Penguin Random House 2019

A Vintage Christmas: Vintage Minis Series:

Vintage Minis

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage Classics

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

04 Oct 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 272pp h184mm x w119mm x s27mm 257g ISBN13: 9781784875077 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-507-7 ISBN10: 1784875074 EAN: 9781784875077 x Description: Immerse yourself in a literary wonderland with this collection of timeless Christmas tales.

'There seems a magic in the very name of Christmas' said Charles Dickens. From yuletide carols to scrumptious food to presents under the tree, from cold winter nights in Victorian London to countryside festivities by the fire, from the melancholies of the season to the injustices, our best writers have seen it all and written it down. A Vintage Christmas captures the very essence of what Christmas means to us and what real magic can be found, written by some of the world's finest authors, including Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Anthony Trollope, Laurie Lee, E. Nesbit and Alice Munro.

Stories in A Vintage Christmas: `Carol-Barking' from Cider With Rosie by Laurie Lee `Obadiah Oak, Mrs Griffiths and the Carol Singers' by Louis de Bernieres `The Turkey Season' by Alice Munro `Christmas at Thompson Hall' by Anthony Trollope `Christmas Shopping' from The Green Road by Anne Enright `A Conscience Pudding' from The New Treasure Seekers by E. Nesbit `Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm' by Stella Gibbons `There Never Was Such a Goose' from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens `Let Nothing You Dismay' by Helen Simpson `Christmas Is a Sad Season for the Poor' by John Cheever `A Serious Talk' by Raymond Carver `The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle' by Arthur Conan Doyle VINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS. Vintage Minis bring you the world's greatest writers on the experiences that make us human - from birth to death and everything in between. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Rapthology Jermaine Scott Sinclair a.k.a. Wretch 32 (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

William Heinemann Ltd

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

15 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 400pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781785152016 ISBN13: 978-1-78515-201-6 ISBN10: 1785152017 EAN: 9781785152016 x Description: A revelatory work of non-fiction from one of the most popular and influential musicians of today: part autobiography, part guide to creativity and part cultural history.

What makes a song work? What element causes us to stop, to listen, to listen again? Is it a melody? Is it a beat? Is it the words that are sung, or spoken? Is it what they speak to in us? Is it a combination of all of the above?

Wretch 32 is one of the most influential musicians at work in Britain today. He is also a lyricist of unparalleled ability, and an advocate of music as a tool to educate as well as to entertain. In an age of unprecedented social and political change, Wretch's music stands as a medium of protest and of progress, helping to explain and shape a new era.

Rapthology is an anthology of the songs that have shaped Wretch, and our society, over the last thirty years, from gospel music to dancehall anthems to the most innovative emerging young voices. Step by step, Wretch explains what each song means to him, why it matters and how it has become so popular, and so powerful.

In Rapthology, Wretch also provides a lesson in lyric writing, taking us through his own creative process, from the first flashes of inspiration to final edits and improvisation. The result is a groundbreaking autobiography, a guidebook to the music that matters, and an insight into the artistic practises of one of the most inspiring artists of a generation. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Seven Signs of Life: Stories from an Intensive Care Doctor Aoife Abbey (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

07 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 288pp h204mm x w138mm x s29mm 357g ISBN13: 9781784709457 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-945-7 ISBN10: 178470945X EAN: 9781784709457 x Description: 'Heartfelt, honest, illuminating and wise - a wonderful book that I would urge everyone to read' Julia Samuel, author of GRIEF WORKS Grief. Anger. Joy. Fear. Distraction. Disgust. Hope. All emotions we expect to encounter over our lifetime.

But what if this was every day? And what if your ability to manage them was the difference between life and death?

For a doctor in Intensive Care this is part of the job. Fear in the eyes of a terminally ill patient who pleads with you to not let them die. Grief when you make a potentially fatal mistake. Disgust at caring for a convicted rapist. But there are also moments of joy, like the rare bright spots of lucidity for a dementia patient, or when the ward unexpectedly breaks into song.

Dr Aoife Abbey shows us what a doctor sees of humanity as it comes through the revolving door of the hospital and takes us beyond a purely medical perspective. Told through seven emotions, Seven Signs of Life is about what it means to be alive and how it feels to care for a living. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Merchants of Truth: Inside the News Revolution Jill Abramson (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

The Bodley Head Ltd

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

05 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 576pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781847923790 ISBN13: 978-1-84792-379-0 ISBN10: 1847923798 EAN: 9781847923790 x Description: Merchants of Truth by Jill Abramson, former editor of The New York Times, is the gripping and definitive in-the-room account of the revolution that has swept the news industry over the last decade and reshaped our world.

Drawing on revelatory access, Abramson takes us behind the scenes at four media titans during the most volatile years in news history. Two are maverick upstarts: BuzzFeed, the brain-child of virtuoso clickbait scientist Jonah Perretti, and VICE, led by the booze-fuelled anarcho-hipster Shane Smith. Their viral technology and disregard for the long-established standards of news journalism allow them to build game-changing billion-dollar businesses out of the millennial taste for puppies and nudity.

The two others are among the world's most venerable news institutions: The New York Times, owned and run for generations by the Sulzberger dynasty, and The Washington Post, also family-owned but soon to be bought by the world's richest merchant of all, Jeff Bezos. Here Abramson reveals first-hand the seismic clashes that take place in the boardrooms and newsrooms as they are forced to choose between their cherished principles objectivity and impartiality - and survival in a world where online advertising via Facebook and Google seems the only life-raft.

We are with the deal-making tycoons, thrusting reporters and hard-bitten editors, the egomaniacs, bullshitters, provocateurs and bullies, as some surf and others drown in the breaking wave of change. And we watch as the survivors confront the horrifying cost of their success: sexual scandal, fake news, the election of President Trump, the shaking of democracy.

Exposing the people and decisions that brought us to now, Merchants of Truth is a major book that breaks the ultimate news story of our times. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen Douglas Adams (Author) James Goss (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

BBC Books

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

14 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w126mm x s25mm 281g ISBN13: 9781785941061 ISBN13: 978-1-78594-106-1 ISBN10: 1785941062 EAN: 9781785941061 x Description: Rediscover the lost Doctor Who adventure by Douglas Adams.

Intergalactic war? That's just not cricket ... or is it?

The Doctor promised Romana the end of the universe, so she's less than impressed when what she gets is a cricket match. But then the award ceremony is interrupted by eleven figures in white uniforms and peaked skull helmets, wielding bat-shaped weapons that fire lethal bolts of light into the screaming crowd. The Krikkitmen are back.

Millions of years ago, the people of Krikkit learned they were not alone in the universe, and promptly launched a xenophobic crusade to wipe out all other life-forms. After a long and bloody conflict, the Time Lords imprisoned Krikkit within an envelope of Slow Time, a prison that could only be opened with the Wicket Gate key, a device that resembles - to human eyes, at least - an oversized set of cricket stumps...

From Earth to Gallifrey, from Bethselamin to Devalin, from Krikkit to Mareeve II to the far edge of infinity, the Doctor and Romana are tugged into a pan-galactic conga with fate as they rush to stop the Krikkitmen gaining all five pieces of the key. If they fail, the entire cosmos faces a fiery retribution that will leave nothing but ashes... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Secret Language of the Stars Jessica Adams (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Michael Joseph Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

05 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 372pp h246mm x w189mm ISBN13: 9780241368305 ISBN13: 978-0-241-36830-5 ISBN10: 0241368308 EAN: 9780241368305 x Description: Pre-order The Secret Language of the Stars to discover all about the new blend of eastern and western astrology.

For thousands of years, humans around the world have sought answers in the stars. Now, expert astrologer Jessica Adams brings the wisdom of the sun signs and the Chinese zodiac together, with profiles that are more insightful than ever.

Animastrology is a beautiful and fun guide to the 144 combined astrological signs. Each is symbolized by an animal which reflects the sign's instinctive nature. Discover which animal you are and uncover your strengths and weaknesses, your hidden talents and your quirks. Find out the whether you are really compatible with the signs you are drawn to and which should be avoided at all costs.

Luxurious and beautifully illustrated, this book is the perfect keepsake to share with family and friends.

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The Power: WINNER OF THE 2017 BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION Naomi Alderman (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

06 Apr 2017

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 248g ISBN13: 9780670919963 ISBN13: 978-0-670-91996-3 ISBN10: 0670919969 EAN: 9780670919963 x Description: WINNER OF THE 2017 BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2017 'Electrifying' Margaret Atwood 'A big, page-turning, thought-provoking thriller' Guardian All over the world women are discovering they have the power.

With a flick of the fingers they can inflict terrible pain - even death.

Suddenly, every man on the planet finds they've lost control.

The Day of the Girls has arrived - but where will it end?

'The Hunger Games crossed with The Handmaid's Tale' Cosmopolitan 'Superb. Insightful, thrilling, funny. Well-crafted, compelling, serious-minded' Daily Telegraph 'Fascinating, ingenious, rattles with a furious pace. Deserves to be read by every woman (and, for that matter, every man)' The Times 'Irresistible. Holds a mirror up to the here and now' Mail on Sunday 'Chilling, thrilling, a blast' Financial Times 'A shocking, thrill-a-minute story' Observer _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Everything I Know About Love Dolly Alderton (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 260g ISBN13: 9780241982105 ISBN13: 978-0-241-98210-5 ISBN10: 0241982103 EAN: 9780241982105 x Description: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WITH A NEW CHAPTER Winner of Autobiography of the Year at the National Book Awards 2018 Shortlisted for the Waterstones Book of the Year 2018 *************** 'Alderton is Nora Ephron for the millennial generation' Elizabeth Day

'Steeped in furiously funny accounts of one-night stands, ill-advised late-night taxi journeys up the M1, grubby flat-shares and the beauty of female friendships, as Alderton joyfully booze-cruises her way through her twenties' Metro 'Deeply funny, sometimes shocking, and admirably open-hearted and optimistic' Daily Telegraph 'The book we will thrust into our friends' hands . . . that will help heal a broken heart. Alderton's wise words can resonate with women of all ages. She feels like a best friend and your older sister all rolled into one and her pages wrap around you like a warm hug' Evening Standard 'A sensitive, astute and funny account of growing up millennial' Observer 'I loved its truth, self awareness, humour and most of all, its heart-spilling generosity' Sophie Dahl 'Alderton proves a razor-sharp observer of the shifting dynamics of long term female friendship' Mail on Sunday 'It's so full of life and laughs - I gobbled up this book. Alderton has built something beautiful and true out of many fragments of daftness' Amy Liptrot _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Reinvention of Martha Ross Charlene Allcott (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Corgi Books

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

30 Aug 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w127mm x s22mm 251g ISBN13: 9780552175791 ISBN13: 978-0-552-17579-1 ISBN10: 055217579X EAN: 9780552175791 x Description: -------------------------`One of the freshest, funniest, most exciting new voices I've read for a long time' Jane Fallon Meet Martha Ross. She dreams of being a singer, but she's been working in a call centre for far too long. She's separating from her husband, the father of her son. And she's moving back home to her parents' as a single mum, toddler in tow.

Life has thrown her a few lemons . . . but Martha intends to make a gin and tonic. It's time to become the woman she's always wanted to be. And at least her mum's on hand to provide childcare - and ample motherly judgement, of course.

Soon Martha realises that in order to find lasting love and fulfilment, she needs to find herself first . . . But her attempts at reinvention - from writing a definitive wish list of everything she wants in a new man, to half-marathons, business plans and meditation retreats - tend to go awry in the most surprising of ways . . .

A warm, vibrant and painfully funny novel for fans of Why Mummy Drinks, Fiona Gibson and Lucy Vine. *Also published as The Reinvention of Martha Ross* _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Invasion of the Space Invaders: An Addict's Guide to Battle Tactics, Big Scores and the Best Machines Martin Amis (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Jonathan Cape Ltd

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

08 Nov 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 128pp h298mm x w212mm x s10mm 654g ISBN13: 9781787331198 ISBN13: 978-1-78733-119-8 ISBN10: 1787331199 EAN: 9781787331198

x Description: Back in a facsimile edition is Martin Amis's closet passion project, first published in 1982: a compulsive gamer's guide to arcades and beating your younger self's high score In this offbeat book, introduced by Stephen Spielberg, acclaimed author Martin Amis explores how 1980s video games took a generation by storm.

Delving into the electric atmosphere of the arcades where he misspent his youth, he asks: Why did Space Invaders invade our hearts and minds? How much time, loose change and sex appeal did they cost us? And most importantly, which secret cheats and tactics must we master to reach the next level?

Part cautionary tale, part celebration of a lifelong addiction, this is an essential manual for many a self-confessed cyber geek, computer nerd and joystick junkie. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Help Simon Amstell (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

15 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 224pp h198mm x w129mm x s17mm 197g ISBN13: 9781784705695 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-569-5 ISBN10: 1784705691 EAN: 9781784705695 This Product Replaces: 9781910931547 x Description: 'A beautiful and clever book about being human' Russell Brand COMEDY. TRAGEDY. THERAPY. Simon Amstell did his first stand-up gig at the age of thirteen. His parents had just divorced and puberty was confusing. Trying to be funny solved everything.

HELP is the hilarious and heartbreaking account of Simon's ongoing compulsion to reveal his entire self on stage. To tell the truth so it can't hurt him any more. Loneliness, anxiety, depression - this book has it all. And more.

From a complicated childhood in Essex to an Ayahuasca-led epiphany in the Amazon rainforest, this story will make you laugh, cry and then feel happier than you've ever been. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Winter of the Witch Katherine Arden (Author) Series:

Winternight Trilogy

Edition:

Imprint:

Ebury Press

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

08 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 384pp h216mm x w135mm x s28mm 379g ISBN13: 9781785039720 ISBN13: 978-1-78503-972-0 ISBN10: 1785039725 EAN: 9781785039720 x Description: One girl can make a difference...

Moscow is in flames, leaving its people searching for answers - and someone to blame. Vasilisa, a girl with extraordinary gifts, must flee for her life, pursued by those who blame their misfortune on her magic.

Then a vengeful demon returns, stronger than ever. Determined to engulf the world in chaos, he finds allies among men and spirits. Mankind and magical creatures alike find their fates resting on Vasya's shoulders.

But she may not be able to save them all.

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Sea Monsters Chloe Aridjis (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Chatto & Windus

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

07 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 192pp h222mm x w144mm x s22mm 316g ISBN13: 9781784741938 ISBN13: 978-1-78474-193-8 ISBN10: 1784741930 EAN: 9781784741938 x Description: 'Sea Monsters is a mesmerizing, revelatory novel, smart and funny and laced with a strangeness that is never facile but serves as a profound and poetic tool for navigating our shared world. Chloe Aridjis is the rare writer who reinvents herself in each book; she is, for my money, one of the most brilliant novelists working in English today' Garth Greenwell One autumn afternoon in Mexico City, 17-year-old Luisa does not return home from school. Instead, she boards a bus to the Pacific coast with Tomas, a boy she barely knows. He seems to represent everything her life is lacking - recklessness, impulse, independence - and may also help her fulfil an unusual obsession: to track down a troupe of Ukrainian dwarfs who have recently escaped a Soviet circus touring Mexico. They head for Zipolite, the `Beach of the Dead', a community peopled by hippies, nudists, beach combers and eccentric storytellers, and Luisa searches for someone, anyone, who will `promise, no matter what, to remain a mystery'. But as she wanders the shoreline, she begins to discover that a quest is more easily envisioned than accomplished.

And so unfolds a phantasmagorical tale of adolescence, transgression and disenchantment in late 1980s Mexico, a place of long nights, insistent sun and relentless rain. Sea Monsters is an intoxicating evocation of past selves and buried histories, the pull of fantasy colliding with the stark light of reality - a dreamlike yet vivid novel about the moments and mysteries that shape us. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

A Gift for Dying M. J. Arlidge (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Michael Joseph Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 480pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780718187897 ISBN13: 978-0-7181-8789-7 ISBN10: 071818789X EAN: 9780718187897 x Description: The gripping new thriller from M. J. Arlidge, Sunday Times bestselling author of the Helen Grace series.

Adam Brandt is a forensic psychologist, well used to dealing with the most damaged members of society.

But he's never met anyone like Kassie.

The teenager claims to have a terrible gift - with one look into your eyes, she can see when and how you will die.

Obviously, Adam knows Kassie must be insane. But then a serial killer hits the city. And only Kassie seems to know where he'll strike next.

Against all his intuition, Adam starts to believe her.

He just doesn't realise how deadly his faith might prove... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

In Shock: How nearly dying made me a better doctor Dr. Rana Awdish (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Corgi Books

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

24 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 272pp h198mm x w127mm x s17mm 189g ISBN13: 9780552174756 ISBN13: 978-0-552-17475-6 ISBN10: 0552174750 EAN: 9780552174756 x Description: 'I read the first chapters at such a pace that I almost had to remind myself to breathe.' Sunday Times 'Tense, powerful and gripping... her writing style is often nothing short of beautiful - evocative and emotional.' Adam Kay, Observer At seven months pregnant, intensive care doctor Rana Awdish suffered a catastrophic medical event, haemorrhaging nearly all of her blood volume and losing her unborn first child. She spent months fighting for her life in her own hospital, enduring a series of organ failures and multiple major surgeries.

Every step of the way, Awdish was faced with something even more unexpected and shocking than her battle to survive: her fellow doctors' inability to see and acknowledge the pain of loss and human suffering, the result of a self-protective barrier hard-wired in medical training.

In Shock is Rana Awdish's searing account of her extraordinary journey from doctor to patient, during which she sees for the first time the dysfunction of her profession's disconnection from patients and the flaws in her own past practice as a doctor. Shatteringly personal yet wholly universal, it is both a brave roadmap for anyone navigating illness and a call to arms for doctors to see each patient not as a diagnosis but as a human being. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Doctor Who: Scratchman Tom Baker (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

BBC Books

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

24 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h240mm x w162mm x s30mm 517g ISBN13: 9781785943904 ISBN13: 978-1-78594-390-4 ISBN10: 1785943901 EAN: 9781785943904 x Description: What are you afraid of?

In his first-ever Doctor Who novel, Tom Baker's incredible imagination is given free rein. A story so epic it was originally intended for the big screen, Scratchman is a gripping, white-knuckle thriller almost forty years in the making.

The Doctor, Harry and Sarah Jane Smith arrive at a remote Scottish island, when their holiday is cut short by the appearance of strange creatures hideous scarecrows, who are preying on the local population. The islanders are living in fear, and the Doctor vows to save them all. But it doesn't go to plan - the time travellers have fallen into a trap, and Scratchman is coming for them.

With the fate of the universe hanging in the balance, the Doctor must battle an ancient force from another dimension, one who claims to be the Devil.

Scratchman wants to know what the Doctor is most afraid of. And the Doctor's worst nightmares are coming out to play... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Professor Chandra Follows His Bliss Rajeev Balasubramanyam (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Chatto & Windus

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

10 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 288pp h216mm x w135mm x s21mm 287g ISBN13: 9781784742546 ISBN13: 978-1-78474-254-6 ISBN10: 1784742546 EAN: 9781784742546 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 an expert at complex problems. There's just one he can't crack: the secret of happiness In the moments after the bicycle accident, Professor Chandra 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. All this success. All this stress. It's 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.

He doesn't know it yet, but Professor Chandra is about to embark on the trip of a lifetime. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Beyond Weird Philip Ball (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

31 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784706081 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-608-1 ISBN10: 1784706086 EAN: 9781784706081 x Description: PHYSICS WORLD 2018 BOOK OF THE YEAR `A clear and deeply researched account of what's known about the quantum laws of nature, and how to think about what they might really mean' Nature `I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics.' Richard Feynman wrote this in 1965 - the year he was awarded the Nobel prize in physics for his work on quantum mechanics. Over the past decade, the enigma of quantum mechanics has come into sharper focus. We now realise that quantum mechanics is less about particles and waves, uncertainty and fuzziness, than a theory about information: about what can be known and how.

The quantum world isn't a different world: it is our world, and if anything deserves to be called `weird', it's us. This exhilarating book is about what quantum maths really means - and what it doesn't mean. `Gorgeously lucid...takes us to the edge of contemporary theorizing about the foundations of quantum mechanics... Easily the best book I've read on the subject' Washington Post _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

My Name is Anna Lizzy Barber (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Century

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

09 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 400pp h234mm x w153mm x s29mm 484g ISBN13: 9781780899268 ISBN13: 978-1-78089-926-8 ISBN10: 1780899262 EAN: 9781780899268 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 `As convincing as it was gripping, a fabulous debut thriller.' SUNDAY MIRROR `A compelling read that's itching to be made into a TV two-parter' RED `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 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Only Story Julian Barnes (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

05 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 224pp h198mm x w129mm x s17mm 197g ISBN13: 9781784708313 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-831-3 ISBN10: 1784708313 EAN: 9781784708313 x Description: **THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** Would you rather love the more, and suffer the more; or love the less, and suffer the less? That is, I think, finally, the only real question.

First love has lifelong consequences, but Paul doesn't know anything about that at nineteen. At nineteen, he's proud of the fact his relationship flies in the face of social convention.

As he grows older, the demands placed on Paul by love become far greater than he could possibly have foreseen.

Tender and wise, The Only Story is a deeply moving novel by one of Britain's greatest mappers of the human heart. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Freefall Jessica Barry (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Harvill Secker

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

19 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 368pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781787301108 ISBN13: 978-1-78730-110-8 ISBN10: 1787301109 EAN: 9781787301108 x Description: 'A daring tightrope walk of a novel. Exhilarating, emotional - a thriller charged with genuine depth and raw power' A. J. Finn 'A gripping page-turner. Freefall is exactly what a great thriller should be' Renee Knight 'Never lets up' Karin Slaughter 'Taut and compelling' Jenny Quintana Surviving the plane crash is only the beginning for Allison.

The life that she's built for herself - her perfect fiance, their world of luxury - has disappeared in the blink of an eye. Now she must run, not only to escape the dark secrets in her past, but to outwit the man who is stalking her every move.

On the other side of the country, Allison's mother is desperate for news of her daughter, who is missing, presumed dead. Maggie refuses to accept that she could have lost her only child and sets out to discover the truth.

Mother and daughter must fight - for survival and to find their way through a dark web of lies and back to one another, before it's too late...

Heart-stopping and addictive, FREEFALL is a stunning thriller that explores the deep and complex bond between mothers and daughters. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Suspect: From the No. 1 bestselling author of Richard & Judy Book Club hit The Child Fiona Barton (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Bantam Press

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

22 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 384pp h234mm x w153mm x s28mm 463g ISBN13: 9781787630239 ISBN13: 978-1-78763-023-9 ISBN10: 1787630234 EAN: 9781787630239 x Description: The new must-read thriller from the author of Sunday Times bestseller, THE WIDOW, and the Richard & Judy No. 1 bestseller, THE CHILD. 'Fiona Barton is perceptive, empathetic and a talented writer' Daily Express ********* `The police belonged to another world - the world they saw on the television or in the papers. Not theirs.'

When two eighteen-year-old girls go missing on their gap year in Thailand, their families are thrust into the international spotlight: desperate, bereft and frantic with worry.

Journalist Kate Waters always does everything she can to be first to the story, first with the exclusive, first to discover the truth - and this time is no exception. But she can't help but think of her own son, who she hasn't seen in two years, since he left home to go travelling. This time it's personal.

And as the case of the missing girls unfolds, they will all find that even this far away, danger can lie closer to home than you might think . . . ********* Praise for Fiona Barton: 'Clever and compelling' Clare Mackintosh, author of LET ME LIE 'An engrossing, irresistible story' Shari Lapena, author of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR 'A gripping book you won't be able to put down' Sun 'Engrossing. Suspenseful' Stephen King 'A skilful, tautly written thriller' Red _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Last Days in Old Europe: Trieste '79, Vienna '85, Prague '89 Richard Bassett (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Allen Lane

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

31 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 224pp h222mm x w144mm x s24mm 346g ISBN13: 9780241014868 ISBN13: 978-0-241-01486-8 ISBN10: 0241014867 EAN: 9780241014868 x Description: The final decade of the Cold War, through the eyes of a laconic and elegant observer

In 1979 Richard Bassett set out on a series of adventures and encounters in central Europe which allowed him to savour the last embers of the cosmopolitan old Hapsburg lands and gave him a ringside seat at the fall of another ancien regime, that of communist rule. From Trieste to Prague and Vienna to Warsaw, fading aristocrats, charming gangsters, fractious diplomats and glamorous informants provided him with an unexpected counterpoint to the austerities of life along the Iron Curtain, first as a professional musician and then as a foreign correspondent.

The book shows us familiar events and places from unusual vantage points: dilapidated mansions and boarding-houses, train carriages and cafes, where the game of espionage between east and west is often set. There are unexpected encounters with Shirley Temple, Fitzroy Maclean, Lech Walesa and the last Empress of Austria. Bassett finds himself at the funeral of King Nicola of Montenegro in Cetinje, plays bridge with the last man alive to have been decorated by the Austrian Emperor Franz-Josef and watches the KGB representative in Prague bestowing the last rites on the Soviet empire in Europe.

Music and painting, architecture and landscape, food and wine, friendship and history run through the book. The author is lucky, observant and leans romantically towards the values of an older age. He brilliantly conjures the time, the people he meets, and Mitteleuropa in one of the pivotal decades of its history. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Other Side of Happiness: Embracing a More Fearless Approach to Living Brock Bastian (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

31 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 208pp h198mm x w129mm x s12mm 157g ISBN13: 9780141982106 ISBN13: 978-0-14-198210-6 ISBN10: 0141982101 EAN: 9780141982106 x Description: 'Pain is bad, right? In this fascinating book, Brock Bastian will convince you otherwise. Drawing on both vivid everyday examples and surprising laboratory findings, he shows how pain, suffering, and struggle give us pleasure, make us kinder, focus our thoughts, and give our life meaning' Paul Bloom, author of Against Empathy In today's culture, happiness has become the new marker of success, while hardships are viewed as personal weaknesses, or problems to be fixed.

We increasingly try to eradicate pain through medication and by insulating ourselves from risk and offence, despite being the safest generation to have ever lived. Yet in his research, renowned social psychologist Brock Bastian has found that suffering and sadness are neither antithetical to happiness nor incidental to it: they are a necessary ingredient for emotional well-being.

Drawing on psychology, neuroscience and internationally acclaimed findings from Bastian's own lab, The Other Side of Happiness encourages us to take a more fearless approach to living. The most thrilling moments of our lives are often balanced on a knife edge between pleasure and pain, whether it is finding your true love, holding your new-born for the first time, finishing a marathon or even plunging into an icy sea. This is because pain and the threat of loss quite literally increase our capacity for happiness, as Bastian reveals, making us stronger, more resilient, more connected to other people and more attuned to what truly matters. Pain even makes us more mindful, since in our darkest moments we are especially focused and aware of the world around us.

Our addiction to positivity and the pursuit of pleasure is actually making us miserable. Brock Bastian shows that, without some pain, we have no real way to achieve and appreciate the kind of happiness that is true and transcendent.

'Brock Bastian skilfully shatters the zeitgeist of positive thinking, showing how struggle and suffering are vital elements of a life well lived' Adam Grant, author of ORIGINALS and OBTION B with Sheryl Sandberg 'If you're tired of all the simple minded books telling you to just cheer up and be happy, this is the book for you!' Roy F. Baumeister, author of WILLPOWER: REDISCOVERING THEGREATEST HUMAN STRENGTH 'Explains why hardship sometimes yields richer lives that are laden with meaning, deep social connections, and unexpected bliss. A beautifully written and important book that should be required reading for anyone who's ever wondered why well-being so oftenflourishes in unexpected places' Adam Alter, author of DRUNK TANK PINK _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

How to Steal Fire: The Myths of Creativity Exposed, The Truths of Creativity Explained Stephen Bayley (Author) Roger Mavity (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Bantam Press

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 256pp h246mm x w189mm ISBN13: 9780593080085 ISBN13: 978-0-593-08008-5 ISBN10: 0593080084 EAN: 9780593080085 x Description: Creativity is a powerful force. It drives innovation, boosts our economy and enables us to fulfil our human potential. But what actually is creativity? Is it overrated? And where exactly do ideas come from in the first place?

In this book, design gurus Stephen Bayley and Roger Mavity debunk the myths and common misconceptions that form our current thinking around this complex subject. In showing readers how to think boldly and remain undaunted by challenges, they examine the phenomenon from all sides: not only the creativity of invention and of imagination but also that of perception and of discovery, in order to reveal the truths we often overlook.

Ultimately, How to Steal Fire will help you reclaim yourself from the anonymous dreariness of a data-driven culture and spark imaginative thought. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation Roderick Beaton (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Allen Lane

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 496pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780241312841 ISBN13: 978-0-241-31284-1 ISBN10: 0241312841 EAN: 9780241312841 x Description: We think we know ancient Greece, the civilisation that shares the same name and gave us just about everything that defines 'western' culture today, in the arts, sciences, social sciences and politics. Yet, as Greece has been brought under repeated scrutiny during the financial crises that have convulsed the country since 2010, worldwide coverage has revealed just how poorly we grasp the modern nation. This book sets out to understand the modern Greeks on their own terms.

How did Greece come to be so powerfully attached to the legacy of the ancients in the first place, and then define an identity for themselves that is at once Greek and modern? This book reveals the remarkable achievement, during the last 300 years, of building a modern nation on, sometimes literally, the ruins of a vanished civilisation. This is the story of the Greek nation-state but also, and perhaps more fundamentally, of the collective identity that goes with it. It is not only a history of events and high politics, it is also a history of culture, of the arts, of people and of ideas. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Springtime in a Broken Mirror Mario Benedetti (Author) Nick Caistor (Translated by) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Classics

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

28 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Language: English Translated From: Spanish Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 192pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241302620 ISBN13: 978-0-241-30262-0 ISBN10: 0241302625 EAN: 9780241302620 x Description: An extraordinary story of love and exile, from one of the great masters of the Latin American novel 'Having news from you is like opening a window' Santiago is trapped. Taken political prisoner in Montevideo after a brutal military coup, he can do nothing but write letters to his family, and try to stay sane. Far away in a different country, his father tries to adjust to life in exile, his nine-year-old daughter marvels at the big city, and his beautiful, careworn wife finds herself irresistibly drawn to another man, as day by day Santiago edges closer to freedom.

Told with tenderness and fury through the voices of a family torn apart by history, Springtime in a Broken Mirror asks whether shattered lives can ever truly be mended.

'A masterful novel ... a remarkable collage of unique perspectives - or shards from that eponymous broken mirror' The National _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Let Me Not Be Mad: A Story of Unravelling Minds A K Benjamin (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

The Bodley Head Ltd

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

14 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 224pp h216mm x w135mm x s17mm 225g ISBN13: 9781847925435 ISBN13: 978-1-84792-543-5 ISBN10: 184792543X EAN: 9781847925435 x Description: Let Me Not Be Mad is an immersive, virtuosic and provocative investigation of madness, love and self-destruction that defies categorisation.

A consulting room with two people in it. One of them is talking, the other is listening. Both of them need help.

Throughout his life, A K Benjamin has found himself drawn to extreme behaviour - as a screenwriter, a contemplative monk, a counsellor for addicts, a support-worker for gang-members and ultimately as a clinical neuropsychologist.

His book begins as a series of superbly realised clinical encounters with anonymised patients, some recently traumatised, some on the brink of mental collapse, others already in freefall. But with each encounter, it becomes increasingly and disturbingly apparent that what we are reading is not really about the patients at all: it is about the author's own fevered descent into mental illness and mania as he confronts his traumatic past.

Layered with twists and revelations, Let Me Not Be Mad challenges the boundary between fact and fiction to provide a thrilling drama of self-diagnosis: a hall of mirrors blazing with energy, intensity, humour and emotion. And though shockingly personal, it also reveals something deep and dark in western culture that is driving millions of us to distraction and collapse. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Home Mandy Berriman (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Black Swan

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

15 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w127mm x s21mm 241g ISBN13: 9781784163136 ISBN13: 978-1-78416-313-6 ISBN10: 1784163139 EAN: 9781784163136 x Description: Jesika is four and a half. She lives in a flat with her mother and baby brother and she knows a lot.

She knows their flat is high up and the stairs are smelly. She knows she should not draw on the wall where the wallpaper is peeling or touch the broken window. And she knows she loves her mummy and Toby.

She does not know that their landlord is threatening to evict them and that Toby's cough is going to get much worse. Or that Lauren, her new best friend, has a secret that will explode their world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Mary Berry's Quick Cooking Mary Berry (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

BBC Books

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

19 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 288pp h252mm x w192mm ISBN13: 9781785943898 ISBN13: 978-1-78594-389-8 ISBN10: 1785943898 EAN: 9781785943898 x Description: The nation's queen of home cooking brings her foolproof, delicious approach to quick fix cooking.

In this brand-new, official tie-in to the major BBC Two series, Mary shows how being in a rush will never be a problem again. Find brilliant 20- and 30minute meals and enjoy wonderful dishes that can be swiftly assembled and then left to cook away while you do something else.

Mary's utterly reliable, always delicious fast dishes tempt any tastebuds and her no-fuss expertise means you can cook from scratch and put mouthwatering home-cooked food on your family's table without compromising on quality or freshness.

This stunning cookbook, packed with colourful photography, includes over 120 new recipes, including all the recipes from the series, plus Mary's trademark no-nonsense tips and techniques for getting ahead in the kitchen so cooking is always stress-free.

Looking for a fast, satisfying supper? There's Crumble fish pie, Lamb tagine with preserved lemon or Pan-fried spiced falafels. Something special for Sunday lunch or dinner with friends? Roast Venison fillet and peppercorn sauce, 30-minute Beef ragu or Roast fillet pork with sage and mustard sauce followed by Upside-down rhubarb pudding.

With Mary's trusted advice and recipes, discover how easy fantastic fast cooking can be. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Runaways Fatima Bhutto (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Viking

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 432pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780241347003 ISBN13: 978-0-241-34700-3 ISBN10: 0241347009 EAN: 9780241347003 x Description: 'As compassionate as it is trenchant, this rare fiction is an illuminating guide through the great disorder of our times.' Pankaj Mishra, author of Age of Anger ______________________________ How far would you run to escape your life?

Anita lives in Karachi's biggest slum. Her mother is a maalish wali, paid to massage the tired bones of rich women. But Anita's life will change forever when she meets her elderly neighbour, a man whose shelves of books promise an escape to a different world.

On the other side of Karachi lives Monty, whose father owns half the city and expects great things of him. But when a beautiful and rebellious girl joins his school, Monty will find his life going in a very different direction.

Sunny's father left India and went to England to give his son the opportunities he never had. Yet Sunny doesn't fit in anywhere. It's only when his charismatic cousin comes back into his life that he realises his life could hold more possibilities than he ever imagined.

These three lives will cross in the desert, a place where life and death walk hand in hand, and where their closely guarded secrets will force them to make a terrible choice. ______________________________ 'A powerful and moving book. It is a book that anyone rushing to condemn young people for being radicalised should read.' Anne Youngson, author of Meet Me at the Museum 'Dazzling . . . a novel that holds up to scrutiny a world of claustrophobic war zones, virulent social media and cities collapsing upon themselves, and then sets it down again, transformed by the grace of storytelling' Siddartha Deb, author of The Point of Return ______________________________ PRAISE FOR FATIMA BHUTTO'S PREVIOUS WORK: 'It's clear that there is an ambitious literary mind at work...Bhutto's talent is evident, exciting' The New York Times Book Review 'Bhutto is a gifted and compelling writer, economically and poetically summoning up this beautiful mountainous backwater' Mail on Sunday 'Incredibly ambitious, extremely powerful and moving' BBC Radio 4 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Stranger Things: Suspicious Minds Gwenda Bond (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Century

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

05 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h234mm x w153mm x s23mm 390g ISBN13: 9781780899626 ISBN13: 978-1-78089-962-6 ISBN10: 1780899629 EAN: 9781780899626

x Description: A mysterious lab. A sinister scientist. A secret history. If you think you know the truth behind Eleven's mother, prepare to have your mind turned Upside Down in this thrilling prequel to the hit show Stranger Things.

It's the summer of 1969, and the shock of conflict reverberates through the youth of America, both at home and abroad. As a student at a quiet college campus in the heartland of Indiana, Terry Ives couldn't be farther from the front lines of Vietnam or the incendiary protests in Washington.

But the world is changing, and Terry isn't content to watch from the sidelines. When word gets around about an important government experiment in the small town of Hawkins, she signs on as a test subject for the project, code-named MKULTRA. Unmarked vans, a remote lab deep in the woods, mind-altering substances administered by tight-lipped researchers . . . and a mystery the young and restless Terry is determined to uncover.

But behind the walls of Hawkins National Laboratory-and the piercing gaze of its director, Dr. Martin Brenner-lurks a conspiracy greater than Terry could have ever imagined. To face it, she'll need the help of her fellow test subjects, including one so mysterious the world doesn't know she exists-a young girl with unexplainable superhuman powers and a number instead of a name: 008.

Amid the rising tensions of the new decade, Terry Ives and Martin Brenner have begun a different kind of war-one where the human mind is the battlefield. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

A Ladder to the Sky John Boyne (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Black Swan

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 448pp h198mm x w127mm x s27mm 304g ISBN13: 9781784161019 ISBN13: 978-1-78416-101-9 ISBN10: 1784161012 EAN: 9781784161019 x Description: 'A deliciously dark tale of ambition, seduction and literary theft . . . an ingeniously conceived novel that confirms Boyne as one of the most assured writers of his generation.' Hannah Beckerman, Observer * You've heard the old proverb about ambition, that it's like setting a ladder to the sky. It can lead to a long and painful fall.

If you look hard enough, you will find stories pretty much anywhere. They don't even have to be your own. Or so would-be-novelist Maurice Swift decides early on in his career.

A chance encounter in a Berlin hotel with celebrated author Erich Ackerman gives Maurice an opportunity. For Erich is lonely, and he has a story to tell; whether or not he should is another matter.

Once Maurice has made his name, he finds himself in need of a fresh idea. He doesn't care where he finds it, as long as it helps him rise to the top.

Stories will make him famous, but they will also make him beg, borrow and steal. They may even make him do worse.

This is a novel about ambition. * 'Maurice Swift, the novelist protagonist of John Boyne's A Ladder to the Sky, is a bookish version of Patricia Highsmith's psychopathic antihero Tom Ripley' The Times 'A dark morality tale in the mould of Patricia Highsmith . . . consistently intriguing' Daily Mail _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Heart's Invisible Furies John Boyne (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Black Swan

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

14 Dec 2017

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 736pp h198mm x w127mm x s32mm 492g ISBN13: 9781784161002 ISBN13: 978-1-78416-100-2 ISBN10: 1784161004 EAN: 9781784161002 x Description: The Richard and Judy Bookclub pick that readers are falling in love with.

'It's been a long time since I read anything so compelling and satisfying. At times, incredibly funny, at others, heartrending' - Sarah Winman, author of Tin Man Forced to flee the scandal brewing in her hometown, Catherine Goggin finds herself pregnant and alone, in search of a new life at just sixteen. She knows she has no choice but to believe that the nun she entrusts her child to will find him a better life.

Cyril Avery is not a real Avery, or so his parents are constantly reminding him. Adopted as a baby, he's never quite felt at home with the family that treats him more as a curious pet than a son. But it is all he has ever known.

And so begins one man's desperate search to find his place in the world. Unspooling and unseeing, Cyril is a misguided, heart-breaking, heartbroken fool. Buffeted by the harsh winds of circumstance towards the one thing that might save him from himself, but when opportunity knocks, will he have the courage, finally, take it?

Winner of the 2018 Glass Bell Award for standout storytelling. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Break Line: Ant Middleton meets Capture or Kill, Tom Marcus James Brabazon (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Michael Joseph Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

24 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 384pp h198mm x w129mm x s23mm 269g ISBN13: 9780718189556 ISBN13: 978-0-7181-8955-6 ISBN10: 0718189558 EAN: 9780718189556 x Description: Fans of Andy McNab, Orphan X and Frederick Forsyth, will love this unputdownable and action-packed debut thriller.

'BREATHLESS, COMPLEX, AND SERIOUSLY HARDCORE - DON'T PLAN TO SLEEP TONIGHT' Lee Child 'THE BREAK LINE DELIVERS A FULL-THROTTLE EXERCISE IN TENSION' Crimetime 'A RIVETING PAGE-TURNER, A GRUESOME DELIGHT, AND A STUDY OF WHAT LIES IN THE SHADOWED CORNERS OF THE HUMAN HEART' Gregg Hurwitz, author of ORPHAN X _____________ Officially, Max McLean doesn't exist. The British government denies all knowledge of the work he does on their behalf to keep us safe. But Max and his masters are losing faith in each other. And they've given him one last chance to prove he's still their man.

Sent to a military research facility to meet a former comrade-in-arms, Max finds the bravest man he ever knew locked up for his own protection. His friend lost his mind during an operation in West Africa. The reason? Absolute mortal terror.

Max is determined to find out why.

Ahead lies a perilous, breathtaking mission into the unknown that will call into question everything that Max once believed in.

Acting alone, without back-up, Max lands in Sierra Leone with his friend's last words ringing in his ears: 'They're coming, Max. They're coming . . .'

The Break Line is a debut dripping with authenticity and menace. Packed with irresistible set pieces and jaw-dropping plot twists, this is a thriller like no other. _____________ 'A thriller of an unusually classy calibre. Eloquently written, intensively researched ... Brabazon has crafted hugely gripping, thought-provoking yarn, grounding its outlandish elements in solid realism and vivid characterisation' Financial Times 'A taut, razor-edged thriller, packed with granular detail and authenticity' JAMES SWALLOW, author of NOMAD 'The Break Line is a distillation of a quarter of a century of travel with a camera in one and and a notebook in the other. Set in Sierra Leone, it sees Special Forces veteran Mac McLean on a mission that is non-routine even by his own black ops standards . . . It's so twisty and multilayered it would be easy to imagine it as a computer game.' Mail on Sunday _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Cradle to Cradle: (Patterns of Life) Michael Braungart (Author) William McDonough (Author) Series:

Patterns of Life

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage Classics

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

03 Apr 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 192pp h178mm x w129mm x s12mm 142g ISBN13: 9781784873653 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-365-3 ISBN10: 1784873659 EAN: 9781784873653 x Description: PATTERNS OF LIFE: SPECIAL EDITIONS OF GROUNDBREAKING SCIENCE BOOKS This book proposes a new vision for modern industry. Instead of our current wasteful and polluting methods of manufacturing, we could be taking nature as a model for making things. With the right redesign, objects that have come to the end of their useful lives should provide the basis for something new. In designing and producing products we need to stop worrying about being `less bad' and start finding ways of actually being good.

Find here a radical manifesto and a plan for our planet in which all waste can be put to good use. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What Would the Spice Girls Do?: How the Girl Power Generation Grew Up Lauren Bravo (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Bantam Press

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

18 Oct 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 208pp h184mm x w119mm x s23mm 223g ISBN13: 9781787631304 ISBN13: 978-1-78763-130-4 ISBN10: 1787631303 EAN: 9781787631304 x Description: As featured in Elle magazine's 'Best Feminist Books to Gift this Christmas' 'A joyous and energetic celebration of girlhood, friendship and pop culture. If you have ever sung into the lid of a can of Impulse body spray, you need to read this.' Daisy Buchanan The words 'girl power' conjure vivid memories of short skirts and platform boots. But it wasn't just about the look, it was about feminism.

The Spice Girls gave a generation their first glimpse of the power of friendship, of staying true to yourself, of sheer bloody-mindedness. And the girl power generation went on to kick-start a new conversation around gender equality.

We may have grown up asking What Would the Spice Girls Do?, but their particular brand of feminism is as relevant today as it was twenty years ago we still need that fun and fearlessness, we still need accessible and all-embracing equality... we still need a zig-a-zig-ah. `Lauren Bravo is one of my very favourite writers.' Dolly Alderton `The Spice Girls' arrival on the pop scene marked the gateway to a modern form of feminism, all dressed up as a riotously good time.' Stylist As featured on BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 5Live and BBC Radio Sussex. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Story of Sex: From Apes to Robots Philippe Brenot (Author) Laetitia Coryn (Author) Will McMorran (Translated by) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

01 Mar 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Language: English Translated From: French Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 208pp h245mm x w190mm x s16mm 617g ISBN13: 9780141985275 ISBN13: 978-0-14-198527-5 ISBN10: 0141985275 EAN: 9780141985275 x Description: *The French Best-seller* 'The book France won't stop talking about...undoubtedly a lovely Christmas gift for anyone with a keen interest in when and how the first vibrator was invented' - Telegraph 'OOH la la...We've come a long way from wrapping Lady Chatterley's Lover in brown paper' - London Evening Standard 'Warm, humane, inclusive, open-minded' - The Times 'A witty account that embraces everything from the earliest humans to the age of cybersex' - Guardian 'Funny, erudite, and devilishly sexy, The Story of Sex is a treat for the whole family (except, perhaps, younger children and muffled prudes)' - The Culture Trip A history of sex, sexuality and human intimacy through the ages, from our primate pasts to our robotic futures Sex is everywhere, yet how many of us truly understand it?

Our attitudes to sex and sexuality are forever in flux. Driven by pleasure, power, revenge, a desire for children or simply because it isn't allowed, humans have had sex on the brain since pre-civilisation. But what do we really know? In The Story of Sex, we discover the truth, including: what eroticism really is, when the first couple was established, what phallic festivals were all about, when chastity belts were used and how some ancient civilisations were far ahead of their time when it came to gender equality.

We learn how, through the centuries, religion, superstition and morality laws have shaped our view of what is and isn't palatable - with many cultures having come a long way from prohibiting masturbation (by way of a microscope) or considering homosexuality a 'perversion', while others continue to condemn promiscuous behaviour, particularly of women - and how technology and disease have redefined the limits of pleasure and reproduction.

The first graphic novel of its kind, The Story of Sex brilliantly and humorously uncovers the most fascinating details of our sexual ancestry, and foretells a future of virtual gratification.

Philippe Brenot is a psychiatrist and the Director of Sexology at Paris Descartes University.

Laetitia Coryn is a graphic artist and illustrator. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Aftermath: Soon to Be a Major Film Starring Keira Knightley Rhidian Brook (Author) Series:

Edition:

Media tie-in

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 336pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241984062 ISBN13: 978-0-241-98406-2 ISBN10: 0241984068 EAN: 9780241984062 x Description: THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER, SOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM STARRING KEIRA KNIGHTLEY Set in post-war Germany, the international bestseller The Aftermath by Rhidian Brook is a stunning emotional thriller about our fiercest loyalties and our deepest desires.

In the bitter winter of 1946, Rachael Morgan arrives in the ruins of Hamburg. Here she is reunited with her husband Lewis, a British colonel charged with rebuilding the shattered city. As they set off for their new home Rachael is stunned to discover that Lewis has made an extraordinary decision: they will be sharing the grand house with its previous owners, a German widower and his troubled daughter. In this charged atmosphere, enmity and grief give way to passion and betrayal.

'This masterly novel wrings every drop of feeling out of a gripping human situation.' Mail on Sunday 'Superb. Conjures surprise after surprise' Guardian 'Excellent, original, masterly. A captivating tale not only of love among the ruins but also of treachery and vengeance' Literary Review 'Profoundly moving, beautifully written. Ponders issues of decency, guilt and forgiveness' Independent 'Terrific. Suspicion, resentment and misunderstanding haunt this city. Richly atmospheric' Sunday Telegraph _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Inside Black Mirror: The Illustrated Oral History Charlie Brooker (Author) Annabel Jones (Author) Jason Arnopp (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Ebury Press

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

01 Nov 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 320pp h252mm x w196mm x s28mm 1250g ISBN13: 9781529102581 ISBN13: 978-1-5291-0258-1 ISBN10: 1529102588 EAN: 9781529102581 x Description: `Black Mirror is hands down the most relevant program of our time, if for no other reason than how often it can make you wonder if we're all living in an episode of it.' - New York Times What becomes of humanity when it's fed into the jaws of a hungry new digital machine? Discover the world of Black Mirror in this immersive, illustrated, oral history.

This first official book logs the entire Black Mirror journey, from its origins in creator Charlie Brooker's mind to its current status as one of the biggest cult TV shows to emerge from the UK. Alongside a collection of astonishing behind-the-scenes imagery and ephemera, Brooker and producer Annabel Jones will detail the creative genesis, inspiration and thought process behind each film for the first time, while key actors, directors and other creative

talents relive their own involvement. `Brooker continues to solidify himself as one of the most creative writers in the medium. Even when the unfair creep of expectations rears up, Black Mirror and Brooker deliver.' - The Hollywood Reporter `Black Mirror: the future is already here, and it's terrifying' - Telegraph _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. Brene Brown (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vermilion

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

11 Oct 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h216mm x w135mm x s23mm 318g ISBN13: 9781785042140 ISBN13: 978-1-78504-214-0 ISBN10: 1785042149 EAN: 9781785042140 x Description: In her #1 NYT bestsellers, Brene Brown taught us what it means to dare greatly, rise strong and brave the wilderness. Now, based on new research conducted with leaders, change makers and culture shifters, she's showing us how to put those ideas into practice so we can step up and lead.

Leadership is not about titles, status and power over people. Leaders are people who hold themselves accountable for recognising the potential in people and ideas, and developing that potential. This is a book for everyone who is ready to choose courage over comfort, make a difference and lead.

When we dare to lead, we don't pretend to have the right answers; we stay curious and ask the right questions. We don't see power as finite and hoard it; we know that power becomes infinite when we share it and work to align authority and accountability. We don't avoid difficult conversations and situations; we lean into the vulnerability that's necessary to do good work.

But daring leadership in a culture that's defined by scarcity, fear and uncertainty requires building courage skills, which are uniquely human. The irony is that we're choosing not to invest in developing the hearts and minds of leaders at the same time we're scrambling to figure out what we have to offer that machines can't do better and faster. What can we do better? Empathy, connection and courage to start.

Brene Brown spent the past two decades researching the emotions that give meaning to our lives. Over the past seven years, she found that leaders in organisations ranging from small entrepreneurial start-ups and family-owned businesses to non-profits, civic organisations and Fortune 50 companies, are asking the same questions: How do you cultivate braver, more daring leaders? And, how do you embed the value of courage in your culture?

Dare to Lead answers these questions and gives us actionable strategies and real examples from her new research-based, courage-building programme.

