Icon Books January - June 2016 catalogue

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ICON BOOKS January – June 2016

ISBN 978-1-78578-085-1

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WELCOME This season we’re publishing more books than any other previously. In The Persuaders James Garvey presents an eye-opening exposé of the way our minds are changed, and we’re thrilled to be publishing a lyrical and atmospheric portrait of life on London’s canals in Helen Babbs’ Adrift. We have a glittering collection of essays on women who have changed music in Here She Comes Now and Natalie Reynolds shows us how to keep cool and in control to get what we want in We Have a Deal. Zoologist Matt Wilkinson explores the astonishing evolution of movement in Restless Creatures.


to Icon’s January – June 2016 catalogue This season we have something for cyclists (Ride! Ride! Ride!), fans of the good oldfashioned British pub (Pint to Pint) and so much more. Keep your eye out for a brand-new edition of Ben Crystal’s highly acclaimed Shakespeare on Toast – alongside some key paperback releases,

such as How to be a Productivity Ninja, The Year of Living Danishly and many more. Please do get in touch – you can find all of our details on the inside back cover.

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9781848310353 £10.99 B format PBK 464 pages

9781848311329 £8.99 US $12.95 B format PBK 256 pages

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9781848316515 £8.99 B format PBK 288 pages

9781848317369 £8.99 US $12.95 B format PBK 224 pages


GREATEST HITS

9781848316614 £9.99 B format PBK 480 pages

9781848312203 £8.99 B format PBK 368 pages

9781848314535 £8.99 B format PBK 272 pages

9781848316546 £8.99 B format PBK 336 pages

9781906850913 £7.99 US $12.95 B format PBK 304 pages

9781848313477 £9.99 B format PBK 320 pages

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An eye-opening exposé of the men and women who change our minds

The Persuaders The Hidden Industry That Wants to Change Your Mind

James Garvey

Almost every hour of every day, people will try to change your mind – and they don’t want you to notice, because none of it consists in giving you good reasons. You are nudged, anchored, and incentivised. Products are designed with the help of neuromarketing to appeal to unconscious minds; the taste of food is ‘improved’ merely by brand association. Covert PR can start wars: the emotional testimony of fifteen year-old Nayirah that helped the case for the first Gulf War was assembled by PR firm Hill & Knowlton. Book covers adorned with favourable quotes are a powerful ‘social proof’, whether the quotes are real or bogus. These hidden techniques for changing our minds are everywhere, once we know how to spot them. It’s a profound shift in the way human beings interact with one another. Philosopher James Garvey presents not just a requiem for rationality, but a call to think again about the way we think now.

JAMES GARVEY works for the Royal Institute of Philosophy and edits The Philosophers’ Magazine. He is the author of a number of books, including The Story of Philosophy (with Jeremy Stangroom) and The Ethics of Climate Change. He has written for the Guardian, The Times Literary Supplement, the Huffington Post, the New Statesman, and the Times Higher Education Supplement, does voluntary work for Thames Reach and Crisis, teaches jiu jitsu, and is an enthusiastic cyclist. He lives on a canal boat in London.

4th Feb 2016 Popular Philosophy 9781848316607 £12.99 US $16.95 9781848316980 (eBook) £9.99 (eBook) Demy Paperback 320 pages TERRITORY: World TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Icon Books / Marsh Agency

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The hilarious, poignant and sometimes bizarre stories of an extraordinary vet in rural France

Monsieur le Vet My Life With Animals in Rural France

Sylvain Balteau Translated from the French by Barbara Mellor

Sylvain Balteau works as a village vet in the Pyrenees. Equally at home with a sick hamster as with a pregnant Charolais cow, he is permanently on call, immersed in the dramas of his patients and their owners. Since 2007 he has kept a blog, revealing the hidden side of a vet’s life and the richness of his surroundings: a piglet that has become a disadvantaged person’s only reason for living; a cat that arrives on Christmas Eve to be destroyed and leaves the next day in full health; the mare dying peacefully under a tree; the farmer’s wife on the verge of a heart attack who insists that the vet see her sick cow first … Through his work with their animals, Sylvain gains a privileged insight into the people who live with them. In this profound and unsentimental book, he discovers that, in order to love animals, you can’t help but love people as well.

SYLVAIN BALTEAU 36, lives and works in a French village in the Haute-Garonne, at the foot of the Pyrenees. He trained as a vet in Toulouse and started keeping a blog of his life in 2007. This is his first book. He speaks English fluently.

BARBARA MELLOR has over thirty years’ experience as a translator and editor. Recent highlights include Résistance by Agnès Humbert (Bloomsbury, 2009) and A King in Hiding by Fahim (Icon, 2015).

4th Feb 2016 Animals / Travel 9781785780578 £10.99 US $15.95 9781785780585 (eBook) £7.99 (eBook) Demy PBK with flaps 240 pages TERRITORY: World English TRANSLATION RIGHTS: St Mark’s Literary Agency

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A beautiful piece of nature writing revealing a hidden side of London

Adrift The Secret Life of London’s Waterways

Helen Babbs

After ten years renting expensive rooms in small flats, Helen Babbs swapped bricks and mortar for a boat called ‘Pike’. She now calls London’s canals and rivers her home. Without a permanent mooring, she cruises ever-onwards, cast adrift in a sometimes hostile city. From deep winter to late autumn, we travel with Helen as she takes us on a tour of London’s canal and river flora, fauna, people and history, revealing intricate details and taking us to places only accessible by boat. Adrift also explores issues relevant to city dwellers across the world: the pressures of urban life, alternative ways of living and the age-old experience of setting up a first home. Blending autobiography, nature writing and documentary, Adrift invites the reader on an eye-opening journey into a different side of the city. Praise for Helen’s previous book, My Garden, the City and Me: ‘This charming book is a love letter to the capital’s hidden green spaces and their wildlife’ Daily Mail ‘An inspirational and beautiful hardback written with a serious sense of wide-eyed wonder’ Londonist

HELEN BABBS is a writer and journalist. Her work has been published by the BBC, the Guardian, the Telegraph, New Statesman and Time Out, among others. Helen’s first book – My Garden, the City and Me, about urban nature and the glory of growing things – was published in 2011 and nominated for two garden writing awards.

3rd March 2016 Nature / Memoir 9781848319202 £16.99 9781848319097 (eBook) £9.99 (eBook) Demy Hardback 320 pages TERRITORY: UK & Comm ex. Canada TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Bell Lomax Moreton Literary Agency

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Acclaimed negotiation expert Natalie Reynolds reveals the secrets to getting what you want

We Have a Deal How to Negotiate With Intelligence, Flexibility and Power

Natalie Reynolds

Negotiation is the most important skill you can develop to get what you want in business and life. But we often struggle to do it effectively. We fail to recognise opportunities, we prepare poorly or we let ourselves be led by others or by our own fear. Natalie Reynolds, negotiation expert and CEO of negotiation consultancy advantageSPRING – who count the United Nations, BBC News, JP Morgan and Human Rights Watch among clients – will teach you how to avoid these pitfalls, keep cool and in control, and achieve what you want, every time – whether you’re responsible for large deals at work or simply renegotiating your phone contract. We Have a Deal also explains why good negotiation matters, and why others react the way they do. From being flexible to overcoming obstructive behaviour, this book will help you to understand the underlying motivations and get the best out of every deal.

