way. It could be: -The merits of Stonehenge as a business model -Why all meetings are a waste of time -The theft of the Queen's cows -One Norwegian man's unique approach to showing his gratitude -Fitting a burglar alarm to a tortoise -Or how Lou Reed was completely wrong about what makes a perfect day Pithy and provocative, this is Clarkson at his best, taking issue with whatever nonsense gets in the way of his search for all that's worth celebrating. Why should we be forced to accept stuff that's a bit rubbish? Shouldn't things work? Why doesn't someone care? I mean, is it really too much to ask? It's a good thing we've still got Jeremy out there, still looking, without fear or favour, for the answers. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The World According to Clarkson: The World According to Clarkson Volume 1 Jeremy Clarkson (Author) Series:
The World According to Clarkson
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
26 May 2005
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 245g ISBN13: 9780141017891 ISBN13: 978-0-14-101789-1 ISBN10: 0141017899 EAN: 9780141017891 x
Description: Jeremy Clarkson shares his opinions on just about everything in The World According to Clarkson. Jeremy Clarkson has seen rather more of the world than most. He has, as they say, been around a bit. And as a result, he's got one or two things to tell us about how it all works; and being Jeremy Clarkson he's not about to voice them quietly, humbly and without great dollops of humour. In The World According to Clarkson, he reveals why it is that: Too much science is bad for our health '70s rock music is nothing to be ashamed of Hunting foxes while drunk and wearing night-sights is neither big nor clever We must work harder to get rid of cricket He likes the Germans (well, sometimes) With a strong dose of common sense that is rarely, if ever, found inside the M25, Clarkson hilariously attacks the pompous, the ridiculous, the absurd and the downright idiotic, whilst also celebrating the eccentric, the clever and the sheer bloody brilliant. Less a manifesto for living and more a road map to modern life, The World According to Clarkson is the funniest book you'll read this year. Don't leave home without it. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Keep You Close Karen Cleveland (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Bantam Press
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
27 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h234mm x w153mm x s25mm 425g ISBN13: 9781787630611 ISBN13: 978-1-78763-061-1 ISBN10: 1787630617 EAN: 9781787630611 x Description: A strange sensation runs through me, a feeling that I don't know this person in front of me, even though he matters more to me than anyone ever has, than anyone ever will. You go into your son's bedroom. It's the usual mess. You tidy up some dirty plates, pick up some clothes, open the wardrobe to put them away. That's when you find it. Something so shocking it doesn't seem real. And you realize a horrifying truth... Your own son might be dangerous. Keep You Close is the chilling, relentless new thriller from the bestselling author of Need to Know. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The President is Missing President Bill Clinton (Author) James Patterson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
16 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback A-format paperback 528pp h178mm x w110mm x s31mm 278g ISBN13: 9781787460188 ISBN13: 978-1-78746-018-8 ISBN10: 1787460185 EAN: 9781787460188 x
Description: `The dream team delivers big time ... Clinton's insider secrets and Patterson's storytelling genius make this the political thriller of the decade.' - Lee Child ________________________________ The President is Missing. The world is in shock. But the reason he's missing is much worse than anyone can imagine. With details only a President could know, and the kind of suspense only James Patterson can deliver. ________________________________ `A bullet train of a thriller. The Day of the Jackal for the twenty-first century.' - A.J. Finn, author of The Woman in the Window `Yes, The President is Missing is fiction - it's a thriller - but James Patterson and I have come up with three of the most frightening days in the history of the presidency. And it could really happen... These days, the seemingly impossible can happen. And it happens so fast. I believe that readers will not soon forget President Jonathan Duncan and his story.' - Bill Clinton `Needless to say, we had some great conversations about the presidency, what life in Washington is really like, and about the state of America and the rest of the world.' - James Patterson `I felt like I was right along with the characters for the shocking twists and turns you'll never guess are coming. Patterson and Clinton have created a truly unique character in their `missing' President. The President is Missing puts the listener inside the White House and inside the mind of a President grappling with extraordinary circumstances.' - Dennis Quaid on the audiobook of The President is Missing 'Relentless in its plotting and honest in its examination of issues that strike close to our hearts.' - Jeffery Deaver 'A first-rate collaboration from a couple of real pros! Engrossing from page one.' - David Baldacci 'vivid, engrossing - and authentically frightening.' - Carl Hiaasen, author of Razor Girl 'The President is Missing is more than a thriller - it's a skeleton key that lets you inside the head of a U.S. president.' - Brad Meltzer, author of The Escape Artist 'From the pens of two American icons comes a political thriller that rocks... a helluva story.' - Nelson DeMille, author of The Cuban Affair 'The President Is Missing is heart-pounding, gripping, terrifying. As I read, ferociously turning the pages, I kept asking myself, "Could this really happen?" Bill Clinton's insight into the pressures of being president and life in the White House coupled with James Patterson's chops as an action writer have combined to give us a genuinely masterful thriller. My knuckles are still white!' - Louise Penny, #1 bestselling author of Glass Houses 'Marry the political savvy of Bill Clinton with the craftsmanship of James Patterson and you get a fabulously entertaining thriller that is meticulous in its portrayal of Washington politics, gripping in its pacing, and harrowing in its depiction of the perils of cyberwarfare. This dark tale is, at bottom, a warning and a prophecy about the mortal threats to our democracy posed by terrorists abroad, homegrown extremism, and the technological miracles that have rendered us both powerful and defenceless at once.' - Ron Chernow, #1 bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Alexander Hamilton and Grant 'Compelling from page one. A fantastic read!' - Mary Higgins Clark, #1 bestselling author of I've Got My Eyes on You 'The President Is Missing is a big, splashy juggernaut of a novel, combining thrills with a truly authentic look at the inner happenings in Washington. I read it in one gulp. You will too.' - Harlan Coben, #1 bestselling author of Don't Let Go _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Trinity: The Treachery and Pursuit of the Most Dangerous Spy in History Frank Close (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen Lane
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 528pp h240mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9780241309834 ISBN13: 978-0-241-30983-4 ISBN10: 0241309832 EAN: 9780241309834
x Description: Klaus Fuchs knew more nuclear secrets in the last two years of the Second World War than anyone else in Britain. He was taken onto the Manhattan Project in the USA as a trusted physicist - and was the conduit by which knowledge of the highest classification passed to the Soviet Union. When Truman announced at the Potsdam Conference that the US possessed a nuclear bomb, Stalin already knew. This book, by an accomplished scientist as well as historian, is the first to explain the physics as well as the spying, and because Frank Close worked, like Fuchs, at the Harwell Laboratory, it contains much important new material. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Run Away: from `the modern master of the hook and twist' Harlan Coben (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
08 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback A-format paperback 384pp h178mm x w110mm ISBN13: 9781784751180 ISBN13: 978-1-78475-118-0 ISBN10: 1784751189 EAN: 9781784751180 x Description: "Run Away confirms one of the world's finest thriller writers is at the very top of his game." PETER JAMES "Coben never, ever lets you down - but this one is really special." LEE CHILD ______________________ YOU'VE LOST YOUR DAUGHTER. She's addicted to drugs and to an abusive boyfriend. You haven't seen her in six months. Then you find her busking in New York's Central Park. But she's not the girl you remember. This woman is frail, filthy, terrified, and in more trouble than you ever imagined. You don't stop to think. You approach her. You beg her to come home. SHE RUNS. You follow. What choice do you have? And as you descend into the dark, dangerous world she's lost herself in, you quickly find yourself out of your depths. Down here, no-one is safe - and now both of you might never make it out alive... ______________________ "The modern master of the hook and twist" DAN BROWN "A twisty thriller that'll keep you up way past any sensible lights out time" HEAT "[Coben's] writing and storytelling are firing on all cylinders and the seemingly straightforward tale takes a sharp turn when it's least expected" DAILY MAIL "Run Away is Harlan Coben at the height of his narrative mastery... as a thriller it's a narcotic... unmissable." SHOTS MAGAZINE "The award-winning Coben once again gets his hook into you and twists to keep you snared." RTE GUIDE "Few of Harlan Coben's thrillers are anything less than gripping, but every now and again he writes one that exceeds his own high standards. Run Away is one." THE TIMES ONLINE "A twisty, disturbing and poignant thriller" WOMAN _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Middle England Jonathan Coe (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 432pp h198mm x w129mm x s26mm 300g ISBN13: 9780241983683 ISBN13: 978-0-241-98368-3 ISBN10: 0241983681 EAN: 9780241983683 x Description: 'THE BOOK EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT' THE TIMES 'It was tempting to think, at times like this, that some bizarre hysteria had gripped the British people' Beginning eight years ago on the outskirts of Birmingham, where car factories have been replaced by Poundland, and London, where frenzied riots give way to Olympic fever, Middle England follows a brilliantly vivid cast of characters through a time of immense change. There are newlyweds Ian and Sophie, who disagree about the future of the country and, possibly, the future of their relationship; Doug, the political commentator who writes impassioned columns about austerity from his Chelsea townhouse, and his radical teenage daughter who will stop at nothing in her quest for social justice; Benjamin Trotter, who embarks on an apparently doomed new career in middle age, and his father Colin, whose last wish is to vote in the European referendum. And within all these lives is the story of modern England: a story of nostalgia and delusion; of bewilderment and barely-suppressed rage. Following in the footsteps of The Rotters' Club and The Closed Circle, Jonathan Coe's new novel is the novel for our strange new times.
'From post-industrial Birmingham to the London riots and the current political gridlock, [Middle England] takes in family, literature and love in a comedy for our times' Guardian 'Coe shows an understanding of this country that goes beyond what most cabinet ministers can muster . . . his light, funny writing makes you feel better' Evening Standard 'Middle England is a full-blooded state of the nation novel, and it brings us bang up-to-date' Sunday Times Coe is an extraordinarily deft plotter...the book zips along...he tackles big ambitious themes, in this case the effect of politics on people's lives, and political opinions on personal relations' Mail on Sunday 'Sublimely good. Funny, tender, human and intelligent ... the state of the (Brexit) nation novel to end them all. Jonathan Coe's best since What a Carve Up!' India Knight 'An astute, enlightened and enlightening journey into the heart of our current national identity crisis. Both moving and funny. As we'd expect from Coe' Ben Elton 'The first great Brexit novel' Sathnam Sanghera 'Let me add to the chorus of praise forJonathan Coe's new book Middle England. Easily my favourite of his since What a Carve Up!, which did for Thatcherism what Middle England does for Brexit' John Crace 'Brilliant. Read it too fast, finished it too soon' Nigella Lawson 'Coe's comic critique of a divided country dazzles . . . Properly laugh-out-loud funny . . . it is also incisive and brilliant about our divided country and the deep chasms revealed by the vote to leave. Do not miss' The Bookseller 'A copper bottomed masterpiece' Barney Norris _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Rotters' Club Jonathan Coe (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 416pp h181mm x w111mm x s25mm 226g ISBN13: 9780241986479 ISBN13: 978-0-241-98647-9 ISBN10: 0241986478 EAN: 9780241986479 x Description: 'Sometimes I feel that I am destined always to be offstage whenever the main action occurs. That God has made me the victim of some cosmic practical joke, by assigning me little more than a walk-on part in my own life . . .' Coming of age in 1970s' Birmingham, teenager Benjamin Trotter is about to discover the agonies and ecstasies of growing up. Whether it is first love or last rites, IRA bombs or industrial strife, prog versus punk rock, expectations of bad poetry or an unexpected life-changing experience involving lost swimming trunks, The Rotters' Club is a heartfelt and hilarious portrait of a particular time and place featuring characters recognisable the world over . . . 'Very funny, a compulsive and gripping read' The Times 'Hugely entertaining' The Observer 'A book to cherish, a book to reread, a book to buy for all your friends' Independent on Sunday _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hippie Paulo Coelho (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
14 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback A-format paperback 304pp h178mm x w110mm x s18mm 163g ISBN13: 9781787461710 ISBN13: 978-1-78746-171-0 ISBN10: 1787461718 EAN: 9781787461710 x Description: A journey to the past. A map for the future. After hitchhiking from Brazil to nearly halfway around the world, Paulo stumbles across Karla, a young Dutch woman and like-minded soul, in Amsterdam's famous Dam Square. Together they decide to take the fabled hippie trail across Europe to Nepal, aboard the Magic Bus, in search of self-discovery. So begins a life-defining love story that will set the course for the rest of their lives. Drawing on the rich experience of his own life, Paulo Coelho relives the dreams of a generation that longed for peace and challenged the established social order. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Stop At Nothing Tammy Cohen (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Black Swan
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
25 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w127mm ISBN13: 9781784162474 ISBN13: 978-1-78416-247-4 ISBN10: 1784162477 EAN: 9781784162474 x Description: WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO GET JUSTICE FOR YOUR FAMILY? A gripping, relatable and intriguing thriller from one of the best-loved writers in the genre. For fans of Lisa Jewell, Heidi Perks and C L Taylor. ******** A mother's job is to keep her children safe. Tess has always tried to be a good mother. Of course, there are things she wishes she'd done differently, but doesn't everyone feel that way? Then Emma, her youngest, is attacked on her way home from a party, plunging them into a living nightmare which only gets worse when the man responsible is set free But what if she fails? So when Tess sees the attacker in the street near their home, she is forced to take matters into her own hands. But blinded by her need to protect her daughter at any cost, might she end up putting her family in even greater danger? There's nothing she wouldn't do to make it right . . . ******** Praise for Tammy Cohen: 'A fresh, clever psychological thriller. I loved it!' CLARE MACKINTOSH ' Tammy Cohen is rapidly becoming one of my favourite authors' EMMA KAVANAGH 'Psychological thrillers don't get much better than this!' C L TAYLOR 'Truly terrifying' RUTH WARE _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Girl at the Window Rowan Coleman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Ebury Press
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
08 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w126mm ISBN13: 9781785032462 ISBN13: 978-1-78503-246-2 ISBN10: 1785032461 EAN: 9781785032462 x Description: A house full of history is bound to have secrets... 'Spine-tinglingly beautiful. Prepare to lose your heart' Lisa Jewell
Ponden Hall is a centuries-old house on the Yorkshire moors, a magical place full of stories. It's also where Trudy Heaton grew up. And where she ran away from... Now, after the devastating loss of her husband, she is returning home with her young son, Will, who refuses to believe his father is dead. While Trudy tries to do her best for her son, she must also attempt to build bridges with her eccentric mother. And then there is the Hall itself: fallen into disrepair but generations of lives and loves still echo in its shadows, sometimes even reaching out to the present... A hauntingly beautiful story of love and hope, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Memory Book and The Summer of Impossible Things Praise for Rowan Coleman's writing: 'Rowan Coleman is one of those writers I will follow anywhere. I know however unlikely the story she will never lead me astray' Katie Fforde 'I'm so happy because she's written other books and its so lovely to find a writer you love who has a backlist' Marian Keyes 'Coleman is such a beautiful writer' Alex Marwood 'All Rowan's novels [are] life-affirming and shows the best of what humans can be; I felt that the world was a better place when I put it down' Julie Cohen 'One of my favourite writers' Cara Delevingne _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
More Orgasms Please: Why Female Pleasure Matters The Hotbed Collective (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Square Peg
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 368pp h222mm x w138mm ISBN13: 9781529110043 ISBN13: 978-1-5291-1004-3 ISBN10: 1529110041 EAN: 9781529110043 x Description: A FRANK, FUNNY AND EMPOWERING CELEBRATION OF FEMALE PLEASURE An orgasm will help you sleep and keep you looking younger, it doesn't cost money and isn't a scarce resource. So why is it that, like the pay gap, there is an `orgasm gap' between women and men? The Hotbed Collective began life as a podcast with a mission `to make life better one orgasm at a time'. Their debut book, More Orgasms Please is an open, honest and at moments hilarious dive into all aspects of sex for women. It covers feminist porn, body image, menopause and much more. Like the podcast that inspired it, More Orgasms Please is like the best sort of chat between friends: punchy and playful, normalising and educating. It is an eye-opening read that puts women's bodies and our right to pleasure firmly on the map. Think of it as `Couch to 5k' ... for orgasms. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
You, Me and the Movies Fiona Collins (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Corgi Books
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
22 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 388pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780552176385 ISBN13: 978-0-552-17638-5 ISBN10: 0552176389 EAN: 9780552176385
x Description: Two people. Ten classic films. A love story you'll never forget. ________ Arden has just started university when she meets Mac - and quickly falls head over heels for the handsome, charismatic film lecturer. Their love affair is dramatic, exciting and all-consuming; the sort of thing you only see in the movies. It couldn't last. But thirty years later, leading a very different life, Arden is visiting a friend in hospital when she suddenly comes across the man she never forgot. Badly injured in an accident, Mac can only make brief references to the classic films they once watched together: Casablanca, A Star is Born, Pretty Woman among others... and they make Arden remember everything. The bittersweet memories of their relationship help Arden re-connect with the world in a way she no longer thought was possible. But will a movieworthy love ever be hers again? A romantic, moving and inspiring love story that readers of David Nicholls, Jojo Moyes and Richard Curtis films will adore. ________ What everyone is saying about You, Me and the Movies: `I LOVED THIS BOOK!! You, Me and The Movies is beautifully crafted, funny, uplifting and guaranteed to leave you smiling!!! This is one of those BIG WONDERFUL books that pulls you in and doesn't let you go until the very last page.' Lauren North, author of THE PERFECT BETRAYAL 'Imagine "One Day" with movies' 'It's a feel good story, a great holiday read...' 'I loved this book... it would make a great Richard Curtis movie' 'Pulls you in and doesn't let you go until the very last page' 'It's feel-good, poignant and very, very funny' 'It made me laugh, cry and want to watch lots more old movies' _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Turning the Flywheel: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great Jim Collins (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Random House Business Publisher: Books
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
27 Feb 2019
Active
Publishing Status:
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 48pp h233mm x w153mm x s5mm 121g ISBN13: 9781847942555 ISBN13: 978-1-84794-255-5 ISBN10: 1847942555 EAN: 9781847942555 x Description: __________________ *From the author of the multi-million-copy bestseller Good to Great* `No matter what your walk of life, no matter how big or small your enterprise, no matter whether it's for-profit or nonprofit, no matter whether you're CEO or a unit leader, the question stands, How does your flywheel turn?' - JIM COLLINS __________________ The key to business success is not a single innovation or one plan. It is the act of turning the flywheel, slowly gaining momentum and eventually reaching a breakthrough. Building upon the flywheel concept introduced in his groundbreaking classic Good to Great, Jim Collins teaches readers how to create their own flywheel, how to accelerate the flywheel's momentum, and how to stay on the flywheel in shifting markets and during times of
turbulence. Combining research from his Good to Great labs and case studies from organisations like Amazon, Vanguard, and the Cleveland Clinic which have turned their flywheels with outstanding results, Collins demonstrates that successful organisations can disrupt the world around them - and reach unprecedented success - by employing the flywheel concept. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Confessions of Frannie Langton: 'A dazzling page-turner' (Emma Donoghue) Sara Collins (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Viking
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
26 Mar 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 384pp h234mm x w153mm x s27mm 497g ISBN13: 9780241349205 ISBN13: 978-0-241-34920-5 ISBN10: 0241349206 EAN: 9780241349205 x Description: 'A truly memorable heroine' Observer 'Lush, gritty, wry, gothic and compulsive' Emma Donoghue 'Spectacular' Natasha Pulley 'A moving, beguiling, gorgeously-written book' Kate Riordan 'A star in the making' Sunday Times 'Recalls the best of Sarah Waters' E C Fremantle 'Extraordinary' Cathy Rentzenbrink 'A stunning debut' Guardian __________________________________ 'They say I must be put to death for what happened to Madame, and they want me to confess. But how can I confess what I don't believe I've done?' 1826, and all of London is in a frenzy. Crowds gather at the gates of the Old Bailey to watch as Frannie Langton, maid to Mr and Mrs Benham, goes on trial for their murder. The testimonies against her are damning - slave, whore, seductress. And they may be the truth. But they are not the whole truth. For the first time Frannie must tell her story. It begins with a girl learning to read on a plantation in Jamaica, and it ends in a grand house in London, where a beautiful woman waits to be freed. But through her fevered confessions, one burning question haunts Frannie Langton: could she have murdered the only person she ever loved? A beautiful and haunting tale about one woman's fight to tell her story, The Confessions of Frannie Langton leads you through laudanum-laced dressing rooms and dark-as-night back alleys, into the enthralling heart of Georgian London. __________________________________ 'A book of heart, soul and guts' Elizabeth Day 'An 'emotionally honest' story of race in the 19th Century' As heard on BBC Woman's Hour 'Dazzlingly original' The Times 'Bold and powerful' Sunday Times 'Gothic writing at its very best' Christine Mangan, author of Tangerine 'Prepare to pass it on to friend after friend' Stylist 'It resonates long after the final page has been turned' Laura Carlin, the author of The Wicked Cometh 'Gothic fiction made brand new' Stef Penney, author of The Tenderness of Wolves 'Tender and furious and wholly deserving of attention' Jessie Greengrass, author of Sight
'A pitch-perfect gothic novel' Kate Riordan, author of The Girl in the Photograph 'The Confessions of Frannie Langton pulls the gothic into new territory and links it back to its origins' Guardian 'A literary page-turner' Rebecca F. John, author of The Haunting of Henry Twist 'From Charlotte Bronte through Sarah Waters, Alias Grace and Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea, The Confessions of Frannie Langton draws on a wealth of literary influences' Observer _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Author) Series:
Penguin Essentials
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 320pp h181mm x w111mm x s19mm 176g ISBN13: 9780241986608 ISBN13: 978-0-241-98660-8 ISBN10: 0241986605 EAN: 9780241986608 x Description: 'Come at once if convenient - if inconvenient come all the same . . .' The note from Sherlock Holmes to Dr Watson cannot be ignored and soon the pair find themselves investigating the curious case of an aged professor whose sudden strange alteration in behaviour terrifies everyone from his daughter and her fiance to the family dog. This and eleven other cases which confound clients or perplex the police are tackled by Holmes and Watson in the final collection of the duo's detecting adventures. 'Time and time again generations have shown that they need Holmes' Stephen Fry _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Find The Girl: All That Glitters Lucy Connell (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
25 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 400pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241340295 ISBN13: 978-0-241-34029-5 ISBN10: 0241340292 EAN: 9780241340295 x Description: Nancy Palmer used to be Insta-famous and her twin Nina used to shy away from everyone. Things can change pretty quickly. Nina has been accepted onto a Guildhall music course and is famous because of her pop star boyfriend, Chase. Nancy is trying to put her name on the map by becoming a music journalist and is not getting distracted by Chase's hot bandmate Miles. When their estranged dad shows up out of the blue and shows an interest in Nina's budding music career, Nancy isn't sure he's just there to make amends. As they attempt to find their way through new challenges, they both have to remember that you have to pave your own path to success and sometimes fame comes at a price. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Heart of Darkness: Vintage Voyages Joseph Conrad (Author) Tim Butcher (Introduction by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage Classics
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 176pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784875305 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-530-5 ISBN10: 1784875309 EAN: 9781784875305 x Description: Vintage Voyages: A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind Life on the river is brutal, and unknown threats lurk in the darkness; the silence of the jungle is broken only by the ominous sound of drumming. Marlow's mission to captain a steamer upriver into the dense interior leads him into conflict with the others who haunt the forest. But his decision to hunt down the mysterious Mr Kurtz, an ivory trader who is the subject of sinister rumours, leads him into more than just physical peril. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Grid Nick Cook (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Bantam Press
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
20 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 416pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781787630383 ISBN13: 978-1-78763-038-3 ISBN10: 1787630382 EAN: 9781787630383 x Description: Every day the President of the United States receives threats against his life. Every day his security tell him they're crackpots, nothing to worry about. Today is different. Today he doesn't believe them. Because he's been dreaming of his own violent death, over and over. It feels so real. Like someone is inside his head. The President's medical advisor, Josh Cain, a military psychologist with his own complications, is summoned to a church tower near the White House to talk down yet another suicidal ex-Marine. Today is different. Today the veteran asked for him by name, tells him of a plot against the President seconds before a sniper's bullet takes him out. Battles used to be fought man to man, then machine to machine, then in cyberspace. Time's Assassin is a thrilling mix of Homeland and Inception which takes us to the edge of a new kind of battlefield: the human brain... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I Looked Away Jane Corry (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
27 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 512pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241984635 ISBN13: 978-0-241-98463-5 ISBN10: 0241984637 EAN: 9780241984635 x Description: THE GRIPPING NEW THRILLER FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MY HUSBAND'S WIFE AND THE DEAD EX
_____________________________________ 'A fearsomely good thriller' Nicci French 'Sensitive and thought-provoking' Adele Parks _____________________________________ Every Monday, 49-year-old Ellie looks after her grandson Josh. She loves him more than anyone else in the world. The only thing that can mar her happiness is her husband's affair. But he swears it's over now, and Ellie has decided to be thankful for what she's got. Then one day, while she's looking after Josh, her husband gets a call from that woman. And just for a moment, Ellie takes her eyes off her grandson. What happens next will change her life forever. Because Ellie is hiding something in her past. And what looks like an accident could start to look like murder... _____________________________________ PRAISE FOR JANE CORRY - QUEEN OF THE TWISTY THRILLER: 'Compulsive, edgy and with some fabulous twists that I didn't see coming!' B A Paris 'Beautifully written' Peter James 'A 'keep you up all night' thriller with a very big heart. I loved it' Kate Hamer 'I raced through this - staying up FAR too late to finish' Teresa Driscoll 'Fans of psychological thrillers will be hooked after the first page' Closer 'Psychological thriller writing at its very best' SD Sykes 'Few writers can match Jane Corry in her compelling portrayals of damaged women and their dangerous liaisons' Cara Hunter, author of Close To Home _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Full Gas: How to Win a Bike Race - Tactics from Inside the Peloton Peter Cossins (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Yellow Jersey Press
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 234g ISBN13: 9781787290204 ISBN13: 978-1-78729-020-4 ISBN10: 1787290204 EAN: 9781787290204 x Description: Riding as fast as you could for as long as you could was the main tactic in the early days of road racing when Grand Tours could be won by hours. Now a minute's delay thanks to a puncture could ruin a rider's chances over a three-week race and the sport is described as nothing less than chess on wheels. The intricacies and complexities of cycling are what makes it so appealing: an eye for opportunity and a quick mind are just as crucial to success as a 'big engine' or good form. So how do you win a bike race? How do you cope with crosswinds, cobbles, elbows-out sprints, weaving your way through a teeming peloton? Why are steady nerves one of the best weapons in a rider's arsenal and breakaway artists to be revered? Where do you see the finest showcase of tactical brilliance? Peter Cossins takes us on to the team buses to hear pro cyclists and directeurs sportifs explain their tactics: when it went right, when they got it wrong - from sprinting to summits, from breakaways to bluffing. Hectic, thrilling, but sometimes impenetrable - watching a bike race can baffle as much as entertain. Full Gas is the essential guide to make sense of all things peloton.
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The Yellow Jersey Peter Cossins (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Yellow Jersey Press
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
27 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 336pp h240mm x w167mm ISBN13: 9781787290389 ISBN13: 978-1-78729-038-9 ISBN10: 1787290387 EAN: 9781787290389 x Description: In 2019, the cycling world will celebrate the 100th anniversary of sport's most iconic and distinguished prize: the Yellow Jersey. Beautifully produced and packed full of interviews with riders such as Chris Froome, Thomas Voeckler and the oldest living wearer of the Yellow Jersey at 94, Antonin Rolland, The Yellow Jersey is a fitting celebration of the 'maillot jaune'. In 1919 the leading rider was first instructed to wear the Yellow Jersey, following a campaign from fans and journalists who were struggling to to identify the winning rider. 100 years on, the jersey has passed into almost sacred status. You'll never see an amateur rider wearing yellow - it is reserved purely for those who have sacrificed themselves in the world's greatest race. Cossins will take the reader on a journey to the origins of the jersey and its early winners. He'll explore the effect of wearing yellow as a motivator and occasionally as a curse. Beautifully produced with original photography, The Yellow Jersey is an exquisite tribute to the greatest trophy in sport. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Bilingual Brain: And What It Tells Us about the Science of Language Albert Costa (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen Lane
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Language: English Translated From: Spanish Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 176pp h222mm x w138mm ISBN13: 9780241391518 ISBN13: 978-0-241-39151-8 ISBN10: 0241391512 EAN: 9780241391518 x Description: The definitive study of bilingualism and the human brain from a leading neuropsychologist How do two languages exist in the same brain? Why is it possible for the brain to forget a language? How does bilingualism sculpt the brain? Over half of the world's population is bilingual and yet this fascinating, complex ability of the human brain is understood by few. In The Bilingual Brain, leading expert Albert Costa explores the science of language through a wide range of cutting-edge studies and examples from South Korea to Spain to Canada. Looking at the development of the brain from infancy to old age, Costa shows us the impact of bilingualism on everyday life: from a bilingual's ability to multitask and make decisions to the way in which they interact with those around them. An absorbing examination of an extraordinary skill, The Bilingual Brain leaves us all with a sense of wonder at how language really works. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How to Be a Footballer Peter Crouch (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Ebury Press
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
30 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w126mm x s19mm 219g ISBN13: 9781785039782 ISBN13: 978-1-78503-978-2 ISBN10: 1785039784 EAN: 9781785039782 x Description: **Shortlisted for the Telegraph Sports Book Awards Autobiography of the Year** 'Very funny on almost every page, wonderfully self-deprecating and very sharp on the ludicrous behaviour of the modern player' - Sunday Times 'The funniest man in British sport' - Metro Featured on BBC Radio 2 with Chris Evans You become a footballer because you love football. And then you are a footballer, and you're suddenly in the strangest, most baffling world of all. A world where one team-mate comes to training in a bright red suit with matching top-hat, cane and glasses, without any actual glass in them, and another has so many sports cars they forget they have left a Porsche at the train station. Even when their surname is incorporated in the registration plate. So walk with me into the dressing-room, to find out which players refuse to touch a football before a game, to discover why a load of millionaires never have any shower-gel, and to hear what Cristiano Ronaldo says when he looks at himself in the mirror. We will go into post-match interviews, make fools of ourselves on social media and try to ensure that we never again pay GBP250 for a haircut that should have cost a tenner. We'll be coached and cajoled by Harry Redknapp, upset Rafa Benitez and be soothed by the sound of an accordion played by Sven-Goran Eriksson's assistant Tord Grip. There will be some very bad music and some very bad decisions. I am Peter Crouch. This is How To Be A Footballer. Shall we? Can't get enough of Crouch? Tune into That Peter Crouch Podcast on Radio 5 Live _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Lost Letters of William Woolf: The most uplifting and charming debut of the year Helen Cullen (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 416pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 289g ISBN13: 9781405934954 ISBN13: 978-1-4059-3495-4 ISBN10: 1405934956 EAN: 9781405934954 x Description: Lose yourself in the uplifting, escapist debut of the year . . . 'If you liked Harold Fry and Me Before You, you will love Cullen's nostalgic debut. This life-affirming book will draw you in and keep you there' Independent William Woolf is a letter detective at the Dead Letters Depot in East London, spending his days reuniting lost mail with its intended recipient. But when he discovers a series of letters addressed simply to 'My Great Love' everything changes . . . Written by a woman to a soulmate she hasn't met yet, her heartfelt words stir William in ways he has long forgotten.
Could they be destined for him? And what would that mean for his own troubled marriage? William must follow the clues in the letters to solve his most important mystery yet: his own heart. _________ 'I found myself totally transported into William's poignant and beguiling world of lost opportunities and love' A. J. Pearce, author of Sunday Times bestseller Dear Mrs Bird 'An enchanting contribution to the popular new trend of 'up lit', like Gail Honeyman's Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine' Irish Times 'Delightful' Sunday Times SHORTLISTED FOR NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR, IRISH BOOK AWARDS _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Grey Ghost: Fargo Adventures #10 Clive Cussler (Author) Robin Burcell (Author) Series:
Fargo Adventures
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
07 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 432pp h181mm x w111mm x s26mm 234g ISBN13: 9781405937078 ISBN13: 978-1-4059-3707-8 ISBN10: 1405937076 EAN: 9781405937078 x Description: The search for a legendary automobile . . . A mission to clear an innocent man's name . . . The hunt for an artefact so rare that people would kill to find it . . . ________ The EXPLOSIVELY THRILLING ADVENTURE from the #1 New York Times bestselling master of adventure. In 1906, an American named Isaac Bell stops the groundbreaking Grey Ghost - a legendary prototype Rolls-Royce - from vanishing from Manchester, England forever. But not even the legendary detective can save the good name of the man accused of stealing the car. More than a hundred years later, it is Jonathon Payton's grandson who turns to Sam and Remi Fargo to help prove his grandfather's innocence. But soon the treasure-hunting couple find there is more at stake than any of them could have known. The famous car has vanished again, and inside it is an object that could change their lives forever. Men with everything to gain and a great deal to lose have a desperate plan to find it, and they'll take down anyone that gets in their way. ________ Packed with all the action, imagination and pace that Clive Cussler has made his own, The Grey Ghost is thriller writing of the highest calibre from the world's No.1 adventure writer. ________ PRAISE FOR CLIVE CUSSLER 'Cussler is hard to beat' DAILY MAIL 'Oceanography's answer to Indiana Jones. Exotic locations, ruthless villains, and many narrow escapes- Cussler's fans come for swashbuckling and he delivers' ASSOCIATED PRESS
'Nobody does it better . . . nobody!' STEPHEN COONTS 'Just about the best in the business' NEW YORK POST 'The Adventure King' SUNDAY EXPRESS _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Don't Touch My Hair Emma Dabiri (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen Lane
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
04 Apr 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 256pp h222mm x w144mm x s26mm 377g ISBN13: 9780241308349 ISBN13: 978-0-241-30834-9 ISBN10: 0241308348 EAN: 9780241308349 x Description: 'Groundbreaking' Guardian Straightened. Stigmatised. 'Tamed'. Celebrated. Erased. Managed. Appropriated. Forever misunderstood. Black hair is never 'just hair'. This book is about why black hair matters. Emma Dabiri takes us from pre-colonial Africa, through the Harlem Renaissance, Black Power and on to today's Natural Hair Movement, the Cultural Appropriation Wars and beyond. We look at everything from hair capitalists like Madam C.J. Walker in the early 1900s to the rise of Shea Moisture today, from women's solidarity and friendship to 'black people time', forgotten African scholars and the dubious provenance of Kim Kardashian's braids. The scope of black hairstyling ranges from pop culture to cosmology, from prehistoric times to the (afro)futuristic. Uncovering sophisticated indigenous mathematical systems in black hairstyles, alongside styles that served as secret intelligence networks leading enslaved Africans to freedom, Don't Touch My Hair proves that far from being only hair, black hairstyling culture can be understood as an allegory for black oppression and, ultimately, liberation. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Cruelty Roald Dahl (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Michael Joseph Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
25 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 240pp h181mm x w111mm ISBN13: 9780241390795 ISBN13: 978-0-241-39079-5 ISBN10: 0241390796 EAN: 9780241390795 x Description: 'Cruelty has a human heart . . .' Even when we mean to be kind we can sometimes be cruel. We each have a streak of nastiness inside us. In these ten tales of cruelty master storyteller Roald Dahl explores how and why it is we make others suffer. Among others, you'll read the story of two young bullies and the boy they torment, the adulterous wife who uncovers her husband's secret, the man with a painting tattooed on his back whose value he doesn't appreciate and the butler and chef who run rings around their obnoxious employer. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Clear My Name Paula Daly (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Bantam Press
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
08 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 356pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781787630628 ISBN13: 978-1-78763-062-8 ISBN10: 1787630625 EAN: 9781787630628 x Description: `The UK's answer to Liane Moriarty. Amazing.' Claire McGowan Innocent? When Carrie was accused of brutally murdering her husband's lover, she denied it. She denied it when they arrested her, when they put her in front of a jury, and when they sent her to prison. Now she's three years into a fifteen-year sentence, away from the daughter she loves and the life she had built. And she is still denying that she is to blame. Guilty? Tess Gilroy has devoted her life to righting wrongs. Through her job for Innocence UK, a charity which takes on alleged miscarriages of justice, she works tirelessly to uncover the truth. But when she is asked to take Carrie's case, Tess realises that if she is to help this woman, she must risk uncovering the secrets she has struggled a lifetime to hide . . . We've all done things we're not proud of. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Unforgettable Places to See Before You Die Steve Davey (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
BBC Books
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
16 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 256pp h253mm x w198mm x s23mm 1027g ISBN13: 9781785944161 ISBN13: 978-1-78594-416-1 ISBN10: 1785944169 EAN: 9781785944161 x Description: Life is short. Take yourself to places you'll never forget. We owe it to ourselves to see as much of this beautiful world as possible. This is for people that want to see ancient monuments, extraordinary scenery, endangered wildlife, inspiring cultures, architecture and art - places that give us the chance to grow and expand our horizons. Unforgettable Places to See Before You Die is the first title in an exciting international bestselling series of books that will help you search out essential sights and experiences around the world. International travel writer and photographer Steve Davey has drawn on his years of experience in selecting the most unmissable places to see. Some, such as the Taj Mahal and the Alhambra, are relatively well-known, but most, such as the amazing sand dunes of Dead Vlei in the Namib desert, are very much off the beaten track. All of them, though, can be visited in a holiday of two weeks or less. Beautifully illustrated with specially commissioned photographs, this is a book that will inspire you to think beyond the walls of your room and truly see the world around you. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Beatles Book Hunter Davies (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Ebury Press
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 1072pp h198mm x w126mm x s46mm 753g ISBN13: 9780091958633 ISBN13: 978-0-09-195863-3 ISBN10: 0091958636 EAN: 9780091958633 x Description: Hunter Davies, the only ever authorised biographer of the group, has produced the essential Beatles guide. Divided into four sections People, Songs, Places and Broadcast and Cinema - it covers all elements of the band's history and vividly brings to live every influence that shaped them. Illustrated with material from Hunter's remarkable private collection of artefacts and memorabilia, this is the definitive Beatles treasure. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
So Much Life Left Over Louis de Bernieres (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 232g ISBN13: 9781784705886 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-588-6 ISBN10: 1784705888 EAN: 9781784705886 x Description: FROM THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN At the dawn of the 1920s, Rosie and Daniel move to Ceylon with their small daughter to start a new life, attempting to put the trauma of the First World War - and its effects on their marriage - behind them. Back in England, Rosie's sisters are dealing with impossible challenges in their searches for family, purpose and happiness. These are precarious times, and they find themselves taking unconventional means to achieve what they want. Around them the world changes, and events in Germany take a dark and forbidding turn. And soon there is no going back . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sur/petition: The New Business Formula to Help You Stay Ahead of the Competition Edward De Bono (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vermilion
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
26 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 240pp h216mm x w135mm ISBN13: 9781785041914 ISBN13: 978-1-78504-191-4 ISBN10: 1785041916 EAN: 9781785041914 x Description: Don't chase the market leader, be the market leader. Edward de Bono, the bestselling author of Serious Creativity and inventor of lateral thinking teaches you how to move beyond the baseline of competition and find success with sur/petition.
It's simple. If you want to survive in the global marketplace a competitive streak is essential. But what if you want to do more than just survive? In Sur/petition de Bono explains how choosing to run in your own race instead of alongside others will give you the edge over other businesses and creating value monopolies will allow your business to not only survive but become successful. Broken down into 3 sections Sur/petition will explain: 1. 2. 3.
Why most fundamental habits of management thinking maybe inadequate and even dangerous for your business The difference between traditional competition and sur/petition The meaning of `valufacture' and how to create value for your business
Drawing from his immense experience consulting the top corporations in the world, de Bono shows you how to go 'beyond competition' and create a new winning game. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gone Leona Deakin (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Black Swan
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
16 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784164089 ISBN13: 978-1-78416-408-9 ISBN10: 1784164089 EAN: 9781784164089 x Description: ______ Four strangers are missing. Left at their last-known locations are birthday cards that read: YOUR GIFT IS THE GAME. DARE TO PLAY? The police aren't worried - it's just a game. But the families are frantic. As psychologist and private detective Dr Augusta Bloom delves into the lives of the missing people, she finds something that binds them all. And that something makes them very dangerous indeed. As more disappearances are reported and new birthday cards uncovered, Dr Bloom races to unravel the mystery and find the missing people. But what if, this time, they are the ones she should fear? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Upheaval: How Nations Cope with Crisis and Change Jared Diamond (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen Lane
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
07 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 512pp h234mm x w153mm x s29mm 817g ISBN13: 9780241003435 ISBN13: 978-0-241-00343-5 ISBN10: 0241003431 EAN: 9780241003435 x Description: In his landmark international bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse, Jared Diamond transformed our understanding of what makes civilizations rise and fall. Now in the third book in this monumental trilogy, he reveals how successful nations recover from crisis. Diamond shows us how seven countries have survived defining upheavals in the recent past - from the forced opening up of Japan and the Soviet
invasion of Finland to the Pinochet regime in Chile - through selective change, a process of painful self-appraisal and adaptation more commonly associated with personal trauma. Looking ahead to the future, he investigates whether the United States, and the world, are squandering their natural advantages and are on a devastating path towards catastrophe. Is this fate inevitable? Or can we still learn from the lessons of the past? Exhibiting the awe-inspiring grasp of history, geography, economics and anthropology that marks all Diamond's work, Upheaval reveals how both nations and individuals can become more resilient. The result is a book epic in scope, but also his most personal yet. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tomorrow: The spellbinding historical tale for readers who love The Night Circus and The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock Damian Dibben (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
16 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 255g ISBN13: 9781405925785 ISBN13: 978-1-4059-2578-5 ISBN10: 1405925787 EAN: 9781405925785 x Description: 'What a novel! Ambitious and wonderfully achieved. A book to read again and again' Michael Morpurgo, bestselling author of War Horse A spellbinding and beautifully written story of courage and devotion, for fans of historical and magical fiction like The Night Circus, The Binding and The Girl in the Tower. ________________ Valentyne has lived many lives - physician, philosopher, soldier - but his defining work has been his ability to stop the clock. He has lived for centuries, as has his dog, Tomorrow. Inseparable, they've voyaged across Europe, using their time wisely. They've attended royalty in a dozen courts, healed soldiers on a hundred battlefields, and met with the greatest minds of the Renaissance. Until one day, in watery Venice, Valentyne vanishes without trace. Broken-hearted, Tomorrow begins a search that will endure for centuries. But as the continent collapses into war, he must risk everything to find his master - or lose him forever. ____________ 'Moving and tender. I was captivated by its charm from the beginning' Rachel Joyce, bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry 'Tomorrow is an epic tale of love, of courage, of hope' London Evening Standard 'Golden age Amsterdam, Versailles, the court of Charles I. Travel with a unique companion & bask in the brilliance' Mail on Sunday 'A tale of love and unbreakable bonds' New York Post 'Definitely - HIGHLY - worth the read!' Seth Meyers 'Original, ambitious, moving' Stylist _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Kitchen Science Cookbook Dr. Michelle Dickinson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Particular Books
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
26 Apr 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 176pp h294mm x w228mm x s18mm 1037g ISBN13: 9780241395585 ISBN13: 978-0-241-39558-5 ISBN10: 0241395585 EAN: 9780241395585
x Description: All you need to explore science is a kitchen, this cookbook - and a dash of curiosity The Kitchen Science Cookbook is a beautifully crafted book with a unique twist: each recipe is a science experiment that you can do at home, using the everyday ingredients you'll find in your kitchen. No need to be a science expert -- these easy-to-follow recipes make mind-blowing science experiments fun for everyone. From sticky ice and raising raisins to balloon science and scrumptious slime, nanotechnologist and educator Michelle Dickinson shows that we can all be scientists, no matter how young or old. With recipes tested by hundreds of enthusiastic families around the world, The Kitchen Science Cookbook is the perfect gift for all ages. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Brave New Work: Are You Ready to Reinvent Your Organization? Aaron Dignan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Portfolio Penguin
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
21 Feb 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 304pp h234mm x w153mm x s22mm 386g ISBN13: 9780241361801 ISBN13: 978-0-241-36180-1 ISBN10: 024136180X EAN: 9780241361801 x Description: What's stopping you from doing the best work of your life? The way we work is broken. It takes forever to get anything done. Meetings and emails are incessant. Bureaucracy stifles talent and creativity. Is this really the best we can do? Aaron Dignan teaches companies how to eliminate red tape, tap into collective intelligence, and rethink long-held traditions that no longer make sense. In Brave New Work, he shows you how to revolutionize the way you, your team and your company works forever.
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Have fewer but better meetings Create a culture of honesty, transparency and trust Cut down on rules to be more efficient Be more agile and adaptive Reignite passion and energy throughout your organisation
"This is the management book of the year. Clear, powerful and urgent, it's a must read for anyone who cares about where they work and how they work" - Seth Godin, author of This is Marketing and Purple Cow _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Unexpected Lessons in Love Lucy Dillon (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Black Swan
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
25 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 464pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784162108 ISBN13: 978-1-78416-210-8 ISBN10: 1784162108 EAN: 9781784162108 x Description: The thought-provoking, romantic and ultimately uplifting new novel from the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author of Where the Light Gets in and All I Ever Wanted. 'No one tugs at the heartstrings quite like Lucy Dillon' Red magazine
***** What happens when 'I do' turns into 'I don't know'? Jeannie always wanted to fall in love, and now she's finally got the whirlwind romance she dreamed of. Dan's gorgeous, he's a successful young vet, and he flew her to New York and proposed on Brooklyn Bridge. Jeannie has to remind herself this is actually her life. It seems too perfect, too magical, to be real. Yet it is. But now she's on her way to the wedding she can't shake off the tight sensation crushing her chest. It is just nerves . . . or is this all happening a bit too fast? Jeannie has one last chance to shout, `Stop!' But just as she grabs it, a bizarre twist of fate throws everything she knows into the air like confetti. What Jeannie learns about Dan, about her own heart, and about the power of love itself, will change her world for ever . . . Praise for Lucy Dillon: 'Bittersweet, lovely and ultimately redemptive; the kind of book that makes you want to live your own life better' Jojo Moyes 'This vibrant and uplifting novel has not only entertained me hugely, but made me change the way I look at life.' Katie Fforde 'Satisfying and clever and deeply moving' Sophie Kinsella _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: The Biography Peter Doggett (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
The Bodley Head Ltd
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 368pp h240mm x w156mm 16 page b/w photo section ISBN13: 9781847925053 ISBN13: 978-1-84792-505-3 ISBN10: 1847925057 EAN: 9781847925053 x Description: At 3 a.m. on Monday, 18 August 1969, the final night of the Woodstock Music & Art Fair, four men armed only with acoustic guitars faced the gaping darkness of a vast open-air audience. An hour later, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young had confounded and convinced their peers, and cemented their place in rock history. They had also made themselves, for better or worse, synonymous with Woodstock, and with the nebulous Woodstock generation which it inspired. Between 1969 and 1974, CSNY were the most successful, influential and politically potent rock band in America. More than any of their peers, they channelled and broadcast all the radical anger, romantic idealism and generational angst of their era. The vast emotional range of their music, from delicate acoustic confessionals to raucous counter-culture anthems, was mirrored in the turbulence of their personal lives. Their trademark may have been vocal harmony, but few if any of their contemporaries could match the recklessness of their hedonistic and often warring lifestyles, as four stubborn, driven songwriters pursued chemical and sexual pleasure to life-threatening extremes. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young is the first major biography of a band whose first two albums are undisputed rock classics, and which continues to attract a large and loyal following to their sporadic reunions. At the same time, Peter Doggett illuminates the pivotal years of 1960s counterculture through the story of four of its key protagonists, whose music, beliefs and relationships with each other chronicle both its trajectory and its legacy. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Free To Be Me: An LGBTQ+ Journal of Love, Pride and Finding Your Inner Rainbow Dom&Ink (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
30 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 192pp h200mm x w130mm x s15mm 308g Illustrated in full colour throughout ISBN13: 9780241387450 ISBN13: 978-0-241-38745-0 ISBN10: 0241387450 EAN: 9780241387450 x Description: An LGBTQ+ journal for anyone from 13 to 103 - by writer, illustrator and utterly fabulous merman, Dom&Ink. Every rainbow-coloured page is packed with LGBTQ+ activities, advice and attitude. With spreads to colour, scribble, design and glitter, you'll meet dancing drag queens, rainbow donuts and the world's sassiest LGBTQ+ dinosaur: Brett the Sassysaurus! Read quotes from real-life rainbow icons, find out how to throw your own Pride Party, and learn about the history of gay rights. Most importantly: celebrate being yourself and what makes YOU amazing! Warm, hilarious, caring and insightful, Free To Be Me will fill every reader with self-esteem, confidence, colour and pride. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
From the Corner of the Oval Office: One woman's true story of her accidental career in the Obama White House Beck Dorey-Stein (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Black Swan
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
16 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w127mm ISBN13: 9781784164126 ISBN13: 978-1-78416-412-6 ISBN10: 1784164127 EAN: 9781784164126 x Description: _____________________________ `If you've ever felt like you were out of your element, in over your head or working without a net, you will love this book. Funny, fast-paced, and so emotionally true it hurts.' Piper Kerman, author of Orange is the New Black _____________________________ Guidelines for aspiring stenographers: * Neutral tones set the tone * Be discreet and neat - like a librarian or well-paid prostitute * Breathe quietly or not at all * Above all else, keep the secrets to yourself... In 2012, Beck Dorey-Stein was just scraping by in Washington DC when an unusual job interview landed her in the Oval Office as one of Barack Obama's stenographers. She joined the elite team who accompanied the President wherever he went, recorder and mic in hand. On whirlwind trips across time zones, Beck forged friendships with a tight group of fellow travellers - young men and women who, like her, left their real lives behind to hop aboard Air Force One in service of the President. But as she learned the ropes of protocol, Beck became romantically entangled with a colleague, and suddenly, the political became all too personal. Set against the backdrop of a White House full of glamour, drama and intrigue, this is the story of a young woman making unlikely friendships, getting her heart broken, learning what truly matters and discovering her voice in the process. _____________________________ Praise for From the Corner of the Oval Office 'Who knew the West Wing could be so sexy? Beck's unparalleled access is obvious on every page, along with her knife-sharp humour... Lots of books
claim to give real insider glimpses, but this one actually delivers.' Lauren Weisberger, author of The Devil Wears Prada 'This memoir is good and gossipy, will make you wish that you got to hang out with Barack and Michelle on a daily basis and is the missing link between The West Wing and Bridget Jones's Diary.' Red 'Set against the backdrop of a White House full of glamour, drama and intrigue, this is the story of a young woman making unlikely friendships, getting her heart broken, learning what truly matters and discovering her voice in the process.' GLAMOUR's Best Books of 2018 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Then She Vanishes Claire Douglas (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
08 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 448pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781405932578 ISBN13: 978-1-4059-3257-8 ISBN10: 1405932570 EAN: 9781405932578 x Description: *Pre-order the twisty, compulsive new thriller from the bestselling author of Local Girl Missing, Last Seen Alive and Do Not Disturb now* THE ONLY THING MORE SHOCKING THAN THE FIRST CHAPTER . . . IS THE LAST. . . ___________ Everything changed the night Flora Powell disappeared. Heather and Jess were best friends - until the night Heather's sister vanished. Jess has never forgiven herself for the lie she told that night. Nor has Heather. But now Heather is accused of an awful crime. And Jess is forced to return to the sleepy seaside town where they grew up, to ask the question she's avoided for so long: What really happened the night Flora disappeared? 'Amazing. A twisty whydunnit that I finished in just two days. Smart, gripping and atmospheric, readers will love Then She Vanishes' Gillian McAllister, bestselling author of The Evidence Against You ___________ Praise for Claire Douglas: 'Thrillingly tense and twisty' B A Paris 'Kept me up last night - scary, twisty, all too believable' Jane Corry 'Tense, claustrophobic and gripping' Paula Daly 'A page-turning slow burn' Cara Hunter _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
There Are No Grown-Ups: A midlife coming-of-age story Pamela Druckerman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Black Swan
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
07 Mar 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback A-format paperback 288pp h178mm x w110mm x s18mm 155g ISBN13: 9781784164553 ISBN13: 978-1-78416-455-3 ISBN10: 1784164550 EAN: 9781784164553 x Description: THERE ARE NO GROWN-UPS. EVERYONE ELSE IS WINGING IT TOO. You know you're a grown-up when... *You become impatient while scrolling down to your year of birth. *
You've lost and gained the same 10lbs so many times you now regard it as an old friend.
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Your parents have stopped trying to change you. *
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You don't want to be with the cool people anymore; you want to be with your people. You know that 'Soul mate' isn't a pre-existing condition. It's earned over time.
Does it ever feel like everyone - except you - is a bona-fide adult? Do you wonder how real grown-ups get to be so mysteriously capable and wise? When she turns 40, Pamela Druckerman - author of the #1 Sunday Times bestseller French Children Don't Throw Food - wonders whether her mind will ever catch up with her face. Waiters start calling her `Madame', and she detects a disturbing new message in mens' gazes: I would sleep with her, but only if doing so required no effort whatsoever. What are the modern forties, and what do we know once we reach them? What makes someone a `grown-up' anyway? And why didn't anyone warn us that we'd get cellulite on our arms? There Are No Grown-Ups is a midlife coming-of-age story, a hilarious quest for wisdom, self-knowledge and the right pair of pants. It's a book for readers of all ages about - finally - becoming yourself. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Grit: (Vermilion Life Essentials) Angela Duckworth (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vermilion
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
08 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w126mm ISBN13: 9781785042669 ISBN13: 978-1-78504-266-9 ISBN10: 1785042661 EAN: 9781785042669 x Description: Why do naturally talented people frequently fail to reach their potential while other far less gifted individuals go on to achieve amazing things? The secret to outstanding achievement is not talent, but a passionate persistence. In other words, grit. MacArthur Genius Award-winning psychologist Angela Duckworth shares fascinating new revelations about who succeeds in life and why. Based on her cutting-edge research, Duckworth shows how many people achieve remarkable things not just by relying on innate natural talent, but by practising what she calls grit. She then offers a Grit Formula to help anyone to become more gritty, focusing on six key factors: hope, effort, precision, passion, ritual and prioritisation. She reveals: - Why people who test high for talent often fail to achieve their potential, and why people who do not test high for talent often "overachieve" what others expect them to do - How grit can be learned, whatever your IQ or circumstances - Why stubbornness is a key characteristic of gritty people
- When to be stubborn and when giving up is the grittiest thing you can do - How gritty people found their passion, and you can find yours - How gritty experts practise, and how you can do the same in your own life - What the people who care about you can do to boost your grit when you need it most - How grit is cultivated in the highest-performing sports teams, companies and schools Leaping past cliches such as 'success is all about hard work', Grit offers a fresh and motivating way to climb to heights far beyond what natural talent would predict. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Spell of Winter Helen Dunmore (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 320pp h181mm x w111mm no pictures ISBN13: 9780241986523 ISBN13: 978-0-241-98652-3 ISBN10: 0241986524 EAN: 9780241986523 x Description: 'I wanted us to wake to a kingdom of ice where our breath would turn to icicles as it left our lips, and we would walk through tunnels of snow to the outhouses and find birds fallen dead from the air . . .' In the years just before World War One, Cathy and her brother Rob find themselves living alone in a decaying English mansion with their distant, stern grandfather. Abandoned by their mother while their distraught father is confined to an asylum, they roam the grounds freely with little understanding of trespass. Lost in their own private world, they seek and find new lines to cross. But they are not so separate from the outside, nor as alone, as they believe . . . The inaugural winner of the Orange Prize 'Written so seductively that passages sing out from the page' Sunday Times _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Submarine Joe Dunthorne (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 304pp h181mm x w111mm None ISBN13: 9780241986462 ISBN13: 978-0-241-98646-2 ISBN10: 024198646X EAN: 9780241986462 x Description: 'Are we making a bomb?' 'This is a trust exercise, like in drama,' she says. 'Are we making a bomb as a trust exercise?' Fifteen-year-old Oliver Tate is terrified that his family is falling apart. He fears for his depressed father and is convinced that his mother is having an affair with her capoeira teacher. Deciding that it is down to him alone to save his parents' marriage, Oliver sets out on a campaign to rescue it while also embarking on an even more ambitious goal: to lose his virginity before he's sixteen to the seductive but slightly pyromaniacal Jordana . . . 'The sharpest, funniest, rudest account of a troubled teenager's coming of age since The Catcher in the Rye' Independent 'A brilliant first novel by a young man of ferocious comic talent' The Times _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
India in the Persianate Age: 1000-1765 Richard Eaton (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen Lane
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 496pp h240mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9780713995824 ISBN13: 978-0-7139-9582-4 ISBN10: 0713995823 EAN: 9780713995824 x Description: A sweeping, magisterial new history of India from the middle ages to the arrival of the British The Indian subcontinent might seem a self-contained world. Protected by vast mountains and seas, it has created its own religions, philosophies and social systems. And yet this ancient land experienced prolonged and intense interaction with the peoples and cultures of East and Southeast Asia, Europe, Africa and, especially, Central Asia and the Iranian plateau between the eleventh and eighteenth centuries. Richard M. Eaton's wonderful new book tells this extraordinary story with relish and originality. His major theme is the rise of 'Persianate' culture - a many-faceted transregional world informed by a canon of texts that circulated through ever-widening networks across much of Asia. Introduced to India in the eleventh century by dynasties based in eastern Afghanistan, this culture would become thoroughly indigenized by the time of the great Mughals in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. This long-term process of cultural interaction and assimilation is reflected in India's language, literature, cuisine, attire, religion, styles of rulership and warfare, science, art, music, architecture, and more. The book brilliantly elaborates the complex encounter between India's Sanskrit culture - which continued to flourish and grow throughout this period - and Persian culture, which helped shape the Delhi Sultanate, the Mughal Empire and a host of regional states, and made India what it is today. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Rise and Fall of the British Nation: A Twentieth-Century History David Edgerton (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
04 Apr 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 720pp h198mm x w129mm x s31mm 513g ISBN13: 9780141975979 ISBN13: 978-0-14-197597-9 ISBN10: 0141975970 EAN: 9780141975979 x Description: 'Forget almost everything you thought you knew about Britain ... You will not find a better informed history' David Goodhart, Evening Standard 'A striking new perspective on our past' Piers Brendon, Literary Review From the acclaimed author of Britain's War Machine and The Shock of the Old, a bold reassessment of Britain's twentieth century. It is usual to see the United Kingdom as an island of continuity in an otherwise convulsed and unstable Europe; its political history a smooth sequence of administrations, from building a welfare state to coping with decline. Nobody would dream of writing the history of Germany, say, or the Soviet Union in this way. David Edgerton's major new history breaks out of the confines of traditional British national history to redefine what it was to British, and to reveal an unfamiliar place, subject to huge disruptions. This was not simply because of the world wars and global economic transformations, but in its very nature. Until the 1940s the United Kingdom was, Edgerton argues, an exceptional place: liberal, capitalist and anti-nationalist, at the heart of a European and global web of trade and influence. Then, as its global position collapsed, it became, for the first time and only briefly, a real, successful nation, with shared goals, horizons and industry, before reinventing itself again in the 1970s as part of the European Union and as the host for international capital, no longer capable of being a nation. Packed with surprising examples and arguments, The Rise and Fall of the British Nation gives us a grown-up, unsentimental history which takes
business and warfare seriously, and which is crucial at a moment of serious reconsideration for the country and its future. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Parade Dave Eggers (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hamish Hamilton Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
21 Mar 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 192pp h222mm x w144mm x s22mm 316g ISBN13: 9780241394496 ISBN13: 978-0-241-39449-6 ISBN10: 024139449X EAN: 9780241394496 x Description: From the bestselling author of The Monk of Mokha andThe Circle comes a taut, suspenseful story of two foreigners' role in a nation's fragile peace. 'Tightly written, carefully designed to wrong-foot preconceptions, and astute... An intensely gripping story' Evening Standard 'Certainly his best book since What is the What, The Parade may well be the sound of a major writer finding his mature voice' Spectator An unnamed country is leaving the darkness of a decade at war, and to commemorate the armistice the government commissions a new road connecting two halves of the state. Two men, foreign contractors from the same company, are sent to finish the highway. While one is flighty and adventurous, wanting to experience the nightlife and people, the other wants only to do the work and go home. But both men must eventually face the absurdities of their positions, and the dire consequences of their presence. With echoes of J. M. Coetzee and Graham Greene, this timeless novel questions whether we can ever understand another nation's war, and what role we have in forging anyone's peace. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
This Storm James Ellroy (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
William Heinemann Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 608pp h234mm x w153mm x s43mm 726g ISBN13: 9780434020591 ISBN13: 978-0-434-02059-1 ISBN10: 0434020591 EAN: 9780434020591 x Description: From 'one of the great American writers of our time' (Los Angeles Times Book Review) - a brilliant historical crime novel, a pulsepounding, as-it-happens narrative that unfolds in Los Angeles and Mexico in the wake in Pearl Harbor. January, '42. L.A. reels behind the shock of Pearl Harbor. Local Japanese are rounded up and slammed behind bars. Massive thunderstorms hit the city. A body is unearthed in Griffith Park. The cops tag it a routine dead-man job. They're wrong. It's an early-warning signal of Chaos. There's a murderous fire and a gold heist, exploding out of the past. There's Fifth Column treason - at this moment, on American soil. There are homegrown Nazis, commies and race racketeers. There's two dead cops in a dive off the jazz-club strip. And three men and one woman have a hot date with History. Elmer Jackson is a corrupt Vice cop. He's a flesh peddler and a bagman for the L.A. Chief of Police. Hideo Ashida is a crime-lab whiz, lashed by antiJapanese rage. Dudley Smith is a PD hardnose working Army Intelligence. He's gone rogue and gone all-the-way fascist. Joan Conville was born rogue. She's a defrocked Navy lieutenant and a war profiteer to her core. L.A., '42. Homefront madness ascendant. Early-wartime inferno - This Storm is James Ellroy's most audacious novel yet. It is by turns savage, tender, elegiac. It lays bare and celebrates crazed Americans of all stripes.
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Zero Marc Elsberg (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Black Swan
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
13 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 432pp h198mm x w127mm x s26mm 293g ISBN13: 9781784163488 ISBN13: 978-1-78416-348-8 ISBN10: 1784163481 EAN: 9781784163488 x Description: The bestselling European thriller that foretold the danger and criminality of social media, now available in English. A Guardian thriller of the month: 'Elsberg is nothing if not prescient'
************************ ZERO, an anonymous activist, has given the world a warning: stop the tech giants before it's too late. But is anyone listening?
Thousands of teenagers are signing up to Freemee, the biggest new social media site, uploading personal information in exchange for advice on what to eat, how to dress, even how to choose their friends. No-one questions what Freemee is doing with all that data. Until hundreds of users begin to take their lives.