Brene writes, `One of the most important findings of my career is that courage can be taught, developed and measured. Courage is a collection of four skill sets supported by twenty-eight behaviours. All it requires is a commitment to doing bold work, having tough conversations and showing up with our whole hearts. Easy? No. Choosing courage over comfort is not easy. Worth it? Always. We want to be brave with our lives and work. It's why we're here.' _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Origin: (Robert Langdon Book 5) Dan Brown (Author) Series:

Robert Langdon

Edition:

Imprint:

Corgi Books

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

09 Jul 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 560pp h198mm x w127mm x s33mm 378g ISBN13: 9780552174169 ISBN13: 978-0-552-17416-9 ISBN10: 0552174165 EAN: 9780552174169 x Description: Sunday Times #1 Bestseller New York Times #1 Bestseller The global bestseller - Origin is the latest Robert Langdon novel from the author of The Da Vinci Code.

'Fans will not be disappointed' The Times

Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend the unveiling of an astonishing scientific breakthrough. The evening's host is billionaire Edmond Kirsch, a futurist whose dazzling high-tech inventions and audacious predictions have made him a controversial figure around the world.

But Langdon and several hundred guests are left reeling when the meticulously orchestrated evening is suddenly blown apart. There is a real danger that Kirsch's precious discovery may be lost in the ensuing chaos. With his life under threat, Langdon is forced into a desperate bid to escape Bilbao, taking with him the museum's director, Ambra Vidal. Together they flee to Barcelona on a perilous quest to locate a cryptic password that will unlock Kirsch's secret.

To evade a devious enemy who is one step ahead of them at every turn, Langdon and Vidal must navigate the labyrinthine passageways of extreme religion and hidden history. On a trail marked only by enigmatic symbols and elusive modern art, Langdon and Vidal will come face-to-face with a breathtaking truth that has remained buried - until now.

`Dan Brown is the master of the intellectual cliffhanger' Wall Street Journal `As engaging a hero as you could wish for' Mail on Sunday `For anyone who wants more brain-food than thrillers normally provide' Sunday Times _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Truth About Keeping Secrets Savannah Brown (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 336pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 239g ISBN13: 9780241346303 ISBN13: 978-0-241-34630-3 ISBN10: 0241346304 EAN: 9780241346303 x Description: A stunning debut thriller from poet and writer Savannah Brown.

Sydney's dad is the only psychiatrist for miles around their small Ohio town.

He is also unexpectedly dead.

Is Sydney crazy, or is it kind of weird that her dad - a guy whose entire job revolved around other peoples' secrets - crashed alone, with no explanation?

And why is June Copeland, homecoming queen and the town's golden child, at his funeral?

As the two teenagers grow closer in the wake of the accident, it's clear that not everyone is happy about their new friendship.

But what is picture perfect June still hiding? And does Sydney even want to know?

THE TRUTH ABOUT KEEPING SECRETS is a page turning, voice led, high school thriller. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Grassling Elizabeth-Jane Burnett (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Allen Lane

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 208pp h216mm x w135mm ISBN13: 9780241374122 ISBN13: 978-0-241-37412-2 ISBN10: 024137412X EAN: 9780241374122 x Description: What fills my lungs is wider than breath could be. It is a place and a language torn, matted and melded; flowered and chiming with bones.

That breath is that place and until I get there I will not really be breathing What does it mean to belong when the soil beneath our feet is constantly shifting?

Spurred on by her father's declining health and inspired by the history he once wrote of their small Devon village, Elizabeth-Jane Burnett delves through layers of memory, language and natural history to tell a powerful story of how the land shapes us and speaks to us. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Dog Diaries: Happy Howlidays! Steven Butler (Author) James Patterson (Author) Richard Watson (Illustrated by) Series:

Dog Diaries

Edition:

Imprint:

Arrow (Young)

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

15 Nov 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 240pp h178mm x w129mm x s18mm 189g ISBN13: 9781529119589 ISBN13: 978-1-5291-1958-9 ISBN10: 1529119588 EAN: 9781529119589 x Description: Hello, my furless friend!

Are you ready for a festive adventure?

Join me, Junior Catch-A-Doggy-Bone, and my doggy pals on the poochiest, most barktastic journey through the Howliday Season.

We'll learn all about Fangs Giving, Crisp-Mouth and the mysterious Saint Lick.

Find out why people called Carol come and sing outside the front door.

And why trees suddenly appear inside your kennel! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

State of Play: Under the Skin of the Modern Game Michael Calvin (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Arrow Books Ltd

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

21 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 480pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784756123 ISBN13: 978-1-78475-612-3 ISBN10: 1784756121 EAN: 9781784756123 x Description: LONGLISTED FOR THE 2018 WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD Award-winning author of The Nowhere Men, Living on the Volcano and No Hunger in Paradise returns with his magnum opus on the state of modern football First he revealed the extraordinary lives of football scouts in The Nowhere Men. Next he unearthed the pressures on football managers in Living on the Volcano.

Then he chronicled the hardships of young players striving to make it in No Hunger in Paradise.

Now in State of Play, in what marks the pinnacle of a career investigating the human stories of football, award-winning writer Michael Calvin turns his eye to the biggest story of all - the game itself.

From mental health to money, concussion to Champions league, fan-owners to oligarchs, women's football to world cups, Calvin gets under the skin of the beautiful game, and reveals why it is truly the game of our lives.

Based on hundreds of hours of interviews with leading figures around the world, from Arsene Wenger to Steven Gerrard, Calvin reveals the winners, the losers, the politics, the pleasure, the hope, and the despair of the world's most popular sport. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Line Becomes A River Francisco Cantu (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

05 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 202g ISBN13: 9781784707057 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-705-7 ISBN10: 1784707058 EAN: 9781784707057 x Description: An electrifying memoir from a Mexican-American US Border Patrol guard. `Stunningly good... The best thing I've read for ages' James Rebanks, author of The Shepherd's Life Francisco Cantu was a US Border Patrol agent from 2008 to 2012.

In this extraordinary account, he describes his work in the desert along the Mexican border. He tracks humans through blistering days and frigid nights.

He detains the exhausted and hauls in the dead. The line he is sworn to defend, however, begins to dissolve. Haunted by nightmares, Cantu abandons the Patrol for civilian life - but he soon faces a final confrontation with the world he believed he had escaped. `A raw, compelling memoir... An eloquent rebuke to all those who look to build walls rather than bridges between people'

Sunday Times `A must-read... A page-turning personal story that holds until the final page and wrenches long after' GQ `Remarkable... Lyrical and moving' Guardian _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York Robert A. Caro (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

The Bodley Head Ltd

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

15 Oct 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 1312pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781847923653 ISBN13: 978-1-84792-365-3 ISBN10: 1847923658 EAN: 9781847923653 x Description: The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro is 'simply one of the best non-fiction books in English of the last forty years' (Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times): a riveting and timeless account of power, politics and the city of New York by `the greatest political biographer of our times' (Sunday Times); chosen by Time magazine as one of the 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of All Time and by the Modern Library as one of the 100 Greatest Books of the Twentieth Century; Winner of the Pulitzer Prize; a Sunday Times Bestseller; 'An outright masterpiece' (Evening Standard) The Power Broker tells the story of Robert Moses, the single most powerful man in New York for almost half a century and the greatest builder America (and probably the world) has ever known. Without ever once being elected to office, he created for himself a position of supreme and untouchable authority, allowing him to utterly reshape the city of New York, turning it into the city we know today, while at the same time blighting the lives of millions and remaining accountable to no one.

First published in the USA in 1974, this monumental classic was a Sunday Times bestseller when published in the UK in 2015 and is now widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest books of its kind. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Past Tense: (Jack Reacher 23) Lee Child (Author) Series:

Jack Reacher

Edition:

Imprint:

Bantam Press

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

05 Nov 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 416pp h234mm x w153mm x s30mm 500g ISBN13: 9780593078204 ISBN13: 978-0-593-07820-4 ISBN10: 0593078209 EAN: 9780593078204 x Description: The most hotly anticipated thriller of 2018 follows our hero Jack Reacher on a quest into his father's past, and climaxes in the most stomach-clenching, hair-raising,blood-curling ticking-time- bomb of an adventure yet.

Jack Reacher plans to follow the autumn sun on an epic road trip across America, from Maine to California. He doesn't get far. On a country road deep in the New England woods, he sees a sign to a place he has never been - the town where his father was born. He thinks, what's one extra day?

He takes the detour.

At the very same moment, close by, a car breaks down. Two young Canadians are trying to get to New York City to sell a treasure. They're stranded at a lonely motel in the middle of nowhere. It's a strange place ... but it's all there is.

The next morning in the city clerk's office, Reacher asks about the old family home. He's told no one named Reacher ever lived in that town. He knows his father never went back. Now he wonders, was he ever there in the first place?

So begins another nailbiting, adrenaline-fuelled adventure for Reacher. The present can be tense, but the past can be worse. That's for damn sure. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Healing Self: Supercharge your immune system and stay well for life Deepak Chopra, M.D. (Author) Rudolph E. Tanzi (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Rider & Co

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

03 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w126mm x s18mm 208g ISBN13: 9781846045714 ISBN13: 978-1-84604-571-4 ISBN10: 1846045711 EAN: 9781846045714 x Description: Heal yourself from the inside out Our immune systems can no longer be taken for granted. Current trends in public healthcare are disturbing: our increased air travel allows newly mutated bacteria and viruses to spread across the globe, antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria outstrip the new drugs that are meant to fight them, deaths due to hospital-acquired infections are increasing, and the childhood vaccinations of our aging population are losing their effectiveness. Now more than ever, our well-being is at a dangerous crossroad.

But there is hope, and the solution lies within ourselves. The Healing Self is the new breakthrough book in self-care by bestselling author and leader in integrative medicine Deepak Chopra and Harvard neuroscientist Rudolph E Tanzi. They argue that the brain possesses its own lymphatic system, meaning it is also tied into the body's general immune system.

Based on this brand new discovery, they offer new ways of increasing the body's immune system by stimulating the brain and our genes, and through this they help us fight off illness and disease. Combined with new facts about the gut microbiome and lifestyle changes, diet and stress reduction, there is no doubt that this ground-breaking work will have an important effect on your immune system. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Icebreaker: A Voyage Far North Horatio Clare (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

06 Sep 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 224pp h198mm x w135mm ISBN13: 9781784706791 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-679-1 ISBN10: 1784706795 EAN: 9781784706791 x Description: 'We are celebrating a hundred years since independence this year: how would you like to travel on a government icebreaker?'

A message from the Finnish embassy launches Horatio Clare on a voyage around an extraordinary country and an unearthly place, the frozen Bay of Bothnia, just short of the Arctic circle. Travelling with the crew of Icebreaker Otso, Horatio, whose last adventure saw him embedded on Maersk container vessels for the bestseller Down to the Sea in Ships, discovers stories of Finland, of her mariners and of ice.

Aboard Otso Horatio gets to know the men who make up her crew, and explores Finland's history and character. Surrounded by the extraordinary colours and conditions of a frozen sea, he also comes to understand something of the complexity and fragile beauty of ice, a near-miraculous substance which cools the planet, gives the stars their twinkle and which may hold all our futures in its crystals. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

If You'd Just Let Me Finish Jeremy Clarkson (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Michael Joseph Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

18 Oct 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 384pp h234mm x w153mm x s28mm 463g ISBN13: 9780241366745 ISBN13: 978-0-241-36674-5 ISBN10: 0241366747 EAN: 9780241366745 x Description: 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 ... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones James Clear (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Random House Business Publisher: Books

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

18 Oct 2018

Active

Publishing Status:

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h234mm x w153mm x s23mm 390g ISBN13: 9781847941831 ISBN13: 978-1-84794-183-1 ISBN10: 1847941834 EAN: 9781847941831 x Description: ________________________________ This year create habits that actually stick. Read Atomic Habits now. ________________________________ *The instant New York Times bestseller* *Financial Times Book of the Month* ________________________________ A revolutionary system to get 1 per cent better every day People think when you want to change your life, you need to think big. But world-renowned habits expert James Clear has discovered another way. He knows that real change comes from the compound effect of hundreds of small decisions - doing two push-ups a day, waking up five minutes early, or holding a single short phone call.

He calls them atomic habits.

In this ground-breaking book, Clears reveals exactly how these minuscule changes can grow into such life-altering outcomes. He uncovers a handful of simple life hacks (the forgotten art of Habit Stacking, the unexpected power of the Two Minute Rule, or the trick to entering the Goldilocks Zone), and delves into cutting-edge psychology and neuroscience to explain why they matter. Along the way, he tells inspiring stories of Olympic gold medalists, leading CEOs, and distinguished scientists who have used the science of tiny habits to stay productive, motivated, and happy.

These small changes will have a revolutionary effect on your career, your relationships, and your life. ________________________________ `A supremely practical and useful book.' Mark Manson, author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck `James Clear has spent years honing the art and studying the science of habits. This engaging, hands-on book is the guide you need to break bad routines and make good ones.' Adam Grant, author of Originals `Atomic Habits is a step-by-step manual for changing routines.' Books of the Month, Financial Times `A special book that will change how you approach your day and live your life.' Ryan Holiday, author of The Obstacle is the Way _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The President is Missing President Bill Clinton (Author) James Patterson (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Century

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

04 Jun 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 528pp h234mm x w153mm x s39mm 633g ISBN13: 9781780898407 ISBN13: 978-1-78089-840-7 ISBN10: 1780898401 EAN: 9781780898407 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 'This book moves like Air Force One. Big and fast.' - Michael Connelly, author of the Harry Bosch series '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 `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... 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.' - 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 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Hippie Paulo Coelho (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Hutchinson

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

25 Sep 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 304pp h216mm x w135mm x s22mm 303g ISBN13: 9781786331595 ISBN13: 978-1-78633-159-5 ISBN10: 1786331594 EAN: 9781786331595 x Description: In HIPPIE, his most autobiographical novel to date, Paulo Coelho takes us back in time to re-live the dream of a generation that longed for peace and dared to challenge the established social order - authoritarian politics, conservative modes of behavior, excessive consumerism, and an unbalanced concentration of wealth and power.

Following the "three days of peace and music" at Woodstock, the 1969 gathering in Bethel, NY that would change the world forever, hippie paradises began to emerge all around the world. In the Dam Square in Amsterdam, long-haired young people wearing vibrant clothes and burning incense could be found meditating, playing music and discussing sexual liberation, the expansion of consciousness and the search for an inner truth. They were a generation refusing to live the robotic and unquestioning life that their parents had known.

At this time, Paulo is a young, skinny Brazilian with a goatee and long, flowing hair who wants to become a writer. He sets off on a journey in search of freedom and a deeper meaning for his life: first, with a girlfriend, on the famous "Death Train to Bolivia," then on to Peru and later hitchhiking through Chile and Argentina.

His travels take him further, to the famous square in Amsterdam, where Paulo meets Karla, a Dutch woman also in her 20s. She convinces Paulo to join her on a trip to Nepal, aboard the Magic Bus that travels across Europe and Central Asia to Kathmandu. They embark on a journey in the company of fascinating fellow travelers, each of whom has a story to tell, and each of whom will undergo a transformation, changing their priorities and values, along the way. As they travel together, Paulo and Karla explore their own relationship, an awakening on every level that brings each of them to a choice and a decision that sets the course for their lives thereafter. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001-2016 Steve Coll (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 784pp h198mm x w129mm x s34mm 546g ISBN13: 9780718194499 ISBN13: 978-0-7181-9449-9 ISBN10: 0718194497 EAN: 9780718194499 x Description: 'Spellbinding ... a magisterial account of the great tragedy of our age ... it is a classic' Evening Standard 'In the finest traditions of American investigative journalism' The Times 'Spectacular ... makes Bourne movies pale in comparison' Financial Times From the Pulitzer Prize winning of the acclaimed Ghost Wars, this is the full story of America's grim involvement in the affairs of Afghanistan from 2001 to 2016. In the wake of the terrible shock of 9/11, the C.I.A. scrambled to work out how to destroy Bin Laden and his associates. The C.I.A. had long familiarity with Afghanistan and had worked closely with the Taliban to defeat the Soviet Union there. A tangle of assumptions, old contacts, favours and animosities were now reactivated. Superficially the invasion was quick and efficient, but Bin Laden's successful escape, together with that of much of the Taliban leadership, and a catastrophic failure to define the limits of NATO's mission in a tough, impoverished country the size of Texas, created a quagmire which lasted many years.

At the heart of the problem lay 'Directorate S', a highly secretive arm of the Pakistan state which had its own views on the Taliban and Afghanistan's place in a wider competition for influence between Pakistan, India and China, and which assumed that the U.S.A. and its allies would soon be leaving.

Steve Coll's remarkable new book tells a powerful, bitter story of just how badly foreign policy decisions can go wrong and of many lives lost. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Energy Plan: Eat Smart, Feel Strong, Perform at Your Peak James Collins (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vermilion

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

10 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 304pp h216mm x w135mm x s22mm 303g ISBN13: 9781785042294 ISBN13: 978-1-78504-229-4 ISBN10: 1785042297 EAN: 9781785042294 x Description: `James's pioneering use of food as fuel has transformed players' performances - and now he can do the same for you.' - Arsene Wenger OBE The secret of the sports elite - and how you can eat to win in your life World-leading sports nutritionist James Collins shapes the eating habits of Olympic athletes and Premier League footballers, so they are on peak form when it counts. After a decade of working with the likes of Arsenal FC, England Football and Team GB, now he's distilling his elite sports success into simple food principles that any of us can follow to feel at our best in our daily lives.

Peak performance is all about energy and how to eat and exercise right for your body and your routine. By following The Energy Plan, you will learn how to fuel your body for your life, power through the 4pm slump and resist the junk foods that drag you down. Instead you will naturally choose foods that leave you bursting with energy for work and play - and allow you to fully recharge afterwards. You'll feel more productive, sleep well, lose unwanted weight and avoid illness.

Forget fasting and low carb diets. The Energy Plan is a whole new mindset that will forever change your relationship with food, exercise and your body, giving you a winning edge in everything that you do.

'After following James's plan, I had so much more energy and felt at my peak physically.'

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Liverpool FC & England 'This isn't a diet book, it's a guide to new ways of thinking and the science is easy to digest.' - Daily Express 'Who wouldn't want to jump out of bed early in the morning with vigour or get to the end of the day without feeling like the walking dead? This is where James can help.' - METRO 'James Collins is a world leader in the field of performance nutrition. There is no one better to de-bunk nutrition myths and clearly explain how to reach your goals in a sustainable, enjoyable and energised way.'

Professor Greg Whyte OBE 'I have huge respect for James's evidence-based approach - he knows exactly what it takes to get the best out of anyone.'

Dr Kevin Currell, Director of Science, English Institute of Sport _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups Daniel Coyle (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Random House Business Publisher: Books

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

21 Feb 2019

Forthcoming

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 213g ISBN13: 9781847941275 ISBN13: 978-1-84794-127-5 ISBN10: 1847941273 EAN: 9781847941275 x Description: THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER `A marvel of insight and practicality' Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit ____________________________ How do you build and sustain a great team?

The Culture Code reveals the secrets of some of the best teams in the world - from Pixar to Google to US Navy SEALs - explaining the three skills such groups have mastered in order to generate trust and a willingness to collaborate. Combining cutting-edge science, on-the-ground insight and practical ideas for action, it offers a roadmap for creating an environment where innovation flourishes, problems get solved, and expectations are exceeded. ____________________________ `There are profound ideas on every single page, stories that will change the way you work, the way you lead, and the impact you have on the world.

Highly recommended, an urgent read.' Seth Godin, author of Linchpin `Truly brilliant . . . Read it immediately' Adam Grant, author of Originals `Well told stories, with actionable lessons' Financial Times _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Sea of Greed: NUMA Files #16 Clive Cussler (Author) Graham Brown (Author) Series:

The NUMA Files

Edition:

Imprint:

Michael Joseph Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

06 Nov 2018

Publishing Status:

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 416pp h234mm x w153mm x s29mm 537g ISBN13: 9780241349564 ISBN13: 978-0-241-34956-4 ISBN10: 0241349567 EAN: 9780241349564 x Description: The world's oil supply is vanishing, the stock market is plummeting, and the key to saving the future seems to be a baffling historical mystery. Can the NUMA crew crack it in time? Sea of Greedis the suspenseful new NUMA Files novel from the #1 New York Times-bestselling grand master of adventure.

After an explosion in the Gulf of Mexico destroys three oil rigs trying to revive a dying field, Kurt Austin and the NUMA Special Projects Team are tapped by the President of the United States to find out what's gone wrong. The trail leads them to a brilliant billionaire in the alternative energy field.

Her goal is the end of the oil age; her company has spent billions developing the worlds' most advanced fuel-cell systems. But is she an environmental hero...or a rogue genetic engineer?

The NUMA crew discovers that the oil fields are infected with a bacteria that is consuming the oil before it can be pumped out of the earth-a bacteria originally lost decades ago when two submarines vanished in the Mediterranean.

With hired killers on his trail, can Kurt Austin locate a submarine that's remained hidden for more than fifty years? And even if he can, can the biological terror that's been unleashed be stopped?

'The Adventure King' - Sunday Express 'Cussler is hard to beat' - Daily Mail 'Just about the best in the business' - New York Post '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 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Celtic Empire: Dirk Pitt #25 Clive Cussler (Author) Dirk Cussler (Author) Series:

The Dirk Pitt Adventures

Edition:

Imprint:

Michael Joseph Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

26 Oct 2018

Publishing Status:

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 464pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780241349588 ISBN13: 978-0-241-34958-8 ISBN10: 0241349583 EAN: 9780241349588 x Description: An ancient mystery becomes an all-too-real modern threat for Dirk Pitt and his colleagues, in an extraordinary adventure novel in one of suspense fiction's most beloved series.

The murder of a team of U.N. scientists while investigating mysterious deaths in El Salvador. A deadly collision in the waterways off Detroit. An attack from tomb raiders on an archaeological site along the Nile. Is there a link between these violent events? The answer may lie with the tale of an Egyptian princess forced to flee the armies of her father three thousand years ago.

From the desert sands of Egypt, to the rocky isles of Ireland, to the deepwater lochs of Scotland, only Dirk Pitt can unravel the secrets of an ancient

enigma that could change the very future of mankind. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Hunted Arne Dahl (Author) Series:

Sam Berger Series

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Imprint:

Harvill Secker

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

10 Jan 2019

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 416pp h234mm x w153mm x s30mm 502g ISBN13: 9781911215523 ISBN13: 978-1-911215-52-3 ISBN10: 1911215523 EAN: 9781911215523 x Description: 'Arne Dahl is one of the true greats of Scandinavian crime fiction' MARK BILLINGHAM What happens when the cops become the prey?

It starts when Desire Rosenqvist of Stockholm Police receives a letter. Two things are immediately clear: the letter she holds in her hands was written in a state of utter desperation and paranoia. And it contains details of one of her old murder cases, which only the murderer could know.

Desiree contacts private investigator Sam Berger, who sets off to the remote north of Sweden with his colleague Molly Blom to find the author of the letter and to stop them in their tracks.

But someone wants to keep them from getting to the bottom of the mystery at any cost and is watching their every move. What happens when the cops become the prey?

A dark and gripping Scandi-thriller set in the snowy tundra of rural Sweden, from international bestseller Arne Dahl. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Watching You Arne Dahl (Author) Neil Smith (Translated by) Series:

Sam Berger Series

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

20 Aug 2018

Publishing Status:

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s24mm 277g ISBN13: 9781784705725 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-572-5 ISBN10: 1784705721 EAN: 9781784705725 x Description: `Brilliant visceral writing with terrific pace, this book grips you like a vice from the very first line and never lets you go' PETER JAMES Someone is watching.

At each abandoned crime scene there's a hidden clue: a tiny metal cog. Someone is sending Detective Sam Berger a message, someone who knows that only he will understand the cryptic trail.

Someone knows.

When another teenage girl disappears without trace, Sam must convince his superiors that they're dealing with a serial killer. As the police continue the hunt to find the latest victim, Sam is forced to unearth long-buried personal demons. He has no choice if he is to understand the killer's message before time runs out.

Somebody is killing just for him. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Cringeworthy: How to Make the Most of Uncomfortable Situations Melissa Dahl (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Corgi Books

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w127mm ISBN13: 9780552173162 ISBN13: 978-0-552-17316-2 ISBN10: 0552173169 EAN: 9780552173162 x Description: Have you ever said goodbye to someone, only to discover that you're both walking in the same direction? Or had your next thought fly out of your brain in the middle of a presentation? Or accidentally liked an old photo on someone's Instagram or Facebook, thus revealing yourself to be a creepy social media stalker?

Melissa Dahl, New York magazine's "Science of Us" editor, has experienced all of those awkward situations, and many more. Now she offers a thoughtful, original take on what it really means to feel awkward. She invites you to follow her into all sorts of mortifying moments, drawing on personal experience and in-depth psychological research to answer questions you've probably pondered at some point, such as: * Why are situations without clear rules most likely to turn awkward? * Are people really judging us as harshly as we think they are? * Does anyone ever truly outgrow their awkward teenage self?

If you can learn to tolerate life's most awkward situations -- networking, difficult conversations, hearing the sound of your own terrible voice -- your awkwardness can be a secret weapon to making better, more memorable impressions. When everyone else is pretending to have it under control, you can be a little braver and grow a little bigger. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Joy of Work: 30 Ways to Fix Your Work Culture and Fall in Love with Your Job Again Bruce Daisley (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Random House Business Publisher: Books

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

17 Jan 2019

Active

Publishing Status:

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h234mm x w153mm x s23mm 390g ISBN13: 9781847942388 ISBN13: 978-1-84794-238-8 ISBN10: 1847942385 EAN: 9781847942388 x Description: __________________________ `Bruce Daisley is on a mission to change the world of work.' The Times __________________________ From the creator of hit podcast Eat Sleep Work Repeat comes a revolutionary re-envisioning of how to enjoy your job.

In the course of a career that has taken him from some of the world's biggest media companies to Twitter, via Google and YouTube, Bruce Daisley has become fascinated by what makes great companies tick. And in his hugely popular podcast Eat Sleep Work Repeat, he has dug right into the DNA of work, talking to leading experts about how we can make our jobs more fulfilling, more productive - and much more enjoyable.

Now, in The Joy of Work, he shares the fruits of his discoveries in 30 succinct tips that range across all aspects of 21st-century office life and that combine inspiration, empirically tested insight and down-to-earth practical answers in equal measure. Are lunch breaks for wimps, or do they actually make us more productive? Is it true that you can improve team performance simply by moving the location of the kettle or coffee machine? Why are meetings so often a waste of time, and how can they be fixed? And what are Monk Mode Mornings and Hack Weeks, and why do people swear by them?

If you're not happy with the status quo, if you want to find out how things could be done better, if you're seeking greater fulfilment at work and a life that is less fraught, The Joy of Work will point the way. __________________________ "This is a warm, wise and funny book which provides a terrific summary of some of the science - and stories - behind what makes work a positive part of people's lives. From the importance of lunch to the value of laughter, this book gives witty and practical advice. I loved it and I've already started changing some of the things I do at work, as a result!" - Professor Sophie Scott "Don't quit yet! In this book, Bruce shares remarkable advice that may well have you laughing while you work and truly loving your job." - Biz Stone, Twitter co-founder "Bruce Daisley's The Joy of Work is a joy to read. It translates the best of workplace psychology research into practical ways of establishing creative and liveable cultures at work-a must read for all of us 9-5ers!" - Professor Sir Cary Cooper, ALLIANCE Manchester Business School, University of Manchester "Bruce's The Joy of Work is an important reminder of simple everyday practices to improve how we all work together, which will lead to greater team and individual happiness and performance. Great results will follow." - Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter and Square "With just 30 changes, you can transform your work experience from bland and boring (or worse) to fulfilling, fun, and even joyful. Bruce Daisley has pulled together threads of research and woven them into a tapestry of strategies that actually work, and that don't depend on the CEO's sign-off for implementation. You can begin changing your work culture today at the individual, team, and organisational levels with these tactics that increase creativity, productivity, and satisfaction." - Daniel Pink, author of WHEN and DRIVE _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Too Close Natalie Daniels (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Corgi Books

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w127mm x s19mm 220g ISBN13: 9780552176125 ISBN13: 978-0-552-17612-5 ISBN10: 0552176125 EAN: 9780552176125 x Description: For fans of THE GIRLFRIEND and THE WIFE BETWEEN US, TOO CLOSE is a twisting tale of friendship and betrayal.

How close is too close?

Connie and Ness met in the park while their children played. As they talked, they realised they were neighbours. Perhaps it was only natural that they and their families would become entirely inseparable.

But when Ness's marriage ends in a bitter divorce, she is suddenly at Connie's house all the time. Connie doesn't have a moment to herself, no time alone with her husband, not a second to chat to her kids.

It's all too much. Something has to give.

Connie has woken up in a psychiatric hospital. They say she committed a terrible crime but she says she can't remember a thing. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Origins: How The Earth Made Us Lewis Dartnell (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

The Bodley Head Ltd

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

09 Aug 2018

Publishing Status:

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h234mm x w153mm x s26mm 522g ISBN13: 9781847924360 ISBN13: 978-1-84792-436-0 ISBN10: 1847924360 EAN: 9781847924360 x Description: 'A sweeping, brilliant overview of the history of not only of our species but of the world ... Dartnell has a rare talent in being able to see the big picture - and explaining why it matters' PETER FRANKOPAN, author of The Silk Roads When we talk about human history, we focus on great leaders, mass migration and decisive wars. But how has the Earth itself determined our destiny?

How has our planet made us?

As a species we are shaped by our environment. Geological forces drove our evolution in East Africa; mountainous terrain led to the development of democracy in Greece; and today voting behaviour in the United States follows the bed of an ancient sea. The human story is the story of these forces, from plate tectonics and climate change, to atmospheric circulation and ocean currents.

How are the Himalayas linked to the orbit of the Earth, and to the formation of the British Isles? By taking us billions of years into our planet's past, Professor Lewis Dartnell tells us the ultimate origin story. When we reach the point where history becomes science we see a vast web of connections that underwrites our modern world and helps us face the challenges of the future.

From the cultivation of the first crops to the founding of modern states, Origins reveals the Earth's awesome impact on the shape of human civilizations. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Origin of Species: (Patterns of Life) Charles Darwin (Author) Series:

Patterns of Life

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Imprint:

Vintage Classics

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

03 Apr 2018

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 528pp h178mm x w129mm x s32mm 374g ISBN13: 9781784873622 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-362-2 ISBN10: 1784873624 EAN: 9781784873622 x Description: PATTERNS OF LIFE: SPECIAL EDITIONS OF GROUNDBREAKING SCIENCE BOOKS When the eminent naturalist Charles Darwin returned from South America on board the HMS Beagle in 1836, he brought with him the notes and evidence that would form the basis of a world-changing theory: the evolution of species by a process of natural selection. This theory, published as On the Origin of Species in 1859, is the basis of modern biology and the concept of biodiversity. Its publication sparked a fierce scientific, religious and philosophical debate which continues to this day. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Demon in the Machine: How Hidden Webs of Information Are Finally Solving the Mystery of Life Paul Davies (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Allen Lane

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

31 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 272pp h240mm x w162mm x s27mm 480g ISBN13: 9780241309599 ISBN13: 978-0-241-30959-9 ISBN10: 024130959X EAN: 9780241309599 x Description: 'A gripping new drama in science ... if you want to understand how the concept of life is changing, read this' Professor Andrew Briggs, University of Oxford When Darwin set out to explain the origin of species, he made no attempt to answer the deeper question: what is life?

For generations, scientists have struggled to make sense of this fundamental question. Life really does look like magic: even a humble bacterium accomplishes things so dazzling that no human engineer can match it. And yet, huge advances in molecular biology over the past few decades have served only to deepen the mystery. So can life be explained by known physics and chemistry, or do we need something fundamentally new?

In this penetrating and wide-ranging new analysis, world-renowned physicist and science communicator Paul Davies searches for answers in a field so new and fast-moving that it lacks a name, a domain where computing, chemistry, quantum physics and nanotechnology intersect. At the heart of these diverse fields, Davies explains, is the concept of information: a quantity with the power to unify biology with physics, transform technology and medicine, and even to illuminate the age-old question of whether we are alone in the universe.

From life's murky origins to the microscopic engines that run the cells of our bodies, The Demon in the Machine is a breath-taking journey across the landscape of physics, biology, logic and computing. Weaving together cancer and consciousness, two-headed worms and bird navigation, Davies reveals how biological organisms garner and process information to conjure order out of chaos, opening a window on the secret of life itself. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Nervous States: How Feeling Took Over the World William Davies (Author) (Author) Series:

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Jonathan Cape Ltd

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

06 Sep 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 272pp h234mm x w153mm x s20mm 334g ISBN13: 9781787330115 ISBN13: 978-1-78733-011-5 ISBN10: 1787330117 EAN: 9781787330115 x Description: Why do we no longer trust experts, facts and statistics?

Why has politics become so fractious and warlike?

What caused the populist political upheavals of recent years?

How can the history of ideas help us understand our present?

In this bold and far-reaching exploration of our new political landscape, William Davies reveals how feelings have come to reshape our world. Drawing deep on history, philosophy, psychology and economics, he shows how some of the fundamental assumptions that defined the modern world have dissolved. With advances in medicine and the spread of digital and military technology, the divisions between mind and body, war and peace are no longer so clear-cut. In the murky new space between mind and body, between war and peace, lie nervous states: with all of us relying increasingly on feeling rather than fact.

In a book of profound insight and astonishing breadth, William Davies reveals the origins of this new political reality. Nervous States is a compelling

and essential guide to the turbulent times we are living through. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Beautiful Cure: Harnessing Your Body's Natural Defences Daniel M. Davis (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

07 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 272pp h198mm x w129mm x s17mm 191g ISBN13: 9781784702212 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-221-2 ISBN10: 1784702218 EAN: 9781784702212 x Description: `Thrilling... Reads like the best kind of adventure story' STEPHEN FRY `Wonderful... recounts in exceptionally clear and sympathetic prose how research into the immune system has resulted in a health revolution' HENRY MARSH SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE A Best Book of the Year 2018 in The Times, Telegraph, New Scientist & Daily Mail Our immune system is one of the great marvels of nature - and it holds the key to human health.

Here, Professor Daniel Davis charts the groundbreaking scientific quest to understand how it fights disease and enables the body to heal itself. He explains how it is affected by stress, sleep, age and our state of mind, and reveals how all of this knowledge is now unlocking a revolutionary approach to medicine and well-being.

The Beautiful Cure tells a dramatic story of detective work and discovery, of puzzles solved and of the mysteries that remain, and of lives sacrificed and saved. `Thoroughly absorbing... Davis is a wonderful storyteller' BILL BRYSON _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Four Horsemen: The Discussion that Sparked an Atheist Revolution Foreword by Stephen Fry Richard Dawkins (Oxford University) (Author) Sam Harris (Author) Daniel C. Dennett (Author) Christopher Hitchens (Author) Stephen Fry (Foreword by) Series:

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Imprint:

Bantam Press

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

14 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 160pp h222mm x w144mm x s20mm 273g ISBN13: 9780593080399 ISBN13: 978-0-593-08039-9 ISBN10: 0593080394 EAN: 9780593080399 x Description: Known as the `four horsemen' of New Atheism, these four big thinkers of the twenty-first century met only once. Their electrifying examination of ideas on this remarkable occasion was intense and wide-ranging. Everything that was said as they agreed and disagreed with one another, interrogated ideas and exchanged insights - about religion and atheism, science and sense - speaks with urgency to our present age.

Questions they asked of each other included: `Is it ever possible to win a war of ideas? Is spirituality the preserve of the religious? Are there any truths you would rather not know? Would you want to see the end of faith?'

The dialogue was recorded, and is now transcribed and presented here with new introductions from the surviving three horsemen.

With a sparkling introduction from Stephen Fry, it makes essential reading for all their admirers and for anyone interested in exploring the tensions between faith and reason.

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Don Quixote (Vintage Classic Europeans Series) Miguel De Cervantes (Author) Series:

Vintage Classic Europeans Series

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage Classics

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

04 Oct 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 992pp h216mm x w153mm x s42mm 870g ISBN13: 9781784875008 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-500-8 ISBN10: 1784875007 EAN: 9781784875008 x Description: The Vintage Classics Europeans series - with covers provided by textile design firm Wallace Sewell, these are must-have editions of European masterpieces, celebrating the warp and weft of a shared literary treasury.

TRANSLATED FROM THE SPANISH BY EDITH GROSSMAN Widely regarded as the world's first modern novel, and one of the funniest and most tragic books ever written, Don Quixote chronicles the adventures of a noble knight and his faithful squire as they travel through sixteenth-century Spain. Except the knight is not really a knight, his princesses are servant girls, his enchanted castles are inns and his giants are windmills. Don Quixote's goodness is real however, and his wish for the world to be full of adventures and passion is so profoundly human that, four hundred years after its first appearance, his story still crackles, beguiles and inspires. `If there is one novel you should read before you die, it is Don Quixote' Ben Okri _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Leopard (Vintage Classic Europeans Series) Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa (Author) Series:

Vintage Classic Europeans Series

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage Classics

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

04 Oct 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 272pp h216mm x w153mm x s20mm 308g ISBN13: 9781784874988 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-498-8 ISBN10: 1784874981 EAN: 9781784874988 x Description: The Vintage Classics Europeans series - with covers provided by textile design firm Wallace Sewell, these are must-have editions of European masterpieces, celebrating the warp and weft of a shared literary treasury

It is the spring of 1869 and there is talk of revolution in Sicily, by day the rattle of firing squads and by night the flickering lights of bonfires lit by rebel bands. Prince Fabrizio knows that beneath these outward signs of transformation, the sensuality, languor and corruption of his native land will never change. But can his family's ancient power endure? Lampedusa's macabre myth remains astounding relevant, reflecting any modern edifice of power and money just as surely as it shows us a corner of Italy long ago.

TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN BY ARCHIBALD COLQUHOUN

`Beguiling...irresistible...The Leopard will continue to ensnare minds, and not only in Italy' Guardian _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Guns, Germs and Steel: (Patterns of Life) Jared Diamond (Author) Series:

Patterns of Life

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage Classics

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

03 Apr 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 656pp h178mm x w129mm x s41mm 505g ISBN13: 9781784873639 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-363-9 ISBN10: 1784873632 EAN: 9781784873639 x Description: PATTERNS OF LIFE: SPECIAL EDITIONS OF GROUNDBREAKING SCIENCE BOOKS Why has human history unfolded so differently across the globe? In this Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Jared Diamond puts the case that geography and biogeography, not race, moulded the contrasting fates of Europeans, Asians, Native Americans, sub-Saharan Africans, and aboriginal Australians. An ambitious synthesis of history, biology, ecology and linguistics, Guns, Germs and Steel remains a ground-breaking and humane work of popular science. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism Robin DiAngelo (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

28 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 192pp h198mm x w129mm x s11mm 145g ISBN13: 9780141990569 ISBN13: 978-0-14-199056-9 ISBN10: 0141990562 EAN: 9780141990569 x Description: The International Bestseller Anger. Fear. Guilt. Denial. Silence. These are the ways in which ordinary white people react when it is pointed out to them that they have done or said something that has - unintentionally - caused racial offence or hurt. After, all, a racist is the worst thing a person can be, right? But these reactions only serve to silence people of colour, who cannot give honest feedback to 'liberal' white people lest they provoke a dangerous emotional reaction.

Robin DiAngelo coined the term 'White Fragility' in 2011 to describe this process and is here to show us how it serves to uphold the system of white supremacy. Using knowledge and insight gained over decades of running racial awareness workshops and working on this idea as a Professor of Whiteness Studies, she shows us how we can start having more honest conversations, listen to each other better and react to feedback with grace and humility. It is not enough to simply hold abstract progressive views and condemn the obvious racists on social media - change starts with us all at a practical, granular level, and it is time for all white people to take responsibility for relinquishing their own racial supremacy.

'With clarity and compassion, DiAngelo allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to "bad people." In doing so, she moves our national discussions forward. This is a necessary book for all people invested in societal change' Claudia Rankine 'By turns mordant and then inspirational, an argument that powerful forces and tragic histories stack the deck fully against racial justice alongside one that we need only to be clearer, try harder, and do better' David Roediger, Los Angeles Review of Books 'The value in White Fragility lies in its methodical, irrefutable exposure of racism in thought and action, and its call for humility and vigilance' Katy Waldman, New Yorker 'A vital, necessary, and beautiful book' Michael Eric Dyson _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 304pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780241361801 ISBN13: 978-0-241-36180-1 ISBN10: 024136180X EAN: 9780241361801 x Description: The way we work is broken. It takes forever to get anything done. Meetings and emails are incessant. Bureaucracy stifles talent and creativity. After decades of management theory and multiple waves of technological and societal change, 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 your company works forever.

Using stories from companies at the cutting edge of organizational transformation, Brave New Work will show you how to transform your team, department and business from the inside out, making work more adaptable, abundant and human. It is packed with new tactics and tips for updating your company's operating system: the simple rules and assumptions so deeply embedded that you don't even think to question them. Learn how to reignite passion and energy throughout your organization and to build a company that runs itself. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Berlin Alexanderplatz Alfred Doblin (Author) Series:

Penguin Modern Classics Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Classics

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

28 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 480pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780141191621 ISBN13: 978-0-14-119162-1 ISBN10: 0141191627 EAN: 9780141191621 x Description: The great novel of 1920s Berlin life, in a superb new translation by Michael Hofmann Franz Biberkopf is back on the streets of Berlin. Determined to go straight after a stint in prison, he finds himself thwarted by an unpredictable external agency that looks an awful lot like fate. Cheated, humiliated, thrown from a moving car; embroiled in an underworld of pimps, thugs, drunks and prostitutes, Franz picks himself up over and over again - until one day he is struck a monstrous blow which might just prove his final downfall.

A dazzling collage of newspaper reports, Biblical stories, drinking songs and urban slang, Berlin Alexanderplatz is the great novel of Berlin life: inventing, styling and recreating the city as reality and dream; mimicking its movements and rhythms; immortalizing its pubs, abattoirs, apartments and chaotic streets. From the gutter to the stars, this is the whole picture of the city.

Berlin Alexanderplatz brought fame in 1929 to its author Alfred Doeblin, until then an impecunious writer and doctor in a working-class neighbourhood in the east of Berlin. Success at home was short-lived, however; Doblin, a Jew, left Germany the day after the Reichstag Fire in 1933, and did not return until 1945. This landmark translation by Michael Hofmann is the first to do justice to Berlin Alexanderplatz in English, brilliantly capturing the energy, prodigality and inventiveness of Doeblin's masterpiece. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Monsters: The passion and loss that created Frankenstein Sharon Dogar (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Andersen Press Ltd

Publisher:

Andersen Press Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 464pp h216mm x w135mm x s33mm 453g ISBN13: 9781783448036 ISBN13: 978-1-78344-803-6 ISBN10: 1783448032 EAN: 9781783448036 x Description: 1814: Mary Godwin, the sixteen-year-old daughter of radical socialist and feminist writers, runs away with a dangerously charming young poet - Percy Bysshe Shelley. From there, the two young lovers travel a Europe in the throes of revolutionary change, through high and low society, tragedy and passion, where they will be drawn into the orbit of the mad and bad Lord Byron.

But Mary and Percy are not alone: they bring Jane, Mary's young step-sister. And she knows the biggest secrets of them all . . .

Told from Mary and Jane's perspectives, Monsters is a novel about radical ideas, rule-breaking love, dangerous Romantics, and the creation of the greatest Gothic novel of them all: Frankenstein _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Happy Ever After: Escaping The Myth of The Perfect Life Paul Dolan (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Allen Lane

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

02 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 240pp h234mm x w153mm x s18mm 297g ISBN13: 9780241374955 ISBN13: 978-0-241-37495-5 ISBN10: 0241374952 EAN: 9780241374955 x Description: Be ambitious; find everlasting love; look after your health ... There are countless stories about how we ought to live our lives. These narratives can make our lives easier, and they might sometimes make us happier too. But they can also trap us and those around us.

In Happy Ever After, bestselling happiness expert Professor Paul Dolan draws on a wealth of evidence to bust the common myths about our sources of happiness and shows that there can be many unexpected paths to lasting happiness. Some of these might involve not going into higher education, choosing not to marry, rewarding acts rooted in self-interest and caring a little less about living forever.

By freeing ourselves from the myth of the perfect life, we might each find a life worth living. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Unmapped Mind: A Memoir of Neurology, Multiple Sclerosis and Learning How to Live Christian Donlan (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 214g ISBN13: 9780241980934 ISBN13: 978-0-241-98093-4 ISBN10: 0241980933 EAN: 9780241980934

x Description: 'Remarkable and revelatory, a dazzling achievement. Quietly electrifying' Sunday Times On the day his daughter takes her first steps Christian Donlan discovers he has an incurable neurological disease, multiple sclerosis. As his young daughter starts to investigate the world around her, he too finds himself exploring a new landscape - the shifting and bewildering territory of the brain.

Determined to master his new environment, Christian takes us on a fascinating and illuminating journey: through the history of neurology, the joys and anxieties of parenthood, and the ultimate realisation of what, after everything you take for granted has been stripped away from you, is truly important in life.

'This is not a tale of tragedy but one of re-engaging with the world - or realising what's truly important' Stylist 'An amazing and wonderful piece of writing. I could not put it down' Claire Tomalin 'Frank, thought-provoking and uplifting. Will resonate with other people with MS, and also, so importantly, with their family and friends... an invaluable resource' The Times Literary Supplement _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz Jeremy Dronfield (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Michael Joseph Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

24 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 432pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780241374948 ISBN13: 978-0-241-37494-8 ISBN10: 0241374944 EAN: 9780241374948 x Description: The inspiring, true story of a father and son's fight to stay together and to survive the Holocaust.

In 1939, Gustav Kleinmann, a Jewish upholsterer in Vienna, was seized by the Nazis. Along with his teenage son Fritz, he was sent to Buchenwald in Germany. There began an unimaginable ordeal that saw the pair beaten, starved and forced to build the very concentration camp they were held in.

When Gustav was set to be transferred to Auschwitz, a certain death sentence, Fritz refused to leave his side. Throughout the horrors they witnessed and the suffering they endured, there was one constant that kept them alive: the love between father and son.

Based on Gustav's secret diary and meticulous archive research, this book tells his and Fritz's story for the first time - a story of courage and survival unparalleled in the history of the Holocaust. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 288pp h198mm x w127mm ISBN13: 9781784160449 ISBN13: 978-1-78416-044-9 ISBN10: 178416044X EAN: 9781784160449 x Description: *MUCH RAVED ABOUT BY CHRIS EVANS ON HIS BBC RADIO 2 BREAKFAST SHOW* 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. * Your parents have stopped trying to change you. * 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.

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 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Song of Kieu: A New Lament Nguyen Du (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Classics

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

05 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Language: English Translated From: Vietnamese Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 240pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241360668 ISBN13: 978-0-241-36066-8 ISBN10: 0241360668 EAN: 9780241360668 x Description: "This manuscript is ancient, priceless, bamboo-rolled, perfumed with musty spices.

Sit comfortably by this good light, that you may learn the hard-won lesson that these characters contain."

The Song of Kieu is the greatest classic of Vietnamese literature. It tells the story of the beautiful Vuong Thuy Kieu, who agrees to a financially profitable marriage in order to save her family from ruinous debts, but is tricked into working in a brothel. Her tragic career involves jealous wives, slavery, war, poverty and she becomes a nun twice. There are high points, such as when she teams up with a muscle-bound, tender-hearted rebel hero who makes her his queen and summons all her wrongdoers to account, but the ending is bittersweet.

'To the Vietnamese people themselves, [it] is much more than just a glorious heirloom from their literary past,' says Professor Alexander Woodside of the University of British Columbia. 'It has become a kind of continuing emotional laboratory in which all the great and timeless issues of personal morality and political obligation are tested and resolved.' _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Grit: Why passion and resilience are the secrets to success Angela Duckworth (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vermilion

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

01 May 2017

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w126mm x s22mm 239g ISBN13: 9781785040207 ISBN13: 978-1-78504-020-7 ISBN10: 1785040200 EAN: 9781785040207 x Description: UNLOCK THE KEY TO SUCCESS WITH JP MORGAN'S BEST SUMMER READ OF 2018 In this must-read for anyone seeking to succeed, pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth takes us on an eye-opening journey to discover the true qualities that lead to outstanding achievement. Winningly personal, insightful and powerful, Grit is a book about what goes through your head when you fall down, and how that - not talent or luck - makes all the difference.

`Impressively fresh and original' Susan Cain _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change Charles Duhigg (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Random House Books

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

07 Feb 2013

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 277g ISBN13: 9781847946249 ISBN13: 978-1-84794-624-9 ISBN10: 1847946240 EAN: 9781847946249 x Description: Why do we do develop habits? And how can we change them?

We can always change. In The Power of Habit, award-winning New York Times business reporter Charles Duhigg translates cutting-edge behavioural science into practical self-improvement action, distilling advanced neuroscience into fascinating narratives of transformation.

Why can some people and companies change overnight, and some stay stuck in their old ruts? The answer lies deep in the human brain, and The Power of Habits reveals the secret pressure points that can change a life. From Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps to Martin Luther King Jr., from the CEO of Starbucks to the locker rooms of the NFL, Duhigg explores the incredible results of keystone habits, and how they can make all the difference between billions and millions, failure and success - or even life and death.

The Power of Habit makes an exhilarating case: the key to almost any door in life is instilling the right habit. From exercise to weight loss, childrearing to productivity, market disruption to social revolution, and above all success, the right habits can change everything.

Habits aren't destiny. They're science, one which can transform our businesses, our communities, and our lives. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Girl on the Dancing Horse: Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro Charlotte Dujardin, CBE (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Arrow Books Ltd

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

21 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 272pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784758585 ISBN13: 978-1-78475-858-5 ISBN10: 1784758582 EAN: 9781784758585 x Description: 'Refreshingly honest [...] a highly enjoyable, fascinating read.' Horse and Hound

"To ride into that arena, next to a sea of British flags and hear the roar of clapping and cheering, was so exciting. It's a sound I will never, ever forget."

Charlotte Dujardin and her charismatic horse Valegro burst onto the international sports scene with their record-breaking performance at the London, 2012 Olympics. The world was captivated by the young woman with the dazzling smile and her dancing horse.

But no one quite knew what it took to get there, nor how hard the path to success would be - until now. Dujardin began riding horses at the age of two, but dressage was firmly the domain of the wealthy, not the life of a girl from a middle-class family. Her parents sacrificed all and with a undeterred focus, Charlotte left school at 16 to follow her dream. When she was invited to be a groom for the British Olympian Carl Hester, she began to ride Valegro, a dark bay gelding and an unbreakable bond was formed.