NATALIE REYNOLDS specialises in negotiation, commercial dispute resolution and governance, and is the founder of advantageSPRING, where she works with global companies such as Goldman Sachs, the NSPCC and Channel 4 to develop negotiation coaching and training, and to design and execute negotiation strategies. In addition to her core training, she runs a hugely popular gender workshop, ‘Is Negotiation a Man’s Game?’, and has published articles in the Guardian and the Huffington Post. She lives in Harpenden, Hertfordshire.

3rd March 2016 Business / Self-Help 9781785780325 £12.99 US $16.95 9781785780332 (eBook) £8.99 (eBook) Demy PBK with flaps 320 pages TERRITORY: World TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Icon Books / Marsh Agency

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A glittering collection of essays on outstanding women in rock and pop

Here She Comes Now Women in Music Who Have Changed Our Lives

ed. by Jeff Gordinier and Marc Weingarten

Here She Comes Now brings together some of America’s best music writers – such as Susan Choi, recipient of the inaugural PEN / W.G. Sebald Award, Daniel Waters, whose credits include the screenplay for Heathers, and Alina Simone, whose novel Note to Self was described as ‘very good’ by Nick Hornby – to explore incredible women in popular music. Often wryly amusing – even occasionally heart-rending – and covering artists from Dolly Parton and Nina Simone to Björk, Taylor Swift and Riot Grrrl pioneer Kathleen Hanna, this is an exuberant celebration of the transformative power of musicians who have truly rocked our world. The full list of artists covered is Dolly Parton, Taylor Swift, Sinéad O’Connor, Mary J. Blige, June Carter Cash, Björk, Ronnie Spector, Laurie Anderson, Judee Sill, Patti Smith, Nina Simone, Poly Styrene, Stevie Nicks, Kim Gordon, Kate Bush, PJ Harvey, Loretta Lynn, Sandy Denny, Tina Turner, Kathleen Hanna, Liz Phair, Madonna and Miley Cyrus.

The book is edited by JEFF GORDINIER, a staffer for the The New York Times and writer for Esquire, GQ, Entertainment Weekly, Elle, The Los Angeles Times, Fortune, The New York Times Book Review and more ... and MARC WEINGARTEN, the author of Station to Station, The Gang That Wouldn’t Write Straight, and Thirsty, as well as the co-editor of Yes Is The Answer. He is producer of the 2011 documentary God Bless Ozzy Osbourne and television’s The Bachelor and The Bachelorette.

7th April 2016 Music 9781785780608 £14.99 9781785780615 (eBook) £9.99 (eBook) Royal Paperback 304 pages TERRITORY: UK & Comm ex. Canada TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Rare Bird Books

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The unmissable story of a south London velodrome and track cycling’s British history

Ride! Ride! Ride! The Story of Herne Hill Velodrome and the Rise of British Track Cycling

Mark Wellings

Mark Wellings tells the story of British track cycling – which with Bradley Wiggins, Chris Hoy and Laura Trott rules the world – through the history of the iconic 1948 Olympic venue Herne Hill Velodrome, which opened 125 years ago. From Lyons Tea House ladies’ teams in the 1930s to the medals of 1948; from the huge Italian crowd which greeted Fausto Coppi in Herne Hill in 1958 to Red Harris’ men’s track record at 53; from Tom Simpson and Barry Hoban in the 1960s to Graeme Obree and Bradley Wiggins – who started racing at Herne Hill at twelve – Wellings, with an eye for incredible detail and anecdote, tells for the first time a picturesque story of track cycling in Britain. Packed with many previously unpublished photographs, Ride! Ride! Ride! is a thrilling circuit of track cycling’s history, the story of an iconic venue, and a tale of British achievement against all the odds.

MARK WELLINGS is a former publisher for Financial Times Newsletters and Management Reports in Hong Kong and senior commissioning editor for Thomson Learning in London. He has been involved in Herne Hill Velodrome, as a cyclist and a very active volunteer, for more than fifteen years. Prior to co-founding content marketing strategists Grist he was director of custom publishing for the Economist Intelligence Unit in New York. He lives in Herne Hill in south London.

7th April 2016 Sport / Cycling 9781785780424 £16.99 9781785780431 (eBook) £9.99 (eBook) Demy Hardback 320 pages with 16 pages of b/w photos TERRITORY: World TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Icon Books / Marsh Agency

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From the popular Telegraph column, a characterful guide to Britain’s best boozers

Pint to Pint A Crawl Around Britain’s Best Pubs

For the dedicated pub-goer and the armchair drinker, here is an enticing selection of ‘proper’ pubs to gladden the heart and slake the thirst. All of these pubs get the basics right: they focus on the beer (though the food and wine may also be excellent) and on conversation rather than piped music. They may have a roaring fire in winter and a pleasant beer garden in summer. You can probably bring your dog. Above all, they have a notable character that raises them above the bland corporate pubs that blight the land. It can be hard to say exactly why – but you just know a good pub the moment you enter. Trusted Telegraph reviewers have made their selection for you, based on highly personal but well-informed criteria, resulting in a nationwide pub crawl like no other. This is the perfect book for anyone who considers a good pub to be a British birthright.

THE TELEGRAPH’S Pint to Pint column is written by a selection of regular Telegraph journalists and contributors and features a new pub every Thursday.

7th April 2016 Travel / Lifestyle 9781785780394 £12.99 9781785780400 (eBook) £8.99 (eBook) B format Hardback 320 pages TERRITORY: World TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Icon Books / Marsh Agency

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A billion-year history of movement from bacteria to Olympic athletes

Restless Creatures The Story of Life in Ten Movements

Matt Wilkinson

Despite the overwhelming diversity of life on earth, one theme has dominated its evolution: the apparently simple act of moving from one place to another. Restless Creatures is the first book for a general audience telling the incredible story of locomotion in human and animal evolution. Evolutionary biologist Matt Wilkinson shows why our ancestors became two-legged, why we have opposable thumbs, why the backbone appeared, how fish fins became limbs, how even trees are locomotion-obsessed, and how movement has shaped our minds as well as our bodies. He explains why there are no flying monkeys or biological wheels, how dinosaurs took to the air, how Mexican waves began in the animal kingdom, and why moving can make us feel good. Restless Creatures opens up an astonishing new perspective – that nothing in life makes sense except in the light of movement.

MATT WILKINSON is a zoologist and science communicator at the University of Cambridge. His work has been covered in the Telegraph, Metro, New Scientist and Nature. He has been a runner-up in the Daily Telegraph/BASF science writer competition, and reached second place in the first Cheltenham Science Festival FameLab competition. In 2007 he went to drama school, and he wrote a play about T.H. Huxley that was premiered at the 2009 Darwin Festival. Restless Creatures is his first book.