What will it take to bring down the Freemee mastermind, and who is up to the job? ***************************** `Worryingly real' Sunday Sport
`Elsberg is utterly prescient' Guardian
'Sinister and realistic' Glamour
[Published in hardback as Zero] _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Identity Crisis Ben Elton (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Bantam Press
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
31 Oct 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 384pp h234mm x w153mm x s28mm 463g ISBN13: 9780593073599 ISBN13: 978-0-593-07359-9 ISBN10: 0593073592 EAN: 9780593073599 x
Description: Why are we all so hostile? So quick to take offence? Truly we are living in the age of outrage. A series of apparently random murders draws amiable, old-school Detective Mick Matlock into a world of sex, politics, reality TV and a bewildering kaleidoscope of opposing identity groups. Lost in a blizzard of hashtags, his already complex investigation is further impeded by the fact that he simply doesn't `get' a single thing about anything anymore. Meanwhile, each day another public figure confesses to having `misspoken' and prostrates themselves before the judgement of Twitter. Begging for forgiveness, assuring the public "that is not who I am". But if nobody is who they are anymore - then who the f##k are we? Ben Elton returns with a blistering satire of the world as it fractures around us. Get ready for a roller-coaster thriller, where nothing - and no one - is off limits. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Crucible: The Long End of the Great War and the Birth of a New World, 19171924 Charles Emmerson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
The Bodley Head Ltd
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
16 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 640pp h216mm x w135mm ISBN13: 9781847923974 ISBN13: 978-1-84792-397-4 ISBN10: 1847923976 EAN: 9781847923974 x Description: What comes first: the character of the times, or the characters who give it theirs? Crucible charts the trajectories of the characters who fell from power in the bloody breakdown of Europe's old order between 1917 and 1924, and those who for whom the restless chaos marked the beginning of an unlikely rise to fame. Year by year, we follow Kaiser Wilhelm into his wood-chopping Dutch exile, and Lenin from his Swiss library-desk to his muddled end as an invalid in revolutionary Russia gone stale. Ernest Hemingway criss-crosses the Atlantic in search of himself: soldier, hack journalist, writer, fisherman. Surrealism is born in a Paris attic. Europe suffers a nervous collapse, alternating between revolution and reaction. America takes fright. A Viennese doctor of eclectic tastes becomes an intellectual celebrity. An Austrian ex-soldier touts himself as the tribune of the German people. Outside the classic frames of war and peace, these all-too-human tales - funny, tragic and fateful - tell a wider story of the exuberant dreams, dark fears, grubby ambition and sheer chance which marked Europe's post-war metamorphosis, and the century to come. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dear Evan Hansen Val Emmich (Author) Justin Paul (Author) Steven Levenson (Author) Benj Pasek (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
13 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 255g ISBN13: 9780241361887 ISBN13: 978-0-241-36188-7 ISBN10: 0241361885 EAN: 9780241361887 x Description: __________ Read the book before you see the musical, coming to the West End Autumn 2019! 'Even in book form, Evan Hansen's story sings. Required reading, especially for anyone who's ever needed to be found' - Becky Albertalli, author of
Love Simon Dear Evan Hansen, Today's going to be an amazing day and here's why... When a letter that was never meant to be seen draws high school senior Evan Hansen into the Murphy family's grief over the loss of their son, he is given the chance of a lifetime: to belong. He just has to stick to a lie he never meant to tell. That the notoriously troubled Connor Murphy was his secret best friend. Suddenly, Evan isn't invisible anymore. And Connor's wealthy parents have taken him in like he was their own, desperate to know more about their enigmatic son from his 'closest friend'. As Evan gets pulled deeper into their family, he knows that what he's doing may not be right, but if he's helping people, how wrong can it be? No longer tangled in his once-incapacitating anxiety, this new Evan has a purpose. He's confident. He's a viral phenomenon. Every day is amazing. But when everything is in danger of unravelling, he comes face to face with his greatest obstacle: himself. A simple lie leads to complicated truths in this big-hearted coming-of-age story of grief, authenticity and the struggle to belong in an age of instant connectivity and profound isolation. __________ Praise for Dear Evan Hansen: 'Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel is a terrific reinvention of an already brilliant piece of art.' -Jodi Picoult, author of My Sister's Keeper 'Today's going to be an amazing day, and here's why: because you're holding this book.' - David Arnold, author of Mosquitoland 'The writers of Dear Evan Hansen have given fans a rare gift' - Teen Vogue 'Yep, the hit musical will make you cry just as much in book form' - Entertainment Weekly _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Second Collected Tales of Bauchelain & Korbal Broach: Three Short Novels of the Malazan Empire Steven Erikson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
18 Apr 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w127mm ISBN13: 9780553824384 ISBN13: 978-0-553-82438-4 ISBN10: 0553824384 EAN: 9780553824384 x Description: The necromancers Bauchelain and Korbal Broach - scourges of civilization, raisers of the dead, reapers of the souls of the living, devourers of hope, betrayers of faith, slayers of the innocent and modest personifications of evil - have a lot to answer for and answer they will, but first they must lie, murder and cheat their way through three more escapades in some of the more deprived fringes and impoverished communities of the Malazan Empire. Much to the shame of their long-suffering general factotum, Emancipoor Reese... Here then - for readers' delectation and entertainment - are those escapades, namely the novellas The Crack'd Pot Trail, The Wurms of Blearmouth and The Fiends of Nightmaria . . .
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Surrounded by Idiots: The Four Types of Human Behaviour (or, How to Understand Those Who Cannot Be Understood) Thomas Erikson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vermilion
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
30 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 288pp h198mm x w126mm ISBN13: 9781785042188 ISBN13: 978-1-78504-218-8 ISBN10: 1785042181 EAN: 9781785042188 x Description: Do you ever think you're the only one making any sense? Or tried to reason with your partner with disastrous results? Do long, rambling answers drive you crazy? Or does your colleague's abrasive manner get your back up? You are not alone. After a disastrous meeting with a highly successful entrepreneur, who was genuinely convinced he was `surrounded by idiots', communication expert and bestselling author, Thomas Erikson dedicated himself to understanding how people function and why we often struggle to connect with certain types of people. Originally published in Swedish in 2014 as Omgiven Av Idioter, Erikon's Surrounded by Idiots is already an international phenomenon, selling over 1.5 million copies worldwide, of which over 750,000 copies have been sold in Sweden alone. It offers a simple, yet ground-breaking method for assessing the personalities of people we communicate with - in and out of the office - based on four personality types (Red, Blue, Green and Yellow), and provides insights into how we can adjust the way(s) we speak and share information. Erikson will help you understand yourself better, hone communication and social skills, handle conflict with confidence, improve dynamics with your boss and team, and get the best out of the people you deal with and manage. He also shares simple tricks on body language, improving written communication and advice on when to back away or when to push on, and when to speak up or indeed shut up. Packed with `aha!' and `oh no!' moments, Surrounded by Idiots will help you understand and influence those around you, even people you currently think are beyond all comprehension. And with a bit of luck you can also be confident that the idiot out there isn't you! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Bad: Revenge will be sweet - and in this case, extremely funny Chloe Esposito (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
15 Oct 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 400pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781405928823 ISBN13: 978-1-4059-2882-3 ISBN10: 1405928824 EAN: 9781405928823 x Description: **Coming soon - the brand-new summer sizzler in the Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know trilogy** She stole the life she wanted. Now someone wants to steal it back . . . Alvie Knightly may be waking up in the Ritz, but her life is no bed of roses. Firstly, she has the mother of all hangovers. Secondly, her beautiful, spoiled twin sister Beth has just been found dead in Sicily - and the police want Alvie for questioning. And thirdly, Alvie's hot new boyfriend has vanished with every penny of the millions they stole from Beth. But he picked the wrong girl to mess with. Alvie will pursue her ex to Rome in a game of cat and mouse that only one of them can survive.
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned . . . But can Alvie get revenge before her crimes catch up with her? ____________ What do readers think? 'I couldn't put it down' 'This is the most fun you'll have with a book this summer. I loved it.' 'I fell straight into the story. I loved the chase, the thrill, the ending . . . just all of it.' 'A glam read, perfect for the beach' _________ Loved Bad? Why not read more about Alvie in her other book, Mad?
Praise for Mad 'The must-have beach read this summer' Telegraph 'Sizzlingly glamorous' Guardian 'A fast-paced tale of sex, lies and murder' Stylist _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Europhile's Cookbook: A Celebration of European Food with Over 60 Recipes Eurotunnel (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Ebury Press
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 144pp h242mm x w179mm x s17mm 538g ISBN13: 9781529103304 ISBN13: 978-1-5291-0330-4 ISBN10: 1529103304 EAN: 9781529103304 x Description: Satisfy your hunger for adventure and celebrate Europe through its amazing variety of delicious dishes. After 25 years of service, facilitating holiday-goers to reach their dreams, distant families and best memories, Eurotunnel is celebrating by connecting you to Europe's best destinations directly from your kitchen. With more than 60 recipes collected by Eurotunnel passengers, this cookbook invites you to travel through European explorers' memories, from holiday adventures to family traditions and unforgettable experiences. Enriched with beautiful photography and design, this special cookbook is inspired by travellers' personal experiences and is the perfect cooking companion for adventurers, families and Europhiles alike. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Girl, Woman, Other Bernardine Evaristo (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hamish Hamilton Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 464pp h240mm x w162mm x s41mm 704g ISBN13: 9780241364901 ISBN13: 978-0-241-36490-1 ISBN10: 0241364906 EAN: 9780241364901 x Description: Teeming with life and crackling with energy - a love song to modern Britain and black womanhood 'There is an astonishing uniqueness to all Bernardine Evaristo's writing, but especially in Girl, Woman, Other. How she can speak through twelve different people and give them each such distinct and vibrant voices... I loved it. So much' Candice Carty-Williams, author of Queenie 'Hilarious, heartbreaking & honest. Generations of women and the people they have loved and unloved - the complexities of race, sex, gender, politics, friendship, love, fear and regret. The complications of success, the difficulties of intimacy. I truly haven't enjoyed reading a book in so long' - Warsan Shire 'Didn't think I could love a Bernardine Evaristo novel more than The Emperor's Babe but with Girl, Woman, Other she might just have outdone herself' Diana Evans, author of Ordinary People 'Bernardine Evaristo can take any story from any time and turn it into something vibrating with life' Ali Smith, author of How to be both 'Bernardine Evaristo is one of those writers who should be read by everyone, everywhere. Her tales marry down-to-earth characters with engrossing story lines about identity, and the UK of today' Elif Shafak 'Witty, exhilarating and wise... Once again, Bernardine Evaristo reminds us she is one of Britain's best writers, an iconic and unique voice, filled with warmth, subtly and humanity. Exceptional' Nikesh Shukla 'Exceptional. Ambitious, flowing and all-encompassing, an offbeat narrative that'll leave your mind in an invigorated whirl... [It] unites poetry, social history, women's voices and beyond. You have to order it right now' Stylist 'Exuberant, bursting at the seams in delightful ways... Evaristo continues to expand and enhance our literary canon. If you want to understand modern day Britain, this is the writer to read' New Statesman 'Girl, Woman, Other is about struggle, but it is also about love, joy and imagination' Guardian 'Evaristo's prose hums with life... At turns funny and sad, tender and true, this book deserves to win awards' Red 'Masterful... Achoral love song to black womanhood in modern Great Britain' Elle Girl, Woman, Other follows the lives and struggles of twelve very different characters. Mostly women, black and British, they tell the stories of their families, friends and lovers, across the country and through the years. Joyfully polyphonic and vibrantly contemporary, this is a gloriously new kind of history, a novel of our times: celebratory, ever-dynamic and utterly irresistible. 'If you don't yet know her work, you should - she says things about modern Britain that no one else does' Maggie Gee, Guardian _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Infiltrated Auschwitz Jack Fairweather (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
W H Allen
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
26 Mar 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 528pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780753545171 ISBN13: 978-0-7535-4517-1 ISBN10: 0753545179 EAN: 9780753545171 x Description: How do you keep fighting in the face of unimaginable horror? This is untold story of one of the greatest heroes of the Second World War. In the Summer of 1940, after the Nazi occupation of Poland, an underground operative called Witold Pilecki accepted a mission to uncover the fate of thousands of people being interred at a new concentration camp on the border of the Reich. His mission was to report on Nazi crimes and raise a secret army to stage an uprising. The name of the detention centre -- Auschwitz. It was only after arriving at the camp that he started to discover the Nazi's terrifying designs. Over the next two and half years, Witold forged an underground army that smuggled evidence of Nazi atrocities to the West, culminating in the mass murder of over a million Jews. His reports from the camp were to shape the Allies response to the Holocaust - yet his story was all but forgotten for decades. This is the first major account of his amazing journey, drawing on exclusive family papers and recently declassified files as well as unpublished accounts from the camp's fighters to show how he saved hundreds of thousands of lives. The result is a enthralling story of resistance and heroism against the most horrific circumstances, and one man's attempt to change the course of history. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Waiter Matias Faldbakken (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Black Swan
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
25 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 224pp h198mm x w127mm ISBN13: 9781784163983 ISBN13: 978-1-78416-398-3 ISBN10: 1784163988 EAN: 9781784163983 x Description: 'Delicious' New York Times 'As if The Remains of the Day had been written by Kingsley Amis . . . brilliantly exquisite . . . This book is a meal you won't want to finish.' J. Ryan Stradal 'A sly amuse bouche of a novel . . . its atmosphere and observations are deliciously rich.' Mail on Sunday Welcome to The Hills, Oslo's most esteemed restaurant, an institution stewed in tradition and clinging to the faded grandeur of old Europe. A neurotic waiter tends to the desires of his clientele. Aristocrats and artistes, wealthy widows and roguish entrepreneurs, he observes all their dramas with a wit as sharp as a filleting knife. At table ten sits the impeccable Mr Graham, impatiently awaiting a special guest. When at last she arrives - young, beautiful, mysterious - she will prove to be a challenging new flavour, threatening both our waiter's nerves, and the delicately balanced ingredients of the room.
Exquisitely observed and wickedly playful, The Waiter is a novel for lovers of food, wine, and of European sensibilities, but also for anyone who spends time in restaurants, on either side of the service. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tell Me a Secret: 'Brilliant, with completely unexpected twists' Gill Sims, author of Why Mummy Drinks Jane Fallon (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
10 Jan 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 416pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 287g ISBN13: 9781405933124 ISBN13: 978-1-4059-3312-4 ISBN10: 1405933127 EAN: 9781405933124 x Description: __________ Is she your best friend, or your worst enemy? FROM THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FAKING FRIENDS AND MY SWEET REVENGE 'Brilliant, with completely unexpected twists' Gill Sims, bestselling author of Why Mummy Drinks __________ Best friends Holly and Roz tell each other everything. So when Holly gets a shot at her dream job after putting everything on hold to raise her daughter, she assumes Roz will be waiting to pop the champagne. But is she just imagining things or is Roz not quite as happy as she should be? And now she thinks about it, a few things don't quite add up... Perhaps it was a mistake to tell Roz all her secrets. Because it takes two to tango. But only one to start a war... 'She's the queen of the revenge novel and Jane Fallon's done it again' Heat 'Another winner from Jane Fallon' Hello! 'Compelling, edgy, beautifully written . . . always a joy.' Daily Mail 'Witty and waspish, deliciously devious' Sunday Mirror 'Fallon's best yet. Full of laugh-out-loud wit and mischief' Milly Johnson 'It's FABALISS. I was SO GRIPPED' Marian Keyes on Faking Friends _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hotel Scarface: Where Cocaine Cowboys Partied and Plotted to Control Miami Roben Farzad (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Corgi Books
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w127mm x s22mm 253g ISBN13: 9780552171540 ISBN13: 978-0-552-17154-0 ISBN10: 0552171549 EAN: 9780552171540 x Description: Miami, December 31, 1979. Lock your doors. Watch your backs. Raise your glasses. Miami is about to blow, in a fiery explosion of cocaine, blood, bullets, torched cars, cash, immigrants, hustlers, dopers, informants, corruption, body bags and inner tubes. In the seventies, coke hit Miami with the full force of a hurricane, and no place attracted dealers and dopers like Coconut Grove's Mutiny at Sailboat Bay. Hollywood royalty, rock stars, and models flocked to the hotel's club to order bottle after bottle of Dom and to snort lines alongside narcos, hit men, and gunrunners, all while marathon orgies burned upstairs in elaborate fantasy suites. Amid the boatloads of powder and cash reigned the new kings of Miami: three waves of Cuban immigrants vying to dominate the trafficking of one of the most lucrative commodities ever known to man. But as the kilos-and bodies-began to pile up, the Mutiny became target number one for law enforcement. Based on exclusive interviews and never-before-seen documents, Hotel Scarface is a portrait of a city high on excess and greed, an extraordinary work of investigative journalism offering an unprecedented view of the rise and fall of cocaine-and the Mutiny-in Miami. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paris Echo Sebastian Faulks (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
13 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback A-format paperback 352pp h178mm x w110mm x s19mm 171g ISBN13: 9781784704087 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-408-7 ISBN10: 1784704083 EAN: 9781784704087 x Description: A Times Fiction Book of the Year 'Superb . . . weaves winningly between the present and the second world war, between Tangiers and Paris.' Observer Here is Paris as you have never seen it before - a city in which every building seems to hold the echo of an unacknowledged past, the shadows of Vichy and Algeria. American postdoctoral researcher Hannah and runaway Moroccan teenager Tariq have little in common, yet both are susceptible to the daylight ghosts of Paris. Hannah listens to the extraordinary witness of women who were present under the German Occupation; in her desire to understand their lives, and through them her own, she finds a city bursting with clues and connections. Out in the migrant suburbs, Tariq is searching for a mother he barely knew. For him in his innocence, each boulevard, Metro station and street corner is a source of surprise. In this urgent and deeply moving novel, Faulks deals with questions of empire, grievance and identity. With great originality and a dark humour, Paris Echo asks how much we really need to know if we are to live a valuable life. `Faulks captures the voice of a century' Sunday Times `The most impressive novelist of his generation' Sunday Telegraph _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Small Country Gael Faye (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 192pp h198mm x w129mm x s12mm 158g ISBN13: 9781784705930 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-593-0 ISBN10: 1784705934 EAN: 9781784705930 x Description: 'A luminous debut novel... This is a book that demanded to be written... With a light touch, Faye dramatises the terrible nostalgia of having lost not only a childhood but also a whole world to war' Guardian Burundi, 1992. For ten-year-old Gabriel, life in his comfortable expat neighbourhood of Bujumbura with his French father, Rwandan mother and little sister, Ana, is something close to paradise. These are happy, carefree days spent with his friends sneaking cigarettes and stealing mangoes, swimming in the lake and riding bikes in the streets they have turned into their kingdom. But dark clouds are gathering over this small country, and soon their peaceful idyll will shatter when Burundi and neighbouring Rwanda are brutally hit by war. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World Niall Ferguson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 560pp h198mm x w129mm 16 pp colour inset, integrated b/w ISBN13: 9780141990262 ISBN13: 978-0-14-199026-2 ISBN10: 0141990260 EAN: 9780141990262 x Description: Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot. Call if what you like, it matters now more than ever. In The Ascent of Money, Niall Ferguson shows that financial history is the back-story to all history. From the banking dynasty who funded the Italian Renaissance to the stock market bubble that caused the French Revolution, this is the story of booms and busts as it's never been told before. With the world in the grip of the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression, there's never been a better time to understand the ascent - and descent - of money. 'Beautifully written ... Breathtakingly clever' Sunday Telegraph 'A lucid and racy account of financial history' New Statesman 'A fine, readable and entertaining history' Dominic Sandbrook, Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year 'The tales he tells of boom and bust, of triumph and disaster, of bubbles that inflate ... are the very essence of financial history' Bill Emmott, Financial Times 'An often enlightening and enjoyable tour through the underside of great events, a lesson in how the most successful great powers have always been underpinned by smart money' Robert Skidelsky, New York Review of Books _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Europe: The First 100 Million Years Tim Flannery (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780141989020 ISBN13: 978-0-14-198902-0 ISBN10: 0141989025 EAN: 9780141989020 x Description: 'Vivid, thrilling, a delight ... Tim Flannery is a palaeontologist and ecologist of global standing, and this is a compelling and authoritative narrative of the evolution of Europe's flora and fauna, from the formation of the continent to its near future ... an exciting book, full of wonder' James McConnachie, Sunday Times A place of exceptional diversity, rapid change, and high energy, Europe has literally been at the crossroads of the world ever since the interaction of Asia, North America and Africa formed the tropical island archipelago that would become the continent of today. In this unprecedented evolutionary history, Tim Flannery shows how for the past 100 million years Europe has absorbed wave after wave of immigrant species; taking them in, transforming them, and sometimes hybridising them. Flannery reveals how, in addition to playing a vital role in the evolution of our own species, Europe was once the site of the formation of the first coral reefs, the home of some of the world's largest elephants, and now has more wolves than North America. This groundbreaking book charts the history of the land itself and the forces shaping life on it - including modern humans - to create a portrait of a continent that continues to exert a huge influence on the world today. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Eve of Man: Book 2 Giovanna Fletcher (Author) Series:
Eve of Man Trilogy
Edition:
Imprint:
Michael Joseph Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
08 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 400pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780718184162 ISBN13: 978-0-7181-8416-2 ISBN10: 0718184165 EAN: 9780718184162 x Description: The second book in the bestselling Eve of Man trilogy _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Realtime: Stories of Flight, Death and Emergency Medicine Kevin Fong (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
The Bodley Head Ltd
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
01 Nov 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781847923691 ISBN13: 978-1-84792-369-1 ISBN10: 1847923690 EAN: 9781847923691 x Description: Professor Kevin Fong flies with the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service, making split-second, life-or-death decisions in the most extreme circumstances. In this gripping blend of memoir and reportage, he confronts a disturbing truth: sometimes even the best trained expert does
not know the right thing to do. Telling stories of astonishing skill and catastrophic error, he shows that our ability to move at ever greater speeds in ever greater safety comes with a bitter irony: when something goes wrong - as it must - reacting quickly and effectively enough is now beyond human capability. So what is to be done? Reflecting on his own dramatic experiences and those of war medics, pilots and surgeons, Fong considers the hidden dangers of our `zero harm' culture and the virtues of decision-making models based on 'graceful failure', showing how we might come to terms with the mess and blur of real decisions made in realtime. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Parade's End Ford Madox Ford (Author) Julian Barnes (Introduction by) Series:
Penguin Modern Classics Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Classics
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
07 Mar 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 848pp h198mm x w129mm x s36mm 575g ISBN13: 9780241372548 ISBN13: 978-0-241-37254-8 ISBN10: 0241372542 EAN: 9780241372548 x Description: Ford Madox Ford's great masterpiece exploring love and identity during the First World War, in a Penguin Classics edition with an introduction by Julian Barnes. A masterly novel of destruction and regeneration, Parade's End follows the story of aristocrat Christopher Tietjens as his world is shattered by the First World War. Tracing the psychological damage inflicted by battle, the collapse of England's secure Edwardian values - embodied in Christopher's wife, the beautiful, cruel socialite Sylvia - and the beginning of a new age, epitomized by the suffragette Valentine Wannop, Parade's End is an elegy for both the war dead and the passing of a way of life. 'The finest English novel about the Great War' Malcolm Bradbury 'The best novel by a British writer ... It is also the finest novel about the First World War. It is also the finest novel about the nature of British society' Anthony Burgess 'There are not many English novels which deserve to be called great: Parade's End is one of them' W.H. Auden 'The English prose masterpiece of the time' William Carlos Williams _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Fox Frederick Forsyth (Author) Frederick Forsyth (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Corgi Books
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
25 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback A-format paperback 384pp h178mm x w106mm ISBN13: 9780552176286 ISBN13: 978-0-552-17628-6 ISBN10: 0552176281 EAN: 9780552176286 x Description: 'Forsyth deserves his place among the thriller greats.' The Times 'The master of the modern espionage novel returns . . . this is Forsyth at his spellbinding best.' Daily Mail
Most weapons do what you tell them. Most weapons you can control.
But what if the most dangerous weapon in the world isn't a smart missile or a stealth submarine or even an AI computer programme?What if it's a 17year-old boy with a blisteringly brilliant mind, who can run rings around the most sophisticated security services across the globe, who can manipulate that weaponry and turn it against the superpowers themselves?How valuable would he be? And what wouldn't you do to get hold of him? The Fox is a race-against-time thriller across continents to find and capture, or protect and save, an asset with the means to change the balance of world power. Whatever happens he must not fall into the wrong hands. Because what follows after that is unthinkable... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Whisperer Karin Fossum (Author) Series:
Inspector Sejer
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
07 Nov 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784709396 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-939-6 ISBN10: 1784709395 EAN: 9781784709396 x Description: Ragna Riegel works in a supermarket and still lives in her childhood home. She's alone in the world since her only son moved to Berlin. She longs for a Christmas or birthday card from him. Ragna lives her life within strict self-imposed limits: she sits in the same seat on the bus every day, on her way to her predictable job. On her way home she always visits the same local shop. She feels safe in her routine, until one day she receives a letter with a threatening message scrawled in capital letters. An unknown enemy has entered her world and she must use all her means to defend herself. When the worst happens, Inspector Konrad Sejer is called in to interrogate Ragna. Is this unassuming woman out of her depth, or is she hiding a dark secret? PRAISE FOR THE WHISPERER: 'It is her ability to make average, often wounded human psyches crackle and glow in all the colours of the rainbow that is Fossum's forte as a writer. She has an exceptional eye for fragility and vulnerability, and the complexity and dark humour of these states of mind.' AFTENPOSTEN 'Hviskeren contains all of the elements that make Fossum one of Norway's foremost crime authors: Deep psychological insight . . . Creepy, unnerving discomfort and plausible madness in everyday life... The unthinkable lingers and quivers within the text, creating suspense as the story builds towards the shocking reveal.' VG _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Modern Herbal Alys Fowler (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Michael Joseph Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
11 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h231mm x w173mm ISBN13: 9780241368336 ISBN13: 978-0-241-36833-6 ISBN10: 0241368332 EAN: 9780241368336 x Description: Plant-based medicine for a calmer, healthier life It's too easy to turn to the pharmacy when we're stressed, sick or feeling under the weather, but what if you turned to your garden instead? For thousands of years, people who had no access to clinical medicine knew how to boost their well-being by using the ingredients they found in plants. There's a rich history waiting to be plucked from around you. Herbs are the people's medicine; often freely available and abundant, they are ready and waiting for you to use them to soothe and heal your body and mind. Horticultural expert and Guardian columnist, Alys Fowler, shows how to take control of your health by adopting a more natural lifestyle. Offering a fusion of botanical, practical, cultural and historical information, as well as beautiful illustrations, A Modern Herbal reveals how common herbs are the
simple, cleansing way to better health and happiness. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Collector John Fowles (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage Classics
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
05 Feb 2004 (05 Nov 2009)
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 202g ISBN13: 9780099470472 ISBN13: 978-0-09-947047-2 ISBN10: 0099470470 EAN: 9780099470472 x Description: Discover John Fowles' compelling classic first novel `Short and spare and direct, an intelligent thriller with psychological and social overtones' Sunday Times Withdrawn, uneducated and unloved, Frederick collects butterflies and takes photographs. He is obsessed with a beautiful stranger, art student Miranda. Coming into unexpected money, he buys a remote Sussex house and calmly abducts Miranda, believing she will grow to love him in time. Alone and desperate, Miranda must struggle to understand her captor if she is to gain her freedom... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The French Lieutenant's Woman John Fowles (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage Classics
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
04 Nov 2004 (05 Nov 2009)
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 480pp h198mm x w129mm x s29mm 330g ISBN13: 9780099478331 ISBN13: 978-0-09-947833-1 ISBN10: 0099478331 EAN: 9780099478331 x Description: Widely acclaimed since publication, John Fowles' most beloved novel is the ultimate epic historical romance. Charles Smithson, a respectable engaged man, meets Sarah Woodruff as she stands on the Cobb at Lyme Regis, staring out to sea. Charles falls in love, but Sarah is a disgraced woman, and their romance will defy all the stifling conventions of the Victorian age. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Magus John Fowles (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage Classics
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
04 Nov 2004 (05 Nov 2009)
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 672pp h198mm x w129mm x s34mm 484g ISBN13: 9780099478355 ISBN13: 978-0-09-947835-5 ISBN10: 0099478358 EAN: 9780099478355 x
Description: On a remote Greek Island, Nicholas Urfe finds himself embroiled in the deceptions of a master trickster. As reality and illusion intertwine, Urfe is caught up in the darkest of psychological games. John Fowles expertly unfolds a tale that is lush with over-powering imagery in a spellbinding exploration of human complexities. By turns disturbing, thrilling and seductive, The Magus is a feast for the mind and the senses. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
All the Bad Apples Moira Fowley-Doyle (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 352pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241333969 ISBN13: 978-0-241-33396-9 ISBN10: 0241333962 EAN: 9780241333969 x Description: The stunning new novel about shocking family secrets, silenced female voices and dangerous truths from the author of The Accident Season. The day after the funeral all our mourning clothes hung out on the line like sleeping bats. 'This will be really embarrassing,' I kept saying to my family, 'when she shows up at the door in a week or two.' On Deena's seventeenth birthday, the day she finally comes out to her family, her wild and mysterious sister Mandy is seen leaping from a cliff. The family is heartbroken, but not surprised. The women of the Rys family have always been troubled - 'bad apples', their father calls them - and Mandy is the baddest of them all. But then Deena starts to receive the letters. Letters from Mandy, claiming that their family's blighted history is not just bad luck or bad decisions, but a curse, handed down to the Rys women through the generations. Mandy has gone in search of the curse's roots, and now Deena must begin a desperate cross-country hunt for her sister, guided only by the letters that mysteriously appear in each new place. What Deena finds will heal their family's rotten past - or rip it apart forever. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gone by Midnight Candice Fox (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Century
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
24 Jan 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 384pp h234mm x w153mm x s28mm 465g ISBN13: 9781529123807 ISBN13: 978-1-5291-2380-7 ISBN10: 1529123801 EAN: 9781529123807 x Description: 'Perfectly paced, super addictive action/thriller/mystery filled with highly original, ridiculously likeable characters. ... Pretty much perfect in every way imaginable' - BOOKTOPIA ___________________ They left four children safe upstairs. They came back to three. _________________ On the fifth floor of the White Caps Hotel, four young boys are left alone while their parents dine downstairs. But when one of the parents checks on the children at midnight, they discover one of them is missing. The boys swear they stayed in their room. CCTV confirms that none of them left the building. No trace of the child is found. Now the hunt is on to find him, before it's too late - and before the search for a boy becomes a search for a body... ___________________
'Her Australian thriller Redemption was one of 2018's treats, and this is another belter... Unexpected twists keep you guessing as the story hurtles to a climax' - PETERBOROUGH EVENING TELEGRAPH 'Fresh, lively writing that's not afraid to deliver shocks' - SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB 'It's hard to put it down, and I was genuinely flummoxed... until the very end. Highly recommended.' - THE BOOKBAG _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Naturally Tan: A Memoir Tan France (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Virgin Books
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
04 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 288pp h234mm x w153mm x s21mm 367g ISBN13: 9780753553749 ISBN13: 978-0-7535-5374-9 ISBN10: 0753553740 EAN: 9780753553749 x Description: 'The book is meant to spread joy, personal acceptance, and most of all understanding. Each of us is living our own private journey, and the more we know about each other, the healthier and happier the world will be.' Growing up gay in a traditional South Asian family in South Yorkshire, Tan France could never have imagined he'd become part of a worldwide phenomenon. One of the few people of colour at his school, he experienced racist bullies, found solace at his grandad's denim factory and eventually discovered his true calling at fashion college. Told with his trademark humour, for the first time Tan reveals the experiences that have made him the witty, compassionate man he is today. From meeting the love of his life Rob (a Mormon cowboy from Salt Lake City) to juggling three demanding businesses, Tan charts the highs and lows on his path to Queer Eye. And of course he can't help but pepper this book with fashion dos and don'ts. Full of candid observations about US and UK cultural differences, celebrity encounters, and behind-the-scenes revelations about Queer Eye, Naturally Tan gives us Tan's unique perspective on the happiness to be found in being yourself. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Alphabet Squadron Alexander Freed (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Century
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
04 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 432pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781529124033 ISBN13: 978-1-5291-2403-3 ISBN10: 1529124034 EAN: 9781529124033 x Description: On the verge of victory in a brutal war, five New Republic pilots transform from hunted to hunters in this epic STAR WARS adventure. The Emperor is dead. His final weapon has been destroyed. The imperial army is in disarray. In the aftermath, Yrica Quell is just one of thousands of defectors from her former cause living in a deserters' shantytown-until she is selected to join Alphabet Squadron. Cobbled together from an eclectic assortment of pilots and starfighters, the five members of Alphabet are tasked by New Republic General Hera Syndulla herself. Like Yrica, each is a talented pilot struggling to find their place in a changing galaxy. Their mission: to track down and destroy the mysterious Shadow Wing, a lethal force of TIE fighters exacting bloody, reckless vengeance in the twilight of their reign. The newly formed unit embodies the heart and soul of the Rebellion: ragtag, resourceful, scrappy, and emboldened by their most audacious victory in decades. But going from underdog rebels to celebrated heroes isn't as easy as it seems, and their inner demons threaten them as much as their enemies among the stars. The wayward warriors of Alphabet Squad will have to learn to fly together if they want to protect the new era of peace they've fought so hard to achieve. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Losing You Nicci French (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
25 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 432pp h181mm x w111mm ISBN13: 9781405941105 ISBN13: 978-1-4059-4110-5 ISBN10: 1405941103 EAN: 9781405941105 x Description: Nina Landry has given up city life for the isolated community of Sandling Island, lying off the bleak east coast of England. At night the wind howls. Sometimes they are cut off by the incoming tide. For Nina though it is home. It is safe. But when Nina's teenage daughter Charlie fails to return from a sleepover on the day they're due to go on holiday, the island becomes a different place altogether. A place of secrets and suspicions . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures Stephen Fry (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
27 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 496pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781405940368 ISBN13: 978-1-4059-4036-8 ISBN10: 1405940360 EAN: 9781405940368 x Description: Mortals and Monsters. Quests and Adventures . . . __________ There are Heroes - and then there are Greek Heroes. Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such bold and heart-stirring adventures, overcome myriad monstrous perils, or outwitted scheming vengeful gods, quite as stylishly and triumphantly as Greek heroes. In this companion to his bestselling Mythos, Stephen Fry brilliantly retells these dramatic, funny, tragic and timeless tales. Join Jason aboard the Argo as he quests for the Golden Fleece. See Atalanta - who was raised by bears - outrun any man before being tricked with golden apples. Witness wily Oedipus solve the riddle of the Sphinx and discover how Bellerophon captures the winged horse Pegasus to help him slay the monster Chimera. Filled with white-knuckle chases and battles, impossible puzzles and riddles, acts of base cowardice and real bravery, not to mention murders and selfless sacrifices, Heroes is the story of what we mortals are truly capable of - at our worst and our very best. ___________ 'Ebullient and funny' The Times 'Entertaining and edifying' Daily Telegraph 'A rollicking good read' Independent 'Fry exhibits enormous erudition and enthusiasm' Mail on Sunday 'The Greek gods of the past become relatable as pop culture, modern literature and music are woven throughout. Joyfully informal yet full of the literary legacy' Guardian _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Good Omens Neil Gaiman (Author) Terry Pratchett (Author) Series:
Edition:
Media tie-in
Imprint:
Corgi Books
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
09 Apr 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w127mm x s25mm 283g ISBN13: 9780552176453 ISBN13: 978-0-552-17645-3 ISBN10: 0552176451 EAN: 9780552176453 x Description: ____________________ COMING TO AMAZON PRIME ON 31ST MAY - STARRING DAVID TENNANT, MICHAEL SHEEN AND BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH 'Marvellously benign, ridiculously inventive and gloriously funny' Guardian ____________________ 'Armageddon only happens once, you know. They don't let you go around again until you get it right' According to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, Judgement Day is almost upon us and the world's going to end in a week . . . Now people have been predicting the end of the world almost from its very beginning, so it's only natural to be sceptical when a new date is set for Judgement Day. But what if, for once, the predictions are right, and the apocalypse really is due to arrive next Saturday, just after tea? You could spend the time left drowning your sorrows, giving away all your possessions in preparation for the rapture, or laughing it off as (hopefully) just another hoax. Or you could just try to do something about it. It's a predicament that Aziraphale, a somewhat fussy angel, and Crowley, a fast-living demon now finds themselves in. They've been living amongst Earth's mortals since The Beginning and, truth be told, have grown rather fond of the lifestyle and, in all honesty, are not actually looking forward to the coming Apocalypse. And then there's the small matter that someone appears to have misplaced the Antichrist . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Bad Behavior Mary Gaitskill (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Classics
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 224pp h198mm x w129mm x s13mm 168g ISBN13: 9780241383100 ISBN13: 978-0-241-38310-0 ISBN10: 0241383102 EAN: 9780241383100 x Description: Mary Gaitskill's tales of desire and dislocation in 1980s New York caused a sensation with their frank, caustic portrayals of men and women's inner lives. As her characters have sex, try and fail to connect, play power games and inflict myriad cruelties on each other, she skewers urban life with precision and candour. 'Stubbornly original, with a sort of rhythm and fine moments that flatten you out when you don't expect it, these stories are a pleasure to read' Alice Munro 'An air of Pinteresque menace hangs over these people's social exchanges like black funereal bunting ... Gaitskill writes with such authority, such radar-perfect detail' Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Scout Mindset: The Perils of Defensive Thinking and How to Be Right More Often Seek Julia Galef (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Portfolio Penguin
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
18 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 288pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780241308325 ISBN13: 978-0-241-30832-5 ISBN10: 0241308321 EAN: 9780241308325 x Description: Learn how to combat biases and make smarter decisions by adopting a 'scout' mindset The human brain is designed to lie to us. Over the years, it has evolved to help us ignore mistakes we make, fuelling our own irrational, biological instincts. But what if we could train our minds to make more rational decisions, without the blow to our confidence? In The Scout Mindset, Julia Galef explores two different modes of thinking, the 'soldier' and the 'scout' mindset, and explains why the 'scout' mindset helps us make much better decisions. Unfortunately, most of us naturally have a 'soldier' mindset. We protect our beliefs aggressively and ignore any evidence that we might be wrong. But to be right more often, we need to approach ideas less like a soldier and more like a scout. A scout surveys the land, seeking accuracy and understanding to find all available information - good and bad - to gain a more truthful picture. While the soldier and the scout are both essential to the functioning of an actual army, a scout mindset will benefit most of us more in decision-making. With fascinating stories ranging from Warren Buffett's investing strategies to subreddit threads and modern partisan politics, Galef explores why our brains deceive us and what we can do see things more clearly and be right more often. Julia Galef is the Co-founder and President of the Center for Applied Rationality (CFAR), a non-profit organization training people in cognitive sciencebased strategies for improved decision-making. She is the host of the hit podcast Rationally Speaking for which she has interviewed everyone from Neil DeGrasse Tyson to Philip Tetlock. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Shape of Bones Daniel Galera (Author) Alison Entrekin (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Language: English Translated From: Portuguese Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 240pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241964880 ISBN13: 978-0-241-96488-0 ISBN10: 0241964881 EAN: 9780241964880 x Description: 'A violent, virile reckoning... In one bloody moment, fantasy becomes reality. Like an improbable cross of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and American Psycho' Financial Times A gripping and visceral novel about violence and modern masculinity - from one of Brazil's most exciting young voices A man rises at 5am and silently leaves home. He starts his car - its trunk filled with survival gear - and glides through the sleeping streets of Porto Alegre, haunted by ghosts of past selves: the fearless boy riding a battered stunt bike, the silent adolescent fascinated by bodies and violence, the obsessive young surgeon, the distant husband. As dawn breaks and people slowly fill the streets, the man finds himself driving back to his childhood home. What is pulling him back there? Perhaps the need to make something happen, perhaps just nostalgia. Or perhaps the search for absolution - for a secret crime he has carried in his heart for fifteen years.
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The Algebra of Happiness: The pursuit of success, love and what it all means Scott Galloway (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Bantam Press
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
09 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 256pp h184mm x w137mm x s26mm 285g ISBN13: 9781787632479 ISBN13: 978-1-78763-247-9 ISBN10: 1787632474 EAN: 9781787632479 x Description: From the New York Times bestselling author, a provocative book of hard-won wisdom for achieving a fulfilling career and life. - How can you have a meaningful career, not just a lucrative one? - Is a work/life balance really possible? - What does it take to make a long-term relationship succeed? - What can you do now so there are no regrets aged 40, 50 or 80? As Scott Galloway puts it, by the time you hit your mid twenties sh*t gets real. Life become stressful. Even the smart, the hard working and the elite can feel lost in a chaotic, noisy and unpredictable world. As a professor at New York University's Stern School of Business, the debate in Galloway's MBA class often veers away from business strategy to the challenging issue of life strategies. Which is why Galloway, in his signature, takeno-prisoners style, has developed a dynamic formula for a life well lived. In The Algebra of Happiness Galloway tells you how life can be navigated and negotiated better to maximise happiness and minimise the inevitable stress. Delivering practical advice and hard-won wisdom on everything from when to own property to how hard to work, this is self-help for anyone struggling with life's big questions. Through simple equations that measure the relationship between success, resilience and failure or the correlation between happiness and money, Galloway attempts to convert intangible advice to tangible equations. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ultimatum Frank Gardner (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Corgi Books
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 464pp h198mm x w127mm x s28mm 314g B & W map ISBN13: 9780552176309 ISBN13: 978-0-552-17630-9 ISBN10: 0552176303 EAN: 9780552176309 x Description: ________ `Crisis . . . was much admired . . . the second in his Luke Carlton series is even better' SUNDAY TIMES _________ HIDDEN FROM PRYING WESTERN SATELLITES, IRANIAN SCIENTISTS WORK ON A BANNED DEVICE. They are acting on the orders of a renegade cell within Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, whose objective is to transform their country into a nucleararmed nation, and so seal its domination of the Middle East. Britain's intelligence agencies know something is up. Someone on the inside is ready to hand over information - but then the rendezvous with SIS officer Luke Carlton goes bloodily wrong. Luke needs to be extracted. Fast. Forced on to the back foot after that fiasco, MI6 sees an opportunity to recruit an individual with unique access to the IRGC hardliners. Luke is chosen to reel them in. Going into Iran undercover is dangerous enough, but then there's a killing and a kidnapping and the British government is presented
with a shocking ultimatum. With time running out, it seems only Luke can stop a cataclysmic new war in the Gulf . . . ________ `Skilfully mixes knowledge garnered as the BBC's security correspondent with breathless action' THE TIMES Don't miss Frank Gardner's first Luke Carlton thriller - the No. 1 bestselling Crisis. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Never Tell Lisa Gardner (Author) Series:
Detective D.D. Warren
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
27 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 287g ISBN13: 9781784758639 ISBN13: 978-1-78475-863-9 ISBN10: 1784758639 EAN: 9781784758639 x Description: THE INTERNATIONAL NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'A tsunami of a thriller. This may well be Gardner's best work' - DAVID BALDACCI _______________ One death might be an accident. Two deaths looks like murder. A man is shot dead in his own home, and his pregnant wife, Evie, is found with the gun in her hands. Detective D.D. Warren instantly recognises her. Sixteen years ago, Evie also shot her own father. That killing was ruled an accident. D.D. doesn't believe in coincidences. But this case isn't as open and shut as it first appears, and her job is to discover the truth. Evie might be a victim. Or she might be about to get away with murder again. _______________ 'Never Tell is raw, visceral, emotional, the sentences come at you like MP5 rounds, and features three incredible characters, D.D., Flora and Evie, who, alone, could carry any narrative.' - DAVID BALDACCI 'Lisa Gardner has outdone herself with this powerful novel about three women, two murders, and uncountable secrets! From its stunning opening to its last thrilling page, Never Tell will captivate, surprise,and satisfy you.'- LISA SCOTTOLINE 'Never Tell shocks the system like ten thousand volts. D.D. Warren's most gripping case yet. Brace yourself, gulp down a deep breath, and dive in.' A.J. FINN 'Nail-biting ... Gardner's commendable storytelling will keep fans eagerly waiting for the next outing for D.D. and Flora' - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 'In her latest nail-biter Never Tell, Lisa Gardner knows just what her readers want and how to give it to them.' - REAL BOOK SPY _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Kites Romain Gary (Author) Miranda Richmond Mouillot (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Classics
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 320pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241345627 ISBN13: 978-0-241-34562-7 ISBN10: 0241345626 EAN: 9780241345627 x Description: A New York Times Notable Book 2018 'A rebel French writer ... a brilliant storyteller, a master craftsman and one of France's most original writers' Independent 'The Kites is a novel touched from beginning to end with grace, a great saga about the innate dignity of love that succeeds in the feat of being funny and poetic, tender and sharp, committed and fierce, with a touch of brilliance in the art of dialogue' Muriel Barbery, author of The Elegance of the Hedgehog A quiet village in Normandy, 1932. Ludo is ten years old and lives with his uncle, a kindly, eccentric creator of elaborate kites. One day, sitting in a strawberry field, Ludo meets the beautiful young Polish aristocrat Lila. And so begins Ludo's lifelong adventure of love and longing for Lila, who only begins to return his feelings just as Europe descends into the devastation of World War 2. After Poland and France fall, Lila and Ludo are separated. Ludo's friends in the village must find their own ways of resisting: the local restaurateur who is dedicated above all to France's haute cuisine, a Jewish brothel madam who sleeps with her unwitting enemies and Ludo, who cycles past the Nazis every day, passing on messages for the French Resistance - thinking always of Lila. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Unsettling of Europe: The Great Migration, 1945 to the Present Peter Gatrell (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen Lane
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
29 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 400pp h240mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9780241290453 ISBN13: 978-0-241-29045-3 ISBN10: 0241290457 EAN: 9780241290453 x Description: Migrants have stood at the heart of modern Europe's experience, whether trying to escape danger, to find a better life or as a result of deliberate policy, whether moving from the countryside to the city, or between countries, or from outside the continent altogether. Peter Gatrell's powerful new book is the first to bring these stories together into one place. He creates a compelling narrative bracketed by two nightmarish periods: the great convulsions following the fall of the Third Reich and the mass attempts in the 2010s by migrants to cross the Mediterranean into Europe. The Unsettling of Europe is a new history of the continent, charting the ever-changing arguments about the desirability or otherwise of migrants and their central role in Europe's post-1945 prosperity. Gatrell is as fascinating on the giant movements of millions (such as the epic waves of German migration) to that of much smaller groups, such as the Karelians, Armenians, Moluccans or Ugandan Asians. Above all he has written a book that makes the reader deeply aware of the many extraordinary journeys taken by countless individuals in pursuit of work, safety and dignity, all the time. This is a landmark book on a subject that, decade by decade, will always haunt Europe. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Life of the Party: If A Girl Screams, and Other Poems Olivia Gatwood (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Doubleday
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
20 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 128pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780857526250 ISBN13: 978-0-85752-625-0 ISBN10: 0857526251 EAN: 9780857526250 x Description: A dazzling collection of raw and explosive poems from a thrilling new feminist voice. In this multi-faceted collection of odes, anecdotes, sonnets and prose, Olivia Gatwood weaves together the trials and triumphs of growing up and explores the many ways that fear and violence can be internalized in a woman's psyche. At times blistering and riotous, at times soulful and exuberant, Life of the Party is about what it means to be a girl and a woman in today's world and the challenge of briefly being both. In powerful, piercingly candid language, Gatwood asks: How does one grow from a girl to a woman in a world wracked by violence? What happens to our bodies that make us who we are? Is this fear really irrational? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence Kristen Ghodsee (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
02 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 240pp h198mm x w129mm x s15mm 195g ISBN13: 9781529110579 ISBN13: 978-1-5291-1057-9 ISBN10: 1529110572 EAN: 9781529110579 x Description: 'Funny, angry, urgent. Ghodsee is going to start a revolution' Daisy Buchanan Unregulated capitalism is bad for women. Socialism, if done properly, leads to economic independence, better labour conditions, better work/family balance and, yes, even better sex. If you like the idea of such outcomes, then come along for an exploration of how we might change things. (If you don't give a whit about women's lives because you're a gynophobic right-wing internet troll, save your money and get back to your parents' basement right now; this isn't the book for you.) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Your Second Life Begins When You Realize You Only Have One: The novel that has made over 2 million readers happier Raphaelle Giordano (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Corgi Books
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
30 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 256pp h198mm x w127mm x s17mm 189g ISBN13: 9780552175005 ISBN13: 978-0-552-17500-5 ISBN10: 0552175005 EAN: 9780552175005 x Description: ____________________ THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: 2 million copies sold worldwide! A charming, feel-good and universal story of one woman's journey from boredom and dissatisfaction to happiness and fulfilment . . . ______________________ At thirty-eight and a quarter years old, Camille has everything she needs to be happy, or so it seems: a good job, a loving husband, a wonderful son. Why then does she feel as if happiness has slipped through her fingers? All she wants is to find the path to joy. When Claude, a French Sean Connery lookalike and routinologist, offers his unique advice to help get her there, she seizes the opportunity with both hands. Camille's journey is full of surprising adventures, creative capers and deep meaning, as she sets out to transform her life and realize her dreams one step at a time . . . __________________ If you liked The Happiness Project, The Little Paris Bookshop or Eat, Pray, Love, you'll love this. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Galileo's Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness Philip Goff (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Rider & Co
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
15 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 192pp h216mm x w135mm ISBN13: 9781846046018 ISBN13: 978-1-84604-601-8 ISBN10: 1846046017 EAN: 9781846046018 x Description: If we want a science of consciousness, we will have to rethink what 'science' is. Understanding how brains produce consciousness is one of the great scientific challenges of our age. Some philosophers argue that the mystery is so deep it will never be solved. Others believe our standard scientific methods for investigating the brain will eventually produce an answer. In Galileo's Error, Professor Philip Goff proposes a third way, arguing both approaches are wrongheaded: we struggle to explain consciousness because physical science, as we currently conceive it, is not designed to deal with the issue. Explaining how Galileo's flawed philosophy of nature created the 'problem' of consciousness in the first place, Goff shows convincingly what we need to do to solve it. Controversial, stimulating and ahead of its time, Galileo's Error is an important step towards a complete vision of reality. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Keto Diet: A 60-day protocol to boost your health Scott Gooding (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vermilion
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
17 Jan 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w126mm x s18mm 208g ISBN13: 9781785042638 ISBN13: 978-1-78504-263-8 ISBN10: 1785042637 EAN: 9781785042638 x Description: Discover the life-changing way of eating. Following a high-fat, ketogenic diet is quickly becoming the most popular approach to losing weight, reducing inflammation and improving brain function. It's simple: to burn fat, you need to eat fat. When most of your calories come from healthy fats, you can reset your metabolism and get lean. You can also reduce cravings, clear brain fog and improve your mood and concentration. Along with simple explanations of the science of ketosis and the importance of real food, The Keto Diet includes a 60-day meal plan with over 100 delicious recipes designed to make easy, sustainable changes in your life. The Keto Diet is not a quick fix or a fad. It's the healthy lifestyle you need to be your best inside and out! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Leadership in Turbulent Times: Lessons from the Presidents Doris Kearns Goodwin (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 496pp h198mm x w129mm x s30mm 342g ISBN13: 9780241300725 ISBN13: 978-0-241-30072-5 ISBN10: 024130072X EAN: 9780241300725 x Description: In this culmination of five decades of acclaimed studies in presidential history, Doris Kearns Goodwin offers an illuminating exploration of the origin, uncertain growth, and finally, the exercise of fully developed leadership. Are leaders born or made? Where does ambition come from? How does adversity affect the growth of leadership? Does the man make the times or does the times make the man? In Leadership Goodwin draws upon four of the presidents she has studied - Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson - to show how they first recognized leadership qualities within themselves, and were recognized as leaders by others. By looking back to their first entry into public life, when their paths were filled with confusion, hope, and fear, we can share their struggles and follow their development into leaders. Leadership tells the story of how they all collided with dramatic reversals that disrupted their lives and threatened to forever shatter their ambitions. Nonetheless, they all emerged fitted to confront the contours and dilemmas of their times. No common pattern describes the trajectory of leadership. Although set apart in background, abilities and temperament, they shared a fierce ambition, a hunger to succeed beyond expectations. All four, at their best, were guided by a sense of moral purpose that led them at moments of great challenge to summon their talents to enlarge the opportunities and lives of others. This seminal work provides a roadmap for aspiring and established leaders. In today's polarized world, these stories of authentic leadership in time of surpassing fracture and fear take on a singular urgency.
(Previously published as: 'Leadership: Lessons from the Presidents for Turbulent Times') _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Admiral of the Narrow Seas: The Life of Bertram Ramsay Andrew Gordon (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen Lane
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
18 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 576pp h234mm x w153mm 24pp inset ISBN13: 9780241360521 ISBN13: 978-0-241-36052-1 ISBN10: 0241360528 EAN: 9780241360521 x Description: Bertram Ramsay has acquired almost mythical status in the history of the Second World War, firstly as the principal organizer of the Dunkirk evacuation and then as naval commander of the Allied invasion of Normandy - in the eyes of many, 'the organizer of victory'. But because Ramsay was killed in January 1945 and never wrote his own memoirs, his life has until now been difficult to pin down. Andrew Gordon, prize-winning author of The Rules of the Game: Jutland and British Naval Command, writing with the help of Ramsay's descendants, now describes the career of this intense and territorial man in full, for the first time establishing his true role in the two great tests of his life and conveying his very particular personality. This is a superb biography of a naval officer, which also casts much new light on the military history of the first half of the twentieth century. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Garden Jungle: or Gardening to Save the Planet Dave Goulson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Jonathan Cape Ltd
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
11 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 272pp h222mm x w144mm x s29mm 407g ISBN13: 9781787331358 ISBN13: 978-1-78733-135-8 ISBN10: 1787331350 EAN: 9781787331358 x Description: The Garden Jungle is about the wildlife that lives right under our noses, in our gardens and parks, between the gaps in the pavement, and in the soil beneath our feet. Wherever you are right now, the chances are that there are worms, woodlice, centipedes, flies, silverfish, wasps, beetles, mice, shrews and much, much more, quietly living within just a few paces of you. Dave Goulson gives us an insight into the fascinating and sometimes weird lives of these creatures, taking us burrowing into the compost heap, digging under the lawn and diving into the garden pond. He explains how our lives and ultimately the fate of humankind are inextricably intertwined with that of earwigs, bees, lacewings and hoverflies, unappreciated heroes of the natural world. The Garden Jungle is at times an immensely serious book, exploring the environmental harm inadvertently done by gardeners who buy intensively reared plants in disposable plastic pots, sprayed with pesticides and grown in peat cut from the ground. Goulson argues that gardens could become places where we can reconnect with nature and rediscover where food comes from. With just a few small changes, our gardens could become a vast network of tiny nature reserves, where humans and wildlife can thrive together in harmony rather than conflict. For anyone who has a garden, and cares about our planet, this book is essential reading. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The History of Philosophy A. C. Grayling (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Viking
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
20 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 704pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780241304556 ISBN13: 978-0-241-30455-6 ISBN10: 0241304555 EAN: 9780241304556 x Description: The story of philosophy is an epic tale: an exploration of the ideas, views and teachings of some of the most creative minds known to humanity. But since the long-popular classic, Bertrand Russell's History of Western Philosophy, first published in 1945, there has been no comprehensive and entertaining, single-volume history of this great intellectual journey. With his characteristic clarity and elegance A. C. Grayling takes the reader from the world-views and moralities before the age of the Buddha, Confucius, and Socrates, through Christianity's dominance of the European mind, to the Renaissance and Enlightenment, and on to Mill, Nietzsche, Sartre, and philosophy today. And, since the story of philosophy is incomplete without mention of the great philosophical traditions of India, China and the Persian-Arabic world, he gives a comparative survey of them too. Accessible for students and eye-opening for philosophy readers, he covers epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, aesthetics, logic, the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of language, political philosophy and the history of debates in these areas of enquiry, through the ideas of the celebrated philosophers as well as less well-known influential thinkers. He also asks what we have learnt from this body of thought, and what progress is still to be made. The first authoritative and accessible one-volume history of philosophy for decades, remarkable for its range and accessibility, this is a landmark work. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Demon World (The Smoke Thieves Book 2) Sally Green (Author) Series:
The Smoke Thieves
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 416pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780141375410 ISBN13: 978-0-14-137541-0 ISBN10: 0141375418 EAN: 9780141375410 x Description: The second book in The Smoke Thieves series from Sally Green - perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Game of Thrones.
After narrowly escaping the fall of Rossarb, Princess Catherine leads a rag-tag group of survivors into the barren wasteland of the Northern Plateau. With the Brigantine army snapping at their heels, Edyon and March become separated from the group, while demon hunter Tash leads Catherine and Ambrose to an unlikely refuge - the hidden tunnels of the demon world itself. They soon find that the tunnels hold their own dangers and, while Tash travels deeper, hoping to learn more about their mysterious inhabitants, Catherine and Ambrose must return to the surface to resume the war. But the world above is in turmoil. King Aloysius's army has captured the Pitorian prince, Tzsayn, and is poised to overrun the whole country. To have any hope of challenging her father's tyranny, Catherine needs to form her own army, but when danger lurks at every turn, how can she tell an ally from an enemy? What Tash discovers in the demon tunnels could change everything, but if the message doesn't reach Catherine in time, the war might already be lost . .. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tyrant: Shakespeare On Power Stephen Greenblatt (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
23 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 224pp h198mm x w129mm x s14mm 182g ISBN13: 9781784707606 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-760-6 ISBN10: 1784707600 EAN: 9781784707606 x Description: 'Brilliant' Sunday Times How does a truly disastrous leader - a sociopath, a demagogue, a tyrant - come to power? This vivid and accessible analysis of Shakespeare's most enduring works sheds light on one of our most urgent contemporary dilemmas. As an ageing, tenacious Elizabeth I clung to power, a talented playwright probed the social and psychological roots and the twisted consequences of tyranny. What he discovered in his characters remains remarkably relevant today. With uncanny insight, he shone a spotlight on the infantile psychology and unquenchable narcissistic appetites of demagogues and imagined how they might be stopped. In Tyrant, Stephen Greenblatt examines the themes of power and tyranny in some of Shakespeare's most famous plays -- from the dominating figures of Richard III, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Macbeth, and Coriolanus to the subtle tyranny found in Measure for Measure and The Winter's Tale. Tyrant is a highly relevant exploration of Shakespeare's work that sheds new light on the workings of power. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Travels With My Aunt: Vintage Voyages Graham Greene (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage Classics
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 272pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784875336 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-533-6 ISBN10: 1784875333 EAN: 9781784875336 x Description: Vintage Voyages: A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind Henry Pulling, a retired bank manager, meets his septuagenarian Aunt Augusta for the first time in over fifty years at what he supposes to be his mother's funeral. Soon after, she persuades Henry to abandon Southwood, to travel to Brighton, Paris, Istanbul, Paraguay, and a shiftless, twilight society of hippies, war criminals, CIA men that will help Henry come alive after a dull suburban life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I You We Them: Journeys Beyond Evil: The Desk Killer in History and Today Dan Gretton (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
William Heinemann Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
30 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 1040pp h240mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9780434023479 ISBN13: 978-0-434-02347-9 ISBN10: 0434023477 EAN: 9780434023479
x Description: A landmark historical investigation into crimes against humanity and the nature of evil that is over two decades in the making. 'The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.' Hannah Arendt I You We Them is a study of the psychology of some of the least visible perpetrators of crimes against humanity, the `desk killers' who ordered and directed some of the worst atrocities of the last two hundred years. It is also an exploration of corporate responsibility and personal culpability today, connecting the bureaucratic blindness that created desk killing to the same moral myopia that exists now in the calm, clean offices of global capitalism. It is a journal of discovery, based on decades of research, interviews with hundreds of participants, and extensive first-hand experience. It encompasses extended investigations into a number of specific cases, moving from the brutalities of Empire to the scorched gas fields of the Niger Delta, from the industrial complex of Auschwitz to the empty sites of the Bosnian genocide; bearing witness, recording, and attempting to understand. It is a synthesis of history, reportage and memoir, a sustained meditation on the nature of responsibility and injustice, and a book that will change the way we think about our past, present and future. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Florida Lauren Groff (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Windmill Books
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
16 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 202g ISBN13: 9781786090461 ISBN13: 978-1-78609-046-1 ISBN10: 1786090465 EAN: 9781786090461 x Description: **A BARACK OBAMA BOOK OF THE YEAR** **2018 National Book Awards Finalist** In these vigorous stories, Lauren Groff brings her electric storytelling to a world in which storms, snakes and sinkholes lurk at the edge of everyday life, but the greater threats are of a human, emotional and psychological nature. Among those navigating it all are a resourceful pair of abandoned sisters; a lonely boy, grown up; a restless, childless couple; a searching, homeless woman; and an unforgettable conflicted wife and mother. The stories in this collection span characters, towns, even centuries, but Florida - its landscape, climate, history and state of mind - becomes the gravitational centre. With shocking accuracy, Groff pinpoints the connections behind human pleasure and pain, hope and despair, love and fury - the moments that make us alive. 'Restorative fiction for these urgent times.' New York Times `A blistering collection ... lyrical and oblique.' Guardian _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Stalingrad Vasily Grossman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Harvill Secker
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 992pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781787301153 ISBN13: 978-1-78730-115-3 ISBN10: 178730115X EAN: 9781787301153 x Description: Stalingrad is the prequel to Life and Fate, one of the twentieth century's greatest novels. This is its first publication in English. In April 1942, Hitler and Mussolini plan the huge offensive on the Eastern Front that will culminate in the greatest battle in human history.