This is their incredible story. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Our Universe: An Astronomer's Guide Jo Dunkley (Author) Series:

Pelican Books

Edition:

Imprint:

Pelican

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

22 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 320pp h216mm x w135mm ISBN13: 9780241385395 ISBN13: 978-0-241-38539-5 ISBN10: 0241385393 EAN: 9780241385395 x Description: A world-renowned astrophysicist takes us through the huge, unfolding history of the universe The night sky is an endless source of wonder and mystery. For thousands of years it has been at the heart of scientific and philosophical inquiry, from the first star catalogues etched into ancient Mesopotamian clay tablets to the metres-wide telescopes constructed in Chile's Atacama Desert today. On a clear night it is hard not to look up and pick out familiar constellations, and to think of the visionary minds who pioneered our understanding of what lies beyond.

In this thrilling new guide to our Universe and how it works, Professor of Astrophysics Jo Dunkley reveals how it only becomes more beautiful and exciting the more we discover about it. With warmth and clarity, Dunkley takes us from the very basics - why the Earth orbits the Sun, and how our Moon works - right up to massive, strange phenomena like superclusters, quasars, and the geometry of spacetime. As she does so, Dunkley unfurls the history of humankind's heroic journey to understand the history and structure of the cosmos, revealing the extraordinary, little-known stories of astronomy pioneers including Williamina Fleming, Vera Rubin and Jocelyn Bell Burnell.

Illuminating and uplifting, this is your essential guide to the biggest subject of all. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Girl, Balancing Helen Dunmore (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Windmill Books

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s24mm 277g ISBN13: 9781786090515 ISBN13: 978-1-78609-051-5 ISBN10: 1786090511 EAN: 9781786090515 x Description: Haunting, uplifting, beautiful: the final work from Helen Dunmore Helen Dunmore passed away in June 2017, leaving behind this remarkable collection of short stories. With her trademark imagination and gift for making history human, she explores the fragile ties between passion, love, family, friendship and grief, often through people facing turning points in their lives: A girl alone, stretching her meagre budget to feed herself, becomes aware that the young man who has come to see her may not be as friendly as he seems.

Two women from very different backgrounds enjoy an unusual night out, finding solace in laughter and an unexpected friendship.

A young man picks up his infant son and goes outside into a starlit night as he makes a decision that will inform the rest of his life.

A woman imprisoned for her religion examines her faith in a seemingly literal and quietly original way.

This brilliant collection of Helen Dunmore's short fiction, replete with her penetrating insight into the human condition, is certain to delight and move all her readers. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Adulterants Joe Dunthorne (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 192pp h198mm x w129mm x s12mm 138g ISBN13: 9780241980972 ISBN13: 978-0-241-98097-2 ISBN10: 0241980976 EAN: 9780241980972 x Description: From the wickedly funny author of Submarine comes a hilarious new tragicomedy -- a screwball tale of millennial angst, pre-midlife crises and one man's valiant quest to come of age in his thirties.

'Blisteringly funny and brimming with caustic charm - a joyous diagnosis of our modern ills that made me laugh out loud even when it was breaking my heart' Paul Murray, author of Skippy Dies 'Every lost generation needs its memorial and now at last we have The Adulterants. It's very sad and very funny and written with an innocence that in fact is diabolical' Adam Thirlwell, author of Lurid and Cute Ray is not a bad guy. He mostly did not cheat on his heavily pregnant wife. He only sometimes despises every one of his friends. His career as a freelance tech journalist is dismal but he dreams of making a difference one day. But Ray is about to learn that his special talent is for making things worse.

Brace yourself for an encounter with the modern everyman. Enter the world of ironic misanthropy and semi-ironic underachievement, of competitively sensitive men, catastrophic open marriages, and lots of Internet righteousness. With lacerating wit and wry affection, Joe Dunthorne dissects the urban millennial psyche of a man too old to be an actual millennial.

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The Choice Edith Eger (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Rider & Co

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

16 Aug 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w126mm x s23mm 260g ISBN13: 9781846045127 ISBN13: 978-1-84604-512-7 ISBN10: 1846045126 EAN: 9781846045127 x Description: THE AWARD-WINNING INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

by Edith Eger, as seen on BBC Breakfast Even in hell, hope can flower

'One of those rare and eternal stories you don't want to end and that leave you forever changed' - Desmond Tutu 'A masterpiece of holocaust literature. Her memoir, like her life, is extraordinary, harrowing and inspiring in equal measure' - The Times Literary Supplement `I can't imagine a more important message for modern times. Eger's book is a triumph' - The New York Times

'Little dancer', Mengele says, `dance for me' In 1944, sixteen-year-old ballerina Edith Eger was sent to Auschwitz. Separated from her parents on arrival, she endures unimaginable experiences, including being made to dance for the infamous Josef Mengele. When the camp is finally liberated, she is pulled from a pile of bodies, barely alive.

The horrors of the Holocaust didn't break Edith. In fact, they helped her learn to live again with a life-affirming strength and a truly remarkable resilience.

The Choice is her unforgettable story. It shows that hope can flower in the most unlikely places. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Monk of Mokha Dave Eggers (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

03 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 245g ISBN13: 9780241975367 ISBN13: 978-0-241-97536-7 ISBN10: 0241975360 EAN: 9780241975367 x Description: From the best-selling author of The Circle - the gripping true story of a young Yemeni American man, raised in San Francisco, who dreams of resurrecting the ancient art of Yemeni coffee but finds himself trapped in Sana'a by civil war Mokhtar Alkhanshali is twenty-four and working as a doorman when he becomes fascinated with the rich history of coffee and Yemen's central place in it. He leaves San Francisco and travels deep into his ancestral home to tour terraced farms high in the country's rugged mountains. He collects samples and organizes farmers and is on the verge of success when civil war engulfs the country. Saudi bombs rain down, the U.S. embassy closes, and Mokhtar has to find a way out of Yemen with only his hopes on his back.

The Monk of Mokha is the story of this courageous and visionary young man following the most American of dreams.

'Extraordinary... No story is more urgent' Observer 'Dramatic, aspirational smartly and engagingly written... Exactly what I want to read right now' The Times 'The antidote to Trumpism... This is a book that celebrates [the] exuberance of the human spirit' Mail on Sunday 'This book... is about the American dream, and the threat that it is under' Spectator 'Remarkable... full of derring-do, tenacity and exceptional luck' Metro _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Penguin Classics Book Henry Eliot (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Particular Books

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

01 Nov 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 480pp h253mm x w200mm x s41mm 1590g ISBN13: 9780241320853 ISBN13: 978-0-241-32085-3 ISBN10: 0241320852 EAN: 9780241320853 x Description: **Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year** The Penguin Classics Book is a reader's companion to the largest library of classic literature in the world.

Spanning 4,000 years from the legends of Ancient Mesopotamia to the poetry of the First World War, with Greek tragedies, Icelandic sagas, Japanese epics and much more in between, it encompasses 500 authors and 1,200 books, bringing these to life with lively descriptions, literary connections and beautiful cover designs. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Day of the Accident Nuala Ellwood (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

28 Sep 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s24mm 277g ISBN13: 9780241977347 ISBN13: 978-0-241-97734-7 ISBN10: 0241977347 EAN: 9780241977347 x Description: 'Gripping, poignant...I read it in one sitting' ROSAMUND LUPTON 'Brilliantly compulsive and with one hell of a twist!' CLAIRE DOUGLAS 'Makes you question everything you thought you knew' EMMA KAVANAGH Sixty seconds after she wakes from a coma, Maggie's world is torn apart.

The police tell her that her daughter Elspeth is dead. That she drowned when the car Maggie had been driving plunged into the river. Maggie remembers nothing.

When Maggie begs to see her husband Sean, the police tell her that he has disappeared. He was last seen on the day of her daughter's funeral.

What really happened that day at the river?

Where is Maggie's husband?

And why can't she shake the suspicion that somewhere, somehow, her daughter is still alive?

A page-turner for fans of Clare Mackintosh's I Let You Go and Lisa Jewell's Watching You, this gripping story will draw you in and shock you at every turn.

WHAT AUTHORS AND READERS ARE SAYING: 'A clever, twisty plot that takes psychological mind games to a new level. Nuala Ellwood has done it again!' Jane Corry 'You will be up all night finishing this dark, haunting and complex thriller' Katherine S, Netgalley Reviewer 'Compelling and intriguing, right from the very first page' Sharon Bolton 'Nuala Ellwood has such a special way of writing that it draws you into the pages and you can't put it down' Emma L, Netgalley Reviewer 'A raw, shocking, and serpentine mystery that keeps you guessing until the very end' Nicolas Obregon, author of Blue Light Yokohama 'An accomplished and page-turning thriller...it's impossible to guess where it's going next' Nicholas Searle 'A stunning book. Compelling, unsettling and powerful this is a book that will stay with me for a long time' C. L. Taylor 'A must read for all thriller fans this book is a 5 star read' River S, Netgalley Reviewer 'Rivals The Girl on the Train (and beats it for style)' The Guardian 'Twisty and unpredictable. Kept me guessing until the end' Karen Cleveland, author of Need to Know 'This clever, multi- layered novel is simply stunning' Dinah Jefferies 'Wow! What a fantastic book that completely sucked me in. 5 stars' Angela G, Netgalley Reviewer 'A gripping rollercoaster ride of a thriller. Keeps you in there right to the last page' Christobel Kent 'A twisty psychological thriller. I raced through it in one sitting!' Lucy Atkins 'A dark, intense, multi-layered thriller that twists and turns until the last page' Tammy Cohen Memorable, jaw-dropping' Sunday Times 'Well-written ... an elegant, punchy thriller with a dark heart' Observer Thriller of the Month 'Full of really clever twists, this stylish thriller really grabs you' Sunday Mirror _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Also Human: The Inner Lives of Doctors Caroline Elton (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Windmill Books

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

07 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s24mm 277g ISBN13: 9780099510796 ISBN13: 978-0-09-951079-6 ISBN10: 0099510790 EAN: 9780099510796 x Description: 'Written with perceptive sympathy for the wounded healer, it is necessary reading for both doctors and patients.' Hilary Mantel 'Crucial and timely.' Atul Gawande 'A furious dispatch from the front line of the hospital system.' The Times, 'Book of the Week' 'Fascinating and troubling. Read it and weep.' Susie Orbach 'Haunting, beautiful and urgent.' Johann Hari

'At the heart of this book is the problem of how emotional resilience can be identified in prospective doctors and strengthened in practising doctors. We are fallible human beings, not omniscient gods.' Henry Marsh, Sunday Times Doctors are the people we turn to when we fall ill. They are the people we trust with our lives, and with the lives of those we love. Yet who can doctors turn to at moments of stress, or when their own working lives break down?

What does it take to confront death, disease, distress and suffering every day? To work in a healthcare system that is stretched to breaking point? To carry the responsibility of making decisions that can irrevocably change someone's life - or possibly end it? And how do doctors cope with their own questions and fears, when they are expected to have all the answers?

Caroline Elton is a psychologist who specialises in helping doctors. For over twenty years she has listened as doctors have unburdened themselves of the pressures of their jobs: the obstetrician whose own fertility treatment failed; the trainee oncologist who found herself unable to treat patients suffering from the disease that killed her father; the brilliant neurosurgeon struggling to progress her career in an environment that was hostile to women. Drawing on extraordinary case studies and decades of work supporting clinicians, Also Human presents a provocative, perceptive and deeply humane examination of the modern medical profession. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Art of Life Admin: How To Do Less, Do It Better, and Live More Elizabeth Emens (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Viking

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

03 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 288pp h204mm x w138mm x s25mm 338g ISBN13: 9780241972496 ISBN13: 978-0-241-97249-6 ISBN10: 0241972493 EAN: 9780241972496 x Description: This book will give you many hours of your life back.

'Timely and necessary . . . a must-read' Cal Newport, author of Digital Minimalism Every day, an unseen form of labour creeps into our lives, stealing precious moments of free time, placing a strain on our schedules and relationships, and earning neither appreciation nor compensation in return. Scheduling doctor's appointments. Planning a party. Buying a present. Filling out paperwork. This labour is 'life admin' - the kind of secretarial and managerial work necessary to run a life and a household.

Elizabeth Emens was a working mother with two young children, swamped like so many of us, when she realised that life admin was consuming her.

Desperate to survive and to help others along the way, she gathered favourite tips and tricks, admin confessions, and the secrets of admin-happy households.

Drawing on her research and writing in a wholly original manner, Emens shows how this form of labour is created and how it affects our lives; how we might reduce, redistribute and even prevent it; what 'admin personalities' we might have; and how to deal with admin in relationships.

The Art of Life Admin is the book that will teach us all how to do less of it, and to do it better. *** 'Reading The Art of Life Admin is like sitting down with a friend who knows exactly how it feels to be drowning in your To Do list, and throws you a very welcome lifeline to help you to make your way out' Brigid Schulte, author of the New York Times bestseller Overwhelmed 'Every so often you come across a book that really does profoundly change how you see the world. This is just such a book - it will, by force of its own genius, reprogram your life and give you new tools for seeing things as they actually are' Tim Wu, author of The Attention Merchants 'Emens maps the political, psychological and practical landscape of "admin hell" with humour and hopefulness. This intelligent, witty book will shed new light on everyone's to-do list' Dr Clare Carlisle Tresch, King's College London

*** From Ideas to Try: 1) Find ways to make things end. For instance, try writing No Need to Reply (NNR) on texts and emails. Save others time; they might even return the favour.

2) Start bypassing the to-do list when you face real-time admin requests. Email someone the information she wants while she's still standing there so it never goes on your to-do list.

3)

Spend your Admin Savings Time well. If you save yourself an hour, spend that hour doing something you really want - or need - for yourself.

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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:

09 Oct 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h234mm x w153mm x s27mm 444g ISBN13: 9780241361870 ISBN13: 978-0-241-36187-0 ISBN10: 0241361877 EAN: 9780241361870 x Description: From the show's creators comes the groundbreaking novel inspired by the Broadway smash hit Dear Evan Hansen.

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 by anyone draws high school senior Evan Hansen into a 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--even to the girl of his dreams. And Connor Murphy's parents, with their beautiful home on the other side of town, 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 swirl of anger, regret, and confusion, he knows that what he's doing can't 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. And a website. He's confident. He's a viral phenomenon. Every day is amazing. Until everything is in danger of unraveling and 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. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Cut Out Girl: A Story of War and Family, Lost and Found Bart van Es (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 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 233g ISBN13: 9780241978726 ISBN13: 978-0-241-97872-6 ISBN10: 0241978726 EAN: 9780241978726 x

Description: WINNER OF THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2018 'Superb. This is a necessary book - painful, harrowing, tragic, but also uplifting' Times Little Lien wasn't taken from her Jewish parents - she was given away in the hope that she might be saved. Hidden and raised by a foster family in Amsterdam during the Nazi occupation, she survived the war only to find that her real parents had not. Much later, she fell out with her foster family, and Bart van Es - the grandson of Lien's foster parents - knew he needed to find out why.

His account of tracing Lien and telling her story is a searing exploration of two lives and two families. It is a story about love and misunderstanding and about the ways that our most painful experiences - so crucial in defining us - can also be redefined.

'Luminous, elegant, haunting - I read it straight through' Philippe Sands, author of East West Street 'Deeply moving. Writes with an almost Sebaldian simplicity and understatement' Guardian _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Kellanved's Reach: Path to Ascendancy Book 3 Ian C Esslemont (Author) Series:

Path to Ascendancy

Edition:

Imprint:

Bantam Press

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

21 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h234mm x w153mm x s25mm 425g B & W map ISBN13: 9781787630413 ISBN13: 978-1-78763-041-3 ISBN10: 1787630412 EAN: 9781787630413 x Description: The incessant war between the bickering city states of Quon Tali rages. So engrossed are the warring lords and princes in their own petty feuds that few notice that an upstart mage from Dal Hon has gained control of the southern seas. But some powers are alarmed. And in the meantime, as Purge and Tali indulge in what seems like a their never-ending game of war, a mercenary caught up in the fight between the two states suddenly refuses to play along and causes all sorts of chaos. Simultaneously, a pair of escapees from Castle Gris make their way across this ravaged landscape of flame and butchery. Their intention to seek out the legendary Crimson Guard.

And then there's Kellanved who could not care less about any of this petty politicking or strategy or war. Something other and altogether more mysterious has caught his attention and he - together with a reluctant and decidedly sceptical Dancer - traverse continents and journey through the Realms in pursuit . . . But this ancient mystery that has so captivated Kellanved is neither esoteric nor ephemeral. No, it is of an altogether darker and more dangerous hue. It involves the Elder races themselves, and more specifically - certainly more alarmingly - the semi-mythic, and universally dreaded, Army of Dust and Bone.

Surely no one in their right mind would be so foolish as to embark on a journey from which none have returned? Well, no one except Kellanved that is . ..

Returning to the turbulent early history of what would become the Malazan Empire, here is the third awesome chapter in Ian C. Esslemont's new epic fantasy sequence. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Ordinary People Diana Evans (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

15 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784707248 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-724-8 ISBN10: 1784707244 EAN: 9781784707248 x Description: `You can take a leap, do something off the wall, something reckless. It's your last chance, and most people miss it.'

Two London couples find themselves at a moment of reckoning. Melissa has a new baby and doesn't want to let it change her but, in the crooked walls

of a narrow Victorian terrace, she begins to disappear. Michael, growing daily more accustomed to his commute, still loves Melissa but can't quite get close enough to her to stay faithful.

Meanwhile out in the suburbs, Stephanie is happy with Damian and their three children, but the death of Damian's father has thrown him into crisis - or is it something, or someone, else?

Ordinary People is an intimate study of identity and parenthood, sex and grief, love and ageing. It is the story of our lives, and those moments that threaten to unravel us. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Waiter Matias Faldbakken (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Doubleday

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

26 Oct 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 240pp h204mm x w135mm x s25mm 310g ISBN13: 9780857525857 ISBN13: 978-0-85752-585-7 ISBN10: 0857525859 EAN: 9780857525857 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 regular - and irregular - 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, the most demanding of them all, impatiently awaiting a special guest. When at last she arrives - young, beautiful, mysterious - she will prove a challenging new flavour, throwing into disarray 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 Jane Fallon (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 416pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 287g ISBN13: 9781405933124 ISBN13: 978-1-4059-3312-4 ISBN10: 1405933127 EAN: 9781405933124 x Description: **The million copy bestselling author of Faking Friends and My Sweet Revenge is back!** 'She's the queen of the revenge novel and Jane Fallon's done it again. Dramatic and engaging from the start, this is the perfect winter read. You won't want to put it down' Heat _____________ 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...

'Brilliant, with completely unexpected twists and the ending made me cry. I really enjoyed it!' Gill Sims, bestselling author of Why Mummy Drinks 'Another winner from Jane Fallon' Hello!

'Fallon's compelling, edgy, beautifully written narratives paint vivid portraits of likeable, flawed protagonists placed in tricky emotional situations.

Watching them as they navigate their way out of these is always a joy. This latest is no different' Daily Mail 'Fallon's best yet. Full of laugh-out-loud wit and mischief and some truly magical moments' Milly Johnson 'This witty and waspish tale of workplace rivalries is a deliciously devious one' Sunday Mirror _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

HausMagick: Transform your home, create your sanctuary Erica Feldmann (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Ebury Press

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

15 Oct 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 256pp h220mm x w161mm x s20mm 583g ISBN13: 9781785038563 ISBN13: 978-1-78503-856-3 ISBN10: 1785038567 EAN: 9781785038563 x Description: 'Witchy or not, you'll find yourself feeling inspired and ready to redecorate. Empower yourself and your space. An intuitive must-read.'

NYLON Witchy hygge for better living.

This book shows you how to manifest your ideal home - one that looks beautiful, gives comfort and protection and is full of positive energy.

Erica Feldmann is the founder of Salem-based lifestyle store HausWitch. Here she introduces the HausWitch philosophy, including Witching 101 and 6 simple transformation stages: Manifesting, Clearing, Protection, Comfort, Harmony and Balance.

Transform any space into a sanctuary with HausMagick. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Penguin History of Modern China: The Fall and Rise of a Great Power, 1850 to the Present, Third Edition Jonathan Fenby (Author) Series:

Edition:

3rd edition

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

31 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 848pp h198mm x w129mm x s36mm 577g ISBN13: 9780141988450 ISBN13: 978-0-14-198845-0 ISBN10: 0141988452 EAN: 9780141988450 x Description: In 1850, China was the 'sick man of Asia'. Now it is set to become the most powerful nation on earth. The Penguin History of Modern China shows how turbulent that journey has been. For 150 years China has endured as victim of oppression, war and famine. This makes its current position as arguably the most important global superpower all the more extraordinary. Jonathan Fenby's comprehensive account is the definitive guide to this remarkable transformation.

'His book is a miracle of thoroughness, truthfulness and readability - the perfect primer for a time when China is about to enter all our lives' Sunday Telegraph 'Jonathan Fenby's ... illuminating book [is] the first major history that looks at the country with the eyes of the 21st century rather than the 20th' Rana Mitter, Financial Times 'Reads like a novel and is never less than thoughtful and compassionate for the fate of a much-abused people ... [Fenby has] a journalist's eye for telling detail' Herald 'Taut, anecdote-studded ... a great introduction for a general audience, with vivid scene setting and character sketches' Michel Sheridan, Sunday Times 'For an accessible, authoritative, fair and comprehensive and well written account, this would be hard to better' BBC History 'A wonderful history of modern China and a cracking good read' Chris Patten

Jonathan Fenby, CBE, has been the editor of the Observer and the South China Morning Post. His books include Generalissimo: Chiang Kai-shek and the China He Lost and Dealing with the Dragon: A Year in the New Hong Kong. He is currently Editor-in-Chief and China Editor of the analytical service, Trusted Sources. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

A Country Escape Katie Fforde (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Arrow Books Ltd

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

21 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback A-format paperback 400pp h178mm x w110mm ISBN13: 9780099579441 ISBN13: 978-0-09-957944-1 ISBN10: 0099579448 EAN: 9780099579441 x Description: A YEAR IN THE COUNTRY. A YEAR TO FALL IN LOVE. The BRAND NEW deliciously romantic novel from the Sunday Times Number One Bestselling Author of A Summer At Sea and A Secret Garden.

Fran has always wanted to be a farmer, so how she ended up a chef in London is anyone's guess. But her childhood dream is about to come true.

She has just moved in to a beautiful but very run-down farm in the Cotswolds, currently owned by an old aunt who has told Fran that if she manages to turn the place around in a year, the farm will be hers.

But Fran knows nothing about farming. She might even be afraid of cows.

She's going to need a lot of help from her best friend Issi, and also from her wealthy and very eligible neighbour - who might just have his own reasons for being so supportive.

Is it the farm he is interested in? Or Fran herself?

Warm, funny and wonderfully romantic, this is Katie Forde at her very best. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

A Rose Petal Summer Katie Fforde (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Century

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

21 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 400pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781780897554 ISBN13: 978-1-78089-755-4 ISBN10: 1780897553 EAN: 9781780897554 x Description: The brand new heart-warming romance from the Sunday Times bestselling author of A Country Escape and A Secret Garden. ***

Caro Swanson has taken a job in a remote part of Scotland.

She's answered an ad in The Lady: being a companion to an elderly gentleman who lives in a country estate could be perfect! Surely it is time to make a change and do something different for a while?

The fact that she may also see Alec, the young man who she met some years previously and who she has always thought of as her `one who got away', is of course purely incidental.

Soon Caro is falling in love - not only with Alec but with the stunning house and grounds she is now living in. But the estate is in financial difficulties. and it quickly becomes apparent that there is only one way to rescue it.

So begins a magical romantic summer that will take Caro to London to the south of France and back again to Scotland in search of a classic lost perfume that might just restore all their fortunes.

Romance, humour, a cast of warm and totally believable characters and the possibility of happy-ever-after lie at the heart of Katie Fforde's wonderful new novel. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Madame Bovary (Vintage Classic Europeans Series) Gustave Flaubert (Author) Series:

Vintage Classic Europeans Series

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage Classics

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

04 Oct 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 384pp h216mm x w153mm x s28mm 429g ISBN13: 9781784875022 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-502-2 ISBN10: 1784875023 EAN: 9781784875022 x Description: The Vintage Classics Europeans series - with covers provided by textile design firm Wallace Sewell, these are must-have editions of European masterpieces, celebrating the warp and weft of a shared literary treasury.

TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY AWARD-WINNING NOVELIST (AUTHOR OF ULVERTON) AND POET ADAM THORPE Madame Bovary begins where many other novels end: with marriage. But Emma Bovary is ill-prepared for the prosaic reality of life as a country doctor's wife, and so plunges into a doomed search for passion and delight, flitting from fantasy to religion, from hedonism to devoted motherhood, from shopping to extra-marital sex. Flaubert's brutally beautiful tale is subversive in its sexual frankness, revolutionary in its influence and an inexhaustible pleasure to read. `One of the finest novels in any language' Independent _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Eve of Man: Eve of Man Trilogy, Book 1 Tom Fletcher (Author) Giovanna Fletcher (Author) Series:

Eve of Man Trilogy

Edition:

Imprint:

Michael Joseph Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

24 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 416pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 291g ISBN13: 9780718184124 ISBN13: 978-0-7181-8412-4 ISBN10: 0718184122 EAN: 9780718184124 x Description: *PRE-ORDER EVE OF MAN, THE FIRST BOOK IN A BRAND-NEW TRILOGY BY BESTSELLING AUTHORS GIOVANNA AND TOM FLETCHER* Fans of The Hunger Games, Divergent and The Handmaid's Tale will love this electrifying dystopian love story. _________ Against all odds she survived . . .

Eve is no ordinary sixteen-year-old.

She lives alone in the Tower under the strict gaze of the Mothers, because she is the last girl on Earth.

Now it's time for Eve to face her destiny.

Three males have been selected and the future of humanity lies in her hands.

She always accepted her fate.

Until she meets Bram.

Eve wants control over her life.

She wants freedom.

But how do you choose between love and the future of the human race?

Eve of Man is the first in an explosive new trilogy by bestselling authors Giovanna & Tom Fletcher. _________ 'One of the big books of the year. You'd be a fool to miss it' Heat 'A Hunger Games-esque novel.... A compelling read' Mail on Sunday _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

No Hard Feelings: Emotions at Work and How They Help Us Succeed Liz Fosslien (Author) Mollie West Duffy (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Portfolio Penguin

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

24 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 304pp h210mm x w150mm x s26mm 595g ISBN13: 9780241328705 ISBN13: 978-0-241-32870-5 ISBN10: 0241328705 EAN: 9780241328705 x Description: Have you ever worried about showing emotion at work, or panicked you've revealed too much of your personality?

In No Hard Feelings, you'll learn how to navigate the emotional minefield that is the modern workplace, and express your feelings and identity at work.

After all, the financial success of the 21st century depends on it. Without the ability to communicate and correct stress, we risk burnout. Without emotions, we cannot make decisions, influence others, or be creative.

As our jobs become more collaborative, complex, and stressful - as well as the centre of our identities - effectively embracing emotion will only become more important. Combining behavioural economics and psychology with sharp, funny and colourful illustrations, No Hard Feelings shows readers how to be more authentic, productive, and happy at work.

Liz Fosslien is a marketing and design consultant who illustrates the webcomic Out of the Office, and her work has been featured by the Economist, the Freakonomics blog and NPR. Mollie West Duffy is an organizational designer at IDEO. She teaches a Design Thinking class at Stanford's New York City Design School, and writes a blog and advises companies on start-up culture. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Whisperer Karin Fossum (Author) Series:

Inspector Sejer

Edition:

Imprint:

Harvill Secker

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

03 Dec 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 384pp h234mm x w153mm x s28mm 465g ISBN13: 9781787300941 ISBN13: 978-1-78730-094-1 ISBN10: 1787300943 EAN: 9781787300941 x Description: Inspector Sejer returns in a stunning, psychologically acute new thriller from the Queen of Norwegian crime fiction.

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

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Dream Sequence Adam Foulds (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Jonathan Cape Ltd

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

31 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 224pp h222mm x w144mm x s24mm 346g ISBN13: 9781787330825 ISBN13: 978-1-78733-082-5 ISBN10: 1787330826 EAN: 9781787330825 x Description: Henry Banks, a brilliant but narcissistic young actor, is prepared to go to any length for a role, to capitalise on his successes in television drama by securing the lead in the latest film by a celebrated Spanish director. He is on the brink of the next step - very close to achieving intellectual credibility and some serious celebrity.

However, Henry has - unwittingly - become an important part of the life of recently-divorced Kristin: someone who is also on the brink. Sitting in her beautiful, empty Philadelphia home, Kristin is obsessed with the handsome English actor and convinced they are destined to be together. She resolves to fly to London and bring their relationship to fruition.

Dream Sequence explores what it is to live at our current moment, with its porous borders between the inner and the outer life, and is a stunning, terrifying drama about psychological damage, stalking, and the perils of celebrity. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Fall Candice Fox (Author) Series:

Archer & Bennett Thriller

Edition:

Imprint:

Arrow Books Ltd

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

07 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 432pp h198mm x w129mm x s26mm 298g ISBN13: 9781784758363 ISBN13: 978-1-78475-836-3 ISBN10: 1784758361 EAN: 9781784758363 x Description: Fall is the third novel in Candice Fox's acclaimed series, following Hades, winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Best Debut 2014, and Eden, winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Novel 2015.

If Detective Frank Bennett tries hard enough, he can sometimes forget that Eden Archer, his partner in the Homicide Department, is also a moonlighting serial killer . . .

Thankfully their latest case is proving a good distraction. Someone is angry at Sydney's beautiful people - and the results are anything but pretty. On the rain-soaked running tracks of Sydney's parks, a predator is lurking, and it's not long before night-time jogs become a race to stay alive.

While Frank and Eden chase shadows, a different kind of danger grows closer to home. Frank's new girlfriend Imogen Stone is fascinated by cold cases, and her latest project - the disappearance of the two Tanner children more than twenty years ago - is leading her straight to Eden's door.

And, as Frank knows all too well, asking too many questions about Eden Archer can get you buried as deep as her past ... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Battle Scars: A Story of War and All That Follows Jason Fox (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Bantam Press

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

01 Nov 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 304pp h234mm x w153mm x s23mm 386g ISBN13: 9781787631175 ISBN13: 978-1-78763-117-5 ISBN10: 1787631176 EAN: 9781787631175 x Description: 'A vivid, searing account of a life at war.' BEAR GRYLLS 'The most important book you'll ever read... Battle Scars will save lives.' TOM MARCUS, author of SOLDIER SPY This is a true story. The events depicted took place during the last decade in an unnamed warzone. The names and locations have been redacted to protect the security of those involved and the practices of the British Special Forces. Out of respect for the KIA and survivors, everything else has been told as it happened...

Jason Fox served with the SBS for over a decade, thriving on the close bonds of the Special Forces brotherhood and the `death or glory' nature of their missions.

Battle Scars tells the story of his career as an elite operator, from the gunfights, hostage rescues, daring escapes and heroic endeavours that defined his service, to a battle of a very different kind: the psychological devastation of combat that forced him to leave the military, and the hard reality of what takes place in the mind of a man once a career of imagined invincibility has come to an end.

Unflinchingly honest, Battle Scars is a breathtaking account of Special Forces soldiering: a chronicle of operational bravery, and of superhuman courage on and off the battlefield. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Poison Bed: 'Gone Girl meets The Miniaturist' E C Fremantle (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

21 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 416pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781405920070 ISBN13: 978-1-4059-2007-0 ISBN10: 1405920076 EAN: 9781405920070 x Description: 'A gripping psychological thriller. Readers will be awake deep into the night, trying to untangle the truth' - The Times 'Books of the Year' 'The Miniaturist meets Gone Girl. Gripping and full of surprises' BBC History 'Books of the Year' Frances Carr is imprisoned in a chill, lightless tower.

She is accused of murder.

In a cell nearby is her co-accused - her husband Robert.

Kept apart and alone, Frances can only tell her side of the story.

How did she come to be here?

What part did she or Robert play in murder?

And what can Frances do to save herself?

'Immaculately detailed, dark, clever and compulsive' Daily Mail

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Day of the Dead: A Frieda Klein Novel (8) Nicci French (Author) Series:

Frieda Klein

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

08 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 384pp h198mm x w129mm x s23mm 266g ISBN13: 9781405918657 ISBN13: 978-1-4059-1865-7 ISBN10: 1405918659 EAN: 9781405918657 x Description: THE GRIPPING NEW THRILLER FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR NICCI FRENCH 'Stunning - I loved it' Clare Mackintosh, bestselling author of I Let You Go ____________ At long last, a final reckoning is coming for Frieda Klein...

On a north London high street, a runaway vehicle crashes to a halt, but the man in the driving seat was murdered a week earlier.

On Hampstead Heath, a bonfire blazes: in the flames lies the next victim.

As autumn leaves fall, a serial killer runs amok in the capital, playing games with the police. The death toll is rising fast, and the investigation is floundering.

But this is no ordinary killer, and every new victim is intended as a message to just one woman - psychologist Freida Klein.

And the message is very simple.

You're next. . .

Frieda Klein's duel with her dark nemesis is finally coming to a climax - and only one can make it out alive. ____________ 'Keeps you guessing until the final page' Jane Corry, bestselling author of My Husband's Wife 'I loved Day of the Dead' - Laura Marshall, bestselling author of Friend Request 'Great writing, a compelling storyline and memorable characters' - Cara Hunter, bestselling author of Close to Home _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Wych Elm Tana French (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Viking

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

11 Oct 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 528pp h234mm x w153mm x s38mm 631g ISBN13: 9780241379516 ISBN13: 978-0-241-37951-6 ISBN10: 0241379512 EAN: 9780241379516 x Description: 'For me it all goes back to that night, the dark corroded hinge between before and after, the slipped-in sheet of trick glass that tints everything on one side in its own murky colours and leaves everything on the other luminous and untouchable.'

One night changes everything for Toby. He's always led a charmed life - until a brutal attack leaves him damaged and traumatised, unsure even of the person he used to be. He seeks refuge at his family's ancestral home, the Ivy House, filled with memories of wild-strawberry summers and teenage

parties with his cousins.

But not long after Toby's arrival, a discovery is made: a skull, tucked neatly inside the old wych elm in the garden.

As detectives begin to close in, Toby is forced to examine everything he thought he knew about his family, his past, and himself.

A spellbinding standalone from a literary writer who turns the crime genre inside out, The Wych Elm asks what we become, and what we're capable of, if we no longer know who we are. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures Stephen Fry (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Michael Joseph Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

26 Oct 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 496pp h234mm x w153mm x s36mm 633g ISBN13: 9780241380376 ISBN13: 978-0-241-38037-6 ISBN10: 0241380375 EAN: 9780241380376 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 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold Stephen Fry (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

26 Jul 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 464pp h198mm x w129mm x s28mm 343g ISBN13: 9781405934138 ISBN13: 978-1-4059-3413-8 ISBN10: 1405934131 EAN: 9781405934138 x Description: Discover Stephen Fry's magnificent retelling of the greatest myths and legends ever told . . . ___________ No one loves and quarrels, desires and deceives as boldly or brilliantly as Greek gods and goddesses.

In Stephen Fry's vivid retelling we gaze in wonder as wise Athena is born from the cracking open of the great head of Zeus and follow doomed Persephone into the dark and lonely realm of the Underworld. We shiver when Pandora opens her jar of evil torments and watch with joy as the legendary love affair between Eros and Psyche unfolds.

Mythos captures these extraordinary myths for our modern age - in all their dazzling and deeply human relevance. ___________ *SHORTLISTED FOR A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD* 'Ebullient and funny' The Times 'Entertaining and edifying' Daily Telegraph 'A rollicking good read' Independent 'Fry exhibits enormous erudition and enthusiasm' Mail on Sunday 'Fry takes us from Zeus to Athena with humour. 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 If you're enthralled by the magic of Greek mythology, you'll love Fry's follow-up book Heroes which is OUT NOW, with tales of mortals and monsters, quests and adventures . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Winters Lisa Gabriele (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Harvill Secker

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

15 Nov 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 336pp h234mm x w153mm x s24mm 409g ISBN13: 9781787301207 ISBN13: 978-1-78730-120-7 ISBN10: 1787301206 EAN: 9781787301207 x Description: `A beautifully crafted, haunting thriller...I read straight through, breathless to the killer final pages' Sarah Pinborough, Sunday Times bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes An addictively suspenseful new novel set in the glamorous world of the New York Hamptons, about secrets that refuse to remain buried and consequences that cannot be escaped.

After a whirlwind romance, a young woman returns to the opulent, secluded mansion of her new fiance Max Winter - a wealthy senator and recent

widower - and a life of luxury she's never known. But all is not as it appears at the Asherley estate. The house is steeped in the memory of Max's beautiful first wife Rebekah, who haunts the young woman's imagination and feeds her uncertainties, while his very alive teenage daughter Dani makes her life a living hell.

As the soon-to-be second Mrs. Winter grows more in love with Max, and more afraid of Dani, she is drawn deeper into the family's dark secrets - the kind of secrets that could kill her, too.

The Winters is a riveting story about what happens when a family's ghosts resurface and threaten to upend everything.

'From the brilliant first line to the shattering conclusion, The Winters will draw you in and leave you breathless' Liv Constantine, author of The Last Mrs. Parrish _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

We Need to Talk About Putin: Why the West gets him wrong, and how to get him right Mark Galeotti (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Ebury Press

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

21 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 160pp h198mm x w126mm ISBN13: 9781529103595 ISBN13: 978-1-5291-0359-5 ISBN10: 1529103592 EAN: 9781529103595 x Description: Meet the world's most dangerous man.

Who is the real Vladimir Putin? What does he want? And what will he do next?

Despite the millions of words written on Putin's Russia, the West still fails to truly understand one of the world's most powerful politicians, whose influence spans the globe and whose networks of power reach into the very heart of our daily lives.

In this essential primer, Professor Mark Galeotti uncovers the man behind the myth, addressing the key misperceptions of Putin and explaining how we can decipher his motivations and next moves. From Putin's early life in the KGB and his real relationship with the USA to his vision for the future of Russia - and the world - Galeotti draws on new Russian sources and explosive unpublished accounts to give unparalleled insight into the man at the heart of global politics. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars: The Snapchat Story Billy Gallagher (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Virgin Books

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

24 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w126mm x s19mm 219g ISBN13: 9780753557594 ISBN13: 978-0-7535-5759-4 ISBN10: 0753557592 EAN: 9780753557594 x Description: 'A fast-paced, highly readable history of one of the defining companies of our time. If you're interested in Snapchat, or just plain mystified by it, you must read this book' -- Brad Stone Would you turn down three billion dollars from Mark Zuckerberg?

When he was just twenty-three years old, Evan Spiegel, the brash CEO of the social network Snapchat, stunned the world when he and his cofounders walked away from a three-billion-dollar offer from Facebook: how could an app teenagers use to text dirty photos dream of a higher valuation?

Was this hubris, or genius?

In How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars, Billy Gallagher takes us inside the rise of one of Silicon Valley's hottest start-ups. Snapchat began as a latenight dorm room revelation before Spiegel went on to make a name for himself as a visionary CEO worth billions, linked to celebrities like Taylor Swift and his fiancee, Miranda Kerr.

A fellow Stanford undergrad and fraternity brother of the company's founding trio, Billy Gallagher has covered Snapchat from the start. His inside account offers an entertaining trip through the excess and drama of the hazy early days with a professional insight into the challenges Snapchat faces as it transitions from a playful app to one of the tech industry's preeminent public companies. In the tradition of great business narratives, How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars offers the definitive account of a company whose goal is no less than to remake the future of entertainment. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Never Tell Lisa Gardner (Author) Series:

Detective D.D. Warren

Edition:

Imprint:

Century

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

19 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 416pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781780897738 ISBN13: 978-1-78089-773-8 ISBN10: 1780897731 EAN: 9781780897738 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 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Change: Learn to Love It, Learn to Lead It Richard Gerver (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Life

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

01 Aug 2017

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 256pp h181mm x w122mm ISBN13: 9780241257418 ISBN13: 978-0-241-25741-8 ISBN10: 0241257417 EAN: 9780241257418 x Description: 'To be successful, you have to be able to adapt to change' - Sir Alex Ferguson The pace of change is greater than ever. We face new challenges every day in our jobs and in our personal lives. Those who can handle change are the most fulfilled. Those who fear change will find it hardest to thrive.

As a head teacher, Richard Gerver famously transformed a failing school into one of the most acclaimed learning environments in the world - in just two years. As a hugely popular speaker and author, he now helps individuals and companies to embrace change.

This book is his powerful personal reflection on change, full of wisdom and practical insights. Whether you are leading a company through change or looking for a new direction in life, let Richard Gerver be your guide. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence Kristen Ghodsee (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) 240pp h216mm x w135mm x s18mm 242g ISBN13: 9781847925602 ISBN13: 978-1-84792-560-2 ISBN10: 184792560X EAN: 9781847925602 x Description: * 'Wonderful ... a joyous read' Observer / 'Capitalism's triumph is a calamity for most women. Kristen Ghodsee's incisive book brilliantly reveals their plight' Yanis Varoufakis The argument of this book can be summed up succinctly: unregulated capitalism is bad for women, and if we adopt some ideas from socialism, women will have better lives.

If done properly, socialism leads to economic independence, better labour conditions, better work/family balance, and, yes, even better sex.

That's it. If you like the idea of such outcomes, then come along for an exploration of how we might change things.

If you are dubious because you don't understand why capitalism as an economic system is uniquely bad for women, and if you doubt that there could ever be anything good about socialism, this short treatise will provide some illumination.

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. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Annelies: A Novel of Anne Frank David Gillham (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Fig Tree

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

17 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 416pp h234mm x w153mm x s30mm 502g ISBN13: 9780241367650 ISBN13: 978-0-241-36765-0 ISBN10: 0241367654 EAN: 9780241367650 x Description: A breathtaking new novel that asks the question: what if Anne Frank survived the Holocaust?

It is 1945, and Anne Frank is sixteen years old. Having survived the concentration camps but lost her mother and sister, she reunites with her father, Pim, in newly liberated Amsterdam. But Anne is adrift, haunted by the ghost of her sister, Margot, and the atrocities they experienced. Her beloved diary is gone, and her dreams of becoming a writer seem distant and pointless now.

As Anne struggles to build a new life for herself, she grapples with overwhelming grief, heartbreak, and ultimately forgiveness. In this masterful story of trauma and redemption, David Gillham explores with breath-taking empathy the woman - and the writer - Anne Frank might have become. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

One False Move Robert Goddard (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Bantam Press

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

28 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781787630437 ISBN13: 978-1-78763-043-7 ISBN10: 1787630439 EAN: 9781787630437 x Description: What value can be put on a human mind?

How Joe Roberts does what he does is a mystery. He has a brain that seems able to outperform a computer. To a games company like Venstrom that promises big profits if his abilities can be properly exploited. So they send Nicole Nevinson to track him down and make him an offer too good to refuse.

But Venstrom aren't the only people interested in Joe. His current boss, a shady businessman, is already making serious money out of Joe's talents and isn' going to let him go without a fight. And then there are other forces, with still darker intentions, who have their own plans for him.

Almost before she knows it, Nicole's crossed an invisible line into a world where the game being played has rules she doesn't understand and where no-one can help her win.

But win she must. Because the battle now isn't just for Joe's mind, it's for Nicole's life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Monsieur Ka Vesna Goldsworthy (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

21 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784704520 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-452-0 ISBN10: 1784704520 EAN: 9781784704520 x Description: 'A beautiful haunting novel... looking at a familiar London through a frosty, snowy lens. Wonderful' Caryl Phillips The London winter of 1947 is as cold as St Petersburg during the Revolution. Albertine, the wife of a British army officer often abroad on covert government business, finds herself increasingly lonely. Eager to distract herself with work, she takes a job as companion to the mysterious 'Monsieur Ka', a Russian emigre. As she is drawn into Ka's dramatic past, her own life is shaken to its foundations. For in this family of former princes, there are present temptations which could profoundly affect her future. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

A History of Judaism Martin Goodman (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

31 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 656pp h198mm x w129mm x s29mm 482g ISBN13: 9780141038216 ISBN13: 978-0-14-103821-6 ISBN10: 0141038217 EAN: 9780141038216 x Description: 'An absolute godsend ... Goodman has done both Jews and non-Jews a great service with this book, encapsulating most of Jewish thought over four millennia into one extraordinarily readable volume' Julia Neuberger, Literary Review A panoramic history of Judaism from its origins to the present Judaism is by some distance the oldest of the three Abrahamic religions. Despite the extraordinarily diverse forms it has taken, the Jewish people have believed themselves bound to God by the same covenant for more than three thousand years. This book explains how Judaism came to be and how it has developed from one age to the next, as well as the ways in which its varieties have related to each other.

'A one-volume tour de force. Goodman meets the substantial challenge of charting the twists and turns, tributaries and backwaters of Judaism's many streams over 2,000 years - and succeeds' Harry Freedman, Jewish Chronicle 'Learned and illuminating ... this magnificently lucid account will become the standard reference for a generation' Dominic Green, Wall Street Journal _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Leadership: Lessons from the Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson for Turbulent Times Doris Kearns Goodwin (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Viking

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

20 Sep 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 496pp h234mm x w153mm x s35mm 596g ISBN13: 9780241300732 ISBN13: 978-0-241-30073-2 ISBN10: 0241300738 EAN: 9780241300732 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. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock Imogen Hermes Gowar (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

24 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 496pp h198mm x w129mm x s30mm 341g ISBN13: 9781784705992 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-599-2 ISBN10: 1784705993 EAN: 9781784705992 x Description: 'A cracking historical novel - with a twinge of the surreal - about passion and obsession' The Times SHORLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018 One September evening in 1785, the merchant Jonah Hancock finds one of his captains waiting eagerly on his doorstep. He has sold Jonah's ship for what appears to be a mermaid.

As gossip spreads through the docks, coffee shops, parlours and brothels, everyone wants to see Mr Hancock's marvel. Its arrival spins him out of his ordinary existence and through the doors of high society, where he meets Angelica Neal, the most desirable woman he has ever laid eyes on... and a courtesan of great accomplishment. This meeting will steer both their lives onto a dangerous new course.

What will be the cost of their ambitions? And will they be able to escape the legendary destructive power a mermaid is said to possess?

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Bullshit Jobs: The Rise of Pointless Work, and What We Can Do About It David Graeber (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 269g ISBN13: 9780141983479 ISBN13: 978-0-14-198347-9 ISBN10: 0141983477 EAN: 9780141983479 x Description: 'Spectacular and terrifyingly true' Owen Jones 'Explosive' John McDonnell, New Statesman, Books of the Year 'Thought-provoking and funny' The Times Be honest: if your job didn't exist, would anybody miss it? Have you ever wondered why not? Up to 40% of us secretly believe our jobs probably aren't necessary. In other words: they are bullshit jobs. This book shows why, and what we can do about it.

In the early twentieth century, people prophesied that technology would see us all working fifteen-hour weeks and driving flying cars. Instead, something curious happened. Not only have the flying cars not materialised, but average working hours have increased rather than decreased. And now, across the developed world, three-quarters of all jobs are in services, finance or admin: jobs that don't seem to contribute anything to society. In Bullshit Jobs, David Graeber explores how this phenomenon - one more associated with the Soviet Union, but which capitalism was supposed to eliminate - has happened. In doing so, he looks at how, rather than producing anything, work has become an end in itself; the way such work maintains the current broken system of finance capital; and, finally, how we can get out of it.

This book is for anyone whose heart has sunk at the sight of a whiteboard, who believes 'workshops' should only be for making things, or who just suspects that there might be a better way to run our world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution Toby Green (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Allen Lane

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

15 Feb 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 656pp h240mm x w162mm x s43mm 1104g ISBN13: 9780241003176 ISBN13: 978-0-241-00317-6 ISBN10: 0241003172 EAN: 9780241003176 x Description: 'A magisterial, extensive and fresh account of the history of West Africa that rewrites the region and its peoples back into World History, where they belong' Miranda Kaufmann, author of Black Tudors A groundbreaking new history that will transform our view of West Africa By the time of the 'Scramble for Africa' in the late nineteenth century, Africa had already been globally connected for many centuries. Its gold had fuelled the economies of Europe and Islamic world since around 1000, and its sophisticated kingdoms had traded with Europeans along the coasts from Senegal down to Angola since the fifteenth century. Until at least 1650, this was a trade of equals, using a variety of currencies - most importantly shells: the cowrie shells imported from the Maldives, and the nzimbu shells imported from Brazil.

Toby Green's groundbreaking new book transforms our view of West and West-Central Africa. It reconstructs the world of kingdoms whose existence (like those of Europe) revolved around warfare, taxation, trade, diplomacy, complex religious beliefs, royal display and extravagance, and the production of art.

Over time, the relationship between Africa and Europe revolved ever more around the trade in slaves, damaging Africa's relative political and economic power as the terms of monetary exchange shifted drastically in Europe's favour. In spite of these growing capital imbalances, longstanding contacts ensured remarkable connections between the Age of Revolution in Europe and America and the birth of a revolutionary nineteenth century in Africa.