5th May 2016 Popular Science 9781785780455 £20 9781785780462 (eBook) £9.99 (eBook) Royal Hardback 352 pages TERRITORY: UK & Comm ex. Canada US Rights: Basic Books TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Basic Books

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From acclaimed thinker and former US Labor Secretary Robert Reich: how capitalism can be fixed

Saving Capitalism For the Many, Not the Few

Robert B. Reich

Do you recall a time when the income of a single schoolteacher or baker or salesman or mechanic was enough to buy a home, have two cars, and raise a family? Robert Reich does – in the 1950s his father sold clothes to factory workers and the family earnt enough to live comfortably. Today, this middle class is rapidly shrinking: American income inequality and wealth disparity is the greatest it’s been in eighty years. As Reich, who served in three US administrations, shows, the threat to capitalism is no longer communism or fascism but a steady undermining of the trust modern societies need for growth and stability. With an exclusive new chapter for Icon’s edition, Saving Capitalism is passionate yet practical, sweeping yet exactingly argued, a revelatory indictment of the economic status quo and an empowering call to action. ‘A riveting guide to how our economic and political system has become so badly flawed.’ Joseph Stiglitz

ROBERT B. REICH is Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and senior fellow at the Blum Center for Developing Economies. He has served in three national administrations and has written fourteen books, including the bestsellers Supercapitalism and Locked in the Cabinet. His articles have appeared in the New Yorker, Atlantic, New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal. He is co-creator of the award-winning 2013 film Inequality for All.

5th May 2016 Economics / Politics 9781785780677 £14.99 9781785780646 (eBook) £8.99 (eBook) Demy PBK with flaps 320 pages TERRITORY: UK & Comm ex. Canada TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Knopf Doubleday

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An urgent manifesto for those who want to eat healthily

Grass-Fed Nation A Rescue Plan for Food and the Countryside

Graham Harvey

For years we’ve been told that, thanks to their high saturated fat content, the foods for which evolution has adapted us – grass-fed meat, grass-fed dairy products, eggs from hens running on pasture – are unhealthy. In their place we eat processed factory foods – and we’ve witnessed a growing epidemic of disease, from type-2 diabetes to heart disease and cancer. It’s now clear that the ‘food revolution’ was flawed. Saturated fat is not the cause of heart disease or diabetes. Far more likely causes are sugar and refined carbohydrates, low-fat spreads and vegetable oils. The really healthy foods turn out to be the ones our grandparents knew to be the best. There’s a simple remedy. We can make sure that the meat, dairy foods and eggs we buy come from animals grazing on or running in pasture. This will also put life back into our soils and wildlife back into our fields and hedgerows. This book is an urgent manifesto for grass-fed foods – for your health and for the planet.

GRAHAM HARVEY has written on food and farming for Farmers’ Weekly, the Sunday Times, the Daily Mail, New Scientist and Country Life. For three years he wrote the ‘Old Muckspreader’ column in Private Eye. In the mid-1980s he joined the scriptwriting team of The Archers, since when he has written more than 600 episodes and is currently the programme’s Agricultural Advisor. Graham’s first book, The Killing of the Countryside, was winner of the BP Natural World Book Prize. He is also co-founder of the country’s leading conference on low-input, ecological agriculture – the Oxford Real Farming Conference.

5th May 2016 Science / Food 9781785780677 £9.99 9781785780646 (eBook) £7.99 (eBook) B-format PBK 208 pages TERRITORY: World English TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Kingsford Campbell

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What maleness should mean now, from the author of Vice’s ‘A Stiff Upper Lip is Killing British Men’

Man Up Surviving Modern Masculinity

Jack Urwin

Jack Urwin’s father died when he was ten. No one around him ever sat him down to talk him through his grief. In his later teens he suffered a breakdown. Now 22 and a journalist whose recent Vice article ‘A Stiff Upper Lip is Killing British Men’ – described as ‘fabulous’ by Irvine Welsh – became a viral sensation, Urwin explores what it means to be a man now. He traces crises of masculinity from our grandfathers’ inability to deal with the horrors of war, to the mob mentality of football terraces or Fight Club, and the disturbing rise of mental health problems among men today. Smart, funny and friendly, but with a wisdom that belies the author’s age, Man Up is the start of an essential conversation for men, exploring why we have perpetuated the myth of masculinity – and how we can challenge it, and change it. ‘In my opinion this is the brilliant, personal, not-actually-sexist writing by millennials about masculinity and politics that the world has been waiting for’ Laurie Penny on Jack Urwin’s Vice article

JACK URWIN, 22, is a journalist and a frequent contributor to Vice magazine, among other publications, who writes on pop culture, mental health, and music. His piece for Vice on his father’s death, ‘A Stiff Upper Lip is Killing British Men’ was instantly shared tens of thousands of times around the world, and was called ‘fabulous’ by Irvine Welsh. This is Jack’s first book. @JackMerlin

2nd June 2016 Society 9781785780691 £12.99 9781785780707 (eBook) £8.99 (eBook) Demy PBK with flaps 320 pages TERRITORY: UK & British Comm ex. Canada TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Blake Friedmann Literary Agency

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The 50 Greatest Rugby Union Players of All Time Steven White

From powerful props to explosive centres, tricky wingers to fearless scrum halves, this list brings together the greats of every shape, size and position.

A passionate rugby fan narrows down rugby’s finest to select his greatest 50

Is the might of Jonah Lomu preferred to the vision of David Campese? Who was better, Jonny or Johnno? Did a legendary Australian fly-half who retired at 25 do enough to warrant inclusion? And which heroic captain had the greater nickname, Colin ‘Pinetree’ Meads or John ‘Nobody’ Eales (because Nobody’s perfect)? But most importantly, who will be crowned the greatest rugby player of all time?

STEVEN WHITE is a rugby union enthusiast who studied Writing for Publication at the University of Leeds. His writing has appeared in Sabotage Times and thinkfootball.co.uk (all for the lesser footballing code!). Steven works in publishing and lives in East London. 26 26

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Published in time for the Six Nations 2016 and fully updated following the 2015 Rugby World Cup, hosted in England.

7th January 2016 Sport 9781785780264 £8.99 9781785780271 (eBook) £6.99 (eBook) B format PBK 320 pages with b/w illustrations TERRITORY: World TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Icon Books / Marsh Agency

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The 50 Most Influential Britons of the Past 100 Years Peter Pugh

Peter Pugh presents his selection of – not the best, fastest, most successful or richest – but the 50 most influential British men and women of the modern world – for good or ill. Pugh discusses and ranks the influence of scientists and inventors such as Francis Crick, John Logie Baird and Alan Turing; lawmakers and leaders like prime ministers Attlee, Churchill and Thatcher; entrepreneurs including James Dyson, Mary Quant and Terence Conran; and cultural icons like J.K. Rowling, who, in the words of Lisa Simpson no less, ‘turned a generation of kids onto reading’. In what amounts to a whistle-stop tour through recent British history, this undoubtedly contentious and wholly enjoyable book will spark countless debates across our sceptred isle.