Hundreds of miles away, Pyotr Vavilov receives his call-up papers and spends a final night with his wife and children in the hut that is his home. As war approaches, the Shaposhnikov family gathers for a meal: despite her age, Alexandra will soon become a refugee; Tolya will enlist in the reserves; Vera, a nurse, will fall in love with a wounded pilot; and Viktor Shtrum will receive a letter from his doomed mother which will haunt him forever. The war will consume the lives of a huge cast of characters - lives which express Grossman's grand themes of the nation and the individual, nature's beauty and war's cruelty, love and separation. For months, Soviet forces are driven back inexorably by the German advance eastward and eventually Stalingrad is all that remains between the invaders and victory. The city stands on a cliff-top by the Volga river. The battle for Stalingrad - a maelstrom of violence and firepower - will reduce it to ruins. But it will also be the cradle of a new sense of hope. Stalingrad is a magnificent novel not only of war but of all human life: its subjects are mothers and daughters, husbands and brothers, generals, nurses, political officers, steelworkers, tractor girls. It is tender, epic, and a testament to the power of the human spirit. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gandhi 1914-1948: The Years That Changed the World Ramachandra Guha (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
31 Oct 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 1152pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780141044231 ISBN13: 978-0-14-104423-1 ISBN10: 0141044233 EAN: 9780141044231 x Description: 'Essential reading ... will not be bettered' Ferdinand Mount, Wall Street Journal 'Gandhi's finest biographer' David Kynaston, Guardian The magnificent new biography of Gandhi by India's leading historian A New York Times Notable Book of 2018 Gandhi lived one of the great 20th-century lives. He inspired and enraged, challenged and galvanized many millions of men and women around the world. He lived almost entirely in the shadow of the British Raj, which for much of his life seemed a permanent fact, but which he did more than anyone else to destroy, using revolutionary tactics. In a world defined by violence on a scale never imagined before and by ferocious Fascist and Communist dictatorship, he was armed with nothing more than his arguments and example. This magnificent book tells the story of Gandhi's life, from his departure from South Africa to his assassination in 1948. It is a book with a Tolstoyan sweep, both allowing us to see Gandhi as he was understood by his contemporaries and the vast, varied Indian societies and landscapes which he travelled through and changed beyond measure. Drawing on many new sources and animated by its author's wonderful sense of drama and politics, Gandhi is a major reappraisal of the crucial years in this titanic figure's story. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers: Vintage Voyages Xiaolu Guo (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage Classics
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784875312 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-531-2 ISBN10: 1784875317 EAN: 9781784875312 x
Description: Vintage Voyages: A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind Twenty-three-year-old Zhuang (or Z as she calls herself) arrives in London to spend a year learning English. Struggling to find her way in the city, and through the puzzles of tense, verb and adverb; she falls for an older Englishman and begins to realise that the landscape of love is an even trickier terrain... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Travellers Helon Habila (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hamish Hamilton Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
20 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 320pp h222mm x w138mm ISBN13: 9780241394502 ISBN13: 978-0-241-39450-2 ISBN10: 0241394503 EAN: 9780241394502 x Description: 'Once I started reading Travellers, I couldn't stop. With power and control, it plunges the reader into a maze of lives that crisscross between Africa and Europe. Refugees and not only refugees hungering for the north, pushing their way through the barriers of waves, human failings and unrealistic dreams.The novel has all the weight of art with the sting of breaking news. I loved it. It is Habila at his best' Leila Aboulela Poignant and beautifully sculpted, a novel about exile, identity and the many kinds of travellers moving through our modern world - from the Caine Prize-winning author of Oil on Water and Waiting for an Angel Modern Europe is a melting pot of migrating souls: among them a Nigerian American couple on a prestigious arts fellowship, a transgender film student seeking the freedom of authenticity, a Libyan doctor who lost his wife and child in the waters of the Mediterranean, and a Somalian shopkeeper trying to save his young daughter from forced marriage. And, though the divide between the self-chosen exiles and those who are forced to leave home may feel solid, in reality such boundaries are endlessly shifting and frighteningly soluble. Moving from a Berlin nightclub to a Sicilian refugee camp to the London apartment of a Malawian poet, Helon Habila evokes a rich mosaic of migrant experiences. And through his characters' interconnecting fates, he traces the extraordinary pilgrimages we all might make in pursuit of home. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Porpoise Mark Haddon (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Chatto & Windus
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
09 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 336pp h234mm x w153mm x s24mm 409g ISBN13: 9781784742836 ISBN13: 978-1-78474-283-6 ISBN10: 178474283X EAN: 9781784742836 x Description: `I really am so very, very sorry about this,' he says, in an oddly formal voice... They strike the side of a grain silo. They are travelling at seventy miles per hour. A newborn baby is the sole survivor of a terrifying plane crash. She is raised in wealthy isolation by an overprotective father. She knows nothing of the rumours about a beautiful young woman, hidden from the world. When a suitor visits, he understands far more than he should. Forced to run for his life, he escapes aboard The Porpoise, an assassin on his tail... So begins a wild adventure of a novel, damp with salt spray, blood and tears. A novel that leaps from the modern era to ancient times; a novel that soars, and sails, and burns long and bright; a novel that almost drowns in grief yet swims ashore; in which pirates rampage, a princess wins a wrestler's hand, and ghost women with lampreys' teeth drag a man to hell - and in which the members of a shattered family, adrift in a violent world, journey towards a place called home.
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Our Kind of Cruelty: The most addictive psychological thriller of 2018, tipped by Gillian Flynn and Lisa Jewell Araminta Hall (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
30 Jan 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 255g ISBN13: 9781787460027 ISBN13: 978-1-78746-002-7 ISBN10: 1787460029 EAN: 9781787460027 x Description: _________________________________ LOVE. OBSESSION. DANGER. `Simply one of the most disturbing thrillers I've read in years. In short I loved it, right down to the utterly chilling final line' - Gillian Flynn, author of GONE GIRL Our Kind of Cruelty is: `Astonishingly dark.' `Chilling. Disturbing. Addictive.' `Gripping, unsettling, and brilliantly constructed.' `The year's best thriller.' _________________________________ VERITY Things were difficult with Mike by the end. He was too much, too controlling - sometimes, I was afraid of him. But I've moved on now. I'm getting married to the man of my dreams - he looks after me, but he doesn't stifle me. Mike and the games we used to play - that's all in the past now. It's time to move on. Mike and I are finished.
MIKE It was just a matter of time until she came back to me. After what I did, maybe she's right to make me wait. But Verity knows how sorry I am. And the messages she sends me, the way she calls me, the way she acted last time I saw her - no-one acts like that if they've stopped caring. She'll be mine again. No matter who stands in my way. _________________________________ 'A propulsive and addictive study of the darkness of obsessive love. I was completely gripped from the first word to the last.' LISA JEWELL 'As merciless a thriller as I've ever read. Astonishingly dark and sensationally accomplished.' AJ FINN, author of The Woman in the Window `A tense intelligent thriller that kept me gripped and guessing until the last page - and thinking long after that.' ERIN KELLY 'A searing, chilling sliver of perfection... may well turn out to be the year's best thriller.' NEW YORK TIMES SUMMER READING ISSUE 'Readers of weary of domestic noir should pick up Our Kind of Cruelty, a splendidly written novel that gives the genre a shot in the arm ... pacily written and hugely involving... I was gripped until the last pages.' DAILY EXPRESS `A taut, fascinating psychological thriller. Original and powerful. Be prepared for questions to linger in your head for a long time afterward.' JULIA HEABERLIN `Toxic love, obsession, and the unflinching unravelling of a mind. Scarily plausible, a great read.' ALI LAND 'Chilling. Disturbing. Addictive. I couldn't put this down.' EMMA FLINT
'Like watching a slow motion car-crash through splayed fingers' TAMMY COHEN `An addictive dive into dangerous, extreme obsession. A must-read' JULIA CROUCH 'the orchestration of suspense is masterly' FINANCIAL TIMES 'disturbing and thrilling' DAILY MAIL 'This brilliant, thought-provoking thriller will keep you up at night' BEST MAGAZINE 'Darkly addictive, this is set to be one of the most talked-about thrillers of the year' HEAT MAGAZINE 'I devoured this gripping, unsettling, and brilliantly constructed thriller in one gulp' WOMAN AND HOME _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Aristotle's Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life Edith Hall (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 272pp h198mm x w129mm x s17mm 219g ISBN13: 9781784704254 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-425-4 ISBN10: 1784704253 EAN: 9781784704254 x Description: `Wonderful and timely ... Hugely recommended' STEPHEN FRY What do you and an ancient philosopher have in common? It turns out much more than you might think... Aristotle was an extraordinary thinker yet he was preoccupied by an ordinary question: how to be happy. In this handbook to his timeless teachings, Professor Edith Hall shows how ancient thinking is precisely what we need today, even if you don't know your Odyssey from your Iliad. In ten practical lessons you can learn how to make good decisions, how to ace an interview, how to choose a partner and how to face death. This is advice that won't go out of fashion. `A beguiling cross between Mary Beard and Mary Poppins' Observer _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Little Book of Colour: How to Use the Psychology of Colour to Transform Your Life Karen Haller (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Life
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
26 Apr 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 272pp h191mm x w138mm ISBN13: 9780241352854 ISBN13: 978-0-241-35285-4 ISBN10: 0241352851 EAN: 9780241352854 x Description: The definitive guide to using the power of colour to improve your happiness, wellbeing and confidence. What if I told you that all around you is something that can increase your motivation and positively influence how you feel? It's called colour. Building on over 20 years of experience, Applied Colour & Design Psychology Specialist Karen Haller puts this life-changing solution in your hands.
With her unmatched expertise, she demonstrates the many practical ways in which you can use colour to transform your life. Whether you're decorating an interior or revamping your wardrobe, get ready to be inspired by the possibilities to: - Create a home that reflects your personality - Grow your confidence in using colour - Add colour to your workplace - Choose clothes that express the true you - Find your unique colour palette & design compatibility In the first book that mixes the science, psychology and emotional impact of colour, Karen Haller takes you on a journey through rediscovering the joy of colour. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
From the Shadows G.R. Halliday (Author) Series:
Monica Kennedy
Edition:
Imprint:
Harvill Secker
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
10 Apr 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 432pp h234mm x w153mm x s31mm 521g ISBN13: 9781787301429 ISBN13: 978-1-78730-142-9 ISBN10: 1787301427 EAN: 9781787301429 x Description: A stunning, atmospheric police procedural set against the grit of Inverness and the raw beauty of the Scottish Highlands, this is the first book in the DI Monica Kennedy series. Sixteen-year-old Robert arrives home late. Without a word to his dad, he goes up to his bedroom. Robert is never seen alive again. A body is soon found on the coast of the Scottish Highlands. Detective Inspector Monica Kennedy stands by the victim in this starkly beautiful and remote landscape. Instinct tells her the case won't begin and end with this one death. Meanwhile, Inverness-based social worker Michael Bach is worried about one of his clients whose last correspondence was a single ambiguous text message; Nichol Morgan has been missing for seven days. As Monica is faced with catching a murderer who has been meticulously watching and waiting, Michael keeps searching for Nichol, desperate to find him before the killer claims another victim. From the Shadows introduces DI Monica Kennedy, an unforgettable new series lead, perfect for fans of Ann Cleeves' Vera, Susie Steiner and Peter May. Readers have been gripped by From the Shadows: `Well written, interesting and full of plot twists!' `Keeps the reader guessing... You are sure to be surprised!' `A dead good debut thriller...recommended' `A real page turner' _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Our Women on the Ground: Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World Zahra Hankir (Author) Zahra Hankir (Edited by) Christiane Amanpour (Foreword by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Harvill Secker
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
08 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 304pp h196mm x w135mm ISBN13: 9781787301702 ISBN13: 978-1-78730-170-2 ISBN10: 1787301702 EAN: 9781787301702 x Description: Nineteen Arab women journalists speak out about what it's like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection, with a foreword by CNN chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour. A growing number of intrepid Arab and Middle Eastern sahafiyat - female journalists - are working tirelessly to shape nuanced narratives about their changing homelands, often risking their lives on the front lines of war. From sexual harassment on the streets of Cairo to the difficulty of travelling without a male relative in Yemen, their challenges are unique - as are their advantages, such as being able to speak candidly with other women at a Syrian medical clinic or attend an exclusive beauty contest for sheep in Saudi Arabia. In Our Women on the Ground, nineteen of these women tell us, in their own words, about what it's like to report on conflicts that (quite literally) hit close to home. Their daring and heartfelt stories, told here for the first time, shatter stereotypes about the region's women and provide an urgently needed perspective on a part of the world that is frequently misunderstood. INCLUDING ESSAYS BY: Donna Abu-Nasr, Aida Alami, Hannah Allam, Jane Arraf, Lina Attalah, Nada Bakri, Shamael Elnoor, Zaina Erhaim, Asmaa al-Ghoul, Hind Hassan, Eman Helal, Zeina Karam, Roula Khalaf, Nour Malas, Hwaida Saad, Amira Al-Sharif, Heba Shibani, Lina Sinjab, and Natacha Yazbeck _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
21 Lessons for the 21st Century Yuval Noah Harari (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
20 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 432pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784708283 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-828-3 ISBN10: 1784708283 EAN: 9781784708283 x Description: Sapiens showed us where we came from. Homo Deus looked to the future. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century explores the present. How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions? What can we do about the epidemic of fake news or the threat of terrorism? What should we teach our children? Yuval Noah Harari takes us on a thrilling journey through today's most urgent issues. The golden thread running through his exhilarating new book is the challenge of maintaining our collective and individual focus in the face of constant and disorienting change. Are we still capable of understanding the world we have created? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Legacy: One Family, a Cup of Tea and the Company that Took On the World Thomas Harding (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
William Heinemann Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
29 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 560pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781785150890 ISBN13: 978-1-78515-089-0 ISBN10: 1785150898 EAN: 9781785150890 x Description: `I absolutely love this book.' TRACY ANN OBERMAN 'Endlessly fascinating and hard to put down. I read it all in one sitting, enjoying the colour and grandeur ... Full of character and characters, this is a tour de force.' JULIA NEUBERGER 'An impressively researched account of one of Britain's most well-known corporations... the author provides authoritative accounts of the changing social, economic and political landscape both in Britain and further afield.' ANNE KERSHEN ___________________________ A panoramic new history of modern Britain, as told through the story of one extraordinary family, and one groundbreaking company. In the early 1800s Lehmann Gluckstein and his family escaped the pogroms of Eastern Europe and made their way to Whitechapel in the East End of London. There, starting with nothing, they worked tirelessly to pull themselves out of poverty, creating a small tobacco factory that quickly grew to become the largest catering company in the world: J. Lyons. For over a century, Lyons was everywhere. Its restaurants and corner houses were on every high street, its coffee and tea in every cup, its products in every home. By bringing the world to the British people, the company transformed the way we eat, drink and are entertained - democratising luxury and globalising our tastes. But it was a victory that was not easily won - a story of the virtue of hard work, perseverance and an indomitable spirit in the face of repeated obstacles: poverty, hatred and injustice. It is a tale that is rarely told, of an immigrant family's journey from rags to riches: the story of the British Dream. Legacy charts the rise and fall of one of the most influential dynasties in British history through the lives of five astonishing generations, bound together by an unbreakable code. This is a sweeping yet intimate work of history, filled with stories of sacrifice and selflessness, betrayal and personal tragedy, Empire and its cost, and success on an unimaginable scale. It is also an illuminating new exploration of Britain and its place in the world, from the bestselling author of Hanns and Rudolf and The House by the Lake. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Queen of the World Robert Hardman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
13 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 592pp h198mm x w129mm x s36mm 440g ISBN13: 9781784759513 ISBN13: 978-1-78475-951-3 ISBN10: 1784759511 EAN: 9781784759513 x Description: WRITTEN ALONGSIDE THE MAJOR ITV DOCUMENTARY `Dazzling, poignant and full of delicious surprises; the true story of how Elizabeth II took on the world - and won. The Crown is fictional. Here is the real thing.' - Andrew Roberts `Hardman's book, filled with new details, will be an essential source for any historian of modern Britain. It's also a glorious read' - William Shawcross, Spectator _____________________________
Written by the renowned royal biographer, Robert Hardman, and with privileged access to the Royal Family and the Royal Household, a brilliant new portrait of the most famous woman in the world and her place in it. On today's world stage, one leader stands apart. Queen Elizabeth II has seen more of the planet and its people than any other head of state, and has engaged with them like no other monarch in British history. Since her coronation, she has visited over 130 countries across the ever-changing globe, acting as diplomat, stateswoman, pioneer and peace-broker. She has transformed her father's old empire into the Commonwealth, her `family of nations', and has come to know its leaders better than anyone. In 2018, they would gather in her own home to endorse her eldest son, the Prince of Wales, as her successor. With extensive access to the Queen's family and staff, Hardman tells a true story full of drama, intrigue, exotic and even dangerous situations, heroes, rogues, pomp and glamour - and, at the centre of it all, the woman who has genuinely won the hearts of the world. _____________________________ `Superb' - Peter Hennessy _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Jude the Obscure Thomas Hardy (Author) Series:
Penguin Clothbound Classics
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Classics
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 528pp h204mm x w132mm ISBN13: 9780241382691 ISBN13: 978-0-241-38269-1 ISBN10: 0241382696 EAN: 9780241382691 x Description: Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality, colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. Jude Fawley's hopes of an education at Christminster University are dashed when he is trapped into marrying the wild, earthy Arabella, who later abandons him. Moving to Christminster to work as a stonemason, Jude falls in love with Sue Bridehead, a sensitive, free-thinking 'New Woman'. Refusing to marry merely for the sake of religious convention, Jude and Sue decide instead to live together, but they are shunned by society, and poverty soon threatens to ruin them. Jude the Obscure, with its fearless and challenging exploration of class and sexual relationships, caused a public furore when it was first published and marked the end of Hardy's career as a novelist. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ainsley's Caribbean Kitchen: Delicious feelgood cooking from the sunshine islands. All the recipes from the major ITV series Ainsley Harriott (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Ebury Press
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
11 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 256pp h252mm x w192mm ISBN13: 9781529104257 ISBN13: 978-1-5291-0425-7 ISBN10: 1529104254 EAN: 9781529104257 x Description: The stunning official tie-in to Ainsley's major ITV1 show includes all the recipes from the series. Join the nation's favourite TV cook on his food adventure. Ainsley Harriott is going back to his roots to uncover the best-kept secrets and simple dishes of Caribbean home cooking in this ultimate feel-good cookbook. Among the brand-new, mouthwatering recipes that are featured on the show, there will be over 80 dishes inspired by the diverse culture and the rich food heritage of these much-loved islands.
You'll find light dishes and snacks such as Crab and chilli cornbread muffins and Chickpea and plantain patties; flavoursome main meals including Grilled chicken roti wrap with mango dressing and Grilled lamb cutlets with green herb yoghurt; not forgetting indulgent desserts and cocktails including White chocolate, rum and raspberry creme brulee and Lazy man's long island iced tea. This stunning cookbook will bring exciting new meals to your family table and transport you to the real Caribbean in your own kitchen. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Truths We Hold: An American Journey Kamala D. Harris (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
The Bodley Head Ltd
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
17 Jan 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 336pp h234mm x w153mm x s27mm 565g ISBN13: 9781847925800 ISBN13: 978-1-84792-580-0 ISBN10: 1847925804 EAN: 9781847925800 x Description: From one of America's most inspiring political leaders, a book about the core truths that unite us, and the shared values that will see us into the future. Known for bringing a voice to the voiceless, Senator Kamala Harris is committed to speaking the truth. The daughter of immigrants, she was raised in a community that cared deeply about social justice and, growing up, Harris herself never hid her passion for doing what is right. Throughout her career, from starting out as a prosecutor right up to her position as California's Attorney General, and now as a US Senator, her hallmarks have been applying a holistic, data-driven approach to the thorniest issues, whether it's taking on the big banks or rejecting stale `tough on crime' rhetoric as presenting a series of false choices. Neither `tough' nor `soft' but smart on crime became her mantra. Being smart means learning the truths that can make us better as a community, and supporting those truths with all our might. Through the arc of her own life, Harris communicates a vision of shared struggle, shared purpose, and shared values and grapples with complex issues that affect America and the world at large, from health care and the new economy to immigration, national security, the opioid crisis, and accelerating inequality. By reckoning with the big challenges we face together, drawing on the hard-won wisdom and insight from her own career and the work of those who have most inspired her, Kamala Harris offers in The Truths We Hold a master class in problem solving, in crisis management, and leadership in challenging times. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Second Sleep Robert Harris (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hutchinson
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
20 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 464pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781786331380 ISBN13: 978-1-78633-138-0 ISBN10: 1786331381 EAN: 9781786331380 x Description: 1468. A young priest, Christopher Fairfax, arrives in a remote Exmoor village to conduct the funeral of his predecessor. The land around is strewn with ancient artefacts - coins, fragments of glass, human bones - which the old parson used to collect. Did his obsession with the past lead to his death? Fairfax becomes determined to discover the truth. Over the course of the next six days, everything he believes - about himself, his faith and the history of his world - will be tested to destruction. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Cari Mora Thomas Harris (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
William Heinemann Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
16 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 336pp h234mm x w153mm x s24mm 409g ISBN13: 9781785152191 ISBN13: 978-1-78515-219-1 ISBN10: 178515219X EAN: 9781785152191 x Description: ________________________________ From the creator of Hannibal Lecter and The Silence of the Lambs comes a story of evil, greed and the consequences of dark obsession. ________________________________ Twenty-five million dollars in cartel gold lies hidden beneath a mansion on the Miami Beach waterfront. Ruthless men have tracked it for years. Leading the pack is Hans-Peter Schneider. Driven by unspeakable appetites, he makes a living fleshing out the violent fantasies of other, richer men. Cari Mora, caretaker of the house, has escaped from the violence in her native country. She stays in Miami on a wobbly Temporary Protected Status, subject to the iron whim of ICE. She works at many jobs to survive. Beautiful, marked by war, Cari catches the eye of Hans-Peter as he closes in on the treasure. But Cari Mora has surprising skills, and her will to survive has been tested before. Monsters lurk in the crevices between male desire and female survival. No other writer in the last century has conjured those monsters with more terrifying brilliance than Thomas Harris. Cari Mora, his sixth novel, is the long-awaited return of an American master. ________________________________ 'As good as ever. Reading his prose is like running a slow hand down cold silk.' STEPHEN KING `The last two decades of 19th century popular fiction were dominated by Conan Doyle and Sherlock Homes. A century on, suspense literature has achieved their equals in Thomas Harris.' GUARDIAN `Harris's writing bears the hallmarks of honed perfection.' THE TIMES 'The good news for readers of Cari Mora is that Hannibal is here in spirit if not in person ... What his fans look for is here - turned up to 11.' SPECTATOR 'A tense heist thriller ... Harris's best since The Silence of the Lambs' NEW STATESMAN 'Cari Mora reinforces the brilliance of an author who can carve a piece of art from the placement of words on a page to form a narrative that scorches the mind, and makes one think.' SHOTS MAGAZINE _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Warehouse Rob Hart (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Bantam Press
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
13 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781787631250 ISBN13: 978-1-78763-125-0 ISBN10: 1787631257 EAN: 9781787631250 x Description: ____________________ Gun violence, climate change and unemployment have ravaged the United States beyond recognition. Amidst the wreckage, an online retail giant named Cloud reigns supreme. Cloud brands itself not just as an online storefront, but as a global saviour. Yet, beneath the sunny exterior, lurks something far more sinister. Paxton never thought he'd be working Security for the company that ruined his life, much less that he'd be moving into one of their sprawling live-work
facilities. But compared to what's left outside, perhaps Cloud isn't so bad. Better still, through his work he meets Zinnia, who fills him with hope for their shared future. Except that Zinnia is not what she seems. And Paxton, with his all-access security credentials, might just be her meal ticket. As Paxton and Zinnia's agendas place them on a collision course, they're about to learn just how far the Cloud will go to make the world a better place. To beat the system, you have to be inside it. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hard Pushed: A Midwife's Story Leah Hazard (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hutchinson
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 368pp h216mm x w135mm x s27mm 364g ISBN13: 9781786331618 ISBN13: 978-1-78633-161-8 ISBN10: 1786331616 EAN: 9781786331618 x Description: THE TOP TEN BESTSELLER ________________ No sleep for twenty hours. No food for ten. And a ward full of soon-to-be mothers... Welcome to the life of a midwife. Life on the NHS front line, working within a system at breaking point, is more extreme than you could ever imagine. From the bloody to the beautiful, from moments of utter vulnerability to remarkable displays of strength, from camaraderie to raw desperation, from heart-wrenching grief to the pure, perfect joy of a new-born baby, midwife Leah Hazard has seen it all. Through her eyes, we meet Eleanor, whose wife is a walking miracle of modern medicine, their baby a feat of reproductive science; Crystal, pregnant at just fifteen, the precarious, flickering life within her threatening to come far too soon; Star, birthing in a room heady with essential oils and love until an enemy intrudes and Pei Hsuan, who has carried her tale of exploitation and endurance thousands of miles to somehow find herself at the open door of Leah's ward. Moving, compassionate and intensely candid, Hard Pushed is a love letter to new mothers and to Leah's fellow midwives - there for us at some of the most challenging, empowering and defining moments of our lives. _____________________ 'The stories in Hard Pushed highlight the bravery of our midwives, and the women they care for.' CHRISTIE WATSON, author of The Language of Kindness 'Heart-rending, inspiring and funny, Hard Pushed brings alive the world of midwifery in all its complexity and radiates love and respect for women.' PROFESSOR LESLEY PAGE CBE, former president of the Royal College of Midwives 'It is Leah Hazard's capacity to love and give so personally to the many thousands of women she has worked with which imbues this book with its power.' JULIA SAMUEL, author of Grief Works 'Not only powerful but well written too . . . a worthwhile addition to a genre fast becoming as crowded as a busy maternity unit.' DAILY EXPRESS 'A riveting read: heartwarming and heartbreaking' SHEENA BYROM OBE, midwifery consultant and author of Catching Babies 'A beautifully written, intimate portrait of the extraordinary work that midwives carry out each and every day.' CAROLINE ELTON, author of Also Human: The Inner Lives of Doctors _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
City of Lies Sam Hawke (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Corgi Books
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
27 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 640pp h198mm x w127mm ISBN13: 9780552176293 ISBN13: 978-0-552-17629-3 ISBN10: 055217629X EAN: 9780552176293 x Description: Winner of the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel - Australia's premier genre fiction prize ________ I was seven years old the first time my uncle poisoned me . . . Only a handful of people in Silasta know Jovan's real purpose in life. To most, he is just another son of the ruling class. The quiet, forgettable friend of the Chancellor's charming, irresponsible heir. In reality, Jovan has been trained for most of his life to detect, concoct and withstand poisons in order to protect the ruling family. His sister Kalina is too frail to share in their secret family duty. While other women of the city hold positions of power and responsibility, her path is full of secrets and lies - some hidden even from her own brother. Until now, peace has reigned in Silasta for hundreds of years. But when the Chancellor succumbs to an unknown poison and an army storms the gates, the so-called Bright City is completely unprepared. It falls to Jovan and Kalina to protect the heir and save their homeland - but first they must make their way through a new world of unexpected treachery, a world where the ancient spirits are rising . . . and angry. This fabulous epic fantasy debut will appeal to readers of Joe Abercrombie and Terry Brooks, Robin Hobb and Mark Lawrence and all points in between. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
War Report: From D-Day to Berlin, as it happened Desmond Hawkins (Edited by) John Simpson (Foreword by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
BBC Books
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
28 May 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 512pp h198mm x w126mm x s30mm 343g ISBN13: 9781849907774 ISBN13: 978-1-84990-777-4 ISBN10: 1849907773 EAN: 9781849907774 x Description: This is WWII history, as it happened. All the horror and excitement of eleven months that changed the world. On D-Day (6 June 1944) a team of BBC reporters, trained and were embedded with British troops, achieved a first in war reporting: they landed side by side with soldiers, in gliders, by parachute, in assault-craft, talking into portable recording machines to `tell it as it was'. For eleven months reporters such as Richard Dimbleby, Chester Wilmot and Frank Gillard were in the vanguard, filing over 1,500 dispatches covering the desperate exchanges on the D-Day beaches, the battle for Caen, the advance through Normandy, the liberation of Paris and, finally, the German surrender in 1945. 75 years after the invasion of Normandy, the dispatches of War Report collected here are as visceral and urgent as ever, and provide a remarkable account of Allied efforts to liberate Europe and end the war. With a foreword by John Simpson, War Report is a vital piece of modern history, direct from the front line. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Taverna Georgina Hayden (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Square Peg
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
02 Apr 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h252mm x w195mm x s31mm 1161g ISBN13: 9780224101646 ISBN13: 978-0-224-10164-6 ISBN10: 0224101641 EAN: 9780224101646 x Description: Greek Cypriot food is a melting pot of delicious flavours: simple Mediterranean salads; classic ingredients like feta, a squeeze of lemon and fresh oregano; cinnamon-infused stews; orange-blossom scented pastries. TAVERNA, takes the best of traditional Cypriot cooking and makes it relevant to modern home cooks. From simple vegan fast-day dishes to feasts for the family, there is something delicious for every mood and moment. These delicious recipes relive sun-kissed Mediterranean holidays and simple taverna-style meals. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Liberated Mind: The essential guide to ACT Professor Steven Hayes (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vermilion
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
27 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 448pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781785041181 ISBN13: 978-1-78504-118-1 ISBN10: 1785041185 EAN: 9781785041181 x Description: Over the last 35 years, Steven C. Hayes and his colleagues have developed Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with many hundreds of studies supporting the impact of his approach on everything from chronic pain to weight loss to prejudice and bigotry. A Liberated Mind is the summary of Steven's life's work which will teach readers how to live better, happier and more fulfilled lives by applying the six key processes of ACT. Put together these processes teach us to pivot- to "defuse" rather than fuse with our thoughts; to see life from a new perspective; and to discover our chosen values, those qualities of being that fuel meaning. Steve shares fascinating research results like how ACT techniques decreased typing errors on a clerical test or showed that positive affirmations actually increase negative emotion. And he weaves them with stories of clients and colleagues as well as his own riveting story of healing himself of a severe panic disorder, which is how the idea of psychological flexibility was born. A Liberated Mind is a powerful and important book about a new form of psychology, destined to become a modern classic of narrative psychology on par with Daring Greatly and Rising Strong by Brene Brown, or Carol Dweck's Mindset. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Black-Eyed Susans Julia Heaberlin (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
25 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 416pp h181mm x w111mm ISBN13: 9781405941129 ISBN13: 978-1-4059-4112-9 ISBN10: 140594112X EAN: 9781405941129 x Description: A chilling new thriller that gets into the heart and mind of the killer, and the victim . . .
Seventeen-year-old Tessa, dubbed a 'Black-Eyed Susan' by the media, became famous for being the only victim to survive the vicious attack of a serial killer. Her testimony helped to put a dangerous criminal behind bars - or so she thought.
Now, decades later the black-eyed susans planted outside Tessa's bedroom window seem to be a message from a killer who should be safely in prison . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Whistle in the Dark: From the bestselling author of Elizabeth is Missing Emma Healey (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Viking
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
10 Jan 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 336pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 234g ISBN13: 9780241327654 ISBN13: 978-0-241-32765-4 ISBN10: 0241327652 EAN: 9780241327654 x Description: Jen has finally got her daughter home. But why does fifteen-year-old Lana still feel lost? When Lana goes missing for four desperate days and returns refusing to speak of what happened, Jen fears the very worst. She thinks she's failed as a mother, that her daughter is beyond reach and that she must do something - anything - to bring her back. The family returns to London where everyone but Jen seems happy to carry on as normal. Jen's husband Hugh thinks she's going crazy - and their eldest daughter Meg is tired of Lana getting all the attention. But Jen knows Lana has changed, and can't understand why. Does the answer lie in those four missing days? And how can Jen find out? 'As gripping as Elizabeth is Missing' Elle 'Utterly compelling' Rosamund Lupton '[A] satisfying, cathartic mystery' Jenny Colgan 'A compelling modern family drama with witty and wonderful characters. Utter bliss' Nina Stibbe, bestselling author of Love, Nina 'Intriguing and entertaining' Observer _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Japanese Ghost Stories Lafcadio Hearn (Author) Paul Murray (Edited by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Classics
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
25 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 272pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241381274 ISBN13: 978-0-241-38127-4 ISBN10: 0241381274 EAN: 9780241381274 x Description: The dead wreak revenge on the living, paintings come alive, spectral brides possess mortal men and a priest devours human flesh in these chilling Japanese ghost stories retold by a master of the supernatural. Lafcadio Hearn drew on the phantoms and ghouls of traditional Japanese folklore - including the headless 'rokuro-kubi', the monstrous goblins 'jikininki' or the faceless 'mujina' who stalk lonely neighbourhoods - and infused them with his own memories of his haunted childhood in nineteenth-century Ireland to create these terrifying tales of striking and eerie power. Today they are regarded in Japan as classics in their own right. Edited with an introduction by Paul Murray _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tiny House: Live Small, Dream Big Brent Heavener (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Ebury Press
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
15 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 256pp h196mm x w143mm ISBN13: 9781785039355 ISBN13: 978-1-78503-935-5 ISBN10: 1785039350 EAN: 9781785039355 x Description: Having less is the secret to living more. Whether you've been dreaming about a treehouse in the wilderness of Quebec, or a remote mountain cabin in Scotland or the Swiss Alps; driving a campervan on the open roads of Australia, or steering a houseboat along the Canal du Midi find escape, inspiration and a window into a freer, simpler, happier kind of life. In this visual manifesto for the tiny house lifestyle, discover over 250 awe-inspiring images of the world's most creative small homes, alongside the stories, ideas and advice of those living in them. Curated by the founder of the #1 @tinyhouse Instagram feed. Sometimes you have to think small to live BIG. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mrs Escobar: My life with Pablo Victoria Eugenia Henao (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Ebury Press
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 368pp h216mm x w135mm ISBN13: 9781785039928 ISBN13: 978-1-78503-992-8 ISBN10: 178503992X EAN: 9781785039928 x Description: The closest you'll ever get to the most infamous drug kingpin in modern history, told by the person who stood by his side The story of Pablo Escobar, one of the wealthiest, powerful and violent criminals of all time has fascinated the world. Yet the one person closest to him has never spoken out - until now. Maria Victoria Henao met Pablo when she was 13, eloped with him at 15, and despite his numerous infidelities and
violence, stayed by his side for the following 16 years until his death. At the same time, she urged him to make peace with his enemies and managed to negotiate her and her children's freedom after Pablo's demise. On the 25th anniversary of Pablo's death, the most intriguing character in the Escobar narrative is ready to share her story and reveal the real man behind the legend. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Penguin Book of the Contemporary British Short Story Philip Hensher (Edited by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
27 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 432pp h198mm x w129mm x s24mm 315g ISBN13: 9780141986210 ISBN13: 978-0-14-198621-0 ISBN10: 0141986212 EAN: 9780141986210 x Description: 'Sometimes - not often - a book comes along that feels like Christmas. Philip Hensher's timely, but timeless, selection of the best short stories from the past 20 years is that kind of book. His introduction is as enriching as anything that has been published this year' Sunday Times A spectacular treasury of the best British short stories published in the last twenty years We are living in a particularly rich period for British short stories. Despite the relative lack of places in which they can be published, the challenge the medium represents has attracted a host of remarkable, subversive, entertaining and innovative writers. Philip Hensher, following the success of his definitive Penguin Book of British Short Stories, has scoured a vast trove of material and chosen thirty great stories for this new volume of works written between 1997 and the present day. Includes short stories by A.L. Kennedy, Tessa Hadley, Kazuo Ishiguro, Jackie Kay, Graham Swift, Jane Gardam, Ali Smith, Neil Gaiman, Martin Amis, China Mieville, Peter Hobbs, Thomas Morris, David Rose, David Szalay, Irvine Welsh, Lucy Caldwell, Rose Tremain, Helen Oyeyemi, Leone Ross, Helen Simpson, Zadie Smith, Will Self, Gerard Woodward, James Kelman, Lucy Wood, Hilary Mantel, Eley Williams, Sarah Hall, Mark Haddon and Helen Dunmore. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Convert Stefan Hertmans (Author) David McKay (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Harvill Secker
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
13 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 304pp h234mm x w153mm x s22mm 372g ISBN13: 9781787300125 ISBN13: 978-1-78730-012-5 ISBN10: 1787300129 EAN: 9781787300125 x Description: A brilliant reconstruction of an incredible journey across medieval Europe to Egypt, and an untold story of forbidden love. In the small village in Provence where Stefan Hertmans has made his home, people have long spoken of an ancient pogrom and hidden treasure. Then, at the end of the nineteenth century, an extraordinary collection of Jewish documents was found in a synagogue in Cairo. Hertmans has based The Convert on these historical sources, tracing the life of a young Christian noblewoman who abandoned everything for the love of a rabbi's son. In this startlingly contemporary novel, Hertmans follows in her footsteps as the lovers flee through France together, pursued by crusading knights, and recounts her dazzling journey full of love and hardship, courage and hate, as she journeys on towards Jerusalem alone. The Convert brings the chaos of the Middle Ages to life with boundless imagination and stylistic ingenuity, portraying the tragic love story of a woman in exile and a world in flux.
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Motherhood Sheila Heti (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
30 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s19mm 245g ISBN13: 9780099592846 ISBN13: 978-0-09-959284-6 ISBN10: 0099592843 EAN: 9780099592846 x Description: **A Daily Telegraph, Financial Times, Irish Times, Refinery29, TLS and The White Review Book of the Year 2018** A provocative novel about the desire and duty to procreate, from the author of the critically acclaimed How Should A Person Be? Motherhood treats one of the most consequential decisions of early adulthood - whether or not to have children - with the intelligence, wit and originality that have won Sheila Heti international acclaim. Having reached an age when most of her peers are asking themselves when they will become mothers, Heti's narrator considers, with the same urgency, whether she will do so at all. Over the course of several years, under the influence of her partner, body, family, friends, mysticism and chance, she struggles to make a moral and meaningful choice. In a compellingly direct mode that straddles the forms of the novel and the essay, Motherhood raises radical and essential questions about womanhood, parenthood, and how - and for whom - to live. `Likely to become the defining literary work on the subject' Guardian _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Think And Grow Rich: (Vermilion Life Essentials) Napoleon Hill (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vermilion
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
06 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w126mm ISBN13: 9781785042416 ISBN13: 978-1-78504-241-6 ISBN10: 1785042416 EAN: 9781785042416 x Description: A winning formula for money-making success Napoleon Hill, America's most beloved motivational author, devoted 25 years to finding out how the wealthy became that way. After interviewing over 500 of the most affluent men and women of his time, he uncovered the secret to great wealth based on the notion that if we can learn to think like the rich, we can start to behave like them. By understanding and applying the thirteen simple steps that constitute Hill's formula, you can achieve your goals, change your life and join the ranks of the rich and successful. In this updated edition, Dr. Arthur R. Pell provides examples of men and women who, in recent times, exemplify the principles that Hill promulgated. With the success stories of top achievers such as Bill Gates and Steven Spielberg, he proves that Hill's philosophies are as valid today as they ever were. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Berlin 1936: Sixteen Days in August Oliver Hilmes (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 256g ISBN13: 9781784705428 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-542-8 ISBN10: 178470542X EAN: 9781784705428 x Description: LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018 'Compelling, suspenseful and beautifully done' Anna Funder, author of STASILAND A captivating account of the Nazi Olympics - told through the voices and stories of those who were there. For sixteen days in the summer of 1936, the world's attention turned to the German capital as it hosted the Olympic Games. Seen through the eyes of a cast of characters - Nazi leaders and foreign diplomats, athletes and journalists, nightclub owners and jazz musicians - Berlin 1936 plunges us into the high tension of this unfolding scene. Alongside the drama in the Olympic Stadium - from the triumph of Jesse Owens to the scandal when an American tourist breaks through the security and manages to kiss Hitler - Oliver Hilmes takes us behind the scenes and into the lives of ordinary Berliners: the woman with a dark secret who steps in front of a train, the transsexual waiting for the Gestapo's knock on the door, and the Jewish boy hoping that Germany may lose in the sporting arena.
During the sporting events the dictatorship was partially put on hold; here then, is a last glimpse of the vibrant and diverse life in Berlin in the 1920s and 30s that the Nazis aimed to destroy. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Wild London: Urban Escapes in and around the City Sam Hodges (Author) Sophie Hodges (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Square Peg
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
07 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 208pp h178mm x w178mm x s17mm 417g ISBN13: 9781910931622 ISBN13: 978-1-910931-62-2 ISBN10: 1910931624 EAN: 9781910931622 x Description: From the authors of London for Lovers, this is an inspiring and comprehensive guide to London's wild side. From exploring secret gardens, parks, farmers markets and city farms, to discovering the best spots for urban bee-keeping, foraging, open-air swimming and mudlarking, Wild London is packed with ideas for how to make the most of London's hidden natural wonder. Separated by season, and filled with stunning photographs, this is a must-have, practical and eye-opening guide to alternative London for city-dwellers and visitors alike. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Case Against Reality: How Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes Donald D. Hoffman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen Lane
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 272pp h240mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9780241262627 ISBN13: 978-0-241-26262-7 ISBN10: 0241262623 EAN: 9780241262627 x Description: A groundbreaking examination of human perception, reality and the evolutionary schism between the two Do we see the world as it truly is? In The Case Against Reality, pioneering cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman says no? we see what we need in order to survive. Our visual perceptions are not a window onto reality, Hoffman shows us, but instead are interfaces constructed by natural selection. The objects we see around us are not unlike the file icons on our computer desktops: while shaped like a small folder on our screens, the files themselves are made of a series of ones and zeros - too complex for most of us to understand. In a similar way, Hoffman argues, evolution has shaped our perceptions into simplistic illusions to help us navigate the world around us. Yet now these illusions can be manipulated by advertising and design. Drawing on thirty years of Hoffman's own influential research, as well as evolutionary biology, game theory, neuroscience, and philosophy, The Case Against Reality makes the mind-bending yet utterly convincing case that the world is nothing like what we see through our eyes. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Irreplaceable: The fight to save our wild places Julian Hoffman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hamish Hamilton Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
27 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 416pp h240mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9780241293881 ISBN13: 978-0-241-29388-1 ISBN10: 024129388X EAN: 9780241293881 x Description: For readers of George Monbiot, Mark Cocker and Robert Macfarlane - an urgent and lyrical account of endangered places around the globe and the people fighting to save them. 'A terrific book, prescient, serious and urgent with a careful appreciation of not only the places, creatures and people it brings to us, but also the language used to convey them. This book is an object of celebration and commemoration in itself' Amy Liptrot, author of The Outrun 'Powerful, timely, beautifully written and wonderfully hopeful... Julian Hoffman shines a light on what we had, what we have, and how much we still stand to lose' Rob Cowen, author of Common Ground 'Unforgettable. At a time when the Earth often seems broken beyond repair, this courageous and hopeful book offers life-changing encounters with the more-than-human world' Nancy Campbell, author of The Library of Ice 'Wonderful, tender and subtle, beautifully written and filled with a calm authority... No book has done more to champion the idea that connections between the human and the natural are the lifeblood of everything that matters' Adam Nicolson, author of The Seabird's Cry All across the world, irreplaceable habitats are under threat. Unique ecosystems of plants and animals are being destroyed by human intervention. From the tiny to the vast, from marshland to meadow, and from Kent to Glasgow to India to America, they are disappearing.
Irreplaceable is not only a love letter to the haunting beauty of these landscapes and the wild species that call them home, including nightingales, lynxes, hornbills, redwoods and elephant seals, it is also a timely reminder of the vital connections between humans and nature, and all that we stand to lose in terms of wonder and wellbeing. This is a book about the power of resistance in an age of loss; a testament to the transformative possibilities that emerge when people come together to defend our most special places and wildlife from extinction.
Exploring treasured coral reefs and remote mountains, tropical jungle and ancient woodland, urban allotments and tallgrass prairie, Julian Hoffman traces the stories of threatened places around the globe through the voices of local communities and grassroots campaigners as well as professional ecologists and academics. And in the process, he asks what a deep emotional relationship with place offers us - culturally, socially and psychologically. In this rigorous, intimate and impassioned account, he presents a powerful call to arms in the face of unconscionable natural destruction. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Normandy `44: D-Day and the Battle for France James Holland (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Bantam Press
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
16 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 720pp h234mm x w153mm x s40mm 823g ISBN13: 9781787631281 ISBN13: 978-1-78763-128-1 ISBN10: 1787631281 EAN: 9781787631281 x Description: ________________ Renowned World War Two historian James Holland presents an entirely new perspective on one of the most important moments in recent history. Unflinchingly examining the brutality and violence that characterised the campaign, it's time to draw some radically different conclusions. ______________ D-Day and the 76 days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed have come to be seen as a defining episode in the Second World War. Its story has been endlessly retold, and yet it remains a narrative burdened by both myth and assumed knowledge. In this reexamined history, James Holland presents a broader overview, one that challenges much of what we think we know about D-Day and the Normandy campaign. The sheer size and scale of the Allies' war machine ultimately dominates the strategic, operational and tactical limitations of the German forces. This was a brutal campaign. In terms of daily casualties, the numbers were worse than for any one battle during the First World War. _________________ *Drawing on unseen archives and testimonies from around the world *Introducing a cast of eye-witnesses that includes foot soldiers, tank men, fighter pilots and bomber crews, sailors, civilians, resistance fighters and those directing the action *An epic telling that will profoundly recalibrate our understanding of its true place in the tide of human history _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Expectation Anna Hope (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Doubleday
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
11 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 336pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780857524911 ISBN13: 978-0-85752-491-1 ISBN10: 0857524917 EAN: 9780857524911 x Description: 'Anna Hope has a way of getting inside difficult and painful moments, turning them inside out. I felt I knew these women as my own friends. Taut, electric, complex, funny' RACHEL JOYCE, author of The Unexpected Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
'Few novels leave me genuinely breathless with their brilliance. EXPECTATION is one of them' HANNAH BECKERMAN ********** Hannah, Cate and Lissa are young, vibrant and inseparable. Living on the edge of a common in East London, their shared world is ablaze with art and activism, romance and revelry - and the promise of everything to come. They are electric. They are the best of friends. Ten years on, they are not where they hoped to be. Amidst flailing careers and faltering marriages, each hungers for what the others have. And each wrestles with the same question: what does it take to lead a meaningful life? EXPECTATION is a novel of the highs and lows of friendship - how it can dip, dive and rise again. It is also about finding your way: as a mother, a daughter, a wife, a rebel. Most of all, it explores that liminal space between expectation and reality, the place - full of dreams, desires and pain - in which we all live our lives. 'SO GOOD. A 'What they did next' story of characters from a Sally Rooney novel' SARAH FRANKLIN 'An intimate and touching portrayal of female friendship that shows it's okay to just be' NINA POTTELL 'I tore through EXPECTATION at the weekend. Exceptional, gorgeously written, and reads like a love letter to London. I highly recommend it' STACEY HALLS, bestselling author of The Familiars 'Jaw-droppingly good' SARRA MANNING 'Like Normal People but about female friendship rather than a romantic relationship. It is AWESOME' ERIN KELLY _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Sentence is Death Anthony Horowitz (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
17 Oct 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback A-format paperback 384pp h178mm x w110mm ISBN13: 9781784757526 ISBN13: 978-1-78475-752-6 ISBN10: 1784757527 EAN: 9781784757526 x Description: _________________________ Death, deception, and a detective with quite a lot to hide stalk the pages of Anthony Horowitz's brilliant new murder mystery, the second in the bestselling series starring Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne. _________________________ `You shouldn't be here. It's too late...' These, heard over the phone, were the last recorded words of successful celebrity-divorce lawyer Richard Pryce, found bludgeoned to death in his bachelor pad with a bottle of wine - a 1982 Chateau Lafite worth GBP3,000, to be precise. Odd, considering he didn't drink. Why this bottle? And why those words? And why was a three-digit number painted on the wall by the killer? And, most importantly, which of the man's many, many enemies did the deed? Baffled, the police are forced to bring in Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick, the author Anthony, who's really getting rather good at this murder investigation business. But as Hawthorne takes on the case with characteristic relish, it becomes clear that he, too, has secrets to hide. As our reluctant narrator becomes ever more embroiled in the case, he realises that these secrets must be exposed - even at the risk of death... _____________________________ "Anthony Horowitz gets away with murder in all sorts of ways and emerges triumphant" - THE TIMES, Books of the Year "This is crime fiction as dazzling entertainment, sustained by writing as skilfully light-footed as Fred Astaire" - SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB (STAR PICK) "A crime story that keeps you up into the small hours... a page-turning mystery" - METRO "Sheer genius ... The narrative is hilarious and full of Holmesian clues and deliberate errors which will leave the eagle-eyed reader feeling just a bit
smug. A joy from start to finish" - INDEPENDENT "Fans of traditional puzzle mysteries will be enthralled" - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY "One of the most creative writers in the country today" - JEREMY VINE "Huge fun... It's hard to know why anyone who loves a good mystery wouldn't thoroughly enjoy the ride" - IRISH INDEPENDENT "A new Anthony Horowitz novel is always something to look forward to. Anyone who likes a good Midsomer-style murder mystery will love The Sentence is Death" - CULTUREFLY _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Cabin Jorn Lier Horst (Author) Anne Bruce (Translated by) Series:
The Cold Case Quartet
Edition:
Imprint:
Michael Joseph Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
08 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Language: English Translated From: Norwegian Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 400pp h240mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9780241389560 ISBN13: 978-0-241-38956-0 ISBN10: 0241389569 EAN: 9780241389560 x Description: ** Jorn Lier Horst is the winner of the 2018 Nordic Noir Thriller of the Year award ** You loved Wallander, now meet Wisting . . . ___________ Pre-order the second instalment in the Cold Case Quartet from one of Scandinavia's most successful writers It's been fifteen years since Simon Meier walked out of his house, never to be seen again. And just one day since politician Bernard Clausen was found dead at his cabin on the Norwegian coast. When Chief Inspector William Wisting is asked to investigate he soon discovers he may have found the key to solving Meier's disappearance. But doing so means he must work with an old adversary to piece together what really happened all those years ago. It's a puzzle that leads them into a dark underworld on the trail of Clausen's interests and vices . A shady place from which may never emerge especially when he finds it leads closer to home than he ever could have imagined. ___________ 'Jorn Lier Horst is one of the most brilliantly understated crime novelists writing today' Sunday Times 'Up there with the best of the Nordic crime writers' The Times 'A well-crafted, atmospheric, character-driven thriller - I couldn't put it down!' Alex Dahl, author of The Boy At The Door 'A good Nordic police procedural with well-drawn characters' Choice Magazine _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Our Rainbow Queen Sali Hughes (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Square Peg
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
30 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 200pp h185mm x w134mm x s18mm 415g ISBN13: 9781910931981 ISBN13: 978-1-910931-98-1 ISBN10: 1910931985 EAN: 9781910931981 x Description: This riotously colourful book takes a photographic journey through Queen Elizabeth II's ten decades of colour-blocked style. The photographs, which span the colours of the rainbow and a century of style, are gloriously accessorised with captions and commentary by journalist and broadcaster Sali Hughes. From the dusky pinks the Queen wore in girlhood all the way through to #NeonAt90, by way of that hat she wore on the announcement of Brexit, and not forgetting her trusty Launer handbag ever at her side, this must-have collection celebrates the iconic fashion statements of our longest reigning and most vibrant monarch. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Out of the Dark: The gripping Sunday Times bestselling thriller Gregg Hurwitz (Author) Series:
An Orphan X Thriller
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
11 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 512pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781405928564 ISBN13: 978-1-4059-2856-4 ISBN10: 1405928565 EAN: 9781405928564 x Description: As a boy, Evan Smoak was taken from the orphanage he called home and inducted into a top secret Cold War programme. Trained as a lethal weapon, he and his fellow recruits were sent round the world to do the government's dirty work. But the programme was rotten to the core. And now the man responsible needs things to be nice and clean. All evidence must be destroyed. That includes Evan. To survive, Evan's going to have to take the fight to his nemesis. There's just one problem with that. Jonathan Bennett is President of the United States and Evan isn't his only victim. To save himself - and the country - Evan is going to have to figure out how to kill the most well-protected man on the planet... 'Pure nail-biting suspense' Harlan Coben 'Memorable as hell' James Patterson 'Outstanding in every way' Lee Child 'Brilliantly conceived and plotted...blows the doors off most thrillers I've read' David Baldacci _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tell No Lies Gregg Hurwitz (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
25 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 448pp h181mm x w111mm ISBN13: 9781405941136 ISBN13: 978-1-4059-4113-6 ISBN10: 1405941138 EAN: 9781405941136 x Description: It's evening, you're leaving work, and in your pigeonhole is a note: A DEATH THREAT - and it warns that time is running out. But the note is for another person. And soon you learn that they are dead. They are just the first. As more victims are found, you know that soon, very soon, a note will arrive for you - unless you do something . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Shiang: Empire of Salt Book II - For fans of Joe Abercrombie C. F. Iggulden (Author) Series:
Empire of Salt
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
11 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780718186777 ISBN13: 978-0-7181-8677-7 ISBN10: 071818677X EAN: 9780718186777 x Description: Read the second book in the bestselling epic fantasy series: the Empire of Salt trilogy. 'Must read now! Iggulden is clearly having fun pitching his heroes and villains into bloody combat' SciFiNow ___________ IF THESE STONES COULD SPEAK . . . THEY WOULD CALL FOR WAR. In Shiang, the young king rules without dissent. Mazer swordsmen stand watch on every corner, looking for the first sign of rebellion. This city is a place of quiet and slow dignity, like a man eating rice with a razor pressed against his throat. Yet with one sharp movement, order is overturned. The balance of centuries is undone in the sudden spill of blood - and in the darkness, something terrible returns to Shiang. Far to the west, four Shiang masters approach the city walls of Darien. The sword saint and his companions have crossed a continent to bring an old man home for punishment. They will not be denied, even if the whole city stands in their way. TWO ANCIENT CITIES. ONE FINAL WAR. ___________ Discover where it all began in Darien, the first book in the Empire of Salt trilogy. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Depression Cure: The Six-Step Programme to Beat Depression Without Drugs Steve Ilardi (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vermilion
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
09 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 304pp h216mm x w135mm ISBN13: 9781785042515 ISBN13: 978-1-78504-251-5 ISBN10: 1785042513 EAN: 9781785042515 x Description: Beat depression now - and for life Based on extensive research with an amazing success rate, The Depression Cure outlines a step-by-step plan for recovery from depression, which focuses on six key lifestyle elements that have largely disappeared in healthy doses from modern life: - physical exercise - omega-3 fatty acids - natural sunlight exposure - restorative sleep - social connectedness - meaningful, engaging activity With his six-step programme, Dr Ilardi not only makes sense of depression but offers a practical and straightforward plan for recovery. The Depression Cure is an essential guide for anyone seeking an alternative approach to depression treatment. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Librarian of Auschwitz: The heart-breaking international bestseller based on the incredible true story of Dita Kraus Antonio Iturbe (Author) Lilit Zekulin Thwaites (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Ebury Press
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
04 Apr 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 432pp h198mm x w126mm x s27mm 291g ISBN13: 9781529104776 ISBN13: 978-1-5291-0477-6 ISBN10: 1529104777 EAN: 9781529104776 x Description: For readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and The Choice: this is the story of the smallest library in the world - and the most dangerous. 'It wasn't an extensive library. In fact, it consisted of eight books and some of them were in poor condition. But they were books. In this incredibly dark place, they were a reminder of less sombre times, when words rang out more loudly than machine guns...' Fourteen-year-old Dita is one of the many imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Taken, along with her mother and father, from the Terezin ghetto in Prague, Dita is adjusting to the constant terror that is life in the camp. When Jewish leader Freddy Hirsch asks Dita to take charge of the eight precious books the prisoners have managed to smuggle past the guards, she agrees. And so Dita becomes the secret librarian of Auschwitz, responsible for the safekeeping of the small collection of titles, as well as the `living books' - prisoners of Auschwitz who know certain books so well, they too can be `borrowed' to educate the children in the camp. But books are extremely dangerous. They make people think. And nowhere are they more dangerous than in Block 31 of Auschwitz, the children's block, where the slightest transgression can result in execution, no matter how young the transgressor... The Sunday Times bestseller for readers of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, The Tattooist of Auschwitz and The Choice. Based on the incredible and moving true story of Dita Kraus, holocaust survivor and secret librarian for the children's block in Auschwitz.
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Hammer of Rome: Gaius Valerius Verrens 9 Douglas Jackson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Corgi Books
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
11 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w127mm ISBN13: 9780552172301 ISBN13: 978-0-552-17230-1 ISBN10: 0552172308 EAN: 9780552172301 x Description: AD 80 Gaius Valerius Verrens is back where he belongs, at the head of a legion. But this is no ordinary legion. His command is the `unlucky' Ninth, tainted by four decades of ill fortune and poor leadership. A unit regarded as expendable by Valerius's superior, Gnaeus Julius Agricola, governor of Britannia. Yet all that can be swept aside by a single moment of glory, and the long heralded invasion of the north of the province provides the perfect opportunity. Valerius leads his men to a devastating victory against the recalcitrant Brigantes, infuriating Agricola in the process. Soon, even greater honours beckon with the death of Emperor Vespasian and the succession of Valerius's friend, Titus. But, back in Rome, the new emperor faces his own challenges, not least from his own brother, Domitian, a man with an insatiable ambition for power and a deadly hatred of Valerius. All Valerius can do is forget the great prizes on offer, concentrate on defeating the savage tribes who lie in the path of the Ninth, and ignore Agricola's intrigues. But watching his every move is the most formidable enemy he has ever faced: mighty Calgacus, war chief of the Northern alliance. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Certain Idea of France: The Life of Charles de Gaulle Julian Jackson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 928pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780141049533 ISBN13: 978-0-14-104953-3 ISBN10: 0141049537 EAN: 9780141049533 x Description: Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize for History, the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography, the American Library in Paris Award and the Franco-British Society Literary Prize A SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN, SPECTATOR, FINANCIAL TIMES, TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Masterly ... awesome reading ... an outstanding biography' Max Hastings, Sunday Times In six weeks in the early summer of 1940, France was over-run by German troops and quickly surrendered. The French government of Marshal Petain sued for peace and signed an armistice. One little-known junior French general, refusing to accept defeat, made his way to England. On 18 June he spoke to his compatriots over the BBC, urging them to rally to him in London. 'Whatever happens, the flame of French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished.' At that moment, Charles de Gaulle entered into history. For the rest of the war, de Gaulle frequently bit the hand that fed him. He insisted on being treated as the true embodiment of France, and quarrelled violently with Churchill and Roosevelt. He was prickly, stubborn, aloof and self-contained. But through sheer force of personality and bloodymindedness he managed to have France recognised as one of the victorious Allies, occupying its own zone in defeated Germany. For ten years after 1958 he was President of France's Fifth Republic, which he created and which endures to this day. His pursuit of 'a certain idea of France' challenged American hegemony, took France out of NATO and twice vetoed British entry into the European Community. His controversial decolonization of Algeria brought France to the brink of civil war and provoked several assassination attempts. Julian Jackson's magnificent biography reveals this the life of this titanic figure as never before. It draws on a vast range of published and unpublished memoirs and documents - including the recently opened de Gaulle archives - to show how de Gaulle achieved so much during the War when his resources were so astonishingly few, and how, as President, he put a medium-rank power at the centre of world affairs. No previous biography has depicted his paradoxes so vividly. Much of French politics since his death has been about his legacy, and he remains by far the greatest French leader
since Napoleon. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Life Among the Savages Shirley Jackson (Author) Series:
Penguin Modern Classics Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Classics
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 240pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241387801 ISBN13: 978-0-241-38780-1 ISBN10: 0241387809 EAN: 9780241387801 x Description: A darkly funny account of family life from the author of The Haunting of Hill House and The Lottery 'Sometimes, in my capacity as a mother, I find myself sitting open-mouthed and terrified before my own children' As well as being a master of the macabre, Shirley Jackson was also a pitch-perfect chronicler of everyday family life. In Life Among the Savages, her caustically funny account of raising her children in a ramshackle house in Vermont, she deals with rats in the cellar, misbehaving imaginary friends, an oblivious husband and ever-encroaching domestic chaos, all described with wit, warmth and plenty of bite. 'Jackson's family chronicles have a genuinely subversive aspect ... Read today, her pieces feel surprisingly modern - mainly because she refuses to sentimentalize or idealize motherhood' The New York Times Book Review 'Comic masterpieces, laced with hints of the discontent that lies beneath' Guardian _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Live a Little Howard Jacobson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Jonathan Cape Ltd
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
02 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 288pp h234mm x w153mm x s21mm 353g ISBN13: 9781787331440 ISBN13: 978-1-78733-144-0 ISBN10: 178733144X EAN: 9781787331440 x Description: A wickedly observed novel about falling in love at the end of your life, by the Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Finkler Question. At the age of ninety-something, Beryl Dusinbery is forgetting everything - including her own children. She spends her days stitching morbid samplers and tormenting her two long-suffering carers, Nastya and Euphoria, with tangled stories of her husbands and love affairs. Shimi Carmelli can do up his own buttons, walks without the aid of a frame and speaks without spitting. Among the widows of North London, he's whispered about as the last of the eligible bachelors. Unlike Beryl, he forgets nothing - especially not the shame of a childhood incident that has hung over him like an oppressive cloud ever since. There's very little life remaining for either of them, but perhaps just enough to heal some of the hurt inflicted along the way, and find new meaning in what's left. Told with Jacobson's trademark wit and style, Live a Little is in equal parts funny, irreverent and tender - a novel to make you consider all the paths not taken, and whether you could still change course. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Safe House Jo Jakeman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Harvill Secker
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
03 Sep 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 256pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781787300897 ISBN13: 978-1-78730-089-7 ISBN10: 1787300897 EAN: 9781787300897 x Description: The gripping and deliciously twisty new psychological thriller from the author of the highly acclaimed debut STICKS AND STONES. Charlie just wants to be forgotten but everyone else wants to know her story . . . The morning after a terrible storm, a woman turns up in a remote Cornish village. She has bought the crumbling cottage that has lain empty for over a decade, and she's going to make it her home. She calls herself Charlie, but it's a name she's only had for a few days. She keeps herself to herself, reluctant to integrate with the locals. Because Charlie has a secret. Charlie served two years for providing a false alibi for a murderer. But Lee Fisher wasn't a murderer to her; he was the man she loved. Convinced of his innocence, Charlie said she was with him the night a young woman was killed. This sacrifice cost her everything. And now she has a chance to start again. But someone is watching her, waiting for her, wondering if she's really paid the price for what she did. 'Revenge is a dish served with lashings of relish in this vivid, blackly comic suspense novel, as three women fight back against an abusive partner' Louise Candlish on Sticks and Stones 'A wickedly sharp, psychologically intense debut which announces Jo Jakeman as the future queen of grip lit' Eva Dolan on Sticks and Stones 'Full of suspense and twists' C. J. Tudor on Sticks and Stones _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sticks and Stones Jo Jakeman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 255g ISBN13: 9781784707675 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-767-5 ISBN10: 1784707678 EAN: 9781784707675 x Description: HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO GET REVENGE ON YOUR EX? `Gripping' Laura Marshall, author of Friend Request `I couldn't turn the pages quickly enough' Fiona Cummins, author of The Neighbour `Deliciously dark' Emily Koch, author of If I Die Before I Wake Imogen's husband is a bad man. His ex-wife and his new mistress might have different perspectives but Imogen knows the truth. When he issues her with an impossible ultimatum, Imogen does something unthinkable, locking her husband in the cellar. But how far will she go to protect her son and punish the man who destroyed her life? And what if she's not the only one out for revenge?