A Fistful of Shells draws not just on written histories, but on archival research in nine countries, on art, praise-singers, oral history, archaeology, letters, and the author's personal experience to create a new perspective on the history of one of the world's most important regions. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Quiet American Graham Greene (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage Classics

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

01 Oct 2004

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 208pp h198mm x w129mm x s13mm 149g ISBN13: 9780099478393 ISBN13: 978-0-09-947839-3 ISBN10: 0099478390 EAN: 9780099478393 x Description: WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ZADIE SMITH Into the intrigue and violence of Indo-China comes Pyle, a young idealistic American sent to promote democracy through a mysterious 'Third Force'. As his naive optimism starts to cause bloodshed, his friend Fowler, a cynical foreign correspondent, finds it hard to stand aside and watch. But even as he intervenes he wonders why: for the sake of politics, or for love? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The End Of The Affair Graham Greene (Author) Monica Ali (Introduction by) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage Classics

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

07 Oct 2004

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 192pp h198mm x w129mm x s13mm 138g ISBN13: 9780099478447 ISBN13: 978-0-09-947844-7 ISBN10: 0099478447 EAN: 9780099478447 x Description: WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MONICA ALI The love affair between Maurice Bendrix and Sarah, flourishing in the turbulent times of the London Blitz, ends when she suddenly and without explanation breaks it off. After a chance meeting rekindles his love and jealousy two years later, Bendrix hires a private detective to follow Sarah, and slowly his love for her turns into an obsession. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Brighton Rock Graham Greene (Author) J. M. Coetzee (Introduction by) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage Classics

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

07 Oct 2004

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 202g ISBN13: 9780099478478 ISBN13: 978-0-09-947847-8 ISBN10: 0099478471 EAN: 9780099478478

x Description: WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY J.M. COETZEE 'I read Brighton Rock when I was about thirteen. One of the first lessons I took from it was that a serious novel could be an exciting novel - that the novel of adventure could also be the novel of ideas' Ian McEwan A gang war is raging through the dark underworld of Brighton. Seventeen-year-old Pinkie, malign and ruthless, has killed a man. Believing he can escape retribution, he is unprepared for the courageous, life-embracing Ida Arnold. Greene's gripping thriller, exposes a world of loneliness and fear, of life lived on the 'dangerous edge of things'. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Our Man In Havana: An Introduction by Christopher Hitchens Graham Greene (Author) Christopher Hitchens (Introduction by) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage Classics

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

01 Mar 2001

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 256pp h198mm x w129mm x s16mm 181g ISBN13: 9780099286080 ISBN13: 978-0-09-928608-0 ISBN10: 0099286084 EAN: 9780099286080 x Description: WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS 'Graham Greene had wit and grace and character and story and a transcendent universal compassion that places him for all time in the ranks of world literature' John Le Carre Wormold is a vacuum cleaner salesman in a city of power cuts. His adolescent daughter spends his money with a skill that amazes him, so when a mysterious Englishman offers him an extra income he's tempted. In return all he has to do is carry out a little espionage and file a few reports. But when his fake reports start coming true, things suddenly get more complicated and Havana becomes a threatening place. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

A Boy in the Water Tom Gregory (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 192pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780141988757 ISBN13: 978-0-14-198875-7 ISBN10: 0141988754 EAN: 9780141988757 x Description: **Winner of the William Hill 2018 Sports Book of the Year Award** A Sunday Times Book of the Year and Telegraph Best Book of 2018 'Extraordinary' Clare Balding The poignant, life-affirming story of a determined boy, a visionary coach, and how the dream of a record-breaking Channel swim became reality Eltham, South London. 1984: the hot fug of the swimming pool and the slow splashing of a boy learning to swim but not yet wanting to take his foot off the bottom. Fast-forward four years. Photographers and family wait on the shingle beach as a boy in a bright orange hat and grease-smeared goggles swims the last few metres from France to England. He has been in the water for twelve agonizing hours, encouraged at each stroke by his coach, John Bullet, who has become a second father.

This is the story of a remarkable friendship between a coach and a boy, and a love letter to the intensity and freedom of childhood. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

JapanEmoji!: The Characterful Guide to Living Japanese Ed Griffiths (Press Officer) (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Pop Press

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 128pp h197mm x w142mm x s15mm 324g ISBN13: 9781785039898 ISBN13: 978-1-78503-989-8 ISBN10: 178503989X EAN: 9781785039898 x Description: Do you know what most of the emojis on your phone mean?

Understanding their meaning is to understand modern Japan.

Experience everyday Japanese living and discover the quirks and secrets from the home of Ikigai and forest bathing with this smart, playful guide. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Late in the Day Tessa Hadley (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Jonathan Cape Ltd

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

14 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 288pp h222mm x w144mm x s29mm 407g ISBN13: 9781787331112 ISBN13: 978-1-78733-111-2 ISBN10: 1787331113 EAN: 9781787331112 x Description: Alexandr and Christine and Zachary and Lydia have been close friends since they first met in their twenties. Thirty years later Alex and Christine are spending a leisurely summer evening at home when they receive a call from a distraught Lydia. Zach is dead.

In the wake of this profound loss, the three friends find themselves unmoored; all agree that Zach was the sanest and kindest of them all, the irreplaceable one they couldn't afford to lose. Inconsolable, Lydia moves in with Alex and Christine. But instead of loss bringing them closer, the three of them find over the following months that it warps their relationships, as old entanglements and grievances rise from the past, and love and sorrow give way to anger and bitterness.

Late in the Day explores the tangled webs at the centre of our most intimate relationships, to expose how beneath the seemingly dependable arrangements we make for our lives lie infinite alternate configurations. Ingeniously moving between past and present and through the intricacies of her characters' thoughts and interactions, Tessa Hadley once again shows that she has `become one of this country's great contemporary novelists. She is equipped with an armoury of techniques and skills that may yet secure her a position as the greatest of them.' (Anthony Quinn Guardian) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

21 Lessons for the 21st Century Yuval Noah Harari (Author) Series:

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Jonathan Cape Ltd

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

28 Aug 2018

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Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 368pp h216mm x w135mm x s27mm 364g ISBN13: 9781787330870 ISBN13: 978-1-78733-087-0 ISBN10: 1787330877 EAN: 9781787330870

x Description: **FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER SAPIENS** Yuval Noah Harari returns in August 2018 with a new book, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. In bringing his focus to the here and now, Harari will help us to grapple with a world that is increasingly hard to comprehend, encouraging us to focus our minds on the essential questions we should be asking ourselves today. Employing his trademark entertaining and lucid style, Harari will examine some of the world's most urgent issues, including terrorism, fake news and immigration, as well as turning to more individual concerns, from resilience and humility to meditation. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow Yuval Noah Harari (Author) Series:

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Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

23 Mar 2017

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Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 528pp h198mm x w129mm x s38mm 452g ISBN13: 9781784703936 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-393-6 ISBN10: 1784703931 EAN: 9781784703936 x Description: THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER Sapiens shows us where we came from. Homo Deus shows us where we're going.

Yuval Noah Harari envisions a near future in which we face a new set of challenges. Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century and beyond - from overcoming death to creating artificial life.

It asks the fundamental questions: how can we protect this fragile world from our own destructive power? And what does our future hold?

'Homo Deus will shock you. It will entertain you. It will make you think in ways you had not thought before' Daniel Kahneman _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Yuval Noah Harari (Author) Series:

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Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

29 Apr 2015

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 512pp h198mm x w129mm x s37mm 437g ISBN13: 9780099590088 ISBN13: 978-0-09-959008-8 ISBN10: 0099590085 EAN: 9780099590088 x Description: THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER Fire gave us power. Farming made us hungry for more. Money gave us purpose. Science made us deadly. This is the thrilling account of our extraordinary history - from insignificant apes to rulers of the world.

Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it: us.

In this bold and provocative book, Yuval Noah Harari explores who we are, how we got here and where we're going. `I would recommend Sapiens to anyone who's interested in the history and future of our species' Bill Gates _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind: (Patterns of Life) Yuval Noah Harari (Author) Series:

Patterns of Life

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Vintage Classics

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

03 Apr 2018

Publishing Status:

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 544pp h178mm x w129mm x s33mm 385g ISBN13: 9781784873646 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-364-6 ISBN10: 1784873640 EAN: 9781784873646 x Description: PATTERNS OF LIFE: SPECIAL EDITIONS OF GROUNDBREAKING SCIENCE BOOKS Planet Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it. Us. We are the most advanced and most destructive animals ever to have lived. What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens?

In this bold and provocative book, Yuval Noah Harari explores who we are, how we got here and where we're going. Sapiens is a thrilling account of humankind's extraordinary history - from the Stone Age to the Silicon Age - and our journey from insignificant apes to rulers of the world.

'Unbelievably good. Jaw dropping from the first word to the last' Chris Evans, BBC Radio 2 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Truths We Hold: An American Journey Kamala D. Harris (Author) Series:

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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 Western Wind Samantha Harvey (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784708030 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-803-0 ISBN10: 1784708038 EAN: 9781784708030 x Description: 15th century Oakham, in Somerset; a tiny village cut off by a big river with no bridge. When a man is swept away by the river in the early hours of Shrove Saturday, an explanation has to be found: accident, suicide or murder? The village priest, John Reve, is privy to many secrets in his role as confessor. But will he be able to unravel what happened to the victim, Thomas Newman, the wealthiest, most capable and industrious man in the village? And what will happen if he can't?

Moving back in time towards the moment of Thomas Newman's death, the story is related by Reve - an extraordinary creation, a patient shepherd to his wayward flock, and a man with secrets of his own to keep. Through his eyes, and his indelible voice, Harvey creates a medieval world entirely tangible in its immediacy. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Story of Brexit Jason Hazeley (Author) Joel Morris (Author) Series:

Ladybirds for Grown-Ups

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Imprint:

Michael Joseph Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

23 Oct 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 56pp h178mm x w119mm x s9mm 130g ISBN13: 9780241386569 ISBN13: 978-0-241-38656-9 ISBN10: 024138656X EAN: 9780241386569 x Description: Whether Brexit makes you laugh or cry, Ladybird's The Story of Brexit will just make you laugh. __________________________________ ' "Leaving was the will of the people," sighs Angelica's father. He voted to leave.

Angelica voted to remain, but she feels the same way. "It is the will of the people," she sighs.

They stare at the ducks. They like the ducks. Ducks are better than people.' __________________________________ 'Brexit gave us lots of exciting new words, like brextremist, remoaner, bremoaner, remaybe, breprehensible, remaintenance, brexorcist, remaidstone, brex-girlfriend, remange, brextortion, remayhem and bregret.

The new words make it harder for foreigners to understand what we are saying.

In a tough, new international business world, small advantages such as this can be crucial.' __________________________________ This delightful book is the latest in the series of Ladybird books which have been specially planned to help grown-ups with the world about them.

The large clear script, the careful choice of words, the frequent repetition and the thoughtful matching of text with pictures all enable grown-ups to think they have taught themselves to cope. Featuring original Ladybird artwork alongside brilliantly funny, brand new text.

'Hilarious' Stylist _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

For The Immortal Emily Hauser (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Black Swan

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

24 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 432pp h198mm x w127mm x s26mm 293g ISBN13: 9781784160685 ISBN13: 978-1-78416-068-5 ISBN10: 1784160687 EAN: 9781784160685 x Description: 'Offers a fresh and feminist take' Madeline Miller, bestselling author of Circe Thousands of years ago, two remarkable women found themselves swept up in one of the greatest legends of all . . . and discovered the price that must be paid for immortality.

Desperate to save her dying brother, Admete persuades her father, the king of Tiryns, to allow her to accompany Hercules on one of his celebrated twelve labours. They travel to the land of the Amazons in the hopes of finding a cure - but their arrival causes tension with the infamous female warriors. Hippolyta, the revered queen of the tribe, sees their presence as a threat - both to her people, but also to the long-guarded secret she has been keeping from them.

As battle lines are drawn between the Greeks and the Amazons, Admete and Hippolyta soon learn the inevitable truth - that in war, sacrifices must be made; especially if they are to protect the ones they love most . . .

PRAISE FOR EMILY HAUSER: 'Hauser recreates one of the oldest tales in Greek myth with great skill and panache.' The Times 'Once in a while something comes along that's so utterly right, so necessary for now, that you wonder why nobody thought of it before. Emily Hauser's stunning debut novel . . . brings ancient Troy wildly, raucously, passionately alive.' Manda Scott, bestselling author of Boudica and Into the Fire 'A delight from start to finish. Hauser's fresh perspective on one of the great archetypal epics, in focusing on the marginalised women's stories, makes for fascinating reading . . . a clever premise and thoroughly enjoyable.' Elizabeth Fremantle, author of Sisters of Treason 'Kept me utterly absorbed. Here is a heroine to cheer for, and a book to cherish.' Margot Livesey, author of The House on Fortune Street 'Beautifully descriptive . . . drawing the reader into a lost world of gods and heroes.' Glyn Iliffe, author of King of Ithaca _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact Chip Heath (Author) Dan Heath (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Corgi Books

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w127mm ISBN13: 9780552174459 ISBN13: 978-0-552-17445-9 ISBN10: 0552174459 EAN: 9780552174459 x Description: THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Beautifully written, brilliantly researched' Angela Duckworth, bestselling author of GRIT 'The most interesting, immediately actionable book I've read in quite a while... If life is a series of moments, the Heath brothers have transformed how I plan to spend mine' Adam Grant, bestselling author of ORIGINALS and OPTION B, with Sheryl Sandberg In this latest New York Times bestseller by the authors of Switch and Made to Stick, Chip and Dan Heath explore why certain brief experiences can jolt, elevate and change us - and how we can learn to create such extraordinary moments in our own life and work.

What if a teacher could design a lesson that he knew his students would remember twenty years later? What if a doctor or nurse knew how to orchestrate moments that would bring more comfort to patients? What if you had a better sense of how to create memories that matter for your children? Many of the defining moments in our lives are the result of accident or luck - but why leave our most meaningful, memorable moments to chance when we can create them?

In The Power of Moments, Chip and Dan Heath explore the stories of people who have created standout moments, from the owners who transformed an utterly mediocre hotel into one of the best-loved properties in Los Angeles by conjuring moments of magic for guests, to the scrappy team that turned around one of the worst elementary schools in the country by embracing an intervention that lasts less than an hour.

Filled with remarkable tales and practical insights, The Power of Moments proves we all have the power to transform ordinary experiences into unforgettable ones. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

How Women Rise: Break the 12 Habits Holding You Back Sally Helgesen (Author) Marshall Goldsmith (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Random House Business Publisher: Books

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Forthcoming

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 256pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781847942258 ISBN13: 978-1-84794-225-8 ISBN10: 1847942253 EAN: 9781847942258 x Description: _________________________________ By the bestselling author of What Got You Here Won't Get You There Do you hesitate about putting forward ideas? Are you reluctant to claim credit for your achievements? Do you find it difficult to get the support you need from your boss or the recognition you deserve from your colleagues?

If your answer to any of these is `Yes', How Women Rise will help get you back on track. Inspiring and practical by turns, it identifies 12 common habits that can prove an obstacle to future success and tells you how to overcome them. In the process, it points the way to a career that will satisfy your ambitions and help you make the difference you want to make in the world. _________________________________ `Guidance on the habits you fall into that aren't helping you achieve the success you deserve. It's fascinating.' Sunday Times `How Women Rise is a great read.' Lois P. Frankel, author of Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office `A great resource to discover the 12 habits that hold women back and how to overcome them.' Forbes _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

It's Not Always Depression: A New Theory of Listening to Your Body, Discovering Core Emotions and Reconnecting with Your Authentic Self Hilary Jacobs Hendel (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Life

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

13 Dec 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 320pp h198mm x w129mm x s19mm 223g ISBN13: 9780241976401 ISBN13: 978-0-241-97640-1 ISBN10: 0241976405 EAN: 9780241976401 x Description: American Book Fest Best Health Book (Mental Health & Psychology) Award Winner 2018 Cutting-edge and accessible psychotherapy to put us back in touch with our emotions - and fast 'I loved it ... I have drawn my own picture of the change triangle - both fascinating and useful' - Cathy Rentzenbrink We were all taught that our thoughts affect our emotions, but in truth it is largely the other way around: we have to experience our emotions to truly understand our thoughts, and our full selves. This is why we should think not only about cognitive behavioural therapy or medication, but also about our emotions, when addressing psychological suffering.

In It's Not Always Depression, pioneering psychotherapist Hilary Jacobs Hendel reveals the most effective techniques for putting us back in touch with the emotions we too often deny - methods which can be used by anyone, any time, anywhere. Drawing on stories from her own practice, she sheds light on the core emotions (such as joy, sadness and fear), defences (anything we do to avoid feeling) and inhibitory emotions (anxiety, shame and guilt), and how understanding their interaction can help us return to mental well-being.

This is the basis of 'accelerated experiential dynamic psychotherapy:' it accelerates healing through having an emotional experience in the here and now. It allows you to reacquaint yourself with your feelings, to recover a more authentic self and to be more calm, curious and connected. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Death of Democracy Benjamin Carter Hett (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Windmill Books

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

21 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 213g ISBN13: 9781786090300 ISBN13: 978-1-78609-030-0 ISBN10: 1786090309 EAN: 9781786090300 x Description: *A TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR* WHAT CAUSED THE FALL OF THE MOST PROGRESSIVE GOVERNMENT IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY EUROPE, AND THE RISE OF THE MOST TERRIFYING? In the 1930s, Germany was at a turning point, with many looking to the Nazi phenomenon as part of widespread resentment towards cosmopolitan liberal democracy and capitalism. This was a global situation that pushed Germany to embrace authoritarianism, nationalism and economic selfsufficiency, kick-starting a revolution founded on new media technologies, and the formidable political and self-promotional skills of its leader.

Based on award-winning research and recently discovered archival material, The Death of Democracy is a panoramic new survey of one of the most important periods in modern history, and a book with a resounding message for the world today.

'Extremely fine... with careful prose and scholarship, he brings these events close to us.' Timothy Snyder, The New York Times 'Intelligent, well-informed... intriguing.' The Times 'With the injection of fresh contemporary voices, The Death of Democracy is also a thoughtful reflection of how our time more resembles the Thirties than the Noughties.' Daily Telegraph _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster Adam Higginbotham (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Bantam Press

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

14 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 560pp h234mm x w153mm x s34mm 650g ISBN13: 9780593076842 ISBN13: 978-0-593-07684-2 ISBN10: 0593076842 EAN: 9780593076842 x Description: The dramatic untold story of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, based on original reporting and new archival research.

Early in the morning of April 26, 1986, Reactor Number Four of the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station exploded, triggering history's worst nuclear disaster. In the thirty years since then, Chernobyl has become lodged in the collective nightmares of the world: shorthand for the spectral horrors of radiation poisoning, for a dangerous technology slipping its leash, for ecological fragility, and for what can happen when a dishonest and careless state endangers not only its own citizens, but all of humanity. But the real story of the accident, clouded from the beginning by secrecy, propaganda, and misinformation, has long remained in dispute.

Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews conducted over the course of more than ten years, as well as letters, unpublished memoirs, and documents from recently-declassified archives, Adam Higginbotham has written a harrowing and compelling narrative which brings the disaster to life through the eyes of the men and women who witnessed it firsthand. The result is a masterful non-fiction thriller, and the definitive account of an event

that changed history: a story that is more complex, more human, and more terrifying than the Soviet myth.

Midnight In Chernobyl is an indelible portrait of one of the great disasters of the twentieth century, of human resilience and ingenuity, and the lessons learned when mankind seeks to bend the natural world to his will--lessons which, in the face of climate change and other threats-remain not just vital but necessary. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Big Week: The Biggest Air Battle of World War Two James Holland (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Corgi Books

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 576pp h198mm x w127mm x s35mm 411g ISBN13: 9780552173506 ISBN13: 978-0-552-17350-6 ISBN10: 0552173509 EAN: 9780552173506 x Description: 'James Holland is a master' BBC History It was to be the battle to end the air war once and for all.

During the third week of February 1944, the combined Allied air forces launched their first-ever round-the-clock bomber offensive against Germany.

The aim was to smash the main factories and production centres of the Luftwaffe and at the same time draw the German fighter force up into the air and into battle.

Big Week is the knife-edge story of bomber against flak gun and fighter, but also, crucially, fighter against fighter. Following the fortunes of pilots and aircrew from both sides, this is a blistering narrative of one of the most critical periods of the entire war. Big Week was the largest air battle ever witnessed, but it has been largely forgotten - until now. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

A Political History of the World: Three Thousand Years of War and Peace Jonathan Holslag (Author) Series:

Pelican Books

Edition:

Imprint:

Pelican

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

25 Oct 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 656pp h222mm x w144mm x s43mm 707g ISBN13: 9780241352045 ISBN13: 978-0-241-35204-5 ISBN10: 0241352045 EAN: 9780241352045 x Description: A three-thousand year history of the world that examines the causes of war and the search for peace In three thousand years of history, China has spent at least eleven centuries at war. The Roman Empire was in conflict during at least 50 per cent of its lifetime. Since 1776, the United States has spent over one hundred years at war. The dream of peace has been universal in the history of humanity. So why have we so rarely been able to achieve it?

In A Political History of the World, Jonathan Holslag has produced a sweeping history of the world, from the Iron Age to the present, that investigates the causes of conflict between empires, nations and peoples and the attempts at diplomacy and cosmopolitanism. A birds-eye view of three thousand years of history, the book illuminates the forces shaping world politics from Ancient Egypt to the Han Dynasty, the Pax Romana to the rise of Islam, the Peace of Westphalia to the creation of the United Nations.

This truly global approach enables Holslag to search for patterns across different eras and regions, and explore larger questions about war, diplomacy, and power. Has trade fostered peace? What are the limits of diplomacy? How does environmental change affect stability? Is war a universal sin of power? At a time when the threat of nuclear war looms again, this is a much-needed history intended for students of international politics, and anyone looking for a background on current events.

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Our Homesick Songs Emma Hooper (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 336pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241977934 ISBN13: 978-0-241-97793-4 ISBN10: 0241977932 EAN: 9780241977934 x Description: 'Warm-hearted and winsomely imaginative' Sunday Times The fish have been vanishing from the waters off Big Running, Newfoundland, and now the people are too . . .

Amidst abandoned houses and closed schools, ten-year-old Finn and his sister Cora while away their nights counting the few remaining fishing boats on the coast. Meanwhile Finn's music teacher, Mrs Callaghan, shares stories about his family, the island's ancient melodies, and its myths of mermaids and magic snakes. Then it's Cora's turn to vanish. Realising that he could lose his family as well as his home, Finn sets out to rescue his sister and bring life back to the barren waters.

'A Wes Anderson-esque tale to fall for' Stylist 'This is a novel in love with music, magic and the idealism of childhood' The Times _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Juliet, Naked Nick Hornby (Author) Series:

Edition:

Media tie-in

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

03 Sep 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 256pp h198mm x w129mm x s16mm 181g None ISBN13: 9780241985175 ISBN13: 978-0-241-98517-5 ISBN10: 024198517X EAN: 9780241985175 x Description: Juliet, Naked is bestselling author Nick Hornby's moving, funny account of life's second chances Annie's put fifteen years into safe, slightly obsessive Duncan, and now she'd like her money back, please. It's time to move on. But she lives in Gooleness, the north's answer to a question nobody asked. Is she really going to find real, proper, feel-it-deep-down-in-your-boots love on a damp and windy seafront? Or perhaps she should follow her heart and pursue Tucker, the reclusive American rock star, who keeps emailing her his smart advice.

But between Annie and her second chance lie a few obstacles. There's Malcolm, the world's most judgemental therapist, and Barnesy, the north's most extrovert dancer. There's what men and women will do and won't do for love. And, of course, there's Tucker. . .

Hilarious and tender, this bestselling novel will move you in ways both profound and surprising. It's Nick Hornby at his brilliant best. If you like David Nicholls, David Sedaris and Jonathan Coe you will love this book.

'Hornby's best novel to date' Spectator 'Sharply funny, touching' Daily Telegraph 'Pitch-perfect' Observer _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Sentence is Death Anthony Horowitz (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Century

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

29 Oct 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 384pp h234mm x w153mm x s28mm 465g ISBN13: 9781780897080 ISBN13: 978-1-78089-708-0 ISBN10: 1780897081 EAN: 9781780897080 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 "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 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Out of the Dark: `Read this book. You'll thank me later.' David Baldacci Gregg Hurwitz (Author) Series:

An Orphan X Thriller

Edition:

Imprint:

Michael Joseph Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

05 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 448pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780718185497 ISBN13: 978-0-7181-8549-7 ISBN10: 0718185498 EAN: 9780718185497 x Description: THE PRESIDENT For President Jonathan Bennett, reaching the White House was the realization of a lifetime's ambition. He's leader of the free world and the most powerful man on earth. But public support for his administration is wearing thin. And if the terrible truth about his rise to the top was exposed it would bury him.

He will not let that happen.

THE ASSASSIN As a boy, Evan Smoak was taken from his foster home and inducted into a top secret Cold War programme. Code-named Orphan X, he was trained to become a lethal weapon, then dispatched around the world to do whatever was required to keep his country safe. When Evan discovered the mission was rotten to the core, he got out using his skills to hide in plain sight while helping those who can't help themselves THE RECKONING But Evan knows about the President's dark past. And that's dangerous knowledge. To save himself and his country, Evan must ask himself one simple question: how do you kill the most well-protected man on earth? And, when he knows you're coming for him, how do you stay alive long enough to try? One thing is certain: a desperate call for help from another unfortunate in urgent need of Evan's protection isn't going to make it any easier...

Breathtakingly bold, brilliantly accomplished and blisteringly fast-paced, Out of the Dark is The Day of the Jackal for the twenty-first century. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Shiang: Empire of Salt Book II - For fans of Joe Abercrombie C. F. Iggulden (Author) Series:

Empire of Salt

Edition:

Imprint:

Michael Joseph Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

06 Sep 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h234mm x w153mm x s27mm 444g ISBN13: 9780718186784 ISBN13: 978-0-7181-8678-4 ISBN10: 0718186788 EAN: 9780718186784 x Description: From the daring and critically-acclaimed master of historical fiction Conn Iggulden, SHIANG is the second book in the Empire of Salt, an epic fantasy series of spellbinding imagination . . .

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. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

How to Hide an Empire: A Short History of the Greater United States Daniel Immerwahr (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

The Bodley Head Ltd

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

28 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 528pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781847923998 ISBN13: 978-1-84792-399-8 ISBN10: 1847923992 EAN: 9781847923998 x Description: For a country that has always denied having dreams of empire, the United States owns a lot of overseas territory.

America has always prided itself on being a champion of sovereignty and independence. We know it has spread its money, language and culture across the world - but we still think of it as a contained territory, framed by Canada above, Mexico below, and oceans either side. Nothing could be further from the truth.

How to Hide an Empire tells the story of the United States outside the United States - from nineteenth-century conquests like Alaska, Hawai`i, the Philippines and Puerto Rico, to the catalogue of islands, archipelagos and military bases dotted around the globe over which the Stars and Stripes flies.

Many are thousands of miles from the mainland; all are central to its history.

But the populations of these territories, despite being subject to America's government, cannot vote for it; they have often fought America's wars, but they do not enjoy the rights of full citizens. These forgotten episodes cast American history, and its present, in a revealing new light. The birth control pill, chemotherapy, plastic, Godzilla, the Beatles, the name America itself - you can't understand the histories of any of thesewithout understanding territorial empire.

Full of surprises, and driven by an original conception of what empire and globalisation mean today, How to Hide an Empire is a major and compulsively readable work of history. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Shadow Killer Arnaldur Indridason (Author) Victoria Cribb (Translated by) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

05 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 255g ISBN13: 9781784704391 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-439-1 ISBN10: 1784704393 EAN: 9781784704391 x Description: The crime: Reykjavik, August 1941. When a travelling salesman is found murdered in a basement flat, the police initially suspect a member of the Allied occupation force.

The suspect: Flovent, Reykjavik's sole detective, is joined by the young military policeman Thorson. Their investigation focuses on a family of German residents, the retired doctor Rudolf Lunden and his estranged son Felix, who is on the run, suspected of being a spy.

The ex-lover: Flovent and Thorson race to solve the case before US Counterintelligence can take it out of their hands. As evidence emerges of dubious experiments carried out on Icelandic schoolboys in the 1930s, Thorson becomes increasingly suspicious of the role played by the murdered man's former girlfriend, Vera, and her British soldier lover.

'The undisputed King of the Icelandic Thriller.' - Guardian

'An international literary phenomenon - and it's easy to see why. His novels are gripping, authentic, haunting and lyrical.' - Harlan Coben _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 640pp h234mm x w153mm 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. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Last Hanna Jameson (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Viking

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

31 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 400pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780241349182 ISBN13: 978-0-241-34918-2 ISBN10: 0241349184 EAN: 9780241349182 x Description: 'BRILLIANTLY EXECUTED . . . HAUNTING . . . EXTRAORDINARY' EMILY ST JOHN MANDEL 'DARK, ORIGINAL, COMPELLING' CJ TUDOR _____________________________

BREAKING: Nuclear weapon detonates over Washington Historian Jon Keller is on a trip to Switzerland when the world ends. As the lights go out on civilisation, he wishes he had a way of knowing whether his wife, Nadia, and their two daughters are still alive. More than anything, Jon wishes he

hadn't ignored Nadia's last message.

Twenty people remain in Jon's hotel. Far from the nearest city and walled in by towering trees, they wait, they survive.

Then one day, the body of a young girl is found. It's clear she has been murdered. Which means that someone in the hotel is a killer.

As paranoia descends, Jon decides to investigate. But how far is he willing to go in pursuit of justice? And what kind of justice can he hope for, when society as he knows it no longer exists? _____________________________

'A CLEVER, ORIGINAL, SCARILY PLAUSIBLE WHITE-KNUCKLE READ' ERIN KELLY 'STEPHEN KING MEETS AGATHA CHRISTIE IN THIS FANTASTIC AND HIGHLY ORIGINAL NOVEL . . . I LOVED EVERY SECOND . . . THIS IS THE BOOK OF 2019' LUCA VESTE 'CHILLINGLY NIGHTMARISH - A GRIPPING READ' SOPHIA TOBIN 'GRIPPING, AND THOROUGHLY AND FRIGHTENINGLY BELIEVABLE. I COULD NOT PUT THIS BOOK DOWN' JENNIE MELAMED _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

At Your Own Risk: A Saint's Testament Derek Jarman (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage Classics

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

21 Jan 1993

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 176pp h198mm x w129mm x s12mm 127g ISBN13: 9780099222910 ISBN13: 978-0-09-922291-0 ISBN10: 0099222914 EAN: 9780099222910 x Description: Spanning his entire life and divided into decades from the forties to the nineties, this book brings together Jarman's poetry, prose, memoirs, photographs and film transcripts and includes newspaper extracts on aspects of gay culture. The result is a rounded portrait of homosexuality through the twentieth century seen through a fiercely personal perspective.

At Your Own Risk is angry, entertaining and humane, both a powerful argument against homophobia and a wild celebration of an individual's sexuality and freedom. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Company of One: Why Staying Small is the Next Big Thing for Business Paul Jarvis (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Portfolio Penguin

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

08 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 272pp h234mm x w153mm x s19mm 356g ISBN13: 9780241380222 ISBN13: 978-0-241-38022-2 ISBN10: 0241380227 EAN: 9780241380222 x Description: What if the real key to a richer and more fulfilling career was not to create and scale up a new business, but rather, to be able to work for yourself, determine your own hours and become a (highly profitable) and sustainable company of one? Suppose the better-and smarter-solution is simply to remain small?

Company of One is a refreshing new approach centered on staying small and avoiding growth, for any size of business. Not as a freelancer who only gets paid on a per piece basis, and not as an entrepreneurial start-up that wants to scale up as soon as possible, but as a small business that is

deliberately committed to staying that way. By staying small, you can have freedom to pursue more meaningful pleasures in life, and avoid the headaches that result from dealing with employees, long meetings, or worrying about expansion. Company of One introduces this unique business strategy and explains how to make it work for you, including how to generate cash flow on an ongoing basis.

Paul Jarvis left the corporate world when he realized that working in a high-pressure, high-profile world was not his idea of success. Instead, he now works for himself out of his home, and lives a much more rewarding and productive life. He no longer has to contend with an environment that constantly demands more productivity, more output and more growth.

In Company of One, Jarvis explains how you can do the same, including planning to set up, determining desired revenues and keeping clients happy, and of course, doing all this on your own. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Daisy Jones and The Six Taylor Jenkins Reid (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Hutchinson

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

05 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 368pp h216mm x w135mm ISBN13: 9781786331519 ISBN13: 978-1-78633-151-9 ISBN10: 1786331519 EAN: 9781786331519 x Description: _________________ `I devoured this in a day, falling head over heels for Daisy and the band.' REESE WITHERSPOON EVERYONE KNOWS DAISY JONES AND THE SIX. They sold out arenas from coast to coast.

Their music defined an era and every girl in America idolised Daisy.

But on July 12 1979, on the night of the final concert of the Aurora tour, they split. Nobody ever knew why. Until now.

This is the whole story, right from the beginning: the sun-bleached streets, the grimy bars on the Sunset Strip, knowing Daisy's moment was coming.

Relive the euphoria of success and experience the terror that nothing will ever be as good again. Take the uppers so you can keep on believing, take the downers so you can sleep, eventually. Wonder who you are without the drugs or the music or the fans or the family that prop you up. Make decisions that will forever feel tough. Find beauty where you least expect it. Most of all, love like your life depends on it and believe in whatever it is you're fighting for.

It's a true story, though everyone remembers the truth differently. _________________ `A tremendously engaging, and completely believable tale of rock and roll excess... inventive, persuasive and completely satisfying.' DYLAN JONES `I spent a lost weekend in this book. Daisy Jones is an instant icon.' ERIN KELLY "DAISY JONES & THE SIX is a transporting novel - at once a love story, a glimpse into the combustible inner workings of a rock-and-roll band, and a pitch-perfect recreation of the music scene of the Fleetwood Mac era. You'll never want it to end." CECILIA AHERN `Once in a blue moon you get to discover a book you end up pressing upon many other people to read. Taylor Jenkins Reid has got every nuance, every detail exact and right. I loved every word.'PAUL REES `So brilliantly written I thought all the characters were real . . . I couldn't put it down' EDITH BOWMAN `The heady haze of the 70s music scene, and a perfectly flawed Daisy, combine to create a fresh, rock n roll read. I loved it.' ALI LAND, author of Good Me Bad Me _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Smarts: Big Little Hacks to Take You a Long Way at Work Saj Jetha (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vermilion

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

10 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 120pp h190mm x w170mm x s10mm 275g ISBN13: 9781785042454 ISBN13: 978-1-78504-245-4 ISBN10: 1785042459 EAN: 9781785042454 x Description: 'Fresh and essential for performing in today's frenetic working world' Heidi K. Gardner, Harvard First job, new challenge or just bored of the same old? Master the new working world with The Smarts by doing, thinking and feeling to be the best you.

Saj Jetha - economist and founder of multi-award winning training and talent advisory The Smarty Train - has distilled everything he knows about work success in this witty, irreverent collection of smart hacks. Having helped tens of thousands of people at major corporations worldwide like Accenture, EY, BP, HSBC and Deliveroo, Saj reveals his secrets for gaining a professional edge in the new working world.

Don't expect a list of dry, pointless mantras about `working hard' and `being punctual' either. Discover why it's best to have a difficult conversation with your boss after lunch, what to do when you're stuck for something to say, and why giants drink coffee. Easy-to-remember, beautifully designed, jargonfree chapters cover everything from the basic (nailing first impressions) to the profound (getting to know how your brain works).

Whether you're an intern, are moving to the next challenge in your career, or are the CEO, The Smarts offers indispensable advice that's all about unlocking your talent; doing, thinking and feeling in the smartest possible way. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Then She Was Gone Lisa Jewell (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Arrow Books Ltd

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

14 Dec 2017

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback A-format paperback 448pp h178mm x w110mm x s28mm 237g ISBN13: 9781784756260 ISBN13: 978-1-78475-626-0 ISBN10: 1784756261 EAN: 9781784756260 x Description: THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER A MISSING GIRL. A BURIED SECRET. From the acclaimed author of I Found You and the Richard & Judy bestseller, The Girls, comes a compulsively twisty psychological thriller that will keep you gripped to the very last page.

'I defy you to put this addictive book down until you reach the final heart-breaking page.'

Daily Express 'If you were the first of your friends to read Girl on the Train and have read Gone Girl more times than you can remember, HERE IS YOUR SUMMER READ!' Sun 'Packs a huge emotional punch that will leave you winded.'

CL Taylor, author of The Missing 'THEN SHE WAS GONE is bloody amazing. I can't remember ever reading a thriller where I've cared so much about the characters - they invaded my

dreams! I LOVED it!' Eve Chase, author of Black Rabbit Hall

************************ She was fifteen, her mother's golden girl.

She had her whole life ahead of her.

And then, in the blink of an eye, Ellie was gone.

Ten years on, Laurel has never given up hope of finding Ellie. And then she meets a charming and charismatic stranger who sweeps her off her feet.

But what really takes her breath away is when she meets his nine-year-old daughter.

Because his daughter is the image of Ellie.

Now all those unanswered questions that have haunted Laurel come flooding back.

What really happened to Ellie? And who still has secrets to hide? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Watching You: Brilliant psychological crime from the author of THEN SHE WAS GONE Lisa Jewell (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Arrow Books Ltd

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

24 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 512pp h198mm x w129mm x s30mm 351g ISBN13: 9781784756277 ISBN13: 978-1-78475-627-7 ISBN10: 178475627X EAN: 9781784756277 x Description: YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE WATCHING `Page one intrigued me. Page three hooked me. By page five, I was consumed. This compulsive, propulsive novel is both a seize-you-by-the-throat thriller and a genuinely moving family drama. Stellar.' - A.J. Finn, author of The Woman in the Window 'Jewell writes wonderfully engaging characters who weave plausibly tangled webs and the whodunit was largely incidental until the closing pages. She masterfully draws all her threads together throwing in some cunning twists for good measure...The countdown is on for the next Lisa Jewell novel.' Daily Express _______________ You're back home after four years working abroad, new husband in tow.

You're keen to find a place of your own. But for now you're crashing in your big brother's spare room.

That's when you meet the man next door.

He's the head teacher at the local school. Twice your age. Extraordinarily attractive. You find yourself watching him.

All the time.

But you never dreamed that your innocent crush might become a deadly obsession.

Or that someone is watching you. _______________ Family secrets, illicit passion and an unexplained murder? It can only be the gripping new novel from Lisa Jewell, #1 bestselling author of Then She Was Gone. _______________ 'I was totally gripped by this excellent psychological thriller. Set in Bristol, it opens with a dead body, then moves into the head of Joey, a newly-married

27-year-old who gets a sudden crush on one of her new neighbours, which quickly becomes obsessive. Hugely enjoyable.' - Marian Keyes, author of The Break 'If you only pick one summer read this year, make it Watching You. I inhaled it in one sitting. A gripping plot, characters you love but can't trust, and a thumping emotional heart, Lisa Jewell has done it again.' - Sarah Pinborough, author of Behind Her Eyes and 13 Minutes 'If you loved The Woman in The Window and The Girl on the Train then this is for you!' - the Hotlist, U Magazine 'Then She Was Gone was my favourite thriller last year and this is even better. Brilliantly plotted and impossible to put down, it kept me guessing until the very end.' - Alice Feeney, author of Sometimes I Lie 'She's done it again! Lisa Jewell has penned the page-turner of the summer. Emotionally-engrossing and utterly compelling, with a mystery that keeps you gripped until the last heart-wrenching page.' - Tammy Cohen, author of They All Fall Down _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Star of the North: An explosive thriller set in North Korea D. B. John (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

03 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 448pp h198mm x w129mm x s27mm 355g ISBN13: 9781784708184 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-818-4 ISBN10: 1784708186 EAN: 9781784708184 x Description: 'Extraordinary...smart, sophisticated, suspenseful - and important. If you try one new thing this year, make it Star of the North.' LEE CHILD `Tense and compelling.' James Swallow, Sunday Times bestselling author of NOMAD North Korea and the USA are on the brink of war A young American woman disappears without trace from a South Korean island.

The CIA recruits her twin sister to uncover the truth.

Now, she must go undercover in the world's most deadly state.

Only by infiltrating the dark heart of the terrifying regime will she be able to save her sister...and herself.

Star of the North is the most explosive thriller of the year - you won't be able to put it down. `A superior thriller...steeped in the intrigue, culture and family of a closed regime' Andrew Gross, New York Times bestselling author 'Not only brilliantly plotted, with espionage, secrecy, and obsession, it's a story about survivors, told by three complex and fully realised characters, each battling their own personal demons.' Chevy Stevens, bestselling author of Never Let You Go `Brims with marvellous characters and delivers heart-in-your-throat action' Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author `The timeliest thriller of 2018. An intricately constructed puzzle box of spies and tradecraft' Matthew Fitzsimmons, bestselling author of The Short Drop _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Largesse of the Sea Maiden Denis Johnson (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

07 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 224pp h198mm x w129mm x s14mm 182g ISBN13: 9781784708177 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-817-7 ISBN10: 1784708178 EAN: 9781784708177 x Description: **A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' TOP BOOK OF 2018** The Largesse of the Sea Maiden is the long-awaited new story collection from Denis Johnson, author of the groundbreaking, highly acclaimed Jesus' Son. Written in the same luminous prose, this collection finds Johnson in new territory, contemplating mortality, the ghosts of the past, and the elusive and unexpected ways the mysteries of the universe assert themselves.

Finished shortly before Johnson's death, this collection is the last word from a writer whose work will live on for many years to come. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Out of the Maze: A Simple Way to Change Your Thinking & Unlock Success Dr Spencer Johnson (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vermilion

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

10 Sep 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 96pp h204mm x w135mm x s15mm 192g ISBN13: 9781785042119 ISBN13: 978-1-78504-211-9 ISBN10: 1785042114 EAN: 9781785042119 x Description: 'An optimistic, accessible way to start thinking about change' - Financial Times Who Moved My Cheese? offered millions of readers relief for an evergreen problem: unanticipated and unwelcome change. Now its long-awaited sequel digs deeper, to show how readers can adapt their beliefs and achieve better results in any field.

Johnson's theme is that all of our accomplishments are due to our beliefs: whether we're confident or insecure, cynical or positive, open-minded or inflexible. But it's difficult to change your beliefs - and with them, your outcomes. Find out how Hem, Haw, and the other characters from Who Moved My Cheese? deal with this challenge. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Snakes Sadie Jones (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Chatto & Windus

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 448pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781784742560 ISBN13: 978-1-78474-256-0 ISBN10: 1784742562 EAN: 9781784742560 x Description: 'I wonder if it hurts them to shed their skins,' she said. She didn't feel afraid standing in the darkness, imagining snakes, even with the smell of death in the air.

Bea and Dan, recently married, rent out their tiny flat to escape London for a few precious months. Driving through France they visit Bea's dropout brother Alex at the hotel he runs in Burgundy. Disturbingly, they find him all alone and the ramshackle hotel deserted, apart from the nest of snakes in the attic.

When Alex and Bea's parents make a surprise visit, Dan can't understand why Bea is so appalled, or why she's never wanted him to know them; Liv and Griff Adamson are charming, and rich. They are the richest people he has ever met. Maybe Bea's ashamed of him, or maybe she regrets the secrets she's been keeping.

Tragedy strikes suddenly, brutally, and in its aftermath the family is stripped back to its rotten core, and even Bea with all her strength and goodness can't escape. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Outside Sarah Ann Juckes (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

03 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 202g ISBN13: 9780241330753 ISBN13: 978-0-241-33075-3 ISBN10: 0241330750 EAN: 9780241330753 x Description: Here's the thing about being Inside. Ain't no one believes that they are.

Ele has never been Outside, but she knows it exists - she just has to prove it.

Her whole world is Inside. Trapped with her books and the Others and Him. She has never seen a tree or felt the rain but that's about to change. Ele's getting out. For good. ____ In the spirit of Emma Donoghue's Room, Outside is a poignant story of strength, friendship and unconditional love, even in the most challenging of circumstances.

'Impossible to put down - this is a writer to watch.' C.J. Skuse _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail Scott Jurek (Author) Jenny Jurek (Contributions by) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Arrow Books Ltd

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

24 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 248g ISBN13: 9781784756710 ISBN13: 978-1-78475-671-0 ISBN10: 1784756717 EAN: 9781784756710 x Description: _____________ New York Times Bestseller _____________ 2,200 miles.

47 days.

One remarkable journey.

In July 2015, ultramarathon legend Scott Jurek smashed the world record for running the Appalachian Trail, the sprawling mountain path that runs nearly the entire length of the United States. For nearly seven weeks straight, Jurek battled the elements to run, hike and stumble 50 miles every single day.

A tale of mind-boggling physical exertion, pressure and endurance, North reveals the extraordinary lengths to which we can push our bodies and our minds. _____________ `Pure suspense, adventure, and inspiration . . . His story of plunging into the wilderness in pursuit of a dream is both heartwrenching and spellbinding.'

Christopher McDougall, author of Born to Run `Probably America's greatest ever ultrarunner.'

Guardian `Scott Jurek's record-setting journey on the Appalachian Trail was the most punishing, most demanding, most gruelling feat I've ever personally witnessed . . . An immersive and engaging book.' Aron Ralston, author of 127 Hours `I'm a huge fan . . . North is tremendous.'

Vassos Alexander, BBC Radio 2 `Undoubtedly the greatest ultrarunner of his generation.'

Independent _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: A Memoir of Madness and Recovery Dr Barbara K.Lipska (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Corgi Books

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

21 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 208pp h198mm x w127mm x s13mm 146g ISBN13: 9780552174268 ISBN13: 978-0-552-17426-8 ISBN10: 0552174262 EAN: 9780552174268 x Description: 'Completely compelling and powerful, and hard to put down.' Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, prize-winning author of Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain - Who are we if our brain fails?

- How do we think?

- How do we feel?

- How do we move, if we move at all?

- What happens when we lose our mind?

When renowned neuroscientist Barbara Lipska's melanoma spread to her brain it started to play tricks on her. The expert on mental illness - a specialist in how the brain operates - experienced what it is like to go mad. Analyzing the science of the mind and the biology of the brain alongisde Dr Lipska's own extraordinary story, this is a fascinating account of what happens when the brain goes awry.

'Oliver Sacks-meets-When Breath Becomes Air ... Barbara Lipska's remarkable story illuminates the many mysteries of our fragile yet resilient brains.'

Lisa Genova, bestselling author of Still Alice and Every Note Played _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

America Franz Kafka (Author) Michael Hofmann (Translated by) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage Classics

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

09 Jan 1992

Publishing Status:

Active

Translated From: German Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 256pp h198mm x w129mm x s16mm 181g ISBN13: 9780749399511 ISBN13: 978-0-7493-9951-1 ISBN10: 0749399511 EAN: 9780749399511 x Description: The story of Karl Rossman who, after an embarrassing sexual misadventure with a servant girl, is banished to America by his parents.

Expected to redeem himself in the magical land of opportunity, he instead gets swept up in a whirlwind of strange escapades and dizzying adventures. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Complete Novels Franz Kafka (Author) Edwin Muir (Translated by) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage Classics

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

03 Apr 2008

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 768pp h198mm x w129mm x s39mm 551g ISBN13: 9780099518440 ISBN13: 978-0-09-951844-0 ISBN10: 0099518449 EAN: 9780099518440 x Description: In America Karl Rossmann is 'packed off to America by his parents' to experience Oedipal and cultural isolation. Here, ordinary immigrants are also strange, and 'America' is never quite as real as it should be. Kafka, a Czech writing in German, never acutally visited America; so, as Max Brod commented, 'the innocence of his fantasy gives this book if advanture its peculiar colour.'

Both Joseph K in The Trial and K in The Castle are victims of anonymous governing forces beyond their control. Both are atomised, estranged and rootless citizens decieved by authoritarian power. Whereas Joseph K is relentlessly hunted down for a crime that remains nameless, K ceaselessly attempts to enter the castle and so belong somewhere. Together these novels may be read as powerful allegories of totalitarian government in whatever guise it appears today. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Trial Franz Kafka (Author) Edwin Muir (Translated by) Willa Muir (Translated by) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage Classics

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

06 Apr 2001 (03 Sep 2009)

Publishing Status:

Active

Translated From: German Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 224pp h198mm x w129mm x s14mm 159g ISBN13: 9780099428640 ISBN13: 978-0-09-942864-0 ISBN10: 0099428644 EAN: 9780099428640 x Description: The terrifying tale of Joseph K, a respectable functionary in a bank, who is suddenly arrested and must defend his innocence against a charge about which he can get no information. A nightmare vision of the excesses of modern bureaucracy wedded to the mad agendas of twentiethcentury totalitarian regimes.

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Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

10 May 2012

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 512pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 351g ISBN13: 9780141033570 ISBN13: 978-0-14-103357-0 ISBN10: 0141033576 EAN: 9780141033570 x Description: The phenomenal international bestseller - 2 million copies sold - that will change the way you make decisions 'A lifetime's worth of wisdom' Steven D. Levitt, co-author of Freakonomics 'There have been many good books on human rationality and irrationality, but only one masterpiece. That masterpiece is Thinking, Fast and Slow' Financial Times Why is there more chance we'll believe something if it's in a bold type face? Why are judges more likely to deny parole before lunch? Why do we assume a good-looking person will be more competent? The answer lies in the two ways we make choices: fast, intuitive thinking, and slow, rational thinking. This book reveals how our minds are tripped up by error and prejudice (even when we think we are being logical), and gives you practical techniques for slower, smarter thinking. It will enable to you make better decisions at work, at home, and in everything you do. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

31 Dec 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback A-format paperback 256pp h178mm x w110mm x s16mm 139g ISBN13: 9781529110944 ISBN13: 978-1-5291-1094-4 ISBN10: 1529110947 EAN: 9781529110944 x Description: THE NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2017 'Finishing this book and then forgetting about it is simply not an option...Unmissable' New York Times At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade's training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer.

One day he was a doctor treating the dying, the next he was a patient struggling to live.

When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi's transformation from a medical student asking what makes a virtuous and meaningful life into a neurosurgeon working in the core of human identity - the brain - and finally into a patient and a new father.

What makes life worth living in the face of death? What do you do when when life is catastrophically interrupted? What does it mean to have a child as your own life fades away?

Paul Kalanithi died while working on this profoundly moving book, yet his words live on as a guide to us all. When Breath Becomes Air is a life-affirming reflection on facing our mortality and on the relationship between doctor and patient, from a gifted writer who became both. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Rumour Lesley Kara (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Bantam Press

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

27 Dec 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h234mm x w153mm x s23mm 388g ISBN13: 9781787631007 ISBN13: 978-1-78763-100-7 ISBN10: 1787631001 EAN: 9781787631007 x Description: 'Everyone is going to be talking about The Rumour. An intriguing premise, a creeping sense of dread, and a twist you won't see coming!'

Shari Lapena, bestselling author of The Couple Next Door.

'In this chilling tale of paranoia, suspicion and accusation, Lesley Kara keeps you guessing until the final page.' Paula Hawkins, No.1 bestselling author of The Girl on the Train and Into the Water 'A great debut with a slyly clever premise and a rollercoaster ride to the very last sentence.' Fiona Barton, bestselling author of The Widow and The Child

When single mum Joanna hears a rumour at the school gates, she never intends to pass it on. But one casual comment leads to another and now there's 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 years old when she stabbed little Robbie Harris to death forty-eight years ago - no photos of her exist since her release as a young woman.

So who is the supposedly reformed killer who now lives among 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? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Hunger: "Deeply disturbing, hard to put down" - Stephen King Alma Katsu (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

21 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 496pp h198mm x w127mm x s30mm 335g ISBN13: 9780857503640 ISBN13: 978-0-85750-364-0 ISBN10: 0857503642 EAN: 9780857503640 x Description: 'Deeply, deeply disturbing' STEPHEN KING After having travelled west for weeks, the party of pioneers comes to a crossroads. It is time for their leader, George Donner, to make a choice. They face two diverging paths which lead to the same destination. One is well-documented - the other untested, but rumoured to be shorter.