3rd March 2016 History 9781785780349 £8.99 9781785780356 (eBook) £6.99 (eBook) B format PBK 320 pages with b/w illustrations TERRITORY: World TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Icon Books / Marsh Agency

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The 50 Britons who have made the greatest impact on today’s world

PETER PUGH is a businessperson and company historian who has written more than 50 company histories on businesses from Rolls-Royce to Iceland. He is also the author of Introducing Thatcherism and Introducing Keynes, and lives by the sea in north Norfolk, and in Cambridge.

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The 50 Greatest Walks of the World Barry Stone

Barry Stone, author of 1001 Walks You Must Experience Before You Die, gives us an engaging personal tour of the world’s most famous – and not-quite-famous-yet – trails.

A personal view of the planet’s 50 finest perambulations

The perfect accompaniment to practical guidebooks, Stone relates how slings and carabiners kept him from falling headlong off the Sydney Harbour Bridge, and reports on the progress of the continent-wide monster, the Trans Canada Trail, gaps in which are still being filled by countless grass-roots communities. With varied walks that will appeal to everyone regardless of ability, The 50 Greatest Walks of the World includes British classics such as the Pennine Way and the Old Man of Hoy, as well as idiosyncratic favourites such as Italy’s Cinque Terre Classic and the Isle of Skye’s Trotternish Ridge, one of Britain’s finest ridge traverses with almost 2,500m of ascents.

BARRY STONE is a an established travel writer and author of eight books on subjects ranging from religious hermits to mutinies in the age of sail and military history titles, for publishers including Hardie Grant, Allen & Unwin and HarperCollins. He is currently writing a history of the early growth of colonial Australia’s outback pastoral stations. He lives in Sydney, Australia. 28 28

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7th April 2016 Nature / Travel 9781785780639 £8.99 9781785780646 (eBook) £6.99 (eBook) B format PBK 320 pages with b/w illustrations TERRITORY: World TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Icon Books / Marsh Agency

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The 50 Greatest Train Journeys of the World Anthony Lambert

Acclaimed travel writer Anthony Lambert presents his selection of train journeys with real character. Some journeys are well known, such as the Glacier and Orient Expresses, which blend glamour and outstanding service with colourful history. Others less so: the train from Inverness to Wick and Thurso traverses some of the wildest country in Britain; or there’s the coast-to-coast journey through the chestnut- and pine-clad mountains of Corsica, crossing one of Gustave Eiffel’s glorious viaducts of gossamer steel. From the modest line through North Yorkshire’s Esk Valley to the Trans-Siberian railway, from a narrow-gauge web of lines in the Harz Mountains to the train that crosses Australia’s barren Nullarbor Plain in a dead-straight 478km, Lambert’s selection is unmissable for any lover of travel and is as sure to delight as the journeys themselves.

5th May 2016 Travel 9781785780653 £8.99 9781785780660 (eBook) £6.99 (eBook) B format PBK 320 pages with b/w illustrations TERRITORY: World TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Icon Books / Marsh Agency

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The 50 most incredible, awe-inspiring, spectacular journeys by train

ANTHONY LAMBERT has written fifteen books about railways and railway travel, including Switzerland without a Car, the Insight Guide to Great Railway Journeys of Europe and the Insight Guide to Pakistan. He has also written on railway journeys and travel for the Independent, New York Times, Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Times, Wanderlust and Orient-Express Magazine. He lives in Shepherd’s Bush, London.

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Geoff Hurst’s Greats England’s 1966 Hero Selects His Finest Ever Footballers

National hero Sir Geoff Hurst – still the only man to score a World Cup final hat-trick, a half-century ago this year – risks controversy as he narrows down football’s finest to a select 50. Is Franz Beckenbauer preferred to England’s heroic Bobby Moore? Has Messi managed to edge ahead of Maradona? Will Bale or Suárez make the cut?

50 years on, England’s 1966 hat-trick hero selects his 50 greatest players of all time.

To each entry – accompanied by a photo of the player in their prime – Sir Geoff brings many first-hand tales of former teammates and rivals. From one of the great icons of the British game, this is a must-read for football fans – and the likely start of many debates …

SIR GEOFF HURST is the only man to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final – for England in their historic 4–2 victory over West Germany at Wembley in 1966. He was selected by Alf Ramsey to lead England’s attack between 1966 and 1972 – the longest run of any forward under Ramsey, scoring 24 goals in that time. After three seasons with Stoke he finished his Football League career with West Bromwich Albion in 1976. He lives in Cheltenham.

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5th May 2016 Sport 9781785780509 £8.99 9781848318274 (eBook) £7.99 (eBook) B format PBK 288 pages TERRITORY: World TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Icon Books / Marsh Agency

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David Gower’s Greatest Half-Century

Delving deep into cricket’s history, former England captain and impeccably stylish batsman David Gower names his 50 greatest players of all time. He honours the finest run-getters, wicket-takers, glove men and captains he played with and against, as well as those he has been able to observe as a spectator or commentator, and legendary achievers from earlier eras. Who was the best of the great West Indian quicks? Have England heroes like Boycott, Pietersen and Flintoff made the cut? Who is the greatest post-Bradman Australian batsman? ‘A host of keen insight, reflection and whimsy from a lifetime in the game.’ All Out Cricket

5th May 2016 Sport 9781785780479 £8.99 9781848316300 (eBook) £7.99 (eBook) B format PBK 288 pages TERRITORY: World TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Icon Books / Marsh Agency

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Sky Sports commentator and one of English cricket’s most revered batsmen reveals his half-century of heroes

DAVID GOWER’s finest year came in 1985 when he captained England to victory in the Ashes and in the process set a new record for the most runs in a home Ashes series for an England captain. He has commentated for the BBC and is now the main presenter for Sky Sports’ cricket coverage.

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Mindfulness Your Step-by-Step Guide to a Happier Life

Tessa Watt

Mindfulness is the popular practice that helps you appreciate your life, and live with more joy and less stress. You’ll learn how to bring mindfulness into everyday actions, by listening to your body, becoming more aware of what’s happening in the present moment and letting go of negative thoughts and emotions. In this way, you can reduce stress and anxiety, focus better at work, find your own source of calm and discover genuine contentment.

An easy-to-follow guide to a calmer, happier life

Mindfulness introduces you to new techniques with straightforward advice, case studies and lots of practical exercises for newcomers to get their teeth into right away. It also gives a sense of the depth of mindfulness practice for those who wish to take it further.

TESSA WATT is a mindfulness teacher and consultant and founding director of Being Mindful. She is the author of Mindful London and is part of the Mindfulness Initiative, supporting the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Mindfulness at Westminster. 32 32

7th January 2016 Self-Help 9781848319547 £6.99 US $9.95 9781848319554 (eBook) £4.99 (eBook) B format PBK 288 pages TERRITORY: World TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Icon Books / Marsh Agency

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Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) Your Roadmap to Happiness, Confidence and Success

Neil Shah Neurolinguistic programming (NLP) involves a range of psychological techniques that help you to ‘reprogram’ your brain – replacing the negative attitudes that hold you back with positive thought patterns that will enable you to be more effective, confident and successful. In just under twenty simple steps, Neil Shah shows you how to use NLP to develop new habits of behaviour and thought that will help you succeed in all areas of life, from influencing others and understanding how they influence you, to achieving your goals, to managing stress.