A twist-filled, edge-of-your seat psychological thriller that fans of Samantha Downing, Cara Hunter and Lesley Kara will devour. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Black Leopard, Red Wolf: Dark Star Trilogy Book 1 Marlon James (Author) Series:
Dark Star Trilogy
Edition:
Imprint:
Hamish Hamilton Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
05 Feb 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 640pp h234mm x w153mm x s35mm 704g ISBN13: 9780241315583 ISBN13: 978-0-241-31558-3 ISBN10: 0241315581 EAN: 9780241315583 x Description: 'Black Leopard, Red Wolf is the kind of novel I never realized I was missing until I read it. A dangerous, hallucinatory, ancient Africa, which becomes a fantasy world as well-realized as anything Tolkien made, with language as powerful as Angela Carter's. I cannot wait for the next installment' Neil Gaiman In this stunning follow-up to his Man Booker-winning A Brief History of Seven Killings, Marlon James draws on a rich tradition of African mythology, fantasy and history to imagine an ancient world, a lost child, an extraordinary hunter, and a mystery with many answers... 'The child is dead. There is nothing left to know.' Tracker is a hunter, known throughout the thirteen kingdoms as one who has a nose - and he always works alone. But he breaks his own rule when, hired to find a lost child, he finds himself part of a group of hunters all searching for the same boy. Each of these companions is stranger and more dangerous than the last, from a giant to a witch to a shape-shifting Leopard, and each has secrets of their own. As the mismatched gang follow the boy's scent from perfumed citadels to infested rivers to the enchanted darklands and beyond, set upon at every turn by creatures intent on destroying them, Tracker starts to wonder: who really is this mysterious boy? Why do so many people want to stop him being found? And, most important of all, who is telling the truth and who is lying? Marlon James weaves a tapestry of breathtaking adventure through a world at once ancient and startlingly modern. And, against this exhilarating backdrop of magic and violence, he explores the fundamentals of truth, the limits of power, the excesses of ambition, and our need to understand them all. Black Leopard, Red Wolf is the first novel in Marlon James's Dark Star Trilogy. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon: The New Science and Stories of the Brain Rahul Jandial (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Life
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
27 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 272pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780241338698 ISBN13: 978-0-241-33869-8 ISBN10: 0241338697 EAN: 9780241338698 x Description: A Latina English teacher must choose between losing her mother tongue or her profession. A former TV exec, now homeless, discovers that his life-altering despondency comes from a tumour. A fainting teen learns that deep breathing could be the difference between life and death. Is recovery possible? In a blend of beautiful storytelling and cutting-edge research, world-leading neuroscientist and neurosurgeon Dr Rahul Jandial uncovers the most extreme examples of brain damage, disorders and illnesses. He takes us to a brain bootcamp as he recollects extraordinary patient stories, sharing invaluable advice on maintaining brain health (neurofitness) along the way. Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon debunks the many myths around the science of the mind, such as sleep being a time of quiet for the brain. It is also
a vital resource on the best ways to: boost your memory, control stress and emotions, minimize pain, unleash your creativity, raise smart kids and reduce the risk of Alzheimer's. This is a deeply practical and readable book, which will take you on an expedition through the anatomy of the most fascinating - and mysterious - of organs. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chroma: A Book of Colour - June '93 Derek Jarman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage Classics
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
19 Jan 1995
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 160pp h198mm x w129mm x s10mm 117g ISBN13: 9780099474913 ISBN13: 978-0-09-947491-3 ISBN10: 0099474913 EAN: 9780099474913 x Description: In Chroma, Derek Jarman explains the use of colour in Medieval painting through the Renaissance to the modernists and draws on the great colour theorists from Pliny to Leonardo. He also talks about the meaning of colours in literature, science, philosophy, psychology, religion and alchemy. The colours on Jarman's palette are mixed with memory and insight to create an evocative and highly personal work. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway: (Vermilion Life Essentials) Susan Jeffers (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vermilion
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
06 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 272pp h198mm x w126mm ISBN13: 9781785042652 ISBN13: 978-1-78504-265-2 ISBN10: 1785042653 EAN: 9781785042652 x Description: What are you afraid of - and how is it holding you back? Whatever your anxieties, Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway can teach you how to handle what life throws at you, allowing you take control, move forwards and live the life you want. First published over 30 years ago, Susan Jeffers' phenomenal classic has helped change the lives of over two million readers around the world. Her timeless advice is as important and relevant today as when it was first published- we live in an era governed by fear - fear of failure, of missing out, of rejection, of the future, of change, of not fitting in, of intimacy, of being alone, of growing old ... the list seems endless. We are also easily paralysed by fear of the things we need to do from driving or public speaking to making tough decisions or asking for what we want or need. Whatever your challenge and whatever fears are holding you back, Susan Jeffers' profound advice, insight and tools will help you move from a place of paralysis, pain and indecision to one of energy, enthusiasm and action. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Family Upstairs Lisa Jewell (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Century
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
06 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 432pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781780899213 ISBN13: 978-1-78089-921-3 ISBN10: 1780899211 EAN: 9781780899213 x Description: FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THEN SHE WAS GONE In a large house in London's fashionable Chelsea, a baby is awake in her cot. Well-fed and cared for, she is happily waiting for someone to pick her up. In the kitchen lie three decomposing corpses. Close to them is a hastily scrawled note. They've been dead for several days. Who has been looking after the baby? And where did they go? Two entangled families. A house with the darkest of secrets. A compulsive new thriller from Lisa Jewell. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In My Life: A Music Memoir Alan Johnson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Corgi Books
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
27 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 272pp h198mm x w127mm 8pp colour + black & white photos ISBN13: 9780552174763 ISBN13: 978-0-552-17476-3 ISBN10: 0552174769 EAN: 9780552174763 x Description: From the moment a young Alan Johnson first twanged the strings of his plastic `Tommy Steele' guitar, he was determined to become a rock star. Alan's life has always been lived to a musical soundtrack. His earliest memories of the bleak, post-war, pre-rock 'n' roll west London landscape into which he was born are suffused with the melodies that wafted from the rented Bakelite wireless in the slum where he lived with his frail mother and dauntless sister. His love affair with pop music blossomed alongside the music itself, which exploded into being in the mid-1950s and came to embody the iconoclastic spirit of a new era. In this memoir, Alan looks back at his pursuit of rock stardom, and his parallel life as a supermarket worker, postman, union official and father of three, through the music that accompanied it - on vinyl, cassette tape or blasting from the stages of the Marquee club in Soho or the Wimbledon Palais; the sounds of Chuck Berry and Lonnie Donegan, of the Yardbirds and Dylan, of Bowie, Elvis Costello and Springsteen . . . not forgetting the Beatles, the band he has worshipped since 1963. In My Life recalls with affection a vanished world of Dansettes, dancehalls and smoky pubs, Flower Power and platform shoes. Honest, poignant and very funny, it is more than just a nostalgic celebration of music: it offers a new perspective on the singular life of Alan Johnson the man. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Everything Under Daisy Johnson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
07 Feb 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 272pp h198mm x w129mm x s17mm 191g ISBN13: 9781784702113 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-211-3 ISBN10: 1784702110 EAN: 9781784702113 x Description: SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018 'Daisy Johnson is a new goddamn swaggering monster of fiction' Lauren Groff `Weird and wild and wonderfully unsettling... Dive in for just a moment and you'll emerge gasping and haunted' Celeste Ng It's been sixteen years since Gretel last saw her mother, half a lifetime to forget her childhood on the canals. But a phone call will soon reunite them, and bring those wild years flooding back: the secret language that Gretel and her mother invented; the strange boy, Marcus, living on the boat that final winter; the creature said to be underwater, swimming ever closer. In the end there will be nothing for Gretel to do but to wade deeper into their past, where family secrets and aged prophesies will all come tragically alive again. `As readable as it is dazzling, full of unsettling twists and dark revelations' Observer _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Unforgettable Things to do Before you Die Clare Jones (Author) Steve Watkins (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
BBC Books
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
16 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 256pp h253mm x w197mm x s23mm 1027g ISBN13: 9781785944154 ISBN13: 978-1-78594-415-4 ISBN10: 1785944150 EAN: 9781785944154 x Description: You only get one life. Make it a memorable one. This is the second title in an exciting international bestselling series of books that will help you search out essential sights and experiences around the world. In Unforgettable Things to Do Before You Die, international travel writers and photographers Steve Watkins and Clare Jones draw on their years of experience to select their ultimate trips of a lifetime. This book will introduce you to a host of unusual and amazing activities to be done in fabulous destinations during a break of two weeks or less. Adventures range from searching for pearls in Tahiti, French Polynesia, and dog-sledding through the snowy landscapes of Sweden, to exploring the rainforests of Belize, and sailing down the Nile on an Egyptian felucca. For the less active explorer they offer more relaxed but equally unmissable pursuits, such as watching an opera in the ancient ruins of Verona, Italy, or wine-tasting in Bordeaux, France. Lavishly illustrated with specially commissioned photographs, Unforgettable Things to Do Before You Die is aimed at anyone looking for an inspirational experience of a lifetime. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Never Greener Ruth Jones (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Black Swan
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
21 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 544pp h198mm x w127mm x s31mm 360g ISBN13: 9781784162221 ISBN13: 978-1-78416-222-1 ISBN10: 1784162221 EAN: 9781784162221 x Description: THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, PICKED FOR THE ZOE BALL TV BOOK CLUB `Ruth Jones is excellent on human nature and why we make the mistakes we do. I felt for every character. Unputdownable.' Jojo Moyes ***** In her unmissable debut, actress and screenwriter Ruth Jones shows us the dangers of trying to recapture that which was once lost and failing to realise the beauty of what we already have. ***** `We spend most of our lives wishing we were somewhere else or someone else, or looking forward or harping back. Always thinking the grass is greener on the other side. But it never is. It's still grass. Just a different patch of it, that's all.' ***** The past has a habit of tracking us down. And tripping us up. When Kate was twenty-two, she had an intense and passionate affair with a married man, Callum, which ended in heartbreak. Kate thought she'd never get over it. Seventeen years later, life has moved on - Kate, now a successful actress, is living in London, married to Matt and mother to little Tallulah. Meanwhile Callum and his wife Belinda are happy together, living in Edinburgh and watching their kids grow up. The past, it would seem, is well and truly behind them all. But then Kate meets Callum again. And they are faced with a choice: to walk away from each other . . . or to risk finding out what might have been. Second chances are a rare gift in life. But that doesn't mean they should always be taken . . . ***** 'I love books about gnarly, messy relationships and this one kept me gripped from the beginning. A great read.' Jane Fallon `Heart-rending, provocative and astutely written, Never Greener is a love story about getting what you want and losing everything you need. Ruth's characters will stay with me for a long time.' Cathy Bramley _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Amerika Franz Kafka (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Classics
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Language: English Translated From: German Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 256pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241372586 ISBN13: 978-0-241-37258-6 ISBN10: 0241372585 EAN: 9780241372586 x Description: Karl Rossman has been banished by his parents to America, following a family scandal. There, with unquenchable optimism, he throws himself into the strange experiences that lie before him as he slowly makes his way into the interior of the great continent.
Kafka's first novel (begun in 1911 and never finished) is infused with a quite un-Kafkaesque blitheness and sunniness, brought to life in this lyrical translation that returns to the original manuscript of the book. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Trial Franz Kafka (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Classics
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Language: English Translated From: German Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 208pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241372562 ISBN13: 978-0-241-37256-2 ISBN10: 0241372569 EAN: 9780241372562 x Description: A terrifying psychological trip into the life of one Joseph K., an ordinary man who wakes up one day to find himself accused of a crime he did not commit, a crime whose nature is never revealed to him. Once arrested, he is released, but must report to court on a regular basis--an event that proves maddening, as nothing is ever resolved. As he grows more uncertain of his fate, his personal life--including work at a bank and his relations with his landlady and a young woman who lives next door--becomes increasingly unpredictable. As K. tries to gain control, he succeeds only in accelerating his own excruciating downward spiral. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Burrow: Posthumously Published Short Fiction Franz Kafka (Author) Michael Hofmann (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Classics
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Language: English Translated From: German Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 240pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241372593 ISBN13: 978-0-241-37259-3 ISBN10: 0241372593 EAN: 9780241372593 x Description: After Franz Kafka's death, in perhaps the most important of all acts of literary disobedience, his executor refused to agree to Kafka's wish that his great mass of unpublished fiction be destroyed. This fiction included not only The Castle and The Trial but also the amazingly varied, chilling and ingenious short works collected in The Burrow and Other Stories. These tales, some little more than a page, others much more substantial, are among the greatest works of Central European literature. They vary from the tiny and horrifying 'Little Fable' to the elaborate waking nightmares of 'Building the Great Wall of China' and the title story 'The Burrow', in which an unidentified creature describes its creation of an endlessly elaborate burrow to protect itself from unidentified enemies, but with every trap or tunnel only creating further terrors and uncertainty. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Castle Franz Kafka (Author) Idris Parry (Introduction by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Classics
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Language: English Translated From: German Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 320pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241372579 ISBN13: 978-0-241-37257-9 ISBN10: 0241372577 EAN: 9780241372579 x Description: The Castle is the story of K., the unwanted Land Surveyor who is never to be admitted to the Castle nor accepted in the village, and yet cannot go home. As he encounters dualities of certainty and doubt, hope and fear, and reason and nonsense, K.'s struggles in the absurd, labyrinthine world where he finds himself seem to reveal an inexplicable truth about the nature of existence. Kafka began The Castle in 1922 and it was never finished, yet this, the last of his three great novels, draws fascinating conclusions that make it feel strangely complete. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Rumour Lesley Kara (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Corgi Books
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
25 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w127mm ISBN13: 9780552175500 ISBN13: 978-0-552-17550-0 ISBN10: 0552175501 EAN: 9780552175500 x Description: When single mum Joanna shares a rumour at the school gates - desperate to ingratiate herself with the clique of mothers at her son's new school - there is no going back . . . Rumour has it that a notorious child killer is living under a new identity, in their sleepy little town of Flinstead-on-Sea. Sally McGowan was just ten when she stabbed little Robbie Harris to death over 47 years ago - no photos of her exist since her release as a young woman. So who is the supposedly reformed killer who now lives amongst them? How dangerous can one rumour become? And how far will Joanna go to protect her loved ones from harm, when she realizes what it is she's unleashed? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Russian Emigre Short Stories from Bunin to Yanovsky Bryan Karetnyk (Edited by) Bryan Karetnyk (Edited by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Classics
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
26 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Language: English Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 464pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 319g ISBN13: 9780241299739 ISBN13: 978-0-241-29973-9 ISBN10: 024129973X EAN: 9780241299739 x Description: SHORTLISTED FOR THE READ RUSSIA PRIZE 2018 LONGLISTED FOR THE GLOBAL READ RUSSIA PRIZE 2018 Fleeing Russia amid the chaos of the 1917 revolution and subsequent Civil War, many writers went on to settle in Paris, Berlin and elsewhere. In exile, they worked as taxi drivers, labourers and film extras, and wrote some of the most brilliant and imaginative works of Russian literature. This new collection includes stories by the most famous emigre writers, Vladimir Nabokov and Ivan Bunin, and introduces powerful lesser known voices, some of whom have never been available in English before. Here is Yuri Felsen's evocative, impressionistic account of a night of debauchery in Paris; Teffi's witty and timely reflections on refugee experience; and Mark Aldanov's sparkling story of an elderly astrologer who unexpectedly finds himself in Hitler's bunker in Berlin. Exploring displacement, loss and new beginnings, their short stories vividly evoke the experience of life in exile and also return obsessively to the Russia that has been left behind - whether as a beautiful dream or terrifying nightmare. By turns experimental, funny, exciting, poignant and haunting, these works reveal the full range of emigre writing and are presented here in masterly translations by Bryan Karetnyk and others. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration and the Future of White Majorities Eric Kaufmann (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
29 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 624pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780141986630 ISBN13: 978-0-14-198663-0 ISBN10: 0141986638 EAN: 9780141986630 x Description: This is the century of whiteshift. As Western societies are becoming increasingly mixed-race, demographic change is transforming politics. Over half of American babies are non-white, and by the end of the century, minorities and those of mixed race are projected to form the majority in the UK and other countries. The early stages of this transformation have led to a populist disruption, tearing a path through the usual politics of left and right. One of the most crucial challenges of our time is to enable conservatives as well as cosmopolitans to view whiteshift as a positive development. In this groundbreaking book, political scientist Eric Kaufmann examines the evidence to explore ethnic change in Western Europe and North America. Tracing four ways of dealing with this transformation - fight, repress, flight and join - he charts different scenarios and calls for us to move beyond empty talk about national identity. If we want to avoid more radical political divisions, he argues, we have to open up debate about the future of white majorities. Deeply thought provoking, Whiteshift offers a wealth of data to redefine the way we discuss race in the twenty-first century. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How To Be an Antiracist Ibram X. Kendi (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
The Bodley Head Ltd
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
22 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 240pp h216mm x w135mm ISBN13: 9781847926005 ISBN13: 978-1-84792-600-5 ISBN10: 1847926002 EAN: 9781847926005 x Description: We all occasionally think or do things that are racist. No one considers themselves to be a racist. Yet the divisions and inequalities of racism are all around us. In this game-changing, empowering book, Ibram X. Kendi, founding director of the Antiracism Research and Policy Center, shows that racism is so engrained in our world and yet so taboo that we often fail to recognise it, especially in ourselves. But until we do so, we can only perpetuate the problem. Using his extraordinary gifts as a teacher and story-teller, Kendi helps us break the cycle by leading us with moving humility through his own journey from racism to antiracism. He provides a comprehensive account of the misconceptions that so often cloud our understanding, from arguments about what race is and whether racial differences exist to the complications that arise when race intersects with ethnicity, class, gender and sexuality. In the process he demolishes the myth of the post-racial society and builds from the ground up a vital new understanding of racism - what it is, where it is hidden, how to identify it and what to do about it. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Things We Left Unsaid: An unforgettable story of love and family Emma Kennedy (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Century
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
22 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 384pp h190mm x w115mm ISBN13: 9781529124064 ISBN13: 978-1-5291-2406-4 ISBN10: 1529124069 EAN: 9781529124064 x Description: ________________________ "A beautiful novel... so tender and thoughtful. I loved it." - Marian Keyes ________________________ Rachel's relationship with her mother, Eleanor, has always been far from perfect. Eleanor is a renowned artist born from the swinging sixties, and Rachel has forever lived in the shadow of her success. When Rachel is left by her fiance on the morning of their wedding she has no choice but to move back into her family home and spend an unbearably hot summer with a mother she feels distant from - in the presence of many painful memories. It will take another turn of events before Rachel realises that sometimes the past holds exactly the comfort we need. And that behind the words left unsaid are untold stories that have the power to define us. Imbued with warmth and full of characters who will steal your heart, THE THINGS WE LEFT UNSAID is a radiant novel in which past and present collide with life-affirming consequences. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Love Poems for Married People John Kenney (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Bantam Press
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
08 Jan 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 128pp h204mm x w135mm x s16mm 195g ISBN13: 9781787631731 ISBN13: 978-1-78763-173-1 ISBN10: 1787631737 EAN: 9781787631731 x Description: Written with brilliant wit, sharp observation and a big dose of reality, Love Poems for Married People takes the poetic form, turns it upside down and leaves it in the dishwasher to dry. Including such gems as Why Are You in The Shower With Me? Our Love is Tested in Traffic and What Time Should We Leave for the Airport? John Kenney's poems are packed with funny, wry observations about the reality of life once the initial shine of a relationship has dulled. From parental gripes to dwindling sex lives; from less-than-romantic gifts to irritating personal habits, it's all covered. ____________________ Are you in the mood? I am. Let's put the kids down. Have a light dinner. Shower. Maybe not drink so much. And do that thing I would rather do with you than with anyone else. Lie in bed and look at our iPhones. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
We Can See You Simon Kernick (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
30 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s24mm 277g ISBN13: 9781784752286 ISBN13: 978-1-78475-228-6 ISBN10: 1784752282 EAN: 9781784752286 x Description: "Witty, scary, fast-moving and outrageous" - MARCEL BERLIN, THE TIMES "Simon Kernick is one of the most reliable purveyors of the edge-of-your-seat thriller... a more powerful adrenaline rush than an EpiPen" - JAKE KERRIDGE, SUNDAY EXPRESS WE HAVE YOUR DAUGHTER. WE KNOW YOUR SECRETS. WE CAN SEE YOU. The new high-octane thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Kernick ________________________ You have it all. Success, a beautiful home, a happy family. Until, in a heartbeat, it's gone. We've kidnapped your daughter, and we know everything about you. Including the dark secrets from your past you thought were forgotten.
We tell you not to contact the police - and that we'll know if you do. Because we can see you. And now you know this is no ordinary abduction. It's worse. Within hours you're on the run, with only one thought in your head: That you will stop at nothing to get your daughter back. Even murder... ________________________ "Simon Kernick is an absolute master of the adrenaline-fuelled ride" - PETER JAMES "An emotionally punchy domestic noir blended with the pace and action of a high-octane thriller, WE CAN SEE YOU will keep you breathlessly on the edge of your seat, wondering which character you can trust, if any at all, until the final brilliant twist! A #WTFthatending indeed!" - SARAH PINBOROUGH, author of BEHIND HER EYES and CROSS HER HEART "A pacy thriller, with a body count that rises along with the tension levels" - SUNDAY MIRROR "Simon Kernick manages to ring fresh changes (and revelations) at every point... He remains one of the most consistently suspenseful and ingenious writers in the field" - CRIME TIME "Thriller-meister Simon Kernick's standalone books are always worth picking up - and his latest is no exception" - SUNDAY SPORT _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mexico City Blues Jack Kerouac (Author) Series:
Penguin Modern Classics Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Classics
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 256pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241388945 ISBN13: 978-0-241-38894-5 ISBN10: 0241388945 EAN: 9780241388945 x Description: 'I want to be considered a jazz poet blowing a long blues in an afternoon jam session on Sunday' Freewheeling and spontaneous, Mexico City Blues is Jack Kerouac's most significant and emblematic poem. Consisting of 242 loosely linked 'choruses', it takes in life, death, spirituality, jazz improvisation, memory, fantasies and dreams, all infused with the rhythm of the blues, to create a surreal and all-encompassing epic. 'A spontaneous bop prosody and original classic literature' Allen Ginsberg 'A jazz poet. His sentences frequently move into tempestuous sweeps and whorls and sometimes they have something of the rich music of Gerard Manley Hopkins or Dylan Thomas' The New York Herald Tribune _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Pic Jack Kerouac (Author) Series:
Penguin Modern Classics Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Classics
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 80pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241388969 ISBN13: 978-0-241-38896-9 ISBN10: 0241388961 EAN: 9780241388969 x
Description: Kerouac's last published novel, Pic is an endearing portrait of a road trip across America, seen through the eyes of one innocent, adventurous boy. 'Pic', or Pictorial Review Jackson, is a ten-year-old boy from North Carolina. When his grandfather dies and he is sent to live with another relative, his older brother, Slim, comes to rescue him. Together they hitch to New York City and, eventually, all the way to California, encountering hardship, kindness, music, love and danger as they go. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tristessa Jack Kerouac (Author) Series:
Penguin Modern Classics Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Classics
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 80pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241388990 ISBN13: 978-0-241-38899-0 ISBN10: 0241388996 EAN: 9780241388990 x Description: 'She understands Karma, she says: "What I do, I reap"' Her name means sadness, yet Tristessa, a prostitute and morphine addict, lives without cares in her shabby room with a menagerie of pets and an altar to the Virgin Mary. Based on Jack Kerouac's own real-life love affair in Mexico city, this is the story of a man's ill-fated relationship with a woman he portrays with tenderness and dignity, even as her life spirals out of control. 'A narrative meditation studying a hen, a rooster, a dove, a cat, a chihuaha dog, family meat, and a ravishing, ravished junky lady, first in their crowded bedroom, then out to drunken streets, taco stands, and pads at dawn in Mexico City slums' Allen Ginsberg _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Visions of Gerard Jack Kerouac (Author) Series:
Penguin Modern Classics Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Classics
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 112pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241389010 ISBN13: 978-0-241-38901-0 ISBN10: 0241389011 EAN: 9780241389010 x Description: 'The piteousness of his little soft shroud of hair falling down his brow and swept aside by the hand over blue serious eyes' Described by Kerouac as 'my most serious sad and true book', Visions of Gerard forms the first volume of his memoir cycle the 'Duluoz Legend'. Based on Jack Kerouac's memories of the beloved older brother who died when he was a boy, it is unique among his novels for its dreamlike evocation of the sensations of childhood - its wisdom, anguish, intensity, innocence, joy and pain. It is a haunting exploration of the precariousness of existence. 'Called a "pain-tale" by Kerouac, it's the story of an almost divine, Buddha-like child wracked with sickness and suffering' Guardian _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gigged: The Gig Economy, the End of the Job and the Future of Work Sarah Kessler (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Random House Business Publisher: Books
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Active
Publishing Status:
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 213g ISBN13: 9781847941749 ISBN13: 978-1-84794-174-9 ISBN10: 1847941745 EAN: 9781847941749 x Description: _______ `Excellent' Martin Wolf, Financial Times Books of the Year `Essential' Daniel Pink, author of Drive `Wonderful' Martin Ford, author of The Rise of the Robots _______ PROFIT INNOVATION GREED WELCOME TO THE GIG ECONOMY Between Uber drivers and Airbnb hosts, freelance jobs are becoming an increasingly prominent part of our economy. GIGGED goes inside the Silicon Valley companies leading the way to this emerging `gig economy'. It tells the stories of the workers - from computer programmers to online comment moderators - who are getting by in a new wave of precarious, short-term employment. And it sketches out what tomorrow's economy might look like: one where the fortunate get to work when they want, how they want, while the rest live lives of extraordinary hardship. It might just be the future of work for all of us.
*Longlisted for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award* Praise for GIGGED `Well researched and beautifully written . . . Essential reading for anyone who is interested in understanding the future of our economy and society.' Ha-Joon Chang, author of 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism `Well crafted . . . a multitude of anecdotes supported by data and extensive reporting.' Forbes `Kessler's timely book explores the personal, corporate and societal stories behind a massive tech-driven shift away from permanent office-based employment.' Books of the Month, Financial Times `Kessler illuminates a great divide: For people with desirable skills, the gig economy often permits a more engaging, entrepreneurial lifestyle; but for the unskilled who turn to such work out of necessity, it's merely "the best of bad options".' Harvard Business Review `Sarah Kessler writes like a dream. If you want to know how work is changing and how you too must change to keep up, you must read this book.' Dan Lyons, author of Disrupted _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Brightest Star in the Sky Marian Keyes (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
25 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 640pp h181mm x w111mm ISBN13: 9781405941099 ISBN13: 978-1-4059-4109-9 ISBN10: 140594109X EAN: 9781405941099 x Description: Marian Keyes' The Brightest Star in the Sky will draw you deep into the lives, loves and hopes of the residents of Star Street . . . And who or what exactly is the mysterious visitor waiting to emerge from the shadows? 'June the first, a bright summer's evening, a Monday . . .' And into the busy, bustling homes at 66 Star Street slips, unseen, a mysterious visitor. As the couples, flatmates and repentant singletons of No. 66 fall in and out of love, clutch at and drop secrets, laugh, cry and simply try to live, no one suspects the visitor patiently waiting in the wings. For soon, as the light slowly fades to dark, everything is going to change . . . 'An expert storyteller who can make you roar with laughter one minute then sob into your pillow the next' Lorraine Kelly 'Zips along with engaging characters, fabulous plotting and spot-on dialogue. Marian Keyes: what a genius' Daily Mail 'A magical tale of love, loss, laughter and secrets' Marie Claire 'Really rather good' Independent on Sunday _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Women are the Future of Islam Sherin Khankan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Rider & Co
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
14 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 256pp h222mm x w144mm x s26mm 395g ISBN13: 9781846045875 ISBN13: 978-1-84604-587-5 ISBN10: 1846045878 EAN: 9781846045875 x Description: The future of Islam is female Named one of the BBC's 100 Women of 2016, and the subject of interviews in both The Times and the Guardian, Sherin Khankan is one of the very few female imams in the Western World. In addition she has founded the first mosque for women in Europe. In this urgent manifesto this remarkable woman challenges the idea that Islam should be defined by masculinity and conservatism. In her revelatory book, she addresses urgent contemporary issues, such as the place for modern women in Islam, fundamentalism, radical Islamic groups, Islamic divorce, Sufism, and describes her own personal journey as a female Muslim activist. Women Are The Future of Islam shines a feminist light on a gentler, more inclusive, more liberal - but also fully engaged - side of Islam that we rarely see in the West. It's an eye-opening, highly topical read. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chopin's Piano: A Journey through Romanticism Paul Kildea (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
18 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780141980560 ISBN13: 978-0-14-198056-0 ISBN10: 0141980567 EAN: 9780141980560 x Description: Chopin's Piano begins in November 1838, when George Sand, her children and Frederick Chopin took a boat to Majorca for the winter. It describes their circumstances there, and how Chopin completed one of the most revolutionary works in the history of music - his Preludes - on 'a small Mallorquin piano' which he picked up when they arrived and carted up to the monastery in the mountains where he and Sand lodged. Kildea traces the history of the Preludes, their pianists, their interpretations, and the history of the Mallorquin piano itself, to find an unexpected path through the history of romantic music - via Wanda Landowska in Berlin in 1913, Paris in 1940-41 when the Nazis seized the piano, down to the end of romantic music. It is an astonishing narrative and detective story, an unclassifiable and thrilling book, which explores in an original way the changing meaning of music through time. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Government of No One: The Theory and Practice of Anarchism Ruth Kinna (Author) Series:
Pelican Books
Edition:
Imprint:
Pelican
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 416pp h222mm x w138mm ISBN13: 9780241396551 ISBN13: 978-0-241-39655-1 ISBN10: 0241396557 EAN: 9780241396551 x Description: A magisterial study of the history and theory of one of the most controversial political movements Anarchism routinely gets a bad press. It's usually seen as meaning chaos and disorder -- or even nothing at all. And yet, from Occupy Wall Street to Pussy Riot, Noam Chomsky to David Graeber, this philosophical and political movement is as relevant as ever. Contrary to popular perception, different strands of anarchism -- from individualism to collectivism -- do follow certain structures and a shared sense of purpose: a belief in freedom and working towards collective good without the interference of the state. In this masterful, sympathetic account, political theorist Ruth Kinna traces the tumultuous history of anarchism, starting with thinkers and activists such as Peter Kropotkin and Emma Goldman and through key events like the Paris Commune and the Haymarket affair. Skilfully introducing us to the nuanced theories of anarchist groups from Russia to Japan to the United States, The Government of No One reveals what makes a supposedly chaotic movement particularly adaptable and effective over centuries -- and what we can learn from it. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Bucket, F*ck it, Done it List: 3,669 Things to Do. Or Not. Whatever Sara Kinninmont (Author) Jamie Armstrong (Illustrated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Pop Press
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 320pp h178mm x w110mm ISBN13: 9781529104745 ISBN13: 978-1-5291-0474-5 ISBN10: 1529104742 EAN: 9781529104745 x Description: You don't have to do everything on the list to live your best life. Swap FOMO for JOMO and tick off `Bucket', ' F*ck it' or `Done it' for each of the 3,669 things to do, depending on whether you intend to do it, couldn't care less/would rather die than do it or have already accomplished it. Bucket, F*ck it or Done it. Which box would you tick when it comes to ... ? * Drinking banana wine in the Canary Islands * Eating every shape of pasta at least once * Settling a dispute with a dance-off * Naming your boat after the person you lost your virginity to Checking stuff off just feels good! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I Owe You One: The Number One Sunday Times Bestseller Sophie Kinsella (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Black Swan
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
27 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback A-format paperback 432pp h178mm x w110mm x s26mm 229g ISBN13: 9781784164577 ISBN13: 978-1-78416-457-7 ISBN10: 1784164577 EAN: 9781784164577 x Description: The irresistible new standalone from Sophie Kinsella is a story of love, empowerment and an IOU that changes everything . . . Fixie Farr can't help herself. Straightening a crooked object, removing a barely-there stain, helping out a friend . . . she just has to put things right. It's how she got her nickname, after all. So when a handsome stranger in a coffee shop asks her to watch his laptop for a moment, Fixie not only agrees, she ends up saving it from certain disaster. To thank her, the computer's owner, Sebastian, scribbles her an IOU - but of course, Fixie never intends to call in the favour. That is, until her teenage crush, Ryan, comes back into her life and needs her help. Fixie turns to Seb - but things don't go according to plan and now Fixie owes Seb: big time. Soon the pair are caught up in a series of IOUs - from small favours to life-changing debts - and Fixie is torn between her past and the future she deserves. Does she have the courage to fix things for herself and fight for the life, and love, she really wants? ***** EVERYBODY LOVES SOPHIE KINSELLA: ***** 'Left me giddy with laughter. I loved it' JOJO MOYES
'One of the most relatable books I've read in a long time, I couldn't put it down.' LOUISE PENTLAND (SprinkleofGlitter) 'Life doesn't get much better than a new Sophie Kinsella novel' RED _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Darkest Truth: She refused to be silenced Catherine Kirwan (Author) Series:
Finn Fitzpatrick Series
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
11 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781787460287 ISBN13: 978-1-78746-028-7 ISBN10: 1787460282 EAN: 9781787460287 x Description: _________________________ He'll do anything to protect his secrets. She'll stop at nothing to expose the truth. It only takes one person to break the silence. When solicitor Finn Fitzpatrick is approached by a man to investigate the death of his daughter, her first instinct is to refuse. The father is grieving, and unable to accept that his daughter committed suicide. And yet something about the man's story chimes with Finn. Why did a bright, confident, beautiful young girl suddenly drop out of school? Could the answer lie in her relationship with Ireland's most famous film director? The deeper Finn goes into the case, the more dark, twisted and dangerous the picture becomes. Because these are powerful people she is trying to expose. And they're willing to do anything to keep the truth hidden. _________________________ 'A clever twist on the genre.' ARAMINTA HALL, author of Our Kind of Cruelty 'A gripping, twisting novel of mounting suspense. It couldn't be more relevant.' AMY LLOYD, author of The Innocent Wife 'A fast-paced and twisty thriller, with a gutsy protagonist you can't help but root for. It left me breathless.' CLAIRE ASKEW, author of All The Hidden Truths 'The story is told at a propulsive rate, the legal details are persuasive and the dialogue is excellent.' Irish Times 'This is a wonderfully assured debut. While the plot of Darkest Truth may have been suggested by the recent worldwide #MeToo movement, there is little of the 'me too' in its writing because Kirwan delivers her cracking tale in her own distinctive voice. In Finn Fitzpatrick, she has created an immensely likeable, feisty and individual character, and the supporting cast in this intriguing mystery are equally well drawn.' Irish Independent _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The End: My Struggle Book 6 Karl Ove Knausgaard (Author) Don Bartlett (Translated by) Martin Aitken (Translated by) Series:
My Struggle
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
02 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Language: English Translated From: Norwegian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 1168pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780099590194 ISBN13: 978-0-09-959019-4 ISBN10: 0099590190 EAN: 9780099590194 x Description: From the international phenomenon Karl Ove Knausgaard, the extraordinary final volume of `the most significant literary enterprise of our times' (Guardian) In this final novel in the My Struggle cycle, Karl Ove Knausgaard examines life, death, love and literature with unsparing rigour and begins to count the cost of his project. The End reflects on the fallout from the earlier books, with Knausgaard facing the pressures of literary acclaim and its often shattering repercussions. It is at once a meditation on writing and its relationship with reality, and an account of a writer's relationship with himself - from his ambitions to his doubts and frailties. `Epic... It creates a world that absorbs you utterly' Sunday Times `Compulsively addictive' Daily Telegraph `My Struggle has strong claim to be the great literary event of the twenty-first century' Guardian `A mesmerising, thought-provoking and genuinely important work of art' Spectator _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Night of Camp David Fletcher Knebel (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
13 Dec 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 248g ISBN13: 9781529111576 ISBN13: 978-1-5291-1157-6 ISBN10: 1529111579 EAN: 9781529111576 x Description: Back by popular demand, the 1965 bestselling political thriller - `What would happen if the president of the U.S.A. went stark-raving mad?' `THRILLING' Guardian `FIRST-RATE' Daily Mail `COMPELLING' Bob Woodward `A little too plausible for comfort' New York Times, 1965
How can one man convince the highest powers in Washington that the President of the United States is dangerously unstable - before it's too late? Senator Jim MacVeagh is proud to serve his country - and his president, Mark Hollenbach, who has a near-spotless reputation as the vibrant, charismatic leader of MacVeagh's party and the nation. When Hollenbach begins taking MacVeagh into his confidence, the young senator knows that his star is on the rise. But then Hollenbach starts summoning MacVeagh in the middle of the night to Camp David. There, the president sits in the dark and rants about his enemies, unfurling insane theories about all the people he says are conspiring against him. They would do anything, President Hollenbach tells the stunned senator, to stop him from setting in motion the grand, unprecedented plans he has to make America a great world power once again. MacVeagh comes away from these meetings increasingly convinced that the man he once admired has lost his mind. But what can he do? Who can he tell? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Secretary Renee Knight (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Black Swan
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
08 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w127mm ISBN13: 9781784160289 ISBN13: 978-1-78416-028-9 ISBN10: 1784160288 EAN: 9781784160289 x Description: ________________ 'A cool, contemporary, whip-smart thriller.' Paula Hawkins, author of THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN and INTO THE WATER She knows all your secrets. But will she keep them? Look around you. Who holds the most power in the room? Is it the one who speaks loudest, who looks the part, who has the most money, who commands the most respect? Or perhaps it's someone like Christine Butcher: a meek, overlooked figure, who silently bears witness as information is shared and secrets are whispered. Someone who quietly, perhaps even unwittingly, gathers together knowledge of the people she's there to serve - the ones who don't notice her, the ones who consider themselves to be important. There's a fine line between loyalty and obsession. And when someone like Christine Butcher is pushed to her limit, she might just become the most dangerous person in the room . . . The eagerly anticipated new thriller from the No.1 bestselling author of Disclaimer. ________________ 'A scintillating double psychological portrait . . . an arresting ending reminiscent of Rendell at her flintiest.' Sunday Times 'Clever, clever, clever. At the black heart of this story is a personal assistant - the colleague in your office who hears and knows everything about everyone - and Renee leads us on a deeply unsettling exploration of the limits of loyalty. Believe me, chats by the photocopier will never be the same . . .' Fiona Barton, author of THE WIDOW 'A black diamond of a thriller . . . with a sting in its tail.' A. J. Finn, author of THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Sleepwalker Joseph Knox (Author) Series:
Aidan Waits
Edition:
Imprint:
Doubleday
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
11 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 400pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780857524393 ISBN13: 978-0-85752-439-3 ISBN10: 0857524399 EAN: 9780857524393 x Description: `He said he didn't remember killing them...' As a series of rolling blackouts plunge the city into darkness, Detective Aidan Waits sits on an abandoned hospital ward, watching a mass murderer slowly die. Transferred from his usual night shift duties and onto protective custody, he has just one job... To extract the location of Martin Wick's final victim before the notorious mass murderer passes away. Wick has spent over a decade in prison, in near-total silence, having confessed to an unspeakable crime that shocked the nation and earned him the nickname of The Sleepwalker. But when a daring premeditated attack leaves one police officer dead and another one fighting for his life, Wick's whispered last words will send Waits on a journey into the heart of darkness... Manipulated by a reticent psychopath from his past, and under investigation from his new partner, Detective Constable Naomi Black, Waits realises too late that a remorseless contract killer is at work. Can Aidan Waits solve his last case before fleeing justice? Or will his name be next on the hit list? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lancelot Giles Kristian (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Corgi Books
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 672pp h198mm x w127mm x s30mm 451g B & W map ISBN13: 9780552174008 ISBN13: 978-0-552-17400-8 ISBN10: 0552174009 EAN: 9780552174008 x Description: ________________ Conn Iggulden has called it 'a masterpiece' while The Times has hailed it 'a gorgeous, rich retelling of the Arthurian tale' . . . ________________ Rome is burning. In Britain, Uther Pendragon is dying. Enemies stalk his land. Into this uncertain world a boy is cast - an outsider, plagued by memories of those he's lost. Under the watchful eye of Merlin, the boy begins his journey to manhood. He meets another outcast, Guinevere - wild, proud and beautiful. And he is dazzled by Arthur - a warrior who carries the hopes of the people like a flaming torch in the dark.
But these are treacherous times, and the fate of Britain rests on a sword's edge. This young man becomes a lord of war: loved, hated, admired and feared. He is a man forsaken but not forgotten. He is Lancelot. ________________ Set in a 5th century Britain besieged by invading bands of Saxons and Franks, Irish and Picts, Giles Kristian's epic new novel tells - in Lancelot's own words - the story of the most revered yet reviled of all Arthur's knights, the warrior who fought at his lord's side - yet stole his wife. This is the story of one of the great figures of British myth and legend - a story ready to be re-imagined for our times. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design are Changing the Way We Live, Work & Play Cliff Kuang (Author) Robert Fabricant (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
W H Allen
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
05 Nov 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780753556641 ISBN13: 978-0-7535-5664-1 ISBN10: 0753556642 EAN: 9780753556641 x Description: USER FRIENDLY is a must-read for anyone who loves well-designed products-and for the innovators aspiring to make them. It seems like magic when some new gadget seems to know what we want before we know ourselves. But why does some design feel intrinsically good, and why do some designs last forever, while others disappear? User Friendly guides readers through the hidden rules governing how design shapes our behaviour, told through fascinating stories such as what the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island reveals about the logic of the smartphone; how the pressures of the Great Depression and World War II created our faith in social progress through better product design; and how a failed vision for Disney World yielded a new paradigm for designed experience. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital-and How to Get It Scott Kupor (Author) Eric Ries (Foreword by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Virgin Books
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
04 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780753553961 ISBN13: 978-0-7535-5396-1 ISBN10: 0753553961 EAN: 9780753553961 x Description: 'Worth far more than its cover price ... I wish I'd had it available to me when I was first looking for startup funding' -- Eric Rees Every startup needs capital, and ambitious startups seek it on Sand Hill Road - Silicon Valley's dream street for entrepreneurs. That's where you'll find the biggest names in venture capital, including the famed VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, where lawyer-turned-entrepreneur-turned-VC Scott Kupor serves as managing partner. Whether you're trying to get a new company off the ground or scale an existing business to the next level, you need to understand how VCs think. Secrets of Sand Hill Road is the first book that shows you exactly how VCs decide where and how much to invest. It will help you get the best possible deal and make the most of your relationships with VCs. You'll learn, for instance: -- Why most VCs typically invest in only one startup in a given business category -- Why the talent you need most when raising venture capital is your storytelling ability -- How to handle a 'down round', when you have to raise funds at a lower valuation than in your previous round
-- Why bridge financing (reopening your last round to existing investors) is generally a bad idea -- What to do when VCs get too entangled in the day-to-day operations of your business -- Why you need to build relationships with potential acquirers long before you decide to sell Filled with Kupor's firsthand experiences, insider advice, and practical takeaways, Secrets of Sand Hill Road is the guide you need to turn yourstartup into the next unicorn. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Catching Teller Crow Ambelin Kwaymullina (Author) Ezekiel Kwaymullina (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 208pp h198mm x w129mm x s13mm 149g ISBN13: 9780241380079 ISBN13: 978-0-241-38007-9 ISBN10: 0241380073 EAN: 9780241380079 x Description: *Winner of the Victorian Premier YA Prize for Literature, and Best Young Adult Novel at the Aurealis Awards - two of Australia's most prestigious writing awards* An extraordinary thriller, told from the perspective of two Aboriginal protagonists, which weaves together themes of grief, colonial history, violence, love and family. Nothing's been the same for Beth Teller since she died. Her dad, a detective, is the only one who can see and hear her, and he's drowning in grief. Only a suspected murder, and a mystery to solve, might save them both. And they have a potential witness: Isobel Catching. Aboriginal by birth, like Beth, she seems lost and isolated in the world. But as the two get closer, Isobel's strange tale of glass-eyed monsters and stolen colours will intertwine with Beth's investigation - and reveal something dark and terrible at the heart of this Australian town . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Minecraft: The Lost Journals Mur Lafferty (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Century
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
09 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 288pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781780897790 ISBN13: 978-1-78089-779-0 ISBN10: 1780897790 EAN: 9781780897790 x Description: The brand-new official Minecraft novel is a journey into the unknown! When a young girl teams up with her friend to find the boy's missing uncle, they must leave the safety of the Overworld behind. Alison and Max must team up to find his missing uncle Nicholas. Using the journal his beloved uncle left as a guide, the duo hurtle headlong into a treacherous and unknown landscape called the Nether. There, they meet a strange girl named Freya and her woefully unheroic dog, Bunny Biter, who agree to help them in their quest. The group must take on dangerous new foes and unravel the cryptic journal to find Nicholas and reunite this fractured family. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition Mur Lafferty (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 255g ISBN13: 9781787462076 ISBN13: 978-1-78746-207-6 ISBN10: 1787462072 EAN: 9781787462076 x Description: This thrilling adaptation of Solo: A Star Wars Story expands on the film to include scenes from alternate versions of the script and other additional content, giving deeper insights into Han Solo's years in the Imperial Navy, Qi'ra's past, and the beginnings of the rebellion. Though Han Solo has thrilled Star Wars fans for decades, the notorious wisecracking scoundrel was chasing adventure and dodging trouble long before he walked into the cantina at Mos Eisley spaceport. Young Han dreams of someday soaring into space at the helm of his own starship and leaving his home, the gritty industrial planet Corellia, far behind. But as long as he's trapped in a life of poverty and crime-and under the thumb of the sinister Lady Proxima and her brutal street gangreaching the distant stars seems impossible. When Han tries to escape with his girlfriend and partner-in-crime, Qi'ra, he makes it out-but she doesn't. Desperate for a way to find his own offworld vessel and free her, Han enlists in the Imperial Navy-the last place for a rebellious loner who doesn't play well with others. When the Empire clips his wings, Han goes rogue and plunges into the shady world of smugglers, gamblers, and con artists. There he meets the charming and cunning high roller Lando Calrissian, makes an unlikely friend in a cantankerous Wookiee called Chewbacca, and first lays eyes on the Millennium Falcon. To snag his piece of the outlaw pie, Han joins a crew of pirates to pull off a risky heist. The stakes are high, the danger is great, and the odds are slim. But never tell Han Solo the odds. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Search Sweet Country Kojo Laing (Author) Series:
Penguin Modern Classics Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Classics
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241370094 ISBN13: 978-0-241-37009-4 ISBN10: 0241370094 EAN: 9780241370094 x Description: Winner of the Valco Fund Literary Award for Fiction and the Ghana Book Award Search Sweet Country follows the lives of an eclectic, interconnected group of Ghanaians living in and around the sprawling, chaotic city of Accra in the mid-1970s. Bringing the city to life in dizzying, lyrical prose, Laing weaves a story filled with bizarre and often melancholy characters: an idealistic professor, a lovely young witch, a wide-eyed student, a corrupt politician and his hack sidekick, a business-savvy young woman, a healer, a bishop and a crazy man intent on founding his own village. Their collective narratives create a portrait of a country where colonialism is dying, but democracy remains elusive. Search Sweet Country is a timeless, near-forgotten gem by a virtuosic writer, as necessary now as when the book was first published. Like Joyce's Dublin and Dickens's London, Laing's Accra brims with both lush specificity and universal relevance. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
An Unwanted Guest Shari Lapena (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Corgi Books
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
14 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback A-format paperback 368pp h178mm x w110mm x s22mm 196g ISBN13: 9780552176279 ISBN13: 978-0-552-17627-9 ISBN10: 0552176273 EAN: 9780552176279 x Description: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. The new pulse-pounding and unputdownable thriller from the author of the number one bestseller THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR, and A STRANGER IN THE HOUSE. 'Tense. Unpredictable. Unputdownable. Shari Lapena's novels are domestic noir at its finest' Simon Kernick ********** We can't choose the strangers we meet. As the guests arrive at beautiful, remote Mitchell's Inn, they're all looking forward to a relaxing weekend deep in the forest, miles from anywhere. They watch their fellow guests with interest, from a polite distance. Usually we can avoid the people who make us nervous, make us afraid. With a violent storm raging, the group finds itself completely cut off from the outside world. Nobody can get in - or out. And then the first body is found . . . and the horrifying truth comes to light. There's a killer among them - and nowhere to run. Until we find ourselves in a situation we can't escape. Trapped. ********** `If you want an unputdownable thriller, you're in luck - best-seller Shari Lapena is back with a new whodunnit . . . Crafted like a vintage Christie and just as tense, this will be a smash hit' Heat '[An Unwanted Guest] once again shows her gift for smart characterisation combined with a subtle appreciation for the darkness of the human heart . . . A perfectly choreographed danse macabre' Mail on Sunday `Shari Lapena combines the cosy feel and cunning plotting of an Agatha Christie-era whodunnit with a sharp eye for contemporary life and she is rapidly becoming a go-to author for anyone seeking a light but lip-smacking mystery' Sunday Express `The psychological thrillers of Lapena are masterclasses in tightly plotted, economical narrative...This third novel has a premise straight out of a Agatha Christie classic' Metro 'An excellent mystery! Agatha Christie meets P D James' Ragnar Jonasson Readers love Shari Lapena: `Best book I've read in ages' `5* fast paced, twisting thriller' `The pace never let up' `On the edge of my seat to the end' `I haven't picked up a book in 9 years and I'm so glad that I picked this up! I loved it.' `Incredibly readable and unputdownable' `Very clever, well written, intriguing and suspenseful'
`Had me hooked from start to finish' _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Someone We Know Shari Lapena (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Bantam Press
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
25 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781787630253 ISBN13: 978-1-78763-025-3 ISBN10: 1787630250 EAN: 9781787630253 x Description: The gripping new thriller from the No. 1 bestselling author of The Couple Next Door. ****** It can be hard keeping secrets in a tight-knit neighbourhood. In a tranquil, leafy suburb of ordinary streets - one where everyone is polite and friendly - an anonymous note has been left at some of the houses. `I'm so sorry. My son has been getting into people's houses. He's broken into yours.' Who is this boy, and what might he have uncovered? As whispers start to circulate, suspicion mounts. And when a missing local woman is found murdered, the tension reaches breaking point. Who killed her? Who knows more than they're telling? And how far will all these very nice people go to protect their secrets? Maybe you don't know your neighbour as well as you thought you did . . . ****** Readers love Shari Lapena: 'Twist on twist on twist on twist.' 'Fantastic book, from the first page I was hooked, couldn't put it down!' 'The atmosphere that Lapena creates only adds to the amazing plot.' 'An excellent atmospheric thriller, full of intrigue and suspense.' 'I was reading with my mouth open as I raced towards the final page.' 'I read it in one sitting, as I simply could not put it down.' 'An incredibly gripping read.' _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Victory James Lasdun (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Jonathan Cape Ltd
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
07 Feb 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 272pp h222mm x w144mm x s27mm 392g ISBN13: 9781787331174 ISBN13: 978-1-78733-117-4 ISBN10: 1787331172 EAN: 9781787331174 x Description: Love and hate, desire and guilt, friendship and betrayal form the coordinates of these two intensely dramatic stories of men and women caught between their irrational passions and the urge for control. In Feathered Glory the seemingly happy marriage of a school principal and his artist wife reveals dangerous fault-lines as an old lover reappears in the husband's life and the wife, fascinated by a charismatic wildlife rehabilitator, brings an injured swan into their home. The poignant denouement leaves every character irreversibly transformed. The past also haunts the present in Afternoon of a Faun, where an accusation of historic sexual assault plunges Marco Rosedale, an English journalist in New York, into a series of deepening crises. Set during the months leading up to Trump's election, this is at once a study of our shifting social and sexual mores, and a meditation on what makes us believe or disbelieve the stories of other people. These gripping, darkly comic novellas reflect and complement each other, offering a sharply observed vision that will resonate with anyone interested in the clash of power and desire in our embattled contemporary lives. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Glass Woman Caroline Lea (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Michael Joseph Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
07 Feb 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 400pp h222mm x w144mm x s36mm 514g ISBN13: 9780718188979 ISBN13: 978-0-7181-8897-9 ISBN10: 0718188977 EAN: 9780718188979 x Description: 'A fantastic, atmospheric debut' The Times A rich and captivating tale of superstition and salvation, love and fear, for fans of The Binding, The Miniaturist and The Silent Companions. 1686, Iceland. An isolated, windswept land haunted by witch trials and steeped in the ancient sagas . . . ____________ Betrothed unexpectedly to Jon Eiriksson, Rosa is sent to join her new husband in the remote village of Stykkisholmur. Here, the villagers are wary of outsiders. But Rosa harbours her own suspicions. Her husband buried his first wife alone in the dead of night. He will not speak of it. The villagers mistrust them both. Dark threats are whispered. There is an evil here - Rosa can feel it. Is it her husband, the villagers - or the land itself? Alone and far from home, Rosa sees the darkness coming. She fears she will be its next victim . . . ____________
'A suspenseful read' Sunday Express 'Evocative, compelling, with a brilliant twist' Daily Express 'Memorable and compelling. A novel about what haunts us - and what should' Sarah Moss, author of Ghost Wall 'Intensely written and atmospheric, with an unusual setting, this is a stark evocation of a community where fear of the outsider is rife and unsettling' Daily Mail 'A chilling tale' Good Housekeeping 'Utterly unputdownable. Rich in superstition and mystery, it pulled me in. An incredible novel' Ali Land, author of Good Me Bad Me 'Haunting, evocative and utterly compelling. The Glass Woman transports the reader to a time and place steeped in mystery, where nothing is ever quite as it seems. Stunning' Tracy Borman, author of The King's Witch 'Like a ghost story told around a winter fire, The Glass Woman is taut, haunting, and broodingly tense. Playing out against the harsh backdrop of the Icelandic winter, it kept me hooked all the way to the end' Tim Leach, author of Smile of the Wolf _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Unto Us a Son Is Given Donna Leon (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
William Heinemann Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
05 Mar 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 272pp h234mm x w153mm x s20mm 334g ISBN13: 9781785152184 ISBN13: 978-1-78515-218-4 ISBN10: 1785152181 EAN: 9781785152184 x Description: The latest of Donna Leon's bestselling Venice crime novels As a favour to his wealthy father-in-law, the Count Falier, Commissario Guido Brunetti agrees to investigate the seemingly innocent wish of the Count's best friend, the elderly and childless Gonzalo, to adopt a younger man as his son. Under Italian inheritance laws, this man would become the sole heir to Gonzalo's substantial fortune, something which Gonzalo's friends, including the Count, find appalling. For his part, Brunetti wonders why they're so intent on meddling in the old man's business. Not long after Brunetti meets with Gonzalo, the elderly man unexpectedly passes away from natural causes. Old and frail, Gonzalo's death goes unquestioned, and a few of his oldest friends gather in Venice to plan the memorial service. But when Berta, a striking woman and one of Gonzalo's closest confidantes, is strangled in her hotel room, Brunetti is drawn into long-buried secrets from Gonzalo's past. What did Berta know? And who would go to such lengths to ensure it would remain hidden? Once again, Donna Leon brilliantly follows the twists and turns of the human condition, set against the ebb and flow of Venetian life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Swallowing Geography Deborah Levy (Author) Series:
Penguin Essentials
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 96pp h181mm x w111mm ISBN13: 9780241400203 ISBN13: 978-0-241-40020-3 ISBN10: 0241400201 EAN: 9780241400203 x
Description: 'An exciting writer, sharp and shocking as the knives her characters wield' Sunday Times Like her namesake Jack Kerouac, J.K. is always on the road, travelling Europe with her typewriter in a pillowcase. From J.K.'s irreverent, ironic perspective, Levy charts a new, dizzying, end-of-the-century world of shifting boundaries and displaced peoples. 'Levy is a brilliant writer' Telegraph 'Levy's strength is her originality of thought and expression' Jeanette Winterson _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Man Who Saw Everything Deborah Levy (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hamish Hamilton Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
29 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 208pp h222mm x w138mm ISBN13: 9780241268025 ISBN13: 978-0-241-26802-5 ISBN10: 0241268028 EAN: 9780241268025 x Description: Electrifying and audacious, an unmissable new novel about old and new Europe, old and new love, from the twice-Man Bookershortlisted author of Hot Milk and Swimming Home 'Hello, Saul. How's it going?' 'I'm trying to cross the road,' I replied. 'Yes,' she said, 'You've been trying to cross the road for thirty years but stuff happened on the way.' In 1989 Saul Adler (a narcissistic young historian) is hit by a car on the Abbey Road. He is apparently fine; he gets up and goes to see his art student girlfriend, Jennifer Moreau. They have sex then break up, but not before she has photographed Saul crossing the same Abbey Road. Saul leaves to study in communist East Berlin, two months before the Wall comes down. There he will encounter - significantly - both his assigned translator and his translator's sister, who swears she has seen a jaguar prowling the city. He will fall in love and brood upon his difficult, authoritarian father. And he will befriend a hippy, Rainer, who may or may not be a Stasi agent, but will certainly return to haunt him in middle age. In 2016, Saul Adler is hit by a car on the Abbey Road. He is rushed to hospital, where he spends the following days slipping in and out of consciousness, and in and out of memories of the past. A number of people gather at his bedside. One of them is Jennifer Moreau. But someone important is missing. Slipping slyly between time zones and leaving a spiralling trail, Deborah Levy's electrifying new novel examines what we see and what we fail to see, until we encounter the spectres of history - both the world's and our own. 'Levy writes on the high wire, unfalteringly' Marina Warner 'A fiercely, uncompromisingly brilliant novelist' Romola Garai 'A master of the contemporary psychological novel' Darian Leader 'The contemporary writer I admire most' Linda Grant _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Into the Forest: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness Dr Qing Li (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 320pp h210mm x w149mm ISBN13: 9780241377598 ISBN13: 978-0-241-37759-8 ISBN10: 0241377595 EAN: 9780241377598 x Description: Humans are increasingly becoming an indoor species. We spend 90 per cent of our life indoors. And, on average, we dedicate eight hours a day looking at screens. Our increasingly domestic lives are having huge consequences to our health. In Into the Forest, Immunologist and Forest Medicine expert, Dr Qing Li, examines the unprecedented benefits of the world's largest natural health resource: the great outdoors. Applying cutting-edge research and emerging science, Dr Li explores the inherent connection between nature and improved wellbeing. This practical guide will help you overcome some of life's most problematic health issues, including how to: * reduce blood pressure; * lower stress; * improve energy levels; * and boost the immune system. From mindful strolls in your local park to listening to the wind, from watching the sunset to walking barefoot in the grass, Dr Li reveals the life-improving advantages of spending time around trees, for a healthier and happier you. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Day the Sun Died Yan Lianke (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
25 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784706036 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-603-6 ISBN10: 1784706035 EAN: 9781784706036 x Description: The reality of life in China today contrasts with the sunny optimism of the 'Chinese dream' in this gripping, gruesome dystopia from 'one of the masters of modern Chinese literature' (Jung Chang) One dusk in early June, in a town deep in the Balou mountains, fourteen-year-old Li Niannian notices that something strange is going on. As the residents would usually be settling down for the night, instead they start appearing in the streets and fields. There are people everywhere. Li Niannian watches, mystified. But then he realises the people are dreamwalking, carrying on with their daily business as if the sun hadn't already gone down. And before too long, as more and more people succumb, in the black of night all hell breaks loose. Set over the course of one night, The Day the Sun Died pits chaos and darkness against the sunny optimism of the `Chinese dream' promoted by President Xi Jinping. We are thrown into the middle of an increasingly strange and troubling waking nightmare as Li Niannian and his father struggle to save the town, and persuade the beneficent sun to rise again. Praise for Yan Lianke's books `Nothing short of a masterpiece' Guardian
`A hyper-real tour de force, a blistering condemnation of political corruption and excess' Financial Times `Mordant satire from a brave fabulist' Daily Mail `Exuberant and imaginative' Sunday Times `I can think of few better novelists than Yan, with his superlative gifts for storytelling and penetrating eye for truth' New York Times Book Review _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Besieged City Clarice Lispector (Author) Series:
Penguin Modern Classics Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Classics
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Language: English Translated From: Portuguese Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 160pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241371374 ISBN13: 978-0-241-37137-4 ISBN10: 0241371376 EAN: 9780241371374 x Description: 'One of the hidden geniuses of the twentieth century' Colm Toibin 'She suddenly leaned toward the mirror and sought the love-liest way to see herself' Lucrecia Neves is vain, unreflective, insolently superficial, almost mute. She may have no inner life at all. As she morphs from small-town girl to worldly wife of a rich man, and her small home town surrenders to the forces of progress, Lucrecia seeks perfection: to be an object, serene, smooth, beyond the burden of words or even thought itself. A book that obsessed its author, The Besieged City is unlike any other work in Lispector's canon: a story of transformation, of what it means to see and to be seen. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Photograph Penelope Lively (Author) Series:
Penguin Essentials
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 240pp h181mm x w111mm ISBN13: 9780241986486 ISBN13: 978-0-241-98648-6 ISBN10: 0241986486 EAN: 9780241986486 x Description: 'DO NOT OPEN - DESTROY.' The words on the envelope he has found are written in Kath's hand, but Glyn ignores his wife's instruction and breaks the seal. His life unwinds. For he finds a photograph showing Kath holding hands with another man. Unable to forget this long-ago act of betrayal he recklessly excavates the past, seeking out who knew what, tearing apart other lives as he tries to dig up the roots of his wife's infidelity. But what is the truth about Kath? What is the truth about their love? And can it survive this? 'Remarkable' Sunday Telegraph _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
She Lies in Wait Gytha Lodge (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
19 Sep 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 400pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781405938488 ISBN13: 978-1-4059-3848-8 ISBN10: 140593848X EAN: 9781405938488 x Description: On a hot July night in 1983, six school friends go camping in the forest. Bright and brilliant, they are destined for great things, and young Aurora Jackson is dazzled to be allowed to tag along. Thirty years later, a body is discovered. DCI Sheens is called to the scene, but he already knows what's waiting for him: Aurora Jackson, found at long last. But that's not all. The friends have all maintained their innocence, but the body is found in a hideaway only the six of them knew about. It seems the killer has always lurked very close to home... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ornament and Crime Adolf Loos (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Classics
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
30 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 352pp h181mm x w111mm x s25mm 239g ISBN13: 9780141392974 ISBN13: 978-0-14-139297-4 ISBN10: 0141392975 EAN: 9780141392974 x Description: Revolutionary essays on design, aesthetics and materialism - from one of the great masters of modern architecture Adolf Loos, the great Viennese pioneer of modern architecture, was a hater of the fake, the fussy and the lavishly decorated, and a lover of stripped down, clean simplicity. He was also a writer of effervescent, caustic wit, as shown in this selection of essays on all aspects of design and aesthetics, from cities to glassware, furniture to footwear, architectural training to why 'the lack of ornament is a sign of intellectual power'. Translated by Shaun Whiteside With an epilogue by Joseph Masheck _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Horizon Barry Lopez (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
The Bodley Head Ltd
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
28 Mar 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 592pp h234mm x w153mm x s32mm 866g ISBN13: 9781847925787 ISBN13: 978-1-84792-578-7 ISBN10: 1847925782 EAN: 9781847925787 x Description: Taking us nearly from pole to pole - from modern megacities to some of the earth's most remote regions -- and across decades of lived experience, Barry Lopez gives us his most far-ranging yet personal work to date, in a book that describes his travels to six regions of the world: from
Western Oregon to the High Arctic; from the Galapagos to the Kenyan desert; from Botany Bay in Australia to finally, unforgettably, the ice shelves of Antarctica. Lopez also probes the long history of humanity's quests and explorations, including the prehistoric peoples who trekked across Skraeling Island in northern Canada, the colonialists who plundered Central Africa, an enlightenment-era Englishman who sailed the Pacific, a Native American emissary who found his way into isolationist Japan, and today's ecotourists in the tropics. Throughout his journeys - to some of the hottest, coldest, and most desolate places on the globe - and via friendships with scientists, archaeologists, artists and local residents, Lopez searches for meaning and purpose in a broken world. Horizon is a revelatory, epic work that voices concern but also hope - a book that makes you see the world differently, and that is the crowning achievement by one of America's great voices. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Return to Zero: Lorien Legacies Reborn Pittacus Lore (Author) Series:
Lorien Legacies Reborn
Edition:
Imprint:
Michael Joseph Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
27 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 464pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780718188818 ISBN13: 978-0-7181-8881-8 ISBN10: 0718188810 EAN: 9780718188818 x Description: Return to Zero is the electrifying end to a story ten years in the making, bringing together the Legacies, Loric, Earth Garde and even the Mogadorians for a final, deadly showdown.