Donner's decision will shape the lives of everyone travelling with him. The searing heat of the desert gives way to biting winds and a bitter cold that freezes the cattle where they stand. Driven to the brink of madness, the ill-fated group struggles to survive and minor disagreements turn into violent confrontations. Then the children begin to disappear. As the survivors turn against each other, a few begin to realise that the threat they face reaches beyond the fury of the natural elements, to something more primal and far more deadly.

Based on the true story of The Donner Party, The Hunger is an eerie, shiver-inducing exploration of human nature, pushed to its breaking point. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Wedding Guest: (Alex Delaware 34) Jonathan Kellerman (Author) Series:

Alex Delaware Series

Edition:

Imprint:

Century

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

10 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 384pp h234mm x w153mm x s28mm 465g ISBN13: 9781780899022 ISBN13: 978-1-78089-902-2 ISBN10: 1780899025 EAN: 9781780899022 x Description: An uninvited guest. A missing identity. A trail of deadly secrets.

When a horrified bridesmaid finds the body of a young woman at a wedding reception, it makes the bride and groom's choice of a Saints and Sinners theme all the more macabre.

There are no means of identification and nobody knows the victim.

The bride is convinced someone is trying to sabotage her big day. The groom is sure it's a dreadful mistake.

It's up to brilliant psychologist Alex Delaware and LAPD Lieutenant Milo Sturgis to uncover the truth. They have a hundred guests to question, and a strong suspicion that the motive for murder is personal...

The party's over - and the hunt for the killer is on. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Great Wide Open Douglas Kennedy (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Hutchinson

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

24 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 592pp h234mm x w153mm x s42mm 705g ISBN13: 9780091953737 ISBN13: 978-0-09-195373-7 ISBN10: 0091953731 EAN: 9780091953737 x Description: `[Kennedy] possesses a Hitchcockian approach to this narrative hub; tension and twists are administered in equal measure . . . The ordinary becomes, through his careful plotting, extraordinary.' - Independent on Sunday "All families are secret societies. Realms of intrigue and internal warfare, governed by their own rules . . ."

It's 1980s New York. Heady, excessive times. Alice Burns - a young book editor - is deep into a manuscript about the morass of family life. The observations resonates, perhaps because she has just watched her own family implode.

As she reads she wonders: When did the sadness start? And could it be that unhappiness is a choice?

Thus begins a great American epic which follows Alice as she navigates high school bullying, first love and sexism at an elite college, a spell in 1970's Ireland, and a tragedy that sends her stateside as the US embraces a cowboy actor named Reagan. But it is also the tale of her endlessly complex parents and brothers; how their destinies are written by the lies they tell themselves and others.

The Great Wide Open is an immensely ambitious and compulsive saga; a novel which will speak volumes to anyone who has marvelled at that pain that can only be caused by family itself. `In his fast-paced, engrossing novels Douglas Kennedy always has his brilliant finger on the entertaining parts of human sorrow, fury, and narrow escapes.' - Lorrie Moore

`Kennedy's skill is to send you racing down the slope of sheer story.' - Esquire _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown (book 13) Jeff Kinney (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Puffin

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

26 Oct 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 224pp h204mm x w138mm x s24mm 296g ISBN13: 9780141378206 ISBN13: 978-0-14-137820-6 ISBN10: 0141378204 EAN: 9780141378206 x Description: The 13th hilarious book in Jeff Kinney's bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.

When snow shuts down Greg Heffley's middle school, his neighbourhood transforms into a wintry battlefield.

Rival groups fight over territory, build massive snow forts, and stage epic snowball fights.

And in the crosshairs are Greg and his trusty best friend, Rowley Jefferson. It's a fight for survival as Greg and Rowley navigate alliances, betrayals, and warring gangs in a neighbourhood meltdown.

When the snow clears, will Greg and Rowley emerge as heroes? Or will they even survive to see another day?

With millions of books sold around the world in 65 editions and 56 languages, Wimpy Kid has turned millions of kids into readers. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I Owe You One Sophie Kinsella (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Bantam Press

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

05 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 384pp h234mm x w153mm x s28mm 463g ISBN13: 9781787630215 ISBN13: 978-1-78763-021-5 ISBN10: 1787630218 EAN: 9781787630215 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 - and 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 the past she's used to 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 'Life doesn't get much better than a new Sophie Kinsella novel' RED 'One of the most relatable books I've read in a long time, I couldn't put it down.' LOUISE PENTLAND (SprinkleofGlitter) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Darkest Truth: She refused to be silenced Catherine Kirwan (Author) Series:

Finn Fitzpatrick Series

Edition:

Imprint:

Century

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

10 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 416pp h234mm x w153mm x s30mm 502g ISBN13: 9781529123814 ISBN13: 978-1-5291-2381-4 ISBN10: 152912381X EAN: 9781529123814 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 Death in the Family: My Struggle Book 1 Karl Ove Knausgaard (Author) Don Bartlett (Translated by) Series:

My Struggle

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2013 (04 Sep 2014)

Publishing Status:

Active

Language: English Translated From: Norwegian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 496pp h198mm x w129mm x s26mm 360g ISBN13: 9780099555162 ISBN13: 978-0-09-955516-2 ISBN10: 0099555166 EAN: 9780099555162 This Product Replaces: 9781846554674 x Description: 'It's unbelievable... It's completely blown my mind' Zadie Smith

Karl Ove Knausgaard writes about his life with painful honesty. He writes about his childhood and teenage years, his infatuation with rock music, his relationship with his loving yet almost invisible mother and his distant and unpredictable father, and his bewilderment and grief on his father's death.

When Karl Ove becomes a father himself, he must balance the demands of caring for a young family with his determination to write great literature.

Knausgaard has created a universal story of the struggles, great and small, that we all face in our lives. A profound and mesmerizing work, written as if the author's very life were at stake.

Shortlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Award. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

A Man in Love: My Struggle Book 2 Karl Ove Knausgaard (Author) Don Bartlett (Translated by) Series:

My Struggle

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

01 Oct 2013 (04 Sep 2014)

Publishing Status:

Active

Language: English Translated From: Norwegian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 672pp h198mm x w129mm x s34mm 503g ISBN13: 9780099555179 ISBN13: 978-0-09-955517-9 ISBN10: 0099555174 EAN: 9780099555179 x Description: 'Intense and vital... Ceaselessly compelling... Superb' James Wood, New Yorker This is a book about leaving your wife and everything you know.

It is about fresh starts, about love, about friendship. It is also about the earth-shattering experience of becoming a father, the mundane struggles of family life, ridiculously unsuccessful holidays, humiliating antenatal music classes, fights with quarrelsome neighbours, the emotional strains of childrens' birthday parties and pushing a pram around Stockholm when all you really want to do is write.

This is a book about one man's life but, somehow, about everyone else's too.

A Man in Love, the second book of six in the My Struggle cycle, sees Knausgaard write of tempestuous relationships, the trials of parenthood and an urge to create great art. His singular insight and exhilarating honesty must be read to be believed.

Shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2014. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Boyhood Island: My Struggle Book 3 Karl Ove Knausgaard (Author) Don Bartlett (Translated by) Series:

My Struggle

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

01 Sep 2014

Publishing Status:

Active

Language: English Translated From: Norwegian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 496pp h198mm x w129mm x s26mm 360g ISBN13: 9780099581499 ISBN13: 978-0-09-958149-9 ISBN10: 0099581493 EAN: 9780099581499

x Description: `Rare and Ruthless... Perhaps the most significant literary enterprise of our times' Guardian Childhood is exhilarating and terrifying. For the young Karl Ove, new houses, classes and friends are met with manic excitement and creeping dread.

Adults occupy godlike positions of power, benevolent in the case of his doting mother, tyrannical in the case of his cruel father.

In the now infamously direct style of the My Struggle cycle, Knausgaard describes a time in which victories and defeats are felt keenly and every attempt at self-definition is frustrated. This is a book about family, memory and how we never become quite what we set out to be. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Dancing in the Dark: My Struggle Book 4 Karl Ove Knausgaard (Author) Don Bartlett (Translated by) Series:

My Struggle

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

01 Oct 2015

Publishing Status:

Active

Language: English Translated From: Norwegian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 560pp h198mm x w129mm x s29mm 405g ISBN13: 9780099581529 ISBN13: 978-0-09-958152-9 ISBN10: 0099581523 EAN: 9780099581529 x Description: The fourth part of the sensational My Struggle series that has been hailed as `perhaps the most significant literary enterprise of our times' (Guardian) Fresh out of high school, Karl Ove moves to a remote fishing village to work as a teacher. He has no interest in the job itself - or in any other job for that matter, his sole aim is to save money and start writing.

All goes well to begin with but as the nights grow longer, his life takes a darker turn. Drinking causes him blackouts, his repeated attempts at losing his virginity end in humiliation, and to his own great distress he develops romantic feelings towards one of his 13-year-old students. And all the while the shadow of his father looms large... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Some Rain Must Fall: My Struggle Book 5 Karl Ove Knausgaard (Author) Don Bartlett (Translated by) Series:

Knausgaard

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

03 Oct 2016

Publishing Status:

Active

Language: English Translated From: Norwegian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 672pp h198mm x w129mm x s34mm 484g ISBN13: 9780099590187 ISBN13: 978-0-09-959018-7 ISBN10: 0099590182 EAN: 9780099590187 x Description: The International bestseller As the youngest student to be admitted to Bergen's prestigious Writing Academy, Karl Ove arrives full of excitement and writerly aspirations.

Soon though, he is stripped of his youthful illusions. His writing is revealed to be puerile and cliched, and his social efforts are a dismal failure. He drowns his shame in drink and rock music.

Then, little by little, things begin to change. He falls in love, gives up writing and the beginnings of an adult life take shape. That is, until his selfdestructive binges and the irresistible lure of the writer's struggle pull him back.

In this latest instalment of the My Struggle cycle, Knausgaard writes with unflinching honesty to deliver the full drama of everyday life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Secretary Renee Knight (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Doubleday

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

01 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 304pp h234mm x w153mm x s22mm 369g ISBN13: 9780857522856 ISBN13: 978-0-85752-285-6 ISBN10: 085752285X EAN: 9780857522856 x Description: The twisty, enthralling new novel from the No. 1 bestselling author of Disclaimer.

'Poised to establish herself as a big name' Telegraph 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, maybe 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 betrayal. And when someone like Christine Butcher is pushed to their limit, she might just become the most dangerous person in the room . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Mother: An Unconventional History Sarah Knott (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Viking

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 352pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241198605 ISBN13: 978-0-241-19860-5 ISBN10: 0241198607 EAN: 9780241198605 x Description: What was mothering like in the past?

When acclaimed historian Sarah Knott became pregnant, she asked herself this question. But accounts of motherhood are hard to find. For centuries, historians have concerned themselves with wars, politics and revolutions, not the everyday details of carrying and caring for a baby. These details matter: they shape our feelings and give structure to our hours. But they leave little historical trace. Much to do with becoming a mother, past or present, is lost or forgotten.

Using the arc of her own experience, from miscarriage to the birth and early babyhood of her two children, Sarah Knott explores the ever-changing habits and experiences of motherhood across the ages. Drawing on a disparate collection of fascinating material - interrupted letters, hastily written diary entries, a line from a court record or a figure in a painting - Mother vividly brings to life the lost stories of ordinary women.

From the labour pains felt by a South Carolina field slave to the triumphant smile of a royal mistress pregnant with a king's first son; from a 1950s suburban housewife to a working-class East Ender taking her baby to the factory; from a pioneer with eight children to a 1970s feminist debating whether to have any; these remarkable tales of mothering create a moving depiction of an endlessly various human experience.

'A stunning book. Mother: An Unconventional History is a dextrous blend of autobiography and anthropology and social history, but above all love and

a woman's desire to be a mother. It is riveting from beginning to end' Diane Atkinson, author of Rise Up Women!: The Remarkable Lives of the Suffragettes 'Fascinating and beautifully written. A book I will feverishly press on others - both as an exploration of unheard histories and as a companion to pregnancy and early motherhood' Rebecca Schiller, author of Your No Guilt Pregnancy Plan 'In this innovative, grippingly readable history, Sarah Knott has woven a scintillating tapestry of ideas and experiences across time. Mother is a moving and enlightening meditation on the most elemental, yet ceaselessly varied, of all human bonds.' Fara Dabhoiwala, author of The Origins of Sex _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

If I Die Before I Wake Emily Koch (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

30 Aug 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm x s19mm 223g ISBN13: 9781784705718 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-571-8 ISBN10: 1784705713 EAN: 9781784705718 x Description: RATED 5* BY REAL READERS: 'UNIQUE' 'THRILLING...FULL OF TENSION' 'BEAUTIFUL, HEART-WRENCHING' Everyone believes Alex is in a coma, unlikely to ever wake up. As his family debate withdrawing life support, he can only listen.

But he soon begins to suspect that his accident wasn't really an accident. Even worse, the perpetrator is still out there and Alex is not the only one in danger.

Alex must use a series of clues from his past to solve the mystery of who tried to kill him. He needs to protect those he loves - before they decide to let him go...

CHOSEN AS ONE OF GOOD HOUSEKEEPING'S BOOKS TO THRILL YOU 'This is a debut to be reckoned with' Guardian _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying: A simple, effective way to banish clutter forever Marie Kondo (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vermilion

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

03 Apr 2014

Publishing Status:

Active

Language: English Translated From: Japanese Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 256pp h198mm x w135mm x s19mm 235g ISBN13: 9780091955106 ISBN13: 978-0-09-195510-6 ISBN10: 0091955106 EAN: 9780091955106 x Description: Marie Kondo will help you declutter your life with her new major Netflix series Tidying Up with Marie Kondo.

Transform your home into a permanently clear and clutter-free space with the incredible KonMari Method. Japan's expert declutterer and professional cleaner Marie Kondo will help you tidy your rooms once and for all with her inspirational step-by-step method.

The key to successful tidying is to tackle your home in the correct order, to keep only the things you really love and to do it all at once - and quickly.

After that for the rest of your life you only need to choose what to keep and what to discard.

The KonMari Method will not just transform your space. Once you have your house in order you will find that your whole life will change. You can feel more confident, you can become more successful, and you can have the energy and motivation to create the life you want. You will also have the courage to move on from the negative aspects of your life: you can recognise and finish a bad relationship; you can stop feeling anxious; you can finally lose weight.

Marie Kondo's method is based on a 'once-cleaned, never-messy-again' approach. If you think that such a thing is impossible then you should definitely read this compelling book. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Mars Room Rachel Kushner (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780099589969 ISBN13: 978-0-09-958996-9 ISBN10: 0099589966 EAN: 9780099589969 x Description: SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018 A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the author of internationally acclaimed The Flamethrowers - a fearless and heartbreaking novel about love, friendship and incarceration.

Romy Hall is starting two consecutive life sentences at Stanville Women's Correctional Facility. Her crime? The killing of her stalker.

Inside awaits a world where women must hustle and fight for the bare essentials. Outside: the San Francisco of her youth. The Mars Room strip club where she was once a dancer. Her seven-year-old son, Jackson.

As Romy forms friendships over liquor brewed in socks and stories shared through sewage pipes her future seems to unfurl in one long, unwavering line - until news from beyond the prison bars forces Romy to try and outrun her destiny.

'Kushner is one of our most outstanding modern writers' STYLIST 'More knowing about prison life [than Orange Is The New Black]... so powerful' NEW YORK TIMES 'Breathtaking' VOGUE _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories Jhumpa Lahiri (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Penguin Classics

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 528pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780241299838 ISBN13: 978-0-241-29983-8 ISBN10: 0241299837 EAN: 9780241299838 x Description: This landmark collection brings together forty writers that reflect over a hundred years of Italy's vibrant and diverse short story tradition, from the birth of the modern nation to the end of the twentieth century.

Poets, journalists, visual artists, musicians, editors, critics, teachers, scientists, politicians, translators: the writers that inhabit these pages represent a dynamic cross section of Italian society, their powerful voices resonating through regional landscapes, private passions and dramatic political events.

This wide-ranging selection curated by Jhumpa Lahiri includes well known authors such as Italo Calvino, Elsa Morante and Luigi Pirandello alongside many captivating new discoveries. More than a third of the stories featured in this volume have been translated into English for the first time, several of them by Lahiri herself. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Little Book Of Buddhism Dalai Lama (Author) Series:

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Rider & Co

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 144pp h167mm x w113mm ISBN13: 9781846046049 ISBN13: 978-1-84604-604-9 ISBN10: 1846046041 EAN: 9781846046049 x Description: Discover Buddhism with the world's most revered spiritual leader

This jewel of a book offers the core teachings on Buddhism applicable in daily life from His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

This is a classic timeless collection of advice and teachings about the importance of love and compassion, individual responsibility and awareness of the problems in everyday life.

Whoever you are, whatever your beliefs, the Dalai Lama's words have the power to calm and inspire. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Right Life: Human Individuality and its role in our development, health and happiness Remo H. Largo (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Allen Lane

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

28 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Language: English Translated From: German Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 384pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780241296004 ISBN13: 978-0-241-29600-4 ISBN10: 0241296005 EAN: 9780241296004 x Description: There are billions of us on the planet, yet each of us is an entirely unique individual. How do we become who we are? From Remo Largo, an internationally renowned paediatrician, polymath, and child development expert, this book distils forty years of research and medical experience to redefine our view of what makes us human.

Largo's comprehensive view of humanity encompasses evolutionary biology, philosophy, pedagogy, psychology, medicine and sociology, as it traces our development as individual humans from the beginnings of evolution to the modern world, through the development of cognitive, linguistic and social abilities in humans, to questions of learning and the environment.

In ten parts, Largo takes us towards a full understanding of his theory of human thriving, the 'Fit Principle', a holistic approach which sees the diversity of humans with new eyes and argues that each individual should strive to live in harmony with their environment. By striving to lead 'better' lives, he shows, we each sacrifice our true individuality - the unique matrix of skills, needs and limitations that makes each of us who we are - at great cost to our personal health and happiness. Instead of endless self-improvement, our collective goal should be individual self-acceptance.

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Life with a Capital L: Essays Chosen and Introduced by Geoff Dyer D. H. Lawrence (Author) Geoff Dyer (Edited by) Series:

Penguin Modern Classics Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Classics

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

31 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 512pp h181mm x w111mm x s28mm 317g ISBN13: 9780241344606 ISBN13: 978-0-241-34460-6 ISBN10: 0241344603 EAN: 9780241344606 x Description: A brilliantly varied new selection of D. H. Lawrence's essays, chosen and introduced by Geoff Dyer For D. H. Lawrence the novel was the pinnacle, 'the one bright book of life', yet his non-fiction shows him at his most freewheeling and playful. This is a selection of his essays, on subjects including art, morality, obscenity, songbirds, Italy, Thomas Hardy, the death of a porcupine in the Rocky Mountains and the narcissism of photographing ourselves. Arranged chronologically to illuminate the patterns of Lawrence's thought over time, and including many little-known pieces, they reveal a writer of enduring freshness and force.

'The greatest writer of this century, and in many things the greatest writer of all times' Philip Larkin _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

How To Eat: Vintage Classics Anniversary Edition Nigella Lawson (Author) Series:

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Vintage Classics

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

04 Oct 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 560pp h216mm x w153mm x s40mm 619g ISBN13: 9781784874865 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-486-5 ISBN10: 1784874868 EAN: 9781784874865 x Description: `At its heart, a deeply practical yet joyously readable book...you are all set to head off to the kitchen and have a truly glorious time' Nigel Slater, Guardian

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of How to Eat: Revisit and discover the sensational debut cookbook from Nigella Lawson.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JEANETTE WINTERSON When Nigella Lawson's first book, How to Eat, was published in 1998, two things were immediately clear: that this fresh and fiercely intelligent voice would revolutionise cookery writing, and that How to Eat was an instant classic of the genre.

Here was a versatile culinary bible, through which a generation discovered how to feel at home in the kitchen and found the confidence to experiment and adapt recipes to their own needs. This was the book to reach for when hastily organising a last-minute supper with friends, when planning a luxurious weekend lunch or contemplating a store-cupboard meal for one, or when trying to tempt a fussy toddler. This was a book about home cooking for busy lives.

The chief revelation was the writing. Rather than a set of intimidating instructions, Nigella's recipes provide inspiration. She has a gift for finding the right word to spark the reader's imagination, evoking the taste of the ingredients, the simple, sensual pleasures of the practical process, the deep reward of the finished dish. Passionate, trenchant, convivial and wise, Nigella's prose demands to be savoured, and ensures that the joy and value of How to Eat will endure for decades to come. `How to eat, how to cook, how to write: I want two copies of this book, one to reference in the kitchen and one to read in bed' Yotam Ottolenghi _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Why Can't We Sleep? Darian Leader (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 224pp h181mm x w111mm ISBN13: 9780241984437 ISBN13: 978-0-241-98443-7 ISBN10: 0241984432 EAN: 9780241984437 x Description: From the brilliant psychoanalyst behind Strictly Bipolar and What is Madness, a short and fascinating guide to the history of human sleep - and why we can't seem to sleep any more One in four adults sleeps badly.

Sleeping pill prescriptions have increased dramatically over the last three decades, as have the incidence of sleep clinics.

Sleep used to be a natural state, easy as breathing, but increasingly it is an insecure commodity. ...Isn't it?

Our relationship to sleep surfaces and resurfaces throughout human history, each time telling us something new about our indivudual and collective psychology. From the industrial revolution to blue-light on our phones, from the ancient art of dream interpretation to the modern science of Freud, sleep is connected to wider social patterns, to shifting norms and expectations. Weaving together cultural, social, economic and psychoanalytic influences, Darian Leader delves into the truth about this universal human experience. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy Michael Lewis (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Allen Lane

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

02 Oct 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 224pp h240mm x w162mm x s24mm 424g ISBN13: 9780241380673 ISBN13: 978-0-241-38067-3 ISBN10: 0241380677 EAN: 9780241380673 x Description: The morning after Trump was elected president, the people who ran the US Department of Energy - an agency that deals with some of the most powerful risks facing humanity - waited to welcome the incoming administration's transition team. Nobody appeared. Across the US government, the same thing happened: nothing.

People don't notice when stuff goes right. That is the stuff government does. It manages everything that underpins our lives from funding free school meals, to policing rogue nuclear activity, to predicting extreme weather events. It steps in where private investment fears to tread, innovates and creates knowledge, assesses extreme long-term risk.

And now, government is under attack. By its own leaders.

In The Fifth Risk, Michael Lewis reveals the combustible cocktail of wilful ignorance and venality that is fuelling the destruction of a country's fabric. All of this, Lewis shows, exposes America and the world to the biggest risk of all. It is what you never learned that might have saved you. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Secret Keeper Susan Lewis (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Arrow Books Ltd

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

05 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784755621 ISBN13: 978-1-78475-562-1 ISBN10: 1784755621 EAN: 9781784755621 x Description: You never forget your first love. 18 years ago, Olivia learned to live without Sean Kenyon.

She moved on, building a life with her husband Richmond and their two children in the picturesque town Kesterley-on-Sea. But when Sean unexpectedly appears on Olivia's doorstep, her world is turned upside down once more.

As old feelings resurface, and new truths come to light, Olivia finds herself questioning everything.

Is her husband really the person she thought he was?

The past and present collide, and Olivia must uncover the truth before it's too late.

But if everyone is keeping secrets, how will she know who to trust? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Cost of Living Deborah Levy (Author) Series:

Living Autobiography

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 208pp h198mm x w129mm x s13mm 150g ISBN13: 9780241977569 ISBN13: 978-0-241-97756-9 ISBN10: 0241977568 EAN: 9780241977569 x Description: From the twice-Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Hot Milk and Swimming Home : Dazzling, essential, entirely unlike anything else -- a memoir on modern womanhood, rejecting oppressive social expectations and turning instead towards a thrilling, transformative freedom What does it mean to be free - as an artist, a woman, a mother or daughter? And what is the price of that freedom?

In this dazzling memoir, Deborah Levy confronts the essential questions of modern womanhood with humour, pragmatism, and profoundly resonant wisdom. Reflecting on the period when she wrote the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted Hot Milk - when her mother was dying, her daughters were leaving home, her marriage was coming to an end - she is characteristically eloquent on the social expectations and surreal realities of daily life. And expanding far beyond these bounds, she describes a uniquely frank, wise and thrilling manifesto for female experience: embracing the exhilarating terror of freedom, seeking to understand what that freedom could mean and how it might feel. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Where Reasons End Yiyun Li (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Hamish Hamilton Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 192pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241366905 ISBN13: 978-0-241-36690-5 ISBN10: 0241366909 EAN: 9780241366905 x Description: From the critically acclaimed author of The Vagrants, a devastating and utterly original novel on grief and motherhood 'Days: the easiest possession. The days he had refused would come, one at a time. They would wait, every daybreak, with their boundless patience and indifference, seeing if they could turn me into an ally or an enemy to myself.'

A woman's teenage son takes his own life. It is incomprehensible. The woman is a writer, and so she attempts to comprehend her grief in the space she knows best: on the page, as an imagined conversation with the child she has lost. He is as sharp and funny and serious in death as he was in life itself, and he will speak back to her, unable to offer explanation or solace, but not yet, not quite, gone.

Where Reasons End is an extraordinary portrait of parenthood, in all its painful contradictions of joy, humour and sorrow, and of what it is to lose a child.

Praise for Yiyun Li: 'A masterpiece...[Puts] you in mind of Tolstoy or Chekhov' Sunday Times on The Vagrants 'This is a book of immense power and it will leave you reeling' New Statesman on The Vagrants 'Controlled understatement, scrupulous and unsparing lucidity... A work of great moral poise and dignity.I have not read such a compelling work in years' Independent _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Pig Wrestling: The Brilliantly Simple Way to Solve Any Problem... and Create the Change You Need Pete Lindsay (Author) Dr Mark Bawden (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vermilion

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

03 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 160pp h198mm x w126mm x s9mm 114g ISBN13: 9781785042348 ISBN13: 978-1-78504-234-8 ISBN10: 1785042343 EAN: 9781785042348 x Description: `This enjoyable book could bring about profound change' Professor Steve Peters author of The Chimp Paradox ARE YOU WRESTLING WITH A PIG OF A PROBLEM? Pig Wrestling is a simple story with a powerful message. Read it in under an hour, and you'll be ready to tackle any type of sticky situation in work or life.

Meet a stressed Young Manager, whose teams are at each other's throats. At his local coffee bar he shares his frustrations with his barista - who turns out to be more than he seems.

It's the start of a journey into Pig Wrestling - a process that can be used to resolve any seemingly impossible problem. By reframing the issue we can all create change, whenever and wherever we need it most.

Developed out of the authors' work in elite sports and business - including Manchester City, Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill and the England Cricket team - this instantly memorable story will help you thrive in complex and messy times. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Missing Ingredient: The Curious Role of Time in Food and Flavour Jenny Linford (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780141982816 ISBN13: 978-0-14-198281-6 ISBN10: 0141982810 EAN: 9780141982816 x Description: The Missing Ingredient is about what makes good food, and the first book to consider the intrinsic yet often forgotten role of time in creating flavour. Written through a series of encounters with ingredients, producers, cooks, shopkeepers and chefs, exploring everything from the brief period in which sugar caramelises, the days required in the crucial process of fermentation in so many foods we love, to the months of slow ripening and close attention that make a great cheddar, or the years needed for certain wines to reach their peak, Jenny Linford shows how, time and again, time itself is the invisible ingredient. Linford shows how paying attention to time in the kitchen and elsewhere improves our food, from the patient browning of meat to the long investment of many food producers in fields and storehouses around the world. The result is a joyful account of the vital role of time in our culinary lives, and a book to savour. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

White King: Charles I, Traitor, Murderer, Martyr Leanda de Lisle (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Ebury Press

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

10 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 432pp h198mm x w129mm x s27mm 321g ISBN13: 9780099555278 ISBN13: 978-0-09-955527-8 ISBN10: 0099555271 EAN: 9780099555278 x Description: Winner of the HWA Crown for Best Work of Historical Non-Fiction 2018 Times Book of the Year Less than forty years after the golden age of Elizabeth I, England was at war with itself. At the head of this disintegrating kingdom was Charles I, who would change the face of the monarchy for ever.

His reign is one of the most dramatic in history, yet Charles the man remains elusive. To his enemies he was the 'white tyrant of prophecy: to his supporters a murdered innocent. Today many myths still remain.

It is an epic story of glamour and strong women, of populist politicians and religious terror, of mass movements and a revolutionary new media: one that speaks to our own divided and dangerous times.

'This is the most gripping piece of revisionist history I have read for a long time' - The Spectator _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Chandelier Clarice Lispector (Author) Series:

Penguin Modern Classics Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Classics

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

28 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Language: English Translated From: Portuguese Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 304pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241371343 ISBN13: 978-0-241-37134-3 ISBN10: 0241371341 EAN: 9780241371343 x Description: Clarice Lispector's masterly second novel, now available in English for the first time 'She found the best clay that one could desire: white, supple, sticky, cold ... She would get a clear and tender material from which she could shape a world' Like the clay from which she sculpts figurines as a girl, Virginia is constantly shifting and changing. From her dreamlike childhood on Quiet Farm with her adored brother Daniel, through an adulthood where the past continues to pull her back and shape her, she moves through life, grasping for the truth of existence. Illuminating Virginia's progress through intense flashes of image, sensation and perception, The Chandelier, Lispector's landmark second novel, is a disorienting and exhilarating portrait of one woman's inner life.

'Utterly original and brilliant, haunting and disturbing' Colm Toibin Translated by Benjamin Moser and Magdalena Edwards _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Gentleman Jack: The Life and Times of Anne Lister The Official Companion to the BBC Series Sally Wainwright (Author) Anne Choma (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

BBC Books

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 448pp h198mm x w126mm ISBN13: 9781785944048 ISBN13: 978-1-78594-404-8 ISBN10: 1785944045 EAN: 9781785944048 x Description: Meet Anne Lister, the 18th Century landowner, industrialist, explorer and lesbian, and your new feminist icon.Gentleman Jack- The Diaries of Anne Lister is a remarkable and unlikely love story, set in the complex, changing world of Halifax - the cradle of the industrial revolution.

These real-life historical diaries explore Anne?s relationships at home with her family, her servants, her tenants and her industrial rivals and are the inspiration for a new BBC One series starring Suranne Jones.After years of exotic travel, Anne Lister returns to Halifax, West Yorkshire in 1832, determined to transform the fate of her faded ancestral home Shibden Hall. To restore Shibden to its former glory, Anne must re-open her coal mines and marry well. But this isn?t just another Regency romance. Charismatic, single-minded, swashbuckling Anne Lister - who dressed head-to-foot in black and charmed her way into high society - has no intention of marrying a man. For Anne has set her sights on the wealthy socialite, Ann Walker ...Every part of Anne Lister?s story is based in historical fact, recorded in the four million words of her diaries that contain the most intimate details of her life, once hidden in a secret code that is now broken. Many of the diary extracts have been decoded for the very first time for this collection, curated by series creator Sally Wainwright with additional writing by historian Anne Choma. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Innocent Wife: The breakout psychological thriller of 2018, tipped by Lee Child and Peter James Amy Lloyd (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Arrow Books Ltd

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

30 Aug 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 277g ISBN13: 9781784757106 ISBN13: 978-1-78475-710-6 ISBN10: 1784757101 EAN: 9781784757106 x Description: __________________________ Your husband is innocent. Isn't he? __________________________ As recommended by MY FAVOURITE MURDER: 'It is so really ****ing good!'

'This book had me hooked from the first page to the last.' Lisa Jewell NOW A TOP TEN BESTSELLER __________________________ You're in love with a man on Death Row in Florida, convicted of a brutal murder twenty years ago.

You're convinced he didn't do it, and you're determined to prove it. You're part of a mass online campaign that picks holes in the case, uncovers evidence of police incompetence, and agitates for this miscarriage of justice to be overturned.

Now you're married to him, and he's a free man, his conviction thrown out. You have the rest of your lives to spend together.

You're overjoyed. After all, he's innocent.

Isn't he? __________________________ Amy's readers are raving about the book they 'just couldn't put down': "I picked up The Innocent Wife this morning on my subway commute to work and couldn't put it down! I read it during my lunch break, commute home, on the stair master... It was just that addicting!"

"Absolutely fantastic book... couldn't put it down" "a superb rendering of sustained storytelling that grips you from the off" "I read the book in two days, couldn't wait to find out what happened next" "Fantastic, gripping, page turning... Drew you in and kept you there until the very end" "A fantastic debut! ... It gets you hooked from the very beginning, and yet it's never predictable, you're in for some surprises until the very last page" "The Innocent Wife was gripping. I read with heart racing" "I literally couldn't wait to steal five minutes with it during the day and loved my evenings completely immersed in the tension" "I couldn't put this down... thriller fans, you're in for a treat" "complex and fascinating... very clever and very well executed" "original and utterly compelling ... I honestly feel bereft now that I've finished it and can't wait to spend 2018 talking about this fantastic novel" _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Writer's Luck: A Memoir: 1976-1991 David Lodge (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

17 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 300g ISBN13: 9781784708078 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-807-8 ISBN10: 1784708070 EAN: 9781784708078 x Description: `A wonderfully candid and insightful account of a writer's life' William Boyd Luck, good or bad, plays an important part in a writer's career.

In 1976 Lodge was pursuing a `twin-track career' as novelist and academic but the balancing act was increasingly difficult, and he became a full-time writer just before he published his bestselling novel Nice Work.

Readers of Lodge's novels will be fascinated by the insights this book gives - not only into his professional career but also more personal experience, such as his growing scepticism of his Catholic religion and the challenges of parenting. Anyone who is interested in learning about the creative process and about the life of a writer will find Writer's Luck a candid and entertaining guide. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

She Lies in Wait Gytha Lodge (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Michael Joseph Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

10 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 400pp h234mm x w153mm x s29mm 481g ISBN13: 9780241362983 ISBN13: 978-0-241-36298-3 ISBN10: 0241362989 EAN: 9780241362983 x Description: Get ready for the biggest crime debut of 2019...

Six friends. One killer. Who do you trust?

"A dark, deep, terrific thriller and a scorching portrait of friendship and its betrayal" Nicci French 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... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Who Killed My Father Edouard Louis (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Harvill Secker

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

21 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 96pp h204mm x w138mm x s15mm 197g ISBN13: 9781787301221 ISBN13: 978-1-78730-122-1 ISBN10: 1787301222 EAN: 9781787301221 x Description: Who Killed My Father is the story of a tough guy - the story of the little boy I never was. The story of my father.

In Who Killed My Father, Edouard Louis explores key moments in his father's life, and the tenderness and disconnects in their relationship.

Told with the fire of a writer determined on social justice, and with the compassion of a loving son, the book urgently and brilliantly engages with issues surrounding masculinity, class, homophobia, shame and social poverty.

It unflinchingly takes aim at systems that disadvantage those they seek to exclude - those who have their expectations, hopes and passions crushed by a society which gives them little thought. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Way of a Pilgrim: Candid Tales of a Wanderer to His Spiritual Father Andrew Louth (Edited by) Anna Zaranko (Translated by) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Classics

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

31 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 224pp h198mm x w129mm x s13mm 168g ISBN13: 9780241201350 ISBN13: 978-0-241-20135-0 ISBN10: 0241201357 EAN: 9780241201350 x Description: By the mercy of God I am a Christian, by my deeds a great sinner, by calling a homeless wanderer of the lowliest origins, roaming from place to place. Here, see my belongings: a bag of dry crusts on my back and the Holy Bible in my breast pocket; that's it.

In 1884 there appeared in Russia a slim volume containing four short tales. They told of a pilgrim, a lone wanderer, led by his quiet curiosity and a deep spiritual longing to undertake a lifelong journey across the land. A folk hero, a figure familiar from the works of Tolstoy and Leskov, this gentle pilgrim and his simple story would soon travel the world - and would even, much later, traverse the pages of JD Salinger's Franny and Zooey as the 'small pea-green cloth-bound book' that Franny keeps close in her handbag.

The pilgrim's ancient journey takes him from a city monastery through forests, fields and the steppes of Siberia. He walks by day and by night, through rains and summer months, finding food and shelter where he can. Along the way, he encounters priests and professors, convicts, nuns and beggars, a tipsy old man in a soldier's greatcoat, from whom he slowly gathers great stores of wisdom and experience. But at the heart of his journey is his time spent praying as he journeys on alone, discovering the peace and consolation that come of constant prayer and silent contemplation.

Simple and sincere, The Way of a Pilgrim paints an enduring picture of a life of detachment through wandering and prayer. And, as the pilgrim makes his way through the wilds, he invites us to travel with him, along an ancient path into an immense, mystical landscape. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Maoism: A Global History Julia Lovell (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

The Bodley Head Ltd

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

09 Apr 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 448pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781847922502 ISBN13: 978-1-84792-250-2 ISBN10: 1847922503 EAN: 9781847922502 x Description: For decades, the West has dismissed Maoism as an outdated historical and political phenomenon. Since the 1980s, China seems to have abandoned the utopian turmoil of Mao's revolution in favour of authoritarian capitalism. But Mao and his ideas remain central to the People's Republic and the legitimacy of its Communist government. With disagreements and conflicts between China and the West on the rise, the need to understand the political legacy of Mao is urgent and growing.

The power and appeal of Maoism have extended far beyond China. Maoism was a crucial motor of the Cold War: it shaped the course of the Vietnam War (and the international youth rebellions that conflict triggered) and brought to power the murderous Khmer Rouge in Cambodia; it aided, and sometimes handed victory to, anti-colonial resistance movements in Africa; it inspired terrorism in Germany and Italy, and wars and insurgencies in Peru, India and Nepal, some of which are still with us today - more than forty years after the death of Mao. In this new history, Julia Lovell re-evaluates Maoism as both a Chinese and an international force, linking its evolution in China with its global legacy. It is a story that takes us from the tea plantations of north India to the sierras of the Andes, from Paris's fifth arrondissement to the fields of Tanzania, from the rice paddies of Cambodia to the terraces of Brixton.

Starting with the birth of Mao's revolution in northwest China in the 1930s and concluding with its violent afterlives in South Asia and resurgence in the People's Republic today, this is a landmark history of global Maoism. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Dawn of Eurasia: On the Trail of the New World Order Bruno Macaes (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

24 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 320pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 236g ISBN13: 9780141986357 ISBN13: 978-0-14-198635-7 ISBN10: 0141986352 EAN: 9780141986357 x Description: 'Brilliant, bold and beautifully told ... A profound piece of political thinking' Ben Judah, author of This Is London In this original and timely book, Bruno Macaes argues that the best word for the emerging global order is 'Eurasian', and shows why we need to begin thinking on a super-continental scale. While China and Russia have been quicker to recognise the increasing strategic significance of Eurasia, even Europeans are realizing that their political project is intimately linked to the rest of the supercontinent - and as Macaes shows, they will be stronger for it.

Weaving together history, diplomacy and vivid reports from his six-month overland journey across Eurasia from Baku to Samarkand, Vladivostock to Beijing, Macaes provides a fascinating portrait of this shifting geopolitical landscape. As he demonstrates, we can already see the coming Eurasianism in China's bold infrastructure project reopening the historic Silk Road, in the success of cities like Hong Kong and Singapore, in Turkey's increasing global role and in the fact that, revealingly, the United States is redefining its place as between Europe and Asia.

An insightful and clarifying book for our turbulent times, The Dawn of Eurasia argues that the artificial separation of the world's largest island cannot hold, and the sooner we realise it, the better. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Living with the Gods: On Beliefs and Peoples Neil MacGregor (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Allen Lane

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

17 Sep 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 512pp h240mm x w167mm x s44mm 1250g ISBN13: 9780241308295 ISBN13: 978-0-241-30829-5 ISBN10: 0241308291 EAN: 9780241308295 x Description: A panoramic exploration of peoples, objects and beliefs over 40,000 years from the celebrated author of A History of the World in 100 Objects and Germany, following the new BBC Radio 4 documentary and British Museum exhibition.

One of the central facts of human existence is that every society shares a set of beliefs and assumptions - a faith, an ideology, a religion - that goes far beyond the life of the individual. These beliefs are an essential part of a shared identity. They have a unique power to define - and to divide - us, and are a driving force in the politics of much of the world today. Throughout history they have most often been, in the widest sense, religious.

Yet this book is not a history of religion, nor an argument in favour of faith. It is about the stories which give shape to our lives, and the different ways in which societies imagine their place in the world. Looking across history and around the globe, it interrogates objects, places and human activities to try to understand what shared beliefs can mean in the public life of a community or a nation, how they shape the relationship between the individual and the state, and how they help give us our sense of who we are.

For in deciding how we live with our gods, we also decide how to live with each other.

'The new blockbuster by the museums maestro Neil MacGregor ... The man who chronicles world history through objects is back ... examining a new set of objects to explore the theme of faith in society' Sunday Times _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War Ben Macintyre (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Viking

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

20 Sep 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 384pp h234mm x w153mm x s29mm 539g ISBN13: 9780241186664 ISBN13: 978-0-241-18666-4 ISBN10: 0241186668 EAN: 9780241186664 x Description: *Shortlisted for the 2018 Ballie 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 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 for MI6. 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 espionage. In The Spy and the Traitor Ben Macintyre reveals a tale of betrayal, duplicity and raw courage that changed the course of the Cold War forever.

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The Water Cure: LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018 Sophie Mackintosh (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Hamish Hamilton Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

24 May 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 256pp h234mm x w153mm x s19mm 313g ISBN13: 9780241337349 ISBN13: 978-0-241-33734-9 ISBN10: 0241337348 EAN: 9780241337349 x Description: THE LITERARY DEBUT OF THE SUMMER 2018 'A gripping, sinister fable' - MARGARET ATWOOD, via Twitter 'An extraordinary debut novel. Otherworldly, luminous, precise... She is writing the way that Sofia Coppola would shoot the end of the world' Guardian 'Bold, inventive, haunting... With shades of Margaret Atwood and Eimear McBride, you'll be bowled over by it' Stylist 'Visceral, hypnotic... with one of my favourite endings I've read in a long while' The Pool Imagine a world very close to our own: where women are not safe in their bodies, where desperate measures are required to raise a daughter. This is the story of Grace, Lia and Sky, kept apart from the world for their own good and taught the terrible things that every woman must learn about love.

And it is the story of the men who come to find them - three strangers washed up by the sea, their gazes hungry and insistent, trailing desire and destruction in their wake.

The Water Cure is a fever dream, a blazing vision of suffering, sisterhood and transformation.

'Immensely assured, calmly devastating' Katherine Angel, author of Unmastered 'A work of cool, claustrophobic beauty' Eli Goldstone, author of Strange Heart Beating 'Eerily beautiful, strange [and] unsettling' Paula Hawkins, author ofThe Girl on the Train 'Otherworldly, brutal and poetic: a feminist fable set by the sea, a female Lord of the Flies. It felt like a book I'd been waiting to read for a long time' Emma Jane Unsworth, author of Animals _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

In Europe (Vintage Classic Europeans Series) Geert Mak (Author) Series:

Vintage Classic Europeans Series

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage Classics

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

04 Oct 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 912pp h216mm x w153mm x s38mm 801g ISBN13: 9781784874995 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-499-5 ISBN10: 178487499X EAN: 9781784874995 x Description: The Vintage Classics Europeans series - with covers provided by textile design firm Wallace Sewell, these are must-have editions of European masterpieces, celebrating the warp and weft of a shared literary treasury.

In 1999, journalist and historian Geert Mak criss-crossed the continent in the simple yet monumental quest to trace European twentieth-century history as the world slipped into the twenty-first. In Europe is a dazzling account of that journey, and combines the larger story of Europe with intimate, vivid

detail. It is also now a poignant reminder that the European project was then and is now a unprecedented experiment; that we still have `a great deal to tell each other and a great deal to explain.'

TRANSLATED FROM THE DUTCH BY SAM GARRETT

`A wonderfully rich journey through time and space' Independent on Sunday _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading Lucy Mangan (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784709228 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-922-8 ISBN10: 1784709220 EAN: 9781784709228 x Description: When Lucy Mangan was little, stories were everything. They opened up different worlds and cast new light on this one.

She was whisked away to Narnia - and Kirrin Island - and Wonderland. She ventured down rabbit holes and womble burrows into midnight gardens and chocolate factories. No wonder she only left the house for her weekly trip to the library.

In Bookworm, Lucy brings the favourite characters of our collective childhoods back to life and disinters a few forgotten treasures poignantly, wittily using them to tell her own story, that of a born, and unrepentant, bookworm. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Death in Venice and Other Stories (Vintage Classic Europeans Series) Thomas Mann (Author) Series:

Vintage Classic Europeans Series

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage Classics

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

04 Oct 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h216mm x w153mm x s27mm 412g ISBN13: 9781784875015 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-501-5 ISBN10: 1784875015 EAN: 9781784875015 x Description: The Vintage Classics Europeans series - with covers provided by textile design firm Wallace Sewell, these are must-have editions of European masterpieces, celebrating the warp and weft of a shared literary treasury Aging writer Gustave von Aschenbach is disappointed by Venice. The skies are leaden, the air is thick and sultry, and a sickening stench emanates from the murky labyrinth of canals. It would hardly be sensible to stay, especially not when rumours of a `sickness' spread through the city. And yet Aschenbach cannot leave: he has seen an entirely beautiful young boy and has fallen under an enchantment. He must stay near the boy, though never speaking to him, even until it is too late.

Also includes the stories 'LITTLE HERR FRIEDEMANN', 'THE JOKER', 'THE ROAD TO THE CHURCHYARD', 'GLADIUS DEI', 'TRISTAN' and 'TONIO KRUGER'.

TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY DAVID LUKE

`Mann was a master magician of German - and world - literature in the twentieth century' Sunday Telegraph

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The Rough Patch: Midlife and the Art of Living Together Daphne De Marneffe (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

15 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 293g ISBN13: 9781784702632 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-263-2 ISBN10: 1784702633 EAN: 9781784702632 x Description: Stuck in a rut? Discover how to see life from a new perspective this New Year in The Rough Patch.

The years of midlife can be a struggle. Children grow up, jobs change and the things that used to make us happy don't necessarily work anymore.

Long-term relationships, in particular, can lose their shine.

In The Rough Patch Daphne de Marneffe shows us a way through these potentially difficult years to a life lived with integrity, vitality and love. She offers us seasoned wisdom on the psychological, emotional and relational capacities we need in order to overcome our problems as individuals and as couples. Every reader will find himself or herself in these pages.

Blending research, interviews and clinical experience, de Marneffe covers the key problems that challenge us in midlife with wit and warmth. The Rough Patch, for all its pain and bewilderment, presents an opportunity - to know ourselves, to expand our scope, to grow, and to grow up.

'Anyone in any relationship at any stage of life could stand to learn from the wisdom in these pages.' Andrew Solomon _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder Dr Gabor Mate (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vermilion

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

03 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w126mm x s22mm 250g ISBN13: 9781785042218 ISBN13: 978-1-78504-221-8 ISBN10: 1785042211 EAN: 9781785042218 x Description: Scattered Minds explodes the myth of attention deficit disorder as genetically based - and offers real hope and advice for children and adults who live with the condition.

Gabor Mate is a revered physician who specializes in neurology, psychiatry and psychology - and himself has ADD. With wisdom gained through years of medical practice and research, Scattered Minds is a must-read for parents - and for anyone interested how experiences in infancy shape the biology and psychology of the human brain.

Scattered Minds: Demonstrates that ADD is not an inherited illness, but a reversible impairment and developmental delay Explains that in ADD, circuits in the brain whose job is emotional self-regulation and attention control fail to develop in infancy - and why Shows how `distractibility' is the psychological product of life experience Allows parents to understand what makes their ADD children tick, and adults with ADD to gain insights into their emotions and behaviours Expresses optimism about neurological development even in adulthood Presents a programme of how to promote this development in both children and adults _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress Dr Gabor Mate (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vermilion

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

03 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w126mm x s19mm 218g ISBN13: 9781785042225 ISBN13: 978-1-78504-222-5 ISBN10: 178504222X EAN: 9781785042225 x Description: Can a person literally die of loneliness? Is there a connection between the ability to express emotions and Alzheimer's disease? Is there such a thing as a `cancer personality'?

Drawing on deep scientific research and Dr Gabor Mate's acclaimed clinical work, When the Body Says No provides the answers to critical questions about the mind-body link - and the role that stress and our emotional makeup play in an array of common diseases.

When the Body Says No: Explores the role of the mind-body link in conditions and diseases such as arthritis, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, irritable bowel syndrome and multiple sclerosis.

Shares dozens of enlightening case studies and stories, including those of people such as Lou Gehrig (ALS), Betty Ford (breast cancer), Ronald Reagan (Alzheimer's), Gilda Radner (ovarian cancer) and Lance Armstrong (testicular cancer) Reveals `The Seven A's of Healing': principles in healing and the prevention of illness from hidden stress _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Hold on to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers Dr Gabor Mate (Author) Gordon Neufeld (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vermilion

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

03 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w126mm x s21mm 239g ISBN13: 9781785042195 ISBN13: 978-1-78504-219-5 ISBN10: 178504219X EAN: 9781785042195 x Description: Children take their lead from their friends: being `cool' matters more than anything else. Shaping values, identity and codes of behaviour, peer groups are often far more influential than parents.

But this situation is far from natural, and it can be dangerous - it undermines family cohesion, interferes with healthy development, and fosters a hostile and sexualized youth culture. Children end up becoming conformist, anxious and alienated.

In Hold on to Your Kids, acclaimed physician and bestselling author Gabor Mate joins forces with Gordon Neufeld, a psychologist with a reputation for penetrating to the heart of complex parenting. Together they pinpoint the causes of this breakdown and offer practical advice on how to `reattach' to sons and daughters, establish the hierarchy at home, make children feel safe and understood, and earn back your children's loyalty and love. This updated edition also addresses the unprecedented parenting challenges posed by the rise of digital devices and social media.

By helping to reawaken our instincts, Mate and Neufeld empower parents to be what nature intended: a true source of contact, security and warmth for their children. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Face to Face: True stories of life, death and transformation from my career as a facial surgeon James McCaul (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Corgi Books

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w127mm x s19mm 220g ISBN13: 9780552174336 ISBN13: 978-0-552-17433-6 ISBN10: 0552174335 EAN: 9780552174336 x Description: 'Face to Face is not just a brilliant introduction to one of the most exacting areas of modern medicine, it's a humbling glimpse of humans at their best.' Sunday Times So much of our identity and sense of self is vested in the face we see in the bathroom mirror every morning. Now imagine that face so ravaged by cancer, an accident, a gun shot wound or a car crash that it is barely recognizable. Think how it might feel if, after surgery, the person you remember, but had given up all hope of seeing again, is looking back at you from the mirror once more.