4th Feb 2016 Self-Help 9781848319523 £6.99 US $9.95 9781848319530 (eBook) £4.99 (eBook) B format PBK 288 pages TERRITORY: World TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Icon Books / Marsh Agency

SELF-HELP

Rewire your brain for success with this motivational guide

NEIL SHAH is a licensed practitioner of NLP, stress management consultant, success coach and motivational speaker. He is the founder and director of the Stress Management Society and MD of Praesto Training and Development.

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Positive Psychology A Toolkit for Happiness, Purpose and Well-being

Bridget Grenville-Cleave

Positive Psychology takes the findings of this popular academic discipline to show how you can enjoy and engage with life, and find your place in the world around you.

Learn to look on the bright side and start loving life

BRIDGET GRENVILLE-CLEAVE is a qualified positive psychologist and a founder member of the International Positive Psychology Association. She specialises in applying positive psychology through training, consulting and coaching.

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With expert encouragement and guidance, you will set out your own positive psychology experiment, to discover your strengths, overcome negative attitudes, focus on what gives you purpose, and take control of your life choices. From savouring positive emotions to building better relationships and developing resilience, you will learn how to boost your mental and physical well-being and to find fulfilment in everyday life. This is the perfect concise start to making your life better.

3rd March 2016 Self-Help / Psychology 9781848319561 ÂŁ6.99 US $9.95 9781848319578 (eBook) ÂŁ4.99 (eBook) B format PBK 288 pages TERRITORY: World TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Icon Books / Marsh Agency

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Body Language The Signals You Don’t Know You’re Sending, and How to Master Them

Glenn Wilson

From interviews to dates, the boardroom to the stage, being aware of the non-verbal signals you, and others, send can have a huge impact on your relationships and success in life – for better or worse. This fun and friendly guide will show you how to ‘read’ the body language of others, and how to project the right signals, so you can manage the impression you give to others. Full of real-world and pop-cultural examples, practical tips and strategies, and underpinned by principles from psychological and social experiments, this book will show you how to use and interpret non-verbal messages to put your best face, and body, forwards.

7th April 2016 Self-Help 9781848319585 £6.99 US $9.95 9781848319592 (eBook) £4.99 (eBook) B format PBK 288 pages TERRITORY: World TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Icon Books / Marsh Agency

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Whether we’re aware of it or not, our bodies say a lot about us

GLENN WILSON is Visiting Professor of Psychology at Gresham College, London. Previously he was Reader in Personality at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London and a Fellow of the British Psychological Society. He specialises in personality, interpersonal attraction and reading body language.

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Psychology of Success Your A-Z Map to Achieving Your Goals and Enjoying the Journey

Alison Price & David Price

Struggle to stick to your goals, making new resolutions that always end up broken? This time, make them stick.

Identify your dreams. Achieve your goals. Enjoy the process.

You’ll start by identifying what success means to you, building goals around what you really want and what you have the potential to achieve. With the benefit of expert insights, real-life case studies and powerful techniques, you’ll build day-to-day strategies to help define and reach your goals, overcome obstacles and succeed in the face of adversity. If you’re looking to reach your full potential – whether it’s making a personal change, achieving a sporting goal, or putting a business plan into practice – this book will give you the map to changing your life, and enjoying the journey.

ALISON PRICE is a chartered occupational psychologist, facilitator and peak performance coach, specialising in leadership, management, success and motivation. DAVID PRICE combines qualifications in life coaching, sports psychology, positive psychology, peak performance coaching and NLP practice. Together they have written Introducing Entrepreneurship, Introducing Leadership, and Introducing Management. 36 36

5th May 2016 Self-Help 9781785780219 £6.99 US $9.95 9781785780226 (eBook) £4.99 (eBook) B format PBK 288 pages TERRITORY: World TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Icon Books / Marsh Agency

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CBT Your Toolkit to Modify Mood, Overcome Obstructions and Improve Your Life

Elaine Iljon Foreman & Clair Pollard Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a simple, effective treatment that will help you to change how you think and act and how you see yourself. You can overcome fears, manage negative moods, put worries into perspective, and improve your enjoyment of life. With guidance from two CBT experts, you’ll recognise the behaviours and thoughts that hold you back, and will develop skills to think more positively, act more calmly and feel better about yourself. This book will equip you with the same tools used by CBT practitioners, and is full of activities and experiments to explore and challenge, stories and exercises to provide perspective, and a clear framework to encourage and guide you.

2nd June 2016 Self-Help 9781848319509 £6.99 US $9.95 9781848319516 (eBook) £4.99 (eBook) B format PBK 288 pages TERRITORY: World TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Icon Books / Marsh Agency

SELF-HELP

Overcome your fears and change how you think, for good.

ELAINE ILJON FOREMAN and CLAIR POLLARD are chartered clinical psychologists with expertise in cognitive behavioural therapies. Elaine’s focus is in clinical research into CBT techniques and anxiety, while Clair works with people with mental health issues, and spinal cord injuries, with the NHS and The Back-Up Trust.

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Get Your Inbox Down to Zero 7th January 2016 Business / Self-Help 9781785780592 £1.99 US $2.95 9781848319974 (eBook) £1.99 (eBook) A6 PBK / 56 pages TERRITORY: World TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Icon Books / Marsh Agency

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The bestselling guide to working smarter, not harder, from productivity expert Graham Allcott

How to be a Productivity Ninja Worry Less, Achieve More and Love What You Do

Graham Allcott

In the age of information overload, traditional time management techniques simply don’t cut it when it comes to overflowing inboxes, ever-expanding to-do lists and endless, pointless meetings. Thankfully there is a better way: The Way of the Productivity Ninja. Using techniques including Ruthlessness, Mindfulness, Zen-like Calm and Stealth & Camouflage, you will get your inbox down to zero, make the most of your attention and beat procrastination.

Make your email inbox work for you – and not the other way around!

Get Your Inbox Down to Zero Graham Allcott

Is your inbox overloaded? Feel like your email is controlling your life? You need the Ninja way of email management! In this short book, an edited extract from Graham Allcott’s acclaimed How to be a Productivity Ninja, you’ll learn the simple skills to get your inbox down to zero – and keep it there, day after day.

GRAHAM ALLCOTT is the author of How to be a Productivity Ninja, How to be a Knowledge Ninja and Introducing Productivity. He is the founder of Think Productive, one of the world’s leading productivity training companies, whose diverse list of clients include eBay, the British Library and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He lives in Brighton.