After the battle in Switzerland, the Fugitive Six find their loyalties torn, splitting them into two factions. Taylor, Nigel and Kopano join Nine to return to the Academy, but nothing is the same. Fear and resentment of the Human Garde has been growing and the Academy is under siege.
The United Nations has decreed that all humans with Legacies must be implanted with inhibitors, a move that will take away their power and their human rights. The team have no choice but to fight back.
And with the faceless Foundation still at large, Caleb, Ran and Isabela have decided to join forces with their former foes Einar and Five to hunt them down. But when a new threat is revealed, the group find themselves painfully outmatched.
Fractured and facing capture or annihilation on all sides, the Human Garde have to sacrifice everything in a war that pitches them against the rest of the world.
The fate of the Human Garde and the world they knew has never been more uncertain. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
History of Violence Edouard Louis (Author) Lorin Stein (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
13 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 208pp h198mm x w129mm x s13mm 170g ISBN13: 9781784706074 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-607-4 ISBN10: 1784706078 EAN: 9781784706074
x Description: The radical, urgent new novel from the author of The End of Eddy - a personal and powerful story of violence I met Reda on Christmas Eve 2012, at around four in the morning. He approached me in the street, and finally I invited him up to my apartment. He told me the story of his childhood and how his father had come to France, having fled Algeria. We spent the rest of the night together, talking, laughing. At around 6 o'clock, he pulled out a gun and said he was going to kill me. He insulted me, strangled and raped me. The next day, the medical and legal proceedings began. History of Violence retraces the story of that night, and looks at immigration, class, racism, desire and the effects of trauma in an attempt to understand a history of violence, its origins, its reasons and its causes. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Wildcard (Warcross 2) Marie Lu (Author) Series:
Warcross
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
19 Sep 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 402pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241342442 ISBN13: 978-0-241-34244-2 ISBN10: 0241342449 EAN: 9780241342442 x Description: Return to the immersive, action-packed world of Warcross in this thrilling sequel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu Emika Chen barely made it out of the Warcross Championships alive. Now she can no longer trust the one person she's always looked up to - Hideo Tanaka. His plan: to wipe out all crime on Earth by ending the free will of its citizens. Emika is determined to put a stop to him, but she soon finds out that someone's put a bounty on her head, and her sole chance for survival lies with the ruthless Zero. But his protection comes at a price. Caught in a web of betrayal, just how far will Emika go to take down the man she loves? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Remarkable Life of the Skin: An intimate journey across our surface Monty Lyman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Bantam Press
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
11 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781787632080 ISBN13: 978-1-78763-208-0 ISBN10: 1787632083 EAN: 9781787632080 x Description: How does our diet affect our skin? What makes the skin age? And why can't we tickle ourselves? Providing a cover for our delicate and intricate bodies, the skin is our largest and fastest growing organ. We see it, touch it and live in it every day. It's a habitat for a mesmerizingly complex world of micro-organisms and physical functions that are vital to our health and our survival. It's also one of the first things people see about us and is crucial to our sense of identity. And yet how much do we really know about it? Through the lenses of science, sociology and history, Dr Monty Lyman leads us on a journey across our most underrated and unexplored organ and reveals how the skin is far stranger and more complex than you've ever imagined. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Truth: How the Many Sides to Every Story Shape Our Reality Hector Macdonald (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Black Swan
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
04 Apr 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784163105 ISBN13: 978-1-78416-310-5 ISBN10: 1784163104 EAN: 9781784163105 x Description: 'Macdonald zeros in on the slipperiness of factuality, offering an array of case studies from the worlds of history, commerce and - of course - politics.' New York Times True or false? It's rarely that simple. There is more than one truth about most things. Eating meat is nutritious but it's also damaging to the environment. The Internet disseminates knowledge but it also spreads hatred. As communicators, we select the truths that are most useful to our agenda. We can select truths constructively to inspire organisations, encourage children, and drive progressive change. Or we can select truths that give a false impression of reality, misleading people without actually lying. Others can do the same, motivating or deceiving us with the truth. In Truth, Hector Macdonald explores how truth is used and abused in politics, business, the media and everyday life. Combining great storytelling with practical takeaways and a litany of fascinating, funny and insightful case studies, Truth is a sobering and engaging read about how profoundly our mindsets and actions are influenced by the truths that those around us choose to tell. For fans of Factfulness and The Art of Thinking Clearly, a fascinating dive into the many ways in which `competing truths' shape our opinions, behaviours and beliefs. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Underland: A Deep Time Journey Robert Macfarlane (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hamish Hamilton Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 496pp h240mm x w162mm x s43mm 728g ISBN13: 9780241143803 ISBN13: 978-0-241-14380-3 ISBN10: 0241143802 EAN: 9780241143803 x Description: The highly anticipated new book from the internationally bestselling, prize-winning author of Landmarks, The Lost Words and The Old Ways 'You'd be crazy not to read this book' The Sunday Times 'Underland is a magnificent feat of writing, travelling and thinking that feels genuinely frontier pushing, unsettling and exploratory' Evening Standard 'Marvellous... Neverending curiosity, generosity of spirit, erudition, bravery and clarity... This is a book well worth reading' The Times 'Extraordinary... at once learned and readable, thrilling and beautifully written' Observer 'Attentive, thoughtful, finely honed... I turned the last page with the unusual conviction of having been in the company of a fine writer who is - who must surely be - a good man' Telegraph 'Poetry, science, a healthy sense of the uncanny and a touch of the shamanic are the hallmarks of his writing... This is a journey that tells the story not
just of nature but of human nature. And there is noone I would more gladly follow on it' i 'Startling and memorable, charting invisible and vanishing worlds. Macfarlane has made himself Orpheus, the poet who ventures down to the darkest depths and returns - frighteningly alone-to sing of what he has seen' New Statesman Discover the hidden worlds beneath our feet... In Underland, Robert Macfarlane takes us on a journey into the worlds beneath our feet. From the ice-blue depths of Greenland's glaciers, to the underground networks by which trees communicate, from Bronze Age burial chambers to the rock art of remote Arctic sea-caves, this is a deep-time voyage into the planet's past and future. Global in its geography, gripping in its voice and haunting in its implications, Underland is a work of huge range and power, and a remarkable new chapter in Macfarlane's long-term exploration of landscape and the human heart. 'Macfarlane has invented a new kind of book, really a new genre entirely' The Irish Times 'He is the great nature writer, and nature poet, of this generation' Wall Street Journal 'Macfarlane has shown how utterly beautiful a brilliantly written travel book can still be' Observer onThe Old Ways 'Irradiated by a profound sense of wonder... Few books give such a sense of enchantment; it is a book to give to many, and to return to repeatedly' Independent on Landmarks 'It sets the imagination tingling...like reading a prose Odyssey sprinkled with imagist poems' The Sunday Times onThe Old Ways _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War Ben MacIntyre (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
30 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 384pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 313g ISBN13: 9780241972137 ISBN13: 978-0-241-97213-7 ISBN10: 0241972132 EAN: 9780241972137 x Description: *Shortlisted for the 2018 Baillie Gifford Prize* 'THE BEST TRUE SPY STORY I HAVE EVER READ' JOHN LE CARRE A thrilling Cold War story about a KGB double agent, by one of Britain's greatest historians - now with a new afterword On a warm July evening in 1985, a middle-aged man stood on the pavement of a busy avenue in the heart of Moscow, holding a plastic carrier bag. In his grey suit and tie, he looked like any other Soviet citizen. The bag alone was mildly conspicuous, printed with the red logo of Safeway, the British supermarket. The man was a spy. A senior KGB officer, for more than a decade he had supplied his British spymasters with a stream of priceless secrets from deep within the Soviet intelligence machine. No spy had done more to damage the KGB. The Safeway bag was a signal: to activate his escape plan to be smuggled out of Soviet Russia. So began one of the boldest and most extraordinary episodes in the history of spying. Ben Macintyre reveals a tale of espionage, betrayal and raw courage that changed the course of the Cold War forever... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Nanny: Can you trust her with your child? Gilly Macmillan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Century
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
27 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 432pp h234mm x w153mm x s32mm 521g ISBN13: 9781780899848 ISBN13: 978-1-78089-984-8 ISBN10: 178089984X EAN: 9781780899848 x Description: The tension is simmering. The lies are piling up. Who do you trust? 'With its buried secrets, shifting allegiances, and creeping sense of dread, The Nanny pulses with tension until its shocking conclusion. I absolutely loved it!' SHARI LAPENA ___________________ Seven-year-old Jocelyn loves her nanny more than her own mother. When her nanny disappears one night, Jo never gets over the loss. How could she vanish without saying goodbye? Thirty years on, Jo is forced to return to her family home and confront her troubled relationship with her mother. When human remains are discovered in the grounds of the house, Jo begins to question everything. Then an unexpected visitor knocks at the door and Jo's world is destroyed again as, one by one, she discovers her childhood memories aren't what they seemed. What secrets was her nanny hiding - and what was she running away from? And can Jo trust what her mother tells her? Sometimes the truth hurts so much you'd rather hear the lie. ___________________ Just like Jocelyn, readers love THE NANNY: "a gripping read with an original premise... I very much enjoyed all the characters" "meaty and twisty ... armchair detectives will have a lot of fun with this" "a compelling read ... I read it with a sense of fear and dread" "Dare you get engrossed in this book? ... this is a book that should do really well" "A spellbinding read" "A lot of twists and turns ... it definitely grabbed my attention from the outset" ___________________ `From the first page I wanted to know all the dark secrets this family were hiding. It's a seriously addictive read and I never knew who to trust' AMY LLOYD, author of THE INNOCENT WIFE and ONE MORE LIE `A brilliant blend of missing person drama with some seriously spooky Gothic overtones.' GLAMOUR MAGAZINE `Secrets, lies, jealousy and betrayal... Elegantly structured and infused with a creeping sense of dread' SARAH VAUGHAN `The plot sucked me in and the insidious build had me turning the pages rapidly' JANE SHEMILT `The Nanny will make you doubt everyone - including yourself. Some families are built on a bedrock of lies. This one is no exception. Clever and deliciously addictive' JANE CORRY `I was blown away by The Nanny. Original, twisty, unpredictable and taut with its buried secrets, the old creepy house and complex relationships. I never knew who to trust and the ending shocked me. This deserves to be huge!' CLAIRE DOUGLAS `A tense, assured and atmospheric thriller which will keep you guessing from page one right through to the shocking denouement. Brilliantly absorbing' MEL McGRATH _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Window on the Bay Debbie Macomber (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
25 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784758769 ISBN13: 978-1-78475-876-9 ISBN10: 1784758760 EAN: 9781784758769 x Description: Jenna Boltz is at a crossroads. She's spent the last twenty years raising two children on her own. But now as they start to embark on their own lives, Jenna can't help but wonder what her future holds. Will she find the kind of love she's always yearned for? Enter Dr Rowan Lancaster, who saves the day when Jenna's elderly mother suffers an accident. Though he keeps to himself, he is immediately smitten with Jenna. Jenna on the other hand, is determined to remain friends. Until her children approach her with shocking news that makes her question everything. If Jenna can learn to put herself first again, she might just discover a love that takes her beyond her wildest dreams. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
An Echo of Scandal Laura Madeleine (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Black Swan
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
25 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w127mm ISBN13: 9781784162542 ISBN13: 978-1-78416-254-2 ISBN10: 178416254X EAN: 9781784162542 x Description: In the dead of night, with blood on her hands, she made her escape. Accused of murder, Alejandra flees her home, escaping to the southern edge of Spain, where she faces a life of poverty and destitution. Seduced by the power of the rich and the anonymity that waits across the water in Tangier, Ale makes a bid for a new start. But it will come at a cost: a life of deception. Because Ale's new friends want to know what she is running from, they want to know who she is and whether they can trust her. Fifty years later, a young American writer wanders the streets of Tangier, searching for inspiration. When he stumbles across a trace of Ale's life, he finds himself tangled in a story of scandal, love and danger that has not yet reached its end. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tom Clancy's Line of Sight: THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE THRILLING AMAZON PRIME SERIES JACK RYAN Mike Maden (Author) Series:
Jack Ryan
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
05 Mar 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 464pp h181mm x w111mm x s28mm 251g ISBN13: 9781405935463 ISBN13: 978-1-4059-3546-3 ISBN10: 1405935464 EAN: 9781405935463
x Description: A stunning thriller in the internationally bestselling Jack Ryan Jr series Jack Ryan Jr is in an assassin's sights . . . Sent to the Balkans on an analytical mission, Jack Ryan Jr visits Sarajevo to meet Aida, the girl whose eyesight his mother saved in the war twenty-five years ago. He finds a selfless, attractive woman helping refugees in a restless country where a new war is brewing. Coming to her aid, Jack is soon tangling with the Serbian mafia while dodging assassins from the mysterious Iron Syndicate. Alone and defying recall orders, he believes this is more than local trouble. Has someone lit the fuse on the next world war? Is Jack endangering Aida trying to find out? And what can he alone do to stop it? PRAISE FOR TOM CLANCY 'Heart-stopping action... entertaining and eminently topical... Clancy still reigns' Washington Post 'Highly entertaining' The Wall Street Journal PRAISE FOR MIKE MADEN 'Maden's trail of intrigue will captivate you from page one' Clive Cussler _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Barbarians at the Wall: The First Nomadic Empire and the Making of China John Man (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Bantam Press
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
13 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 336pp h234mm x w153mm x s25mm 423g ISBN13: 9781787630536 ISBN13: 978-1-78763-053-6 ISBN10: 1787630536 EAN: 9781787630536 x Description: The people of the first nomadic empire left no written records, but from 200 BC they dominated the heart of Asia for 400 years. They changed the world. The Mongols, today's descendants of Genghis Khan, see them as ancestors. Their rise cemented Chinese unity and inspired the first Great Wall. Their heirs under Attila the Hun helped destroy the Roman Empire. We don't know what language they spoke, but they became known as Xiongnu, or Hunnu, a term passed down the centuries and across Eurasia, enduring today in shortened form as `Hun'. Outside Asia precious little is known of their rich history, but new evidence reframes our understanding of the indelible mark they left on a vast region stretching from Europe and sweeping right across Central Asia deep into China. Based on meticulous research and new archaeological evidence, Emperors and Barbarians traces their epic story, and shows how the nomadic cultures of the steppes gave birth to a `barbarian empire' with the wealth and power to threaten the civilised order of the ancient world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
11 Life Lessons from Nelson Mandela Ndaba Mandela (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Windmill Books
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 202g ISBN13: 9781786090577 ISBN13: 978-1-78609-057-7 ISBN10: 1786090570 EAN: 9781786090577 x Description: Every life has the power to change the world Ndaba Mandela was raised by his grandfather, the man known to the world as Nelson Mandela. Here Ndaba offers a rare and personal insight into the man behind the myth, sharing with us his memories - charming, intimate and sometimes surprising - to illuminate Mandela's much-loved principles for how to become the people we want to be. Always call out injustice - even when we see it in ourselves Freedom must be given as much as it is taken Strive to do what is right rather than to prove you are right Anger has its place, even in a kind heart Inspired by Mandela's remarkable stories, 11 Life Lessons from Nelson Mandela offers a profound and rewarding pathway to changing your world. __________________________ Previously published as 'Going to the Mountain' _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
King of the World: The Life of Louis XIV Philip Mansel (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen Lane
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 608pp h240mm x w156mm 24pp colour ISBN13: 9781846145995 ISBN13: 978-1-84614-599-5 ISBN10: 1846145996 EAN: 9781846145995 x Description: Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre, dominated his age. In the second half of the seventeenth century, he extended France's frontiers into the Netherlands and Germany, and established colonies in America, Africa and India. Louisiana, which once occupied a third of the territory of the present-day United States, is named after him. Louis was also one of the greatest patrons of European history - Moliere, Racine, Lully, Le Brun, le Notre all worked for him. The stupendous palace he built at Versailles, and its satellites at Marly and Trianon, became the envy of monarchs all over Europe, frequently imitated but never surpassed. In all his palaces, Louis encouraged dancing, hunting, music and gambling. He loved conversation, especially with women: the power of women in Louis's life and reign is a particular theme of this book. Louis was obsessed by the details of government, and travelled extensively around his kingdom, but often his choices for ministers and generals proved disastrous. After the death of his very able minister Colbert, the extraordinary cost of building palaces and waging continuous wars devastated French finances and helped set France on the path to revolution. In 1685, his decision to revoke toleration for Protestants damaged his country, and alienated Protestant Europe and at the end of his life, his forces were persistently defeated by the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy. Nevertheless, by his death, he had helped make his grandson king of Spain, where his descendants still reign, and France had taken essentially the shape it has today.
Philip Mansel's King of the World is much the most comprehensive and up-to-date biography of this hypnotic, flawed figure in English. It draws on all the latest research in France, Britain and America and pays special attention to the culture of the court, on which Mansel is an acknowledged expert. It is a convincing and compelling portrait of a man who, three hundred years after his death, still epitomises the idea of le grand monarque. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Islamic Empires: Fifteen Cities that Define a Civilization Justin Marozzi (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen Lane
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
29 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 464pp h240mm x w156mm Illustrations, color ISBN13: 9780241199046 ISBN13: 978-0-241-19904-6 ISBN10: 0241199042 EAN: 9780241199046 x Description: Islamic civilization was once the envy of the world. From a succession of glittering, cosmopolitan capitals, Islamic empires lorded it over the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia and swathes of the Indian subcontinent, while Europe cowered feebly at the margins. For centuries the caliphate was both ascendant on the battlefield and triumphant in the battle of ideas, its cities unrivalled powerhouses of artistic grandeur, commercial power, spiritual sanctity and forward-looking thinking, in which nothing was off limits. Islamic Empires is a history of this rich and diverse civilization told through its greatest cities over the fifteen centuries of Islam, from its earliest beginnings in Mecca in the seventh century to the astonishing rise of Doha in the twenty-first. It dwells on the most remarkable dynasties ever to lead the Muslim world - the Abbasids of Baghdad, the Umayyads of Damascus and Cordoba, the Merinids of Fez, the Ottomans of Istanbul, the Mughals of India and the Safavids of Isfahan - and some of the most charismatic leaders in Muslim history, from Saladin in Cairo and mighty Tamerlane of Samarkand to the poet-prince Babur in his mountain kingdom of Kabul and the irrepressible Maktoum dynasty of Dubai. It focuses on these fifteen cities at some of the defining moments in Islamic history: from the Prophet Mohammed receiving his divine revelations in Mecca and the First Crusade of 1099 to the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 and the phenomenal creation of the merchant republic of Beirut in the nineteenth century. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Wild Child's Guide to Endangered Animals Millie Marotta (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Particular Books
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
29 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 112pp h6mm x w3mm ISBN13: 9781846149245 ISBN13: 978-1-84614-924-5 ISBN10: 184614924X EAN: 9781846149245 x Description: Millie Marotta has always loved the natural world. But in her lifetime much has changed for the animal kingdom. Today we are losing species more quickly than we are discovering new ones. And while we know the plight of the mighty elephant or the charismatic chimpanzee, what of other vanishing species whose stories are not so often told? Mysterious baby dragons of the underworld, the dodo's long-lost cousin, gargantuan lobsters and incredible shrinking reindeer - they too need our help and our attention. With each animal exquisitely illustrated in full colour by Millie, alongside the story of their uniqueness, this is a wonderful and surprising gift, offering the chance to fall more in love with the natural world, and think about how to help save it. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Leadership is Language: How Small Changes in What You Say Can Make a Huge Difference to Your Team's Results L. David Marquet (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Portfolio Penguin
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
20 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 272pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780241373668 ISBN13: 978-0-241-37366-8 ISBN10: 0241373662 EAN: 9780241373668 x Description: Few of us realize that our language in the workplace inhibits creative problem-solving and escalates uncertainty and stress. In both highpressure situations and everyday scenarios, in each meeting and email, we have the opportunity to empower our colleagues by using the right words. In Leadership is Language, Former US navy captain David Marquet expands on his bestselling leadership book Turn the Ship Around! and shows managers and leaders the next step in their development: how to enable their team through communication. Marquet outlines a set of principles and tools that help leaders inspire their people to take responsibility and address challenges without waiting to be told what to do, highlighting how small changes in language can lead to dramatic changes in a team's success and happiness. Praise for Turn the Ship Around!: 'I don't know of a finer model of this kind of empowering leadership than Captain Marquet. And in the pages that follow you will find a model for your pathway' Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People 'To say I'm a fan of David Marquet would be an understatement... I'm a fully fledged groupie. He is the kind of leader who comes around only once a generation. He is the kind of leader who doesn't just know how to lead, he knows how to build leaders. His ideas and lessons are invaluable to anyone who wants to build an organization that will outlive them' Simon Sinek, optimist and author of Start with Why _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Passengers: A near-future thriller with a killer twist John Marrs (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Del Rey
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
30 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w126mm x s25mm 281g ISBN13: 9781785038884 ISBN13: 978-1-78503-888-4 ISBN10: 1785038885 EAN: 9781785038884 x Description: Eight self-drive cars set on a collision course. Who lives, who dies? You decide. 'Provocative, terrifying and compulsive. Another savagely clever near future thriller' Cara Hunter, bestselling author of CLOSE TO HOME The new gripping page-turning thriller for fans of BLACK MIRROR from the bestselling author of HER LAST MOVE and THE ONE - soon to be a major Netflix series. When someone hacks into the systems of eight self-drive cars, their passengers are set on a fatal collision course. The passengers are: a TV star, a pregnant young woman, a disabled war hero, an abused wife fleeing her husband, an illegal immigrant, a husband and wife - and parents of two - who are travelling in separate vehicles and a suicidal man. Now the public have to judge who should survive but are the passengers all that they first seem? ________________________________ WHAT READERS ARE SAYING
'I was gripped right from the start - the plot had many twists and turns' - Melanie 'An absorbing, engaging read that grabs you and doesn't let go, keeping you awake long past your bedtime' - Gisele 'One of the most thrilling books I've read this year' - Luke 'Marrs is so talented at creating these future worlds that are completely plausible and therefore utterly terrifying' - Kate 'Has many twists and turns which keep you guessing to the very last page' - Greta 'My heart is still pounding just thinking about this brilliantly twisted novel. An edge of your seat read' - Sara _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Clear Bright Future: A Radical Defence of the Human Being Paul Mason (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen Lane
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h234mm x w153mm x s27mm 446g ISBN13: 9780241390337 ISBN13: 978-0-241-39033-7 ISBN10: 0241390338 EAN: 9780241390337 x Description: Today, the human race faces a new problem. Thanks to information technology, vast asymmetries of knowledge and power have opened up. Through the screens of our smart devices, corporations and governments know what we're doing, what we're thinking, can predict our next moves and influence our behaviour. We, meanwhile, don't even have the right to know that any of this is going on. As Paul Mason argues in this pyrotechnic new book, all this is intimately connected to the urgent economic, political and moral crises we are living through now. Clear Bright Future explores how, during the preceding decades, the free-market system reduced us to two-dimensional consumers. Underlying the dominance of these forces, Mason contends, is the idea that human values no longer have foundation - an idea that, as we allow the all-pervasive presence of machines in our lives, we are tacitly coming to accept. And, if these forces are not stopped, we will relive something even worse than the 1930s. But there is another way. We have the power to imagine and design a better system, at the heart of which is a radical reassertion of our common humanity. All this, Mason asserts, starts with a simple, fundamental choice. Will we accept the machine control of human beings, or will we resist it? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Metamorphica Zachary Mason (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
31 Dec 2098
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780099583790 ISBN13: 978-0-09-958379-0 ISBN10: 0099583798 EAN: 9780099583790 x Description: FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE LOST BOOKS OF THE ODYSSEY In the tradition of Zachary Mason's bestselling first novel, The Lost Books of the Odyssey - where he recast episodes from Homer's masterpiece Metamorphica now reimagines Ovid's epic poem of endless transformation, Metamorphoses. Just as the Roman poet reinvigorated the Greek Classical legends 700 years after Homer, so Mason now gives us a radical and exciting renovation of those myths, 2,000 years after Ovid. Metamorphica retells the great stories of Narcissus, Orpheus, Persephone, Icarus, Midas, Medea and Actaeon, and strings them together like the stars in constellations - with even Ovid himself entering the narrative. It's as though the ancient mythologies had
been rewritten by Borges or Calvino - or artificial intelligence - and brought glimmering back into our world. Metamorphica re-engages with the elemental power of the ancient shape-changing gods by keeping their essences while rewriting their stories. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Black Sun Owen Matthews (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Bantam Press
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
03 Oct 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781787631830 ISBN13: 978-1-78763-183-0 ISBN10: 1787631834 EAN: 9781787631830 x Description: 1961. Hidden deep within the forests of central Soviet Russia is a place that doesn't appear on any map: a city called Arzamas-16. Here a community of dedicated scientists, technicians and engineers are building the most powerful nuclear device the world will ever see - three thousand times more powerful than Hiroshima. But ten days before the bomb is to be tested, a young physicist is found dead. His body contains enough radioactive poison to kill thousands. The Arzamas authorities believe it is suicide - they want the corpse disposed of and the incident forgotten. But someone in Moscow is alarmed by what's going on in this strange, isolated place. And so Major Alexander Vasin - a mostly good KGB officer - is despatched to Arzamas to investigate. What he finds there is unlike anything he's experienced before. His wits will be tested against some of the most brilliant minds in the Soviet Union - eccentrics, patriots and dissidents who, because their work is considered to be of such vital national importance, have been granted the freedom to think and act, live and love as they wish. In Arzamas, nothing can be allowed to get in the way of the project. Not even murder . . . Intricately researched, cunningly plotted and brilliantly told, Black Sun is a fast-paced and timely thriller set at the height - and in the heart - of Soviet power. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mad Blood Stirring Simon Mayo (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Black Swan
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
30 Jan 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 480pp h198mm x w127mm x s29mm 325g ISBN13: 9781784162962 ISBN13: 978-1-78416-296-2 ISBN10: 1784162965 EAN: 9781784162962 x Description: 'The plot of Mad Blood Stirring grows from a kernel of historical truth, but his book dazzles not so much as fact than as fiction...Instructive as well as entertaining' NEW YORK TIMES 1815: The war is over but for the inmates at Dartmoor Prison, peace - like home - is still a long way away. On the eve of the year 1815, the captured sailors of the Eagle arrive at Dartmoor prison; bedraggled, exhausted, sustained only by a rumour heard along the way. Joe Hill thought he'd left the conflict behind but it is clear there is a different type of battle here. As he announces the news of the end of the war, the guards bristle and the inmates stir. The powder keg was fixed to blow and Joe has just lit the fuse. Elizabeth Shortland, the Governor's wife, looks out at the unsettled crowd. The peace means the end is near, that she needn't be here for ever. But suddenly, she cannot bear the thought of leaving. Inspired by true events, Mad Blood Stirring is a story of hope and freedom, of loss and suffering. It is a story about how sometimes, in our darkest hour,
it can be the most unlikely of things that see us through. * 'Wonderful - a story I never heard before, told with style, pace, character, texture, and tension ... bliss.' Lee Child 'Bristling with energy, written with passion, Mad Blood Stirring is a joy to read.' John Boyne _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Bowlaway Elizabeth McCracken (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Jonathan Cape Ltd
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
14 Mar 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 384pp h240mm x w162mm x s35mm 611g ISBN13: 9780224087117 ISBN13: 978-0-224-08711-7 ISBN10: 0224087118 EAN: 9780224087117 x Description: From the day she is discovered unconscious in a New England cemetery at the beginning of the twentieth century - nothing but a bowling ball, a candlepin and fifteen pounds of gold on her person - Bertha Truitt is an enigma to everyone in Salford, Massachusetts. She has no past to speak of, or at least none she is willing to reveal, and her mysterious origin scandalises and intrigues the townspeople, as does her choice to marry and start a family with Leviticus Sprague, the doctor who revived her. But Bertha is plucky, tenacious and entrepreneurial, and the bowling alley she opens quickly becomes Salford's most defining landmark - with Bertha its most notable resident. She changes the town forever: her singular spirit resonating powerfully through every board and brick and bone. In a voice laced with insight and her signature sharp humour, Elizabeth McCracken has written an epic family saga set against the backdrop of twentieth-century America. Bowlaway is both a stunning feat of language and a brilliant unravelling of a family's myths and secrets, its passions and betrayals, and the ties that bind and the rifts that divide. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Machines Like Me Ian McEwan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Jonathan Cape Ltd
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
16 Apr 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h234mm x w153mm x s23mm 390g ISBN13: 9781787331679 ISBN13: 978-1-78733-167-9 ISBN10: 1787331679 EAN: 9781787331679 x Description: Britain has lost the Falklands war, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power and Alan Turing achieves a breakthrough in artificial intelligence. In a world not quite like this one, two lovers will be tested beyond their understanding. Machines Like Me occurs in an alternative 1980s London. Charlie, drifting through life and dodging full-time employment, is in love with Miranda, a bright student who lives with a terrible secret. When Charlie comes into money, he buys Adam, one of the first batch of synthetic humans. With Miranda's assistance, he co-designs Adam's personality. This near-perfect human is beautiful, strong and clever - a love triangle soon forms. These three beings will confront a profound moral dilemma. Ian McEwan's subversive and entertaining new novel poses fundamental questions: what makes us human? Our outward deeds or our inner lives? Could a machine understand the human heart? This provocative and thrilling tale warns of the power to invent things beyond our control. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
From Cold War to Hot Peace: The Inside Story of Russia and America Michael McFaul (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 544pp h198mm x w129mm x s31mm 405g ISBN13: 9780141988412 ISBN13: 978-0-14-198841-2 ISBN10: 014198841X EAN: 9780141988412 x Description: 'A fascinating and timely account of the current crisis in the relationship between Russia and the United States' Daniel Beer, The New York Times 'Could not be more timely ... crucial reading for anyone interested in what's happening inside Putin's head' Oliver Bullough, Prospect A revelatory, behind-the-scenes account of Russian-American relations, from a former US ambassador and 'Obama's top White House advisor on Russia policy' (The New York Times) In 2008, when Michael McFaul was asked to leave his perch at Stanford and join President-elect Barack Obama's national security team, he had no idea that he would find himself at the beating heart of one of today's most contentious international relationships. McFaul had been studying and visiting Russia for decades, becoming one of America's preeminent scholars on the country during the first Putin era. During President Obama's first term, McFaul helped craft the policy known as "Reset," which fostered unprecedented collaboration between the two countries under Dmitry Medvedev's presidency. Later, as U.S. ambassador from 2012 to 2014, he witnessed firsthand how Vladimir Putin's new rise interrupted this era of cooperation and returned Russian-American relations to a level of hostility not known since the darkest days of the Cold War. From the outset of his ambassadorship, the Kremlin accused McFaul of being sent by Obama to foment revolution against Putin's regime. This resulting insider's account - uniquely combining history, politics and intimate personal knowledge of the corridors of power - takes us from Putin's dacha to ornate Kremlin chambers and the Oval Office, to explain how Russia really works, and why the world has entered a dangerous new era of confrontation. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Pearl Thief: A sweeping, epic story of love and betrayal Fiona McIntosh (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Ebury Press
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
25 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 512pp h198mm x w126mm ISBN13: 9781529103786 ISBN13: 978-1-5291-0378-6 ISBN10: 1529103789 EAN: 9781529103786 x Description: A sweeping, epic story of love and betrayal from international bestselling author Fiona McIntosh, perfect for fans of Dinah Jefferies's The Missing Sister and Kristin Hannah's The Great Alone. She can never forget her past, or forgive... When Severine Kassel is asked to authenticate some exquisite Byzantine pearls loaned to the British Museum, she shocks everyone by claiming they belong to her family. Her revelation sets off a frenzied pursuit of former Nazi, Ruda Mayek, with an ex-Mossad agent coming out of retirement to join the search. But the one person Severine was counting on to help, the solicitor handling the sale of the pearls, is bound by client confidentiality. As Severine follows Mayek's trail, the tightly controlled life she's built around herself is shattered. Will her own carefully guarded secrets be revealed?
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Two Can Keep a Secret Karen McManus (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
08 Jan 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 336pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 234g ISBN13: 9780141375656 ISBN13: 978-0-14-137565-6 ISBN10: 0141375655 EAN: 9780141375656 x Description: _____ A perfect town is hiding secrets. Two teenagers are dead. Two murders unsolved. And a killer who claims to be coming back. Ellery's never been to Echo Ridge, but she's heard all about it. It's where her aunt went missing at age sixteen, never to return. Where a Homecoming Queen's murder five years ago made national news. And where Ellery now has to live with a grandmother she barely knows, after her failed-actress mother lands in rehab. _____ Malcolm grew up in the shadow of the Homecoming Queen's death. His older brother was the prime suspect and left Echo Ridge in disgrace. His mother's remarriage vaulted them to Echo Ridge's upper crust, but it could all change when mysterious threats around town hint that a killer plans to strike again. And the return of Malcolm's brother doesn't help matters. But his return is just a coincidence... isn't it? Ellery and Malcolm both know it's hard to let go when you don't have closure. Then another girl disappears. As they race to unravel what happened, they realise every secret has layers in Echo Ridge. The truth might be closer to home than either of them want to believe. And somebody would kill to keep it hidden. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto Suketu Mehta (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Jonathan Cape Ltd
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
04 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h222mm x w138mm ISBN13: 9781787331426 ISBN13: 978-1-78733-142-6 ISBN10: 1787331423 EAN: 9781787331426 x Description: An impassioned defence of global immigration from the acclaimed author of Maximum City.
Drawing on his family's own experience emigrating from India to Britain and America, and years of reporting around the world, Suketu Mehta subjects the worldwide anti-immigrant backlash to withering scrutiny. The West, he argues, is being destroyed not by immigrants but by the fear of immigrants. He juxtaposes the phony narratives of populist ideologues with the ordinary heroism of labourers, nannies and others, from Dubai to New York, and explains why more people are on the move today than ever before. As civil strife and climate change reshape large parts of the planet, it is little surprise that borders have become so porous. This Land is Our Land also stresses the destructive legacies of colonialism and global inequality on large swathes of the world. When today's immigrants are asked, `Why are you here?', they can justly respond, `We are here because you were there.' And now that they are here, as Mehta demonstrates, immigrants bring great benefits, enabling countries and communities to flourish. Impassioned, rigorous, and richly stocked with memorable stories and characters, This Land Is Our Land is a timely and necessary intervention, and literary polemic of the highest order. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power Anna Merlan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Random House Books
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
18 Apr 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 288pp h234mm x w153mm x s21mm 353g ISBN13: 9781847948212 ISBN13: 978-1-84794-821-2 ISBN10: 1847948219 EAN: 9781847948212 x Description: _______ AN EVENING STANDARD BEST BOOK TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN 2019 From UFOs to the New World Order, the inside story of how conspiracy theories won over America. In November 2017, a serial climate change denier and anti-vaxxer was elected President of the United States. The rise of Donald Trump marked the beginning of a new American epoch: the age of the conspiracy theorist. Now, Anna Merlan goes undercover in America's sprawling network of conspiracy theorists and uncovers their secrets. She meets the UFOlogist who claims to have travelled to Mars with a young Barack Obama. She chats with the `pizzagate' truthers who think Washington D.C.'s favourite pizzeria is run by a satanic paedophile ring. And she bumps into Alex Jones, the YouTube impresario who thinks the state is using chemical warfare to turn the population gay - and who happens to be on first-name terms with the leader of the free world. Merlan reveals a world of innuendo and propaganda lying just beneath the surface of US culture. It might just help explain the political turmoil of our time. _______ `The conspiracy theorists we all once felt a little sorry for (if annoyed by) have become the masters of the universe . . . It's a rich insight that makes this something more than a good book - it makes it a necessary book.' DAVID AARONOVITCH, author of Voodoo Histories `If you're seeking a fascinating perspective on current political era, look no further than Anna Merlan's Republic of Lies.' REFINERY29 `To understand America you need to understand conspiracy theories . . . Merlan's exploration into the subject discovers some timely and troubling questions.' EVENING STANDARD _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Playgroups and Prosecco: The (mis)adventures of a single mum Jo Middleton (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Ebury Press
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w126mm x s25mm 270g ISBN13: 9781529103366 ISBN13: 978-1-5291-0336-6 ISBN10: 1529103363 EAN: 9781529103366 x Description: A hilarious and totally relatable book about the adventures of a single mum, for fans of Catastrophe and Motherland. Readers of Why Mummy Drinks, Unmumsy Mum and The Single Mum's Wish List will love this debut novel from parenting blogger Slummy Single Mummy. 'You'll end up warming to Frankie so much that you'll be wishing you could crack open a bottle of prosecco with her in real life!' MIKE GAYLE, bestselling author of The Man I Think I Know ________________________________ January 3rd Jaffa Cakes - 7. Times I was forced to watch a small child do a dance involving a dusty piece of ribbon found under the sofa - 4. Inappropriate thoughts about Zac Efron - undisclosed. Single mum Frankie's whole life revolves around her kids. But when your toddler has a more active social life, something has to change. Forget `metime', Frankie would settle for some adult conversation, and watching something other than the Disney channel. The local playgroup may be ruled by Instagram mums with perfect husbands but Frankie accidentally forms a splinter group of single parents. After all, Mummy really needs a playdate of her own. (Now pass the prosecco.) ________________________________ WHAT READERS ARE SAYING 'As a mum of three I could totally relate to this novel on so many levels' - Titian 'Hilarious - made me laugh out loud' - Dominique 'Lots of funny anecdotes parents will recognise!' - Claire 'With shades of Bridget Jones, Frankie stumbles through life as a single mum' - Ann 'A very funny and realistic look at motherhood' - Katrina _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Death of the Gods: The New Global Power Grab Carl Miller (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Windmill Books
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s24mm 277g ISBN13: 9781786090126 ISBN13: 978-1-78609-012-6 ISBN10: 1786090120 EAN: 9781786090126 x Description: **Winner of the Transmission Prize 2019** THE OLD GODS ARE DYING.
Giant corporations collapse overnight. Newspapers are being swallowed. Stock prices plummet with a tweet. NEW IDOLS ARE RISING IN THEIR PLACE. More crime now happens online than offline. Facebook has grown bigger than any state, bots battle elections, coders write policy, and algorithms shape our lives in more ways than we can imagine. The Death of the Gods is an exploration of power in the digital age, and a journey in search of the new centres of control. From a cyber-crime raid in British suburbia to the engine rooms of Silicon Valley, pioneering technology researcher Carl Miller traces how power is being transformed, fought over, lost and won. `A timely and incisive book that grapples with some of the most significant issues of our time.' Wired 'Uncovers the fascinating and often hidden characters that are changing the world. Essential reading.' Jamie Bartlett, author of The People vs Tech `A magisterial guide to the impact of the digital revolution on our institutions and our lives.' Anthony Giddens _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Murder Map Danny Miller (Author) Series:
DI Jack Frost Prequel
Edition:
Imprint:
Bantam Press
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
22 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781787630574 ISBN13: 978-1-78763-057-4 ISBN10: 1787630579 EAN: 9781787630574 x Description: When art dealer Ivan Fielding is found dead of a heart attack in his home, surrounded by the treasures he's collected all his life, it doesn't initially seem like a case for Detective Inspector Frost and the Denton police force. But then signs of a burglary are discovered, and Frost senses there's more to the story than meets the eye - even though the only thing taken was a worthless amateur painting. Then a young girl is abducted outside the school, an infamous gangster fresh from prison arrives in the area, and dead bodies start turning up in the woods. As Frost and his team dig deeper, everything seems to lead back to Ivan Fielding's murky lifetime of misdeeds. Will they find the answers they need before the dead man's past puts them all at risk? DETECTIVE JACK FROST IS: `A splendid creation, a cross between Rumpole and Columbo.' The Times `Deplorable yet funny, a comic monster on the side of the angels.' Guardian _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A False Report: The chilling true story of the woman nobody believed T. Christian Miller (Author) Ken Armstrong (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Windmill Books
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
04 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786090072 ISBN13: 978-1-78609-007-2 ISBN10: 1786090074 EAN: 9781786090072
x Description: The real-life investigation behind the forthcoming NETFLIX series: two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists uncover the story of Marie, an eighteen-year-old girl who was branded a liar after reporting her brutal rape, and the detectives who followed a twisting path to arrive at the truth. One of Stylist Magazine's 20 Must-Read Books of 2018 ***SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLD DAGGER AWARD*** She said she was raped. Police said she lied. On 11 August 2008, eighteen-year-old Marie reported that a masked man had broken into her home and raped her. Within days, police - and even those closest to Marie - became suspicious of her story. Confronted by inconsistencies and doubt, Marie broke down and said her story was a lie. The police convicted her of making a false report. More than two years later, Colorado detective Stacy Galbraith was assigned to a case of sexual assault. It bore an eerie resemblance to a rape that had taken place months earlier in a nearby town. Joining forces with the detective on that case, Edna Hendershot, the two soon discovered they were dealing with a serial rapist, and yet another victim. Unbelievable is a chilling tale of doubt, lies, and the hunt for justice, unveiling the disturbing reality of how sexual assault is investigated and the long history of scepticism toward its victims. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Conviction Denise Mina (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Harvill Secker
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
16 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 384pp h234mm x w153mm x s28mm 465g ISBN13: 9781911215264 ISBN13: 978-1-911215-26-4 ISBN10: 1911215264 EAN: 9781911215264 x Description: From 'the woman who may be Britain's finest living crime novelist' (Daily Telegraph), Conviction stars a strong female protagonist who is obsessed by true crime podcasts and decides, one day, to investigate one of the unsolved crimes herself. The morning starts as any other for Anna McDonald. But the moment she opens the front door to her best friend, everything changes. Anna turns to see her husband standing at the top of the stairs, suitcase in hand. They're leaving, together. And they're taking Anna's two daughters with them. With her safe, predictable world suddenly shattered, Anna tries to drown out the pain of their deceit by listening to a true crime podcast. There's a sunken yacht, a multiple murder and a hint of power and corruption. But when Anna hears the name of one of the victims, she realises that this is a murder she can't ignore. Her past, so carefully hidden until now, will no longer stay silent. To escape the trauma of her loss, Anna throws herself into investigating the case in the podcast. Little does she know that her past and present lives are about to collide, and throw everything she has worked so hard to achieve into freefall. Conviction is the compelling and unique new thriller from multiple award-winner and author of THE LONG DROP, Denise Mina. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Liquid: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives Mark A. Miodownik (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 288pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241977323 ISBN13: 978-0-241-97732-3 ISBN10: 0241977320 EAN: 9780241977323 x Description: By the author of the best-selling, prize-winning Stuff Matters 'A truly delightful read' Jim Al-Khalili, author of Paradox 'Exciting, anarchic and surprising' Katy Guest, The Guardian This fascinating new book by the bestselling scientist and engineer Mark Miodownik is an expert tour of the world of the droplets, heartbeats and ocean waves that we come across every day. Structured around a plane journey which sees encounters with substances from water and glue to coffee and wine, he shows how these liquids can bring death and destruction as well as wonder and fascination. From Laszlo Biro's revolutionary pen and Abraham Gesner's kerosene to cutting-edge research on self-repairing roads and liquid computers, Miodownik uses his winning formula of scientific storytelling to bring the everyday to life. He reveals why liquids can flow up a tree but down a hill, why oil is sticky, how waves can travel so far, and how to make the perfect cup of tea. Here are the secret lives of substances that we rely on but rarely understand. 'An exhilarating, eye-opening ride' Philip Ball, science writer and author of H2O 'A thrilling read, from start to finish' Tim Radford, author of The Consolations of Physics _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Safest Lies Megan Miranda (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 255g ISBN13: 9780241344408 ISBN13: 978-0-241-34440-8 ISBN10: 0241344409 EAN: 9780241344408 x Description: From the New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls and The Perfect Stranger comes a captivating psychological thriller about a girl who must face her darkest fears - but can she outrun the past? Kelsey has lived most of her life in a shadow of suspicion, raised to see danger everywhere. Her mother hasn't set foot outside their front door in seventeen years, since she escaped from her kidnappers. Kelsey knows she's supposed to keep a low profile and stay off the grid for their protection, but that plan is shattered when her dramatic car accident and rescue by volunteer firefighter and classmate Ryan Baker sparks media coverage. A few days later, she arrives home to find her mother missing. Now, to have a chance at a future, Kelsey will have to face her darkest fears. Because someone is coming for her. And the truth about the past may end up being the most dangerous thing of all. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Place for Us Fatima Farheen Mirza (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
13 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s24mm 277g ISBN13: 9781784707668 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-766-8 ISBN10: 178470766X EAN: 9781784707668 x Description: ** The New York Times bestseller ** 'To be taken hostage by Fatima Mirza's heartrending and timely story is a gutting pleasure... She captures your mind and heart with an urgency that defies you to stop reading. I guarantee you will be different when you close the book' Sarah Jessica Parker 'I loved this book' Anne Tyler 'The depth of the storytelling and the beauty of the language makes this debut something to treasure' John Boyne An Indian--Muslim family is preparing for their eldest daughter's wedding. But as Hadia's marriage -- one chosen of love, not tradition -- gathers the family back together, there is only one thing on their minds: can Amar, the estranged younger brother of the bride, be trusted to behave himself after three years away? A Place for Us tells the story of one family and all family life: of coming to terms with the choices we make, of reconciingly past and present and of how the smallest decisions can lead to the deepest betrayals. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Life for Sale Yukio Mishima (Author) Stephen Dodd (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Classics
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Language: English Translated From: Japanese Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 192pp h216mm x w135mm ISBN13: 9780241333143 ISBN13: 978-0-241-33314-3 ISBN10: 0241333148 EAN: 9780241333143 x Description: 'Life for sale. Use me as you wish. I am a twenty-seven-year-old male. Discretion guaranteed. Will cause no bother at all.' When Hanio Yamada realizes the future holds nothing of worth to him, he puts his life for sale in a Tokyo newspaper, thus unleashing a series of unimaginable exploits. A world of revenge, murderous mobsters, hidden cameras, a vampire woman, poisonous carrots, espionage and code-breaking, a junkie heiress, home-made explosives and decoys reveals itself to the unwitting Hanio. Is there anything he can do to stop it? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Bloc Life: Stories from the Lost World of Communism Peter Molloy (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
BBC Books
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w126mm x s20mm 230g ISBN13: 9781846076176 ISBN13: 978-1-84607-617-6 ISBN10: 184607617X EAN: 9781846076176 x Description: There was life before the fall. 1989 was a year of astonishing and rapid change: the fall of the Berlin Wall marked the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and an end to an entire way of life for millions of people behind the Iron Curtain. Bloc Life collects first hand testimony of the people who lived in East Germany, Czechoslovakia and Romania during the Cold War era, and reveals a rich tapestry of experience that goes beyond the headlines of spies and surveillance, secret police and political corruption. In fact, many of the people remember their lives under communism as 'perfectly ordinary' and even hanker for the 'security' that it offered. From political leaders, athletes and pop stars, to cooks, miners and cosmonauts, the stories collected in Bloc Life evoke the moods, preoccupations and experiences of a world that vanished almost overnight. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World Peter Moore (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 432pp h198mm x w129mm x s27mm 321g ISBN13: 9781784703929 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-392-9 ISBN10: 1784703923 EAN: 9781784703929 x Description: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. An inventive biography of one of the most famous ships of all time - an alluring combination of history, adventure and science. `HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR' Christopher Hart, Sunday Times From Johnson's Dictionary to campaigns for liberty, the Enlightenment was an age of endeavours. `Endeavour' was also the name given to a commonplace, coal-carrying vessel bought by the Royal Navy in 1768 for an expedition to the South Seas. No one could have guessed that Endeavour would go on to become the most significant ship in the history of British exploration. Endeavour famously carried Captain James Cook on his first great voyage, but her complete story has never been told before. Here, Peter Moore sets out to explore the different lives of this remarkable ship - from the acorn that grew into the oak that made her, to her rich and complex legacy. `Fascinating and richly detailed... Peter Moore has brought us an acute insight into the ship that carried some of the most successful explorers across the world. A fine book that's definitely worth exploring' MICHAEL PALIN _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Another Fine Mess Tim Moore (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Yellow Jersey Press
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
30 Jul 2013
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 255g ISBN13: 9781787290297 ISBN13: 978-1-78729-029-7 ISBN10: 1787290298 EAN: 9781787290297 x Description: Tim Moore - indefatigable travelling everyman - switches two wheels for four as he journeys across Trumpland in an original Model T Ford. `Alarmingly full of incident, very funny - even mildly transformative' Daily Mail Lacking even the most basic mechanical knowhow, Tim Moore sets out to cross Trumpland USA in an original Model T Ford. Armed only with a fan belt made of cotton, wooden wheels and a trunkload of `wise-ass Limey liberal gumption', his route takes him exclusively through Donald-voting counties, meeting the everyday folks who voted red along the way. He meets a people defined by extraordinary generosity, willing to shift heaven and earth to keep him on the road. And yet, this is clearly a nation in conflict with itself: citizens `tooling up' in reaction to ever-increasing security fears; a healthcare system creaking to support sugar-loaded soda lovers; a disintegrating rust belt all but forgotten by the warring media and political classes. With his trademark blend of slapstick humour, affable insight and butt-clenching peril, Tim Moore invites us on an unforgettable road trip through America. Buckle up! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How to be Famous Caitlin Moran (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Ebury Press
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
11 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 336pp h198mm x w126mm ISBN13: 9780091948993 ISBN13: 978-0-09-194899-3 ISBN10: 0091948991 EAN: 9780091948993 x Description: Life is always better backstage, isn't it? The Sunday Times Number One bestseller about a young woman making it in a world where men hold all the power. I'm Johanna Morrigan, and I live in London in 1995, at the epicentre of Britpop. I might only be nineteen, but I'm wise enough to know that everyone around me is handling fame very, very badly. My unrequited love, John Kite, has scored an unexpected Number One album, then exploded into a Booze And Drugs HellTM - as rockstars do. And my new best friend - the maverick feminist Suzanne Banks, of The Branks - has amazing hair, but writer's block and a rampant pill problem. So I've decided I should become a Fame Doctor. I'm going to use my new monthly column for The Face to write about every ridiculous, surreal, amazing aspect of a million people knowing your name. But when my two-night-stand with edgy comedian Jerry Sharp goes wrong, people start to know my name for all the wrong reasons. `He's a vampire. He destroys bright young girls. Also, he's a total dick' Suzanne warned me. But by that point, I'd already had sex with him. Bad sex. Now I'm one of the girls he's trying to destroy. He needs to be stopped. But how can one woman stop a bad, famous, powerful man?
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How to Build a Girl Caitlin Moran (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Ebury Press
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
01 Oct 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w126mm ISBN13: 9781529103199 ISBN13: 978-1-5291-0319-9 ISBN10: 1529103193 EAN: 9781529103199 x Description: Soon to be a major film directed by Coky Giedroyc and starring Ladybird's Beanie Feldstein as Johanna Morrigan and Game of Thrones's Alfie Allen as John Kite My name's Johanna Morrigan. I'm fourteen, and I've just decided to kill myself. I don't really want to die, of course! I just need to kill Johanna, and build a new girl. Dolly Wilde will be everything I want to be, and more! But as with all the best coming-of-age stories, it doesn't exactly go to plan... A Number One Sunday Times bestseller in hardback and paperback, from the award-winning and Sunday Times bestselling author of How to Be a Woman. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Seven Letters Sinead Moriarty (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Ireland
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
26 Apr 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: Ireland Paperback / softback 448pp h234mm x w153mm x s32mm 537g ISBN13: 9781844884070 ISBN13: 978-1-84488-407-0 ISBN10: 1844884074 EAN: 9781844884070 x Description: 'It's great! Thought-provoking, gripping and moving' Marian Keyes Sarah loves being a mother - it defines her.
Every year she writes a birthday letter of love to her adored daughter, Izzy, now seven. And after she falls pregnant, she promises Izzy that the arrival of a baby brother will make their family complete. So when she collapses a few months later, the safe happy life Izzy knows is shattered.
With Sarah's future, and the future of her pregnancy, in their hands, her husband and sister disagree fiercely about her treatment. The once close family starts to fall apart.
The clock is ticking, and the doctors need a decision. Can those who love Sarah get beyond the fog of grief and anger to figure out what's for the best? Can they ever forgive each other for the decisions they make? Will Izzy lose everything she knows and loves?
'What a devastating, gorgeous read' Emily Hourican 'I need a therapy session after reading Seven Letters - I'm an emotional wreck!' Margaret Madden, Bleach House Library Praise for Sinead Moriarty
One of the brightest voices in modern women's fiction - Bella
Fans of Sinead know they can expect honesty, humour and great story-telling - Hello
Touching, warm, funny and emotional. She has the gift of telling a very emotive story with grace and empathy - Woman's Way One of Ireland's most prolific and best-loved writers - Irish Independent _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mouth Full of Blood: Essays, Speeches, Meditations Toni Morrison (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
Chatto & Windus
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
21 Feb 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 368pp h240mm x w162mm x s34mm 579g ISBN13: 9781784742850 ISBN13: 978-1-78474-285-0 ISBN10: 1784742856 EAN: 9781784742850 x Description: A vital new non-fiction collection from one of the most celebrated and revered writers of our time `Word-work is sublime, she thinks, because it is generative; it makes meaning that secures our difference, our human difference-the way in which we are like no other life. We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.' The Nobel Lecture in Literature, 1993 Spanning four decades, these essays, speeches and meditations interrogate the world around us. They are concerned with race, gender and globalisation. The sweep of American history and the current state of politics. The duty of the press and the role of the artist. Throughout A Mouth Full of Blood our search for truth, moral integrity and expertise is met by Toni Morrison with controlled anger, elegance and literary excellence. The collection is structured in three parts and these are heart-stoppingly introduced by a prayer for the dead of 9/11, a meditation on Martin Luther King and a eulogy for James Baldwin. Morrison's Nobel lecture, on the power of language, is accompanied by lectures to Amnesty International and the Newspaper Association of America. She speaks to graduating students and visitors to both the Louvre and America's Black Holocaust Museum. She revisits The Bluest Eye, Sula and Beloved; reassessing the novels that have become touchstones for generations of readers. A Mouth Full of Blood is a powerful, erudite and essential gathering of ideas that speaks to us all. `To what do we pay greatest allegiance? Family, language group, culture, country, gender? Religion, race? And, if none of these matter, are we urbane, cosmopolitan or simply lonely? In other words, how do we decide where we belong? What convinces us that we do?' The Alexander Lecture series, 2002 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
My Year of Rest and Relaxation Ottessa Moshfegh (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 213g ISBN13: 9781784707422 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-742-2 ISBN10: 1784707422 EAN: 9781784707422 x Description: FROM THE MAN BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF EILEEN
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Savage, funny, frequently on the verge of teetering into lunacy... My Year of Rest and Relaxation is a non-negotiable in your holiday carry-on this summer' Vogue It's the year 2000 in a city aglitter with wealth and possibility; what could be so terribly wrong? Our narrator has many of the advantages of life: Young, thin, pretty, a recent Columbia graduate, she lives in an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan paid for, like everything else, by her inheritance. But there is a vacuum at the heart of things, and it isn't just the loss of her parents in college, or the way her Wall Street boyfriend treats her, or her sadomasochistic relationship with her alleged best friend. Blackly funny, both merciless and compassionate - dangling its legs over the ledge of 9/11 - My Year of Rest and Relaxation is a showcase for the gifts of one of America's major young writers. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What It Takes: How I Built a $100 Million Business Against the Odds Raegan Moya-Jones (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Portfolio Penguin
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
09 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 272pp h234mm x w153mm x s20mm 332g ISBN13: 9780241297209 ISBN13: 978-0-241-29720-9 ISBN10: 0241297206 EAN: 9780241297209 x Description: 'In the space of three years, I went from a thirty-something full-time corporate cog, wife and mother who didn't know a thing about business, to the owner of a $100 million company. I didn't have an MBA or well-connected friends, I had an idea that I believed in and I worked my arse off. I succeeded, despite all the odds and curveballs thrown my way, and you can too. I'm here to tell you, that you do have what it takes to start a business, change careers and be successful, and I'm going to show you how.' In What It Takes, Raegan Moya-Jones shares inspiration, advice and a healthy dose of real talk about what it's like to be an entrepreneur. As the founder and former CEO of aden + anais, a boutique baby swaddle company, Raegan learnt that success isn't about an Ivy League education and an influential network, success is about trusting your instincts, following your gut and knowing which rules to follow and which to break. Raegan's extraordinary story proves that it's never too late to follow your dreams. Empowering and energising, What It Takes will give you the kick up the arse you need to reach your full potential. So get ready to check your doubts at the door and jump in. 'An inspiring story for anyone who wants to change their career, play by their own rules, and build a successful business in the process' Rebecca Minkoff, Founder & Creative Director _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The One Plus One: Discover the author of Me Before You, the love story that captured a million hearts Jojo Moyes (Author) Series:
Penguin Picks
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
25 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 560pp h181mm x w111mm ISBN13: 9781405941723 ISBN13: 978-1-4059-4172-3 ISBN10: 1405941723 EAN: 9781405941723 x
Description: One eternal optimist . . . Jess Thomas, with two jobs and two kids and never enough money, wears flip flops in the hope of spring. And when life knocks her down she does her best to bounce right back. But no one told her it's okay to ask for help. Plus one lost stranger . . . Ed Nicholls is the good guy gone bad. He had it all, then one stupid mistake cost him everything. Now he'll do anything to make it right. Equals a chance encounter . . . Ed doesn't want to save anyone and Jess doesn't want saving, but could Jess and Ed add up to something better together? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Train Man Andrew Mulligan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Chatto & Windus
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h216mm x w135mm x s23mm 318g ISBN13: 9781784742720 ISBN13: 978-1-78474-272-0 ISBN10: 1784742724 EAN: 9781784742720 x Description: It's never too late to get back on track. Michael is a broken man. He's waiting for the 9.46 to Gloucester, so as to reach Crewe for 11.22: the platforms are long at Crewe, and he can walk easily into the path of a high-speed train to London. He's planned it all: a net of tangerines (for when the refreshments trolley is cancelled), and a juice carton filled with neat whisky (for Dutch courage). He has his last credit card taped to the inside of his shoe - and that should make identification swift and easy. What Michael hasn't factored in is the twelve minute delay, which risks him missing his connection, and making new ones. He longs to silence the voices in his own head: ex-girlfriends, work colleagues, and the memories from his schooldays, decades old. They all torment him. What he really needs is someone to listen, and help him make sense of his grief. Journeys intersect. People find people when and where they least expect it. A missed connection needn't be a disaster: it can save your life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Fairly Honourable Defeat Iris Murdoch (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
Vintage Classics
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 512pp h178mm x w128mm ISBN13: 9781784875596 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-559-6 ISBN10: 1784875597 EAN: 9781784875596 x Description: VINTAGE CLASSICS MURDOCH: Funny, subversive, fearless and fiercely intelligent, Iris Murdoch was one of the great writers of the twentieth century. To celebrate her centenary Vintage Classics presents special editions of her greatest and most timeless novels. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY GARTH GREENWELL `I feel there are demons around.' Everyone is thinking about Julius King. For comfortable, long-married Hilda and Rupert, he is a mystery. For Morgan, Hilda's tormented sister, he is an obsession. For Morgan's abandoned husband, Tallis, he is the source of ruin. For Simon and Axel, deeply in love, he stirs up jealousy and unease. What is Julius thinking about? He's thinking about Hilda, Rupert, Morgan, Tallis, Simon and Axel, and they will not all survive his malevolent attention. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Black Prince Iris Murdoch (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage Classics
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 496pp h178mm x w128mm ISBN13: 9781784875183 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-518-3 ISBN10: 178487518X EAN: 9781784875183 x Description: VINTAGE CLASSICS MURDOCH: Funny, subversive, fearless and fiercely intelligent, Iris Murdoch was one of the great writers of the twentieth century. To celebrate her centenary Vintage Classics presents special editions of her greatest and most timeless novels. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SOPHIE HANNAH `Every artist is an unhappy lover. And unhappy lovers want to tell their story.' Ex-tax collector and author of two unpopular novels, Bradley Pearson wishes to devote his retirement to writing a masterpiece. But the doorbell and the phone keep ringing, and every ring brings with it an ex-wife, a friend in need, a sister in trouble or a young woman seeking a teacher, and so dusty, selfish Bradley is plunged into the muddles and mysteries which will end in his doom. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Sandcastle Iris Murdoch (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage Classics
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h178mm x w128mm ISBN13: 9781784875176 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-517-6 ISBN10: 1784875171 EAN: 9781784875176 x Description: VINTAGE CLASSICS MURDOCH: Funny, subversive, fearless and fiercely intelligent, Iris Murdoch was one of the great writers of the twentieth century. To celebrate her centenary Vintage Classics presents special editions of her greatest and most timeless novels. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BIDISHA `It's all dry sand running through the fingers.' When Bill Mor falls in love with Rain Carter he discovers a new way of being and a new joy in the world and his surroundings. To be with Rain he must abandon his prosaic life as a schoolmaster, his domineering wife Nan and his troubled teenaged children. He must draw on the powers of selfishness, hatred and anger in order to make the final break. But what love could survive all that violence? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Sea, The Sea: Vintage Classics Murdoch Series Iris Murdoch (Author) Series:
Vintage Classics Murdoch Edition: Series
Imprint:
Vintage Classics
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 608pp h178mm x w128mm ISBN13: 9781784875190 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-519-0 ISBN10: 1784875198 EAN: 9781784875190 x Description: VINTAGE CLASSICS MURDOCH: Funny, subversive, fearless and fiercely intelligent, Iris Murdoch was one of the great writers of the twentieth century. To celebrate her centenary Vintage Classics presents special editions of her greatest and most timeless novels. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DAISY JOHNSON `I saw a monster rising from the waves.' Charles Arrowby has determined to spend the rest of his days in hermit-like contemplation. He buys a mysteriously damp house on the coast, far from the heady world of the theatre where he made his name, and there he swims in the sea, eats revolting meals and writes his memoirs. But then he meets his childhood sweetheart Hartley, and memories of her lovely younger self crowd in - along with more recent lovers and friends - to disrupt his self-imposed exile. So instead of 'learning to be good', Charles proceeds to demonstrate how very bad he can be. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Bell: Vintage Classics Murdoch Series Iris Murdoch (Author) A. S. Byatt (Introduction by) Series:
Vintage Classics Murdoch Edition: Series
Imprint:
Vintage Classics
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h178mm x w128mm ISBN13: 9781784875206 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-520-6 ISBN10: 1784875201 EAN: 9781784875206 x Description: VINTAGE CLASSICS MURDOCH: Funny, subversive, fearless and fiercely intelligent, Iris Murdoch was one of the great writers of the twentieth century. To celebrate her centenary Vintage Classics presents special editions of her greatest and most timeless novels. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SARAH PERRY `In this holy community she would play the witch.' Imber Court is a quiet haven for lost souls, a utopia for those who can neither live in the world, nor out of it. But beneath the gentle daily routines of this community run currents of supressed desire, religious yearning and a legend of disastrous love. Charming, indolent Dora arrives in their midst, and half-unwittingly conjures these submerged things to the surface. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Under The Net Iris Murdoch (Author) Kiernan Ryan (Introduction by) Series:
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Imprint:
Vintage Classics
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 320pp h178mm x w128mm ISBN13: 9781784875213 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-521-3 ISBN10: 178487521X EAN: 9781784875213 x Description: VINTAGE CLASSICS MURDOCH: Funny, subversive, fearless and fiercely intelligent, Iris Murdoch was one of the great writers of the twentieth century. To celebrate her centenary Vintage Classics presents special editions of her greatest and most timeless novels. `This is real life, Jake,' she said. `You'd better wake up.' Jake is clever, lazy and scraping by in London as a hack translator. Jake loves Anna. Anna is an elusive and lovely singer. Anna loves Hugo. Hugo is a fireworks manufacturer turned movie producer and majestic philosopher. Hugo loves Sadie. Sadie is a glossy and dazzling film starlet. Of course, Sadie loves Jake. Then there's Marvellous Mister Mars, the famous hound, who might or might not be Jake's ticket up and out of this mess. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Knife: (Harry Hole 12) Jo Nesbo (Author) Series:
Harry Hole
Edition:
Imprint:
Harvill Secker
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
11 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 544pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781787300774 ISBN13: 978-1-78730-077-4 ISBN10: 1787300773 EAN: 9781787300774 x Description: Harry Hole faces a deadly foe in the new thriller from Sunday Times number one bestseller Jo Nesbo. 'Nesbo is one of the best thriller writers on the planet' Daily Express A man like Harry had better watch his back... Following the dramatic conclusion of number one bestseller THE THIRST, KNIFE sees Harry Hole waking up with a ferocious hangover, his hands and clothes covered in blood. Not only is Harry about to come face to face with an old, deadly foe, but with his darkest personal challenge yet.