Over the years, maxillofacial surgeon Jim McCaul has helped countless people make this journey. His extraordinary book follows the stories of some of the patients he has saved from terrible illness and life-changing injuries - and some he wasn't able to help. We follow the epic and complex surgical procedures his job requires him to perform daily, where the margin for error is to all intents and purposes zero.

Face to Face is a journey through the most high-tech and complex of microsurgical procedures as well as the facial reconstruction techniques pioneered during the First World War. But at its heart are the human stories of the patients for whom treatment is often quite literally a matter of life and death.

'Fascinating and life-affirming ... Jim McCaul confides in us the joys and the agony of facial surgery.' Dr Richard Shepherd, bestselling author of Unnatural Causes _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Cities of the Classical World: An Atlas and Gazetteer of 120 Centres of Ancient Civilization Colin McEvedy (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

05 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 448pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781846144288 ISBN13: 978-1-84614-428-8 ISBN10: 1846144280 EAN: 9781846144288 x Description: From Alexandria to York, this unique illustrated guide shows us the great centres of classical civilization afresh.

The book's key feature is 120 specially-drawn maps tracing each city's thoroughfares and defences, monuments and places of worship. Every map is to the same scale, allowing readers for the first time to appreciate visually the relative sizes of Babylon and Paris, London and Constantinople. There are also clear, incisive commentaries on each city's development, strategic importance, rulers and ordinary inhabitants.

This compelling and elegant atlas opens a new window on to the ancient world, and will transform the way we see it. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Career Girls: Cautionary Tales for the Working Woman T McGill (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Square Peg

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

04 Oct 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 160pp h207mm x w140mm x s20mm 404g ISBN13: 9781910931929 ISBN13: 978-1-910931-92-9 ISBN10: 1910931926 EAN: 9781910931929 x Description: Emily is twenty-two years old. She's just discovered that the gender pay gap is currently estimated to close in 2117. She's psyched that her great-great-granddaughter is going to witness this momentous step forward for the sisterhood. She's made herself a tick-off calendar that she intends to hand down the maternal line.

How much has changed since women were first allowed to cast off their pinnies and embark on the excitements of office life? Whilst it's true that we've evolved from the murk of the typing pool into the beige of the boardroom, life in the office for women can still be underwhelming in myriad ways that would be familiar to our sisters from the fifties.

Complete with nostalgic illustrations and genuine retro advice, Career Girls guides the reader through the eternal conundrums faced by women in the workplace everywhere. From redressing the pay gap through a semi-legal sponsorship scheme to surviving a leadership course where you're forced to express yourself through the medium of dance, Career Girls is the perfect companion for the modern working woman. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

One Of Us Is Lying Karen McManus (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

29 May 2017

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 255g ISBN13: 9780141375632 ISBN13: 978-0-14-137563-2 ISBN10: 0141375639 EAN: 9780141375632 x Description: THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER For fans of The Breakfast Club, Pretty Little Liars and Gossip Girl, this is the perfect high school thriller.

---------Five students go to detention. Only four leave alive.

Yale hopeful Bronwyn has never publicly broken a rule.

Sports star Cooper only knows what he's doing in the baseball diamond.

Bad boy Nate is one misstep away from a life of crime.

Prom queen Addy is holding together the cracks in her perfect life.

And outsider Simon, creator of the notorious gossip app at Bayview High, won't ever talk about any of them again.

He dies 24 hours before he could post their deepest secrets online. Investigators conclude it's no accident. All of them are suspects.

Everyone has secrets, right?

What really matters is how far you'll go to protect them.

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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. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

How I Lose You Kate McNaughton (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Black Swan

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

21 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w127mm ISBN13: 9781784162665 ISBN13: 978-1-78416-266-5 ISBN10: 1784162663 EAN: 9781784162665

x Description: 'Wonderful' - Stylist 'Thoroughly addictive. I loved it.' - RUTH HOGAN, author of The Keeper of Lost Things 'Superb' - Louise O'Neill When Eva and Adam fall into bed one Friday night, tired and happy after drinks with friends, they have their whole lives ahead of them. But their story ends on page twelve.

That's no reason to stop reading though, because How I Lose You is a story told backwards - and it's all the more warm, tender and moving because we know it is going to be interrupted. It's a story Eva thought she knew - but as you and she will discover, it's not just the ending of the story that she got wrong. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

American By Day Derek B. Miller (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Black Swan

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

19 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w127mm x s25mm 283g ISBN13: 9781784163297 ISBN13: 978-1-78416-329-7 ISBN10: 1784163295 EAN: 9781784163297 x Description: 'A superb novel on all levels' Marcel Berlins, The Times 'Derek B Miller writes the kind of crime fiction the world needs right now. Principled, but not afraid to get down and dirty - and shot through with some of the sharpest humour you're likely to find.' Joseph Knox, bestselling author of Sirens She knew it was a weird place. She'd heard the stories, seen the movies, read the books. But now police Chief Inspector Sigrid Odegard has to leave her native Norway and actually go there; to that land across the Atlantic where her missing brother is implicated in the mysterious death of a prominent African-American academic.

America.

And not someplace interesting, either: upstate New York.

It is election season, 2008, and Sigrid is plunged into a United States where race and identity, politics and promise, reverberate in every aspect of daily life.

To find her older brother, she needs the help of the local police who appear to have already made up their minds about the case. Working with - or, if necessary, against - someone actually named Sheriff Irving 'Irv' Wylie, she must negotiate the local political minefields and navigate the back woods of the Adirondacks to uncover the truth before events escalate further.

At once a thrilling race-against-time crime story, a personal journey through grief and a meditation on the world in which we live, American By Day once again shows Derek B Miller to be one of the most imaginative, ingenious and entertaining writers working today. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Exile Denise Mina (Author) Series:

Garnethill

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

03 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 432pp h198mm x w129mm x s26mm 342g ISBN13: 9781784709495 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-949-5 ISBN10: 1784709492 EAN: 9781784709495

x Description: A BODY IS FOUND ON THE BANKS OF THE THAMES. MAUREEN O'DONNELL HAS 12 HOURS TO CATCH A KILLER...

From the two-time winner of the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award The last time Maureen O'Donnell saw Ann Harris, she was staying in the Glasgow Women's Shelter, drunk and with two broken ribs. A month later, Ann's mutilated body is washed up on the banks of the Thames.

No one seems to care what happened to her, and Maureen is the only person who thinks Ann's husband is innocent. With her personal life in turmoil, she runs away to London and starts to piece together Ann's final days. But time is not on her side. Maureen needs twelve hours to put things right, and she doesn't care what it costs... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Resolution Denise Mina (Author) Series:

Garnethill

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

03 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 448pp h198mm x w129mm x s27mm 355g ISBN13: 9781784709501 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-950-1 ISBN10: 1784709506 EAN: 9781784709501 x Description: A FAMILY DIVIDED. A SECRET THAT COULD KILL. From the two-time winner of the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award Maureen O'Donnell is facing the darkest episode in her life. The psychologist who murdered her boyfriend is up for trial, with Maureen as the reluctant star witness, and her abusive father has arrived back in Glasgow. On top of it all, she has become embroiled in someone else's family feud.

When an elderly market stallholder dies after a brutal beating, Maureen suspects the woman's son. She soon discovers that his health club is a front for a far less respectable establishment. As her court appearance approaches, Maureen is under threat once again, and this time she has very few protectors... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Sanctum Denise Mina (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

03 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 281g ISBN13: 9781784709518 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-951-8 ISBN10: 1784709514 EAN: 9781784709518 x Description: PERFECT WIFE. PERFECT KILLER? From the two-time winner of the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award Susie Harriot, a respected psychiatrist, has been convicted of the brutal murder of a serial killer in her care. It looks certain that she will be given a life sentence, depriving her of her home, her family and her two-year-old daughter.

Susie's husband, Lachlan, is convinced she is innocent and is desperate to prove it. Each night, he climbs the stairs to her study and goes through her papers - her case notes, her interviews, and the press cuttings from the trial.

But the more Lachlan discovers, the more he suspects that his wife has been hiding a dark secret.

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The Dead Hour Denise Mina (Author) Series:

Paddy Meehan

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

14 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm x s23mm 305g ISBN13: 9781784709532 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-953-2 ISBN10: 1784709530 EAN: 9781784709532 x Description: The second novel in the Paddy Meehan series, from the two-time winner of the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award `Mina can chill your blood and break your heart in the same sentence' Mark Billingham Journalist Paddy Meehan is called to a domestic dispute in a wealthy Glasgow suburb. The woman bleeding from a head injury doesn't want any help and the well-dressed man beside her assures Paddy that everything is fine. But when she is given a GBP50 note to keep quiet, she becomes suspicious.

The next morning, the woman is dead. Paddy has found the story she has been waiting for, yet she will lose all credibility if word gets out about her bribe. To make matters worse, the police who attended the scene are twisting the evidence. Only Paddy cares enough to pursue a dark truth that could make her career - or get her killed. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Field of Blood Denise Mina (Author) Series:

Paddy Meehan

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

14 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 330g ISBN13: 9781784709525 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-952-5 ISBN10: 1784709522 EAN: 9781784709525 x Description: The first novel in the Paddy Meehan series, from the two-time winner of the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award `The most exciting crime writer to have emerged in Britain for years' Ian Rankin In Glasgow, a child goes missing, taken from the front garden of his home. The investigation leads the police to the doors of two young boys.

Paddy Meehan has just started work at a local newspaper where she dreams of becoming an investigative journalist. Although everyone around her believes the boys acted on their own, she is certain there is more to it and begins to ask awkward questions.

But Paddy's investigation has repercussions she never anticipated. Shunned by those closest to her, she finds herself dangerously alone. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Last Breath Denise Mina (Author) Series:

Paddy Meehan

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

14 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm x s23mm 305g ISBN13: 9781784709556 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-955-6 ISBN10: 1784709557 EAN: 9781784709556 x Description: The third novel in the Paddy Meehan series, from the two-time winner of the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award `One of the most original voices in crime fiction' Daily Mail Paddy Meehan finally has it all: a flat of her own in Glasgow and a job as one of Scotland's leading newspaper columnists. Then the police knock on her door. Her former lover Terry has been found in a ditch, shot through the head.

Even though they had split up months before, Terry has left her everything, including a house in Ayrshire and boxes of notebooks. As Paddy digs deeper into his murder, it soon becomes clear that the secret he was about to expose is worth killing for. And that she is next in line. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Elastic: Flexible Thinking in a Constantly Changing World Leonard Mlodinow (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

03 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 272pp h198mm x w129mm x s16mm 202g ISBN13: 9780141987392 ISBN13: 978-0-14-198739-2 ISBN10: 0141987391 EAN: 9780141987392 x Description: The bestselling author of The Drunkard's Walk unlocks the secrets of flexible thinking 'A fascinating exploration of one of the most important topics: how the human mind deals with change' - Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit What do Pokemon Go and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein have in common?

Why do some businesses survive, and others fail at the first sign of change?

What gives the human brain the edge over computers?

The answer: Elastic Thinking. It's an ability we all possess, and one that we can all learn to hone in order to succeed, at work and in our everyday lives.

Here Leonard Mlodinow, whose own flexible thinking has taken him from physics professor to TV scriptwriter and bestselling author, takes us on a revelatory exploration of how elasticity works. He draws on cutting-edge neuroscience to show how, millennia ago, our brains developed an affinity for novelty, idea generation and exploration. He discovers how flexible thinking enabled some of the greatest artists, writers, musicians and innovators to create paradigm shifts. He investigates the organisations that have demonstrated an elastic ability to adapt to new technologies. And he reveals how you can test your own brain power and increase your capacity for elastic thinking.

By uncovering the secrets of our flexible minds, Elastic explains how to thrive in an endlessly dynamic world, at a time when an ability to adapt is more important than ever before. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

A Love Story for Bewildered Girls Emma Morgan (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Viking

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 272pp h216mm x w135mm x s19mm 292g ISBN13: 9780241377611 ISBN13: 978-0-241-37761-1 ISBN10: 0241377617 EAN: 9780241377611 x Description: 'Funny, honest, brilliant' Nina Stibbe, bestselling author of Love, Nina Grace loves a woman. Annie loves a man. Violet isn't quite sure. But you'll love them all...

Grace has what one might call a 'full and interesting life' which is code for not married and has no kids. Her life is the envy of her straight friends, but all this time she has been waiting in secret for love to hit her so hard that she runs out of breath, like the way a wave in a rough sea bowls you over, slams you into the sand, and nearly drowns you.

When Grace meets a beautiful woman at a party, she falls suddenly and desperately in love. At the same party, lawyer Annie meets the man of her dreams - the only man she's ever met whose table manners are up to her mother's standards. And across the city, Violet, who is afraid of almost everything, is making another discovery of her own: that for the first time in her life she's falling in love with a woman.

A Love Story for Bewildered Girls is a moving and exquisitely funny novel about love, sex and heartbreak.

'An utterly gorgeous novel. It will forever hold my heart in its pages' Pandora Sykes, co-host of The High-Low podcast 'I absolutely loved this book by Emma Morgan which follows 3 women's very different love lives... I inhaled it' Emma Gannon, Sunday Times bestselling author and host of the podcast Ctrl-Alt-Delete 'Exquisitely tender, beautifully written, funny and sad. . . a story about women rescuing themselves and each other. It made my heart swell' Daisy Buchanan, author of How to Be a Grown-up 'Funny, touching, uplifting, thoroughly modern' Lauren Bravo, author of What Would the Spice Girls Do? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Nine Perfect Strangers: From the bestselling author of Big Little Lies Liane Moriarty (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Michael Joseph Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

26 Sep 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 448pp h234mm x w153mm x s32mm 540g ISBN13: 9780718180300 ISBN13: 978-0-7181-8030-0 ISBN10: 0718180305 EAN: 9780718180300 x Description: One house. Nine strangers. Ten days that will change everything . . .

FROM THE WORLDWIDE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR BEHIND EMMY- AND GOLDEN GLOBE-WINNING HBO SERIES BIG LITTLE LIES AND SMASH-HIT NOVEL THE HUSBAND'S SECRET The retreat at health-and-wellness resort Tranquillum House promises total transformation.

Nine stressed city dwellers are keen to drop their literal and mental baggage, and absorb the meditative ambience while enjoying their hot stone massages.

Miles from anywhere, without cars or phones, they have no way to reach the outside world. Just time to think about themselves, and get to know each other.

Watching over them is the resort's director, a woman on a mission. But quite a different one from any the guests might have imagined.

For behind the retreat's glamorous facade lies a dark agenda.

These nine perfect strangers have no idea what's about to hit them . . .

'This wonderful novel by the Big Little Lies author had me utterly hooked' Daily Mail 'Acutely observed, pacey' Sunday Times 'Original, suspenseful and laugh-out-loud funny. Downright brilliant' Clare Mackintosh 'Utter brilliance, with a twist halfway through that blew my mind' Marian Keyes 'I am jealous of anyone who hasn't read this yet' Grazia 'If it was summer, this would be your beach read. As it is, settle under a duvet and begin . . .' Stylist 'Hugely enjoyable. Will grip you from the first page. Brilliantly combines humour with emotional honesty' Sunday Express 'A super-suspenseful page-turner' Mail on Sunday 'Another page-turning belter. An absolute must' Heat _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Nine Perfect Strangers: From the bestselling author of Big Little Lies Liane Moriarty (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 448pp h198mm x w129mm x s27mm 312g ISBN13: 9781405919463 ISBN13: 978-1-4059-1946-3 ISBN10: 1405919469 EAN: 9781405919463 x Description: FROM THE WORLDWIDE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR BEHIND EMMY- AND GOLDEN GLOBE-WINNING HBO SERIES BIG LITTLE LIES AND SMASH-HIT NOVEL THE HUSBAND'S SECRET One luxury retreat in the middle of nowhere.

Ten days in which no one can leave.

Nine strangers seeking perfection.

And each discovering the perfect lie . . .

'Fantastic' Times 'Original, suspenseful, downright brilliant' Clare Mackintosh 'The twist blew my mind' Marian Keyes 'A super-suspenseful page-turner' Mail on Sunday 'Will grip you from the first page' Sunday Express

'Captivating' Good Housekeeping 'Had me utterly hooked' Daily Mail _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth and Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine Thomas Morris (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Bantam Press

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

18 Oct 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 400pp h222mm x w144mm x s36mm 501g line drawings ISBN13: 9780593080320 ISBN13: 978-0-593-08032-0 ISBN10: 0593080327 EAN: 9780593080320 x Description: "Delightfully horrifying."--Popular Science One of Mental Floss's Best Books of 2018 One of Science Friday's Best Science Books of 2018

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A mysterious epidemic of dental explosions...

A teenage boy who got his wick stuck in a candlestick...

A remarkable woman who, like a human fountain, spurted urine from virtually every orifice...

These are just a few of the anecdotal gems that have until now lain undiscovered in medical journals for centuries. This fascinating collection of historical curiosities explores some of the strangest cases that have perplexed doctors across the world.

From seventeenth-century Holland to Tsarist Russia, from rural Canada to a whaler in the Pacific, many are monuments to human stupidity - such as the sailor who swallowed dozens of penknives to amuse his shipmates, or the chemistry student who in 1850 arrived at a hospital in New York with his penis trapped inside a bottle, having unwisely decided to relieve himself into a vessel containing highly reactive potassium. Others demonstrate exceptional surgical ingenuity long before the advent of anaesthesia - such as a daring nineteenth-century operation to remove a metal fragment from beneath a conscious patient's heart. We also hear of the weird, often hilarious remedies employed by physicians of yore - from crow's vomit to portwine enemas - the hazards of such everyday objects as cucumbers and false teeth, and miraculous recovery from apparently terminal injuries.

Blending fascinating history with lacerating wit, The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth will take you on a tour of some of the funniest, strangest and most wince-inducing corners of medical history. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Brain Food: How to Eat Smart and Sharpen Your Mind Dr Lisa Mosconi (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Life

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

17 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 255g ISBN13: 9780241381779 ISBN13: 978-0-241-38177-9 ISBN10: 0241381770 EAN: 9780241381779 x Description: 'I cannot recommend this book enough' Dr Rupy Aujla' Your diet affects your body but it also affects your brain.

Brain Food uses cutting-edge research to highlight the connection between nutrition and our brain's health, busting through pseudoscience and demonstrating how we can all change our diet most effectively. Based partly on her own discoveries, and using emerging science, for example on the

connection between the brain and the gut, Dr Lisa Mosconi, an expert in both neuroscience and nutrition, reveals the foods and drinks that can prevent dementia, stress, cognitive decline and memory loss - no matter how old we are.

Innovative and timely, and with accompanying brain-boosting recipes and lists of what to eat and what to avoid, Brain Food provides the ultimate plan for maximizing our brain power.

Reveals the foods that will keep your brain in tip-top shape AND prevent dementia' Daily Mail 'A critically important book. If you want to keep and save your brain you have to get your food right. Brain Food will help you do just that in a delicious, easy way' Daniel G. Amen, author of Memory Rescue _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Wren: A Biography Stephen Moss (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Square Peg

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

25 Oct 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 208pp h206mm x w142mm x s24mm 461g ISBN13: 9781910931936 ISBN13: 978-1-910931-93-6 ISBN10: 1910931934 EAN: 9781910931936 x Description: The wren is a paradox of a bird. On the one hand wrens are ubiquitous. They are Britain's most common bird, with 8.5 million breeding pairs and, have by far the loudest song in proportion to their size. They also thrive up and down Britain and Ireland: from the smallest city garden to remote offshore islands, blustery moors to chilly mountains.

Yet many people, particularly a younger generation, are not sure if they have ever seen a wren. Perhaps because the wren is so tiny, weighing just as much as two A4 sheets of paper, and so busy, always on the move, more mouse than bird.

However if we cast our eyes back to recent history wrens were a mainstay of literary, cultural, and popular history. The wren was on postage stamps and the farthing, it featured in nursery rhymes and greetings cards, poems, and rural "wren hunts,"still a recent memory in Ireland particularly.

With beautiful illustrations throughout, this captivating year-in-the-life biography reveals the hidden secrets of this fascinating bird that lives right on our doorstep. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Still Me: Discover the love story that captured a million hearts Jojo Moyes (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

05 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 480pp h198mm x w129mm x s29mm 332g ISBN13: 9781405924207 ISBN13: 978-1-4059-2420-7 ISBN10: 1405924209 EAN: 9781405924207 x Description: Lou Clark knows too many things . . .

She knows how many miles lie between her new home in New York and her new boyfriend Sam in London. She knows her employer is a good man and she knows his wife is keeping a secret from him.

What Lou doesn't know is she's about to meet someone who's going to turn her whole life upside down. Because Josh will remind her so much of a man she used to know that it'll hurt. Lou won't know what to do next, but she knows that whatever she chooses is going to change everything.

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Still Me: Discover the love story that captured a million hearts Jojo Moyes (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Michael Joseph Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

23 Jan 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 480pp h234mm x w153mm x s34mm 577g ISBN13: 9780718183196 ISBN13: 978-0-7181-8319-6 ISBN10: 0718183193 EAN: 9780718183196 x Description: Coming soon - the third Lou Clark novel by Jojo Moyes, following the Number One international bestsellers Me Before You and After You Lou Clark knows too many things . . .

She knows how many miles lie between her new home in New York and her new boyfriend Sam in London.

She knows her employer is a good man and she knows his wife is keeping a secret from him.

What Lou doesn't know is she's about to meet someone who's going to turn her whole life upside down.

Because Josh will remind her so much of a man she used to know that it'll hurt.

Lou won't know what to do next, but she knows that whatever she chooses is going to change everything. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Murderer of Warren Street: The True Story of a Nineteenth-Century Revolutionary Marc Mulholland (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Windmill Books

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

07 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm x s23mm 266g ISBN13: 9781786090263 ISBN13: 978-1-78609-026-3 ISBN10: 1786090260 EAN: 9781786090263 x Description: 'A Victorian whodunit... Swashbuckling adventure and political thriller... A magnificent book.' Francis Wheen, The Oldie In December 1854, Emmanuel Barthelemy visited 73 Warren Street in the heart of radical London for the very last time. Within half an hour, two men were dead... This is the true story of one of nineteenth-century London's most notorious murderers and revolutionaries.

The newspapers of Victorian England were soon in a frenzy. Who was this foreigner come to British shores to slay two upstanding subjects? As Oxford historian, Marc Mulholland, has uncovered, Barthelemy was no ordinary criminal. Rather, here was a dedicated activist fighting for the cause of the oppressed worker, a fugitive shaped by the storms of revolution, counterrevolution and a society in the midst of huge transformation.

Following in Barthelemy's footsteps, Mulholland leads us from the barricades of the French capital and the icy rooftops of a Parisian jail to the English fireside of Karl Marx, a misty duelling ground and the dangling noose of London's Newgate prison, shining a light into a dark underworld of conspiracy, insurrection and fatal idealism.

The Murderer of Warren Street is a thrilling portrait of a troubled man in troubled times - full of resonance for our own terrorised age. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Birthday Girl Haruki Murakami (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Harvill Secker

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

24 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 48pp h150mm x w111mm x s4mm 43g ISBN13: 9781787301252 ISBN13: 978-1-78730-125-2 ISBN10: 1787301257 EAN: 9781787301252 x Description: She waited on tables as usual that day, her twentieth birthday. She always worked Fridays, but if things had gone according to plan on that particular Friday, she would have had the night off.

One rainy Tokyo night, a waitress's uneventful twentieth birthday takes a strange and fateful turn when she's asked to deliver dinner to the restaurant's reclusive owner. Birthday Girl is a beguiling, exquisitely satisfying taste of master storytelling, published to celebrate Murakami's 70th birthday. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Killing Commendatore Haruki Murakami (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Harvill Secker

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

09 Oct 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 704pp h240mm x w162mm x s45mm 1171g ISBN13: 9781787300194 ISBN13: 978-1-78730-019-4 ISBN10: 1787300196 EAN: 9781787300194 x Description: The epic new novel from the internationally acclaimed and best-selling author of 1Q84.

In Killing Commendatore, a thirty-something portrait painter in Tokyo is abandoned by his wife and finds himself holed up in the mountain home of a famous artist, Tomohiko Amada. When he discovers a strange painting in the attic, he unintentionally opens a circle of mysterious circumstances. To close it, he must complete a journey that involves a mysterious ringing bell, a two-foot-high physical manifestation of an Idea, a dapper businessman who lives across the valley, a precocious thirteen-year-old girl, a Nazi assassination attempt during World War II in Vienna, a pit in the woods behind the artist's home, and an underworld haunted by Double Metaphors.

A tour de force of love and loneliness, war and art - as well as a loving homage to The Great Gatsby - Killing Commendatore is a stunning work of imagination from one of our greatest writers. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Burnout: The secret to solving the stress cycle Emily Nagoski (Author) Amelia Nagoski (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vermilion

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

03 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 288pp h216mm x w135mm ISBN13: 9781785042089 ISBN13: 978-1-78504-208-9 ISBN10: 1785042084 EAN: 9781785042089 x Description: What's expected of women and what it's like to be a woman today are two very different things - and women exhaust themselves trying to close the gap between them. How can you `love your body' when everything around you tells you you're inadequate? How do you `lean in' at work

when you're already at 110% and aren't recognised for it? This paradox isn't going away any time soon, so let's stop ignoring it and change our relationship to it.

Twin sisters Emily Nagoski, PhD, and Amelia Nagoski are here to help end the cycle of inadequacy, overwhelm and exhaustion, to go beyond banal self-help platitudes (`Practice self-care!', `Set boundaries!') and confront the real obstacles that are standing between women and well-being.

Combining the latest science-based evidence with prescriptive advice and a good dose of humour they reveal: * * * * *

how stress is a biological cycle that has to be completed before your body can return to a state of relaxation why rest, human connection and reducing self-criticism are key to recovering from and preventing burnout how to control the `monitor' in your brain that regulates the emotion of frustration why the Bikini Industrial Complex makes it difficult for women to love their bodies - and the easiest way to fight back what you can start doing today to manage stress more effectively

Eye-opening, compassionate and optimistic, BURNOUT will completely transform the way we think about and manage stress, empowering women to thrive under pressure and enjoy meaningful yet balanced lives. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

King and Emperor: A New Life of Charlemagne Janet L. Nelson (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Allen Lane

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

27 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 416pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780713992434 ISBN13: 978-0-7139-9243-4 ISBN10: 0713992433 EAN: 9780713992434 x Description: 'A remarkable book: the dramatic story of a truly extraordinary man ... brilliant' Helen Castor, author of She-Wolves A major new biography of one of the most extraordinary of all rulers, and the father of present-day Europe Charles, king of the Franks, is one of the most remarkable figures ever to rule a European super-state. That is why he is so often called by the French 'Charlemagne', and by the Germans 'Karl der Grosse'. His strength of character was felt to be remarkable from early in his long reign. Warfare and accident, vermin and weather have destroyed much of the evidence for his rule in the twelve centuries since his death, but a remarkable amount still survives.

Janet L. Nelson's wonderful new book brings together everything we know about Charlemagne and sifts through the evidence to come as close as we can to understanding the man and his motives. Nelson has an extraordinary knowledge of the sources and much of the book is a sort of detective story, prying into and interpreting fascinating material and often obdurate scraps, from prayerbooks to skeletons, gossip to artwork.

Above all, Charles's legacy lies in his deeds and their continuing resonance, as he shaped duchies and counties, rebuilt and founded towns and monasteries, and consciously set himself up not just as King of the Franks, but as the new 'Emperor governing the Roman Empire'. His successors in some ways to the present day - have struggled to interpret, misinterpret, copy or subvert Charlemagne's legacy. Nelson gets us as close as we can ever hope to come to the real figure, as understood in his own time. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Good Reasons for Bad Feelings: Insights from the Frontier of Evolutionary Psychiatry Randolph M. Nesse (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Allen Lane

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

28 Aug 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 384pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780241291085 ISBN13: 978-0-241-29108-5 ISBN10: 0241291089 EAN: 9780241291085

x Description: One of the world's most respected psychiatrists provides a much-needed new evolutionary framework for making sense of mental illness With his classic book Why We Get Sick, Randolph Nesse established the field of evolutionary medicine. Now he returns with a book that transforms our understanding of mental disorders by exploring a fundamentally new question. Instead of asking why certain people suffer from mental illness, Nesse asks why natural selection has left us with fragile minds at all.

Drawing on revealing stories from his own clinical practice and insights from evolutionary biology, Nesse shows how negative emotions are useful in certain situations, yet can become excessive. Anxiety protects us from harm in the face of danger, but false alarms are inevitable. Low mood prevents us from wasting effort in pursuit of unreachable goals, but it often escalates into pathological depression. Other mental disorders, such as addiction and anorexia, result from the mismatch between modern environments and our ancient human past. Taken together, these insights and many more help to explain the pervasiveness of human suffering, and show us new paths for relieving it.

Good Reasons for Bad Feelings will fascinate anyone who wonders how our minds can be so powerful, yet so fragile, and how love and goodness came to exist in organisms shaped to maximize Darwinian fitness. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Digital Minimalism: On Living Better with Less Technology Cal Newport (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Portfolio Penguin

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 304pp h214mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780241341131 ISBN13: 978-0-241-34113-1 ISBN10: 0241341132 EAN: 9780241341131 x Description: 'An urgent call to action for anyone serious about being in command of their own life' Ryan Holiday -----------------------------------Read Digital Minimalism and you'll never again mindlessly sacrifice your productivity to clickbait or lose 40 minutes of your evening to your Instagram feed.

In this timely and enlightening book, Cal Newport introduces a philosophy for technology use that has already improved countless lives.

Digital minimalists are all around us. They're the calm, happy people who can hold long conversations without furtive glances at their phones. They can have fun with friends and family and eat out at restaurants without the obsessive urge to document the experience...

Now, Newport gives us a name for this quiet movement and makes a case for its urgency in our tech-saturated world. Drawing on a diverse array of real-life examples, from Amish farmers to harried parents to Silicon Valley programmers, Newport identifies the common practices of digital minimalists and the ideas that underpin them.

Digital Minimalism will teach you how to rethink your relationship to social media and rediscover the pleasures of the offline world. It'll help you implement a thirty-day 'digital declutter' process, making sure you're in control of your tech and not the other way around.

-----------------------------------'Cal's call for meaningful and engaged interactions is just what the world needs right now.' Daniel Levitin, author of The Organised Mind _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Book of the Year 2018: Your Definitive Guide to the World's Weirdest News No Such Thing As A Fish (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Random House Books

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

18 Oct 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 352pp h222mm x w162mm x s33mm 530g ISBN13: 9781847948397 ISBN13: 978-1-84794-839-7 ISBN10: 1847948391 EAN: 9781847948397 x Description: __________ `My favourite geeks. Hilarious. Sideways. Brilliant.' Tim Minchin In a year dominated by Russian collusion and Brexit confusion, The Book of the Year returns with another dose of barely believable yet wholly unimpeachable facts and stories from the past twelve months.

Every week for the past four years, Dan, James, Anna and Andy - the creators of the award-winning, chart-topping comedy podcast No Such Thing As A Fish - have wowed each other and millions of their listeners with the most astonishing trivia they have learned over the previous seven days. Now, once again, they have put down the microphones, picked up their pencils, and transformed a year's worth of weird and wonderful happenings into one uplifting book that you won't be able to put down.

Discover how Peruvian mummies affected the World Cup, and why Love Island contestants are experts in game theory - as well as hundreds of stories that may have passed you by entirely, including the news that: * NASA sent a man with a fear of heights to the International Space Station. * An ice hotel in Canada caught fire. * Mark Zuckerberg's private data was compromised while he was talking to Congress about compromised data.

From Kim Jong Un's personal potty to Jeremy Corbyn's valuable vegetables, The Book of the Year 2018 is an eye-opening tour of yet another incredible year you didn't know you'd lived through. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Love, Iris: The Sunday Times Bestseller and Richard & Judy Book Club Pick 2019 Elizabeth Noble (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

27 Dec 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 480pp h198mm x w129mm x s29mm 330g ISBN13: 9780718155407 ISBN13: 978-0-7181-5540-7 ISBN10: 0718155408 EAN: 9780718155407 x Description: The SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER AND RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK from the bestselling author of Things I Want My Daughters to Know.

'A moving and heart-warming novel about love in all its forms' Sunday Express ____________ Did you ever have a secret you knew would change everything?

Tess's happy childhood memories are mostly of the grandmother who helped raise her. And now she has a secret to tell Iris - one which will turn so many lives upside down.

But how can you confide your future in someone who barely remembers her past?

Tess knows everything is about to change. What she doesn't know is that chance will lead her into the lives of two strangers - and uncover her grandmother's secret from the past.

A secret which will illuminate her own future . . .

An uplifting, unforgettable story about keeping secrets, taking chances and finding happiness where you least expect it.

Published in a previous edition under the title Letters to Iris. ____________ 'Nobody weaves a complex web of stories with quite the same skill as Elizabeth Noble. An uplifting read written with wry humour, insight and sensitivity' Sunday Express 'Noble specialises in warm-hearted tearjerkers with strong connections between women' Daily Mail 'A beautiful tale of love, loss and hope' Sun 'A heart-warmer' Prima 'Packed with intrigue' Yours Magazine _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Slow Motion Ghosts Jeff Noon (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Doubleday

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

23 Aug 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 384pp h234mm x w153mm x s28mm 463g ISBN13: 9780857525628 ISBN13: 978-0-85752-562-8 ISBN10: 085752562X EAN: 9780857525628 x Description: A dark and labyrinthine thriller from a bold new voice in crime fiction It is 1981. London is bruised by austerity, social unrest and racial tension, and the police are at war. Anger has erupted in the Brixton Riots and is finding expression in protest, anarchy and punk. For Detective Inspector Hobbes, the battle lines are being redrawn within his own ranks as right and wrong are clouded by prejudice.

Into this mess comes a murder. A promising young singer has been maimed and killed and the artistry of the crime is disturbing. On the hunt for the killer, Hobbes begins an investigation that will lead him deep into a subculture hidden beneath the everyday. A cult of personality that hides from the problems of the city and escapes to a world of its own, a world that is at once seductive and devastating. How far will Hobbes have to go to learn the truth? And how many more must die before he does?

Bringing the trademark imagination of his acclaimed early novels, Jeff Noon has delivered a police procedural with a difference - an intricate, twisting crime novel that pulls you in and doesn't let go.

Jeff Noon is the author of six acclaimed novels, Vurt, Pollen, Automated Alice, Nymphomation, Needle in the Groove and Falling Out of Cars, as well as two collections of short fictions, and is also the crime fiction reviewer for The Spectator. He lives in Brighton. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Turning for Home Barney Norris (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Black Swan

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 272pp h198mm x w127mm x s17mm 189g ISBN13: 9781784161361 ISBN13: 978-1-78416-136-1 ISBN10: 1784161365 EAN: 9781784161361 x Description: The deeply moving second novel from the author of the award-winning FIVE RIVERS MET ON A WOODED PLAIN. 'Courageous...memorable...moving' - Guardian 'One of our most exciting young writers' - The Times 'Life-affirming, beautiful and achingly poignant' - Donal Ryan 'Isn't the life of any person made up out of the telling of two tales, after all? The whole world makes more sense if you remember that everyone has two lives, their real lives and their dreams, both stories only a tape's breadth apart from each other, impossibly divided, indivisibly close.'

Every year, Robert's family comes together at a rambling old house to celebrate his birthday. Aunts, uncles, distant cousins - it has been a milestone in their lives for decades. But this year Robert doesn't want to be reminded of what has happened since they last met - and nor, for quite different reasons, does his granddaughter Kate. Neither of them is sure they can face the party. But for both Robert and Kate, it may become the most important gathering of all.

As lyrical and true to life as Norris's critically acclaimed debut Five Rivers Met on a Wooded Plain, which won a Betty Trask Award and was shortlisted for the Ondaatje Prize and Debut of the Year at the British Book Awards, this is a compelling, emotional story of family, human frailty, and the marks that love leaves on us. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

My Coney Island Baby Billy O'Callaghan (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Jonathan Cape Ltd

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

17 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 256pp h216mm x w135mm x s19mm 255g ISBN13: 9781787331341 ISBN13: 978-1-78733-134-1 ISBN10: 1787331342 EAN: 9781787331341 x Description: On a bitterly cold winter's afternoon, Michael and Caitlin escape their unhappy marriages to keep an illicit rendez-vous. Once a month, for the past quarter of a century, Coney Island has been their haven.

These precious, hidden hours are their only nourishment. But now, amid the howling of an angry snowstorm, the shut-down, out-of-season resort feels like the edge of the world. And their lives, suddenly, are on the brink - with news of serious illness on one side, and a move to the Midwest on the other.

And so, after half a lifetime spent in secret, certain long-avoided facts need to be faced, consequences examined, decisions made, and - perhaps chances finally taken.

A quiet, intense drama of late-flowering intimacy, My Coney Island Baby condenses, within the course of a single day, the histories, landscapes, tragedies and moments of wonder that constitute the lives of two people who, although born worlds apart, have been drawn together.

O'Callaghan, a masterful prose stylist, has created a devastatingly powerful novel about two unforgettable characters and the choices they have made.

This is a book full of sorrow, but also radiant with beauty, longing and breathless desire. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Star Wars: Last Shot: A Han and Lando Novel Daniel Jose Older (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Arrow Books Ltd

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

01 Nov 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 432pp h198mm x w129mm x s26mm 298g ISBN13: 9781787460638 ISBN13: 978-1-78746-063-8 ISBN10: 1787460630 EAN: 9781787460638 x Description: Even the fastest ship in the galaxy can't outrun the past. . . .

THEN: It's one of the galaxy's most dangerous secrets: a mysterious transmitter with unknown power and a reward for its discovery that most could only dream of claiming. But those who fly the Millennium Falconthroughout its infamous history aren't your average scoundrels. Not once, but twice, the crew of the Falcon tries to claim the elusive prize-first, Lando Calrissian and the droid L3-37 at the dawn of an ambitious career, and later, a young and hungry Han Solo with the help of his copilot, Chewbacca. But the device's creator, the volatile criminal Fyzen Gor, isn't interested in sharing. And Gor

knows how to hold a grudge. . . .

NOW: It's been ten years since the rebel hero Han Solo last encountered Fyzen Gor. After mounting a successful rebellion against the Empire and starting a family with an Alderaanian princess, Han hasn't given much thought to the mad inventor. But when Lando turns up at Han's doorstep in the middle of the night, it's Fyzen's assassins that he's running from. And without Han's help, Lando-and all life on Cloud City-will be annihilated.

With the assistance of a young hotshot pilot, an Ewok slicer prodigy, the woman who might be the love of Lando's life, and Han's best and furriest friend, the two most notorious scoundrels in the New Republic are working together once more. They'll have to journey across the stars-and into the past-before Gor uses the device's power to reshape the galaxy. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Jamie Cooks Italy Jamie Oliver (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Michael Joseph Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

12 Jul 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 408pp h251mm x w197mm x s37mm 1380g ISBN13: 9780718187736 ISBN13: 978-0-7181-8773-6 ISBN10: 0718187733 EAN: 9780718187736 x Description: 'Every bookshelf needs this - it's Italian food, but not as you know it' - The Times Jamie returns to cooking the food he loves the most, getting right to heart of the Italian kitchen in his ultimate go-to Italian cookbook. He shows you that truly authentic Italian cooking is simple, beautiful and achievable.

Find all of the recipes from Jamie's Channel 4 hit-series Jamie Cooks Italy, and many more inside this book. _____________ This wonderful, best-ever collection of recipes, deliver on big flavours and comfort; a celebration of truly great Italian food you'll want to cook for yourself, your friends and your family. Featuring warming winter recipes including . . . * MUSHROOM BREAD SOUP, a thick, comforting soup with oregano, stinging nettles, porcini and chilli flakes. This dish is one guaranteed to make you smile. * POT ROAST CAULIFLOWER with sweet onions, anchovies, olives and white wine. This spectacular dish lets a big, juicy cauliflower take centrestage. *

WHOLE ROASTED SEA BASS served with fennel, olive and sweet orange salad, full of fragrant and fresh flavour.

*

WINTER SALAD with sweet roasted onions, garlic, crushed hazelnuts and Barolo dressing, perfect for colder weather.

_____________ Featuring 140 recipes in Jamie's fuss-free and easy-to-follow style, the book has chapters on Antipasti, Salads, Soups, Pasta, Rice & Dumplings, Meat, Fish, Sides, Bread & Pastry, Dessert and all of the Italian basics you'll ever need to know.

Jamie fell in love with Italian food 25 years ago. Now he's sharing his ultimate recipes, a mixture of fast and slow cooking, famous classics with a Jamie twist, simple everyday dishes and more indulgent labour-of-love choices for weekends and parties. VIVA L'ITALIA! *SHORTLISTED FOR A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD* 'An irresistible collection of classic Italian recipes, trusty old favourites like carbonara and ragu sitting alongside more inventive dishes including baked tiella rice with mussels or turbot al forno. An essential purchase for any fan of Italian cuisine' Daily Express 'Food is described in Jamie's trademark cheeky chappy style, but infused with real, in-depth knowledge of Italian food. Bravo, Jamie' Daily Mail 'A triumphant return to Jamie's Mediterranean comfort zone' The Pool

Don't wait, buy Jamie Cooks Italy now, and be the first to try food that will transport you straight to the landscapes of Italy. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Jamie's Friday Night Feast Cookbook Jamie Oliver (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Michael Joseph Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

15 Nov 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 256pp h246mm x w189mm x s18mm 820g ISBN13: 9780241371442 ISBN13: 978-0-241-37144-2 ISBN10: 0241371449 EAN: 9780241371442 x Description: Discover super-indulgent, show-stopping food for the weekend with Jamie Oliver, featuring the very best recipes from the hugely popular Channel 4 TV series Friday Night Feast!

'Oliver always delivers and the recipes are hearty and straightforward' The Independent With behind-the-scenes action shots of the famous cafe on Southend pier, Jamie is beside the seaside, cooking and eating fantastic food, along with his celebrity guests.

It'll be that 'love at first bite' feeling when you treat your family and friends to: * FEARNE COTTON's Mexican fish tacos with all of the trimmings - sweet charred pineapple salsa, chunky guacamole, garlicky sour cream and jalapeno-spiked slaw *

DAVID TENNANT's Croatian-style cuttlefish risotto with chilli-spiked parsley oil

*

MARK HAMILL's roast sirloin and Yorkshire puddings served with epic beef-bone gravy

*

SCARLETT MOFFATT's Scotch eggs with fresh herbs and a spicy kick

*

JAMIE's epic poached chicken and dumplings with mustard sauce and fiery horseradish

And much, much more!

With oodles of fun, fresh feasts for all your family and friends, JAMIE'S FRIDAY NIGHT FEAST COOKBOOK makes the perfect indulgent treat to kick off your weekend. Order it now and start cooking like the stars! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Ottolenghi SIMPLE Yotam Ottolenghi (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Ebury Press

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

06 Sep 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 320pp h327mm x w201mm x s30mm 1390g ISBN13: 9781785031168 ISBN13: 978-1-78503-116-8 ISBN10: 1785031163 EAN: 9781785031168 x Description: The Sunday Times and New York Times Bestseller. Winner at The National Book Awards 2018 Everything you love about Ottolenghi, made simple.

Yotam Ottolenghi's award-winning recipes are always a celebration: an unforgettable combination of abundance, taste and surprise. Ottolenghi SIMPLE is no different, with 130 brand-new dishes that contain all the inventive elements and flavour combinations that Ottolenghi is loved for, but with minimal hassle for maximum joy.

Bursting with colourful photography, Ottolenghi SIMPLE showcases Yotam's standout dishes that will suit whatever type of cooking you find easy whether that's getting wonderful food on the table in under 30 minutes, using just one pot to make a delicious meal, or a flavoursome dish that can be prepared ahead and then served when you're ready.

These brilliant, flavour-forward dishes are all SIMPLE in at least one (but very often more than one) way: S - short on time: less than 30 minutes I - 10 ingredients or less M - make ahead P - pantry Llazy E - easier than you think Ottolenghi SIMPLE is the stunning new cookbook we have all been wishing for: Yotam Ottolenghi's vibrant food made easy.

Buy the SIMPLE 10 ingredients at ottolenghi.co.uk _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Birth of the RAF, 1918: The World's First Air Force Richard Overy (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

01 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 160pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780141983851 ISBN13: 978-0-14-198385-1 ISBN10: 014198385X EAN: 9780141983851 x Description: 'Fascinating, full of original material and shrewd insights ... a masterful historian of air power' Leo McKinstry, Literary Review The RAF was the world's first air force. This is the story of its founding in 1918, as a response to the new terror of aerial warfare, the struggles to keep it alive amid controversy and opposition, its crucial role in the Second World War and its unique place in Britain's history.

'Brilliantly lucid' Noel Malcolm, Daily Telegraph 'Richard Overy is to be congratulated on creating a concise exposition of the formation of the RAF ... this is a book that makes you think' Peter Hart, BBC History Magazine 'A skilful pocket history of the founding of the Royal Air Force in 1918 ... a fine introduction' Kirkus Reviews _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Wonder R. J. Palacio (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Corgi Childrens

Publisher:

Random House Children's Publishers UK

Pub Date:

03 Feb 2012 (28 Aug 2014)

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 224g B+W chapter heads ISBN13: 9780552565974 ISBN13: 978-0-552-56597-4 ISBN10: 0552565970 EAN: 9780552565974

x Description: Now an Oscar nominated film starring Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson and Jacob Tremblay.

'My name is August. I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.'

Auggie wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. He does ordinary things - eating ice cream, playing on his Xbox. He feels ordinary - inside. But ordinary kids don't make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. Ordinary kids aren't stared at wherever they go.

Born with a terrible facial abnormality, Auggie has been home-schooled by his parents his whole life. Now, for the first time, he's being sent to a real school - and he's dreading it. All he wants is to be accepted - but can he convince his new classmates that he's just like them, underneath it all?

WONDER is a funny, frank, astonishingly moving debut to read in one sitting, pass on to others, and remember long after the final page. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Wonder R. J. Palacio (Author) Series:

Edition:

Media tie-in

Imprint:

Puffin

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

02 Mar 2017

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 256g Chapter head a/w ISBN13: 9780141378244 ISBN13: 978-0-14-137824-4 ISBN10: 0141378247 EAN: 9780141378244 x Description: Read the internationally bestselling book before you watch the major movie from Lionsgate, starring Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson. This special edition is complete with exclusive behind-the-scenes content.

The unforgettable and life-affirming story of August Pullman - a boy who's desperate to blend in, but is destined to stand out.

'My name is August. I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.'

Auggie wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. He does ordinary things - eating ice cream, playing on his Xbox. He feels ordinary - inside. But ordinary kids don't make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. Ordinary kids aren't stared at wherever they go.

Born with a terrible facial abnormality, Auggie has been home-schooled by his parents his whole life. Now, for the first time, he's being sent to a real school. All he wants is to be accepted. But can he convince his new classmates that he's just like them, underneath it all?

Astonishingly powerful, WONDER is a read you'll never forget. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Tales from Alagaesia Volume 1: Eragon Christopher Paolini (Author) John Jude Palencar (Illustrated by) Series:

The Inheritance Cycle

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

31 Dec 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 320pp h222mm x w162mm x s31mm 495g ISBN13: 9780241392362 ISBN13: 978-0-241-39236-2 ISBN10: 0241392365 EAN: 9780241392362 x Description: It's been a year since Eragon departed Alagaesia in search of the perfect home to train a new generation of Dragon Riders.

Now he is struggling with an endless sea of tasks: constructing a vast dragonhold, wrangling with suppliers, guarding dragon eggs and dealing with belligerent Urgals and haughty elves. Then a vision from the Eldunari, unexpected visitors and an exciting Urgal legend offer a much-needed distraction and a new perspective. _____

This volume features three original stories set in Alagaesia, interspersed with scenes from Eragon's own unfolding adventure.

Included is an excerpt from the memoir of the unforgettable witch and fortune-teller Angela the herbalist, penned by Angela Paolini, the inspiration for the character, herself!

Relish the incomparable imagination of Christopher Paolini in this thrilling new collection of stories based in the world of the Inheritance Cycle. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Girl On Fire: (DC Max Wolfe) Tony Parsons (Author) Series:

DC Max Wolfe

Edition:

Imprint:

Arrow Books Ltd

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

27 Dec 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 432pp h198mm x w129mm x s26mm 298g ISBN13: 9781784755348 ISBN13: 978-1-78475-534-8 ISBN10: 1784755346 EAN: 9781784755348 x Description: ALMOST HOME. BUT NOWHERE TO HIDE. From the number one bestselling crime-writer comes a brilliant, page-turning new DC Max Wolfe thriller.

'Remarkably moving' The Times When terrorists use a drone to bring down a plane on one of London's busiest shopping centres, it ignites a chain of events that will draw in the innocent and guilty alike.

DC Max Wolfe finds himself caught in the crossfire in a city that seems increasingly dangerous and hostile.

But does the danger come from the murderous criminals that Max is tracking down? Or the people he's trying to protect?

Or does the real threat to Max lie closer to home?

'Tony Parsons puts you right there in every scene he writes. I love that kind of storytelling and I'm a D.C. Max Wolfe fan.' James Patterson 'A relentless plot, evocative prose and compelling characters conspire to make this a must-read.' Jeffery Deaver 'I've long been a fan of Tony Parsons' writing, and this is brilliant stuff.' Peter James `Spectacular! Tense and human, fast and authentic' Lee Child 'Great plotting, great characters and at least two eye-widening twists I didn't see coming' Sophie Hannah 'Simply superb plot and characters' Peterborough Evening Telegraph _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

18th Abduction: (Women's Murder Club 18) James Patterson (Author) Series:

Women's Murder Club

Edition:

Imprint:

Century

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

05 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 400pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781780899336 ISBN13: 978-1-78089-933-6 ISBN10: 1780899335 EAN: 9781780899336 x

Description: Detective Lindsay Boxer fights to protect the streets of San Francisco from an international war criminal in the latest Women's Murder Club thriller.

When three female schoolteachers go missing in San Francisco, Detective Lindsay Boxer must unravel the mystery of their disappearance. But what starts as a missing person case quickly escalates to a troubling murder investigation.

As pressure at work mounts, Lindsay must rely on her husband Joe to support her at home. Yet Joe is pursuing a mysterious case himself, as a woman running from her past brings him terrifying information - the notorious war criminal from her Eastern European home country has appeared on the streets of San Francisco.

As Lindsay searches for the three missing women, a frightening new twist forces her and Joe's investigations to collide. His mystery informant has gone missing, and all four abducted women are in grave danger. As shocking revelations emerge, Lindsay and Joe find themselves caught up in an international crime operation unlike anything they've seen before.