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How to Be a Productivity Ninja 7th January 2016 Business / Self-Help 9781785780288 £8.99 US $14.95 9781848316843 (eBook) £6.99 (eBook) B format PBK 304 pages with b/w illustrations TERRITORY: World TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Icon Books / Marsh Agency

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‘A lovely mix of English sensibility and Danish pragmatism’ Sandi Toskvig

The Year of Living Danishly Uncovering the Secrets of the World’s Happiest Country

Helen Russell

Suddenly given the opportunity of a new life in rural Jutland, Helen Russell discovers a startling statistic: Denmark, a land often thought of as consisting entirely of long dark winters, cured herring, Lego and pastries, is the happiest place on earth. What is the secret to their success? Are happy Danes born, or made? Helen decides there is only one way to find out: she will give herself a year, trying to uncover the formula for Danish happiness. From childcare, education, food and interior design to SAD, taxes, sexism and an unfortunate predilection for burning witches, The Year of Living Danishly is a funny, poignant record of a journey that shows what the Danes get right, what they get wrong, and how we might all live a little more Danishly ourselves. ‘Such a delight’ Independent

HELEN RUSSELL is a journalist and former editor of MarieClaire.co.uk. She now lives in rural Jutland and works as a Scandinavia correspondent for the Guardian and the Independent, as well as writing a column on Denmark for the Telegraph. As a Lego-widow, Helen consoles herself with the knowledge that divorce in Denmark only costs £54, wine is cheap and the pastries are out of this world.

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7th January 2016 Lifestyle 9781785780233 £8.99 US $14.95 9781848318137 (eBook) £6.99 (eBook) B format PBK 320 pages TERRITORY: World English TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Johnson & Alcock Ltd

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‘Humorous, unpretentious and fascinating’ Independent on Sunday

Shakespeare on Toast Getting a Taste for the Bard

Ben Crystal

‘A masterclass for modern beginners and old hands alike’ The Times Actor, producer and director Ben Crystal revisits his acclaimed book on Shakespeare for the 400th anniversary of his death. Shakespeare on Toast knocks the stuffing from the staid old myth of the Bard, revealing his plays for what they really are: modern, thrilling, uplifting drama. Crystal explores his language, his life, his world, his sounds, his craft – and, astonishingly, finds Shakespeare’s own voice amid the poetry. Whether you’re studying Shakespeare for the first time or you’ve never set foot near one of his plays but have always wanted to, this book smashes down the walls that have been built up around this untouchable literary figure. ‘Having Crystal as a companion through the stickier parts of Hamlet and Macbeth is like going to the theatre with an intelligent friend.’ Independent ‘This is a brilliantly enjoyable, light-hearted look at Shakespeare which dispels the myths and makes him accessible to all. I love it!’ Dame Judi Dench

BEN CRYSTAL is an actor, producer, and artistic director of Passion in Practice and its Shakespeare Ensemble. He was the co-writer of Shakespeare’s Words (Penguin, 2002) and The Shakespeare Miscellany (Penguin, 2005) with his father David Crystal, writer of the Springboard Shakespeare introductions (Arden Shakespeare/Bloomsbury, 2013) and co-writer of An Illustrated Dictionary of Shakespeare (OUP, 2015), again with his father. In 2011 he played Hamlet in Reno, Nevada, in the world contemporary premiere of the play in Original Pronunciation. He lives mostly in London.

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7th January 2016 Literature 9781785780301 £7.99 9781785780318 (eBook) £5.99 (eBook) B format PBK 288 pages TERRITORY: World English TRANSLATION RIGHTS: William Morris Endeavor

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Science for Life A Manual For Better Living

Brian Clegg

How can you really know what will make your life better, or worse? The answer: Science

‘This handy, wellwritten guide is a triumph of reason over press release reporting’ BBC Focus

In a simple A–Z format, science writer Brian Clegg reveals the research that shows which ‘superfood’ contains carcinogens and 21 E-numbers, what does and doesn’t enhance brainpower, how your ‘green’ actions actually affect the environment, and much more. Science for Life is an essential reference guide for every modern home. ‘At last – the straight facts on everything – subject by subject – that affects our lives today, written in a clear and accessible style. Brilliant!’ Aggie MacKenzie, Presenter, Channel 4’s How Clean is Your House?

Science writer BRIAN CLEGG studied physics at Cambridge University and specialises in making the strangest aspects of the universe, from infinity to time travel and quantum theory, accessible to the general reader. He is editor of www.popularscience.co.uk and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. His previous books include Inflight Science, The Universe Inside You, Dice World, The Quantum Age and Introducing Infinity: A Graphic Guide.

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7th January 2016 Popular Science 9781785780257 £9.99 US $15.95 9781848318199 (eBook) £7.99 (eBook) B format PBK 400 pages TERRITORY: World TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Icon Books / Marsh Agency

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I, Superorganism Learning to Love Your Inner Ecosystem

Jon Turney

Every human body carries a secret cargo: a huge population of microorganisms that help digest our food, make essential vitamins, break down toxins, metabolise drugs and exert an invisible influence on our hormones, our immune systems and perhaps even our brains. Drawing on a wealth of recent research, award-winning science writer Jon Turney charts the incredible story of the microbiome’s birth and development, shows precisely how it works, and assesses its many implications for our health, including its relevance to bowel diseases, cancer, allergies and asthma.

Shortlisted for the Royal Society of Biology Book Award

‘I, Superorganism will surprise you and then surprise you again. It seems our body could not be more different than we could imagine.’ Judges of the Royal Society of Biology Book Award

7th January 2016 Popular Science / Biology 9781785780240 £8.99 US $15.95 9781848318236 (eBook) £6.99 (eBook) B format PBK 320 pages TERRITORY: World TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Icon Books / Marsh Agency

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JON TURNEY is a science writer and former features editor of The Times Higher Education Supplement. He was popular science editor at Penguin Press and is the author, among much else, of The Rough Guide to the Future (Rough Guides, 2010) and Lovelock and Gaia (Icon, 2003), and editor of A Quark for Mister Mark: 101 Poems about Science (Faber, 2000).

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Things I Wish I’d Known Women Tell the Truth About Motherhood

ed. by Victoria Young

Look at the front cover of any parenting book and you’ll see glowing mothers-to-be or pristine, beautifully-behaved children. But your pregnancy might be a sweaty, moody rollercoaster, and your children will probably spend their first few years covered in food, tears and worse. And it will be magical.

Cathy Kelly, Adele Parks, Kathy Lette, Emma Freud and many more provide ‘the essential gift for pregnant friends’ Stylist

In this no-holds-barred collection, prominent female authors, journalists and TV personalities explore the truth about becoming a mum. Covering topics from labour to the Breastapo, twins to IVF, weaning to post-birth sex, Things I Wish I’d Known is a reassuring, moving and often hilarious collection that will speak to mothers – and mothersto-be – everywhere.

VICTORIA YOUNG is a journalist and magazine editor. She started at The New York Times for three years, then returned to London to work at YOU magazine, Red and the Evening Standard. She’s written for the Guardian, the Independent, Grazia, Marie Claire and was also script advisor on BAFTA awardwinning screenplay Kiss of Life. Most recently she was assistant editor of Woman & Home magazine. Tory lives with her husband and son in London. 46 46

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4th Feb 2016 Parenting 9781785780370 £7.99 9781848318373 (eBook) £6.99 (eBook) B format PBK 240 pages TERRITORY: UK & Comm ex. Canada US RIGHTS: Johnson & Alcock Ltd. TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Johnson & Alcock Ltd.