*JO NESBO HAS SOLD 40 MILLION BOOKS WORLDWIDE* The phenomenal twelfth instalment in Jo Nesbo's internationally bestselling crime fiction series. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Mechanism: A Crime Network So Deep it Brought Down a Nation Vladimir Netto (Author) Robin Patterson (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Ebury Press
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 544pp h198mm x w126mm x s32mm 364g ISBN13: 9781529102895 ISBN13: 978-1-5291-0289-5 ISBN10: 1529102898 EAN: 9781529102895 x Description: INTRODUCTION BY MISHA GLENNY, author of McMafia A gripping narrative of power, corruption and greed, The Mechanism is the true story of how a simple investigation into money laundering uncovered the biggest corruption scandal in human history. When a small team of investigators discovered that a black market currency dealer was operating out of a Brazilian petrol station, they could never have imagined that their work would destroy the government and lead to the impeachment of two presidents. As the trail leads further and further into the centre of power, the search for the truth and pursuit of justice become ever more crucial. Taut and riveting, with more plot twists than the most compelling political thriller, The Mechanism is an essential work of non-fiction that exposes the rottenness caused when politicians and big businesses believe they are above the law. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sleeping Giants: Themis Files Book 1 Sylvain Neuvel (Author) Series:
Themis Files
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
25 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 336pp h181mm x w111mm ISBN13: 9781405941730 ISBN13: 978-1-4059-4173-0 ISBN10: 1405941731 EAN: 9781405941730 x Description: Dr Rose Franklyn discovered the giant metal hand by accident. Now she must find out where it came from, who made it and what it is for. Unfortunately, her task is complicated by: The military, who are paranoid and desperate for answers. Foreign agents urgently trying to get their hands on what she knows. The obstacles the hand's mysterious makers put in her path. But most puzzling of all is the identity of the curious, nameless interrogator piecing together a story that might just take us to the stars . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dad the Impaler John Niven (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
William Heinemann Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
11 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h216mm x w135mm ISBN13: 9780434023271 ISBN13: 978-0-434-02327-1 ISBN10: 0434023272 EAN: 9780434023271 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Kill 'Em All John Niven (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Windmill Books
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 245g ISBN13: 9781786090331 ISBN13: 978-1-78609-033-1 ISBN10: 1786090333 EAN: 9781786090331 x Description: _____________________ The long-awaited sequel to KILL YOUR FRIENDS A Guardian Book of the Year 2018 It is 2017 - the time of Trump, Brexit and fake news. And time for the return of Steven Stelfox, former A&R man who made his millions from a hit reality TV show. Now Stelfox works occasionally as a music industry `consultant'. A fixer. He's had a call from his old friend James Trellick, president of one of the largest record companies in America. Trellick has a huge problem on his hands in the shape of... Lucius Du Pre. Once the biggest pop star on earth. Now he's a helpless junkie, a prolific sexual predator, and massively in debt to Trellick's record company. And the picture only gets bleaker when the parents of one of Du Pre's `special friends' begin blackmailing him. Enter Stelfox stage right. He's the perfect man to find a way out of this nightmare, and to make a killing in the process. There's no line he won't cross. _____________________ `A banging action satirical thriller. But it's also a proper novel about the Trumpian era, of the reality TV era, the fake news era. It's managed to say a lot of things in a way that very few other novels are doing and in a very comedic way' IRVINE WELSH 'A bruising triumph; Amis' MONEY for the Trump generation. What a monster he's created' IAN RANKIN `John Niven understands our era better than almost anyone' DOUGLAS COUPLAND `A scabrously entertaining satire of what it is like to be rich and white in the land of the free if you are utterly depraved, "where money doesn't just talk, or swear, it nukes". ... There is a twisted poetry in Niven's mastery of invective' THE TIMES `Savagely, viciously witty, this frantic hymn to greed is filthy, frenetic and totally fabulous' SUNDAY MIRROR `A full-throttle send up of toxic masculinity ... Niven at full tilt is always something to behold.'METRO _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Adam Smith: What He Thought, and Why it Matters Jesse Norman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 416pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780141987118 ISBN13: 978-0-14-198711-8 ISBN10: 0141987111 EAN: 9780141987118 x Description: Adam Smith is now widely regarded as 'the father of modern economics' and the most influential economist who ever lived. But what he really thought, and what the implications of his ideas are, remain fiercely contested. Was he an eloquent advocate of capitalism and the freedom of the individual? Or a prime mover of 'market fundamentalism' and an apologist for inequality and human selfishness? This exceptional book, by a writer who combines to an unusual degree intellectual training and practical political experience, dispels the myths and caricatures and gives us Smith in the round. It lays out a succinct and highly engaging account of Smith's life and times, explores his work as a whole and traces his influence over the past two centuries. Finally, it shows how a proper understanding of Smith can help us grasp - and address - the problems of modern capitalism. The Smith who emerges from this book is not only the first thinker to place markets at the heart of economics but also a pioneering theorist of moral philosophy, culture and society. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Whisper Man Alex North (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Michael Joseph Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
13 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 400pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780718189808 ISBN13: 978-0-7181-8980-8 ISBN10: 0718189809 EAN: 9780718189808 x Description: Get ready for the biggest thriller of 2019. If you leave a door half-open, soon you'll hear the whispers spoken... Still devastated after the loss of his wife, Tom Kennedy and his young son Jake move to the sleepy village of Featherbank, looking for a fresh start. But Featherbank has a dark past. Fifteen years ago a twisted serial killer abducted and murdered five young boys. Until he was finally caught, the killer was known as 'The Whisper Man'. Of course, an old crime need not trouble Tom and Jake as they try to settle in to their new home. Except that now another young boy has gone missing. And then Jake begins acting strangely . He says he hears a whispering at his window...
"The best crime novel of the decade" Steve Cavanagh "Terrifying and utterly heartbreaking" Mark Billingham "A dark, creepy, thriller with a huge amount of heart" Stuart MacBride "Deliciously creepy and kept me up long after I'd turned the last page" - Jenny Blackhurst _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Perfect Betrayal: The addictive thriller that will leave you reeling Lauren North (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Corgi Books
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
27 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w127mm ISBN13: 9780552176088 ISBN13: 978-0-552-17608-8 ISBN10: 0552176087 EAN: 9780552176088 x Description: 'A captivating, suspenseful thriller that draws you in - with a twist that will take your breath away.' TM Logan, bestselling author of Lies *** After the sudden death of her husband, Tess is drowning in grief. All she has left is her son, Jamie, and she'll do anything to protect him - but she's struggling to cope. When grief counsellor Shelley knocks on their door, everything changes. Shelley is understanding and kind, and promises she can help Tess through the hardest time of her life. But when a string of unsettling events happens and questions arise over her husband's death, Tess starts to suspect that Shelley may have an ulterior motive. Tess knows she must do everything she can to keep Jamie safe - but she's at her most vulnerable, and that's a dangerous place to be . . . *** READERS ARE OBSESSED WITH THE PERFECT BETRAYAL: `This book floored me!' `I'm still holding my breath.' `The ending just hit me right between the eyes.' `This wasn't just good, it was amazing . . . jaw dropping.' `I was still reading it at 2.30 am!' `Wow - that's the first word that comes to mind.' `This is my number 1 book read this year.' `Buy this for yourself, you won't be able to put it down!' *** 'A heart-rending evocation of grief that packs a devious punch. It left me reeling.' Lesley Kara, bestselling author of The Rumour 'As satisfyingly intriguing and page-turning as you could possibly want.' Emma Curtis, author of One Little Mistake 'The Perfect Betrayal had my head spinning 360 degrees . . . Brilliant.' Sandie Jones, author of Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick The Other Woman _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Becoming Michelle Obama (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Viking
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
13 Nov 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 448pp h240mm x w162mm x s40mm 723g ISBN13: 9780241334140 ISBN13: 978-0-241-33414-0 ISBN10: 0241334144 EAN: 9780241334140
x Description: An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States, now a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller 'A genuine page-turner, full of intimacies and reflections' Evening Standard 'A polished pearl of a memoir' New York Times 'A rich, entertaining and candid memoir. And overall Obama's a fun person to sit alongside as she tells you the story of her life . . . it is as beautifully written as any piece of fiction' i In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America - the first African-American to serve in that role - she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history, while also establishing herself as a powerful advocate for women and girls in the U.S. and around the world, dramatically changing the ways that families pursue healthier and more active lives, and standing with her husband as he led America through some of its most harrowing moments. Along the way, she showed us a few dance moves, crushed Carpool Karaoke, and raised two down-to-earth daughters under an unforgiving media glare. In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her - from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work, to her time spent at the world's most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it - in her own words and on her own terms. Warm, wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations - and whose story inspires us to do the same. 'Offers new insights into her upbringing on the south side of Chicago and the highs and lows of life with Barack Obama. . . a refreshing level of honesty about what politics really did to her. I have read Barack Obama's two books so far, and this is like inserting a missing piece of reality into the narrative of his dizzying journey' Guardian 'I found myself lifting my jaw from my chest at the end of every other chapter . . . this was not the Obama I thought I knew. She was more' Independent 'An inspirational memoir that also rings true' Daily Telegraph _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Unknown Male Nicolas Obregon (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Michael Joseph Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
17 Sep 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 400pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780718189969 ISBN13: 978-0-7181-8996-9 ISBN10: 0718189965 EAN: 9780718189969 x Description: AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW 'Masterpiece' - Jeffery Deaver Inspector Kosuke Iwata returns to Japan after ten years to confront the ghosts of his past, and catch a dangerous killer Tokyo. 2020. As Japan prepares to host the Olympic Games an English exchange student is found bludgeoned to death in a love hotel. She lies in an empty room with only a dead spider for morbid company. Could this be a calling card from her killer? The world's eyes are on Tokyo's Homicide department who are so desperate that the Commissioner picks up the phone and calls his old protege, Kosuke Iwata. A brilliant detective whose haunted personal life has forced him into exile thousands of miles away. Iwata wants no part in an investigation that means stepping back into a past he had no intention of revisiting. Until he is is given an offer he can't refuse. Black Suit City is a novel of lies, power and secrets. As Iwata attempts to uncover a city's darkest secrets he encounters old ghosts and new whispering from its hidden corners.
Praise for Nicolas Obregon 'I'm awestruck' - A. J. Finn 'A dark, brutal ride' - Anthony Horowitz _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Needlemouse: The uplifting bestseller featuring the most unlikely heroine of 2019 Jane O'Connor (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Ebury Press
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
27 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w126mm x s21mm 239g ISBN13: 9781529103281 ISBN13: 978-1-5291-0328-1 ISBN10: 1529103282 EAN: 9781529103281 x Description: Time to come out of hibernation... Sylvia Penton has been hibernating for years, it's no wonder she's a little prickly... Sylvia lives alone, dedicating herself to her job at the local university. On weekends, she helps out at a local hedgehog sanctuary because it gives her something to talk about on Mondays - and it makes people think she's nicer than she is. Only Sylvia has a secret: she's been in love with her boss, Professor Lomax, for over a decade now, and she's sure he's just waiting for the right time to leave his wife. Meanwhile she stores every crumb of his affection and covertly makes trouble for anyone she feels gets in his way. But when a bright new PhD candidate catches the Professor's eye, Sylvia's dreams of the fairy tale ending she has craved for so long, are soon in tatters, driving her to increasingly desperate measures and an uncertain future. Sylvia might have been sleep walking through her life but things are about to change now she's woken up... A quirky, charming uplifting novel perfect for fans of Gail Honeyman's Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine and Sarah Haywood's The Cactus. The feelgood bestseller about unrequited love, loneliness and the redemptive qualities of hedgehogs featuring the most unlikely heroine of 2019. ________________________________ WHAT READERS ARE SAYING 'An eccentrically heartwarming tale of steeping out of your comfort zone. I was rooting for Sylvia' - Lottie, Netgalley 'I was charmed by this tale. A feel-good book' - Heather, Netgalley 'A lovely story with delightful characters. Would highly recommend, especially if you are a fan of Ruth Hogan and Gail Honeyman' - Mary, Netgalley 'An absolutely superb novel about someone who is dissatisfied with her life but feels it's difficult to change. I would highly recommend to anyone who likes a quirky novel to entertain them' - Sue, Netgalley 'Oh how I adored this book which is reminiscent of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine' - Justine, Netgalley 'I like a book that makes me feel uplifted, that soothes the soul, and this book certainly did that. Sylvia is definitely one of my favourite fictional characters' - Joanne, Netgalley _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Shadowplay Joseph O'Connor (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Harvill Secker
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
04 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h234mm x w153mm x s23mm 390g ISBN13: 9781787300859 ISBN13: 978-1-78730-085-9 ISBN10: 1787300854 EAN: 9781787300859 x Description: 'Joseph O'Connor is a very great artist and storyteller. The quotient of enjoyment in his extraordinary new novel is stupendous' Sebastian Barry 1878: The Lyceum Theatre, London. Three extraordinary people begin their life together, a life that will be full of drama, transformation, passionate and painful devotion to art and to one another. Henry Irving, the Chief, is the volcanic leading man and impresario; Ellen Terry is the most lauded and desired actress of her generation, outspoken and generous of heart; and ever following along behind them in the shadows is the unremarkable theatre manager, Bram Stoker. Fresh from life in Dublin as a clerk, Bram may seem the least colourful of the trio but he is wrestling with dark demons in a new city, in a new marriage, and with his own literary aspirations. As he walks the London streets at night, streets haunted by the Ripper and the gossip which swirls around his friend Oscar Wilde, he finds new inspiration. But the Chief is determined that nothing will get in the way of his manager's devotion to the Lyceum and to himself. And both men are enchanted by the beauty and boldness of the elusive Ellen. This exceptional novel explores the complexities of love that stands dangerously outside social convention, the restlessness of creativity, and the experiences that led to Dracula, the most iconic supernatural tale of all time. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Memory Police Yoko Ogawa (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Harvill Secker
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
03 Jan 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 288pp h216mm x w135mm ISBN13: 9781787300750 ISBN13: 978-1-78730-075-0 ISBN10: 1787300757 EAN: 9781787300750 x Description: Hat, ribbon, bird, rose. To the people on the island, a disappeared thing no longer has any meaning. It can be burned in the garden, thrown in the river or handed over to the Memory Police. Soon enough, the island forgets it ever existed. When a young novelist discovers that her editor is in danger of being taken away by the Memory Police, she desperately wants to save him. For some reason, he doesn't forget, and it's becoming increasingly difficult for him to hide his memories. Who knows what will vanish next? The Memory Police is a beautiful, haunting and provocative fable about the power of memory and the trauma of loss, from one of Japan's greatest writers. For readers of The Handmaid's Tale, Fahrenheit 451 and Nineteen Eighty-Four. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Possible World Liese O'Halloran Schwarz (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
02 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 464pp h198mm x w129mm x s28mm 319g ISBN13: 9781784757328 ISBN13: 978-1-78475-732-8 ISBN10: 1784757322 EAN: 9781784757328 x Description: ______________________ 'Every now and then I come across a book I wish I'd written. The Possible World is one ... A gorgeously wrought exploration of who gets to tell the story of our lives, and who gets to inhabit that story with us' JODI PICOULT Ben is the sole survivor of a crime that claims his mother and countless others. He is just six years old, and already he must find a new place for himself in the world. Lucy, the doctor who tends to Ben, is grappling with a personal upheaval of her own. She feels a profound connection to the little boy who has lived through the unthinkable. Will recovering his memory heal him, or damage him further? Clare has long believed that the lifetime of secrets she's been keeping don't matter to anyone anymore, until an unexpected encounter prompts her to tell her story. As they each struggle to confront the events - past and present - that have defined their lives, something stronger than fate is working to bring them together...
Ben can't remember what happened to his mother. As the sole survivor of the crime that claimed her life, along with countless others, he's now left orphaned and alone. But can Lucy help him to unlock his past? As she tends to Ben, a profound connection grows between doctor and patient. But will recovering his memory do more harm than good? Now almost a century old, Clare sits on a lifetime of secrets... until an unexpected encounter prompts her to tell her story. Three strangers . . . Generations apart . . . What links them together is stronger than fate. ______________________ 'A beautiful story of loss and memory' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'Full of big questions' THE OBSERVER _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In Praise of Walking: The new science of how we walk and why it's good for us Shane O'Mara (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
The Bodley Head Ltd
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 256pp h216mm x w135mm ISBN13: 9781847925909 ISBN13: 978-1-84792-590-9 ISBN10: 1847925901 EAN: 9781847925909 x Description: Walking upright on two feet is a uniquely human skill. It defines us as a species. It enabled us to walk out of Africa and to spread as far as Alaska and Australia. It freed our hands and freed our minds. We put one foot in front of the
other without thinking - yet how many of us know how we do that, or appreciate the advantages it gives us? In this hymn to walking, neuroscientist Shane O'Mara invites us to marvel at the benefits it confers on our bodies and minds. In Praise of Walking celebrates this miraculous ability. Incredibly, it is a skill that has its evolutionary origins millions of years ago, under the sea. And the latest research is only now revealing how the brain and nervous system performs the mechanical magic of balancing, navigating a crowded city, or running our inner GPS system. Walking is good for our muscles and posture; it helps to protect and repair organs, and can slow or turn back the ageing of our brains. With our minds in motion we think more creatively, our mood improves and stress levels fall. Walking together to achieve a shared purpose is also a social glue that has contributed to our survival as a species. As our lives become increasingly sedentary, we risk all this. We must start walking again, whether it's up a mountain, down to the park, or simply to school and work. We, and our societies, will be better for it. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA and the Secret History of the Sixties Tom O'Neill (Author) Dan Piepenbring (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
William Heinemann Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
27 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 528pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781785152085 ISBN13: 978-1-78515-208-5 ISBN10: 1785152084 EAN: 9781785152085 x Description: ______________________________ A journalist's twenty-year obsession with the Manson murders leads to shocking new conspiracy theories about the FBI's involvement in this fascinating re-evaluation of one of the most infamous cases in American history. In 1999, when Tom O'Neill was assigned a magazine piece about the thirtieth anniversary of the Manson murders, he worried there was nothing new to say. Weren't the facts indisputable? Charles Manson had ordered his teenage followers to commit seven brutal murders, and in his thrall, they'd gladly complied. But when O'Neill began reporting the story, he kept finding holes in the prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi's narrative, long enshrined in the bestselling Helter Skelter. Before long, O'Neill had questions about everything from the motive to the manhunt. Though he'd never considered himself a conspiracy theorist, the Manson murders swallowed the next two decades of his career. He was obsessed. Searching but never speculative, CHAOS follows O'Neill's twenty-year effort to rebut the `official' story behind Manson. Who were his real friends in Hollywood, and how far would they go to hide their ties? Why didn't law enforcement act on their many chances to stop him? And how did he turn a group of peaceful hippies into remorseless killers? O'Neill's hunt for answers leads him from reclusive celebrities to seasoned spies, from the Summer of Love to the shadowy sites of the CIA's mind-control experiments, on a trail rife with cover-ups and coincidences. Featuring hundreds of new interviews and dozens of never-before-seen documents from the LAPD, the FBI and the CIA, CHAOS mounts an argument that could be, according to Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Stephen Kay, strong enough to overturn the verdicts on the Manson murders. In those two dark nights in Los Angeles, O'Neill finds the story of California in the sixties: when charlatans mixed with prodigies, free love was as possible as brainwashing, and utopia-or dystopia-was just an acid trip away. ______________________________ `Riveting ... Sensational revelations ... True crime fans will be enthralled.' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
There There Tommy Orange (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
09 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 214g ISBN13: 9781784707972 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-797-2 ISBN10: 178470797X EAN: 9781784707972 x Description: One of Barack Obama's best books of 2018, a searing novel about contemporary America from a bold new voice `A thunderclap' Marlon James `Astonishing' Margaret Atwood, via Twitter `Pure soaring beauty' Colm Toibin THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2018 A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BEST BOOK 2018 AN OPRAH MAGAZINE TOP 15 BEST BOOK 2018 FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2019 WINNER OF THE WRITER'S CENTER FIRST NOVEL 2018 AWARD Jacquie Red Feather is newly sober and hoping to reconnect with her estranged family. That's why she is there. Dene is there because he has been collecting stories to honour his uncle's death, while Edwin is looking for his true father and Opal came to watch her boy Orvil dance. All of them are connected by bonds they may not yet understand. All of them are here for the celebration that is the Big Oakland Powwow. But Tony Loneman is also there. And Tony has come to the Powow with darker intentions. `An exhilarating, polyphonic debut novel... Dazzling' Daily Telegraph `Lyrical and playful, shaking and shimmering with energy... Orange creates beauty out of tragedy' Guardian `Bold and engrossing... Orange has got under his characters' skins, allowing them to speak for themselves' Financial Times _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Only to Sleep Lawrence Osborne (Author) Series:
Philip Marlowe
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 256pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784706371 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-637-1 ISBN10: 178470637X EAN: 9781784706371 x Description: Wealthy dead American. Beautiful young widow. This case has PI Philip Marlowe's name written all over it. Is it enough to bring him back for one last adventure? The year is 1988. The place, Baja California. Private Investigator Philip Marlowe - now in his seventy-second year - has been living out his retirement in the terrace bar of the La Fonda hotel. Sipping margaritas, playing cards, his silver-tipped cane at the ready. When in saunter two men dressed like undertakers. With a case that has his name written all over it.
At last Marlowe is back where he belongs. His mission is to investigate Donald Zinn - supposedly drowned off his yacht, leaving a much younger and now very rich wife. Marlowe's speciality. But is Zinn actually alive? Are the pair living off the spoils? Set between the border and badlands of Mexico and California, Lawrence Osborne's resurrection of the iconic Marlowe is an unforgettable addition to the Raymond Chandler canon.
Discover the rest of the inimitable Philip Marlowe series - nine classic Chandler adventures, from The Big Sleep to The Long Goodbye, available now in paperback and ebook from Penguin Books. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Who Is Michael Ovitz? Michael Ovitz (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
W H Allen
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
16 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w126mm ISBN13: 9780753553381 ISBN13: 978-0-7535-5338-1 ISBN10: 0753553384 EAN: 9780753553381 x Description: If you're going to read one book about Hollywood, this is the one. As co-founder of Creative Artists Agency (CAA), Michael Ovitz earned a reputation for ruthless negotiation, brilliant strategy and fierce loyalty to his clients. He reinvented the role of the agent and helped shape the careers of hundreds of A-list stars and directors, including Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, Sean Connery, Steven Seagal, Bill Murray, Robin Williams and David Letterman. But this personal history is much more than celebrity friendships and bare-knuckled deal-making. It's an underdog's story: How did a kid with no connections work his way into the William Morris mailroom, and become the most powerful person in Hollywood? How did a superagent also become a power in producing, advertising, mergers & acquisitions and modern art? And what were the personal consequences of all those deals? After decades of near-silence in the face of intense controversy, Michael Ovitz is finally telling his whole story in this blistering, unforgettable memoir. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century George Packer (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Jonathan Cape Ltd
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
09 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 608pp h240mm x w162mm x s40mm 1035g 15-20 pictures b&w ISBN13: 9781910702925 ISBN13: 978-1-910702-92-5 ISBN10: 1910702927 EAN: 9781910702925 x Description: From one of America's greatest non-fiction writers, an epic saga of the rise and fall of American power, from Vietnam to Afghanistan, told through the life of one man. Richard Holbrooke was one of the most legendary and complicated figures in recent American history. Brilliant, utterly self-absorbed, and possessed of almost inhuman energy and appetites, he was both admired and detested. From his days as a young adviser in Vietnam to his last efforts to end the war in Afghanistan, Holbrooke embodied the postwar American impulse to take the lead on the global stage. He was the force behind the Dayton Accords that ended the Balkan wars, America's greatest diplomatic achievement in the post-Cold War era. His power lay in an utter belief in himself and his idea of a muscular, generous foreign policy. But his sharp elbows and tireless self-promotion ensured that he never rose to the highest levels in government that he so desperately coveted. Holbrooke's story is the story of the rise and fall of America during its era of supremacy: its strength, drive, and sense of possibility, as well as its penchant for overreach and heedless self-confidence. Drawing on Holbrooke's diaries and papers, George Packer's narrative is both intimate and epic
in its revelatory portrait of this extraordinary and deeply flawed man, and the elite spheres of society and government he inhabited. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Adjustment Day Chuck Palahniuk (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784708849 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-884-9 ISBN10: 1784708844 EAN: 9781784708849 x Description: People pass the word only to those they trust most: Adjustment Day is coming. They've been reading a mysterious blue-black book and memorising its directives. They are ready for the reckoning. In this ingeniously comic work, Chuck Palahniuk's first novel in four years, he does what he does best: skewer the absurdities in our society. Smug, geriatric politicians hatch a nasty fate for the burgeoning population of young males; working-class men dream of burying the elites; and professors propound theories that offer students only the bleakest future. When it arrives, Adjustment Day inaugurates a new, disunited states. In this mind-blowing novel, Palahniuk fearlessly makes real the logical conclusion of every separatist fantasy, alternative fact, and conspiracy theory lurking in the American psyche. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Erebus: The Story of a Ship Michael Palin (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
30 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s26mm 327g ISBN13: 9781784758578 ISBN13: 978-1-78475-857-8 ISBN10: 1784758574 EAN: 9781784758578 x Description: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER In the early years of Queen Victoria's reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval expeditions of all time. On the first, she ventured further south than any human had ever been. On the second, she vanished with her 129-strong crew in the wastes of the Canadian Arctic. Her fate remained a mystery for over 160 years. Then, in 2014, she was found. This is her story. _______________ BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK `Beyond terrific . . . I didn't want it to end.' Bill Bryson `Illuminated by flashes of gentle wit . . . It's a fascinating story that [Palin] brings full-bloodedly to life.' Guardian `This is an incredible book . . . The Erebus story is the Arctic epic we've all been waiting for.' Nicholas Crane `Thoroughly absorbs the reader. . . Carefully researched and well-crafted, it brings the story of a ship vividly to life.' Sunday Times
`A great story . . . Told in a very relaxed and sometimes - as you might expect - very funny Palin style.' David Baddiel, Daily Mail `Magisterial . . . Brings energy, wit and humanity to a story that has never ceased to tantalise people since the 1840s.' The Times _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: An Introvert's Year of Living Dangerously Jessica Pan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Doubleday
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
30 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 368pp h234mm x w153mm x s27mm 444g ISBN13: 9780857526168 ISBN13: 978-0-85752-616-8 ISBN10: 0857526162 EAN: 9780857526168 x Description: What would happen if a shy introvert lived like a gregarious extrovert for one year? If she knowingly and willingly put herself in perilous social situations that she'd normally avoid at all costs? Jessica Pan is going to find out. When she found herself jobless and friendless, sitting in the familiar Jess-shaped crease on her sofa, she couldn't help but wonder what life might have looked like if she had been a little more open to new experiences and new people, a little less attached to going home instead of going to the pub. So, she made a vow: to push herself to live the life of an extrovert for a year. She wrote a list: improv, a solo holiday and... talking to strangers on the tube. She regretted it instantly. Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come follows Jess's hilarious and painful year of misadventures in extroverting, reporting back from the frontlines for all the introverts out there. But is life actually better or easier for the extroverts? Or is it the nightmare Jess always thought it would be? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters Priya Parker (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Portfolio Penguin
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
16 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 320pp h198mm x w129mm x s19mm 223g ISBN13: 9780241973844 ISBN13: 978-0-241-97384-4 ISBN10: 0241973848 EAN: 9780241973844 x Description: 'I learned much from this book. Priya Parker has created both an art and a science to gathering in ways that can bring joy and fulfillment to any meeting.' - Deepak Chopra MD 'This is a must-read!' - Chris Anderson, owner and curator of TED 'A fantastic book' - Forbes 'Remarkable' - Bustle We spend our lives gathering - first in classrooms and then in meetings, weddings, conferences and away days. Yet so many of us spend this time in underwhelming moments that fail to engage us, inspire us, or connect us. We've all sat in meetings where people talk past each other or go through the motions and others which galvanize a team and remind everyone why they first took the job. We've been to weddings that were deeply moving and others that were run-of-the-mill and simply faded away.
Why do some moments take off and others fizzle? What's the difference between the gatherings that inspire you and the ones that don't? In The Art of Gathering, Priya Parker gets to the heart of these questions and reveals how to design a transformative gathering. An expert on organizing successful gatherings whether in conference centres or her living room, Parker shows us how to create moving, magical, mind-changing experiences - even in spaces where we've come to expect little. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Our Boys: The Story of a Paratrooper Helen Parr (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 416pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780141984698 ISBN13: 978-0-14-198469-8 ISBN10: 0141984694 EAN: 9780141984698 x Description: WINNER OF THE TEMPLER MEDAL BOOK PRIZE 2019 SHORTLISTED FOR THE LONGMAN-HISTORY TODAY BOOK PRIZE 2019 LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2019 'Brilliant. The best discussion of soldiers in combat, their motivation, behaviours and fears, that I have come across' Robert Fox, Evening Standard Our Boys brings to life the human experiences of the paratroopers who fought in the Falklands War, and examines the long aftermath of that conflict. It is a first in many ways - a history of the Parachute Regiment, a group with an elite and aggressive reputation; a study of close-quarters combat on the Falkland Islands; and an exploration of the many legacies of this short and symbolic war. Told unflinchingly through the experiences of people who lived through it, Our Boys shows how the Falklands conflict began to change Britain's relationship with its soldiers, and our attitudes to trauma and war itself. It is also the story of one particular soldier: the author's uncle, who was killed during the conflict, and whose fate has haunted both the author and his fellow paratroopers ever since. 'This is an extraordinary book. It is partly about the Falklands War itself and the terrible things that the Paras endured, and the terrible things that some of them did, but it is also about the white working class of the 1970s and why some men born into this class ended up marching across an island that most of them had never heard of. Thoughtful and sometimes heart-breaking' Richard Vinen, author of National Service _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
#taken: Wrong time. Wrong place. Wrong girl. Tony Parsons (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Century
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
16 Apr 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 416pp h234mm x w153mm x s30mm 502g ISBN13: 9781780895970 ISBN13: 978-1-78089-597-0 ISBN10: 1780895976 EAN: 9781780895970 x Description: _____________________ #taken in the night They thought they were kidnapping the mistress of one of London's most powerful gangsters. But they've taken the wrong woman. And crossed the wrong detective. #taken underground
Detective Max Wolfe's hunt for the missing woman takes him from New Scotland Yard's legendary Black Museum to the glittering mansions of career criminals, from sleazy strip joints to secret sex dungeons - and to unspeakably dark deeds committed decades ago. #taken to the limit It's a world of family secrets, sexual jealousy, and a lust for revenge - which might also become Wolfe's grave... _____________________ `Tense and human' LEE CHILD `Brilliant stuff' PETER JAMES `A must-read' JEFFERY DEAVER `Eye-widening twists' SOPHIE HANNAH 'Whip-fast, twisting like a moped in a traffic jam.' THE SUN _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
13-Minute Murder James Patterson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
30 Apr 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 448pp h198mm x w129mm x s27mm 309g ISBN13: 9781787462199 ISBN13: 978-1-78746-219-9 ISBN10: 1787462196 EAN: 9781787462199 x Description: A thrilling new collection from the bestselling author of The President is Missing. 13-MINUTE MURDER WITH SHAN SERAFIN: Michael Ryan can kill anybody in just minutes - from the first approach to the clean escape. An anonymous client offers Ryan a rich payout to assassinate a target in Harvard Yard. It's exactly the last big job he needs to walk away from his life as a hit-man. But the hit goes horribly wrong, and now his beloved wife Maria is missing. Now the world's fastest hit-man sets out for one last score: revenge. And every minute counts. DEAD MAN RUNNING WITH CHRISTOPHER FARNSWORTH: Dr Randall Beck is an eccentric psychiatrist with a terminal disease. This makes him fearless, which comes in handy when a patient is murdered before his eyes - a patient with an unspeakable secret. KILL AND TELL WITH SCOTT SLAVEN: Famous film director Wayne Tennet stands accused by his stepdaughter of crossing the line. Falsely, he swears. Now his life and career hang in the balance. But why would she lie? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Middle School: Born to Rock: (Middle School 11) James Patterson (Author) Series:
Middle School
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow (Young)
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
05 Mar 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 320pp h193mm x w133mm x s23mm 278g ISBN13: 9781784753955 ISBN13: 978-1-78475-395-5 ISBN10: 1784753955 EAN: 9781784753955 x Description: It's not easy being Rafe Khatchadorian's sister. He's got quite a reputation around school, and Georgia's got it hard enough as is! With a super secret crush on her classmate Sam Marks, a Rube Goldberg machine challenge to dominate, and constant confrontations with vicious Missy
Trillin and her evil Princess Patrol to look forward to, Georgia can't help but throw all her energy into the one thing that makes her happy: her kick-butt, all-girl rock band, We Stink! When Georgia's favourite rock band, Lulu and the Handbags, advertise a major music competition where the winner gets to jam with Lulu herself, Georgia will pull all the stops to make sure We Stink wins - even if it means asking her annoying older brother, Rafe, for help! Will his crazy ideas work, or land her in serious trouble? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Middle School: From Hero to Zero: (Middle School 10) James Patterson (Author) Series:
Middle School
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow (Young)
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 304pp h186mm x w129mm x s22mm 247g ISBN13: 9781784753931 ISBN13: 978-1-78475-393-1 ISBN10: 1784753939 EAN: 9781784753931 x Description: James Patterson's bestselling Middle School series is now a major motion picture! Catch up with everyone's favorite troublemaker, Rafe Khatchadorian, when he gets lost in London on the worst field trip EVER! After a mostly-successful stint at Hills Village Middle School, Rafe is excited to visit the incredible city of London with his class. Sightseeing around a foreign country sounds like a blast, until Rafe finds out his roommate will be none other than Miller the Killer, bully extraordinaire! Then Rafe is forced to work on a class project side by side with his crush Jeanne Galletta and her too-perfect boyfriend, which might be even more torturous than rooming with Miller. And it's no surprise that Rafe's bad luck follows him across the pond, putting him in one crazy situation after another - all under the watchful eye of his bad-tempered principal. Out of all of his adventures, this trip could prove to be Rafe's most embarrassing yet, undoing everything good he has going for him back home! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sophia, Princess Among Beasts James Patterson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Century
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
11 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 400pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781780899824 ISBN13: 978-1-78089-982-4 ISBN10: 1780899823 EAN: 9781780899824 x Description: In a kingdom besieged by poverty, war and despair, Princess Sophia must do whatever it takes to restore peace, and protect the people she loves _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Target: Alex Cross: (Alex Cross 26) James Patterson (Author) Series:
Alex Cross
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
11 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 448pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784753658 ISBN13: 978-1-78475-365-8 ISBN10: 1784753653 EAN: 9781784753658 x Description: From the author of Sunday Times no. 1 bestseller The President is Missing. TARGET: HEAD OF STATE Alex Cross and his family join men and women from across the nation lining the streets of Washington, DC to mourn the unexpected death of the President. TARGET: UNITED STATES CABINET With the country still in shock, the assassination of a prominent Senator strikes another devastating blow to the heart of the nation's capital. As Chief of Detectives, Alex's wife Bree Stone faces an ultimatum: solve the case, or lose her job. TARGET: ALEX CROSS The new President calls on Cross to lead an unparalleled FBI investigation to help capture America's most wanted criminal. But what follows will plunge the country into chaos, and draw Cross into the most important case of his life. ______________________________ THE BEST ALEX CROSS YET? Here's what the fans say: 'It's been a while since I last read a James Patterson Alex Cross novel and I had forgotten what a good series this is. A fabulous read' 'Another winner for Alex Cross and the great J. P.!' 'Once again, the author produces a very readable book. It is fast moving and the plot develops at a real pace. I thoroughly enjoyed this and recommend it to all.' 'Target: Alex Cross is from page 1 till the last one a warm bed for every thriller lover. Snuggling down, on a rainy day, and this book in your hands, you'll forget the rest of the world.' 'Multiple story lines woven into one keeps you interested and will make you hate yourself for finishing this book in one go. Where's number 27??? I want it now.' 'I've been following Alex Cross since Along Came A Spider and I'm not ready for his story to end yet! This was a fast, fun ride and it did not disappoint.' _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Chef James Patterson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Century
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
19 Feb 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 400pp h234mm x w153mm x s29mm 484g ISBN13: 9781529123937 ISBN13: 978-1-5291-2393-7 ISBN10: 1529123933 EAN: 9781529123937
x Description: The astonishing multimedia thriller - first seen on Facebook - now in print for the first time. Police detective by day, celebrity food truck chef by night, now Caleb Rooney has a new title: Most Wanted. In the Carnival days leading up Mardi Gras, Detective Caleb Rooney comes under investigation for a murder he is accused of committing in the line of duty - as a Major Crimes detective for the New Orleans Police Department. Has his sideline at the Killer Chef food truck given him a taste for murder? While fighting the charges against him, Rooney makes a pair of unthinkable discoveries. His beloved city is under threat of attack. And these would-be terrorists may be local. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The House Next Door James Patterson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
13 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 464pp h198mm x w129mm x s28mm 319g ISBN13: 9781787462274 ISBN13: 978-1-78746-227-4 ISBN10: 1787462277 EAN: 9781787462274 x Description: Three chilling stories from the world's bestselling thriller writer The House Next Door (with Susan DiLallo): Married mother of four Laura Sherman was thrilled when her new neighbour invited her on some errands. But a few quick tasks became a long lunch - and now things could go too far with a man who isn't what he seems... The Killer's Wife (with Max DiLallo): Six girls have gone missing. Detective McGrath knows the only way to find them is to get close to the suspect's wife... maybe too close. The Witnesses (with Brendan DuBois): The Sanderson family has been forced into hiding after one of them stumbled upon a criminal plot. Or so they think. No one will answer their questions. And the terrifying truth may come too late... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Warning James Patterson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
20 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781787462298 ISBN13: 978-1-78746-229-8 ISBN10: 1787462293 EAN: 9781787462298 x Description: NO ONE CAN ENTER. NO ONE CAN LEAVE. NO ONE IS SAFE. A small southern town was evacuated after a freak power-plant accident. As the first anniversary of the mishap approaches, some residents are allowed to return past the national guard roadblocks. Mount Hope natives Maggie and Jordan quickly discover that their hometown is not as it was before. Downed cellular networks fail to resume service. Animals savagely attack humans. And the damaged power plant, where Jordan's father is an engineer, is under military lockdown. As friends and family morph into terrifying strangers, the teenagers increasingly turn to one another. Their determination to discover who - or what - has taken control of Mount Hope soon has them in the cross-hairs of a presence more sinister than any they could have imagined. And there's no place to run in a community that's been taken. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Treasure Hunters: All-American Adventure: (Treasure Hunters 6) James Patterson (Author) Series:
Treasure Hunters
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow (Young)
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
27 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h186mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784759995 ISBN13: 978-1-78475-999-5 ISBN10: 1784759996 EAN: 9781784759995 x Description: The USA is in danger...and only the Kidds can find the treasure that will save it! Bick, Beck, Storm and Tommy are stuck in Washington, D.C. without any priceless antiques to hunt - BORING! But everything changes when the Kidds uncover a dastardly conspiracy: a fake Bill of Rights! Now they're crisscrossing the country in a race to prove the document is a forgery. But the key is exposing the conspiracy may have been under their noses the whole time. And if they don't find it soon, the USA as we know it could be gone forever... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Unsolved James Patterson (Author) Series:
Invisible Series
Edition:
Imprint:
Century
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
13 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 496pp h234mm x w153mm x s35mm 596g ISBN13: 9781780899374 ISBN13: 978-1-78089-937-4 ISBN10: 1780899378 EAN: 9781780899374 x Description: A chilling and shocking follow-up to Sunday Times bestseller Invisible by James Patterson. FBI researcher Emma Dockery is back with a vengeance. Obsessed with finding a link between a string of deaths across several different states, she is convinced that there's a pattern. And where there's a pattern, there's a serial killer to put a stop to. When Detectives working on some of these cases start turning up dead, Emma knows that she's onto something. These deaths are murders, and she's going to be the one to prove it. The closer she gets to finding the killer, the more Emma feels like she's being watched. Is she setting a trap for this depraved killer? Or with every step she takes, is she falling further into his...? With the death count rising, Emma must act fast to catch this killer, before she becomes the next name on the hit list. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hush Hush: (Harriet Blue 4) James Patterson (Author) Candice Fox (Author) Series:
Detective Harriet Blue Series
Edition:
Imprint:
Century
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
11 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 400pp h234mm x w153mm x s29mm 484g ISBN13: 9781780899701 ISBN13: 978-1-78089-970-1 ISBN10: 178089970X EAN: 9781780899701
x Description: Harriet Blue used to be a detective. Now she's inmate 3329. Prison is a dangerous place for a former cop - as Harriet Blue is learning on a daily basis. So, following a fight for her life and a prison-wide lockdown, the last person she wants to see is Deputy Police Commissioner Joe Woods. The man who put her inside. But Woods is not there to gloat. His daughter Tonya and her two-year-old child have gone missing. He's ready to offer Harriet a deal: find his family to buy her freedom... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Inn James Patterson (Author) Candice Fox (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Century
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
08 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 400pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781780899978 ISBN13: 978-1-78089-997-8 ISBN10: 1780899971 EAN: 9781780899978 x Description: A gripping stand-alone novel from the world's bestselling thriller writer Ex-Boston homicide detective Billy Robinson has retreated to a quiet life on the New England coast. Struggling to cope following the death of his beloved wife, he must now run the inn that Siobhan took care of so well. The inn's quirky residents help keep Billy on solid ground as he grieves, and the group soon become an unconventional family. But this small town is in the grips of a growing opioid epidemic, and when a young resident gets hooked into the crisis, Billy knows he must act to save the people in the inn that he has grown to care so much about. With his secretive past in Boston catching up to him, can Billy survive long enough to save the town - and its beloved inn - from ruin? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect Judea Pearl (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 432pp h198mm x w129mm x s24mm 315g ISBN13: 9780141982410 ISBN13: 978-0-14-198241-0 ISBN10: 0141982411 EAN: 9780141982410 x Description: 'Wonderful ... Illuminating ... Fun to read' Daniel Kahneman, author of Thinking, Fast and Slow A pioneer of artificial intelligence shows how the study of causality revolutionized science and the world 'Correlation does not imply causation.' This mantra was invoked by scientists for decades in order to avoid taking positions as to whether one thing caused another, such as smoking and cancer and carbon dioxide and global warming. But today, that taboo is dead. The causal revolution, sparked by world-renowned computer scientist Judea Pearl and his colleagues, has cut through a century of confusion and placed cause and effect on a firm scientific basis. Now, Pearl and science journalist Dana Mackenzie explain causal thinking to general readers for the first time, showing how it allows us to explore the world that is and the worlds that could have been. It is the essence of human and artificial intelligence. And just as Pearl's discoveries have enabled machines to think better, The Book of Why explains how we can think better.
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The House Across the Street Lesley Pearse (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 257g ISBN13: 9781405935371 ISBN13: 978-1-4059-3537-1 ISBN10: 1405935375 EAN: 9781405935371 x Description: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER From 10 MILLION COPY bestselling author Lesley Pearce, comes a captivating story of secrets, loyalties and murder . . . Is there a murderer across the street? It's 1964 and twenty-three-year-old Katy Speed is fascinated by glamorous Gloria and the goings-on at her house over the road. Who are the mysterious women that keep coming and going in the strange black car? Then one night, Gloria's house burns to the ground. Bodies are found in the wreckage. And Katy's horror turns to disbelief when her own father is arrested and charged with murder. Determined to prove his innocence, Katy sets out to uncover the truth about the mysterious house across the street and find the real murderer. But that means risking her own life . . . _________ * * * * * - Heat 'Must read' Saturday Express 'Heart-warming and evocative, a real delight to read' Sun 'A narrative that gallops along, this is quintessential Pearse that will delight her army of readers' Daily Mail 'Glorious, heartwarming' Woman & Home 'Evocative, compelling, told from the heart' Sunday Express 'Gripping' Hello _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Winter King: The Dawn of Tudor England Thomas Penn (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
31 Jul 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 480pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780141986609 ISBN13: 978-0-14-198660-9 ISBN10: 0141986603 EAN: 9780141986609 x Description: Winner of THE HW FISHER BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE
SPECTATOR, SUNDAY TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, TLS, FINANCIAL TIMES, GUARDIAN, DAILY MAIL and SUNDAY TELEGRAPH BOOKS OF THE YEAR 'Imagine Wolf Hall rewritten by John le Carre ... gripping ... a rare achievement' Tom Holland, Guardian It is 1501. Henry VII has won the throne of England through luck, guile and ruthlessness. But for many he remains a usurper. Now, his elder son is to marry, in a wedding upon which the fate of the country, and the entire Tudor dynasty, will hang ... 'A masterpiece. Rich, resonant and utterly compelling' Helen Castor, Sunday Telegraph, Books of the Year 'Gripping ... brilliant ... The enigmatic Henry is brought thrillingly to life as one of the most unlikely but tenacious kings ever to wear the English crown' Dan Jones, Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year 'Thrilling and sinister' Simon Sebag Montefiore, Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year 'Enthralling ... Penn captures the weirdness, the ferocity, and a glint of unexpected tenderness' The Times Literary Supplement, Books of the Year _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Come Back For Me: Your next obsession from the author of Richard & Judy bestseller NOW YOU SEE HER Heidi Perks (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Century
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
11 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 400pp h234mm x w153mm x s31mm 521g ISBN13: 9781780898865 ISBN13: 978-1-78089-886-5 ISBN10: 178089886X EAN: 9781780898865 x Description: ***AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW*** The breathtaking new thriller from the author of the Richard and Judy bestseller NOW YOU SEE HER ____________________________ A SHOCKING DISCOVERY. A COMMUNITY WRAPPED IN SECRETS. A tiny island community is stunned by the discovery of a long-buried body. For Stella Harvey the news is doubly shocking. The body has been found in the garden of her childhood home - the home her family fled without explanation twenty-five years ago. Now, questioning her past and desperate to unearth the truth, Stella returns to the isolated island. But she quickly finds that the community she left isn't as welcoming as she remembers - and that people in it will go to any length to protect their secrets. One thing rings true... You can't bury the truth forever. ____________________________ Early readers love Heidi's latest five-star thriller: 'This is a read not to be missed!!!' 'Family secrets, mystery and intrigue. This is the perfect book that won't disappoint' 'A surprising plot and lots of twists with interesting characters. I loved the writing style and the setting of the story' 'Come Back For Me is easily the best thriller I've read in a long time' 'Lots of twists and turns, guaranteed page-turner that keeps you guessing until the end' 'Come Back For Me was a really engaging and addictive read, about family secrets, a tight-knit community and family ties' 'Fascinating family drama with more than a hint of psychological thriller' 'A fantastic thriller that grabbed me from the start' 'Full of twists and turns, this book will have you riveted to every surprise event' 'I literally finished this book in a few hours - I couldn't tell myself to put it down.'
'Perks has a real knack for throwing red herrings at the readers - I had a long list of suspects and theories, but she still managed to pull it out of the bag and surprise me' 'If you're looking for a thriller with plenty of mystery and intrigue, you've got the perfect book here' _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos Jordan B. Peterson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
30 Apr 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 448pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 326g ISBN13: 9780141988511 ISBN13: 978-0-14-198851-1 ISBN10: 0141988517 EAN: 9780141988511 x Description: The #1 Sunday Times bestseller from 'the most influential public intellectual in the Western world right now' (New York Times) - now in paperback. How should we live properly in a world of chaos and uncertainty? Jordan Peterson has helped millions of people, young and old, men and women, aim at a life of responsibility and meaning. Now he can help you. Drawing on his own work as a clinical psychologist and on lessons from humanity's oldest myths and stories, Peterson offers twelve profound and realistic principles to live by. After all, as he reminds us, we each have a vital role to play in the unfolding destiny of the world. Deep, rewarding and enlightening, 12 Rules for Life is a lifeboat built solidly for stormy seas: ancient wisdom applied to our contemporary problems. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Need Helen Phillips (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Chatto & Windus
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 272pp h222mm x w138mm ISBN13: 9781784742843 ISBN13: 978-1-78474-284-3 ISBN10: 1784742848 EAN: 9781784742843 x Description: 'The Need is a profound meditation on the nature of reality, a fearless examination of parenthood, and also somehow a thriller. This is an extraordinary and dazzlingly original work from one of our most gifted and interesting writers' Emily St John Mandel She crouched in front of the mirror in the dark, clinging to them. The baby in her right arm, the child in her left. There were footsteps in the other room... Molly is exhausted, anxious, losing her grip on reality. Her husband is away and she is running between her children and her job, where things are unravelling. She's a paleobotanist, working at a fossil quarry, and has recently unearthed artefacts that defy understanding; the coke bottle with the lettering that leans the wrong way, an alternate version of the Bible. Where do these things come from? At home, as dusk falls, she gets jumpy. Are those footsteps out in the hall? What was that noise? She holds her two small children close to her, and tries to pull herself together. But her worlds of work and home are about to collide. She discovers that the stranger in her sitting room knows everything about her life and, as their identity becomes chillingly clear, this intruder makes a demand of Molly that upends everything, forcing her to reckon with her most unspeakable fears. The Need is a gripping, unsettling and stunningly original story that probes deep truths about motherhood, and explores grief, loss and how we treat others. It's a compulsive, reality-warping novel that makes us rethink our world, and question how far we would go to protect the ones we love. 'Helen Phillips is one of the most exciting young writers working today, and I envy those who get to discover her work here for the first time' Jenny Offill
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The Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin Jonathan Phillips (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
The Bodley Head Ltd
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
25 Apr 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 496pp h234mm x w153mm x s28mm 761g ISBN13: 9781847926012 ISBN13: 978-1-84792-601-2 ISBN10: 1847926010 EAN: 9781847926012 x Description: An epic story of empire-building and bloody conflict, this ground-breaking biography of one of history's most venerated military and religious heroes opens a window on the Islamic and Christian worlds' complex relationship. When Saladin recaptured Jerusalem from the Crusaders in 1187, returning the Holy City to Islamic rule for the first time in almost ninety years, he sent shockwaves throughout Christian Europe and the Muslim Near East that reverberate today. It was the culmination of a supremely exciting life, fraught with challenges but blessed occasionally with marvellous good fortune. Born into a significant Kurdish family in northern Iraq, Saladin shot to power far way in Egypt under the tutelage of his uncle. Over two decades, this warrior and diplomat worked tirelessly to build an immense empire that stretched from North Africa to Western Iraq. His even greater achievement was political: uniting this turbulent coalition of people from a bewildering variety of religious and ethnic backgrounds behind his assault on the Holy Lands. And yet the capturing of Jerusalem was by no means the end of Saladin's epic and confounding story. Drawing primarily on Arabic as well as European sources, this is the most comprehensive account yet written not just of the man but of the legend to which he gave birth, describing vividly the relentless action of his life and then tracing its aftermath through culture and politics all the way to the present. It reveals the personal qualities that explain his enduring reputation as a man of faith, generosity, mercy and justice, even while showing him to be capable of mistakes, self-interest and cruelty. After Saladin's death, it goes on to show how in the West this Sunni Muslim acquired the status of a chivalric hero, even while throughout the Islamic world he became - and continues to be - the greatest jihadist ever to have lived. The Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin shows how this one man's life takes us beyond the crude stereotypes of the `Clash of Civilisations' even while his legacy explains them: an intimate portrait of a towering figure of world history that is thrillingly relevant today. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Live Like A Stoic: 52 Exercises for Cultivating a Good Life Massimo Pigliucci (Author) Gregory Lopez (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Rider & Co
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
09 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 336pp h216mm x w135mm x s24mm 331g ISBN13: 9781846045967 ISBN13: 978-1-84604-596-7 ISBN10: 1846045967 EAN: 9781846045967 x Description: The answers to our daily worries and anxieties - big or small - lie at the heart of Stoic philosophy. Live Like a Stoic is the essential guide to help us live the good life. It offers a year-long programme of 52 weekly exercises aimed at mastering an array of real-life troubles. Full of practical lessons and sections for journaling, it provides all the tools needed to overcome any life obstacles we might face. Massimo Pigliucci and Gregory Lopez have created a unique, personalised Stoic curriculum for a lifetime of practice, showing how relevant this ancient philosophy is to modern life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Afropean: Notes from Black Europe Johny Pitts (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen Lane
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 416pp h222mm x w144mm x s37mm 529g ISBN13: 9780141984728 ISBN13: 978-0-14-198472-8 ISBN10: 0141984724 EAN: 9780141984728 x Description: 'A revelation' Owen Jones 'Afropean seizes the blur of contradictions that have obscured Europe's relationship with blackness and paints it into something new, confident and lyrical' Afua Hirsch 'Afropean. Here was a space where blackness was taking part in shaping European identity ... A continent of Algerian flea markets, Surinamese shamanism, German Reggae and Moorish castles. Yes, all this was part of Europe too ... With my brown skin and my British passport - still a ticket into mainland Europe at the time of writing - I set out in search of the Afropeans, on a cold October morning.' Afropean is an on-the-ground documentary of areas where Europeans of African descent are juggling their multiple allegiances and forging new identities. Here is an alternative map of the continent, taking the reader to places like Cova Da Moura, the Cape Verdean shantytown on the outskirts of Lisbon with its own underground economy, and Rinkeby, the area of Stockholm that is eighty per cent Muslim. Johny Pitts visits the former Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow, where West African students are still making the most of Cold War ties with the USSR, and Clichy Sous Bois in Paris, which gave birth to the 2005 riots, all the while presenting Afropeans as lead actors in their own story. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Blueprint: How DNA Makes Us Who We Are Robert Plomin (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s17mm 224g ISBN13: 9780141984261 ISBN13: 978-0-14-198426-1 ISBN10: 0141984260 EAN: 9780141984261 x Description: 'Mind-blowing ... It is a hugely important book ... His story is crucial' Matt Ridley, The Times One of the world's top behavioural geneticists argues that we need a radical rethink about what makes us who we are The blueprint for our individuality lies in the 1% of DNA that differs between people. Our intellectual capacity, our introversion or extraversion, our vulnerability to mental illness, even whether we are a morning person - all of these aspects of our personality are profoundly shaped by our inherited DNA differences. In Blueprint, Robert Plomin, a pioneer in the field of behavioural genetics, draws on a lifetime's worth of research to make the case that DNA is the most important factor shaping who we are. Our families, schools and the environment around us are important, but they are not as influential as our genes. This is why, he argues, teachers and parents should accept children for who they are, rather than trying to mould them in certain directions. Even the environments we choose and the signal events that impact our lives, from divorce to addiction, are influenced by our genetic predispositions. Now, thanks to the DNA revolution, it is becoming possible to predict who we will become, at birth, from our DNA alone. As Plomin shows us, these developments have sweeping implications for how we think about parenting, education, and social mobility. A game-changing book by a leader in the field, Blueprint shows how the DNA present in the single cell with which we all begin our lives can impact our behaviour as adults. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics Michael Pollan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
30 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 480pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 330g ISBN13: 9780141985138 ISBN13: 978-0-14-198513-8 ISBN10: 0141985135 EAN: 9780141985138 x Description: The No.1 New York Times Bestseller 'Reminds us that the mind is the greatest mystery in the universe' Yuval Noah Harari, Guardian, Books of the Year Could psychedelic drugs change our worldview? Join Michael Pollan on a journey to the frontiers of the human mind. Diving deep into an extraordinary world - from shamans and magic mushroom hunts to the pioneering labs mapping our brains - and putting himself forward as a guinea-pig, Michael Pollan has written a remarkable history of psychedelics and a compelling portrait of the new generation of scientists fascinated by the implications of these drugs. How to Change Your Mind is a report from what could very well be the future of consciousness. 'A sweeping and often thrilling chronicle of the history of psychedelics, all interwoven with Pollan's adventures as a psychedelic novice. This is a serious work of history and science, but also one in which the author, under the influence of toad venom, becomes convinced he's giving birth to himself' Oliver Burkeman, Guardian 'A mind-altering book ... full of transformations' Richard Godwin, Evening Standard 'An irresistible blend of history, research and personal experience. In terms of the psychedelic wave, the book is the big kahuna, the Big Bang moment for a movement that is gathering force' John McKenna, Irish Times 'Entertaining and engrossing' Paul Laity, Financial Times 'Deeply absorbing, wise and beautifully written' Mick Brown, Literary Review 'An astounding book' Andrew Sullivan, New York Magazine _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
AIQ: How artificial intelligence works and how we can harness its power for a better world Nick Polson (Author) James Scott (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Black Swan
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 272pp h198mm x w127mm x s17mm 189g ISBN13: 9781784163372 ISBN13: 978-1-78416-337-2 ISBN10: 1784163376 EAN: 9781784163372 x Description: ____________________ What is AIQ? How does it work? Most importantly, how can it help us? Two leading data scientists offer an up-close and user-friendly look at artificial intelligence and how to harness its power for a better world. 'A positive and entertaining look at the great potential unlocked by marrying human creativity with powerful machines.' Steven D. Levitt, co-author of Freakonomics
____________________ Dozens of times per day, we all interact with intelligent machines that are constantly learning from the wealth of data now available to them. These machines, from smart phones to talking robots to self-driving cars, are remaking the world in the twenty first century in the same way that the Industrial Revolution remade the world in the nineteenth. AIQ is based on a simple premise: if you want to understand the modern world, then you have to know a little bit of the mathematical language spoken by intelligent machines. AIQ will teach you that language but in an unconventional way, anchored in stories rather than equations. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Travelers Regina Porter (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Jonathan Cape Ltd
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
02 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781787331013 ISBN13: 978-1-78733-101-3 ISBN10: 1787331016 EAN: 9781787331013 x Description: An astonishing debut novel that bears witness to the Civil Rights movement, the Vietnam War and the first term of Obama's presidency, The Travelers is both an intimate family portrait and a searing examination of America today. James Vincent is born in 1942 to a working class white couple whose marriage was already on the rocks. James struggles to move beyond a difficult childhood and escapes the violence at home to attend law school in Michigan, where he begins to envision his future as prosperous and bright. Meanwhile, on a rural road in Georgia, Agnes Miller, a black woman on her first date with a handsome suitor, is pulled over by the police, and the terrible moments that follow make her question whether she will have a future at all. As the years unspool ahead of them, unexpected turns of fate will connect these two lives and their families: two Americans who each come up against the forces of race, class, and gender that change - and end ordinary lives. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Harvest: The Hidden Histories of Seven Natural Objects Edward Posnett (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
The Bodley Head Ltd
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
08 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 336pp h222mm x w138mm Integrated photographs ISBN13: 9781847923875 ISBN13: 978-1-84792-387-5 ISBN10: 1847923879 EAN: 9781847923875 x Description: `An exceptional first book; Harvest is a subtle, fascinating braiding of travel, cultural and natural history ... It is a pleasure and an education to journey with him in these pages' Robert Macfarlane In a centuries-old tradition, farmers in northwestern Iceland scour remote coastal plains for the down of nesting eider ducks. High inside a vast cave in Borneo, men perched atop rickety ladders collect swiftlets' nests, a delicacy believed to be a cure for almost anything. Eiderdown and edible birds' nests: both are luxury products, ultimately destined for the super-rich. To the rest of the world these materials are mere commodities but to the harvesters they are all imbued with myth, tradition, folklore and ritual, and form part of a shared identity and history. These objects are two of the seven natural wonders whose stories Harvest tells: eiderdown, vicuna wool, sea silk, vegetable ivory, civet coffee, guano and edible birds' nests. Harvest follows their journey from the wildest parts of the planet, traversing Iceland, Indonesia, and Peru, to its urban centres, drawing on the voices of the gatherers, shearers and entrepreneurs who harvest, process and trade them.