With the help of her fierce and courageous friends in the Women's Murder Club, Lindsay and Joe fight to save their city from the corrupt clutches of a monster. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Juror No. 3 James Patterson (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Arrow Books Ltd

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm x s23mm 266g ISBN13: 9781784753771 ISBN13: 978-1-78475-377-1 ISBN10: 1784753777 EAN: 9781784753771 x Description: From the author of the Sunday Times no. 1 bestseller, The President is Missing A RACIALLY CHARGED MURDER SPLITS A TOWN IN TWO Ruby Bozarth, a newcomer to Rosedale, Mississippi, is also fresh to the Mississippi Bar - and she faces an impossible task defending a college football star accused of murder.

The victim is a young woman from one of the town's oldest families, and Rosedale's upper crust are howling for blood.

Then news breaks of a second murder, and lurid, intertwining investigations unfold.

Ruby discovers that no one in Rosedale can be trusted, especially the twelve men and women on the jury.

They may be hiding the biggest secret of all. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Max Einstein: The Genius Experiment James Patterson (Author) Series:

Max Einstein Series

Edition:

Imprint:

Arrow (Young)

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

07 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 303g ISBN13: 9781784759827 ISBN13: 978-1-78475-982-7 ISBN10: 1784759821 EAN: 9781784759827 x Description: 'James Patterson is the Einstein of fiction and has solved the equation for storytelling: Adventure + Science = AWESOME!' Tom Fletcher 'Any young readers out there interested in science and adventure ... this book is brilliant!' Tim Peake, astronaut

James Patterson has teamed up with the world's most famous genius to entertain and inspire a generation of children - with the first and only children's adventure series officially approved by the Albert Einstein Archives.

Max Einstein is a typical 12-year-old. She...

Goes to college every day Plays speed chess in the park Builds inventions that help the homeless And talks to Albert Einstein All normal stuff, right?

Until one day when Max is recruited by a mysterious organisation! Their mission: solve some of the world's toughest problems using science. She's helped by a diverse group of young geniuses from around the globe as they invent new ways to power the farthest reaches of the planet.

But that's only if the sinister outfit known as The Corporation doesn't get to her first... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Texas Ranger James Patterson (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Arrow Books Ltd

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

08 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm x s23mm 266g ISBN13: 9781787460096 ISBN13: 978-1-78746-009-6 ISBN10: 1787460096 EAN: 9781787460096 x Description: From the author of Sunday Times no. 1 bestseller, The President is Missing Officer Rory Yates is called home to settle deadly scores.

His skill and commitment to the badge have seen him rise through the ranks in the Texas Ranger division, but it came at a cost - his marriage.

When he receives a worrying phone call from his ex-wife, Anne, Rory speeds to what used to be their marital home. He arrives to a horrifying crime scene and a scathing accusation: he is named a suspect in Anne's murder.

Rory's only choice is to find the killer himself. He risks his job, his pride and his reputation to pursue the truth.

Rory follows the Ranger creed - never to surrender. That code just might bring him out alive. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Texas Ranger James Patterson (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Arrow Books Ltd

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

10 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback A-format paperback 384pp h178mm x w110mm x s23mm 204g ISBN13: 9781787460102 ISBN13: 978-1-78746-010-2 ISBN10: 178746010X EAN: 9781787460102 x Description: From the author of Sunday Times no. 1 bestseller, The President is Missing Officer Rory Yates is called home to settle deadly scores.

His skill and commitment to the badge have seen him rise through the ranks in the Texas Ranger division, but it came at a cost - his marriage.

When he receives a worrying phone call from his ex-wife, Anne, Rory speeds to what used to be their marital home. He arrives to a horrifying crime scene and a scathing accusation: he is named a suspect in Anne's murder.

Rory's only choice is to find the killer himself. He risks his job, his pride and his reputation to pursue the truth.

Rory follows the Ranger creed - never to surrender. That code just might bring him out alive. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Fall of Crazy House James Patterson (Author) Series:

Crazy House

Edition:

Imprint:

Arrow (Young)

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

29 Nov 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 384pp h216mm x w135mm ISBN13: 9781784758547 ISBN13: 978-1-78475-854-7 ISBN10: 178475854X EAN: 9781784758547 x Description: THE REVOLUTION IS NOW A WAR...

Twin sisters Becca and Cassie barely escaped the Crazy House alive. Now they're trained, skilled fighters who fear nothing--not even the all-powerful United.

Separated once again by the Resistance, Becca is sent on a mission to assassinate the President of the United, while Cassie uncovers the mystery of the past and how the United rose to power.

Together the sisters hold the key to defeating the despotic government and freeing the people of the former United States. But to win this war, will the girls have to become the very thing they've sworn to hate? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The First Lady James Patterson (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Century

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

13 Dec 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 368pp h234mm x w153mm x s27mm 446g ISBN13: 9781780899787 ISBN13: 978-1-78089-978-7 ISBN10: 1780899785 EAN: 9781780899787 x Description: "Sir, the First Lady ... has gone rogue."

President Tucker is caught up in a media firestorm. The scandal of his affair has sent shockwaves through his re-election campaign, and threatens to derail everything he has worked for. To win the vote, he needs the First Lady to stand by his side.

But Grace Tucker has a mind of her own.

After years of compromise, unfulfilled promises, deception and betrayal, Grace refuses to give in to her husband's deamnds. Escaping the city and her Secret Service agents, she is officially off the radar.

But did the First Lady run away? Or is she in far greater danger than anyone could have imagined? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The House Next Door James Patterson (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Century

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

08 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 464pp h234mm x w153mm x s33mm 558g ISBN13: 9781529123913 ISBN13: 978-1-5291-2391-3 ISBN10: 1529123917 EAN: 9781529123913 x Description: From the world's bestselling thriller writer - three chilling stories in print for the first time!

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... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Liar Liar: (Harriet Blue 3) James Patterson (Author) Candice Fox (Author) Series:

Detective Harriet Blue Series

Edition:

Imprint:

Arrow Books Ltd

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

07 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm x s23mm 266g ISBN13: 9781787460720 ISBN13: 978-1-78746-072-0 ISBN10: 178746072X EAN: 9781787460720 x Description: Detective Harriet Blue is clear about two things. Regan Banks deserves to die. And she'll be the one to pull the trigger.

But Regan - the vicious serial killer responsible for destroying her brother's life - has gone to ground.

Suddenly, her phone rings. It's him. Regan. `Catch me if you can,' he tells her.

Harriet needs to find this killing machine fast, even if the cost is her own life. So she follows him down the Australian south coast with only one thing on her mind.

Revenge is coming - and its name is Harriet Blue ... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Superman: Dawnbreaker Matt de la Pena (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

05 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 336pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780141386867 ISBN13: 978-0-14-138686-7 ISBN10: 014138686X EAN: 9780141386867 x Description: The blockbuster DC Icons series that began with Leigh Bardugo's Wonder Woman, Marie Lu's Batman, and Sarah J. Maas's Catwoman continues with the story of the world's first super hero - SUPERMAN - from award-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author MATT DE LA PENA. Clark Kent has always been faster, stronger, better than everyone around him. He knows drawing attention to himself could be dangerous but lately it's difficult to stay in the shadows. A dark secret is lurking in Smallville and he's not the only one hiding something.

With his best friend, Lana Lang, at his side, Clark is determined to discover what evil lies below the surface of their small town. But there are secrets in Clark's past that threaten to destroy the future Man of Steel.

Before he can save the world, he must save Smallville. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men Caroline Criado Perez (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Chatto & Windus

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 432pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781784742928 ISBN13: 978-1-78474-292-8 ISBN10: 1784742929 EAN: 9781784742928 x Description: 'Invisible Women takes on the neglected topic of what we don't know - and why. The result is a powerful, important and eye-opening analysis of the gender politics of knowledge and ignorance. With examples from technology to natural disasters, this is an original and timely reminder of why we need women in the leadership of the institutions that shape every aspect of our lives.' Cordelia Fine

You've heard all about the Gender Pay Gap... Welcome to the Gender Data Gap Our world is largely built for and by men, in a system that can ignore half the population. This book will tell you how and why this matters

In her new book, Invisible Women, award-winning campaigner and writer Caroline Criado Perez shows us how, in a world largely built for and by men, we are systematically ignoring half the population. She exposes the gender data gap - a gap in our knowledge that is at the root of perpetual, systemic discrimination against women, and that has created a pervasive but invisible bias with a profound effect on women's lives.

Caroline brings together for the first time an impressive range of case studies, stories and new research from across the world that illustrate the hidden ways in which women are excluded from the very building blocks of the world we live in, and the impact this has on their health and wellbeing. From government policy and medical research, to technology, workplaces, urban planning and the media - Invisible Women exposes the biased data that excludes women. In making the case for change, this powerful and provocative book will make you see the world anew. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Now You See Her: The compulsive thriller you need to read Heidi Perks (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Arrow Books Ltd

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 448pp h198mm x w129mm x s26mm 298g ISBN13: 9781787460775 ISBN13: 978-1-78746-077-5 ISBN10: 1787460770 EAN: 9781787460775 x Description: ____________________________ She was your responsibility. And now she's missing. `I flew through this book in three days, with my heart in my mouth' Lisa Jewell `Believe us when we say this novel is the real deal' Heat `A gripping tale of friendship and deceit, where nothing is what it seems' Laura Marshall ____________________________ Charlotte is looking after her best friend's daughter the day she disappears. She thought the little girl was playing with her own children. She swears she only took her eyes off them for a second.

Now, Charlotte must do the unthinkable: tell her best friend Harriet that her only child is missing. The child she was meant to be watching.

Devastated, Harriet can no longer bear to see Charlotte. No one could expect her to trust her friend again.

Only now she needs to. Because two weeks later Harriet and Charlotte are both being questioned separately by the police. And secrets are about to surface.

Someone is hiding the truth about what really happened to Alice.

Unputdownable psychological suspense from an exciting new talent, perfect for fans of Shari Lapena's THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR and Claire Mackintosh's I LET YOU GO. ____________________________ What everyone's saying about 'the best book of the summer': `Totally hooked from the first page. Such an accomplished thriller!' Amy Lloyd, author of The Innocent Wife 'I couldn't turn the pages fast enough' - Lynn on Goodreads, 5 stars 'Absolutely brilliant. Couldn't put this book down. Right from the very start you are gripped' - Lindsey on NetGalley, 5 stars 'A chilling tale of friendships, deceit, manipulation and secrets that had me hooked in from the very first page.' - Nicki on Goodreads, 5 stars 'such a gripping story that I read the rest of the book in one sitting. I just had to know what was going to happen' - Lynn on Goodreads, 5 stars 'I read this book in one tension-filled evening and couldn't go to bed until I knew how it ended.' - Jenny Blackhurst, author of The Foster Child and How I Lost You 'An intense, chilling read that kept me gripped throughout' - Shirley on Goodreads, 5 stars `Loved the female friendships and the constant twists and turns - a definite must-read for summer!' - Hollie Overton, author of Baby Doll and The Walls 'Heidi Perks writes with an instinctive knowledge of how to keep the reader enthralled' - Liz on Goodreads 'This is a taut thriller that reads like a TV drama in-the-making. It'll make you wary of those around you, past and present.' - Gem on Goodreads

'Brilliant book to have for summer reading' - Melita on Goodreads, 5 stars _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did) Philippa Perry (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Life

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 256pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241250990 ISBN13: 978-0-241-25099-0 ISBN10: 0241250994 EAN: 9780241250990 x Description: This book is about how we have relationships with our children, what gets in the way of a good connection and what can enhance it

The most influential relationships are between parents and children. Yet for so many families, these relationships go can wrong and it may be difficult to get back on track.

In The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will Be Glad that You Did), renowned psychotherapist Philippa Perry shows how strong and loving bonds are made with your children and how such attachments give a better chance of good mental health, in childhood and beyond.

She'll help you to: - Understand how your own upbringing may be impacting upon your parenting style - Contain, express, accept and validate your own and your child's feelings - Understand that all behaviour is communication - Break negative cycles and patterns - Accept that you will make mistakes and what to do about them Almost every parent loves their children, but by following the refreshing, sage and sane advice and steps in this book you will also find yourselves liking one another too. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos Jordan B. Peterson (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Allen Lane

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

16 Jan 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 448pp h234mm x w153mm x s25mm 499g ISBN13: 9780241351642 ISBN13: 978-0-241-35164-2 ISBN10: 0241351642 EAN: 9780241351642 x Description: The #1 Sunday Times and International Bestseller from 'the most influential public intellectual in the Western world right now' (New York Times) What are the most valuable things that everyone should know?

Acclaimed clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson has influenced the modern understanding of personality, and now he has become one of the world's most popular public thinkers, with his lectures on topics from the Bible to romantic relationships to mythology drawing tens of millions of viewers. In an era of unprecedented change and polarizing politics, his frank and refreshing message about the value of individual responsibility and ancient wisdom has resonated around the world.

In this book, he provides twelve profound and practical principles for how to live a meaningful life, from setting your house in order before criticising others to comparing yourself to who you were yesterday, not someone else today. Happiness is a pointless goal, he shows us. Instead we must search for meaning, not for its own sake, but as a defence against the suffering that is intrinsic to our existence.

Drawing on vivid examples from the author's clinical practice and personal life, cutting edge psychology and philosophy, and lessons from humanity's oldest myths and stories, 12 Rules for Life offers a deeply rewarding antidote to the chaos in our lives: eternal truths applied to our modern problems. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

A Spy Named Orphan: The Enigma of Donald Maclean Roland Philipps (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

19 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 464pp h198mm x w129mm x s28mm 343g ISBN13: 9781784703578 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-357-8 ISBN10: 1784703575 EAN: 9781784703578 x Description: Donald Maclean was a star diplomat, an establishment insider and a keeper of some of the West's greatest secrets. He was also a Russian spy...

Codenamed `Orphan' by his Russian recruiter, Maclean was Britain's most gifted traitor. But as he leaked huge amounts of top-secret intelligence, an international code-breaking operation was rapidly closing in on him. Moments before he was unmasked, Maclean escaped to Moscow.

Drawing on a wealth of previously classified material, A Spy Named Orphan now tells this story for the first time in full, revealing the character and devastating impact of perhaps the most dangerous Soviet agent of the twentieth century. `Superb' William Boyd `Fascinating... An exceptional story of espionage and betrayal, thrillingly told' Philippe Sands `A cracking story... Impressively researched' Sunday Times `Philipps makes the story and the slow uncovering of [Maclean's] treachery a gripping narrative' Alan Bennett _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress Steven Pinker (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

03 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 576pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 394g ISBN13: 9780141979090 ISBN13: 978-0-14-197909-0 ISBN10: 0141979097 EAN: 9780141979090 x Description: 'My new favourite book of all time' Bill Gates TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Is modernity really failing? Or have we failed to appreciate progress and the ideals that make it possible?

If you follow the headlines, the world in the 21st century appears to be sinking into chaos, hatred, and irrationality. Yet Steven Pinker shows that this is an illusion - a symptom of historical amnesia and statistical fallacies. If you follow the trendlines rather than the headlines, you discover that our

lives have become longer, healthier, safer, happier, more peaceful, more stimulating and more prosperous - not just in the West, but worldwide. Such progress is no accident: it's the gift of a coherent and inspiring value system that many of us embrace without even realizing it. These are the values of the Enlightenment: of reason, science, humanism and progress.

The challenges we face today are formidable, including inequality, climate change, Artificial Intelligence and nuclear weapons. But the way to deal with them is not to sink into despair or try to lurch back to a mythical idyllic past; it's to treat them as problems we can solve, as we have solved other problems in the past. In making the case for an Enlightenment newly recharged for the 21st century, Pinker shows how we can use our faculties of reason and sympathy to solve the problems that inevitably come with being products of evolution in an indifferent universe. We will never have a perfect world, but - defying the chorus of fatalism and reaction - we can continue to make it a better one. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature Steven Pinker (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

05 Jun 2003

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 560pp h198mm x w129mm x s24mm 383g ISBN13: 9780140276053 ISBN13: 978-0-14-027605-3 ISBN10: 014027605X EAN: 9780140276053 x Description: 'A passionate defence of the enduring power of human nature ... both life-affirming and deeply satisfying' Daily Telegraph Recently many people have assumed that we are blank slates shaped by our environment. But this denies the heart of our being: human nature.

Violence is not just a product of society; male and female minds are different; the genes we give our children shape them more than our parenting practices. To acknowledge our innate abilities, Pinker shows, is not to condone inequality, but to understand the very foundations of humanity.

'Brilliant ... enjoyable, informative, clear, humane' New Scientist 'If you think the nature-nurture debate has been resolved, you are wrong ... this book is required reading' Literary Review 'An original and vital contribution to science and also a rattling good read' Matt Ridley, Sunday Telegraph 'Startling ... This is a breath of air for a topic that has been politicized for too long' Economist _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy Serhii Plokhy (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

31 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 432pp h198mm x w129mm x s24mm 315g ISBN13: 9780141988351 ISBN13: 978-0-14-198835-1 ISBN10: 0141988355 EAN: 9780141988351 x Description: *WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2018* 'As moving as it is painstakingly researched. . . a cracking read' Viv Groskop, Observer On 26 April 1986 at 1.23am a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine exploded. While the authorities scrambled to understand what was occurring, workers, engineers, firefighters and those living in the area were abandoned to their fate. The blast put the world on the brink of nuclear annihilation, contaminating over half of Europe with radioactive fallout.

In Chernobyl, award-winning historian Serhii Plokhy draws on recently opened archives to recreate these events in all their drama. A moment by moment account of the heroes, perpetrators and victims of a tragedy, Chernobyl is the first full account of a gripping, unforgettable Cold War story.

'A compelling history of the 1986 disaster and its aftermath . . . plunges the reader into the sweaty, nervous tension of the Chernobyl control room on that fateful night when human frailty and design flaws combined to such devastating effect' Daniel Beer, Guardian 'Haunting ... near-Tolstoyan. His voice is humane and inflected with nostalgia' Roland Elliott Brown, Spectator 'Extraordinary, vividly written, powerful storytelling ... the first full-scale history of the world's worst nuclear disaster, one of the defining moments in the Cold War, told minute by minute' Victor Sebestyen Sunday Times 'Plays out like a classical tragedy ... fascinating' Julian Evans, Daily Telegraph 'Here at last is the monumental history the disaster deserves' Julie McDowall, The Times _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics Michael Pollan (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Allen Lane

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

17 May 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 480pp h240mm x w162mm x s42mm 723g ISBN13: 9780241294222 ISBN13: 978-0-241-29422-2 ISBN10: 0241294223 EAN: 9780241294222 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? One of America's most admired writers takes us on a mind-altering journey to the frontiers of human consciousness When LSD was first discovered in the 1940s, it seemed to researchers, scientists and doctors as if the world might be on the cusp of psychological revolution. It promised to shed light on the deep mysteries of consciousness, as well as offer relief to addicts and the mentally ill. But in the 1960s, with the vicious backlash against the counter-culture, all further research was banned. In recent years, however, work has quietly begun again on the amazing potential of LSD, psilocybin and DMT. Could these drugs in fact improve the lives of many people? Diving deep into this extraordinary world and putting himself forwardas a guinea-pig, Michael Pollan has written a remarkable history of psychedelics and a compelling portrait of the new generation of scientists fascinatedby the implications of these drugs. How to Change Your Mind is a report from what could very well be the future of human consciousness.

'His approach is steeped in honesty and self-awareness. His cause is just, his thinking is clear, and his writing is compelling' - Washington Post

'An easy-going humane generosity ... mischievous self-regard ... as if Henry David Thoreau had had an encounter with Woody Allen and never been quite the same since' - Simon Schama _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Paths to the Past: Encounters with Britain's Hidden Landscapes Francis Pryor (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 160pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780141985664 ISBN13: 978-0-14-198566-4 ISBN10: 0141985666 EAN: 9780141985664

x Description: Discover the hidden corners and forgotten crevices of Britain's landscapes, from lost rural treasures to unseen urban gems.

Landscapes reflect and shape our behaviour. They make us who we are and bear witness to the shifting patterns of human life over the generations.

Bringing to bear a lifetime's digging, archaeologist Francis Pryor delves into Britain's hidden urban and rural landscapes, from Whitby Abbey to the navvy camp at Risehill in Cumbria, from Tintagel to Tottenham's Broadwater Farm. Through fields, woods, moors, roads, tracks and towns, he reveals the stories of our physical surroundings and what they meant to the people who formed them, used them and lived in them. These landscapes, he stresses, are our common physical inheritance. If we can understand how to make them yield up their secrets, it will help us, their guardians, to maintain and shape them for future generations. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One Philip Pullman (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin and David Fickling Books

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

03 Sep 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 592pp h198mm x w129mm x s35mm 465g Chris Wormell ISBN13: 9780241365854 ISBN13: 978-0-241-36585-4 ISBN10: 0241365856 EAN: 9780241365854 x Description: _____ A rich, imaginative, vividly characterised rite-of-passage tale - Nicolette Jones, The Sunday Times WINNER- AUTHOR OF THE YEAR, BRITISH BOOK AWARDS WINNER- UK AUTHOR, NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS 2018 A coming of age story like no other . . .

Philip Pullman's magnificent bestseller is now in paperback, with new additional illustrations.

Malcolm Polstead's Oxford life has been one of routine, ordinary even.

He is happiest playing with his daemon, Asta, in their canoe, La Belle Sauvage. But now as the rain builds, the world around Malcolm and Asta it seems is set to become increasingly far from ordinary.

Finding himself linked to a baby by the name of Lyra Belacqua, Malcolm is forced to undertake the challenge of his life and to make a dangerous journey that will change him and Lyra for ever . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Music Love Drugs War Geraldine Quigley (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Fig Tree

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

10 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 288pp h222mm x w144mm x s29mm 407g ISBN13: 9780241354131 ISBN13: 978-0-241-35413-1 ISBN10: 0241354137 EAN: 9780241354131 x Description: 'A clever multiple-narrative account of teenage kicks and sectarian strife in early 80s Northern Ireland . . . this debut marks out Quigley as a writer of compassion and humour' Guardian The end of the school year is approaching, and siblings Paddy and Liz McLaughlin, Christy Meehan, Kevin Thompson and their friends will soon have

to decide what they're going to do with the rest of their lives. But it's hard to focus when there's the allure of their favourite hangout place, the dingy 'Cave', where they go to drink and flirt and smoke. Most days, Christy, Paddy and Kevin lie around listening to Dexys and Joy Division. Through a fog of marijuana, beer and budding romance, the future is distant and unreal.

But this is Derry in 1981, and they can't ignore the turmoil of the outside world. A friend is killed, and Christy and Paddy, stunned out of their stupor, take matters into their own hands. Some choices are irreversible, and choosing to fight will take hold of their lives in ways they never imagined.

With humour and compassion, Geraldine Quigley reveals the sometimes slippery reasons behind the decisions we make, and the unexpected and intractable ways they shape our lives.

'A novel that is warm but also unsettling and exhilarating. That's some feat' Roddy Doyle 'A poignant and powerful coming-of-age story' Sunday Mirror _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Wisdom of Wolves Elli H. Radinger (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Michael Joseph Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

21 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Language: English Translated From: German Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 256pp h216mm x w135mm ISBN13: 9780241346723 ISBN13: 978-0-241-34672-3 ISBN10: 024134672X EAN: 9780241346723 x Description: In this unforgettable book, wolf expert and naturalist Elli Radinger draws on her 25 years of experience among the wolves of Yellowstone National Park to tell us remarkable stories of the wolves she has encountered.

Wolves aren't wolfish. They can die of broken hearts, show tenderness to their young and elderly, and their packs are led by couples, with the key decisions made by females. They play, they pretend and they predate. They are more complex than we ever knew and more like us than we ever imagined.

You'll meet Oh-Six, the she-wolf whose bold hunting technique astounded the most experienced biologists, Casanova who succeeded in luring his love away from her pack, and Druid alpha male 21, the magnanimous and compassionate leader.

Ultimately, Radinger shows how much we can learn from these beautiful and mysterious creatures, and how much there is to gain from emulating the wisdom of wolves. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Race to Save the Romanovs: The Truth Behind the Secret Plans to Rescue Russia's Imperial Family Helen Rappaport (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Windmill Books

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786090171 ISBN13: 978-1-78609-017-1 ISBN10: 1786090171 EAN: 9781786090171 x Description: A work of investigative history that will completely change the way in which we see the Romanov story. Finally, here is the truth about the secret plans to rescue Russia's last imperial family.

On 17 July 1918, the whole of the Russian Imperial Family was murdered. There were no miraculous escapes. The former Tsar Nicholas, his wife Alexandra, and their children - Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia and Alexey - were all tragically gunned down in a blaze of bullets.

Historian Helen Rappaport sets out to uncover why the Romanovs' European royal relatives and the Allied governments failed to save them. It was not, ever, a simple case of one British King's loss of nerve. In this race against time, many other nations and individuals were facing political and personal challenges of the highest order.

In this incredible detective story, Rappaport draws on an unprecedented range of unseen sources, tracking down missing documents, destroyed papers and covert plots to liberate the family by land, sea and even sky. Through countless twists and turns, this revelatory work unpicks many false claims and conspiracies, revealing the fiercest loyalty, bitter rivalries and devastating betrayals as the Romanovs, imprisoned, awaited their fate.

A remarkable new work of history from Helen Rappaport, author of Ekaterinburg: The Last Days of the Romanovs. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The 7 Second CV: How to Land the Interview James Reed (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Virgin Books

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

03 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 208pp h216mm x w135mm x s15mm 211g ISBN13: 9780753553077 ISBN13: 978-0-7535-5307-7 ISBN10: 0753553074 EAN: 9780753553077 x Description: Write a killer CV and land your dream job.

It takes an employer just seven seconds to save or reject a job applicant's CV. In this book, James Reed - chairman of REED, Britain's largest recruitment company - offers invaluable and specific advice on what employers want to see in the CVs they receive and how you can stand out from the crowd.

Unlike other career development books, the honest advice presented here has been compiled from one-to-one interviews, surveys and countrywide workshops across REED's network of recruitment consultants. This book is an accessible and enjoyable read, intensely practical and packed with pullout quotes, layout examples and tips.

Find out what future employers are looking for and take the first step to start loving Mondays again. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Perfect Liars: Perfect for fans of Big Little Lies Rebecca Reid (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Corgi Books

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

19 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 255g ISBN13: 9780552175609 ISBN13: 978-0-552-17560-9 ISBN10: 0552175609 EAN: 9780552175609 x Description: 'Dark, witty and clever with an ending that made me shiver' Lauren Bravo, The Pool How far would you go to protect the life you've built?

Sixteen years ago, best friends Nancy, Georgia and Lila committed a terrible crime.

They have never spoken about it. But now, in their thirties, one of them wants to talk.

One word and everything could be ruined: their lives, their careers, their relationships. It's up to Georgia to call a crisis dinner.

But the evening does not go as planned.

Three women walk in to the dinner, but only two will leave. Murder isn't so difficult the second time around...

'Despicable protagonists, despicable victim, I adored every second of it.' Sarah J Naughton, author of Tattle Tale 'Disturbing and brilliant. A very refreshing psychological suspense novel and an outstanding debut.' Lauren North, author of The Perfect Betrayal _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Shortcut Your Startup: Ten Ways to Speed Up Entrepreneurial Success Courtney Reum (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Random House Business Publisher: Books

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

10 Jan 2019

Active

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 256pp h198mm x w129mm x s16mm 181g ISBN13: 9781847942319 ISBN13: 978-1-84794-231-9 ISBN10: 1847942318 EAN: 9781847942319 x Description: _____________ An indispensable guide to starting your business from scratch _____________ Think you know how to launch a successful business? Think again.

Courtney and Carter Reum know startups. As early investors in the likes of Lyft, Pinterest and SpaceX, as well as founders of a multi-million-dollar company, they've seen what makes some businesses thrive - and some fail.

Now, they draw on what they've learnt to offer a holistic guide to building your business. They reveal that most of the received wisdom is wrong - and offer counterintuitive examples from the likes of Airbnb, Uber and Facebook that chart a different path. From initial idea to exit strategy, these startup shortcuts offer an unexpected new route to success.

Praise for Shortcut Your Startup `Shortcut Your Startup shows you how to launch a sustainable startup so that both you and your business can thrive.' Arianna Huffington `Courtney and Carter Reum reveal the tools and tactics that many of the most successful startups use to disrupt, scale and succeed.' Tony Robbins `Carter and Courtney echo what we increasingly know to be true: entrepreneurial success isn't about pedigree and popularity but about pounding the pavement, taking smart risks and trusting your instincts.' Sophia Amurosu, author of #GIRLBOSS `In Shortcut Your Startup, Courtney and Carter share the best insights from their own ventures as well as what they've learned through their vast network.' Keith Ferrazzi, author of Never Eat Alone _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Altruists Andrew Ridker (Author) Series:

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Jonathan Cape Ltd

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

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Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 320pp h222mm x w138mm ISBN13: 9781787330450 ISBN13: 978-1-78733-045-0 ISBN10: 1787330451 EAN: 9781787330450 x Description: A razor-sharp, darkly funny novel from a sparkling new talent Arthur Alter is in trouble. A middling professor at a Midwestern college, he can't afford his mortgage, he's exasperated his new girlfriend, and his kids won't speak to him. And then there's the money - the small fortune his late wife Francine kept secret, which she bequeathed directly to his children.

Those children are Ethan, an anxious recluse living off his mother's money on a choice plot of Brooklyn real estate; and Maggie, a would-be do-gooder trying to fashion herself a noble life of self-imposed poverty. On the verge of losing the family home, Arthur invites his children back to St. Louis under the guise of a reconciliation. But in doing so, he unwittingly unleashes a Pandora's Box of age-old resentments and long-buried memories.

Spanning New York, Paris, Boston, St. Louis, and a small desert outpost in Zimbabwe, The Altruists is a razor-sharp, darkly funny family saga from a sparkling new talent. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian (Book 5) Rick Riordan (Author) Series:

Percy Jackson

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Puffin

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Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

04 Jul 2013

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 416pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 287g ISBN13: 9780141346885 ISBN13: 978-0-14-134688-5 ISBN10: 0141346884 EAN: 9780141346885 x Description: Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian is the fifth awesome adventure in Rick Riordan's top-ten bestselling series.

Half Boy. Half God. ALL Hero.

Most people get presents on their sixteenth birthday. I get a prophecy that could save or destroy the world.

It happens when you're the son of Poseidon, God of the Sea.According to an ancient prophecy, I turn sixteen and the fate of the entire world is on me.

But no pressure.

Now Kronos, Lord of the Titans, is beginning his attack on New York City. And the dreaded monster Typhon is also heading our way. So it's me and forty of my demi-god friends versus untold evil . . . ________ 'Riordan takes the reader back to the stories we love; then shakes the cobwebs out of them' Eoin Colfer 'Witty and inspired. Gripping, touching and deliciously satirical' The Times 'Puns, jokes and subtle wit, alongside a gripping storyline' Telegraph 'Perfectly paced, with electrifying moments chasing each other like heartbeats' New York Times 'It's Buffy meets Artemis Fowl. Thumbs up' Sunday Times

'Funny . . . very exciting . . . but it's the storytelling that will get readers hooked. After all, this is the stuff of legends' Guardian __________ The Percy Jackson series: Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrinth Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian Percy Jackson: The Demigod Files The Heroes of Olympus series: The Lost Hero The Son Of Neptune The Mark of Athena The Heroes of Olympus: The Demigod Files The Kane Chronicles series: The Red Pyramid The Throne of Fire The Serpent's Shadow The Magnus Chase series: Magnus Chase and the Sword of Summer Magnus Chase and the Hammer of Thor Magnus Chase and the Ship of the Dead The Trials of Apollo series: The Dark Prophecy The Hidden Oracle The Burning Maze _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Gendered Brain: The new neuroscience that shatters the myth of the female brain Gina Rippon (Author) Series:

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The Bodley Head Ltd

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

28 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 448pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781847924766 ISBN13: 978-1-84792-476-6 ISBN10: 184792476X EAN: 9781847924766 x Description: 'A treasure trove of information and good humour' CORDELIA FINE, author of Testosterone Rex Do you have a female brain or a male brain?

Or is that the wrong question?

Reading maps or reading emotions? Barbie or Lego? We live in a gendered world where we are bombarded with messages about sex and gender. On a daily basis we face deeply ingrained beliefs that your sex determines your skills and preferences, from toys and colours to career choice and salaries.

But what does this constant gendering mean for our thoughts, decisions and behaviour? And what does it mean for our brains?

Drawing on her work as a professor of cognitive neuroimaging, Gina Rippon unpacks the stereotypes that bombard us from our earliest moments and shows how these messages mould our ideas of ourselves and even shape our brains. Taking us back through centuries of sexism, The Gendered Brain reveals how science has been misinterpreted or misused to ask the wrong questions. Instead of challenging the status quo, we are still bound by outdated stereotypes and assumptions. However, by exploring new, cutting-edge neuroscience, Rippon urges us to move beyond a binary view of our brains and instead to see these complex organs as highly individualised, profoundly adaptable and full of unbounded potential.

Rigorous, timely and liberating, The Gendered Brain has huge repercussions for women and men, for parents and children, and for how we identify ourselves. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Graceland Bethan Roberts (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Chatto & Windus

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

14 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 432pp h222mm x w144mm x s39mm 544g ISBN13: 9781784742485 ISBN13: 978-1-78474-248-5 ISBN10: 1784742481 EAN: 9781784742485 x Description: What happens when your only son becomes The King of Rock `n' Roll?

From the moment she first holds him, after his twin brother is stillborn, Gladys Presley loves her son Elvis ferociously. She will be his greatest influence, the love of his life. She will be the one by his side, when Elvis is a boy and his father is in the jailhouse; as the family move from place to place, skirting poverty in Tupelo, Mississippi; as Elvis's obsession with music grows; as they move to Memphis and he begins his whirlwind rise to never-before-seen success...

And he will love her back, even as his heart is turned by the blues, clothes and girls. But while he makes it big in Hollywood, brings audiences across the land to their knees and achieves unimagined wealth and fame, there is another story - of drinking and diet pills, loneliness and loss. While the heat and music of the American South in the 40s and 50s play in the background, a heartbreaking portrait of a mother's love and a son's devotion takes centre stage. When Elvis reaches the height of his power, he buys his family the ultimate mansion on the hill, Graceland, where he hopes his mother will be happy. The reality, though, is very different, and Elvis finds that even kings must go on alone.

'Graceland is an astonishing literary achievement. Bethan Roberts somehow manages to unlock the mystery to that beautiful sadness in the voice of Elvis. Utterly heartbreaking.' Jake Arnott _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn Traces: Searching for the Truth about Richey Manic, Foreword by Rachel Edwards Sara Hawys Roberts (Author) Leon Noakes (Author) Rachel Edwards (Foreword by) Series:

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Imprint:

Virgin Books

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

28 Apr 2017

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 336pp h240mm x w162mm x s34mm 654g ISBN13: 9780753545348 ISBN13: 978-0-7535-4534-8 ISBN10: 0753545349 EAN: 9780753545348 x Description: From despair, to where?

On 1 February 1995, Richey Edwards, guitarist of the Manic Street Preachers, went missing at the age of 27. On the eve of a promotional trip to America, he vanished from his London hotel room, his car later discovered near the Severn Bridge, a notorious suicide spot.

Over two decades later, Richey's disappearance remains one of the most moving, mysterious and unresolved episodes in recent pop culture history.

For those with a basic grasp of the facts, Richey's suicide seems obvious and undeniable. However, a closer investigation of his actions in the weeks and months before his disappearance just don't add up, and until now few have dared to ask the important questions.

Withdrawn Traces is the first book written with the co-operation of the Edwards family, testimony from Richey's closest friends and unprecedented and

exclusive access to Richey's personal archive.

In a compelling real-time narrative, the authors examine fresh evidence, uncover overlooked details, profile Richey's state of mind, and brings us closer than ever before to the truth. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Hearts And Minds: The Untold Story of the Great Pilgrimage and How Women Won the Vote Jane Robinson (Author) Jane Robinson (Author) Series:

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Black Swan

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

10 Jan 2019

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w127mm x s24mm 284g ISBN13: 9781784161620 ISBN13: 978-1-78416-162-0 ISBN10: 1784161624 EAN: 9781784161620 x Description: _______ 'A history book that should be read by all' - Stylist.

Set against the background of the campaign for women to win the vote, this is a story of the ordinary people effecting extraordinary change.

1913: the last long summer before the war. The country is gripped by suffragette fever. These impassioned crusaders have their admirers; some agree with their aims if not their forceful methods, while others are aghast at the thought of giving any female a vote.

Meanwhile, hundreds of women are stepping out on to the streets of Britain. They are the suffragists: non-militant campaigners for the vote, on an astonishing six-week protest march they call the Great Pilgrimage. Rich and poor, young and old, they defy convention, risking jobs, family relationships and even their lives to persuade the country to listen to them.

Fresh and original, full of vivid detail and moments of high drama, Hearts and Minds is both funny and incredibly moving, important and wonderfully entertaining. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

You, Your Child and School: Navigate Your Way to the Best Education Sir Ken Robinson (Author) Lou Aronica (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 304pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780141988627 ISBN13: 978-0-14-198862-7 ISBN10: 0141988622 EAN: 9780141988627 x Description: International bestselling authors of The Element As a parent, what should you look for in your children's education? How can you tell if their school is right for them, and what can you do if it isn't? In this important new book, Sir Ken Robinson, one of the world's most influential voices in education, offers clear principles and practical advice on how to support your child through the education system, or outside it.

Dispelling myths, tackling controversies and weighing up the main choices, You, Your Child, and School is a key book for parents to learn about the kind of education their children really need and what they can do to make sure they get it. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Jack of Hearts (And Other Parts) L. C. Rosen (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 255g ISBN13: 9780241365014 ISBN13: 978-0-241-36501-4 ISBN10: 0241365015 EAN: 9780241365014 x Description: Couldn't get enough of Love, Simon or The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue?

This is the (slightly NSFW) book for you!

--------------'My first time getting it in the butt was kind of weird. I think it's going to be weird for everyone's first time, though.'

Meet Jack Rothman. He's seventeen and loves partying, makeup and boys - sometimes all at the same time.

His sex life makes him the hot topic for the high school gossip machine. But who cares? Like Jack always says, 'it could be worse'.

He doesn't actually expect that to come true.

But after Jack starts writing an online sex advice column, the mysterious love letters he's been getting take a turn for the creepy.

Jack's secret admirer knows everything: where he's hanging out, who he's sleeping with, who his mum is dating.

They claim they love Jack, but not his unashamedly queer lifestyle. They need him to curb his sexuality, or they'll force him.

As the pressure mounts, Jack must unmask his stalker before their obsession becomes genuinely dangerous... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Doctor Who: TARDIS Type 40 Instruction Manual Gavin Rymill (Illustrated by) Richard Atkinson (Author) Mike Tucker (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

BBC Books

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

18 Oct 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 160pp h225mm x w166mm x s15mm 529g ISBN13: 9781785943775 ISBN13: 978-1-78594-377-5 ISBN10: 1785943774 EAN: 9781785943775 x Description: All of time and space...where do you want to start?

Governed by Time Lord technology, the TARDIS Type Forty is the most powerful craft in the universe and this comprehensive fully illustrated manual holds the key to its operation.

The appearance of the Doctor's TARDIS, both inside and out, has changed many times over the years, and this manual features every incarnation including the latest version for the Thirteenth Doctor. The manual covers the console with fully labelled detailed schematic diagrams for each function, the ship's famous chameleon circuit, as well as floorplans, specifics of dematerialisation, the use of force fields and tractor beams and much more.

Complete with case studies of the wonder-craft in action, taken from the TARDIS's many trips through space and time, this manual is an essential guide to the wonders of the Whoniverse.

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Unsafe Thinking: How to be Creative and Bold When You Need It Most Jonah Sachs (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Random House Business Publisher: Books

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Forthcoming

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 256pp h198mm x w129mm x s16mm 181g ISBN13: 9781847942111 ISBN13: 978-1-84794-211-1 ISBN10: 1847942113 EAN: 9781847942111 x Description: _____________ `An array of fresh insights on creativity, motivation and staying in "flow" Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive and To Sell Is Human _____________ In Unsafe Thinking, creativity guru Jonah Sachs demonstrates that the most remarkable and trailblazing individuals - from the Google programmer who disobeyed his managers in order to revolutionise the world's email systems, to the mayor who employed mime artists to transform his city's traffic problem - are those who dramatically reject the lure of what they know. He draws on cutting-edge psychology and neuroscience to uncover the specific mental habits that account for the success of those who break the mould. And he reveals how, by embracing a handful of simple brain-hacks and cognitive tools, we can all harness the power of the unsafe thinkers.

By revealing the secrets of those who reject our society's outmoded approach to work, Unsafe Thinking promises to unleash the hidden power of creativity in all of us. _____________ `An enchanting book about how to question the conventional, challenge the status quo, and unlock the creative solutions right under your nose.' Adam Grant, author of Originals `Fascinating . . . Sachs has practical tools for success.' Forbes `A must-read for anyone facing a changing world.' Jonah Berger, author of Contagious _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Jonathan Safran Foer (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Jun 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h181mm x w111mm x s25mm 270g ISBN13: 9780241983805 ISBN13: 978-0-241-98380-5 ISBN10: 0241983800 EAN: 9780241983805 x Description: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is Jonathan Safran Foer's heartrending New York novel In a vase in a closet, a couple of years after his father died in 9/11, nine-year-old Oskar discovers a key . . .

The key belonged to his father, he's sure of that. But which of New York's 162 million locks does it open?

So begins a quest that takes Oskar - inventor, letter-writer and amateur detective - across New York's five boroughs and into the jumbled lives of friends, relatives and complete strangers. He gets heavy boots, he gives himself little bruises and he inches ever nearer to the heart of a family mystery that stretches back fifty years. But will it take him any closer to, or even further from, his lost father?

Moving, literary and innovative, perfect for fans of Lorrie Moore and Nicole Krauss, Jonathan Safran Foer's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close was made into a major film starring Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock, released in 2012.

Jonathan Safran Foer was born in 1977. He is the author of Everything is Illuminated, which won the National Jewish Book Award and the Guardian First Book award, and Eating Animals, and the editor of A Convergence of Birds. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

My World Peter Sagan (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Yellow Jersey Press

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

04 Oct 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h234mm x w153mm x s24mm 423g ISBN13: 9781787290341 ISBN13: 978-1-78729-034-1 ISBN10: 1787290344 EAN: 9781787290341 x Description: From 2015 to 2017, Peter Sagan achieved the seemingly impossible: he won three road race World Championships in a row, ensuring his entry into the history books as one of the greatest riders of all time.

But to look at Peter's record in isolation is to tell only a fraction of his story, because Peter doesn't just win: he entertains. Every moment in the saddle is an opportunity to express his personality, and nobody else has succeeded in making elite cycling look so much fun. From no-hands wheelies on the slopes of Mont Ventoux to press conference mischief with clamouring journalists, Peter exudes a passion for the sport and a lovable desire to bring smiles to the faces of his fans.

So, for the very first time, you will have the opportunity to glimpse behind the scenes of Peter's world. You will discover the gruelling training programmes necessary for success, and how Peter copes with the pressure of high expectation. You will feel that sense of elation when crossing the line ahead of the pack, and moments of desperation, like in 2017 when Peter realised he wouldn't be allowed to challenge for his sixth Tour de France green jersey. But what better tonic than to ensure a third year in rainbow - an achievement which may never be repeated again. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Things Bright and Beautiful Anbara Salam (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 202g ISBN13: 9780241982259 ISBN13: 978-0-241-98225-9 ISBN10: 0241982251 EAN: 9780241982259 x Description: 'A claustrophobic compelling read that'll suck you into its heart of darkness' Independent Advent Island in the South Pacific, with its coconut palms and thick green jungle, should be Eden for missionary Max and his young wife Bea. But plagues of insects and rats, sweltering heat and local 'devil chasers' soon turn paradise into hell on earth. Just as Bea begins to adapt to island life, an unexpected guest arrives and Advent Island turns against its would-be saviors. Trapped in the jungle with her increasingly unhinged husband, Bea must fight tooth-and-nail for her freedom, and for her life.

'Lyrical, suspenseful, darkly comic' Observer 'Excellent, blackly funny. A novel whose growing environmental and psychological horrors you can feel crawling across your skin' Daily Mail _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Growing Season Helen Sedgwick (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784706579 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-657-9 ISBN10: 1784706574 EAN: 9781784706579 x Description: Now anyone can have a baby.

With FullLife's safe and affordable healthcare plan, why risk a natural birth?

Just choose the colour of your pouch and its accessories.

Without the pouch, Eva might not have been born. And yet she has sacrificed her career, and maybe even her relationship, campaigning against FullLife's biotech baby pouches. Despite her effort, everyone prefers a world where women are liberated from danger and constraint and all can share the joy of childbearing. Perhaps FullLife has helped transform society for the best? But just as Eva decides to accept this, she discovers that something strange is happening at FullLife.

Piotr hasn't seen Eva in years. Not since their life together dissolved in tragedy. But Piotr's a journalist who has also uncovered something sinister about FullLife. What drove him and Eva apart may just bring them back together, as they search for the truth behind FullLife's closed doors, and face a truth of their own.

A beautiful story about family, loss and what our future might hold, The Growing Season is an original and powerful novel by a rising talent. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Once Upon a River Diane Setterfield (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Doubleday

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

03 Dec 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 432pp h234mm x w153mm x s31mm 519g ISBN13: 9780857525666 ISBN13: 978-0-85752-566-6 ISBN10: 0857525662 EAN: 9780857525666 x Description: A dark midwinter's night in an ancient inn on the Thames. The regulars are entertaining themselves by telling stories when the door bursts open on an injured stranger. In his arms is the drowned corpse of a little child.

Hours later the dead girl stirs, takes a breath and returns to life.

Is it a miracle?

Is it magic?

Or can it be explained by science?

Replete with folklore, suspense and romance, as well as with the urgent scientific curiosity of the Darwinian age, Once Upon a River is as richly atmospheric as Setterfield's bestseller The Thirteenth Tale. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Shakespeare's Sonnets, Retold: Classic Love Poems with a Modern Twist William Shakespeare (Author) James Anthony (Author) Stephen Fry (Foreword by) Series:

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Imprint:

W H Allen

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

29 Oct 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 336pp h202mm x w144mm x s32mm 400g ISBN13: 9780753553138 ISBN13: 978-0-7535-5313-8 ISBN10: 0753553139 EAN: 9780753553138 x Description: 'James Anthony has done something I would have confidently stated to be impossible. He has "translated" Shakespeare's sonnets and he has done so with an insolent, loveable charm ... A dazzling success' - Stephen Fry Rediscover the greatest love poetry ever written Shall I compare you to a summer's day?

You're more delightful, always shining strong; High winds blow hard on flowering buds in May, And summer never seems to last that long...

Shakespeare's sonnets are some of the nation's favourite lines of verse, but the Elizabethan language can make it difficult to really understand them.

Many guides offer to clarify the meaning, but lose the magic of the words by explaining them away.

James Anthony has done something boldly different.

He has rewritten the whole series of poems as sonnets using modern language, while retaining the rhythm and rhyme patterns that gives them such power. In doing so he breathes new life into the original poems and opens them up for a modern readership, demystifying Shakespeare's eternal poetry with provocative new translations and delightful new lines.

Presented as an attractive book with the original sonnets facing their new translations, this is a stunning collection of beautiful love poems, made new. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Unnatural Causes: 'An absolutely brilliant book. I really recommend it, I don't often say that' Jeremy Vine, BBC Radio 2 Richard Shepherd (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

17 Sep 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 400pp h234mm x w153mm x s29mm 481g ISBN13: 9781405923545 ISBN13: 978-1-4059-2354-5 ISBN10: 1405923547 EAN: 9781405923545 x Description: The dead do not hide the truth and they never lie. Through me the dead can speak ...

Dr Richard Shepherd is the UK's foremost forensic pathologist, his job to understand the deaths which may have no natural cause. From crime scene to court room, his findings are crucial to the pursuit of justice. His work has seen killers put behind bars, exonerated the innocent, and turned open and shut cases on their heads.

Shepherd's obsession with revealing the secrets of the dead is personal. At medical school, while performing his first autopsy, he held the heart of the patient in his hand and thought of his late mother, taken too early by heart disease.

He became driven by the challenge of finding the truth, of seeing justice, and by compassion: sometimes for the dead, but always for those they have

left behind.

Thoughtful, revealing, chilling, sometimes bizarre and always unputdownable, Unnatural Causes is the true crime book of the year. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

One Day in December: the uplifting Sunday Times bestseller that will get you through January Josie Silver (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

31 Oct 2017

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 432pp h198mm x w129mm x s26mm 300g ISBN13: 9780241982273 ISBN13: 978-0-241-98227-3 ISBN10: 0241982278 EAN: 9780241982273 x Description: 'You'll fall head over heels for this book' Reese Witherspoon 'The sweetest love story . . . you're going to love it' Marian Keyes Looking for the perfect book to escape into? Share the bestselling love story everyone is talking about - the magical, heart-warming, life-affirming One Day in December. ___________________________Laurie is pretty sure love at first sight doesn't exist. After all, life isn't a scene from the movies, is it? But then, through a misted-up bus window one snowy winter's day, she sees a man she knows instantly is the one. Their eyes meet, there's a moment of pure magic...and then her bus drives away.

Laurie thinks she'll never see the boy from the bus again. But at a party a year later, her best friend Sarah introduces her to the new love of her life.

Who is, of course, the boy from the bus.

Determined to let him go, Laurie gets on with her life. But what if fate has other plans?

Following Laurie, Sarah and Jack through ten years of love, heartbreak and friendship, One Day in December is an uplifting, heart-warming and immensely moving love story that you'll want to escape into forever, for fans of Jojo Moyes, Lucy Diamond and Nicholas Sparks. ___________________________ WHAT AUTHORS ARE SAYING 'Sucked me in and didn't let go. It made me laugh, cry, ache and shout at the characters. Utterly captivating...one of my favourite books' Holly Martin 'The number one feel-good read of 2018' Dinah Jefferies 'The love story you've been waiting for ... I loved it!' Miranda Dickinson 'A feel-good, heart-wrenching tribute to the female friends we cannot do without, as well as the men that we fall for. Josie Silver is one to watch.'