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The Sceptical Gardener The Thinking Person’s Guide to Good Gardening

Ken Thompson

In this collection of articles from The Telegraph, biologist and gardening columnist Ken Thompson examines some of gardening’s most intriguing questions. Why do we care more for common rather than rare animals? How can a gardener improve the flavour of their vegetables? And what do bees do that improves strawberries? From the difference between British and Spanish bluebells, why ‘Matucana’ and ‘High Scent’ sweet peas are far superior to ‘Valerie Harrod’, and the easy way to sex an earwig, Thompson provides an expert’s gardening miscellany, aimed at making you if not a better gardener, then probably a far more thoughtful one.

3rd March 2016 Gardening / Nature 9781785780387 £8.99 9781848319349 (eBook) £6.99 (eBook) B format PBK 304 pages TERRITORY: World TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Icon Books / Marsh Agency

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Published in association with The Telegraph, an enjoyable book on gardening the cleverer way

KEN THOMPSON was for twenty years a lecturer in the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences at the University of Sheffield. He writes regularly on gardening for The Telegraph. His previous book, Where Do Camels Belong? (Profile, 2014), was described as ‘lively and punchy’ by The Sunday Times.

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The Time in Between A Memoir of Hunger and Hope

Nancy Tucker

‘Nancy is fiercely intelligent ... [her book] is astonishingly good ... and a devastating insight into a horrifying illness and its terrible toll’ Sunday Times When Nancy Tucker was eight, her class had to write about what they wanted in life. She thought, and thought, and she wrote: ‘I want to be thin.’

‘This isn’t just another anorexia misery memoir – it’s a work of literature’ Jacqueline Wilson

Over the next twelve years, she developed anorexia, was hospitalised, and swung towards bulimia. She left school, rejoined school; went in and out of therapy, and of life. Told with remarkable insight, dark humour and acute intelligence, Nancy’s memoir is a profound, important window into the workings of an unquiet mind. ‘Stylish and incisive, [Nancy] weaves her tale of fear and food, confusion and calories grippingly and with skill’ Guardian

NANCY TUCKER is a 21-yearold author and nanny. She suffered from both anorexia and bulimia nervosa throughout her teens, but is now on the road to recovery and has gained a place at Oxford to study Experimental Psychology. She lives in London.

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7th April 2016 Memoir / Health 9781785780417 £8.99 US $14.95 9781848318311 (eBook) £4.99 (eBook) B format PBK 384 pages TERRITORY: World English TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Annette Green Agency

APRIL


The Mistress of Paris The 19th-Century Courtesan Who Built an Empire on a Secret

Catherine Hewitt

Painted by Manet and immortalised by Zola in his scandalous Nana, Comtesse Valtesse de la Bigne was a celebrated 19th-century Parisian courtesan whose affairs with Napoleon III and the future Edward VII kept gossip columns full. But her glamorous existence hid a secret: she was no Comtesse, and was born into abject poverty. Yet she transformed herself into an enchantress with a small fortune, three mansions, fabulous carriages, and art the envy of connoisseurs. A consummate show-woman, she ensured that her life – and death – remained shrouded in mystery. Catherine Hewitt’s remarkable biography tells the forgotten story of a woman who never stopped aiming high.

7th April 2016 History 9781785780448 £8.99 9781848319271 (eBook) £6.99 (eBook) B format PBK 368 pages TERRITORY: UK & Comm ex. Canada US RIGHTS: Andrew Lownie Literary Agency TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Andrew Lownie Literary Agency

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A fantastically readable biography of a 19thcentury Parisian courtesan who harboured a dark secret

CATHERINE HEWITT studied French Literature and Art History at Royal Holloway, University of London and the Courtauld Institute of Art. Her proposal for The Mistress of Paris was awarded the runnerup’s prize in the 2012 Biographers’ Club Tony Lothian Competition for the best proposal by an uncommissioned, first-time biographer. She lives in a village in Surrey.

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Get the Truth Former CIA Officers Teach You How to Persuade Anyone to Tell All

Philip Houston, Michael Floyd and Susan Carnicero ‘Ever wanted to know the best way of extracting a confession? This unexpectedly fascinating book shows just how to do it.’ Daily Mail Former CIA officers Philip Houston, Mike Floyd and Susan Carnicero present insiders’ techniques for recognising deception and getting the truth even from accomplished liars.

The captivating sequel to The New York Times bestseller Spy the Lie

‘Whether it’s speaking with your teenager about that dent in the car, your spouse about a mysteriously deleted browser history, or your business partner about a discrepancy in the books, their stepby-step guide lays out how to apply their principles to all aspects of our lives’ Forbes ‘A business communications book with a difference’ Financial Times

Also available: ISBN: 9781848315921

PHILIP HOUSTON‘s 25-year career with the CIA included thousands of interviews and interrogations for the CIA and other federal agencies, both as an investigator and as a polygraph examiner. Houston is also the author of Spy the Lie. 50 50

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21st April 2016 Humour / Reference 9781785780295 £8.99 9781848318496 (eBook) £6.99 (eBook) B format PBK 304 pages TERRITORY: UK & Comm ex. Canada US RIGHTS: St Martin’s Press TRANSLATION RIGHTS: St Martin’s Press

APRIL


Einstein’s Masterwork 1915 and the General Theory of Relativity

John Gribbin

‘An absorbing and readable account’ BBC Sky at Night In 1915, Albert Einstein presented his masterwork, the General Theory of Relativity. He described it as ‘the most valuable theory of my life’, and ‘of incomparable beauty’. It explains the evolution of the Universe, black holes, and why clocks run slower on Earth than in space. It even suggests the possibility of time travel. And yet we think instead of 1905, the year of Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity and his equation E=mc2, as his annus mirabilis. In Einstein’s Masterwork, John Gribbin explains Einstein’s astonishing breakthrough and argues that we should regard 1915 as his finest year.

‘The master of popular science writing’ (The Sunday Times) on an incredible year for modern physics – 1915 Also available: ISBN: 9781848319189

5th May 2016 Popular Science 9781785780486 £8.99 9781848318540 (eBook) £6.99 (eBook) B format PBK 288 pages TERRITORY: UK & Comm ex. Canada US RIGHTS: David Higham Literary Agency TRANSLATION RIGHTS: David Higham Literary Agency

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JOHN GRIBBIN‘s numerous bestselling books include In Search of Schrödinger’s Cat, Science: A History and The Universe: A Biography. He is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Sussex and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and was described as ‘one of the finest and most prolific writers of popular science around’ by the Spectator.

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Rock ‘n’ Roll Soccer The Short Life and Fast Times of the North American Soccer League

Ian Plenderleith Foreword by Rodney Marsh

Along with Pelé and the New York Cosmos, the North American Soccer League – at its peak in the late 1970s – lured the biggest names of the game like Cruyff, Best, Beckenbauer and the mercurial Rodney Marsh – who contributes a Foreword to this book – to play football as it was meant to be played.