Blending interviews, history and travel writing, Harvest sets these human stories against our changing economic and ecological landscape. What do they tell us about capitalism, global market forces and overharvesting? How does a local micro-economy survive in a hyper-connected world? Harvest makes us see the world with wonder, curiosity and new concern. It is an original and magical new map of our world and its riches. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Half Baked Idea: How grief, love and cake took me from the courtroom to Le Cordon Bleu Olivia Potts (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Fig Tree
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
25 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 368pp h222mm x w138mm ISBN13: 9780241380451 ISBN13: 978-0-241-38045-1 ISBN10: 0241380456 EAN: 9780241380451 x Description: 'An utterly beautiful, moving, bittersweet book on love and loss. I loved it' Dolly Alderton At the moment her mother died, Olivia Potts was baking a cake, badly. She was trying to impress the man who would later become her husband. So she ate the cake, completely unaware that, 275 miles away, her mother was dying. Afterwards, grief pushed Olivia into the kitchen. She came home from her job as a criminal barrister miserable and tired, and baked soda bread, pizza, and chocolate banana cake. Her cakes sank and her custard curdled. But she found comfort in jams and solace in pies, and what began as a distraction from grief became a way of building a life outside grief, a way of surviving, and making sense of her life without her mum. And so she concocted a plan: she would begin a newer, happier life, filled with fewer magistrates and more macaroons. She left the bar and enrolled on the Diplome de Patisserie at Le Cordon Bleu, plunging headfirst into the eccentric world of patisserie, with all its challenges, frustrations and culinary rewards - and a mind-boggling array of knives to boot. Interspersed with recipes ranging from passionfruit pavlova to her mother's shepherd's pie, this is a heart-breaking, hilarious, life-affirming memoir about dealing with grief, falling in love and learning how to bake a really, really good cake. *** 'Funny, sharp and sad. I laughed so much (and I cried)' Ella Risbridger, author of Midnight Chicken 'An open-hearted, uproariously funny, moving love story. It will make you laugh and cry in equal measure, and fall in love with baking, with eating, and with love itself' Kate Young, author of The Little Library Cookbook _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Secrets We Kept Lara Prescott (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hutchinson
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
17 Sep 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 408pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781786331670 ISBN13: 978-1-78633-167-0 ISBN10: 1786331675 EAN: 9781786331670 x Description: A banned masterpiece. Two female spies. A book that changed history. ________________ A BANNED MASTERPIECE 1956. A celebrated Russian author is writing a book, Doctor Zhivago, which could spark dissent in the Soviet Union. The Soviets, afraid of its
subversive power, ban it. But in the rest of the world it's fast becoming a sensation. TWO FEMALE SPIES The CIA plans to use the book to tip the Cold War in its favour. Their agents are not the usual spies, however. Two typists - the charming, experienced Sally and the talented novice Irina - are charged with the mission of a lifetime: to smuggle Doctor Zhivago back into Russia by any means necessary. A BOOK THAT CHANGED HISTORY It will not be easy. There are people willing to die for this book - and agents willing to kill for it. But they cannot fail - as this book has the power to change history. ________________ Sold in twenty-five countries and poised to become a global literary sensation, Lara Prescott's dazzling first novel about the women in the CIA's typing pool and the fate of Boris Pasternak's banned masterpiece is a sweeping page turner and the most hotly anticipated debut of the year. ________________ 'What a fantastic novel The Secrets We Kept is. Thrilling, seductive and thoroughly compelling - Lara has created something really special. And it's made me want to re-read Doctor Zhivago! I absolutely loved it!' SARAH WINMAN, author of TIN MAN _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What Red Was Rosie Price (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Harvill Secker
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
09 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 304pp h234mm x w153mm x s22mm 372g ISBN13: 9781787301399 ISBN13: 978-1-78730-139-9 ISBN10: 1787301397 EAN: 9781787301399 x Description: 'I think this is the best debut fiction I've ever read... I'm still in awe of it, I think about it all the time. If you like David Nicholls, Tessa Hadley, Elizabeth Day, Meg Wolitzer, Donna Tartt, then pre-order this book. It's exceptional.' -- Pandora Sykes, The High Low (12 Dec 2018) Featured in 'the hottest-tipped debut novelists of 2019' -- Observer
`Kate Quaile,' he said. `I like your name.' Kate frowned. `How do you know my name?' Through their four years at university, Kate and Max are inseparable. For him, she breaks her solitude; for her, he leaves his busy circles behind. But loving Max means knowing his family, the wealthy Rippons, all generosity, social ease and quiet repression. Theirs is not Kate's world. At their London home, just after graduation, her life is shattered apart in a bedroom while a party goes on downstairs. WHAT RED WAS explores the effects of trauma on mind and body, the tyrannies of memory, the sacrifices involved in staying silent, the courage of a young woman in speaking out. And when Kate does, this question: whose story is it now?
ELLE ONE TO WATCH `Subversive and sophisticated' Elle _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ellie and the Harpmaker Hazel Prior (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Bantam Press
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 288pp h234mm x w153mm x s21mm 351g ISBN13: 9781787630925 ISBN13: 978-1-78763-092-5 ISBN10: 1787630927 EAN: 9781787630925 x Description: Dan Hollis lives alone, in a remote barn hidden in the woods on Exmoor. He leads a simple life and takes great pleasure in the small things - he counts the toadstools he finds on his morning walk (317), he cuts his sandwiches into triangles and arranges them geometrically on his plate, he spends his days in the workshop at the bottom of the seventeen-step staircase. For the past twenty-three years he has been making harps, choosing beautifully coloured local wood, carving and shaping it by hand, and adding his unique 'signature'- a specially-chosen pebble that he sits in the wood. He enjoys his solitary, quiet routine. Then, one day, Exmoor housewife Ellie Jacobs stumbles across the barn by chance as she's walking in the woods. She's utterly stunned by the discovery of the enchanting workshop, and Dan (taken by her surprise - and her cherry-coloured socks) gives her the gift of a beautiful cherry wood harp. But Ellie's controlling husband Clive refuses to let her keep it - and so she begins to take lessons in secret at the barn. Captivated by Dan's innocent enthusiasm and infectious joy for the countryside, his life, his harps, Ellie starts to dream of escaping her loveless marriage - and so begins a story of innocent deception, unintended complications and life-changing consequences for them all. With a cast of eccentric characters, including a pheasant named Phineas, this heart-warming, funny and quirky love story will stay with you long after you finish the last page. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Rough Magic: Riding the world's wildest horse race Lara Prior-Palmer (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Ebury Press
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
16 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 320pp h222mm x w144mm x s31mm 437g ISBN13: 9781785038853 ISBN13: 978-1-78503-885-3 ISBN10: 1785038850 EAN: 9781785038853 x Description: '[Prior-Palmer's] gorgeous, sensual depiction of this race is a literary marvel; it feels like you are riding alongside her across the desolate steppes; her verbal acuity makes vivid the most elusive of landscapes; her triumph becomes ours' NYLON The Mongol Derby is the world's toughest horse race. A feat of endurance across the vast Mongolian plains once traversed by the people of Genghis Khan, competitors ride 25 horses across a distance of 1000km. Many riders don't make it to the finish line. In 2013 Lara Prior-Palmer - nineteen, underprepared but seeking the great unknown - decided to enter the race. Driven by her own restlessness, stubbornness, and a lifelong love of horses, she raced for seven days through extreme heat and terrifying storms, catching a few hours of sleep where she could at the homes of nomadic families. Battling bouts of illness and dehydration, exhaustion and bruising falls, she found she had nothing to lose, and tore through the field with her motley crew of horses. In one of the Derby's most unexpected results, she became the youngest-ever champion and the first woman to win the race. A tale of adventure, fortitude and poetry, Rough Magic is the extraordinary story of one young woman's encounter with oblivion, and herself. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Our Friends in Berlin Anthony Quinn (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784708856 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-885-6 ISBN10: 1784708852 EAN: 9781784708856 x Description: Two strangers are about to meet. Between them they may alter the course of the war. London, 1941. The city is in blackout and an enemy is hiding in plain sight. Jack Hoste has become entangled in a national treachery, his mission: to locate the most dangerous Nazi agent in the country. He soon receives a promising lead. Amy Strallen whose life is a world away from the machinations of Nazi sympathisers. But when Hoste pays a visit to Amy's office, everything changes in a heartbeat. Breathtakingly tense and trip-wired with surprises, Our Friends in Berlin is a story about deception and loyalty - and about what it means to be in love yet watch each other like spies. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Mastermind: The hunt for the World's most prolific criminal Evan Ratliff (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Bantam Press
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
05 Feb 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 480pp h234mm x w153mm x s29mm 548g ISBN13: 9781787630246 ISBN13: 978-1-78763-024-6 ISBN10: 1787630242 EAN: 9781787630246 x Description: 'A hidden world filled with high-tech gangsters and drug kingpins and double-crossers and stone-cold hitmen. As fascinating as it is terrifying.' David Grann, author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Lost City of Z The Mastermind tells the incredible true story of Paul Le Roux, the frighteningly powerful creator of a 21st Century cartel, and the decadelong global manhunt that finally brought his empire to its knees. From its origins as a prescription drug network, supplying hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of painkillers to online customers, Le Roux's business evolved into a sprawling multinational conglomerate engaged in almost every conceivable aspect of criminal mayhem. Yachts carrying $100 million in cocaine. Safe houses in Hong Kong filled with gold bars. Shipments of methamphetamine from North Korea. Weapons deals with Iran. Mercenary armies in Somalia. Teams of hitmen in the Philippines. All tied together with encryption programs so advanced that government agencies could not break them.
Tracing Le Roux's vast wealth and his shadowy henchmen around the world, award-winning journalist Evan Ratliff spent four years piecing together this intricate network. His investigation reveals a tale of ambition and greed, and exposes a new age of international crime in which a reclusive entrepreneur can thrive, combining the ruthlessness of a drug lord with the technological capabilities of a Silicon Valley firm to build an empire in the shadows of our networked world. The result is a riveting, unprecedented account of the most prolific crime boss built by and for the digital age. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Peace Is Possible: Thoughts on happiness, success and relationships for a deeper understanding of life Prem Rawat (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Life
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 144pp h200mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780241385449 ISBN13: 978-0-241-38544-9 ISBN10: 024138544X EAN: 9780241385449 x Description: A calming collection of allegories, and illustrations from a world-renowned peace ambassador. Global peace ambassador Prem Rawat has spent his entire life travelling the world to deliver one timeless message: Peace is Possible. Conflict, he explains, takes place at three levels: between countries, between people, and finally within each of us as individuals. These levels are all interconnected. Hence the conflict that rages within a person will lead them to seek out conflict with another. Similarly, conflict between people of one nation is likely to result in conflict between many nations. So the first step to world peace is a simple one: we must first find peace within ourselves. Peace is Possible draws together age-old stories which, as they have been passed down over generations, inspired and transformed the lives of millions. From the power of adaptability, to the importance of trust, to the sticking-place of courage, these are the messages that will change the world. For good. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Witcraft: The Invention of Philosophy in English Jonathan Ree (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen Lane
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
30 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 768pp h240mm x w162mm x s48mm 1265g ISBN13: 9780713999334 ISBN13: 978-0-7139-9933-4 ISBN10: 0713999330 EAN: 9780713999334 x Description: 'We English men have wits,' wrote the clergyman Ralph Lever in 1573, and, 'we have also framed unto ourselves a language.' Witcraft is a fresh and brilliant history of how philosophy became established in English. It presents a new form of philosophical storytelling and challenges what Jonathan Ree calls the 'condescending smugness' of traditional histories of philosophy. Ree tells the story of philosophy as it was lived and practised, embedded in its time and place, by men and women from many walks of life, engaged with the debates and culture of their age. And, by focusing on the rich history of works in English, including translations, he shows them to be quite as colourful, diverse, inventive and cosmopolitan as their continental counterparts. Witcraft offers new and compelling intellectual portraits not only of celebrated British and American philosophers, such as Hume, Emerson, Mill and James, but also of the remarkable philosophical work of literary authors, such as William Hazlitt and George Eliot, as well as a carnival of overlooked characters - priests and poets, teachers, servants and crofters, thinking for themselves and reaching their own conclusions about religion, politics, art and everything else. The book adopts a novel structure, examining its subject at fifty-year intervals from the sixteenth century to the twentieth. Researched over decades and illuminated by quotations from extensive archival material, it is a book full of stories and personalities as well as ideas, and shows philosophy springing from the life around it. Witcraft overturns the established orthodoxies of the history of philosophy, and celebrates the diversity, vitality and inventiveness of philosophical thought. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Victorians: Twelve Titans who Forged Britain Jacob Rees-Mogg (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
W H Allen
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
23 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 464pp h240mm x w162mm x s41mm 704g ISBN13: 9780753548523 ISBN13: 978-0-7535-4852-3 ISBN10: 0753548526 EAN: 9780753548523 x Description: They built a nation. Now it's our turn. Many associate the Victorian era with austere social attitudes and filthy factories. But in this bold and provocative book, Jacob Rees-Mogg -- leading Tory MP and prominent Brexit advocate -- takes up the story of twelve landmark figures to paint a very different picture of the age: one of bright ambition, bold self-belief and determined industriousness. Whether through Peel's commitment to building free trade, Palmerston's deft diplomacy in international affairs, or Pugin's uplifting architectural feats, the Victorians transformed the nation and established Britain as a preeminent global force. Now 200 years since the birth of Queen Victoria, it is essential that we remember the spirit, drive and values of the Victorians who forged modern Britain, as we consider our future as a nation. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Nyxia Unleashed: The Nyxia Triad Scott Reintgen (Author) Series:
The Nyxia Triad
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
25 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 400pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780718187361 ISBN13: 978-0-7181-8736-1 ISBN10: 0718187369 EAN: 9780718187361 x Description: Emmett Atwater thought Babel's game sounded easy. Get points. Get paid. Go home. But it didn't take long for him to learn that Babel's competition was full of broken promises, none darker or more damaging than the final one. Now Emmett and the rest of the Genesis survivors must rally and forge their own path through a dangerous new world. Their mission from Babel is simple: extract nyxia, the most valuable material in the universe, and win over the indigenous Adamite population. But Emmett and the others quickly realize they are caught between two powerful forces--Babel and the Adamites--with clashing agendas. Will the Genesis team make it out alive? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The World As It Is: Inside the Obama White House Ben Rhodes (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
16 Apr 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 480pp h198mm x w129mm x s29mm 342g ISBN13: 9781784708252 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-825-2 ISBN10: 1784708259 EAN: 9781784708252
x Description: THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER `One of the most compelling stories I've seen about what it's actually like to serve the American people' BARACK OBAMA A revelatory, behind-the-scenes account of the Obama presidency from perhaps his closest collaborator, and a political memoir about the power of words to change our world This is a book about two people making the most important decisions in the world. One is Barack Obama. The other is Ben Rhodes. A young writer and Washington outsider, Rhodes was plucked from obscurity aged 29. For nearly ten years, he was at the centre of the Obama Administration - first as a speech-writer, then a policy maker, and finally a close collaborator. Here, Rhodes tells the full story of his partnership - and, ultimately, friendship - with a historic president. From the early days of the Obama campaign to the final hours in the Oval Office, he puts us in the room at the most tense and poignant moments in recent history. `Vivid, lucid, enjoyable... A compelling account of life in the Obama White House' Justin Webb, The Times `A stylish, beautifully written political memoir' Colum McCann _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Extreme Economies: Survival, Failure, Future - Lessons from the World's Limits Richard Davies (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Bantam Press
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
07 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781787632004 ISBN13: 978-1-78763-200-4 ISBN10: 1787632008 EAN: 9781787632004 x Description: To understand how humans react and adapt to economic change we need to study people who live in harsh environments. From war zones, natural disasters and failed states, to aging societies and the challenges of technological advancement, every life in this book has been hit by a seismic shock, violently broken or changed in some way. People living in these odd and marginal places are ignored by number crunching economists and political pollsters alike. Science suggests this is a mistake. This book tells the personal stories of humans living in extreme situations, and of the financial infrastructure they create. Here, economies are not concerned with the familiar stock market crashes, housing crises, or banking scandals of the financial pages. In his quest for a purer view of how economies succeed and fail, Richard Davies takes the reader off the beaten path to places where part of the economy has been repressed, removed, destroyed or turbocharged. By travelling to each of them and discovering what life is really like, Extreme Economies tells small stories that shed light on today's biggest economic questions, with vital lessons for our future. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
No One You Know Michelle Richmond (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Ebury Press
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
24 Jan 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 336pp h198mm x w126mm x s21mm 229g ISBN13: 9781529104189 ISBN13: 978-1-5291-0418-9 ISBN10: 1529104181 EAN: 9781529104189
x Description: Her sister was murdered. The killer was never found. Until now... All her childhood Ellie Enderlin had lived in her sister's shadow. But then Lily was murdered and their family changed forever. Now, decades later, Ellie comes into possession of Lila's lost notebook and has a chance to finally discover the truth about her sister's death. But her search for justice will lead her to uncover her sister's darkest secrets... From the Sunday Times bestselling author of THE MARRIAGE PACT, a Richard and Judy Book Club Selection. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In Montparnasse: The Emergence of Surrealism in Paris, from Duchamp to Dali Sue Roe (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 320pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 247g ISBN13: 9780241976609 ISBN13: 978-0-241-97660-9 ISBN10: 024197660X EAN: 9780241976609 x Description: 'Describes with plenty of colour how surrealism, from Rene Magritte's bowler hats to Salvador Dali's watches, was born and developed' The Times During the 1920s, in the Parisian neighbourhood of Montparnasse, a unique flowering of avant-garde artistic creativity became the cradle of Dada and Surrealism. In this crowd biography, Sue Roe tells the story - from Duchamp to Dali, via Man Ray and Max Ernst - of the salons and cafes, alliances and feuds, love affairs and scandals, successes and suicides of one of the most important and long-lasting artistic achievements of the twentieth century. 'Supercharged. Highly colourful . . . they're all here, the big names of the time - behaving badly, and, at times, quite madly too' Observer 'Roe is a talented writer, fascinated by la vie Boheme. She can find phrases that perfectly capture the feeling of a neighbourhood' Sunday Times 'Brings together some of the chief protagonists in one of the 20th century's most inventive art movements. A vivid read' Radio Times 'A skilled and graceful writer' Daily Telegraph _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Non-Bullshit Innovation: Radical Ideas from the World's Smartest Minds David Rowan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Bantam Press
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
16 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 384pp h234mm x w153mm x s28mm 463g ISBN13: 9781787631199 ISBN13: 978-1-78763-119-9 ISBN10: 1787631192 EAN: 9781787631199 x Description: David Rowan travels the globe in search of the most exciting and pioneering startups building the future. He's got to know the founders of WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Google, Spotify, Xiaomi, Didi, Nest, Twitter and countless other ambitious entrepreneurs disrupting businesses in almost every sector. And yet too often the companies they're disrupting don't get it. They think they can innovate through jargon: with talk of change agents and cocreation gurus, ideas portals and webinars, make-a-thons and hackfests, paradigm shifts and pilgrimages to Silicon Valley. It's mostly pointless innovation theatre - corporate nonsense that has little to do with delivering real change. But during this quest he's also discovered some genuinely exciting and transformative approaches to innovation, often in places you might least expect.
Get ready for: * The airline that rewards passengers for walking their dog * The bank that performs surgery * The country that's an app store And many more. Packed full of tips for anyone looking for radical ways to adapt and thrive in the digital age, this carefully curated selection of stories will reveal ideas for creating genuine innovation from some of the world's most inspiring leaders. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
My Seditious Heart Arundhati Roy (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hamish Hamilton Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 1040pp h204mm x w127mm ISBN13: 9780241366516 ISBN13: 978-0-241-36651-6 ISBN10: 0241366518 EAN: 9780241366516 x Description: Twenty years, a thousand pages, and now a single beautiful edition of Arundhati Roy's complete non-fiction. My Seditious Heart collects the work of a two-decade period when Arundhati Roy devoted herself to the political essay as a way of opening up space for justice, rights and freedoms in an increasingly hostile environment. Taken together, these essays trace her twenty year journey from the Booker Prize-winning The God of Small Things to the extraordinary The Ministry of Utmost Happiness: a journey marked by compassion, clarity and courage. Radical and readable, they speak always in defence of the collective, of the individual and of the land, in the face of the destructive logic of financial, social, religious, military and governmental elites. In constant conversation with the themes and settings of her novels, the essays form a near-unbroken memoir of Arundhati Roy's journey as both a writer and a citizen, of both India and the world, from 'The End of Imagination', which begins this book, to 'My Seditious Heart', with which it ends. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Trust Me Anna Ryan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Ebury Press
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
22 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w126mm ISBN13: 9781529102703 ISBN13: 978-1-5291-0270-3 ISBN10: 1529102707 EAN: 9781529102703 x Description: Liar. Bad mother. Murderer? You decide... Ex-journalist Mercer Hennessey can't think of a good reason to get up in the morning. Since losing her husband and her little girl in a car crash, she's living in what she secretly calls the darkness. But when her editor asked her to write an instant true crime book on the murder trial of Ashlyn Bryant, Mercer finds a new purpose. On trial for the murder of her baby, Ashlyn is currently the most hated person in America. If Mercer can write the story of her conviction, she might just have a bestseller on her hands, as well as achieving justice for a little girl. And Ashlyn is so obviously the villain of the story: a party girl, man-crazy, ambitious and unrepentant. She's clearly never been a good mother. But is she a killer...? "Ryan raises the bar sky-high - I knew she was good, but I had no idea she was this good." Lee Child
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Last Time I Lied: The New York Times bestseller perfect for fans of A. J. Finn's The Woman in the Window Riley Sager (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Ebury Press
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
11 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w126mm ISBN13: 9781785038419 ISBN13: 978-1-78503-841-9 ISBN10: 1785038419 EAN: 9781785038419 x Description: Have you ever played two truths and a lie? It was Emma's first summer away from home. She made friends. She played games. And she learned how to lie. Then three of her new friends went into the woods and never returned. . . Now, years later, Emma has been asked to go back to the newly re-opened Camp Nightingale. She thinks she's laying old ghosts to rest but really she's returning to the scene of a crime. Because Emma's innocence might be the biggest lie of all. . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lock Every Door Riley Sager (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Ebury Press
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
16 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 384pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781529104417 ISBN13: 978-1-5291-0441-7 ISBN10: 1529104416 EAN: 9781529104417 x Description: They've offered you a luxury apartment, rent free. THE CATCH: you may not live long enough to enjoy it... No visitors. No nights spent away from the apartment. No disturbing the other residents. These are the only rules for Jules Larson's new job as apartment sitter for an elusive resident of the Bartholomew, one of Manhattan's most high-profile private buildings and home to the rich and famous. Recently heartbroken and practically homeless, Jules readily accepts the terms, ready to leave her past life behind. Out of place among the extremely wealthy, Jules finds herself pulled toward other apartment sitter Ingrid. But Ingrid confides that the Bartholomew is not what it seems and the dark history hidden beneath its gleaming facade is starting to frighten her. Jules brushes it off as a harmless ghost story - but the next day, her new friend has vanished. And then Jules discovers that Ingrid is not the first temporary resident to go missing... Welcome to the Bartholomew...You may never leave. From the New York Times bestselling author of FINAL GIRLS and LAST TIME I LIED: 'the author delivers the kind of unpredictable conclusion that all thriller readers crave - utterly shocking yet craftily foreshadowed...' New York Times Book Review _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Princess: Stepping Out Of The Shadows Jean Sasson (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
22 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback A-format paperback 368pp h178mm x w110mm ISBN13: 9780857504180 ISBN13: 978-0-85750-418-0 ISBN10: 0857504185 EAN: 9780857504180 x Description: In the international bestseller, Princess: The True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia, Princess Al-Sa'ud and the acclaimed author Jean Sasson began a remarkable series of books. Now, more than twenty-five years later, this compelling journey continues as we follow the fortunes and the dazzling life of the Princess, her friends and her family. But, of course, there is a less glamorous, much darker side to this engaging series, and in Stepping Out of the Shadows Jean and the Princess focus their attention on how, despite positive news on civil rights reforms, Saudi women still suffer physical and psychological abuse and have little legal protection due to the archaic guardianship laws of the land. So, although this is a kingdom on the threshold of revolutionary change - change spearheaded by the young Saudi Crown Prince who is keen to modernize his country - any thoughts of equal rights and the chance to lead an independent life remain little more than dreams for most Saudi women. Whilst the Princess acknowledges and welcomes the reforms that are on the horizon, through stories of joy and sorrow, we see how she is determined to continue to fight for equal rights for women in this, her beloved kingdom. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Anxious Triumph: A Global History of Capitalism, 1860-1914 Donald Sassoon (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen Lane
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
27 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 800pp h240mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9780241315163 ISBN13: 978-0-241-31516-3 ISBN10: 0241315166 EAN: 9780241315163 x Description: The long-awaited magnum opus of one of Britain's most wide-ranging historians Capitalist enterprise has existed in some form since ancient times, but the globalization and dominance of capitalism as a system began in the 1860s when, in different forms and supported by different political forces, states all over the world developed their modern political frameworks: the unifications of Italy and Germany, the establishment of a republic in France, the elimination of slavery in the American south, the Meiji Restoration in Japan, the emancipation of the serfs in Tsarist Russia. This book magnificently explores how, after the upheavals of industrialisation, a truly global capitalism followed. For the first time in the history of humanity, there was a social system able to provide a high level of consumption for the majority of those who lived within its bounds. Today, capitalism dominates the world. With wide-ranging scholarship, Donald Sassoon analyses the impact of capitalism on the histories of many different states, and how it creates winners and losers by constantly innovating. This chronic instability, he writes, 'is the foundation of its advance, not a fault in the system or an incidental byproduct'. And it is this instability, this constant churn, which produces the anxious triumph of his title. To control or alleviate such anxieties it was necessary to create a national community, if necessary with colonial adventures, to develop a welfare state, to intervene in the market economy, and to protect it from foreign competition. Capitalists needed a state to discipline them, to nurture them, and to sacrifice a few to save the rest: a state overseeing the war of all against all. Vigorous, argumentative, surprising and constantly stimulating, The Anxious Triumph gives a fresh perspective on all these questions and on its era. It is a masterpiece by one of Britain's most engaging and wide-ranging historians.
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Everything You Ever Wanted Luiza Sauma (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Viking
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
27 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 272pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780241363553 ISBN13: 978-0-241-36355-3 ISBN10: 0241363551 EAN: 9780241363553 x Description: A beautiful new planet A meaningful new life Are you ready? ____________________________________________ 'Her writing is beautiful' Rachel Seiffert, author of Dark Room and A Boy in Winter 'Uplifting, unputdownable and mordantly funny' Sharlene Teo, author of Ponti ____________________________________________ You wake up. You go to work. You don't go outside for twelve hours at a time. You have strategy meetings about how to use hashtags. After work you order expensive drink after expensive drink until you're so blackout drunk you can't remember the circumstances which have led you to waking up in bed with your colleague. The next day you stay in bed until the afternoon, scrolling through your social media feeds and wondering why everyone else seems to be achieving so much. Sometimes you don't get out of bed at all. Then you hear about Life on Nyx, a programme that allows 100 lucky winners the chance to escape it all, move to another planet and establish a new way of life. One with meaning and purpose. One without Instagram and online dating. There's one caveat: if you go, you can never come back. But you aren't worried about that. After all, what on Earth could there possibly be to miss? ____________________________________________ 'I loved it' Megan Hunter 'Daring and original' Laura Kaye 'One of the most original and urgent novels I've read this year' Clare Fisher 'I'd follow Sauma's voice down any wormhole' Rowan Hisayo Buchanan 'Sublime' Otegha Uwagba 'Beautifully written' Bookseller 'Luiza Sauma takes us on a breathtaking voyage through both the farthest reaches of space and the innermost depths of the human soul' Peng Shepherd _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Jeeves and the King of Clubs Ben Schott (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
30 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm x s19mm 223g ISBN13: 9781787461000 ISBN13: 978-1-78746-100-0 ISBN10: 1787461009 EAN: 9781787461000 x Description: 'Peerless in its wit, elegance and silliness.' Evening Standard BOOKS OF THE YEAR Storm clouds loom over Europe. Treason is afoot in the highest social circles. The very security of the nation is in peril. Jeeves, it transpires, has long been an agent of British Intelligence, but now His Majesty's Government must turn to the one man who can help . . . Bertie Wooster. 'A most thrilling return of Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster . . . it vibrates with the spirit and the rhythms of his heart.' 'Remarkably good . . . in its similes, pace and general zing, this yarn is eerily Wodehousian.' _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Magic of Thinking Big: (Vermilion Life Essentials) David J Schwartz (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vermilion
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
06 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w126mm ISBN13: 9781785042430 ISBN13: 978-1-78504-243-0 ISBN10: 1785042432 EAN: 9781785042430 x Description: More than 6 million readers around the world have improved their lives by reading The Magic of Thinking Big. First published in 1959, David J Schwartz's classic teachings are as powerful today as they were then. Practical, empowering and hugely engaging, this book will not only inspire you, it will give you the tools to change your life for the better - starting from now. His step-by-step approach will show you how to: - Defeat disbelief and the negative power it creates - Make your mind produce positive thoughts - Plan a concrete success-building programme - Do more and do it better by turning on your creative power - Capitalise on the power of NOW Updated for the 21st century, this is your go-to guide to a better life, starting with the way you think. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Volunteer Salvatore Scibona (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Jonathan Cape Ltd
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
05 Mar 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 432pp h234mm x w153mm x s31mm 521g ISBN13: 9781787330801 ISBN13: 978-1-78733-080-1 ISBN10: 178733080X EAN: 9781787330801 x Description: An odyssey of loss and salvation ranging across four generations of fathers and sons, in the finest tradition of American storytelling. The year is 1966 and a young man named Vollie Frade, almost on a whim, enlists in the United States Marine Corps to fight in Vietnam. Breaking definitively from his rural Iowan parents, Vollie puts in motion a chain of events that sees him go to work for people with intentions he cannot yet grasp. From the Cambodian jungle, to a flophouse in Queens, to a commune in New Mexico, Vollie's path traces a secret history of life on the margins of America, culminating with an inevitable and terrible reckoning. Scibona's story of a restless soldier pressed into service for a clandestine branch of the US government unfolds against the backdrop of the seismic shifts in global politics of the second half of the twentieth century. Epic in scope but intimate in feeling, this is a deeply immersive read from a rising star of American fiction. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Doctor Who: The Missy Chronicles Cavan Scott (Author) Jacqueline Rayner (Author) Paul Magrs (Author) James Goss (Author) Peter Anghelides (Author) Richard Dinnick (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
BBC Books
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
17 Jan 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 224pp h198mm x w126mm x s14mm 156g ISBN13: 9781785944505 ISBN13: 978-1-78594-450-5 ISBN10: 1785944509 EAN: 9781785944505 x Description: Know your frenemy. `I've had adventures too. My whole life doesn't revolve around you, you know.' When she's not busy amassing armies of Cybermen, or manipulating the Doctor and his companions, Missy has plenty of time to kill (literally). In this all new collection of stories about the renegade Time Lord we all love to hate, you'll discover just some of the mad and malevolent activities Missy gets up to while she isn't distracted by the Doctor. So please try to keep up. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Picnic Comma Lightning: In Search of a New Reality Laurence Scott (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Windmill Books
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
13 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s19mm 244g ISBN13: 9781786090027 ISBN13: 978-1-78609-002-7 ISBN10: 1786090023 EAN: 9781786090027 x Description: **A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK** 'A stylish, playful exploration of what digital life is doing to the way we find meaning in the world.' Guardian, 'Book of the Week' 'A report from the front line of the digital generation by someone superbly well-equipped to read and decode the signals.' Sunday Times ________________________ It used to be that our vision of the world was rooted to reasonably solid things: to people, places and memories. But today, in an age of constant internet debates, online personas and alternative truths, reality feels more vulnerable than ever before. Picnic Comma Lightning explores how digital life is distorting, echoing and magnifying our age-old preoccupation with what is real and what isn't. Where do we draw the line? How is technology shifting these boundaries? And how do we maintain a sense of reality in an increasingly unreal world? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Treachery of Spies: The Sunday Times Thriller of the Month Manda Scott (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Corgi Books
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
08 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback A-format paperback 608pp h178mm x w106mm ISBN13: 9780552176491 ISBN13: 978-0-552-17649-1 ISBN10: 0552176494 EAN: 9780552176491 x Description: THRILLER OF THE MONTH `Superb . . . a blend of historical imagination and storytelling verve reminiscent of Robert Harris.' The Sunday Times 'The most exciting, involving thriller I've read in an age, and I can't recommend it highly enough.' Mick Herron * A Treachery of Spies is an espionage thriller to rival the very best, a high stakes game of cat-and-mouse, played in the shadows, which will keep you guessing every step of the way. An elderly woman of striking beauty is found murdered in Orleans, France. Her identity has been cleverly erased but the method of her death is very specific: she has been killed in the manner of traitors to the Resistance in World War Two. Tracking down her murderer leads police inspector Ines Picaut back to 1940s France where the men and women of the Resistance were engaged in a desperate fight for survival against the Nazi invaders. To find answers in the present Picaut must discover what really happened in the past, untangling a web of treachery and intrigue that stretches back to the murder victim's youth: a time when unholy alliances were forged between occupiers and occupied, deals were done and promises broken. The past has been buried for decades, but, as Picaut discovers, there are those in the present whose futures depend on it staying that way - and who will kill to
keep their secrets safe... * `A Treachery of Spies is the equal of Charlotte Gray in its insights into the period and, I would say, beats it for sheer excitement... one of the most gripping spy stories I have ever read.' Jake Kerridge, S Magazine 'This is a rich vein for fiction, and Scott does it more than justice, with this beautifully imagined, beautifully written, smart, sophisticated - but fiercely suspenseful - thriller.' Lee Child 'Ingeniously plotted and wonderfully written.' Antonia Senior, The Times 'The most exquisite story of heroism, deception, love and treachery you'll find this year.' Simon Mayo 'A fast-moving tightly-wrought thriller. The destination is in fact as unexpected as it's satisfying - and very thought-provoking.' Robert Goddard 'A Treachery of Spies is a masterclass in thriller-writing. It is a heart-racing, heart-wrenching read, conceived with passion and executed with frightening skill. An awe-inspiring achievement.' Giles Kristian _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Quick Crafts for Parents Who Think They Hate Craft Emma Scott-Child (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vermilion
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
08 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 192pp h196mm x w173mm ISBN13: 9781785042485 ISBN13: 978-1-78504-248-5 ISBN10: 1785042483 EAN: 9781785042485 x Description: If the thought of getting crafty with your children fills you with glittery dread then this book is for you. Quick Crafts for Parents Who Think They Hate Craft is packed with 40 projects free from crazy origami to lose your cool over and PVA glue to clean out of everyone's hair. Get creative with your children even if you're short on time (or patience). Split into 4 sections: play with it, wear it, spruce it up and useful things, all of the crafts have been created to ensure that play can continue once the crafting is over. Go on a swashbuckling adventure complete with pirate hook and sword, whale watching in the bath or a leafy jungle safari with hairy baboons and rattling snakes. Crafting doesn't have to leave you cranky and the floor sticky! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Fatal Game Nicholas Searle (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Viking
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 256pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780241354384 ISBN13: 978-0-241-35438-4 ISBN10: 0241354382 EAN: 9780241354384 x Description: FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE GOOD LIAR, SOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM A terrorist attack has just hit a busy railway station. Jake Winter was the British intelligence officer in charge of stopping the attack and now his career, and his conscience, are in freefall . . .
Jake's next anti-terror operation has to be a success. He has got himself a new source - a young British Asian man, Rashid, recently returned, apparently disillusioned, from battle, who he hopes is the key to foiling the next attack and to getting Jake to the leader of the network. But is Rashid really working for British intelligence, or has Jake put his faith in the wrong man once again? A Fatal Game is the story of an organization, and a single man, in a state of panic. And panic is the last thing you need when you're playing a game like this . . . ***PRAISE FOR NICHOLAS SEARLE*** 'It reminded me strongly of John le Carre ... this is high praise' Daily Mail 'Unbearably tense' Daily Telegraph 'Think of Ruth Rendell morphing into John le Carre' Daily Express 'You will have your socks knocked, nay, blown off' Stylist _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Rings Of Saturn: Vintage Voyages W. G. Sebald (Author) Michael Hulse (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage Classics
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784875350 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-535-0 ISBN10: 178487535X EAN: 9781784875350 x Description: Vintage Voyages: A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind What begins as the record of a journey on foot through coastal East Anglia becomes the great, constellated story of people and cultures past and present: of Chateaubriand, Thomas Browne, Swinburne and Conrad, of fishing fleets, skulls and silkworms. A rich meditation on the past via a melancholy trip along the Suffolk coast, The Rings of Saturn is an intricately patterned and haunting book on the transience of all things human. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Bastard of Istanbul Elif Shafak (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h181mm x w111mm ISBN13: 9780241986448 ISBN13: 978-0-241-98644-8 ISBN10: 0241986443 EAN: 9780241986448 x Description: One rainy afternoon in Istanbul, a woman walks into a doctor's surgery. 'I need to have an abortion', she announces. She is nineteen years old and unmarried. What happens that afternoon will change her life. Twenty years later, Asya Kazanci lives with her extended family in Istanbul. Due to a mysterious family curse, all the Kaznci men die in their early forties, so it is a house of women, among them Asya's beautiful, rebellious mother Zeliha, who runs a tattoo parlour; Banu, who has newly discovered herself as clairvoyant; and Feride, a hypochondriac obsessed with impending disaster. And when Asya's Armenian-American cousin Armanoush comes to stay, long hidden family secrets connected with Turkey's turbulent past begin to emerge. 'Wonderfully magical, incredible, breathtaking...will have you gasping with disbelief in the last few pages' Sunday Express
'A beautiful book, the finest I have read about Turkey' Irish Times 'Heartbreaking...the beauty of Islam pervades Shafak's book' Vogue _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lake Success Gary Shteyngart (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 245g ISBN13: 9780241984086 ISBN13: 978-0-241-98408-6 ISBN10: 0241984084 EAN: 9780241984086 x Description: *Over 50 Best of 2018 listings worldwide* 'Gary Shteyngart hears America perfectly; its fatuity, its poignant lament, its boisterous self-loathing. Its heartbeat. Reading him sometimes makes me want to scream - with recognition and with pure hilarity' - Richard Ford A riotously satirical road trip through modern America from the brilliant author of Super Sad True Love Story and Absurdistan Barry Cohen, master of the universe, has just had a very public meltdown involving a dinner party, an insider trading investigation and a $30,000 bottle of Japanese whisky. So he flees New York City, leaving behind his beautiful young wife and son, but remembering to bring his six favourite designer watches. Zig-zagging south through Trump's America on a Greyhound Bus pilgrimmage he is singularly unprepared for, Barry heads to Texas - to find his old college girlfriend and, with her, a shot at a second chance... Lake Success marries the trademark Shteyngart wit with an astonishing emotional resonance, capturing the vivid eccentricity and contradictions of America right now while speaking to the universal human experience of love, belonging, and the pursuit of happiness. 'A trip through the American wasteland - from the people who have too little, to the people who have too much. Incredibly smart, incredibly funny, incredibly tragic, and therefore incredibly human, this is the perfect novel for these dysfunctional times' - Nathan Hill 'The funniest book you'll read all year. A rollicking and zinger-filled road trip [that] sneakily deepens into a poignant tale of a man trying to outrace his problems.I was utterly floored' - Maria Semple 'Stupendous... Reflecting with perfect comedy and horrible tragedy exactly what America feels like right this minute... I barked with laughter at the same time as wincing in pain' Elizabeth Gilbert _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Poetry Pharmacy: Tried-and-True Prescriptions for the Heart, Mind and Soul William Sieghart (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
30 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 176pp ISBN13: 9780141987576 ISBN13: 978-0-14-198757-6 ISBN10: 014198757X EAN: 9780141987576 x Description: 'A matchless compound of hug, tonic and kiss' Stephen Fry 'I keep my copy with the brandy and aspirin' Jeanette Winterson Sometimes only a poem will do. For countless people, the poetic prescriptions and wise words of advice from William Sieghart's bestselling Poetry Pharmacy have offered comfort, delight and inspiration; a space for reflection, and that precious realization - I'm not the only one who feels like this.
'Marvellous ... balm for the soul, fire for the belly, a cooling compress for the fevered brow, solace for the wounded, an arm around the lonely shoulder' Stephen Fry 'Delightful; it rightly resituates poetry in relation to its biggest and most serious task: helping us to live and die well' Alain de Botton 'Sieghart's enthusiasm for poetry is so generous, optimistic and open-hearted, it's hard to resist' Evening Standard 'One for the bedside, a solace for sleepless nights' Daily Mail _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Viking Method: Your Nordic Fitness and Diet Plan for Warrior Strength in Mind and Body Svava Sigbertsdottir (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Life
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Language: English Translated From: Icelandic Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 240pp h246mm x w190mm x s16mm 757g ISBN13: 9780241309490 ISBN13: 978-0-241-30949-0 ISBN10: 0241309492 EAN: 9780241309490 x Description: **The fitness and diet plan followed by NICOLE SCHERZINGER and AMANDA HOLDEN** "I love Svava's technique. In all my years of training, the Viking Method is unlike anything I have ever done" - Nicole Scherzinger "The Viking Method is an incredible fitness plan - for me the most important thing was not just getting stronger physically but mentally." - Amanda Holden The Viking Method uses Svava's strong mental practices inspired by her Icelandic upbringing to help the reader build the lean, powerful and toned physique they desire. It'll render the reader more resilient, bolder and full of belief in themselves. Unlike other fitness and diet books, The Viking Method isn't about the external superficiality of a beach body. It's about three core pillars: thinking like a Viking, training like a Viking and eating like a Viking. Svava introduces these pillars early on in the book - along with mantras for each pillar which are connected to empowerment, mental strength and internal validation over counting calories. The book features information on eating and exercising for your hormones, detailed workout routines based around body-weight exercises illustrated with photographs, and a selection of delicious Scandi-inspired recipes such as Thor-red Salmon and Icelandic Lamb Stew. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Maigret Hesitates: Inspector Maigret #67 Georges Simenon (Author) Howard Curtis (Translated by) Series:
Inspector Maigret
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Classics
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 192pp h198mm x w129mm x s11mm 145g ISBN13: 9780241304198 ISBN13: 978-0-241-30419-8 ISBN10: 0241304199 EAN: 9780241304198 x Description: Inspector Maigret receives a series of letters warning of a murder that is going to take place. The letters do not reveal who will die, when it will happen or who will do it. Maigret must trace the letters back to their source before it is too late.
Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. 'His artistry is supreme' John Banville 'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories' Guardian _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Maigret in Vichy: Inspector Maigret #68 Georges Simenon (Author) Ros Schwartz (Translated by) Series:
Inspector Maigret
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Classics
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 192pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241304211 ISBN13: 978-0-241-30421-1 ISBN10: 0241304210 EAN: 9780241304211 x Description: Maigret and his wife take a much needed holiday to Vichy, where they quickly become used to the slower pace of life. When a woman, who they regularly pass by on their daily strolls, is murdered Maigret can't help but offer his assistance to the local Inspector, a former colleague of Maigret's. Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret Takes the Waters. 'His artistry is supreme' John Banville 'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories' Guardian _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Maigret and the Killer: Inspector Maigret #70 Georges Simenon (Author) Shaun Whiteside (Translated by) Series:
Inspector Maigret
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Classics
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 192pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241304266 ISBN13: 978-0-241-30426-6 ISBN10: 0241304261 EAN: 9780241304266 x Description: When a tape recorder is found on a murder victim, Inspector Maigret hopes this will be the clue he needs to track down the killer. Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. 'His artistry is supreme' John Banville 'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories' Guardian _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Maigret's Childhood Friend: Inspector Maigret #69 Georges Simenon (Author) Shaun Whiteside (Translated by) Series:
Inspector Maigret
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Classics
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 192pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241304235 ISBN13: 978-0-241-30423-5 ISBN10: 0241304237 EAN: 9780241304235 x Description: When a long lost friend pays a visit to Maigret's office, he is shocked to learn that the man's roommate has been murdered. With the help of his old friend, Maigret delves into the life of the victim and finds a complex web of relationships that leads him to the culprit. Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret's Boyhood Friend. 'His artistry is supreme' John Banville 'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories' Guardian _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hitler: Only the World Was Enough Brendan Simms (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen Lane
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
03 Sep 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 784pp h240mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781846142475 ISBN13: 978-1-84614-247-5 ISBN10: 1846142474 EAN: 9781846142475 x Description: A revelatory new biography of Adolf Hitler from the acclaimed historian Brendan Simms Adolf Hitler is one of the most studied men in history, and yet the most important things we think we know about him are wrong. As Brendan Simms's major new biography shows, Hitler's main preoccupation was not, as widely believed, the threat of Bolshevism, but that of international capitalism and Anglo-America. These two fears drove both his anti-semitism and his determination to secure the 'living space' necessary to survive in a world dominated by the British Empire and the United States. Drawing on new sources, Brendan Simms traces the way in which Hitler's ideology emerged after the First World War. The United States and the British Empire were, in his view, models for Germany's own empire, similarly founded on appropriation of land, racism and violence. Hitler's aim was to create a similarly global future for Germany - a country seemingly doomed otherwise not just to irrelevance, but, through emigration and foreign influence, to extinction. His principal concern during the resulting cataclysm was not just what he saw as the clash between German and Jews, or German and Slav, but above all that between Germans and what he called the 'Anglo-Saxons'. In the end only dominance of the world would have been enough to achieve Hitler's objectives, and it ultimately required a coalition of virtually the entire world to defeat him. Brendan Simms's new book is the first to explain Hitler's beliefs fully, demonstrating how, as ever, it is ideas that are the ultimate source of the most murderous behaviour. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Touching The Void: Vintage Voyages Joe Simpson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage Classics
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 224pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784875374 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-537-4 ISBN10: 1784875376 EAN: 9781784875374 x Description: Vintage Voyages: A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind Touching the Void is the heart-stopping account of Joe Simpson's terrifying adventure in the Peruvian Andes. He and his climbing partner, Simon, reached the the summit of the remote Siula Grande in June 1995. A few days later, Simon staggered into Base Camp, exhausted and frost-bitten, with news that that Joe was dead. What happened to Joe, and how the pair dealt with the psychological traumas that resulted when Simon was forced into the appalling decision to cut the rope, makes not only an epic of survival but a compelling testament of friendship. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Rosie Result Graeme Simsion (Author) Series:
The Rosie Project Series
Edition:
Imprint:
Michael Joseph Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
07 Feb 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 384pp h234mm x w153mm x s28mm 463g ISBN13: 9780241388365 ISBN13: 978-0-241-38836-5 ISBN10: 0241388368 EAN: 9780241388365 x Description: The Rosie Result is the triumphant final instalment of the internationally bestselling series that began with The Rosie Project. -----'The phone call signalling an escalation in the Hudson Adjustment Problem came at 10:18 a.m. on a Friday morning . . .' Meet Don Tillman, the genetics professor with a scientific approach to everything. But he's facing a set of human dilemmas tougher than the trickiest of equations. Right now he is in professional hot water after a lecture goes viral; his wife of 4,380 days, Rosie, is about to lose the research job she loves; and - the most serious problem of all - their eleven-year-old son, Hudson, is struggling at school. He's a smart kid, but socially awkward-not fitting in. Fortunately, Don's had a lifetime's experience of not fitting in. And he's going to share the solutions with Hudson. He'll need the help of old friends and new, lock horns with the education system, and face some big questions about himself. As well as opening the world's best cocktail bar. Big-hearted, hilarious and exuberantly life-affirming, The Rosie Result is a story of overcoming life's obstacles with a little love and a lot of overthinking.
-----'Compulsively readable. A poignant, universal story about how best to reconcile head and heart' Observer 'Sublime, pitch-perfect, extremely funny' Independent 'Brilliant, important, good-hearted' Guardian
'Exuberantly life-affirming' Sunday Times _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Infinite Game Simon Sinek (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Portfolio Penguin
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
26 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 272pp h240mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9780241295595 ISBN13: 978-0-241-29559-5 ISBN10: 0241295599 EAN: 9780241295595 x Description: The New York Times-bestselling author of Start With Why, Leaders Eat Last, and Together Is Better offers a bold new approach to business strategy by asking one question: are you playing the finite game or the infinite game? In The Infinite Game, Sinek applies game theory to explore how great businesses achieve long-lasting success. He finds that building long-term value and healthy, enduring growth - that playing the infinite game - is the only thing that matters to your business. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
This Is Shakespeare Emma Smith (Author) Series:
Pelican Books
Edition:
Imprint:
Pelican
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 368pp h222mm x w144mm x s34mm 481g ISBN13: 9780241392157 ISBN13: 978-0-241-39215-7 ISBN10: 0241392152 EAN: 9780241392157 x Description: 'The best introduction to the plays I've read, perhaps the best book on Shakespeare, full stop' Alex Preston, Observer 'It makes you impatient to see or re-read the plays at once' Hilary Mantel A genius and prophet whose timeless works encapsulate the human condition like no others. A writer who surpassed his contemporaries in vision, originality and literary mastery. Who wrote like an angel, putting it all so much better than anyone else. Is this Shakespeare? Well, sort of. But it doesn't really tell us the whole truth. So much of what we say about Shakespeare is either not true, or just not relevant, deflecting us from investigating the challenges of his inconsistencies and flaws. This electrifying new book thrives on revealing, not resolving, the ambiguities of Shakespeare's plays and their changing topicality. It introduces an intellectually, theatrically and ethically exciting writer who engages with intersectionality as much as with Ovid, with economics as much as poetry: who writes in strikingly modern ways about individual agency, privacy, politics, celebrity and sex. It takes us into a world of politicking and copy-catting, as we watch him emulating the blockbusters of Christopher Marlowe and Thomas Kyd, the Spielberg and Tarantino of their day; flirting with and skirting round the cut-throat issues of succession politics, religious upheaval and technological change. The Shakespeare in this book poses awkward questions rather than offering bland answers, always implicating us in working out what it might mean. This is Shakespeare. And he needs your attention. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Super Cute Book of Kawaii Marceline Smith (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Pop Press
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 128pp h196mm x w149mm x s15mm 336g ISBN13: 9781785038242 ISBN13: 978-1-78503-824-2 ISBN10: 1785038249 EAN: 9781785038242 x Description: Live a bright, fun, rainbow-filled life with Kawaii! The Japanese word Kawaii means lovable or adorable. Welcoming a little kawaii into your life is like opening the window and letting a sparkling sunbeam in. Whenever you feel a little low turn to this squishy, padded-covered book. Find fun ideas to: make a cosy kawaii home; playful, confidence boosting styling and beauty tips; and recipes that will make your smile. This book includes 10 easy how-to projects to bring kawaii into your life. Here, you'll also find a host of very special kawaii mascots that will always be ready to give you a hug when you need one: The Octonauts, Smiling Bear, Hello Kitty, Gudetama, Molang, Ricemonsters, Miffy the Rabbit, the Moomins, Donutella, Unicorno, Moofia and Pusheen. Escape into the magical world of kawaii... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Russia Anxiety: And How History Can Resolve It Mark B. Smith (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen Lane
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 480pp h240mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9780241312766 ISBN13: 978-0-241-31276-6 ISBN10: 0241312760 EAN: 9780241312766 x Description: Russia is an exceptional country, the biggest in the world. It is both European and exotic, powerful and weak, brilliant and flawed. Why are we so afraid of it? Time and again, we judge Russia by unique standards. We have usually assumed that it possesses higher levels of cunning, malevolence and brutality. Yet the country has more often than not been a crucial ally, not least against Napoleon and in the two world wars. We admire its music and its writers. We lavish praise on the Russian soul. And still we think of Russia as a unique menace. What is it about this extraordinary country that consistently provokes such excessive responses? And why is this so dangerous? Ranging from the earliest times to the present, Mark B. Smith's remarkable new book is a history of this 'Russia Anxiety'. Whether ally or enemy, superpower or failing state, Russia grips our imagination and fuels our fears unlike any other country. This book shows how history itself offers a clearer view and a better future. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Judge: More Than Just a Game Robin Smith (Author) Rob Smyth (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Yellow Jersey Press
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
13 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 336pp h240mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781787290143 ISBN13: 978-1-78729-014-3 ISBN10: 178729014X EAN: 9781787290143 x Description: Robin Smith was one of England's most popular cricketers of the 1990s. The Judge, as he was known to all, took on some of the most dangerous fast bowlers of all time with a skill and fearlessness that ensured hero status. His savage square cut drew roars of approval from fans all around the world, especially those of his beloved England and Hampshire. But when he was prematurely dumped from the England set-up at the age of 32, he had to face his toughest opponent of all - himself. Smith suffered a debilitating loss of identity, especially when he retired from professional cricket in 2003, and struggled to deal with the contradictions in his personality. Was he the Judge, the fearless warrior, or Robin Smith, the frantic worrier? Without a support structure to transition from cricket to the outside world, Smith suffered from mental health, alcohol, marital and financial problems until he hit rock bottom and planned to take his own life. In The Judge - More than Just a Game, he revisits his experience of extreme darkness and challenges received wisdom about masculinity and mental health. He also shares the many highs and lows of his eventful international and county career, including his exhilarating battles with the West Indies and his struggles against mystery spin. And he reflects fondly on a time when cricketers worked hard and partied even harder; a time almost unrecognisable to the modern day. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Marilou is Everywhere Sarah Elaine Smith (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hamish Hamilton Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 288pp h216mm x w135mm ISBN13: 9780241400975 ISBN13: 978-0-241-40097-5 ISBN10: 024140097X EAN: 9780241400975 x Description: Richly atmospheric and darkly unforgettable, an astonishing American debut about lost innocence and life on the ragged margins of society 'To be honest, we just weren't looking that hard. Nobody knew where to search and it was summer vacation anyway - but that wasn't the reason nobody looked for Jude.' One summer, a teenager disappears from Deep Valley, Pennsylvania. Jude is beautiful, intelligent, and mixed race. The cops search for her - but not as hard as they would if she were a white girl. Watching this mystery unfold is Cindy, a younger girl from a white trash family, who has idolised Jude for years. And so, in the absence of anyone to give a damn about her, Cindy starts to slip out of her own life and into the space Jude left behind... Marilou Is Everywhere is a story about the desperation to escape - and the terrible, intimate crimes we commit to do so. Swimming in the rich melancholia of rural America, it is a fall from grace, a moral provocation, and a heartbreaking account of life in the margins. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Eternity: Selected Poems Tracy K. Smith (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
30 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 208pp h198mm x w129mm x s15mm 183g ISBN13: 9780141987866 ISBN13: 978-0-14-198786-6 ISBN10: 0141987863 EAN: 9780141987866 x Description: 'A poet of extraordinary range and ambition . . . convincing in both the grand gesture and the reverent contemplation of a humble plate of eggs' The New York Times US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith has gathered this selection spanning her entire remarkable career. From the private experience of desire to the devastations of political strife, these poems enlarge our vocabulary for what it means to live, struggle, grieve and love. 'Smith's poetry is an awakening itself' Vogue 'Deftly, Tracy K. Smith, the reigning poet laureate of the United States, illuminates America's generational wounds' New York Magazine 'Smith is a storyteller who loves to explore how the body can respond to a lover, to family, and to history' Hilton Als, New Yorker _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Million Pieces of Neena Gill Emma Smith-Barton (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
11 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 336pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241363317 ISBN13: 978-0-241-36331-7 ISBN10: 0241363314 EAN: 9780241363317 x Description: 'Powerful, relatable and uplifting' - Emily Barr, author of The One Memory of Flora Banks
How can I hold myself together, when everything around me is falling apart? Neena's always been a good girl - great grades, parent-approved friends and absolutely no boyfriends. But ever since her brother Akash left her, she's been slowly falling apart - and uncovering a new version of herself who is freer, but altogether more dangerous. As her wild behaviour spirals more and more out of control, Neena's grip on her sanity begins to weaken too. And when her parents announce not one but two life-changing bombshells, she finally reaches breaking point. But as Neena is about to discover, when your life falls apart, only love can piece you back together. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
East: 120 Vegetarian and Vegan recipes from Bangalore to Beijing Meera Sodha (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Fig Tree
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
22 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h252mm x w192mm ISBN13: 9780241387566 ISBN13: 978-0-241-38756-6 ISBN10: 0241387566 EAN: 9780241387566 x Description: From the Guardian 'New Vegan' columnist and award-winning author of Fresh India Modern, vibrant, fuss-free food made from British ingredients but with an Eastern slant, East is a must-have whether you're vegan, vegetarian, or simply want to eat more delicious meat-free food. Drawing from her 'New Vegan' Guardian column, Meera Sodha's stunning new collection also features plenty of brand-new recipes inspired by a wide range of Asian cuisines. There are noodles, curries, rice dishes, tofu, salads, sides and sweets, all surprisingly easy to make and bursting with exciting flavours. Taking you from India to Indonesia, Singapore to Japan, by way of China, Thailand, and Vietnam, East will show you how to whip up a chard potato and coconut curry and a swede laksa; how to make Kimchi pancakes, delicious dairy free black dal, and chilli tofu. There are sweet potato momos for snacks and unexpected desserts like salted miso brownies and a no-churn Vietnamese coffee ice-cream. Praise for Fresh India, winner of the Observer Food Monthly's Best New Cookbook Award 2017 'Terrific, flaunting how rich and resourceful vegetarian cooking can be' Sunday Times 'An unbridled joy' Nigel Slater 'The tastiest, liveliest, spice-infused fare this side of the Sabamarti river' Guardian _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
T Singer Dag Solstad (Author) Tiina Nunnally (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
30 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 272pp h198mm x w129mm x s17mm 219g ISBN13: 9781784703066 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-306-6 ISBN10: 1784703060 EAN: 9781784703066 x Description: The new novel in English from one of Norway's most celebrated writers. T Singer confronts indomitable loneliness in Solstad's classic, heartbreaking yet darkly comic style. `A kind of surrealistic writer... Serious literature' Haruki Murakami `Mad, sad and funny... Thrilling' Geoff Dyer Singer, a thirty-four-year-old recently trained librarian, arrives by train in the small town of Notodden to begin a new and anonymous life. He falls in love with Merete, a ceramicist, and moves in with her and her young daughter. After a few years together, the relationship starts to falter, and as the couple is on the verge of separating a car accident prompts a dramatic change in Singer's life...