Stephanie Butland ___________________________ WHAT READERS ARE SAYING 'This book NEEDS to be made into a film' Louise 'I laughed, I cried, I shouted at the characters and I absolutely loved this story' Jennifer 'Devastatingly good' Johnny 'I LOVE LOVE LOVED this book' Viccki 'Wow! What a book!' Jen

'This kept me turning pages long into the night. I'd highly recommend it' Christine 'I can't wait to reread it over and over' Nikita 'I just didn't want this book to end . . . I shall be singing its praises from the rooftops' Cassie 'The perfect book to read this winter' Rebecca 'I'd recommend it to all' L.J. 'I devoured this book' Amanda _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Pitards Georges Simenon (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Classics

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Language: English Translated From: French Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 144pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241325476 ISBN13: 978-0-241-32547-6 ISBN10: 0241325471 EAN: 9780241325476 x Description: After many years spent at sea, Captain Lannec finally manages to buy his own vessel, but not without the financial help of his in-laws, the Pitards. In return, his wife insists on accompanying him on the ship's first voyage and her presence on board makes him feel increasingly uneasy, especially after the threatening anonymous note he received before setting sail from Rouen.

First published in 1935, The Pitards was one of the first novels Simenon wrote when he shelved his famous Maigret series in order to strike out in a new direction and make a name for himself as a literary writer rather than a creator of genre fiction. This captivating evocation of life at sea revolves around the claustrophobia of class snobbery and the tense unravelling of relationships conducted at close quarters, powerful themes that Simenon would return to throughout his writing career. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Maigret Defends Himself: Inspector Maigret #63 Georges Simenon (Author) Howard Curtis (Translated by) Series:

Inspector Maigret

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Classics

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

03 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 160pp h198mm x w129mm x s9mm 123g ISBN13: 9780241304068 ISBN13: 978-0-241-30406-8 ISBN10: 0241304067 EAN: 9780241304068 x Description: For the first time in his career Inspector Maigret receives written summons to the Prefect's office where he learns that he has been accused of assaulting a young woman. With his career and reputation on the line, Maigret must fight to prove his innocence.

Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret on the Defensive.

'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 Nahour Case: Inspector Maigret #65 Georges Simenon (Author) William Hobson (Translated by) Series:

Inspector Maigret

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Classics

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 176pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241304150 ISBN13: 978-0-241-30415-0 ISBN10: 0241304156 EAN: 9780241304150 x Description: Maigret is called to the home of professional gambler, Felix Nahour, who has been found shot dead by his chambermaid. Maigret is shocked to recognise a photo of the man's wife who becomes the main suspect. All signs point to her guilt but Maigret suspects there might be more to this complicated affair.

Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret on the Defensive.

'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 Patience: Inspector Maigret #64 Georges Simenon (Author) David Watson (Translated by) Series:

Inspector Maigret

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Classics

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 176pp h198mm x w129mm x s10mm 134g ISBN13: 9780241304136 ISBN13: 978-0-241-30413-6 ISBN10: 024130413X EAN: 9780241304136 x Description: Maigret finds himself back on the Rue des Acacias just ten days after cracking another case there. This time it is the murder of a criminal Maigret has known for over twenty years and one he always suspected was behind a string of jewellery robberies in the city. Maigret's patience is tested as he eliminates neighbour by neighbour in his hunt for the murderer.

Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret Bides His Time.

'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 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 384pp h234mm x w153mm 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 h234mm x w153mm 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. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

You Think It, I'll Say It: Stories Curtis Sittenfeld (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Black Swan

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 288pp h198mm x w127mm ISBN13: 9781784164409 ISBN13: 978-1-78416-440-9 ISBN10: 1784164402 EAN: 9781784164409 x Description: A dazzling, smart and razor-sharp story collection by Curtis Sittenfeld, Sunday Times bestselling author of Eligible and American Wife.

The theme that unites these stories is how even the cleverest people tend to misread others, and how much we all deceive ourselves.

Sharp and tender, funny and wise, they show Sittenfeld's knack for creating real, believable characters that spring off the page, while also skewering contemporary mores with brilliant dry wit.

'DO-OVER', ONE OF THE STORIES IN THIS COLLECTION, WAS SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 SUNDAY TIMES EFG SHORT STORY AWARD. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Feel Free: Essays Zadie Smith (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 464pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241971024 ISBN13: 978-0-241-97102-4 ISBN10: 0241971020 EAN: 9780241971024 x Description: The one and only Zadie Smith, prize-winning, bestselling author of Swing Time and White Teeth, is back with a second unmissable collection of essays WITH NEW MATERIAL ADDED - an extra essay for paperback edition 'Should you read this brilliant book? Absolutely' Independent 'Generous, curious, insistent on the possibility of imaginative connection' Evening Standard No subject is too fringe or too mainstream for Zadie Smith's insatiable curiosity. From social media to the environment, from Jay-Z to Karl Ove Knausgaard, she has endless enthusiasmand the boundless wit, insight and wisdom to match. In Feel Free, pop culture, high culture, social change and political debate all get the Zadie Smith treatment, dissected with razor-sharp intellect, set brilliantly against the context of the utterly contemporary, and considered with a deep humanity and compassion.

This electrifying new collection showcases its author as a true literary powerhouse, demonstrating once again her credentials as an essential voice of her generation.

'Lively, intelligent and frequently hilarious, [it] proves that she's one of the brightest minds in English literature today' NPR 'Smart, spirited and distinctive' Wall Street Journal 'She is the book nerd, the culture geek, reading, hearing and seeing, and dying to talk to somebody about it' Guardian _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Turbulence David Szalay (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Jonathan Cape Ltd

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

03 Dec 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 144pp h204mm x w138mm x s18mm 237g ISBN13: 9781787331167 ISBN13: 978-1-78733-116-7 ISBN10: 1787331164 EAN: 9781787331167 x Description: The brilliant new short story sequence from the Man Booker-shortlisted author of All That Man Is Twelve people on the move around planet Earth, twelve individual lives, each in turmoil, and each in some way touching the next.

In this nuanced and deeply moving sequence, David Szalay's diverse protagonists circumnavigate the world in twelve plane journeys, from London to Madrid, from Dakar to Sao Paulo, to Toronto, to Delhi, to Doha, en route to see lovers and parents, children and siblings, or nobody at all.

Along the way, Szalay deftly depicts the ripple effect that, knowingly or otherwise, a person's actions have on those around them, and invites us to consider our own place in the vast and delicately balanced network of human relationships that is the world we live in today. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Bad Apple Zoje Stage (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Corgi Books

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

24 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

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.* _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Chinese Thought: From Confucius to Cook Ding Roel Sterckx (Author) Series:

Pelican Books

Edition:

Imprint:

Pelican

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

19 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 512pp h216mm x w135mm ISBN13: 9780241385906 ISBN13: 978-0-241-38590-6 ISBN10: 0241385903 EAN: 9780241385906 x Description: An engrossing history of ancient Chinese philosophy and culture from an eminent Cambridge expert We are often told that the twenty-first century is bound to become China's century. Never before has Chinese culture been so physically, digitally, economically or aesthetically present in everyday Western life. But how much do we really know about its origins and key beliefs? How did the ancient Chinese think about the world?

In this enlightening book, Roel Sterckx, one of the foremost experts in Chinese thought, takes us through centuries of Chinese history, from Confucius to Daoism to the Legalists. The great questions that have occupied China's brightest minds were not about who and what we are, but rather how we should live our lives, how we should organise society and how we can secure the well-being of those who live with us and for whom we carry responsibility.

With evocative examples from philosophy, literature and everyday life, Sterckx shows us how the ancient Chinese have shaped the thinking of a civilization that is now influencing our own. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Love for Imperfect Things: How to Accept Yourself in a World Striving for Perfection Haemin Sunim (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Life

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

24 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 272pp h186mm x w136mm x s29mm 496g ISBN13: 9780241331125 ISBN13: 978-0-241-33112-5 ISBN10: 0241331129 EAN: 9780241331125 x Description: From the author of the phenomenal multi-million copy bestseller The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down "Hearing the words 'be good to yourself first, then to others' was like being struck by lightning."

Many of us respond to the pressures of life by turning inwards and ignoring problems, sometimes resulting in anxiety or depression. Others react by working harder at work, at school or at home, hoping that this will make ourselves and the people we love happier.

But what if being yourself is enough? Just as we are advised on airplanes to take our own oxygen first before helping others, we must first be at peace with ourselves before we can be at peace with the world around us.

In this beautiful follow-up to his international bestseller The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down, Buddhist monk Haemin Sunim turns his trademark wisdom and kindness to self-care, arguing that only by accepting yourself - and the flaws which make you who you are - can you have compassionate and fulfilling relationships with your partner, family and friends.

"Even products labelled 'limited edition' are made on a production line with hundreds that are exactly the same. But there is only one you in the world." ***

"Haemin writes beautifully and simply... these vital life lessons resonate deeply and easily" Miranda Hart "The world could surely use a little more love, a little more compassion, and a little more wisdom. In Love for Imperfect Things, Haemin Sunim shows us how to cultivate all three, and to find beauty in the most imperfect of things-including your very own self" Susan Cain, New York Times bestselling author of Quiet "Heartwarming, calming and simple. But also filled with wisdom and powerful truths that will teach us to love ourselves first in order to transform our relationships with our loved ones" Hector Garcia, author of IKIGAI - The Japanese secret to a long and happy life "A wonderful book to accompany The Things You Can See... page by page, he shows you how to reclaim your freedom and your life" Professor Mark Williams, author of the bestselling Mindfulness "A real treasure. It teaches us that compassion is at the heart of healing . . . starting with ourselves. I highly recommend this book" Christiane Northrup, MD, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom "You can be the most amazing human being in the world and everyone sees rays of light, love, and genius when they look at you, but if you yourself don't know it, all of that external admiration doesn't matter one bit. Haemin Sunim teaches you ways to love yourself first, instead of loving the idea of other people loving you. It makes a world of difference" Marc and Angel Chernoff, New York Times bestselling authors of Getting Back to Happy _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Source: Open Your Mind, Change Your Life Tara Swart (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vermilion

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

14 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 288pp h204mm x w144mm x s29mm 364g ISBN13: 9781785041990 ISBN13: 978-1-78504-199-0 ISBN10: 1785041991 EAN: 9781785041990 x Description: Life-changing opportunities pass us by every day - now we can train our minds to seize them Self-help books like The Secret promise that we can tap into the 'law of attraction' to control our destiny, simply by changing our thoughts. If we strip away the mystique, at the heart of this idea is a fundamental truth that is backed up by the latest breakthroughs in neuroscience: most of the things we want from life - health, happiness, wealth, love - are governed by our ability to think, feel and act; in other words, by our brain.

Dr Tara Swart, a neuroscientist and executive coach with a background in psychiatry, is convinced beyond all doubt of our ability to alter how our brains work - and transform our lives. In The Source, she draws on the latest cognitive science and her experience coaching highly successful people to reveal the secret to mastering our minds.

With a four-step plan to awaken the power of your brain, this unique guide to life combines science and spirituality in a way that is open-minded and practical. Discover how to: - Challenge 'autopilot' thinking and rewire your brain's pathways to fulfil your potential - Manifest the things you want by directing your energy towards your deepest values and ambitions - Harness the power of visualisation to prime your brain to grab opportunities and take control of your future - Attack life with confidence, dispel fear and avoid negative thinking Unlock your potential today - you are just four steps away from building a new confident you. `A game-changing blend of neuroscience and no-limits advice. If you have a nagging sense that you are capable of so much more, this book is for you.'

Marshall Goldsmith, New York Times #1 bestselling author of Triggers, Mojo, and What Got You Here Won't Get You There `Tara Swart is an extremely calming presence, all the more so for being palpably intelligent. Her brain appears to require no boosting. I'd sign up in an eye blink... I like her - a lot' Hannah Betts, The Times `Dr Tara Swart is friendly, charming, and knows what she's talking about. Having qualified as a doctor, then trained as a neuroscientist, she worked as

a psychiatrist before going into private practice as a highly sought-after expert to the rich and famous' Janet Street-Porter, Daily Mail `Neuroscientist Dr Tara Swart works with some of the City's highest-earning and most respected leaders in finance, law and media' Evening Standard `Dr Swart has become one of the most prominent voices in the field of neuroscience, and counts among her clients some of the biggest names in business' The Telegraph _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Chestnut Man: The gripping debut novel from the writer of The Killing Soren Sveistrup (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Michael Joseph Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

26 Oct 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Language: English Translated From: Danish Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 512pp h234mm x w153mm x s36mm 660g ISBN13: 9780241372111 ISBN13: 978-0-241-37211-1 ISBN10: 0241372119 EAN: 9780241372111 x Description: 'A full-throttle thriller in the tradition of classic Stieg Larsson, drenched in atmosphere and charged with adrenaline. Buckle up. You'll gulp down every word. I loved this book' A. J. Finn, author of The Woman In The Window THE DEBUT NOVEL FROM THE CREATOR AND WRITER OF THE KILLING The police make a terrible discovery in a suburb of Copenhagen. A young woman has been killed and dumped at a playground. One of her hands has been cut off, and above her hangs a small doll made of chestnuts.

Young detective Naia Thulin is assigned the case. Her partner is Mark Hess, a burned-out investigator who's just been kicked out of Europol's headquarters in The Hague. They soon discover a mysterious piece of evidence on the chestnut man - evidence connecting it to a girl who went missing a year earlier and is presumed dead, the daughter of politician Rosa Hartung. A man confessed to her murder, and the case is long since solved.

Soon afterwards, another woman is found murdered, along with another chestnut man. Thulin and Hess suspect that there's a connection between the Hartung case, the murdered women and a killer who is spreading fear throughout the country. But what is it?

Thulin and Hess are racing against the clock, because it's clear that the murderer is on a mission that is far from over . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Rayne and Delilah's Midnite Matinee Jeff Zentner (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Andersen Press Ltd

Publisher:

Andersen Press Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s24mm 318g ISBN13: 9781783447992 ISBN13: 978-1-78344-799-2 ISBN10: 1783447990 EAN: 9781783447992 x Description: Josie and Delia are best friends and co-hosts on their own public access TV show, Midnite Matinee. They dress as vampires Rayne and Delilah, perform daft skits involving skeleton raves and dog weddings, and show the weekly so-bad-it's-good low-budget horror movie. But the end of

senior year is coming, and Josie is torn between pursuing her television dreams in a new city or staying making TV with her BFF. What's more, she's just met a boy, Lawson, who is totally not her type, but is just a little bit intriguing . . . Meanwhile, Delia is searching for her dad, who walked out on her and her mom ten years ago. When the private investigator she hired unearths his contact details, she agonises over digging up the past.

A road trip to ShiverCon, a convention for horror filmmakers, may just have the answers the two need - but will Josie and Delia be prepared for life taking some seriously unexpected plot-twists? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Bridge of Clay: From bestselling author of The Book Thief Markus Zusak (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Doubleday

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

11 Oct 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 592pp h240mm x w162mm x s43mm 800g ISBN13: 9780857525956 ISBN13: 978-0-85752-595-6 ISBN10: 0857525956 EAN: 9780857525956 x Description: THE EPIC NEW NOVEL FROM THE BESTSELLING 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 'This is a tale of love, art and redemption; rowdy and joyous.' Times

Here is a story told inside out and back to front Five Dunbar brothers are living - fighting, loving, grieving - in the perfect chaos of a house without grown-ups. Today, the father who left them has just walked right back in.

He has a surprising request: Who will build a bridge with him?

It is Clay, a boy tormented by a long-buried secret, who accepts. But why is Clay so broken? And why must he fulfil this extraordinary challenge?

Bridge of Clay is about a boy caught in a current, a boy intent on destroying everything he has in order to become everything he needs to be. Ahead of him lies the bridge, the vision that will save both his family and himself.

It will be a miracle and nothing less.

At once an existential riddle and a search for redemption, this tale of five brothers coming of age in a house with no rules brims with energy, joy and pathos. Written in Markus Zusak's distinctive style, it is a tour de force from a master storyteller of the heart. **************** '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 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

28 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s17mm 224g ISBN13: 9780141982656 ISBN13: 978-0-14-198265-6 ISBN10: 0141982659 EAN: 9780141982656 x Description: THE TOP TEN BESTSELLER From the bestselling author of The Black Swan, a bold book that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion, finance and personal responsibility Why should we never listen to people who explain rather than do? Why do companies go bust? How is it that we have more slaves today than in Roman times? Why does imposing democracy on other countries never work?

The answer: too many people running the world don't have skin in the game. In his inimitable, pugnacious style, Nassim Nicholas Taleb shows that skin in the game applies to all aspects of our lives. It's about having something to lose and taking a risk. Citizens, lab experimenters, artisans, political activists and hedge fund traders all have skin in the game. Policy wonks, corporate executives, theoreticians, bankers and most journalists don't.

As Taleb says, "The symmetry of skin in the game is a simple rule that's necessary for fairness and justice, and the ultimate BS-buster," and "Never trust anyone who doesn't have skin in the game. Without it, fools and crooks will benefit, and their mistakes will never come back to haunt them". _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Cravings: Hungry for More Chrissy Teigen (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Michael Joseph Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

20 Sep 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 256pp h262mm x w212mm x s21mm 1138g Fully illustrated ISBN13: 9780718187989 ISBN13: 978-0-7181-8798-9 ISBN10: 0718187989 EAN: 9780718187989 x Description: For anyone who loved Chrissy's first cookbook, this is a sure-fire winner - full of irresistible recipes written with the sense of humour that's made her a social media sensation.

After two years of parenthood, falling in love with different flavours, and relearning the healing power of comfort food, this book is like Chrissy's new edible diary: recipes for quick-snap meals; recipes for lighter, brighter healthier-ish living; and recipes that, well, are gonna put you to bed, holding your belly.

Chrissy's is a life of . . . * CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS. The ultimate quick and easy comfort food. A creamy one-pot wonder: tender chicken breast and doughy delicious dumplings. * GARLIC HONEY PRAWNS. A 15-minute meal that's worthy of any Chinese restaurant, made with soy sauce, honey and orange, served with fluffy white rice. *

BANANA BREAD. Yes. This is THE banana bread that launched a million tweets and a hundred thousand Instagram tags . . . Delicious.

Most will satisfy your cravings but all will leave you hungry for more. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Chalk Man: The Sunday Times bestseller. The most chilling book you'll read this year C. J. Tudor (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

30 Aug 2017

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 250g ISBN13: 9781405930956 ISBN13: 978-1-4059-3095-6 ISBN10: 1405930950 EAN: 9781405930956 x Description: 'If you like my stuff, you'll like this' Stephen King A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR - 'A frightening Stephen King-esque coming-of-age story cum murder mystery. With new crime writers this dark, the future is bright' A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR - 'There are shades of Stephen King in this very creepy timeslip' ___________ It was only meant to be a game . . .

None of us ever agreed on the exact beginning.

Was it when we started drawing the chalk figures, or when they started to appear on their own?

Was it the terrible accident?

Or when they found the first body? ____________ THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, ALSO SHORTLISTED FOR A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD AND THE STEEL DAGGER, BEST THRILLER AWARD . . .

'A must-read' Daily Express 'A tense gripper with a leave-the-lights-on shock ending' Sunday Times 'Deliciously creepy with a side order of Eighties nostalgia' Good Housekeeping 'Plenty of plot twists and an evocative portrait of small-town-life in the 1980s . . . a riveting read' Guardian 'There are shades of Stephen King when the reality bends into the sinister, and a deliciously creepy finale' Daily Mail 'Wonderfully creepy - like a cold blade on the back of your neck' LEE CHILD 'It's a very clever story - you'll love it!' Joanna Cannon _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Taking of Annie Thorne C. J. Tudor (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Michael Joseph Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

21 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 352pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780718187460 ISBN13: 978-0-7181-8746-0 ISBN10: 0718187466 EAN: 9780718187460 x Description: The haunting new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Chalk Man 'It's not the dead you need to be scared of, love. It's the living' It arrived in my inbox just over a month ago. Surprising really that it didn't get shunted straight into junk.

Sender: MSG@hotmail.com Subject: Annie 'I know what happened to your sister. It's happening again.'

Because when my sister was eight years old, she disappeared. At the time, I thought it was the worst thing that could ever happen.

And then she came back . . .

PREORDER the next spine-tingling, sinister thriller from THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING author of The Chalk Man. Praise for The Chalk Man: '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 'There are shades of Stephen King when the reality bends into the sinister, and a deliciously creepy finale' Daily Mail '[I] haven't had a sleepless night due to a book in a long time. The Chalk Man changed that' FIONA BARTON, bestselling author of The Widow and The Child _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Digital Etiquette: Everything you wanted to know about modern manners but were afraid to ask Victoria Turk (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Ebury Press

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 224pp h204mm x w132mm ISBN13: 9781529102406 ISBN13: 978-1-5291-0240-6 ISBN10: 1529102405 EAN: 9781529102406 x Description: How do you reply to your colleague's weird email? What might Debrett's say about your Tinder profile? And just how do you know if you're mansplaining?

In this irreverent journey through the murky world of digital etiquette, WIRED's Victoria Turk provides an indispensable guide to minding our manners in a brave new online world.

The digital revolution has put us all within a few clicks, taps and swipes of each other. But familiarity can breed contempt, and whilst we're more likely than ever to fall in love online, we're also more likely to fall headfirst into a blazing row with a stranger. Google's unofficial motto is Don't Be Evil, but sometimes that's easier said than done. If you've ever encountered the surreal battlefields of digital life and wondered why we don't all just go analogue, this is the book for you. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams Matthew Walker (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

04 Jan 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 269g ISBN13: 9780141983769 ISBN13: 978-0-14-198376-9 ISBN10: 0141983760 EAN: 9780141983769 x Description: 'Astonishing ... an amazing book ... absolutely chocker full of things that we need to know' Chris Evans 'Matthew Walker is probably one of the most influential people on the planet' Evening Standard THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER TLS, OBSERVER, SUNDAY TIMES, FT, GUARDIAN, DAILY MAIL AND EVENING STANDARD BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017 Sleep is one of the most important aspects of our life, health and longevity and yet it is increasingly neglected in twenty-first-century society, with devastating consequences: every major disease in the developed world - Alzheimer's, cancer, obesity, diabetes - has very strong causal links to deficient sleep.

In this book, the first of its kind written by a scientific expert, Professor Matthew Walker explores twenty years of cutting-edge research to solve the mystery of why sleep matters. Looking at creatures from across the animal kingdom as well as major human studies, Why We Sleep delves into everything from what really happens during REM sleep to how caffeine and alcohol affect sleep and why our sleep patterns change across a lifetime, transforming our appreciation of the extraordinary phenomenon that safeguards our existence.

'Startling, vital ... a life-raft' Guardian 'A top sleep scientist argues that sleep is more important for our health than diet or exercise' The Times 'Passionate, urgent . . . it had a powerful effect on me' Observer _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Cherry Nico Walker (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Jonathan Cape Ltd

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

17 Sep 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 336pp h222mm x w144mm x s32mm 451g ISBN13: 9781787330948 ISBN13: 978-1-78733-094-8 ISBN10: 178733094X EAN: 9781787330948 x Description: Cleveland, Ohio, 2003. A young man is just a college freshman when he meets Emily. They share a passion for Edward Albee and ecstasy and fall hard and fast in love. But soon Emily has to move home to Elba, New York, and he flunks out of school and joins the army. Desperate to keep their relationship alive, they marry before he ships out to Iraq. But as an army medic, he is unprepared for the grisly reality that awaits him. His fellow soldiers smoke; they huff computer duster; they take painkillers; they watch porn. And many of them die. He and Emily try to make their long-

distance marriage work, but when he returns from Iraq, his PTSD is profound, and the drugs on the street have changed. The opioid crisis is beginning to swallow up the Midwest. Soon he is hooked on heroin, and so is Emily. They attempt a normal life, but with their money drying up, he turns to the one thing he thinks he could be really good at - robbing banks.

Hammered out on a prison typewriter, Cherry marks the arrival of a raw, bleakly hilarious, and surprisingly poignant voice straight from the dark heart of America. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Life of Stuff: A memoir about the mess we leave behind Susannah Walker (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Black Swan

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

10 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w127mm x s23mm 301g ISBN13: 9781784163303 ISBN13: 978-1-78416-330-3 ISBN10: 1784163309 EAN: 9781784163303 x Description: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------'This extraordinary, beautiful memoir gripped me from the first page.' Clover Stroud, author of The Wild Other What do our possessions say about us? Why do we project such meaning onto them?

Only after her mother's death does Susannah Walker discover how much of a hoarder she had become. Over the following months, she has to sort through a dilapidated house filled to the brim with rubbish and treasures, in search of a woman she'd never really known or understood in life. This is her last chance to piece together her mother's story and make sense of their troubled relationship. What emerges from the mess of scattered papers, discarded photographs and an extraordinary amount of stuff is the history of a sad and fractured family, haunted by dead children, divorce and alcohol.

The Life of Stuff is a deeply personal exploration of mourning and the shoring up of possessions against the losses and griefs of life, which also raises universal questions about what makes us the people we are. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Girl Who Smiled Beads Clemantine Wamariya (Author) Elizabeth Weil (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Windmill Books

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

10 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 202g ISBN13: 9781786090508 ISBN13: 978-1-78609-050-8 ISBN10: 1786090503 EAN: 9781786090508 x Description: When Clemantine Wamariya was six years old, her world was torn apart. She didn't know why her parents began talking in whispers, or why her neighbours started disappearing, or why she could hear distant thunder even when the skies were clear.

As the Rwandan civil war raged, Clemantine and her sister Claire were forced to flee their home. They ran for hours, then walked for days, not towards anything, just away. they sought refuge where they could find it, and escaped when refuge became imprisonment. Together, they experienced the best and the worst of humanity. After spending six years seeking refuge in eight different countries, Clemantine and Claire were granted refugee status in America and began a new journey.

Honest, life-affirming and searingly profound, this is the story of a girl's struggle to remake her life and create new stories - without forgetting the old ones. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma Bessel A. Van der Kolk (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

24 Sep 2015

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 464pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 319g ISBN13: 9780141978611 ISBN13: 978-0-14-197861-1 ISBN10: 0141978619 EAN: 9780141978611 x Description: The effects of trauma can be devastating for sufferers, their families and future generations. Here one of the world's experts on traumatic stress offers a bold new paradigm for treatment, moving away from standard talking and drug therapies and towards an alternative approach that heals mind, brain and body.

'Van der Kolk draws on thirty years of experience to argue powerfully that trauma is one of the West's most urgent public health issues ... Packed with science and human stories' New Scientist 'Breathtaking in its scope and breadth, a seminal work by one of the preeminent pioneers in trauma research and treatment' Peter A. Levine, author of In An Unspoken Voice 'Dr. van der Kolk's masterpiece combines the boundless curiosity of the scientist, the erudition of the scholar, and the passion of the truth teller' Judith Herman, author of Trauma and Recovery _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Chinese Wine Renaissance: A Wine Lover's Companion Janet Z. Wang (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Ebury Press

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

24 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 288pp h240mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781529103601 ISBN13: 978-1-5291-0360-1 ISBN10: 1529103606 EAN: 9781529103601 x Description: The rise and rise of Chinese wines, with a foreword by Oz Clarke.

The Chinese have been making wines since the days of the Silk Road and they have a rich, yet little known wine culture. While in the past it was largely grain wine that was consumed, China's grape wine market is worth around $18 billion a year. It produces over one billion litres annually, making it one of the largest wine producers and consumers in the world.

This well-researched book presents the past, the present and future of Chinese wines, set against the fascinating backdrop of Chinese culture. In an accessible and comprehensive tone, this guide covers the relationship between Chinese philosophy and wine, the rise of grape wine in modern China, the different varieties of Chinese wines, how to pair them with Chinese food and explores wine etiquette and customs.

As wines from China are spreading to our shores and our tables, this book is an essential companion for all wine lovers interested in exploring new flavours while expanding their cultural horizons. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: A Brief History of Capitalism Yanis Varoufakis (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

28 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 224pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784705756 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-575-6 ISBN10: 1784705756 EAN: 9781784705756 x Description: `Why is there so much inequality?' Xenia asks her father, the world-famous economist Yanis Varoufakis.

Drawing on memories of her childhood and a variety of well-known tales - from Oedipus and Faust to Frankenstein and The Matrix - Varoufakis explains everything you need to know in order to understand why economics is the most important drama of our times.

In answering his daughter's deceptively simple questions, Varoufakis disentangles our troubling world with remarkable clarity, while inspiring us to make it a better one.

'Utterly accessible, deeply humane and startlingly original - a potent democratic tool at the perfect time' Naomi Klein _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story Christie Watson (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

03 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 245g ISBN13: 9781784706883 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-688-3 ISBN10: 1784706884 EAN: 9781784706883 x Description: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER `It made me cry. It made me think. It made me laugh. It encouraged me to appreciate this most underappreciated of professions more than ever' Adam Kay, author of This is Going to Hurt Christie Watson was a nurse for twenty years. Taking us from birth to death and from A&E to the mortuary, The Language of Kindness is an astounding account of a profession defined by acts of care, compassion and kindness.

We watch Christie as she nurses a premature baby who has miraculously made it through the night, we stand by her side during her patient's agonising heart-lung transplant, and we hold our breath as she washes the hair of a child fatally injured in a fire, attempting to remove the toxic smell of smoke before the grieving family arrive.

In our most extreme moments, when life is lived most intensely, Christie is with us. She is a guide, mentor and friend. And in these dark days of division and isolationism, she encourages us all to stretch out a hand. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

How to Be Human: The Manual Ruby Wax (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Life

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

27 Dec 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 272pp h198mm x w129mm x s17mm 191g ISBN13: 9780241294758 ISBN13: 978-0-241-29475-8 ISBN10: 0241294754 EAN: 9780241294758 x Description: How to be Human is the only manual you need to help you upgrade your mind as much as you've upgraded your iphone.

'With this marvellous book, Ruby Wax has confirmed her position as one of the most readable, inspirational and engaging writers in the field of human mental health, happiness and fulfilment.' Stephen Fry "It took us 4 billion years to evolve to where we are now - completely brilliant and yet, some might say, emotionally dwarfed. The question is: can our more empathetic side catch up in time to save us and the world? I've got nothing against smarts, but it's smarts without emotional awareness that got us into this position of being able to nuke each other into oblivion and rape the earth for oil."

With a little help from a monk (who tells us how our mind works) and a neuroscientist (who tells us how our brain works), Ruby Wax answers every question you've ever had about: evolution, thoughts, emotions, the body, addictions, relationships, sex, kids, the future and compassion.

Filled with witty anecdotes from Ruby's own life, and backed up by smart science and practical mindfulness exercises, How to be Human is the only manual you need to help you upgrade your mind as much as you've upgraded your iphone.

'Ruby has beautifully fused neurology and spirituality and given us a means to cope with operating both a mind and a brain. If this mental upgrade works then all other books will become defunct as we repose in bliss.' Russell Brand 'How to Be Human is, without exaggeration, a lifeline; wise, practical and funny, it is a handbook for those in despair. It is actually for everyone alive, for the curious, or disillusioned or muddled or just plain happy.' Joanna Lumley _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

You Were Gone: The sinister and chilling new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author Tim Weaver (Author) Series:

David Raker Missing Persons

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

21 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 512pp h198mm x w129mm x s30mm 351g ISBN13: 9781405934688 ISBN13: 978-1-4059-3468-8 ISBN10: 1405934689 EAN: 9781405934688 x Description: **PRE-ORDER THE SINISTER & CHILLING NEW THRILLER FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR** I buried you.

I mourned you . . .

But now you're back.

A woman walks into a police station.

She has no phone and no ID, just a piece of paper that reads 'David Raker'.

She says she's his wife.

She looks just like her.

She knows everything about him.

But David buried his wife eight years ago.

Is this really the woman he loved?

Did he really say goodbye?

Or is he losing his mind?

Raker needs to find out the truth before it's too late, because he is now the prime suspect in her disappearance . . . ___________ 'His most serpentine and satisfying yet' Daily Mail 'Tense and twisty, with an emotional punch' Karen Perry, bestselling author of Girl Unknown 'Kept me guessing until the final page' Jane Corry, bestselling author of My Husband's Wife _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Educated: The Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling memoir Tara Westover (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Windmill Books

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

01 Nov 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s24mm 277g ISBN13: 9780099511021 ISBN13: 978-0-09-951102-1 ISBN10: 0099511029 EAN: 9780099511021 x Description: `An amazing story, and truly inspiring. The kind of book everyone will enjoy. IT'S EVEN BETTER THAN YOU'VE HEARD.' - Bill Gates Selected as a book of the year in THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, NEW YORK TIMES, THE ECONOMIST, NEW STATESMAN, VOGUE, IRISH TIMES, IRISH EXAMINER and RED MAGAZINE AMAZON.COM's BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR ________________________ Tara Westover and her family grew up preparing for the End of Days but, according to the government, she didn't exist. She hadn't been registered for a birth certificate. She had no school records because she'd never set foot in a classroom, and no medical records because her father didn't believe in hospitals.

As she grew older, her father became more radical and her brother more violent. At sixteen, Tara knew she had to leave home. In doing so she discovered both the transformative power of education, and the price she had to pay for it. ________________________ * Shortlisted for the 2018 BAMB Readers' Awards * Recommended as a summer read by Barack Obama, Antony Beevor, India Knight, Blake Morrison and Nina Stibbe 'A memoir to stand alongside the classics by the likes of Jeanette Winterson and Lorna Sage ... compelling and ultimately joyous' Sunday Times _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Librarian: The Top 10 Sunday Times Bestseller Salley Vickers (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

01 Nov 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s24mm 318g ISBN13: 9780241330234 ISBN13: 978-0-241-33023-4 ISBN10: 0241330238 EAN: 9780241330234 x Description: *A Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller* 'Vickers sees with a clear eye and writes with a light hand; she's a presence worth cherishing in the ranks of modern novelists.' Philip Pullman In 1958, Sylvia Blackwell, fresh from one of the new post-war Library Schools, takes up a job as children's librarian in a run down library in the market town of East Mole.

Her mission is to fire the enthusiasm of the children of East Mole for reading. But her love affair with the local married GP, and her befriending of his precious daughter, her neighbour's son and her landlady's neglected grandchild, ignite the prejudices of the town, threatening her job and the very existence of the library with dramatic consequences for them all.

The Librarian is a moving testament to the joy of reading and the power of books to change and inspire us all.

'Underneath the delightful patina of nostalgia for post-War England, there are stern and spiky questions about why we are allowing our children to be robbed of their heritage of story.' Frank Cottrell Boyce 'Vickers has a formidable knack for laying open the human heart' Sunday Times _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Key to Happiness: How to Find Purpose by Unlocking the Secrets of the World's Happiest People Meik Wiking (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Life

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 202g ISBN13: 9780241302033 ISBN13: 978-0-241-30203-3 ISBN10: 024130203X EAN: 9780241302033 x Description: ** FROM THE INTERNATIONAL, NEW YORK TIMES and SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE LITTLE BOOK OF HYGGE ** Meik Wiking understands happiness better than anyone. In his role as Founder and CEO of the world's only Happiness Research Institute, he has travelled the globe interviewing the world's happiest people to discover the key components of happiness.

In The Key to Happiness, Meik explores the hidden treasures which can improve your happiness, and divides them into the six building blocks of happiness; togetherness, money, health, kindness, trust and freedom. For each happiness block he offers practical tips: for togetherness he encourages setting up a mini-library in your apartment building or starting a tool-sharing programme in your street; for kindness he suggests leaving a surprise gift on a stranger's doorstep, helping a tourist find their way or telling someone who means a lot to you that they do.

Drawing on social science, case studies and Meik's original research, this practical guide shows us that you can find happiness in a simple way of life.

While Meik has travelled across the glove to discover the secrets of the world's happiest people, this book shows us that you can be just as happy where you are.

This book is the perfect guide on how to survive and navigate the modern world with a smile on your face.

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Adventures in the Anthropocene: A Journey to the Heart of the Planet we Made (Patterns of Life) Gaia Vince (Author) Series:

Patterns of Life

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage Classics

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

03 Apr 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 480pp h178mm x w129mm x s29mm 330g ISBN13: 9781784873615 ISBN13: 978-1-78487-361-5 ISBN10: 1784873616 EAN: 9781784873615 x Description: PATTERNS OF LIFE: SPECIAL EDITIONS OF GROUNDBREAKING SCIENCE BOOKS In recent decades human beings have altered the planet beyond anything it has experienced in its 4.5 billion-year history. We have become a force on a par with earth-shattering asteroids and planet-cloaking volcanoes. As a result, our planet is said to be crossing a geological boundary - from the Holocene into the Anthropocene, or the Age of Man. Gaia Vince quit her job to travel the world and to explore what all these changes really mean to our daily lives. She discovers the shocking ways in which we have reshaped our living planet and reveals the ingenious solutions we've evolved to engineer Earth for the future. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Golden State Ben H. Winters (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Century

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

24 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 336pp h234mm x w153mm x s24mm 409g ISBN13: 9781780897271 ISBN13: 978-1-78089-727-1 ISBN10: 1780897278 EAN: 9781780897271 x Description: 'A prescient, devastating commentary on humanity's disintegrating attachment to reality and truth... Winters has written a 1984 for the 21st century. Not just a thrilling book, but an important one' Blake Crouch, author of Dark Matter and TV series Wayward Pines ___________________ Welcome to Golden State, where the worst crime you can commit is to lie.

Laz Ratesic is a veteran of the State's special police. Those in power rely on Laz to discover the full and final truth.

But when a man falls from a roof in suspicious circumstances, it sets in motion a terrifying series of events which will shatter Laz's world for ever.

Because when those in control of the truth decide to twist it, only those with the power to ask questions can fight back.

Golden State is an ambitious and frighteningly timely novel set in a world where everything is recorded and no one can be trusted. For anyone who loved The Handmaid's Tale, The Power and Station Eleven. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Talk to Me: Amazon, Google, Apple and the Race for Voice-Controlled AI James Vlahos (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Random House Books

Publisher:

Cornerstone

Pub Date:

22 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 336pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781847948069 ISBN13: 978-1-84794-806-9 ISBN10: 1847948065 EAN: 9781847948069 x Description: The next great technological disruption is coming.

The titans of Silicon Valley are racing to build the last, best computer that the world will ever need. They know that whoever successfully creates it will revolutionise our relationship with technology - and make billions of dollars in the process. They call it conversational AI. Computers that can speak and think like humans do may seem like the stuff of science fiction, but they are rapidly moving towards reality. In Talk to Me, veteran tech journalist James Vlahos meets the researchers at Google, Amazon and Apple who are leading the way to a voice computing revolution. He explores how voice tech will transform every sector of society: handing untold new powers to businesses, upending traditional notions of privacy, revolutionising access to information, and fundamentally altering the way we understand human consciousness. And he even tries to understand the significance of the revolution firsthand - by building a chatbot version of his terminally ill father.

Vlahos's research leads him to one fundamental question: What happens when our computers become as articulate, compassionate, and creative as we are? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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:

Forthcoming

Language: English Translated From: Dutch; Flemish Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 160pp h226mm x w168mm ISBN13: 9780241367223 ISBN13: 978-0-241-36722-3 ISBN10: 0241367220 EAN: 9780241367223 x Description: When Elma van Vliet's mother became ill in 2001, she realised there was still so much she wanted to ask her. That's why she created a series of books to help share and preserve precious memories. Since then, more than three million people worldwide have used her books to tell their family's stories.

Mum, Tell Me is a guided journal that prompts your mother to share her memories, dreams, and wishes, asking her to record everything from her favourite band as a teenager and her childhood games to her proudest accomplishment and her first memory of you. Give it to her as a gift, get it back as a chronicle of her life. The end result will be a deeply personal keepsake, one that helps you remember what is really important in life: the people we love and the stories we share with one another. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Wife: Discover the critically acclaimed novel behind Glenn Close's Golden Globe winning performance Meg Wolitzer (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

26 Jul 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 224pp h198mm x w129mm x s14mm 159g ISBN13: 9781784709884 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-988-4 ISBN10: 1784709883 EAN: 9781784709884 x Description: NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING GLENN CLOSE A husband. A wife. A secret. Behind any great man, there's always a greater woman.

Joe and Joan Castleman are on an aeroplane, 35,000 feet above the ocean. Joe is thinking about the prestigious literary prize he is about to receive and Joan is plotting how to leave him. For too long Joan has played the role of supportive wife, turning a blind eye to his misdemeanours, subjugating her own talents and quietly being the keystone of his success.

The Wife is an acerbic and astonishing take on a marriage from its public face to the private world behind closed doors. Wolitzer has masterfully created an expose of lives lived in partnership and the truth that behind the compromises, dedication and promise inherent in marriage there so often lies a secret... `A triumph of tone and observation, The Wife is a blithe, brilliant take on sexual politics' Lorrie Moore _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Breakfast Of Champions Kurt Vonnegut (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage Classics

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

21 May 1992 (06 Aug 2009)

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm x s19mm 223g 1 ISBN13: 9780099842606 ISBN13: 978-0-09-984260-6 ISBN10: 0099842602 EAN: 9780099842606 x Description: In a frolic of cartoon and comic outbursts against rule and reason, a miraculous weaving of science fiction, memoir, parable, fairy tale and farce, Kurt Vonnegut attacks the whole spectrum of American society, releasing some of his best-loved literary creations on the scene. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Mother Night Kurt Vonnegut (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage Classics

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

21 May 1992 (16 Jul 2015)

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 192pp h198mm x w129mm x s13mm 138g ISBN13: 9780099819301 ISBN13: 978-0-09-981930-1 ISBN10: 0099819309 EAN: 9780099819301

x Description: Whilst awaiting trial for war crimes in an Israeli prison, Howard W. Campbell Jr sets down his memoirs on an old German typewriter. He has used such a typewriter before, when he worked as a Nazi propagandist under Goebbels. Though that was before he agreed to become a spy for US military. Is Howard guilty? Can a black or white verdict ever be reached in a world that's a gazillion shades of grey? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Slaughterhouse 5: The Children's Crusade A Duty-Dance With Death Kurt Vonnegut (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage Classics

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

21 Mar 1991 (03 Apr 2008)

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 192pp h198mm x w129mm x s13mm 138g ISBN13: 9780099800200 ISBN13: 978-0-09-980020-0 ISBN10: 0099800209 EAN: 9780099800200 x Description: Prisoner of war, optometrist, time-traveller - these are the life roles of Billy Pilgrim, hero of this miraculously moving, bitter and funny story of innocence faced with apocalypse. Slaughterhouse 5 is one of the world's great anti-war books. Centring on the infamous fire-bombing of Dresden in the Second World War, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we are afraid to know. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Double Crossed: A Code of Honour, A Complete Betrayal Brian Wood (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Virgin Books

Publisher:

Ebury Publishing

Pub Date:

21 Feb 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780753552605 ISBN13: 978-0-7535-5260-5 ISBN10: 0753552604 EAN: 9780753552605 x Description: At the age of 23, Brian Wood was thrust into the front line in Iraq, in the infamous Battle of Danny Boy. Ambushed, he led a charge across open ground with insurgents firing at just five soldiers. On his return, he was awarded the Military Cross.

But Brian's story had only just begun. Struggling to re-integrate into family life, he suffered from PTSD. Then, five years later, a letter arrived: it summoned him to give evidence at the Al-Sweady Inquiry into allegations of war crimes by British soldiers during the Iraq invasion of 2003.

After years of public shame, Brian took the stand and delivered a powerful testimony, and following the tense inquiry room scenes, justice was finally served. Phil Shiner, the lawyer who made the false accusations, was struck off and stripped of an honorary doctorate.

In this compelling memoir, Brian speaks powerfully and movingly about the three battles in his life, from being ambushed with no cover, to the mental battle to adjust at home, to being falsely accused of hideous war crimes. It's a remarkable and dark curve which ends with his honour restored but, as he says, it was too little, too late. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Upstate James Wood (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Vintage

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 240pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784708054 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-805-4 ISBN10: 1784708054 EAN: 9781784708054 x Description: Alan Querry, a successful property developer from the north of England, has two daughters: Vanessa, a philosopher who lives and teaches in Saratoga Springs, NY, and Helen, a record company executive based in London. The sisters never quite recovered from their parents' bitter divorce and the early death of their mother, with Vanessa particularly affected, and plagued by bouts of depression since her teenage years. When she suffers a new crisis, Alan and Helen travel to Saratoga Springs. Over the course of six wintry days in upstate New York, the Querry family begins to struggle with the questions that animate this profound and searching novel: Why do some people find living so much harder than others? Is happiness a skill that can be learned, or a lucky accident of birth? Is reflection helpful to happiness or an obstacle to it? If, as a favourite philosopher of Vanessa's puts it, `the only serious enterprise is living', how should we live? Rich in subtle human insight, full of poignant and often funny portraits, and vivid with a sense of place, Upstate is a perceptive, intensely moving novel. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

A Room of One's Own/Three Guineas Virginia Woolf (Author) Series:

Penguin Modern Classics Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Classics

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 432pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241371978 ISBN13: 978-0-241-37197-8 ISBN10: 024137197X EAN: 9780241371978 x Description: A Room of One's Own, based on a lecture given at Girton College Cambridge, is one of the great feminist polemics, ranging in its themes from Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte to the silent fate of Shakespeare's gifted (imaginary) sister and the effects of poverty and sexual constraint on female creativity. Published almost a decade later Three Guineas breaks new ground in its discussion of men, militarism and women's attitudes towards war. These two pieces reveal Virginia Woolf's fiery spirit and sophisticated wit and confirm her status as a highly inspirational essayist. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Orlando Virginia Woolf (Author) Sandra M. Gilbert (Introduction by) Brenda Lyons (Edited by) Series:

Penguin Modern Classics Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Classics

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 336pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241371961 ISBN13: 978-0-241-37196-1 ISBN10: 0241371961 EAN: 9780241371961 x Description: Once described as the 'longest and most charming love-letter in literature', the Virginia Woolf's Orlando is edited by Brenda Lyons with an introduction and notes by Sandra M. Gilbert in Penguin Classics.

Written for Virginia Woolf's intimate friend, the charismatic writer Vita Sackville-West, Orlando is a playful mock 'biography' of a chameleonic historical figure, immortal and ageless, who changes sex and identity on a whim. First masculine, then feminine, Orlando begins life as a young sixteenth-century

nobleman, then gallops through three centuries to end up as a woman writer in Virginia Woolf's own time. A wry commentary on gender roles and modes of history, Orlando is also, in Woolf's own words, a light-hearted 'writer's holiday' which delights in ambiguity and capriciousness. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

God Save Texas: A Journey into the Future of America Lawrence Wright (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

31 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 269g ISBN13: 9780141987002 ISBN13: 978-0-14-198700-2 ISBN10: 0141987006 EAN: 9780141987002 x Description: 'This is a funny, pointed love letter to Texas, at once elegiac and clear-eyed' Ben Macintyre, The Times From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower, God Save Texas is a journey through the most controversial state in America.

Texas is a Republican state in the heart of Trumpland that hasn't elected a Democrat to a statewide office in more than twenty years; but it is also a state in which minorities already form a majority (including the largest number of Muslim adherents in the United States). The cities are Democrat and among the most diverse in the nation. Oil is still king but Texas now leads California in technology exports and has an economy only somewhat smaller than Australia's.

Lawrence Wright has written an enchanting book about what is often seen as an unenchanting place. Having spent most of his life there, while remaining deeply aware of its oddities, Wright is as charmed by Texan foibles and landscapes as he is appalled by its politics and brutality. With its economic model of low taxes and minimal regulation producing both extraordinary growth and striking income disparities, Texas, Wright shows, looks a lot like the America that Donald Trump wants to create.

This profound portrait of the state, completed just as Texas battled to rebuild after the devastating storms of summer 2017, not only reflects the United States back as it is, but as it was and as it might be. As much the home of Roy Orbison and Willie Nelson as of J.R., Ross Perot and the Bush family, as filled with magical scenery as with desolate oil-fields and strip-malls, Texas is a bellwether, super-sized mass of contradictions: a life-long study. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Beauty of Everyday Things Soetsu Yanagi (Author) Michael Brase (Translated by) Series:

Penguin Modern Classics Edition:

Imprint:

Penguin Classics

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Pub Date:

08 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Language: English Translated From: Japanese Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 352pp h181mm x w111mm x s25mm 239g ISBN13: 9780241366356 ISBN13: 978-0-241-36635-6 ISBN10: 0241366356 EAN: 9780241366356 x Description: "Radical and inspiring ... Yanagi's vision puts the connection between heart and hand before the transient and commercial" - Edmund de Waal The daily lives of ordinary people are replete with objects, common things used in commonplace settings. These objects are our constant companions in life. As such, writes Soetsu Yanagi, they should be made with care and built to last, treated with respect and even affection. They should be natural and simple, sturdy and safe - the aesthetic result of wholeheartedly fulfilling utilitarian needs. They should, in short, be things of beauty.

In an age of feeble and ugly machine-made things, these essays call for us to deepen and transform our relationship with the objects that surround us.

Inspired by the work of the simple, humble craftsmen Yanagi encountered during his lifelong travels through Japan and Korea, they are an earnest defence of modest, honest, handcrafted things - from traditional teacups to jars to cloth and paper. Objects like these exemplify the enduring appeal of simplicity and function: the beauty of everyday things. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Unwinding of the Miracle: A memoir of life, death and everything that comes after Julie Yip-Williams (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Bantam Press

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Pub Date:

24 Jan 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 336pp h234mm x w153mm x s24mm 407g ISBN13: 9781787630406 ISBN13: 978-1-78763-040-6 ISBN10: 1787630404 EAN: 9781787630406 x Description: Born blind in Vietnam, Julie Yip-Williams narrowly escaped euthanasia planned by her grandmother, only to have to flee the political upheaval of the late 1970s with her family. Loaded into a rickety boat with three hundred other refugees, Julie made it to Hong Kong and, ultimately, America, where a surgeon gave her partial sight. Against all odds, she became a Harvard-educated lawyer, with a husband, a family, a life. Then, at the age of thirty-seven, with two little girls still at home, Julie was diagnosed with terminal metastatic colon cancer, and a different journey began.

The Unwinding of the Miracle is the story of a vigorous life refracted through the prism of imminent death. Motherhood, marriage, ambition, love, wanderlust, tennis, grief, jealousy, anger, comfort, pain, disease - this is a book about a life lived well and cut cruelly short. With glorious humour, bracing honesty and the cleansing power of well-deployed anger, Julie has set the stage for her final legacy: the story of her life.

Inspiring and instructive, delightful and shattering, this is not just a tale about cancer. It's about truth and honesty, fear and pain, our dreams, our jealousies and our anger. And it's about how to say goodbye to your children and a life you love. Starting as a need to understand the disease, it has evolved into a powerful story about living - even as Julie puts her affairs in order and prepares to die. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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:

08 Nov 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) 176pp h216mm x w135mm x s14mm 192g ISBN13: 9780753552971 ISBN13: 978-0-7535-5297-1 ISBN10: 0753552973 EAN: 9780753552971 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. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________