‘A hugely entertaining account of the North American Soccer League in its 1970s heyday’ Daily Express

The NASL experimented with rules and innovations that upset purists, and liberated players from the negative tactics of the muddy, hooligan-blighted grounds of Europe. Ian Plenderleith tells the rollercoaster story of the world’s first truly international league in all its glory, colour and chaos. ‘Written with a raffish exuberance worthy of its subject’ The Times Literary Supplement

IAN PLENDERLEITH is a British football writer and journalist. He has been writing about football for the past twenty years for publications including the Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, When Saturday Comes and Soccer America. He lives in Frankfurt, Germany

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5th May 2016 Sport 9781906850852 £8.99 9781906850722 (eBook) £6.99 (eBook) B format PBK 288 pages TERRITORY: UK & Comm ex. Canada US RIGHTS: St Martin’s Press TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Icon Books / Marsh Agency

MAY


The Sea Devils Operation Struggle and the Last Great Raid of World War Two

Mark Felton

July 1945. Eighteen daring young British, Australian and New Zealand special forces from a top-secret underwater warfare unit prepare to undertake three simultaneous, incredibly risky missions against the Japanese. Using four midget submarines, the raiders will creep deep behind Japanese lines to sink two huge warships and sever two vitally important undersea cables. Success will hasten victory over Japan; but if captured they can expect a gruesome execution. Mark Felton tells the true story of young men living on raw courage, nerves and adrenalin as they attempt to pull off what could be the last great raid of the Second World War.

From the author of Zero Night, another thrilling tale of World War Two derring-do

Also available: ISBN: 9781848318472

5th May 2016 History 9781785780493 £9.99 9781848319097 (eBook) £7.99 (eBook) B format PBK 288 pages TERRITORY: UK & Comm ex. Canada US RIGHTS: Andrew Lownie Literary Agency TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Andrew Lownie Literary Agency

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MARK FELTON has written over a dozen books on World War Two, including most recently Zero Night, an account of a mass POW escape, described as ‘a thundering good read’ by History of War magazine. His Japan’s Gestapo was named ‘Best Book of 2009’ by the Japan Times. He also writes regularly for publications including Military History Monthly and World War II. After a decade spent working in Shanghai, he now lives in Colchester.

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Karl Doenitz and the Last Days of the Third Reich Barry Turner

Among the leaders of World War Two, Karl Doenitz remains a deeply controversial figure. As the German submarine fleet chief he earned Allied respect as a formidable enemy. But after he succeeded Hitler – to whom he was unquestioningly loyal – his name became associated with all that was most hated in the Nazi regime.

An authoritative, readable new biography of the Nazi Grand Admiral and successor to Hitler

Yet Doenitz’s Dunkirk-style operation across the Baltic rescued up to 2 million German troops and civilian refugees. He was sentenced to ten years at Nuremberg and after his release kept well away from politics.

BARRY TURNER is an acclaimed historian and Editor of The Statesman’s Yearbook (Palgrave) which has recently celebrated its 150th anniversary. His most recent books are Beacon for Change (Aurum Press, 2011) and with Tony Rennell, When Daddy Came Home (Arrow, 2014), described as ‘fascinating’ by the Daily Mail. He lives in London and south-west France.

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Barry Turner’s closely-examined portrait gives a fascinating new perspective on this complex figure.

2nd June 2016 History 9781785780547 £8.99 US $14.95 9781848318274 (eBook) £6.99 (eBook) B format PBK 320 pages TERRITORY: World TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Johnson and Alcock Ltd.

JUNE


The New Wild Why Invasive Species Will be Nature’s Salvation

Fred Pearce

Fred Pearce used to think of invasive species as evil interlopers spoiling pristine ‘natural’ ecosystems. Most conservationists would agree. But what if traditional ecology is wrong? In The New Wild, Pearce rediscovers what conservation should really be about. He explores ecosystems from Pacific islands to the Australian outback to the Thames estuary and reveals the outdated intellectual sources of our ideas about the balance of nature. ‘I wholly agree with Fred Pearce’s argument … Life, from the smallest bacterium to the whole living planet, is dynamic. Species do not belong in a planet sized zoo.’ James Lovelock

Veteran environmental journalist Fred Pearce explains why most of what we think about alien species is wrong

FRED PEARCE has been environment and 2nd June 2016 Popular Science 9781785780516 £8.99 9781848316300 (eBook) £6.99 (eBook) B format PBK 320 pages TERRITORY: UK & Comm ex. Canada TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Marsh Agency

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development consultant at New Scientist magazine since 1992. He has written fourteen previous books, including When the Rivers Run Dry and The Land Grabbers. He also writes for the Guardian and is a regular broadcaster on radio and TV. He won a lifetime achievement award for his journalism from the Association of British Science Writers in 2011.

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The Invisible Woman Taking on the Vintage Years

Helen Walmsley-Johnson

‘A brilliant read that should encourage us all to challenge the cult of youth, and learn to love ourselves a little more along the way’ My Weekly From family, finances and work to cosmetics, fashion and sex, 59-year-old journalist Helen Walmsley-Johnson – the irrepressible voice of the Guardian’s ‘Vintage Years’ column – shows how there’s nothing middle-of-the-road about middle age.

‘A warm, companionable book with a tart aftertaste’ Guardian

The Invisible Woman is a new sort of book about ageing: one that teaches us not how to avoid it, but how to enjoy it, grow with it, and thrive. ‘Helen’s is a voice for proper grownups not yet ready to come down, and I’m in’ Alison Moyet

HELEN WALMSLEY-JOHNSON is the author of the Guardian’s ‘The Vintage Years’ column, which has 65,000 regular readers. Now 59, Helen relocated to London aged 45 and worked for Cameron Mackintosh and the Telegraph before joining the Guardian as Alan Rusbridger’s PA for seven years. She is a passionate believer that there’s nothing middle-of-the-road about being middle-aged.

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2nd June 2016 Lifestyle 9781785780523 £8.99 9781848318458 (eBook) £6.99 (eBook) B format PBK 240 pages TERRITORY: UK & Comm ex. Canada US RIGHTS: Blake Friedmann TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Blake Friedmann

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Finding Home Real Stories of Migrant Britain

Emily Dugan

Syrian refugee Emad set up the Free Syrian League and worked illegally to pay for his mother to be smuggled across the Mediterranean on a perilous trip from Turkey. Australian NHS therapist Harley risks deportation despite being told by the Home Office she could stay. Manchester LGBT activist Aderonke lives in a tiny B&B room with her girlfriend, Happiness, and faces deportation and persecution. Independent journalist Emily Dugan’s timely and acutely observed book reveals the intense personal dramas of ordinary men and women as they struggle to find somewhere to call home. It shows that migration is not about numbers, votes or opinions: it is about people.

2nd June 2016 Society 9781785780530 £8.99 9781848319103 (eBook) £6.99 (eBook) B format PBK 320 pages TERRITORY: UK & Comm ex. Canada US RIGHTS: Greene & Heaton TRANSLATION RIGHTS: Greene & Heaton

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Award-winning reporter Emily Dugan follows the tumultuous lives of immigrants attempting to live in the UK.

EMILY DUGAN is Social Affairs Editor at the Independent, i and the Independent on Sunday. Her investigations into human trafficking have twice been awarded Best Investigative Article at the Anti-Slavery Day Media Awards and her human rights journalism was shortlisted for the Gaby Rado Memorial prize at the 2012 Amnesty Media Awards. This is her first book.

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