`An utterly hypnotic writer' James Wood `Solstad is expert in delineating the absurdities of existence...' Sunday Times
Winner of the Norwegian Critics Prize _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ships Of Heaven: The Private Life of Britain's Cathedrals Christopher Somerville (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Doubleday
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
11 Apr 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 352pp h240mm x w162mm x s34mm 606g colour plates and b/w line ISBN13: 9780857523648 ISBN13: 978-0-85752-364-8 ISBN10: 0857523643 EAN: 9780857523648 x Description: When Christopher Somerville, author of the The January Man ('a truly wonderful, uplifting book, bursting with life' - Nicholas Crane), set out to explore Britain's cathedrals, he found his fixed ideas shaken to the roots. Starting out, he pictured cathedrals - Britain possesses over one hundred - as great unmoving bastions of tradition. But as he journeys among favourites old and new, he discovers buildings and communities that have been in constant upheaval for a thousand years. Here are stories of the monarchs and bishops who ordered the building of these massive but unstable structures, the masons whose genius brought them into being, the peasant labourers who erected (and died on) the scaffolding. We learn of rogue saints exploited by holy sinners, the pomp and prosperity that followed these ships of stone, the towns that grew up in their shadows, the impact of the Black Death, the Reformation and icon-smashing Puritanism, the revival brought about by the Industrial Revolution, and the hope and disillusion of two world wars. Meeting believers and non-believers, architects and archaeologists, the cleaner who dusts the monuments and the mason who judges stone by its taste, we delve deep into the private lives and the uncertain future of these ever-voyaging Ships of Heaven. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sensehacking: How to Use the Power of Your Senses for Happier, Healthier Living Charles Spence (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Viking
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
05 Mar 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 384pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780241361146 ISBN13: 978-0-241-36114-6 ISBN10: 0241361141 EAN: 9780241361146 x Description: How many senses do we actually have? What does 'white' smell like? And why do humans like to be covered when they sleep? In this revelatory book pioneering Oxford professor Charles Spence shows how our senses change how we think and feel, and how by 'hacking' them we can reduce stress, become more productive and be happier. From sensory overload and what happens when you lose a sense, to how technology will change the way we perceive the world around us in the future, Spence shows using cutting-edge science how the senses interact and affect one another - and what is happening inside our heads - revealing how to enhance our lives in his signature entertaining way. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Bad Apple Zoje Stage (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Corgi Books
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
24 Jan 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 432pp h198mm x w127mm x s26mm 293g ISBN13: 9780552175012 ISBN13: 978-0-552-17501-2 ISBN10: 0552175013 EAN: 9780552175012 x Description: ------------RUNNER UP in the 2018 GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS "Beautifully written, intelligent, uncompromising - highly recommended." Sophie Hannah -----------Seven-year-old Hanna has never spoken a word. She is a sweet but silent angel in the eyes of her adoring father, but with Mummy, things are different. Suzette loves her daughter but difficulties with babysitters and teachers over the years have put a strain on their relationship and her sanity. Then Hanna speaks for the first time, to Suzette alone, and what she says is chilling. Suzette wants to write it off as a scary joke, but she's becoming increasingly frightened by Hanna's little games. Could she be in danger from her own child? And when it's her word against her daughter's, can she make her husband believe her? Bad Apple is a blazing debut novel about a perfect-looking family - where sweetness can be deceptive. Fans of BEHIND HER EYES, DAUGHTER or GOOD ME, BAD ME will love this page-turning story of dark domestic suspense. "Deliciously creepy" New York Post "Gripping" InStyle "Gone Girl meets We Need to Talk About Kevin... a twisty delirious read" Entertainment Weekly *Bad Apple is also published in America under the title Baby Teeth.* _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Plunder of the Commons: A Manifesto for Sharing Public Wealth Guy Standing (Author) Series:
Pelican Books
Edition:
Imprint:
Pelican
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
29 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 416pp h181mm x w111mm ISBN13: 9780141990620 ISBN13: 978-0-14-199062-0 ISBN10: 0141990627 EAN: 9780141990620 x Description: We are losing the commons. Austerity and neoliberal policies have depleted our shared wealth; our national utilities have been sold off to foreign conglomerates, social housing is almost non-existent, our parks are cordoned off for private events and our national art galleries are sponsored by banks and oil companies. This plunder deprives us all of our common rights, recognized as far back as the Magna Carta and the Charter of the Forest of 1217, to share fairly and equitably in our public wealth. Guy Standing leads us through a new appraisal of the commons, stemming from the medieval concept of common land reserved in ancient law from
marauding barons, to his modern reappraisal of the resources we all hold in common - a brilliant new synthesis that crystallises quite how much public wealth has been redirected to the 1% in recent decades through the state-approved exploitation of everything from our land to our state housing, health and benefit systems, to our justice system, schools, newspapers and even the air we breathe. Plunder of the Commons proposes a charter for a new form of commoning, of remembering, guarding and sharing that which belongs to us all, to slash inequality and soothe our current political instability. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Einstein's War: How Relativity Conquered Nationalism and Shook the World Matthew Stanley (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Viking
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
23 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 400pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780241376584 ISBN13: 978-0-241-37658-4 ISBN10: 0241376580 EAN: 9780241376584 x Description: The story of relativity - showing how science really works, and how Einstein became famous In 1916, Arthur Eddington, a war-weary British astronomer, opened a letter written by an obscure German professor named Einstein. The neatly printed equations on the scrap of paper outlined his world-changing theory of general relativity. Until then, Einstein's masterpiece of time and space had been trapped behind the physical and ideological lines of battle, unknown. Many Britons were rejecting anything German, but Eddington realized the importance of the letter: perhaps Einstein's esoteric theory could not only change the foundations of science but also lead to international co-operation in a time of brutal war. Einstein's name is now synonymous with 'genius', but it was not an easy road. He spent a decade creating relativity and his ascent to global celebrity, which saw him on front pages around the world, also owed much to against-the-odds international collaboration, including Eddington's crucial expedition of 1919 -- which was still two years before they finally met. We usually think of scientific discovery as a flash of individual inspiration, but here we see it is the result of hard work, gambles and wrong turns -- in this case subject to the petty concerns of nations, religions and individuals. Einstein's War is a moving human story of a pair on opposite sides of history who came together for science. It sheds light on science through history, and the physics is more accessible as a result: we see relativity built brick-by-brick in front of us, as it happened 100 years ago. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Brazil: A Biography Heloisa Maria Murgel Starling (Author) Lilia Moritz Schwarcz (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
31 Oct 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Language: English Translated From: Portuguese Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 800pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780141976198 ISBN13: 978-0-14-197619-8 ISBN10: 0141976195 EAN: 9780141976198 x Description: 'Engrossing ... eye-opening ... an enormously refreshing treat' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times Since Europeans first reached Brazil in 1500 it has been an unfailing source of extraordinary fascination. More than any other part of the 'New World' it displayed both the greatest beauty and grandeur and witnessed scenes of the most terrible European ferocity. Its native people both revolutionized Europe's ideas of itself and were then subject to extermination. For white settlers Brazil's opportunities seemed endless, for imported black slaves it was a hell on earth.
Brazil: A Biography, written by two of Brazil's leading historians and a bestseller in Brazil itself, is a remarkable attempt to convey the overwhelming diversity and challenges of this huge country - larger than the contiguous USA and still in some regions not fully mapped - from its origins to the twenty-first century. The book's major themes are the near-continuous battles to create both political institutions and social frameworks that would allow stable growth, legal norms and protection for all its citizens. Brazil's failure to achieve these except in the very short term has been tragic, but even in the 21st century it remains one of the world's great experiments - creative, harsh, unique and as compelling a story for its inhabitants as for outsiders. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Untold History of the United States Oliver Stone (Author) Peter Kuznick (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Ebury Press
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
26 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 944pp h198mm x w126mm x s39mm 624g ISBN13: 9781529102987 ISBN13: 978-1-5291-0298-7 ISBN10: 1529102987 EAN: 9781529102987 x Description: **The New York Times bestseller** **Updated to include Obama's second term, Trump's first year and a half, climate change, nuclear winter, Korea, Russia, Iran, China, Libya, ISIS, and Syria** 'This is not history for history's sake, however - this is the history of our present and future, long beyond cold war, into war on terror, war on drugs' Ed Vulliamy, Guardian The Untold History of the United States is filmmaker Oliver Stone and historian Peter Kuznick's riveting landmark account of the rise and decline of the American empire - the most powerful and dominant nation the world has ever seen. Probing the dark corners of the administrations of eighteen presidents, from Woodrow Wilson to Donald Trump, they dare to ask just how far the US has drifted from its founding democratic ideals. Beginning with the bloody suppression of the Filipino struggle for independence and spanning the two World Wars, it documents how US administrations have repeatedly intervened in conflicts on foreign soil, taking part in covert operations and wars in Latin American, Asia and the Middle East. At various times it has overthrown elected leaders in favour of right-wing dictators, for both economic and political gain. Examining America's atomic history, Stone and Kuznick argue that the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were militarily unnecessary and morally indefensible. They show how the United States has repeatedly brandished nuclear threats and come terrifyingly close to nuclear war. They expose how US presidents have trampled on the US constitution and international law and lay bare the recent transformation of United States into a national security state with the closest links to Russia since the end of the Second World War. Using the latest research and recently declassified records, The Untold History builds a meticulously documented and shocking picture of the American empire, showing how it has determined the course of world events for the interests of the few across the twentieth century and beyond. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Rise Up: The #Merky Story So Far Stormzy (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Merky Books
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
13 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 256pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781529118520 ISBN13: 978-1-5291-1852-0 ISBN10: 1529118522 EAN: 9781529118520 x Description: ______________________ THE #MERKY STORY SO FAR Edited and Co-written by Jude Yawson
Contributions by Team #Merky Images by Kaylum Dennis `It's been a long time coming, I swear...' In four years Stormzy has risen from one of the most promising musicians of his generation to a spokesperson for a generation. Rise Up is the story of how he got there. It's a story about faith and the ideas worth fighting for. It's about knowing where you're from, and where you're going. It's about following your dreams without compromising who you are. Featuring never-before-seen photographs, annotated lyrics and contributions from those closest to him, Rise Up is the #Merky story, and the record of a journey unlike any other. ______________________ 'A very important book. The voices we hear from - young, gifted and largely black - are all too rarely heard. These are people who typically have to listen to a daily diet of media negativity about their communities without the opportunities to respond. ... It is truly inspiring to read about the accomplishments of Team Stormzy, realised largely without money or expertise, but with bucketloads of intelligence and hard work.' BBC (WILL GOMPERTZ) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Thrawn: Alliances (Star Wars) Timothy Zahn (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
28 Feb 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 496pp h198mm x w129mm x s30mm 341g ISBN13: 9781787460645 ISBN13: 978-1-78746-064-5 ISBN10: 1787460649 EAN: 9781787460645 x Description: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Grand Admiral Thrawn and Darth Vader team up against a threat to the Empire in this thrilling novel from bestselling author Timothy Zahn. "I have sensed a disturbance in the Force." Ominous words under any circumstances, but all the more so when uttered by Emperor Palpatine. On Batuu, at the edges of the Unknown Regions, a threat to the Empire is taking root-its existence little more than a glimmer, its consequences as yet unknowable. But it is troubling enough to the Imperial leader to warrant investigation by his most powerful agents: ruthless enforcer Lord Darth Vader and brilliant strategist Grand Admiral Thrawn. Fierce rivals for the emperor's favor, and outspoken adversaries on Imperial affairs-including the Death Star project-the formidable pair seem unlikely partners for such a crucial mission. But the Emperor knows it's not the first time Vader and Thrawn have joined forces. And there's more behind his royal command than either man suspects. In what seems like a lifetime ago, General Anakin Skywalker of the Galactic Republic, and Commander Mitth'raw'nuruodo, officer of the Chiss Ascendancy, crossed paths for the first time. One on a desperate personal quest, the other with motives unknown . . . and undisclosed. But facing a gauntlet of dangers on a far-flung world, they forged an uneasy alliance-neither remotely aware of what their futures held in store. Now, thrust together once more, they find themselves bound again for the planet where they once fought side by side. There they will be doubly challenged-by a test of their allegiance to the Empire . . . and an enemy that threatens even their combined might. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Thrawn: Treason Timothy Zahn (Author) Series:
Star Wars
Edition:
Imprint:
Century
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
25 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 368pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781529124026 ISBN13: 978-1-5291-2402-6 ISBN10: 1529124026 EAN: 9781529124026 x Description: Grand Admiral Thrawn faces the ultimate test of his loyalty to the Empire in this epic Star Wars novel from bestselling author Timothy Zahn.
"If I were to serve the Empire, you would command my allegiance."
Such was the promise Grand Admiral Thrawn made to Emperor Palpatine at their first meeting. Since then, Thrawn has been one of the Empire's most effective instruments, pursuing its enemies to the very edges of the known galaxy. But as keen a weapon as Thrawn has become, the Emperor dreams of something far more destructive.
Now, as Thrawn's TIE defender program is halted in favor of Director Krennic's secret Death Star project, he realizes that the balance of power in the Empire is measured by more than just military acumen or tactical efficiency. Even the greatest intellect can hardly compete with the power to annihilate entire planets.
As Thrawn works to secure his place in the Imperial hierarchy, his former protege Eli Vanto returns with a dire warning about Thrawn's homeworld. Thrawn's mastery of strategy must guide him through an impossible choice: duty to the Chiss Ascendancy, or fealty to the Empire he has sworn to serve. Even if the right choice means committing treason. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Dance of Life: Symmetry, Cells and How We Become Human Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz (Author) Dr Roger Highfield (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
W H Allen
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
18 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 368pp h222mm x w138mm ISBN13: 9780753552926 ISBN13: 978-0-7535-5292-6 ISBN10: 0753552922 EAN: 9780753552926 x Description: How does life begin? What drives a newly fertilized egg to keep dividing and growing until it becomes 40 trillion cells, a greater number than stars in the galaxy? How do these cells know how to make a human, from lips to heart to toes? How does your body build itself? Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz was pregnant at 42 when a routine genetic test came back with that dreaded word: abnormal. A quarter of sampled cells contained abnormalities and she was warned her baby had an increased risk of being miscarried or born with birth defects. Six months later she gave birth to a healthy baby boy and her research on mice embryos went on to prove that - as she had suspected - the embryo has an amazing and previously unknown ability to correct abnormal cells at an early stage of its development. The Dance of Life will take you inside the incredible world of life just as it begins and reveal the wonder of the earliest and most profound moments in how we become human. Through Magda's trailblazing research as a professor at Cambridge - where she has doubled the survival time of human embryos in the laboratory, and made the first artificial embryo-like structures from stem cells - you'll discover how early life is programmed to repair and
organise itself, what this means for the future of pregnancy, and how we might one day solve IVF disorders, prevent miscarriages and learn more about the dance of life as it starts to take shape. The Dance of Life is a moving celebration of the balletic beauty of life's beginnings. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Bridge of Clay Markus Zusak (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Black Swan
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
30 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 592pp h198mm x w127mm x s35mm 398g ISBN13: 9780552774765 ISBN13: 978-0-552-77476-5 ISBN10: 0552774766 EAN: 9780552774765 x Description: THE EPIC BESTSELLING NEW NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK THIEF `If The Book Thief was a novel that allowed Death to steal the show... [its] brilliantly illuminated follow-up is affirmatively full of life' Guardian A lost typewriter -- A dead dog -- The bones of the snake that killed it Matthew Dunbar, eldest of five brothers, is on a journey to find them all. Only then can he tell the astonishing story of his family, rocked by tragedy and a long-buried secret. He will learn of a mother who crosses continents for a new home; of a father searching for love in the keys of an old piano; and, finally, of a brother named Clay, who will make the most challenging journey of them all, and change their lives for ever. An epic and spellbinding quest for redemption and greatness, Bridge of Clay will take you to many places, and will ask two eternal questions: where are you going, and who will you be when you get there ...?
'This is a tale of love, art and redemption; rowdy and joyous.' Times 'Bridge of Clay is one of those monumental books that can draw you across space and time' Washington Post 'This book blew me away' JODI PICOULT 'Devastating, demanding, deeply moving' Wall Street Journal 'Moving and epic' Stylist _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Derelict London: All New Edition Paul Talling (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Random House Books
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
11 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 224pp h178mm x w155mm x s15mm 427g ISBN13: 9781847948380 ISBN13: 978-1-84794-838-0 ISBN10: 1847948383 EAN: 9781847948380 x Description: ______________________________ The huge word-of-mouth bestseller - completely updated for 2019 THE LONDON THAT TOURISTS DON'T SEE
Look beyond Big Ben and past the skyscrapers of the Square Mile, and you will find another London. This is the land of long-forgotten tube stations, burnt-out mansions and gently decaying factories. Welcome to DERELICT LONDON: a realm whose secrets are all around us, visible to anyone who cares to look . . . Paul Talling - our best-loved investigator of London's underbelly - has spent over fifteen years uncovering the stories of this hidden world. Now, he brings together 100 of his favourite abandoned places from across the capital: many of them more magnificent, more beautiful and more evocative than you can imagine. Covering everything from the overgrown stands of Leyton Stadium to the windswept alleys of the Aylesbury Estate, DERELICT LONDON reveals a side of the city you never knew existed. It will change the way you see London. ______________________________ PRAISE FOR THE DERELICT LONDON PROJECT `Fascinating images showing some of London's eeriest derelict sites show another side to the busy, built-up capital.' Daily Mail `Talling has managed to show another side to the capital, one of abandoned buildings that somehow retain a sense of beauty.' Metro `Excellent . . . As much as it is an inadvertent vision of how London might look after a catastrophe, DERELICT LONDON is valuable as a document of the one going on right in front of us.' New Statesman `From the iconic empty shell of Battersea Power Station to the buried `ghost' stations of the London Underground, the city is peppered with decaying buildings. Paul Talling knows these places better than anyone in the capital.' Daily Express `[London has an] unusual (and deplorable) number of abandoned buildings. Paul Talling's surprise bestseller, DERELICT LONDON, is their shabby Pevsner.' Daily Telegraph ______________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Secret Cyclist: Real Life as a Rider in the Professional Peloton The Secret Cyclist (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Yellow Jersey Press
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
23 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 224pp h216mm x w135mm x s17mm 227g ISBN13: 9781787290211 ISBN13: 978-1-78729-021-1 ISBN10: 1787290212 EAN: 9781787290211 x Description: Who is The Secret Cyclist and why all the secrecy? "Every public aspect of our lives is so tightly controlled that being truly honest is all but impossible in a newspaper interview, never mind a whole book. You try write a warts-and-all blog about your office. Question how the business is run, make sure you remember to call your boss a moron, and then tell me how it goes." He's ridden for World Tour teams for ten years. He's achieved top ten finishes in Grand Tours. He likes coffee. These are just a few details about the professional rider who wants you to know what the view looks like from the centre of the peloton. What do the riders really make of Team Sky? How does the pay structure work? Why should you never trust a kit endorsement from a professional? Is doping still an issue? The Secret Cyclist tackles the big questions head-on, revealing a side to cycling that fans have never seen before. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Heads of the Colored People Nafissa Thompson-Spires (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
08 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 224pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784706586 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-658-6 ISBN10: 1784706582 EAN: 9781784706586 x Description: 'Makes you shake your head in delight... Her stories feel simultaneously like the poke of a stick and a comforting balm; a smack followed by a kiss. I'm so into it' Bim Adewunmi, Guardian Heads of the Colored People interrogates our supposedly post-racial era to wicked and devastating effect, exposing the violence that threatens black Americans, no matter their apparent success. A teenager is insidiously bullied as her YouTube following soars; an assistant professor finds himself losing a subtle war against his office mate; a nurse is worn down by the demand for her skills as a funeral singer. And across a series of stories, a young woman grows up, negotiating and renegotiating her identity. This electric collection of short stories marks the arrival of a remarkable writer and an urgent new voice. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Primo Levi: A Biography Ian Thomson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
06 Feb 2003
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 656pp h198mm x w129mm x s36mm 472g 16 ISBN13: 9780099515210 ISBN13: 978-0-09-951521-0 ISBN10: 0099515210 EAN: 9780099515210 x Description: On 11 April 1987 the Italian writer Primo Levi fell to his death in the house where he was born. More than forty years after his rescue from a Nazi concentration camp, it now seemed that Levi had committed suicide. Levi's account of Auschwitz, If This Is a Man, is recognised as one of the essential books of mankind. No other work interrogates our recent moral history so incisively or conveys more profoundly the horror of the Nazi genocide. Ian Thomson spent over ten years in Italy and elsewhere researching and writing this rich and definitive biography. New light is shed on Levi's recurring depressions and vital information is unearthed regarding the writer's premature death. This matchless book unravels the strands of a life caught between the factory and the typewriter, family and friends. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Shadow of the Silk Road: Vintage Voyages Colin Thubron (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage Classics
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784875343 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-534-3 ISBN10: 1784875341 EAN: 9781784875343
x Description: Vintage Voyages: A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind On buses, donkey carts, trains, jeeps and camels, Colin Thubron traces the drifts of the first great trade route out of the heart of China into the mountains of Central Asia, across northern Afghanistan and the plains of Iran into Kurdish Turkey. A magnificent account of an ancient world in modern ferment, Thubron covers over 7000 miles in eight months Thubron enduring a near-miss with a drunk-driver, incarceration in a Chinese cell, and undergoing root canal treatment without anaesthetic, along the way. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know: The Fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce Colm Toibin (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Viking
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
25 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 192pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241354421 ISBN13: 978-0-241-35442-1 ISBN10: 0241354420 EAN: 9780241354421 x Description: An intimate study of three of Ireland's greatest writers from one of its best-loved contemporary voices 'A father...is a necessary evil.' Stephen Dedalus in Ulysses In Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know Colm Toibin turns his incisive gaze to three of Ireland's greatest writers, Oscar Wilde, W.B. Yeats and James Joyce, and their earliest influences: their fathers. From Wilde's doctor father, a brilliant statistician and amateur archaeologist, who was taken to court by an obsessed lover in a strange premonition of what would happen to his son; to Yeats' father, an impoverished artist and brilliant letter-writer who could never finish apainting; to John Stanislus Joyce, a singer, drinker and story-teller, a man unwilling to provide for his large family, whom his son James memorialised in his work. Colm Toibin illuminates not only the complex relationships between three of the greatest writers in the English language and their fathers, but also illustrates the surprising ways they surface in their work. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World Adam Tooze (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 720pp h198mm x w129mm x s31mm 491g ISBN13: 9780141032214 ISBN13: 978-0-14-103221-4 ISBN10: 0141032219 EAN: 9780141032214 x Description: Winner of the 2019 Lionel Gelber Prize 'Majestic, informative and often delightful ... insights on every page' Yanis Varoufakis, Observer The definitive history of the Great Financial Crisis, from the acclaimed author of The Deluge and The Wages of Destruction. In September 2008 the Great Financial Crisis, triggered by the collapse of Lehman brothers, shook the world. A decade later its spectre still haunts us. As the appalling scope and scale of the crash was revealed, the financial institutions that had symbolised the West's triumph since the end of the Cold War, seemed - through greed, malice and incompetence - to be about to bring the entire system to its knees. Crashed is a brilliantly original and assured analysis of what happened and how we were rescued from something even worse - but at a price which
continues to undermine democracy across Europe and the United States. Gnawing away at our institutions are the many billions of dollars which were conjured up to prevent complete collapse. Over and over again, the end of the crisis has been announced, but it continues to hound us - whether in Greece or Ukraine, whether through Brexit or Trump. Adam Tooze follows the trail like no previous writer and has written a book compelling as history, as economic analysis and as political horror story. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Woman who Went to Bed for a Year Sue Townsend (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
25 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 464pp h181mm x w111mm ISBN13: 9781405941112 ISBN13: 978-1-4059-4111-2 ISBN10: 1405941111 EAN: 9781405941112 x Description: The day her twins leave home, Eva climbs into bed and stays there. For seventeen years she's wanted to yell at the world, 'Stop! I want to get off'. Finally, this is her chance. Her husband Brian, an astronomer having an unsatisfactory affair, is upset. Who will cook his dinner? Eva, he complains, is attention seeking. But word of Eva's defiance spreads. Legions of fans, believing she is protesting, gather in the street. While her new friend Alexander the white van man brings tea, toast and an unexpected sympathy. And from this odd but comforting place Eva begins to see both herself and the world very, very differently. . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ice Cold Heart P. J. Tracy (Author) Series:
Twin Cities Thriller
Edition:
Imprint:
Michael Joseph Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
22 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 384pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780241345832 ISBN13: 978-0-241-34583-2 ISBN10: 0241345839 EAN: 9780241345832 x Description: The gripping new thriller in P. J. Tracy's Twin Cities series, coming in Summer 2019 On a bitterly cold winter night, Kelly Ramage leaves her suburban home, telling her husband she's going to meet a friend. She never comes back. When her body is discovered, murdered in what seems to be a sex game gone horribly wrong, Detectives Gino and Magozzi take the case, expecting to find a flirtatious trail leading straight to the killer. However, Kelly's sinister lover has done a disturbingly good job of hiding his identity, which is when it becomes clear that she isn't his first victim - and that she won't be the last... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Last Stories William Trevor (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Viking
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 224pp h198mm x w129mm x s14mm 159g ISBN13: 9780241337783 ISBN13: 978-0-241-33778-3 ISBN10: 024133778X EAN: 9780241337783 x Description: 'What a writer he was; he could flip over a sentence so gently, and showthe underbelly in a heartbeat. His work is always quietly compassionate' Elizabeth Strout In this final collection of ten exquisite, perceptive and profound stories, William Trevor probes into the depths of the human spirit. Here we encounter a tutor and his pupil, whose lives are thrown into turmoil when they meet again years later; a young girl who discovers the mother she believed dead is alive and well; and a piano-teacher who accepts her pupil's theft in exchange for his beautiful music. These gorgeous stories - the last that Trevor wrote before his death - affirm his place as one of the world's greatest storytellers. 'Trevor is a master of both language and storytelling' Hilary Mantel 'He is one of the great short-story writers, at his best the equal of Chekhov' John Banville 'The greatest living writer of short stories in the English language' New Yorker _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Taking of Annie Thorne: 'Britain's female Stephen King' Daily Mail C. J. Tudor (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
06 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781405930970 ISBN13: 978-1-4059-3097-0 ISBN10: 1405930977 EAN: 9781405930970 x Description: 'Some writers have it, and some don't. C. J. Tudor has it big time - The Taking of Annie Thorne is terrific in every way' Lee Child 'Dark, gothic and utterly compelling, The Taking of Annie Thorne pulls off a rare combination - an atmosphere of unsettling evil along with richly nuanced characterisation' J. P. Delaney 'Deliciously creepy, and written with such skill and fluency it's hard to believe this is only her second book. Indeed I think it gives King a run for his money' James Oswald The new spine-tingling, sinister thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Chalk Man . . . _______________ One night, Annie went missing. Disappeared from her own bed. There were searches, appeals. Everyone thought the worst. And then, miraculously, after forty-eight hours, she came back. But she couldn't, or wouldn't, say what had happened to her. Something happened to my sister. I can't explain what. I just know that when she came back, she wasn't the same. She wasn't my Annie. I didn't want to admit, even to myself, that sometimes I was scared to death of my own little sister. _______________ 'With shades of Pet Sematary and an all-round aura of creepiness, The Taking of Annie Thorne cements C. J. Tudor's position as a major new talent at
the dark heart of crime writing. Brilliant.' Fiona Cummins, author of Rattle 'Deliciously creepy, impeccably plotted and laced with both wicked humor and genuine shocks, The Taking of Annie Thorne is the kind of read-underthe-covers thriller you didn't think people wrote anymore. Lucky for us, C. J. Tudor still does. An absolute corker of a book' Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of Final Girls and The Last Time I Lied 'I loved it. The quality of her writing meant it was an absolute pleasure to read, as well as being genuinely terrifying. It made my hair stand on end! Genius' Emma Curtis author of One Little Mistake _______________ Praise for C. J. Tudor . . . 'If you like my stuff, you'll like this' Stephen King 'Wonderfully creepy - like a cold blade on the back of your neck' Lee Child 'A tense gripper with a leave-the-lights-on shock ending' Sunday Times 'A major new talent' Sunday Mirror 'A must-read for all horror fans' Daily Express _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Clock Dance Anne Tyler (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
11 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 213g ISBN13: 9781784708597 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-859-7 ISBN10: 1784708593 EAN: 9781784708597 x Description: Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life: when she was eleven and her mother disappeared, being proposed to at twenty-one, the accident that would make her a widow at forty-one. At each of these moments, Willa ended up on a path laid out for her by others.
So when she receives a phone call telling her that her son's ex-girlfriend has been shot and needs her help, she drops everything and flies across the country. The spur-of-the moment decision to look after this woman - and her nine-year-old daughter, and her dog - will lead Willa into uncharted territory. Surrounded by new and surprising neighbours, she is plunged into the rituals that make a community, and takes pleasure in the most unexpected things. A bittersweet novel of hope and regret, fulfilment and renewal, Clock Dance brings us the everyday life of a woman who decides it's never too late to change direction, and choose your own path. 'She is and always will be my favourite author' Liane Moriarty _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
House of Trump, House of Putin: The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia Craig Unger (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Corgi Books
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w127mm x s22mm 264g ISBN13: 9780552175449 ISBN13: 978-0-552-17544-9 ISBN10: 0552175447 EAN: 9780552175449 x Description: ____________________ THE EXPLOSIVE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'A bombshell.' Daily Mail 'Damning, terrifying and enraging.' The Spectator ____________________ House of Trump, House of Putin offers the first comprehensive investigation into the decades-long relationship among Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Russian Mafia that ultimately helped win Trump the White House. It is a chilling story that begins in the 1970s, when Trump made his first splash in the booming, money-drenched world of New York real estate, and ends with Trump's inauguration as president of the United States. That moment was the culmination of Vladimir Putin's long mission to undermine Western democracy, a mission that he and his hand-selected group of oligarchs and associates had ensnared Trump in over more than two decades of shady business associations. As Unger traces Donald Trump's sordid ascent from foundering real estate tycoon to leader of the free world, House of Trump, House of Putin, reveals the deep-rooted alliance between the highest echelons of American political operatives and the biggest players in the frightening underworld of the Russian Mafia. Examining Russia's phoenixlike rise from the ashes of the post-Cold War Soviet Union, Unger reveals its ceaseless covert efforts to retaliate against the West and reclaim its status as a global superpower, and how such ambitions came to compromise the president. Without Trump, Russia would have lacked a key component in its attempts to return to imperial greatness. Without Russia, Trump would not be in the White House. This essential book is crucial to understanding the real powers at play in the shadows of today's world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Art of Noticing: Rediscover What Really Matters to You Rob Walker (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Ebury Press
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
09 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 256pp h197mm x w148mm x s25mm 544g ISBN13: 9781529104431 ISBN13: 978-1-5291-0443-1 ISBN10: 1529104432 EAN: 9781529104431 x Description: Notice more, and notice more joy in the everyday. Distracted? Overwhelmed? Feel like your attention is constantly being pulled in different directions? Learn how to steal it back. Accessible and inspiring, this book features 131 surprising and innovative exercises to help you tune out white noise, get unstuck from your screen and manage daily distractions. Make small yet impactful changes and bring focus to the things and people that are most important to you.
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The Uninhabitable Earth: A Story of the Future David Wallace-Wells (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allen Lane
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
19 Feb 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 320pp h240mm x w162mm x s31mm 536g ISBN13: 9780241355213 ISBN13: 978-0-241-35521-3 ISBN10: 0241355214 EAN: 9780241355213 x Description: **SUNDAY TIMES AND THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** 'If you read just one work of non-fiction this year, it should probably be this ... what this book forces you to face is more important than any other subject' David Sexton, Evening Standard It is worse, much worse, than you think. The slowness of climate change is a fairy tale, perhaps as pernicious as the one that says it isn't happening at all, and if your anxiety about it is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible, even within the lifetime of a teenager today. Over the past decades, the term "Anthropocene" has climbed into the popular imagination - a name given to the geologic era we live in now, one defined by human intervention in the life of the planet. But however sanguine you might be about the proposition that we have ravaged the natural world, which we surely have, it is another thing entirely to consider the possibility that we have only provoked it, engineering first in ignorance and then in denial a climate system that will now go to war with us for many centuries, perhaps until it destroys us. In the meantime, it will remake us, transforming every aspect of the way we live-the planet no longer nurturing a dream of abundance, but a living nightmare. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Beautiful Ruins Jess Walter (Author) Series:
Penguin Essentials
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 352pp h181mm x w111mm ISBN13: 9780241986509 ISBN13: 978-0-241-98650-9 ISBN10: 0241986508 EAN: 9780241986509 x Description: 'A monument to crazy love. Magic' New York Times 'The actress arrived in his village the only way one could come directly . . .' In spring 1962 American actress Dee Moray's boat motors into an Italian bay and the life of hotelier Pasquale Tursi. Dee - fleeing a film set, claiming to be dying and desperately awaiting her lover - throws herself on Pasquale's generous mercy. Fifty years later Pasquale lands in Hollywood, sporting a fedora and seeking a long-forgotten actress. Why he's come, what happened to Dee in Italy and, later, LA, are questions that Beautiful Ruins answers in the most surprising and wonderfully entertaining manner. 'Exhilarating. Very, very funny' The Times _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Turn of the Key Ruth Ware (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Harvill Secker
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
08 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781787300446 ISBN13: 978-1-78730-044-6 ISBN10: 1787300447 EAN: 9781787300446 x Description: Ruth Ware, the Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller returns with another page-turning psychological thriller. When she stumbles across the advert, she's looking for something else completely. But it seems like too good an opportunity to miss: a live-in nanny position, with a staggeringly generous salary. And when Rowan arrives at Heatherbrae House, she is smitten by the luxurious `smart' home fitted out with all modern conveniences, by the beautiful Scottish Highlands, and by this picture-perfect family. What she doesn't know is that she's stepping into a nightmare - one that will end with a child dead and her in a cell awaiting trial for murder. She knows she's made mistakes. But, she maintains, she's not guilty - at least not of murder. Which means someone else is. Full of spellbinding menace, The Turn of the Key is a gripping modern-day haunted house thriller from the Agatha Christie of our time.
Available for pre-order now.
Praise for Ruth Ware: `Powerfully atmospheric, unguessably twisty...I devoured it' Louise Candlish, bestselling author of Our House `Dark and dramatic...part murder mystery, part family drama, altogether riveting' A.J. Finn, author of The Woman in the Window `One of the best thriller writers around' Independent `Agatha Christie meets The Girl on the Train' The Sun `Dark, unsettling, brilliant' HEAT `Deliciously dark and spooky' Sunday Mirror _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
This Poison Will Remain Fred Vargas (Author) Sian Reynolds (Translated by) Series:
Commissaire Adamsberg Edition:
Imprint:
Harvill Secker
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 416pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781787300514 ISBN13: 978-1-78730-051-4 ISBN10: 178730051X EAN: 9781787300514 x Description: 10 MILLION BOOKS SOLD WORLDWIDEInspector Adamsberg is in the south of France. When a group of local residents are killed by spider venom, his colleagues view it as an open-and-shut case. But Adamsberg is suspicious. He'll have to put everything on the line to convince them that there's a murderer at work...
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Sport Inc.: Why money is the winner in the business of sport Ed Warner (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Yellow Jersey Press
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 213g ISBN13: 9781787290136 ISBN13: 978-1-78729-013-6 ISBN10: 1787290131 EAN: 9781787290136 x Description: Why would someone pull the plug on a Premier League match? What prompts an athlete to search for sponsorship on eBay? How can the decision of a drinks brand CEO make or break an entire sport? Why would a sprinter think they can't afford not to dope? Sport Inc. reveals the behind-the-scenes finances that drive sport - who gets rich and who gets left on the bench. Through investigations into a wide range of sports, including how football agents really work, the betting industry and corruption, esports, the NFL's efforts to take over the world and the real cost of hosting events like the World Cup and the Olympics, the financial realities of our obsession with sport are exposed. As spectators our choices make us key players in this game of riches - it's time to find out who's winning and who's losing. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How to Fix Your Sh*t: A Straightforward Guide to a Better Life Shaa Wasmund (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Life
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
17 Sep 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 256pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780241003718 ISBN13: 978-0-241-00371-8 ISBN10: 0241003717 EAN: 9780241003718 x Description: "Really interesting ... a very, very good book" - Steve Wright (BBC Radio 2) on Do Less, Get More "Inspiring ... sage and sane advice" - Booklist on Do Less, Get More Have you ever dreamt of doing something new - setting up a business, getting in shape, or writing a novel - but haven't gotten round to actually doing it? Does 'now' never feel like a good time to start? The time has come. In January 2015, entrepreneur and bestselling author Shaa Wasmund made a decision: to finally get what she wanted. Years after packing in her business (and her salary) to take the plunge, life is everything she hoped it would be. As she discovered, the key to getting what you want is within reach. Building on her many years of professional experience and inspired by her own personal challenges and sh*t-fixing moments, How to Fix Your Sh*t is your pocket life coach. In this simple and systematic guide, Wasmund will empower you to conquer fear, ditch the excuses and start living your best life today.
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Fosse: The Biography Sam Wasson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
BBC Books
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
02 Apr 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 736pp h198mm x w126mm x s37mm 528g ISBN13: 9781785944499 ISBN13: 978-1-78594-449-9 ISBN10: 1785944495 EAN: 9781785944499 x Description: Don't dance for the audience. Dance for yourself. The basis for a lavish new drama series from Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, Fosse is the definitive book on one of Broadway's and Hollywood's most complex and dynamic icons. The only person ever to win Oscar, Emmy and Tony awards in the same year, Bob Fosse revolutionised almost every facet of American entertainment. A ground-breaking dancer, choreographer, and theatre and film director, his innumerable achievements include Cabaret, All That Jazz and Chicago, one of the longest-running Broadway musicals ever. Yet his offstage life was equally dramatic, marked by deep psychological wounds and insatiable appetites. In this richly detailed and beautifully written biography, Sam Wasson draws on a wealth of unpublished material and over 300 interviews with Fosse's family, friends, enemies, lovers and collaborators, many of them speaking publicly about Fosse for the first time. Fosse is a book bursting with energy and style, pleasure and pain - much like the man himself. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Super Thinking: Upgrade Your Reasoning and Make Better Decisions with Mental Models Gabriel Weinberg (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Portfolio Penguin
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
20 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 352pp h234mm x w153mm x s25mm 425g ISBN13: 9780241336359 ISBN13: 978-0-241-33635-9 ISBN10: 024133635X EAN: 9780241336359 x Description: Turn yourself into a superthinker and make the right decisions every time. You want to make better decisions. You want to be right more of the time professionally and personally. However, being more right consistently is a hard problem because the world is such a complex, evolving place. How do you navigate this complexity? Mental models are decision-making tools that guide our perception of the world and our behaviour in it. They help us understand life, make decisions and solve problems. The best models help us make intelligent investments, develop ground-breaking technologies and even travel to outer space. - Note your frame of reference before debating someone with different political views. If you understand how your perspective contrasts with someone else's you can prevent the conversation from getting hostile. - Apply the sunk cost fallacy to the end of a doomed project. Just because you've put a lot of hours into it doesn't mean that you have to keep going. - Before blaming someone, consider Hanlon's Razor, 'Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by carelessness'. - Try to solve mysteries with Occam's Razor, 'Among competing hypotheses, the one with the fewest assumptions should be selected'. When you hear hoof beats, think of horses not zebras. Building on our knowledge of well-known models such as the Bandwagon Effect or Paradigm Shift and introducing us to the lesser known like the
Eisenhower Matrix or the Boiling Frog Symbol, this indispensable book distils the most effective mental models into a single, digestible volume. It will make even the most complex models accessible and engaging to enable you to make better, more informed decisions in every part of your life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Birds Tarjei Vesaas (Author) Series:
Penguin Modern Classics Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Classics
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Language: English Translated From: Norwegian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 192pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241384879 ISBN13: 978-0-241-38487-9 ISBN10: 0241384877 EAN: 9780241384879 x Description: 'The best Norwegian novel ever' Karl Ove Knausgaard Mattis doesn't understand much about the world. He doesn't understand why others call him simple. Or why his sister Hege, who has cared for him in their peaceful lakeside cottage since they were young, gets so frustrated. But he knows that the woodcock which starts to fly over their house every day is a sign something is about to change. And when Hege falls in love, disrupting their familiar existence and unbalancing his thoughts, he decides he must face his fate. Translated by Torbjorn Stoverud and Michael Barnes 'A masterpiece' Literary Review 'Mattis, absurd and boastful, but also sweet, pathetic and even funny, is shown with great insight' Sunday Times _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Kings of the Yukon: An Alaskan River Journey Adam Weymouth (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s17mm 213g ISBN13: 9780141983790 ISBN13: 978-0-14-198379-0 ISBN10: 0141983795 EAN: 9780141983790 x Description: **Winner of the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award 2018 and the Lonely Planet Adventure Travel Book of the Year 2019** 'Weymouth combines acute political, personal and ecological understanding, with the most beautiful writing reminiscent of a young Robert Macfarlane. He is, I have no doubt, a significant voice for the future' Andrew Holgate, Sunday Times literary editor 'Adam Weymouth takes his place beside the great travel writers' Susan Hill A captivating, lyrical account of an epic voyage by canoe down the Yukon River. The Yukon River is almost 2,000 miles long, flowing through Canada and Alaska to the Bering Sea. Setting out to explore one of the most ruggedly beautiful and remote regions of North America, Adam Weymouth journeyed by canoe on a four-month odyssey through this untrammelled wilderness, encountering the people who have lived there for generations. The Yukon's inhabitants have long depended on the king salmon who each year migrate the entire river to reach their spawning grounds. Now the salmon numbers have dwindled, and the encroachment of the modern world has changed the way of life on the Yukon, perhaps for ever. Weymouth's searing portraits of these people and landscapes offer an elegiac glimpse of a disappearing world. Kings of the Yukon is an extraordinary
adventure, told by a powerful new voice. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mud and Stars: Travels in Russia with Pushkin and Other Geniuses of the Golden Age Sara Wheeler (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Jonathan Cape Ltd
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 304pp h234mm x w153mm x s22mm 372g ISBN13: 9780224098021 ISBN13: 978-0-224-09802-1 ISBN10: 0224098020 EAN: 9780224098021 x Description: There is a literal Russian landscape, and there is its emotional, literary counterpart. In Mud and Stars, award-winning writer Sara Wheeler sets out to explore both. With the writers of the Golden Age as her guides - Pushkin, Tolstoy, Gogol and Turgenev, among others - Wheeler travels across eight time zones, from rinsed north-western beetroot fields and far-eastern Arctic tundra to the cauldron of ethnic soup that is the Caucasus. She follows nineteenthcentury footsteps to make connections between then and now: between the places where flashing-epauletted Lermontov died in the aromatic air of Pyatigorsk, and sheaves of corn still stand like soldiers on a blazing afternoon, just like in Gogol's stories. On the Trans-Siberian railway in winter she crunches across snowy platforms to buy dried fish from babushki, and in summer she sails the Black Sea where dolphins leapt in front of violet Abkhazian peaks. She also spends months in fourth-floor 1950s apartments, watching television with her hosts, her new friends bent over devices and moaning about Ukraine. At a time of deteriorating relations between Russia and the West, Wheeler searches for a Russia not in the news - a Russia of humanity and daily struggles. She gives voice to the `ordinary' people of Russia, and discovers how the writers of the Golden Age continue to represent their country today. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dark Age: (Dark Age Book 2) James Wilde (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w127mm x s25mm 283g ISBN13: 9780857503220 ISBN13: 978-0-85750-322-0 ISBN10: 0857503227 EAN: 9780857503220 x Description: Bridging the gap between 'Game of Thrones' and Bernard Cornwell comes the second chapter in James Wilde's epic adventure of betrayal, battle and bloodshed . . . It is AD 367, and Roman Britain has fallen to the vast barbarian horde which has invaded from the north. Towns burn, the land is ravaged and the few survivors flee. The army of Rome - once the most effective fighting force in the world - has been broken, its spirit lost and its remaining troops shattered. Yet for all the darkness, there is hope. And it rests with one man. His name is Lucanus who they call the Wolf. He is a warrior, and he wears the ancient crown of the great war leader, Pendragon, and he wields a sword bestowed upon him by the druids. With a small band of trusted followers, Lucanus ventures south to Londinium where he hopes to bring together an army and make a defiant stand against the invader. But within the walls of that great city there are others waiting on his arrival - hidden enemies who want more than anything to possess the great secret that has been entrusted to his care. To seize it would give them power beyond imagining. To protect it will require bravery and sacrifice beyond measure. And to lose it would mean the end of everything worth fighting for.
Before Camelot. Before Excalibur. Before all you know of King Arthur. Here is the beginning of that legend . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Inner Level: How More Equal Societies Reduce Stress, Restore Sanity and Improve Everyone's Well-being Richard Wilkinson (Author) Kate Pickett (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 258g ISBN13: 9780141975399 ISBN13: 978-0-14-197539-9 ISBN10: 0141975393 EAN: 9780141975399 x Description: The essential new book from the authors of the international bestseller The Spirit Level 'Why are people, particularly young people, experiencing increasing levels of mental illness and distress? Highly readable and authoritative, The Inner Level shows clearly how social anxieties and the problems they lead to rise steadily in richer, more unequal societies' Clare Short, The Tablet, Books of the Year Why is the incidence of mental illness in the UK twice that in Germany? Why are Americans three times more likely than the Dutch to develop gambling problems? Why is child well-being so much worse in New Zealand than Japan? As this groundbreaking study demonstrates, the answer to all these hinges on inequality. In The Spirit Level Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett put inequality at the centre of public debate by showing conclusively that less-equal societies fare worse than more equal ones across everything from education to life expectancy. The Inner Level now explains how inequality affects us individually, how it alters how we think, feel and behave. It sets out the overwhelming evidence that material inequalities have powerful psychological effects: when the gap between rich and poor increases, so does the tendency to defi ne and value ourselves and others in terms of superiority and inferiority. A deep well of data and analysis is drawn upon to empirically show, for example, that low social status is associated with elevated levels of stress, and how rates of anxiety and depression are intimately related to the inequality which makes that status paramount. Wilkinson and Pickett describe how these responses to hierarchies evolved, and why the impacts of inequality on us are so severe. In doing so, they challenge the conception that humans are innately competitive and self-interested. They undermine, too, the idea that inequality is the product of 'natural' differences in individual ability. This book sheds new light on many of the most urgent problems facing societies today, but it is not just an index of our ills. It demonstrates that societies based on fundamental equalities, sharing and reciprocity generate much higher levels of well-being, and lays out the path towards them. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Rival Queens: The Betrayal of Mary, Queen of Scots Kate Williams (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
30 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w129mm x s26mm 311g ISBN13: 9780099549734 ISBN13: 978-0-09-954973-4 ISBN10: 0099549735 EAN: 9780099549734 x Description: ___________________________________ 'Scintillating, provocative... An elegant synthesis of royal biography and political thriller.' Daily Telegraph A Times History Book of the Year: a story which inspired the Hollywood film MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.
Mary, Queen of Scots & Elizabeth I of England. Two powerful monarchs on a single island. Threatened by voices who believed no woman could govern. Surrounded by sycophants, spies and detractors. Accosted for their dominion, their favour and their bodies. Besieged by secret plots, devastating betrayals and a terrible final act. Only one queen could survive to rule all. __________ 'Brings us a fresh Mary, set in a gloriously rich context, a tragic heroine - irresistibly real and relevant... There isn't a line wasted in this taut, dramatic and utterly beguiling biography.' Charles Spencer author of Killers of the King: The Men Who Dared to Execute Charles I `The perfect combination of scholarship and storytelling, meticulous research and emotional insight, Kate Williams brings Mary vividly to life in all her complexities and contradictions.' Kate Mosse, author of The Burning Chambers 'It takes a special kind of historian to turn an old story on its head. Eye-opening, provocative, this is the great rivalry re-imagined for the #MeToo generation.' Lucy Worsley _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Supper Club Lara Williams (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hamish Hamilton Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 272pp h216mm x w135mm ISBN13: 9780241350317 ISBN13: 978-0-241-35031-7 ISBN10: 024135031X EAN: 9780241350317 x Description: Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag meets Nora Ephron's Heartburn in this savagely funny and perceptive tale of rage and joy, hunger and friendship, bodies and the space they take up in the world. 'Supper Club is outrageously good - dark, funny, and joyful. From the first page to the last, it's a delight' Sophie Mackintosh, author of The Water Cure 'Fantastic. Funny and incisive with some of the best food writing I've read. A full-fanged celebration of the carnal, the feral and the freedom that comes when women rediscover their own appetites. I love it' - Caroline O'Donoghue, author of Promising Young Women 'A bacchanalian homage to women's rage and female friendship' Courtney Maum, author of I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You Twenty-nine year old Roberta has spent her whole life hungry - until the day she invents Supper Club. Supper Club is a secret society for hungry women. Women who are sick of bad men and bad sex, of hinted expectations to talk less, take less, be less. So they gather after dark and feast until they are sick. They drink and dance and roar. And, month by month, their bodies expand. At the centre of the Supper Club stands Roberta - cynical yet anxious, precocious and lost. She is seeking the answer to a simple question: if you feed a starving woman, what will she grow into? This is a story about the hunger that never goes away. And it is a story about the people who make us what we are - who lead us astray and ultimately save us. You look hungry. Join the club. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hunting Killers Mark Williams-Thomas (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Bantam Press
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
27 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 288pp h240mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781787631311 ISBN13: 978-1-78763-131-1 ISBN10: 1787631311 EAN: 9781787631311 x Description: ___ Death has a unique smell. I've been in the presence of people who have killed; I've been in rooms where people have been killed. I've seen the unspeakable things human beings are capable of. None of that puts me off my aim; I want to see those people caught, convicted and sent to jail. Mark Williams-Thomas is a former police detective and multi-award-winning investigative journalist. He has been at the centre of some of the most high-profile investigations of recent years involving killers and paedophiles. In this gripping and unflinching book, Mark reveals how he has pieced together these complex cases. Through tireless research and perseverance, Mark takes us on a journey of discovery gathering and pursuing new evidence, earning the trust of silent witnesses and sharing the personal toll this extraordinary job takes on him. Mark's story is a relentless and inspiring one; it is the story of a life dedicated to justice. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Memo From Turner Tim Willocks (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784708740 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-874-0 ISBN10: 1784708747 EAN: 9781784708740 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A new story about anxiety Sarah Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Corgi Books
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
16 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 320pp h200mm x w510mm x s23mm 325g ISBN13: 9780552175029 ISBN13: 978-0-552-17502-9 ISBN10: 0552175021 EAN: 9780552175029 x Description: 'I loved this book.' Matt Haig If you have anxiety, this book is for you. __________________
If you love someone who is anxious, this book is for you. I Quit Sugar founder and New York Times bestselling author Sarah Wilson has lived through high anxiety - including bipolar, OCD and several suicide attempts - her whole life. Perhaps like you, she grew tired of seeing anxiety as a disease that must be medicated into submission. Could anxiety be resewn, she asked, into a thing of beauty? So began a seven-year journey to find a more meaningful and helpful take on anxiety. Living out of two suitcases, Sarah travelled the world, meeting with His Holiness The Dalai Lama, with Oprah's life coach, with major mental health organizations and hundreds of others in a quest to unravel the knotted ball of wool that is the anxious condition. She emerged with the very best philosophy, science and hacks for thriving with the beast. First, We Make the Beast Beautiful is a book with a big heart, paving the way for richer, kinder and wiser conversations about anxiety. __________________ 'Probably the best book on living with anxiety that I've ever read.' Mark Manson, author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Winning Not Fighting: Why you need to rethink success and how you achieve it with the Ancient Art of Wing Tsun John Vincent (Author) Sifu Julian Hitch (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Portfolio Penguin
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
07 Nov 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 256pp h204mm x w132mm ISBN13: 9780241318379 ISBN13: 978-0-241-31837-9 ISBN10: 0241318378 EAN: 9780241318379 x Description: Winning Not Fighting draws on the philosophy of Wing Tsun, an ancient Chinese martial art, to offer a profound and practical guide to achieving success at work, life and business. By explaining what these teachings reveal about decision-making, professional relationships, personal targets and positivity, it challenges some of our deepest-held assumptions and forces us to unlearn many ideas that inform our current ideas on professional success. Why, for example, do we refer to business through a lens of conflict? Why does winning always require confrontation, competition and a loser? John Vincent and Julian Hitch challenge our ingrained assumptions about success and achievement to to guide us through a path of self-cultivation using the eight wisdoms of Wing Tsun. John Vincent, the co-founder of LEON, has applied these mantras to his healthy fast-food empire with enormous success. In Winning Not Fighting, he collaborates with Wing Tsun master, Sifu Julian Hitch to sculpt this timeless wisdom into a practical and accessible guide to achieving success for your business. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Frankissstein: A Love Story Jeanette Winterson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Jonathan Cape Ltd
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
09 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h216mm x w135mm x s25mm 348g ISBN13: 9781787331419 ISBN13: 978-1-78733-141-9 ISBN10: 1787331415 EAN: 9781787331419 x Description: From 'one of the most gifted writers working today' (New York Times) comes an audacious new novel about the bodies we live in and the bodies we desire
In Brexit Britain, a young transgender doctor called Ry is falling in love - against their better judgement - with Victor Stein, a celebrated professor leading the public debate around AI. Meanwhile, Ron Lord, just divorced and living with Mum again, is set to make his fortune launching a new generation of sex dolls for lonely men everywhere. Across the Atlantic, in Phoenix, Arizona, a cryogenics facility houses dozens of bodies of men and women who are medically and legally dead... but waiting to return to life. But the scene is set in 1816, when nineteen-year-old Mary Shelley writes a story about creating a non-biological life-form. `Beware, for I am fearless and therefore powerful.' What will happen when homo sapiens is no longer the smartest being on the planet? Jeanette Winterson shows us how much closer we are to that future than we realise. Funny and furious, bold and clear-sighted, Frankissstein is a love story about life itself. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mum, Tell Me: A Give & Get Back Book Elma van Vliet (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Particular Books
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
07 Mar 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Language: English Translated From: Dutch; Flemish Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 160pp h235mm x w182mm x s16mm 510g ISBN13: 9780241367223 ISBN13: 978-0-241-36722-3 ISBN10: 0241367220 EAN: 9780241367223 x Description: THE BELOVED INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A gift book for your mother, a lifetime of precious memories for you Mum, Tell Me is a gift book that gives you the chance to ask your mother all those questions you'd always wondered about, and plenty you hadn't. Questions like - What did you want to be when you grew up? - Did you ever have your heart broken? - What is one of the most beautiful or special things you've achieved in life? - How did motherhood change you? Once she's answered them, she gives the book back to you. And you'll be left with a lasting chronicle of your mum's memories, dreams, wishes and stories; a personal keepsake to treasure. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Walks in the Wild: A guide through the forest with Peter Wohlleben Peter Wohlleben (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Rider & Co
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
02 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 272pp h222mm x w138mm ISBN13: 9781846045578 ISBN13: 978-1-84604-557-8 ISBN10: 1846045576 EAN: 9781846045578
x Description: Can you tell the difference between wolf and dog prints? Which trees are best to shelter under a storm? How do you tell a deciduous and coniferous tree apart? Bestselling author of The Hidden Life of trees, Peter Wohlleben, lets you in on the quintessentials of his forestry knowledge. He invites you on an atmospheric journey of discovery. Learn to find your way around the woods without a compass or GPS, which berries and mushrooms are good to eat, how to read animal tracks and what it's like to spend a night alone in a forest. Walks in the Wild has everything you need to make a woodland walk - be it spring, summer, autumn or winter - into a very special experience. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How to Raise Successful People: Simple Lessons for Radical Results Esther Wojcicki (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hutchinson
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 336pp h215mm x w135mm x s26mm 342g ISBN13: 9781786331274 ISBN13: 978-1-78633-127-4 ISBN10: 1786331276 EAN: 9781786331274 x Description: ______________________________ Being a parent is complicated - but the trick to succeed is simpler than you think. There are no Nobel Prizes for parenting or education, but if there were, Esther Wojcicki would be the bookies' favourite. Known as the Godmother of Silicon Valley - or simply Woj - Esther's three daughters have all gone on to huge success in their professional fields and, more importantly, their personal lives. What's her secret? As we face an epidemic of parental and childhood anxiety, Woj has the advice every parent wants to hear: climb out of that helicopter and relax. Her tried and tested TRICK system will help you: * Let your child discover their own passions * Move on from past parenting mistakes * Build rock-solid foundations for a lifelong relationship * Be brave enough to give your child freedom * Work with your children, not against them * Set healthy relationships with technology Your children are the future. If you change your parenting, you can change the world. ______________________________ 'A brilliant book. It should be on the bookshelf of every parent.' FROST MAGAZINE 'Esther Wojcicki is leading a revolution . . . How to Raise Successful People shows us how to be our best so our children can be their best.' ARIANA HUFFINGTON _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Female Persuasion Meg Wolitzer (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
07 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 464pp h198mm x w129mm x s28mm 319g ISBN13: 9781784708306 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-830-6 ISBN10: 1784708305 EAN: 9781784708306 x Description: ** Selected by 8 National Newspapers as a Book of the Year ** ** The New York Times Bestseller ** `A page-turner that succeeds both at character and ideas' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie A warm and immersive novel about ambition, power, women, friendship and finding your place in the world, from the bestselling author of The Wife and The Interestings. Greer Kadetsky is a shy college student when she meets the person who will change her life. Faith Frank, an influential and glamorous figure from the women's movement, inhabits a very different world to Greer's. But after a chance encounter Faith singles Greer out and invites her into her life, leading her down a thrilling path as it winds towards and away from her meant-to-be love story with high school sweetheart Cory and the future she had always imagined. Expansive and wise, compassionate and witty, The Female Persuasion is about the spark we all believe is flickering inside us, waiting to be seen and fanned by the right person at the right time. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Selected Short Stories Virginia Woolf (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
Penguin Classics
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 160pp h198mm x w129mm x s9mm 123g ISBN13: 9780241372517 ISBN13: 978-0-241-37251-7 ISBN10: 0241372518 EAN: 9780241372517 x Description: 'Why, if one wants to compare life to anything, one must liken it to being blown through the Tube at fifty miles an hour - landing at the other end without a single hairpin in one's hair! Shot out at the feet of God entirely naked! ... Yes, that seems to express the rapidity of life, the perpetual waste and repair; all so casual, all so haphazard' Virginia Woolf tested the boundaries of fiction in these short stories, developing a new language of sensation, feeling and thought, and recreating in words the 'swarm and confusion of life'. Defying categorization, the stories range from the more traditional narrative style of 'Solid Objects' through the fragile impressionism of 'Kew Gardens' to the abstract exploration of consciousness in 'The Mark on the Wall'. Edited with an introduction and notes by Sandra Kemp _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
To The Lighthouse: Vintage Voyages Virginia Woolf (Author) Eavan Boland (Introduction by) Series:
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Imprint:
Vintage Classics
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 224pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784875329 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-532-9 ISBN10: 1784875325 EAN: 9781784875329 x Description: Vintage Voyages: A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind Mr and Mrs Ramsay and their eight children have always holidayed at their summer house in Skye, surrounded by family friends. But as time passes, bringing with it war and death, the summer home stands empty until one day, many years later, the family return to make the long-postponed visit to the lighthouse. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Between the Acts Virginia Woolf (Author) Stella McNichol (Edited by) Gillian Beer (Introduction by) Gillian Beer (Notes by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Classics
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
02 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 192pp h198mm x w129mm x s11mm 145g ISBN13: 9780241372500 ISBN13: 978-0-241-37250-0 ISBN10: 024137250X EAN: 9780241372500 x Description: 'The future shadowed their present, like the sun coming through the many-veined transparent vine leaf: a criss-cross of lines making no pattern' It is June in 1939, and the inhabitants of a country house prepare for the annual village pageant that will be held in its grounds that day. It will tell the stories of English history, as it does every year. Yet the coming of war broods over the whole community, changing the meaning of past and present, and heralding a new act. Through her characters' passionate musings and private dramas, and through the enigmatic figure of the pageant's author, Miss La Trobe, Virginia Woolf's playful final novel both celebrates and mocks Englishness, and re-creates the elusive role of the artist. Edited by Stella McNichol With an introduction and notes by Gillian Beer _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Believe. Build. Become.: How to Supercharge Your Career Debbie Wosskow (Author) Anna Jones (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Virgin Books
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
09 May 2019
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 304pp h216mm x w135mm x s22mm 303g ISBN13: 9780753554012 ISBN13: 978-0-7535-5401-2 ISBN10: 0753554011 EAN: 9780753554012
x Description: Want to be your own boss? Or want to be THE boss? Start here. Believe. Build. Become. is a hands-on manual designed to help any woman develop the skills and mindset she needs to become a successful leader. Based on the AllBright Academy courses created by entrepreneur Debbie Wosskow (OBE, Founder of Love Home Swap) and leading businesswoman Anna Jones (former CEO of Hearst), Believe. Build. Become. offers a chapter-by-chapter system for readers to work through, focusing on the skills and confidence required to master the mindset of leadership. Debbie and Anna also reveal their own journeys to success - the gritty reality, the lessons learned and how they really got to the top. This is an inspirational, practical and accessible guide to becoming the boss you want to be. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Ocean Vuong (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Jonathan Cape Ltd
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
04 Jun 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 256pp h222mm x w144mm x s26mm 377g ISBN13: 9781787331501 ISBN13: 978-1-78733-150-1 ISBN10: 1787331504 EAN: 9781787331501 x Description: Brilliant, heartbreaking, tender, and highly original - poet Ocean Vuong's debut novel is a sweeping and shattering portrait of a family, and a testament to the redemptive power of storytelling On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family's history that began before he was born - a history whose epicentre is rooted in Vietnam - and serves as a doorway into parts of his life his mother has never known, all of it leading to an unforgettable revelation. At once a witness to the fraught yet undeniable love between a single mother and her son, it is also a brutally honest exploration of race, class, and masculinity. Asking questions central to the American moment, immersed as it is in addiction, violence, and trauma, but undergirded by compassion and tenderness, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is as much about the power of telling one's own story as it is about the obliterating silence of not being heard. With stunning urgency and grace, Ocean Vuong writes of people caught between disparate worlds, and asks how we heal and rescue one another without forsaking who we are. The question of how to survive, and how to make of it a kind of joy, powers the most important debut novel of many years. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Meet Me at the Museum Anne Youngson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Black Swan
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
03 Sep 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 224pp h198mm x w127mm ISBN13: 9781784163464 ISBN13: 978-1-78416-346-4 ISBN10: 1784163465 EAN: 9781784163464 x Description: A BEAUTIFUL NOVEL ABOUT LATE LOVE AND SECOND CHANCES Full of grace and humanity' Sunday Times ************************************************ When Tina Hopgood writes a letter of regret to a man she has never met, she doesn't expect a reply. When Anders Larsen, a lonely museum curator, answers it, neither does he.
They're both searching for something - they just don't know it yet. Anders has lost his wife, along with his hopes and dreams for the future. Tina is trapped in a marriage she doesn't remember choosing. Slowly their correspondence blossoms as they bare their souls to each other with stories of joy, anguish and discovery. But then Tina's letters suddenly cease, and Anders is thrown into despair. Can their unexpected friendship survive? A deep and luminous novel of self-discovery and second chances, MEET ME AT THE MUSEUM is a heartbreaking celebration of love, life and the surprises it throws at us. In a story that is at once urgent and tender, Anne Youngson polishes the everyday until it gleams. ***************************************** 'Insightful, emotionally acute and absorbing' Daily Express 'A beautiful and affecting novel of late love, by an extraordinary new writer' NINA STIBBE
The Observer Promising first-time British novelists 2018: 'A novel about self-discovery and second chances WHAT READERS ARE SAYING: 'I loved this book. It was so different from anything else I have read' 'I just loved this book and read it in one sitting. There were times when I felt like underlining the sentences that resonated with me' 'I read this book one letter at a time, just to let the contents sink in. Tears came to my eyes' _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Let Her Fly: A Father's Journey and the Fight for Equality Ziauddin Yousafzai (Author) Louise Carpenter (Author) Malala Yousafzai (Foreword by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
W H Allen
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Pub Date:
11 Jul 2019
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 176pp h198mm x w126mm ISBN13: 9780753552988 ISBN13: 978-0-7535-5298-8 ISBN10: 0753552981 EAN: 9780753552988 x Description: In this intimate and extraordinary memoir, Ziauddin Yousafzai, the father of Malala, gives a moving account of fatherhood and his lifelong fight for equality - proving there are many faces of feminism. "Whenever anybody has asked me how Malala became who she is, I have often used the phrase. `Ask me not what I did but what I did not do. I did not clip her wings'" For over twenty years, Ziauddin Yousafzai has been fighting for equality - first for Malala, his daughter - and then for all girls throughout the world living in patriarchal societies. Taught as a young boy in Pakistan to believe that he was inherently better than his sisters, Ziauddin rebelled against inequality at a young age. And when he had a daughter himself he vowed that Malala would have an education, something usually only given to boys, and he founded a school that Malala could attend. Then in 2012, Malala was shot for standing up to the Taliban by continuing to go to her father's school, and Ziauddin almost lost the very person for whom his fight for equality began. Let Her Fly is Ziauddin's journey from a stammering boy growing up in a tiny village high in the mountains of Pakistan, through to being an activist for equality and the father of the youngest ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, and now one of the most influential and inspiring young women on the planet.
Told through intimate portraits of each of Ziauddin's closest relationships - as a son to a traditional father; as a father to Malala and her brothers, educated and growing up in the West; as a husband to a wife finally learning to read and write; as a brother to five sisters still living in the patriarchy Let Her Fly looks at what it means to love, to have courage and fight for what is inherently right. Personal in its detail and universal in its themes, this landmark book shows why we must all keep fighting for the rights of girls and women everywhere. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________